lJleep. . / -----· - oftheirfpeechto fometh:tt were dead.Tranfhb... SE R. III. Rantiation had rife from fome tranfcendent unwary phrafesof th« Fathe!rs. The P~acy it felfe from ·fome titles of the Romifb Church ~nd Bifhop. Nothing in Popery fo groffe, but . had fome finall beginnings, whkh beingnegle-: · tl:edby thofe that iliouldhave warebed over the ·Chmch, grew at length uofuffenable. No won– derifthe Papifi:s.be€afr intoa·dead fl'eep, they -· havedrunke toodeep ofthe whores cup. They that woriliip Images, ar~ (asthe Scriptur~faith) like unto thtm,they htt<Vt eyuanti feenot,&c.They . cannot difcerneoftheirerrours, though theybe never fo ridiculous and fen{leffe, asl'rayer·inap unknowne tongue,and fuch like. · , .And upon thisfiatc ofthe Church.,letus adde this caution. If the befl: menbe fo prone-to fleep, thenwe A.Caudon, cannot fafely at all times f>uild upon their. judge- ·. menr. The·Fathers of the Churcbwcre·not ·al- .wayesawake.Th<!re be fewofthem,but in fome thjngs.we may appeale from themfelves fle~- ping, to themfelves waking. The :bell havirig . fomedarkne-lfeleft-in theirunderllandings, and fome lulls un(ubd.ued in their affe~ions:, may writeand fpeak fometimes out of the worfi part and principie that is in them,as we14 asout ofthe:: , befl:,when they keepnotclofc.totherule.· . Whenour adverfaries prelfe us withdie au– thority of Fathers, we a~ppeale to themwhere they fpeake advifeclly,.and'ofpurpofe. When they were not awakedby.heretkkes;they fpeak fome.-,
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