I --I the. £pijlle offude. , . . /l.±~. j Bee vpon their aducrfary:'"-'hercas the X:'gh~ vfe }.. n~mes ofreproach,by_ tnofc w_no(crongucs are offuit in Iaw,is only to defend a mans nght_. all nunblc to fjJcakc Clllll of th1ngs the~ ncuer rcucnge laid alldc. Thirdly,hCcc men ofvalour knew; V\:ho_ arc to ~now that a t·nan cannnot be_ arc taught not to take achalcn&c: int~ the fic:d, too pre,,fc Ill kccpmJ? the comm_ande!llCnt~:ot_ it is an honour nc<>t to lcccpt o~it,fcetng rcucgc ~od,a~d that thcmfeh_!cs hauc m:1de a ~romtf!! is to be left vnto God, let the "''rang be ncucr 111 Baptdl11c to walkc ll1 no other wa1cs, and fO great. Fourthly, whin men ~eat addes and ought to renew the fame fo often as they come: diffcrence,it is not lawfllll to chJdc,braulc~con- ~ to the Lords t~blc. . tend, cric-,and life vp che voycc in ~hrcarmng~, And whatfocu~r tl1mg~ tl:ry k..~ot:P 111ltUJ't1/!J.J fecing 1 all chcfc arc degrees and kn1dcs of reIn the refl of this ~erfc IS le~ d~wnc rhe th!rd ucngc-, which we mufi lcaucvnto God. Qf}_~jf. , ~nne of chcfc d~cclll.ers,: wlncl~ IS the finne of. What mufi a man doe that is to eocoumcr wah HHcmpcrancc, Handmg m the umnodcratfl v(c the Deuill,eirhcr by temptation, potTdfion, or. o~ 1pe~re and dr.inke, apparcll,. &c. Touching othcrwi(c?An[. Hec mufl follow the pradifc of th1s finne t\.\'0 t~1ngs a~e propou_ndcd: fidl, tl~c he Archano-ell eucn to flie to God by puycr, B proper caufe oflt;that IS nawrall knowlcdgc,Jn ~nd imreat~hit~torebukc him: The like prathcfc wordi: WhatJO~ucr they k!row nawrai!)'.J tlife mufl be taken vp by thofe who ate to dea( Secondly,rhe _finne it fclfe, or.the properrie ot' with heretikcs "vho feck the oucrthrow ofreIt: In thofotbtngs they cmr11pt t~emfoluN. the ligion; The Lo'rd muH be intre:ned to rdlrait.lC caufc is, bccau.fc they are ~ui~C~ \o\'ith a _naturaJ: the malice of the Deuill, that bee tnay not m· k~owledge, hke the bnme bea{ls "~hJch are· himfelfe· or inflrurnents preuailc ro corrupt Without rca~on: There ~e three l>llldes of or repreffe much }e{fefuppreife or !i1pplantthc knowledge mctdem ,vnro the <reaturc; firft,. truth. .) ;zaturall k.._11owledge, arifing fro1n the iMHnCt . v. to. 'But theft fpe4e euili ofthofe thing I which they {now not , and whatfoeuer things they {now naturally, M ·c heajles which are 'Without rea~ on, in thojethingJ they corrupt tbemji:lues. · ' of nature common to man and beafl, and -con– filling in the fcnfes of fight, tnfle, touching; &c. by the benefit whereof the beafl ie fclfc, can difccrne what is foodc fitte for it fclfe, and what is not: what is profitable, and what is hurrefull and vnprofirable for it: vn:· . to which is ioyned ari tlatural.l appetite, by~ the benefit of which the creature can chufedr refufe his foode and meatc in fenfon. The fe– cond is rcafonable /z.'l1owledge, proper to tnarf,_ and is nothing elfc, buc the light of vnder– fianding, wherebybee rcachcth farre higher; and difcemcth me~tc,drinke,appo.rcll, and refi,' · tobe Gods good gifts, and knoweth the ciuilf I;,.theformer part ofthis vcrfe is laid downe vfe of them; with the which is ioyned eleCtion 3 third 3rgurncnt,vvhicb amplifieth the finne of of will, whcr~byhe can chufc or refufc the Ci~.o thcfe dcceiuers;thusframcd: Fora man to giue uillorvnciuil,honefi,or difhondt vfc ofthem~ fentcnce, and condemnc that v.•hich he knoWThis knowledge is in all men, for eucn thC cth not,is a point ofgreat iniuflice and rathnes: Genriles themfelues doe hy nature the things But ihcfc men condemning Magiflracie, concontained in the law,Rom. 2. t 4· that is, ciJilly dcmne·'a thing they know not: and therefore and outwardly:thus many ofthe Heathen haue are iuflly accufed ofra!hndfeand iniufiicc.The excelled in ciuill carriage, 3!ld praCHfe of iu._ like finne oftbefc fcduccrs hath been toovfuaiJ D fiice,ternperancc, and other ciuill venues. The in all ages. In the daics of the ApofHes themthird is rfintutt!lkz;owledge, not proceeding ci.7 fclucs, the Gemilcs accounted the doCtrine of thcr from naturall inflinCt, or reafon it felfe;but the Gofpel but foolifhncffc; the Iewes,an offrom the enlightening ofthe fpirit of God;3n"d fence; and yet neither of them knew what it it bath fundry fruits. Firfl, it enableth men fo was. The fame raflu1cs is at this day to be def~ know thcfe things in their right cAu[u, a.s that cried in the Church of Rome, who hauc dethdC gifts ofm~;nes,drinks, and fuch like pronounced the fcntencc of excommunication acc:ed fron1 God, not as he is the God of nature gain!l our Churches,and condenme the Protconcly;but as by grace in Chri!l: he is our God, ftants for herctikcs,whcn the mofi of them neyea our Father, and fo they become pledges of ucr knew our doCtrine, nor cucr heard what his fpcciall mcrcic; teeing they arc now rrflo1 we cou_ld fay fo: our fclucs;y~a mo~ iniuriou£1y red againc to the bcleeucr,hauing bin formerly they m1fbke vs tn fundry :mame pomts of dolo11 in AdamJ fall. Secondly, rhi~ knowledge I Chine; ZJ.s when we teach that workes doe not caufcth meH to know them in the due meaiufl:ifie a man before God, they cry out and fay fure of their goodncffc and cxccHcncie, right-· I we condemne all good workes. The .fame fault ly difccrning them from fpirituall blcnl.ngs: is exceding rife an1ong!lvs in there daies:for let fa as the heart fl1 all not be fCt vpon them .in · a man make con(cicnce of his waies and cnd,crhc fir it pl:1cc, but vpon the other as of f.1rrC ~toplcafc God,hc isprefcmlybr5.dcd with higher ct1:cemc; yea, they fhall be counECec ,... tcd ' ------------------------------------------~--------------~---
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