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             Jesu-vvorship confuted, or, Certain arguments against bowing at the name Jesus proving it to be idolatrous and superstitious and so utterly unlawful : with objections to the contrary fully answered / by H.B.
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           Jesu-VVorship
           CONFUTED
           ,
           OR
           ,
           CERTAIN
           ARGUMENTS
           Against
           bowing
           at
           the
           Name
           JESUS
           .
           Proving
           it
           to
           be
           
             Idolatrous
          
           and
           
             Superstitious
             ,
          
           and
           so
           utterly
           
             unlawfull
             .
          
           WITH
           Objections
           to
           the
           contrary
           fully
           Answered
           .
           By
           
             H.
             B.
             
          
        
         
           ISAIAH
           2.
           9.
           
        
         
           The
           mean
           man
           boweth
           down
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           man
           humbleth
           himself
           ,
           therefore
           pardon
           them
           not
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             :
          
           Printed
           for
           
             H.
             C.
          
           in
           Popes-head-Alley
           ,
           in
           the
           Year
           1660.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
         ARGUMENTS
         AGAINST
         JESU-WORSHIP
         ,
         OR
         ,
         Bowing
         at
         the
         Name
         JESUS
         .
      
       
         
           Argument
           1.
           
        
         
           
             ALL
             Idolatry
             is
             utterly
             to
             be
             abhorred
             .
          
           
        
         
           But
           ,
           
             Adoration
             or
             Bowing
             at
             the
             name
             IESUS
             is
             Idolatry
             .
          
        
         
           
             Therefore
             such
             adoration
             is
             altogether
             to
             be
             abhorred
             .
          
        
         
           First
           ,
           That
           all
           idolatry
           is
           to
           be
           abhorred
           the
           Apostle
           sheweth
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           10.
           14.
           
           And
           all
           men
           confesse
           it
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           adotation
           at
           the
           name
           ,
           or
           naming
           the
           name
           JESUS
           is
           idolatry
           ,
           is
           thus
           proved
           :
           That
           name
           that
           is
           adored
           before
           ,
           or
           above
           the
           name
           JEHOVAH
           ,
           is
           made
           an
           Idol
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           adoration
           of
           it
           is
           idolatry
           ;
           But
           ,
           adoration
           at
           the
           name
           JESUS
           ,
           is
           to
           adote
           that
           name
           above
           the
           name
           JEHOVAH
           .
           Therefore
           the
           name
           JESUS
           ,
           so
           adored
           ,
           is
           an
           idol
           ,
           and
           it's
           adoration
           is
           idolatry
           .
        
         
           The
           reason
           of
           this
           act
           is
           taken
           from
           the
           practice
           of
           the
           
             IESU-Worshippers
             ,
          
           who
           never
           use
           any
           adoration
           or
           signe
           of
           reverence
           when
           JEHOVAH
           is
           named
           ,
           but
           only
           when
           JESUS
           is
           named
           they
           give
           both
           outward
           and
           inward
           adoration
           to
           the
           name
           JESUS
           ,
           but
           not
           to
           the
           name
           JEHOVAH
           :
           So
           that
           they
           adore
           the
           name
           JeSUS
           above
           the
           name
           JEHOVAH
           .
        
         
         
           If
           they
           say
           their
           adoration
           of
           the
           name
           JESUS
           is
           not
           terminated
           ,
           not
           bounded
           in
           the
           word
           or
           syllables
           JESUS
           ,
           but
           passet●
           to
           the
           person
           of
           JESUS
           .
        
         
           I
           answer
           ,
           It
           is
           but
           a
           frivolous
           ,
           absurd
           and
           rediculous
           shift
           which
           Dr.
           
             Fulk
          
           on
           Phil.
           2.
           10.
           against
           the
           Rhemists
           ,
           confuteth
           in
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           saying
           ;
           That
           this
           their
           evasion
           is
           too
           short
           a
           Cloak
           to
           cover
           their
           Idolatry
           .
           As
           also
           in
           the
           case
           of
           Image-worship
           ,
           the
           Papists
           use
           the
           very
           same
           shift
           ;
           namely
           ,
           that
           their
           worship
           rests
           not
           in
           the
           Image
           ,
           but
           passes
           through
           it
           to
           the
           thing
           represented
           by
           it
           .
           
             *
          
           And
           the
           ancient
           idolatrous
           Gentiles
           could
           plead
           the
           same
           for
           their
           worshipping
           of
           Images
           ,
           which
           the
           ancient
           Fathers
           shewed
           the
           vanity
           of
           .
           And
           again
           ,
           It
           is
           as
           clear
           that
           this
           
             IESU-Worship
          
           is
           terminated
           in
           the
           very
           name
           JESUS
           ,
           by
           the
           common
           and
           singular
           Worshippers
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           Image-worship
           is
           by
           ordinary
           Papists
           (
           at
           least
           )
           terminated
           in
           the
           very
           Image
           ,
           as
           
             Augustine
             ibidem
             .
             Quis
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             adorat
             ,
             velorat
             ,
          
           Who
           adoreth
           or
           prayeth
           ,
           looking
           upon
           an
           Image
           ,
           &
           is
           not
           so
           affected
           that
           he
           thinks
           he
           is
           not
           heard
           of
           it
           which
           he
           prayeth
           to
           ;
           
             ducit
             enim
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           &c.
           for
           the
           similitude
           of
           a
           form
           ,
           and
           the
           apt
           frame
           of
           the
           members
           in
           a
           Picture
           or
           Image
           ,
           doth
           draw
           &
           carry
           along
           with
           it
           the
           weak
           hearts
           of
           mortal
           men
           by
           a
           kind
           of
           base
           affection
           ;
           and
           so
           this
           use
           of
           bowing
           at
           the
           name
           JESUS
           intimates
           unto
           the
           peoples
           minds
           an
           opinion
           of
           some
           excellency
           in
           this
           name
           above
           JEHOVAH
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           they
           do
           by
           this
           name
           JESUS
           worship
           the
           person
           JESUS
           ,
           yet
           this
           teacheth
           the
           people
           a
           most
           grosse
           and
           impious
           error
           ,
           in
           preferring
           JESUS
           before
           God
           the
           Father
           .
           And
           
             Chrysostom
          
           reciting
           those
           words
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
             8.
             2.
             
             To
             us
             there
             is
             but
             one
             God
             the
             Father
             ,
             and
             one
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             think
             not
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             that
             one
             of
             these
             names
             is
             greater
             then
             another
             in
             their
             signification
             ,
             or
             more
             excellent
             ;
          
           and
           to
           prefer
           one
           before
           another
           ,
           argues
           a
           contentious
           disposition
           ,
           to
           introduce
           into
           the
           orthodox
           doctrine
           ,
           mens
           own
           inventions
           ;
           yea
           ,
           its
           plain
           ;
           that
           they
           prefer
           the
           name
           JESUS
           before
           the
           person
           of
           Christ
           ,
           seeing
           when
           JESUS
           is
           named
           they
           worship
           with
           Cap
           and
           Knee
           ,
           but
           none
           at
           all
           when
           Christ
           is
           named
           ;
           so
           as
           they
           shew
           hereby
           ,
           that
           this
           their
           wor●hip
           appropriated
           unto
           ,
           and
           terminated
           in
           the
           very
           name
           and
           syllables
           of
           JESUS
           ,
           as
           Bishop
           
             Andrews
          
           blusheth
           not
           to
           affirm
           ,
           in
           his
           Court
           Sermon
           on
           
             Phil
             :
          
           2.
           10.
           
        
      
       
       
         
           Argument
           2.
           
        
         
           A
           Second
           Argument
           proving
           JESU-worship
           ,
           or
           bowing
           and
           capping
           at
           the
           name
           JESUS
           when
           it
           is
           mentioned
           or
           sounded
           in
           the
           ear
           ,
           to
           be
           idolatry
           ,
           is
           ,
           If
           the
           adoration
           of
           the
           name
           JESUS
           when
           it
           is
           painted
           on
           a
           Wall
           be
           idolatry
           ,
           then
           the
           adoration
           of
           the
           name
           when
           it
           is
           heard
           or
           pronounced
           with
           the
           mouth
           ,
           is
           also
           idolatry
           ,
           but
           the
           first
           is
           true
           ,
           therefore
           also
           the
           second
           ,
           namely
           that
           the
           worshipping
           of
           the
           name
           JESUS
           when
           it
           is
           heard
           pronounced
           with
           the
           mouth
           is
           idolatry
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           first
           is
           true
           ,
           
             to
             wit
             ,
          
           that
           the
           worshipping
           of
           the
           name
           JESUS
           painted
           on
           a
           Wall
           is
           idolatry
           ,
           no
           good
           and
           sound
           Protestant
           will
           deny
           ,
           for
           ,
           there
           is
           this
           same
           reason
           thereof
           ,
           as
           of
           all
           other
           Image-worship
           ,
           names
           being
           a
           kind
           of
           the
           things
           they
           represent
           or
           intend
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           second
           is
           as
           true
           as
           the
           first
           ,
           I
           prove
           thus
           ,
           Because
           it
           skils
           not
           by
           which
           of
           the
           sences
           idolatry
           is
           committed
           ,
           for
           it
           may
           be
           indifferently
           and
           alike
           committed
           by
           all
           the
           sences
           .
           For
           example
           ,
           the
           Scripture
           shews
           idolatry
           to
           be
           committed
           ,
           somtimes
           by
           the
           sence
           of
           tasting
           ,
           as
           eating
           and
           drinking
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           10.
           17.
           
           
             Neither
             be
             ye
             Idolaters
             as
             were
             some
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             written
             ,
             the
             people
             sat
             down
             to
             eat
             and
             drink
             ,
             and
             rose
             up
             to
             play
             .
          
           Sometimes
           by
           the
           sence
           of
           
             touching
             ,
          
           as
           kissing
           of
           
             Baals
          
           mouth
           ,
           1
           
             Kings
          
           19.
           18.
           
           Sometimes
           by
           the
           sence
           of
           smelling
           ,
           as
           burning
           of
           Incense
           to
           Idols
           was
           idolatry
           committed
           ,
           
             Jer.
          
           11.
           12.
           
           And
           as
           in
           
             Julians
          
           time
           offering
           of
           incense
           ,
           and
           sweet
           perfumes
           .
           Frequently
           also
           by
           the
           sence
           of
           
             seeing
          
           is
           idolatry
           committed
           .
           And
           lastly
           idolatry
           is
           made
           ,
           (
           and
           now
           adayes
           no
           lesse
           frequently
           committed
           by
           pressing
           this
           JESU-worship
           )
           by
           the
           sence
           of
           
             hearing
             ,
          
           as
           when
           the
           Papists
           at
           the
           very
           sound
           of
           the
           Bell
           that
           goes
           tinkling
           before
           their
           Breaden-god
           ,
           or
           Hoast
           carried
           to
           the
           sick
           ,
           or
           in
           procession
           wheresoever
           they
           be
           ,
           or
           whatsoever
           they
           are
           doing
           ;
           though
           they
           see
           nothing
           ,
           yet
           they
           must
           slap
           down
           on
           their
           Marrow-bones
           .
           Thus
           by
           the
           sence
           of
           
             Hearing
          
           their
           God
           in
           the
           Hoast
           being
           presented
           or
           conveyed
           to
           their
           minds
           ,
           they
           commit
           idolatry
           as
           if
           it
           were
           presented
           to
           their
           eye
           :
           And
           therefore
           the
           provincial
           Synod
           of
           
             Leno
          
           in
           
             France
             ,
          
           resolved
           (
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           their
           Image-worship
           )
           that
           there
           was
           the
           same
           reason
           of
           adoration
           ,
           when
           the
           Image
           of
           Christ
           is
           represented
           to
           the
           eye
           ,
           as
           when
           the
           name
           JESUS
           is
           sounded
           
           in
           the
           ear
           ,
           for
           that
           which
           the
           one
           insinuates
           into
           the
           mind
           by
           the
           ear
           ,
           the
           other
           insinuates
           the
           same
           by
           the
           eye
           .
           If
           therefore
           it
           be
           idolatry
           to
           worship
           the
           name
           JESUS
           written
           on
           a
           Wall
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           no
           lesse
           idolatry
           to
           give
           adoration
           when
           it
           is
           uttered
           with
           the
           mouth
           .
        
      
       
         
           Argument
           3.
           
        
         
           THat
           which
           is
           not
           the
           name
           above
           every
           name
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           be
           adored
           or
           reverenced
           above
           of
           before
           other
           names
           .
           But
           the
           name
           JESUS
           is
           not
           the
           name
           above
           every
           name
           ;
           therefore
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           reverenced
           or
           adored
           before
           ,
           or
           above
           all
           other
           names
           .
        
         
           The
           Major
           is
           cleer
           ,
           for
           that
           which
           is
           honoured
           above
           others
           hath
           some
           excellency
           above
           others
           ;
           either
           really
           in
           it selfe
           ,
           or
           else
           in
           the
           opinion
           of
           honour
           .
           And
           that
           the
           name
           JESUS
           is
           the
           name
           above
           other
           names
           ,
           what
           Divine
           is
           so
           doltish
           as
           to
           imagine
           it
           ,
           so
           bold
           as
           to
           avow
           it
           ?
           Even
           the
           JESU-worshippers
           themselves
           have
           been
           much
           beaten
           off
           from
           their
           false
           glosse
           of
           a
           late
           devising
           ,
           and
           by
           one
           of
           their
           greatest
           Patrones
           hereof
           ,
           falsely
           fathered
           upon
           all
           the
           Fathers
           ,
           whereas
           not
           one
           of
           them
           did
           ever
           so
           interpret
           that
           place
           ,
           
             Phil.
          
           2.
           10.
           
           For
           as
           they
           dare
           not
           affirm
           it
           ,
           so
           its
           clear
           that
           the
           Text
           is
           clean
           otherwise
           interpreted
           by
           two
           other
           places
           ;
           as
           Isa.
           45.
           23.
           
           &
           Rom.
           14.
           10.
           
           As
           they
           are
           conferred
           in
           the
           Margents
           of
           our
           Bibles
           ,
           which
           (
           at
           least
           )
           are
           far
           more
           ancient
           and
           authentick
           ,
           then
           any
           authority
           which
           can
           produce
           the
           contrary
           ,
           whatsoever
           ,
           as
           I
           suppose
           and
           believe
           .
        
      
       
         
           Argument
           4.
           
        
         
           A
           Fourth
           Argument
           may
           be
           framed
           thus
           ;
           All
           will-worship
           ,
           devised
           ,
           prescribed
           and
           imposed
           by
           the
           will
           ,
           commandements
           and
           doctrines
           of
           men
           ,
           whatsoever
           pretence
           and
           specious
           shew
           it
           hath
           of
           wisdom
           or
           piety
           ,
           is
           condemned
           by
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           and
           so
           is
           damnable
           for
           Christians
           to
           conform
           and
           yeeld
           unto
           it
           .
           But
           such
           is
           the
           adoration
           or
           worshipping
           of
           the
           name
           JESUS
           :
           I
           say
           it
           is
           a
           meer
           will
           worship
           of
           mans
           devising
           ,
           prescribing
           ,
           and
           imposing
           .
           For
           proof
           ,
           Pope
           
             Gregory
          
           a
           superstitious
           Pope
           (
           as
           all
           of
           them
           write
           )
           and
           very
           zealous
           in
           setting
           up
           new
           guids
           of
           worship
           ,
           was
           the
           first
           that
           under
           a
           Canon
           for
           this
           
             Jesu-worship
          
           to
           be
           used
           ,
           especially
           in
           the
           Masse
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           reading
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           And
           another
           Pope
           
             John
          
           21.
           granted
           indulgence
           and
           pardon
           of
           sins
           to
           all
           such
           worshippers
           of
           the
           name
           JESUS
           ;
           such
           a
           high
           esteem
           have
           men
           of
           these
           things
           which
           themselves
           have
           devised
           ,
           as
           part
           of
           
           Gods
           worship
           ,
           but
           indeed
           will-worship
           ,
           
             (
             as
             the
             Crow
             thinks
             her
             own
             birds
             fairest
             )
          
           that
           they
           therefore
           prefer
           them
           before
           Gods
           Ordinances
           and
           Commandements
           ,
           and
           will
           favour
           and
           encourage
           such
           as
           conform
           to
           them
           and
           more
           severely
           punish
           those
           that
           out
           of
           tendernesse
           and
           truth
           of
           conscience
           refuse
           so
           to
           doe
           .
           Yea
           ,
           the
           Papists
           have
           a
           Holy-day
           dedicated
           to
           the
           name
           of
           
             Jesu
             ,
          
           and
           
             Jesu-worshippers
          
           have
           even
           thrust
           it
           into
           our
           Kalenders
           ,
           but
           in
           black
           letters
           ,
           mourning
           that
           it
           is
           not
           in
           scarlet
           ,
           as
           their
           hope
           is
           it
           wil
           shortly
           be
           ,
           if
           it
           can
           find
           worshippers
           enough
           !
           And
           our
           
             Jesu-worshippers
          
           confesse
           that
           they
           are
           bound
           in
           conscience
           to
           bow
           at
           the
           name
           JESUS
           ,
           because
           the
           
             *
          
           Church
           commands
           it
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           because
           men
           do
           command
           it
           ;
           
             Ergo
             ,
          
           by
           their
           own
           confession
           being
           devised
           by
           man
           ,
           and
           having
           no
           ground
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           will-worship
           ,
           and
           so
           damnable
           ,
           and
           surely
           they
           condemned
           in
           their
           own
           consciences
           .
        
         
           But
           where
           I
           pray
           doth
           the
           Church
           command
           this
           
             Jesu-worshipping
             ?
          
           in
           the
           Canons
           say
           they
           ,
           I
           deny
           it
           ,
           for
           the
           Canon
           sayes
           ,
           
             when
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             is
             mentioned
             due
             reverence
             shall
             be
             given
             ;
          
           now
           the
           Lord
           
             Jesus
          
           is
           not
           the
           name
           
             Jesus
             ,
          
           nor
           the
           name
           
             Jesus
             ,
          
           the
           Lord
           
             Jesus
             ,
          
           and
           to
           confound
           the
           name
           
             Jesus
          
           with
           the
           Lord
           
             Jesus
          
           deserves
           a
           hissing
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           at
           a
           
             Non-plus-ultra
             ;
          
           but
           if
           they
           will
           force
           the
           letter
           of
           the
           Canon
           to
           serve
           their
           corrupt
           sence
           ,
           they
           are
           together
           to
           be
           exploded
           ,
           seeing
           they
           fight
           against
           a
           canonical
           Scripture
           ,
           the
           only
           Canon
           and
           right
           rule
           of
           the
           worship
           of
           God
           .
        
      
       
         
           Objections
           answered
           .
        
         
           Object
           .
           1.
           
           
             Some
             say
             ,
             this
             adoration
             is
             a
             thing
             indifferent
             ,
             therefore
             it
             may
             be
             used
             or
             not
             used
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           If
           it
           be
           a
           thing
           indifferent
           ,
           why
           is
           it
           then
           so
           rigidly
           imposed
           ,
           as
           a
           thing
           of
           absolute
           necessity
           to
           be
           observed
           ?
           This
           destroyes
           the
           nature
           of
           a
           thing
           indifferent
           ,
           which
           the
           Scripture
           condemneth
           ,
           this
           being
           a
           will-worship
           of
           humane
           invention
           .
        
         
           Object
           :
           2.
           
           
             But
             it
             is
             a
             pious
             Ceremony
             and
             conducing
             much
             to
             the
             honour
             of
             God
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           Seem
           it
           never
           so
           pious
           and
           specious
           to
           mans
           carnall
           fancie
           ,
           yet
           being
           idolatrous
           (
           as
           hath
           been
           proved
           )
           it
           is
           but
           pious
           idolatry
           ,
           or
           idolatrous
           piety
           ;
           and
           God
           abhorreth
           that
           piety
           and
           pretended
           honour
           as
           vain
           ,
           which
           is
           taught
           by
           the
           precepts
           of
           men
           ,
           Matth
           :
           15.
           9.
           
        
         
         
           Object
           :
           3.
           
           
             But
             bowing
             at
             the
             name
             of
             Jesus
             is
             a
             slighter
             ,
             a
             lesser
             matter
             then
             that
             a
             man
             should
             suffer
             himself
             to
             be
             deprived
             of
             the
             use
             of
             his
             Ministry
             for
             refusal
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           A
           mans
           Ministry
           is
           precious
           indeed
           ,
           and
           the
           calling
           high
           and
           honourable
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           preferred
           before
           all
           the
           world
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           not
           so
           precious
           as
           to
           be
           valued
           above
           a
           good
           conscience
           and
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           but
           to
           do
           the
           least
           evil
           wilfully
           ,
           for
           the
           greatest
           good
           ,
           makes
           damnation
           just
           :
           Nor
           is
           the
           least
           idolatry
           or
           superstitious
           act
           to
           be
           counted
           light
           ,
           for
           having
           but
           an
           appearance
           of
           idolatry
           ,
           and
           being
           of
           no
           good
           report
           ,
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           avoided
           ,
           for
           the
           least
           kind
           or
           degree
           of
           idolatry
           being
           once
           committed
           and
           given
           way
           unto
           ,
           it
           is
           an
           inducement
           to
           that
           which
           is
           most
           grosse
           ,
           and
           doth
           naturally
           enfeeble
           a
           mans
           spirit
           ,
           making
           it
           lesse
           able
           to
           resist
           and
           repulse
           greater
           abominations
           ;
           and
           commonly
           God
           gives
           over
           such
           to
           grosser
           sins
           of
           impietyes
           ,
           who
           make
           not
           conscience
           of
           the
           least
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           seem
           but
           light
           .
           It
           is
           the
           saying
           of
           a
           Divine
           ,
           
             Qui
             modicas
             spernit
             ,
             paulatim
             decidit
             ,
          
           He
           that
           makes
           light
           account
           of
           small
           sins
           falls
           by
           little
           and
           little
           ,
           &
           sins
           that
           seem
           less
           are
           so
           much
           the
           more
           perilous
           because
           they
           are
           the
           more
           easily
           committed
           ,
           and
           securely
           retained
           ,
           and
           lesse
           carefully
           repented
           .
           As
           for
           this
           
             Jesu-worship
             ,
          
           why
           should
           any
           Minister
           think
           it
           a
           small
           matter
           ,
           when
           the
           Imposers
           themselves
           set
           such
           a
           penalty
           upon
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           losse
           of
           a
           mans
           Ministry
           for
           not
           conforming
           to
           it
           ?
        
         
           Object
           :
           4.
           
           
             But
             it
             is
             imposed
             onely
             for
             unity
             and
             peace
             sake
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           It
           is
           no
           good
           peace
           that
           breaks
           the
           peace
           of
           a
           good
           conscience
           ,
           and
           a
           mans
           peace
           with
           God
           :
           That
           is
           no
           good
           unity
           ,
           which
           devides
           a
           man
           from
           the
           unity
           of
           the
           Spirit
           in
           the
           bond
           of
           peace
           .
        
         
           Object
           :
           5.
           
           
             But
             if
             one
             Ceremony
             be
             yeelded
             to
             ,
             we
             shall
             then
             quickly
             enjoy
             our
             Ministry
             ,
             and
             the
             Gospel
             without
             any
             more
             impositions
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           And
           how
           know
           you
           that
           ?
           but
           suppose
           it
           were
           so
           ,
           were
           not
           your
           peace
           bought
           at
           too
           dear
           a
           rate
           ?
           But
           ,
           why
           should
           any
           deceive
           himselfe
           of
           so
           vain
           a
           hope
           ,
           when
           he
           sees
           the
           contrary
           before
           his
           eyes
           ?
           who
           sees
           not
           that
           those
           are
           but
           the
           beginnings
           ,
           
           and
           inducements
           to
           greater
           matters
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           is
           catcht
           in
           the
           snare
           is
           easily
           brought
           to
           yeeld
           to
           more
           hard
           conditions
           ?
        
         
           Object
           :
           6.
           
           
             But
             to
             yeeld
             to
             this
             world
             ,
             not
             be
             offensive
             to
             the
             people
             ,
             who
             generally
             can
             digest
             it
             well
             enough
             ,
             and
             therefore
             lesse
             danger
             in
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           Though
           it
           would
           not
           offend
           the
           ignorant
           sort
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           greatest
           number
           ,
           yet
           it
           would
           scandalize
           and
           wound
           the
           weake
           brother
           ,
           grieving
           his
           soul
           to
           see
           thee
           fall
           ,
           and
           giving
           examples
           to
           others
           to
           follow
           thee
           in
           a
           way
           that
           is
           not
           warrantable
           ,
           but
           sinfull
           ,
           
             For
             whatsoever
             is
             not
             of
             faith
          
           (
           as
           this
           is
           not
           )
           
             is
             sin
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A30643e-160
           
             Propositi
             :
             Assumption
             .
             Conclusion
             .
          
           
             *
             Agustinie
             
               in
               Ps.
            
             113.
             
             Serm.
             2.
             
             Origen
             contra
             celsum
             :
             lib
             :
             7.
             
             Lactàn
             :
             fixtus
             .
             Seneca
             li
             .
             1.
             Biblioth.
             247.
             
               &
               others
               .
            
          
        
         
           Notes for div A30643e-680
           
             *
             By
             the
             Church
             is
             meant
             the
             Bishops
             .