C H A P.2. Eplle to the T e, a ontant. . IO 155 Obi"ea. What then became of forefathers ? What of fo many nations yet vnder that bondage ? Conclude wee all vnder remedilefle peril' of damnation ? Ren'. There is a kinde people, faith eAuflin, curious to know other mens liues, carelefliû to reforme their owne. Et Nos, charitably cautionate for others faluation ; take heed, 'call not prodigal' of our owne. Ordinate charitie begins at home. How God deales with others in iuftice, or rnercie, humanitie may incline mee fornething to en- quire;howbeit wifdome aduii'eth,to haue principal' eye to my Elie. t Though thou I(rael play the harlot, yet let not H0C4.15.. ludah finne. And if others will ferric Idoles, yet I am of Iojbuahs aainde, I and my houfe will ferne the Lord. lo/h. 24. I. 2 ,Quaro & ego : what became of Gentiles, nations all, except Iiïac!, till times of new Teftatnent? Jod a fuffered ° A61.106. them all to wake in their owne wayes ; yet now admontlheth all to turne from thofe vanities, to feriae the lining and true god. 3 Yet,as no man faith ofthofe nations,particulars were all damned : fome Profelites were of Gentiles admitted into Iewifh Church; others, I doubt not, many chofeta veffels of mercie : fo in depth of Popifh herefe,were many in all times found, in manic foundations Orthodoxe, and oppofice to the preuailìng faEtion. On which foundation, though they built hay and flubble, yet with that to f fe, X their at i, Cor.; t i foulès were famed. 4 That alto is remarkeable; Popish errours were not all from the beginning, in that height, whereto theyare now Browne; nor vrging to alienc fo flriFt and perempto- rie, as lince the Trent Council'. Libertie there was in the maine, that concernes the heart of Faith and Religion, to opine; to diffent from judgement generally receiued; which libertie allo many vfed I doubt not,but with com- fort to their foules. g Gods iudgements are fometimes open, fometimes r ®m.tr. fecret,alwayes iufl. t Y Who hat's giuen himfaro ? a That 35. any of Adams pofleritie are faued, is of his,meere mercy; If
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