-- . I !' I the ,Epijl/e of fude. 1 --- . teach vstoliuc Cobcrly, Tit.'2.t2.And whofo- fA j cuc:r cannot obcainc thus much of himfclfC_ ro dcnie rhe.abufc ofcreatures:, will ncucr ar~amc I to the denial ofhimfclfe for Chrifl his Jake,and is as ycr a 10an ofno religion. But for the defcnd1ng of this munhering !inne, fom~ things arc alleadgcd. v. 11. Woe 1mto t/;~m, (or thv haue followed othe waie rf Caine, imd arecaflaway by the decert of13alaam! wages~ andperi/h in thegainejaying of Nof~ccis fo foulcbnt n,au l'indc (omcp:tin– ter. Core, . · 1. Ob. Gen. 43· vlt. lofopb and his brethren did care and drinkc, and were dmnk!rogether, Hagge 1 .6.Thc people arc threatened to drink !mt not to drtmk,pmeffe : wherefore drunkcnncs is nor vnlawfull; yea it is a cur(c to drinkc and In thcfonncr \o\'ords ofthev.cr(~, ( w~cvnto nor robe drunk. Anf.ThciC places m_ay indeed them]is laid downc the conclufton of the prinbc rhus tranOared; but then drunkcnndfc is racipall argument of the Epifilc, namely, rh:tt ken cwo waycs: firfi, for cxcdfc.in drinking:of thc(c fcducc-rs fhall be ddlroycd: h:~uing taken which the placcsalleadged fpcak not. ~econdvnto rhcmfclues libcnie offinning; which hcc ly, for liberal! and plcnttfl}ll drinking, and this 1 hath alreadieprooued by a particular cnumcra.. may be done in an holy manner. So loftphwith B tion of the fi.nnes, vnw which they were adhis brerhrcn ate ond drankc liberally .and plendiCle.d: and further amphfieth that fecond part tifully, but not cxceffiucly: fo the people \\'Ctc ofrh~ rcafon, by the reckoning vp ofdiucrs othre:ucncd in Haggc to drinke·,bur,not to fau... rher hones, both in this verfc, and in the rdl ctic and plcntifulncffc. vnro the twemirh. Firfi,ofthe conclufion;Woe 2. Ob. !oh. 2. It is faid rhar the guefls had vntothcm. ]Herefirl\ it may be dcmaunded,why well drunk; yet Chrill turned water into wine or how the Apollle dare pronounce fuch apefiiiJ, and commaunskd the Minillers to drawe rcmprorie fentence againftthcm, and that of forth• .An f. This onely Jbewcth what we may eucrlafii.ng condemnation, feeing the Archandoe,namly,vfc the creatures ofGod in plentigcll durH not paffe iudgemcnt againfi the dcuil full and libcrallmanncr '· vpon fuch occafions himfelfe? Anfw. There be two grounds ofthii as this; but iufiafieth not intemperance, or expraClife:firll,God giucth to all Prophcts,Apo... ceffe in the vfc ofthem. Hies, and Miniller$, the pow.er of the kcycs;. 3· 0/J. It is an auncicnt rule, that irl fome whcre~y they rctainc and binde vp fome meni old& lingring dilcafe~ it !s good to be drunk; finnes to dellru8:ion, as alfo to remit and loofe therefore it ~s lawful vpon fome occali?n to be the finnes of fome others: in both which they drunkc. An[. This qnnot bee done 1n good pronounce iudgment generally.Secondly God confciencc bccing an,vnlawfull mcan~s to cure C gaue yet a further power vmo Prophets & A.. any difeafc, though old and vfcd. · poflles (which is denied now to ordinanc Mi" 4- Ob. Bur fomc fay they con drinkc and neniflcrs)wherby reuealingvntothem his fpccial uer be drunkc, they can ,bcarc morcaw~y then Judgements againfl particular pcrfons,he made. two or three. Anfw, rvoevnto themthlft are them his inlhumcnts to pronounce thcfc his ftrong todrin/:.!wineandflrongdrink.!; .thtfe is a iudgemenrs againfi men, euen in particular. curfe of God again(\ them who vfe ncedcles Thus Dauid, Pfal. 109. curfed particular perdrinking, though they ncuer furfcr nor bee fons.Paul curfeth Alexander the copperfmith, drunke. ~ft.Forwhat cpds may wcevfc the 2.Tim .•pnd Gal. 5· 1 z.Would to God the; were creatures, and in what manner? Anf.The laweuen cutoffthat trouMeyou: and by the fame fpifull ende ofth<ir vfe is Ffofold; fir(\ forncccfrit ofreudation the Apoflle difcerned this woe fitieto prcfcruc life and health: fccondly, for mofl ccrtenly to befall thcfe feduccrs. V[<. our lawfull and hondl delight. Pfalm.1 04. t 4· Hence the Papi{ls conclude,that Prophers,and God giuethbreadroj/rengthen rheheart,andoyle Apoflles, anJ coofcqucntly the Popes, may alfo to mak£ hi& countenance glad. Chri{l fuffcmake Iawes to binde the confcicnce, becaufe red a woman to pourc a boxc ofpretious oynr- D they haue power ouer it ; it beeing lawfull for ment vpon his head: himlelfc was at a feaH in them to curfe bodieand foulc. Anfw. A creaGalc:ly, and forbad not the vfe of wine. Seture may be curfed two waics:fidl,by impofing condly,for manner an~meafure we mutt know a curfcand inAiCling itvpon the body,foulc,or that one man cannot herein bee a rule to anoconfcicncc:this h the peculiar cmfe ofGod,rcthcr, one mans llomacke anQ health craueth lling in his power alone, and is not committed more, another mans leffe. But euery man mutt to Prophcts,Apollles,or Minillers: for it arguobfcruc this rule of fobricric : that. he haue eth fi.1ch a power ouer the foulc as 1t1ay faue or alwaies an eye to fpirituall exercifes; as prayer, ddhoy it.Sccondly,by foretelling & pronounhearing ofthe word, meditation, as alfo to the cing a curfe ro come, which Cod will infliel; workes and duties ofhi!! fpceiall calling;and fo :md this is th:Jt which bclongcth ro Prophets, much as fittcth a man vnto thcfc is his mcafiJrc: Apolllcs, and lvtinillers: but thi~ argucth no and \·\'hen a man by the creatures makc~h himpower at all ouer the c6Cciencc.Sccondly /omc (clfchcauie and vnfit for thcfc, he hath cxccehence concciuc that they haue warrant hence dcd his mcafurc• .___________,_..c..:t:.::o~c:::ur:,:f.e other creatures, mi or bcall,fccing the Eece 4 Apo· 547
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