534 fd Commentary rsponthe Cha p23: le9io, Though he be now nodrunkard, yet he remains drunk ililt with fuperftition. Verfe 16. Ye blink vnides Whichfay] H Watchmen are bli»de was anold complaint, a Which Vbi T addi ejt W f .56 o. V` hich that it is a foul fault the mafutcutum. Rabbines have there rioted from one letter (in the Original!) of Btaxcor,Tiber, the word rendered Watchmen, bigger then his fellows. How many are there that thruft into the Miniftery, wanting both heart andart to teach the people?Thefelead their flocks to the pits brink, wherein ifthey milli, themfelves lielowcrmoft. Who/i ever fhcillfwear by thegold ofthe Temple] Sc) by the gift on the altar, verf.i 8. thefe, they taught, were tied ; the other might for a fumure ofmoney be difpenfed with, that (wore by the Temple, or the altar. Not fo thofe that fwore by the goldof the Temple, that is, decicated to the Temple, or by the gift on the altar : for thefe oaths brought thefe blinde guides in commodity, which the fwearer was farted prefently topay down. The peo- ple alfo werehereby made more free and forward to offer gold for the Temple, facrifices for the altar; becaufe they were made be- lieve, that thofe prefents were more precious then either Temple or altar. Prettydevices thefe were to get money ; and are they Ác9. andMon, not Hill praetifed byPapifts ? Philip Brafier was abjured in Henry the eighths time, forlaying, That when any cure is done the Priefts do noint the Images, and make men believe the Images do fweat in Iabouringfor them. The rood of Grace, and blood of ,Sts s his relar. Hails is notorious. Our Lady, of Loretto bath her Churches fo fluffed with vowed prcfents and memories, that they are fain to hang their cloyllers and Church -yards with them.They teach the people, that as they may loaner go to Chrift byS. Dominick then by S.Paul. fo to fwcar by holy reliclues,and in fwearing to lay hand on them, is a more binding oath, then to (wear by God, laying hand on the Bible. Verfe 17. Whether ù greater the gold, Ste.] The caufe mull needs be more noble then theefiet. But the duff of covetoufnes hadput out the eyes of thofe buzzards, and expec}orated their underflandings. It is abefotting fin, and bereaves a man ofright reafon. e'slvidusá non videndo. Papills, our modern Pharifees, arematt corrupt in thofe things, where their honour, cafe, or pro- fit is ingaged. In the dothrineofthe Trinity that toucheth not up. on thefe, they arc found enough. Or theTemple that f nflifaeth thegold?] Solomon Temple was flore
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