0 ra Iohnar9. t t Tím.4.z. a Tim.;.r,a, * Lima 8.8. xMat.r6.i8. =Luc. a2.;a. An Expofttion vponthefecond V E a.3. the tenne Tribes vnder Jeroboam. 3 From Obedience : as when a man fais from moral pra &ife to vicioulìaefe of life, whereof fee (Mar. t t 2.45. 2 Pet.2.2r. of whether, or whether of all, the Apet -le mull be vnderfloed, if any inquire, thus let him thinke, they vlually goe together; in what order, form other oc cafion may fitlier rnanifefl. Though commonly Interpre- ters h cult, to /pqf ofefromFaith,andpuritie of Religion. 3 Meanes ú.e Apofile of force particular perlons, Churches, Prouinces ? Re,/b. Rather of an vniuerfall A- pofia e of the multitude, and maior part of the Chriflian world for otherwife rcuoit of particular perfons, and Churches, was not orange in f Apoflles times : when that here fpokenof is intended to be =notorious: and forne- thing u remote from the notice and fight of the generation then lining: more nearly coaf ing*vpon the tinne of Chriffs (econd comming. And hitherto is Content. 4 But what's this Faith and Religion from which the reuolt tha11 be ? Popifh Expofitors many interpret of the Romig, Faith, and Religion and of the Obedience fuppo- fed due to the Bifhop of that See, as to the Vicar ofChrifl, Saint Peters fucceffor. Worfhipt might he be. Re. But thew vs, l pray, what Scripture hath tyed vs to the Faith and Religion of Rome, as it is Romany ? Mufl we abfurdly thinke the Church in Scripture, to found no- thing but the Church of Rome ? Faith and Religion, de- note the Faith and Religion of Rome? Äpagite. 2 What, when the Romifh Church proues Apoflati- call? are we then tied to the Faith and Religion of Rome? will you fay iss impoflible, for the x promife and y prayer ofChrifl? Re/p. The Church to which the promife is made, is the Church Catholique of the Ele& : the Faith of Teter praied for, is not fides qu.e Creditor; but qua Cre- ditor, the gift of Faith in Peter and all Gods Children. And that the Romifh Church may proue Apoflaticall, doth not the Apofile more then intimate ? Rom I i.ao.:Be not high minded, but feare, was no empty fcarcrow : an intimation rather of poffibilitie and likelihood of their ab- ie &ion :
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