CHAP.s.B. 420 :.Cor4,31. 3 azra¡4.13.14. Luk.9.33.34. Calumniare au darter faltema. liquidburcbit. 3 ltitternefre a (beewdfigneof Abadcauro ,2 Contmestarie vpontñe ring of theworld,that is, mot+ bafe and abieét perfons. 3. With this ma- lice and pride is ioyned exceeding fubtiltie and pollìcie in their genera. Lions: well know they, that theyhaue gotten euer more conquefl bythe ftrokes of their tongues then oftheir hands, and fieldome haue they fai- led oftheir purpofes. For hauing a notable facultie to infinuate into great mensfauours,asRehumand Shimfeai, they would not binder the Kings tri6étte,nor fee the Kings d;fhenour: they make no bones of letting fall two or three vntruthes in a few lines to the King : for what hinde- rance had it been to the Kings tribute,what impeachment of hishonour tohaue builded the Temple, andeflablifhedGods true worfnp in Ieru- falem? but thus got they,their purpofe by infinuation and lies,whichby their owne force theycouldnot doe. 2. As they cancoyne oftheir own, fo they haueanotable dexteritie to depraue euen innocencie it felfe.Is it not wonderfull that the famous harbenger ofChrifl, then whome in his time a greater was not borne ofwomen:nonor yet Chrifl himfelfe,could fo carrie themfelues, but that theonemuff needes becounted a demoni- ake, and theother aglutton, drunkard, and friend offinners? Who then can looke to efcape? and ifthey hereby obtain not their whole pur- pofe,yet loofe they not all,hauing learned that curled ruleofMachiauel, that ifthey fpeake their pleafure,tome ill conceit will Rieke in the minds ofmen, which will be worth their labour. Now the negatiue reafon in goodmen themfelues, why their withlanders fpeake mill ofthem, is let downe, r.Pec.4.4. Becaefeyeminenot with them to thefame excefe ofriot, thereforefperky they twill ofycu: diffimilitude of manners caufeth the vn- godly by all:neanes to banifh the faithfull out of the world , they may feeke a newworld for themfelues to line in if they will : if they fhould walke in Well courtes as the ApofilePeter reckonethvp in the 3.verleof the cited chapter,and in fuch a blacke darkeneffe, as didnot reprehend theirs, they could well enough glue them the right hand of felldwfhip; but if men will be foprecife,as that the high waycannot hold them; they cannot away with fuch fingularitie. Vfe. 1. Takehere a note of a falle religion, which commonly is vp- held bybitternesof word , writing, rayliug , and reproaches : confider here thePopifh writersdealingwith Protefiants,puttingoff euen huma- nitieit felfe, and all but the image ofthedeuil,which flandeth inmalici- ous lying and accufingof thebrethren. The heate alto andbitterneffe ofthe Germane diuines , beeing farreaboue that which becommeth bra- thren,roaketh not vnto,but again(} thegoodnes oftheir caufes. Oh that we could all remember,that Chrifis kingdome is peaceable,himfelfe in- flrueketh with all meekeneffe , perfwadeth, intreateth, feldome threat- neth, andneuerwas his voiceheard in the fleeces t the 1pirit defceneinq. vain
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