Chap. r 3.. 4ccordiog to S' M A T T H E vv. very t lheer of eraof hell, and other (inners but their tenants,which have their part or lot withhypocrites. Verfe 39. The enemy that (ömed them, &c. ] As Either Paid, Abe adverfary and enemy is that wicked Haman ; foSatan, Why thenhave men fo much to do with him ? The Jews as often as they hear mentionof Haman in their fynagogues, they do with their fills and hammers beat upon the benches and boards, as if they did knock upon Humans head. We have thofe alto that can bid defiance to the devil, fpet at his name, curfehim haply : but in the mean fpace lit}en to his illations, entertain him into their hearts by obeying his lulls. Thefe are fingularly foolifh. For it is as if one fhould be afraid of the name offire, andyet not fear to beburnt with the flame thereof. Verfe4o. S9 Az it bein the end of this a,srl1 ] As till then there can beno perfcet purgation of the Church. Neverthel;f£, Magillrates, and all good' people mule do their utmoft within their bounds to further a reformta+on a little otherwifethen the Cardinals and prelates ofRome : whom Luther fitly compared to foxes, that came to fweep aduly hoxfe with their tailes, and inilead of fweeping the duff: oar, (weep it all about the houle, fo making a great fmoke for the time, but when they were gon the dull falls all down again. Verle 4t. All thinks that of'en,i] Gr. All fcandals, ?efts, botches, blocks to others in the way co heaven. Seandxl:tm eft rei nonbona fed rnilc excmpluns, æd fi-ais add<liri,u.m, faith Ter- tullia e. Suth were chofe proud, contentious; covetous Prelates in the Primitive Church, that Ansmianus Marce/linta humbled andflormed at. Such were thofe lode and ungirt Chriftians of 395 _._. Gadin 4iti1'. Feb. Martinua Papa exré1or ex An- gliapuljrai,curr a Rene fate ula cenautiurn Bete. vet, rejpordrr Rex, Diabolo te ad inferos ducat (g° per. deco:, ai mace ta -nen ei cvm- rnearum dedie.. Rc lao, ,S.'eiden comment. ev.ci.vl'u>,a. Marcell : coporttfnfurarer luxum. regio ura)orerr., ail! tta. ín cavtaas ú mztrenarumob.; [ationibx, &c. taxaUir, whom Laa`iantitu complaincth in his time, that theydithonouc_ Nunc,nalè ra t. rd their profeflion, to the fcandall of the weak, and the (cornof the wicked. Such was Pope Clement the fifth, who to illgo- ní, good all, r vaned the Church, that Fridericke King of Sicily began tocall quàrr jrpient;, the rtuchof Chriftian Religion into quettion, and had fallenut- bed'conve,tit terly off from it, had he not been fettled and (atisficd by Arno! viv°N , dies de Villa nova, a learned man of thole times. Foralmuch as tL° ub obte:uu Chriflians the Pa ifls hemeant do eate the God whom they nLm`at' (eteKt. i P ) Y Laant de a, adore, Sit animam ,,a cram Philofophre, Laid Averoes the Maho- p%fic,dei metan, let my foul be with the Philof&phers rather: Nothing pro.era. more (lumbleth that poor people the Inv:, and hindreth their t4..xevic cpnvcrlon, then the Idolatry of Paps, and blalphemies of '(Pour,. ?rotefl:ants.. p.
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