C a A p.5. Epif frto the Thep/onion. V s 1Z.I, 2. 3 85 to buhe inquirie,Where the Lord was,What be did, and How he bcti wed his time, before he made the World. Another fort, that gauefome credence to the Doftrine of Originali (inne, and could not but acknowledge the deprauacion ofNature ; but it tortured them to know, how it (hould be conueyed from Adam to his Pofteritic. A fitter - inquiry it had beene, faith Aaffine in his Apo - logue, or Story of him fallen into the Ditch, to vfe manes to come out ofir, than to know-how wee came into it. What fhould I be long i' One ofthe ftrft occaf ons of Poperie growing to fuch height , was this doting about curious queflions, wherewith their Schoolmen peftered the World. The !mill vfcd that poltcie, to diucrt mens mi ©des from things reuealed and necetfary, fo long that they loft almoft all truth in the Church of God. It were endletTe to mention all ; take inftance in that one poinrof Angels. That there are fuch heauenly Spirits, and that they area deputed to the evLfinifterie of the Church, C3-c. 'Heb.r r4. the Scripture plainly reuealeth: This kn owledge fuficcd not ; but they fell to Difputation about the time of their Creation; whether it were before, or with the vifi- bleWorld; whether on the firft day, or when they were created. Touching their Orders, what, and how many they were, their number, whether more fell or flood : whether they did occupie a place ; and fo whether many might be in one place at one time; and how many might fit on a Needles point; and fix hundred fuch like need- leiTe points. And in this policie,theDeuill is not ( lacke to this day, after we haue fettle by lamentable experience, the wo- full fruits of it. Touching the point of the Text ; when the Day ofiudgementfhall bee, how many haue taken in hand curioufly to inquire, boldly to determine, not the Age only, but almoft the Yeere and Day, wherein the Lord (hall come. And how often heare wee the A a z qucition t o
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