~i wrf :o. , the 2.Chap.o/the'R.pvel. . . 3'' I - --- -·---- - -·---- ---- - I rhcfc..::1 ca!ied Audi:mi.Thc r~mili: ofLoucrc:- ' A i; n~hCr r.ci~y~e I in as mu_c~ .a'i we ~re'p:trtaktrS ----1, tinia.ns and rhc Montanllls, Jnd manv other · Ag:unc, here obfcrwc how ihc approoucd l uiucs the opinions and m~nnc:r::. ot the Valcni' of ..,rhc ~uffCrmgs ofthe lpmt, I ~Pct.t·3• damnable crrours. No•.v thi:; thcdcufll doth, ,hcrfcltC to be aPropherdfc, namely, by her r bet."lufe he knows by ell:pcricncc the great hurt :oi.AJne tctlimonie onc!y, Sheca_ller!Jhcrfolf~ ~~~ ~~that thdC opinions and tinnc3 haur: formerly ;Where \·;'cma~ fee ri_H: note anti mark ot a fall~ j Jonc vnto Gods Church. i - Prophcq ro 1.>\'Jt, chc1r O'~<Ync bare word :<nd rcu I S:condly,GhriH callc_th_ t~1is '-;''O~lJ~. {4:dul, I ~imony.' A true Prophet or Prophcteffc hath' that tle max- prouClkc th1s Cht~rch to a great'! I ftindry tCfH•1JOnics, bell des thei~· ownc word, 1 detdlationof her in regard ot _her ·dan1n;l~le.. , to proouc the lawfulndfe of their callings ~ 1\\'ayes: and th:n fhe 111ight be rn as g_rcat JrC- :is ih the Priniii:iue Church, they had the gtfc I arace with them, ;15 waS 1e:z..a.h6!h;.... ~ht< old<! I of ftlcaking diucrs Jangu·agcs \lvithom Jlu.t· Tclt=ament to the people ofGod, that fo tht·y die, and ofworking lniracles:thcy h::ld alfo fill-' . 1 might better cfchew her wicked fcrlurcmrnt. ritie of doctrinc,ioyned with intrgritie oflife; And hereinwe hauc agood d!fcCl10n for our 1&.la(liy, many cx,cllcnt gifts of God,a~ 7.c::~lc,~ profitable rc~dingofthc bookes ofthe-oldc I cour=tge, and con(bncie to mainetaine th" rand ncwe TeHamcnr: n3mely, that when we B ' fame. ! meet with examplesot\\ ickcd men_a~ldvYicked j Chrifi hauing dcfcribed this \ovoman, for her j women, w·c mufi tl~crcby t:tkc occafitin to.bc I funhrr <lifgracc, as alfo to aggrauate the fault · vnlikc them. And 1f we findc our Cclueslikc of this Church·in fUffering her, proceedcch to I them :my v.·'Jy, clChcr in wicked opinion, or in dcfcribe her doClrine.And£dl he fl1ewcth.thc practiCe, V.•c muH thereupon growc toa dif11kc · ende and (cope thereof, na:Uely,to feduce and1 with onr fclucs.Againe, finding the 'xamples, I to dcceiue.Whcrein he giueth vs_a further nort. ofgoodmenor good women, 'w\'C mufl labour of a falfe Prophc'r or Prophetcflc, to \'\'it, rd to conformc our fclues ·lhcrcto, and become teach filch doCtrine as dr3V\ 1 cs men to finnc alike them: an·d in this regard .<"~pprooue our gain!l thetirtl' or iCcond Table. !me doCtrine felues,whcn we fee our (clues conformablcvn- 'I i~ according vmo godlineffe_, and lcadcth men to the godly in any vertuc and'gracc, -. thereto; butthccnde off•lle c\oCtrincls imp;- Thc tCcond argument whereby Cl1rill dectie againll Godand man: ~s was {hc\vcd by_' ' fcribcth this wom:m, is her atlion: Sh~ ctdktb the doChincof Balaam, vcrC 14. and fuch washerfolf~ a PrDpheujfo; that is, {he chatl_engcth I thedoChine ofthis woman. :; : · her fdfe to be one that doth reach 'Go<ls will c Sundry !ludems now adiyes arc marudlou• 7'/u 11ft, by the intlinCl of his ~lil'it. And herein fl1c be- _,. fly affeCled with the fermons,~ commentaries, came a notnblc patron of the damnable fee[ I and poflilsofMonksand fricrs.Th'e'fc theypreof the Nicolaltans: for 01c held the lawfulnes I ferrc before the writings of orher godly··anti• offornicati~n, and of eating thlngs faCrificcd foundDiume'!, which is a Jamentable cafc:TOi:'- to Idols.And for the maintenance hereof, thee they arc in rheir'kind lefohe,!t;the fcope ofi:hH'f faith {heisaProphctcffc,one that fjlea:keih noI doCtrine is to drawe-rnetrto errours anP tr-3~{;..' thing bur as lhe is taught by Gods fpirif. This ..grdlions again!lthe law of God; yea tcrliii,rl~ is the praClifc ofhct·etickes, vnder pretc·nce of men ti-om ~eauCn tohd~ A'lid d1eref6're. th'is the fpirit toma'imaine their damn~ble<leuices, exceeding approbation ofthetri is no (m3.1l Of.f as might eafily be proued by induclion of parfence: bceing in truth cher.ightway to bring in. ticular herctikes, informer ages. -:. againc errou'rs, Athelfme, and Poperier}for Fi·rfi, hence thcn·,...,earc tatighr ~bllabour ro· tUr.nc a' P<~f!ill ~~om a moraWpoint ( whcrc:ilfht· hauc thcfpirit of difcerning; wherebywe m:.y often erri:th )' ~nd his doChine and fermons arc 1 trie thefpirits whether' thry be ofGod or nOr. nothinghut fal[e and erronious: and therefore Many will be of no religion, bccaufu there be :1$ Chrfn wou10 ·haue this €hurch to liate tl1e fo many f~lfe tcachcf·s,"lnd fi.1c.:h diuerfi.tic ofof. doClrinc ofthis womatl,becatifc it did dcceiu'e{ pinions in religion. But herein rhcy, bewray fo mull we labour to grdV.:to di£1ike lvith tl1C' · their prof.1ncneffc; thty ol1ght the (ather to b.. D conu1lCntar-ics and pofti'ls ofMonksipdf",.Y~tS'j boui for this gift of diCccrning, w herebYto which tend to that end. · · ·~1. n:lcrt know what is from God, and\\ hat is nor. Sec0ndly,€hri!l fctteth fbrtl1 the CnJciflm:· Secondly, hence we arc r:wgh'rJ rhat when cloC1rincby twOargumtnt~1 ~ Fii£P,1fiy'ihcptr-i i WC arc vniullly fiaundcrcd' di~tr~Ced,or iniufans dcceiucd, hU fenfl!ttti .:.rccondly, by' il;rt I r~d,wc ought not to fret ~nd fume, ·but by pame2nes whereby they are deci!iucd: tO'\\,i't/6;• urnce eo content our fch::-s: for v:c fee that ctmfing tht#Jto commit fornication, and ~1~1 tate wickedmen to maintainc their wicked opinimcatsfdc)·ifh-~d vntoldolso " fil' ons and manners, ..,yjJl nor flickc ro abufe God Touching thepcrfons:' \.\.7hercas lhe... dCcdhimfclfc, and mak:: his blc!fcJ tpirit the :nahor ued t~ot all t~lcn, .b~t t~e fcru:~nts ~'f ~?.a ,~for and p~lron oftheir errcurs ~nd finncs. \Vc bv hert·tsapl:un·c d!(hnCbon ofmen; thtscncrc3~ oL~r_tinnes dcfcruc d1fgrace & reproch; but th~ fcth hn fault,bccaufc they bel6ged vnto~GOd. , fpn·a of God hath doncnorhing amiffc. And 1 But here tv:o qudlions may be mooucd: j j 1_hcreforc ~,-e mul.l be r~nicnr, bccing in rhc Firfl, "'·hy fomc men arc the fcruants ofGod, I i I· .r 1 ·.: ~~~':_e con<lu~nauon, asLu~ 2 3. 40.41 .1.nd and fomc arcnot. Secondly, \\'heth<'r thcfcr- .~---------·-·--- F f'£"1--:--- ---_-.::"-.:::an:::t:.:'-'----
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