138 C H A P. 2. 4n Expo /ition vpon thefecund V E R. 8. cation, workes the confummation,there were then that taught; and Galatiansbelieuçd. Paul indeede p bef ®oyes them for it; yet fo ancient is that Article of Poperie. 9Co1 a i8. That by 9 Angels we mull commend our films to God,as medi- ators of Impetration, in Pawls time was broached in the Church of Coloffe; they fhould abate the MajeRie of the Sonne of God to make him matter of Requefts, to preferre petitions of finfull men vnto his Father. It fauours oftnore Hutnilitie, to employ Angels in that Mediation. Indeed Paul tells the Colof cans giuing way to fuch Religion and Humility, may without reu'ocation of fuch wicked errour, depriue them of their reward. Howbeit, fo ancient is that point of Poperie. In Tauls time , were thefe Ordinances deliuered to ob- ferne. r Touch not, Tuf#e not, Handle not. Touch not a wo- man, T.Cor.7. i. TaRe not meare: Handle not money; meddle not with Secular contrasts. Indeed Paul in a re- fradtarie fpirit of fingularity ,I warrant you, blames Colof- fans, as halfe Traytours to their Chriftfan libertie, in fub- mitting to fuch Ordinances ; tells them they are (vain ob- feruances, no better then Will- merfhip : (hovel only ofwife_ dome : yet fo ancient are thofe points of Poperie. But was affedtation of Primacie in Church -men fo anci- ent ? then haue we the heart of Poperie. Saint John men- tions Diorrephes,perhapswith Tome iniury to Peters chaire, to haue r a f felled preeminence ; primacìe in fuch fort, that St. John hitnfelfe muli crouch, and be contented to haue his letters flighted.Indeed he threatens him fomewhat fhrewd- ly, and calls him Pram. Yet fo ancient is that pillar of the Papacie. That's true of Tertullian. Posed primumverum; falfum quad pnfleritu. Ieremie accords it : the old way is the good way, Ier.6. 16. For my part I fhould put all quefiions of Faith and Religion to that iffue : what is found truly moll ancient, fhould bee acknowledged moll true. So be it, as our Sauiour, we count that eldefl, which was from the be- ginning ; and may thinke that nouellous, of which maybe fayd, Non fuit fiic ab initio. Yet its true, there is an anti- entie
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