368 k.4 Commentary upon the Go el Chap:I.2 tokeep theChriil:ians at variance. Difcord was the deflru&ion ®f eur Anceflcurs, as Tacitus teftifieth, who was here in this island with his father-in-law Agricola, and faw it. And the Lord Rich in his fpeech to the Justices of England, in Edward the fixths raign,could fay ; Never forraign power could yet.hurt, or in any part- prevail in this realm , but by difobedience and diforder in themfelves. That is the way wherewith God will plague us, if he minde to punilh us. And fu long as we Aft. aviMen. doe agree among our [elves , and be obedient to our Prince t fah & 6' and to his godly orders : we may be fur that God is with us, aud.that forraign power, !hall, not prevail againft- us, nor hurt us. Vetfe 26, He adevidedagainfihimfif] But fo he is not. There isa marvellous accordance evenbetwixtevil fpirirs. Squaw Le: Lunccr. de fa viathan itacolaerent,nt earum opere textilidenfato quafi loricat us in. ¿ereConeardi.e. etdat Satan err cataphraElru, as Luther elegantly and truly phra, feth it, Thedevils in the poffcffed perfon were many, yet they fäy C_Ay name (not Our name) ù Legion. Though many, they fpeak and aet as one in the pealTon. That kingdom, we fee, is not divided.. .Aug. de çiv. Verfe 27. Bywhom doeyour children, &e.] That is your Colin. lei, lib,ao. treyman. Not the Difciples, (as Augußin and other Ancients eap5. would have it) but theJewith exorcists, of whom fee, c»fart g..3 8. ef 11. t y. 9. As r our Saviour fhould have Lard : Unleffe that-be a blemish in me, that you hold to be a beauty in others, why fhould you condemn me for a conjurer? Why doth your malice thus wilfullycroffe your confciences? Certain it is, faith '.rafinus, that the felf fame things are condemned as heretical! in Lathers books, that inAuguiline and Bernards works are read and regarded as pious andorthodox fentences. So theft: pafl:tg°s were gathered as herefies out of Trod d/ works He is not a fin, ner in the tight ofGod that would be no firmer. He that would bedelivered, .bath his heart loofe already. It is impof ibie that the word of the croffe fhould be without affiaion and perfeca- tion. TheGofpel is written for all perfons and elates, Prince, Duke, Pope, Empereur. We cannot be without motions of evil delires, but we muff mortifie them in refilling them. God made us hischildren and heirs, while we were his enemies, and before we knewhim. Men fhould fee that their children come to Church to hear the Sermon, 0.c. Were not thefc perilous. here. Canrpertur;l eft a'amnataut bT Lertberi,QrNC. Eraf Epift ad C,¢rdinal,Mo prrin,, 411b and Men jeI,s137
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