Epiflles,f S. Pawl to Titus. CHAP. I.I22 make a calkofthofe carions, and fct it v1' for a god. O6ieáf. But thefe zq s adorne aSermon. Anfw.Oh that our eyes were fo fpiritualt, that we Auguftineeun- eould fee that wonderful' beauty in the pure word ofGed. What an u- fenechthat while he tonei- wife man werehe, that would not content himfelfc with a Iewell of inf- "nEd inehe pi ois nite price, all ofgold, pearles, andprecious Pones , except he carry it to hes dc ,hfe hdie the painter topaint it ! Let Chrifls voice put forth it felfe, and his fheepe yinthe the ho. heare it, and follow him,. As for thepen ans alleadged , be they ne- and th.,aehcdE tier foholy, or profound they are fuf iiciendy honoured in beefing the ni h ngcoxoc freinds ofthe bridegroome, though they be not the bridegroonte hitn- tcnowlcd'che fclfe: and for the perlons allradging them, letthem remember that he is ¡oo s oCdte not praifed in thisbrines, whom men commend, beet hoethat is prat fedof God. hcathen,ts Tut- So much ofthe reface, tie, and ocher:: p . z&ct heCaw Nowwe come to the Tef;manis it felfe. Wherein the Poet chargeth It tdle.tct his countrimen with three maine vices. t. That they were given to lies a knew also that rlf humane elo and falfehood, The Crctiaas are alw tes (jars. a. That they were of qucncc&Phi. bruitifh and belluine condition , voide of the guidance of reafon, e- padron nttF ai/l hafts. 3. That they were giuen to idienef e, and intemperance, werenobctttt then bladders flow bellies. (tuft with wind For the 5rfl ofthese. Why he charged themof ying,althoughwe need not enquire the occasion, that the truthof his nefìimonie (befides the A- Cretianslewd poflles fubfcription) may appeare in hiflory; which recordeth that the lr"° body of this people was giuen otter to inuent, beleeue, and recciue any fable or lie neuer fomonfirous ; and among other, one especially made them noted and hated ofall the world , namely, that Jupiter the cheife of the gods was dead , and that his graue was with them ; the which with other fables, made them fo ridiculous, as that they became a pro- verb among the nations : inlomuch as to lie, was to play the Cretian. atrrICu1-1'104 Neither did the Poet fpeakeof forne flipps of the tongues of Come fewe; or fome falls feldome overtaking them : but of an habit , and of e61ed cuflome and exercise of lying and fairing, which generally and continu- ally they were so tainted with , as little or no foundnes, vprightneffe, and faithfulneffe , but trecherie, guile, falfehood, appeared in their dea- lings. Dou r.Falfehood and deceit in word and deede is condemned,not on- Faithood to ¡y by the light of the Scriptures,but byche light ofuature it fclfe.Nhich word anddeed appeateth expreffely not only by theteftimorie of this PaganPoet,but °h, ¡i77od,b2 by other lights in nature: for the naturali confcienceofmatt accufeth & cure. checketh for it; yea in children thefelues,it maketh them bluib at :he re- port of a Iie.Bebdes,the molt graceles glen of meu,account it the highefi difgrace to haue the lie giuen them, the infamie ofwhich vice is fuck, as I+ none wil take to it,nonewil confeffe it.Andon the conrrary,the heathen Q-a fo
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