Chap./. 4crordintoSt MA r_T.x E VV. 117 % lawfull and meritorious to lie and writefuchthings, to the end the Spamth t i1gr, common peoplemight withgreater zeal ferveGod and his Saints,. 6c. So longfmce, becaufe freedom of fpeech was u(ed by the aldenfcs,iti blaming and reproving the difiolutelifè and debauch cd manners of the Popi(h Clergy, 3luris nefarie_ a f ngebántur ca.le of the z+r opiitióiies;ìt uibaca omninofoerant r/ieñi, faith Gir'árdw, They church. were cried out upon for odious heretikes and apoftates : 'Mani- cheer theywere laid to be, and to make two fire begionings of things, viz. God and the devil. And why? becaufe they preach ed and maintained, that the Eníperour depended not upon Moreover they were Ariani too, and denied hrift to be theSonne of God, be Chrifl pen caule (forfooth) they denied a cruft to be 'u u; a furffe tranfabltantiated into Chrift, as one fpeaketh. But blefred beGod, cranfiibfla,.raa that although they have in all ages fpoken all manner of evil a. ram. gainft us, yet they have done it falffy, and for Chrifts take, where D-Prid. Lee.p. tore we may 'take up their boóks written againft us, and near Bral( them as a crown. Doe Well and hear ill is Written upon heaves . Ac7 and Mon. gAtes, faid that Martyr. Chrift himfelf ( faith father Latymer) was mifreported, and fallly accufed, both as touching his words, and meaning alto. Count it notftrange tobe traduced, difgraced, fcandalized. Ataftere john hath a devil; tociable Chrift is a wine- bibber, and theScribes and Pharifees (whofe words carry fuçh credit) fay as much. Contrafycophanræ morfirm non eft remedi- úm. It is but vain perfwafion for any childe of God to thinke, by any difcretio , wholly toRill the clamours, and hates of wic- ked men ; who when they thinke well, will learn to report well. In the mean, let our lives give themEhe lie,.,confute them bya reall Apology. Vetf 12. Rejoyceand be exceeding glad] Leap and skip for o tr,znu Ref, joy, as wantonizing young cattle ufe to doe in the fpring, when 1P1 er Pfal. everything is in its primeand pride. thus George Roper, at his a 44. Sgni- comming to the (take, fet agreat leap. So loon as the flame was f ` zr proprie about him, he put out bothhis arms from his bod y, a rood, l°tr m a;irna. t lirupræluxu, and fo ftood ftedfaft ( thejoyofthe Lordbeing hisfirength) not L'-rin. plucking his arms in, till the fire had confumed and burnt them D'cunturlafcr. off. So, Doctouf Tailotar going toward his death, andcomming oie;, a Fe gee. within a mile or twoofHadley (wherehewas to fùffer) 'heleapc Nehern 8. and fetcht a frisk or twain, as men commonly doe in dancing. Ad. and M. Why, M. Doetour, quoththe Sheriff, how doe you-now ? He follazy, anfwered, well, Godbe praifed, good M.Sheriff: : never better : 13 for
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