C H A P.2,. Epftleto theTheffalOYita%:S. V S R.Io hisminifiringBaptifine to him at Rome; when its well known,his Bapxif:ne was not atRome;but by a little fuper- fücion deferred till the end of his life : fables a thoufand I could fill you withall ofMiracles,and little leflè then mi- raculous apparitions of Saints and Angels : for confirma- tion of purg lone, prayer to Saints, for dead, and fuck like Popifh trafh. Thomas. of e Aquine is fuppofed to be gratulated by the blefied Virgin for his paines taken to cleare her birth from originali (inne, with her owne voice from heauen, Bene de me fcripfif i Thoma. Saint Bernard deuout in fuperliition in veneration of her, was once falu- ted by her Image, miraculoufy giuing him the time of the day, good morrow Bernard. But well confidering what Daaid fpeakes of Idoles, they haue mouthes and fjieakg not : he is bold to rninde her, That her Ladifhip had for- gotten her felfe;for it was not permitted to women to fpeake in the Church : fexcenta fient haiufinodi. 2 Contraifitos mirabilarios,againfi thefe miracle-mon- yfe 2. gers Chrifi & his Prophets haue made vs cautionate;while, they minde vs,they may teach truth t that doe no miracles; rlohn 50.41. lohn did no miracle ; yet dime fpake of Chrit was true : and they may be m Impoli ors who giue ignes and wonders. m See Deut.r ;. The Diuell himfelfe cannot worke a miracle ; his power,' Ma624.24 though great, yet is not infinite : yet fuppofe him to giue a ligne and wonder, which I am not able cto difcriminate from a true miracle : In weakneffe perhaps might fay, as Tharaoes Magitians, Digital Dei eFt hic : yet if he milled me from veritie of doofrine or life, taught me in Scrip - z 8, ture,whither Diuellof Hell,or Angell of Heauen, IJhould hold him accurfed. Spero,obfecro & vos,qui credente man - do ipfe non credit, magnum eft ipfe prodigium. To doCtrine a Heb.z 4. taughç in our Churches belong 0 miracles of Chrift and his Apofiles. end with all deceiueablene f fe of vnrighteoufne fe. The fecond meanes of his aduancement; deceitfeelneffe,all kinds of falihood and coufenage : áßs deu : take here to denote sniusiitiamvniuerfalem : whither it be qualitas efficientis, or finis, is doubtfull : if of cientis,T his the meaning ; with L 4 all ; ro '% . , .f-.% .ár.%`i"=,
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