94 ( CHAP 2. An Expofition vpon thefecoPUl V E R.2. the times foregoing Chrifis comming in the flefh, not Gin - ply nigh. tlyytxé : e.4ppropinquat, it draweth nigh ; that is Saint ; eterstearme; yet not ivisnie ; inflat, not inffantly to fall vpon the men then lining ; as if they fhould not tafle of death till they faw the Lord Chriii comming in his glorie ; which feernes the conceit thefe meant to fa- ften on them. 4 But why prefurne they to determine of titres and feafons which God bath referued in his own power ? nigh therefore fo nigh ? What may we imagine Satans aime in venting fuch an errour in the Church ? feemingly fo dif- aduantagious to his Kingdome ? The hearing of a lodge- . Aets 4 tc. ment to come firik s Fælix with ° trembling. The terrible found of the laft trumpe which Hilrome fo continually Omnia tuta feínbled to himfelfe, how did it make him feare where he times was moti fecure. Refp. t Among(} Ìibeitines it occafions greater indul- gence to the fiefh, as men willing to glut themfelues with the pleasures of finne, becaufe their time is but Jhort, Ifni 224 2. 2 Any errour in Gods children as an errour plea.. feth the father of lies,thefeducer of the Brethren; fuch ef- pecially as may tend to worke their perplexitie. 3 The ugaft, maine is this : admit but one lye into Scriptures or Scrip- ture doarine, the Authoritie, the truth of all fais to the ground. 7 he delay y of Chrifts comming bred in thofemeck- P s Pet.3.4. ers P fcoffing denial of the maine Article : that mille Arti- fex forefees his iffue. Let it once be entertained as taught in Scripture, or by diuine Reuelation, or by Apoflolicall tradition, that Chrifrthall come in a time prefixed, the e- uent not anfwering; how is all faith of all Truths taught, fhaken and ouerthrovvne ? Saint eAigufiine to Hefchius a man inclining to forré fuch opinion out of an honefi de- fire, remembers this text of the Apoffie ; prohibiting to giue credence to them who taught the day of the Lord was fo inffantly to come : vpon this Reafon is the prohi- bition ; .117e forte cairn tranfifet tempusyuo eum eredebant dusuft.ep 8o efe venturrtm, fir venife non cernerent, etiam cætera fal- laciter
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