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           THE
           GREAT
           NECESSITY
           OF
           Unity
           and
           Peace
           AMONG
           ALL
           PROTESTANTS
           ,
           AND
           THE
           
             Bloody
             Principles
          
           OF
           THE
           PAPISTS
           MADE
           MANIFEST
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           most
           Eminently
           Pious
           and
           Learned
           BISHOP
           USHER
           ,
           Sometime
           Lord
           Primate
           of
           
             Ireland
             .
          
        
         
           
             HEB.
             XI
             .
             iv
             .
          
           
             
               —
               He
               being
               Dead
               ,
               yet
               Speaketh
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             :
          
           Printed
           and
           Sold
           by
           
             J.
             Wallis
          
           in
           
             Whit
          
           〈…〉
           1688.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             1
             Cor.
             10.
             
             Vers.
             17
             :
          
           
             We
             being
             many
             ,
             are
             one
             Bread
             ,
             and
             one
             Body
             :
             For
             we
             are
             all
             Partakers
             of
             that
             one
             Bread.
             
          
        
         
           OTher
           entrance
           I
           need
           not
           make
           unto
           my
           speech
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           than
           that
           which
           the
           Apostle
           himself
           presenteth
           unto
           me
           in
           the
           verse
           next
           but
           one
           going
           before
           my
           Text
           :
           
             I
             speak
             to
             wise
             men
             .
          
           The
           more
           
             unwise
          
           might
           I
           deem
           my self
           to
           be
           ,
           who
           being
           so
           conscious
           unto
           my self
           of
           my
           great
           weakness
           ,
           durst
           adventure
           to
           discover
           the
           same
           before
           so
           grave
           and
           judicious
           an
           Auditory
           ;
           but
           that
           this
           consideration
           doth
           somewhat
           support
           me
           ,
           that
           no
           great
           blame
           can
           light
           herein
           upon
           me
           ,
           but
           some
           aspersion
           thereof
           must
           reflect
           upon
           your selves
           ,
           who
           happened
           to
           make
           so
           evil
           a
           choice
           ;
           the
           more
           facile
           I
           expect
           you
           to
           be
           in
           a
           cause
           ,
           wherein
           you
           your selves
           are
           some
           ways
           interested
           .
        
         
           The
           special
           cause
           of
           your
           assembling
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           is
           ,
           first
           ,
           that
           you
           who
           profess
           the
           same
           truth
           ,
           may
           joyn
           in
           one
           body
           ,
           and
           partake
           together
           of
           the
           same
           blessed
           Communion
           :
           and
           then
           ,
           that
           such
           as
           adhere
           unto
           false
           worship
           ,
           may
           be
           discovered
           and
           avoided
           :
           You
           ,
           in
           your
           wisdom
           ,
           discerning
           this
           holy
           Sacrament
           to
           be
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           
             ignis
             probationis
             ,
          
           which
           would
           both
           
             congregare
             homogenea
             ,
          
           and
           
             segregare
             heterogena
             ,
          
           (
           as
           in
           Philosophy
           we
           use
           to
           speak
           )
           both
           conjoyn
           those
           that
           be
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           disjoyn
           such
           as
           be
           of
           a
           differing
           kind
           and
           disposition
           .
           And
           to
           this
           purpose
           have
           I
           made
           choice
           of
           this
           present
           Text
           :
           Wherein
           the
           Apostle
           maketh
           our
           partaking
           of
           the
           Lords
           Table
           to
           be
           a
           testimony
           ,
           not
           only
           of
           the
           union
           and
           communion
           which
           we
           have
           betwixt
           our selves
           ,
           and
           with
           our
           Head
           ,
           (
           which
           he
           doth
           in
           the
           express
           words
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           read
           )
           but
           also
           of
           our
           dis-union
           and
           separation
           from
           all
           idolatrous
           worship
           :
           as
           appeareth
           by
           the
           application
           hereof
           unto
           his
           main
           drift
           and
           intendment
           ,
           laid
           down
           in
           the
           14.
           and
           2
           verses
           .
        
         
           The
           effect
           therefore
           of
           that
           which
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           in
           express
           terms
           here
           delivereth
           ,
           is
           the
           
             Communion
             of
             Saints
             :
          
           which
           consisteth
           of
           two
           parts
           ,
           the
           fellowship
           which
           they
           have
           with
           the
           
             Body
             ,
          
           laid
           down
           in
           the
           beginning
           ;
           and
           the
           fellowship
           which
           they
           have
           with
           the
           
             Head
             ,
          
           laid
           down
           in
           the
           end
           of
           the
           verse
           :
           both
           which
           are
           thus
           explained
           by
           St.
           
             John
             ,
             That
             which
             we
             have
             seen
             and
             heard
             ,
             declare
             we
             unto
             you
             ,
             that
             ye
             also
             may
             have
             fellowship
             with
             us
             ;
             and
             truly
             our
             fellowship
             is
             with
             the
             Father
             ,
             and
             with
             his
             Son
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           1
           John
           1.
           3.
           
           Let
           them
           therefore
           that
           walk
           in
           darkness
           ,
           brag
           as
           much
           as
           they
           list
           of
           their
           good-fellowship
           :
           This
           blessed
           Apostle
           assureth
           us
           ,
           that
           such
           only
           as
           do
           walk
           in
           the
           light
           ,
           
             have
             fellowship
             one
             with
             another
             ,
          
           1
           Joh.
           1.
           6
           ,
           7.
           even
           as
           they
           have
           fellowship
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           Jesus
           Christ
           his
           Son
           ,
           whose
           blood
           shall
           cleanse
           them
           from
           all
           sin
           .
           And
           to
           what
           better
           company
           can
           a
           man
           come
           ,
           than
           
             to
             the
             general
             Assembly
             ,
             and
             Church
             of
             the
             first
             born
             which
             are
             inrolled
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             to
             God
             the
             Judge
             of
             all
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             spirits
             of
             just
             men
             made
             perfect
             ,
             and
             to
             Jesus
             the
             Mediator
             of
             the
             new
             Covenant
             :
             and
             to
             the
             blood
             of
             sprinkling
             ,
             which
             speaketh
             better
             things
             than
             that
             of
             Abel
             ?
          
           Heb.
           12.
           23
           ,
           24.
           
           No
           fellowship
           (
           doubtless
           )
           is
           comparable
           to
           this
           
             Communion
             of
             Saints
             .
          
        
         
           To
           begin
           therefore
           with
           the
           first
           part
           thereof
           ,
           as
           the
           Apost
           .
           in
           
             Gal.
          
           3.
           27.
           28.
           maketh
           our
           being
           
             baptized
             into
             Christ
             ,
          
           to
           be
           a
           testimony
           that
           we
           
             are
             all
             one
             in
             Christ
             :
          
           so
           doth
           he
           here
           make
           our
           
             partaking
             of
             that
             one
             bread
             ,
          
           to
           be
           an
           evidence
           that
           we
           also
           are
           all
           
             one
             bread
             ,
             and
             one
             body
          
           in
           him
           .
           And
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           ,
           in
           Chap.
           12.
           following
           ,
           he
           propoundeth
           both
           our
           Baptism
           and
           our
           drinking
           of
           the
           Lords
           Cup
           ,
           as
           seals
           of
           the
           spiritual
           conjunction
           of
           us
           all
           into
           one
           mystical
           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
             we
             he
             Jews
             or
             Gentiles
             ,
             whether
             we
             be
             bound
             or
             free
             :
             and
             have
             been
             all
             made
             to
             drink
             into
             one
             Spirit
             .
          
           1
           Cor.
           12.
           12.
           13.
           
           Afterwards
           he
           addeth
           ,
           that
           we
           
             are
             the
             body
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             members
             in
             particular
             ,
          
           Ibid.
           v.
           27.
           and
           in
           another
           place
           also
           ,
           that
           
             We
             being
             many
             ,
             are
             one
             body
             in
             Christ
             ,
             and
             every
             one
             members
             one
             of
             another
             .
          
           Rom.
           12.
           5.
           
        
         
           Now
           the
           use
           which
           he
           teacheth
           us
           to
           make
           of
           this
           wonderful
           conjunction
           (
           whereby
           we
           are
           made
           
           members
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           members
           one
           of
           another
           )
           is
           twofold
           :
           1.
           
           
             That
             there
             should
             be
             no
             schism
             in
             the
             body
             .
          
           2.
           
           
             That
             the
             members
             should
             have
             the
             same
             care
             one
             for
             another
             ,
          
           1
           Cor.
           12.
           25.
           
           For
           preventing
           of
           Schism
           ,
           he
           exhorteth
           us
           in
           
             Ephes.
          
           4.
           3
           ,
           6.
           
             to
             keep
             the
             unity
             of
             the
             Spirit
             in
             the
             bond
             of
             peace
             :
          
           and
           to
           make
           this
           bond
           the
           firmer
           ,
           he
           putteth
           us
           in
           mind
           of
           
             one
             Body
             ,
             one
             Spirit
             ,
             one
             Hope
             ,
             one
             Lord
             ,
             one
             Faith
             ,
             one
             Baptism
             ,
             one
             God
             and
             Father
             of
             all
             ,
             who
             is
             above
             all
             ,
             and
             through
             all
             ,
             and
             in
             us
             all
             :
          
           by
           this
           multiplication
           of
           unities
           declaring
           unto
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           knots
           whereby
           we
           are
           tied
           together
           ,
           are
           both
           in
           number
           more
           ,
           and
           of
           far
           greater
           moment
           ,
           then
           that
           matters
           of
           smaller
           consequence
           should
           dissever
           us
           :
           and
           therefore
           that
           we
           should
           
             stand
             fast
             in
             one
             spirit
             ,
             with
             one
             mind
             ,
             striving
             together
             for
             the
             faith
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             and
             in
             nothing
             terrified
             by
             our
             adversaries
             ,
          
           Phil.
           1.
           27
           ,
           28.
           
        
         
           But
           howsoever
           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
           ,
           break
           rank
           ,
           and
           the
           enemy
           laboureth
           to
           breed
           division
           in
           Gods
           House
           ,
           that
           so
           his
           Kingdom
           might
           not
           stand
           .
           Nay
           ,
           oftentimes
           it
           cometh
           to
           pass
           that
           the
           
             Watchmen
          
           themselves
           ,
           
             Cant.
          
           5.
           7.
           who
           were
           appointed
           for
           the
           safeguarding
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           prove
           ,
           in
           this
           kind
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           smiters
           and
           wounders
           of
           her
           :
           and
           from
           among
           them
           who
           were
           purposely
           ordained
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           for
           the
           bringing
           of
           men
           
             into
             the
             unity
             of
             the
             faith
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
          
           Eph.
           4.
           13.
           even
           from
           among
           those
           ,
           some
           do
           arise
           ,
           that
           
             speak
             perverse
             things
             ,
             to
             draw
             away
             disciples
             after
             them
             .
          
           Act
           20.
           30.
           
        
         
           Thus
           we
           find
           in
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           History
           ,
           that
           after
           the
           death
           of
           
             Julian
          
           the
           
             Apistate
             ,
          
           
             Questions
             and
             Disputes
             concerning
             matters
             of
             Doctrine
             were
             freshly
             set
             afoot
             by
             those
             who
             were
             set
             over
             the
             Churches
             .
          
           Whereupon
           
             Soz●men
          
           maketh
           this
           grave
           Observation
           :
           
             That
             the
             Disposition
             of
             men
             is
             such
             ,
             that
             when
             they
             are
             wronged
             by
             others
             ,
             they
             are
             at
             agreement
             among
             themselves
             ;
             but
             when
             they
             are
             freed
             of
             evils
             from
             abroad
             ,
             then
             they
             make
             insurrections
             one
             against
             another
             .
          
           Which
           as
           we
           find
           to
           be
           too
           true
           by
           the
           late
           experience
           of
           our
           Neighbour
           Churches
           in
           the
           
           Low-Countries
           :
           So
           are
           we
           to
           consider
           with
           the
           Wiseman
           ,
           that
           
             What
             hath
             been
             ;
             is
             now
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             is
             to
             be
             ,
             hath
             already
             been
             ,
          
           Eccles.
           3.
           15.
           and
           be
           not
           so
           inquisitive
           ,
           why
           
             the
             former
             days
             were
             better
             than
             these
             ?
             for
             we
             do
             not
             enquire
             wisely
             concerning
             this
             .
          
           Ibid.
           6.
           10.
           
           When
           like
           troubles
           were
           in
           the
           Church
           heretofore
           ,
           
             Isidorus
             Pelusiota
             ,
          
           an
           ancient
           Father
           ,
           moveth
           the
           question
           ,
           what
           a
           man
           should
           do
           in
           this
           case
           ?
           and
           maketh
           answer
           ,
           That
           
             If
             it
             be
             possible
             we
             should
             mend
             it
             ,
             but
             if
             that
             may
             not
             be
             ,
             we
             should
             hold
             our
             peace
             .
             
               Lib.
            
             4.
             
             
               Epist.
            
             133.
             
          
        
         
           The
           Apostles
           resolution
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           may
           give
           sufficient
           satisfaction
           in
           this
           point
           ,
           to
           all
           that
           have
           moderate
           and
           peacable
           minds
           .
           
             If
             in
             any
             thing
             ye
             be
             otherwise
             minded
             ,
             God
             shall
             reveal
             even
             this
             unto
             you
             :
             nevertheless
             ,
             whereto
             we
             have
             already
             attained
             ,
             let
             us
             walk
             by
             the
             same
             rule
             ,
             let
             us
             mind
             the
             same
             thing
             .
          
           Phil.
           3.
           15.
           16.
           
           It
           is
           not
           to
           be
           looked
           for
           ,
           that
           all
           good
           men
           should
           agree
           in
           all
           things
           :
           neither
           is
           it
           fit
           that
           we
           should
           (
           as
           our
           Adversaries
           do
           )
           put
           the
           truth
           unto
           compromise
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           saying
           of
           an
           
             Achitophel
             ,
          
           whose
           counsel
           must
           be
           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
           :
           we
           all
           consent
           in
           the
           main
           grounds
           of
           Religion
           drawn
           from
           thence
           :
           we
           all
           subscribe
           to
           the
           articles
           of
           doctrine
           agreed
           upon
           in
           the
           Synod
           of
           the
           year
           1562.
           
             for
             the
             avoiding
             of
             diversities
             of
             opinions
             ,
             and
             the
             establishing
             of
             consent
             touching
             true
             Religion
             .
          
           Hitherto
           ,
           by
           Gods
           mercy
           ,
           have
           we
           already
           attained
           ;
           thus
           far
           therefore
           let
           us
           mind
           the
           same
           thing
           ;
           let
           not
           every
           wanton
           wit
           be
           permitted
           to
           bring
           what
           fancies
           he
           list
           into
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           and
           to
           disturb
           things
           that
           have
           been
           well
           ordered
           .
           
             I
             beseech
             you
             brethren
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           )
           
             mark
             them
             which
             cause
             divisions
             and
             offences
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             doctrine
             which
             ye
             have
             learned
             ,
             and
             avoid
             them
             .
          
           Rom.
           16.
           17.
           
        
         
           If
           in
           some
           other
           things
           we
           be
           otherwise
           minded
           ,
           than
           others
           of
           our
           brethren
           are
           ;
           let
           us
           bear
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           until
           God
           shall
           reveal
           the
           same
           thing
           unto
           us
           :
           and
           howsoever
           we
           may
           see
           cause
           why
           we
           should
           dissent
           from
           others
           in
           matter
           of
           opinion
           ;
           yet
           let
           us
           remember
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           no
           cause
           why
           we
           should
           break
           the
           Kings
           peace
           ,
           and
           make
           a
           rent
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           God.
           A
           thing
           deeply
           to
           be
           thought
           of
           by
           the
           
             Ismaels
          
           of
           our
           time
           ,
           whose
           
             hand
             is
             against
             every
             man
             ,
             and
             every
             mans
             hand
             against
             them
             ;
          
           who
           
             bite
             and
             devour
             one
             another
             ,
          
           until
           they
           
             be
             consumed
             one
             of
             another
             ;
          
           who
           forsake
           the
           fellowship
           of
           the
           Saints
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           sacrilegious
           
             separation
          
           brake
           this
           bond
           of
           peace
           .
           Little
           do
           these
           men
           consider
           ,
           how
           precious
           the
           peace
           of
           the
           Church
           ought
           to
           be
           in
           our
           eyes
           (
           to
           be
           redeemed
           with
           a
           thousand
           of
           lives
           )
           and
           of
           what
           dangerous
           consequence
           the
           matter
           of
           schism
           is
           unto
           their
           own
           souls
           .
           For
           howsoever
           the
           schismatich
           
             secundum
             affectum
          
           (
           as
           the
           Schoolmen
           speak
           )
           in
           his
           intention
           and
           wicked
           purpose
           ,
           taketh
           away
           unity
           from
           the
           Church
           ;
           even
           as
           he
           that
           hateth
           God
           ,
           doth
           take
           away
           goodness
           from
           him
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           in
           him
           lieth
           :
           yet
           
             secundum
             effectum
             ,
          
           in
           truth
           ,
           and
           in
           very
           deed
           ,
           he
           taketh
           away
           the
           unity
           of
           the
           Church
           only
           from
           himself
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           he
           
           cutteth
           himself
           off
           from
           being
           united
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           body
           ;
           and
           being
           dissevered
           from
           the
           body
           ,
           how
           is
           it
           possible
           that
           he
           should
           retain
           communion
           with
           the
           Head
           ?
        
         
           To
           conclude
           therefore
           this
           first
           use
           which
           we
           are
           to
           make
           of
           our
           communion
           with
           the
           
             Body
             :
          
           let
           us
           call
           to
           mind
           the
           exhortation
           of
           the
           Apostle
           :
           
             Above
             all
             things
             put
             on
             love
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             bond
             of
             perfectness
             ,
             and
             let
             the
             peace
             of
             God
             rule
             in
             your
             hearts
             ,
             to
             the
             which
             also
             ye
             are
             called
             in
             one
             Body
             .
             
               Col.
            
             3.
             14.
             15.
             
          
           Behold
           how
           good
           and
           pleasant
           a
           thing
           it
           is
           for
           brethren
           to
           dwell
           together
           in
           unity
           :
           
             Ps.
          
           133.
           1.
           
           What
           a
           goodly
           thing
           it
           is
           to
           behold
           such
           an
           honourable
           Assembly
           as
           this
           is
           ,
           to
           be
           as
           a
           house
           that
           is
           
             compact
             together
          
           in
           it self
           ,
           
             Ps.
          
           122.
           3.
           holding
           fit
           correspondence
           with
           the
           other
           part
           of
           this
           great
           body
           ,
           and
           due
           subordination
           unto
           their
           and
           our
           Head
           !
           Such
           as
           wish
           not
           well
           to
           the
           publick
           good
           ,
           and
           would
           rejoyce
           at
           the
           ruin
           of
           our
           State
           ,
           long
           for
           nothing
           more
           ,
           then
           that
           dissensions
           should
           arise
           hete
           ,
           betwixt
           the
           members
           mutually
           ,
           and
           betwixt
           them
           and
           the
           Head.
           
        
         
           
             Hoc
             Ithacus
             velit
             ,
             &
             magno
             mercentur
             Atridae
             .
          
           They
           know
           full
           well
           ,
           that
           
             every
             Kingdom
             divided
             against
             it self
             is
             brought
             to
             desolation
             ;
             and
             every
             house
             divided
             against
             it self
             ,
             shall
             not
             stand
             :
             
               Matth.
            
             12.
             25.
             
          
           nor
           do
           they
           forget
           the
           Politicians
           old
           rule
           ;
           
             Divide
             &
             impera
             ,
          
           make
           a
           division
           ,
           and
           get
           the
           dominion
           .
           The
           more
           need
           have
           we
           to
           look
           herein
           unto
           our selves
           ;
           who
           cannot
           be
           ignorant
           how
           dolorous
           
             Solutio
             continui
             ,
          
           and
           how
           dangerous
           
             Ruptures
             ,
          
           prove
           to
           be
           unto
           our
           bodies
           .
           If
           therefore
           there
           be
           any
           comfort
           of
           love
           ,
           if
           any
           fellowship
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           fulfil
           our
           joy
           :
           
             That
             ye
             be
             like
             minded
             ,
             having
             the
             same
             love
             ,
             being
             of
             one
             accord
             ,
             of
             one
             mind
             ;
             and
             doing
             nothing
             through
             strife
             or
             vain
             glory
             .
             
               Phil.
            
             2.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           Remember
           that
           as
           oft
           as
           we
           come
           unto
           the
           Lords
           Table
           ,
           so
           oft
           do
           we
           enter
           into
           new
           bonds
           of
           peace
           ,
           and
           tie
           our selves
           with
           firmer
           knots
           of
           love
           together
           :
           this
           blessed
           Communion
           being
           a
           sacred
           seal
           ,
           not
           only
           of
           the
           union
           which
           we
           have
           with
           our
           Head
           by
           
             faith
             ,
          
           but
           also
           of
           our
           conjunction
           with
           the
           other
           members
           of
           the
           body
           by
           
             love
             .
          
        
         
           Whereby
           as
           we
           are
           admonished
           to
           maintain
           unity
           among
           our selves
           ,
           
             that
             there
             be
             no
             schism
             or
             division
             in
             the
             body
             :
          
           so
           are
           we
           also
           further
           put
           in
           mind
           ,
           
             that
             the
             members
             ,
             should
             have
             the
             same
             care
             one
             for
             another
             .
          
           For
           that
           is
           the
           second
           use
           which
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           teacheth
           us
           to
           make
           hereof
           ,
           in
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           12.
           26.
           which
           he
           further
           amplifieth
           in
           the
           verse
           next
           following
           ,
           by
           the
           mutual
           sympathy
           and
           fellow-feeling
           which
           the
           members
           of
           the
           same
           body
           have
           on
           with
           another
           For
           
             whether
             one
             member
             suffer
             ,
             all
             the
             members
             suffer
             with
             it
             ;
             or
             one
             member
             be
             honoured
             ,
             all
             the
             members
             rejoyce
             with
             it
             .
          
           And
           then
           he
           addeth
           :
           
             Now
             ye
             are
             the
             body
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             members
             in
             particular
             :
             shewing
             unto
             us
             thereby
             ,
          
           that
           as
           we
           are
           all
           concorporated
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           and
           made
           copartners
           of
           the
           promise
           in
           Christ
           :
           so
           we
           should
           have
           one
           another
           in
           our
           hearts
           ,
           to
           die
           and
           live
           together
           .
           2
           
             Cor.
          
           7.
           3.
           
           And
           hereupon
           is
           that
           exhortation
           in
           
             Heb.
          
           13.
           3
           grounded
           :
           
             Remember
             them
             that
             are
             in
             bonds
             ,
             as
             bound
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             them
             which
             suffer
             adversity
             ,
             as
             being
             our selves
             also
             in
             the
             Body
             :
             it
             being
             a
             perilous
             sign
             that
             we
             be
             no
             lively
             members
             of
             that
             body
             ,
          
           if
           we
           be
           not
           sensible
           of
           the
           calamities
           that
           lie
           upon
           our
           afflicted
           brethren
           .
           We
           know
           the
           
             Woe
          
           that
           is
           pronounced
           against
           such
           as
           are
           at
           ease
           in
           
             Sion
             ,
          
           and
           
             are
             not
             grieved
             for
             the
             affliction
             of
             
               Joseph
               ,
               Amos
            
             6.
             1
             ,
             6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           with
           the
           judgment
           following
           .
           
             Therefore
             now
             shall
             they
             go
             captive
             ,
             with
             the
             first
             that
             go
             captive
             .
          
           We
           know
           the
           Angels
           bitter
           curse
           against
           the
           inhabitants
           of
           
             Meroz
             .
          
           
             Curse
             ye
             Meroz
             (
             said
             the
             Angel
             of
             the
             Lord
             )
             curse
             ye
             bitterly
             the
             inhabitants
             thereof
             :
             because
             they
             came
             not
             to
             help
             the
             Lord
             ,
             to
             help
             the
             Lord
             against
             the
             mighty
             .
             
               Judg.
            
             5.
             23.
             
          
           Not
           as
           if
           the
           Lord
           did
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           our
           help
           ,
           or
           were
           not
           able
           ,
           without
           our
           assistance
           ,
           to
           maintain
           his
           own
           cause
           ,
           but
           that
           hereby
           he
           would
           make
           trial
           of
           our
           readiness
           to
           do
           him
           service
           and
           prove
           the
           sincerity
           of
           our
           love
           .
           If
           we
           hold
           our
           peace
           and
           sit
           still
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           deliverance
           shall
           arise
           to
           Gods
           Church
           from
           another
           place
           ,
           
             Esther
          
           4.
           14.
           but
           let
           us
           look
           that
           the
           destruction
           do
           not
           light
           upon
           us
           and
           ours
           .
        
         
           
             I
          
           need
           not
           make
           any
           application
           of
           that
           which
           I
           have
           spoken
           :
           the
           face
           of
           Christendom
           ,
           so
           miserably
           rent
           and
           torn
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           cannot
           but
           present
           it self
           as
           a
           ruful
           spectacle
           unto
           all
           our
           eyes
           ,
           and
           (
           if
           there
           be
           any
           bowels
           in
           us
           )
           stir
           up
           compassion
           in
           our
           hearts
           .
           Neither
           need
           I
           to
           be
           earnest
           in
           exciting
           you
           to
           put
           your
           helping
           hands
           to
           the
           making
           up
           of
           these
           breaches
           :
           your
           forwardness
           herein
           hath
           prevented
           me
           ,
           and
           instead
           of
           petitioning
           (
           for
           which
           I
           had
           prepared
           my self
           )
           hath
           ministred
           unto
           me
           matter
           of
           thanksgiving
           .
           A
           good
           work
           is
           at
           all
           times
           commendable
           :
           but
           the
           doing
           of
           it
           in
           fit
           time
           ,
           addeth
           much
           to
           the
           lustre
           thereof
           ,
           and
           maketh
           it
           yet
           more
           goodly
           .
           The
           season
           of
           the
           year
           is
           approaching
           ,
           wherein
           Kings
           go
           forth
           to
           battel
           ,
           2
           
             Sam.
          
           11.
           1.
           the
           present
           supply
           and
           offer
           of
           your
           Subsidy
           was
           done
           in
           a
           time
           most
           seasonable
           :
           being
           so
           much
           also
           the
           more
           acceptable
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           granted
           
             not
             grudgingly
             ,
             or
             of
             necessity
             ,
          
           but
           fr●ely
           ,
           and
           with
           〈…〉
           mind
           :
           
             God
             〈…〉
             
             giver
             :
             and
             he
             is
             able
             to
             make
             all
             grace
             abound
             towards
             you
             ,
             that
             ye
             always
             having
             all
             sufficiency
             in
             all
             things
             ,
             may
             abound
             to
             every
             good
             work
             .
             2
             
               Cor.
            
             9.
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
        
         
           And
           thus
           being
           by
           your
           goodness
           so
           happily
           abridged
           of
           that
           which
           I
           intended
           further
           to
           have
           urged
           from
           the
           conjunction
           which
           we
           have
           with
           the
           Body
           :
           I
           pass
           now
           unto
           the
           second
           part
           of
           the
           Communion
           of
           Saints
           ,
           which
           consisteth
           in
           the
           union
           which
           we
           all
           have
           with
           one
           Head.
           For
           Christ
           our
           Head
           is
           the
           main
           foundation
           of
           this
           heavenly
           union
           .
           Out
           of
           him
           there
           is
           nothing
           but
           confusion
           ;
           without
           him
           we
           are
           nothing
           but
           disordered
           heaps
           of
           rubbish
           :
           but
           
             in
             him
             all
             the
             building
             fitly
             framed
             together
             ,
             groweth
             unto
             an
             holy
             Temple
             in
             the
             Lord
             ;
             and
             in
             him
             are
             we
             builded
             together
             an
             habitation
             of
             God
             through
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             
               Ephes.
            
             2.
             21
             ,
             22.
             
          
           Of
           our selves
           we
           are
           but
           lost
           sheep
           ,
           scattered
           and
           wandring
           upon
           every
           Mountain
           .
           From
           him
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           
             one
             fold
             ,
             and
             one
             shepheard
             ,
             
               (
               Joh.
            
             10.
             16
             
             )
             God
             having
             purposed
             in
             himself
             to
             gather
             together
             in
             one
             all
             things
             in
             Christ
             ,
             both
             which
             are
             in
             heaven
             ,
             and
             which
             are
             on
             earth
             ,
             even
             in
             him
             ,
             
               Ephes.
            
             1.
             10.
             
          
           This
           is
           the
           effect
           of
           our
           Saviours
           prayer
           ,
           
             Joh.
          
           17.
           21.
           
           
             That
             they
             all
             may
             be
             one
             ,
             as
             thou
             Father
             art
             in
             me
             ,
             and
             I
             in
             thee
             ,
             that
             they
             also
             may
             be
             one
             in
             us
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
             I
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             thou
             in
             me
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             made
             perfect
             in
             one
             .
          
           And
           this
           is
           it
           which
           we
           find
           so
           oft
           repeated
           by
           St.
           
             Paul
             :
          
           
             We
             being
             many
             ,
             are
             one
             body
             in
             Christ
             ,
             
               Rom.
            
             12.
             5
             
             Ye
             are
             all
             one
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             
               Gal.
            
             3.
             28.
             
          
           And
           in
           the
           Text
           we
           have
           in
           hand
           :
           
             We
             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
             break
             ,
             is
             it
             not
             the
             Communion
             of
             the
             Body
             of
             Christ
             ?
             1
             
               Cor.
            
             10.
             16.
             
          
        
         
           Under
           the
           name
           of
           
             Bread
          
           therefore
           here
           is
           comprehended
           both
           
             Panis
             Domini
             ,
          
           and
           
             Panis
             Dominus
             ;
          
           not
           only
           the
           bread
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           but
           also
           the
           Lord
           himself
           ,
           who
           is
           that
           
             living
             Bread
             which
             came
             down
             from
             heaven
             ,
             
               Joh.
            
             6.
             51.
             
          
           For
           as
           St.
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           saying
           ,
           that
           
             Baptism
             doth
             save
             us
             ,
             1
             
               Pet.
            
             3.
             21.
             
          
           understandeth
           thereby
           both
           the
           outward
           part
           of
           that
           Sacrament
           ,
           (
           for
           he
           expressly
           calleth
           it
           a
           
             figure
             )
          
           and
           more
           than
           that
           too
           (
           as
           appeareth
           by
           the
           explication
           presently
           adjoyned
           :
           
             not
             the
             putting
             away
             of
             the
             filth
             of
             the
             flesh
          
           )
           even
           the
           inward
           purging
           of
           our
           consciences
           by
           vertue
           of
           the
           death
           and
           resurrection
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           :
           So
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           here
           making
           the
           reason
           of
           our
           union
           to
           be
           our
           
             partaking
             of
             all
             this
             one
             bread
             ,
          
           hath
           not
           so
           much
           respect
           unto
           the
           external
           bread
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           (
           through
           he
           exclude
           not
           that
           neither
           )
           as
           unto
           the
           true
           and
           heavenly
           Bread
           figured
           thereby
           ;
           whereof
           the
           Lord
           himself
           pronounceth
           in
           
             John
          
           6.
           32.
           51.
           
           
             The
             bread
             that
             I
             will
             give
             ,
             is
             my
             flesh
             ,
             which
             I
             will
             give
             for
             the
             life
             of
             the
             world
             :
          
           and
           (
           to
           shew
           that
           by
           partaking
           of
           this
           bread
           ,
           that
           wonderful
           union
           we
           speak
           of
           ,
           is
           effected
           :
           )
           
             He
             that
             eateth
             my
             flesh
             ,
             and
             drinketh
             my
             blood
             ,
             dwelleth
             in
             me
             ,
             and
             I
             in
             him
             .
             
               Joh.
            
             6.
             56.
             
          
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           lamentable
           thing
           to
           behold
           ,
           how
           this
           holy
           Sacrament
           ,
           which
           was
           ordained
           by
           Christ
           to
           be
           a
           bond
           whereby
           we
           should
           be
           knit
           together
           in
           unity
           ,
           is
           ,
           by
           Satans
           malice
           ,
           and
           the
           corruption
           of
           mans
           disposition
           ,
           so
           strangely
           perverted
           the
           contrary
           way
           ;
           that
           it
           is
           made
           the
           principal
           occasion
           of
           that
           woful
           distraction
           which
           we
           see
           amongst
           Christians
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           fuel
           of
           endless
           strifes
           ,
           and
           implacable
           contentions
           .
           And
           forasmuch
           as
           these
           mischiefs
           have
           proceeded
           from
           the
           inconsiderate
           confounding
           of
           those
           things
           which
           in
           their
           own
           nature
           are
           as
           different
           as
           may
           be
           :
           for
           the
           clearer
           distinguishing
           of
           matters
           ,
           we
           are
           in
           the
           first
           place
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           a
           Sacrament
           taken
           it
           its
           full
           extent
           comprehendeth
           two
           things
           in
           it
           :
           that
           which
           is
           outward
           and
           visible
           ,
           which
           the
           Schools
           call
           properly
           
             Sacramentum
             ,
          
           (
           in
           a
           more
           strict
           acception
           of
           the
           word
           :
           )
           and
           that
           which
           is
           inward
           and
           invisible
           ,
           which
           they
           term
           
             rem
             Sacramenti
             ,
          
           the
           principal
           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
           we
           apprehend
           by
           faith
           is
           ,
           
             the
             body
             and
             blood
             of
             Christ
             :
          
           in
           the
           outward
           part
           of
           this
           mystical
           action
           ,
           which
           reacheth
           to
           that
           which
           is
           
             Sacramentum
          
           only
           ,
           we
           receive
           this
           body
           and
           blood
           but
           sacramentally
           ;
           in
           the
           inward
           ,
           which
           containeth
           
             rem
             ,
          
           the
           thing
           it self
           in
           it
           ,
           we
           receive
           them
           really
           :
           and
           consequently
           the
           presence
           of
           these
           in
           the
           one
           is
           relative
           and
           symbolical
           ;
           in
           the
           other
           ,
           real
           and
           substantial
           .
        
         
           To
           begin
           then
           with
           that
           which
           is
           symbolical
           and
           relative
           :
           we
           may
           observe
           out
           of
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           which
           saith
           ,
           that
           
             Abraham
             received
             the
             sign
             of
             Circumcision
             ,
             a
             seal
             of
             the
             righteousness
             of
             the
             saith
             which
             he
             had
             being
             uncircumcised
             ;
          
           that
           Sacraments
           have
           a
           two-fold
           relation
           to
           the
           things
           whereof
           they
           be
           Sacraments
           :
           the
           one
           of
           a
           
             sign
             ,
          
           the
           other
           of
           a
           
             seal
             .
          
           Signs
           ,
           we
           know
           ,
           are
           relatively
           united
           unto
           the
           things
           which
           they
           do
           signify
           ;
           and
           in
           this
           respect
           are
           so
           nearly
           conjoyned
           together
           ,
           that
           the
           name
           of
           the
           one
           is
           usually
           communicated
           unto
           the
           other
           .
           
             This
             cup
             is
             the
             new
             Testament
             ,
          
           or
           ,
           the
           new
           Covenant
           ,
           saith
           our
           Saviour
           in
           the
           
           
           
           
           
           institution
           of
           the
           holy
           Supper
           ,
           
             Luke
          
           22.
           20.
           
           
             This
             is
             my
             Covenant
             ,
          
           saith
           God
           in
           the
           institution
           of
           Circumcision
           in
           the
           old
           Testament
           ,
           
             Gen.
          
           17.
           10.
           but
           how
           it
           was
           his
           Covenant
           ,
           he
           explainerh
           in
           the
           verse
           immediately
           following
           ;
           
             Ye
             shall
             circumcise
             the
             flesh
             of
             your
             foreskin
             ;
             and
             it
             shall
             be
             a
             SIGN
             of
             the
             Covenant
             betwixt
             me
             and
             you
             .
          
           So
           words
           being
           the
           signs
           of
           things
           ,
           no
           sooner
           is
           the
           sound
           of
           the
           word
           conveyed
           to
           cur
           ears
           ,
           but
           the
           notion
           of
           the
           thing
           signified
           thereby
           is
           presented
           unto
           our
           mind
           :
           and
           thereupon
           in
           the
           speech
           of
           the
           Scripture
           nothing
           is
           more
           ordinary
           ,
           than
           by
           the
           term
           of
           
             Word
          
           to
           note
           a
           
             thing
             .
          
           We
           read
           in
           1
           
             Sam.
          
           4.
           that
           the
           Philistines
           were
           afraid
           and
           said
           ,
           
             God
             is
             come
             in
             the
             Camp.
          
           ver
           .
           7.
           when
           the
           Israelites
           brought
           thither
           
             the
             Ark
             of
             the
             Covenant
             of
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             ,
             which
             dwelleth
             between
             the
             Cherubims
             ,
             v.
             4.
             
          
           and
           yet
           was
           that
           no
           other
           but
           this
           relative
           kind
           of
           presence
           whereof
           now
           we
           speak
           :
           in
           respect
           whereof
           also
           the
           Shewbread
           is
           in
           the
           Hebrew
           named
           ,
           
             the
             bread
             of
             faces
             ,
          
           or
           ,
           
             the
             presence
             bread
             .
          
           We
           see
           with
           us
           ,
           the
           room
           wherein
           the
           Kings
           Chair
           ,
           and
           other
           Ensigns
           of
           State
           are
           placed
           ,
           is
           called
           
             the
             Chamber
             of
             presence
             ,
          
           although
           the
           King
           himself
           be
           not
           there
           personally
           present
           .
           And
           as
           the
           rude
           and
           undutiful
           behaviour
           of
           any
           in
           that
           place
           ,
           or
           the
           offering
           of
           any
           disrespect
           to
           the
           Kings
           Pourtraicture
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           Armes
           Royal
           ,
           or
           to
           any
           other
           thing
           that
           hath
           relation
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           is
           taken
           as
           a
           dishonour
           done
           unto
           the
           King
           himself
           :
           so
           here
           ,
           he
           that
           eateth
           the
           bread
           ,
           and
           drinketh
           the
           cup
           of
           the
           Lord
           unworthily
           ,
           is
           accounted
           guilty
           of
           offering
           indignity
           to
           the
           
             body
             and
             blood
             of
             the
             Lord.
             1
             
               Cor.
            
             11.
             27.
             
          
        
         
           In
           this
           sort
           we
           acknowledge
           Sacraments
           to
           be
           Signs
           ;
           but
           bare
           signs
           we
           deny
           them
           to
           be
           :
           Seals
           they
           are
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           signs
           of
           the
           Covenant
           of
           grace
           .
           As
           it
           was
           therefore
           said
           of
           
             John
          
           the
           
             Baptist
             ,
          
           that
           he
           was
           
             a
             Prophet
             ,
             and
             more
             than
             a
             Prophet
             :
             
               Matt.
            
             11.
             9.
             
          
           So
           must
           we
           say
           of
           Sacraments
           ,
           that
           they
           be
           signs
           ,
           and
           more
           than
           signs
           ;
           even
           pledges
           and
           assurances
           of
           the
           interest
           which
           we
           have
           in
           the
           heavenly
           things
           that
           are
           represented
           by
           them
           .
           He
           that
           hath
           in
           his
           chamber
           the
           picture
           of
           the
           
             French
             King
             ,
          
           hath
           but
           a
           bare
           sign
           ;
           which
           possibly
           may
           make
           him
           think
           of
           that
           King
           when
           he
           looketh
           on
           it
           ,
           but
           sheweth
           not
           that
           he
           hath
           any
           manner
           of
           interest
           in
           him
           .
           It
           is
           otherwise
           with
           him
           that
           hath
           the
           Kings
           great
           Seal
           for
           the
           confirmation
           of
           the
           title
           that
           he
           hath
           unto
           all
           the
           lands
           and
           livelihood
           which
           he
           doth
           injoy
           .
           And
           as
           here
           ,
           the
           wax
           that
           is
           affixed
           to
           those
           letters
           Patents
           ,
           howsoever
           for
           substance
           it
           be
           the
           very
           same
           with
           that
           which
           is
           to
           be
           found
           every
           where
           ,
           yet
           being
           applied
           to
           this
           use
           ,
           is
           of
           more
           worth
           to
           the
           Patent
           ,
           than
           all
           the
           wax
           in
           the
           Countrey
           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
           served
           at
           ordinary
           tables
           :
           but
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           sacred
           use
           whereunto
           they
           are
           consecrated
           ,
           such
           a
           change
           is
           made
           ,
           that
           now
           they
           differ
           as
           much
           from
           common
           bread
           and
           wine
           ,
           as
           heaven
           from
           earth
           .
           Neither
           are
           they
           to
           be
           accounted
           barely
           significative
           ,
           but
           truly
           exhibitive
           also
           of
           those
           heavenly
           things
           whereto
           they
           have
           relation
           ,
           as
           being
           appointed
           by
           God
           to
           be
           a
           means
           of
           conveying
           the
           same
           unto
           us
           ,
           and
           putting
           us
           in
           actual
           possession
           thereof
           .
           So
           that
           in
           the
           use
           of
           this
           holy
           ordinance
           ,
           verily
           as
           a
           man
           with
           his
           bodily
           hand
           and
           mouth
           receiveth
           the
           earthly
           creatures
           ;
           so
           verily
           doth
           he
           with
           his
           spiritual
           hand
           and
           mouth
           (
           if
           any
           such
           he
           have
           )
           receive
           the
           body
           and
           blood
           of
           Christ.
           
        
         
           And
           this
           is
           that
           
             real
             and
             substantial
          
           presence
           ,
           which
           we
           affirmed
           to
           be
           in
           the
           inward
           part
           of
           this
           sacred
           action
           .
           For
           the
           better
           conceiving
           of
           which
           mistery
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           inquire
           ,
           first
           ,
           what
           the
           thing
           is
           which
           we
           do
           here
           receive
           ;
           secondly
           ,
           how
           and
           in
           what
           manner
           we
           are
           made
           partakers
           of
           it
           .
           Touching
           the
           first
           ,
           the
           truth
           which
           must
           be
           held
           ,
           is
           this
           :
           that
           we
           do
           not
           here
           receive
           only
           the
           benefits
           that
           flow
           from
           Christ
           ;
           but
           the
           very
           body
           and
           blood
           of
           Christ
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           Christ
           himself
           crucified
           .
           For
           as
           none
           can
           be
           made
           partaker
           of
           the
           vertue
           of
           the
           bread
           and
           wine
           to
           his
           bodily
           sustenance
           ,
           unless
           he
           first
           do
           receive
           the
           substance
           of
           those
           creatures
           :
           so
           neither
           can
           any
           participate
           in
           the
           benefits
           arising
           from
           Christ
           to
           his
           spiritual
           relief
           ,
           except
           he
           first
           have
           communion
           with
           Christ
           himself
           .
           We
           must
           
             have
             the
             Son
             ,
          
           before
           we
           
             have
             life
             ,
          
           1
           Joh.
           5.
           12.
           and
           therefore
           
             eat
          
           him
           we
           must
           ,
           
             Joh.
          
           6.
           57.
           
           (
           as
           himself
           speaketh
           )
           that
           is
           ,
           as
           truly
           be
           made
           partakers
           of
           him
           as
           we
           are
           of
           our
           ordinary
           food
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           
             live
          
           by
           him
           .
           As
           there
           is
           a
           giving
           of
           him
           on
           Gods
           part
           (
           for
           
             unto
             us
             a
             Son
             is
             given
             ,
          
           Esa.
           9.
           6.
           
           )
           so
           there
           must
           be
           a
           receiving
           of
           him
           on
           our
           part
           ;
           for
           
             as
             many
             as
             received
             him
             ,
             to
             them
             gave
             he
             power
             to
             become
             the
             sons
             of
             God.
             
               Joh.
            
             1.
             12.
             
          
           And
           as
           we
           are
           
             called
             by
             God
             unto
             the
             communion
             of
             his
             Son
             Jesus
             Christ
             our
             Lord
             ,
             1
             
               Cor.
            
             1.
             9.
             
          
           so
           it
           we
           do
           hear
           his
           voice
           ,
           and
           not
           harden
           our
           hearts
           by
           unbelief
           ,
           we
           are
           indeed
           made
           
             partakers
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           Heb.
           3.
           14.
           
           This
           is
           that
           
             great
             mistery
          
           (
           for
           so
           the
           Apostle
           termeth
           it
           )
           of
           our
           union
           with
           Christ
           ,
           whereby
           we
           are
           made
           
             members
             of
             his
             body
             ,
             of
             his
             flesh
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             bones
             ,
             
               Eph.
            
             5.
             30
             ,
             32.
             
          
           and
           this
           is
           that
           
             eating
             of
             the
             flesh
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             man
             ,
             and
             drinking
             of
             his
             blood
             ,
             which
             our
             Saviour
             insisteth
             so
             much
             upon
             ,
             in
             
               Joh.
            
             6.
             
          
        
         
         
           Where
           if
           any
           man
           shall
           demand
           ,
           (
           that
           I
           may
           now
           come
           unto
           the
           second
           point
           of
           our
           inquiry
           .
           )
           
             How
             can
             this
             man
             give
             us
             his
             flesh
             to
             eat
             ?
             
               Joh.
            
             6.
             52.
             
          
           he
           must
           be
           ware
           that
           he
           come
           not
           pre-occupied
           with
           such
           dull
           conceits
           as
           they
           were
           possessed
           withal
           ,
           who
           moved
           that
           question
           there
           ;
           he
           must
           not
           think
           that
           we
           cannot
           truly
           feed
           on
           Christ
           ,
           unless
           we
           receive
           him
           within
           our
           jaws
           :
           for
           that
           is
           as
           gross
           an
           imagination
           as
           that
           of
           
             Nicodemus
             ,
          
           who
           could
           not
           conceive
           how
           a
           man
           could
           be
           
             born
             again
             ,
          
           unless
           he
           should
           
             enter
             the
             second
             time
             into
             his
             Mothers
             Womb
             :
             Joh.
          
           3.
           4.
           but
           must
           consider
           ,
           that
           the
           
             eating
             and
             drinking
          
           which
           our
           Saviour
           speaketh
           of
           ,
           must
           be
           answerable
           to
           the
           
             hungring
             and
             thirsting
             ,
          
           for
           the
           quenching
           whereof
           this
           heavenly
           Banquet
           is
           provided
           .
           Mark
           well
           the
           words
           which
           he
           useth
           ,
           toward
           the
           beginning
           of
           his
           discourse
           concerning
           this
           argument
           .
           
             I
             am
             the
             bread
             of
             life
             ,
             he
             that
             cometh
             to
             me
             ,
             shall
             never
             hunger
             ;
             and
             he
             that
             believeth
             in
             me
             ,
             shall
             never
             thirst
             .
             But
             I
             said
             unto
             you
             ,
             that
             ye
             also
             have
             seen
             me
             ,
             and
             believe
             not
             .
             
               Joh
            
             6.
             35
             ,
             36.
             
          
           And
           compare
           them
           with
           those
           in
           the
           end
           :
           
             It
             is
             the
             Spirit
             that
             quickeneth
             ,
             the
             flesh
             profiteth
             nothing
             :
             the
             words
             that
             I
             speak
             unto
             you
             ,
             they
             are
             spirit
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             life
             .
             But
             there
             are
             some
             of
             you
             that
             believe
             not
             .
          
           Now
           observe
           ,
           that
           such
           as
           our
           hungring
           is
           ,
           such
           is
           our
           eating
           .
           But
           every
           one
           will
           confess
           ,
           that
           the
           hunger
           here
           spoken
           of
           ,
           is
           not
           corporal
           ,
           but
           spiritual
           :
           Why
           then
           should
           any
           man
           dream
           here
           of
           a
           corporal
           eating
           ?
           Again
           ,
           the
           corporal
           eating
           ,
           if
           a
           man
           might
           have
           it
           ,
           would
           not
           avail
           any
           thing
           to
           the
           slaking
           of
           this
           hunger
           ,
           nay
           ,
           we
           are
           expresly
           told
           ,
           that
           
             the
             flesh
          
           thus
           taken
           (
           for
           so
           we
           must
           understand
           it
           )
           
             profiteth
             nothing
             ,
          
           a
           man
           should
           never
           be
           the
           better
           ,
           nor
           one
           jot
           the
           holier
           ,
           nor
           any
           whit
           further
           from
           the
           second
           death
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           filled
           his
           belly
           with
           it
           .
           But
           that
           manner
           of
           feeding
           on
           his
           flesh
           ,
           which
           Christ
           himself
           commendeth
           unto
           us
           ,
           is
           of
           such
           profit
           ,
           that
           it
           preserveth
           the
           eater
           from
           death
           ,
           and
           maketh
           him
           to
           live
           for
           ever
           ,
           Joh.
           6.
           50
           ,
           51
           ,
           54
           ,
           58.
           
           It
           is
           not
           therefore
           such
           an
           eating
           ,
           that
           every
           man
           who
           bringeth
           a
           bodily
           mouth
           with
           him
           may
           attain
           unto
           :
           but
           it
           is
           of
           a
           far
           higher
           nature
           ,
           namely
           ,
           a
           spiritual
           uniting
           of
           us
           unto
           Christ
           ,
           whereby
           he
           dwelleth
           in
           us
           ,
           and
           we
           live
           by
           him
           .
        
         
           If
           any
           do
           farther
           inquire
           ,
           how
           it
           is
           possible
           that
           any
           such
           union
           should
           be
           ,
           seeing
           the
           body
           of
           Christ
           is
           in
           heaven
           ,
           and
           we
           are
           upon
           earth
           ?
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           manner
           of
           this
           conjunction
           were
           carnal
           and
           corporal
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           indeed
           necessary
           that
           things
           conjoyned
           should
           be
           admitted
           to
           be
           in
           the
           same
           place
           :
           but
           it
           being
           altogether
           spiritual
           and
           supernatural
           ,
           no
           local
           presence
           ,
           no
           physical
           nor
           mathematical
           continuity
           or
           contiguity
           is
           any
           way
           requisite
           thereunto
           .
           It
           is
           sufficient
           for
           the
           making
           of
           a
           real
           union
           in
           this
           kind
           ,
           that
           Christ
           and
           we
           (
           tho'
           never
           so
           far
           distant
           in
           place
           each
           from
           other
           )
           be
           knit
           together
           by
           those
           spiritual
           ligatures
           ,
           which
           are
           intimated
           unto
           us
           in
           the
           words
           alledged
           out
           of
           
             Joh.
          
           6.
           to
           wit
           ,
           the
           
             quickening
             Spirit
          
           descending
           downward
           from
           the
           Head
           ,
           to
           be
           in
           us
           a
           fountain
           of
           supernatural
           life
           ;
           and
           a
           
             lively
             faith
          
           (
           wrought
           by
           the
           same
           spirit
           )
           ascending
           from
           us
           upward
           ,
           to
           lay
           fast
           hold
           upon
           him
           ,
           who
           
             having
             by
             himself
             purged
             our
             sins
             ,
             sitteth
             on
             the
             right
             hand
             of
             the
             Majesty
             on
             high
             .
          
        
         
           First
           therefore
           ,
           for
           the
           communion
           of
           the
           
             Spirit
             ,
          
           which
           is
           the
           ground
           and
           foundation
           of
           this
           spiritual
           union
           ;
           let
           us
           call
           to
           mind
           what
           we
           have
           read
           in
           Gods
           Book
           :
           that
           Christ
           ,
           the
           second
           
             Adam
             ,
          
           was
           made
           
             a
             quickening
             Spirit
             :
          
           Cor.
           15.
           45.
           and
           that
           he
           
             quickeneth
             whom
             he
             will
             ,
          
           Joh.
           5.
           21.
           that
           unto
           him
           
             God
             hath
             given
             the
             spirit
             without
             measure
             ,
          
           Joh.
           3.
           34.
           and
           
             of
             his
             fulness
             have
             all
             we
             received
             ,
          
           Joh.
           1.
           16.
           that
           
             he
             that
             is
             joyned
             unto
             the
             Lord
             ,
             is
             one
             Spirit
             ,
          
           1
           Cor.
           6.
           17.
           and
           that
           
             hereby
             we
             know
             that
             we
             dwell
             in
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             in
             us
             ,
             because
             he
             hath
             given
             us
             his
             Spirit
             ,
          
           1
           Joh.
           3.
           24.
           4.
           13.
           
           By
           all
           which
           it
           doth
           appear
           ,
           that
           the
           mistery
           of
           our
           union
           with
           Christ
           consisteth
           mainly
           in
           this
           :
           that
           the
           self
           same
           Spirit
           whch
           is
           in
           him
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Head
           ,
           is
           so
           derived
           from
           him
           into
           every
           one
           of
           his
           true
           members
           ,
           that
           thereby
           they
           are
           animated
           and
           quickened
           to
           a
           spiritual
           life
           .
           We
           read
           in
           
             Ezekel
          
           1.
           of
           four
           living
           creatures
           ,
           and
           of
           four
           wheels
           standing
           by
           them
           .
           
             When
             those
             went
             ,
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Text
           )
           
             those
             went
             ;
             and
             when
             those
             stood
             ,
             these
             stood
             :
             and
             when
             those
             were
             lifted
             up
             from
             the
             earth
             ,
             the
             wheels
             were
             lifted
             up
             over
             against
             them
             .
          
           He
           that
           should
           behold
           such
           a
           vision
           as
           this
           ,
           would
           easily
           conclude
           by
           that
           which
           he
           saw
           ,
           that
           some
           invisible
           bands
           there
           were
           by
           which
           these
           wheels
           and
           living
           creatures
           were
           joyned
           together
           ,
           howsoever
           none
           did
           outwardly
           appear
           unto
           the
           eye
           :
           and
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           ,
           to
           give
           us
           satisfaction
           herein
           ,
           discovereth
           the
           secret
           ,
           by
           yielding
           this
           for
           the
           reason
           of
           this
           strange
           connexion
           ;
           that
           
             the
             spirit
             of
             the
             living
             creature
             was
             in
             the
             wheel
             ,
          
           Exek
           .
           1.
           21.
           
           From
           whence
           we
           may
           inferr
           ,
           that
           things
           may
           truly
           be
           conjoyned
           together
           ,
           tho'
           the
           manner
           of
           the
           conjunction
           be
           not
           corporal
           :
           and
           that
           things
           distant
           in
           place
           may
           be
           united
           together
           ,
           by
           having
           the
           spirit
           of
           the
           one
           communicated
           unto
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           if
           we
           mark
           it
           well
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           it
           to
           be
           thus
           in
           every
           of
           our
           own
           bodies
           :
           that
           the
           formal
           reason
           of
           the
           union
           of
           the
           members
           consisteth
           not
           in
           the
           continuity
           of
           the
           parts
           (
           tho'
           that
           also
           be
           requisite
           to
           the
           unity
           of
           a
           natural
           body
           :
           )
           but
           in
           
           the
           animation
           thereof
           by
           one
           and
           the
           same
           spirit
           .
           If
           we
           should
           suppose
           a
           body
           to
           be
           as
           high
           as
           the
           heavens
           ,
           that
           the
           head
           thereof
           should
           be
           where
           Christ
           our
           Head
           is
           ,
           and
           the
           feet
           where
           his
           members
           are
           :
           no
           sooner
           could
           that
           head
           think
           of
           moving
           one
           of
           the
           toes
           ,
           but
           instantly
           the
           thing
           would
           be
           done
           ,
           without
           any
           impediment
           given
           by
           that
           huge
           distance
           of
           the
           one
           from
           the
           other
           .
           And
           why
           ?
           because
           the
           same
           soul
           that
           is
           in
           the
           head
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           fountain
           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
           proved
           to
           be
           mortified
           ,
           it
           presently
           would
           cease
           to
           be
           a
           member
           of
           that
           body
           ;
           the
           corporal
           conjunction
           and
           continuity
           with
           the
           other
           parts
           notwithstanding
           .
           And
           even
           thus
           is
           it
           in
           Christ
           ;
           altho
           '
           in
           regard
           of
           his
           corporal
           presence
           ,
           
             the
             heaven
             must
             receive
             him
             ,
             until
             the
             times
             of
             the
             restitution
             of
             all
             things
             ,
          
           Act.
           3
           21.
           yet
           is
           he
           here
           
             with
             us
             alway
             ,
             even
             unto
             the
             end
             of
             the
             world
             ,
          
           Matt.
           28.
           20.
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           presence
           of
           his
           Spirit
           ;
           by
           the
           vital
           influence
           whereof
           from
           him
           ,
           as
           from
           the
           Head
           ,
           
             the
             whole
             body
             is
             fitly
             joyned
             together
             ,
             and
             compacted
             by
             that
             which
             every
             joynt
             supplieth
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             effectual
             working
             in
             the
             measure
             of
             every
             part
             .
          
           Which
           quickening
           Spirit
           if
           it
           be
           wanting
           in
           any
           ,
           no
           external
           communion
           with
           Christ
           or
           his
           Church
           ,
           can
           make
           him
           a
           true
           member
           of
           this
           mistical
           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
           us
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           the
           soul
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           that
           whereby
           
             the
             just
             doth
             live
             ,
          
           Habak
           .
           2.
           4.
           
           Rom.
           1.
           17.
           
           Gal.
           3
           11.
           
           Heb.
           10.
           38
           is
           Faith
           ;
           
             For
             we
             through
             the
             Spirit
             wait
             for
             the
             bope
             of
             righteousness
             by
             faith
             ,
          
           saith
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           to
           the
           
             Galatians
             .
          
           Gal.
           5.
           5.
           
           And
           again
           :
           
             I
             live
             ,
             yet
             n●t
             I
             ,
             but
             Christ
             liveth
             in
             me
             ;
             and
             the
             life
             which
             I
             now
             live
             in
             the
             flesh
             ,
             I
             live
             by
             the
             faith
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             who
             loved
             me
             ,
             and
             gave
             himself
             for
             me
             ,
          
           Gal.
           2.
           20.
           
           By
           faith
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           we
           do
           
             receive
          
           Christ
           :
           Joh.
           1.
           12.
           and
           so
           likewise
           Christ
           
             dwelleth
             in
             our
             hearts
             by
             faith
             .
          
           Eph.
           3.
           17.
           
           Faith
           therefore
           is
           that
           spiritual
           mouth
           in
           us
           ,
           whereby
           we
           
             eat
             the
             flesh
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             Man
             and
             drink
             his
             blood
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           Apostle
           expresseth
           it
           without
           the
           Trope
           )
           
             are
             made
             partakers
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           Heb.
           3.
           14.
           he
           being
           ,
           by
           this
           means
           ,
           as
           truly
           ,
           and
           every
           ways
           as
           effectually
           made
           ours
           ,
           as
           the
           meat
           and
           drink
           which
           we
           receive
           into
           our
           natural
           bodies
           .
        
         
           But
           you
           will
           say
           ,
           If
           this
           be
           all
           the
           matter
           ,
           what
           do
           we
           get
           by
           coming
           to
           the
           Sacrament
           ?
           seeing
           we
           have
           faith
           ,
           and
           the
           quickening
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           before
           we
           come
           thither
           .
           To
           this
           I
           answer
           :
           that
           the
           Spirit
           is
           received
           in
           divers
           measures
           ,
           and
           faith
           bestowed
           upon
           us
           in
           different
           degrees
           ;
           by
           reason
           whereof
           our
           conjunction
           with
           Christ
           may
           every
           day
           be
           made
           straiter
           ,
           and
           the
           hold
           which
           we
           take
           of
           him
           firmer
           .
           To
           receive
           the
           Spirit
           
             not
             by
             measure
             ,
          
           Joh.
           3.
           34.
           is
           the
           priviledge
           of
           our
           Head
           :
           we
           that
           
             receive
             out
             of
             his
             fulness
             ,
          
           Joh.
           1.
           16.
           have
           not
           our
           portion
           of
           grace
           delivered
           unto
           us
           all
           at
           once
           ,
           but
           must
           daily
           look
           for
           
             supply
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Jesus
             Christ.
          
           Phil.
           1.
           19.
           
           So
           also
           ,
           while
           we
           are
           in
           this
           word
           ,
           
             the
             righteousness
             of
             God
             is
             revealed
          
           unto
           us
           
             from
             faith
             to
             faith
             ,
          
           Rom.
           1.
           17.
           that
           is
           ,
           from
           one
           degree
           and
           measure
           of
           it
           to
           another
           :
           and
           consequently
           we
           must
           still
           labour
           to
           
             perfect
             that
             which
             is
             lacking
             in
             our
             faith
             ,
          
           1
           Thes.
           3.
           10.
           and
           evermore
           pray
           with
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           
             Lord
             increase
             our
             faith
             ,
          
           Luke
           17.
           5.
           
           As
           we
           have
           therefore
           
             received
             Christ
             Jesus
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           so
           
             must
             we
             walk
             in
             him
             ,
             rooted
             and
             built
             up
             in
             him
             ;
             and
             stablished
             in
             the
             faith
             ,
          
           Colos.
           2.
           6
           ,
           7.
           that
           we
           
             may
             grow
             up
             into
             him
             in
             all
             things
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Head.
          
           Ephes.
           4
           ,
           4.
           1.
           
           And
           to
           this
           end
           God
           hath
           ordained
           publick
           officers
           in
           his
           Church
           
             for
             the
             perfecting
             of
             the
             Saints
             for
             the
             work
             of
             the
             ministery
             ,
             for
             the
             edifying
             of
             the
             body
             of
             Christ
             ,
             till
             we
             all
             come
             in
             the
             unity
             of
             the
             faith
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             unto
             a
             persect
             man
             ,
             unto
             the
             measure
             of
             the
             stature
             of
             the
             fulness
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           Eph.
           4.
           12
           ,
           13.
           and
           hath
           accordingly
           
             made
             them
             able
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Spirit
             that
             quickeneth
             ,
          
           1
           Cor.
           3.
           6.
           and
           
             Ministers
             by
             whom
             we
             should
             helieve
             ,
             even
             as
             the
             Lord
             shall
             give
             to
             every
             man
             ,
          
           1
           Cor.
           3.
           5.
           
           When
           we
           have
           therefore
           received
           the
           Spirit
           and
           Faith
           (
           and
           so
           spiritual
           life
           )
           by
           their
           ministery
           ,
           we
           are
           not
           there
           to
           rest
           :
           but
           
             as
             new
             born
             babes
             we
             must
             desire
             the
             sincere
             milk
             of
             the
             Word
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             grow
             thereby
             ,
          
           1
           Pet.
           2.
           2.
           and
           as
           grown
           men
           too
           ,
           we
           must
           desire
           to
           be
           fed
           at
           the
           Lords
           Table
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           strength
           of
           that
           spiritual
           repast
           we
           may
           be
           inabled
           to
           do
           the
           Lords
           work
           ,
           and
           may
           continually
           be
           nourished
           up
           thereby
           in
           the
           life
           of
           grace
           ,
           unto
           the
           life
           of
           glory
           ,
        
         
           Neither
           must
           we
           here
           with
           a
           fleshly
           eye
           look
           upon
           the
           meanness
           of
           the
           outward
           elements
           ,
           and
           have
           this
           faithless
           thought
           in
           our
           hearts
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           likelihood
           ,
           a
           bit
           of
           bread
           ,
           and
           a
           draught
           of
           wine
           should
           be
           able
           to
           produce
           such
           heavenly
           effects
           as
           these
           .
           For
           so
           we
           should
           prove
           our selves
           to
           be
           no
           wiser
           than
           
             Naaman
          
           the
           Syrian
           was
           ,
           who
           having
           received
           direction
           from
           the
           man
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           wash
           in
           
             Jordan
          
           seven
           times
           ,
           to
           be
           cleansed
           of
           his
           Leprosie
           ,
           2
           Kings
           5.
           12.
           13.
           replied
           with
           indignation
           ,
           
             Are
             not
             Abana
             and
             Pharpar
             ,
             rivers
             of
             Damascus
             ,
             better
             than
             all
             the
             waters
             of
             Israel
             ?
             May
             I
             not
             wash
             in
             them
             .
             and
             be
             clean
             ?
          
           But
           as
           his
           servants
           did
           soberly
           advise
           him
           then
           :
           
             If
             the
             Prophet
             had
             bid
             the
             do
             some
             great
             thing
             ,
             wouldest
             thou
             not
             have
             done
             it
             ?
             
             How
             much
             rather
             then
             ,
             when
             he
             saith
             to
             thee
             ,
             Wash
             and
             be
             clean
             ?
          
           So
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           say
           unto
           you
           now
           :
           If
           the
           Lord
           had
           commanded
           us
           to
           do
           some
           great
           thing
           ,
           for
           the
           artaining
           of
           so
           high
           a
           good
           ;
           should
           not
           we
           willingly
           have
           done
           it
           ?
           How
           much
           rather
           then
           ,
           when
           he
           biddeth
           us
           to
           eat
           the
           bread
           ,
           and
           drink
           the
           wine
           that
           he
           hath
           provided
           for
           us
           at
           his
           own
           Table
           ,
           that
           by
           his
           blessing
           thereupon
           we
           may
           grow
           in
           grace
           ,
           and
           be
           preserved
           both
           in
           body
           and
           soul
           unto
           everlasting
           life
           ?
        
         
           True
           it
           is
           indeed
           ,
           these
           outward
           creatures
           have
           no
           natural
           power
           in
           them
           to
           effect
           so
           great
           a
           work
           as
           this
           is
           ,
           no
           more
           than
           the
           water
           of
           
             Jordan
          
           had
           to
           recover
           the
           Leper
           :
           but
           the
           work
           wrought
           by
           these
           means
           ,
           is
           supernatural
           ;
           and
           God
           hath
           been
           pleased
           ,
           in
           the
           dispensation
           both
           of
           the
           Word
           and
           of
           the
           Sacraments
           ,
           so
           to
           ordain
           it
           ,
           that
           these
           heavenly
           treasures
           should
           be
           presented
           unto
           us
           
             in
             earthen
             vessels
             ,
             that
             the
             excellency
             of
             the
             power
             might
             be
             of
             God.
          
           2
           Cor
           ,
           4.
           7.
           
           As
           therefore
           in
           the
           preaching
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           the
           Minister
           doth
           not
           
             dare
             verba
             ,
          
           and
           beat
           the
           air
           with
           a
           fruitless
           sound
           ,
           but
           the
           words
           that
           he
           speaketh
           unto
           us
           are
           Spirit
           and
           life
           ;
           
             God
             being
             pleased
             by
             the
             foolishness
             of
             preaching
             ,
             to
             save
             them
             that
             believe
             :
          
           so
           likewise
           in
           the
           administration
           of
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           ,
           he
           doth
           not
           feed
           us
           with
           bare
           bread
           and
           wine
           ,
           but
           if
           we
           have
           the
           life
           of
           faith
           in
           us
           ,
           (
           for
           still
           we
           must
           remember
           that
           this
           Table
           is
           provided
           not
           for
           the
           dead
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           living
           )
           and
           come
           worthily
           ,
           
             the
             Cup
             of
             blessing
             which
             he
             blesseth
             ,
          
           1
           Cor.
           10.
           16.
           will
           be
           unto
           us
           
             the
             communion
             of
             the
             blood
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           
             the
             bread
             which
             he
             breaketh
             ,
             the
             communion
             of
             the
             body
             of
             Christ
             ;
          
           of
           which
           precious
           body
           and
           blood
           we
           being
           really
           made
           partakers
           ,
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           truth
           and
           indeed
           and
           not
           in
           imagination
           only
           )
           altho'
           in
           a
           spiritual
           and
           not
           a
           corporal
           manner
           ,
           the
           Lord
           doth
           
             grant
             us
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             riches
             of
             his
             glory
             to
             be
             strengthened
             with
             might
             by
             his
             Spirit
             in
             the
             inner
             man
             ,
          
           that
           we
           may
           
             be
             filled
             with
             ad
             the
             fulness
             of
             God.
          
           Eph.
           3.
           16
           ,
           19.
           
           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
             ,
          
           2
           Cor.
           36
           ,
           8.
           forasmuch
           as
           
             by
             one
             Spirit
             ,
          
           (
           as
           before
           we
           have
           heard
           from
           the
           Apostle
           )
           
             we
             have
             been
             all
             baptized
             into
             one
             body
             ,
             and
             have
             been
             all
             made
             to
             drink
             into
             one
             Spirit
             .
          
           1
           Cor.
           12
           ,
           13.
           
        
         
           And
           thus
           have
           I
           finished
           the
           first
           part
           of
           my
           task
           ,
           my
           
             Congregatio
             homogeneorum
             ,
          
           (
           as
           I
           call
           it
           )
           the
           knitting
           together
           of
           those
           that
           appertain
           to
           the
           same
           body
           ,
           both
           with
           their
           fellow-members
           ,
           and
           with
           their
           Head
           :
           which
           is
           the
           thing
           laid
           down
           in
           the
           express
           words
           of
           my
           Text.
           It
           remaineth
           now
           that
           I
           proceed
           to
           the
           Apostles
           application
           hereof
           unto
           the
           argument
           he
           hath
           in
           hand
           ,
           which
           is
           
             Segregatio
             heterogeneorum
             ,
          
           a
           dissevering
           of
           those
           that
           be
           not
           of
           the
           same
           communion
           ;
           that
           the
           faithful
           may
           not
           partake
           with
           Idolaters
           ,
           by
           countenancing
           ,
           or
           any
           way
           joyning
           with
           them
           in
           their
           ungodly
           courses
           .
           For
           that
           this
           is
           the
           main
           scope
           at
           which
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           aimeth
           in
           his
           treating
           here
           of
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           is
           evident
           both
           by
           that
           which
           goeth
           before
           in
           
             v.
          
           19.
           
           
             Wherefore
             my
             deatly
             beloved
             ,
             flee
             from
             Idolatry
             :
          
           and
           that
           which
           followeth
           in
           the
           21.
           
           
             Ye
             cannot
             drink
             the
             Cup
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             the
             cup
             of
             Devils
             ;
             ye
             cannot
             be
             partakers
             of
             the
             Lords
             Table
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Table
             of
             Devils
             .
          
        
         
           Whereby
           we
           may
           collect
           thus
           much
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           Lords
           Suprer
           is
           a
           seal
           of
           our
           conjunction
           one
           with
           another
           .
           and
           with
           Christ
           our
           Head
           ;
           so
           is
           it
           an
           evidence
           of
           our
           dis-junction
           from
           Idolaters
           ,
           binding
           us
           to
           disavow
           all
           communion
           with
           them
           in
           their
           false
           worship
           ,
           And
           indeed
           ,
           the
           one
           must
           necessarily
           follow
           upon
           the
           other
           ;
           considering
           the
           nature
           of
           this
           hainous
           sin
           of
           Idolatry
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           it
           can
           no
           ways
           stand
           with
           the
           fellowship
           which
           a
           Christian
           man
           ought
           to
           have
           ,
           both
           with
           the
           Head
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           To
           this
           purpose
           ,
           in
           2
           
             Cor.
          
           6.
           16
           ,
           17.
           we
           read
           thus
           :
           
             What
             agreement
             hath
             the
             Temple
             of
             God
             with
             Idols
             ?
             for
             ye
             are
             the
             Temple
             of
             the
             living
             God
             ,
             as
             God
             hath
             said
             ,
             I
             will
             dwell
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             walk
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             be
             their
             God
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             be
             my
             people
             .
             Wherefore
             come
             out
             from
             among
             them
             ,
             and
             be
             ye
             separate
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             touch
             not
             the
             unclean
             thing
             ;
             and
             I
             will
             receive
             you
             .
          
           And
           in
           
             Colos.
          
           2.
           18
           ,
           19.
           
           
             Let
             no
             man
             beguile
             you
             of
             your
             reward
             ,
             in
             a
             voluntary
             humility
             ,
             and
             worshipping
             of
             Angels
             ,
             intruding
             into
             those
             things
             which
             he
             hath
             not
             seen
             ,
             vainly
             puft
             up
             by
             his
             fleshly
             mind
             :
             and
             not
             holding
             the
             head
             ,
             from
             which
             all
             the
             body
             by
             ioynts
             and
             bands
             having
             nourishment
             ministred
             and
             knit
             together
             ,
             increaseth
             with
             the
             increase
             of
             God.
             
          
           In
           which
           words
           the
           Apostle
           sheweth
           unto
           us
           ,
           that
           such
           as
           under
           pretence
           of
           humility
           were
           drawn
           to
           the
           worshipping
           of
           Angels
           ,
           did
           
             not
             hold
             the
             Head
             ,
          
           and
           consequently
           could
           not
           retain
           communion
           with
           the
           
             Body
             ,
          
           which
           receiveth
           his
           whole
           growth
           from
           thence
           .
           Answerable
           whereunto
           the
           Fathers
           assembled
           out
           of
           divers
           Provinces
           of
           
             Asia
          
           in
           the
           Synod
           held
           at
           
             Laodicea
             ,
          
           (
           not
           far
           from
           the
           
             Colossians
             )
          
           did
           so
           solemnly
           conclude
           ,
           that
           
             Christiana
             ought
             not
             to
             forsake
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             go
             and
             invocate
             Angels
             ,
          
           and
           pronounced
           an
           
             Anathema
          
           against
           any
           that
           should
           be
           found
           to
           do
           so
           ,
           
             because
             (
             say
             they
             )
             he
             hath
             forsaken
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             given
             himself
             to
             Idolatry
             :
          
           Declaring
           plainly
           ,
           that
           by
           
           this
           Idolatrous
           Invocation
           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
           observe
           in
           the
           end
           of
           their
           Canon
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           further
           understanding
           of
           this
           particular
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           be
           amiss
           to
           consider
           what
           
             Theodoret
             ,
          
           a
           famous
           Bishop
           of
           the
           ancient
           Church
           ,
           hath
           written
           of
           this
           matter
           in
           his
           Commentary
           upon
           
             Colos.
             2d
             .
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
             They
             that
             defended
             the
             Law
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             induced
             them
             also
             to
             worship
             the
             Angels
             ,
             saying
             ,
             that
             the
             Law
             was
             given
             by
             them
             .
             And
             this
             vice
             continued
             in
             
               Phrygia
               ,
            
             and
             
               Pisidia
            
             for
             a
             long
             time
             :
             for
             which
             cause
             also
             the
             Synod
             assembled
             in
             
               Laodicea
            
             the
             chief
             City
             of
             
               Phrygia
               ,
            
             forbid
             them
             by
             a
             Law
             ,
             to
             pray
             unto
             Angels
             .
             And
             even
             to
             this
             day
             among
             them
             and
             their
             borderers
             ,
             there
             are
             Oratories
             of
             St.
             
               Michael
            
             to
             be
             seen
             .
             This
             therefore
             did
             they
             counsel
             should
             be
             done
             ,
             using
             humility
             ,
             and
             saying
             ,
             that
             the
             God
             of
             all
             was
             invisible
             ,
             and
             inaccessible
             ,
             and
             incomprehensible
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             was
             fit
             men
             should
             get
             Gods
             favour
             by
             the
             means
             of
             Angels
             .
          
           And
           this
           is
           it
           ,
           which
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           ;
           
             In
             humility
             ,
             and
             worshipping
             of
             Angels
             .
          
           Thus
           far
           
             Theodoret
             ,
          
           whom
           Cardinal
           
             Baronius
          
           discerning
           to
           come
           somewhat
           close
           unto
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           touch
           the
           Idolatry
           of
           the
           Popish
           crue
           a
           little
           to
           the
           quick
           ,
           leaveth
           the
           poor
           shifts
           wherewith
           his
           companions
           labour
           to
           obscure
           the
           light
           of
           this
           testimony
           ,
           and
           telleth
           us
           plainly
           ,
           that
           
             Theodoret
             ,
          
           
             by
             his
             leave
             ,
             did
             not
             well
             understand
             the
             meaning
             of
             
               Pauls
            
             words
             :
          
           and
           that
           those
           Oratories
           of
           
             St.
             Michiel
          
           were
           erected
           anciently
           by
           
             Catholicks
             ,
          
           and
           not
           by
           those
           
             Hereticks
          
           which
           were
           condemned
           in
           the
           Council
           of
           
             Laodicea
             ,
          
           as
           he
           mistook
           the
           matter
           .
           As
           if
           any
           wise
           man
           would
           be
           perswaded
           upon
           his
           bare
           word
           ,
           that
           the
           memory
           of
           things
           done
           in
           
             Asia
          
           so
           long
           since
           ,
           should
           be
           more
           fresh
           in
           
             Rome
          
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           than
           in
           the
           time
           of
           
             Theodoret
             ,
          
           who
           lived
           1200
           years
           ago
           .
        
         
           Yet
           must
           I
           needs
           confess
           ,
           that
           he
           sheweth
           a
           little
           more
           modesty
           herein
           than
           
             Bellarmine
          
           his
           fellow-Cardinal
           doth
           ;
           who
           would
           make
           us
           believe
           ,
           that
           the
           place
           in
           
             Revel
             .
          
           19.
           where
           the
           Angel
           saith
           to
           St.
           
             John
          
           that
           would
           have
           worshipped
           him
           ,
           
             See
             thou
             do
             it
             not
             ,
             I
             am
             thy
             fellow-servant
             ,
             Worship
             God
             :
          
           maketh
           for
           them
           ;
           and
           demandeth
           very
           soberly
           ,
           
             Why
             they
             should
             be
             reprehended
             ,
             who
             do
             the
             same
             thing
             that
             
               John
            
             did
             ?
             and
             ,
             whether
             the
             Calvinists
             knew
             better
             than
             
               John
               ,
            
             whether
             Angels
             were
             to
             be
             Adored
             or
             no
             ?
          
           And
           as
           for
           invocation
           of
           them
           ,
           he
           telleth
           us
           ,
           that
           St.
           
             Jacob
          
           plainly
           prayed
           unto
           an
           Angel
           ,
           in
           
             Gen.
          
           48.
           when
           in
           blessing
           the
           sons
           of
           
             Joseph
             ,
          
           he
           said
           ,
           
             The
             Angel
             which
             delivered
             me
             from
             all
             evil
             ,
             bless
             those
             children
             .
          
           Whom
           for
           answer
           we
           remit
           to
           St.
           
             Cyril
             ,
          
           (
           in
           the
           first
           Chapter
           of
           the
           third
           book
           of
           his
           
             Thesaurus
             )
          
           and
           intreat
           him
           to
           tell
           us
           ,
           how
           near
           of
           kin
           he
           is
           here
           to
           those
           Hereticks
           ,
           of
           whom
           St.
           
             Cyril
          
           there
           speaketh
           .
           His
           words
           be
           these
           :
           
             That
             he
             doth
             not
             mean
             (
             in
             that
             place
             ,
             
               Gen.
            
             48.
             16.
             
             )
             an
             Angel
             ,
             as
             the
             HERBTICKS
             understand
             it
             ,
             but
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             is
             manifest
             by
             this
             :
             that
             when
             he
             had
             said
             ,
             (
             The
             Angel
             ,
             )
             he
             presently
             addeth
             ,
             (
             who
             delivered
             me
             from
             all
             evils
             .
             )
          
           Which
           St.
           
             Cyril
          
           presupposeth
           ,
           no
           good
           Christian
           will
           ascribe
           to
           any
           but
           to
           God
           alone
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           come
           more
           near
           yet
           unto
           that
           which
           is
           Idolatry
           most
           properly
           :
           An
           
             Idol
          
           (
           we
           must
           understand
           )
           in
           the
           exact
           propriety
           of
           the
           term
           ,
           doth
           signifie
           any
           Image
           ;
           but
           according
           to
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           use
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           it
           noteth
           such
           an
           Image
           as
           is
           set
           up
           for
           religious
           adoration
           .
           And
           in
           this
           later
           sence
           we
           charge
           the
           adherents
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
          
           with
           gross
           Idolatry
           :
           because
           that
           contrary
           to
           Gods
           express
           Commandment
           they
           are
           found
           to
           be
           worshipers
           of
           Images
           .
           Neither
           will
           it
           avail
           them
           here
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           Idolatry
           forbidden
           in
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           is
           that
           only
           which
           was
           used
           by
           
             Jews
          
           and
           
             Pagars
             .
          
           The
           Apostle
           indeed
           in
           this
           place
           exhorting
           Christians
           from
           Idolatry
           ,
           propoundeth
           the
           fall
           of
           the
           
             Jews
          
           in
           this
           kind
           before
           their
           eyes
           :
           
             Neither
             be
             ye
             Idolaters
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             as
             some
             of
             them
          
           were
           .
           1
           Cor.
           10.
           7.
           8.
           
           And
           so
           doth
           he
           also
           add
           concerning
           another
           sin
           ,
           in
           the
           verse
           following
           :
           
             Neither
             let
             us
             commit
             fornication
             as
             some
             of
             them
             committed
             .
          
           As
           well
           then
           might
           one
           plead
           ,
           that
           Jewish
           or
           Heathenish
           Fornication
           were
           here
           only
           reprehended
           ,
           as
           Jewish
           or
           Heathenish
           Idolatry
           .
           But
           as
           the
           one
           is
           a
           foul
           sin
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           committed
           by
           Jew
           ,
           Pagan
           ,
           or
           Christian
           :
           so
           if
           such
           as
           profess
           the
           Name
           of
           Christ
           ,
           shall
           practise
           that
           which
           the
           word
           of
           God
           condemneth
           in
           Jews
           and
           Pagans
           ,
           for
           Idolatry
           ,
           their
           profession
           is
           so
           far
           from
           diminishing
           ,
           that
           it
           augmenteth
           rather
           the
           hainousness
           of
           the
           crime
           .
           
             The
             Idols
             of
             the
             Heathen
             are
             silver
             and
             gold
             ,
             the
             work
             of
             mens
             hands
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           
             Idols
          
           (
           of
           Christians
           ,
           in
           all
           likelihood
           ,
           mentioned
           in
           the
           Revelation
           ,
           are
           said
           to
           be
           of
           
             gold
             ,
             and
             silver
             ,
             and
             brass
             ,
             and
             stone
             ,
             and
             of
             wood
             ;
             which
             neither
             can
             see
             ,
             nor
             hear
             ,
             nor
             walk
             .
          
           The
           description
           of
           these
           Idols
           (
           we
           see
           )
           agreeth
           in
           all
           points
           with
           Popish
           Images
           :
           where
           is
           any
           difference
           ?
        
         
           The
           Heathen
           ,
           say
           they
           ,
           held
           the
           Images
           themselves
           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
           Jewish
           Idolaters
           ,
           (
           of
           whom
           the
           Apostle
           here
           speaketh
           )
           who
           erected
           
           the
           golden
           Calf
           in
           the
           wilderness
           ?
           Can
           we
           think
           that
           they
           were
           all
           so
           senseless
           ,
           as
           to
           imagin
           that
           the
           Calf
           ,
           which
           they
           knew
           was
           not
           at
           all
           
             in
             rerum
             natura
             ,
          
           and
           had
           no
           Being
           at
           that
           time
           when
           they
           came
           out
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           should
           yet
           be
           that
           
             God
             which
             brought
             them
             up
             out
             of
             the
             land
             of
             Egypt
             ,
             
               Exod.
            
             32.
             4.
             
          
           And
           for
           the
           Heathen
           :
           did
           the
           
             Romans
          
           and
           
             Grecians
             ,
          
           when
           they
           dedicated
           in
           several
           places
           an
           hundred
           Images
           (
           for
           example
           )
           to
           the
           honour
           of
           
             Jupiter
             ,
          
           the
           King
           of
           all
           their
           Gods
           ,
           think
           that
           thereby
           they
           had
           made
           an
           hundred
           
             Jupiters
             ?
          
           or
           when
           their
           blocks
           were
           so
           old
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           need
           to
           have
           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
           have
           thought
           ,
           if
           they
           did
           take
           the
           very
           Images
           themselves
           to
           be
           Gods
           :
           And
           yet
           the
           Prophet
           bids
           us
           consider
           diligently
           ;
           and
           we
           shall
           find
           that
           the
           Heathen
           Nations
           
             did
             not
             change
             their
             Gods
             ,
             
               Jer.
            
             2.
             10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           Nay
           ,
           what
           do
           we
           meet
           with
           ,
           more
           usually
           in
           the
           writings
           of
           the
           Fathers
           ,
           than
           these
           answers
           of
           the
           Heathens
           for
           themselves
           ?
           
             We
             Worship
             the
             Gods
             by
             the
             Images
             .
             We
             fear
             not
             them
             ,
             but
             those
             to
             whose
             Image
             they
             are
             made
             ,
             and
             to
             whose
             names
             they
             are
             consecrated
             .
             I
             do
             not
             worship
             that
             stone
             ,
             nor
             that
             Image
             which
             is
             without
             sense
             .
             I
             neither
             worship
             the
             Image
             nor
             a
             spirit
             in
             it
             ;
             but
             by
             the
             Bodily
             Portaiture
             I
             do
             behold
             the
             sign
             of
             that
             thing
             which
             I
             ought
             to
             worship
             .
          
        
         
           But
           admit
           they
           did
           not
           account
           the
           Image
           it self
           to
           be
           God
           ,
           (
           will
           the
           Papist
           further
           say
           ;
           )
           yet
           were
           those
           images
           set
           up
           to
           represent
           either
           things
           that
           had
           no
           being
           ,
           or
           Devils
           ,
           or
           false
           Gods
           ;
           and
           in
           that
           respect
           were
           Idols
           :
           whereas
           we
           erect
           Images
           only
           to
           the
           honour
           of
           the
           true
           God
           and
           his
           servants
           the
           Saints
           and
           Angels
           .
           To
           this
           I
           might
           oppose
           that
           answer
           of
           the
           Heathen
           to
           the
           Christians
           :
           
             We
             do
             not
             worship
             evil
             spirits
             :
             Such
             as
             you
             call
             Angels
             ,
             those
             do
             we
             also
             worship
             ,
             the
             powers
             of
             the
             great
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Ministers
             of
             the
             great
             God
             :
          
           And
           put
           them
           in
           mind
           of
           St.
           
             Augustines
          
           reply
           :
           
             I
             would
             you
             did
             worship
             them
             ;
             you
             should
             easily
             learn
             of
             them
             not
             to
             worship
             them
             .
          
           But
           I
           will
           grant
           unto
           them
           ,
           that
           many
           of
           the
           Idolatrous
           Jews
           and
           Heathens
           Images
           were
           such
           as
           they
           say
           they
           were
           :
           yet
           I
           deny
           that
           all
           of
           them
           were
           such
           ,
           and
           confidently
           do
           avouch
           ,
           that
           Idolatry
           is
           committed
           by
           yielding
           Adoration
           to
           an
           Image
           of
           the
           true
           God
           himself
           .
           For
           proof
           whereof
           (
           omitting
           the
           Idols
           of
           
             Micha
             ,
             Judg.
          
           17.
           3
           ,
           13.
           and
           
             Jeroboam
             ,
          
           2
           
             Kings
          
           10.
           16.
           29
           ,
           31.
           which
           were
           erected
           to
           the
           memory
           of
           
             Jehovah
          
           the
           God
           of
           
             Israel
             ;
          
           as
           also
           the
           Athenians
           superstitious
           Worship
           of
           the
           
             Unknown
             God
             ,
             
               Act.
            
             17.
             23.
             
          
           if
           ,
           as
           the
           common
           use
           of
           Idolaters
           was
           ,
           they
           added
           an
           Image
           to
           their
           Altar
           :
           )
           I
           will
           content
           my self
           with
           these
           two
           places
           of
           Scripture
           ;
           the
           one
           whereof
           concerneth
           the
           Jews
           ,
           the
           other
           the
           Heathen
           .
           That
           which
           toucheth
           the
           Heathen
           ,
           is
           in
           the
           first
           Chapter
           of
           the
           Epistle
           to
           the
           
             Romans
             :
          
           where
           the
           Apostle
           having
           said
           ,
           that
           God
           had
           shewed
           unto
           them
           that
           which
           might
           be
           known
           of
           him
           ;
           and
           that
           
             the
             invisible
             things
             of
             him
             ,
             
               that
               is
               ,
            
             his
             eternal
             Power
             and
             Godhead
             ,
          
           was
           manifested
           unto
           them
           by
           the
           Creation
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           the
           contemplation
           of
           the
           Creatures
           :
           he
           addeth
           presently
           ,
           that
           God
           was
           sorely
           displeased
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           therefore
           gave
           them
           up
           unto
           vile
           affections
           ,
           because
           ,
           
             they
             changed
             the
             glory
             of
             that
             uncorruptible
             God
             ,
             into
             an
             Image
             made
             like
             to
             corruptible
             Men
             ,
             and
             to
             Birds
             ,
             and
             Four-footed
             Beasts
             ,
             and
             creeping
             Things
             .
          
           Whereby
           it
           is
           evident
           ,
           that
           the
           Idolatry
           condemned
           in
           the
           wisest
           of
           the
           Heathen
           ,
           was
           the
           adoring
           of
           the
           invisible
           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
          
           useth
           this
           speech
           unto
           the
           Children
           of
           
             Israel
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Lord
             speak
             unto
             you
             out
             of
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             fire
             :
             yee
             heard
             the
             voice
             of
             the
             Words
             ,
             but
             saw
             no
             similitude
             ,
             only
             ye
             heard
             a
             voice
             ,
             verse
             12.
             
          
           And
           what
           doth
           he
           infer
           upon
           this
           ?
           
             Take
             ye
             therefore
             good
             heed
             unto
             your selves
             ,
          
           (
           saith
           he
           in
           the
           15.
           verse
           )
           
             for
             ye
             saw
             no
             manner
             of
             similitude
             on
             the
             day
             that
             the
             Lord
             speak
             unto
             you
             in
             Horeb
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             fire
             .
             Lest
             ye
             corrupt
             your selves
             ,
             and
             make
             you
             a
             graven
             Image
             ,
             the
             similitude
             of
             any
             figure
             ,
             the
             likeness
             of
             Male
             or
             Female
             ,
             the
             likeness
             of
             any
             Beast
             that
             is
             on
             the
             Earth
             ,
             the
             likeness
             of
             any
             winged
             Fowl
             that
             flieth
             in
             the
             Air
             ,
             the
             likeness
             of
             any
             thing
             that
             creepeth
             on
             the
             ground
             ,
             the
             likeness
             of
             any
             Fish
             that
             is
             in
             the
             Waters
             beneath
             the
             Earth
             .
          
           Where
           we
           may
           observe
           :
           first
           ,
           that
           God
           ,
           in
           the
           delivery
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           did
           purposely
           use
           a
           voice
           only
           ;
           because
           that
           such
           a
           creature
           as
           that
           ,
           was
           not
           to
           be
           expressed
           by
           visible
           lineaments
           ,
           as
           if
           that
           voice
           should
           have
           said
           unto
           the
           Painter
           ,
           as
           Eccho
           fayned
           to
           doe
           it
           the
           Poet.
           
        
         
           
             Vane
             ,
             quid
             affectas
             faciem
             mihi
             ponete
             ,
             pictor
             ?
             Si
             mihi
             vis
             similem
             pingere
             ,
             pinge
             sonum
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           that
           when
           he
           uttered
           the
           words
           of
           the
           second
           Commandement
           in
           mount
           Sinai
           ,
           and
           forbad
           the
           making
           of
           the
           likeness
           of
           any
           thing
           
             that
             is
             in
             Heaven
             above
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             Earth
             beneath
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             Waters
             under
             the
             Earth
             ;
          
           he
           did
           at
           that
           
           time
           forbear
           to
           shew
           himself
           in
           any
           visible
           shape
           ,
           either
           of
           man
           or
           woman
           ,
           either
           of
           beast
           in
           the
           earth
           ,
           fowl
           in
           the
           air
           ,
           or
           fish
           in
           the
           waters
           beneath
           the
           earth
           :
           to
           the
           end
           it
           might
           be
           the
           better
           made
           known
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           his
           pleasure
           not
           to
           be
           adored
           at
           all
           in
           any
           such
           forms
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           worshiping
           of
           Images
           ,
           not
           only
           as
           they
           have
           reference
           to
           the
           creatures
           whom
           they
           do
           immediatly
           represent
           ,
           or
           to
           false
           gods
           ,
           but
           also
           as
           they
           have
           relation
           to
           himself
           (
           the
           true
           God
           ,
           who
           was
           then
           speaking
           unto
           them
           in
           the
           Mount
           )
           did
           come
           within
           the
           compass
           of
           the
           Idolatry
           which
           was
           condemned
           in
           that
           Commandment
           .
        
         
           In
           vain
           therefore
           do
           the
           Romanists
           go
           about
           to
           perswade
           us
           ,
           that
           their
           Images
           be
           no
           Idols
           :
           and
           as
           vainly
           also
           do
           they
           spend
           time
           in
           curiously
           distinguishing
           the
           several
           degrees
           of
           worship
           ;
           the
           highest
           point
           whereof
           ,
           which
           they
           call
           
             Latreia
             ,
          
           and
           acknowledg
           to
           be
           due
           only
           unto
           God
           ,
           they
           would
           be
           loth
           we
           should
           think
           that
           they
           did
           communicate
           to
           any
           of
           their
           Images
           .
           But
           here
           we
           are
           to
           understand
           ,
           first
           of
           all
           ,
           that
           Idolatry
           may
           be
           committed
           by
           giving
           not
           the
           highest
           only
           ,
           but
           also
           the
           lowest
           degree
           of
           religious
           adoration
           unto
           Images
           :
           and
           therefore
           in
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Commandment
           ,
           the
           very
           
             bowing
             down
             unto
             them
             ,
          
           which
           is
           one
           of
           the
           meanest
           degrees
           of
           worship
           ,
           is
           expresly
           forbidden
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           the
           received
           doctrine
           of
           Popish
           Divines
           ,
           that
           the
           Image
           should
           be
           honoured
           with
           the
           same
           worship
           ,
           wherewith
           that
           thing
           is
           worshipped
           whose
           Image
           it
           is
           :
           and
           therefore
           what
           adoration
           is
           due
           to
           Christ
           and
           the
           Trinity
           ,
           the
           same
           by
           this
           ground
           they
           are
           to
           give
           unto
           their
           Images
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           
             Roman
          
           Pontifical
           published
           by
           the
           authority
           of
           
             Clement
          
           the
           8.
           (
           to
           omit
           other
           testimonies
           in
           this
           kind
           )
           it
           is
           concluded
           ,
           that
           the
           Cross
           of
           the
           Popes
           Legate
           shall
           have
           the
           right
           hand
           ,
           upon
           this
           very
           reason
           ,
           
             quia
             debetur
             et
             ●atria
             ,
          
           because
           the
           worship
           proper
           to
           God
           is
           due
           to
           it
           .
           Now
           whether
           they
           commit
           Idolatry
           ,
           who
           communicate
           unto
           a
           senseless
           thing
           ,
           that
           worship
           which
           they
           themselves
           confess
           to
           be
           due
           unto
           God
           alone
           :
           let
           all
           the
           world
           judge
           .
        
         
           They
           were
           best
           therefore
           from
           henceforth
           confess
           themselves
           to
           be
           Idolaters
           :
           and
           stand
           to
           it
           ,
           that
           every
           kind
           of
           Idolatry
           is
           not
           unlawful
           .
           Their
           Jesuite
           
             Gregorius
             de
             Valentia
          
           will
           tell
           them
           for
           their
           comfort
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           no
           absurdity
           to
           think
           that
           St.
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           when
           he
           deterreth
           the
           faithful
           by
           name
           
             ab
             illicit
             is
             Idolerum
             cultibus
          
           (
           St.
           
             Peter
          
           calleth
           them
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           
             abominable
             Idolatries
             )
          
           doth
           insinuate
           thereby
           ,
           that
           some
           worship
           of
           Images
           is
           lawful
           .
           
             John
             Monceye
          
           the
           
             Frenchman
          
           in
           his
           
             Aaron
             Purgatus
          
           (
           dedicated
           to
           the
           late
           Pope
           
             Paul
          
           5.
           )
           and
           in
           his
           20
           questions
           propounded
           to
           
             Visorius
             ,
          
           stretcheth
           yet
           a
           strain
           higher
           .
           For
           howsoever
           he
           cannot
           away
           with
           the
           name
           of
           Idols
           and
           Idolatry
           ;
           yet
           he
           liketh
           the
           thing
           it self
           so
           well
           ,
           that
           he
           undertaketh
           to
           clear
           
             Aaron
          
           from
           committing
           any
           error
           in
           setting
           up
           the
           golden
           Calf
           ,
           and
           laboureth
           to
           purge
           
             Laban
             ,
          
           and
           
             Micha
             ;
          
           and
           
             Jeroboam
          
           too
           ,
           from
           the
           imputation
           of
           idolatry
           :
           having
           found
           indeed
           ,
           that
           nothing
           had
           been
           done
           by
           them
           in
           this
           kind
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           agreeable
           to
           the
           practice
           of
           the
           
             Roman
          
           Church
           at
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           And
           lest
           the
           poor
           people
           ,
           whom
           they
           have
           so
           miserably
           abused
           ,
           should
           find
           how
           far
           they
           have
           been
           misled
           ,
           we
           see
           that
           the
           masters
           of
           that
           Church
           do
           in
           the
           Service
           books
           and
           Catechisms
           ,
           which
           come
           unto
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           vulgar
           ,
           generally
           leave
           out
           the
           words
           of
           the
           second
           Commandment
           that
           make
           against
           the
           adoration
           of
           images
           :
           fearing
           lest
           by
           the
           light
           thereof
           ,
           the
           mistery
           of
           their
           iniquity
           should
           be
           discovered
           .
           They
           pretend
           indeed
           that
           this
           Commandment
           is
           not
           excluded
           by
           them
           ,
           but
           included
           only
           in
           the
           first
           :
           whereas
           in
           truth
           they
           do
           but
           craftily
           conceal
           it
           from
           the
           peoples
           eyes
           ,
           because
           they
           would
           not
           have
           them
           to
           be
           ruled
           by
           it
           .
           Nay
           ,
           
             Vasquez
          
           the
           Jesuit
           doth
           boldly
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           it
           plainly
           appeareth
           by
           comparing
           the
           words
           of
           this
           Commandment
           ,
           with
           the
           place
           which
           hath
           been
           alledged
           out
           of
           
             Deut.
          
           4.
           that
           the
           Scripture
           did
           not
           only
           forbid
           the
           worshipping
           of
           an
           image
           for
           God
           ,
           but
           also
           the
           adoration
           of
           the
           true
           God
           himself
           in
           an
           image
           .
           He
           confesseth
           further
           ,
           that
           he
           and
           his
           fellow
           Catholicks
           do
           otherwise
           .
           What
           saith
           he
           then
           to
           the
           commandment
           ,
           think
           you
           ?
           Because
           it
           will
           not
           be
           obey'd
           it
           must
           be
           repeal'd
           ,
           and
           not
           admitted
           to
           have
           any
           place
           among
           the
           moral
           precepts
           of
           God.
           It
           was
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           a
           positive
           and
           ceremonial
           Law
           :
           and
           therefore
           ought
           to
           cease
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           And
           as
           if
           it
           had
           not
           been
           enough
           for
           him
           to
           match
           the
           Scribes
           and
           Pharisces
           in
           impiety
           ,
           who
           
             made
             the
             Commandments
             of
             God
             of
             none
             effect
             ,
          
           that
           they
           might
           keep
           their
           own
           traditions
           :
           that
           he
           might
           fulfil
           the
           measure
           of
           his
           fathers
           ,
           and
           shew
           himself
           to
           be
           a
           true
           child
           of
           her
           who
           beareth
           the
           name
           of
           being
           
             the
             mother
             of
             harlots
             and
             abominations
             of
             the
             earth
             ;
             
               Rev.
            
             17
             5.
             
          
           he
           is
           yet
           more
           mad
           ,
           and
           sticketh
           not
           to
           maintain
           ,
           that
           not
           only
           a
           painted
           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
           be
           discreetly
           handled
           )
           be
           adored
           with
           God
           ,
           as
           his
           image
           ;
           yea
           ,
           and
           counteth
           it
           no
           absurdity
           at
           all
           ,
           that
           a
           very
           wisp
           of
           straw
           should
           be
           thus
           worshipped
           .
        
         
           But
           let
           us
           turn
           yet
           again
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           see
           greater
           abominations
           than
           these
           .
           
             Ezek.
          
           8.
           15.
           
           We
           heard
           how
           this
           blessed
           Sacrament
           ,
           which
           is
           here
           propounded
           by
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           as
           a
           bond
           to
           unite
           Christians
           together
           in
           one
           body
           ,
           hath
           been
           made
           the
           Apple
           of
           strife
           ,
           and
           the
           occasion
           of
           most
           bitter
           breaches
           in
           
           the
           Church
           :
           we
           may
           now
           observe
           again
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           holy
           Sacrament
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           same
           Apostle
           is
           here
           brought
           in
           as
           a
           principal
           inducement
           to
           make
           men
           
             flee
             from
             Idolatry
             ,
          
           is
           by
           our
           Adversaries
           made
           the
           object
           of
           the
           grossest
           Idolatry
           that
           ever
           hath
           been
           practised
           by
           any
           .
           For
           their
           constant
           doctrine
           is
           ,
           that
           in
           worshipping
           the
           Sacrament
           they
           should
           give
           unto
           it
           ,
           ●atriae
           cul●um
           qui
           vero
           Deo
           debetur
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           Councel
           of
           
             Trert
          
           hath
           determined
           ,
           )
           '
           that
           kind
           of
           service
           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
           need
           go
           no
           further
           than
           to
           
             Sanders
          
           book
           of
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           ;
           before
           which
           he
           hath
           prefixed
           an
           Epistle
           Dedicatory
           ,
           superscribed
           in
           this
           manner
           :
           
             To
             the
             Body
             and
             Blood
             of
             our
             Saviour
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             under
             the
             forms
             of
             Bread
             and
             Wine
             ,
             all
             honour
             ,
             praise
             ,
             and
             thinks
             ,
             be
             given
             for
             ever
             .
          
           Adding
           further
           in
           the
           process
           of
           that
           blockish
           Epistle
           :
           
             Howsoever
             it
             be
             with
             other
             men
             ,
             I
             adore
             thee
             my
             God
             and
             Lord
             really
             present
             under
             the
             forms
             of
             Bread
             and
             Wine
             ,
             after
             consecration
             duly
             made
             :
             Beseeching
             thee
             of
             pardon
             for
             my
             sins
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
           Now
           if
           the
           conceit
           which
           these
           men
           have
           concerning
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           should
           prove
           to
           be
           false
           (
           as
           indeed
           we
           know
           it
           to
           be
           most
           absurd
           and
           monstruous
           )
           their
           own
           Jesuit
           
             Cosler
          
           doth
           freely
           confess
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           be
           in
           such
           an
           
             error
             and
             Idolatry
             ,
          
           qualis
           in
           orbe
           terratum
           nunquam
           vel
           visus
           vel
           auditus
           fuit
           ▪
           
             as
             never
             was
             seen
             or
             heard
             in
             this
             world
             .
             For
             the
             error
             of
             them
             is
             more
             tolerable
             ,
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             who
             worship
             for
             God
             a
             Statue
             of
             gold
             or
             silver
             ,
             or
             an
             Image
             of
             any
             other
             matter
             ,
             as
             the
             Gentiles
             adored
             their
             Gods
             ;
             or
             a
             red
             cloth
             lifted
             up
             upon
             a
             spear
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             reported
             of
             the
             Lappians
             ;
             or
             living
             Creatures
             ,
             as
             did
             sometime
             the
             Egyptians
             ;
             than
             of
             those
             that
             worship
             a
             piece
             of
             bread
             .
          
           We
           therefore
           who
           are
           verily
           perswaded
           that
           the
           Papists
           do
           thus
           ,
           must
           of
           force
           (
           if
           we
           follow
           their
           Jesuits
           direction
           )
           judge
           them
           to
           be
           the
           most
           intolerable
           idolaters
           that
           ever
           were
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           own
           principles
           ,
           how
           is
           it
           possible
           that
           any
           of
           themselves
           should
           certainly
           know
           ,
           that
           the
           Host
           which
           they
           worship
           should
           be
           any
           other
           thing
           but
           bread
           ?
           seeing
           the
           change
           doth
           wholly
           depend
           upon
           
             consecration
             duly
             made
             ,
          
           (
           as
           
             Sanders
          
           speaketh
           )
           and
           that
           rependeth
           upon
           the
           intention
           of
           the
           Priest
           ,
           which
           no
           man
           but
           himself
           can
           have
           notice
           of
           .
           
             Bellarmin
             ,
          
           disputing
           against
           
             Ambrosius
             Catharinus
             ,
          
           one
           of
           his
           own
           brethren
           ,
           that
           a
           man
           hath
           no
           certain
           knowledge
           of
           his
           own
           justification
           ,
           can
           take
           advantage
           of
           this
           ,
           and
           alledge
           for
           himself
           ,
           that
           one
           
             cannot
             be
             certain
             by
             the
             certainty
             of
             faith
             ,
             that
             he
             doth
             recive
             a
             true
             Sacrament
             ;
             for
             as
             much
             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
           have
           in
           hand
           ,
           and
           see
           into
           what
           intricate
           Labyrinths
           these
           men
           have
           brought
           themselves
           .
           Admit
           the
           Priests
           intention
           stood
           right
           at
           the
           consecration
           ,
           yet
           if
           he
           that
           baptized
           him
           failed
           in
           his
           intention
           when
           he
           administred
           that
           Sacrament
           ,
           he
           remaineth
           still
           unbaptized
           ,
           and
           so
           becometh
           uncapable
           of
           Priesthood
           ;
           and
           consequently
           ,
           whatsoever
           he
           consecrateth
           is
           but
           bread
           still
           .
           Yea
           ,
           admit
           he
           were
           rightly
           baptized
           too
           :
           if
           either
           the
           Bishop
           that
           conferred
           upon
           him
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           Orders
           ,
           (
           fot
           so
           they
           hold
           it
           to
           be
           )
           or
           those
           that
           baptized
           or
           ordained
           that
           Bishop
           ,
           missed
           their
           right
           intention
           ;
           neither
           will
           the
           one
           prove
           Bishop
           ,
           nor
           the
           other
           Priest
           ;
           and
           so
           with
           what
           intention
           soever
           either
           the
           one
           or
           the
           other
           doth
           consecrate
           ,
           there
           remaineth
           but
           bread
           still
           .
           Neither
           doth
           the
           inconvenience
           stay
           here
           ,
           but
           ascendeth
           upward
           to
           all
           their
           predecussors
           :
           in
           any
           one
           of
           whom
           if
           there
           fall
           out
           to
           be
           a
           nullity
           of
           Priesthood
           (
           for
           want
           of
           intention
           ,
           either
           in
           the
           baptizer
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           ordainer
           )
           all
           the
           generation
           following
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           principles
           ,
           go
           without
           their
           Priesthood
           too
           ;
           and
           so
           deliver
           but
           bread
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           instead
           of
           the
           body
           of
           Christ.
           The
           Papists
           themselves
           therefore
           ,
           if
           they
           stand
           unto
           their
           own
           grounds
           ,
           must
           needs
           confess
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           in
           no
           better
           case
           here
           ,
           than
           the
           Samaritans
           were
           in
           ,
           of
           whom
           our
           Saviour
           saith
           ,
           
             Ye
             worship
             ye
             know
             not
             what
             ,
          
           Joh.
           4.
           22.
           but
           we
           know
           ,
           that
           what
           they
           worship
           (
           be
           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
           spiritual
           fornication
           ,
           '
           and
           such
           fornication
           ,
           as
           is
           not
           so
           much
           as
           named
           amongst
           the
           Gentiles
           .
        
         
           These
           then
           being
           the
           
             Idolaters
          
           with
           whom
           we
           have
           to
           deal
           ,
           let
           us
           learn
           first
           how
           dangerous
           a
           thing
           it
           is
           to
           communicate
           with
           them
           in
           their
           false
           worship
           .
           
             Rev.
          
           18.
           4.
           
           For
           if
           we
           will
           be
           partakers
           of
           Babylons
           sins
           ,
           we
           must
           look
           to
           receive
           of
           her
           plagues
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           be
           admonished
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           sufficient
           that
           in
           our
           ownpersons
           we
           refrain
           worshipping
           of
           idols
           ,
           but
           is
           further
           required
           ,
           that
           we
           restrain
           (
           as
           much
           as
           in
           us
           lieth
           )
           the
           practice
           thereof
           in
           others
           ;
           lest
           by
           suffering
           God
           to
           be
           dishonoured
           in
           so
           high
           a
           manner
           ,
           when
           we
           may
           by
           our
           calling
           hinder
           it
           ,
           we
           make
           our selves
           partakers
           of
           other
           mens
           sins
           .
           
             Eli
          
           the
           High
           Priest
           was
           a
           good
           man
           ,
           and
           gave
           excellent
           counsel
           unto
           his
           lewd
           sons
           :
           yet
           we
           know
           what
           judgment
           fell
           upon
           him
           ,
           
             because
             his
             sons
             made
             themselves
             vile
             ,
             and
             he
             frowned
             not
             upon
             them
             ,
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             restrained
             them
             not
             ;
             )
          
           which
           God
           doth
           interpret
           to
           be
           a
           kind
           of
           idolatry
           ,
           in
           '
           honouring
           his
           sons
           above
           him
           .
           The
           Church
           of
           
             Pergamus
          
           did
           for
           her
           own
           part
           hold
           fast
           Christs
           name
           ,
           and
           denied
           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
             block
             before
             the
             children
             of
             
               Israel
               ,
            
             to
             eat
             things
             facrificed
             unto
             idols
             ,
             and
             to
             commit
             fornication
             .
          
           So
           we
           see
           what
           special
           notice
           our
           Saviour
           taketh
           of
           the
           works
           ,
           and
           charity
           ,
           and
           service
           ,
           and
           faith
           ,
           and
           patience
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Thyatira
           :
           and
           yet
           for
           all
           this
           he
           addeth
           ,
           
             Notwithstanding
             ,
             I
             have
             a
             few
             things
             against
             thee
             ,
             because
             thou
             sufferest
             that
             woman
             Jezebel
             ,
             which
             calleth
             her self
             a
             Prophetess
             ,
             to
             teach
             and
             to
             sedue
             my
             servants
             to
             commit
             fornication
             ,
             and
             to
             eat
             things
             sacrificed
             untoidols
             .
             
               Revel
            
             2.
             20.
             
          
        
         
           In
           
             Judges
          
           2.
           
           God
           telleth
           the
           children
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           what
           mischief
           should
           come
           unto
           them
           by
           tolerating
           the
           Canaanitish
           idolaters
           in
           their
           Land.
           
           
             They
             shall
             be
             thorns
             in
             your
             sides
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             and
             their
             Gods
             stall
             be
             a
             snare
             unto
             you
             .
          
           Which
           words
           contain
           in
           them
           the
           intimation
           of
           a
           double
           danger
           :
           the
           one
           respecting
           the
           Soul
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           the
           Body
           .
           That
           which
           concerneth
           the
           Soul
           is
           :
           that
           their
           idols
           should
           be
           a
           snare
           unto
           them
           .
           For
           God
           well
           knew
           that
           mans
           nature
           is
           as
           prone
           to
           spiritual
           fornication
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           to
           corporal
           .
           As
           therefore
           for
           the
           preventing
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           have
           a
           common
           harlot
           tolerated
           in
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           
             Lest
             the
             Land
             ss●ould
             fall
             to
             whoredom
             ,
             and
             become
             full
             of
             wickedness
             ,
          
           
             Levit.
          
           19.
           29.
           so
           for
           the
           keeping
           out
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           provocations
           taken
           away
           ,
           and
           all
           occasions
           whereby
           a
           man
           might
           be
           tempted
           to
           commit
           so
           vile
           a
           sin
           .
           The
           bodily
           danger
           that
           followeth
           upon
           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
             pricks
             in
             their
             eyes
             ,
             and
             thorns
             in
             their
             sides
             ,
             and
             should
             vex
             them
             in
             the
             Land
             wherein
             they
             dwelled
             .
          
           Now
           in
           both
           these
           respects
           it
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           the
           toleration
           of
           the
           Idolaters
           with
           whom
           we
           have
           to
           do
           ,
           is
           far
           more
           perilous
           than
           of
           any
           other
           .
           In
           regard
           of
           the
           spiritual
           danger
           ,
           wherewith
           simple
           souls
           are
           m●re
           like
           to
           be
           insnared
           :
           because
           this
           kind
           of
           Idolatry
           is
           not
           brought
           in
           with
           an
           open
           shew
           of
           impiety
           ,
           (
           as
           that
           of
           Pagans
           )
           but
           is
           
             a
             mistery
             of
             iniquity
             ,
          
           a
           wickedness
           covered
           with
           the
           vail
           of
           Piety
           ;
           and
           the
           harlot
           ,
           which
           maketh
           the
           inhabitants
           of
           the
           earth
           drunk
           with
           the
           wine
           of
           this
           formcation
           ,
           is
           both
           gilded
           her self
           ,
           and
           presenteth
           also
           her
           abominations
           unto
           her
           followers
           in
           
             a
             cup
             of
             gold
             .
          
           Rev.
           17.
           2
           ,
           4.
           
           If
           we
           look
           to
           outward
           peril
           ,
           we
           are
           like
           to
           find
           these
           men
           ,
           not
           thorns
           in
           our
           sides
           to
           vex
           us
           ,
           but
           daggers
           in
           our
           hearts
           to
           destroy
           us
           .
           Not
           that
           I
           take
           all
           of
           them
           to
           be
           of
           this
           furious
           disposition
           ,
           (
           mistake
           me
           not
           :
           I
           know
           a
           number
           my self
           of
           a
           far
           different
           temper
           :
           )
           but
           because
           there
           are
           never
           wanting
           among
           them
           some
           tutbulent
           humours
           ,
           so
           inflamed
           with
           the
           spirit
           of
           fornication
           ,
           that
           they
           run
           mad
           with
           it
           ;
           and
           are
           transported
           so
           far
           ,
           that
           no
           tolerable
           terms
           can
           content
           them
           ,
           until
           they
           have
           attained
           to
           the
           utmost
           pitch
           of
           their
           unbridled
           desires
           .
           For
           compassing
           whereof
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           treachery
           ,
           nor
           rebellion
           ,
           nor
           murther
           ,
           nor
           desperate
           course
           whatsoever
           ,
           that
           (
           without
           all
           remorse
           of
           conscience
           )
           they
           dare
           not
           adventure
           upon
           .
        
         
           Neither
           
             do
          
           they
           thus
           only
           ,
           but
           they
           
             teach
          
           men
           also
           so
           to
           do
           :
           arming
           both
           Pope
           ,
           and
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           People
           ,
           and
           private
           persons
           ,
           with
           power
           to
           cast
           down
           even
           Kings
           themselves
           from
           their
           Thrones
           ,
           if
           they
           stand
           in
           their
           way
           ,
           and
           give
           any
           impediment
           to
           their
           designs
           .
           Touching
           the
           Popes
           power
           herein
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           disputing
           :
           one
           of
           them
           telleth
           us
           ,
           that
           
             there
             is
             no
             doubt
             ,
             but
             the
             Pope
             may
             depose
             all
             Kings
             ,
             when
             there
             is
             a
             reasonable
             cause
             so
             to
             do
             .
          
           For
           Bishops
           ,
           Cardinal
           
             Baronius
          
           informeth
           us
           by
           the
           example
           of
           
             Dacius
          
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Millayn
             ,
          
           his
           dealing
           against
           the
           
             Arrians
             ,
          
           that
           
             those
             Bishops
             deserve
             no
             blame
             ,
             and
             ought
             to
             suffer
             no
             envy
             ,
             who
             roll
             every
             stone
             ,
          
           (
           yea
           ,
           and
           rather
           than
           fail
           ,
           would
           blow
           up
           stones
           too
           )
           
             that
             they
             may
             not
             live
             under
             an
             heretical
             Prince
             .
          
           For
           the
           People
           ,
           
             Dominicus
             Bannes
             ,
          
           a
           Dominican
           Priar
           ,
           resolves
           that
           they
           need
           not
           ,
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           expect
           any
           sentencing
           of
           the
           matter
           by
           Pope
           ,
           or
           other
           ;
           but
           
             when
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             fault
             is
             evident
             ,
             subjects
             may
             lawfully
             (
             if
             so
             be
             they
             have
             sufficient
             strength
             )
             exempt
             themselves
             from
             subjection
             to
             their
             Princes
             ,
             before
             any
             declaratory
             sentence
             of
             a
             Judge
             .
          
           And
           that
           we
           may
           understand
           that
           the
           
             Proviso
          
           which
           he
           inserteth
           
             of
             having
             strength
             sufficient
             ,
          
           is
           very
           material
           ;
           he
           putreth
           us
           in
           mind
           ,
           that
           
             the
             faithful
          
           (
           the
           Papists
           he
           meaneth
           )
           
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             are
             to
             be
             excused
             hereby
             ,
             who
             do
             not
             exempt
             themselves
             from
             the
             power
             of
             their
             superiors
             ,
             nor
             make
             war
             against
             them
             .
             Because
             that
             generally
             they
             have
             not
             power
             sufficient
             to
             make
             such
             wars
             against
             Princes
             ,
             and
             great
             dangers
             are
             eminent
             over
             them
             .
          
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           for
           private
           persons
           ,
           we
           may
           read
           in
           
             Suarez
             ,
          
           that
           an
           heretical
           King
           ,
           
             after
             sentence
             given
             against
             him
             ,
             is
             absolutely
             deprived
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             cannot
             possess
             it
             by
             any
             just
             title
             :
             and
             therefore
             from
             thence
             forth
             may
             be
             handled
             altogether
             as
             a
             Tyrant
             ;
             and
             consequently
             ,
             he
             may
             be
             killed
             by
             any
             private
             person
             .
          
           Only
           the
           Jesuit
           addeth
           this
           limitation
           :
           that
           
             If
             the
             Pope
             do
             depose
             the
             King
             he
             may
             be
             expelled
             or
             killed
             by
             them
             only
             to
             whom
             he
             shall
             commit
             that
             business
             .
             But
             if
             he
             injoin
             the
             execution
             thereof
             to
             us
             body
             ,
             then
             it
             shall
             appertain
             to
             the
             lawful
             successer
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             :
             or
             if
             none
             such
             be
             to
             be
             found
             ,
             i●
             shall
             belong
             to
             the
             Kingdom
             it self
             .
          
           But
           let
           him
           once
           ●e
           declared
           to
           be
           a
           Tyrant
           ;
           
             Mariana
             (
             Suarez
          
           his
           Country-man
           and
           fellow
           Jesuit
           )
           will
           tell
           you
           better
           how
           he
           should
           be
           handled
           .
           
             That
             a
             Tyrant
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             may
             be
             killed
             by
             open
             force
             and
             arms
             ,
             whether
             by
             violent
             ●●eaking
             in
             into
             the
             Court
             ,
             or
             by
             joyning
             of
             battel
             ,
             is
             a
             matter
             confess'd
             :
             yea
             ,
             and
             by
             deceit
             and
             ambushes
             too
             ,
             as
          
           Ehud
           
             o●
             in
             killing
          
           Eglon
           
             the
             King
             of
             the
          
           Moabites
           .
           
             Indeed
             it
             ●●uld
             argue
             a
             braver
             mind
             to
             profess
             open
             enmity
             ,
             and
             publikly
             to
             rush
             in
             upon
             the
             enemy
             of
             the
             Common-wealth
             :
             ●ut
             it
             is
             no
             less
             prudence
             ,
             to
             make
             advantage
             by
             fraud
             and
             ambushes
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             done
             without
             stir
             ,
             and
             with
             less
             dan●er
             surely
             ,
             both
             publick
             and
             private
             .
          
           His
           conclusion
           is
           ,
           that
           
             it
             is
             lawful
             to
             take
             away
             his
             life
             ,
             by
             any
             art
             whatsoever
             :
          
           with
           this
           
             proviso
             
             〈…〉
             be
             not
             constrained
             either
             wittingly
             or
             unwittingly
             to
             be
             the
             cause
             of
             his
             own
             death
             .
          
           Where
           the
           tenderness
           of
           a
           Jesuits
           conscience
           is
           well
           worth
           the
           observing
           .
           He
           maketh
           no
           scruple
           at
           all
           to
           take
           away
           the
           mans
           life
           :
           only
           he
           would
           advise
           that
           he
           be
           not
           made
           away
           ,
           by
           having
           poyson
           conveyed
           into
           his
           meat
           or
           drink
           ,
           lest
           in
           taking
           hereof
           (
           forsooth
           )
           he
           which
           is
           to
           be
           killed
           ,
           should
           by
           this
           means
           have
           some
           hand
           in
           procuring
           his
           own
           death
           .
           Yet
           poison
           him
           you
           may
           ,
           if
           you
           list
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           venom
           be
           
             externally
             applied
             by
             some
             other
             ,
             he
             that
             is
             to
             be
             killed
             helping
             nothing
             thereunto
             :
             namely
             ,
             when
             the
             force
             of
             the
             poison
             is
             so
             great
             ,
             that
             a
             seat
             or
             garment
             being
             infected
             there
             with
             ,
             it
             may
             have
             strength
             to
             kill
             .
          
           And
           that
           such
           means
           of
           poisoning
           hath
           been
           used
           ,
           he
           proveth
           by
           divers
           practices
           of
           the
           
             Moors
             :
          
           which
           we
           leave
           to
           be
           considered
           of
           by
           
             Fitzherbert
             ,
          
           who
           to
           prove
           that
           
             Squires
          
           intention
           of
           poisoning
           Q.
           
             Eliz.
          
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           was
           but
           a
           meer
           fiction
           )
           would
           perswade
           us
           that
           it
           is
           not
           agreeable
           to
           the
           grounds
           of
           nature
           and
           reason
           ,
           that
           any
           such
           thing
           should
           be
           .
        
         
           Thus
           we
           see
           what
           pestisent
           doctrine
           is
           daily
           broched
           by
           these
           incendiaries
           of
           the
           world
           :
           which
           ,
           what
           pernicious
           effects
           it
           hath
           produced
           ,
           I
           need
           not
           go
           far
           to
           exemplifie
           ;
           this
           assembly
           and
           this
           place
           cannot
           but
           call
           to
           mind
           the
           memory
           of
           that
           Barbarous
           Plot
           of
           the
           Powder-treason
           .
           Which
           being
           most
           justly
           charged
           to
           have
           
             exceeded
             all
             measure
             of
             cruelty
             ;
          
           as
           involving
           not
           the
           K.
           alone
           ,
           but
           also
           his
           Children
           ,
           and
           the
           States
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           many
           thousands
           of
           innocent
           people
           in
           the
           same
           ruin
           :
           a
           wicked
           varlet
           (
           with
           whose
           name
           I
           will
           not
           defile
           this
           place
           )
           steppeth
           forth
           some
           4
           years
           after
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           brazen
           forehead
           bideth
           us
           not
           to
           wonder
           at
           the
           matter
           .
           '
           For
           of
           an
           evil
           and
           pernicious
           herb
           ,
           both
           the
           seeds
           are
           to
           be
           crushed
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           roots
           to
           be
           pulled
           up
           ,
           that
           they
           grow
           not
           again
           .
           And
           otherwise
           also
           ,
           for
           a
           few
           wicked
           persons
           it
           falleth
           out
           oftentimes
           that
           many
           perish
           in
           shipwrack
           .
           In
           the
           later
           of
           which
           reasons
           we
           may
           note
           these
           mens
           insolent
           impiety
           toward
           God
           :
           in
           arrogating
           unto
           themselves
           such
           an
           absolute
           power
           for
           the
           murchering
           of
           innocents
           ,
           as
           he
           that
           is
           Lord
           of
           all
           ,
           hath
           over
           his
           own
           Creatures
           ;
           the
           best
           of
           whom
           ,
           if
           he
           do
           enter
           into
           ●udgment
           with
           them
           ,
           will
           not
           be
           found
           righteous
           in
           his
           〈◊〉
           .
           In
           the
           former
           ,
           we
           may
           observe
           their
           deadly
           ma●…
           toward
           Gods
           Anointed
           .
           which
           they
           sufficiently
           dec●●re
           will
           not
           be
           satisfied
           but
           by
           the
           extirpation
           of
           him
           and
           all
           his
           Roal
           progeny
           .
        
         
           And
           whereas
           for
           the
           discovery
           of
           such
           wicked
           spirits
           ;
           his
           Majesty
           in
           his
           Princely
           wisdom
           did
           cause
           an
           Oath
           of
           a●legiance
           to
           be
           framed
           ;
           by
           the
           tendring
           whereof
           h●
           might
           be
           the
           better
           able
           to
           distinguish
           betwixt
           his
           lo●al
           and
           disloyal
           subjects
           ,
           and
           to
           put
           a
           difference
           betwixt
           a
           seditious
           and
           a
           quiet-minded
           Romanist
           :
           this
           companion
           derideth
           his
           simplicity
           ,
           in
           imagining
           ,
           that
           that
           will
           serve
           the
           turn
           ,
           and
           supposing
           that
           a
           Pap●st
           will
           think
           himself
           any
           whit
           bound
           by
           taking
           such
           an
           Oath
           .
           
             See
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             in
             so
             great
             oraft
             ,
             how
             great
             simplicity
             doth
             bewray
             it self
             .
             When
             he
             had
             placed
             all
             his
             security
             in
             that
             Oath
             ,
             he
             thought
             he
             had
             found
             such
             a
             manner
             of
             Oath
             ,
             knit
             with
             so
             many
             circumstances
             ,
             that
             it
             could
             not
             ,
             with
             ,
             safety
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             by
             any
             means
             be
             dissolved
             by
             any
             Man.
             But
             he
             could
             not
             se
             ,
             that
             if
             the
             Pope
             did
             dissolve
             that
             Oath
             ;
             all
             the
             tyings
             of
             it
             ,
             (
             whether
             of
             performing
             fidelity
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             or
             of
             admitting
             no
             Dispensation
             )
             would
             be
             dissolved
             together
             .
             Yea
             ,
             I
             will
             say
             another
             thing
             that
             is
             more
             admirable
             .
             You
             know
             (
             I
             believe
             )
             that
             an
             unjust
             Oath
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             evidently
             known
             ,
             or
             openly
             declared
             to
             be
             such
             ,
             bindeth
             no
             man
             ;
             but
             is
             void
          
           ipso
           facto
           .
           
             That
             the
             Kings
             Oath
             is
             unjust
             ,
             hath
             been
             sufficiently
             declared
             by
             the
             Pastor
             of
             the
             Church
             himself
             .
             You
             see
             therefore
             ,
             that
             the
             obligation
             of
             it
             is
             vanished
             into
             smoak
             :
             so
             that
             the
             bond
             ,
             which
             by
             so
             many
             wise
             Men
             was
             thought
             to
             be
             of
             Iron
             ,
             is
             become
             less
             than
             of
             Straw
             .
          
        
         
           If
           matters
           now
           be
           come
           unto
           this
           pass
           ,
           that
           such
           as
           are
           addicted
           to
           the
           Pope
           ,
           will
           account
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegience
           to
           have
           less
           force
           to
           bind
           than
           a
           rope
           of
           straw
           ;
           judge
           ye
           wether
           that
           be
           not
           true
           which
           hath
           been
           said
           ,
           that
           in
           respect
           not
           of
           spirituall-infection
           only
           ,
           but
           of
           outward
           danger
           also
           to
           our
           State
           ,
           Idolaters
           may
           be
           more
           safely
           permitted
           than
           Papists
           .
           Which
           I
           doe
           not
           speak
           ,
           to
           exasperate
           you
           against
           their
           persons
           ,
           or
           to
           stirr
           you
           up
           to
           make
           new
           Laws
           for
           shedding
           of
           their
           blood
           .
           Their
           blindness
           I
           do
           much
           pitty
           :
           and
           my
           hearts
           desire
           and
           prayer
           to
           God
           for
           them
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           be
           saved
           .
           Onely
           this
           I
           must
           say
           ,
           that
           (
           things
           standing
           as
           they
           do
           )
           I
           cannot
           preach
           peace
           unto
           them
           .
           For
           as
           
             John
          
           said
           to
           
             Joram
             ,
          
           2
           Kings
           .
           9.
           22.
           
           
             What
             peace
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             the
             whoredomes
             of
             thy
             Mother
             J●zabel
             ,
             and
             her
             witchcrafts
             are
             so
             many
             ?
          
           So
           must
           I
           say
           unto
           them
           :
           What
           peace
           can
           there
           be
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           you
           suffer
           your selves
           to
           be
           led
           by
           the
           mother
           of
           harlots
           and
           abominations
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           who
           by
           her
           sorceries
           hath
           deceived
           all
           nations
           ,
           and
           made
           them
           drunk
           with
           the
           Wine
           of
           her
           fornication
           ?
           Let
           her
           put
           away
           her
           Whoredoms
           out
           of
           her
           sight
           ,
           and
           her
           Adulteries
           from
           between
           her
           brests
           ;
           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
           we
           shall
           be
           all
           ready
           to
           meet
           them
           ,
           and
           rejoyce
           with
           the
           Angels
           in
           heaven
           for
           their
           conversion
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           they
           who
           sit
           at
           the
           Helm
           and
           have
           the
           charge
           of
           our
           Church
           and
           Common-wealth
           committed
           to
           them
           ,
           must
           provide
           by
           all
           good
           means
           ,
           that
           God
           be
           not
           dishonoured
           by
           their
           open
           Idolatries
           ,
           nor
           our
           King
           and
           State
           indangered
           by
           their
           secret
           trecheries
           .
           Good
           Laws
           there
           are
           already
           enacted
           to
           this
           purpose
           :
           which
           if
           they
           were
           duly
           put
           in
           execution
           ,
           we
           should
           have
           less
           need
           to
           think
           of
           making
           new
           .
           But
           it
           is
           not
           my
           part
           to
           press
           this
           point
           .
           I
           will
           therefore
           conclude
           as
           I
           did
           begin
           :
           I
           speak
           as
           to
           wise
           men
           ;
           Judge
           ye
           what
           I
           say
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .