Chap.2t accerc fing to S' IV! A T TH fi v v. upon a painted fhtep; wecan look upon a painted toad with de- light. It is your alive Chriflian that is molt fpited and perfe cu- ted. Luther was offered to be made a Cardinali, if he would be quiet. He anfwered, no, not if I might be Pope ; And defends himfclf thus againfl chofe that thought him (happly) a proud fool trveniar /ané for his ref'ufall. Let me be counted foolor any thing, Lid he, fo I /itperbcsi, &t., be not found guilty of cowardly Glence. The Pa ifs, when they ton ar- could not rule him, railed at him, and calledhim an Apoftate : guar. Epift. ad He confefleth the aftion, and faith, I an indeed an Apoftate, but acaurze. a bleffedand holy Apoftate; òre that had fallen off from the de- corfrterur ie vil. They called him devil. But what Paid he ? Prorfias Satan effeApo/taram, eft Luthertms, fed Chrifltu vivir & reynat: Amen. Luther is ledóeatum ry' a fam,9't4nr,9utfi- a d evil : Be it fò; but Chrifl liveth and raigneth: that's enough dém eliabolo day for Luther : So be it. tam non ferva- By What authority doer thou thefe things ? ] They law that air. their kingdom woulddown, their trade decay, if Chrift fhould be EP1i adSpia- fuffered thus to teach and takeupon him in the Temple as a Refor_ Ventres Co' ca mer. When Erafmus was asked by the Eledour ofSaxony, why lrnas a*perì,ar-; the Pope andhis Clergy could fo little abide Luther, he anfwer- cae exbautìri. ed. For two great offences, viz he had medled with the Popes ArtigrQè coro- tripplecrown, and with the Monks fat paunches : hint ilia he- tram Pape, es' chryme. Hence all that hatred a And hence now-adaies thole Mor,acro3aÍ , Popifhqueflions to the Profeffours of the truth. By what autho- rity do ye thefè things ? where had you your calling, your ordina- tion ? Where was your Religion before Luther ? Whereunto it was well anfwered by one once, in the Bible, where yours never was. Verfe 24. I alto Will askyou one thing] Our Saviour could have anfwered them.roundly that what he did, he did by the will and appointment of his heavenly father. But becaufè he had a- vouched that foofr,.ar.d they beleeved. him not,. therefore he took another courte. We muff be ready to render a reaton ofour faith ; but then it muff be when we fee be to Ionic good parpofe ; N'o xm no.do'; as ifotherwife, forbear, or untie one knot with another as Chriff. drilipat 111ec. here doth. Verle 25. The baptifine of $ohn Whence Wae it ? ]..That is, the whole nainifiry of john, As if our Saviour thould have (aid, kno4v ye not by what authority I dò these things? have ye not heard. lohns teflimòny for me? And can ye deny that he had his autho- rity, for what he fpake, from God ? How.. is it then that ye askme any
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