YC H A P.2 . Epffi`le to Cher heffalonia-s. V a n, 2 not free from like Itnpof tires : But as any man gained to himfelfe reputation of learning and fans ity in the Church, fo was his Name preñxed to the Pamphlets of feducing Teachers, to gaine them Authoritie : out of this amp came that booke of Hermes, commonly filed Prcr : and thole many counterfeit Fathers, whole Authoritie is fa- cred amonga our Romaniiis. Truth is, fcarcely any of the Fathers, but their names haue bin made Panders to their fuperfition : that where their indubitate writings feed them not, counterfeit additions may procure them pa- tronage. What thinke you? Is not the caufc deplored, which but by filch bate faifts cannot be fupported? Haue ye no written word for purgatorie prayer for the dead, in all the indubitate Scriptures of Prophets & Apofles ?but ye muff flie to the Apocrypha, Tradition,apparitians of the dead, &c.for their foundation: Twill euer be true which Tertul- liaa faid -of Heretiques, they areLucifuge Scripturarum. I fay asE fl,Infidelitataierfr sementumfuerit,&fgnumfu- perbia certifmum,fi quis cortem; qua fcripta font, ale quid velit recere, ant carom qua non fcripta entroducere; as Sainte .ugufltne. Si quue fine de ChriJlo, flue de Gina Lc- clefiít, flue de quacunque alio1 re, qua pertinet ad fidem, vitawsque nosiram,non dicam finos,fed quad Paulrvs adiecit, ft Angelus de Colo vobis annunciauerit preterquam quod in Scriptures legalibus .. E'uangelicis accepiîin, Anathema fit. But of the general]. matter of the Caueat,and Item a- gainlf the meanes of feducemcnt hitherto : foliowes the particularcrrottr. As if the day of the Lord were at hand. Is that an errour? Paid not `Peter the fame? t The end of all things draweth nigh : And `Paul, them ends of; the world are come vp- on vs. Rejb. i Some thus. Its not farre off if ye compare the vtmof endurance with eternitie; efln thoufand yeares is as one day ; millions of yeares ; the perpetuitie of time fcarce a point, a moment in eternitic; yet may it be farre off after the meafure of Time. z Comparatíuely nigh to the :s 'w, 4r- 99 serw.de frei confeff'one. 1i1).3,cost.lit.pc tilian.cap.. t. t Pet.4,y. °'r Cor.ro. ° z Pct.r.8. .IMMINda
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