92 A Commentary upen the Gofjrel Chapa4.. Gñgbythat frivolous Quellion, proceedeth inhis difcourfe. Some follies are bellconfuted by filence. One having madea long and idle difcourfebefore eArrofi'otfe, concluded it thus ; I doubt I have lutar. degar- been too tedious unto you Sir Philofopher, with my many words. alaate. In good footh,faid Aifitotle, you have not been tedious tome, for I gave no heed to any thing you faid, Verfe 24. But the Fathers ] Therefore to be obey'd , caufeofdivine authority. Gods imprefle makes authentick , and nepit.adoe- bindsevery good heart toobedience. Viniar, veniat verbum Do- c,Iamp, ubmittemus ei, /excenta s nobis erfent colla faid Baldaffar t m:na, . .l f J1 a t godly Dutch-Divine. Verfe 26. Rut the Comforter, &e.] The Spirit teacheth only things confonant to theScripture, and is thereby difcerned from a fpirit ofdelufion : He is not novarum revelationnm architei1uc as Papifls , Mahometans , Artabaptifts , and Libertines would make him. The ?ewes allo had manytraditions and unwrittenve- rities (astheycalled them) wherewith they believed their Scribes andDolours were infpired,for the peoplesbetter direftion in ob- ferving the law. Thefe theycalled MaJhlamnuthoth, C°ompletio- uxt.Tibérias. nes, PerfeEEtiones, becaufe they thought that the written law was perfeeted andcompleted by them. Thefe were thofe ourSaviour cried down, Matt. 15.3. And the Prophet tels us,that in vain (half we look tohear the voice behind us,where our eyesfeenot our teach- ers, Ifa. 30.20,2 t . Verfe 27. "Peace I leave with you ] As a farewell,or legacy; Sacrofanbla cp&va nobis committitur,non ¢gverts, ant lets: Chrift is the Prince ofPeace, yea, he isour peace , faith the Apoille , and brings true peace , which is a peeceofhis Kingdom , Rom.i4.i7. Of him it may be moretruly faid, then it was ofour Henry the Se- venth , that he came in , Vt cùmpacem exulonotem exul , extor- ent.derebu rem ueextorniiconcomitat¡ss a et, reducem rogue redux appor- u Gts 9 ritann taret. Not as the world, c!,--c. ] They cry peace when there is no peace, and make fair weather, when finch a !formof Gods wrath is ready to burl} out , as flail never be blown over. They complement, and withpeace, when war is in their hearts : as the Pope fent a- utih.Apolog. way Henry theThirdEmperour inpeace, but it was( faith the Hi- unit. Ecc1 f ftortan) ualem fcilicet pacernJudas frmulavit, nonqualm; C'hrifus religuit. 'Verfe 28. My ,itdthen is greater then X,, To wit, as I have voluntari-
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