THE
SPIRITVALL
ARCHITECTVRE
.
Text.
MATH.
Chap.
7.
Vers.
24.25.26.27
.
24
Therefore
whosoeuer
heareth
these
sayings
of
mine
,
and
doth
them
,
I
will
liken
him
to
a
wise
man
which
built
his
house
vpon
a
Rocke
.
25
And
the
raine
descended
,
and
the
flouds
came
,
and
the
winds
blew
,
and
beat
vpon
that
House
;
and
it
fell
not
,
for
it
was
founded
on
a
Rocke
.
26
And
euery
one
that
heareth
these
sayings
of
mine
,
and
doth
them
not
,
shall
be
likened
vnto
a
foolish
man
which
built
his
House
vpon
the
Sand.
27
And
the
raine
descended
,
and
the
flouds
came
,
and
the
winds
blew
,
and
beat
vpon
that
house
,
and
it
fell
,
and
the
fall
thereof
was
great
.
THe
blessed
Apostle
S.
Paul
termes
the
new
Ierusalem
(
which
is
the
Christian
Church
)
[
](A04847-e11010-b)(a)
(a)
Gal.
4.26
.
the
Mother
of
vs
all
:
and
this
mother
of
all
Christians
(
like
Mary
the
mother
of
Christ
)
is
[
](A04847-e11050-b)(b)
(b)
Ser.
119.
de
temp.
both
a
mother
and
a
Virgin
.
A
Virgin
in
respect
of
her
most
pure
and
vnspotted
veritie
,
which
though
it
be
often
assaulted
by
cursed
haeretiques
(
the
diuells
off-spring
)
yet
it
neuer
was
,
nor
shall
be
wholy
corrupted
:
[
](A04847-e11100-b)(c)
(c)
Mat.
16.18
.
for
the
gates
of
hell
cannot
preuaile
against
it
,
being
built
on
the
rocke
Christ
Iesus
.
A
mother
in
respect
of
her
copious
faecunditie
:
for
she
is
[
](A04847-e11130-b)(d)
(d)
Cypr.
de
vnitate
.
Eccl.
Sect.
4.
&
5.
Faecunditatis
successibus
copiosa
,
a
fruitfull
mother
of
children
,
bringing
forth
by
her
puritie
of
doctrine
many
sonnes
and
daughters
to
the
Lord
Almightie
;
Illius
faetu
nascimur
,
lacte
nutrimur
,
spiritu
animamur
In
her
wombe
we
are
bred
,
by
her
soule
or
spirit
we
are
quickned
,
by
her
milke
we
are
nourished
:
and
her
two
breasts
that
yeelds
vs
this
sweet
milk
(
[
](A04847-e11180-b)(e)
(e)
Psal.
19.10
.
sweeter
to
beleeuing
souls
than
the
hony
and
the
hony
combe
:
)
are
the
two
Testaments
.
The
same
Church
is
compared
by
that
holy
Father
,
and
blessed
Martyr
S.
Cyprian
[
](A04847-e11210-b)(f)
(f)
Cypr.
Epist.
73.
Sect.
9.
vnto
Paradise
:
the
trees
wherof
are
the
faithfull
:
which
are
[
](A04847-e11250-b)(g)
(g)
Esa
61.3
.
Germina
plantationis
Domini
,
Trees
of
the
Lords
owne
planting
:
and
(
like
the
trees
planted
by
the
riuers
of
Waters
:
[
](A04847-e11270-b)(h)
(h)
Psa.
1.3
.
)
bring
forth
their
fruites
in
due
season
;
and
the
foure
riuers
of
this
Paradise
(
wherewith
these
trees
are
watered
)
are
the
foure
Euangelists
.
These
riuers
(
like
Tagus
)
haue
many
golden
streames
:
of
which
this
sermon
of
Christ
on
the
Mount
is
one
of
the
chois●st
:
for
it
may
be
called
Concio
concionum
(
as
Salomons
sweet
Epithalamium
between
Christ
and
his
Church
is
called
Canticum
Canticorum
)
as
being
the
key
of
the
whole
Bible
,
wherein
Christ
opens
those
treasures
of
Wisedome
and
knowledge
which
are
hid
in
the
old
and
new
Testament
.
Therefore
we
finde
none
of
Christs
sermons
so
largly
registred
by
the
Euangelists
[
](A04847-e11360-b)(i)
(i)
Ioh.
14.15
,
16.
as
this
except
his
consolatarie
sermon
to
his
Disciples
before
his
passion
:
this
being
his
Primum
salue
,
or
first
welcome
to
his
Apostles
after
their
election
to
the
Apostleship
:
and
that
his
vltimum
vale
,
or
last
Farewel
vnto
them
immediately
before
his
passion
.
1.
Praef.
Conc.
How
excellent
a
sermon
this
was
it
is
euident
.
First
,
by
the
Preface
or
exordium
thereunto
:
for
it
was
deliuered
,
In
a
selected
place
(
[
](A04847-e11440-b)(k)
(k)
Mat.
5.1
.
namely
,
a
mountaine
,
)
that
the
sublimitie
of
the
place
might
shew
the
excellencie
of
the
matter
:
Ver.
2.
2.
To
selected
auditors
(
namely
his
twelue
Apostles
,
and
the
choisest
Disciples
,
)
and
in
an
especiall
and
singular
manner
,
intimated
:
First
,
by
his
preparation
thereunto
[
](A04847-e11490-b)(l)
(l)
Luc
6.12
.
:
for
he
spent
the
whole
night
before
in
prayer
,
which
must
needs
imploy
some
consequence
of
great
importance
.
Secondly
,
By
his
gesture
of
sitting
[
](A04847-e11510-b)(m)
(m)
Aug
de
Ser.
Dom.
in
Monte.
,
Quod
pertinet
ad
dignitatem
magisterij
,
implying
both
the
dignitie
of
the
speaker
(
who
is
[
](A04847-e11530-b)(n)
(n)
Mat.
23.8
.
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
the
great
Doctor
of
his
Church
)
and
the
weight
of
the
matter
.
Thirdly
,
by
the
Euangelists
phrase
of
opening
his
mouth
:
which
implies
not
onely
our
Sauiours
earnestnesse
&
intention
both
of
heart
and
voyce
in
speaking
,
but
the
excellency
and
diuine
perfection
of
his
doctrine
.
He
who
is
1.
[
](A04847-e11570-b)f
f
Ier.
24.6
.
The
eye
of
God
,
by
which
he
looks
downe
vpon
his
Church
for
good
and
not
for
euill
.
2.
[
](A04847-e11590-b)g
g
Esay
53.1
.
The
Arme
of
God
,
whereby
hee
doth
both
sustaine
and
imbrace
it
.
3.
[
](A04847-e11610-b)h
h
Esay
48.13
.
1
Pet.
5.8
.
The
hand
of
God
,
whereby
he
hath
laid
the
foundation
of
the
earth
in
the
worke
of
Creation
,
and
pluckt
his
sheep
out
of
the
mouth
of
that
roaring
Lyon
the
Diuell
(
as
Dauid
did
his
fathers
sheepe
out
of
the
iawes
of
the
Lyon
,
[
](A04847-e11640-b)i
i
1
Sam.
17.35
.
&
paw
of
the
beare
)
in
the
worke
of
Redemption
.
4.
The
Face
of
God
,
in
whom
(
as
in
a
Christall
glasse
)
we
may
behold
[
](A04847-e11660-b)a
a
Heb.
1.3
.
the
brightnesse
of
his
fathers
glory
,
and
●xpresse
Character
of
his
person
;
[
](A04847-e11670-b)b
b
Ioh.
14.9
.
He
that
hath
seene
me
hath
seene
the
father
.
5.
The
mouth
of
God
,
whereby
hee
doth
both
[
](A04847-e11700-b)c
c
Cant.
1.2
.
kisse
his
Church
with
the
kisses
of
his
loue
,
and
instruct
it
with
his
heauenly
Doctrine
:
heere
opens
his
mouth
(
as
a
fountaine
of
liuing
waters
)
to
refresh
the
thirsting
soules
of
his
Disciples
,
as
earst
hee
opened
the
rocke
of
stone
for
the
refreshing
of
the
fainting
bodies
of
his
Jsrael
,
[
](A04847-e11720-b)d
d
Psal.
105.31
.
so
that
the
walles
gushed
out
,
and
riuers
ran
in
drye
places
.
2
Materia
:
conc
.
2
By
the
substance
or
matter
of
this
Sermon
;
which
whosoeuer
shall
considerately
read
and
marke
,
shall
finde
therein
[
](A04847-e11760-b)e
e
Aug.
in
loc.
perfectum
vitae
Christianae
modum
,
a
perfect
rule
or
direction
for
a
Christian
life
,
tending
to
true
happinesse
and
perfection
;
[
](A04847-e11780-b)f
f
Mat.
5.48
.
Analisis
Conc
:
V.
3.
A.
v.
3.
ad
13.
Be
yee
perfect
,
&c.
For
therein
Christ
shewes
vs
;
first
,
the
Marke
at
which
wee
must
ayme
,
namely
,
true
blessednesse
in
Gods
Kingdome
.
2.
The
Steps
or
Degrees
whereby
wee
must
ascend
vnto
it
;
namely
,
humility
,
mourning
for
sin
,
meeknes
,
&c.
for
the
eight
beatitudes
are
as
so
many
steps
of
that
[
](A04847-e11870-b)g
g
Gen.
28.12
.
mysticall
Ladder
of
Jaacob
,
whereby
we
must
climbe
vp
vnto
Heauen
.
3.
The
Guides
to
conduct
vs
thither
;
namely
,
A.
v.
1.
ad
17.
the
Ministers
of
the
Gospell
,
who
are
both
the
Salt
of
the
earth
,
to
season
vs
with
the
heauenly
Salt
of
Grace
,
and
the
Light
of
the
World
,
to
guide
our
feete
into
the
way
of
peace
,
that
we
may
make
straight
steps
to
the
[
](A04847-e11930-b)h
h
Apoc.
21.2
.
new
Ierusalem
and
heauenly
Sion
.
4
The
Norme
or
Squire
,
to
rule
out
this
way
vnto
vs
,
namely
the
Law
of
God
,
(
the
rule
of
Charity
and
[
](A04847-e11970-b)i
i
Col
3.14
.
band
of
perfection
)
which
our
Sauiour
by
his
diuine
exposition
cleeres
from
Pharisaicall
glosses
and
corruptions
.
A.
v.
17.
ad
fin●m
Cap.
5.
5
The
crooked
by-pathes
which
wee
must
shunne
,
if
wee
will
keepe
vs
in
the
right
way
to
true
blessednesse
,
and
not
turne
to
the
right
hand
or
the
left
;
and
th●se
are
many
:
(
as
t●ere
is
but
one
right
way
to
a
place
,
but
many
by-wa●es
)
namely
;
Cap.
6.
a.
v.
ad
19.
A.
v.
19.
ad
finem
,
cap.
6.
1.
Hypocrisie
in
doing
our
good
workes
to
be
seene
of
men
.
2.
Worldly
Sollicitude
,
in
laying
vp
our
treasure
in
Earth
not
in
Heauen
;
preferring
the
seruice
of
man
before
the
seruice
of
God
;
and
caring
more
for
the
perishing
vanities
of
this
life
,
then
the
Kingdome
of
God
and
his
righteousnesse
.
C
7
a.
v.
1.
ad
6.
3.
Vncharitable
censuring
of
our
Brethren
,
and
ouercurious
prying
into
their
motes
,
V.
6.
whilst
we
see
not
our
owne
beames
.
4
Prophane
trampling
vnder
our
feet
(
like
dogs
and
Swine
)
the
precious
pearles
of
Gods
holy
word
and
Sacraments
,
and
rending
those
that
bring
them
vnto
vs
with
the
cruell
teeth
of
malicious
obloquy
.
A.
v.
15.
ad
21.
5.
Listning
to
false
Prophets
(
which
are
rauening
wolues
in
sheepes
clothing
)
s●eking
vnder
the
faire
pretences
of
humility
,
truth
,
simplicity
and
sincerity
,
to
prey
vpon
,
&
deuoure
the
soules
of
Christs
sheepe
.
6.
Omission
of
holy
duties
,
namely
,
of
feruent
prayer
,
whereby
wee
should
aske
,
A.
v.
●
.
ad
13.
seeke
and
knocke
at
the
gate
of
mercy
:
and
a
serious
endeuour
to
enter
in
at
the
straight
gate
,
and
goe
on
in
the
narrow
way
that
leads
vnto
saluation
:
v.
21.
&c.
for
as
much
as
a
bare
verball
profession
will
not
serue
the
turne
at
the
last
day
:
Not
euery
one
that
saith
vnto
mee
Lord
,
Lord
,
shall
enter
into
the
Kingdome
of
Heauen
,
but
he
that
doth
the
will
of
my
Father
which
is
in
Heauen
,
&c.
3
Conclus
.
conc
.
3
By
the
conclusion
,
wherein
there
is
an
Emphaticall
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
seeming
to
limit
these
words
of
my
Text
to
this
Sermon
onely
(
as
containing
the
summe
and
substance
of
the
whole
Bible
)
but
they
may
fitly
haue
a
more
generall
reference
to
all
the
words
of
Christs
heauenly
doctrine
deliuered
to
his
Church
,
and
recorded
in
the
sacred
Scriptures
.
And
the
Euangelist
addes
;
V.
28.29
.
when
Iesus
had
ended
these
sayings
,
the
people
were
astonished
at
his
Doctrine
,
&c.
for
hee
was
the
true
Orpheus
,
who
by
the
melodious
harmo●y
of
his
heauenly
Doctrine
drew
the
rocks
,
&
woods
,
and
wilde
beasts
after
him
;
that
is
,
men
of
rocky
and
hard
hearts
(
as
the
Pharisies
)
and
as
sauage
in
sinfulnesse
as
the
wilde
beastes
,
namely
,
Sadduces
and
Publicans
:
[
](A04847-e12410-b)a
a
Luk.
6.17
.
Ioh.
6.2
.
who
flocked
from
all
quarters
of
Iudea
,
Samaria
,
Galile
,
&c.
to
heare
his
diuine
doctrine
,
and
behold
his
Almighty
miracles
;
which
they
saw
and
heard
with
astonishment
and
admiration
,
saying
;
neuer
man
spake
like
this
man
[
](A04847-e12420-b)b
b
Cap.
7.46
.
.
These
words
are
the
conclusion
,
and
application
of
this
diuine
Sermon
;
for
this
wise
master
builder
doth
not
onely
lay
the
foundation
and
raise
the
walles
,
but
roofes
the
top
,
and
perfects
the
building
:
this
heauenly
Husbandman
doth
not
onely
plant
and
sow
by
doctrine
,
but
water
by
Application
,
that
the
seed
may
yeeld
the
more
copious
increase
,
as
he
doth
elsewhere
;
[
](A04847-e12430-b)a
a
Ioh.
13.17
.
Jf
yee
know
these
things
,
blessed
are
yee
if
yee
doe
them
.
Wherein
the
[
](A04847-e12460-b)b
b
1
Pet.
2.25
.
chiefe
Shepheard
and
supreame
Bishop
of
our
soules
teacheth
all
his
subordinate
Pastors
,
(
especially
in
these
dayes
wherein
there
is
[
](A04847-e12480-b)c
c
Beza
.
much
science
but
little
conscience
)
to
bend
th●ir
endeauours
rather
[
](A04847-e12500-b)d
d
Bern.
ad
imbuenda
corda
,
quam
exprim●nda
verba
,
to
reforme
mens
liues
,
then
either
to
tickle
their
itching
eares
or
informe
th●ir
curious
vnderstandings
:
and
to
seeke
,
not
so
m●ch
[
](A04847-e12520-b)e
e
Phil
2.21
.
the
things
that
are
their
owne
(
that
is
,
their
owne
vai●
glorious
applause
by
curious
straines
of
wit
,
or
painting
ouer
their
Sermons
with
the
Vermillion
of
humane
Eloquence
:
)
as
the
things
that
are
Iesus
Christs
,
by
certefying
m●ns
Consciences
and
conuersations
;
and
seeking
to
bring
home
many
sheepe
to
Christ
his
folde
,
many
soules
to
his
Kingdome
.
Otherwise
those
croking
Frogs
of
Rome
,
(
I
meane
the
Iesuites
and
Seminary
Priests
)
which
now
more
then
euer
swarme
in
our
Coasts
,
like
the
Grashoppers
and
Caterpillers
of
[
](A04847-e12550-b)f
f
Ex.
10.12
.
Egipt
will
still
get
ground
of
vs
,
while
we
seeke
to
please
mens
eares
,
and
they
to
worke
vpon
their
consciences
(
the
strongest
band
to
tye
men
fast
to
God
and
his
sacred
truth
)
and
so
in
time
the
Israelitish
Prouerbe
may
be
inuerted
to
our
great
shame
and
the
scandall
of
our
Religion
:
ʰ
[
](A04847-e12570-b)g
g
1
Sam.
18.7
.
Dauid
hath
but
his
1000.
and
Saul
his
10000.
Pardon
therfore
my
plainnesse
(
Right
Honourable
,
&c.
)
If
I
striue
that
my
doctrine
may
be
deliuered
[
](A04847-e12610-b)h
h
1
Cor.
2.4
.
rather
with
the
euidence
of
the
spirit
and
power
,
then
with
the
enticing
words
of
mans
wisedome
and
eloquence
:
for
my
desire
is
not
to
please
carnally
,
nor
to
tickle
the
eares
of
the
curious
;
but
to
win
those
that
are
truely
religious
to
a
constant
perseuerance
in
truth
and
godlinesse
:
and
I
wish
that
wordes
may
be
vnto
you
as
nailes
and
goads
fastned
by
the
masters
of
the
Assemblies
to
pricke
you
forward
to
good
workes
,
[
](A04847-e12650-b)i
i
Eccles.
12.11
.
and
make
you
cleaue
fast
to
Christ
and
his
truth
continually
.
Concerning
the
sense
of
the
Text
,
I
finde
a
difference
among
Interpretors
.
1
Some
by
this
house
built
on
a
rocke
,
vnderstand
the
Christian
Church
in
Generall
,
built
on
the
rock
of
Christian
Doctrine
,
which
is
called
,
[
](A04847-e12690-b)a
a
1
Tim.
3.15
.
The
House
of
the
liuing
God
.
Of
this
House
1.
Christ
Iesus
is
the
chiefe
corner
stone
[
](A04847-e12740-b)b
b
Eph.
2.19.20
.
.
2
The
Prophets
and
Apostles
foundation
stones
,
and
3
The
faithfull
liuing
stones
made
a
spirituall
house
[
](A04847-e12790-b)c
c
●
Pet.
2.5
.
.
4
The
two
opposite
walles
are
the
Iewes
and
Gentiles
.
5
The
foure
corners
of
the
House
,
are
the
foure
Euangelists
.
6
The
Pillars
are
the
Prelates
of
the
Church
.
7
The
Windowes
wher●by
the
light
is
conneyed
vnto
it
,
are
the
Pastors
and
Doctors
of
the
Church
.
8
The
Dore
is
Christ
Iesus
,
the
dore
of
the
sheepe
[
](A04847-e12950-b)d
d
Io●
.
10.7
.
.
9
The
Curtaines
wherewith
this
House
,
or
holy
Tabernacle
of
God
is
adorned
are
the
Precepts
of
the
Law
,
and
Promises
of
the
Gospell
.
10
The
Table
of
this
House
is
the
sacred
Scripture
&
holy
Eucharist
.
12
The
spirituall
meat
set
vpon
this
Table
,
is
Christ
[
](A04847-e13060-b)e
e
Ioh.
6.31
.
the
celestiall
Manna
,
the
bread
of
life
broken
to
vs
in
the
Word
and
Sacraments
.
13
The
Vessels
of
honour
appertaining
to
this
House
,
are
[
](A04847-e13090-b)f
f
Rom.
9.22
,
23
the
Vessels
of
mercy
prepared
vnto
glory
;
and
the
Vessels
of
dishonour
,
are
the
Vessels
of
wrath
prepared
to
destruction
.
For
the
visible
Church
is
like
[
](A04847-e13140-b)h
h
Gen.
7.2
.
&
8.7.8
.
Noahs
Arke
,
which
contained
both
cleane
and
vncleane
Beasts
;
and
had
in
it
as
well
the
greedy
Rauen
,
that
flying
out
of
it
neuer
returned
againe
,
as
the
harmlesse
Done
,
which
out
of
the
Arke
found
no
rest
for
the
soale
of
her
foot
,
but
with
an
Oliue
branch
in
her
mouth
returned
to
the
Arke
againe
.
This
was
figured
in
[
](A04847-e13170-b)i
i
Gen.
4.1
.
Adams
family
,
Typ
Eccl:
visib
.
which
had
in
it
a
bloody
Cain
as
well
as
an
innocent
Abel
;
[
](A04847-e13220-b)k
k
&
9.18
:
&c.
in
Noahs
,
which
had
a
cursed
Cham
as
well
as
a
blessed
Shem
and
Japheth
;
[
](A04847-e13270-b)l
l
&
21.9
.
in
Abrahams
,
which
had
a
persecuting
Jshmael
as
well
as
a
persecuted
Isaack
:
and
in
Isaacks
,
[
](A04847-e13320-b)m
m
&
25.33
.
which
had
a
prophane
Esau
selling
his
Birthright
for
a
messe
of
Pottage
,
as
well
as
a
godly
Iacob
that
obtained
the
Blessing
[
](A04847-e13350-b)n
n
&
27.27
.
.
But
the
wicked
,
Jn
vnitate
Ecclesiae
non
corporis
Eccl.
Alexan
:
de
Hales
.
although
they
bee
in
the
vnity
of
the
Church
visible
;
yet
not
in
the
vnity
of
the
Churches
body
mysticall
:
or
if
they
be
,
it
is
but
as
corrupt
humours
are
in
the
body
naturall
;
(
which
must
be
purged
out
before
the
body
can
be
healthy
and
strong
)
but
not
as
sound
,
sollid
and
substantiall
parts
of
the
same
body
.
For
of
those
that
liue
in
the
visible
Church
there
are
three
sorts
:
1
Some
are
members
thereof
by
Profession
only
,
2
Others
both
by
profession
and
affection
for
the
present
,
but
not
in
resolution
,
3
Others
both
by
profession
,
affection
and
resolution
,
hauing
their
hearts
fast
knit
vnto
God
for
euer
.
And
of
Professors
there
bee
foure
sorts
.
1
Some
professe
the
Cnristian
faith
but
not
wholly
and
intirely
,
as
Heretickes
:
2
Others
professe
the
whole
sauing
truth
,
but
not
in
vnity
;
as
Scismaticks
.
3
Others
professe
the
whole
truth
in
vnity
,
but
not
in
sincerity
,
nor
with
a
resolute
and
vndaunted
constancie
:
as
temporizing
hyppocrites
;
Exposit.
2
and
all
these
3
sorts
build
vpon
the
sand
,
4
Others
professe
the
whole
sauing
truth
in
vnity
and
sincerity
,
and
with
an
irrefragable
constancie
:
and
these
only
build
vpon
the
rocke
.
[
](A04847-e13410-b)a
a
Mat
25.2
.
Exposit.
2
2
Other
Interpretors
vpon
this
place
vnderstand
not
the
Church
in
generall
,
but
the
particular
members
of
the
Church
:
whereof
some
are
wise
,
some
foolish
builders
:
as
elsewhere
[
](A04847-e13450-b)a
a
Mat
25.2
.
they
are
compared
vnto
wise
and
foolish
Virgins
.
1
The
wise
Builders
are
they
,
that
both
by
hearing
and
practising
build
their
faith
on
the
rocke
Christ
,
and
his
sacred
truth
;
whose
faith
,
neither
the
raine
of
prosperity
can
corrupt
or
●eaken
,
nor
the
flouds
of
aduersity
vndermine
,
nor
the
winds
of
diabolicall
suggestions
shake
downe
and
ouerthrow
;
because
the
foundation
on
which
they
are
built
is
immoueable
;
namely
,
the
rocke
Christ
,
and
his
sacred
truth
.
2
The
foolish
builders
are
they
that
by
bare
hearing
without
due
practising
,
build
their
false
&
temporary
faith
,
vpon
the
sands
of
humane
traditions
,
or
their
owne
vaine
fancies
and
superstitions
,
which
euery
win
of
vaine
doctrine
,
storme
of
affliction
,
or
tempest
of
temptation
may
easily
ouerthrow
,
because
it
is
built
on
the
sand
,
and
the
fall
of
such
buldings
and
builders
will
be
great
,
because
they
fall
finally
,
totally
,
irrecouerably
from
Gods
grace
and
glory
,
into
the
bottomlesse
pit
of
perdition
and
destruction
.
But
this
difference
seemes
to
me
rather
verball
then
reall
:
because
the
Church
is
nothing
els
but
a
Mullarum
vnita
vel
potius
vnanimitas
animarum
;
Bern
:
Serm:
61
:
in
Cant:
a
collectiue
,
consisting
of
many
particular
men
conioyned
in
the
generall
Profession
of
the
same
Christian
faith
:
though
some
bee
true
Israelites
,
some
cursed
Edomites
,
some
professing
the
truth
in
sincerity
,
others
in
hypocrisie
;
some
constantly
cleauing
thereto
euen
in
the
mouth
of
danger
,
others
quickly
startling
aside
from
it
like
a
broken
bow
.
This
Text
ther●fore
is
Gods
fanne
,
to
discerne
this
corne
from
that
chaffe
:
His
true
touchstone
to
trye
this
pure
gold
from
that
counterfeit
copper
:
and
the
iust
ballance
of
his
Sanctuary
to
discerne
th●
weight
of
a
sound
,
sollid
,
and
sincere
profession
of
Christianity
,
from
that
which
is
deceitfull
vppon
the
weights
,
and
lighter
then
vanity
it selfe
.
Diuision
:
For
it
doth
expresse
a
threefold
difference
betweene
wise
and
foolish
builders
.
First
,
in
the
manner
of
their
building
:
for
the
wise
builders
perfect
their
building
both
by
hearing
and
practising
:
but
the
foolish
builders
leaue
it
vnperfect
,
hearing
,
but
not
practising
.
Secondly
,
in
the
foundation
of
their
building
;
the
wise
build
vpon
a
sure
and
immooueable
foundation
,
namely
a
Rocke
:
but
the
foolish
,
either
on
none
,
or
a
weake
foundation
;
namely
,
the
superficies
of
the
earth
or
the
sand
.
Thirdly
,
in
the
effect
and
issue
of
their
building
:
for
whereas
both
buildings
are
violently
assaulted
and
beat
vpon
by
raine
,
stormes
,
and
wind
:
the
one
stands
fast
like
Mount
Sion
[
](A04847-e13750-b)b
b
Psal.
125.1
.
,
&c.
the
other
thereof
falls
downe
flat
,
and
the
fall
thereof
is
great
.
Both
begin
w●ll
,
and
consent
in
the
first
act
,
namely
,
of
hearing
Christs
words
,
(
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
V.
24.
&
26.
&c.
)
Whosoeuer
heareth
,
&c.
but
in
the
latter
,
they
differ
as
farrre
as
the
East
is
from
the
West
,
or
the
heauen
from
the
earth
:
for
the
one
conioynes
hearing
and
doing
:
(
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
)
heares
and
doth
them
,
v.
24.
the
other
disioynes
what
God
would
haue
conioyned
(
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
)
hearing
,
but
not
doing
,
v.
26.
And
this
is
that
which
makes
such
a
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
or
wide
distance
between
them
:
First
,
in
their
properties
:
the
one
sort
being
tearmed
wise
,
the
other
,
foolish
builders
:
Secondly
,
in
their
worke
:
the
one
building
on
the
rocke
:
the
other
on
the
sand
:
Thirdly
,
In
the
successe
of
both
:
for
the
issue
of
the
one
building
is
firme
stability
;
but
of
the
other
vtter
ruine
.
The
first
difference
betweene
these
wise
and
foolish
builders
,
is
in
the
manner
of
their
building
:
the
first
,
by
hearing
onely
:
the
second
,
by
hearing
and
practising
.
But
both
heare
:
for
the
eares
are
the
open
doores
by
which
the
knowledge
of
those
things
entereth
into
the
soule
which
haue
no
visible
species
for
the
eyes
to
apprehend
:
[
](A04847-e13890-b)a
a
Rom.
10.17
.
faith
comes
by
hearing
;
which
is
the
[
](A04847-e13900-b)b
b
Heb.
11.1
.
euidence
of
things
not
seene
.
Insomuch
as
the
Centurion
(
who
saw
Christ
crucified
)
beleeued
not
on
him
by
seeing
,
but
by
hearing
:
for
hearing
him
giue
vp
the
ghost
with
a
loud
cry
(
contrary
to
the
nature
of
that
lingring
death
:
)
he
concluded
[
](A04847-e13930-b)c
c
Mar.
15.36
.
,
Surely
this
was
the
Sonne
of
God
[
](A04847-e13950-b)d
d
Ber.
Ser:
28.
in
Cant.
.
Auditus
iuuenit
quod
non
visus
:
oculum
species
fefellit
,
auri
veritas
se
infudit
:
His
eyes
saw
him
[
](A04847-e13980-b)e
e
Esa.
53
2
,
3.
despised
and
reiected
of
men
,
a
man
full
of
sorrowes
,
hauing
no
forme
nor
beautie
that
he
should
be
desired
:
but
by
his
voice
he
beleeued
,
and
acknowledged
to
bee
the
Sonne
of
God
,
not
by
his
face
:
being
herein
a
patterne
for
all
Christs
sheepe
,
and
an
Idea
of
them
all
[
](A04847-e14020-b)f
f
Ioh.
10.27
.
,
My
sheepe
heare
my
voice
,
&c.
Aquin.
1.2
.
Q.
12.
The
Scholemen
say
there
is
a
threefold
booke
wherein
we
know
God
:
First
,
of
nature
:
secondly
,
of
Scripture
:
thirdly
,
of
life
.
By
the
two
first
we
know
him
in
this
life
,
(
but
in
part
and
as
it
were
in
a
gl●sse
darkely
:
)
but
by
the
third
,
we
shall
know
him
in
the
life
to
come
,
when
wee
shall
see
him
face
to
face
.
[
](A04847-e14120-b)g
g
1.
Cor.
13.9
.
For
the
learning
of
the
first
booke
wee
neede
vse
nothing
but
our
eyes
[
](A04847-e14160-b)h
h
Rom.
1.20
.
,
for
the
inuisible
things
of
God
(
to
wit
his
eternall
power
and
Godhead
)
are
by
the
creation
of
the
world
made
visible
.
[
](A04847-e14190-b)i
i
Aug
5.55
.
in
Joh
Tom.
10.
Aske
the
ornament
of
the
heauens
:
namely
,
the
brightnesse
of
the
Sunne
(
the
beautie
of
the
day
,
and
the
eye
of
the
world
:
)
and
the
splendour
of
the
Moone
,
and
order
of
the
Starres
:
(
the
solace
and
ornament
of
the
night
:
)
aske
the
aire
replenished
with
birds
(
natures
quiristers
)
who
by
their
pleasing
notes
,
and
chirping
voices
dayly
chaunt
out
the
prayses
of
their
Creator
:
aske
the
earth
adorned
with
trees
,
and
plants
,
and
replenished
with
foure-footed
beasts
and
creeping
things
,
and
made
the'receptacle
&
habitation
of
(
Man
the
litle
world
,
the
epitom
of
Gods
workmanship
,
and
idea
of
diuine
section
.
)
Lastly
,
aske
the
sea
,
(
the
profound
volume
of
Gods
wonders
,
swarming
with
admirable
and
innumerable
sorts
of
Fishes
:
)
aske
them
all
,
and
they
will
really
answer
thee
:
The
Almightie
hath
created
vs
:
[
](A04847-e14290-b)a
a
Vniuersus
mundusn●l
aliud
est
quam
deus
explicatus
.
Athenag
.
for
the
whole
world
is
nothing
els
but
a
large
booke
wherein
God
is
expressed
:
whose
creatures
are
such
faire
Characters
that
we
may
reade
them
running
.
We
need
but
looke
and
learne
,
see
and
perceiue
:
yea
,
we
may
not
onely
see
,
[
](A04847-e14340-b)b
b
Cypr.
de
card
.
C●●
.
operibus
.
smell
,
tast
,
and
feele
how
gratious
the
Lord
is
,
when
we
smell
,
taste
,
and
feele
his
creatures
.
For
the
learning
of
the
second
booke
,
we
must
vse
both
our
eyes
and
eares
,
in
reading
and
hearing
:
but
especially
our
eares
;
for
although
reading
of
the
Scripture
be
no
small
edifying
:
(
as
appeares
by
the
fruit
thereof
in
the
Israelites
[
](A04847-e14380-b)c
c
2.
Reg
33.2
.
&c
when
the
booke
of
the
law
was
read
by
Hilkiah
the
Priest
,
in
the
dayes
of
Iosiah
,
and
[
](A04847-e14410-b)d
d
Neh.
8.31
.
&c.
by
Ezra
the
Scribe
,
in
the
time
of
Nehemia
)
:
yet
hearing
of
the
Scriptures
opened
and
applyed
by
preaching
is
a
more
powerfull
meanes
to
aedification
and
saluation
:
for
many
[
](A04847-e14450-b)e
e
Act.
8
.
3●
.
(
with
the
Eunuch
)
may
reade
the
Scriptures
,
and
not
vnderstand
them
,
vntill
the
liuely
voice
of
some
Philip
be
as
a
key
to
open
the
closet
of
Gods
hidden
treasures
,
(
that
is
,
the
mysteries
of
the
Gospell
)
vnto
them
.
Dignum
esset
per
superiores
oculorum
fenestras
veritatem
intrare
in
animam
,
&c.
Ber.
Ser.
38
:
in
cant
.
It
were
to
be
wished
that
the
light
of
truth
might
enter
into
our
soules
by
the
windowes
of
our
eyes
:
but
this
is
reserued
for
vs
in
the
life
to
come
,
when
we
shall
with
most
pure
and
perfect
eyes
reade
in
the
booke
of
life
,
and
see
God
face
to
face
.
But
now
wee
receiue
the
remedy
as
the
disease
first
crept
in
vpon
vs
.
[
](A04847-e14520-b)f
f
Gen.
3.4
.
Euah
was
seduced
by
hearkning
to
the
voice
of
the
diuell
,
we
must
bee
conuerted
by
hearkning
to
the
voice
of
God
,
[
](A04847-e14540-b)g
g
Nunc
vnde
irrepsit
morbus
inde
remedium
intrat
:
vt
per
eandem
vestigia
sequatur
vita
mortem
;
tenebras
lux
:
venenum
serpentis
antidotum
veritatis
.
Jbid.
that
so
life
may
enter
into
our
soules
by
the
same
gate
,
by
which
death
entered
,
and
light
come
into
the
houses
of
our
soules
by
the
same
windowes
,
by
which
darknesse
did
:
and
the
antidote
of
truth
(
Christs
owne
confection
)
may
be
taken
of
vs
in
the
same
cuppe
wherein
we
first
dranke
the
poyson
of
that
old
serpent
:
namely
,
by
hearing
.
The
sacred
Scriptures
are
the
mysticall
Paradise
of
God
,
in
the
midst
whereof
grow
the
two
trees
of
knowledge
and
life
:
the
fruites
whereof
are
to
bee
gathered
of
vs
by
these
two
hands
of
reading
and
hearing
:
but
hearing
is
the
right
hand
:
that
is
,
the
more
actiue
and
effectuall
.
The
word
of
God
is
the
well
of
saluation
,
whence
flowe
riuers
of
waters
of
life
,
that
make
glad
the
city
of
God
,
(
.i.
his
true
Church
)
and
our
eares
are
the
channels
by
which
the
streames
of
these
liuing
waters
doe
flow
into
our
soules
.
It
is
also
[
](A04847-e14590-b)a
a
1.
Pet.
2.2
.
sincere
milke
to
nourish
vs
,
flowing
from
the
two
breasts
of
Christ
(
.i.
the
two
Testaments
:
)
and
our
hearing
is
as
the
mouth
whereby
we
sucke
this
sincere
milke
that
we
may
grow
thereby
.
Wherefore
let
vs
hearken
to
that
great
proclamation
of
the
King
of
Kings
[
](A04847-e14630-b)b
b
Esa.
55
.
●
,
&c.
:
Loe
,
euery
one
that
thirsteth
come
to
the
waters
,
&c.
Let
vs
not
spend
our
money
(
as
too
many
doe
)
for
that
which
is
not
bread
,
and
our
labour
for
that
which
satisfieth
not
:
(
preferring
like
swine
,
huskes
,
and
acornes
before
better
food
:
)
but
let
vs
come
vnto
God
,
and
encline
our
eares
to
him
,
that
our
soules
may
liue
,
&c.
[
](A04847-e14680-b)c
c
Psal.
119.24
.
Let
his
statutes
be
our
delight
,
and
our
counsailors
.
[
](A04847-e14700-b)d
d
Luc.
1●
.
39.42
.
Let
vs
choose
Maries
better
part
(
namely
to
sit
at
Christs
feet
,
and
heare
his
preaching
:
)
saying
with
S.
Peter
,
[
](A04847-e14730-b)e
e
Ioh.
6.68
.
Master
,
whither
should
wee
goe
from
thee
?
thou
hast
the
words
of
eternall
life
.
For
if
we
leaue
him
and
his
sacred
word
to
hearken
to
vnwritten
traditions
,
Popes
decretalls
,
Schoolemens
labyrinths
,
Iesuites
Pamphlets
,
or
Seminary
Priests
buzzing
suggestions
,
inciting
vs
to
set
vp
the
[
](A04847-e14760-b)f
f
1.
Sam.
5.3
.
Idol
Dagon
with
the
Arke
of
God
in
the
temple
of
our
soules
,
or
[
](A04847-e14780-b)g
g
2
Reg.
18.21
to
diuide
our
hearts
betweene
God
and
Baal
(
ioyning
with
the
worship
of
the
true
God
and
his
Sonne
Christ
,
the
worship
of
Saints
,
Angells
,
Bread
,
Images
,
Reliques
,
&c.
)
we
commit
a
double
euill
,
wee
leaue
the
fountaine
of
liuing
Waters
,
and
digge
to
our selues
broken
cesternes
that
can
hold
no
water
,
Ier.
2.13
.
[
](A04847-e14840-b)h
h
Ber
Ser.
●8
.
in
Cant.
Solius
habet
auditus
verum
qui
percipit
verbum
:
None
heares
the
truth
but
hee
that
hearkens
to
the
word
of
truth
:
for
the
word
of
God
alone
is
that
[
](A04847-e14880-b)i
i
Apoc.
1
16.
two-edged-sword
,
which
commeth
out
of
the
mouth
of
Christ
:
which
is
[
](A04847-e14900-b)k
k
Heb.
4.12
.
mightie
in
operation
,
and
sharper
than
any
two
edged
sword
(
to
cut
downe
error
,
and
kill
sinne
in
vs
,
)
entring
into
the
diuiding
asunder
of
the
soule
,
and
spirit
,
&c.
[
](A04847-e14910-b)a
a
Io●
.
6.20
.
As
the
sound
of
the
●ammes
hornes
(
Gods
power
accompanying
it
)
made
the
walls
of
Iericho
to
fall
:
so
the
mightie
voice
of
Gods
word
(
if
rightly
heard
of
all
,
by
the
vertue
of
his
spirit
accompanying
the
same
)
would
make
the
walls
,
not
onely
,
of
mysticall
Babell
,
but
of
hell
it selfe
to
reele
and
totter
,
and
fall
flat
downe
,
and
the
whole
kingdome
of
Sathan
to
come
to
mine
:
for
it
is
[
](A04847-e14940-b)b
b
Rom.
1
6.
the
power
of
God
vnto
saluation
:
and
it
will
make
the
Prince
of
hell
recoyle
and
giue
backe
,
and
fall
to
the
ground
[
](A04847-e14960-b)c
c
Ioh.
28.6
.
,
as
the
powerfull
voice
of
Christ
made
Iudas
and
his
confederates
goe
backeward
and
fall
to
the
ground
.
[
](A04847-e14980-b)d
d
Ber.
Dom.
7.
post
Pent.
.
And
this
glasse
of
truth
deceiues
no
man
,
flatters
no
man
,
but
truely
and
impartially
shewes
euery
man
what
he
is
,
that
no
man
be
cast
down
with
needlesse
feares
,
nor
lifted
vp
with
vaine
presumptions
.
Also
it
supplants
vice
,
and
implants
vertue
in
vs
:
banisheth
our
vaine
,
and
cherisheth
our
good
desires
:
layes
our
sinnes
before
our
faces
,
and
so
humbles
our
proud
and
loftie
lookes
,
and
throwes
vs
downe
before
Gods
footstoole
,
with
godly
sorrow
and
true
compunction
for
them
,
and
then
raiseth
vs
vp
againe
with
pretious
promises
,
and
vnspeakeable
comforts
in
the
tender
mercies
of
a
compassionate
father
,
and
soueraigne
merits
of
a
soule-sauing
Sauiour
.
These
effects
hath
this
powerfull
word
of
Christ
in
all
attentiue
,
deuout
,
and
religious
hearers
:
if
it
haue
not
in
all
,
it
is
because
many
heare
amisse
:
(
as
[
](A04847-e15020-b)e
e
Iac.
4.3
.
many
aske
and
receiue
not
because
they
aske
amisse
:
)
for
some
haue
[
](A04847-e15040-b)f
f
Mat.
13.9
.
hearing
,
others
vnhearing
eares
:
some
heare
the
word
and
keepe
it
,
others
heare
and
sleight
it
[
](A04847-e15050-b)g
g
c.
7.6
.
;
treading
this
pretious
pearle
(
like
filthy
Swine
)
vnder
their
feet
,
in
the
mire
of
their
sins
;
and
rending
those
with
the
teeth
of
malice
and
obloquy
that
bring
it
vnto
them
:
therefore
Christ
makes
this
first
maine
difference
or
opposition
betweene
the
hearers
of
the
word
:
that
the
one
sort
are
[
](A04847-e15070-b)h
h
Rom.
2.13
.
not
hearers
onely
,
but
doers
of
the
word
(
who
are
the
wise
builders
and
shall
be
iustified
:
)
but
the
other
sort
are
[
](A04847-e15100-b)i
i
Iac.
1.22
.
not
doers
of
the
word
,
but
hearers
onely
,
deceiuing
their
owne
soules
:
who
are
foolish
builders
,
and
shall
be
condemned
,
for
they
with
their
building
shall
come
to
ruine
.
There
be
diuers
sorts
of
vnprofitable
hearers
.
1.
Some
haue
dull
eares
,
[
](A04847-e15160-b)a
a
Mat.
13
,
●4
.
hearing
they
heare
,
but
doe
not
vnderstand
.
These
are
no
better
for
their
being
in
the
Church
than
the
Churches
pillars
:
for
either
(
[
](A04847-e15180-b)b
b
Act
20
9.
with
Eutichus
)
they
sit
sleeping
while
the
minister
is
preaching
:
or
if
their
eyes
wake
,
their
hearts
are
a
sleepe
:
for
(
like
men
in
a
dreame
)
their
hearts
waue
after
their
fancies
,
and
are
so
firmely
fixt
on
their
worldly
profites
and
carnall
pleasures
that
(
like
Idols
in
the
Temple
)
[
](A04847-e15210-b)c
c
Psa.
115
5
,
6.
they
haue
eyes
and
see
not
,
eares
and
heare
not
:
and
although
the
sound
of
the
word
beat
their
eares
neuer
so
much
,
yet
the
sound
of
the
world
,
and
the
flesh
beates
it
backe
againe
.
These
although
they
can
hunt
Mammon
dry-foote
in
their
shops
all
the
weeke
,
and
neuer
be
weary
:
or
spend
whole
dayes
and
nights
in
a
Tauerne
,
sacrificing
to
Bacchus
:
yet
they
thinke
one
houre
too
much
to
be
spent
in
the
Temple
,
whereby
those
[
](A04847-e15250-b)d
d
Mat.
8.34
.
Gadarenes
make
it
apparant
that
in
their
account
hara
domestica
is
preferred
before
ara
dominica
,
their
Mammon
before
Christ
,
the
world
before
the
word
,
and
their
owne
Swinesties
before
Gods
Sanctuary
.
2
Some
haue
curious
eares
listening
(
like
Athenians
)
after
nouelties
:
and
hearkning
after
quaint
phrases
,
and
curious
strains
of
wit
,
more
than
after
wholesome
doctrine
:
like
a
child
who
desires
to
drinke
out
of
a
painted
glasse
,
more
to
please
his
fancie
than
to
quench
his
thirst
:
or
an
Epicure
at
a
feast
,
who
makes
choise
of
such
meates
as
are
most
delicious
,
not
most
wholesome
:
as
if
they
accounted
the
word
of
God
no
better
than
[
](A04847-e15290-b)e
e
Ezec
33
31
,
32
a
Fidlers
song
,
wherein
men
regard
more
the
pleasantnesse
of
the
voice
,
and
sweetnesse
of
the
musicke
,
than
the
soundnesse
of
the
matter
.
Yet
when
I
condemne
a
curious
and
ouerdelicate
eare
,
I
doe
not
commend
a
barbarous
rusticke
eare
which
will
not
haue
wholesome
doctrine
adorned
with
fit
and
significant
phrases
[
](A04847-e15310-b)f
f
Psa
45.14
.
which
are
the
spouses
embroydered
garment
of
needle
worke
to
cloath
and
adorne
her
.
The
meane
betweene
both
is
to
bee
held
:
1.
That
wee
desire
not
to
heare
fine
words
without
matter
(
which
are
like
a
guilded
boxe
that
hath
nothing
in
it
:
)
nor
rude
and
idle
battologies
(
which
are
like
the
Chaos
[
](A04847-e15340-b)g
g
Ouid
Metaph
,
li.
1.
,
Rudis
indigestaque
moles
,
a
confused
and
disordered
heape
of
words
,
without
either
methode
or
matter
:
but
sound
doctrine
adorned
with
fit
and
significant
phrases
,
free
from
the
enticing
words
of
mans
wisedome
,
and
yet
[
](A04847-e15390-b)a
a
1.
Cor.
2.4
.
in
the
euidence
of
the
spirit
and
power
:
which
is
like
[
](A04847-e15410-b)b
b
Ioh.
12.3
.
Maryes
Alablaster
Boxe
full
of
precious
oyntment
.
3.
Some
haue
[
](A04847-e15440-b)c
c
2.
Tim.
4.3
.
itching
eares
,
and
they
must
bee
clawed
first
either
with
their
owne
phrases
:
for
they
must
be
Sainted
,
and
marked
out
for
Gods
children
,
and
the
Sheepe
of
Christ
,
(
as
if
their
names
alone
were
enrolled
in
the
booke
of
life
:
)
and
all
the
Apostles
and
Martyrs
(
whose
names
and
memories
the
Church
hath
euer
held
reuerend
)
must
be
vnsainted
againe
to
please
their
humours
:
or
els
secondly
with
Inuectiues
against
others
whom
they
maligne
:
and
to
this
end
they
magnifie
,
cherish
,
and
desire
to
heare
onely
such
preachers
whom
(
like
Parrats
)
they
may
teach
their
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
Persius
Sat.
1.
and
who
may
bee
as
hollow
Trunkes
to
carry
through
them
the
bullets
of
reproaches
which
they
shoote
at
others
.
These
haue
Eagles
eyes
to
obserue
the
defects
of
others
,
(
easily
espying
their
[
](A04847-e15510-b)d
d
Mat.
7.3
.
brethrens
moles
,
but
not
discerning
their
owne
beames
(
criricall
tongues
to
censure
the
best
word
and
actions
:
hypocriticall
lookes
to
bleare
the
eyes
of
the
world
:
but
Harpies
hands
,
or
clawes
,
to
hooke
all
that
comes
neere
them
;
and
their
eares
(
like
Mindaes
gates
)
are
wider
than
the
whole
body
of
Religion
within
them
,
so
that
it
doth
easily
runne
out
at
their
eares
(
as
Diogenes
supposed
)
Minda
would
doe
at
the
gates
)
and
expires
in
hearing
onely
.
4.
Some
haue
[
](A04847-e15590-b)e
e
Act.
7.51
.
vncircumcised
eares
and
hearts
:
either
forestalled
with
malice
and
praeiudice
against
the
Preacher
,
whom
they
hate
(
as
[
](A04847-e15620-b)f
f
Reg.
22.8
.
Ahab
did
Michaiah
)
because
hee
doth
not
prophecye
good
vnto
them
but
euill
:
and
those
wrest
all
that
is
well
spoken
to
an
ill
sence
:
(
as
the
spider
turnes
the
iuice
of
the
sweetest
flowers
into
poyson
:
)
or
els
so
blockt
,
and
barred
vp
with
their
owne
hearts
lusts
,
and
rebellious
obstinacy
,
that
although
the
Lord
[
](A04847-e15660-b)g
g
Apoc.
3.21
.
knocke
neuer
so
loud
and
often
at
the
doores
of
their
hearts
,
they
cannot
,
they
will
not
open
to
him
;
for
they
haue
made
their
[
](A04847-e15700-b)h
h
Zach.
7.10
.
faces
like
a
flint
stone
,
and
their
hearts
like
an
adamant
stone
,
that
they
might
not
heare
the
voice
of
the
Lord
by
the
mouths
of
his
Prophets
,
&c.
For
the
Lord
(
as
a
iust
punishment
of
their
former
sins
and
rebellions
)
hath
giuen
them
[
](A04847-e15730-b)a
a
Rom.
11.8
.
the
spirit
of
slumber
,
eyes
that
they
should
not
see
,
and
eares
that
they
should
not
heare
:
so
that
they
bee
possessed
with
such
a
sencelesse
stupiditie
,
stupid
securitie
,
and
stiffe-necked
obstinacy
,
that
like
the
beares
which
[
](A04847-e15750-b)b
b
Solinu●
c.
39.
Solinus
writes
of
(
though
they
be
wounded
they
cannot
be
wakened
:
or
those
fishes
(
which
[
](A04847-e15780-b)c
c
Arist.
li.
4.
de
hist
Aeia●ium
c.
10.
Aristotle
mentions
,
)
which
sleepe
so
soundly
,
that
although
they
haue
speares
thrust
into
their
sides
,
they
stirre
not
a●
all
.
Thus
many
sorts
are
there
of
vnprofitable
hearers
(
compared
by
Christ
to
foolish
builders
)
but
there
is
onely
one
sort
of
good
and
profitable
hearers
(
compared
here
to
wise
builders
)
namely
those
who
heare
the
word
of
God
and
keepe
it
:
firmely
in
their
memories
,
and
faithfully
in
their
conuersations
.
No
man
builds
wisely
and
firmely
in
this
spirituall
building
,
but
he
that
puts
in
practise
what
he
heares
:
[
](A04847-e15880-b)d
d
Aug
de
Serm.
dom.
in
monte
.
Non
quisque
firmat
quae
audit
nisi
faciendo
:
No
man
can
well
keepe
in
memorie
what
he
heares
but
by
practizing
:
but
if
he
forthwith
put
in
practise
what
he
heares
,
those
actions
will
bee
so
many
common
places
to
confirme
what
hee
hath
heard
in
his
memory
.
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
.
v.
24.
Therefore
hearing
and
doing
,
knowledge
and
obedience
,
faith
,
and
charitie
,
truth
and
sanctitie
,
must
goe
hand
in
hand
together
in
our
Christian
profession
:
for
[
](A04847-e15930-b)e
e
Lact.
de
vero
cultu
.
c.
5.
vertue
without
knowledge
,
is
like
a
body
without
an
head
,
and
knowledge
without
vertue
like
an
head
without
a
body
:
both
monstrous
and
abhominable
.
[
](A04847-e15960-b)f
f
Ioh.
10.27
,
28.
My
sheepe
heare
my
voice
(
saith
Christ
)
and
I
know
them
,
and
they
follew
mee
,
and
I
giue
vnto
them
eternall
life
,
&c.
Behold
here
the
fiue
principall
Linkes
of
the
golden
chaine
of
our
saluation
:
1
,
Election
(
my
Sheepe
,
)
2
Vocation
:
(
heare
my
voice
:
)
3.
Iustification
,
(
and
I
know
them
)
4.
Sanctification
,
(
and
they
follow
me
:
)
5.
Glorification
;
and
I
giue
vnto
them
eternall
life
,
&c.
Therefore
hee
that
will
confirme
to
his
owne
conscience
his
election
,
and
bee
a
partaker
of
Iustification
,
and
a
possessor
of
glorification
,
must
haue
an
effectuall
vocation
,
and
a
sinccre
sanctification
,
hearing
the
voice
of
Christ
,
and
following
him
.
To
heare
aright
,
Tu
recte
viuis
si
curas
esse
quod
audis
.
is
to
be
what
a
man
heares
out
of
the
word
of
God
he
should
be
:
This
is
the
hearing
which
God
requires
:
[
](A04847-e16080-b)a
a
Deut.
6.3
.
Heare
therefore
(
O
Israel
)
and
obserue
to
doe
it
,
that
it
may
bee
well
with
thee
,
&c.
And
that
Samuel
offers
to
the
Lord
,
[
](A04847-e16120-b)b
b
1.
Sam.
1.9
.
(
Speake
Lord
for
thy
seruant
heareth
:
)
And
that
Dauid
promiseth
,
[
](A04847-e16150-b)c
c
Psal.
858.
I
will
heare
what
the
Lord
will
say
concerning
me
:
And
that
deuout
S.
Bern.
prayes
for
,
[
](A04847-e16180-b)d
d
Ber:
Ser.
28.
in
Cant.
Vtinam
&
mihi
aperiat
aurem
dominus
vt
intret
ad
cor
meum
sermo
veritatis
,
&c.
Oh
that
the
Lord
would
open
mine
eare
,
that
the
word
of
truth
may
enter
into
mine
heart
,
and
cleere
the
eye
of
my
vnderstanding
,
and
cleanse
my
will
and
affections
,
&c.
For
if
we
thus
heare
,
Faith
will
cleere
that
eye
of
the
soule
which
infidelitie
hath
troubled
:
and
obedience
open
that
hard
and
flinty
heart
,
which
disobedience
and
rebellion
had
shut
vp
and
closed
.
This
doing
of
Gods
word
consists
in
two
things
:
Esa.
1.16
,
17.
Rom.
15.8
.
Eph.
4.22
,
23
,
24.
1.
In
ceasing
to
do
euill
;
and
2.
In
learning
to
do
well
:
In
casting
off
the
workes
of
darknesse
,
and
putting
on
the
armour
of
light
:
In
putting
off
the
old
man
,
and
putting
on
the
new
,
&c.
1.
We
must
mortifie
sinne
in
our
earthly
members
,
&c.
(
Col.
3.5
.
)
and
crucifie
the
flesh
with
the
affections
and
lusts
:
Gal.
5.24
.
[
](A04847-e16270-b)e
e
Ber.
Ser.
30.
in
Cant.
which
is
a
kind
of
Spirituall
Martyrdome
.
And
this
must
bee
done
:
1.
Speedily
,
[
](A04847-e16300-b)f
f
Luc.
12.40
.
because
we
know
not
what
day
or
houre
the
Sonne
of
man
will
come
to
call
vs
to
an
account
[
](A04847-e16310-b)g
g
2.
Cor.
5.10
.
for
the
deedes
done
in
the
body
,
whether
they
be
good
or
euill
.
2.
Totally
,
[
](A04847-e16320-b)h
h
1.
Sam.
15
,
9
,
&c.
for
in
destroying
these
spiritual
Amalekites
we
must
not
spare
one
Agag
:
neither
may
we
foster
one
[
](A04847-e16340-b)i
i
Iud.
16.4
.
&c.
Dalila
,
or
[
](A04847-e16360-b)k
k
Mat.
14.4
.
Herodias
in
our
bosomes
,
(
.i.
one
darling
or
beloued
sinne
)
least
that
one
(
though
we
thinke
it
but
a
little
one
,
as
[
](A04847-e16390-b)l
l
Gen.
19.20
.
Lot
said
of
Zoar
)
incense
Gods
iust
wrath
,
and
worke
our
deserued
destruction
:
for
if
any
of
these
[
](A04847-e16420-b)m
m
Iud.
2.
&
3.
Canaanites
remaine
within
our
borders
,
they
will
be
prickes
in
our
eyes
,
and
thornes
in
our
sides
,
wounds
in
our
soules
,
and
vlcers
in
our
conscienences
,
giuing
our
soules
no
rest
,
but
still
vexing
and
molesting
vs
.
3.
Finally
,
that
wee
returne
no
more
[
](A04847-e16440-b)a
a
2.
Pet.
2.21
,
●2
.
with
the
dogge
to
his
vomit
,
or
the
sow
that
is
washed
to
her
wallowing
in
the
mire
:
for
it
had
been
better
for
vs
neuer
to
haue
known
the
way
of
righteousnesse
,
than
hauing
knowne
it
,
to
turne
from
the
holy
commandement
giuen
vnto
vs
.
A
true
poenitent
hates
sinne
once
repented
of
,
more
mortally
than
[
](A04847-e16450-b)b
b
2
Sam.
13.15
.
Ammon
did
Thamar
after
he
had
defloured
her
:
or
[
](A04847-e16480-b)c
c
Gen.
27
35.
Esau
did
Jacob
after
he
had
supplanted
him
twice
,
and
deceiued
him
both
of
his
birthright
and
blessing
.
For
sinne
is
in
this
respect
a
true
Iacob
,
a
supplanter
indeed
.
1.
It
supplants
vs
and
depriues
vs
of
our
birthright
,
or
interest
vnto
the
kingdome
of
heauen
,
which
we
should
haue
had
by
Christ
Iesus
the
true
heire
of
heauen
:
2.
It
depriues
vs
of
all
Gods
blessings
,
temporall
,
spirituall
,
and
eternall
:
and
therefore
is
to
be
mortally
hated
,
and
vtterly
reiected
.
2.
We
must
doe
good
,
[
](A04847-e16530-b)d
d
Mat
3.8
.
bringing
foorth
fruites
worthy
amendment
of
life
:
and
[
](A04847-e16550-b)e
e
Col.
1.10
.
walking
worthy
of
the
Lord
,
endeauouring
to
please
him
in
all
things
,
beeing
fruitfull
in
all
good
workes
and
abounding
in
the
knowledge
of
God
.
And
to
the
end
our
workes
may
bee
truely
good
,
and
such
as
God
accepteth
,
wee
must
obserue
these
conditions
.
1.
That
our selues
bee
in
Christ
,
ingraffed
into
him
as
branches
into
the
stocke
,
and
incorporated
as
members
with
their
head
by
the
bond
of
the
spirit
,
and
hand
of
faith
[
](A04847-e16590-b)f
f
●
.
Cor.
5.17
.
If
any
man
be
in
Christ
let
him
be
a
new
creature
:
First
,
he
must
be
in
Christ
,
and
then
a
new
creature
.
It
is
the
axiome
of
the
Schoole
Diuines
:
Regula
Scholast.
Complacentia
operis
praesupponit
complacentiam
personae
:
The
worke
can
neuer
bee
accepted
,
except
the
person
be
first
accepted
:
[
](A04847-e16630-b)g
g
Gen.
4.4.5
.
as
we
see
in
Cain
and
Abel
.
Therefore
S.
Aug.
saith
of
the
vertues
of
the
Heathens
,
(
as
the
iustice
of
Aristides
,
the
temperance
of
Fabritius
,
&c.
)
that
they
are
but
[
](A04847-e16690-b)h
h
Aug
in
Ps.
31.
Splendida
peccata
,
.i.
Glistring
or
glorious
sinnes
:
and
[
](A04847-e16720-b)i
i
Et
Ser.
55.
de
ver.
dom.
in
Ioh.
Cursus
celerimus
praeter
viam
,
.i.
a
most
swift
course
,
but
out
of
the
way
:
and
saith
moreouer
,
[
](A04847-e16750-b)k
k
Et
in
Psal.
83.
That
their
chickens
were
trodden
vnder
foote
by
God
,
because
they
were
not
hatched
in
the
nest
of
the
Church
:
meaning
that
their
good
workes
were
reiected
of
God
,
because
themselues
were
not
members
of
the
Christian
Church
.
2.
That
our
good
workes
proceed
[
](A04847-e16780-b)a
a
1.
Tim.
1.5
.
from
a
pure
heart
,
a
good
conscience
,
and
faith
vnfained
:
for
the
spirit
of
grace
is
the
father
,
and
faith
the
mother
of
good
workes
:
the
one
the
root
,
and
the
other
the
iuice
of
that
tree
that
brings
foorth
good
fruit
,
[
](A04847-e16790-b)b
b
Ber.
Ser.
30.
in
Cant.
Nec
palmites
absque
vite
,
nec
virtus
absque
fide
;
True
vertue
can
bee
no
more
without
true
faith
,
than
the
branches
without
the
vine
in
which
they
grow
and
by
which
they
liue
,
and
are
nourished
.
[
](A04847-e16830-b)c
c
1.
Reg.
6.34
.
The
two
doores
of
the
Sanctum
Sanctorum
had
folding
leaues
clasping
in
each
other
:
to
teach
vs
that
the
two
doores
of
faith
and
charity
(
by
which
Christ
enters
into
our
soules
,
as
his
holy
Temples
)
must
neuer
be
separated
,
but
Se
inuicem
tenere
,
.i.
Fold
in
one
the
other
,
and
claspe
hands
together
.
[
](A04847-e16860-b)d
d
Leo
magnus
.
Sicut
enim
in
fide
est
operum
ratio
,
sic
in
operibus
fidei
fortitudo
:
As
faith
is
the
norme
or
squire
to
rule
out
our
good
workees
,
so
good
workes
are
the
proppe
or
pillar
to
vphold
and
strengthen
our
faith
.
For
faith
and
good
workes
be
fundamentall
stones
in
the
spirituall
building
of
our
soules
,
to
be
an
holy
Temple
in
the
Lord
,
[
](A04847-e16880-b)e
e
Eph
,
2.
vlt.
an
habitation
of
God
by
the
spirit
:
but
they
both
leane
vpon
,
relye
vpon
,
and
are
borne
vp
,
and
sustained
by
the
greatest
and
chiefest
corner-stone
,
Christ
Iesus
.
Maldonate
Mald.
in
loc.
therefore
,
the
Iesuite
,
doth
falsely
taxe
vs
(
in
his
Commentaries
vpon
this
text
)
for
building
on
the
sand
,
because
wee
teach
(
with
S.
Paul
)
That
[
](A04847-e16930-b)f
f
Rom.
3.28
.
faith
alone
doth
iustifie
without
the
workes
of
the
law
:
seeing
wee
teach
withall
,
that
charity
is
the
life
and
soule
of
faith
:
and
that
a
true
iustifying
faith
must
needs
be
operatiue
,
and
fruitfull
in
charity
:
[
](A04847-e16950-b)g
g
Iac.
2.
vlt.
for
as
the
body
without
the
soule
,
so
faith
without
charity
is
dead
.
We
teach
indeed
(
and
that
according
to
the
Scriptures
)
that
in
the
act
of
Iustification
faith
is
alone
:
Thesis
nostra
.
Fides
est
sola
quoad
actum
iustificandi
,
non
solitaria
quoad
actum
existendi
.
because
wee
beleeue
that
not
any
merit
of
our
owne
workes
,
but
the
merit
of
Christ
his
perfect
obedience
actiue
and
passiue
doth
purchase
at
Gods
hands
the
remission
of
our
sinnes
,
and
makes
our
peace
and
reconciliation
with
him
:
and
faith
alone
is
the
eye
whereby
wee
behold
Christ
,
and
the
hand
of
the
soule
which
wee
stretch
out
to
lay
hold
on
him
,
and
to
apply
the
plasture
of
his
pretious
merits
to
our
wounded
soules
,
and
to
open
the
rich
treasurie
or
caskenet
of
his
spirituall
graces
vnto
vs
:
thereforethough
we
teach
,
that
faith
is
alone
in
that
act
(
as
most
proper
thereunto
)
as
the
eye
is
alone
in
the
act
of
seeing
,
the
eare
in
the
act
of
hearing
,
and
the
hand
in
the
act
of
receiuing
(
for
these
members
performe
those
offices
and
no
other
:
)
yet
wee
say
that
faith
is
not
alone
in
the
act
of
existing
,
but
doth
coexist
in
the
soule
of
the
iustified
man
with
other
graces
,
(
namely
,
hope
,
charity
,
obedience
,
patience
,
&c.
)
as
the
eye
,
eare
,
and
hand
are
not
alone
in
the
body
,
but
doe
coexist
with
other
members
.
2.
And
Bellarmin
doth
but
fight
with
his
owne
shadow
when
[
](A04847-e17040-b)a
a
Bellur
.
li.
4.
de
Iustificat
.
ac
.
1.
ad
15.
he
labors
in
14.
seuerall
chapters
to
proue
against
the
Protestants
the
necessitie
of
good
workes
vnto
saluation
,
which
we
neuer
denyed
,
eyther
directly
,
or
by
necessary
consequence
,
as
he
doth
there
falsely
accuse
vs
.
For
we
teach
them
to
be
necessary
vnto
saluation
,
Non
necessitate
causalitatis
sed
consequentiae
:
not
as
meritorious
causes
of
our
Iustification
,
but
as
necessary
effects
,
concomitances
,
Thesis
nostra
.
and
consequents
thereof
:
(
as
S.
Aug.
taught
long
since
[
](A04847-e17130-b)b
b
Aug.
de
fide
&
operibus
cap.
14
Sequuntur
Iustificatum
●on
praecedunt
iustificandum
)
:
for
this
queene
of
all
graces
,
(
a
true
iustifying
faith
)
is
euer
accompanied
,
and
attended
on
with
other
graces
,
and
good
workes
:
as
[
](A04847-e17160-b)c
c
Psal.
45.9
.
the
spouse
with
her
honourable
women
.
Also
we
teach
them
to
be
necessary
to
saluation
:
1.
Necessitate
praecepti
:
because
God
hath
commanded
vs
to
performe
them
:
Opera
sunt
necessaria
ad
salutem
necessitate
precepti
,
&
me
dii
,
sed
non
meriti
.
for
we
are
his
workemanship
,
created
in
Christ
Iesus
,
vnto
good
workes
which
God
hath
ordayned
that
we
should
walke
in
them
,
Eph.
2.10.2
.
Necessitate
medij
:
because
they
are
the
meane
and
pathway
to
saluation
,
but
not
Necessitate
meriti
:
as
if
they
were
not
onely
the
[
](A04847-e17240-b)d
d
Ber.
Ser.
61.
in
Cant.
way
to
the
kingdome
,
but
the
cause
of
our
reigning
there
.
For
we
vtterly
disclaime
that
Popish
doctrine
of
the
merit
of
workes
.
1.
As
derogatory
to
the
grace
of
God
,
and
2.
to
the
merits
of
Christ
Iesus
.
1
As
derogatory
to
the
grace
of
God
:
because
as
Saint
Ber.
saith
truely
,
[
](A04847-e17290-b)e
e
Ber.
Ser.
67.
in
Cant.
Non
est
quo
gratia
intret
vbi
iam
meritum
occupauit
:
Deest
gratiae
quicquid
meritis
deputatur
,
.i.
Grace
is
shut
out
of
doores
where
merit
hath
got
posession
:
whatsoeuer
we
adde
or
ascribe
to
merit
,
wee
substract
from
grace
,
according
to
that
of
S.
Paul
,
[
](A04847-e17330-b)f
f
Rom
,
11.6
.
If
it
be
of
grace
it
is
no
more
of
workes
,
otherwise
grace
is
no
more
grace
:
But
if
it
be
of
workes
then
it
is
no
more
of
grace
,
or
els
were
workes
no
more
workes
.
Now
it
is
the
grace
of
God
alone
that
workes
all
good
in
vs
:
[
](A04847-e17340-b)a
a
Phil.
2.13
.
He
worketh
in
vs
both
the
will
and
the
deede
,
&c.
and
he
findes
nothing
in
vs
which
of
it selfe
(
without
the
helpe
of
grace
)
can
concurre
with
his
grace
in
the
doing
of
good
:
or
which
may
increase
or
adde
vnto
,
but
rather
decrease
and
blemish
the
perfection
of
our
well
doing
:
[
](A04847-e17360-b)b
b
Aug.
ep.
105.
ad
Sixtum
.
Cum
non
liberat
nisi
gratia
,
nil
iustum
inuenit
in
eo
quem
liberat
:
non
voluntatem
,
non
operationem
,
non
saltem
ipsam
excusationem
.
(
Wheras
saith
S.
Aug.
)
the
grace
of
God
alone
frees
vs
from
the
bondage
of
sinne
,
it
finds
nothing
good
or
righteous
in
him
whom
it
,
doth
free
,
not
a
good
will
,
or
a
good
worke
,
yea
not
so
much
as
an
excuse
for
sinne
,
[
](A04847-e17400-b)c
c
Hom.
93
de
temp.
Non
enim
in
te
placet
nisi
quod
habes
ex
deo
:
quod
autem
habes
ex
te
displicet
Deo
.
There
is
nothing
in
thee
(
O
man
)
which
doth
please
God
,
but
what
thou
hast
from
God
:
whatsoeuer
thou
hast
from
thy selfe
doth
displease
God
.
2.
Justitia
duplex
promissi
&
debiti
.
Aug.
ep.
105.
And
it
is
the
meere
grace
of
God
that
rewards
our
well
doing
:
for
it
is
merces
indebita
,
(
an
vndes●rued
reward
)
or
if
any
way
due
,
it
is
by
the
iustice
of
Gods
promise
,
not
of
our
desert
:
for
God
when
he
rewards
our
good
workes
,
crownes
his
owne
gifts
not
our
merits
.
So
S.
Cyprian
,
[
](A04847-e17480-b)d
d
Cypr.
epist.
77.
When
God
beholds
our
fortitude
and
constancy
in
our
conflicts
with
our
spirituall
or
temporall
enemies
,
hee
approoues
of
our
willingnesse
,
and
helpes
our
weaknesse
in
the
fight
,
and
crownes
vs
when
we
haue
ouercome
:
wherein
he
doth
reward
in
vs
what
himselfe
hath
done
,
and
honours
what
himselfe
hath
performed
.
2.
We
disclaime
the
merits
of
workes
,
as
derogatory
to
the
all-sufficient
merits
of
Christ
Iesus
:
as
if
these
alone
were
not
sufficient
to
iustifie
and
saue
vs
,
but
that
they
must
be
pieced
out
with
our
owne
merits
:
wheras
S.
Ber.
saith
[
](A04847-e17520-b)e
e
Ber.
Ser.
61.
i●
Cant.
,
That
the
righteousnesse
of
Christ
is
not
pallium
breue
,
(
.i.
a
short
,
or
scanty
cloake
that
cannot
couer
two
,
namely
,
himselfe
and
vs
)
but
largitur
larga
,
&
aeterna
iustitia
:
.i.
a
most
ample
,
large
,
and
aeternall
righteousnesse
couering
in
him
the
treasures
of
his
mercies
,
and
riches
of
his
goodnes
,
and
in
vs
the
multitude
of
our
sinnes
.
Therfore
the
Saints
of
God
will
ascribe
nothing
to
their
owne
merits
,
Aug.
in
Psal.
39
but
all
to
Gods
onely
grace
and
mercy
.
[
](A04847-e17590-b)f
f
Ber.
5.
Ser.
in
Cant.
Nolo
meritum
quod
gratiam
excludat
:
horreo
quicquid
de
meo
est
,
vt
meus
s●m
,
&c
I
wil
haue
no
merit
(
saith
S.
Ber.
)
which
may
exclude
grace
:
I
tremble
at
any
thing
that
comes
from
my selfe
,
that
I
should
bee
my selfe
alone
,
and
stand
vpon
mine
owne
feet
:
It
is
the
grace
of
God
that
doth
iustifie
me
freely
:
my
merit
is
the
mercy
of
the
Lord
,
if
he
be
rich
in
mercy
,
I
am
rich
in
merit
.
I
conclude
this
point
with
S.
August
,
[
](A04847-e17650-b)a
a
Aug.
de
praedestinat
.
sanct.
Tom.
7.
Conticescant
ergo
merita
quae
periere
per
Adam
,
&
regnet
dei
gratia
per
Iesum
Christum
:
Let
merits
therefore
bee
silent
,
and
not
dare
to
plead
for
themselues
before
the
barre
of
Gods
iustice
,
which
are
lost
in
Adam
:
and
let
the
[
](A04847-e17690-b)b
b
Rom
,
5.17
.
grace
of
God
reigne
by
Christ
Iesus
.
Cond
.
3
3.
The
third
condition
in
the
doing
of
good
workes
is
,
that
they
be
such
as
God
hath
commanded
in
his
holy
word
,
which
is
the
perfect
rule
of
righteousnesse
.
[
](A04847-e17730-b)c
c
Mich.
6.8
.
He
hath
shewed
thee
(
ô
man
)
what
is
good
,
&
what
the
Lord
requireth
of
thee
,
namely
,
to
doe
iustly
,
and
to
loue
mercy
,
and
to
walke
humbly
with
thy
God
.
As
in
the
building
of
the
Tabernacle
.
Moses
was
commanded
to
doe
all
things
according
to
the
[
](A04847-e17750-b)d
d
Exod.
25.
vlt.
patt●rne
shewed
him
in
the
Mount
:
so
in
this
our
spiritual
building
of
our
soules
and
bodies
to
be
the
[
](A04847-e17760-b)e
e
●
.
Cor.
6
.
1●
.
Temples
of
the
Holy
Ghost
,
wee
must
haue
●n
eye
to
the
patterne
that
God
hath
shewed
vs
in
the
holy
m●untaine
of
his
heauenly
word
or
els
our
building
will
prooue
Babell
,
and
turne
to
our
owne
confusion
.
For
if
the
good
workes
we
doe
be
after
the
[
](A04847-e17790-b)f
f
Col.
2.8
&
23
traditions
of
men
,
and
the
rudiments
of
the
world
,
and
not
after
Christ
:
(
as
many
Popish
deuotions
are
)
namely
,
their
pilgrimages
,
inuocations
of
Saints
and
Angells
,
adorations
of
Saints
,
reliques
,
and
Images
,
and
building
of
Monasteries
for
lazie
Monkes
,
(
which
are
[
](A04847-e17810-b)g
g
Tit.
1.12
.
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
euill
beasts
,
slow
bellies
:
)
then
they
are
at
the
best
but
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
a
wil
worship
,
and
bodily
exercise
,
and
profite
nothing
:
of
which
God
may
truely
say
[
](A04847-e17840-b)h
h
Esa.
1.12
.
who
hath
required
these
things
at
your
hand
?
But
if
they
bee
such
as
God
hath
commanded
,
[
](A04847-e17860-b)i
i
Lact.
Jnstit
.
15
such
as
haue
true
Religion
for
their
root
;
and
piety
,
and
charity
for
the
two
maine
branches
whereon
they
grow
,
then
they
be
accepted
of
God
,
and
approoued
of
men
,
Rom.
14.18
.
And
such
haue
beene
the
good
workes
of
this
honourable
city
:
(
namely
,
founding
of
Hospitalls
for
poore
Orphanes
,
decayed
Gentlemen
,
and
Trades-men
,
maimed
Souldiers
,
&c.
that
their
[
](A04847-e17890-b)k
k
Ihb
21.20
.
Loynes
and
soules
may
blesse
you
,
and
blesse
God
for
you
:
)
and
erecting
of
Grammer
Schooles
for
the
training
vp
of
youth
in
good
letters
,
and
such
like
,
in
which
kind
of
good
workes
,
I
dare
bee
bold
to
say
,
that
our
beautifull
Rachel
,
(
.i.
true
Religion
)
hath
beene
more
fruitfull
in
one
age
;
See
Willets
Catalogue
of
the
Protestants
good
workes
,
annexed
to
his
Synopsi
.
Papis
.
than
their
bleare-eyed
Leah
(
.i.
blind
Popish
superstition
)
hath
beene
in
many
ages
.
And
I
heartily
pray
that
in
all
such
good
workes
yee
may
abound
yet
more
and
more
,
and
that
your
charitie
may
be
like
the
good
[
](A04847-e17950-b)a
a
2.
Reg.
4.6
.
Shunamites
oyle
,
euer
flowing
till
there
bee
empty
vessels
to
receiue
it
.
Condit
.
4
4.
The
fourth
condition
is
that
they
be
done
to
a
good
end
,
and
with
an
vpright
intention
:
not
that
they
may
be
masques
and
vizards
to
couer
the
vgly
faces
of
crying
oppression
,
blood-sucking
extortion
,
cunning
fraud
,
and
griping
vsury
from
the
eyes
of
the
world
:
for
those
that
doe
good
workes
to
such
ends
are
like
their
Father
the
Diuell
,
transforming
themselues
into
Angels
of
light
,
and
seeming
to
be
Saints
,
when
they
be
very
diuells
,
and
Sathans
hell-hounds
:
neither
can
such
figge-leaues
couer
their
nakednesse
from
the
eyes
of
men
,
much
lesse
from
the
eyes
of
God
:
)
Nor
that
they
may
be
trumpets
to
proclaime
,
and
blow
our
fame
abroad
in
the
world
:
(
as
[
](A04847-e18000-b)b
b
Mat.
6.2
.
the
Pharises
in
giuing
their
almes
,
caused
a
trumpet
to
be
blowne
before
them
;
[
](A04847-e18010-b)c
c
Ber.
Ser.
30.
in
Cant.
Quot
enim
&
quales
piorum
botros
operum
,
aut
tulit
iactantia
,
aut
faedauit
inanis
gloria
?
for
how
many
clusters
of
the
grapes
of
good
workes
hath
pride
and
vaine-glory
corrupted
,
and
pluckt
off
from
the
vines
that
bare
them
?
Bonorum
operum
fines
.
)
but
the
ends
of
our
good
workes
must
be
these
.
1.
Gods
glory
:
[
](A04847-e18080-b)d
d
Mat.
5.16
.
c.
6.9
.
Let
your
light
so
shine
before
men
,
that
they
may
see
your
workes
,
and
glorifie
your
father
which
is
in
heauen
:
for
that
must
be
the
prime
end
of
our
actions
which
Christ
hath
taught
vs
to
make
the
first
of
our
petitions
:
namely
,
that
Gods
name
may
be
glorified
.
And
if
we
glorifie
God
by
the
fruites
of
righteousnesse
here
on
earth
,
hee
will
glorifie
vs
with
a
crowne
of
righteousnesse
hereafter
in
heauen
.
2.
The
good
of
his
Church
,
and
our
Christian
brethren
,
whose
good
we
must
tender
as
our
owne
,
as
fellow
souldiers
of
the
same
campe
,
fellow
Citizens
of
the
same
city
of
God
,
fellow-seruants
of
the
same
family
,
and
fellow
members
of
the
same
mysticall
body
.
3.
The
saluation
of
our
owne
soules
,
which
wee
must
prize
more
then
the
whole
world
.
Mat.
16.26
.
[
](A04847-e18130-b)a
a
Aug.
in
Psal:
120.
Noli
facere
nisi
propter
vitam
aeternam
,
ideo
fac
,
&
securus
facies
.
Haue
no
sinister
intention
in
the
doing
of
thy
good
workes
,
but
aime
therein
at
thine
owne
saluation
,
doe
them
to
that
end
,
and
thou
shalt
deale
securely
.
For
a
true
Christian
(
though
he
must
renounce
his
owne
merit
in
his
well
doing
and
suffering
for
Christs
sake
:
yet
hee
may
haue
an
[
](A04847-e18160-b)b
b
Heb.
11.26
.
eye
to
the
recompence
of
reward
,
(
with
Moses
:
)
[
](A04847-e18190-b)c
c
2.
Tim.
4.8
.
to
the
crowne
of
righteousnesse
,
(
with
Saint
Paul
:
)
and
[
](A04847-e18220-b)d
d
Heb.
12.2
.
to
the
glory
set
before
him
(
with
Christ
himselfe
:
)
as
a
spurre
to
pricke
him
forward
to
well
doing
,
and
a
cordiall
to
comfort
him
in
his
suffering
.
Yea
,
hee
may
safely
expect
it
also
without
all
pride
and
praesumption
:
yet
not
as
due
by
his
owne
desert
,
but
by
Gods
faithfull
promise
:
[
](A04847-e18240-b)e
e
Psal.
146.6
.
who
keepes
his
fidelity
for
euer
,
and
[
](A04847-e18260-b)f
f
Rom.
2.6
.
rewards
euery
man
according
to
his
workes
.
The
good
workes
done
to
those
ends
,
may
absolutely
,
and
in
euery
respect
be
termed
good
:
[
](A04847-e18290-b)g
g
Bonum
triplex
.
1.
In
se
,
&
cui
fit
,
sed
non
facienti
.
for
the
Schoolemen
distinguish
of
a
threefold
good
worke
.
1.
Good
in
it selfe
,
and
to
him
vnto
whom
it
is
done
,
but
not
to
the
doer
:
(
as
when
a
man
giues
an
almes
to
a
needy
person
,
not
out
of
charity
,
but
out
of
pride
and
vaine
glory
to
bee
seene
of
men
.
)
2.
2.
Jn
se
,
&
facienti
,
sed
non
cui
fii
.
In
it selfe
,
and
to
the
doer
,
but
not
vnto
him
to
whom
it
is
done
:
as
when
out
of
our
charity
we
bestow
an
almes
vpon
an
idle
person
:
3.
3
In
se
,
&
cui
fii
,
&
facienti
.
In
it selfe
,
and
to
the
doer
,
and
to
him
also
to
whom
it
is
done
:
as
when
wee
giue
an
almes
to
one
that
truely
wants
,
not
for
our
own
but
Christ
his
sake
:
[
](A04847-e18350-b)h
h
2.
Sam.
9.7
.
As
Dauid
did
good
to
poore
Mephiboseth
for
Jonathans
sake
.
Applic.
Let
me
exhort
you
therefore
who
(
with
charitable
Dorcas
)
[
](A04847-e18410-b)i
i
Act.
9.36
.
are
full
of
good
workes
and
almes
which
ye
doe
,
not
[
](A04847-e18420-b)k
k
Mat.
6.1
,
2.
Pharisaically
to
cause
a
trumpet
to
bee
blowne
before
you
when
ye
giue
your
almes
,
or
to
doe
your
good
work●
to
be
seene
of
men
:
for
then
although
yee
haue
the
reward
ye
now
looke
for
,
and
hunt
after
vpon
earth
,
ye
shall
loose
the
reward
which
ye
should
looke
for
in
heauen
,
Vers.
3.
your
temporall
vaineglory
will
rob
you
of
eternall
true
glory
:
but
doe
them
in
secret
,
and
for
the
ends
before
specified
,
and
your
Father
which
seeth
you
in
secret
will
reward
you
openly
.
Vers
4.
And
the
lesse
ye
seeke
for
your
owne
glory
on
earth
,
the
more
ye
shall
obtaine
it
:
the
faster
ye
flye
from
it
,
the
faster
it
will
pursue
you
(
as
the
shadow
the
body
:
)
for
a
good
name
is
the
inseparable
companion
of
well
doing
.
And
by
doing
bona
,
bene
,
Fructus
bonerum
operum
.
1.
Am●r
.
(
i.
Good
workes
to
good
ends
)
ye
shall
vndoubtedly
reape
these
fruites
:
1.
Loue
,
honour
,
and
reuerence
among
men
:
so
that
they
will
reioyce
to
enioy
,
and
grieue
to
loose
you
,
(
[
](A04847-e18520-b)a
a
2
Reg.
2.12
.
as
Elisha
did
for
Elias
at
his
assumption
,
My
father
,
my
father
,
the
chariot
of
Jsraell
,
and
horsemen
thereof
,
and
[
](A04847-e18560-b)b
b
Act.
9
39.
the
poore
Widowes
who
stood
weeping
for
the
death
of
charitable
Dorcas
.
)
2.
2.
Conscien
.
pa●
.
Peace
,
ioy
,
and
solace
in
your
owne
soules
:
which
is
the
continuall
feast
that
God
himselfe
makes
for
them
that
feede
the
hungry
,
&c.
3.
3.
Hon●r
.
A
good
name
:
which
while
yee
liue
shall
be
[
](A04847-e18640-b)c
c
Pro.
3.8
.
health
to
your
nauells
,
and
marrow
to
your
bones
:
and
when
ye
dye
it
shall
be
a
pretious
oyntment
to
embaulme
your
bodies
in
the
graue
,
[
](A04847-e18670-b)d
d
&
15.1
.
as
[
](A04847-e18690-b)e
e
Ioh.
12.3.7
.
Maries
spikenard
embaulmed
Christs
body
at
his
funerall
.
4.
4
Gloria
aeterna
.
An
[
](A04847-e18740-b)f
f
1
Pet.
1.4
.
&c.
5.
v
4.
inheritance
immortall
,
and
vndefiled
,
reserued
in
heauen
for
you
,
and
an
immarciscible
crowne
of
glory
.
[
](A04847-e18770-b)g
g
Gal.
6
9.
Be
not
weary
therefore
of
well
doing
,
for
if
yee
faint
not
,
ye
shall
reape
without
wearinesse
:
namely
,
loue
,
honour
,
ioy
,
peace
,
and
glory
both
in
earth
and
heauen
.
[
](A04847-e18790-b)h
h
Chrys.
in
loc.
Qui
deficit
in
semine
non
gaudebit
in
messe
,
sed
si
homo
non
imponat
finem
operi
,
deus
non
imponet
finem
remunerationi
.
Hee
that
faints
in
seed
time
shall
faile
in
haruest
:
but
if
a
man
put
no
period
to
his
perseuerance
in
well
doing
,
God
will
put
no
end
to
the
reward
of
his
well
doing
.
The
2.
generall
part
.
The
second
difference
betweene
these
wise
and
foolish
builders
is
in
the
choise
of
their
foundation
:
the
first
building
on
a
rocke
,
the
other
on
the
sand
.
The
principall
care
of
a
wise
builder
is
to
make
choise
of
a
firme
foundation
to
build
vpon
:
for
if
the
foundation
be
immooueable
,
the
whole
building
will
stand
fast
and
firme
:
but
if
the
foundation
faile
,
all
the
building
(
though
neuer
so
laboriously
framed
,
and
artificially
composed
,
will
fall
to
the
ground
,
and
come
to
ruine
.
Now
,
no
foundation
is
so
firme
and
immooueable
as
a
Rocke
,
and
therefore
no
building
so
strong
as
that
which
is
raysed
on
a
rocky
foundation
:
which
will
not
faile
how
great
a
weight
soeuer
be
laid
vpon
it
,
nor
be
mooued
,
much
lesse
be
remooued
with
any
gusts
of
wind
,
force
of
stormes
,
or
violence
of
torrents
whatsoeuer
.
A
true
Christian
therefore
that
heares
Gods
word
,
and
doth
it
,
is
fitly
compared
to
such
a
wise
builder
that
builds
his
house
vpon
a
rocke
:
Verse
24.
I
will
liken
him
,
&c.
Expos.
1.
By
this
rocke
,
[
](A04847-e18930-b)a
a
Aug.
Hier.
Basil
,
&c.
in
loc.
some
interpreters
vnderstand
Christ
himselfe
:
because
by
the
power
of
his
might
,
the
righteous
that
cleaue
vnto
him
by
faith
and
obedience
,
are
protected
and
strengthened
against
the
violence
of
all
temptations
,
afflictions
,
and
persecutions
:
In
which
sence
Dauid
saith
,
[
](A04847-e18950-b)b
b
Psal.
18.2
.
The
Lord
is
my
rocke
and
my
fortresse
,
&c.
2.
Others
,
by
this
rocke
vnderstand
the
inuiolable
and
immooueable
diuine
truth
of
his
Sacred
word
:
So
Chrys.
vpon
this
text
,
[
](A04847-e18990-b)c
c
Chrys.
in
loc.
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
:
He
calls
the
firme
securitie
of
his
owne
doctrine
a
Rocke
:
because
vpon
a
rocke
a
man
may
build
securely
:
and
hereby
hee
mooues
all
his
Disciples
to
imbrace
his
diuine
doctrine
:
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
.
Jbid.
shewing
the
firme
soliditie
and
immutability
therof
,
by
the
solidity
and
immobility
of
a
rocke
:
which
who
so
builds
his
faith
vpon
,
shall
stand
fast
[
](A04847-e19030-b)d
d
Psa.
125.1
.
like
Mount
Sion
that
cannot
be
remooued
,
but
standeth
fast
for
euer
.
But
I
thinke
both
these
expositions
may
bee
conioyned
,
and
by
this
rocke
we
may
vnderstand
both
Christ
,
and
his
Sacred
truth
:
for
[
](A04847-e19050-b)e
e
Ioh.
14.16
.
c
17.17
.
as
hee
is
the
truth
,
so
his
word
is
truth
:
as
he
is
the
life
,
and
th●t
aeternall
,
so
his
words
are
[
](A04847-e19060-b)f
f
c.
6.68
.
the
words
of
aeternall
life
.
And
the
whole
word
of
truth
is
nothing
els
but
the
reuelation
and
manifestation
of
that
aeternall
word
,
that
increated
truth
Christ
Iesus
.
For
hee
is
the
pith
and
kernell
of
the
whole
Bible
,
[
](A04847-e19080-b)g
g
Apoc.
1.8
.
the
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
of
the
law
,
and
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
of
the
Gospell
:
[
](A04847-e19110-b)h
h
Aug.
Q.
in
Ex.
73.
&
15.
de
ciu.
dei
c.
18.
Velatus
in
veteri
Testamento
,
reuelatus
in
nouo
,
in
illo
praedictus
,
in
isto
praedicatus
:
veiled
and
clasped
vp
in
the
old
Testament
vnder
obscure
Prophesies
,
promises
,
types
:
and
figures
,
and
opened
or
reueiled
in
the
new
:
for
[
](A04847-e19160-b)i
i
Exod
73.9
.
as
the
two
Cherubins
had
their
faces
each
to
other
,
and
both
to
the
Propitiatory
,
or
mercy-seat
,
so
the
two
Testaments
haue
relation
each
to
other
,
and
are
mutually
confirmed
one
by
the
other
,
and
haue
both
an
eye
to
one
and
the
same
Christ
,
[
](A04847-e19170-b)k
k
1
Ioh.
2.2
,
who
is
the
Propitiation
for
our
sinnes
.
As
Christ
onely
is
that
foundation
whereon
the
spirituall
building
of
the
Church
is
raysed
in
some
respects
:
1
Christus
Petra
namely
first
,
because
hee
alone
is
the
beginning
and
fountaine
,
whence
all
spirituall
good
originally
flowes
:
[
](A04847-e19220-b)a
a
Iac.
1
17.
Euery
good
and
perfect
gift
is
from
aboue
,
and
commeth
downe
from
the
Father
of
lights
,
&c.
and
the
foundation
whereon
our
confidence
,
hope
,
and
expectation
of
any
good
which
wee
expect
from
God
groundeth
it selfe
:
[
](A04847-e19240-b)b
b
2
Cor
1.20
.
for
in
him
all
the
promises
of
God
are
yea
and
Amen
,
to
the
glory
of
God
the
Father
.
Secondly
,
because
all
our
persuasion
of
the
most
Sacred
and
irrefragable
authority
of
diuine
truth
stayeth
it selfe
on
him
alone
,
as
being
the
onely
[
](A04847-e19270-b)c
c
Mal.
2.5
.
Angell
of
that
great
couenant
of
life
and
peace
,
which
God
hath
made
with
his
Church
in
him
,
&
reuealed
it
to
his
Church
by
him
:
(
[
](A04847-e19290-b)d
d
Eph.
2.14.16
,
17.
who
is
our
peace-maker
,
and
peace-preacher
,
and
our
peace
:
and
the
onely
inditer
of
the
Sacred
Scripture
,
[
](A04847-e19310-b)e
e
Luc.
1.70
.
who
spake
by
the
mouths
of
all
his
holy
Prophets
,
which
were
but
[
](A04847-e19320-b)f
f
P●al.
45.1
.
the
pens
of
this
ready
Writer
:
)
in
which
respects
the
Apostle
saith
truely
,
[
](A04847-e19340-b)g
g
1
Cor.
3.11
.
Other
foundation
can
no
man
lay
than
that
which
is
laid
,
namely
Christ
Jesus
:
and
on
this
rocke
or
foundation
the
Apostles
themselues
,
and
their
doctrine
were
founded
,
or
els
[
](A04847-e19360-b)h
h
Act
5.37
.
(
as
Gamaliel
saith
)
both
they
and
it
would
quickly
haue
come
to
nought
,
and
fallen
to
ruine
.
2.
Doctr.
Apost.
So
in
some
other
respects
[
](A04847-e19410-b)i
i
Eph.
2.19
,
20.
the
doctrine
of
the
Prophets
and
Apostles
is
called
the
Churches
foundation
,
Christ
Iesus
being
the
chiefe
corner
stone
.
First
,
because
they
were
the
first
that
by
their
doctrine
laid
the
Churches
foundation
,
and
conuerted
Infidells
to
the
Christian
faith
.
Secondly
,
because
their
doctrine
(
receiued
immediately
from
God
by
most
vndoubted
reuelation
,
without
mixture
of
errour
,
and
now
left
recorded
vnto
vs
in
the
Sacred
Scripture
)
is
the
infallible
rule
of
faith
to
all
succeeding
generations
,
and
that
most
sure
,
immooueable
,
and
rocky
foundation
,
vpon
which
the
faith
of
all
Christians
may
,
and
doth
most
s●curely
stay
it selfe
.
Therefore
Saint
Iohn
saith
,
[
](A04847-e19460-b)k
k
Apoc.
21.
●4
.
The
wall
of
the
city
of
God
hath
twelue
foundation
stones
,
and
in
them
were
written
the
names
of
the
Lambes
twelue
Apostles
.
And
herein
Peter
had
no
preheminence
aboue
the
rest
,
except
a
primacy
of
order
onely
:
for
[
](A04847-e19500-b)a
a
Su●er
omnes
●quo
Eccles
fortitudo
solidatu●
〈◊〉
.
in
Jo●
.
li.
1
Saint
Hierome
saith
,
th●
Church
is
aequally
founded
on
the
doctrine
of
all
the
Apostles
:
for
these
words
,
[
](A04847-e19540-b)b
b
Mat.
16.18
.
Tu
es
Petrus
&
super
hanc
Petram
aedificabo
Ecclesiam
:
were
not
spoken
personally
to
Peter
,
but
generally
to
all
the
Apostles
,
(
who
as
well
as
Peter
did
beleeue
and
confesse
the
same
faith
,
)
though
in
token
of
vnity
they
were
vttered
to
one
which
in
vnity
did
appertaine
to
all
the
Apostles
,
[
](A04847-e19580-b)c
c
Vnus
pro
multis
vnitas
,
pro
●niuersis
.
Aug.
in
Psal.
88.
in
whose
names
Peter
alone
made
this
confession
.
Moreouer
,
not
Peters
person
,
or
place
,
but
the
faith
which
he
confessed
,
is
that
rocke
on
which
the
Church
is
built
:
as
both
the
whole
streame
of
the
Fathers
,
and
the
generall
counsell
of
Chalcedon
doe
testifie
.
Vide
Aug.
de
ver.
dom.
Ser.
13.
Hil.
de
Trin
li.
6.
Chrysost.
inc.
16
Mat.
Theod.
in
Cant.
Pag
235.
Ambros
.
in
cap.
2.
ad
Eph.
Epist.
in
Appendice
,
Conc.
Chalced.
13.
Seeing
therefore
he
was
called
[
](A04847-e19700-b)d
d
Aug
Retract
.
li.
1.
c.
21.
Petrus
a
petra
,
from
that
rocke
of
faith
which
he
confessed
,
Thou
art
the
Christ
the
Sonne
of
the
liuing
God
:
which
faith
the
rest
of
the
Apostles
held
,
taught
,
and
confessed
as
well
as
he
,
and
sealed
it
with
their
blood
,
wee
may
truely
inferre
(
with
S.
Jerome
)
[
](A04847-e19760-b)e
e
Hieron
.
in
Amos
,
li.
3.
c.
6.
that
in
this
respect
they
were
rocks
(
as
well
as
he
)
whereon
the
Church
is
founded
.
Yea
[
](A04847-e19800-b)f
f
Petrus
gessit
personam
Ecclesicut
Iudas
inimicorum
Christi
.
Aug.
in
Psal
108.
S.
Aug.
saith
farther
,
that
Peter
in
confessing
Christ
:
and
receiuing
the
power
of
the
keyes
sustained
the
person
,
not
onely
of
the
Apostles
,
but
of
the
whole
Church
Militant
,
as
Iudas
did
of
the
Church
malignant
:
[
](A04847-e19850-b)g
g
Jdem
.
50.
in
Ioh
c.
12.
Vnus
malus
corpus
malorum
significat
quomodo
Petrus
corpus
bonorum
,
corpus
ecclesiae
:
As
one
Iudas
signified
the
whole
societie
of
the
wicked
,
so
one
Peter
,
the
whole
company
of
good
men
,
the
body
of
the
Church
.
Therefore
from
those
words
of
Christ
to
Peter
,
(
Thou
art
Peter
,
&c.
)
(
who
represented
not
the
Apostles
onely
,
but
the
whole
Christian
Church
confessing
the
same
faith
:
)
it
cannot
bee
inferred
,
that
S.
Peter
and
his
successors
are
that
rocke
on
which
the
Church
is
founded
.
Those
therefore
that
build
their
faith
on
that
foundation
of
the
Prophets
and
Apostles
,
whereof
Christ
is
the
chiefe
corner-stone
,
by
beleeuing
,
confessing
,
and
practizing
,
are
those
wise
builders
here
specified
which
build
their
houses
on
a
rocke
.
For
the
entire
and
sincere
beleefe
,
profession
,
Nota
Eccles.
infa●●biler●
and
practise
of
those
supernaturall
verities
which
God
hath
reuealed
in
his
Sonne
Christ
by
the
ministery
of
the
Prophets
and
Apostles
,
(
and
that
in
veritie
)
is
an
infallible
note
of
the
true
Church
,
and
of
a
true
member
of
the
true
Church
.
All
other
notes
without
this
are
false
,
and
counterfeite
,
and
may
deceiue
vs
.
Notae
fall●biles
.
1
Antiquitas
.
1.
Antiquitie
without
truth
is
nothing
els
but
[
](A04847-e20020-b)a
a
Cypr.
epist
74.
&
63
Vetustas
erroris
:
for
we
must
not
so
much
attend
vnto
,
or
consider
what
others
haue
done
or
thought
fit
to
be
done
before
vs
,
as
what
Christ
hath
done
who
is
before
all
:
we
must
not
follow
the
custome
of
man
,
but
the
truth
of
God
:
for
the
true
antiquity
is
truth
it selfe
deriued
from
Christ
[
](A04847-e20060-b)b
b
Esa.
9.6
.
the
Father
of
aeternitie
.
2.
Successio
.
2.
Personall
succession
without
doctrinall
is
but
as
[
](A04847-e20100-b)c
c
Mat.
26.1
.
&c.
Caiaphas
succeeded
Aaron
,
and
yet
was
an
enemy
to
the
true
High
Priest
Christ
Iesus
.
[
](A04847-e20130-b)d
d
Naz
in
laudem
Athanasis
.
Such
false
Pastors
,
or
bad
members
of
the
visible
Church
succeeded
the
true
,
and
good
,
as
darknesse
succeedes
the
light
,
or
sicknesse
,
health
,
or
a
tempest
,
faire
weather
,
or
madnesse
the
right
vse
of
reason
.
3.
Vnitas
.
3.
Vnity
without
truth
is
but
a
diuelish
faction
,
and
like
that
of
thieues
and
rebells
)
an
accu●sed
confederacie
,
and
wicked
conspiracie
against
the
God
of
truth
,
[
](A04847-e20170-b)e
e
Apoc.
19
16.
Who
is
the
King
of
Kings
,
and
Lord
of
Lords
:
Such
though
they
combine
and
v
…
themselues
neuer
so
strongly
,
are
but
like
[
](A04847-e20190-b)f
f
Gen.
49.5
.
Simeon
and
Leui
,
brethren
in
euill
;
or
like
[
](A04847-e20210-b)g
g
Luc.
23
12.
Herod
and
Pilate
,
that
vnited
themselues
in
a
league
of
friendship
to
persecute
Christ
Iesus
.
4.
Vniuersalitas
Vniuersalitie
or
multitude
without
truth
is
nothing
:
for
one
[
](A04847-e20270-b)h
h
1
Reg.
18.19
.
Elias
teaching
and
professing
Gods
truth
,
and
truely
worshiping
the
true
God
of
Israel
,
is
to
be
preferred
befo●e
foure
hundred
Proph●ts
of
Baal
,
though
brought
vp
in
Ahabs
Court
,
and
eating
bread
at
Iezabells
table
:
and
one
[
](A04847-e20320-b)i
i
Luc.
23
42.
poenitent
thiefe
confessi●g
Christ
before
the
high
Priests
and
Elders
,
Scribes
,
Pharises
,
Sadduces
,
and
thousands
of
Iewes
persecuting
him
.
5.
Nom●n
Catho
.
Nor
the
specious
titles
of
holy
,
Catholike
,
Apostolike
,
&c
for
that
Church
which
hath
these
titles
without
truth
,
is
like
a
boxe
in
an
Apothecaries
shop
,
which
without
hath
the
title
of
a
soueraigne
antidote
written
in
faire
Characters
,
and
within
is
full
of
deadly
poyson
.
Bare
titles
will
not
serue
the
turne
:
for
those
haeretikes
in
Saint
Bernards
time
,
who
in
truth
were
Apostatici
(
because
they
reuolted
from
the
Catholike
faith
)
tearmed
themselues
Apostolici
(
though
they
could
shew
no
signe
of
their
Apostleship
:
[
](A04847-e20400-b)a
a
Ber.
Ser.
64.
in
Cant.
)
and
in
our
dayes
Popish
Catholikes
tearme
themselues
Catholikes
,
and
Iebusites
,
Iesuites
,
and
the
Synagogue
of
lust
,
the
family
of
loue
.
Applicat
.
Be
not
therefore
carryed
away
from
the
rocke
of
Christs
Sacred
truth
with
any
,
or
all
those
glistering
shewes
which
that
painted
whore
of
Babylon
makes
of
antiquitie
,
succession
,
vnitievniue
,
rsalitie
,
or
the
goodly
titles
of
holy
,
Catholike
,
Apostolike
,
&c.
for
all
these
are
but
the
[
](A04847-e20450-b)b
b
2
Reg.
9.30
.
painted
face
of
that
whorish
Iezabell
,
or
her
[
](A04847-e20460-b)c
c
Apoc.
17.4
.
golden
cup
glistering
without
,
but
within
full
of
the
wine
of
her
abhominations
,
and
filthinesse
of
her
fornications
:
the
truth
of
Gods
word
alone
,
is
that
firme
and
immnoueable
rocke
on
which
euery
wise
Christian
must
build
the
spirituall
aedifice
of
his
soule
and
conscience
.
1
Petra
regenerat
.
1.
This
is
that
rocke
out
of
which
wee
are
spiritually
hewen
:
(
Esa.
51.2
)
that
is
,
the
Rocke
of
our
regeneration
:
for
[
](A04847-e20520-b)d
d
1
Pet.
1.23
.
we
are
borne
againe
not
of
corruptible
seed
,
but
incorruptible
,
by
the
word
of
God
which
liueth
and
abideth
for
euer
.
2
Nutrit
.
2.
The
rocke
of
our
spirituall
nourishment
vnto
saluation
:
whence
doe
flowe
1.
the
waters
of
life
to
refresh
our
fainting
soules
,
as
[
](A04847-e20570-b)e
e
Exod.
17
16.
streames
of
Waters
flowed
from
the
rocke
in
Rephidim
to
refresh
the
thirsting
bodies
of
the
Israelites
.
2.
The
hony
of
spirituall
consolation
,
which
doth
comfort
the
soules
of
Gods
Saints
in
their
spirituall
Warfarre
,
more
than
the
hony
that
[
](A04847-e20580-b)f
f
1
Sam.
14.27
.
Ionathan
tasted
comforted
his
fainting
Spirits
in
his
warfare
against
the
Philistims
:
for
Gods
word
is
sweeter
to
the
soules
of
his
children
than
the
[
](A04847-e20600-b)g
g
Psal.
19.10
.
hony
and
hony
combe
.
3.
The
oyle
of
denotion
:
for
this
rocke
poures
vs
out
[
](A04847-e20620-b)h
h
Ioh.
29.6
.
riuers
of
oyle
,
to
supply
our
hard
hearts
,
and
stiffe
knees
,
that
our
soules
and
bodies
may
be
flexible
to
the
will
of
God
.
3.
Protectionis
.
3.
The
rocke
that
shelters
vs
from
the
tempests
of
temptation
,
and
floudes
of
affliction
and
persecution
:
[
](A04847-e20660-b)i
i
Psal.
104.18
.
as
the
stonie
rockes
are
a
refuge
for
the
conies
:
for
whither
should
we
flye
in
all
these
for
shelter
but
to
Christ
and
his
word
?
The
Prophet
Esay
saith
of
Christ
:
[
](A04847-e20690-b)k
k
Esa
32.11
This
man
shall
be
an
hiding
place
from
the
wind
,
and
a
couer
from
the
tempest
,
as
riuers
of
Water
in
a
dry
place
,
or
as
the
shadow
of
a
great
rocke
in
a
weary
land
.
And
Dauid
of
his
word
,
[
](A04847-e20730-b)a
a
Psal
56.10
.
In
thy
word
will
I
reioyce
,
in
thy
word
will
I
comfort
me
.
4.
Salutis
.
4.
The
rocke
wherein
wee
may
repose
vs
for
rest
and
safety
,
(
as
the
[
](A04847-e20780-b)b
b
Cant.
2
14.
Doues
in
the
clefts
of
the
rocke
:
)
or
as
Moyses
did
[
](A04847-e20800-b)c
c
Exod.
33.22
.
v.
23.
who
was
put
by
God
into
the
cleft
of
the
rocke
in
Horeb
,
and
couered
with
his
hand
while
his
glory
passed
by
:
and
in
this
rocke
we
may
behold
(
with
Moses
)
not
onely
posteriora
dei
,
5.
Contemplat
.
the
backe-parts
of
God
,
(
that
is
,
his
wondrous
workes
,
and
the
acts
of
his
power
and
iustice
:
)
but
anteriora
dei
,
the
foreparts
of
God
,
(
that
is
,
the
face
of
his
mercy
,
and
[
](A04847-e20870-b)d
d
Psal.
4.6
.
light
of
his
countenance
:
)
and
that
in
him
which
is
the
[
](A04847-e20880-b)e
e
Heb.
1.3
.
expresse
character
of
his
fathers
substance
,
or
image
of
his
person
,
namely
,
Christ
Iesus
.
And
with
[
](A04847-e20890-b)f
f
1
Reg.
19.11
,
1●
.
Elias
standing
in
the
caue
of
the
rocke
in
Horeb
:
)
wee
may
behold
God
himselfe
passing
by
vs
,
not
onely
in
a
strong
wind
,
violent
earthquake
,
and
consuming
fire
of
iustice
by
the
threatnings
of
the
law
,
but
in
a
soft
still
voice
of
mercy
by
the
promises
of
the
Gospell
.
Seeing
therefore
Christ
and
his
holy
word
is
the
onely
rocke
.
First
,
of
our
regeneration
:
without
which
we
lye
[
](A04847-e20950-b)g
g
Eph.
2.1
.
dead
in
sinnes
and
trespasses
.
Secondly
,
of
our
spirituall
nourishment
and
consolation
:
without
which
wee
can
neuer
grow
to
a
[
](A04847-e20980-b)h
h
c.
42
3.
perfect
man
in
Christ
Iesus
.
Thirdly
,
of
our
supportation
:
without
which
wee
fall
to
ruine
.
Fourthly
,
of
our
shelter
and
protection
,
without
which
wee
lye
open
to
the
stormes
of
all
miseries
,
temptations
,
afflictions
,
and
persecutions
.
Fifthly
,
of
our
diuine
contemplation
:
wherein
we
may
see
God
and
his
Sacred
mysteries
by
the
eye
of
faith
[
](A04847-e21050-b)i
i
Cor
2.14
.
which
can
nor
bee
discerned
by
the
eye
of
reason
:
and
without
which
we
are
[
](A04847-e21060-b)k
k
Apoc.
3.17
.
miserable
,
and
wretched
,
poore
,
and
blind
,
and
naked
:
let
vs
build
our
faith
and
obedience
on
this
blessed
rocke
,
which
is
immooueable
,
and
cannot
be
shaken
,
and
then
we
shall
haue
a
[
](A04847-e21070-b)l
l
Heb.
12.28
.
kingdome
that
cannot
be
shaken
,
that
is
,
of
aeternall
glory
in
heauen
.
All
that
build
not
on
this
rocke
are
foolish
builders
,
and
build
vpon
the
sand
,
or
superficies
of
the
earth
without
a
foundation
.
By
the
sand
is
here
meant
,
2
Super
arenam
aedificare
.
[
](A04847-e21120-b)m
m
Faber
.
Stap.
in
Loc.
1.
Aliud
a
petra
fundamentum
;
that
is
,
any
other
foundation
of
our
spirituall
building
besides
Christ
and
his
Sacred
word
:
namely
,
mens
traditions
,
or
our
owne
opinions
,
or
false
miracles
,
or
lying
legends
,
or
the
worlds
baites
,
or
the
diuells
suggestions
,
&c.
all
which
are
fitly
compared
vnto
sand
:
1.
Rat.
Simil.
for
their
worthlesnesse
:
for
sand
is
of
small
or
no
value
:
2.
their
fruitlesnesse
;
for
sand
is
barraine
:
)
3.
their
discohaerent
incongruity
,
for
yee
cannot
make
a
rope
of
sand
,
the
parts
whereof
will
not
hang
together
:
4.
their
inconstant
instabilitie
,
floating
like
a
quicke
sand
.
Euery
Haeretike
therefore
(
as
[
](A04847-e21170-b)a
a
Hilar.
in
Loc
Hilary
saith
)
builds
vpon
the
sand
:
because
Haereticall
doctrines
had
no
firmer
ground
than
mens
fancies
,
and
haue
no
cohaerence
either
with
the
truth
,
or
among
themselues
.
Therefore
[
](A04847-e21190-b)b
b
Iren.
li.
1.
c.
13.
Ireneus
compares
haeretikes
to
men
labouring
of
a
frenzie
:
Quia
vmbras
pro
rebus
sectuntur
:
They
pursue
their
owne
shaddowes
,
and
feede
themselues
with
their
owne
fancies
.
And
[
](A04847-e21240-b)c
c
Beda
in
Loc.
Beda
saith
,
That
euery
sinner
builds
on
the
sand
,
because
sinne
hath
no
foundation
to
stay
it selfe
vpon
,
nor
any
reall
entity
or
subsistence
in
it selfe
:
for
it
is
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
a
meere
irregularitie
,
or
deflexion
from
the
lawe
of
God
.
Applicat
.
Now
there
be
amongst
vs
foure
sorts
of
men
that
build
vpon
the
sand
:
1
Papists
.
First
,
Superstitious
Papists
:
secondly
,
Prophane
Belials
:
thirdly
,
Greedy
Mammonists
:
fourthly
,
Masqued
Hypocrites
.
First
,
Superstitious
Papists
(
though
they
would
bee
accounted
the
onely
true
Church
,
and
that
none
built
vpon
the
rocke
of
truth
but
they
:
)
build
their
faith
vpon
sandy
foundations
.
I
will
not
meddle
with
those
sandy
foundations
whereon
they
build
the
hope
of
their
saluation
:
namely
,
their
owne
merits
and
satisfactions
,
the
merits
and
intercessions
of
Saints
and
Angells
,
and
the
Popes
indulgences
,
whereby
he
exhausteth
the
Churches
treasurie
(
as
they
tearme
it
)
to
fill
his
owne
coffers
:
but
will
only
speake
of
those
whereon
(
as
maine
foundations
)
they
build
their
faith
,
forsaking
the
sole
immooueable
rocke
on
which
they
should
build
it
,
namely
,
Christ
and
his
Sacred
truth
recorded
in
the
Scriptures
.
Papist
.
Fidei
fundamenta
tria
.
And
these
are
three
:
1.
the
Churches
traditions
:
2.
the
Churches
authority
:
3.
the
Popes
infallibility
:
yet
these
three
meete
in
one
center
,
and
are
deuolued
by
them
into
one
and
the
same
ground
or
principle
of
their
faith
:
for
they
make
the
Popes
mouth
the
Delphos
,
that
deliuers
to
the
present
Church
the
Oracles
of
the
auncient
Churches
traditions
.
And
their
Canon
Law
set
foorth
vnder
Gregorie
the
13.
saith
,
[
](A04847-e21390-b)a
a
D
40.
Si
Papa
.
That
men
doe
with
such
reuerence
respect
the
Apostolicall
sea
of
Rome
,
that
they
rather
desire
to
know
the
institutions
of
Christian
Religion
from
the
Popes
mouth
,
than
from
the
holy
Scriptures
.
But
let
vs
consider
these
sandie
foundations
of
their
faith
seuerally
.
1
Tradit
1.
For
Traditions
,
their
councell
of
Trent
made
a
carnall
decree
[
](A04847-e21460-b)b
b
Hist.
Conc.
Trid
:
(
at
the
time
of
a
Carnouall
)
that
[
](A04847-e21470-b)c
c
Sess.
4
Decr
1.
they
should
be
receiued
with
the
same
reuerence
and
affection
wherwith
we
receiue
the
Sacred
Scriptures
:
yea
[
](A04847-e21500-b)d
d
Costeri
L●●chirid
.
c.
10.
Costerius
a
Iesuite
goes
farther
,
and
will
haue
them
receiued
with
more
reuerence
,
because
they
are
the
epistle
of
the
King
of
heauen
,
written
with
his
owne
finger
in
the
heart
of
the
Church
,
(
that
is
,
the
Pope
,
and
Popish
Prelates
)
whereas
the
Scriptures
are
written
but
with
inke
and
paper
.
These
traditions
they
make
of
three
sorts
:
[
](A04847-e21540-b)e
e
D.
Bysb
.
contra
P●rk
.
de
Trad.
1.
Diuine
,
deliuered
by
Christ
himselfe
:
2.
Apostolicall
,
deliuered
by
the
Apostles
:
3.
Ecclesiasticall
,
deliuered
by
the
Church
.
1
Diuine
.
1.
Concerning
diuine
traditions
(
if
they
bee
truely
such
)
we
most
reuerently
and
religiously
receiue
them
:
but
wee
acknowledge
none
for
such
but
onely
those
doctrines
of
faith
,
&
of
Gods
worship
which
are
either
expresly
,
or
by
necessary
consequence
contained
in
the
old
&
new
Testament
.
For
although
we
know
and
acknowledge
that
[
](A04847-e21630-b)f
f
Bulling.
de
ver.
Dei
.
the
substance
of
the
old
Testament
was
deliuered
among
the
Patriarches
from
hand
to
hand
by
tradition
from
Adam
to
Moses
:
and
of
the
new
,
till
it
was
penned
by
the
Apostles
and
Euangelists
(
[
](A04847-e21660-b)g
g
D.
Abbot
.
cont
Bysh.
de
Trad.
as
some
thinke
for
eight
,
as
others
for
twenty
,
as
others
for
fourescore
yeares
:
)
yet
wee
teach
that
when
God
had
taken
the
custody
of
his
owne
tradition
to
himselfe
by
selecting
and
inspiring
choise
vessells
of
grace
to
commit
them
to
writing
(
least
the
streames
of
truth
should
haue
beene
polluted
by
running
through
the
muddy
channells
of
mens
mouths
)
then
the
Church
was
bound
to
receiue
nothing
for
diuine
truth
but
what
is
contained
in
the
Scriptures
,
or
necessarily
deduced
therefrom
,
and
firmely
grounded
thereupon
.
As
when
God
had
conueighed
the
whole
light
of
the
world
(
[
](A04847-e21680-b)h
h
Gen.
1.3
which
before
was
dispersed
in
the
first
dayes
creation
)
into
the
body
of
the
Sunne
(
[
](A04847-e21690-b)i
i
&
v.
14.
&c.
created
the
fourth
day
:
)
then
he
would
haue
the
Moone
and
Starres
to
deriue
their
light
from
thence
,
and
the
whole
earth
to
be
therewith
enlightened
:
so
though
in
his
first
plantation
of
his
Church
,
God
did
for
a
time
continue
the
knowledge
of
his
truth
by
immediate
reuelation
thereof
vnto
some
chosen
men
which
might
deliuer
it
to
his
Church
from
hand
to
hand
:
yet
now
,
since
he
hath
conueighed
the
whole
light
of
diuine
truth
into
the
Canon
of
the
Scripture
,
hee
will
haue
all
the
Pastors
and
members
of
the
Church
to
deriue
their
light
of
sauing
knowledge
and
true
faith
from
thence
onely
:
so
that
the
doctrine
of
the
Scriptures
is
now
the
onely
diuine
Tradition
.
2.
Touching
Apostolicall
Traditions
wee
acknowledge
them
likewise
for
diuine
;
if
they
vnderstand
thereby
,
2
Apost
Trad.
that
diuine
doctrine
which
the
Apostles
first
preached
,
then
wrot
in
the
Scriptures
,
as
the
pillar
and
foundation
of
our
faith
:
of
which
S.
Paul
speakes
,
[
](A04847-e21750-b)a
a
Cor.
11.23
.
Accepi
a
Domino
quod
tradidi
vobis
:
I
haue
receiued
of
the
Lord
that
which
I
haue
also
deliuered
vnto
you
,
&c.
[
](A04847-e21770-b)b
b
Gal.
1.11
,
12.
for
the
Gospell
which
was
preached
of
me
I
receiued
it
not
of
man
,
nor
was
taught
it
by
man
,
but
by
the
reuelation
of
Iesus
Christ
And
this
is
the
holy
and
diuine
Tradition
which
[
](A04847-e21790-b)c
c
Iren.
li.
3.
c.
1.
Ireneus
,
[
](A04847-e21830-b)d
d
Cypr.
Epist.
74.
&c.
Script
.
est
.
Cyprian
,
and
other
auncient
Fathers
speake
of
,
contained
in
the
Euangelists
,
Apostolicall
Epistles
,
and
Acts
of
the
Apostles
:
(
all
which
are
written
Scriptures
of
the
new
Testament
.
)
This
diuine
and
Apostolicall
Tradition
we
call
(
with
Tertullian
)
The
rule
of
truth
:
1
Regula
veritatis
Tertul.
2
Doctrinae
Cypr.
3
Rectitudinis
.
Basil.
4
Credendorum
,
&
agendorum
,
Dyonis
.
Carthus
.
and
(
with
Cyprian
)
The
rule
of
doctrine
:
(
and
with
Basill
)
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
The
rule
of
right
,
or
straight
rule
of
perfection
:
(
and
with
their
owne
Carthusian
)
The
rule
of
faith
and
manners
,
or
of
all
things
to
be
beleeued
and
practised
:
for
wee
constantly
auerre
(
with
Cyril
)
[
](A04847-e21980-b)e
e
Cyril
.
Catech.
Hierosol
.
That
the
securitie
of
our
faith
ariseth
from
the
euidence
and
demonstration
of
the
diuine
Scripture
:
so
that
no
man
presume
aboue
that
which
is
written
.
1.
Cor.
4.6
.
Also
we
reuerently
receiue
such
Apostolicall
Traditions
as
haue
their
ground
in
Scripture
,
though
not
expresly
[
](A04847-e22020-b)f
f
Act.
20.7
.
as
the
celebration
of
the
Sabboth
on
the
first
day
of
the
week
[
](A04847-e22030-b)g
g
Apoc.
1.10
.
the
Baptisme
of
Infants
,
&c.
3
Eccles.
Trad.
3.
Touching
Ecclesiasticall
Traditions
,
wee
receiue
for
such
:
First
,
those
doctrines
of
faith
which
the
ancient
Primitiue
Counsailes
haue
determined
against
Haeretikes
,
hauing
their
ground
in
Scripture
:
as
that
there
is
a
Trinitie
of
persons
in
the
vnitie
of
the
diuine
essence
,
and
that
the
Sunne
is
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
that
is
,
consubstantiall
and
coaequall
with
the
Father
,
&c.
yet
we
dare
not
say
(
with
daring
[
](A04847-e22090-b)h
h
Enchi●
controv
c.
1.
Costerius
:
)
That
the
first
foure
generall
Counsailes
are
to
bee
receiued
as
we
receiue
the
foure
Gospells
.
Secondly
,
those
rules
which
the
Primitiue
Church
hath
set
downe
for
order
and
comelinesse
in
the
seruice
of
God
:
yea
[
](A04847-e22130-b)a
a
Perk.
de
Trad.
we
acknowledge
that
the
present
Church
hath
power
to
make
Canons
to
that
purpose
,
so
they
bee
consonant
to
the
generall
Canons
of
the
Scripture
:
namely
1.
That
they
tend
to
[
](A04847-e22140-b)b
b
1
Cor.
14.26.40
.
decency
and
order
.
2.
To
aedification
.
3.
That
they
be
free
from
superstition
.
4.
That
the
Church
be
not
ouerburthened
with
the
multitude
of
them
.
Trad.
Papist
.
But
if
by
the
Churches
Traditions
they
vnderstand
the
Canons
of
their
latter
Counsailes
(
which
were
but
conuenticles
or
confaederacies
against
Christ
and
his
truth
,
for
the
maintenance
of
Papall
Hierarchy
,
and
wherein
all
the
Bishops
were
the
Popes
sworne
seruants
,
and
directed
by
him
as
by
an
Oracle
,
what
to
doe
,
and
decree
:
or
the
decrees
of
their
Popes
(
some
of
which
haue
beene
Idolatrous
,
some
haereticall
,
and
some
superstitious
:
)
or
if
vnder
that
name
,
they
would
thrust
vpon
vs
euery
Fryers
dreame
,
rotten
reliques
,
base
costome
,
and
idle
ceremony
of
the
Romish
Church
:
then
we
reiect
their
vnwritten
Traditions
as
sandy
foundations
to
build
our
faith
vpon
,
and
means
to
lead
vs
into
a
sea
of
errors
,
and
vncertaineties
,
wherein
there
is
neither
banke
,
nor
bottome
.
And
such
Traditions
as
these
bee
the
sandy
foundations
whereon
they
build
many
articles
of
their
Romish
Creed
:
namely
,
priuate
Masses
,
halfe
Communions
,
Transubstantiation
,
adoration
of
the
host
of
Images
and
reliques
,
Innocation
of
Saints
and
Angells
,
Purgatory
,
and
the
Popes
transcendent
authoritie
in
things
Ecclesiastical
and
temporall
.
For
[
](A04847-e22200-b)c
c
Andrad
in
Orthodox
Explicat
.
Conc.
Trident.
li.
2.
one
of
their
owne
plainly
confesseth
,
That
many
points
of
their
Romish
faith
would
reele
and
totter
if
they
were
not
supported
by
Traditions
.
And
this
is
the
reason
why
they
refuse
their
triall
by
the
Scriptures
,
and
thinke
[
](A04847-e22240-b)d
d
Conference
betweene
Dr.
Feately
,
and
M.
Fisher.
Christ
and
his
Apostles
,
both
incompetent
Iudges
,
and
partiall
witnesses
for
the
decision
of
their
cause
.
Yea
Bellarmine
(
their
great
Goliah
saith
peremptorily
:
)
[
](A04847-e22300-b)a
a
Bell.
li.
4.
de
ver.
dei
,
non
scripto
.
c.
12.
That
it
was
not
the
proper
end
of
the
Scriptures
to
bee
rule
of
our
faith
,
and
that
they
are
at
the
best
but
Regula
partialis
non
totalis
:
that
is
,
a
peece
of
a
rule
,
but
not
the
whole
entire
rule
of
faith
.
And
[
](A04847-e22340-b)b
b
Enbhir
.
c.
1.
descript.
Costerius
affirmes
,
that
they
were
not
written
to
that
end
that
they
should
prescribe
vnto
vs
an
absolute
and
exact
rule
of
faith
,
and
administration
of
Sacraments
,
and
other
things
necessary
in
the
Christian
Common-weale
:
but
occasionally
to
confute
Iewes
and
Haeretikes
,
and
to
take
away
cer●●●●
〈◊〉
which
then
arose
in
the
Church
,
and
to
comfort
some
that
were
weake
,
and
vnstable
in
the
faith
,
&c.
as
if
the
Christian
Church
then
vpon
those
occasions
had
some
neede
of
the
Scriptures
,
but
now
no
need
at
all
.
Thus
basely
(
if
I
may
not
say
blasphemously
)
doe
they
thinke
,
speake
,
and
write
of
the
Sacred
Scriptures
.
And
when
we
confute
their
errors
out
of
the
Scriptures
,
then
(
with
the
Valentinians
of
old
)
they
fall
to
accuse
the
Scriptures
themselues
:
[
](A04847-e22380-b)c
c
Iren.
li.
3.
contra
bar
.
c.
2.
Quasi
non
recte
habeant
,
nec
sint
ex
authoritate
,
&c.
as
if
they
were
ill
translated
,
or
obscure
,
or
imperfect
without
Traditions
,
or
of
no
authority
in
themselues
without
the
authoritie
of
the
Church
.
2
Authoritas
Eccles:
Therefore
they
make
the
Churches
authority
another
maine
foundation
of
their
faith
:
as
if
it
were
greater
than
the
authority
of
scripture
,
yea
as
if
without
that
scripture
were
no
scripture
:
because
the
Church
gaue
testimony
to
the
scriptures
,
that
they
were
diuinely
inspired
&
made
them
Canonicall
:
therefore
(
say
they
)
both
the
diuine
,
and
Canonicall
authority
of
the
scriptures
relyes
vpon
the
Churches
authority
.
But
let
me
aske
them
that
so
say
:
was
Iohn
Baptists
authority
greater
than
Christs
,
because
he
gaue
testimony
vnto
him
:
[
](A04847-e22470-b)d
d
1
Ioh
29.
Behold
the
Lambe
of
God
that
taketh
away
the
sins
of
the
world
:
o●
doth
the
Herald
that
proclaimes
the
Kings
title
and
authority
,
giue
him
his
title
and
authority
?
or
is
the
gold
which
the
goldsmith
toucheth
therefore
good
,
because
he
(
vpon
trial
therof
by
his
touchstone
)
declares
it
to
be
so
?
was
it
not
so
before
his
tryall
?
would
it
not
haue
been
so
if
he
had
neuer
tryed
it
?
yes
vndoubtedly
.
Dilemma
.
When
the
Church
did
first
declare
the
scriptures
to
bee
the
word
of
God
,
either
they
were
so
before
this
declaration
of
the
Church
,
or
not
:
if
not
,
then
the
Church
erred
in
declaring
them
to
be
so
,
which
were
blasphemy
,
and
flat
Atheisme
to
auerre
:
if
they
were
so
,
then
they
receiued
no
diuine
authority
from
the
Churches
testimony
.
I
know
a
Iesuit
would
thinke
to
winde
himselfe
out
of
this
dilemma
with
[
](A04847-e22520-b)a
a
Bellarm.
li.
2.
de
author
.
Conc.
c.
12.
Bellarmins
distinction
of
in
se
,
&
quoad
nos
:
saying
,
that
the
scriptures
are
of
diuine
authority
in
themselues
,
but
could
not
be
so
acknowledged
of
vs
without
the
Churches
testimony
:
but
this
distinction
will
not
serue
the
turne
:
for
if
they
bee
so
in
themselues
,
they
would
be
so
if
we
neuer
acknowledged
,
or
receiued
them
for
such
:
(
as
the
Scriptures
of
the
new
Testament
are
diuine
euen
among
the
Iewes
and
Turks
,
though
they
would
neuer
acknowledge
them
to
be
so
:
)
and
if
they
bee
so
in
themselues
,
why
should
they
not
be
so
vnto
vs
?
why
should
we
not
receiue
the
sacred
Scriptures
as
diuine
,
for
the
diuine
authority
which
they
haue
in
themselues
without
the
Churches
authoritie
.
Indeed
the
Churches
authority
or
testimony
may
bring
Infidells
or
Haeretikes
to
heare
the
word
that
they
may
be
conuerted
,
[
](A04847-e22580-b)b
b
Ioh.
1.41.45
.
(
as
Andrew
brought
Peter
,
or
Philip
,
Nathaniel
vnto
Christ
,
or
as
the
woman
of
Samaria
brought
the
citizens
of
Samaria
to
heare
Christ
with
her
testimony
of
him
:
[
](A04847-e22620-b)c
c
c.
4
,
39.
Come
see
a
man
which
hath
told
me
all
that
euer
J
did
:
Is
not
he
the
Christ
?
And
in
this
sense
is
that
S.
Aug.
saith
:
[
](A04847-e22660-b)d
d
Aug.
cont
.
epist
fundamenti
c.
5
I
should
not
haue
beleeued
the
Gospell
,
if
the
authority
of
the
Church
had
not
mooued
me
thereunto
:
but
when
they
haue
heard
it
,
they
are
conuerted
,
and
beleeue
,
not
for
the
Churches
testimony
,
but
by
the
diuine
authority
,
and
coelestiall
efficacy
of
the
word
it selfe
,
which
is
[
](A04847-e22690-b)e
e
Rom.
1.16
.
The
power
of
God
vnto
saluation
to
eueryone
that
beleeueth
:
as
the
Samaritans
said
to
the
woman
:
[
](A04847-e22710-b)f
f
Ioh.
4.2
.
Now
we
beleeue
not
because
of
thy
words
,
for
wee
haue
heard
him
our selues
,
and
know
that
this
is
indeed
the
Christ
,
the
Sauiour
of
the
world
.
3.
Jnfallibilitas
Papae
.
The
third
sandy
foundation
of
the
Romish
faith
is
the
Popes
infallibility
:
which
I
doe
not
falsely
impose
vpon
them
as
a
generall
ground
of
their
faith
,
(
though
some
of
their
owne
learned
men
hold
the
contrary
:
because
their
grand
champion
Bellarmine
auerres
,
and
prooues
that
it
is
[
](A04847-e22780-b)g
g
Bellarm.
de
Rom.
Pom.
li.
4.
c.
2.
Communissima
opinio
fere
omnium
Catholicorum
:
that
is
,
the
most
common
and
generall
tenet
of
all
those
of
the
Church
of
Rome
,
whom
he
calls
Catholikes
.
For
although
the
Papists
brag
much
of
their
Catholike
Church
that
it
can
teach
nothing
but
Catholike
truth
:
and
is
not
subiect
vnto
error
,
because
Christ
said
of
his
true
Church
built
vpon
him
and
the
rocke
of
his
diuine
truth
,
[
](A04847-e22840-b)a
a
Mat.
16.11
.
That
the
gates
of
hell
should
not
preuaile
against
it
:
which
they
falsely
apply
to
the
Church
of
Rome
:
[
](A04847-e22860-b)b
b
Rom.
●
.
8
.
whose
faith
was
indeed
once
famous
through
the
world
,
though
now
the
[
](A04847-e22870-b)c
c
Esa.
21
,
22.
faithfull
city
be
become
an
harlot
,
her
gold
mixed
with
drosse
,
and
her
wine
with
water
:
yet
aske
them
what
they
meane
by
that
Church
that
cannot
erre
,
they
will
tell
you
they
meane
thereby
the
Pope
(
the
head
of
the
Church
,
and
Saint
Peters
successor
)
[
](A04847-e22900-b)d
d
Luc.
22.32
.
for
whose
faith
Christ
prayed
that
it
should
not
faile
.
So
Bellarmine
affirmeth
,
That
the
common
opinion
of
Romish
Catholikes
is
[
](A04847-e22930-b)e
e
Bellar.
ibid.
Ipsam
infallibilitatem
non
esse
in
coetu
Conciliorum
,
vt
in
concilio
Episcoporum
,
sed
in
solo
Pontifice
:
that
the
infallibilitie
rests
not
in
the
assembly
of
Counsailes
,
nor
in
the
counsell
of
Bishops
,
but
in
the
Pope
alone
:
for
they
hold
that
any
member
or
Pastor
of
their
Church
is
subiect
vnto
error
:
yea
all
the
Bishops
and
Pastors
of
the
Church
assembled
in
a
generall
Counsaile
(
if
the
Pope
confirme
not
their
Canons
:
)
onely
the
Pope
cannot
erre
when
he
defines
a
matter
of
faith
,
Ex
Cathedra
,
(
that
is
,
by
his
Papall
authority
,
)
as
if
the
Popes
chayre
were
made
of
Irish
wood
,
to
which
no
cobweb
of
errour
could
possibly
cleaue
.
And
therefore
all
must
be
Haeretikes
that
be
not
within
his
pale
,
scripture
must
be
no
scripture
without
his
allowance
,
and
Kings
no
Kings
if
he
please
to
kick
their
crowns
of
their
heads
with
his
holinesse
foot
,
or
to
bellow
out
excommunications
,
and
depositions
against
them
with
his
Papall
Bull.
Yea
hee
may
make
new
articles
of
faith
:
(
as
Pius
quartus
did
adde
twelue
articles
to
the
Nicene
Creed
in
a
Bull
of
his
(
sent
out
about
the
time
of
her
Tridentine
conuenticle
)
entitled
[
](A04847-e22990-b)f
f
Bulla
Pii
4
super
formae
profess
.
fidei
.
The
publike
profession
of
the
Orthodoxall
faith
to
be
vniformely
professed
and
obserued
:
and
likewise
he
may
adde
ten
commandements
of
the
Church
to
the
ten
commandements
of
Almighty
God
(
which
I
haue
seene
in
an
English
Roman
Catechisme
:
)
which
must
be
kept
with
all
Religious
obedience
of
all
the
Popes
Disciples
:
and
dispence
against
the
commandements
of
God
,
by
allowing
incestuous
marriages
,
and
the
religious
vowes
of
children
made
without
the
consent
,
yea
against
the
will
of
their
parents
,
and
the
deposing
and
murthering
of
Princes
for
the
aduancement
of
the
Catholike
Religion
.
These
be
strange
conclusions
to
be
drawne
from
Christs
prayer
for
Peter
that
his
faith
should
not
faile
:
which
place
[
](A04847-e23040-b)a
a
Aug.
de
corrept.
&
gra.
12.
S.
Aug.
will
haue
to
be
meant
onely
of
Peters
own
particular
sauing
faith
,
whereby
he
should
after
his
fall
resist
the
temptations
of
Sathan
,
and
stand
fast
vnto
aeternall
life
:
and
comfort
and
strengthen
his
brethren
(
falling
as
he
did
)
with
the
same
comforts
wherewith
himselfe
was
comforted
of
God
:
which
exposition
seemes
most
consonant
to
the
scope
of
the
text
.
But
admit
it
to
be
meant
of
that
doctrine
of
faith
which
S.
Peter
should
teach
the
Christian
Church
:
shall
they
therfore
deriue
the
effect
of
Christs
prayer
from
Peter
to
the
Popes
of
Rome
,
from
an
holy
Apostle
(
diuinely
inspired
,
and
directed
by
Gods
vnerring
spirit
into
all
truth
,
[
](A04847-e23110-b)b
b
Ioh.
16.13
.
according
to
Christs
promise
made
to
his
Apostles
:
)
to
a
ranke
and
succession
of
men
among
whom
their
owne
Histories
do
testifie
that
there
haue
been
found
Atheists
,
Infidells
,
Idolaters
,
Heretikes
,
Schismatikes
,
incarnate
diuells
,
and
hatefull
monsters
of
mankind
?
vndoubtedly
so
good
praemises
will
ill
beare
so
bad
conclusions
.
Jnst
.
I
need
not
goe
farre
for
instances
,
their
owne
histories
afford
such
plenty
.
[
](A04847-e23150-b)c
c
Baron
.
Annal.
Anno.
3033.
1.
Marcellin
.
turned
Pagan
,
and
sacrificed
to
heathenish
Idols
:
for
which
hee
was
condemned
in
the
counsaile
of
Sinuessa
.
2.
[
](A04847-e23190-b)d
d
Idem
.
An.
357.
Liberius
was
an
Arrian
,
and
subscribed
to
the
vniust
condemnation
of
Athanasius
.
3.
Honorius
was
a
Monothelite
(
holding
that
Christ
had
but
one
will
,
&
consequently
but
one
nature
:
)
for
which
he
was
condemned
in
[
](A04847-e23250-b)e
e
Synod.
6.
act.
4.12
,
13.
&
7.
act.
vlt.
&
8.
&
act.
7.
three
seuerall
counsailes
.
4.
[
](A04847-e23310-b)f
f
Theod
Niem
.
de
schism
.
li.
3.
c.
44.
The
counsailes
of
Pisa
and
Constance
condemned
Greg.
12.
and
Benedict
13.
for
notorious
Schismatikes
,
obstinate
Haeretikes
,
scandalizers
of
the
whhle
Church
,
and
vnworthy
,
the
Papacy
.
5.
[
](A04847-e23360-b)g
g
&
Conc.
Constan
.
5.73
.
Bin.
Com.
Conc.
P.
1584.
And
the
same
Counsaile
of
Constance
condemned
Iohn
the
twenty
three
for
an
Atheist
,
because
he
held
as
his
iudgement
that
there
was
no
immortality
of
the
soule
,
nor
resurrection
of
the
body
,
nor
life
euerlasting
.
6.
[
](A04847-e23400-b)h
h
Conc.
Basill
.
sect.
34.
The
counsaile
of
Basill
deposed
Eugenius
the
fourth
,
declaring
him
to
be
a
Simonist
,
a
periured
wretch
,
an
incorrigible
schismatike
,
and
an
obstinate
haeretike
.
And
[
](A04847-e23450-b)a
a
Watson
quod●bet
.
Bellarmine
being
demanded
after
the
death
of
Sixtus
5.
what
hee
thought
became
of
him
,
answered
:
Quantum
capio
,
quantum
sapio
,
quantum
intelligo
,
descendit
ad
infernum
.
As
farre
as
I
can
thinke
,
conceiue
,
or
vnderstand
,
he
is
gone
directly
vnto
hell
.
It
is
strange
therefore
that
those
that
haue
no
faith
themselues
should
be
such
infallible
rules
to
guide
the
faith
of
others
,
and
to
lead
others
to
heauen
while
themselues
goe
to
hell
:
(
seeing
no
norme
or
squire
can
make
other
things
squared
thereby
straight
lf
it selfe
be
crooked
,
nor
any
man
iudicially
determine
otherwise
than
himselfe
iudgeth
)
vnlesse
there
be
such
a
vertue
annexed
to
the
Papall
chaire
that
(
be
the
Pope
what
he
will
)
when
hee
sits
downe
therein
,
he
shall
be
like
[
](A04847-e23500-b)b
b
Num.
23.11
.
Balaam
to
blesse
where
he
meanes
to
curse
,
or
like
[
](A04847-e23520-b)c
c
Ioh.
11.50.51
.
Caiaphas
to
prophecye
and
speake
truth
,
not
vnderstanding
what
he
saith
.
[
](A04847-e23550-b)d
d
Dr.
Field
of
the
Church
.
li.
3.
in
Append.
Moreouer
,
it
is
the
iudgement
of
many
of
their
owne
diuines
,
(
namely
,
Bozius
,
Gerson
,
Occam
,
Almaine
,
Alphonsus
a
Castro
,
and
the
Sorbonists
:
)
that
the
Pope
may
not
onely
be
an
Haeretike
himselfe
,
but
write
,
teach
,
preach
,
and
define
Haeresie
,
and
that
è
Cathedra
:
(
.i.
by
his
Papall
authority
.
)
And
diuers
instances
are
giuen
by
our
[
](A04847-e23620-b)e
e
Dr.
White
of
the
Church
.
sect
36.
learned
Diuines
wherein
they
haue
actually
erred
not
onely
in
Church
Canons
,
dispensations
,
and
Papall
decrees
,
but
euen
in
matters
of
faith
defined
by
them
both
in
Prouinciall
and
generall
Counsailes
.
And
one
of
their
owne
Canonists
saith
[
](A04847-e23650-b)f
f
Apud
Grat.
D.
4.
Si
Papa
.
That
if
the
Pope
be
found
so
negligent
of
his
owne
and
his
brethrens
saluation
that
he
draw
innumerable
soules
by
troopes
with
himselfe
to
be
damned
in
hell
,
no
man
may
say
vnto
him
,
why
doest
thou
so
?
What
a
lamentable
thing
is
this
,
that
poore
seduced
soules
should
thus
forsake
the
rocke
of
truth
to
build
their
faith
on
such
sandy
foundations
;
namely
,
the
Churches
Traditions
,
as
they
are
deliuered
by
the
Pope
and
the
Churches
authoritie
,
which
is
in
effect
nothing
els
but
the
Popes
infallibility
:
(
who
is
the
Church
[
](A04847-e23690-b)g
g
Greg.
de
Valentia
.
T.
3.
disp.
1.
P.
24.
virtually
,
because
all
the
power
of
the
Church
rests
wholy
in
him
:
)
and
yet
he
a
man
that
may
be
,
and
often
hath
beene
an
obstinate
Haeretike
,
Schismatike
,
Atheist
,
&c.
and
teach
,
preach
,
and
define
error
,
and
lead
thousands
with
himselfe
headlong
vnto
hell
.
But
let
vs
renounce
such
sandy
foundations
,
and
build
our
faith
on
the
rocke
of
truth
,
contained
in
the
Scripture
:
for
the
sacred
Scripture
is
that
[
](A04847-e23740-b)a
a
Zanc.
de
scrip
.
Paradise
of
God
,
in
the
midst
whereof
are
:
first
,
the
tree
of
knowledge
,
bearing
no
forbidden
fruit
:
for
[
](A04847-e23770-b)b
b
Deut.
29.29
.
reuealed
things
are
for
vs
and
our
children
.
Secondly
,
[
](A04847-e23800-b)c
c
Apoc.
2.7
.
The
tree
of
life
(
Christ
Iesus
,
the
kernell
and
pith
of
the
scriptures
:
)
and
no
[
](A04847-e23820-b)d
d
Gen.
3.
vlt.
Cherubin
set
with
a
flaming
sword
to
keepe
vs
from
it
:
but
the
way
left
wide
open
,
and
all
inuited
to
come
vnto
it
:
[
](A04847-e23830-b)e
e
Mat.
11.28
.
Come
vnto
me
,
&c.
Thirdly
,
[
](A04847-e23850-b)f
f
Psal.
23.2
.
Riuers
of
liuing
waters
to
refresh
and
comfort
our
soules
in
temptation
,
affliction
,
and
persecution
.
Fourthly
,
A
coelestiall
aire
sweetly
breathing
in
the
midst
thereof
:
(
videlicet
,
[
](A04847-e23890-b)g
g
2.
Tim.
3.16
.
afflatus
Spiritus
Sancti
,
the
inspiration
of
the
holy
Ghost
,
)
inspiring
both
the
penmen
of
it
,
and
all
that
with
faith
,
humility
,
and
reuerence
,
reade
or
heare
it
.
Fiftly
,
God
walking
in
the
midst
of
this
Eden
:
whose
voice
doth
teach
,
reprooue
,
correct
,
instruct
,
and
comfort
euery
sonne
of
Adam
,
that
doth
heare
,
and
doe
it
,
making
him
[
](A04847-e23930-b)h
h
V.
15.
wise
vnto
saluation
through
the
faith
that
is
in
Christ
Jesus
.
2.
A
second
sort
of
those
that
build
on
the
sand
are
Prophane
sinners
:
who
build
on
the
sand
of
their
owne
securitie
and
praesumption
of
Gods
mercy
,
[
](A04847-e23960-b)i
i
Rom.
6.11
.
continuing
in
sinne
that
grace
may
abound
,
as
if
God
were
wholy
composed
of
mercy
.
This
persuasion
giues
encouragement
to
the
Prophane
swearer
to
flye
in
the
face
of
God
,
and
threaten
heauen
with
his
blasphemies
,
as
if
he
would
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
fight
with
God
,
and
dare
him
to
put
on
his
habergion
of
iustice
,
and
gird
himselfe
with
his
sword
of
vengeance
:
saying
in
his
heart
,
[
](A04847-e23990-b)k
k
Mal.
2.17
.
Where
is
the
God
of
iudgement
?
And
to
the
swinish
drunkard
,
and
lasciuious
adulterer
to
ouerburthen
the
earth
with
their
impieties
,
[
](A04847-e24010-b)l
l
Eph.
4.19
.
turning
the
grace
of
God
into
wantonnesse
,
and
committing
all
vncleannesse
euen
with
greedines
:
and
yet
say
in
their
hearts
,
[
](A04847-e24030-b)m
m
Psal.
10
,
11.
Tush
,
God
hath
forgotten
,
he
hideth
his
face
and
will
neuer
see
it
.
(
As
if
that
God
that
made
both
day
and
night
,
and
to
whom
[
](A04847-e24050-b)n
n
Psal.
239.12
the
night
is
as
cleare
as
the
day
)
did
not
as
well
behold
the
one
walking
secretly
in
the
twilight
,
[
](A04847-e24070-b)o
o
Pro.
7.9
.
as
the
other
impudently
staggering
in
the
streetes
at
no
one
day
.
But
those
shall
one
day
know
that
the
[
](A04847-e24090-b)a
a
Psal.
116.5
.
Lord
is
righteous
as
well
as
gratious
:
and
hath
not
onely
his
throane
of
grace
,
but
his
seat
for
iudgement
.
[
](A04847-e24110-b)b
b
Apoc.
4.3
.
As
there
is
a
rainebow
about
his
throane
in
sight
like
vnto
an
Emerald
(
representing
his
mercy
,
and
couenant
of
grace
,
which
is
euer
greene
and
fresh
,
and
most
comfortable
to
his
children
,
and
whence
he
continually
streames
downe
showers
of
spirituall
and
temporall
blessings
vpon
them
:
so
out
of
this
throane
proceed
[
](A04847-e24130-b)c
c
v.
5.
lightnings
,
and
thunderings
,
and
voyces
,
to
signifie
his
iudgements
denounced
against
,
and
reserued
for
the
wicked
.
[
](A04847-e24150-b)d
d
Cypr.
de
Laps
.
Deus
enim
quantum
patris
pietate
indulgens
semper
&
bonus
est
,
ita
iudicis
maiestate
metuendus
,
&c.
For
God
as
he
hath
the
tender
indulgence
of
a
father
,
so
hath
he
the
dreadfull
maiestie
of
a
iudge
he
hath
prepared
both
heauen
and
hell
,
as
well
places
of
aeternall
sorrow
and
torment
as
ioy
and
solace
;
and
as
well
the
pit
of
infernall
darkenesse
as
the
light
that
no
mortall
man
can
attaine
unto
.
Let
the
Prophane
sinner
therefore
know
for
a
surety
,
that
if
he
[
](A04847-e24180-b)e
e
Leu.
26.21
24.
walke
contrary
to
God
(
by
iniquity
,
and
obstinacy
)
God
will
walke
contrary
to
him
in
wrath
and
fury
.
If
he
prouoke
God
dayly
by
cursing
and
swearing
,
God
will
send
out
a
[
](A04847-e24190-b)f
f
Zach
5.1.2
.
&c
,
flying
roule
of
curses
against
him
,
that
shall
flye
into
the
midst
of
his
house
and
consume
it
with
the
timber
and
stones
thereof
.
If
he
drinke
without
thirst
.
and
wastfully
swallow
downe
flagons
of
wine
here
:
hee
shall
thirst
without
drinke
,
and
not
haue
a
[
](A04847-e24200-b)g
g
Luc.
16.24
.
droppe
of
cold
water
to
coole
his
tongue
hereafter
.
And
if
he
burne
with
the
fire
of
vnlawfull
lust
here
,
he
shall
(
without
serious
and
seasonable
repentance
,
)
burne
hereafter
in
the
[
](A04847-e24210-b)h
h
Apoc.
21.8
.
lake
that
burnes
with
fire
and
brimstone
for
euer
:
for
the
Lord
doth
as
well
treasure
vp
wrath
f●r
the
[
](A04847-e24220-b)i
i
Rom.
9
22
23
vessells
of
wrath
,
as
mercy
for
the
vessells
of
mercy
,
[
](A04847-e24230-b)k
k
Ireen
.
li
3.
c
43.
Saluat
saluandos
,
&
iudicat
iudicio
dignos
,
&c.
He
saues
those
that
are
to
be
saued
,
and
condemnes
those
that
are
worthy
to
be
damned
,
making
the
one
a
receptacle
of
his
mercy
and
an
organe
of
saluation
,
and
the
other
a
receptacle
of
iudgement
,
and
organe
of
damnation
.
3.
A
third
sort
are
couetous
Mammonists
:
who
build
their
nests
in
this
world
:
beeing
herein
more
foolish
than
the
swallowe
[
](A04847-e24270-b)a
a
Solinus
,
that
will
not
build
her
nest
in
a
ruinous
house
:
for
the
world
is
a
great
house
whose
whole
fabricke
shall
fall
to
ruine
,
[
](A04847-e24280-b)b
b
2
Pet.
3.10
.
The
heauens
shall
vanish
as
a
scrowle
,
the
elements
shall
melt
with
heat
,
and
the
earth
with
all
therein
shall
be
burnt
vp
.
These
are
rightly
saide
to
build
on
the
sand
:
for
the
world
and
worldly
things
are
like
the
sand
in
two
respects
.
1.
Quia
flaida
:
because
all
things
therein
flowe
and
floate
like
a
quickesand
:
[
](A04847-e24330-b)c
c
1
Ioh.
2.17
.
for
the
world
passeth
away
and
the
lusts
thereof
.
Whence
it
is
compared
to
a
[
](A04847-e24350-b)d
d
Apoc.
4.6
.
Sea
of
glasse
:
To
a
sea
,
because
it
ebbes
,
a●d
flowes
,
and
is
tempestuous
:
and
to
a
glassie
sea
,
because
all
things
therein
are
brittle
and
slippery
,
sliding
,
fading
,
vanishing
in
a
moment
.
2.
Quia
sterilia
:
As
sand
is
barraine
,
so
worldly
things
(
especially
if
couetously
affected
,
vniustly
gotten
and
basely
possessed
)
are
fruitlesse
,
and
vnprofitable
[
](A04847-e24380-b)e
e
Pro
10.2
,
3.
Treasures
of
wickednesse
profit
nothing
,
for
the
Lord
casteth
away
the
substance
of
the
wicked
.
Therefore
,
though
the
world
account
her
darlings
Oracles
of
wisedome
,
yet
in
Gods
Dictionary
they
be
tearmed
fooles
:
[
](A04847-e24400-b)f
f
Lu●
.
12.20
.
Thou
foole
,
this
night
will
they
take
away
thy
soule
,
&c.
The
word
is
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
(
signifying
improuident
,
)
for
though
worldlings
be
so
wise
[
](A04847-e24440-b)g
g
Mat.
16.26
.
to
win
the
world
,
yet
they
are
so
improuident
to
loose
their
owne
soules
.
And
marke
I
pray
you
how
many
points
of
extreame
folly
they
commit
.
1.
They
doe
with
great
care
and
paines
gather
that
which
they
cannot
long
enioy
:
but
it
shall
bee
taken
from
them
,
or
they
from
it
in
a
moment
.
2.
They
lay
vp
their
treasure
where
all
their
Praedecessors
haue
lost
it
.
3.
They
make
their
seruant
their
master
:
that
is
,
serue
Mammon
which
should
serue
them
.
4.
[
](A04847-e24500-b)h
h
1
Tim.
6.9
,
10
They
pierce
themselues
thorow
with
many
sorrowes
.
5.
They
preferre
(
which
is
the
greatest
folly
)
gold
before
God
,
gaine
before
godlinesse
,
money
before
mercy
,
the
world
before
their
owne
soules
:
and
that
when
they
are
neerest
their
graue
,
and
so
drowne
themselues
irrecouerably
inperdition
and
destruction
.
Applicat
.
1
:
1.
O
that
euery
oppressing
Ahab
would
think
of
this
,
that
is
[
](A04847-e24560-b)a
a
1
Reg.
21.4
.
sicke
for
Naboths
vineyard
,
and
neuer
weary
[
](A04847-e24580-b)b
b
Esa.
5.8
.
ioyning
house
to
house
,
and
land
to
land
,
till
there
be
no
roome
for
the
poore
in
the
earth
:
for
certainely
hee
that
builds
his
house
as
the
[
](A04847-e24590-b)c
c
Iob
27.18
.
moth
,
(
that
is
,
by
spoiling
and
consuming
others
)
[
](A04847-e24600-b)d
d
Esa.
53.1
.
when
he
shall
cease
to
spoile
,
shall
himselfe
be
spoiled
and
consumed
.
This
is
the
cause
of
the
dec●y
of
so
many
great
families
both
in
city
and
countrey
,
because
they
haue
built
their
houses
not
onely
vainly
on
the
sand
,
but
cruelly
in
an
Acheldama
,
a
field
of
bloud
:
for
[
](A04847-e24630-b)e
e
Syrac
.
34.21
.
the
bread
of
the
needy
is
the
life
of
the
poore
,
he
that
robs
him
thereof
is
a
murtherer
.
If
houses
therefore
be
thus
built
(
though
neuer
so
high
)
the
[
](A04847-e24670-b)f
f
Hab.
2.11
,
12.
stone
out
of
the
wall
shall
cry
,
and
the
beame
of
the
timber
shall
answer
it
,
woe
to
him
that
buildeth
his
house
with
bloud
,
and
erecteth
a
city
by
iniquity
.
2.
O
that
euery
Symoniacal
Patron
,
and
greedy
Impropriator
would
thinke
of
this
,
that
robs
God
to
inrich
himselfe
.
(
[
](A04847-e24700-b)g
g
Mal.
3
,
●
.
ye
haue
robbed
me
in
tythes
,
and
offerings
,
&c.
)
and
(
like
the
Eagle
)
with
the
flesh
that
he
takes
from
Gods
altar
,
carries
a
coale
to
burne
his
owne
nest
.
3.
O
that
euery
vnconscionable
Lawyer
would
thinke
of
this
:
who
if
he
put
not
on
the
Lyons
skinne
,
will
put
on
the
Foxes
case
,
and
get
by
cunning
vnder
praetence
of
Lawe
what
hee
cannot
get
by
violence
.
I
taxe
not
you
(
Reuerend
Fathers
of
the
Lawe
)
I
doubt
not
but
you
account
Godlinesse
your
greatest
Gaine
,
and
doing
euery
man
right
your
greatest
ioy
:
for
that
will
build
you
sure
houses
,
and
bring
you
peace
at
the
last
.
But
let
me
beseech
you
in
the
bowells
of
Christ
,
not
to
suffer
those
that
are
vnder
you
to
delay
causes
so
long
till
the
silly
sheepe
that
goes
to
lawe
for
a
locke
of
his
wooll
lost
in
the
countrey
,
loose
his
whole
fleece
in
the
City
before
hee
end
his
suit
:
for
it
is
a
common
complaint
among
vs
poore
Countrey-men
,
that
a
poore
man
were
better
giue
away
his
coate
than
goe
to
lawe
for
it
against
a
rich
aduersary
:
for
let
his
cause
bee
neuer
so
iust
,
and
honest
,
if
his
Aduersaries
purse
be
stronger
,
he
shall
neuer
haue
an
end
of
it
,
till
he
hath
spent
himselfe
,
and
lost
his
cause
.
4.
O
that
griping
Vsurers
would
thinke
of
this
,
that
secretly
eate
vp
mens
estates
,
as
the
Moth
consumes
a
garment
,
or
little
wormes
the
heart
of
a
great
Oake
.
Though
this
sinne
may
pleade
praescription
,
(
because
the
roote
thereof
is
couetousnesse
:
which
is
as
auncient
as
the
fall
of
man
,
and
the
[
](A04847-e24750-b)a
a
1
Tim.
6.10
.
roote
of
all
euill
)
yet
[
](A04847-e24760-b)b
b
D.
Fenton
of
Vsurie
.
a
learned
Diuine
(
late
of
this
Church
and
City
)
in
a
treatise
of
his
against
this
sinne
of
Vsurie
,
auerres
and
prooues
substantially
,
That
neuer
any
Christian
Church
Orthodoxall
,
or
Haereticall
,
defended
it
as
lawfull
(
as
it
is
now
practised
among
vs
)
since
the
world
stood
,
How
then
doest
thou
hope
to
dye
a
Christian
,
if
thou
liue
and
dye
an
Vsurer
,
which
no
Christian
Church
did
euer
approoue
?
If
it
bee
a
condition
required
of
him
that
will
[
](A04847-e24790-b)c
c
Psal.
5.
●5
.
enter
into
Gods
Tabernacle
,
that
he
lend
not
his
money
vpon
vsurie
,
how
doest
thou
then
that
makest
it
thy
trade
,
and
doest
liue
,
and
dye
,
in
it
hope
to
enter
?
If
euer
therefore
thou
looke
for
remission
of
thy
sinnes
at
the
hands
of
God
,
and
saluation
of
thy
soule
,
repent
speedily
,
and
make
restitution
:
It
is
the
position
of
that
iudicious
and
learned
Father
S.
Aug.
concerning
euery
sinne
of
this
nature
,
wherein
our
brother
is
really
wronged
by
impairing
his
estate
to
increase
ours
vnlawfully
:
[
](A04847-e24820-b)d
d
Aug.
epist.
54.
ad
Macedon
.
Non
remittitur
peccatum
,
nisi
restituatur
ablatum
restitui
potest
.
.i.
The
sinne
is
not
remitted
by
God
,
vnlesse
that
which
is
wrongfully
taken
from
our
brother
be
restored
,
if
a
man
be
able
to
make
restitution
:
for
God
will
neuer
forgiue
,
nor
receiue
vs
so
long
as
wee
vniustly
retaine
what
is
none
of
ours
.
I
know
this
is
Colloguintida
to
the
vsurers
heart
,
but
he
must
swallow
this
bitter
pill
,
if
euer
he
will
bee
purged
from
his
finne
.
But
I
spend
too
much
time
vpon
those
that
[
](A04847-e24870-b)e
e
Psal.
51.17
.
hate
to
bee
reformed
:
and
haue
stopped
their
eares
(
like
deafe
Adders
)
at
the
voices
of
better
charmers
:
for
one
saith
truely
of
an
Vsurer
:
Poenitet
expensi
praeterea
nihili
:
Hee
neuer
repents
of
any
thing
but
of
his
cost
and
expences
:
Yet
being
called
to
this
place
(
which
is
reported
to
be
the
common
Mart
for
this
sinnefull
trade
)
I
could
not
but
speake
something
thereof
:
it
may
please
God
for
the
conuersion
of
some
:
(
for
hee
doth
manifest
his
power
in
weakenesse
,
and
[
](A04847-e24890-b)a
a
Psal.
8.2
.
out
of
the
mouths
of
Babes
and
Sucklings
hath
ordeined
strength
:
)
if
not
,
yet
for
the
discharge
of
mind
,
conscience
,
and
deliuerance
of
mine
owne
soule
.
5.
O
that
the
couetous
Merchant
would
consider
this
,
that
doth
engrosse
commodities
that
he
may
haue
Monopolies
,
(
that
is
,
none
sell
but
he
,
and
so
sell
at
his
owne
rates
:
)
whereby
he
doth
grind
the
faces
of
the
poore
Tradesmen
,
and
eate
out
the
bowells
of
poore
buyers
,
that
stand
in
need
of
such
commodities
And
the
deceitfull
artificer
or
Trades-man
:
for
now
single
trades
are
growne
to
be
double
,
and
in
one
trade
or
occupation
there
be
two
skills
:
the
one
of
doing
it
truely
,
the
other
of
doing
it
deceitfully
:
called
the
mystery
of
the
trade
,
which
for
the
most
part
is
a
mystery
of
iniquity
:
)
for
now
hee
that
knowes
the
falshood
as
well
as
the
truth
of
his
trade
,
and
can
set
a
good
glasse
vpon
bad
wares
,
is
the
most
skilfull
tradesman
;
and
he
that
can
make
an
excellent
counterfeit
,
and
sell
it
for
good
,
and
at
as
great
a
price
,
is
accounted
the
best
artificer
.
Thus
men
take
money
not
for
wares
but
for
cosenage
,
and
selling
deceit
,
doe
buy
with
the
price
thereof
(
if
they
speedily
repent
not
)
their
owne
most
certaine
damnation
.
Thus
you
see
into
how
many
intricate
mazes
,
Mammon
doth
leade
men
to
their
owne
destruction
:
Bee
not
therefore
the
slaues
of
Mammon
,
least
ye
become
the
proprietaries
of
hell
and
damnation
:
for
as
pride
shut
vp
heauen
against
the
diuell
,
and
gluttony
Paradise
against
our
first
parents
:
so
couetousnesse
is
the
key
to
open
hell
gates
to
the
seruants
of
Mammon
.
If
therefore
thou
wouldest
shunne
the
[
](A04847-e24940-b)b
b
Mat.
7.13
,
14.
broad
way
and
open
gate
to
destruction
,
and
find
the
narrow
way
and
streight
gate
that
leades
to
saluation
.
S.
Bernard
teacheth
thee
how
to
doe
it
,
[
](A04847-e24960-b)c
c
Ber.
in
Cant.
sect
35.
Jnuenisti
plane
sapientiae
viam
,
si
prioris
vitae
peccata
defleas
,
si
huius
saeculi
desiderabilia
parui-pendas
,
si
bona
opera
exerceas
,
&
aeternam
beatitudinem
toto
desiderio
concupiscas
.
Thou
hast
found
the
way
of
wisedome
,
if
thou
bewaile
thy
sinnes
,
contemne
the
worlds
vanities
,
exercise
thy selfe
in
good
works
,
and
earnestly
mind
and
desire
heauenly
happinesse
.
4.
A
fourth
sort
of
these
foolish
builders
on
the
sand
,
are
masqued
Hypocrites
:
who
build
their
praesuming
hope
and
confidence
of
their
saluation
,
vpon
the
sandy
foundation
of
their
fained
holinesse
:
for
they
haue
[
](A04847-e25000-b)a
a
2
Tim
3.5
.
forme
of
godlinesse
but
deny
the
power
thereof
.
These
(
as
a
[
](A04847-e25030-b)b
b
D.
Boyce
Deane
of
Cant.
in
his
Postill
.
Reuerend
and
learned
Diuine
of
our
Church
hath
well
obserued
)
doe
mocke
God
and
the
world
.
1.
They
mocke
God
and
his
word
,
for
where
God
saith
,
Facite
iustitiam
,
worke
righteousnesse
,
they
doe
,
non
facere
,
sed
fingere
,
not
doe
,
but
faine
righteousnesse
:
[
](A04847-e25090-b)c
c
Mat.
23.25
.
making
cleane
the
outside
of
the
cuppe
and
the
platter
,
but
within
are
full
of
rottennesse
and
corruption
.
2.
They
deceiue
men
being
Christians
in
lippe
onely
,
not
in
life
:
making
a
masque
of
Religion
:
or
rather
a
very
vizar
,
with
eyes
,
nose
,
and
mouth
fairely
proportioned
to
all
purposes
.
For
they
will
flocke
and
flye
to
the
temples
(
as
doues
to
the
windowes
)
and
lift
vp
the
white
of
the
eyes
,
and
sit
at
the
Preachers
feet
(
as
[
](A04847-e25120-b)d
d
Luc.
10.19
.
Mary
at
Christs
)
and
send
out
whole
vollyes
of
sighes
when
the
word
is
preached
,
[
](A04847-e25140-b)e
e
Lact.
Institut.
l.
5.
c.
20.
Sed
omnem
religionem
in
templo
,
&
cum
templo
relinquunt
,
&c.
They
leaue
all
their
Religion
at
the
Church
,
and
carry
none
home
with
them
to
expresse
it
in
their
liues
.
If
ye
deale
with
them
,
ye
shall
finde
[
](A04847-e25190-b)f
f
Gen
,
27.22
.
Iacobs
smooth
voice
,
but
Esaus
rough
hands
:
for
the
Hypocrite
is
like
counterfeit
gold
,
faire
in
shew
,
but
false
in
touch
:
Intus
Nero
,
foris
Cato
,
totus
ambiguus
:
a
Cato
for
his
outward
grauity
,
but
a
Nero
for
his
inward
malice
and
crueltie
,
a
meere
aequiuocator
:
[
](A04847-e25260-b)g
g
Cypr.
Ep
54.
Aliud
enim
corde
occultat
,
aliud
voce
pronunciat
:
He
speakes
one
thing
,
and
meanes
another
.
But
most
of
all
hee
deceiues
his
owne
soule
building
on
the
sand
while
he
thinkes
he
builds
on
the
rock
,
&
so
builds
his
owne
ruine
:
for
when
the
flouds
of
persecution
arise
,
they
soo●e
wash
away
his
painted
holinesse
,
and
cast
downe
his
rotten
building
:
and
th●
fall
therof
is
great
euen
to
the
bottome
of
hell
:
which
is
the
hypocrites
proper
portion
,
and
haereditary
possession
,
wherein
all
other
sinners
doe
but
share
with
him
:
[
](A04847-e25300-b)h
h
Mat.
24.51
.
They
shall
haue
their
portion
with
hypocrites
,
&c.
Pars.
3.
The
third
difference
betweene
these
wise
and
foolish
builders
,
is
in
the
effect
or
issue
of
their
building
:
which
in
the
one
is
firme
stabilitie
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
If
fell
not
,
and
in
the
other
,
a
suddaine
and
fearefull
ruine
.
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
&c.
And
it
fell
,
and
the
fall
thereof
was
great
.
v.
25.
1.
In
the
former
are
implyed
three
things
.
1.
Tentatio
varia
:
The
varietie
of
the
temptations
,
And
the
raine
fell
,
&c.
2.
Tentationum
victoria
:
The
victory
that
this
firme
building
had
ouer
these
temptations
:
in
that
(
notwithstanding
all
these
)
it
stood
fast
and
immooueable
,
and
could
not
be
cast
downe
.
(
And
it
fell
not
:
)
3.
Victoria
causa
:
The
cause
of
this
victory
,
and
impregnable
stability
:
because
it
was
built
on
a
rocke
.
2.
In
the
latter
are
likewise
implyed
3.
things
:
1.
Ruinae
causa
:
The
cause
of
the
ruine
:
And
the
raine
fell
,
v.
27.
&c.
and
beat
vpon
that
house
:
2.
Ruina
ipsa
:
The
ruine
it selfe
:
And
it
fell
.
3.
Ruinae
qualitas
seu
natura
:
The
nature
or
qualitie
of
that
ruine
:
And
the
fall
thereof
was
great
.
1.
1.
Tent.
varia
The
ten●ations
that
assaile
both
these
buildings
are
the
same
,
wherein
obserue
:
1.
Tent.
numerum
,
their
number
or
diuersity
:
(
viz.
raine
,
flouds
,
winde
.
)
2.
Impetum
:
their
forcible
nature
,
and
violence
:
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
&c.
They
beate
vpon
that
house
.
For
these
three
(
raine
,
flouds
,
and
windes
)
assaile
a
materiall
house
on
euery
side
to
try
whether
the
building
be
firme
or
no
:
1.
The
raine
beates
vpon
the
roofe
of
the
house
.
2.
The
flouds
vndermine
the
foundation
:
3.
The
winds
beat
on
the
walls
and
sides
of
the
house
:
as
that
[
](A04847-e25620-b)a
a
Iob
1.15
whirle-wind
did
smite
the
foure
corners
of
Iobs
house
,
and
threw
it
flat
to
the
ground
.
Exposit.
I
will
not
trouble
you
with
the
varietie
of
opinions
among
Interpretors
,
what
is
here
mystically
meant
by
raine
,
flouds
,
and
winds
:
I
take
it
Christ
meanes
hereby
to
include
all
kinds
of
temptations
,
wherewith
the
Christian
Church
in
generall
,
and
euery
Christian
soule
in
particular
is
assaulted
,
and
violently
beat
vpon
by
the
world
,
flesh
,
and
diuell
,
to
ouerthrow
it
and
bring
it
to
ruine
.
1.
Pluuia
.
But
if
ye
will
haue
a
difference
made
betweene
them
,
I
thinke
1.
By
the
raine
is
meant
the
temptation
of
prosperity
:
which
softens
mens
minds
ouermuch
with
wantonnes
and
luxury
,
and
so
workes
their
ruine
:
for
raine
falls
guttatim
,
by
droppes
,
and
soakes
into
the
house
by
little
and
little
,
and
so
rots
the
rafters
and
beames
,
and
brings
it
to
ruine
.
2.
Flumina
.
2.
By
the
flouds
are
meant
the
Tentations
of
aduersitie
,
(
.i.
afflictions
and
persecutions
:
)
which
like
Torrents
assaile
this
building
violently
to
ouerturne
it
from
the
very
foundation
:
for
afflictions
are
called
flouds
in
Scripture
.
[
](A04847-e25760-b)b
b
Psal.
69.2
.
I
am
come
into
great
waters
where
the
flouds
ouerthrow
me
ᵇ
And
persecutions
also
:
The
flouds
of
vngodly
men
made
me
afraid
.
3.
Venti
.
3.
By
the
windes
are
meant
the
tentations
of
persuasion
,
whereby
Sathan
and
his
instruments
(
which
like
Elymas
the
sorcerer
are
[
](A04847-e25840-b)c
c
Act.
13.10
.
full
of
all
subtletie
and
mischiefe
,
and
enemies
of
all
righteousnesse
)
cease
not
to
peruert
(
as
much
as
in
them
lyes
)
the
straight
wayes
of
the
Lord
.
And
this
they
seeke
to
doe
two
wayes
.
1.
Per
blanditias
,
.i.
By
their
subtle
persuasions
and
faire
allurements
:
for
(
as
S.
Gregory
saith
,
[
](A04847-e25890-b)d
d
Greg.
mor.
li.
3.
c.
19.
Verba
molliunt
dum
virus
infundunt
:
that
is
,
(
to
vse
the
phrase
of
the
Psal.
)
[
](A04847-e25920-b)e
e
Psal.
55.21
.
Their
words
be
smoother
then
oyle
,
yet
they
be
very
swords
:
namely
,
to
pierce
,
wound
,
and
kill
mens
soules
.
These
may
bee
compared
to
the
warme
Southwindes
,
or
pleasing
Westwinds
:
which
(
with
their
warme
,
but
strong
blasts
)
may
ouerthrow
an
house
as
soone
as
the
blustering
Northwinds
.
2.
Per
minas
,
.i.
Their
cruell
threatnings
,
and
bloudy
inquisitions
whereby
they
endeauour
to
deterre
men
from
truth
,
and
force
them
to
entertaine
error
for
feare
,
if
not
for
loue
:
and
when
they
cannot
persuade
,
they
will
enforce
mens
consciences
.
These
may
be
compared
to
that
[
](A04847-e25960-b)f
f
Ion
1.4
.
stormie
wind
raised
vpon
the
sea
,
when
Ionas
was
in
the
ship
:
or
S.
Pauls
tempestuous
wind
(
called
[
](A04847-e26000-b)g
g
Act.
27
,
14
,
15
Euroclydon
)
which
draue
his
ship
with
such
violence
,
that
the
Mariners
could
not
guide
it
,
but
were
faine
to
let
it
driue
whither
it
would
.
Doctr.
The
true
Church
and
euery
member
thereof
is
assailed
&
tryed
on
euery
side
:
In
peaceable
times
with
the
raine
of
prosperity
,
and
warme
southwinds
of
haereticall
suggestions
:
and
in
troublesome
times
with
the
blu●tering
Northwinds
of
tyrannicall
th●eatnings
,
and
violent
torrents
of
p●rsecution
.
In
the
one
the
Church
is
[
](A04847-e26050-b)a
a
Cypr.
de
Lap●
1.
Militum
Christi
cohors
candida
the
white
band
of
Christs
souldiers
,
fighting
vnder
the
white
ensigne
of
peace
:
in
the
other
rubicunda
the
bloudy
band
,
fighting
vnder
the
bloudy
banners
of
persecution
:
for
sometimes
,
the
P.
of
peace
holds
out
the
white
flag
of
peace
to
his
Church
:
sometime
,
the
L.
of
Hosts
holds
out
vnto
her
the
bloudy
streamer
of
warre
bloudshed
,
and
persecution
,
and
tries
as
well
by
the
one
as
the
other
,
whether
his
souldiers
will
cleaue
close
to
their
captaine
,
and
follow
their
coulers
.
1
Tent.
prosper
.
1.
Smooth
[
](A04847-e26150-b)b
b
Gen.
27.22.36
.
Jacob
(
the
worlds
faire
sonne
)
prosperitie
may
as
soone
and
sooner
deceiue
and
supplant
vs
,
than
rough
Esau
(
the
worlds
churlish
sonne
)
affliction
and
persecution
:
for
the
poyson
of
aduersitie
is
sometimes
so
tempered
in
our
soules
with
the
wholesome
ingredients
of
faith
,
hope
,
patience
,
and
humilitie
,
that
in
stead
of
killing
it
doth
cure
vs
,
and
purge
our
soules
of
the
corrupt
humors
of
sinne
:
and
so
playes
the
schoolemaster
,
not
onely
in
whipping
and
scourging
vs
,
but
also
in
teaching
and
instructing
vs
to
know
God
,
and
our selues
,
and
the
worlds
vanitie
,
and
to
labour
after
a
more
permanent
faelicity
.
Whereas
prosperitie
many
times
(
like
[
](A04847-e26180-b)c
c
Iud.
16
,
19
,
●0
.
Dalila
)
lulls
many
a
strong
Sampson
so
long
asleepe
in
her
lappe
of
carnall
pleasures
that
she
takes
from
him
that
wherein
his
spirituall
strength
consisteth
,
and
betrayes
him
to
that
vncircumcised
Philistim
the
diuell
.
So
then
the
worlds
musicke
of
profits
and
pleasures
is
but
a
Syrens
song
,
which
while
it
tickles
our
eares
,
it
wounds
our
hearts
,
and
splits
our
soules
vpon
the
rockes
of
sinne
,
whereby
ofttimes
wee
make
shippe-wracke
of
our
saluation
,
[
](A04847-e26230-b)d
d
2
Sam
11.2
.
&c.
Dauid
who
did
cleaue
fast
vnto
God
in
his
troubles
,
in
his
prosperitie
started
aside
like
a
broken
bow
,
and
fell
into
the
fearefull
sinnes
of
Adultery
and
murther
.
And
Peter
[
](A04847-e26270-b)a
a
Mat.
26.51
.
&
Io●
.
18.10
18
who
stoutly
defended
his
master
among
the
swords
and
staues
in
the
garden
,
basely
denyed
him
,
when
he
was
basting
himselfe
by
the
fire
in
the
high
Priests
hall
.
[
](A04847-e26280-b)b
b
Aug.
in
Psal.
34.
Homo
victus
in
Paradiso
,
victor
in
stercore
,
[
](A04847-e26310-b)c
c
Ioq
2.8
.
Job
by
his
patience
was
a
conquerour
on
the
dunghill
,
and
[
](A04847-e26330-b)d
d
Gen.
3.6
.
Adam
by
his
pride
was
conquered
in
Paradise
.
Also
Romes
peace
and
securitie
after
the
Carthaginian
wars
were
ended
,
did
her
more
hurt
than
all
the
former
battailes
.
And
Saint
Bernard
saith
of
the
Church
:
[
](A04847-e26370-b)e
e
Ber.
Ser.
33.
in
Cant.
Amara
fuit
prius
in
nece
Martyrum
,
amarior
postea
in
conflictu
haereticorum
,
amarissima
vero
nunc
in
moribus
domesticorum
:
intimating
that
she
was
more
hurt
by
the
licentious
liues
of
her
children
in
the
dayes
of
her
peace
,
than
by
the
bloud
of
her
Martyrs
,
or
her
conflict
with
haeretikes
.
Applicat
.
And
may
it
not
be
truely
said
of
this
Church
and
land
,
that
the
raine
of
prosperitie
,
peace
,
and
plenty
(
falling
not
by
drops
,
but
by
full
showers
vpon
it
,
in
the
late
,
long
,
and
happy
reigne
of
our
euer
to
be
remembred
,
and
thrice
renowned
Deborah
,
and
our
now
peacefull
Salomon
)
hath
done
more
hurt
to
this
building
,
by
rotting
many
beames
,
and
rafters
thereof
,
than
those
tempestuous
whirle-winds
,
and
violent
torrents
of
persecution
in
Queene
Maries
dayes
?
for
whereas
there
were
then
glorious
confessions
of
the
truth
in
the
midst
of
the
fire
,
now
there
be
dayly
Apostacies
from
it
in
the
dayes
of
peace
.
And
our
moralitie
is
so
corrupted
with
our
long
peace
and
prosperitie
,
that
there
was
neuer
more
lying
and
dissembling
in
Creta
,
swearing
and
forswearing
in
Carthage
gormandizing
in
Capua
,
or
Semiplacentia
,
drunkennesse
in
Germany
,
pride
in
Spaine
,
or
wantonnesse
in
Italy
,
than
is
at
this
day
in
our
land
:
as
if
the
vices
of
all
nations
did
meete
here
as
in
their
Center
,
or
as
if
our
land
were
the
sinke
or
common
sewer
for
the
sinnes
of
all
nations
to
runne
into
.
Shall
we
thus
repay
the
Lord
for
his
blessings
?
shall
we
now
begin
to
[
](A04847-e26480-b)f
f
Num:
11.5
,
6.
loath
our
Manna
that
hath
thus
long
fallen
dayly
about
our
tents
,
and
hanker
againe
after
the
flesh-pots
of
the
Romish
Aegypt
?
shall
we
surfet
of
our
quailes
?
and
being
full
fed
with
Gods
blessings
,
[
](A04847-e26510-b)g
g
Deut.
8.10
.
spurne
with
the
heele
against
him
,
and
turne
our
backes
vpon
his
mercy-seat
?
God
forbid
.
Let
vs
not
thus
turne
Gods
grace
into
wantonnesse
,
and
repay
him
with
our
foule
and
crying
sins
in
stead
of
thankfullnesse
for
his
blessings
:
(
like
the
sea
that
receiues
sweet
waters
from
the
fountaines
of
the
earth
,
and
returnes
them
salt
and
bitter
:
)
least
we
incurre
the
curse
of
the
reprobate
Iewes
.
[
](A04847-e26530-b)a
a
Psal.
69.22
,
23
Rom.
11.9
,
10.
Let
their
table
be
made
a
snare
,
and
a
trap
,
and
a
stumbling
blocke
,
&c.
and
the
things
that
should
haue
beene
for
their
weale
be
vnto
them
an
ocasion
of
falling
.
2.
Tent.
persuas
.
2.
With
this
tentation
of
prosperitie
,
I
may
conioyne
the
Churches
second
tentation
,
by
the
pleasing
south-winds
of
haereticall
persuasions
:
because
they
are
most
rife
in
the
dayes
of
the
Churches
peace
.
With
these
winds
hath
the
house
of
the
liuing
God
beene
forcibly
beat
vpon
,
and
the
ship
of
his
true
Church
beene
violently
tossed
,
almost
in
all
ages
in
the
troublesome
sea
of
this
world
:
for
haeretikes
and
schismatikes
,
(
being
themselues
carryed
away
with
these
[
](A04847-e26580-b)b
b
Iren.
li
3.
c
13.
three
disastrous
whirle-winds
.
1.
With
the
vncleane
spirit
of
error
:
2.
With
their
owne
frenzie
whereof
they
labour
:
3.
Magis
studio
contradicendi
,
[
](A04847-e26630-b)c
c
Cypr
ad
Demet
.
sect.
prima
quam
voto
discendi
:
.i.
Rather
with
an
itching
humour
of
singularity
to
contradict
the
truth
,
than
a
true
zealous
humility
to
learne
it
,
seeke
to
driue
others
with
them
into
error
,
and
so
they
willfully
[
](A04847-e26650-b)d
d
Mat.
15.14
.
blind
,
leade
the
woefully
blinded
with
themselues
into
the
ditch
of
destruction
.
But
he
who
is
driuen
of
these
winds
,
[
](A04847-e26660-b)e
e
Aug.
Ti.
1.
in
Ioh.
Mat.
25.30
.
Non
portum
sed
planctum
inueniet
,
shall
in
the
end
arriue
at
no
other
harbour
,
but
where
shall
be
weeping
and
gnashing
of
teeth
.
Applicat
.
And
from
these
disastrous
winds
our
Church
is
not
free
now
in
the
dayes
of
her
peace
:
for
there
swarmes
among
vs
corner-creeping
Priests
,
and
Iesuites
,
who
(
like
subtle
foxes
)
seeke
to
vndermine
,
and
roote
vp
the
flourishing
vine
of
this
Church
and
State
;
by
[
](A04847-e26730-b)f
f
2.
Tim.
3.6
.
creeping
into
hovses
,
and
leading
captiue
silly
women
laden
with
diuers
lusts
,
and
silly
Ideots
apt
to
beleeue
whatsoeuer
they
tell
them
without
further
tryal
of
their
doctrine
by
the
touchstone
of
truth
.
This
kind
of
fishing
they
learned
from
Sathan
himfelfe
:
who
first
[
](A04847-e26750-b)g
g
Gen.
3.1
.
attempted
the
woman
,
that
by
her
hee
might
tempt
the
man
:
vsing
the
wife
as
a
trappe
to
catch
her
husband
.
And
from
the
auncient
Gnostikes
:
of
whose
ring-leader
Marcus
Jrenaeus
reports
:
[
](A04847-e26770-b)h
h
Iren.
li.
1.
c.
9.
Maximè
circa
mulieres
occupatus
est
.
His
principall
aime
and
chiefest
businesse
was
to
seduce
silly
women
.
And
as
the
diuell
at
first
,
[
](A04847-e26820-b)a
a
Cypr.
de
vnitate
Eccl.
sect.
5
Verbis
mendacibus
blandiens
rudes
animas
incauta
credulitate
decepit
;
deceiued
the
poore
innocent
soules
of
our
first
parents
by
his
lying
&
flattering
words
,
praesuming
vpon
their
heedlesse
credulitie
:
so
they
by
their
lying
and
flattering
words
,
(
which
are
[
](A04847-e26850-b)b
b
Lact
Jnstit
.
li.
5.
c
●1
.
Mella
venenum
tegentia
,
pills
of
poyson
lapt
in
hony
:
)
creepe
into
the
soules
of
their
ouer-credulous
Disciples
,
and
blinding
them
with
the
false
vizar
of
the
name
of
the
ancient
Catholike
Church
,
lead
them
hoodwinked
to
their
owne
destruction
.
Ie●uiticaal
traps
to
catch
poore
soules
.
For
first
,
they
tell
them
(
and
that
onely
truely
:
)
[
](A04847-e26910-b)c
c
Cypr.
de
vnit
.
Eccles.
That
out
of
the
true
Church
there
is
no
saluation
:
but
all
that
are
out
of
it
must
needs
perish
,
as
all
that
were
out
of
the
arke
,
were
drowned
in
the
deluge
.
Secondly
,
they
falsly
assume
that
the
Church
of
Rome
(
as
now
it
is
)
is
the
onely
true
,
auncient
,
Catholike
Church
:
and
the
Protestants
are
haeretikes
,
and
their
Church
sprung
vp
but
lately
since
Luthers
dayes
.
Thirdly
,
they
teach
their
disciples
,
that
the
Scriptures
are
obscure
,
and
dangerous
for
lay-men
,
and
silly
women
to
meddle
withall
,
(
because
the
reading
and
misunderstanding
of
the
Scriptures
hath
bred
many
haeresies
:
)
and
therefore
it
is
enough
for
them
to
relye
vpon
the
definitions
of
their
mother
,
the
Romish
Church
,
and
directions
of
their
ghostly
Fathers
,
without
any
further
search
or
inquiry
:
thus
thieues
put
out
the
candle
that
should
discouer
them
.
Fourthly
,
they
tell
them
that
it
is
haeresie
for
a
lay-man
to
dispute
in
points
of
faith
,
neither
must
they
reade
any
bookes
written
against
the
Romish
Religion
,
or
any
part
thereof
:
nor
conferre
with
any
Protestant
minister
,
or
other
able
to
defend
his
religion
,
but
in
all
doubts
repaire
to
their
ghostly
fathers
for
resolution
.
Fiftly
,
they
extoll
deuout
ignorance
and
implicite
faith
to
the
skies
:
and
tell
them
,
that
such
ignorantly
deuout
soules
shall
haue
the
benefit
of
other
mens
knowledge
.
So
they
canonize
the
Colliars
faith
,
and
make
it
their
seduced
disciples
Creed
to
beleeue
as
the
Church
beleeues
.
Now
when
silly
ignorant
soules
haue
deepely
drunke
in
these
principles
,
what
maruaile
is
it
,
if
they
bee
easily
peruerted
,
and
hardly
conuerted
,
when
their
seducing
teachers
haue
thus
hedged
in
their
eyes
,
eares
,
and
hearts
,
that
they
should
not
heare
,
nor
vnderstand
?
Hortatio
.
Wherefore
seeing
these
[
](A04847-e27000-b)a
a
Mat
7.15
.
Wolues
in
sheepes
cloathing
,
(
who
like
the
wolues
of
Africa
faine
the
voice
of
sheepeheards
to
deuoure
the
flocke
)
be
so
busie
to
infect
our
flocks
with
Popery
,
let
vs
be
as
vigilant
to
continue
them
in
the
truth
:
Now
(
if
euer
)
S.
Bern.
exhortation
is
to
be
put
in
practise
:
[
](A04847-e27040-b)b
b
Ber.
li.
3
de
consid
c.
10
Danda
est
opera
vt
increduli
conuertantur
,
conuersi
non
auertantur
,
auersi
reuertantur
,
&c.
We
that
are
Ministers
of
the
word
,
must
sedulously
endeauour
that
those
which
do
not
rightly
beleeue
,
may
be
conuerted
,
and
those
that
are
turned
out
of
the
way
,
may
returne
into
the
right
way
againe
,
and
those
that
are
conuerted
,
may
not
be
turned
away
,
and
those
that
are
peruerse
may
be
directed
into
the
paths
of
righteousnesse
,
and
those
that
are
subuerted
may
bee
recalled
into
the
wayes
of
truth
,
and
that
the
subuerters
themselues
should
haue
their
errors
conuinced
by
the
euidence
of
truth
,
that
either
themselues
may
be
reclaimed
,
or
they
may
loose
all
power
and
authority
to
subuert
others
.
1
Ad
epist.
Let
me
therefore
beseech
you
(
Reuerend
Fathers
)
in
the
bowells
of
Christ
Iesus
(
who
am
vnworthy
to
counsaile
you
)
that
as
yee
are
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
Bishops
,
or
ouerseers
in
name
,
[
](A04847-e27120-b)c
c
Act.
20.28
.
so
ye
would
indeed
(
in
these
dangerous
dayes
)
with
a
most
vigilant
eye
ouersee
the
flocke
of
Christ
committed
to
your
seuerall
charges
,
which
Christ
hath
purchased
with
his
owne
blood
.
Ye
sit
at
the
sterne
of
this
ship
of
the
English
Church
,
and
are
skilfull
in
your
compasse
,
O
let
not
these
disastrous
winds
carry
it
the
contrary
way
,
but
guide
it
still
(
as
ye
haue
done
)
in
the
way
of
truth
to
the
hauen
of
hapines
.
Ye
are
the
[
](A04847-e27130-b)d
d
Mar.
13.34
.
porters
of
this
house
&
fold
of
Christ
,
and
haue
the
keyes
of
iurisdiction
in
your
hands
to
let
in
and
out
:
O
watch
therefore
that
these
[
](A04847-e27140-b)e
e
Ioh.
10.2
.
thieues
and
robbers
breake
not
in
,
and
steale
away
the
sheepe
of
Christ
from
his
fold
,
whose
soules
are
most
[
](A04847-e27150-b)f
f
Psal.
116.15
.
deare
and
pretious
in
his
sight
.
And
see
that
euery
Archippus
vnder
you
in
your
seuerall
Diocaeses
,
doe
both
by
preaching
and
catechizing
(
according
to
his
Maiesties
late
pious
,
and
most
Christian
directions
)
[
](A04847-e27170-b)g
g
Col.
4.17
.
take
heed
to
the
ministery
that
he
hath
receiued
in
the
Lord
,
that
he
fulfill
it
.
2.
Ad
Mag.
And
let
all
religious
Magistrates
in
their
places
seeke
with
godly
[
](A04847-e27210-b)a
a
2
Pa●.
35.5
.
Josiah
to
purge
Gods
house
where
it
is
polluted
either
with
error
or
sinne
:
and
(
with
zealous
)
[
](A04847-e27240-b)b
b
Neh.
4.1
,
9.
Nehemiah
,
endeauour
to
reaedifie
the
ruine
of
Gods
Ierusalem
,
and
to
defend
this
building
against
all
malicious
Tobiahs
,
and
Sanballats
that
seeke
to
hinder
it
.
3
Ad
priuatos
.
And
let
all
priuate
men
take
heed
,
that
these
wily
Serpents
creepe
not
into
their
bosomes
by
their
subtle
insinuations
:
but
let
them
hold
fast
the
truth
that
they
haue
receiued
in
the
Lord
,
and
if
any
(
though
an
[
](A04847-e27310-b)c
c
Gal.
1.16
.
angell
from
heauen
)
bring
them
any
other
doctrine
,
let
them
hold
him
accursed
.
[
](A04847-e27320-b)d
d
Cypr.
de
vnit
.
Eccl.
sect.
1.
Nutet
enim
necesse
est
&
vagetur
,
&
spiritu
erroris
arreptus
(
velut
puluis
)
ventiletur
qui
salutaris
viae
non
tenet
veritatem
:
for
he
must
needs
totter
,
and
wander
,
and
(
being
driuen
with
the
spirit
of
error
)
be
carryed
away
as
[
](A04847-e27350-b)e
e
Psal.
1.4
.
dust
or
chaffe
,
which
the
wind
scatters
away
from
the
face
of
the
earth
,
that
doth
not
keepe
the
truth
of
that
way
that
leades
to
saluation
.
[
](A04847-e27360-b)f
f
Eph.
4.14
.
Be
not
therefore
(
like
children
)
wauering
,
and
carryed
away
with
euery
wind
of
vaine
doctrine
,
but
follow
the
truth
in
loue
,
and
in
all
things
growe
vp
to
him
that
is
the
head
,
namely
,
Christ
Iesus
.
●
:
Tent.
persecut.
3.
The
third
sort
of
temptations
wherewith
the
Church
is
assaulted
,
is
affliction
and
persecution
:
compared
to
the
blustering
Northwinds
,
and
violent
flouds
which
beat
vpon
this
house
:
for
the
true
Church
is
like
[
](A04847-e27400-b)g
g
Gen.
7.18
.
&
8.4
Noahs
arke
:
still
floating
on
the
waters
of
trouble
,
till
shee
come
to
rest
on
Ararat
the
Mount
of
God
:
for
[
](A04847-e27420-b)h
h
Act.
14.22
.
through
many
tribulations
we
must
enter
into
Gods
kingdome
.
[
](A04847-e27430-b)i
i
2
Tim
,
3.12
.
And
all
that
will
liue
godly
in
Christ
Iesus
must
suffer
persecution
:
for
[
](A04847-e27440-b)k
k
Aug
in
Ps.
31.
though
God
had
one
sonne
without
sinne
,
yet
he
hath
none
without
affliction
.
A
Christians
life
is
like
a
nauigation
in
a
tempestuous
sea
:
the
harbor
whence
we
launch
is
our
mothers
wombe
,
the
port
whereto
we
are
bound
is
the
hauen
of
heauen
,
but
the
interim
betweene
,
(
the
whole
time
of
our
sayling
in
the
troublesome
sea
of
this
world
)
is
full
of
tempests
,
full
of
Pyrats
.
So
that
Reuerend
Luther
said
truely
:
Qui
non
est
crucianus
,
non
est
Christianus
:
no
crosse
,
no
Christian
:
consonant
to
that
of
the
Apostle
:
[
](A04847-e27480-b)l
l
Heb.
12.5
.
If
ye
bee
without
chastisement
,
whereof
all
are
partakers
,
then
are
ye
bastards
,
and
not
sonnes
.
And
concerning
the
Churches
persecutions
,
that
of
Homer
concerning
Troy
,
may
most
truely
bee
spoken
of
the
true
Church
Militant
,
[
](A04847-e27510-b)a
a
Homer
Iliad
.
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
.
She
hath
but
a
little
breathing
time
from
her
continuall
warfare
:
for
these
two
contrary
armies
(
Israel
and
Amalech
)
are
alwayes
fighting
.
[
](A04847-e27550-b)b
b
Ex
17.
vlt.
God
will
haue
warre
with
mysticall
Amalech
,
(
.i.
the
Church
malignant
)
from
generation
to
generation
.
[
](A04847-e27570-b)c
c
Ser.
92.
de
Temp.
As
soone
as
the
Israelites
had
dranke
of
the
rocke
,
forthwith
they
warred
against
Amalech
:
to
teach
vs
that
we
no
sooner
drinke
of
the
rocke
Christ
,
and
are
incorporated
into
him
,
but
forthwith
we
must
prepare
our selues
for
a
warfare
.
For
the
visible
Church
is
like
[
](A04847-e27610-b)d
d
Gen.
25.22
.
Rebeccaes
wombe
:
wherin
are
bred
sonnes
of
contrary
natures
(
as
Iacob
and
Esau
)
and
these
striue
together
in
her
wombe
from
her
very
conception
of
thee
.
[
](A04847-e27650-b)e
e
Apoc.
12.5.15
As
soone
as
euer
the
woman
is
deliuered
of
a
manchild
,
(
that
is
,
the
Church
hath
brought
foorth
a
sonne
to
God
:
)
presently
the
dragon
doth
cast
out
flouds
of
water
out
of
his
mouth
to
destroy
it
.
This
auncient
enmity
betweene
the
old
serpent
and
the
seed
of
the
woman
began
in
Paradise
:
[
](A04847-e27670-b)f
f
Gen.
3
.
15●
I
will
put
enmity
betweene
thy
seed
and
her
seed
,
&c.
And
forthwith
it
began
to
breake
out
by
open
persecution
:
for
the
persecution
of
the
Church
of
the
old
Testament
began
with
[
](A04847-e27690-b)g
g
Cap.
48.
Abels
murther
:
[
](A04847-e27720-b)h
h
Aug.
de
Ciu.
dei
.
li.
18.
c.
51.
(
Dedicat
Ecclesiam
sanguine
:
He
dedicates
the
Church
to
God
by
his
bloud
)
:
and
of
the
Church
of
the
new
Testament
with
cruell
[
](A04847-e27760-b)i
i
Mat.
2.16
.
Herods
bloudy
butchering
the
poore
Infants
of
Bethleem
:
who
were
Martyrs
,
Opere
,
et
si
non
voluntate
in
the
worke
it selfe
,
or
their
outward
act
of
suffering
,
though
not
in
will
or
intention
:
whence
S.
Aug.
called
them
,
[
](A04847-e27800-b)k
k
Aug.
de
sanct.
sect.
11.
Primitias
Martyrum
:
The
first
fruites
of
the
Martyrs
of
Christ
:
for
they
suffered
for
Christ
,
though
they
knew
not
for
whom
they
suffered
.
Pro
Christo
occiduntur
paruuli
pro
iustitia
moritur
innocentia
.
The
little
Infants
of
Bethleem
dyed
for
Christ
:
innocence
dyed
for
righteousnesse
:
for
so
Christ
is
called
,
[
](A04847-e27840-b)i
i
Ier.
23.6
.
The
Lord
our
righteousnesse
.
And
euer
since
[
](A04847-e27870-b)k
k
Gen.
21.9
,
10
Ishmael
hath
persecuted
Isaac
:
that
is
,
those
who
are
borne
after
the
flesh
,
them
that
are
borne
after
the
spirit
.
In
the
ten
primitiue
persecutions
,
the
furrows
of
the
Churches
field
were
watered
with
streames
of
bloud
,
and
this
made
it
the
more
fertile
:
for
l
the
bloud
of
the
Martyrs
is
the
seed
of
the
Church
.
Cypr.
de
duplici
.
Mart.
And
euer
since
that
bloudy
Whore
of
Babylon
hath
borne
sway
in
the
world
,
she
hath
made
her selfe
[
](A04847-e27930-b)a
a
Apoc.
19.6
.
drunke
with
the
blood
of
the
Saints
,
and
Martyrs
of
Iesus
:
by
her
bloudy
inquisition
,
cruell
massacres
,
horrid
treasons
,
and
open
persecutions
:
for
where
she
may
preuaile
,
she
vseth
no
other
arguments
to
maintaine
her
religion
,
but
whipes
,
racks
,
gibbets
,
strappadoes
,
fire
,
and
fagot
:
(
as
[
](A04847-e27940-b)b
b
See
Foxe
his
Acts
and
Monuments
of
he
Church
.
here
in
England
in
Queene
Maries
dayes
,
)
for
she
seekes
not
to
persuade
,
but
to
compell
:
and
delights
to
tyrannize
ouer
mens
consciences
.
Their
very
mercies
are
cruell
:
there
is
more
mercy
to
be
found
of
the
mercilesse
elements
(
to
wit
,
the
flaming
fire
,
and
raging
sea
)
than
at
their
hands
where
they
may
preuaile
,
and
therefore
from
their
bloudy
hands
and
cruell
teeth
the
Lord
deliuer
vs
.
For
we
may
safely
pray
,
Vt
[
](A04847-e27990-b)c
c
Cypr.
de
mort
.
Martyrium
desit
anim●
,
that
we
his
seruants
being
hurt
by
no
persecutions
,
may
alwaies
glorifie
his
holy
name
in
his
holy
church
(
as
our
church
praies
in
our
Letanie
:
because
God
requires
not
our
bloud
,
but
our
faith
(
as
that
blessed
Martyr
S.
Cyprian
saith
:
)
but
if
the
stormie
winds
and
violent
flouds
of
persecution
for
the
truth
should
beate
vpon
the
house
of
this
Church
,
we
must
also
pray
and
that
earnestly
,
Ne
animus
desit
Martyri●
:
that
our
minds
be
not
wanting
vnto
Martirdome
:
but
that
we
may
be
willing
to
shed
our
bloud
for
him
and
his
truth
,
that
shed
his
precious
bloud
for
vs
&
our
saluation
:
for
these
be
the
winds
and
stormes
,
that
make
a
true
&
perfect
triall
indeed
who
haue
built
the
spirituall
houses
of
their
soules
on
a
sure
,
and
who
on
a
sandy
foundation
:
and
which
building
will
stand
,
1
Perfeuerautia
a●ctorum
.
and
which
fall
to
ruine
.
First
,
those
that
haue
built
the
spirituall
houses
of
their
soules
vpon
the
●ocke
Christ
,
and
his
sacred
truth
,
not
by
hearing
or
knowing
onely
,
but
by
beleeuing
and
practising
,
will
outstand
all
these
tryalls
of
raine
,
flouds
,
and
stormie
winds
,
and
[
](A04847-e28060-b)d
d
Psal.
125.1
.
stand
fast
like
Mount
Sion
,
which
cannot
be
remooued
,
but
standeth
fast
for
euer
:
for
of
such
a
building
it
is
here
said
,
though
all
these
beat
vpon
it
,
Jt
fell
not
,
&c.
Saint
Chrysostome
writing
vpon
this
place
,
saith
,
[
](A04847-e28100-b)e
e
Chrys.
in
Loc.
Boni
firmitatem
Petrae
constantiae
virtute
superant
,
&c.
The
constancy
of
good
and
faithfull
men
exceedes
the
firmenes
of
a
rocke
.
Ibid.
A
rock
though
neuer
so
much
beaten
against
by
the
waues
and
winds
,
stands
immooueable
,
and
not
hurt
,
as
scorning
their
violence
:
so
a
faithfull
Christian
(
because
the
Lord
is
his
rocke
,
and
he
is
built
vpon
the
rocke
Christ
Iesus
)
scornes
the
force
and
malice
of
the
diuell
,
and
all
his
confaederates
:
knowing
that
though
Sathan
raise
vp
a
mighty
wind
to
shake
him
on
euery
side
,
)
[
](A04847-e28130-b)a
a
Iob
1.10
.
as
the
wind
did
the
foure
corners
of
Jobs
house
)
,
yet
hee
cannot
shake
him
off
his
foundation
though
he
vexe
him
with
all
his
stormes
,
yet
none
of
these
,
nor
the
very
gates
of
hell
can
preuaile
against
him
,
because
he
is
built
vpon
a
rocke
.
Such
a
one
was
[
](A04847-e28160-b)b
b
Gen.
37
,
39.
&c.
Joseph
:
who
serued
God
not
onely
in
Potiphars
house
,
and
Pharaohs
Court
,
but
in
the
prison
also
,
when
his
feet
were
fast
in
the
stockes
,
&
their
ó
entred
into
his
soule
.
And
[
](A04847-e28200-b)c
c
Iob
19.25
.
Job
who
(
when
God
set
him
vp
as
a
marke
to
shoot
at
)
still
held
fast
his
confidence
in
his
redeemer
:
J
know
that
my
redeemer
liueth
,
&c.
[
](A04847-e28230-b)d
d
Dan.
3.16
,
17.
And
the
three
childeren
,
whom
neither
the
threats
of
Nebuchadnezzar
,
nor
his
angry
countenance
,
nor
the
sight
of
the
fierie
furnace
,
could
deterre
from
worshipping
their
God
,
nor
cause
them
to
fall
downe
before
the
golden
Image
.
And
[
](A04847-e28250-b)e
e
Dan.
6.12
,
13.
Daniel
:
whom
neither
the
fauours
of
Darius
could
allure
,
nor
his
irrecouerable
edict
compell
to
desist
from
praying
to
his
God
,
but
he
chose
rather
to
be
cast
into
the
den
of
Lyons
.
I
could
be
almost
infinit
in
instances
of
the
like
kind
out
of
the
Ecclesiasticall
histories
:
where
we
find
S.
And.
kissing
his
crosse
,
&
imbracing
it
with
a
Salue
Sancte
crux
,
&c.
Ignat.
inuiting
the
wild
beasts
to
deuoure
him
:
saying
,
I
am
the
Lords
wheat
&
must
be
ground
with
the
teeth
of
wild
beasts
:
&
S.
Laurence
vpon
his
fierie
gridiron
(
which
was
to
him
as
a
bed
of
down
)
outbrauing
the
tyrant
Decius
,
and
telling
him
that
one
side
was
wasted
enough
,
he
should
now
turne
vp
the
other
.
But
I
shall
need
no
more
instances
,
seeing
Saint
Paul
.
in
the
name
of
all
Gods
Saints
,
bids
open
defiance
to
Sathan
and
his
complices
,
[
](A04847-e28350-b)f
f
Rom.
8.35
.
&c
Who
shall
separate
vs
from
the
loue
of
Christ
?
Shall
tribulation
,
distresse
,
or
persecution
,
or
famine
,
or
nakednesse
,
or
perill
,
or
swords
:
no
,
in
all
these
we
are
more
than
conquerours
through
him
that
loued
vs
.
Not
that
Gods
Saints
and
Martyrs
are
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
altogether
sencelesse
(
like
stoicks
or
stocks
rather
:
)
for
they
feele
the
smart
and
paine
of
their
tortures
,
els
they
could
not
be
valiant
Martyrs
:
(
seeing
true
fortitude
consistes
in
the
patient
bearing
of
those
things
which
are
most
afflictiue
to
flesh
and
bloud
:
)
but
they
are
comforted
:
1.
In
the
sense
of
Gods
present
mercies
:
[
](A04847-e28380-b)a
a
Psal.
94.19
.
whose
comforts
doe
refresh
their
soules
:
2.
In
the
certaine
expectation
of
their
future
glory
:
[
](A04847-e28390-b)b
b
2
Cor.
4.17
.
for
we
know
that
these
light
afflictions
which
are
but
for
a
moment
,
doe
cause
vnto
vs
a
farre
more
excellent
and
aeternall
weight
of
glory
:
So
that
in
all
their
afflictions
&
persecutions
,
faith
supports
them
that
they
fall
not
:
hope
comforts
them
that
they
despaire
not
:
patience
quiets
them
that
they
murmure
not
,
and
their
inward
peace
of
conscience
,
sweetens
their
outward
troubles
with
comfortable
cordials
that
they
faint
not
.
[
](A04847-e28420-b)c
c
Chrys.
in
Loc.
As
he
therefore
that
beates
vpon
an
Adamant
,
is
himselfe
beaten
with
his
owne
blowes
(
for
he
is
wearied
,
but
the
Adamant
not
pierced
,
which
is
impenetrable
:
)
And
the
waues
that
dash
against
a
rocke
are
themselues
broken
,
but
the
rocke
standeth
immooueable
:
and
hee
that
[
](A04847-e28430-b)d
d
Act.
9.5
.
kickes
as
gainst
the
pricks
is
himself
wounded
with
his
own
stroaks
:
so
he
that
persecutes
Gods
faithfull
children
,
hurts
himselfe
not
them
:
for
he
makes
them
haue
fellowship
with
Iesus
,
in
being
partakers
of
his
sufferings
,
and
bearing
in
their
bodies
stigmata
Christi
:
that
is
,
the
prints
of
his
precious
wounds
:
while
himselfe
hath
fellowship
with
Iudas
in
betraying
and
persecuting
Christ
in
his
members
.
[
](A04847-e28460-b)e
e
Phil.
1.8
.
Be
nothing
therefore
terrified
with
your
aduersaries
:
which
to
them
is
a
token
of
perdition
,
but
to
you
of
saluation
,
and
that
of
God
.
Ratio
.
The
reason
of
this
immooueable
constancy
and
stability
of
Gods
Saints
is
,
[
](A04847-e28500-b)f
f
V.
25.
Because
the
spirituall
aedifice
of
their
soules
and
bodies
is
built
vpon
a
rocke
:
for
they
haue
these
three
rocks
to
support
and
strengthen
them
in
all
their
rroubles
:
1.
The
might
and
mercy
of
God
the
Father
:
who
is
the
maine
pillar
of
power
,
and
fountaine
of
goodnesse
:
of
whose
fauour
they
doubt
not
,
because
he
hath
passed
it
vnto
them
in
his
holy
word
by
promise
,
indenture
,
couenant
,
and
[
](A04847-e28510-b)g
g
Heb.
6.13
.
&c.
oath
:
and
that
before
immooueable
[
](A04847-e28520-b)h
h
1
Ioh.
5.7
,
8
,
witnesses
,
the
best
in
heauen
,
and
the
best
on
earth
.
2.
The
merits
of
Christ
:
for
their
true
and
sauing
faith
doth
rest
it selfe
in
the
precious
wounds
of
Christ
,
(
as
the
[
](A04847-e28530-b)k
k
Cant.
2.14
.
doues
in
the
clefts
of
the
rocks
,
)
that
it
cannot
bee
remooued
.
3.
The
comforts
of
the
holy
Ghost
:
who
dwells
in
them
as
in
his
[
](A04847-e28540-b)l
l
1
Cor.
6.19
.
temples
,
and
reignes
in
their
hearts
as
in
his
kingdome
:
directing
them
into
all
truth
and
goodnesse
,
and
comforting
them
in
all
their
troubles
:
as
being
the
[
](A04847-e28550-b)a
a
Eph.
1.13
,
14.
seale
of
their
adoption
,
and
earnest
of
their
aeternall
inheritance
.
And
with
these
impregnable
bulwarks
,
the
fortresse
of
their
faith
is
so
strengthened
,
that
neither
raine
,
flouds
,
nor
wind
,
[
](A04847-e28560-b)b
b
Rom.
8.38
,
39
height
,
nor
depth
,
life
,
nor
death
,
principalities
,
nor
powers
,
&c.
nor
the
gates
of
hell
,
nor
the
whole
force
and
power
of
the
kingdome
of
darknesse
can
once
shake
,
much
lesse
ouerthrow
it
,
because
it
is
builded
vpon
a
rocke
.
For
though
Gods
Saints
bee
troubled
on
euery
side
,
yet
are
they
not
distressed
,
[
](A04847-e28580-b)c
c
2
Cor.
4.8
,
9.
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
.i.
Haesitantes
non
haerentes
,
(
Arr.
Mont.
)
perplexed
,
but
not
in
despaire
:
persecuted
,
but
not
forsaken
,
cast
downe
,
but
not
cast
away
,
or
destroied
.
But
if
any
build
vpon
the
sand
of
humane
Traditions
,
1
Casus
malorum
or
their
owne
fancies
,
or
the
worlds
vanities
,
both
building
and
builders
fall
together
(
like
[
](A04847-e28650-b)d
d
Dan.
2.35
.
Nebuchadnezzars
Image
,
when
the
stone
hewen
out
of
the
mountaine
without
hands
fell
vpon
it
:
)
and
become
like
the
chaffe
of
the
summer
threshing
floures
,
or
the
sand
they
build
vpon
,
or
the
dust
which
the
wind
scatters
from
the
face
of
the
earth
.
Iust.
prim●
.
1.
He
that
goes
to
build
vp
the
ruines
of
Babell
in
his
soule
,
shall
with
it
fall
to
ruine
:
for
as
one
Angell
cryed
concerning
Babilon
,
[
](A04847-e28710-b)e
e
Apoc.
14
8
,
9
,
10
Cecidit
cecidit
,
It
is
fallen
,
it
is
fallen
:
so
another
angell
immediately
following
the
former
,
cryed
wieh
a
loud
voice
:
If
any
man
worship
the
beast
,
and
receiue
his
marke
in
his
forehead
,
or
his
hand
,
the
same
shall
drinke
of
the
wine
of
the
wrath
of
God
powred
out
without
mixture
into
the
cup
of
his
indignation
,
and
shall
be
tormented
with
fire
and
brimstone
for
euer
.
Maruaile
not
therefore
at
the
Apostacy
of
many
to
Popery
in
these
dayes
:
they
are
such
as
neuer
built
on
the
rock
of
truth
and
right
:
but
on
the
sands
of
their
owne
fancies
,
or
the
world
,
(
by
presumption
,
securitie
,
worldlinesse
,
or
hypocrisie
)
and
therefore
God
suffers
them
to
fall
into
errors
,
as
a
iust
punishment
of
their
sinnes
:
and
they
shall
at
length
fall
into
the
fierie
lake
,
as
an
aeternall
punishment
,
both
of
their
sinnes
,
and
errors
.
[
](A04847-e28750-b)f
f
2
Thes.
2.10.21
,
12.
Because
they
receiued
not
the
loue
of
the
truth
that
they
might
be
saued
,
for
this
cause
God
shal
send
them
a
strong
delusion
that
they
should
beleeue
a
lye
,
that
they
might
be
damned
,
who
beleeued
not
the
truth
,
but
had
pleasure
in
vnrighteousnes
.
For
[
](A04847-e28770-b)a
a
Cypr.
imperfectum
in
Loc.
how
should
he
abide
in
Christ
that
neuer
was
in
Christ
?
or
how
should
the
truth
hold
him
that
neuer
held
the
truth
?
or
righteousnesse
preserue
him
that
neuer
kept
the
wayes
of
righteousnes
?
No
,
no
,
such
buildings
(
though
they
be
built
as
high
as
the
tower
of
Babell
,
[
](A04847-e28790-b)b
b
Gen.
11.4
.
whose
top
did
euen
reach
to
heauen
,
or
as
the
tombe
of
Manseolus
,
or
Pyramides
of
Aegypt
:
and
be
as
faire
,
and
stately
for
outward
shew
as
the
temple
of
[
](A04847-e28820-b)c
c
Act
19.27
.
Diana
at
Ephesus
(
the
wonderment
of
the
world
:
)
or
the
costly
palace
of
Alcinoous
,
(
the
walls
whereof
were
brasse
,
the
gates
gold
,
and
the
entries
siluer
)
:
yet
downe
they
must
,
they
and
their
builders
shall
fall
:
and
[
](A04847-e28860-b)d
d
Iinex
.
v.
27
Ruina
magna
.
their
fall
shall
be
great
.
The
fall
of
an
house
is
great
:
first
,
when
it
falls
not
in
part
but
totaly
:
(
that
is
,
not
the
roofe
,
or
a
wal
,
or
a
roome
onely
)
,
but
is
turned
topsey-turuey
from
the
very
foundation
:
2.
when
it
falls
finally
and
irrecouerably
neuer
to
be
raysed
vp
againe
like
the
walls
of
Iericho
.
[
](A04847-e28900-b)e
e
Ios.
6.26
.
Such
I
am
persuaded
shall
in
Gods
due
time
bee
the
fall
of
Babilon
(
as
a
[
](A04847-e28920-b)f
f
M.
Higgo●s
in
his
mysticall
Babilon
.
learned
Diuine
of
ours
hath
of
late
euidently
prooued
)
though
the
Babilonish
architects
labour
with
all
their
arr.
and
industry
to
repaire
the
ruines
of
Babell
:
but
[
](A04847-e28940-b)g
g
Psal.
127.1
.
except
the
Lord
build
the
house
,
their
labour
is
but
lost
that
build
it
,
and
the
Lord
hath
decreed
and
denounced
the
fall
thereof
by
that
[
](A04847-e28960-b)h
h
Apoc.
14.12
.
euerlasting
Gospell
,
which
the
Angell
brought
into
the
world
:
therefore
downe
it
must
,
and
the
fall
thereof
shall
be
great
,
and
shall
crush
all
that
wittingly
,
willingly
,
and
wilfully
fall
with
it
,
and
vnder
it
,
(
as
the
[
](A04847-e28970-b)i
i
Oct.
26
,
1623.
late
fall
of
an
house
did
some
adhaerents
vnto
Babilon
)
and
presse
them
downe
(
if
they
speedily
repent
not
)
to
the
bottome
of
hell
.
And
such
also
will
be
the
fall
of
all
worldlings
,
Iust
secunda
,
&
other
foolish
builders
on
the
sand
,
if
they
speedily
conuert
not
,
and
become
wise
builders
,
to
builde
on
the
rocke
Christ
and
his
Sacred
truth
,
both
by
beleeuing
and
practising
.
As
here
their
fall
was
great
,
when
they
wittingly
,
and
willingly
consented
vnto
sinne
;
and
greater
,
when
they
acted
it
,
and
greatest
of
all
,
when
they
persisted
in
it
:
so
hereafter
their
fall
shall
be
exceeding
great
:
Not
like
[
](A04847-e29000-b)k
k
Gen.
3
23.
Adams
onely
,
from
a
paradise
of
pleasure
to
a
wildernesse
of
wo●
:
(
for
so
they
fall
here
when
they
fall
from
truth
to
errour
,
and
from
righteousnes
to
sinne
and
wickednes
:
but
like
Lucifers
,
who
fell
like
[
](A04847-e29030-b)l
l
Luc.
10.11
.
lightning
,
(
that
is
,
swiftly
and
suddainely
from
the
height
of
heauen
to
the
depth
of
hell
:
and
from
being
an
Angell
of
light
,
and
a
pure
starre
of
coelestiall
brightnesse
to
be
an
angell
of
aeternall
night
,
and
the
blacke
Prince
of
infernall
darknes
.
Applicat
.
To
the
end
therefore
that
wee
may
escape
this
fearefull
fall
and
irrecouerable
Mine
of
haeretiks
,
prophane
wretches
,
worldlings
,
and
hypocrites
,
let
vs
build
on
the
firme
rocke
of
Christ
and
his
heauenly
truth
,
both
by
hearing
and
practising
.
Wee
of
this
land
are
bound
to
God
for
innumerable
blessings
:
namely
,
a
Religious
King
,
a
hopefull
Prince
,
a
fruitfull
land
(
like
Canaan
flowing
with
milke
and
hony
,
or
Eden
the
garden
of
the
Lord
:
)
also
goodly
and
populous
cities
and
townes
,
and
flourishing
Vniuersities
,
and
Innes
of
Court
,
(
which
like
Theopbrastus
Persian
tree
)
doe
at
the
same
time
bud
,
blossome
,
and
bring
forth
fruit
.
So
that
we
may
say
of
England
(
as
one
did
of
Rhodes
,
)
Semper
in
Sole
sita
est
:
for
we
haue
had
a
long
sunne-shine
of
prosperitie
,
peace
,
and
plenty
:
and
withall
the
sunne-shine
of
the
Gospell
:
which
(
as
Luther
said
)
is
Genus
generalissimum
omnium
bonorum
,
the
well
head
of
our
happinesse
:
for
hereby
we
may
build
on
the
rocke
,
while
other
our
neighbour
nations
build
on
the
sand
.
Seeing
therefore
God
hath
trusted
vs
with
such
a
treasure
,
let
vs
be
thankefull
for
it
:
and
shew
our
thankfullnes
:
first
,
in
imbracing
this
Gospell
of
peace
peaceably
,
as
the
subiects
of
the
Prince
of
peace
.
Let
vs
not
stand
striuing
(
as
too
many
haue
vainely
done
already
too
long
)
about
the
swadling
cloutes
of
holy
Religion
(
namely
Clericall
habites
,
and
other
comely
Ceremonies
)
least
while
we
striue
about
these
ouermuch
,
wee
endanger
the
body
or
substance
of
true
Religion
,
let
vs
not
any
longer
r●nd
in
sunder
the
[
](A04847-e29230-b)a
a
Cypr.
de
vnit
.
Eccles.
seamelesse
coat
of
Christ
(
the
vnitie
of
the
Church
)
by
our
needlesse
con●en
i●n●
about
th●se
●h●●gs
.
●or
if
●ee
[
](A04847-e29240-b)b
b
Gal.
5.15
.
bite
and
deuoure
one
another
,
let
vs
take
heed
least
we
bee
consumed
one
of
another
:
and
while
we
●i●tu●be
th●
Churches
peace
,
we
depriue
her
of
her
prosp●r●●ie
,
an●
make
an
open
wa●
(
as
this
brea●h
hath
already
done
too
much
:
)
for
those
proud
and
cruell
Babylonians
to
ruine
our
Ierusal●m
:
who
say
of
it
in
their
hearts
:
[
](A04847-e29260-b)c
c
Psal.
127.7
.
Downe
with
it
,
downe
with
it
euen
to
the
ground
.
But
being
●ll
Ministers
or
members
of
one
Church
,
(
which
is
[
](A04847-e29290-b)d
d
Cypr.
ibid.
Vna
Columba
,
one
[
](A04847-e29310-b)e
e
Cant.
5.2
.
do●e
of
Christ
:
let
vs
haue
all
the
douelike
spirit
of
humi●itie
,
charit
,
peace
,
&
vnitie
:
for
the
doues
of
one
house
liue
together
,
loue
together
,
fly
together
,
flocke
together
kisse
each
other
,
and
in
all
respects
performe
the
l●wes
of
loue
,
peace
,
and
vnanimity
.
So
let
vs
liue
and
loue
together
,
and
(
with
the
first
bel●euers
of
the
Primitiue
Church
)
be
all
of
[
](A04847-e29320-b)a
a
Act.
4.32
.
one
heart
and
one
soule
.
Let
all
ministers
preach
,
and
people
pray
for
the
peace
of
our
Ierusalem
:
[
](A04847-e29340-b)b
b
Psal.
122.6
,
7.
for
if
peace
be
within
her
walls
,
plenteousnesse
will
be
within
her
palaces
.
2.
Let
vs
that
are
built
on
this
rocke
of
truth
,
bring
forth
the
fruits
of
holines
and
true
righteousnes
.
So
S.
Ier.
said
of
the
Christians
of
his
dayes
:
[
](A04847-e29380-b)c
c
Hieron
.
Pro●m
.
Comment.
in
Ezech.
Scripturarum
cupimus
verba
in
opera
vertere
,
&
non
dicere
sancta
sed
facere
:
we
desire
to
turne
the
words
of
the
Scripture
into
workes
,
and
not
to
speake
of
,
but
to
doe
the
workes
of
holinesse
.
As
the
naturall
life
lies
hid
in
the
heart
(
the
fountaine
of
the
vitall
spirits
)
and
yet
Physitions
iudge
of
it
by
the
pulse
in
the
arme
:
so
the
spirituall
life
of
a
Christian
(
to
wit
his
regeneration
)
lies
hid
in
the
heart
and
soule
,
and
yet
men
iudge
of
it
by
the
motion
of
the
arme
(
the
exercise
of
good
workes
)
for
[
](A04847-e29420-b)d
d
Mat
7.10
.
the
tree
is
knowne
by
his
fruites
.
We
cannot
iudge
of
the
life
of
grace
,
and
power
of
true
Religion
in
the
soules
of
men
:
1.
By
the
eyes
:
for
many
lift
vp
their
eyes
to
heauen
(
by
seeming
shewes
of
sanctitie
)
when
their
hearts
lye
grouel●ng
on
the
earth
,
yea
mudling
in
the
earth
by
base
worldlinesse
,
and
gross●
carnalitie
.
2.
Nor
by
the
eares
:
fo●
there
be
many
[
](A04847-e29440-b)e
e
Iam.
1.22
.
hearers
of
the
word
,
but
not
doers
of
the
same
,
deceiuing
their
owne
soules
:
3.
Nor
by
the
tongu●
:
fo●
many
[
](A04847-e29460-b)f
f
Mat.
15.8
.
&
7.21
.
draw
neere
to
God
with
their
mouths
,
and
honour
him
with
their
lips
,
when
their
hearts
are
far
from
him
,
and
cry
with
a
zealous
ingemination
,
Lord
,
Lord
,
and
yet
doe
not
the
will
of
their
heauenly
Father
.
But
by
the
arme
or
hand
:
that
is
,
by
doing
cheerefully
,
sincerely
,
and
constantly
the
things
that
God
commandeth
.
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g
Cant.
5.1
.
&
6.2
.
Christ
the
bridegroome
comes
into
his
garden
,
not
to
refresh
himselfe
vnder
the
shadow
of
the
trees
,
or
to
behold
the
greene
lea●es
,
or
to
crop
the
buds
,
and
blossomes
,
but
to
gather
the
fruits
,
that
his
friends
may
eate
abundantly
:
for
then
Ch●ist
feedes
when
his
friends
feed
,
the
head
is
nourishe●
in
his
members
.
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h
Mat.
25.40
.
In
as
much
as
yee
haue
done
it
vnto
me
of
these
little
ones
ye
haue
done
it
vnto
me
.
Let
therefore
the
word
of
God
[
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i
Col.
3.16
.
dwell
in
you
(
as
it
dwels
among
you
)
plenteously
that
ye
may
bee
[
](A04847-e29550-b)k
k
1
Tim.
6.18
.
rich
in
good
workes
,
ready
to
distribute
,
willing
to
communicate
to
the
poore
and
needy
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l
Esa.
58
7
,
8.
dealing
your
bread
to
the
hungry
,
&
drinke
to
the
thirsty
,
bringing
the
poore
that
are
cast
out
into
your
houses
,
couering
the
naked
with
a
garment
,
&
not
hiding
your selues
from
your
owne
flesh
:
then
shall
your
light
breake
forth
as
the
morning
,
and
your
health
spring
foorth
speedily
,
your
righteousnes
shall
goe
before
you
,
and
the
glory
of
the
Lord
shall
be
your
reward
.
And
then
shall
God
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a
Apoc.
20.1
.
chaine
vp
Sathan
in
the
bottomlesse
pit
,
and
restraine
the
force
and
malice
,
of
wicked
men
that
they
cannot
hurt
vs
,
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b
Aug
in
Exod.
Malorum
potestas
deficit
in
muscis
,
The
power
of
the
Magitians
failes
in
the
flies
:
for
Sathan
cannot
doe
the
least
thing
without
Gods
permission
.
If
therefore
we
[
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c
Eccles.
12.
vlt.
feare
the
Lord
and
keepe
his
commandements
,
heare
his
word
and
doe
it
,
euen
those
stormes
,
flouds
and
winds
,
which
Sathan
stirres
vp
to
cast
downe
our
spiriruall
building
,
shall
blow
our
happines
,
and
land
the
ships
of
our
soules
and
bodies
at
last
in
the
hauen
of
heauen
.
Now
let
euery
heart
stretch
forth
an
hand
,
&
apply
what
hath
beene
spoken
to
himselfe
,
and
pray
earnestly
for
the
assistance
of
Gods
Spirit
that
he
may
so
doe
:
for
we
may
preach
,
and
you
heare
,
and
both
loose
our
labour
,
except
there
be
a
drawing
of
the
father
,
a
touch
of
the
Sonne
,
and
an
inspiration
of
the
Holy-Ghost
;
but
if
these
concurre
,
then
God
himselfe
makes
the
Sermon
,
and
builds
vp
thereby
the
spirituall
Edifices
of
our
Soules
,
&
makes
them
stand
fast
for
euer
:
and
so
the
fruit
of
a
few
houres
hearing
shall
be
eternity
of
dayes
.
A
Prayer
.
Grant
vs
grace
therefore
(
O
Lord
)
to
bee
doers
of
thy
word
,
not
hearers
only
,
deceiuing
our
own
souls
:
&
vouchsafe
so
to
assist
vs
with
thy
holy
Spirit
in
this
our
building
,
that
we
may
not
build
the
spirituall
Edifices
of
our
soules
,
either
on
humane
traditions
,
(
with
superstitious
Papists
;
)
or
vpon
our
vaine
presumption
of
thy
mercy
,
(
with
prophane
&
secure
sinners
)
or
vpon
the
perishing
vanities
of
this
world
(
with
foolish
Mammonists
)
or
vpon
our
outward
profession
of
faigned
holinesse
,
(
with
masked
Hypocrites
:
)
but
vpon
the
rocky
faundation
of
thy
Christ
and
his
sacred
truth
,
both
by
hearing
and
practizing
:
that
no
raine
of
worldly
prosperity
,
nor
stormes
of
aduersity
,
windes
of
haereticall
perswasions
,
or
violent
flouds
of
persecutions
,
ouerthrow
this
our
spirituall
building
:
but
that
it
may
stand
fast
like
mount
Sion
till
(
this
house
of
our
earthly
tabernacle
being
dissolued
)
wee
haue
a
building
giuen
vs
of
thee
,
an
house
not
made
with
hands
but
eternall
in
the
Heauens
.
FINIS
.