A sermon preached before the Commos-House [sic] of Parliament, in Saint Margarets Church at Westminster, the 18. of February. 1620. By Iames Vssher. Professor of Diuinitie in the Vniuersitie of Dublin, in Ireland
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             A sermon preached before the Commos-House [sic] of Parliament, in Saint Margarets Church at Westminster, the 18. of February. 1620. By Iames Vssher. Professor of Diuinitie in the Vniuersitie of Dublin, in Ireland
             Substance of that which was delivered in a sermon before the Commons House of Parliament, in St. Margarets Church at Westminster, the 18. of February, 1620
             Ussher, James, 1581-1656.
          
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           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           BEFORE
           THE
           COMMOS-HOVSE
           Of
           Parliament
           ,
           in
           Saint
           Margarets
           Church
           at
           Westminster
           ,
           the
           18.
           of
           February
           .
           1620.
           
        
         
           By
           IAMES
           VSSHER
           .
           Professor
           of
           Diuinitie
           in
           the
           Vniuersitie
           of
           Dublin
           ,
           in
           Ireland
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           Printed
           by
           
             I.
             D.
          
           for
           
             Iohn
             Bartlett
          
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sould
           at
           the
           golden
           Cup
           in
           the
           Goldsmiths
           Rowe
           in
           Cheapside
           .
           1624.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           
             TO
             THE
             HONOVRABLE
             ASSEMBLY
             of
             the
             Commons
             House
             of
             Parliament
             .
          
        
         
           IT
           pleased
           this
           Honourable
           Assembly
           to
           require
           my
           seruice
           ,
           in
           preaching
           at
           that
           late
           religious
           meeting
           of
           yours
           ,
           for
           the
           receiuing
           of
           the
           holy
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           .
           I
           was
           afterward
           also
           sent
           vnto
           by
           the
           like
           authority
           ,
           to
           publish
           that
           which
           (
           according
           to
           my
           poore
           ability
           )
           I
           then
           deliuered
           .
           And
           although
           in
           respect
           of
           my selfe
           ,
           and
           of
           my
           want
           of
           time
           to
           prosecute
           such
           a
           subiect
           ,
           I
           could
           wish
           I
           had
           beene
           spared
           from
           such
           a
           taske
           :
           yet
           rather
           then
           the
           expectation
           ,
           and
           expresse
           signification
           of
           the
           desire
           of
           the
           representatiue
           body
           of
           the
           whole
           Comminalty
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           should
           rest
           vnsatisfied
           ;
           I
           haue
           yeelded
           to
           commit
           this
           vnto
           the
           disposing
           and
           direction
           of
           them
           ,
           for
           whose
           sakes
           it
           was
           at
           first
           vndertaken
           .
           
             Opprimi
             enim
             me
             onere
             officij
             malui
             ,
             quàm
             id
             ,
             
             quod
             mihi
             cum
             fide
             semel
             impositum
             fuit
             ,
             propter
             infirmitatem
             animi
             deponere
             .
          
           The
           very
           words
           which
           then
           I
           vttered
           ,
           I
           am
           not
           able
           to
           present
           vnto
           you
           :
           the
           substance
           of
           the
           matter
           I
           haue
           truly
           laid
           downe
           ,
           
           though
           in
           some
           places
           (
           as
           it
           fell
           out
           )
           somewhat
           contracted
           ,
           in
           others
           a
           little
           more
           inlarged
           .
           Whatsoeuer
           it
           is
           ,
           I
           wholly
           submit
           it
           vnto
           your
           graue
           censures
           :
           and
           so
           beseeching
           the
           Lord
           to
           giue
           you
           prosperous
           successe
           in
           all
           your
           worthy
           indeuours
           for
           the
           seruice
           of
           God
           ,
           his
           Maiesty
           and
           your
           Countrey
           ,
           I
           rest
        
         
           
             Yours
             in
             all
             Christian
             duty
             to
             be
             commanded
             ,
             IAMES
             VSSHER
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             
               1.
               
               Cor.
               10.
               
               Vers.
               17.
               
            
             
               Wee
               being
               many
               ,
               are
               one
               bread
               ,
               and
               one
               body
               :
               for
               we
               are
               all
               partakers
               of
               that
               one
               bread
               .
            
          
        
         
           OTher
           entrance
           I
           need
           not
           make
           vnto
           my
           speech
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           then
           that
           which
           the
           Apostle
           himselfe
           presenteth
           vnto
           mee
           in
           the
           verse
           next
           but
           one
           going
           before
           my
           Text
           :
           
             I
             speake
             to
             wise
             men
          
           .
           The
           more
           vnwise
           might
           I
           deeme
           my selfe
           to
           be
           ,
           who
           being
           so
           conscious
           vnto
           my selfe
           of
           my
           great
           weakenesse
           ,
           durst
           aduenture
           to
           discouer
           the
           same
           before
           so
           graue
           and
           iudicious
           an
           Auditory
           ;
           but
           that
           this
           consideration
           doth
           somewhat
           support
           me
           ,
           that
           no
           great
           blame
           can
           light
           herein
           vpon
           mee
           ,
           but
           some
           aspersion
           thereof
           must
           reflect
           vpon
           your selues
           ,
           who
           happened
           to
           make
           so
           euill
           a
           choyce
           ;
           the
           more
           facile
           I
           expect
           you
           to
           bee
           in
           a
           cause
           ,
           wherein
           you
           your selues
           are
           some
           wayes
           interested
           .
        
         
         
           The
           speciall
           cause
           of
           your
           assembling
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           is
           ,
           first
           ,
           that
           you
           who
           professe
           the
           same
           truth
           ,
           may
           ioyne
           in
           one
           body
           ,
           and
           partake
           together
           of
           the
           same
           blessed
           Communion
           :
           and
           then
           ,
           that
           such
           as
           adhere
           vnto
           false
           worship
           ,
           may
           bee
           discouered
           and
           auoyded
           :
           You
           in
           your
           wisedome
           discerning
           this
           holy
           Sacrament
           to
           bee
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           
             ignis
             probationis
          
           ,
           which
           would
           both
           
             congregare
             homogenea
          
           ,
           and
           
             segregare
             heterogenea
          
           ,
           (
           as
           in
           Philosophie
           wee
           vse
           to
           speake
           )
           both
           conioyne
           those
           that
           be
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           dis-ioyne
           such
           as
           bee
           of
           a
           differing
           kinde
           and
           disposition
           .
           And
           to
           this
           purpose
           haue
           I
           made
           choyce
           of
           this
           present
           Text
           :
           wherein
           the
           Apostle
           maketh
           our
           partaking
           of
           the
           Lords
           Table
           to
           bee
           a
           testimony
           ,
           not
           onely
           of
           the
           vnion
           and
           communion
           which
           wee
           haue
           betwixt
           our selues
           ,
           and
           with
           our
           Head
           ,
           (
           which
           he
           doth
           in
           the
           expresse
           words
           ,
           which
           I
           haue
           read
           )
           but
           also
           of
           our
           dis-vnion
           and
           separation
           from
           all
           idolatrous
           worship
           :
           as
           appeareth
           by
           the
           application
           hereof
           vnto
           his
           maine
           drift
           and
           intendment
           ,
           laid
           downe
           in
           the
           14.
           and
           21.
           verses
           .
        
         
           The
           effect
           therfore
           of
           that
           which
           Saint
           Paul
           in
           expresse
           termes
           heere
           deliuereth
           ,
           is
           the
           
             Communion
             of
             Saints
          
           :
           which
           consisteth
           of
           two
           parts
           ;
           the
           fellowship
           which
           they
           haue
           with
           the
           Body
           ,
           laid
           downe
           in
           the
           beginning
           ;
           and
           the
           fellowship
           which
           they
           haue
           with
           the
           Head
           ,
           laid
           downe
           in
           the
           end
           of
           the
           verse
           :
           both
           which
           are
           thus
           explained
           by
           Saint
           
             Iohn
             :
             That
             which
             wee
             haue
             seene
             and
             heard
             ,
             declare
             we
             vnto
             you
             ,
             that
             ye
             also
             may
             haue
             fellowship
             with
             vs
             ;
             and
             truly
             our
             fellowship
             is
             with
             
             the
             Father
             ,
             and
             with
             his
             Sonne
             Iesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           1.
           
           Ioh.
           1.3
           .
           Let
           them
           therefore
           that
           walke
           in
           darknesse
           ,
           brag
           as
           much
           as
           they
           list
           of
           their
           good-fellowship
           :
           this
           blessed
           Apostle
           assureth
           vs
           ,
           that
           such
           onely
           as
           doe
           walke
           in
           the
           light
           ,
           
           
             haue
             fellowship
             one
             with
             another
          
           ;
           euen
           as
           they
           haue
           fellowship
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           Iesus
           Christ
           his
           Sonne
           ,
           whose
           blood
           shall
           cleanse
           them
           from
           all
           sinne
           .
           And
           to
           what
           better
           company
           can
           a
           man
           come
           ,
           
           than
           
             to
             the
             generall
             Assembly
             ,
             and
             Church
             of
             the
             first-borne
             which
             are
             inrolled
             in
             heauen
             ,
             and
             to
             God
             the
             Iudge
             of
             all
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             spirits
             of
             iust
             men
             made
             perfect
             ,
             and
             to
             Iesus
             the
             Mediator
             of
             the
             new
             Couenant
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             blood
             of
             sprinkling
             ,
             which
             speaketh
             better
             things
             then
             that
             of
             Abel
             ?
          
           No
           fellowship
           (
           doubtlesse
           )
           is
           comparable
           to
           this
           
             Communion
             of
             Saints
          
           .
        
         
           To
           begin
           therefore
           with
           the
           first
           part
           thereof
           ;
           as
           the
           Apostle
           in
           the
           third
           to
           the
           Galatians
           maketh
           our
           being
           
             baptized
             into
             Christ
          
           ,
           
           to
           bee
           a
           testimony
           that
           wee
           
             are
             all
             one
             in
             Christ
          
           :
           so
           doth
           hee
           heere
           make
           our
           
             partaking
             of
             that
             one
             bread
          
           ,
           to
           be
           an
           euidence
           that
           we
           also
           are
           all
           
             one
             bread
             ,
             and
             one
             body
          
           in
           him
           .
           And
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           ,
           in
           the
           twelfth
           Chapter
           following
           ,
           he
           propoundeth
           both
           our
           Baptisme
           and
           our
           drinking
           of
           the
           Lords
           Cup
           ,
           as
           seales
           of
           the
           spirituall
           coniunction
           of
           vs
           all
           into
           one
           mysticall
           body
           .
           
             For
             as
             the
             body
             is
             one
             ,
          
           
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             and
             hath
             many
             members
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             members
             of
             that
             one
             body
             ,
             being
             many
             ,
             are
             one
             body
             :
             so
             also
             is
             Christ.
             For
             by
             one
             Spirit
             are
             we
             all
             baptized
             into
             one
             body
             ,
             whether
             wee
             bee
             Iewes
             or
             Gentiles
             ,
             whether
             we
             be
             bond
             or
             free
             :
             and
             haue
             been
             all
             made
             to
             drinke
             
             into
             one
             Spirit
             .
          
           Afterwards
           hee
           addeth
           ,
           that
           wee
           
             are
             the
             body
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             members
             in
             particular
             :
          
           and
           in
           another
           place
           also
           ,
           
           that
           
             We
             being
             many
             ,
             are
             one
             body
             in
             Christ
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             euery
             one
             members
             one
             of
             another
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           the
           vse
           which
           hee
           teacheth
           vs
           to
           make
           of
           this
           wonderfull
           coniunction
           (
           whereby
           wee
           are
           made
           members
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           members
           one
           of
           another
           )
           is
           two-fold
           :
           1.
           
           
             That
             there
             should
             be
             no
             schisme
             in
             the
             body
             .
          
           2.
           
           
             That
             the
             members
             should
             haue
             the
             same
             care
             one
             for
             another
             ,
          
           1.
           
           Cor.
           12.25
           .
           For
           preuenting
           of
           Schisme
           ,
           hee
           exhorteth
           vs
           in
           the
           fourth
           to
           the
           Ephesians
           ,
           
           
             to
             keepe
             the
             vnity
             of
             the
             Spirit
             in
             the
             bond
             of
             peace
             :
          
           and
           to
           make
           this
           bond
           the
           firmer
           ,
           hee
           putteth
           vs
           in
           minde
           of
           
             one
             Body
             ,
             one
             Spirit
             ,
             one
             Hope
             ,
             one
             Lord
             ,
             one
             Faith
             ,
             one
             Baptisme
             ,
             one
             God
             and
             Father
             of
             all
             ,
             who
             is
             aboue
             all
             ,
             and
             through
             all
             ,
             and
             in
             vs
             all
             :
          
           by
           this
           multiplication
           of
           vnities
           declaring
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           that
           the
           knots
           whereby
           wee
           are
           tyed
           together
           ,
           are
           both
           in
           number
           more
           ,
           and
           of
           farre
           greater
           moment
           ,
           then
           that
           matters
           of
           smaller
           consequence
           should
           disseuer
           vs
           :
           and
           therefore
           that
           wee
           should
           
             stand
             fast
             in
             one
             spirit
             ,
             with
             one
             minde
             ,
             striuing
             together
             for
             the
             faith
             of
             the
             Gospell
             ,
             and
             in
             nothing
             terrified
             by
             our
             aduersaries
             ,
          
           Philip.
           chap.
           1.
           vers
           .
           27
           ,
           28.
           
        
         
           But
           howsoeuer
           God
           hath
           thus
           marshalled
           his
           Church
           in
           a
           goodly
           order
           ,
           
           
             terrible
             as
             an
             army
             with
             banners
             :
          
           yet
           ,
           such
           is
           the
           disorder
           of
           our
           nature
           ,
           that
           many
           for
           all
           this
           breake
           ranke
           ,
           and
           the
           enemy
           laboureth
           to
           breed
           diuision
           in
           Gods
           House
           ,
           
           that
           so
           his
           Kingdome
           might
           not
           stand
           .
           Nay
           ,
           oftentimes
           it
           commeth
           to
           passe
           ,
           
           that
           the
           Watchmen
           themselues
           ,
           who
           were
           appoynted
           for
           the
           safegarding
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           proue
           in
           this
           kinde
           to
           bee
           the
           smiters
           and
           wounders
           of
           her
           :
           and
           from
           among
           them
           who
           were
           purposely
           ordained
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           for
           the
           bringing
           of
           men
           *
           
             into
             the
             vnity
             of
             the
             faith
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
          
           euen
           from
           among
           those
           ,
           some
           doe
           arise
           ,
           that
           
             speake
             peruerse
             things
             ,
             to
             draw
             away
             disciples
             after
             them
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           wee
           finde
           in
           the
           Ecclesiasticall
           History
           ,
           that
           after
           the
           death
           of
           Iulian
           the
           Apostata
           ,
           a
           
             questions
             and
             disputes
             concerning
             matters
             of
             doctrine
             were
             freshly
             set
             afoot
             by
             those
             who
             were
             set
             ouer
             the
             Churches
             .
          
           Wherupon
           Sozomen
           maketh
           this
           graue
           obseruation
           :
           that
           b
           
             the
             disposition
             of
             men
             is
             such
             ,
             that
             when
             they
             are
             wronged
             by
             others
             ,
             they
             are
             at
             agreement
             among
             themselues
             ;
             but
             when
             they
             are
             freed
             of
             euils
             from
             abroad
             ,
             then
             they
             make
             insurrections
             one
             against
             another
             .
          
           Which
           as
           we
           finde
           to
           be
           too
           true
           by
           the
           late
           experience
           of
           our
           neighbour
           Churches
           in
           the
           Low
           Countries
           :
           so
           are
           we
           to
           consider
           with
           the
           Wise
           man
           ,
           c
           that
           
             What
             hath
             been
             ,
             is
             now
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             is
             to
             bee
             ,
             hath
             already
             been
             :
          
           and
           bee
           not
           so
           inquisitiue
           ,
           d
           why
           
             the
             former
             dayes
             were
             better
             then
             these
             ?
             for
             wee
             doe
             not
             enquire
             wisely
             concerning
             this
             .
          
           When
           like
           troubles
           were
           in
           the
           Church
           heretofore
           ,
           
             Isidorus
             Pelusiota
          
           ,
           an
           ancient
           Father
           ,
           moueth
           the
           question
           ,
           e
           
             What
             a
             man
             should
             doe
          
           in
           this
           case
           ?
           and
           maketh
           answere
           ,
           that
           
             If
             it
             be
             possible
             ,
             wee
             should
             mend
             it
             ,
             
             but
             if
             that
             may
             not
             bee
             ,
             wee
             should
             hold
             our
             peace
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Apostles
           resolution
           ,
           I
           thinke
           ,
           may
           giue
           sufficient
           satisfaction
           in
           this
           poynt
           ,
           to
           all
           that
           haue
           moderate
           and
           peaceable
           mindes
           .
           f
           
             If
             in
             any
             thing
             yee
             bee
             otherwise
             minded
             ,
             God
             shall
             reueale
             euen
             this
             vnto
             you
             :
             neuerthelesse
             ,
             whereto
             wee
             haue
             already
             attained
             ,
             let
             vs
             walke
             by
             the
             same
             rule
             ,
             let
             vs
             minde
             the
             same
             thing
             .
          
           It
           is
           not
           to
           bee
           looked
           for
           ,
           that
           all
           good
           men
           should
           agree
           in
           all
           things
           :
           neither
           is
           it
           fit
           that
           we
           should
           (
           as
           our
           Aduersaries
           doe
           )
           put
           the
           truth
           vnto
           compromise
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           saying
           of
           an
           Achitophel
           ,
           whose
           counsell
           must
           bee
           accepted
           ,
           
             as
             if
             a
             man
             had
             inquired
             at
             the
             Oracle
             of
             God.
          
           We
           all
           agree
           that
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           God
           are
           the
           perfect
           rule
           of
           our
           faith
           :
           wee
           all
           consent
           in
           the
           maine
           grounds
           of
           Religion
           drawne
           from
           thence
           :
           wee
           all
           subscribe
           to
           the
           articles
           of
           doctrine
           agreed
           vpon
           in
           the
           Synode
           of
           the
           yeere
           1562.
           
             for
             the
             auoyding
             of
             diuersities
             of
             opinions
             ,
             and
             the
             establishing
             of
             consent
             touching
             true
             Religion
             .
          
           Hitherto
           ,
           by
           Gods
           mercy
           ,
           haue
           wee
           already
           attained
           ;
           thus
           farre
           therefore
           let
           vs
           minde
           the
           same
           thing
           :
           let
           not
           euery
           wanton
           wit
           be
           permitted
           to
           bring
           what
           fancies
           he
           list
           ,
           into
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           and
           to
           disturbe
           things
           that
           haue
           been
           well
           ordered
           .
           
           
             I
             beseech
             you
             ,
             brethren
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           )
           
             marke
             them
             which
             cause
             diuisions
             and
             offences
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             doctrine
             which
             yee
             haue
             learned
             ,
             and
             auoid
             them
             .
          
        
         
           If
           in
           some
           other
           things
           wee
           bee
           otherwise
           minded
           ,
           than
           others
           of
           our
           brethren
           are
           ;
           let
           vs
           beare
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           vntill
           God
           shall
           reueale
           
           the
           same
           thing
           vnto
           vs
           :
           and
           howsoeuer
           we
           may
           see
           cause
           why
           we
           should
           dissent
           from
           others
           in
           matter
           of
           opinion
           ;
           yet
           let
           vs
           remember
           ,
           that
           that
           is
           no
           cause
           why
           wee
           should
           breake
           the
           Kings
           peace
           ,
           and
           make
           a
           rent
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           God.
           A
           thing
           deepely
           to
           be
           thought
           of
           by
           the
           Ismaels
           of
           our
           time
           ,
           whose
           
             hand
             is
             against
             euery
             man
          
           ,
           
           
             and
             euery
             mans
             hand
             against
             them
          
           ;
           
           who
           
             bite
             and
             deuoure
             one
             another
          
           ,
           vntill
           they
           
             bee
             consumed
             one
             of
             another
          
           ;
           who
           forsake
           the
           fellowship
           of
           the
           Saints
           ,
           and
           *
           by
           a
           sacrilegious
           separation
           breake
           this
           bond
           of
           peace
           .
           Little
           doe
           these
           men
           consider
           ,
           how
           precious
           the
           peace
           of
           the
           Church
           ought
           to
           bee
           in
           our
           eyes
           (
           to
           bee
           redeemed
           with
           a
           thousand
           of
           our
           liues
           )
           and
           of
           what
           dangerous
           consequence
           the
           matter
           of
           schisme
           is
           vnto
           their
           owne
           soules
           .
           For
           howsoeuer
           the
           schismaticke
           
             secundùm
             affectum
          
           (
           as
           the
           Schoolemen
           speake
           )
           in
           his
           intention
           and
           wicked
           purpose
           ,
           taketh
           away
           vnity
           from
           the
           Church
           ;
           euen
           as
           he
           that
           hateth
           God
           ,
           doth
           take
           away
           goodnesse
           from
           him
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           in
           him
           lyeth
           :
           yet
           
             secundùm
             effectum
          
           ,
           in
           truth
           and
           in
           very
           deed
           ,
           hee
           taketh
           away
           the
           vnity
           of
           the
           Church
           onely
           from
           himselfe
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           hee
           cutteth
           himselfe
           off
           from
           being
           vnited
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           body
           ;
           and
           being
           disseuered
           from
           the
           body
           ,
           how
           is
           it
           possible
           that
           he
           should
           retaine
           communion
           with
           the
           Head
           ?
        
         
           To
           conclude
           therefore
           this
           first
           vse
           which
           wee
           are
           to
           make
           of
           our
           communion
           with
           the
           Body
           :
           let
           vs
           call
           to
           minde
           the
           exhortation
           of
           the
           Apostle
           :
           
             Aboue
             all
             things
          
           put
           on
           loue
           ,
           
           
             which
             is
             the
             bond
             
             of
             perfectnesse
             ,
             and
             let
             the
             peace
             of
             God
             rule
             in
             your
             hearts
             ,
             to
             the
             which
             also
             ye
             are
             called
             in
             one
             Body
             .
          
           
           Behold
           how
           good
           and
           pleasant
           a
           thing
           it
           is
           for
           brethren
           to
           dwell
           together
           in
           vnity
           :
           what
           a
           goodly
           thing
           it
           is
           to
           behold
           such
           an
           honourable
           Assembly
           as
           this
           is
           ,
           
           to
           bee
           as
           a
           house
           that
           is
           
             compact
             together
          
           in
           it selfe
           ;
           holding
           fit
           correspondence
           with
           the
           other
           part
           of
           this
           great
           body
           ,
           and
           due
           subordination
           vnto
           their
           and
           our
           Head
           !
           Such
           as
           wish
           not
           well
           to
           the
           publike
           good
           ,
           and
           would
           reioyce
           at
           the
           ruine
           of
           our
           State
           ,
           long
           for
           nothing
           more
           ,
           then
           that
           dissensions
           should
           arise
           here
           ,
           betwixt
           the
           members
           mutually
           ,
           and
           betwixt
           them
           and
           the
           Head.
           
        
         
           
             Hoc
             Ithacus
             velit
             ,
             &
             magno
             mercentur
             Atridae
             .
          
           They
           know
           full
           well
           ,
           
           that
           
             euery
             Kingdome
             diuided
             against
             it selfe
             ,
             is
             brought
             to
             desolation
             ;
             and
             euery
             house
             diuided
             against
             it selfe
             ,
             shall
             not
             stand
             :
          
           nor
           doe
           they
           forget
           the
           Politicians
           old
           rule
           ,
           
             Diuide
             &
             impera
          
           ,
           Make
           a
           diuision
           ,
           and
           get
           the
           dominion
           .
           The
           more
           neede
           haue
           wee
           to
           looke
           herein
           vnto
           our selues
           ;
           who
           cannot
           bee
           ignorant
           how
           dolorous
           
             Solutio
             continui
          
           ,
           and
           how
           dangerous
           Ruptures
           proue
           to
           bee
           vnto
           our
           bodies
           .
           If
           therefore
           there
           be
           any
           comfort
           of
           loue
           ,
           if
           any
           fellowship
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           
           fulfill
           our
           ioy
           :
           
             that
             yee
             be
             like-minded
             ,
             hauing
             the
             same
             loue
             ,
             being
             of
             one
             accord
             ,
             of
             one
             minde
          
           ;
           and
           doing
           
             nothing
             through
             strife
             or
             vaine-glory
          
           .
           Remember
           that
           as
           oft
           as
           we
           come
           vnto
           the
           Lords
           Table
           ,
           so
           oft
           doe
           we
           enter
           into
           new
           bonds
           of
           peace
           ,
           and
           tye
           our selues
           with
           firmer
           knots
           of
           loue
           together
           :
           this
           blessed
           Communion
           being
           a
           
           sacred
           seale
           not
           onely
           of
           the
           vnion
           which
           wee
           haue
           with
           our
           Head
           by
           faith
           ,
           but
           also
           of
           our
           coniunction
           with
           the
           other
           members
           of
           the
           body
           by
           loue
           .
        
         
           Whereby
           as
           we
           are
           admonished
           to
           maintaine
           vnity
           among
           ourselues
           ,
           
             that
             there
             be
             no
             schisme
             or
             diuision
             in
             the
             body
             :
          
           so
           are
           we
           also
           further
           put
           in
           minde
           ,
           
             that
             the
             members
             should
             haue
             the
             same
             care
             one
             for
             another
             .
          
           For
           that
           is
           the
           second
           vse
           which
           Saint
           Paul
           teacheth
           vs
           to
           make
           hereof
           ,
           in
           1.
           
           Cor.
           12.26
           .
           which
           he
           further
           amplifieth
           in
           the
           verse
           next
           following
           ,
           by
           the
           mutuall
           sympathy
           and
           fellow-feeling
           which
           the
           members
           of
           the
           same
           body
           haue
           one
           with
           another
           .
           For
           
             whether
             one
             member
             suffer
             ,
             all
             the
             members
             suffer
             with
             it
             ;
             or
             one
             member
             be
             honoured
             ,
             all
             the
             members
             reioyce
             with
             it
             :
          
           and
           then
           he
           addeth
           :
           
             Now
             ye
             are
             the
             body
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             members
             in
             particular
             .
          
           Shewing
           vnto
           vs
           thereby
           ,
           that
           as
           wee
           are
           all
           *
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           concorporated
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           and
           made
           copartners
           of
           the
           promise
           in
           Christ
           :
           so
           wee
           should
           haue
           one
           another
           in
           our
           hearts
           ,
           *
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           to
           die
           and
           liue
           together
           .
           And
           hereupon
           is
           that
           exhortation
           in
           the
           13.
           to
           the
           Hebrewes
           grounded
           :
           
           
             Remember
             them
             that
             are
             in
             bonds
             ,
             as
             bound
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             them
             which
             suffer
             aduersity
             ,
             as
             being
             your selues
             also
             in
             the
             Body
             .
          
           It
           being
           a
           perillous
           signe
           that
           we
           be
           no
           liuely
           members
           of
           that
           body
           ,
           if
           we
           be
           not
           sensible
           of
           the
           calamities
           that
           lye
           vpon
           our
           afflicted
           brethren
           .
           We
           know
           the
           Woe
           that
           is
           pronounced
           against
           such
           as
           are
           at
           ease
           in
           Sion
           ,
           
           and
           
             are
             not
             grieued
             for
             the
             affliction
             of
             Ioseph
             :
          
           with
           the
           
           iudgement
           following
           .
           
             Therefore
             now
             shall
             they
             goe
             captiue
             ,
             with
             the
             first
             that
             goe
             captiue
             .
          
           We
           know
           the
           Angels
           bitter
           curse
           against
           the
           inhabitants
           of
           Meroz
           .
           
           
             Curse
             ye
             Meroz
             (
             said
             the
             Angell
             of
             the
             Lord
             )
             curse
             ye
             bitterly
             the
             inhabitants
             thereof
             :
             because
             they
             came
             not
             to
             helpe
             the
             Lord
             ,
             to
             helpe
             the
             Lord
             against
             the
             mighty
             .
          
           Not
           as
           if
           the
           Lord
           did
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           our
           helpe
           ,
           or
           were
           not
           able
           ,
           without
           our
           assistance
           ,
           to
           maintaine
           his
           owne
           cause
           ;
           but
           that
           hereby
           he
           would
           make
           triall
           of
           our
           readinesse
           to
           doe
           him
           seruice
           ,
           and
           proue
           the
           sincerity
           of
           our
           loue
           .
           If
           wee
           hold
           our
           peace
           and
           sit
           still
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           
           deliuerance
           shall
           arise
           to
           Gods
           Church
           from
           another
           place
           :
           but
           let
           vs
           looke
           that
           the
           destruction
           doe
           not
           light
           vpon
           vs
           and
           ours
           .
        
         
           I
           need
           not
           make
           any
           application
           of
           that
           which
           I
           haue
           spoken
           :
           the
           face
           of
           Christendome
           ,
           so
           miserably
           rent
           and
           torne
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           cannot
           but
           present
           it selfe
           as
           a
           rufull
           spectacle
           vnto
           all
           our
           eyes
           ,
           and
           (
           if
           there
           be
           any
           bowels
           in
           vs
           )
           stirre
           vp
           compassion
           in
           our
           hearts
           .
           Neither
           need
           I
           to
           be
           earnest
           in
           exciting
           you
           to
           put
           your
           helping
           hands
           to
           the
           making
           vp
           of
           these
           breaches
           :
           your
           forwardnesse
           herein
           hath
           preuented
           mee
           ,
           and
           in
           stead
           of
           petitioning
           (
           for
           which
           I
           had
           prepared
           my selfe
           )
           hath
           ministred
           vnto
           mee
           matter
           of
           thankesgiuing
           .
           A
           good
           worke
           is
           at
           all
           times
           commendable
           :
           but
           the
           doing
           of
           it
           in
           fit
           time
           ,
           addeth
           much
           to
           the
           luster
           thereof
           ,
           and
           maketh
           it
           yet
           more
           goodly
           .
           The
           season
           of
           the
           yeere
           is
           approching
           ,
           wherein
           
             Kings
             goe
             forth
          
           to
           battell
           :
           
           the
           present
           supply
           and
           offer
           of
           your
           Subsidie
           was
           
           done
           in
           a
           time
           most
           seasonable
           :
           being
           so
           much
           also
           the
           more
           acceptable
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           granted
           
             not
             grudgingly
             ,
             or
             of
             necessity
             ,
          
           but
           freely
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           willing
           minde
           .
           
             God
             loueth
             a
             cheerefull
             giuer
          
           :
           
           and
           he
           
             is
             able
             to
             make
             all
             grace
             abound
             towards
             you
             ,
             that
             ye
             alwayes
             hauing
             all
             sufficiency
             in
             all
             things
             ,
             may
             abound
             to
             euery
             good
             worke
             .
          
        
         
           And
           thus
           being
           by
           your
           goodnesse
           so
           happily
           abridged
           of
           that
           which
           I
           intended
           further
           to
           haue
           vrged
           from
           the
           coniunction
           which
           we
           haue
           with
           the
           Body
           :
           I
           passe
           now
           vnto
           the
           second
           part
           of
           the
           Communion
           of
           Saints
           ,
           which
           consisteth
           in
           the
           vnion
           which
           we
           all
           haue
           with
           one
           Head.
           For
           Christ
           our
           Head
           is
           the
           maine
           foundation
           of
           this
           heauenly
           vnion
           .
           Out
           of
           him
           there
           is
           nothing
           but
           confusion
           ;
           without
           him
           we
           are
           nothing
           but
           disordered
           heapes
           of
           rubbish
           :
           but
           
             in
             him
             all
             the
             building
             fitly
             framed
             together
             ,
             groweth
             vnto
             an
             holy
             Temple
             in
             the
             Lord
          
           ;
           and
           
             in
             him
             are
             we
             builded
             together
             for
             an
             habitation
             of
             God
             through
             the
             Spirit
             ,
          
           Ephes.
           2.21
           ,
           22.
           
           Of
           our selues
           wee
           are
           but
           lost
           sheepe
           ,
           scattered
           and
           wandring
           vpon
           euery
           Mountaine
           .
           From
           him
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           
             one
             fold
             ,
             and
             one
             shepheard
             ,
          
           Ioh.
           10.16
           .
           God
           hauing
           purposed
           in
           himselfe
           to
           
             gather
             together
             in
             one
             all
             things
             in
             Christ
             ,
             both
             which
             are
             in
             heauen
             ,
             and
             which
             are
             on
             earth
             ,
             euen
             in
             him
             ,
          
           Ephes.
           1.10
           .
           This
           is
           the
           effect
           of
           our
           Sauiours
           prayer
           ,
           Ioh.
           17.21
           .
           
             That
             they
             all
             may
             be
             one
             ,
             as
             thou
             Father
             art
             in
             me
             ,
             &
             I
             in
             thee
             ,
             that
             they
             also
             may
             be
             one
             in
             vs
             ,
             &c.
             
             I
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             thou
             in
             me
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             made
             perfect
             in
             one
             .
          
           And
           this
           is
           it
           which
           we
           finde
           so
           oft
           repeated
           by
           Saint
           
             Paul
             :
             We
             
             being
             many
             ,
             are
             one
             body
             in
             Christ
             ,
          
           Rom.
           12.5
           .
           
             Ye
             are
             all
             one
             in
             Christ
             Iesus
             ,
          
           Gal.
           3.28
           .
           And
           in
           the
           Text
           wee
           haue
           in
           hand
           :
           
             Wee
             being
             many
             ,
             are
             one
             bread
             ,
             and
             one
             body
             .
          
           Why
           ?
           because
           
             we
             are
             all
             partakers
             of
             that
             one
             bread
             :
          
           namely
           ,
           of
           that
           bread
           ,
           whereof
           he
           had
           said
           in
           the
           words
           immediately
           going
           before
           :
           
             The
             bread
             which
             we
             breake
          
           ,
           
           
             is
             it
             not
             the
             communion
             of
             the
             body
             of
             Christ
             ?
          
        
         
           Vnder
           the
           name
           of
           Bread
           therefore
           heere
           is
           comprehended
           both
           
             Panis
             Domini
          
           ,
           and
           
             Panis
             Dominus
          
           ;
           not
           onely
           the
           bread
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           but
           also
           the
           Lord
           himselfe
           ,
           who
           is
           that
           
             liuing
             Bread
             which
             came
             downe
             from
             heauen
             ,
          
           Ioh.
           6.51
           .
           For
           as
           Saint
           Peter
           ,
           
           saying
           that
           
             Baptisme
             doth
             saue
             vs
          
           ,
           vnderstandeth
           thereby
           both
           the
           outward
           part
           of
           that
           Sacrament
           ,
           (
           for
           he
           expressely
           calleth
           it
           a
           figure
           )
           and
           more
           than
           that
           too
           (
           as
           appeareth
           by
           the
           explication
           presently
           adioyned
           :
           
             not
             the
             putting
             away
             of
             the
             filth
             of
             the
             flesh
          
           )
           euen
           the
           inward
           purging
           of
           our
           consciences
           by
           vertue
           of
           the
           death
           and
           resurrection
           of
           Iesus
           Christ
           :
           so
           Saint
           Paul
           heere
           making
           the
           reason
           of
           our
           vnion
           to
           bee
           our
           
             partaking
             all
             of
             this
             one
             bread
             ,
          
           hath
           not
           so
           much
           respect
           vnto
           the
           externall
           bread
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           (
           though
           he
           exclude
           not
           that
           neither
           )
           as
           vnto
           the
           true
           and
           heauenly
           Bread
           figured
           thereby
           ;
           whereof
           the
           Lord
           himselfe
           pronounceth
           in
           the
           sixth
           of
           Iohn
           :
           
           
             The
             bread
             that
             I
             will
             giue
             ,
             is
             my
             flesh
             ,
             which
             I
             will
             giue
             for
             the
             life
             of
             the
             world
             .
          
           And
           (
           to
           shew
           that
           by
           partaking
           of
           this
           bread
           ,
           that
           wonderfull
           vnion
           we
           speake
           of
           ,
           is
           effected
           :
           )
           
             Hee
             that
             eateth
             my
             flesh
             ,
             and
             drinketh
             my
             blood
             ,
          
           
           
             dwelleth
             in
             me
             ,
             and
             I
             in
             him
             .
          
        
         
         
           It
           is
           a
           lamentable
           thing
           to
           behold
           ,
           how
           this
           holy
           Sacrament
           ,
           which
           was
           ordained
           by
           Christ
           to
           be
           a
           bond
           whereby
           wee
           should
           be
           knit
           together
           in
           vnity
           ,
           is
           by
           Satans
           malice
           ,
           and
           the
           corruption
           of
           mans
           disposition
           ,
           so
           strangely
           peruerted
           the
           contrary
           way
           ;
           that
           it
           is
           made
           the
           principall
           occasion
           of
           that
           wofull
           distraction
           which
           wee
           see
           amongst
           Christians
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           fuell
           of
           endlesse
           strifes
           ,
           and
           implacable
           contentions
           .
           And
           for
           as
           much
           as
           these
           mischiefes
           haue
           proceeded
           from
           the
           inconsiderate
           confounding
           of
           those
           things
           which
           in
           their
           owne
           nature
           are
           as
           different
           as
           may
           be
           :
           for
           the
           cleerer
           distinguishing
           of
           matters
           ,
           we
           are
           in
           the
           first
           place
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           a
           Sacrament
           taken
           in
           his
           full
           extent
           ,
           comprehendeth
           two
           things
           in
           it
           :
           that
           which
           is
           outward
           and
           visible
           ,
           which
           the
           Schooles
           call
           properly
           Sacramentum
           ,
           (
           in
           a
           more
           strict
           acception
           of
           the
           word
           :
           )
           and
           that
           which
           is
           inward
           and
           inuisible
           ,
           which
           they
           tearme
           
             rem
             Sacramenti
          
           ,
           the
           principall
           thing
           exhibited
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           .
           Thus
           in
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           ,
           the
           outward
           thing
           which
           we
           see
           with
           our
           eyes
           ,
           is
           
             bread
             and
             wine
          
           ,
           the
           inward
           thing
           which
           wee
           apprehend
           by
           faith
           is
           ,
           
             the
             body
             and
             blood
             of
             Christ
             :
          
           in
           the
           outward
           part
           of
           this
           mysticall
           action
           ,
           which
           reacheth
           to
           that
           which
           is
           Sacramentum
           onely
           ,
           we
           receiue
           this
           body
           and
           blood
           but
           sacramentally
           ;
           in
           the
           inward
           ,
           which
           containeth
           rem
           ,
           the
           thing
           it selfe
           in
           it
           ,
           wee
           receiue
           them
           really
           :
           and
           consequently
           the
           presence
           of
           these
           in
           the
           one
           is
           
             relatiue
             and
             symbolicall
          
           ;
           in
           the
           other
           ,
           
             reall
             and
             substantiall
          
           .
        
         
         
           To
           begin
           then
           with
           that
           which
           is
           symbolicall
           and
           relatiue
           :
           we
           may
           obserue
           out
           of
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           which
           saith
           ,
           
           that
           
             Abraham
             receiued
             the
             signe
             of
             Circumcision
             ,
             a
             seale
             of
             the
             righteousnesse
             of
             the
             faith
             which
             hee
             had
             being
             vncircumcised
          
           ;
           that
           Sacraments
           haue
           a
           twofold
           relation
           to
           the
           things
           whereof
           they
           be
           Sacraments
           :
           the
           one
           of
           a
           signe
           ,
           the
           other
           of
           a
           seale
           .
           Signes
           ,
           wee
           knovv
           ,
           are
           relatiuely
           vnited
           vnto
           the
           things
           which
           they
           doe
           signifie
           ;
           and
           in
           this
           respect
           ate
           so
           neerly
           conioyned
           together
           ,
           that
           the
           name
           of
           the
           one
           is
           vsually
           communicated
           vnto
           the
           other
           .
           
             This
             cup
             is
             the
             new
             Testament
             ,
          
           or
           ,
           the
           new
           Couenant
           ,
           saith
           our
           Sauiour
           in
           the
           institution
           of
           the
           holy
           Supper
           ,
           Luk.
           22.20
           .
           
             This
             is
             my
             Couenant
          
           ,
           saith
           God
           in
           the
           institution
           of
           Circumcision
           in
           the
           old
           Testament
           ,
           Gen.
           17.10
           .
           but
           how
           it
           was
           his
           Couenant
           ,
           hee
           explaneth
           in
           the
           verse
           immediatly
           following
           :
           
             Ye
             shall
             circumcise
             the
             flesh
             of
             your
             foreskinne
             ;
             and
             it
             shall
             be
             a
          
           SIGNE
           
             of
             the
             Couenant
             betwixt
             me
             and
             you
             .
          
           So
           words
           being
           the
           signes
           of
           things
           ,
           no
           sooner
           is
           the
           sound
           of
           the
           word
           conueyed
           to
           our
           cares
           ,
           but
           the
           notion
           of
           the
           thing
           signified
           thereby
           is
           presented
           vnto
           our
           minde
           :
           and
           thereupon
           in
           the
           speech
           of
           the
           Scripture
           nothing
           is
           more
           ordinary
           ,
           then
           by
           the
           terme
           of
           *
           Word
           to
           note
           a
           thing
           .
           We
           reade
           in
           the
           fourth
           of
           the
           first
           of
           Samuel
           ,
           that
           the
           Philistims
           were
           afraid
           and
           said
           ,
           
             God
             is
             come
             into
             the
             Campe
             ,
          
           vers
           .
           7.
           when
           the
           Israelites
           brought
           thither
           
             the
             Arke
             of
             the
             Couenant
             of
             the
             Lord
             of
             hosts
             ,
             which
             dwelleth
             betweene
             the
             Cherubims
             ,
          
           vers
           .
           4.
           and
           yet
           was
           that
           no
           other
           but
           this
           
           relatiue
           kinde
           of
           presence
           wherof
           now
           we
           speake
           :
           in
           respect
           whereof
           also
           the
           shewbread
           is
           in
           the
           Hebrew
           named
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           
             the
             bread
             of
             faces
          
           ,
           or
           ,
           
             the
             presence
             bread
          
           .
           Wee
           see
           with
           vs
           ,
           the
           roome
           wherein
           the
           Kings
           c●aire
           ,
           and
           other
           ensignes
           of
           State
           are
           placed
           ,
           is
           called
           
             the
             Chamber
             of
             presence
          
           ,
           although
           the
           King
           himselfe
           bee
           not
           there
           personally
           present
           :
           and
           as
           the
           rude
           and
           vndutifull
           behauiour
           of
           any
           in
           that
           place
           ,
           or
           the
           offering
           of
           any
           dis-respect
           to
           the
           Kings
           pourtraicture
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           Armes
           Royall
           ,
           or
           to
           any
           other
           thing
           that
           hath
           relation
           to
           his
           Maiesty
           ,
           is
           taken
           as
           a
           dishonour
           done
           vnto
           the
           King
           himselfe
           :
           so
           heere
           ,
           hee
           that
           eateth
           the
           bread
           ,
           and
           drinketh
           the
           cup
           of
           the
           Lord
           vnworthily
           ,
           
           is
           accounted
           guilty
           of
           offering
           indignity
           to
           the
           
             body
             and
             blood
             of
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           In
           this
           sort
           wee
           acknowledge
           Sacraments
           to
           be
           signes
           ;
           but
           bare
           signes
           we
           denie
           them
           to
           bee
           :
           seales
           they
           are
           ,
           as
           vvell
           as
           signes
           of
           the
           Couenant
           of
           grace
           .
           As
           it
           vvas
           therefore
           said
           of
           Iohn
           the
           Baptist
           ,
           that
           he
           vvas
           
             a
             Prophet
          
           ,
           
           
             and
             more
             then
             a
             Prophet
          
           :
           so
           must
           vve
           say
           of
           Sacraments
           ,
           that
           they
           be
           signes
           ,
           and
           more
           then
           signes
           ;
           euen
           pledges
           and
           assurances
           of
           the
           interest
           vvhich
           vvee
           haue
           in
           the
           heauenly
           things
           that
           are
           represented
           by
           them
           .
           He
           that
           hath
           in
           his
           chamber
           the
           picture
           of
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           hath
           but
           a
           bare
           signe
           ;
           vvhich
           possibly
           may
           make
           him
           thinke
           of
           that
           King
           vvhen
           hee
           looketh
           on
           it
           ,
           but
           shevveth
           not
           that
           hee
           hath
           any
           manner
           of
           interest
           in
           him
           .
           It
           is
           othervvise
           vvith
           him
           that
           hath
           the
           Kings
           great
           Seale
           for
           the
           confirmation
           of
           the
           title
           that
           hee
           hath
           vnto
           all
           the
           
           lands
           and
           liuelihood
           which
           he
           doth
           inioy
           .
           And
           as
           heere
           ,
           the
           waxe
           that
           is
           affixed
           to
           those
           letters
           Patents
           ,
           howsoeuer
           for
           substance
           it
           bee
           the
           very
           same
           with
           that
           which
           is
           to
           be
           found
           euery
           where
           ,
           yet
           being
           applyed
           to
           this
           vse
           ,
           is
           of
           more
           worth
           to
           the
           Patentee
           ,
           then
           all
           the
           waxe
           in
           the
           country
           beside
           :
           so
           standeth
           it
           with
           the
           outward
           elements
           in
           the
           matter
           of
           the
           Sacrament
           .
           The
           bread
           and
           wine
           are
           not
           changed
           in
           substance
           from
           being
           the
           same
           with
           that
           which
           is
           serued
           at
           ordinary
           tables
           :
           but
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           sacred
           vse
           whereunto
           they
           are
           consecrated
           ,
           such
           a
           change
           is
           made
           ,
           that
           now
           they
           differ
           as
           much
           from
           common
           bread
           and
           wine
           ,
           as
           heauen
           from
           earth
           .
           Neither
           are
           they
           to
           be
           accounted
           barely
           significatiue
           ,
           but
           truly
           exhibitiue
           also
           of
           those
           heauenly
           things
           whereto
           they
           haue
           relation
           :
           as
           being
           appoynted
           by
           God
           to
           bee
           a
           meanes
           of
           conueying
           the
           same
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           and
           putting
           vs
           in
           actuall
           possession
           thereof
           .
           So
           that
           in
           the
           vse
           of
           this
           holy
           ordinance
           ,
           as
           verily
           as
           a
           man
           with
           his
           bodily
           hand
           and
           mouth
           receiueth
           the
           earthly
           creatures
           ;
           so
           verily
           doth
           he
           with
           his
           spirituall
           hand
           and
           mouth
           (
           if
           any
           such
           he
           haue
           )
           receiue
           the
           body
           and
           blood
           of
           Christ.
           
        
         
           And
           this
           is
           that
           
             reall
             and
             substantiall
          
           presence
           ,
           which
           wee
           affirmed
           to
           be
           in
           the
           inward
           part
           of
           this
           sacred
           action
           .
           For
           the
           better
           conceiuing
           of
           which
           mystery
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           inquire
           ,
           first
           ,
           what
           the
           thing
           is
           which
           wee
           doe
           heere
           receiue
           ;
           secondly
           ,
           how
           and
           in
           what
           manner
           we
           are
           made
           partakers
           of
           it
           .
           Touching
           the
           first
           ,
           the
           truth
           which
           must
           be
           held
           ,
           is
           this
           :
           that
           wee
           doe
           not
           here
           receiue
           onely
           
           the
           benefits
           that
           flow
           from
           Christ
           ;
           but
           the
           very
           
             body
             and
             blood
             of
             Christ
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           Christ
           himselfe
           crucified
           .
           For
           as
           none
           can
           bee
           made
           partaker
           of
           the
           vertue
           of
           the
           bread
           and
           wine
           to
           his
           bodily
           sustenance
           ,
           vnlesse
           he
           first
           doe
           receiue
           the
           substance
           of
           those
           creatures
           :
           so
           neither
           can
           any
           participate
           in
           the
           benefits
           arising
           from
           Christ
           to
           his
           spirituall
           reliefe
           ,
           except
           he
           first
           haue
           communion
           with
           Christ
           himselfe
           .
           We
           must
           a
           
             haue
             the
             Sonne
          
           ,
           before
           wee
           
             haue
             life
          
           :
           and
           therefore
           b
           eate
           him
           we
           must
           ,
           as
           himselfe
           speaketh
           )
           that
           is
           ,
           as
           truly
           bee
           made
           partakers
           of
           him
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           of
           our
           ordinary
           food
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           liue
           by
           him
           .
           As
           there
           is
           a
           giuing
           of
           him
           on
           Gods
           part
           (
           for
           c
           
             vnto
             vs
             a
             Sonne
             is
             giuen
          
           ;
           )
           so
           there
           must
           bee
           a
           receiuing
           of
           him
           on
           our
           part
           :
           for
           d
           
             as
             many
             as
             reciued
             him
             ,
             to
             them
             gaue
             hee
             power
             to
             become
             the
             sonnes
             of
             God.
          
           And
           as
           wee
           are
           e
           
             called
             by
             God
             vnto
             the
             communion
             of
             his
             Sonne
             Iesus
             Christ
             our
             Lord
             :
          
           so
           if
           we
           doe
           heare
           his
           voyce
           ,
           and
           not
           harden
           our
           hearts
           by
           vnbeliefe
           ,
           wee
           are
           indeed
           made
           f
           
             partakers
             of
             Christ.
          
           This
           is
           that
           
             great
             mystery
          
           (
           for
           so
           the
           Apostle
           termeth
           it
           )
           of
           our
           vnion
           with
           Christ
           ,
           whereby
           we
           are
           made
           
             members
             of
             his
             body
             ,
             of
             his
             flesh
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             bones
             :
          
           
           and
           this
           is
           that
           
             eating
             of
             the
             flesh
             of
             the
             Sonne
             of
             man
             ,
             and
             drinking
             of
             his
             blood
             ,
          
           which
           our
           Sauiour
           insisteth
           so
           much
           vpon
           ,
           in
           the
           sixth
           of
           Iohn
           .
        
         
           Where
           if
           any
           man
           shall
           demand
           ,
           (
           that
           I
           may
           now
           come
           vnto
           the
           second
           poynt
           of
           our
           inquiry
           )
           
             How
             can
             this
             man
             giue
             vs
             his
             flesh
             to
             eate
             ?
          
           
           He
           must
           beware
           that
           he
           come
           not
           pre-occupied
           with
           such
           dull
           conceits
           as
           they
           were
           possessed
           withall
           ,
           who
           
           moued
           that
           question
           there
           ;
           hee
           must
           not
           thinke
           that
           we
           cannot
           truly
           feed
           on
           Christ
           ,
           vnlesse
           we
           receiue
           him
           within
           our
           iawes
           :
           (
           for
           that
           is
           as
           grosse
           an
           imagination
           as
           that
           of
           Nicodemus
           ,
           who
           could
           not
           conceiue
           how
           a
           man
           could
           bee
           
             borne
             againe
          
           ,
           vnlesse
           he
           should
           
             enter
             the
             second
             time
             into
             his
             mothers
             wombe
          
           :
           )
           
           but
           must
           consider
           that
           the
           
             eating
             and
             drinking
          
           which
           our
           Sauiour
           speaketh
           of
           ,
           must
           be
           answerable
           to
           the
           
             hungring
             and
             thirsting
          
           ,
           for
           the
           quenching
           whereof
           this
           heauenly
           Banquet
           is
           prouided
           .
           Marke
           well
           the
           words
           which
           he
           vseth
           ,
           toward
           the
           beginning
           of
           his
           discourse
           concerning
           this
           argument
           .
           
           
             I
             am
             the
             bread
             of
             life
             ,
             hee
             that
             commeth
             to
             me
             ,
             shall
             neuer
             hunger
             ;
             and
             hee
             that
             beleeueth
             on
             me
             ,
             shall
             neuer
             thirst
             .
             But
             I
             said
             vnto
             you
             ,
             that
             ye
             also
             haue
             seene
             me
             ,
             and
             beleeue
             not
             .
          
           And
           compare
           them
           with
           those
           in
           the
           end
           :
           
           
             It
             is
             the
             Spirit
             that
             quickeneth
             ,
             the
             flesh
             profiteth
             nothing
             :
             the
             words
             that
             I
             speake
             vnto
             you
             ,
             they
             are
             spirit
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             life
             .
             But
             there
             are
             some
             of
             you
             that
             beleeue
             not
             .
          
           Now
           obserue
           ,
           that
           such
           as
           our
           hungring
           is
           ,
           such
           is
           our
           eating
           .
           But
           euery
           one
           will
           confesse
           ,
           that
           the
           hunger
           heere
           spoken
           of
           ,
           is
           not
           corporall
           ,
           but
           spirituall
           :
           Why
           then
           should
           any
           man
           dreame
           heere
           of
           a
           corporall
           eating
           ?
           Againe
           ,
           the
           corporall
           eating
           ,
           if
           a
           man
           might
           haue
           it
           ,
           would
           not
           auaile
           any
           thing
           to
           the
           slaking
           of
           this
           hunger
           ;
           nay
           ,
           we
           are
           expressely
           told
           ,
           that
           
             the
             flesh
          
           thus
           taken
           (
           for
           so
           we
           must
           vnderstand
           it
           )
           
             profiteth
             nothing
          
           ,
           a
           man
           should
           neuer
           be
           the
           better
           ,
           nor
           one
           iot
           the
           holier
           ,
           nor
           any
           whit
           further
           from
           the
           second
           death
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           filled
           his
           belly
           with
           it
           .
           But
           that
           
           manner
           of
           feeding
           on
           this
           flesh
           ,
           which
           Christ
           himselfe
           commendeth
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           is
           of
           such
           profit
           ,
           that
           it
           preserueth
           the
           eater
           from
           death
           ,
           
           and
           maketh
           him
           to
           liue
           for
           euer
           .
           It
           is
           not
           therefore
           such
           an
           eating
           ,
           that
           euery
           man
           who
           bringeth
           a
           bodily
           mouth
           with
           him
           may
           attaine
           vnto
           :
           but
           it
           is
           of
           a
           farre
           higher
           nature
           ;
           namely
           ,
           a
           spirituall
           vniting
           of
           vs
           vnto
           Christ
           ,
           whereby
           he
           dwelleth
           in
           vs
           ,
           and
           we
           liue
           by
           him
           .
        
         
           If
           any
           doe
           further
           inquire
           ,
           how
           it
           is
           possible
           that
           any
           such
           vnion
           should
           be
           ,
           seeing
           the
           body
           of
           Christ
           is
           in
           heauen
           ,
           and
           wee
           are
           vpon
           earth
           ?
           I
           answere
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           manner
           of
           this
           coniunction
           were
           carnall
           and
           corporall
           ,
           it
           would
           bee
           indeed
           necessary
           that
           the
           things
           conioyned
           should
           bee
           admitted
           to
           bee
           in
           the
           same
           place
           :
           but
           it
           being
           altogether
           spirituall
           and
           supernaturall
           ,
           no
           locall
           presence
           ,
           no
           physicall
           nor
           mathematicall
           continuity
           or
           contiguity
           is
           any
           way
           requisite
           thereunto
           .
           It
           is
           sufficient
           for
           the
           making
           of
           a
           reall
           vnion
           in
           this
           kinde
           ,
           that
           Christ
           and
           we
           (
           though
           neuer
           so
           farre
           distant
           in
           place
           each
           from
           other
           )
           bee
           knit
           together
           by
           those
           spirituall
           ligatures
           ,
           which
           are
           intimated
           vnto
           vs
           in
           the
           words
           alledged
           out
           of
           the
           sixth
           of
           Iohn
           :
           to
           wit
           ,
           the
           
             quickening
             Spirit
          
           descending
           downeward
           from
           the
           Head
           ,
           to
           be
           in
           vs
           a
           fountaine
           of
           supernaturall
           life
           ;
           and
           a
           
             liuely
             faith
          
           (
           wrought
           by
           the
           same
           Spirit
           )
           ascending
           from
           vs
           vpward
           ,
           to
           lay
           fast
           hold
           vpon
           him
           ,
           who
           
             hauing
             by
             himselfe
             purged
             our
             sinnes
             ,
             sitteth
             on
             the
             right
             hand
             of
             the
             Maiesty
             on
             high
             .
          
           
        
         
           First
           therefore
           ,
           for
           the
           communion
           of
           the
           
           Spirit
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           ground
           and
           foundation
           of
           this
           spirituall
           vnion
           ;
           let
           vs
           call
           to
           minde
           what
           we
           haue
           read
           in
           Gods
           Booke
           :
           that
           Christ
           ,
           the
           second
           Adam
           ,
           was
           made
           a
           
             a
             quickening
             spirit
          
           :
           and
           that
           he
           b
           
             quickeneth
             whom
             he
             will
          
           :
           that
           vnto
           him
           c
           
             God
             hath
             giuen
             the
             Spirit
             without
             measure
             :
          
           and
           d
           
             of
             his
             fulnesse
             haue
             all
             we
             receiued
             :
          
           that
           e
           
             he
             that
             is
             ioyned
             vnto
             the
             Lord
             ,
             is
             one
             Spirit
             :
          
           and
           that
           f
           
             heereby
             wee
             know
             that
             we
             dwell
             in
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             in
             vs
             ,
             because
             hee
             hath
             giuen
             vs
             his
             Spirit
             .
          
           By
           all
           which
           it
           doth
           appeare
           ,
           that
           the
           mystery
           of
           our
           vnion
           with
           Christ
           consisteth
           mainly
           in
           this
           :
           that
           the
           selfe-same
           Spirit
           which
           is
           in
           him
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Head
           ,
           is
           so
           deriued
           from
           him
           into
           euery
           one
           of
           his
           true
           members
           ,
           that
           thereby
           they
           are
           animated
           and
           quickened
           to
           a
           spirituall
           life
           .
           We
           reade
           in
           the
           first
           of
           Ezekiel
           ,
           of
           foure
           liuing
           creatures
           ,
           and
           of
           foure
           wheeles
           standing
           by
           them
           .
           
             When
             those
             went
          
           ,
           (
           saith
           the
           Text
           )
           
             these
             went
             ;
             and
             when
             those
             stood
             ,
             these
             stood
             :
             and
             when
             those
             were
             lifted
             vp
             from
             the
             earth
             ,
             the
             wheeles
             were
             lifted
             vp
             ouer
             against
             them
             .
          
           Hee
           that
           should
           behold
           such
           a
           vision
           as
           this
           ,
           would
           easily
           conclude
           by
           that
           which
           he
           saw
           ,
           that
           some
           inuisible
           bands
           there
           were
           by
           which
           these
           wheeles
           and
           liuing
           creatures
           were
           ioyned
           together
           ,
           howsoeuer
           none
           did
           outwardly
           appeare
           vnto
           the
           eye
           :
           and
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           ,
           to
           giue
           vs
           satisfaction
           heerein
           ,
           discouereth
           the
           secret
           ,
           by
           yeelding
           this
           for
           the
           reason
           of
           this
           strange
           connexion
           ;
           that
           
             the
             spirit
             of
             the
             liuing
             creature
             was
             in
             the
             wheeles
             ,
          
           Ezek.
           1.21
           .
           From
           whence
           wee
           may
           inferre
           ,
           that
           things
           may
           truly
           be
           conioyned
           together
           ,
           though
           the
           manner
           
           of
           the
           coniunction
           bee
           not
           corporall
           :
           and
           that
           things
           distant
           in
           place
           may
           be
           vnited
           together
           ,
           by
           hauing
           the
           spirit
           of
           the
           one
           communicated
           vnto
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           if
           we
           marke
           it
           well
           ,
           we
           shall
           finde
           it
           to
           be
           thus
           in
           euery
           of
           our
           owne
           bodies
           :
           that
           the
           formall
           reason
           of
           the
           vnion
           of
           the
           members
           consisteth
           not
           in
           the
           continuity
           of
           the
           parts
           (
           though
           that
           also
           be
           requisite
           to
           the
           vnity
           of
           a
           naturall
           body
           :
           )
           but
           in
           the
           animation
           thereof
           by
           one
           and
           the
           same
           spirit
           .
           If
           we
           should
           suppose
           a
           body
           to
           be
           as
           high
           as
           the
           heauens
           ,
           that
           the
           head
           thereof
           should
           be
           where
           Christ
           our
           Head
           is
           ,
           and
           the
           feet
           where
           we
           his
           members
           are
           :
           no
           sooner
           could
           that
           head
           thinke
           of
           mouing
           one
           of
           the
           toes
           ,
           but
           instantly
           the
           thing
           would
           be
           done
           ,
           without
           any
           impediment
           giuen
           by
           that
           huge
           distance
           of
           the
           one
           from
           the
           other
           .
           And
           why
           ?
           because
           the
           same
           soule
           that
           is
           in
           the
           head
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           fountaine
           of
           sence
           and
           motion
           ,
           is
           present
           likewise
           in
           the
           lowest
           member
           of
           the
           body
           .
           But
           if
           it
           should
           so
           fall
           out
           ,
           that
           this
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           member
           proued
           to
           be
           mortified
           ,
           it
           presently
           would
           cease
           to
           bee
           a
           member
           of
           that
           body
           ;
           the
           corporall
           coniunction
           and
           continuity
           with
           the
           other
           parts
           notwithstanding
           .
           And
           euen
           thus
           is
           it
           in
           Christ
           ;
           although
           in
           regard
           of
           his
           corporall
           presence
           ,
           
           
             the
             heauen
             must
             receiue
             him
             ,
             vntill
             the
             times
             of
             the
             restitution
             of
             all
             things
             :
          
           yet
           is
           he
           here
           
             with
             vs
             alway
             ,
             euen
             vnto
             the
             end
             of
             the
             world
             ,
          
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           presence
           of
           his
           Spirit
           ;
           
           by
           the
           vitall
           influence
           whereof
           from
           him
           ,
           as
           from
           the
           Head
           ,
           
             the
             whole
             body
             is
             fitly
             ioyned
             together
             ,
          
           
           
           
             and
             compacted
             by
             that
             which
             euery
             ioynt
             supplieth
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             effectuall
             working
             in
             the
             measure
             of
             euery
             part
             .
          
           Which
           quickening
           Spirit
           if
           it
           be
           wanting
           in
           any
           ,
           no
           externall
           communion
           with
           Christ
           or
           his
           Church
           ,
           can
           make
           him
           a
           true
           member
           of
           this
           mysticall
           body
           :
           this
           being
           a
           most
           sure
           principle
           ,
           that
           
             He
             which
             hath
             not
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             ,
             is
             none
             of
             his
             ,
          
           Rom.
           8.9
           .
        
         
           Now
           among
           all
           the
           graces
           that
           are
           wrought
           in
           vs
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           ,
           the
           soule
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           that
           whereby
           a
           
             the
             iust
             doth
             liue
          
           ,
           is
           Faith.
           b
           
             For
             we
             through
             the
             Spirit
             waite
             for
             the
             hope
             of
             righteousnesse
             by
             faith
             ,
          
           saith
           S.
           Paul
           to
           the
           Galatians
           .
           And
           againe
           :
           c
           
             I
             liue
             ,
             yet
             not
             I
             ,
             but
             Christ
             liueth
             in
             me
             ;
             and
             the
             life
             which
             I
             now
             liue
             in
             the
             flesh
             ,
             I
             liue
             by
             the
             faith
             of
             the
             Sonne
             of
             God
             ,
             who
             loued
             me
             ,
             and
             gaue
             himselfe
             for
             me
             .
          
           By
           faith
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           wee
           doe
           d
           receiue
           Christ
           :
           and
           so
           likewise
           e
           Christ
           
             dwelleth
             in
             our
             hearts
             by
             faith
             .
          
           Faith
           therefore
           is
           that
           spirituall
           mouth
           in
           vs
           ,
           whereby
           wee
           
             eate
             the
             flesh
             of
             the
             Sonne
             of
             man
             ,
             and
             drinke
             his
             blood
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           Apostle
           expresseth
           it
           without
           the
           trope
           )
           f
           
             are
             made
             partakers
             of
             Christ
          
           :
           he
           being
           by
           this
           meanes
           as
           truly
           ,
           and
           euery
           wayes
           as
           effectually
           made
           ours
           ,
           as
           the
           meate
           and
           drinke
           which
           we
           receiue
           into
           our
           naturall
           bodies
           .
        
         
           But
           you
           will
           say
           ,
           If
           this
           be
           all
           the
           matter
           ,
           what
           doe
           we
           get
           by
           comming
           to
           the
           Sacrament
           ?
           seeing
           we
           haue
           faith
           ,
           and
           the
           quickening
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           before
           wee
           come
           thither
           .
           To
           this
           I
           answere
           :
           that
           the
           Spirit
           is
           receiued
           in
           diuers
           measures
           ,
           and
           faith
           bestowed
           vpon
           vs
           in
           different
           degrees
           ;
           
           by
           reason
           whereof
           our
           coniunction
           with
           Christ
           may
           euery
           day
           bee
           made
           straiter
           ,
           and
           the
           hold
           which
           we
           take
           of
           him
           firmer
           .
           To
           receiue
           the
           Spirit
           g
           
             not
             by
             measure
          
           ,
           is
           the
           priuiledge
           of
           our
           Head
           :
           we
           that
           h
           
             receiue
             out
             of
             his
             fulnesse
          
           ,
           haue
           not
           our
           portion
           of
           grace
           deliuered
           vnto
           vs
           all
           at
           once
           ,
           but
           must
           daily
           looke
           for
           i
           
             supply
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Iesus
             Christ.
          
           So
           also
           ,
           while
           we
           are
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           k
           
             the
             righteousnesse
             of
             God
             is
             reuealed
          
           vnto
           vs
           
             from
             faith
             to
             faith
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           from
           one
           degree
           and
           measure
           of
           it
           to
           another
           :
           and
           consequently
           ,
           we
           must
           still
           labour
           to
           l
           
             perfect
             that
             which
             is
             lacking
             in
             our
             faith
             ,
          
           and
           euermore
           pray
           with
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           m
           
             Lord
             increase
             our
             faith
          
           .
           n
           As
           wee
           haue
           therefore
           
             receiued
             Christ
             Iesus
             the
             Lord
          
           ,
           so
           must
           wee
           
             walke
             in
             him
             ;
             rooted
             and
             built
             vp
             in
             him
             ,
             and
             stablished
             in
             the
             faith
             :
          
           that
           wee
           o
           
             may
             grow
             vp
             into
             him
             in
             all
             things
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Head.
          
           And
           to
           this
           end
           God
           hath
           ordained
           publike
           officers
           in
           his
           Church
           ,
           p
           
             for
             the
             perfecting
             of
             the
             Saints
             for
             the
             worke
             of
             the
             ministery
             ,
             for
             the
             edifying
             of
             the
             body
             of
             Christ
             ,
             till
             we
             all
             come
             in
             the
             vnity
             of
             the
             faith
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             Sonne
             of
             God
             ,
             vnto
             a
             perfect
             man
             ,
             vnto
             the
             measure
             of
             the
             stature
             of
             the
             fulnesse
             of
             Christ
             :
          
           and
           hath
           accordingly
           q
           
             made
             them
             able
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Spirit
             that
             quickeneth
             ,
          
           and
           r
           
             Ministers
             by
             whom
             we
             should
             beleeue
             ,
             euen
             as
             the
             Lord
             shall
             giue
             to
             euery
             man.
          
           When
           wee
           haue
           therefore
           receiued
           s
           the
           Spirit
           and
           t
           Faith
           (
           and
           so
           spirituall
           life
           )
           by
           their
           ministery
           ,
           we
           are
           not
           there
           to
           rest
           ;
           but
           u
           
             as
             new
             borne
             babes
             we
             must
             desire
             the
             sincere
             milke
             of
             the
             Word
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             grow
             thereby
             :
          
           and
           as
           growne
           
           men
           too
           ,
           wee
           must
           desire
           to
           be
           fed
           at
           the
           Lords
           Table
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           strength
           of
           that
           spirituall
           repast
           we
           may
           be
           inabled
           to
           doe
           the
           Lords
           worke
           ,
           and
           may
           continually
           be
           nourished
           vp
           thereby
           in
           the
           life
           of
           grace
           ,
           vnto
           the
           life
           of
           glory
           .
        
         
           Neither
           must
           we
           heere
           with
           a
           fleshly
           eye
           looke
           vpon
           the
           meanenesse
           of
           the
           outward
           elements
           ,
           and
           haue
           this
           faithlesse
           thought
           in
           our
           hearts
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           likelihood
           ,
           a
           bit
           of
           bread
           ,
           and
           a
           draught
           of
           wine
           should
           be
           able
           to
           produce
           such
           heauenly
           effects
           as
           these
           .
           For
           so
           we
           should
           prooue
           our selues
           to
           be
           no
           wiser
           than
           Naaman
           the
           Syrian
           was
           ,
           
           who
           hauing
           receiued
           direction
           from
           the
           man
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           wash
           in
           Iordan
           seuen
           times
           ,
           to
           be
           cleansed
           of
           his
           Leprosie
           ;
           replied
           with
           indignation
           ,
           
             Are
             not
             Abana
             and
             Pharpar
             ,
             riuers
             of
             Damascus
             ,
             better
             then
             all
             the
             waters
             of
             Israel
             ?
             May
             I
             not
             wash
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             be
             cleane
             ?
          
           But
           as
           his
           seruāts
           did
           soberly
           aduise
           him
           then
           ,
           
             If
             the
             Prophet
             had
             bid
             thee
             doe
             some
             great
             thing
             ,
             wouldest
             thou
             not
             haue
             done
             it
             ?
             How
             much
             rather
             then
             ,
             when
             hee
             saith
             to
             thee
             ,
             Wash
             and
             be
             cleane
             ?
          
           So
           giue
           mee
           leaue
           to
           say
           vnto
           you
           now
           :
           If
           the
           Lord
           had
           commanded
           vs
           to
           doe
           some
           great
           thing
           ,
           for
           the
           attaining
           of
           so
           high
           a
           good
           ;
           should
           not
           we
           willingly
           haue
           done
           it
           ?
           How
           much
           rather
           then
           ,
           when
           hee
           biddeth
           vs
           to
           eate
           the
           bread
           ,
           and
           drinke
           the
           wine
           that
           he
           hath
           prouided
           for
           vs
           at
           his
           owne
           Table
           ,
           that
           by
           his
           blessing
           thereupon
           wee
           may
           grow
           in
           grace
           ,
           and
           be
           preserued
           both
           in
           body
           and
           soule
           vnto
           euerlasting
           life
           ?
        
         
           True
           it
           is
           indeed
           ,
           these
           outward
           creatures
           haue
           
           no
           naturall
           power
           in
           them
           to
           effect
           so
           great
           a
           worke
           as
           this
           is
           ,
           no
           more
           then
           the
           water
           of
           Iordan
           had
           to
           recouer
           the
           Leper
           :
           but
           the
           worke
           wrought
           by
           these
           meanes
           ,
           is
           supernaturall
           ;
           and
           God
           hath
           been
           pleased
           in
           the
           dispensation
           both
           of
           the
           Word
           and
           of
           the
           Sacraments
           so
           to
           ordaine
           it
           ,
           that
           these
           heauenly
           treasures
           should
           bee
           presented
           vnto
           vs
           
             in
             earthen
             vessels
          
           ,
           
           
             that
             the
             excellency
             of
             the
             power
             might
             be
             of
             God.
          
           As
           therefore
           in
           the
           preaching
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           the
           Minister
           doth
           not
           
             dare
             verba
          
           ,
           and
           beate
           the
           aire
           with
           a
           fruitlesse
           found
           ,
           but
           the
           words
           that
           hee
           speaketh
           vnto
           vs
           are
           Spirit
           and
           life
           ;
           
             God
             being
             pleased
             by
             the
             foolishnesse
             of
             preaching
             ,
             to
             saue
             them
             that
             beleeue
             :
          
           
           so
           likewise
           in
           the
           administration
           of
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           ,
           he
           doth
           not
           feed
           vs
           with
           bare
           bread
           and
           wine
           ,
           but
           if
           we
           haue
           the
           life
           of
           faith
           in
           vs
           ,
           (
           for
           still
           we
           must
           remember
           that
           this
           Table
           is
           prouided
           not
           for
           the
           dead
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           liuing
           )
           and
           come
           worthily
           ,
           
           
             the
             Cup
             of
             blessing
             which
             he
             blesseth
             ,
          
           will
           be
           vnto
           vs
           
             the
             communion
             of
             the
             blood
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           
             the
             bread
             which
             hee
             breaketh
             ,
             the
             communion
             of
             the
             body
             of
             Christ
             :
          
           of
           which
           precious
           body
           and
           blood
           wee
           being
           really
           made
           partakers
           ,
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           truth
           and
           indeed
           ,
           and
           not
           in
           imagination
           onely
           )
           although
           in
           a
           spirituall
           and
           not
           a
           corporall
           manner
           ;
           the
           Lord
           doth
           
             grant
             vs
          
           ,
           
           
             according
             to
             the
             riches
             of
             his
             glory
             ,
             to
             bee
             strengthened
             with
             might
             by
             his
             Spirit
             in
             the
             inner
             man
             ,
          
           that
           we
           may
           
             bee
             filled
             with
             all
             the
             fulnesse
             of
             God.
          
           For
           the
           Sacraments
           (
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Word
           )
           be
           a
           part
           of
           that
           
             ministration
             of
             the
             Spirit
          
           ,
           
           which
           is
           committed
           to
           the
           
             Ministers
             of
             the
             
             New
             Testament
             :
          
           for
           as
           much
           as
           
             by
             one
             Spirit
          
           ,
           (
           as
           before
           we
           haue
           heard
           from
           the
           Apostle
           )
           
             wee
             haue
             been
             all
             baptized
             into
             one
             body
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             haue
             been
             all
             made
             to
             drinke
             into
             one
             Spirit
             .
          
        
         
           And
           thus
           haue
           I
           finished
           the
           first
           part
           of
           my
           taske
           ,
           my
           
             Congregatio
             homogeneorum
          
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           call
           it
           )
           the
           knitting
           together
           of
           those
           that
           appertaine
           to
           the
           same
           body
           ,
           both
           with
           their
           fellovv-members
           ,
           and
           vvith
           their
           Head
           :
           vvhich
           is
           the
           thing
           laid
           dovvne
           in
           the
           expresse
           vvords
           of
           my
           Text.
           It
           remaineth
           novv
           that
           I
           proceed
           to
           the
           Apostles
           application
           hereof
           vnto
           the
           argument
           hee
           hath
           in
           hand
           ,
           vvhich
           is
           
             Segregatio
             heterogeneorum
          
           ,
           a
           disseuering
           of
           those
           that
           bee
           not
           of
           the
           same
           communion
           ;
           that
           the
           faithfull
           may
           not
           partake
           vvith
           Idolaters
           ,
           by
           countenancing
           ,
           or
           any
           vvay
           ioyning
           vvith
           them
           in
           their
           vngodly
           courses
           .
           For
           that
           this
           is
           the
           maine
           scope
           at
           vvhich
           S.
           Paul
           aimeth
           in
           his
           treating
           here
           of
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           is
           euident
           both
           by
           that
           vvhich
           goeth
           before
           in
           the
           19.
           vers
           .
           
             Wherefore
             my
             deareby
             beloued
             ,
             flee
             from
             Idolatry
             :
          
           and
           that
           vvhich
           follovveth
           in
           the
           21.
           
           
             Yee
             cannot
             drinke
             the
             Cup
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             the
             cup
             of
             diuels
             ;
             ye
             cannot
             be
             partakers
             of
             the
             Lords
             Table
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             table
             of
             diuels
             .
          
        
         
           Whereby
           vve
           may
           collect
           thus
           much
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           is
           a
           seale
           of
           our
           coniunction
           one
           vvith
           another
           ,
           and
           vvith
           Christ
           our
           Head
           ;
           so
           is
           it
           an
           euidence
           of
           our
           dis-iunction
           from
           Idolaters
           ,
           binding
           vs
           to
           dis-auovv
           all
           communion
           vvith
           them
           in
           their
           false
           vvorship
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           the
           one
           must
           necessarily
           follovv
           vpon
           the
           other
           :
           
           considering
           the
           nature
           of
           this
           hainous
           sinne
           of
           Idolatry
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           it
           can
           no
           wayes
           stand
           with
           the
           fellowship
           which
           a
           Christian
           man
           ought
           to
           haue
           ,
           both
           with
           the
           Head
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           To
           this
           purpose
           ,
           in
           the
           sixth
           of
           the
           second
           to
           the
           Corinthians
           we
           reade
           thus
           :
           
             What
             agreement
             hath
             the
             Temple
             of
             God
             with
             Idols
             ?
          
           
           
             for
             ye
             are
             the
             Temple
             of
             the
             liuing
             God
             ,
             as
             God
             hath
             said
             ,
             I
             will
             dwell
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             walke
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             bee
             their
             God
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             be
             my
             people
             .
             Wherefore
             come
             out
             from
             among
             the
             ,
             &
             be
             ye
             separate
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             touch
             not
             the
             vncleane
             thing
             ;
             and
             I
             will
             receiue
             you
             .
          
           And
           in
           the
           2.
           
           Chap.
           of
           the
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Colossians
           :
           
             Let
             no
             man
             beguile
             you
             of
             your
             reward
             ,
          
           
           
             in
             a
             voluntary
             humility
             ,
             and
             worshipping
             of
             Angels
             ,
             intruding
             into
             those
             things
             which
             he
             hath
             not
             seene
             ,
             vainely
             puft
             vp
             by
             his
             fleshly
             minde
             :
             and
             not
             holding
             the
             head
             ,
             from
             which
             all
             the
             body
             by
             ioynts
             and
             bands
             hauing
             nourishment
             ministred
             ,
             and
             knit
             together
             ,
             increaseth
             with
             the
             increase
             of
             God.
          
           In
           which
           words
           the
           Apostle
           sheweth
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           that
           such
           as
           vnder
           pretence
           of
           humility
           were
           drawne
           to
           the
           worshipping
           of
           Angels
           ,
           did
           
             not
             hold
             the
             Head
          
           ,
           and
           consequently
           could
           not
           retaine
           communion
           with
           the
           body
           ,
           which
           receiueth
           his
           whole
           growth
           from
           thence
           .
           Answerably
           whereunto
           the
           Fathers
           assembled
           out
           of
           diuers
           prouinces
           of
           Asia
           in
           the
           Synode
           held
           at
           Laodicea
           ,
           (
           not
           farre
           from
           the
           Colossians
           )
           did
           solemnely
           conclude
           ,
           that
           a
           
             Christians
             ought
             not
             to
             forsake
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             goe
             and
             inuocate
             Angels
             ,
          
           and
           pronounced
           an
           anathema
           against
           any
           that
           should
           bee
           found
           to
           doe
           so
           ,
           
           b
           because
           (
           say
           they
           )
           
             he
             hath
             forsaken
             our
             Lord
             Iesus
             Christ
             ,
             the
             Sonne
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             giuen
             himselfe
             to
             Idolatry
             :
          
           declaring
           plainly
           ,
           that
           by
           this
           idolatrous
           inuocation
           of
           Angels
           ,
           a
           discession
           was
           made
           both
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           they
           note
           in
           the
           beginning
           ,
           and
           from
           Christ
           the
           Head
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           as
           they
           obserue
           in
           the
           end
           of
           their
           Canon
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           further
           vnderstanding
           of
           this
           particular
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           be
           amisse
           to
           consider
           what
           Theodoret
           ,
           a
           famous
           Bishop
           of
           the
           ancient
           Church
           ,
           hath
           written
           of
           this
           matter
           in
           his
           Commentary
           vpon
           the
           second
           to
           the
           Colossians
           ,
           
             They
             that
             defended
             the
             Law
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             induced
             thē
             also
             to
             worship
             the
             Angels
             ,
             saying
             that
             the
             Law
             was
             giuen
             by
             them
             .
             And
             this
             vice
             continued
             in
             Phrygia
             ,
             and
             Pisidia
             for
             a
             long
             time
             :
             for
             which
             cause
             also
             the
             Synod
             assembled
             in
             Laodicea
             the
             chiefe
             City
             of
             Phyrgia
             ,
             for
             bad
             them
             by
             a
             Law
             ,
             to
             pray
             vnto
             Angels
             .
             And
             euen
             to
             this
             day
             among
             them
             and
             their
             borderers
             ,
             there
             are
             Oratories
             of
             Saint
          
           Michael
           
             to
             be
             seene
             .
             This
             therefore
             did
             they
             counsell
             should
             be
             done
             ,
             vsing
             humility
             ,
             and
             saying
             ,
             that
             the
             God
             of
             all
             was
             inuisible
             ,
             and
             inaccessible
             ,
             and
             incomprehensible
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             was
             fit
             men
             should
             get
             Gods
             fauour
             by
             the
             meanes
             of
             Angels
             .
          
           And
           this
           is
           it
           which
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           ,
           
             In
             humility
             ,
             and
             worshipping
             of
             Angels
             .
          
           Thus
           farre
           Theodoret
           ,
           whom
           Cardinall
           Baronius
           discerning
           to
           come
           somwhat
           close
           vnto
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           touch
           the
           Idolatry
           of
           the
           Popish
           crue
           a
           little
           to
           the
           quicke
           ,
           leaueth
           the
           poore
           shifts
           wherewith
           his
           companions
           labour
           to
           obscure
           the
           light
           of
           this
           testimony
           ,
           and
           telleth
           
           vs
           plainely
           ,
           that
           c
           
             Theodoret
             ,
             by
             his
             leaue
             ,
             did
             not
             well
             vnderstand
             the
             meaning
             of
             Pauls
             words
             :
          
           and
           d
           that
           those
           Oratories
           of
           Saint
           Michael
           were
           erected
           
             anciently
             by
             Catholicks
          
           ,
           and
           not
           by
           those
           Hereticks
           which
           were
           condemned
           in
           the
           Councell
           of
           Laodicea
           ,
           as
           he
           mistooke
           the
           matter
           .
           As
           if
           any
           wise
           man
           would
           bee
           perswaded
           vpon
           his
           bare
           word
           ,
           that
           the
           memory
           of
           things
           done
           in
           Asia
           so
           long
           since
           ,
           should
           be
           more
           fresh
           in
           Rome
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           then
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Theodoret
           ,
           who
           liued
           twelue
           hundred
           yeeres
           agoe
           .
        
         
           Yet
           must
           I
           needs
           confesse
           ,
           that
           hee
           sheweth
           a
           little
           more
           modesty
           heerein
           then
           Bellarmine
           his
           fellow-Cardinall
           doth
           ;
           who
           would
           make
           vs
           beleeue
           ,
           that
           the
           place
           in
           the
           nineteenth
           of
           the
           Reuelation
           ,
           where
           the
           Angell
           saith
           to
           Saint
           Iohn
           that
           would
           haue
           worshipped
           him
           ,
           
             See
             thou
             doe
             it
             not
             ,
             I
             am
             thy
             fellow-seruant
             ,
             Worship
             God
          
           ;
           maketh
           for
           them
           ;
           and
           demandeth
           very
           soberly
           ,
           e
           
             why
             they
             should
             be
             reprehended
             ,
             who
             doe
             the
             same
             thing
             that
             Iohn
             did
             ?
          
           and
           ,
           
             whether
             the
             Caluinists
             knew
             better
             then
             Iohn
             ,
             whether
             Angels
             were
             to
             bee
             adored
             or
             no
             ?
          
           And
           as
           for
           inuocation
           of
           them
           ,
           he
           telleth
           vs
           ,
           that
           f
           Saint
           Iacob
           plainly
           prayed
           vnto
           an
           Angell
           ,
           in
           the
           48.
           of
           Genesis
           ,
           when
           in
           blessing
           the
           sonnes
           of
           Ioseph
           ,
           hee
           said
           ,
           
             The
             Angell
             which
             deliuered
             me
             from
             all
             euill
             ,
             blesse
             those
             children
             .
          
           Whom
           for
           answere
           we
           remit
           to
           Saint
           Cyril
           ,
           (
           in
           the
           first
           Chapter
           of
           the
           third
           booke
           of
           his
           Thesaurus
           )
           and
           intreate
           him
           to
           tell
           vs
           ,
           how
           neere
           of
           kinne
           hee
           is
           here
           to
           those
           Hereticks
           of
           whom
           S.
           Cyril
           there
           speaketh
           .
           His
           words
           bee
           these
           :
           
             That
             hee
             doth
             not
             
             meane
          
           (
           in
           that
           place
           ,
           Genes
           .
           48.16
           .
           )
           
             an
             Angell
             ,
             as
             the
          
           HERETICKES
           
             vnderstand
             it
             ,
             but
             the
             Sonne
             of
             God
             ,
             is
             manifest
             by
             this
             :
             that
             when
             hee
             had
             said
             ,
             [
             The
             Angel
             ,
             ]
             he
             presently
             addeth
             ,
             [
             who
             deliuered
             mee
             from
             all
             euils
             .
             ]
          
           Which
           S.
           Cyril
           presupposeth
           ,
           no
           good
           Christian
           will
           ascribe
           to
           any
           but
           to
           God
           alone
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           come
           more
           neere
           yet
           vnto
           that
           which
           is
           Idolatry
           most
           properly
           :
           An
           Idoll
           (
           we
           must
           vnderstand
           )
           in
           the
           exact
           propriety
           of
           the
           terme
           ,
           doth
           signifie
           any
           Image
           ;
           but
           according
           to
           the
           Ecclesiasticall
           vse
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           it
           noteth
           such
           an
           Image
           as
           is
           set
           vp
           for
           religious
           adoration
           .
           And
           in
           this
           later
           sence
           we
           charge
           the
           adherents
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           with
           grosse
           Idolatry
           :
           
           because
           that
           contrary
           to
           Gods
           expresse
           Commandement
           they
           are
           found
           to
           bee
           worshippers
           of
           Images
           .
           Neither
           will
           it
           auaile
           them
           heere
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           Idolatry
           forbidden
           in
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           is
           that
           onely
           which
           was
           vsed
           by
           Iewes
           and
           Pagans
           .
           The
           Apostle
           indeed
           in
           this
           place
           dehorting
           Christians
           from
           Idolatry
           ,
           propoundeth
           the
           fall
           of
           the
           Iewes
           in
           this
           kinde
           before
           their
           eyes
           :
           
           
             Neither
             be
             yee
             Idolaters
          
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             as
             some
             of
             them
          
           were
           .
           And
           so
           doth
           hee
           also
           adde
           concerning
           another
           sinne
           ,
           in
           the
           verse
           following
           :
           
             Neither
             let
             vs
             commit
             fornication
             ,
             as
             some
             of
             them
             committed
             .
          
           As
           well
           then
           might
           one
           pleade
           ,
           that
           Iewish
           or
           Heathenish
           fornication
           were
           here
           onely
           reprehended
           ,
           as
           Iewish
           or
           Heathenish
           Idolatry
           .
           But
           as
           the
           one
           is
           a
           foule
           sinne
           ,
           whether
           it
           bee
           committed
           by
           Iew
           ,
           Pagan
           ,
           or
           Christian
           :
           so
           if
           such
           as
           professe
           the
           Name
           of
           
           Christ
           ,
           shall
           practise
           that
           which
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           condemneth
           in
           Iewes
           and
           Pagans
           ,
           for
           Idolatry
           ,
           their
           profession
           is
           so
           farre
           from
           diminishing
           ,
           that
           it
           augmenteth
           rather
           the
           hainousnesse
           of
           the
           crime
           .
           
           
             The
             Idols
             of
             the
             Heathen
             are
             siluer
             and
             gold
             ,
             the
             worke
             of
             mens
             hands
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Psalmist
           :
           and
           so
           the
           Idols
           (
           of
           Christians
           ,
           in
           all
           likelihood
           )
           mentioned
           in
           the
           Reuelation
           ,
           
           are
           said
           to
           bee
           
             of
             gold
             ,
             and
             siluer
             ,
             and
             brasse
             ,
             and
             stone
             ,
             and
             of
             wood
             ;
             which
             neither
             can
             see
             ,
             nor
             heare
             ,
             nor
             walke
             .
          
           The
           description
           of
           these
           Idols
           (
           wee
           see
           )
           agreeth
           in
           all
           poynts
           with
           Popish
           Images
           :
           where
           is
           any
           difference
           ?
        
         
           The
           Heathen
           ,
           say
           they
           ,
           held
           the
           Images
           themselues
           to
           be
           gods
           ,
           which
           is
           far
           from
           our
           thought
           .
           Admit
           ,
           some
           of
           the
           simpler
           sort
           of
           the
           Heathen
           did
           so
           :
           what
           shall
           we
           say
           of
           the
           Iewish
           Idolaters
           ,
           (
           of
           whom
           the
           Apostle
           here
           speaketh
           )
           who
           erected
           the
           golden
           Calfe
           in
           the
           Wildernesse
           ?
           Can
           wee
           thinke
           the
           they
           were
           all
           so
           senselesse
           ,
           as
           to
           imagine
           that
           the
           Calfe
           ,
           which
           they
           knew
           was
           not
           at
           all
           
             in
             rerum
             naturâ
          
           ,
           and
           had
           no
           being
           at
           that
           time
           when
           they
           came
           out
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           should
           yet
           be
           that
           
             God
             which
             brought
             them
             vp
             out
             of
             the
             land
             of
             Egypt
             ?
          
           
           And
           for
           the
           Heathen
           :
           did
           the
           Romans
           and
           Grecians
           ,
           when
           they
           dedicated
           in
           seuerall
           places
           an
           hundred
           Images
           (
           for
           example
           )
           to
           the
           honour
           of
           Iupiter
           ,
           the
           king
           of
           all
           their
           gods
           ,
           think
           that
           thereby
           they
           had
           made
           an
           hundred
           Iupiters
           ?
           or
           when
           their
           blocks
           were
           so
           old
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           need
           to
           haue
           new
           placed
           in
           their
           stead
           ;
           did
           they
           think
           by
           this
           change
           of
           their
           Images
           ,
           that
           they
           made
           change
           
           also
           of
           their
           gods
           ?
           without
           question
           they
           must
           so
           haue
           thought
           ,
           if
           they
           did
           take
           the
           very
           Images
           themselues
           to
           be
           their
           gods
           :
           and
           yet
           the
           Prophet
           bids
           vs
           consider
           diligently
           ;
           and
           wee
           shall
           finde
           that
           the
           Heathen
           nations
           
             did
             not
             change
             their
             gods
          
           ,
           (
           Ierem.
           2.10
           ,
           11.
           )
           Nay
           ,
           what
           doe
           we
           meet
           with
           ,
           more
           vsually
           in
           the
           writings
           of
           the
           Fathers
           ,
           then
           these
           answers
           of
           the
           Heathens
           for
           themselues
           ?
           a
           
             Wee
             worship
             the
             gods
             by
             the
             Images
             .
          
           b
           
             Wee
             feare
             not
             them
             ,
             but
             those
             to
             whose
             image
             they
             are
             made
             ,
             and
             to
             whose
             names
             they
             are
             consecrated
             .
          
           c
           
             I
             doe
             not
             worship
             that
             stone
             ,
             nor
             that
             Image
             which
             is
             without
             sense
             .
          
           d
           
             I
             neither
             worship
             the
             Image
             nor
             a
             spirit
             in
             it
             :
             but
             by
             the
             bodily
             pourtrature
             I
             doe
             behold
             the
             signe
             of
             that
             thing
             which
             I
             ought
             to
             worship
             .
          
        
         
           But
           admit
           they
           did
           not
           account
           the
           Image
           it selfe
           to
           be
           God
           ,
           (
           will
           the
           Papist
           further
           say
           ;
           )
           yet
           were
           those
           images
           set
           vp
           to
           represent
           either
           things
           that
           had
           no
           being
           ,
           or
           diuels
           ,
           or
           false
           gods
           ;
           and
           in
           that
           respect
           were
           Idols
           :
           wheras
           we
           erect
           Images
           onely
           to
           the
           honour
           of
           the
           true
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           seruants
           the
           Saints
           and
           Angels
           .
           To
           this
           I
           might
           oppose
           that
           answere
           of
           the
           Heathen
           to
           the
           Christians
           :
           e
           
             We
             doe
             not
             worship
             euill
             spirits
             :
             such
             as
             you
             call
             Angels
             ,
             those
             doe
             we
             also
             worship
             ,
             the
             powers
             of
             the
             great
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Ministers
             of
             the
             great
             God.
          
           and
           put
           them
           in
           minde
           of
           S.
           Augustines
           reply
           :
           f
           
             I
             would
             you
             did
             worship
             them
             ;
             you
             should
             easily
             learne
             of
             them
             not
             to
             worship
             them
             .
          
           But
           I
           will
           grant
           vnto
           them
           ,
           that
           many
           of
           the
           Idolatrous
           Iewes
           &
           Heathens
           Images
           were
           such
           as
           they
           say
           they
           were
           :
           yet
           I
           deny
           that
           all
           of
           them
           were
           such
           ,
           and
           confidently
           
           doe
           auouch
           ,
           that
           Idolatry
           is
           committed
           by
           yeelding
           adoration
           to
           an
           Image
           of
           the
           true
           God
           himselfe
           .
           For
           proofe
           whereof
           (
           omitting
           the
           Idoles
           of
           g
           Micah
           ,
           and
           h
           Ieroboam
           ,
           which
           were
           erected
           to
           the
           memory
           of
           Iehouah
           the
           God
           of
           Israel
           ;
           as
           also
           the
           Athenians
           superstitious
           worship
           of
           the
           *
           
             Vnknowne
             God
          
           ,
           Act.
           17.23
           .
           if
           ,
           as
           the
           common
           vse
           of
           Idolaters
           was
           ,
           they
           added
           an
           Image
           to
           their
           Altar
           :
           )
           I
           will
           content
           my selfe
           with
           these
           two
           places
           of
           Scripture
           ;
           the
           one
           whereof
           concerneth
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           the
           other
           the
           Heathen
           .
           That
           which
           toucheth
           the
           Heathen
           ,
           is
           in
           the
           first
           Chapter
           of
           the
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Romans
           :
           where
           the
           Apostle
           hauing
           said
           ,
           that
           God
           had
           shewed
           vnto
           thē
           that
           which
           might
           be
           knowne
           of
           him
           ;
           and
           that
           
             the
             inuisible
             things
             of
             him
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           
             his
             eternall
             power
             and
             God-head
          
           ,
           was
           manifested
           vnto
           them
           by
           the
           creation
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           the
           contemplation
           of
           the
           creatures
           :
           hee
           addeth
           presently
           ,
           that
           God
           was
           sorely
           displeased
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           therefore
           gaue
           them
           vp
           vnto
           vile
           affections
           ,
           because
           
             they
             changed
             the
             glory
             of
             that
             vncorruptible
             God
             ,
             into
             an
             Image
             made
             like
             to
             corruptible
             men
             ,
             and
             to
             birds
             ,
             and
             foure-footed
             beasts
             ,
             and
             creeping
             things
             .
          
           Whereby
           it
           is
           euident
           ,
           that
           the
           Idolatry
           condemned
           in
           the
           wisest
           of
           the
           Heathen
           ,
           was
           the
           adoring
           of
           the
           inuisible
           God
           ,
           whom
           they
           acknowledged
           to
           be
           the
           Creator
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           in
           visible
           Images
           fashioned
           to
           the
           similitude
           of
           men
           and
           beasts
           .
        
         
           The
           other
           place
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           is
           the
           4.
           of
           Deuteronomy
           :
           where
           Moses
           vseth
           this
           speech
           vnto
           the
           children
           of
           Israel
           .
        
         
         
           
             The
             Lord
             spake
             vnto
             you
             out
             of
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             fire
             :
             yee
             heard
             the
             voyce
             of
             the
             Words
             ,
             but
             saw
             no
             similitude
             ,
             onely
             yee
             heard
             a
             voyce
             ,
          
           verse
           12.
           
           And
           what
           doth
           he
           inferre
           vpon
           this
           ?
           
             Take
             yee
             therefore
             good
             heed
             vnto
             your selues
             ,
          
           (
           saith
           he
           in
           the
           15.
           vers
           .
           )
           
             for
             ye
             saw
             no
             manner
             of
             similitude
             on
             the
             day
             that
             the
             Lord
             spake
             vnto
             you
             in
             Horeb
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             fire
             .
             Left
             yee
             corrupt
             your selues
             ,
             and
             make
             you
             a
             grauen
             image
             ,
             the
             similitude
             of
             any
             figure
             ,
             the
             likenesse
             of
             male
             or
             female
             ,
             the
             likenes
             of
             any
             beast
             that
             is
             on
             the
             earth
             ,
             the
             likenes
             of
             any
             winged
             fowle
             that
             flieth
             in
             the
             aire
             ,
             the
             likenesse
             of
             any
             thing
             that
             creepeth
             on
             the
             ground
             ,
             the
             likenes
             of
             any
             fish
             that
             is
             in
             the
             waters
             beneath
             the
             earth
             .
          
           Where
           we
           may
           obserue
           :
           first
           ,
           that
           God
           in
           the
           deliuery
           of
           the
           Law
           did
           purposely
           vse
           a
           voyce
           onely
           ;
           because
           that
           such
           a
           creature
           as
           that
           ,
           was
           not
           to
           be
           expressed
           by
           visible
           lineaments
           .
           as
           if
           that
           voyce
           should
           haue
           said
           vnto
           the
           Painter
           ,
           as
           Eccho
           is
           fayned
           to
           doe
           in
           the
           i
           Poet.
           
        
         
           
             
               Vane
               ,
               quid
               affectas
               faciem
               mihi
               ponere
               ,
               pictor
               ?
            
             
               Si
               mihi
               vis
               similem
               pingere
               ,
               pinge
               sonum
               .
            
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           that
           when
           he
           vttered
           the
           words
           of
           the
           second
           Commandement
           in
           mount
           Sinai
           ,
           and
           forbad
           the
           making
           of
           the
           likenes
           of
           any
           thing
           
             that
             is
             in
             Heauen
             aboue
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             Earth
             beneath
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             Waters
             vnder
             the
             Earth
          
           ;
           hee
           did
           at
           that
           time
           forbeare
           to
           shew
           himselfe
           in
           any
           visible
           shape
           ,
           either
           of
           man
           or
           woman
           ,
           either
           of
           beast
           in
           the
           earth
           ,
           foule
           in
           the
           aire
           ,
           or
           fish
           in
           the
           waters
           beneath
           the
           earth
           :
           to
           the
           end
           it
           might
           be
           the
           better
           made
           knowne
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           his
           pleasure
           not
           to
           be
           adored
           at
           all
           in
           any
           such
           formes
           ;
           &
           that
           the
           worshipping
           
           of
           Images
           ,
           not
           onely
           as
           they
           haue
           reference
           to
           the
           creatures
           whom
           they
           doe
           immediately
           represent
           ,
           or
           to
           false
           gods
           ,
           but
           also
           as
           they
           haue
           relation
           to
           himselfe
           (
           the
           true
           God
           ,
           who
           was
           then
           speaking
           vnto
           them
           in
           the
           Mount
           )
           did
           come
           within
           the
           compasse
           of
           the
           Idolatry
           which
           was
           condemned
           in
           that
           Commandement
           .
        
         
           In
           vaine
           therefore
           doe
           the
           Romanists
           goe
           about
           to
           perswade
           vs
           ,
           that
           their
           Images
           be
           no
           Idoles
           :
           and
           as
           vainely
           also
           doe
           they
           spend
           time
           in
           curiously
           distinguishing
           the
           seuerall
           degrees
           of
           worship
           ;
           the
           highest
           point
           whereof
           ,
           which
           they
           call
           Latreia
           ,
           and
           acknowledge
           to
           be
           due
           onely
           vnto
           God
           ,
           they
           would
           be
           loth
           wee
           should
           thinke
           that
           they
           did
           communicate
           to
           any
           of
           their
           Images
           .
           But
           here
           wee
           are
           to
           vnderstand
           ,
           first
           of
           all
           ,
           that
           Idolatry
           may
           be
           committed
           by
           giuing
           not
           the
           highest
           onely
           ,
           but
           also
           the
           lowest
           degree
           of
           religious
           adoration
           vnto
           Images
           :
           and
           therefore
           in
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Commandement
           ,
           the
           very
           
             bowing
             downe
             vnto
             them
          
           ,
           which
           is
           one
           of
           the
           meanest
           degrees
           of
           worship
           ,
           is
           expresly
           forbidden
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           *
           the
           receiued
           doctrine
           of
           Popish
           diuines
           ,
           that
           the
           Image
           should
           be
           honored
           with
           the
           same
           worship
           ,
           wherewith
           that
           thing
           is
           worshipped
           whose
           Image
           it
           is
           :
           and
           therfore
           what
           adoration
           is
           due
           to
           Christ
           and
           the
           Trinity
           ,
           the
           same
           by
           this
           ground
           they
           are
           to
           giue
           vnto
           their
           Images
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Roman
           Pontificall
           published
           by
           the
           authority
           of
           Clement
           the
           VIII
           .
           (
           to
           omit
           other
           testimonies
           in
           this
           kinde
           )
           it
           is
           concluded
           ,
           *
           that
           the
           Crosse
           of
           the
           Popes
           Legate
           shal
           
           haue
           the
           right
           hand
           ,
           vpon
           this
           very
           reason
           ,
           
             quia
             debetur
             ei
             latria
          
           ,
           because
           the
           worship
           proper
           to
           God
           is
           due
           to
           it
           .
           Now
           whether
           they
           commit
           Idolatry
           ,
           who
           communicate
           vnto
           a
           senselesse
           thing
           ,
           that
           worship
           which
           they
           themselues
           confesse
           to
           be
           due
           vnto
           God
           alone
           :
           let
           all
           the
           world
           iudge
           .
        
         
           They
           were
           best
           therefore
           from
           henceforth
           confesse
           themselues
           to
           be
           Idolaters
           :
           and
           stand
           to
           it
           ,
           that
           euery
           kinde
           of
           Idolatry
           is
           not
           vnlawfull
           .
           Their
           Iesuite
           
             Gregorius
             de
             Valentia
          
           will
           tell
           them
           for
           their
           comfort
           ,
           
           that
           it
           is
           no
           absurdity
           to
           thinke
           that
           Saint
           Peter
           ,
           when
           he
           deterreth
           the
           faithfull
           by
           name
           
             ab
             illicitis
             Idolorum
             cultibus
          
           (
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           Saint
           Peter
           calleth
           them
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           
             abominable
             Idolatries
          
           )
           doth
           insinuate
           therby
           ,
           that
           *
           some
           worship
           of
           Images
           is
           lawfull
           .
           
             Iohn
             Monceye
          
           the
           Frenchman
           in
           his
           
             Aaron
             Purgatus
          
           (
           dedicated
           to
           the
           late
           Pope
           Paul
           the
           fifth
           )
           and
           in
           his
           twenty
           questions
           propounded
           to
           Visorius
           ,
           stretcheth
           yet
           a
           straine
           higher
           .
           For
           howsoeuer
           hee
           cannot
           away
           with
           the
           name
           of
           Idols
           and
           Idolatry
           ;
           yet
           he
           liketh
           the
           thing
           it selfe
           so
           well
           ,
           that
           he
           vndertaketh
           to
           cleare
           Aaron
           from
           committing
           any
           error
           in
           setting
           vp
           the
           golden
           Calfe
           ,
           and
           laboureth
           to
           purge
           Laban
           ,
           and
           Micha
           ,
           and
           Ieroboam
           too
           from
           the
           imputation
           of
           Idolatry
           :
           hauing
           found
           indeed
           ,
           that
           nothing
           had
           beene
           done
           by
           them
           in
           this
           kinde
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           agreeable
           to
           the
           practice
           of
           the
           Romane
           Church
           at
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           And
           lest
           the
           poore
           people
           ,
           whom
           they
           haue
           so
           miserably
           abused
           ,
           should
           finde
           how
           farre
           they
           haue
           beene
           misled
           ;
           wee
           see
           that
           the
           masters
           of
           
           that
           Church
           doe
           in
           the
           Seruice
           books
           and
           Catechismes
           ,
           which
           come
           vnto
           the
           hāds
           of
           the
           vulgar
           ,
           generally
           leaue
           out
           the
           words
           of
           the
           second
           Commandement
           that
           make
           against
           the
           adoration
           of
           Images
           :
           fearing
           lest
           by
           the
           light
           thereof
           ,
           the
           mystery
           of
           their
           iniquity
           should
           be
           discouered
           .
           They
           pretend
           indeed
           that
           this
           Commandement
           is
           not
           excluded
           by
           them
           ,
           but
           included
           onely
           in
           the
           first
           :
           whereas
           in
           truth
           they
           doe
           but
           craftily
           conceale
           it
           from
           the
           peoples
           eyes
           ,
           because
           they
           would
           not
           haue
           them
           to
           be
           ruled
           by
           it
           .
           Nay
           ,
           
           Vasquez
           the
           Iesuite
           doth
           boldly
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           it
           plainely
           appeareth
           by
           comparing
           the
           words
           of
           this
           Commandement
           ,
           with
           the
           place
           which
           hath
           beene
           alledged
           out
           of
           the
           4.
           of
           Deuteronomy
           ;
           that
           the
           Scripture
           did
           not
           onely
           forbid
           the
           worshipping
           of
           an
           Image
           for
           God
           ,
           but
           also
           the
           adoration
           of
           the
           true
           God
           himselfe
           in
           an
           Image
           .
           He
           confesseth
           further
           ,
           that
           he
           and
           his
           fellow
           Catholikes
           doe
           otherwise
           .
           What
           saith
           hee
           then
           to
           the
           Commandement
           ,
           thinke
           you
           ?
           Because
           it
           will
           not
           be
           obeyed
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           repealed
           ,
           and
           not
           admitted
           to
           haue
           any
           place
           among
           the
           morall
           precepts
           of
           God.
           *
           It
           was
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           a
           positiue
           and
           ceremoniall
           Law
           :
           and
           therefore
           ought
           to
           cease
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Gospell
           .
           And
           as
           if
           it
           had
           not
           beene
           enough
           for
           him
           to
           match
           the
           Scribes
           and
           Pharises
           in
           impiety
           ,
           who
           
             made
             the
             Commandement
             of
             God
             of
             none
             effect
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             keepe
             their
             owne
             tradition
             :
          
           that
           he
           might
           fulfill
           the
           measure
           of
           his
           fathers
           ,
           and
           shew
           himselfe
           to
           be
           a
           true
           childe
           of
           her
           who
           beareth
           the
           name
           of
           being
           
             the
             mother
             of
             
             harlots
             and
             abominations
             of
             the
             earth
          
           ;
           
           he
           is
           yet
           more
           mad
           ,
           
           and
           sticketh
           not
           to
           maintaine
           ,
           that
           not
           onely
           a
           paynted
           Image
           ,
           but
           any
           other
           thing
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           without
           life
           and
           reason
           ,
           or
           whether
           it
           be
           a
           reasonable
           creature
           ,
           may
           (
           in
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           thing
           ,
           and
           if
           the
           matter
           bee
           discreetly
           handled
           )
           be
           adored
           vvith
           God
           ,
           as
           his
           Image
           ;
           yea
           and
           counteth
           it
           no
           absurdity
           at
           all
           ,
           that
           a
           very
           vvispe
           of
           stravv
           should
           be
           thus
           vvorshipped
           .
        
         
           But
           let
           vs
           turne
           yet
           againe
           ,
           
           and
           vve
           shall
           see
           greater
           abominations
           then
           these
           .
           We
           heard
           hovv
           this
           blessed
           Sacrament
           ,
           vvhich
           is
           here
           propounded
           by
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           as
           a
           bond
           to
           vnite
           Christians
           together
           in
           one
           body
           ,
           hath
           beene
           made
           the
           apple
           of
           strife
           ,
           and
           the
           occasion
           of
           most
           bitter
           breaches
           in
           the
           Church
           :
           we
           may
           now
           obserue
           againe
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           holy
           Sacrament
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           same
           Apostle
           is
           here
           brought
           in
           as
           a
           principall
           inducement
           to
           make
           men
           
             flee
             from
             Idolatry
          
           ,
           is
           by
           our
           Aduersaries
           made
           the
           obiect
           of
           the
           grossest
           Idolatry
           that
           euer
           hath
           been
           practised
           by
           any
           .
           For
           their
           constant
           doctrine
           is
           ,
           that
           in
           worshipping
           the
           Sacrament
           they
           should
           giue
           vnto
           it
           ,
           
           
             latriae
             cultum
             qui
             vero
             Deo
             debetur
             ,
          
           (
           as
           the
           Councell
           of
           Trent
           hath
           determined
           ,
           )
           
             that
             kinde
             of
             seruice
             which
             is
             due
             to
             the
             true
             God
          
           ;
           determining
           their
           worship
           in
           that
           very
           thing
           which
           the
           Priest
           doth
           hold
           betwixt
           his
           hands
           .
           Their
           practice
           also
           runs
           accordingly
           :
           for
           an
           instance
           whereof
           we
           neede
           goe
           no
           further
           then
           to
           Sanders
           booke
           of
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           ;
           before
           which
           he
           hath
           perfixed
           
           an
           Epistle
           Dedicatory
           ,
           superscribed
           in
           this
           manner
           :
           
             To
             the
             Body
             and
             Blood
             of
             our
             Sauiour
             Iesus
             Christ
             ,
             vnder
             the
             formes
             of
             Bread
             and
             Wine
             ,
             all
             honour
             ,
             praise
             ,
             and
             thankes
             ,
             be
             giuen
             for
             euer
             .
          
           Adding
           further
           in
           the
           processe
           of
           that
           blockish
           Epistle
           .
           
             Howsoeuer
             it
             be
             with
             other
             men
             ,
             I
             adore
             thee
             my
             God
             and
             Lord
             really
             present
             vnder
             the
             formes
             of
             Bread
             and
             Wine
             ,
             after
             consecration
             deuly
             made
             :
             Beseeching
             thee
             of
             pardon
             for
             my
             sinnes
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           Now
           if
           the
           conceite
           which
           these
           men
           haue
           concerning
           the
           Sacrament
           should
           proue
           to
           bee
           false
           (
           as
           indeed
           we
           know
           it
           to
           be
           most
           absurd
           and
           monstrous
           )
           their
           owne
           Iesuite
           Coster
           doth
           freely
           confesse
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           be
           in
           such
           an
           
             error
             and
             Idolatry
             ,
             qualis
             in
             orbe
             terrarum
             nunquam
             vel
             visus
             vel
             auditus
             fuit
             ,
             as
             neuer
             was
             seene
             or
             heard
             of
             in
             this
             world
             .
          
           *
           
             For
             the
             error
             of
             them
             is
             more
             tolerable
             ,
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             who
             worship
             for
             God
             a
             Statue
             of
             gold
             or
             siluer
             ,
             or
             an
             Image
             of
             any
             other
             matter
             ,
             as
             the
             Gentiles
             adored
             their
             gods
             ;
             or
             a
             red
             cloth
             lifted
             vp
             vpon
             a
             speare
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             reported
             of
             the
             Lappians
             ;
             or
             liuing
             creatures
             ,
             as
             did
             sometime
             the
             Egyptians
             ;
             then
             of
             those
             that
             worship
             a
             piece
             of
             bread
             .
          
           We
           therefore
           who
           are
           verily
           perswaded
           that
           the
           Papists
           doe
           thus
           ,
           must
           of
           force
           (
           if
           we
           follow
           their
           Iesuites
           direction
           )
           iudge
           them
           to
           be
           the
           most
           intolerable
           Idolaters
           that
           euer
           were
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           owne
           principles
           ,
           how
           is
           it
           possible
           that
           any
           of
           themselues
           should
           certainly
           know
           ,
           that
           the
           host
           which
           they
           worship
           should
           be
           any
           other
           thing
           but
           bread
           ?
           seeing
           the
           change
           doth
           wholy
           depend
           vpon
           
             consecration
             
             duly
             made
          
           ,
           (
           as
           Sanders
           speaketh
           )
           and
           that
           dependeth
           vpon
           the
           intention
           of
           the
           Priest
           ,
           which
           no
           man
           but
           himselfe
           can
           haue
           notice
           of
           Bellarmine
           ,
           disputing
           against
           
             Ambrosius
             Catharinus
          
           ,
           one
           of
           his
           owne
           brethren
           ,
           that
           a
           man
           hath
           no
           certaine
           knowledge
           of
           his
           owne
           iustification
           ,
           can
           take
           aduantage
           of
           this
           ,
           and
           alledge
           for
           himselfe
           ,
           that
           one
           *
           
             cannot
             be
             certaine
             by
             the
             certainty
             of
             faith
             ,
             that
             hee
             doth
             receiue
             a
             true
             Sacrament
             ;
             for
             asmuch
             as
             the
             Sacrament
             cannot
             be
             made
             without
             the
             intention
             of
             the
             Minister
             ,
             and
             none
             can
             see
             another
             mans
             intention
             .
          
           Apply
           this
           now
           to
           the
           matter
           we
           haue
           in
           hand
           ;
           and
           see
           into
           what
           intricate
           Labyrinths
           these
           men
           haue
           brought
           themselues
           .
           Admit
           the
           Priests
           intention
           stood
           right
           at
           the
           time
           of
           consecration
           ,
           yet
           if
           he
           that
           baptized
           him
           failed
           in
           his
           intention
           when
           he
           administred
           that
           Sacrament
           ,
           he
           remaineth
           still
           vnbaptized
           ,
           and
           so
           becommeth
           vncapable
           of
           Priesthood
           ;
           and
           consequently
           ,
           whatsoeuer
           he
           consecrateth
           is
           but
           bread
           still
           .
           Yea
           ,
           admit
           hee
           were
           rightly
           baptized
           too
           :
           if
           either
           the
           Bishop
           that
           conferred
           vpon
           him
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           Orders
           ,
           (
           for
           so
           they
           hold
           it
           to
           be
           )
           or
           those
           that
           baptized
           or
           ordained
           that
           Bishop
           ,
           missed
           their
           right
           intention
           ;
           neither
           will
           the
           one
           proue
           Bishop
           ,
           nor
           the
           other
           Priest
           ;
           and
           so
           with
           what
           intention
           soeuer
           either
           the
           one
           or
           the
           other
           doth
           consecrate
           ,
           there
           remaineth
           but
           bread
           still
           .
           Neither
           doth
           the
           inconuenience
           stay
           heere
           ,
           but
           ascendeth
           vpward
           to
           all
           their
           predecessors
           :
           in
           any
           one
           of
           whom
           if
           there
           fall
           out
           to
           bee
           a
           nullity
           of
           Priesthood
           (
           for
           want
           of
           intention
           ,
           either
           in
           the
           baptizer
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           
           ordainer
           )
           all
           the
           generation
           following
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           principles
           ,
           goe
           without
           their
           Priesthood
           too
           ;
           and
           so
           deliuer
           but
           bread
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           in
           stead
           of
           the
           body
           of
           Christ.
           The
           Papists
           themselues
           therefore
           ,
           if
           they
           stand
           vnto
           their
           owne
           grounds
           ,
           must
           needs
           confesse
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           in
           no
           better
           case
           heere
           ,
           then
           the
           Samaritans
           were
           in
           ,
           of
           whom
           our
           Sauiour
           saith
           ,
           
           
             Yee
             worship
             yee
             know
             not
             what
             :
          
           but
           we
           know
           ,
           that
           what
           they
           worship
           (
           bee
           the
           condition
           or
           intention
           of
           their
           Priest
           what
           it
           will
           be
           )
           is
           bread
           indeed
           ;
           which
           while
           they
           take
           to
           be
           their
           God
           ,
           we
           must
           still
           account
           them
           guilty
           of
           spirituall
           fornication
           ,
           
             and
             such
             fornication
             ,
             as
             is
             not
             so
             much
             as
             named
             amongst
             the
             Gentiles
             .
          
        
         
           These
           then
           being
           the
           Idolaters
           with
           whom
           we
           haue
           to
           deale
           ,
           let
           vs
           learne
           first
           how
           dangerous
           a
           thing
           it
           is
           to
           communicate
           with
           them
           in
           their
           false
           worship
           .
           For
           if
           we
           will
           be
           partakers
           of
           Babylons
           sinnes
           ,
           
           wee
           must
           looke
           to
           receiue
           of
           her
           plagues
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           wee
           are
           to
           be
           admonished
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           sufficient
           that
           in
           our
           owne
           persons
           we
           refraine
           worshipping
           of
           Idols
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           further
           required
           ,
           that
           we
           restraine
           (
           as
           much
           as
           in
           vs
           lyeth
           )
           the
           practice
           thereof
           in
           others
           ;
           lest
           by
           suffering
           God
           to
           be
           dishonoured
           in
           so
           high
           a
           manner
           ,
           when
           wee
           may
           by
           our
           calling
           hinder
           it
           ,
           wee
           make
           our selues
           partakers
           of
           other
           mens
           sinnes
           .
           Eli
           the
           high
           Priest
           was
           a
           good
           man
           ,
           and
           gaue
           excellent
           counsell
           vnto
           his
           lewd
           sonnes
           :
           yet
           wee
           know
           what
           iudgement
           fell
           vpon
           him
           ,
           
           
             because
             his
             sonnes
             made
             themselues
             vile
             ,
             and
             he
             frowned
             not
             vpon
             them
             ,
          
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           restrained
           them
           not
           ;
           )
           which
           God
           
           doth
           interpret
           to
           be
           a
           kinde
           of
           Idolatry
           ,
           
           in
           
             honouring
             of
             his
             sonnes
             aboue
             him
             .
          
           The
           Church
           of
           Pergamus
           did
           for
           her
           owne
           part
           hold
           fast
           Christs
           name
           ,
           and
           denyed
           not
           his
           faith
           :
           yet
           had
           the
           Lord
           something
           against
           her
           ;
           
           
             because
             she
             had
             there
             ,
             them
             that
             held
             the
             doctrine
             of
             Balaam
             ,
             who
             taught
             Balac
             to
             cast
             a
             stumbling
             blocke
             before
             the
             children
             of
             Israel
             ,
             to
             eate
             things
             sacrificed
             vnto
             Idols
             ,
             and
             to
             commit
             fornication
             .
          
           So
           we
           see
           what
           speciall
           notice
           our
           Sauiour
           taketh
           of
           the
           workes
           ,
           and
           charity
           ,
           and
           seruice
           ,
           
           and
           saith
           ,
           &
           patience
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Thyatira
           :
           and
           yet
           for
           all
           this
           he
           addeth
           ,
           
             Notwithstanding
             ,
             I
             haue
             a
             few
             things
             against
             thee
             ,
             because
             thou
             sufferest
             that
             woman
             Iezebel
             ,
             which
             calleth
             her selfe
             a
             Prophetesse
             ,
             to
             teach
             and
             to
             seduce
             my
             seruants
             to
             commit
             fornication
             ,
             and
             to
             eate
             things
             sacrificed
             vnto
             Idols
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           second
           of
           Iudges
           God
           telleth
           the
           childrē
           of
           Israel
           ,
           what
           mischiefe
           should
           come
           vnto
           them
           by
           tolerating
           the
           Canaanitish
           Idolaters
           in
           their
           Land.
           
           
             They
             shall
             be
          
           thornes
           
             in
             your
             sides
          
           ,
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             and
             their
             gods
             shall
             be
             a
             snare
             vnto
             you
             .
          
           Which
           words
           containe
           in
           them
           the
           intimation
           of
           a
           double
           danger
           :
           the
           one
           respecting
           the
           soule
           ,
           the
           other
           the
           body
           .
           That
           which
           concerneth
           the
           soule
           ,
           is
           :
           that
           their
           Idols
           should
           be
           
             a
             snare
             vnto
             them
          
           .
           For
           God
           well
           knew
           that
           mans
           nature
           is
           as
           prone
           to
           spirituall
           fornication
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           to
           corporall
           .
           As
           therefore
           for
           the
           preuenting
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           haue
           a
           common
           harlot
           tolerated
           in
           Israel
           ,
           
             Lest
             the
             Land
             should
             fall
             to
             whoredome
             and
             become
             full
             of
             wickednesse
             :
          
           
           so
           for
           the
           keeping
           out
           of
           the
           
           other
           ,
           he
           would
           haue
           prouocations
           taken
           away
           ,
           and
           all
           occasions
           whereby
           a
           man
           might
           be
           tempted
           to
           commit
           so
           vile
           a
           sinne
           .
           The
           bodily
           danger
           that
           followeth
           vpon
           the
           toleration
           of
           Idolaters
           ,
           is
           :
           that
           
             they
             should
             be
             in
             their
             sides
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
           (
           as
           in
           another
           place
           it
           is
           more
           fully
           expressed
           )
           
             they
             should
             be
             prickes
             in
             their
             eyes
             ,
             and
             thornes
             in
             their
             sides
             ,
             and
             should
             vexe
             them
             in
             the
             Land
             wherein
             they
             dwelled
             .
          
           Now
           in
           both
           these
           respects
           it
           is
           certaine
           ,
           that
           the
           toleration
           of
           the
           Idolaters
           with
           whom
           we
           haue
           to
           doe
           ,
           is
           farre
           more
           perillous
           than
           of
           any
           other
           .
           In
           regard
           of
           the
           spirituall
           danger
           ,
           wherewith
           simple
           soules
           are
           more
           like
           to
           bee
           insnared
           :
           because
           this
           kinde
           of
           Idolatry
           is
           not
           brought
           in
           with
           an
           open
           shew
           of
           impiety
           ,
           (
           as
           that
           of
           the
           Pagans
           )
           but
           is
           
             a
             mystery
             of
             iniquity
          
           ,
           a
           wickednesse
           couered
           with
           the
           vaile
           of
           piety
           ;
           and
           the
           harlot
           ,
           which
           maketh
           the
           inhabitants
           of
           the
           earth
           drunke
           with
           the
           wine
           of
           this
           fornication
           ,
           is
           both
           gilded
           her selfe
           ,
           and
           presenteth
           also
           her
           abominations
           vnto
           her
           followers
           in
           
             a
             cup
             of
             gold
          
           .
           
           If
           we
           looke
           to
           outward
           perill
           ,
           we
           are
           like
           to
           find
           these
           men
           ,
           not
           thornes
           in
           our
           sides
           to
           vexe
           vs
           ,
           but
           daggers
           in
           our
           hearts
           to
           destroy
           vs.
           Not
           that
           I
           take
           all
           of
           them
           to
           be
           of
           this
           furious
           disposition
           ,
           (
           mistake
           me
           not
           :
           I
           know
           a
           number
           my selfe
           of
           a
           farre
           different
           temper
           :
           )
           but
           because
           there
           are
           neuer
           wanting
           among
           them
           some
           turbulent
           humours
           ,
           so
           inflamed
           with
           the
           spirit
           of
           fornication
           ,
           that
           they
           runne
           mad
           with
           it
           ;
           and
           are
           transported
           so
           farre
           ,
           that
           no
           tolerable
           termes
           can
           content
           them
           ,
           vntill
           they
           haue
           attained
           to
           the
           vtmost
           
           pitch
           of
           their
           vnbridled
           desires
           .
           For
           compassing
           whereof
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           trechery
           ,
           nor
           rebellion
           ,
           nor
           murther
           ,
           nor
           desperate
           course
           whatsoeuer
           ,
           that
           (
           without
           all
           remorse
           of
           conscience
           )
           they
           dare
           not
           aduenture
           vpon
           .
        
         
           Neither
           doe
           they
           thus
           only
           ,
           but
           they
           teach
           men
           also
           so
           to
           doe
           :
           arming
           both
           Pope
           ,
           and
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           People
           ,
           and
           priuate
           persons
           ,
           with
           power
           to
           cast
           downe
           euen
           Kings
           themselues
           from
           their
           Thrones
           ,
           if
           they
           stand
           in
           their
           way
           ,
           and
           giue
           any
           impediment
           to
           their
           designes
           .
           Touching
           the
           Popes
           power
           herein
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           disputing
           :
           one
           of
           them
           telleth
           vs
           ,
           that
           a
           
             there
             is
             no
             doubt
             ,
             but
             the
             Pope
             may
             depose
             all
             Kings
             ,
             when
             there
             is
             a
             reasonable
             cause
             so
             to
             doe
             .
          
           For
           Bishops
           ,
           Cardinall
           Baronius
           informeth
           vs
           by
           the
           example
           of
           Dacius
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Millayne
           ,
           his
           dealing
           against
           the
           Arrians
           ;
           b
           that
           
             those
             Bishops
             deserue
             no
             blame
             ,
             and
             ought
             to
             suffer
             no
             enuie
             ,
             who
             roll
             euery
             stone
             ,
          
           (
           yea
           and
           rather
           then
           faile
           ,
           would
           blow
           vp
           stones
           too
           )
           
             that
             they
             may
             not
             liue
             vnder
             an
             hereticall
             Prince
             .
          
           For
           the
           People
           ,
           
             Dominicus
             Bannes
          
           ,
           a
           Dominican
           Friar
           ,
           resolues
           ,
           that
           they
           need
           not
           ,
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           expect
           any
           sentencing
           of
           the
           matter
           by
           Pope
           ,
           or
           other
           ;
           but
           c
           
             when
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             fault
             is
             euident
             ,
             subiects
             may
             lawfully
             (
             if
             so
             be
             they
             haue
             sufficient
             strength
             )
             exempt
             themselues
             from
             subiection
             to
             their
             Princes
             ,
             before
             any
             declaratory
             sentence
             of
             a
             Iudge
             .
          
           And
           that
           we
           may
           vnderstand
           that
           the
           Prouiso
           which
           hee
           inserteth
           
           
             of
             hauing
             strength
             sufficient
          
           ,
           is
           very
           materiall
           ;
           he
           putteth
           vs
           in
           minde
           ,
           that
           d
           
             the
             faithfull
          
           (
           the
           Papists
           he
           meaneth
           )
           
             of
             England
             are
             to
             bee
             excused
             hereby
             ,
             who
             doe
             not
             exempt
             themselues
             from
             the
             power
             of
             their
             superiours
             ,
             nor
             make
             warre
             against
             them
             .
             Because
             that
             generally
             they
             haue
             not
             power
             sufficient
             to
             make
             such
             warres
             against
             Princes
             ,
             and
             great
             dangers
             are
             imminent
             ouer
             them
             .
          
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           for
           priuate
           persons
           ,
           wee
           may
           reade
           in
           Suarez
           ,
           that
           an
           hereticall
           King
           ,
           e
           
             after
             sentence
             giuen
             against
             him
             ,
             is
             absolutely
             depriued
             of
             his
             Kingdome
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             cannot
             possesse
             it
             by
             any
             iust
             title
             :
             and
             therfore
             from
             thenceforth
             may
             be
             handled
             altogether
             as
             a
             Tyrant
             ;
             and
             consequently
             ,
             hee
             may
             bee
             killed
             by
             any
             priuate
             person
             .
          
           Onely
           the
           Iesuite
           addeth
           this
           limitation
           :
           that
           f
           
             If
             the
             Pope
             doe
             depose
             the
             King
             ,
             he
             may
             be
             expelled
             or
             killed
             by
             them
             onely
             to
             whom
             hee
             shall
             commit
             that
             businesse
             .
             But
             if
             he
             inioyne
             the
             execution
             thereof
             to
             no
             body
             ;
             then
             it
             shall
             appertaine
             to
             the
             lawfull
             successor
             in
             the
             Kingdome
             :
             or
             if
             none
             such
             be
             to
             be
             found
             ,
             it
             shall
             belong
             to
             the
             Kingdome
             it selfe
             .
          
           But
           let
           him
           once
           be
           declared
           to
           be
           a
           Tyrant
           ;
           Mariana
           (
           Suarez
           his
           Country-man
           and
           fellow
           Iesuite
           )
           will
           tell
           you
           better
           how
           hee
           should
           bee
           handled
           .
           g
           
             That
             a
             Tyrant
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             may
             be
             killed
             by
             open
             force
             and
             armes
             ,
             whether
             by
             violent
             breaking
             in
             
             into
             the
             Court
             ,
             or
             by
             ioyning
             of
             battell
             ,
             is
             a
             matter
             confessed
             :
             yea
             ,
             and
             by
             deceit
             and
             ambushes
             too
             ,
             as
          
           Ehud
           
             did
             in
             killing
          
           Eglon
           
             the
             King
             of
             the
             Moabites
             .
             Indeed
             it
             would
             argue
             a
             brauer
             minde
             to
             professe
             open
             enmity
             ,
             and
             publikely
             to
             rush
             in
             vpon
             the
             enemy
             of
             the
             Common-wealth
             :
             but
             it
             is
             no
             lesse
             prudence
             ,
             to
             take
             aduantage
             by
             fraud
             and
             ambushes
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             done
             without
             stirre
             ,
             and
             with
             lesse
             danger
             surely
             ,
             both
             publike
             and
             priuate
             .
          
           His
           conclusion
           is
           ,
           that
           h
           
             it
             is
             lawfull
             to
             take
             away
             his
             life
             ,
             by
             any
             art
             whatsoeuer
             :
          
           with
           this
           prouiso
           onely
           ,
           
             that
             he
             be
             not
             constrained
             either
             wittingly
             or
             vnwittingly
             to
             bee
             the
             cause
             of
             his
             owne
             death
             .
          
           Where
           the
           tendernesse
           of
           a
           Iesuites
           conscience
           is
           well
           worth
           the
           obseruing
           .
           Hee
           maketh
           no
           scruple
           at
           all
           to
           take
           away
           the
           mans
           life
           :
           onely
           hee
           would
           aduise
           that
           hee
           be
           not
           made
           away
           ,
           by
           hauing
           poyson
           conueyed
           into
           his
           meat
           or
           drinke
           ,
           lest
           in
           taking
           hereof
           (
           forsooth
           )
           he
           which
           is
           to
           be
           killed
           ,
           should
           by
           this
           meanes
           haue
           some
           hand
           in
           procuring
           his
           owne
           death
           .
           i
           Yet
           poyson
           him
           you
           may
           ,
           if
           you
           list
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           venome
           be
           
             externally
             applyed
             by
             some
             other
             ,
             he
             that
             is
             to
             bee
             killed
             helping
             nothing
             thereunto
             :
             namely
             ,
             when
             the
             force
             of
             the
             poyson
             is
             so
             great
             ,
             that
             a
             seat
             or
             garment
             being
             infected
             therewith
             ,
             it
             may
             haue
             strength
             to
             kill
             .
          
           And
           that
           such
           meanes
           of
           poysoning
           hath
           been
           vsed
           ,
           hee
           prooueth
           by
           diuers
           practices
           of
           the
           Moores
           :
           which
           we
           leaue
           to
           be
           considered
           of
           by
           Fitzherbert
           ,
           who
           (
           to
           proue
           that
           Squires
           intention
           of
           poysoning
           Queene
           Elizabeth
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           was
           but
           a
           meere
           fiction
           )
           would
           perswade
           vs
           that
           it
           is
           not
           agreeable
           to
           the
           grounds
           of
           nature
           and
           reason
           ,
           
           that
           any
           such
           thing
           should
           be
           .
        
         
           Thus
           we
           see
           what
           pestilent
           doctrine
           is
           daily
           broched
           by
           these
           incendiaries
           of
           the
           world
           :
           which
           ,
           what
           pernicious
           effects
           it
           hath
           produced
           ,
           I
           need
           not
           goe
           farre
           to
           exemplifie
           ;
           this
           assembly
           and
           this
           place
           cannot
           but
           call
           to
           minde
           the
           memory
           of
           that
           barbarous
           plot
           of
           the
           Powder-treason
           .
           Which
           being
           most
           iustly
           charged
           to
           haue
           k
           
             exceeded
             all
             measure
             of
             cruelty
          
           ;
           as
           inuoluing
           not
           the
           King
           alone
           ,
           but
           also
           his
           children
           ,
           and
           the
           States
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           many
           thousands
           of
           innocent
           people
           in
           the
           same
           ruine
           :
           a
           wicked
           varlet
           (
           with
           whose
           name
           I
           will
           not
           defile
           this
           place
           )
           steppeth
           forth
           some
           foure
           yeeres
           after
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           brasen
           forehead
           biddeth
           vs
           not
           to
           wonder
           at
           the
           matter
           .
           
             For
             of
             an
             euill
             and
             pernicious
             herbe
             ,
             both
             the
             seeds
             are
             to
             be
             crushed
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             roots
             to
             be
             pulled
             vp
             ,
             that
             they
             grow
             not
             againe
             .
             And
             otherwise
             also
             ,
             for
             a
             few
             wicked
             persons
             it
             falleth
             out
             oftentimes
             that
             many
             perish
             in
             shipwracke
             .
          
           In
           the
           later
           of
           which
           reasons
           we
           may
           note
           these
           mens
           insolent
           impiety
           toward
           God
           :
           in
           arrogating
           vnto
           themselues
           such
           an
           absolute
           power
           for
           the
           murthering
           of
           innocents
           ,
           as
           hee
           that
           is
           Lord
           of
           all
           ,
           hath
           ouer
           his
           owne
           creatures
           ;
           the
           best
           of
           whom
           ,
           if
           he
           doe
           enter
           into
           iudgement
           with
           them
           ,
           will
           not
           bee
           found
           righteous
           in
           his
           sight
           .
           In
           the
           former
           ,
           we
           may
           obserue
           their
           deadly
           malice
           toward
           Gods
           Anoynted
           ,
           which
           they
           sufficiently
           declare
           will
           not
           bee
           satisfied
           but
           by
           the
           vtter
           extirpation
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           Royall
           progenie
           .
        
         
           And
           whereas
           for
           the
           discouery
           of
           such
           wicked
           
           spirits
           ,
           his
           Maiesty
           in
           his
           Princely
           wisedome
           did
           cause
           an
           
             Oath
             of
             Allegeance
          
           to
           bee
           framed
           ;
           by
           the
           tendring
           whereof
           he
           might
           be
           the
           better
           able
           to
           distinguish
           betwixt
           his
           loyall
           and
           disloyall
           subiects
           ,
           and
           to
           put
           a
           difference
           betwixt
           a
           seditious
           and
           a
           quiet-minded
           Romanist
           :
           this
           companion
           derideth
           his
           simplicity
           ,
           in
           imagining
           ,
           that
           that
           will
           serue
           the
           turne
           ,
           and
           supposing
           that
           a
           Papist
           will
           thinke
           himselfe
           any
           whit
           bound
           by
           taking
           such
           an
           oath
           .
           l
           See
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             in
             so
             great
             craft
             ,
             how
             great
             simplicity
             doth
             bewray
             it selfe
             .
             When
             he
             had
             placed
             all
             his
             security
             in
             that
             oath
             ;
             hee
             thought
             he
             had
             found
             such
             a
             manner
             of
             oath
             ,
             knit
             with
             so
             many
             circumstances
             ,
             that
             it
             could
             not
             ,
             with
             safety
             of
             conscience
             ,
             by
             any
             meanes
             be
             dissolued
             by
             any
             man.
             But
             hee
             could
             not
             see
             ,
             that
             if
             the
             Pope
             did
             dissolue
             that
             oath
             ;
             all
             the
             tyings
             of
             it
             ,
             (
             whether
             of
             performing
             fidelity
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             or
             of
             admitting
             no
             dispensation
             )
             would
             bee
             dissolued
             together
             .
             Yea
             ,
             I
             will
             say
             another
             thing
             that
             is
             more
             admirable
             .
             You
             know
             (
             I
             beleeue
             )
             that
             an
             vniust
             oath
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             euidently
             knowne
             ,
             or
             openly
             declared
             to
             be
             such
             ,
             bindeth
             no
             man
             ;
             but
             is
             voyd
          
           ipso
           facto
           .
           
             That
             the
             Kings
             oath
             is
             vniust
             ,
             hath
             been
             sufficiently
             declared
             by
             the
             Pastor
             of
             the
             Church
             himselfe
             .
             You
             see
             therefore
             ,
             that
             the
             obligation
             of
             it
             is
             vanished
             into
             smoke
             :
             so
             that
             the
             bond
             ,
             which
             by
             so
             many
             wise
             men
             was
             thought
             to
             bee
             of
             iron
             ,
             is
             become
             lesse
             then
             of
             straw
             .
          
        
         
         
           If
           matters
           now
           be
           come
           vnto
           this
           passe
           ,
           that
           such
           as
           are
           addicted
           to
           the
           Pope
           ,
           will
           account
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegeance
           to
           haue
           lesse
           force
           to
           binde
           them
           then
           a
           rope
           of
           straw
           ;
           iudge
           ye
           whether
           that
           be
           not
           true
           which
           hath
           been
           said
           ,
           that
           in
           respect
           not
           of
           spirituall
           infection
           onely
           ,
           but
           of
           outward
           danger
           also
           to
           our
           State
           ,
           any
           Idolaters
           may
           be
           more
           safely
           permitted
           then
           Papists
           .
           Which
           I
           doe
           not
           speake
           ,
           to
           exasperate
           you
           against
           their
           persons
           ,
           or
           to
           stirre
           you
           vp
           to
           make
           new
           Lawes
           for
           shedding
           of
           their
           blood
           .
           Their
           blindnesse
           I
           doe
           much
           pitty
           :
           and
           my
           hearts
           desire
           and
           prayer
           to
           God
           for
           them
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           bee
           saued
           .
           Onely
           this
           I
           must
           say
           ,
           that
           (
           things
           standing
           as
           they
           doe
           )
           I
           cannot
           preach
           peace
           vnto
           them
           .
           
           For
           as
           Iehu
           said
           to
           
             Ioram
             ,
             What
             peace
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             the
             whoredomes
             of
             thy
             Mother
             Iezabel
             ,
             and
             her
             witchcrafts
             are
             so
             many
             ?
          
           so
           must
           I
           say
           vnto
           them
           :
           What
           peace
           can
           there
           be
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           you
           suffer
           your selues
           to
           bee
           led
           by
           the
           mother
           of
           harlots
           and
           abominations
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           who
           by
           her
           sorceries
           hath
           deceiued
           all
           Nations
           ,
           
           and
           made
           them
           drunke
           with
           the
           wine
           of
           her
           fornication
           ?
           
           Let
           her
           put
           away
           her
           whoredomes
           out
           of
           her
           sight
           ,
           and
           her
           adulteries
           from
           betweene
           her
           breasts
           ;
           let
           her
           repent
           of
           her
           murthers
           ,
           and
           her
           sorceries
           ,
           and
           her
           idolatries
           :
           or
           rather
           ,
           because
           she
           is
           past
           all
           hope
           ,
           let
           those
           that
           are
           seduced
           by
           her
           ,
           cease
           to
           communicate
           with
           her
           in
           these
           abominable
           iniquities
           ;
           and
           wee
           shall
           be
           all
           ready
           to
           meet
           them
           ,
           and
           reioyce
           with
           the
           Angels
           in
           heauen
           for
           their
           conuersion
           .
           In
           the
           meane
           time
           ,
           they
           who
           sit
           at
           the
           Helme
           ,
           and
           haue
           the
           
           charge
           of
           our
           Church
           and
           Common-wealth
           committed
           to
           them
           ,
           must
           prouide
           by
           all
           good
           meanes
           ,
           that
           God
           bee
           not
           dishonoured
           by
           their
           open
           Idolatries
           ,
           nor
           our
           King
           and
           State
           indangered
           by
           their
           secret
           trecheries
           .
           Good
           Lawes
           there
           are
           already
           enacted
           to
           this
           purpose
           :
           which
           if
           they
           were
           duly
           put
           in
           execution
           ,
           wee
           should
           haue
           lesse
           need
           to
           thinke
           of
           making
           new
           .
           But
           it
           is
           not
           my
           part
           to
           presse
           this
           poynt
           .
           I
           will
           therefore
           conclude
           as
           I
           did
           begin
           :
           
           
             I
             speake
             as
             to
             wise
             men
             ;
             Iudge
             ye
             what
             I
             say
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               2.
               
               Tim.
               2.7
               .
            
             
               Consider
               what
               I
               say
               ;
               and
               the
               Lord
               giue
               you
               vnderstanding
               in
               all
               things
               .
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A14239-e170
           
             Cic
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A14239-e260
           
             1.
             
             Ioh.
             1.6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             12.23
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             3.27
             ,
             28.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             12.12
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             vers
             .
             27.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             12.5
             .
          
           
             Ephes.
             4
             .
             3-6
             .
          
           
             Cant.
             6.4
             .
          
           
             Cant.
             5.7
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Veteres
               scripturas
               scrutans
               ,
               inuenire
               non
               possum
               ,
               scidisse
               Ecclesiam
               &
               de
               domo
               Dei
               populos
               seduxisse
               ,
               praeter
               illos
               qui
               Sacerdotes
               à
               Deo
               positi
               fuerant
               &
               Prophetae
               .
            
             Hieron
             .
             Ephes.
             4.13
             .
             Act.
             20.30
             .
          
           
             a
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               Sozomen
               .
               lib.
            
             6.
             
               hist.
               Ecclesiast
               .
               cap.
            
             4.
             
          
           
             b
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             c
             Eccles.
             3.15
             .
          
           
             d
             Eccles.
             6.10
             .
          
           
             e
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               Isidor
               .
               Pelus
               .
               lib.
            
             4.
             epist.
             133.
             
          
           
             f
             Phil.
             3.15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             16.17
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             16.12
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             5.15
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Vos
               ergo
               quare
               separatione
               sacrilegâ
               pacis
               vinculum
               dirupistis
               ?
            
             August
             .
             lib.
             2.
             de
             Baptismo
             contra
             Donat.
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               I
               say
               and
               protest
               ,
               that
               to
               make
               schisme
               in
               the
               Church
               ,
               is
               no
               lesse
               euill
               ,
               than
               to
               fall
               into
               heresie
               .
            
             Chrysost
             .
             in
             Ephes.
             Hom.
             11.
             
          
           
             Col.
             3.14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             133.1
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             122.3
             .
          
           
             Math.
             12.25
             .
          
           
             Phil.
             2.1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             *
             Ephes.
             3.6
             .
          
           
             *
             2.
             
             Cor.
             7.3
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             13.3
             .
          
           
             Amos
             6.1
             ,
             6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             Iudg.
             5.23
             .
          
           
             Ester
             4.14
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Sam.
             11.1
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Cor.
             9.7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             10.16
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Pet.
             3.21
             .
          
           
             Ioh
             6.32
             ,
             51.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             6.56
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             4.11
             .
          
           
             *
             So
             the
             ten
             Commandements
             are
             called
             
               ten
               words
            
             ,
             Exod.
             34.28
             .
             
               With
               God
               no
               word
               shall
               be
               vnpossible
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             no
             thing
             .
             Luk.
             1.37
             .
             &c.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             11.27
             .
          
           
             Math.
             11.9
             .
          
           
             a
             1.
             
             Ioh.
             5.12
             .
          
           
             b
             Ioh.
             6.57
             .
          
           
             c
             Esa
             9.6
             .
          
           
             d
             Ioh.
             1.12
             .
          
           
             e
             1.
             
             Cor.
             1.9
             .
          
           
             f
             Heb.
             3.14
             .
          
           
             Ephes.
             5.30
             ,
             32.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             6.52
             .
          
           
             Ioh.
             3.4
             .
          
           
             Ioh.
             6.35
             ,
             36.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             6.63
             ,
             64.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             6.50
             ,
             51
             ,
             50
             ,
             58.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             13.
             
          
           
             a
             1.
             
             Cor.
             15.45
             .
          
           
             b
             Ioh.
             5.21
             .
          
           
             c
             Ioh.
             3.34
             .
          
           
             d
             Ioh.
             1.16
             .
          
           
             e
             1.
             
             Cor.
             6.17
             .
          
           
             f
             1.
             
             Ioh.
             3.24
             .
             4.13
             .
          
           
             Act.
             3.21
             .
          
           
             Math.
             28.20
             .
          
           
             Ephes.
             4.16
             .
          
           
             a
             Habak
             .
             2.4
             .
             Rom.
             1.17
             .
             Gal.
             3.11
             .
             Heb.
             10.38
             .
          
           
             b
             Gal.
             5.5
             .
          
           
             c
             Gal.
             2.20
             .
          
           
             d
             Ioh.
             1.12
             .
          
           
             e
             Ephes.
             3.17
             .
          
           
             f
             Heb.
             3.14
             .
          
           
             g
             Ioh.
             3.34
             .
          
           
             h
             Ioh.
             1.16
             .
          
           
             i
             Phil.
             1.19
             .
          
           
             k
             Rom.
             1.17
             .
          
           
             l
             1.
             
             Thes.
             3.10
             .
          
           
             m
             Luk.
             17.5
             .
          
           
             n
             Colos.
             2.6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             o
             Ephes.
             4.15
             .
          
           
             p
             Eph.
             4.12
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             q
             2.
             
             Cor.
             3.6
             .
          
           
             r
             1.
             
             Cor.
             3.5
             .
          
           
             s
             Gal.
             3.2
             .
          
           
             t
             Ioh.
             17.20
             .
          
           
             u
             1.
             
             Pet.
             2.2
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             King.
             5.12
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Cor.
             4.7
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             1.21
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             10.16
             .
          
           
             Ephes.
             3.16
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Cor.
             3.6
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             12.13
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Cor.
             6.16
             ,
             17
             
          
           
             Col.
             2.18
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             a
             
               Concil
               .
               Laodicen
               .
               Can.
            
             35.
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               that
               is
            
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             or
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             :
             in●
             .
             &
             ●
             .
             
               cap.
               epist.
               ad
               Coloss.
            
             
          
           
             b
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             c
             
               Ex
               his
               videas
               (
               quod
               necessar
               ò
               dicendum
               est
               )
               Theodoretum
               haud
               satis
               feliciter
               (
               ains
               pace
               sit
               dictum
               )
               assecutum
               esse
               Pauli
               verborum
               sensum
               .
            
             Baron
             .
             Annal
             .
             tom
             .
             1.
             ann
             .
             60.
             sect
             .
             20.
             
          
           
             d
             
               Incautè
               nimus
               ,
               quae
               à
               Catholicis
               essent
               anti
               quitùs
               institula
               ,
               haereticis
               ,
               quorum
               nulla
               esset
               memoria
               ,
               tribuens
               .
            
             Id.
             ibid.
             
          
           
             e
             
               Cur
               nos
               reprehendimur
               ,
               qui
               facimus
               quod
               Ioannes
               fecit
               ?
               num
               meliùs
               Joanne
               nórunt
               Caluinistae
               ,
               sintne
               Angeli
               adorandi
               ?
            
             Bellar.
             de
             Sanctor
             .
             Beatitud
             .
             lib.
             1.
             cap.
             14.
             
          
           
             f
             
               Hic
               apertè
               S.
               Iacob
               Angelum
               inuocauit
               .
            
             Id.
             ibid.
             cap.
             19.
             
          
           
             See
             for
             this
             ,
             the
             excellent
             Homily
             of
             the
             Perill
             of
             Idolatry
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             10.7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             135.15
             .
          
           
             Reuel
             .
             9.20
             .
          
           
             Exod.
             32.4
             .
          
           
             a
             
               Deos
               per
               simulacra
               veneramur
               .
               Arnob.
               lib.
            
             6.
             
               aduers.
               Getes
            
             .
          
           
             b
             
               Non
               ipsa
               ,
               inquiūt
               ,
               timemus
               ;
               sed
               eos
               ,
               ad
               quorum
               imaginem
               ficta
               ,
               et
               quorum
               nominibus
               cōsecrata
               sunt
               .
               Lact.
               lib.
            
             2.
             
               diuin
               .
               institut
               .
               ca.
            
             2.
             
          
           
             c
             
               Non
               ego
               illum
               lapidem
               colo
               ,
               nec
               illud
               simu●acrum
               quod
               est
               si●e
               sensu
               .
               Aug.
               in
               Psal.
            
             96.
             
          
           
             d
             
               Nec
               simulacrū
               nec
               daemonium
               colo
               ;
               sed
               per
               effigiem
               corporalem
               cius
               rei
               signum
               intueor
               ,
               quā
               colere
               debeo
               .
               Aug.
               in
               Psa.
            
             113.
             c.
             2.
             
          
           
             e
             
               Non
               colimus
               mala
               daemonia
               :
               Angelos
               quos
               dicitis
               ,
               ipsos
               et
               nos
               colimus
               ,
               virtutes
               Dei
               magni
               ,
               et
               ministeria
               Dei
               magni
               .
               Aug.
               in
               Psa.
            
             96.
             
          
           
             f
             
               V●inam
               ipsos
               colere
               velletis
               ;
               facilè
               ab
               ipsis
               disceretis
               non
               illos
               colere
               .
               Aug.
               in
               Psal
            
             96.
             
          
           
             g
             Iudg.
             17
             3.13
             
          
           
             h
             2.
             
             Kin.
             10.16
             ,
             29
             31.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Trehellius
               Pollio
            
             ,
             in
             the
             life
             of
             Claudius
             ,
             calleth
             the
             God
             of
             Moses
             ,
             
               incertum
               numē
            
             .
             so
             doth
             Lucan
             the
             god
             of
             the
             Iewes
             ,
             
               Incerti
               Iudaea
               Dei.
            
             As
             therefore
             the
             Iewes
             (
             by
             the
             relation
             of
             Tacitus
             ,
             li.
             2.
             
             Hi.
             )
             worshipped
             their
             God
             in
             mount
             Carmel
             ,
             
               non
               simulaero
               aut
               templo
               ,
               sed
               arâ
               tantùm
            
             :
             so
             it
             might
             bee
             that
             the
             Athenians
             also
             did
             the
             like
             ,
             especially
             if
             we
             consider
             that
             their
             
               Ara
               misericordia
            
             (
             which
             possibly
             might
             be
             the
             same
             with
             this
             )
             is
             thus
             described
             by
             Statius
             .
             lib.
             12.
             
             Thebaidos
             :
             
               Nulla
               autē
               effigies
               ,
               nulli
               cōmissa
               metailo
               Forma
               Dei
               ;
               mētes
               habitare
               et
               pectora
               gaudet
               .
            
          
           
             i
             
               Ausonius
               ,
               Epigram
               .
               xi
            
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Constans
               est
               Theologorū
               sententia
               ,
               Imaginē
               eodem
               honore
               et
               cultu
               honorari
               et
               coli
               ,
               quo
               colitur
               id
               cuius
               est
               Imago
               .
               Azor.
               institut
               .
               moral
               .
               part
               .
            
             1.
             lib.
             9.
             c.
             6.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Crux
               legati
               ,
               quia
               debetur
               ei
               latria
               ,
               erit
               à
               dextris
               .
               Pontifical
               .
               edit
               .
               Rom.
               pag.
            
             672.
             
          
           
             Grego
             .
             Valent.
             li.
             2.
             
             Apol.
             de
             Idolatr
             .
             ca.
             7.
             1.
             
             Pe.
             4.3
             .
          
           
             *
             Some
             Idolatry
             he
             should
             say
             :
             for
             that
             is
             S.
             Peters
             word
             .
          
           
             Gab.
             Vasquez
             .
             lib.
             2.
             de
             Ador.
             disput
             .
             4.
             c.
             3.
             
             §.
             74.75
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Cùm
               suerit
               iuris
               positiui
               et
               Caeremonialis
               illa
               leges
               Mosaicae
               prohibitio
               ,
               tempore
               legis
               Euangelicae
               debuit
               cessare
               ;
               atque
               id
               ,
               quod
               aliâs
               iure
               naturali
               licitum
               ,
               et
               honestum
               est
               ,
               vt
               imagines
               depingere
               ,
               et
               illis
               etiā
               vti
               ad
               adorationem
               ,
               in
               lege
               Euangelicâ
               locum
               habere
               debet
               .
               Vasques
               .
               ibid.
               c.
            
             4.
             
             §.
             84.
             
          
           
             Reu.
             17.5
             .
          
           
             
               Vasquez
               de
               Adorat
               .
               lib.
            
             3.
             disput
             .
             1.
             
             Cap.
             2.
             
             §
             5.8.10
             .
          
           
             Ezek.
             8.15
             .
          
           
             
               Concil
               .
               Trident.
               sess
            
             .
             13.
             ca.
             5.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Tolerabilior
               est
               enim
               error
               eorum
               ,
               qui
               pro
               Deo
               colunt
               Statuā
               auream
               aut
               argenteam
               ,
               aut
               alterius
               materiae
               imaginem
               ,
               quo
               modo
               Gentiles
               deos
               suos
               venerabantur
               ;
               vel
               pannum
               rubrum
               in
               hastam
               elenatum
               ,
               quod
               narratur
               de
               Lappis
               ;
               vel
               viua
               animalia
               ,
               vt
               quondam
               Egyptij
               :
               quàm
               eorū
               ,
               qui
               frustū
               panis
               .
               Coster
               .
               Enchirid
               .
               ca.
            
             12.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Neque
               potest
               certus
               esse
               certitudine
               fidei
               ,
               se
               percipere
               verum
               Sacramentum
               ;
               cùm
               Sacramentum
               sine
               intentione
               ministri
               non
               conficiatur
               ,
               &
               intentionem
               alterius
               nemo
               videre
               possit
               .
            
             Bellarmin
             .
             de
             Iustificat
             .
             lib.
             3.
             cap.
             8.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             4.22
             .
          
           
             Reuel
             .
             13.4
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Sam.
             3.13
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Sam.
             2.29
             .
          
           
             Reuel
             .
             2.14
             .
          
           
             Reuel
             .
             2.20
             .
          
           
             Iudg.
             2.3
             .
          
           
             Leuit.
             19.29
             .
          
           
             Numb
             .
             33.55
             .
          
           
             Reuel
             .
             17.2
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             a
             
               Dubium
               non
               est
               ,
               quin
               Papa
               possit
               omnes
               Reges
               ,
               cùm
               subest
               causa
               rationabilis
               ,
               deponere
               .
            
             Augustin
             .
             Triumphus
             ,
             de
             Potest
             .
             Ecclesiast
             .
             quaest
             .
             46.
             artic
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             b
             
               Quo
               exemplo
               satis
               intelligas
               ,
               non
               moereri
               calumniam
               ,
               neque
               inuidiam
               Episcopos
               illos
               pati
               debere
               ,
               qui
               ne
               sub
               haeretico
               principe
               degant
               ,
               omnem
               lapidem
               voluunt
               .
            
             Baron
             .
             an
             .
             538.
             
             §.
             89.
             
          
           
             c
             
               Quando
               adest
               euidens
               notitia
               criminis
               ,
               licitè
               possunt
               subditi
               (
               si
               modò
               eis
               vires
               suppetant
               )
               eximere
               se
               à
               potestate
               suorum
               Principum
               ante
               Judicis
               sententiam
               declaratoriam
               .
            
             Bannes
             in
             Thom.
             2.2
             .
             quaest
             .
             12.
             artic
             2.
             
          
           
             d
             
               Ex
               hác
               conclusione
               sequitur
               esse
               excusandos
               Anglicanos
               &
               Saxonios
               fideles
               ,
               qui
               non
               se
               eximunt
               à
               potestare
               superiorum
               ,
               nec
               bellum
               contra
               illos
               gerunt
               .
               Quon●am
               communiter
               non
               habent
               facultatem
               ad
               h●ec
               bella
               gerenda
               contra
               Principles
               ,
               &
               imminent
               illis
               grauia
               pericula
               .
            
             Id.
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             e
             
               Post
               sententi
               am
               latam
               omninò
               priuatur
               regno
               ,
               ita
               vt
               non
               possit
               iusto
               titulo
               illud
               possidere
               :
               ergo
               extunc
               poterit
               tanquam
               omninò
               tyrannus
               tractari
               ;
               &
               consequenter
               à
               quocunque
               priuato
               poterit
               interfici
               .
            
             Fr.
             Suarez
             Defens
             .
             fid
             .
             Cathol
             .
             lib.
             6.
             cap.
             4.
             
             §.
             14.
             
          
           
             f
             
               Si
               Papa
               Regem
               deponat
               ,
               ab
               illis
               tantùm
               poterit
               expelli
               ,
               vel
               interfici
               ,
               qui
               bus
               ipse
               id
               commiserit
               .
               Quod
               si
               nulli
               executionem
               imperet
               ,
               pertinebit
               ad
               legitimum
               in
               regno
               successorem
               ;
               vel
               si
               nullus
               inuentus
               fuerit
               ,
               ad
               regnum
               ipsum
               spectabit
               .
            
             Id.
             ibid.
             §
             18.
             
          
           
             g
             
               Jtaque
               apertâ
               vi
               &
               armis
               posse
               occidi
               tyrannum
               ,
               siue
               impetu
               in
               regiam
               facto
               ,
               siue
               commissâ
               pugnâ
               ,
               in
               confesso
               est
               .
               Sed
               &
               dolo
               atque
               insidijs
               exceptum
               :
               quod
               fecit
               Aiod
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             
               Est
               quidem
               maioris
               virtutis
               &
               animi
               simultatem
               apertè
               exercere
               ,
               palàm
               in
               hostem
               reipublicae
               irruere
               :
               sed
               non
               minoris
               rudentiae
               ,
               fraudi
               &
               insidijs
               locum
               captare
               ,
               quod
               sine
               molu
               contingat
               ,
               minori
               certe
               periculo
               publico
               atque
               priuato
               .
            
             Io.
             Mariana
             ,
             de
             Reg
             instit
             .
             lib.
             1.
             cap.
             7.
             
          
           
             h
             
               Jn
               eius
               vitam
               grassari
               quacunque
               arte
               concessum
               ;
               ne
               cogatur
               tantùm
               sciens
               aut
               imprudens
               sibi
               conscire
               mortem
               .
            
             Id.
             ibid.
             in
             fine
             .
          
           
             i
             
               Hoc
               tamen
               temperamento
               vti
               in
               hâc
               quidem
               disputatione
               lícebit
               ,
               si
               non
               ipse
               qui
               perimitur
               venenum
               haurire
               cogitur
               ,
               quo
               intimis
               medullis
               concepto
               pereat
               :
               sed
               exteriùs
               ab
               alio
               adhibeatur
               nihil
               adiuuante
               eo
               qui
               perimendus
               est
               :
               nimirum
               cùm
               tanta
               vis
               est
               veneni
               ,
               vt
               sellâ
               eo
               aut
               veste
               delibutâ
               vim
               interficiendi
               habeat
               .
            
             Id.
             ibid.
             
          
           
             k
             
               At
               inquies
               ,
               omnem
               modum
               crudelitatis
               excessit
               ea
               coniuratio
               ;
               cum
               &
               prolem
               ,
               &
               Regni
               ordines
               simul
               implicuisset
               .
               Id
               velim
               ne
               mireris
               .
               Nam
               malae
               &
               pernitiosae
               herbae
               &
               seminae
               conterenda
               ,
               &
               radices
               omnes
               euellendae
               sunt
               ,
               ne
               recrescant
               .
               Aliâs
               etiam
               ,
               propter
               paucos
               sceleratos
               ,
               multi
               saepè
               naufragio
               pereunt
               .
               B.
               P.
            
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             epistolae
             I.
             R.
             impress
             .
             anno
             1609.
             
          
           
             l
             
               Sed
               vide
               in
               tantâ
               astutiâ
               ,
               quanta
               sit
               simplicitas
               .
               Cùm
               omnem
               securitatem
               in
               eo
               iuramento
               sibi
               statuisset
               ;
               talem
               se
               modum
               iuramenti
               ,
               tot
               circumstantijs
               connexüisse
               existimabat
               ,
               qui
               ,
               saluâ
               conscientiâ
               ,
               nullâ
               ratione
               à
               quoquam
               dissolui
               posset
               .
               Sed
               videre
               non
               potuit
               ,
               si
               pontifex
               iuramentum
               dissoluerit
               ,
               omnes
               illius
               nexus
               ,
               siue
               de
               fidelitate
               Regi
               praestandâ
               ,
               siue
               de
               dispensatione
               non
               admittendâ
               ,
               pariter
               dissolutos
               fore
               .
               Immo
               aliud
               dicam
               admirabilius
               .
               Nosti
               ,
               credo
               ,
               iuramentum
               iniustum
               ,
               si
               tale
               esse
               euidenter
               sciatur
               ,
               vel
               apertè
               declaretur
               ,
               neminem
               obligare
               ;
               sed
               ipso
               facto
               nullum
               esse
               .
               Regis
               iuramentum
               iniustum
               esse
               ,
               ab
               ipso
               Ecclesiae
               Pastore
               sufficienter
               declaratum
               est
               .
               Vides
               igitur
               iam
               ,
               in
               ●umum
               abijsse
               illius
               obligationem
               ;
               vt
               vinculum
               ,
               quod
               à
               tot
               sapientibus
               ferreum
               putabatur
               ,
               minus
               sit
               ,
               quàm
               stramineum
               .
            
             Id.
             ibid.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             King.
             9.22
             .
          
           
             Reu.
             17.2
             ,
             5.
             and
             18.23
             .
          
           
             Hos.
             2.2
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             10.15
             .