CH a r . 5. Ala Expolition upon the fidi V E n. I, of truth ; and wee haue now ' Satan transformed into an 4egell of light. In Ifai his time, there were that durft broil/good, exill ; and raid good ;light darkne jo ; and dark: n^ffe light ; confound the apparenteft differences of things. In the daics of our Sauiour, Pharifes were growne more fubtill together with the bread they e mingled their owneleavren. And filch is the State of our rimes, that who fo fhall compare ancient Poperie, with that we haue now refined by our new matters, fhallfee they were Dunfes in comparifon, that had firft to doe in publifhing and defence of Popifh errours. It went once for currant doctrine without díffinftion, tha': Scriptures might at no hand be permitted to the Lucie: that errour is now refined. And their meaning, they fay is, 'promif-- cuaufly without difference, and without a Cacholike Commentary. Howbeit, to difcreet and lober men, well Catechized in the Romane faith, by licenceofa fuperior, -the Scriptures may bepermittedin their mother tongue. What lhould I tell you how neere, in rermes,they ap- proach to truth ; in themainef£ points of 4uefiion be -' rwi,ttvs ; from which yet they are almoftas fame asmay be ? That we are iuf}ificd and fined onely by the merits ofClarifl ; there are amongfl them that acknowledge in fo many words. But what is their meaning ? by Quiffs merits; not imputed ro vs, but purchafing ro vs a power to merit at the hands of God. It were long to mention, how in matters of practice and morality, the fame cunning of Satan may bee oh. ferued. Who but a man ofexaR knowledge, h.,rreia Ki . ex-act/id todi Berne 6etYrixt good and era, can puCal tTe- rence betwixt counterfeit and current graces ? The,e'is nothing more oppoficeto humilitie, than pride: yet how loth pride it felfe maskevnder the vizar of hum uiie ? fo thatiris now takenvpatfiongf} the differences of pride, there is,theyfay, àkin&ofhuisrblepride. Whop milder, ormore ambitiousthan-Akfalosis ? who, in outward de- pot-
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