C H A P.2. Epi(tle to the Tbefjalorriant. V a x.t 1.12. 163 tens & operatricem. Our Englìfh, firong delufon : Whe- ther r xzvn adliuely denote impoflure,or paflìuely,the fruit of Inch deception, Errour, is not curioufly to be difputed : The words to my apprehenfion found, flrongefl impref- ons of erreur faf iened upon their mindes, by that great Im- poGure, the infirument of the Lords vengeance. Conceiue it to imply two things, z Infatuation and befottedneffe, fo great as that errours palpable, and fuch as may be felt, are entertained for trueth. a Pertinacie and faifnefíe in ad hearing to them, incorrigible, that no perfwafion, nor affright from Cod or man can reclaime them from. `De primo : Infatuation,Haue you euer read the Lord de- fcribing the fotrith dotage of idolatrous Iewes? He Y bur - neth part thereof in the fire : with part thereof hee eateth flefb ; he roj?eth ro/1 and is fatty, fled, bee warmeth himfelfe, &c. And the refdue thereof hee maketh a god; eaten his grauen Image : hee falleth aowne to it, and wor/hippeth it, and prayeth vnto it, and faith, deliuer me for thou art my god. e/And none conftdereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge or vnderflanding to fay, I haue burnt part there- of in the fire; I haue baked bread upon the coles thereof, I haue rofled flefi, and eaten thereof : And Jl >all I make the refidue an abomination ? Shall I fall donne to the flocke of a tree ? A deceiued heart bath turned him 4de, &c. No whit leffe is Popifh infatuation. Semble to your felues a Papal profirate before his breaden god. Hee knowes it the Bakers compofition t fees, coucheth, ta(ïs it bread, cannot be ignorant, it goes out at the draught. Yet adores and prayeth vnto ir, faying, deliuer mee, for thou art my God. So bath god z fbut their eyes, that they cannot fee, and their hearts that they cannot vnderfland. Like may be obferued in many other their abfurd opinions, contra- ry to fenfe, reafon, all found Authoritie. See it in that grand gull, mother of all infatuation to the people : t As an article of faith it muff be holden, that the Pope cannot erre dogmatici in matter of faith pro- pounded to the people to be beleeuèd, though in life he may be a deuil! incarnate, in his (ludic and private judge- M a ment, r Efay Æ4.
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