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             A light shining out of darknes [sic], or, Occasional queries submitted to the judgment of such as would enquire into the true state of things in our times
             Stubbe, Henry, 1632-1676.
             Vane, Henry, Sir, 1612?-1662.
          
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           A
           LIGHT
           Shining
           out
           of
           DARKNES
           :
           OR
           Occasional
           Queries
           SUBMITTED
           To
           the
           JUDGMENT
           of
           such
           as
           would
           
             enquire
          
           into
           the
           true
           State
           of
           things
           in
           our
           TIMES
           .
        
         
           
             Job
             8.
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             
               For
               enquire
               ,
               I
               pray
               thee
               ,
               of
               the
               former
               age
               ,
               and
               prepare
               thy self
               to
               the
               search
               of
               their
               Fathers
               .
            
          
           
             
               (
               For
               we
               are
               but
               of
               yesterday
               and
               know
               nothing
               ,
               because
               our
               dayes
               upon
               earth
               are
               a
               shaddow
               .
               )
            
          
           
             
               Shall
               not
               they
               teach
               thee
               ,
               and
               tell
               thee
               ,
               and
               utter
               words
               out
               of
               their
               heart
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           
             MDCLIX
             .
          
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           Reader
           ,
        
         
           
             THou
             hast
             here
             a
             few
          
           Questions
           
             proposed
             by
             one
             ,
             who
             desires
             to
             lye
             lowe
             in
             his
             own
             eyes
             :
             and
             after
             all
             his
             Reading
             ,
             rather
             to
          
           doubt
           ,
           (
           doubting
           
             is
             no
             more
             the
             way
             to
             errour
             ,
             than
             to
          
           truth
           )
           
             than
             to
          
           assert
           .
           
             I
             know
             not
             how
             long
             thou
             mayest
             be
             in
             perusing
             them
             ,
             I
             am
             certain
             they
             were
             not
             long
             in
             penning
             :
             yet
             this
             thou
             mayest
             be
             secured
             of
             ,
             that
             the
          
           citations
           
             here
             are
             not
          
           obtruded
           
             upon
             thee
             at
          
           second
           hand
           ,
           
             being
             not
             transcribed
             out
             of
             men
             that
          
           misalledged
           
             them
             ,
             but
             fetched
             from
             their
             Originall
          
           Authors
           .
           
             He
             who
          
           queried
           ,
           
             did
             not
             so
             much
             as
             trust
             his
          
           memory
           ,
           
             or
          
           juvenile
           collection
           ,
           
             but
             brought
             all
             to
             thetest
             by
             a
          
           faithfull
           
             reveiw
             ..
             The
          
           interrogatories
           
             are
             of
             such
             moment
             ,
             that
             he
             thought
             they
             might
             deserve
             a
             satisfactory
             answer
             :
             and
             he
             had
             observed
             that
             neither
             the
          
           Pulpiteers
           ,
           
             nor
          
           VVriters
           
             of
             these
             times
             did
             contribute
             by
             their
             labours
             any
             thing
             towards
             
             such
             conscience-work
             ,
             though
             the
             posture
             of
             their
             Affairs
             require
             it
             .
             He
             thought
             fit
             in
             his
          
           questions
           ,
           
             to
             produce
             such
          
           testimonines
           
             as
             made
             for
             the
          
           Negative
           
             and
          
           Heterodoxe
           
             part
             .
             Unto
             which
             process
             he
             was
             enclined
             by
             severall
             reasons
             :
             One
             is
             ,
             because
             that
             the
             generall
             prejudices
             of
             many
             in
             this
             age
             ,
             are
             such
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             had
             not
             done
             this
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             have
             thought
          
           these
           things
           questionable
           .
           
             Secondly
             ,
             he
             had
             a
             tender
             regard
             to
             those
             who
             have
             made
             the
             subject
             of
             these
          
           queries
           
             to
             be
             their
          
           Assertions
           :
           
             in
             the
             behalf
             of
             these
             ,
             he
             did
             set
             down
             what
             you
             see
             ,
             that
             their
          
           Opponents
           
             (
             though
             they
             pride
             themselves
             with
             the
             conceipt
             of
          
           learning
           
             and
             esteem
             of
             others
             as
          
           illiterate
           )
           
             may
             at
             last
             own
             them
             for
             less
             than
          
           fanaticall
           
             and
             groundless
          
           Opinionists
           .
           
             He
             did
             not
             alledge
             any
             proofes
             for
             the
             other
             part
             ,
             both
             because
             he
             knew
             that
             others
             would
             do
             that
             for
             him
             ;
             as
             also
             because
             he
             had
             not
             that
             esteem
             for
          
           quotations
           
             to
             the
             contrary
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             for
             these
             :
             not
             that
             he
             is
             much
             prepossessed
             through
          
           prejudice
           ,
           
             but
             upon
             an
          
           old
           protestant
           consideration
           ,
           
             that
          
           records
           
             and
          
           presidents
           
             differing
             from
             the
          
           received
           ways
           
             and
          
           interests
           
             of
             men
             ,
             are
             more
             to
             be
             regarded
             from
             any
             that
             make
             for
             them
             ;
             since
             the
          
           forgeryes
           
             and
          
           falsifications
           
             of
             precedent
             Ages
             make
             it
             propable
             ,
             that
          
           such
           passages
           
           
             might
             be
          
           inserted
           and
           foysted
           in
           ,
           
             but
          
           why
           
             or
          
           how
           
             these
             should
             be
          
           adulterated
           
             he
             did
             not
             see
             .
             Even
             in
             matters
             of
             common
             transaction
             ,
             in
             our
          
           English
           Courts
           
             of
             judicature
             ,
             he
             thought
             he
             had
             been
             〈◊〉
             ,
             that
             one
          
           precedent
           
             or
          
           verdict
           
             against
             the
          
           jurisdiction
           
             of
             a
          
           Court
           
             is
             of
             more
          
           validity
           
             than
             a
          
           thousand
           
             for
             it
             :
             because
             it
             is
             supposed
             that
             none
             will
             ,
             contrary
             to
             right
             and
             equity
             ,
             infriage
             their
             own
             power
             .
             Further
             ;
             if
             any
             should
             oppose
             the
          
           sayings
           
             of
             others
             in
             the
             behalf
             of
          
           humane
           learning
           ,
           
             to
             what
             he
             had
          
           vouched
           ,
           
             he
             hoped
             they
             would
             produce
             them
             out
             of
             Authors
          
           contemporaries
           
             with
             his
             ,
             or
             else
             they
             should
             not
             imagine
             that
             he
             would
             think
             any
             such
          
           averrements
           
             to
             be
          
           contradictory
           
             to
             what
             his
          
           query
           
             may
          
           seemingly
           assert
           ,
           
             nor
             yet
          
           satisfactory
           
             to
             the
          
           question
           ,
           
             nor
             doth
             he
             think
             (
             and
             .
          
           Heraldus
           ,
           Ouzelius
           
             and
             others
             concurr
             with
             him
             herein
             )
             that
             out
             of
          
           Antiquty
           
             they
             can
             alledg
             any
             such
             quotations
             .
             If
             they
          
           oppose
           
             his
          
           query
           
             with
             the
             practise
             and
             use
             of
          
           humane
           learning
           
             which
             is
             found
             in
          
           Clem.
           Alexandr.
           Orig.
           Tertullian
           ,
           Lactantius
           ,
           Arnobius
           ,
           Minucius
           Felix
           ,
           &c.
           
             He
             shall
             not
             think
             such
             dealing
             to
             be
             fair
             :
             since
             the
             question
             is
          
           what
           was
           their
           judgment
           ?
           
             not
          
           what
           they
           did
           practise
           ?
           
             Of
             the
             latter
             no
             man
             will
             suppose
             the
          
           querist
           
             to
             be
             ignorant
             ;
             and
             if
             any
             should
             ,
             yet
             
             would
             the
          
           Objection
           
             be
             of
             no
             value
             ,
             untill
             they
             shall
             evince
             that
             every
             man
             did
             in
             those
             times
          
           live
           up
           to
           the
           light
           he
           had
           ;
           
             and
          
           acted
           as
           he
           spake
           .
           
             He
             thinks
             it
             may
             have
             been
             with
             the
          
           Ancients
           
             as
             with
          
           [
           Vega
           ]
           
             that
             excellent
          
           methodest
           in
           Physick
           ,
           
             who
             being
             sick
             of
             a
             feavour
             ,
             a
             friend
             visited
             him
             ,
             &
             found
             him
             drinking
          
           wine
           ;
           
             whereupon
             he
             charged
             him
             with
             having
             formerly
             prohibited
             the
             use
             thereof
             in
             feavours
             by
             his
             writings
             :
             The
          
           infirme
           
             replyed
             ,
          
           in
           my
           books
           you
           see
           the
           practise
           of
           Physick
           ,
           but
           in
           me
           the
           practise
           of
           Physicians
           .
           
             He
             supposes
             that
             after
             persons
             have
             been
             brought
             over
             from
          
           Paganisme
           
             to
          
           Christianity
           ,
           
             something
             may
             stick
             by
             them
             ,
             as
             an
             ill
             scent
             may
             when
             one
             comes
             out
             of
             a
          
           jakes
           ,
           
             yet
             that
             is
             their
          
           failing
           ,
           
             not
             their
          
           justification
           .
           
             If
          
           Moses
           
             learnt
             the
          
           Egyptian
           skill
           ,
           
             it
             was
             whilst
             he
             remained
             in
          
           Pharaoh's
           Court
           :
           
             And
             so
          
           Paul
           
             was
             learned
             in
          
           Heathen
           Authors
           ,
           
             but
             it
             was
             before
             he
             came
             to
             the
          
           School
           
             of
          
           Christ
           ,
           
             he
             hath
             used
             them
             but
          
           three
           
             or
          
           four
           
             times
             in
             his
             works
             ,
             whereas
             now
             they
             are
             more
             frequent
             than
          
           Texts
           
             of
          
           Scripture
           .
           Athanasius
           
             against
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
             saith
          
           the
           Scriptures
           are
           sufficient
           to
           declare
           the
           truth
           of
           themselves
           ;
           
             and
             that
             if
             his
             friend
          
           Macarius
           
             did
             read
             other
          
           Religious
           
             writers
             ,
             It
             was
             but
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           as
           a
           lover
           of
           Elegance
           ,
           
             not
          
           as
           a
           lover
           of
           Christ
           .
           
             O●…her
             
             things
             there
             were
             which
             he
             saw
             might
             be
             objected
             ,
             which
             he
             will
             not
             now
             insist
             upon
             ,
             having
             weighed
             them
             in
             the
             ballances
             and
             found
             them
             light
             .
             About
             the
          
           call
           of
           the
           Ministry
           
             and
             the
          
           first
           Reformers
           ,
           
             he
             hopes
             not
             to
             be
             opposed
             with
             the
             afterjudgment
             of
          
           Luther
           ,
           
             or
             the
             rest
             .
             He
             is
             not
             of
             their
          
           Opinion
           ,
           
             who
             thinke
             the
             first
          
           reformers
           
             did
             use
             that
          
           Artifice
           
             of
             bending
             a
             crooked
             stick
             ,
             as
             much
             the
             other
             way
             ,
             that
             so
             it
             may
             at
             least
             become
          
           straight
           .
           
             Such
             dealings
             are
             not
             to
             be
             admitted
             in
             the
             service
             of
             our
          
           God
           ,
           
             who
             is
             a
          
           consuming
           fire
           :
           
             It
             is
             to
             charge
             them
             with
             a
             great
          
           hypocrisie
           
             (
             since
             they
             never
             owned
             any
          
           such
           actions
           ,
           
             but
             delivered
             all
             as
             precious
             and
             glorious
             Truths
             )
             and
             to
             make
             them
             guilty
             of
             the
             ruine
             of
             those
          
           poor
           souls
           ,
           
             who
             dyed
             in
             the
             profession
             of
             a
             belief
             their
             teachers
             did
             not
             intend
             them
             .
             In
             fine
             ,
             it
             is
             to
             make
             the
          
           first
           Reformation
           
             as
             bad
             (
             or
             not
             much
             better
             )
             away
             as
             that
             of
             Popery
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             embraces
             it
             ,
             and
             adhere
             thereunto
             ,
             to
             be
             in
             a
             different
             only
             ,
             and
          
           sinfull
           estate
           .
           
             It
             is
             a
             slur
             to
             the
             greatest
             wonder
             God
             hath
             produced
             after
             the
          
           Churches
           
             being
          
           1200.
           
             years
             in
             the
          
           Wilderness
           :
           
             How
             much
             more
             ought
             we
             to
             prejudge
             all
          
           succeeding
           times
           
             from
             their
             Doctrines
             ?
             and
             having
             such
             pregnant
             motives
             to
             believe
             they
             were
          
           spirited
           
             by
             God
             ,
             let
             us
             impute
             their
             after-change
             
             to
             failings
             upon
             carnall
             considerations
             ,
             when
          
           Luther
           
             went
             to
             settle
             himself
             .
          
           Pope
           
             in
          
           Germany
           ,
           
             and
             his
          
           writings
           
             were
             advanced
             as
             the
          
           test
           
             of
          
           truth
           ;
           
             and
             an
          
           Oligarchy
           
             of
          
           Ministers
           
             setled
             elsewhere
             .
             Let
             us
             owe
             our
          
           Reformation
           
             to
             God
             and
             not
          
           Belial
           
             or
             Antichrist
             ,
             to
             the
          
           call
           
             and
          
           excitement
           
             of
             the
          
           former
           ,
           
             not
          
           consecration
           
             of
             the
          
           latter
           .
           
             Let
             us
             acknowledge
             their
          
           zeal
           ,
           
             their
          
           chatity
           
             &
             those
             more
             glorious
             principles
             of
          
           spirituall
           graces
           ,
           
             rather
             than
          
           prudentiall
           contrivements
           .
           
             Are
             not
             those
             there
          
           first
           works
           
             which
             are
             here
          
           quoted
           ?
           
             are
             not
             those
             the
             works
             by
             which
          
           Luther
           
             said
             he
             would
             have
             men
             and
             Angels
             tryed
             ?
             If
             you
             say
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             a
             difference
             betwixt
             a
          
           Church
           
             setled
             and
             unsetled
             :
             a
             question
             will
             arise
             (
             if
             that
             can
             be
             questioned
             )
          
           whether
           the
           Papists
           did
           not
           say
           their
           
             church
          
           was
           then
           setled
           ?
           
             and
             whether
             any
             settlement
             politicall
             will
             suffice
             to
             debarr
             those
             actings
             ?
             for
             then
             the
             first
             Reformers
             ,
             yea
             ,
             first
             Christians
             ,
             and
             Christ
             himself
             ,
             all
             are
             cast
             .
             If
             only
             what
             is
             a
             settlement
             of
          
           truth
           ,
           
             or
          
           Gospel-settlement
           
             be
             intended
             ,
             doth
             not
             this
             resolve
             all
             into
             a
             try
             all
             of
             doctrines
             ?
             &
             a
             proof
             that
             the
             present
             way
             is
             the
             sole
             Gospel-way
             ?
             Which
             who
             soever
             shall
             avow
             ,
             he
             need
             not
             want
             employment
             for
             his
             thoughts
             from
             the
             severall
             writings
             of
          
           Papists
           ,
           Episcoparians
           ,
           Presbyterians
           ,
           Independents
           ,
           
             &c.
             however
             the
          
           Questionist
           should
           rest
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           OCCASIONAL
           QUERIES
           ,
           SUBJECTED
           To
           the
           Judgement
           of
           such
           as
           desire
           to
           
             enquire
          
           into
           the
           true
           State
           of
           things
           in
           these
           
             our
          
           Times
           .
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             
               WHether
               there
               be
               any
               certain
               or
            
             peculiar
             
               Name
               in
               the
            
             New
             Testament
             
               that
               signifies
               a
            
             Minister
             ?
             
               Or
               any
               name
               whence
               an
            
             Office
             
               may
               be
            
             convincingly
             
               inferred
               ?
               *
               If
               there
               be
               not
               (
               as
               there
               is
               just
               cause
               to
               doubt
               )
               whether
               the
            
             present
             Ministers
             
               are
               not
               to
               blame
               ,
               whilst
               they
               pretend
               to
               an
            
             Office
             
               and
            
             Function
             
               grounded
               upon
            
             Divine
             Right
             ,
             
               which
               hath
               no
               other
               Foundation
               than
               the
               Hay
               and
               Stubble
               of
            
             humane
             Conjecture
             ?
          
           
             THe
             words
             used
             in
             Scripture
             to
             signifie
             a
             
               Minister
               ,
            
             (
             as
             they
             are
             vulgarly
             applyed
             )
             are
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             and
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             and
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Now
             none
             of
             these
             determinately
             signifies
             an
             
               Officer
               ,
            
             but
             any
             one
             that
             performs
             such
             or
             such
             
               a
               work
               ,
            
             whether
             out
             of
             
               Du●…
            
             or
             
               Charity
               .
               Minister
               Executor
               merus
               est
               ,
            
             say
             the
             
               Civil
               Lawyers
               :
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             signifies
             either
             a
             
               Deacon
            
             or
             
               Church-warden
               ,
               Acts
            
             6.
             or
             else
             it
             may
             be
             taken
             in
             as
             large
             a
             sense
             as
             hath
             
             been
             specified
             .
             
               Philem.
            
             v.
             13.
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             
               minister
            
             to
             me
             in
             your
             stead
             .
             Was
             this
             an
             
               Office
               ?
            
             so
             the
             
               Civil
               Magistrate
            
             is
             called
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             the
             
               Minister
            
             of
             God
             ,
             
               Rom.
            
             13.
             4.
             and
             1
             
               Cor.
            
             3.
             5.
             
             Who
             is
             
               Paul
               ?
            
             who
             is
             
               Apollo
               ?
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             but
             
               Ministers
            
             (
             or
             instruments
             )
             through
             whom
             you
             have
             believed
             .
             And
             Sathan
             ,
             (
             though
             he
             be
             a
             great
             Imitator
             of
             Christ
             )
             is
             not
             said
             to
             have
             a
             constituted
             
               Ministry
            
             by
             way
             of
             
               Office
            
             for
             his
             service
             ,
             yet
             he
             hath
             
               Ministers
               ,
            
             2
             
               Cor.
            
             11.
             15.
             
             Sathan
             is
             said
             to
             transform
             himself
             into
             an
             Angel
             of
             Light
             .
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             therefore
             it
             is
             no
             great
             thing
             if
             his
             
               ministers
            
             be
             transformed
             as
             the
             
               ministers
            
             of
             
               righteousness
               .
            
             This
             is
             not
             meant
             of
             any
             
               peculiar
               Function
            
             or
             
               Office
               ,
            
             but
             a
             
               general
               performance
            
             of
             any
             thing
             accordingly
             as
             an
             
               Officer
               ,
            
             servant
             ,
             or
             
               minister
            
             would
             .
             In
             like
             manner
             is
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             used
             in
             that
             general
             sence
             :
             
               Magistrates
            
             are
             said
             to
             be
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             Gods
             
               mini●…ters
               Rom.
            
             13.
             
               v.
            
             6.
             
             And
             
               Paul
            
             saith
             of
             
               Epaphroditus
            
             that
             he
             was
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             he
             did
             minister
             to
             his
             wants
             ,
             
               Phil.
            
             2.
             
               v.
            
             25.
             yet
             was
             not
             he
             his
             
               small
               officer
               ,
            
             that
             we
             know
             .
             So
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             is
             taken
             also
             
               Acts
            
             13.
             5.
             
             
               John
            
             was
             the
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             or
             
               minister
               ,
            
             or
             servant
             of
             
               Paul
            
             and
             
               Barnabas
               .
            
             Yet
             doth
             it
             not
             appear
             that
             he
             was
             so
             by
             
               duty
               ,
            
             but
             
               respect
               .
            
             See
             
               Acts
            
             20.
             
               v.
            
             30.
             and
             
               Acts
            
             24.
             
               v.
            
             24.
             
             Is
             it
             not
             then
             probable
             ,
             (
             and
             that
             is
             all
             that
             is
             desired
             at
             present
             )
             that
             there
             was
             no
             
               distinct
               office
               ,
            
             because
             there
             is
             no
             
               distinct
               name
            
             for
             
               Ministers
               ?
            
             and
             it
             is
             not
             evident
             that
             such
             an
             office
             cannot
             be
             proved
             thence
             ,
             the
             places
             being
             
               aequivocal
               ,
            
             and
             capable
             of
             a
             different
             sence
             then
             what
             is
             usually
             put
             upon
             them
             ?
          
        
         
           
             II.
             
          
           
             
               Supposing
               there
               were
               such
               a
            
             name
             ,
             
               yet
               would
               not
               such
               a
               name
               be
               more
            
             Generall
             
               then
               that
               of
            
             Apostles
             ;
             
               and
               comprehend
               not
               only
               them
               but
            
             Prophets
             ,
             Evangelists
             ,
             Pastours
             ,
             
               and
               all
               such
               as
               should
               labour
               in
               the
               worke
               of
               the
            
             Ministry
             of
             the
             Gospell
             ?
             
               And
               is
               it
               not
               an
               Act
               of
            
             Arrogance
             
               in
               them
               who
               
               would
               be
               the
            
             Apostles
             
               successors
               in
            
             ordinary
             ,
             
               (
               though
               by
               the
               way
               it
               was
               something
            
             Extraordinary
             
               that
               made
               an
            
             Apostle
             ,
             
               and
               if
               that
               was
               wanting
               ,
               then
               the
               person
               was
               not
               an
            
             Apostle
             ,
             
               but
               some
            
             other
             Officer
             :
             
               besides
               ,
               how
               did
               the
            
             Pastors
             
               or
            
             Teachers
             
               or
            
             Presbyters
             
               succeed
               them
               who
               were
               their
               contemp raries
               ,
               and
               never
               resigned
               up
               or
               deserted
               their
               stations
               ?
               )
            
             Ordinary
             
               Embassadours
               from
               the
               most
               high
               ,
               to
               assume
               a
               name
               of
            
             greater
             latitude
             
               than
               that
               of
            
             Apostle
             
               or
            
             Embassadour
             Extraordinary
             ?
             
               or
               at
               least
               ,
               is
               it
               not
               as
               absurd
               as
               if
               the
            
             Ants
             
               should
               assume
               the
               single
               name
               of
            
             Animal
             :
             
               and
               the
            
             Lacquey
             
               that
               of
            
             Servant
             .
          
        
         
           
             III.
             
          
           
             
               WAs
               not
               the
               name
               of
            
             Minister
             
               brought
               in
               by
               the
               first
               Reformers
               ,
               many
               whereof
               were
            
             Private
             Christians
             ,
             
               who
               did
               assume
               that
            
             Title
             ,
             
               either
               because
               they
            
             
             
               found
               themselves
               not
               rankable
               under
               the
               name
               of
               any
               other
            
             Evangelicall
             Officers
             :
             
               or
               in
               opposition
               to
               that
            
             Romish
             Hierarchy
             
               and
            
             Priesthood
             ,
             
               whence
               the
            
             Moderne
             Episcoparians
             
               and
            
             Presbyterians
             
               derive
               their
            
             successive
             
               Ordination
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             IV.
             
          
           
             
               WHether
               the
               name
               of
               such
               as
               officiated
               in
               the
               first
               centuries
               were
               not
            
             Presbyter
             ,
             
               an
            
             Elder
             ,
             
               and
               in
               after-ages
            
             Sacerdos
             
               *
            
             
               a
            
             Priest
             ?
             
               and
               whether
               that
               change
               were
               only
               of
            
             names
             ,
             
               or
               of
               the
            
             nature
             
               of
               their
            
             Office
             
               through
               the
               working
               of
               the
            
             mystery
             of
             iniquity
             ,
             
               aggrandising
               himself
               ,
               and
               turning
               the
            
             Lords
             Supper
             
               in
               an
            
             Oblation
             ?
             
               If
               the
               latter
               be
               true
               ,
               where
               is
            
             succession
             ?
             
             
               How
               shall
               it
               be
            
             revived
             ?
             
               Is
               it
               in
               not
               this
               case
               as
               in
               the
            
             adoption
             
               of
               children
               ,
               where
               a
               lineage
               failes
               ?
               Is
               it
               a
            
             Succession
             ,
             
               where
               there
               is
               an
            
             Intercision
             
               and
            
             Discontinuance
             ,
             
               or
               rather
               a
            
             Similitude
             
               and
            
             Resemblance
             ?
          
        
         
           
             V.
             
          
           
             
               WHether
               the
               present
            
             Ministry
             
               do
               not
               pretend
               to
               be
            
             Ministers
             
               of
               the
               Church
            
             Catholique
             ?
             
               Whether
               there
               be
               any
               mention
               of
               such
               a
               Church
               in
               Scripture
               ,
               or
               in
               any
            
             Ancient
             Creed
             
               of
               the
               first
               Ages
               ?
            
             (
             a
             )
             
               And
               whether
            
             Luther
             
               did
               not
               place
               instead
               thereof
               in
               his
               Creed
               the
            
             Christian
             
               Church
               ?
            
             (
             b
             )
             
               Whether
               any body
               can
               tell
               what
               is
               the
            
             Determinate
             
               meaning
               of
               that
               word
            
             (
             c
             )
             
               and
               shew
               ,
               without
               absurdity
               ,
               how
               one
               may
               be
               a
               Minister
               thereof
               ?
               And
               whether
               if
               any
               should
               be
               found
               so
               to
               do
               ,
               yet
               would
               not
               our
            
             present
             
               Ministers
            
             in
             Generall
             
               be
               culpable
               ,
               who
               know
               not
               of
               what
            
             Church
             
               they
               are
            
             Ministers
             ,
             
               or
               how
               she
               is
            
             Catholique
             ?
          
           
             
               (
               a
               )
            
             Of
             this
             see
             
               Bishop
               Usher
            
             de
             symbolis
             pag.
             8.
             9.
             
             
               Vossius
            
             de
             symbolis
             pag.
             27.
             
             
               Gerard
            
             loc.
             Comm●n
             .
             de
             Eccles.
             
             
               Meisnerus
            
             de
             Ecclesiâ
             sect.
             4.
             c.
             3.
             
             
               Major
            
             advers.
             
               Ualerian
               .
               magnum
            
             in
             praefat.
          
           
             
               (
               b
               )
            
             This
             is
             averred
             by
             
               Gerard
            
             in
             his
             common
             places
             somewhere
             :
             And
             
               Fulke
            
             upon
             the
             
               Rhemish
               Testament
            
             objecteth
             ;
             
               some
               have
               taken
               the
               word
               (
               Catholique
               )
               out
               of
               their
               
                 Creed
                 ,
              
               puting
               
                 Christian
              
               for
               it
               ,
            
             which
             in
             the
             Margin
             ,
             he
             says
             are
             the
             
               Lutherans
            
             in
             their
             Catechismes
             ,
             which
             objection
             he
             admitteth
             ,
             see
             
               Fulke
            
             upon
             Acts
             11.
             near
             the
             latter
             end
             .
             And
             indeed
             it
             is
             generally
             acknowledged
             that
             
               Luther
            
             could
             not
             endure
             the
             name
             of
             
               Catholique
               ;
            
             insomuch
             as
             if
             that
             word
             were
             found
             in
             his
             writings
             with
             approbation
             ,
             the
             Book
             or
             passage
             was
             thereupon
             
             suspected
             by
             his
             Scholars
             ,
             as
             not
             his
             :
             see
             
               Colloqu.
               Altemberg
               .
            
             in
             Resp.
             ad
             Accus.
             Cor.
             2.
             fol.
             254.
             see
             also
             
               Beza
            
             in
             his
             preface
             upon
             the
             new
             Testament
             ,
             to
             the
             Prince
             of
             
               Conde
               .
            
          
           
             
               (
               c
               )
            
             There
             are
             no
             lesse
             than
             seven
             significations
             thereof
             ,
             as
             the
             case
             is
             audited
             by
             
               Miesnerus
            
             de
             Eccles.
             sect.
             4.
             c.
             3.
             
          
        
         
           
             VI
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
            
             Ecclesia
             
               (
               which
               is
               a
               word
               signifying
               a
               Church
               )
               be
               not
               a
            
             Law-terme
             
               deduced
               from
            
             freestates
             ,
             
               in
               which
               common wealths
               ,
               the
               supream
               popular
               Assembly
               acted
               and
               Organ●sed
               by
               the
            
             Archon
             
               and
            
             Proedri
             
               (
               as
               a
               Church
               f●rm'd
               and
               Pre●●yterated
               by
               a
            
             Minister
             
               and
               Elders
               )
               which
               did
               not
            
             rule
             
               but
            
             Preside
             ?
             (
             a
             )
             
               Whether
               any
            
             other
             sense
             
               but
               tha●
               ,
               can
               be
               a
            
             Foundation
             
               of
            
             Argument
             ?
             
               since
            
             no
             terme
             
               can
               be
               the
               subject
               of
               a
            
             rationall
             discourse
             ,
             
               whose
               meaning
               is
               not
               agreed
               on
               :
               but
               of
               a
            
             figurative
             speech
             ,
             
               no
               man
               (
               none
               but
               the
               Spirit
               hat
               gave
               it
               out
               at
               first
               )
               can
               determine
            
             satisfactorily
             
               to
               others
               how
               farr
               the
            
             Analogy
             
               extends
               :
               how
               farr
               the
               cords
               may
               be
               stretched
               ,
               and
               what
               is
               the
               just
               and
               full
               scope
               of
               the
               holy
               Spirit
               there
               .
            
          
           
             
               (
               a
               )
            
             This
             is
             so
             evident
             ,
             that
             he
             must
             not
             have
             conversed
             in
             any
             
               Greek
               Story
               ,
            
             who
             denyes
             it
             .
             They
             who
             have
             not
             read
             
               Thucidides
               ,
            
             nor
             
               Aristophanes
               ,
            
             may
             satisfy
             themselves
             about
             it
             out
             of
             
               Sigonius
            
             de
             Rep.
             
             Athen.
             and
             
               Ubbo
               Emmius's
            
             vetus
             Graecia
             Illustrata
             .
          
        
         
           
             VII
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               such
               a
               sense
               of
               the
               word
            
             Ecclesia
             ,
             
               or
               Church
               ,
               doth
               not
               unchurch
               all
               the
            
             Parochiall
             
               Churches
               in
            
             England
             ,
             
               and
            
             unminister
             
               all
               their
            
             Ministers
             ?
          
        
         
         
           
             VIII
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               the
               Ministers
               do
               well
               to
               derive
               their
               succession
               unto
            
             Christ
             
               by
               the
               means
               of
            
             Antichrist
             ?
             
               Whether
               the
            
             Reformed
             Divines
             ,
             
               being
               solemnly
               met
               at
            
             Poissy
             
               before
               the
            
             King
             
               and
            
             Nobility
             of
             France
             ,
             
               did
               not
               reject
            
             such
             Ordination
             ?
             
               as
               also
            
             Luther
             
               and
            
             Sadeel
             
               and
            
             Beza
             ?
             
               Whether
               ours
               do
               not
               ill
               to
               impose
               upon
            
             them
             
               a
            
             call
             
               and
            
             Ordination
             
               which
               they
            
             disowned
             .
          
           
             
               Thuan
               :
            
             Hist.
             lib.
             28.
             pag.
             45.
             
             
               Espencaeus
            
             demirari
             se
             subinde
             saepius
             dixit
             ,
             
               quâ
               authoritate
            
             Protestantes
             ,
             &
             
               a
               quo
               vocati
            
             &
             instituti
             ad
             ministerium
             essent
             ,
             &
             cum
             
               neminem
            
             citarent
             
               a
               quo
               manus
               impositionem
            
             suscepissent
             ,
             quomodo
             
               legitimi
               pastores
            
             censeri
             possent
             ,
             nam
             
               manif●…stum
               est
               ,
               vocatione
               ordinariâ
            
             minimè
             institutos
             ;
             Cum
             autem
             ad
             
               extraordinariam
            
             miraculis
             opus
             sit
             ,
             nec
             ea
             ipsi
             edant
             ,
             necessariò
             sequi
             ,
             nec
             secundùm
             ordinem
             ,
             nec
             extrà
             ordinem
             ,
             eos
             in
             domun
             Dei
             ingressos
             esse
             .
             
               (
               Thuan.
            
             pag
             46.
             )
             
               Beza
            
             ad
             
               vocationem
               legitimam
            
             respondit
             ,
             
               manuum
               impositionem
               non
               necessariam
               legitimae
               vocationis
               notam
               esse
               ;
            
             pracipuas
             esse
             atque
             adeo
             substantiales
             ,
             
               in
               mores
            
             ac
             doctrinam
             inquisitionem
             ,
             &
             electionem
             ,
             
               nec
               verò
               mirum
               esse
               ,
            
             si
             ab
             iis
             ,
             qui
             vulgò
             
               ordinarii
            
             vocantur
             ,
             
               manuum
               impositionem
               non
               acceperint
               ;
            
             An
             enim
             
               ab
               illis
               ,
            
             quorum
             depravatos
             mores
             ,
             superstitionem
             ac
             falsam
             doctrinam
             improbant
             :
             aut
             expectandum
             ,
             ut
             ab
             illis
             approbarentur
             ,
             qui
             veritatem
             oppugnant
             ,
             quam
             ipsi
             tuentur
             .
             Neque
             verò
             semper
             miraculis
             ad
             
               extraordinariam
            
             vocationem
             opus
             esse
             ,
             idque
             exemplis
             
               Isaiae
               ,
               Danielis
               ,
               Amosi
               ,
               Zachariae
               ,
            
             postremò
             
               Pauli
            
             confirmat
             .
          
           
             The
             Protestant
             
               Lascicius
            
             (
             in
             further
             proof
             hereof
             )
             alledgeth
             in
             the
             book
             intituled
             De
             Ruscor
             .
             Muscovit
             .
             Et
             Tartaror
             .
             Relig.
             pag.
             23.
             
             
               Calvin
            
             saying
             ,
             quia
             Papae
             tyrannide
             
               abrubpta
            
             fuit
             
               vera
               ordinationis
               series
               ,
            
             novo
             subsidio
             nunc
             opus
             est
             .
             
               &c
            
             atque
             
               omninò
               extraordinarium
            
             fuit
             hoc
             munus
             ,
             quod
             
             Dominus
             nobis
             injunxit
             .
             And
             
               Beza
            
             at
             the
             conference
             at
             
               Poissy
            
             being
             demanded
             of
             the
             calling
             of
             himself
             (
             and
             his
             other
             then
             
               Associates
               )
            
             affirmed
             the
             same
             to
             bee
             
               extraordinary
               .
               Sarav
               .
            
             in
             d●…fens
             .
             tract.
             de
             .
             D●…vers
             .
             g●…ad
             m●…nish
             .
             evangel
             .
             p.
             3.
             hath
             recorded
             his
             words
             thus
             .
             Sed
             pra●…terea
             qu●…nam
             est
             ista
             qua
             so
             
               ordinaria
               vocatio
               ,
            
             quam
             eos
             habuisse
             dicis
             ,
             quos
             Deus
             paucis
             exceptis
             ,
             excitavit
             ?
             cer●…è
             
               papistica
               :
            
             nam
             h●…c
             tua
             ve●…ba
             sunt
             ;
             hodie
             si
             episcopi
             Gallicanarum
             ecclenarum
             se
             &
             suas
             ecclenas
             a
             Tirannide
             episcopi
             Romani
             vindicare
             vel●…nt
             ,
             &
             eas
             ab
             omni
             Idololatriâ
             &
             superstitione
             repurgare
             ;
             non
             opus
             habent
             aliâ
             vocatione
             ab
             eâ
             quam
             habent
             .
          
           
             Quid
             ergò
             
               papisticas
               Ordina●…iones
               ,
            
             in
             quibus
             neque
             novum
             examen
             praecessit
             ,
             neque
             leges
             ull●…
             servat
             sunt
             ,
             inviolal
             iliter
             ex
             divino
             jure
             in
             electionibus
             &
             ordinationibus
             Pra
             script●…
             ,
             in
             quibus
             puri
             etiam
             omnes
             canones
             impuden●…issimè
             violati
             sunt
             ;
             
               quae
               nihil
               aliud
               sunt
            
             quàm
             
               foedissima
            
             Romani
             prostibuli
             Nundinatio
             quâvis
             meretricum
             mercede
             ,
             quam
             Deus
             templo
             suo
             inferri
             prohibuit
             ,
             inqu●…natior
             ;
             quibus
             denique
             alii
             ,
             
               non
            
             ad
             pradicandum
             sed
             
               pervertendum
               evangelium
               ;
            
             alii
             ,
             non
             
               ad
               docendum
               ,
            
             sed
             ad
             rursus
             sacrificandum
             &
             
               ad
               abominandum
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               sunt
               ordinati
               ,
            
             usque
             adeo
             firmas
             tecum
             esse
             ceusebimus
             ,
             ut
             quo●…ies
             tali
             cuipiam
             pseudo-episcopo
             Deus
             concesserit
             ad
             verum
             Christianism●…m
             tran●…re
             ,
             omnis
             illa
             
               istiusmodi
               ordinationis
               impuritas
            
             simul
             expurgata
             censeatur
             :
             imo
             qui
             sic
             animum
             per
             Dei
             gratiam
             mutavit
             ,
             
               quo
               ore
               ,
               quo
               pudore
               ,
               quâ
               conscientiâ
               ,
               Papismum
            
             quidem
             
               detestabitur
               ,
            
             suam
             autem
             
               inordinatissimam
               ordinationem
            
             non
             
               ej
               rabit
               ?
            
             Aut
             si
             
               ejuret
               ,
            
             quomodo
             ex
             
               illius
               jure
            
             au●…oritatem
             docendi
             habebit
             ?
             
               Fulke
            
             against
             
               Stapleton
            
             and
             
               Marshall
            
             p.
             2.
             about
             the
             middle
             saith
             ,
             the
             Protestants
             that
             first
             preached
             in
             these
             last
             days
             ,
             had
             likewise
             
               extraordinary
               calling
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brerely
            
             p.
             361.
             that
             there
             is
             in
             
               Babylon
               ,
            
             no
             holy
             order
             or
             
               Ministry
            
             indeed
             ,
             no
             lawfull
             calling
             but
             a
             mere
             usurpation
             ,
             see
             Propositions
             and
             principles
             disputed
             in
             the
             
               Vniversity
               of
            
             Geneva
             
               pag.
            
             245.
             
               about
               the
               middle
               .
               And
               Mr.
            
             Gabriell
             Powell
             
               in
               his
               consideration
               of
               the
               Papists
               Reasons
               &c.
               p.
            
             71.
             
               saith
               ,
               the
            
             Popish
             Ordination
             
               is
               nothing
               else
               but
            
             mere
             prosanation
             
             
               &c
               there
               is
               no
            
             true
             
               ecclesiasticall
               vocation
               in
               the
            
             Papacy
             
               &c.
               
               And
               see
               further
               hereof
               Mr.
            
             Surcliffe
             
               in
               his
               answer
               to
               the
            
             Priests
             
               supplication
               to
               the
            
             19
             
               section
               ;
               And
               Mr
            
             Fulke
             
               in
               his
               Answer
               to
               a
               counterfit
               Ca●…holique
               p.
            
             50.
             
               about
               the
               middle
               saith
               to
               the
               Papists
               ;
               you
               are
            
             highly
             deceived
             ,
             
               if
               you
               think
               we
               esteeme
               your
               off●…es
               of
               Bishops
               ,
               Priests
               and
               ●…eacons
               any
               better
               than
               lay-men
               ;
               and
               you
               presume
               too
               much
               to
               think
               that
               we
               receive
               your
               Ordering
               to
               be
               lawfull
               .
               And
               s●…
               Mr.
            
             Whitaker
             
               contra
            
             Dur●…eum
             
               lib.
            
             9.
             
               p.
            
             821.
             
               in
               the
               beginning
               ,
               and
               Mr.
            
             Fulke
             
               in
               his
               reten●…ive
               &c
               p.
            
             67.
             
               about
               the
               middle
               saith
               ,
               with
               all
               our
               heart
               we
            
             d●…fie
             ,
             abhorr
             ,
             detest
             ,
             and
             spit
             at
             your
             stinking
             ,
             greasy
             Anti-christian
             Orders
             
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             IX
          
           
             
               WHether
               the
               Arguments
               of
               the
               first
               Reformers
               about
               their
               vocation
               do
               not
               justify
               any
               that
               shall
               take
               upon
               them
               to
               preach
               ?
               and
               in
               particular
               that
               of
            
             Morney
             Du-Plessis
             
               de
               eccles.
               c.
            
             11.
             
               p.
            
             243.
             *
             
               [
               which
               is
               allowed
               of
               by
            
             Saravia
             
               de
               diversis
               gradibus
               ministrorum
               :
               who
               was
               an
               episcopall
               man
               ]
               whether
            
             Dominicus
             Soto
             
               do
               not
               prove
               it
               lawfull
            
             jure
             naturae
             ?
             
               and
               yet
               he
               is
               a
               Papist
               .
            
          
           
             *
             [
             Phil.
             Mornay
             du
             Plessis
             ,
             
               being
               urged
               about
               the
            
             call
             
               of
               the
            
             first
             Reformers
             
               saith
               ,
               such
            
             intergatories
             
               are
               but
               the
            
             tergiversations
             
               of
               men
               already
            
             convinc'd
             
               in
               their
               own
               judgements
               ,
               who
               dare
               not
               abide
               the
               tryall
               .
               just
               as
            
             Sedecias
             
               the
               false
               Prophet
               replyed
               to
            
             Michaiah
             :
             1
             
               Kings
               :
            
             c.
             
             22.
             v.
             24.
             when
             went
             the
             Spirit
             of
             the
             Lord
             from
             me
             ,
             to
             speak
             to
             thee
             ?
             
               And
               thus
               the
            
             Pharises
             ,
             Thou
             art
             the
             son
             of
             a
             Carpenter
             ,
             who
             sent
             thee
             ?
             
               To
               whom
               we
               might
               determine
               the
               controversy
               by
            
             Christs
             
               own
               words
               ,
            
             The
             words
             which
             we
             speak
             they
             beare
             witness
             of
             us
             .
             
               The
            
             Jews
             
               prided
               themselves
               in
               their
               long
               descent
               from
            
             Abraham
             ,
             
               and
               being
               his
            
             successors
             .
             
               But
               what
               sayes
            
             Christ
             ?
             you
             are
             ,
             
               indeed
               ,
            
             the
             seed
             of
             Abraham
             ,
             but
             yet
             you
             are
             of
             your
             Father
             the
             Devill
             ,
             
               Joh.
            
             8.
             
               and
            
             Paul
             
               tells
               us
               ,
            
             2
             
               Thess.
            
             2.
             
             Let
             no
             man
             seduce
             you
             ,
             for
             Antichrist
             
             shall
             set
             in
             the
             Temple
             of
             God
             .
             
               Having
               premised
               these
               things
               ,
            
             Mornay
             
               thus
               argues
               :
            
             
               When
               a
               Town
               is
               on
               fire
               ,
               or
               assaultted
               by
               the
               enemy
               by
               scalado
               in
               the
               night
               ,
               if
               any body
               shall
               rayse
               the
               sleepy
               watch-men
               ,
               or
               give
               Alarme
               to
               the
               corps
               dugarde
               ,
               whether
               stranger
               or
               citisen
               ,
               none
               ask
               by
               what
               authority
               he
               doth
               it
               ,
               but
               all
               run
               for
               water
               to
               quench
               the
               fire
               ,
               or
               to
               the
               walls
               to
               repulse
               the
               enemy
               ,
               men
               inquire
               into
               the
               case
               whether
               his
               discovery
               be
               true
               ,
               and
               do
               not
               arraign
               or
               implead
               him
               otherwise
               ;
               yea
               ,
               such
               a
               man
               receives
               thanks
               for
               his
               timely
               discovering
               the
               danger
               .
               But
               we
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               alarme
               the
               Christian
               world
               by
               descovering
               how
               Antichrist
               sits
               in
               the
               Temple
               of
               God
               ,
               we
               offer
               to
               prove
               it
               ,
               yet
               are
               we
               not
               regarded
               ,
               nor
               our
               reasons
               listned
               unto
               ;
               but
               they
               clamour
               who
               are
               you
               ?
               and
               punish
               us
               more
               heinously
               than
               if
               we
               were
               Traitors
               .
               Should
               any
               Governor
               of
               a
               Cittadell
               demean
               himself
               thus
               in
               cases
               of
               intelligence
               ,
               would
               not
               he
               soon
               be
               surprised
               by
               the
               enemy
               ,
               and
               would
               he
               not
               be
               condemned
               by
               his
               Generall
               or
               Governors
               for
               neglect
               ?
               In
               the
               conspiracy
               of
               
                 Cataline
              
               the
               Roman
               Senate
               derived
               that
               intelligence
               ,
               which
               prevented
               the
               plot
               ,
               from
               an
               Harlot
               :
               when
               the
               
                 Capitoll
              
               was
               stormed
               by
               the
               
                 Gaules
              
               they
               took
               an
               Alarme
               from
               the
               Geese
               .
               Let
               us
               therefore
               be
               never
               so
               mean
               ,
               we
               ought
               to
               be
               afforded
               Audience
               .
               The
               Question
               is
               not
               ,
               
                 who
                 we
                 are
                 ,
              
               but
               
                 whether
                 that
                 be
                 Antichrist
                 :
              
               seeke
               not
               into
               the
               
                 Quality
              
               of
               the
               
                 relators
                 ,
              
               but
               the
               
                 truth
              
               of
               the
               
                 relation
                 :
              
               Christ
               was
               promised
               to
               the
               
                 Jews
                 ,
              
               but
               revealed
               to
               the
               
                 Shepheards
                 ;
              
               these
               Shepheards
               divulged
               it
               among
               the
               people
               ;
               if
               we
               may
               credit
               our
               adversaries
               ,
               those
               men
               ought
               to
               haue
               been
               
                 questioned
              
               for
               it
               .
               The
               bretheren
               of
               
                 Ephesus
              
               should
               also
               have
               ejected
               un-commissioned
               Apollos
               for
               preaching
               ,
               but
               they
               received
               him
               ,
               commended
               his
               Zeale
               ,
               desired
               him
               to
               pass
               into
               
                 Achaia
                 ,
              
               and
               wrote
               to
               the
               bretheren
               to
               receive
               him
               .
               —
               At
               the
               dreadfull
               day
               when
               men
               are
               to
               give
               an
               account
               of
               their
               Talents
               ,
               it
               will
               not
               be
               a
               sufficient
               reply
               for
               any
               to
               say
               ,
               they
               wanted
               ecclesiasticall
               vocation
               ,
               when
               they
               wanted
               not
               the
               great
               inducement
               of
               Christian
               charity
               to
               employ
               that
               talent
               which
               was
               given
               them
               to
               profit
               with
               .
            
             
               The
               French
               Ministers
               ,
               against
               whom
            
             Cardinall
             Perron
             
               writ
               ,
               argue
               thus
               :
               
                 in
                 the
                 old
                 Testament
                 some
                 were
                 extraordinarily
                 raised
                 to
                 instruct
                 the
                 people
                 :
                 why
                 may
                 it
                 not
                 be
                 so
                 under
                 the
                 new
                 ?
                 the
                 same
                 motives
                 are
                 still
                 
                 remaining
                 .
              
               Moreover
               they
               say
               ,
               That
               it
               is
               not
               to
               be
               expected
               that
               Antichrist
               should
               commission
               men
               to
               distroy
               himself
               ,
               see
            
             Champney
             de
             vocat
             .
             Min●…str
             .
             
               In
               fin●…
               〈◊〉
               Paipsts
               think
               they
               have
               sufficiently
               refuted
               th●…
            
             call
             
               of
               the
            
             first
             reformers
             ,
             
               by
               shewing
               how
               ali
            
             sect
             ,
             
               may
               use
               the
               same
               plea
               .
               ]
            
          
           
             F.
             Dom.
             
               Soto
            
             in
             quart
             .
             sentent
             .
             Distinct
             .
             quinta
             .
             quaest.
             V●…ic
             .
             Art.
             10.
             p.
             154.
             
             Conclus
             .
             1.
             
             Ecclesia
             Christi
             primùm
             ac
             proinde
             unusquisque
             mortalium
             jus
             habet
             tam
             divinum
             quàm
             naturale
             promulgandi
             Evangelium
             ubique
             terrarum
             ,
             probatur
             ,
             1.
             ex
             illo
             
               Marc.
            
             ultimo
             ,
             euntes
             in
             mundum
             universunt
             pr●…dicate
             evangelium
             omni
             creaturae
             ,
             &
             
               Matth.
            
             28.
             data
             est
             mihi
             omnis
             potestas
             in
             coelo
             &
             in
             terrâ
             ,
             euntes
             docete
             omnes
             gentes
             ,
             baptizantes
             eos
             &c.
             quasi
             dixisset
             ,
             quam
             ego
             potestatem
             in
             hác
             parte
             habeo
             ,
             vobis
             confero
             ;
             habuit
             autem
             potestatem
             in
             ●…oto
             o●…be
             praedicandi
             ,
             ergo
             illam
             nobis
             contulit
             .
             2.
             
             Jure
             naturae
             unusquisque
             libertatem
             habet
             &
             facultatem
             docendi
             alios
             ,
             ●…isque
             pe●…suadendi
             illa
             quae
             facere
             tenentur
             ,
             sed
             universi
             mortales
             tenentur
             christianam
             fidem
             suscipere
             ,
             ergo
             unusquisque
             potest
             id
             universis
             usque
             ad
             persuasionem
             suadere
             ,
             id
             quod
             tertio
             sic
             confirmatur
             .
             Potest
             quisque
             quemque
             ea
             quae
             sunt
             juris
             natura●…
             docere
             ,
             neque
             illo
             docendi
             jure
             privari
             valet
             ,
             ergo
             ea
             qu●…
             sunt
             evangelicae
             fidei
             ;
             ut
             pote
             quae
             nec
             m●…nùs
             sunt
             obligatoria
             ,
             &
             magis
             sint
             salutaria
             .
             Non
             dico
             quod
             possit
             cogere
             &
             convincere
             :
             nam
             supernaturalia
             intellectum
             non
             convincunt
             ,
             sed
             tamen
             ea
             docere
             &
             explicare
             suo
             jure
             valet
             :
             res
             est
             clara
             .
          
           
             
               Luther
               .
            
             De
             abrog.
             .
             Miss
             privat
             .
             fol.
             248
             ,
             249.
             
             Invictis
             Scripturis
             firmabimus
             legitimum
             illud
             &
             unicum
             verbi
             ministerium
             esse
             commune
             omnibus
             Christianis
             ,
             &
             quod
             omnes
             loqui
             &
             judicare
             possunt
             :
             dicit
             enim
             
               Paulus
            
             2
             Cor.
             4.
             qui
             idoneos
             nos
             fecit
             Ministros
             novi
             Testamenti
             ,
             non
             literae
             sed
             spiritûs
             ;
             hoc
             enim
             de
             omnibus
             Christianis
             dicit
             ,
             ut
             omnes
             faciat
             Ministros
             spiritûs
             .
             Est
             autem
             Minister
             spiritûs
             is
             ,
             qui
             tradit
             verbum
             gratiae
             ;
             sicut
             Minister
             literae
             ,
             qui
             tradit
             vocem
             legis
             :
             hoc
             
               Moysis
            
             erat
             ,
             illud
             Christi
             est
             .
             Item
             
               Petrus
            
             dicet
             omnibus
             Christianis
             ,
             ut
             virtutes
             annuntietis
             ejus
             qui
             de
             tenebris
             vos
             vocavit
             in
             admirabile
             lumen
             suum
             .
             Quis
             Christianorum
             non
             est
             
             vocatus
             de
             tenebris
             ;
             at
             hujus
             est
             &
             jus
             &
             potestas
             ,
             imo
             necessitas
             annunciandi
             virtutem
             sese
             vocantis
             .
             1
             Cor.
             14.
             
             Luther
             .
             Ita
             interpretatur
             .
             Mulieres
             
               Panlus
            
             prohibet
             loqui
             non
             simpliciter
             sed
             in
             ecclesiâ
             ubi
             sunt
             viri
             ,
             potentes
             loqui
             ,
             ut
             non
             confundatur
             honestas
             &
             ordo
             ,
             cum
             vir
             multis
             modis
             sit
             prae
             muliere
             idoneus
             ad
             loquendum
             &
             magis
             eum
             deceat
             ,
             sed
             nec
             ex
             suo
             capite
             
               Paulus
            
             hoc
             prohibet
             ,
             imò
             adducit
             legem
             ,
             dicens
             subditas
             esse
             debere
             ,
             sicut
             &
             lex
             dicit
             ;
             quâ
             autoritate
             divinae
             legis
             certus
             erat
             ,
             quod
             spiritus
             sibi
             ipsi
             non
             contradiceret
             ,
             &
             mulieres
             prius
             per
             eum
             viris
             subjectas
             ,
             nunc
             supra
             viros
             non
             elevaret
             :
             quin
             potius
             memor
             &
             tenax
             sui
             instituti
             ,
             prasentibus
             viris
             ,
             viros
             magis
             quam
             faeminas
             afflaret
             .
             Alioquin
             quomodo
             solus
             
               Paulus
            
             resisterit
             spiritui
             Sancto
             ,
             qui
             in
             
               Joele
            
             promisit
             ,
             &
             
               prophetabunt
               filiae
               vestrae
               ?
            
             &
             Act.
             21.
             erant
             
               Philippo
            
             quatuor
             virgines
             prophetantes
             :
             &
             
               Maria
               Mosis
            
             soror
             erat
             prophetissa
             ,
             &
             
               Dibora
            
             ducem
             
               Barac
            
             instruxit
             :
             &
             
               Olda
            
             prophetissa
             consuluit
             Sanctissimo
             regi
             
               Josiae
               .
            
             Denique
             beatae
             virginis
             canticum
             vniversa
             celebrat
             Ecclesia
             per
             orbem
             ,
             &
             ipsemet
             c.
             11.
             docet
             malierem
             debere
             velato
             capite
             orare
             &
             prophetare
             ;
             Ordo
             itaque
             &
             honestas
             est
             ,
             ut
             viris
             loquentibus
             in
             Ecclesiâ
             ,
             taceant
             mulieres
             :
             nullis
             autem
             loquentibus
             viris
             ,
             necesse
             est
             ut
             loquantur
             mulieres
             .
          
        
         
           
             X.
             
          
           
             
               WHether
               it
               be
               rationall
               to
               think
               ,
               that
               our
            
             Ministers
             
               can
               derive
               a
               call
               from
               the
            
             Popish
             Clergy
             :
             
               since
               they
               do
               not
               ordain
            
             Ministers
             
               of
               the
               Gospell
               ,
               but
            
             Massing
             Priests
             ?
             (
             a
             )
             
               Do
               not
               the
            
             Papists
             
               allow
               lay-men
               to
               preach
               even
               out
               of
               cases
               of
               necessity
               ?
               and
               that
               publiquely
               ?
               (
               which
               is
               the
               main
               act
               of
               our
               Ministry
               ,
               but
               no
               ministeriall
               Act
               with
               them
               )
            
             (
             b
             )
             
               And
               whether
               the
               Sheriff
               of
               Oxford
               in
            
             Edward
             
               the
               sixths
               days
               did
               not
               publiquely
               preach
               in
            
             Maries
             
               Church
               at
               Oxford
               ,
               without
               censure
               ,
               or
               prohibition
               ?
            
             (
             c
             )
          
           
           
             
               (
               a
               )
            
             This
             is
             proved
             by
             the
             assertions
             of
             
               Beza
            
             formerly
             alleadged
             :
             as
             also
             
               Lancilotus
            
             against
             
               Hunnius
            
             doth
             avowe
             it
             ,
             that
             their
             Doctors
             degree
             in
             the
             Vniversity
             is
             but
             a
             
               testimony
            
             of
             their
             abilityes
             ,
             and
             though
             they
             do
             then
             receive
             liberty
             to
             preach
             ,
             yet
             he
             (
             a
             Papist
             )
             thinks
             them
             mad
             ,
             who
             thence
             conclude
             them
             to
             be
             
               Priests
               ,
            
             or
             able
             lawfully
             without
             further
             Ordination
             to
             administer
             the
             Sacrament
             .
             Capistr
             .
             
               Hunn
               .
            
             c.
             8.
             
             
               Luther
            
             de
             .
             ministr.
             .
             Eccles.
             &c.
             p.
             366.
             
             Hoc
             meritò
             exhorrere
             debet
             quisquis
             Christum
             amat
             ,
             &
             quidvis
             potius
             pati
             ,
             quàm
             ordinari
             se
             a
             Papistis
             ,
             quod
             omnia
             in
             istis
             ordinibus
             summâ
             &
             impiissimâ
             perversitate
             geruntur
             &
             aguntur
             ,
             ut
             nisi
             caecitate
             &
             amentiâ
             percussi
             essent
             ,
             viderentur
             de
             industriâ
             Deum
             in
             facie
             deridere
             velle
             .
             Nam
             cum
             ista
             ordinatio
             autoritate
             Scripturarum
             ,
             deinde
             exemplo
             &
             decretis
             Apostolorum
             in
             hoc
             fit
             instituta
             ,
             ut
             Ministros
             verbi
             in
             populo
             instituat
             ,
             Ministerium
             publicum
             ,
             inquam
             verbi
             ,
             quo
             dispensantur
             mysteria
             Dei
             ,
             per
             sacram
             ordinationem
             institui
             debet
             ,
             ceu
             res
             ,
             quae
             omnium
             in
             ecclesiâ
             &
             summa
             &
             maxima
             est
             ,
             in
             quâ
             tota
             vis
             ecclesi
             astici
             Status
             consistit
             .
             Papistae
             autem
             mei
             de
             hoc
             Ministerio
             ne
             somniant
             quidem
             ,
             in
             suis
             ordinibus
             ,
             quid
             autem
             faciunt
             ?
          
           
             Primum
             caecitate
             percussi
             simul
             omnes
             ,
             ne
             nôrunt
             quidem
             quid
             sit
             verbum
             aut
             ministerium
             verbi
             ,
             praesertim
             episcopi
             ipsi
             ordinatores
             ;
             quomodo
             ergo
             fieri
             posset
             ,
             ut
             ministros
             verbi
             ,
             ipsi
             instituerint
             suis
             ordinibus
             ?
             deinde
             loco
             Ministrorum
             verbi
             ordinant
             Sacrificulos
             suos
             ,
             qui
             Missas
             sacrisicent
             ,
             &
             confessiones
             audiant
             .
             Hoc
             enim
             vult
             
               episcopus
               ,
            
             dum
             calicem
             dat
             in
             manum
             ,
             &
             conferri
             potestatem
             illam
             consecrandi
             ,
             &
             Sacrificandi
             pro
             vivis
             &
             mortuis
             ,
             nempe
             ,
             potestatem
             illam
             quam
             gloriantur
             neque
             Angelos
             neque
             Virignem
             matrem
             Dei
             habere
             ,
             ipsi
             etiam
             Lenonibus
             &
             Latronibus
             impuriores
             .
             Item
             cùm
             illis
             ,
             Sacrosancto
             mysterio
             Spiritum
             in
             aures
             inflat
             ,
             &
             confessores
             facit
             ,
             dicens
             :
             accipite
             Spiritum
             Sanctum
             ;
             haec
             est
             illa
             potestas
             consecrandi
             &
             absolvendi
             glorio●…issima
             .
          
           
             
               Dic
               ,
               rogo
               ,
            
             me
             
               crassum
               ,
            
             fingere
             aut
             
               mentiri
               ,
            
             si
             invenias
             unum
             ordinatum
             istis
             Ordinibus
             ,
             qui
             audeat
             dicere
             ,
             sibi
             inter
             ordinandum
             esse
             mandatum
             ,
             ut
             mysteria
             Christi
             dispenset
             ,
             &
             evangelium
             doceat
             ,
             &
             eccle●…iam
             Dei
             regat
             ,
             quam
             acquisivit
             
             sanguine
             suo
             .
             Planè
             nullus
             hoc
             audet
             unquam
             ,
             nec
             ad
             se
             pertinere
             putat
             ,
             calicem
             verò
             accipit
             .
             &
             hoc
             totum
             esse
             putat
             ,
             quod
             ordinatur
             ,
             ut
             liceat
             Christum
             in
             Missâ
             consecrare
             ,
             &
             sacrificare
             ,
             deinde
             confessiones
             audire
             .
             Quin
             hoc
             tantum
             quaeritur
             an
             Titulum
             beneficii
             habeat
             ,
             quo
             ventrem
             alat
             ;
             ut
             aliò
             prorsus
             non
             spectent
             ,
             quam
             ad
             Missarum
             Sacrificium
             :
             his
             absolvitur
             tota
             ordinatio
             :
             qui
             hoc
             tulit
             ,
             hic
             ordinatus
             est
             ab
             ecclesiâ
             Sacerdos
             ,
             hanc
             potestatem
             tum
             nulli
             alii
             habent
             ,
             hoc
             scilicet
             testatur
             unctio
             digi●…orum
             &
             rasura
             verticls
             .
          
           
             
               (
               b
               )
            
             F.
             Dom.
             
               Soto
            
             in
             quart
             .
             Sent
             distinct
             1.
             quest
             .
             5.
             
             Artic
             .
             6.
             
             Ex
             jure
             divino
             praedicare
             non
             est
             officium
             annexum
             ordini
             Sacro
             ;
             imò
             prophetae
             antiquitùs
             praedicatores
             erant
             ,
             essentqùe
             modo
             si
             existerent
             :
             &
             eremitae
             patres
             praedicabant
             in
             eremo
             ,
             nec
             tamen
             sacerdotes
             erant
             ,
             neque
             ideo
             mos
             ille
             reprobatur
             ,
             quinimo
             
               Gregor.
            
             1.
             
             Dialog:
             lib.
             quendam
             Laicum
             nomine
             
               Equitium
            
             laudibus
             commendat
             ,
             quod
             praedicaret
             populo
             :
             adde
             quod
             in
             ordinatione
             Saterdotum
             
               nulla
            
             fit
             mentio
             
               praedicandi
               ,
            
             neque
             illis
             deceret
             absque
             majori
             examine
             parem
             facultatem
             impertiri
             .
             
               Benedictus
               Arias
               Mortanus
            
             was
             a
             
               Physician
               ,
            
             and
             studied
             Physique
             under
             Petrus
             
               Mena
            
             at
             the
             University
             of
             
               Complutum
               :
            
             and
             being
             afterwards
             practitioner
             of
             Physique
             in
             his
             native
             Countrey
             near
             
               Scivill
               ,
            
             he
             was
             sent
             for
             by
             the
             Magistrate
             and
             
               masters
               of
               the
               inquisition
            
             at
             a
             towne
             called
             
               LLerina
            
             bordering
             upon
             
               Portugall
            
             (
             without
             any
             Ordination
             )
             
               Sacri
               verbi
               Populo
               per
               quadragesimae
               tempus
               enanciandi
               &
               exponendi
               causà
               ,
            
             that
             he
             might
             expound
             and
             
               preach
               the
               word
               of
               God
            
             to
             the
             people
             in
             Lent
             :
             which
             worke
             he
             performed
             as
             well
             out
             of
             regard
             to
             the
             honesty
             of
             the
             Action
             ,
             as
             of
             the
             dignity
             of
             the
             persons
             which
             called
             him
             thither
             .
             This
             he
             relateth
             of
             himself
             in
             his
             preface
             to
             
               Arceus
               .
            
             de
             cur
             :
             vuln
             .
          
           
             
               (
               c
               )
            
             This
             is
             cleare
             out
             of
             the
             preface
             to
             a
             booke
             of
             Sr.
             
               Thomas
               Cheeke's
               ,
            
             called
             ,
             the
             subject
             to
             the
             Rebell
             ,
             published
             by
             Doctor
             
               Gerard
               Langbaine
            
             late
             head
             of
             Queenes
             Colledge
             ,
             and
             Antiquary
             to
             the
             University
             of
             
               Oxford
               .
            
             His
             words
             are
             these
             .
             What
             rare
             preachers
             shall
             we
             imagine
             they
             had
             in
             the
             University
             at
             that
             time
             ,
             when
             Mr.
             
             
               Tavernour
            
             of
             
               Water-Eaton
            
             High-Sheriffe
             of
             Oxford
             shire
             ,
             came
             in
             pure
             Charity
             
             not
             ostentation
             ,
             and
             gave
             the
             Schollers
             a
             sermon
             at
             St.
             
             
               Maries
            
             with
             his
             gold
             Chaine
             about
             his
             neck
             ,
             and
             his
             sword
             by
             his
             side
             ?
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             XI
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               the
            
             Papists
             
               say
               they
               sent
               them
               ,
               or
               deny
               it
               ?
               and
               whether
            
             Commissions
             
               and
            
             Delegations
             
               are
               to
               be
               interpreted
               according
               to
               the
               intention
               of
               the
            
             Granter
             ,
             
               or
               fancy
               of
               the
            
             Grantee
             ?
             
               Whether
               in
               rules
               of
               common
            
             Policy
             ,
             
               he
               who
               is
               a
            
             Justice
             
               to
               keep
               the
               Peace
               under
               an
            
             Usurper
             ,
             
               may
               by
               vertue
               of
            
             such
             a
             
               Commission
               draw
               a
               sword
               against
               him
               ?
               Is
               not
               it
               understood
               by
               peace
               ,
               that
               particular
               Governours
            
             peace
             ?
             
               and
               is
               it
               not
               so
               in
               matters
               of
               truth
               ?
            
          
           
             Concerning
             
               Preaching
               ,
               Churches
               ,
               Tyths
               ,
               Universities
               ,
               Languages
               ,
            
             and
             
               Phylosophy
               ,
               Degrees
               ,
               Habits
               ,
               Garments
               ,
            
             and
             
               Complements
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             XII
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               to
               make
               up
               a
            
             Divine
             
               of
               the
               best
               rank
               (
               for
               the
               generality
               of
               them
               are
               not
               so
               qualified
               )
               more
               be
               necessary
               than
            
             skill
             in
             tongues
             ,
             knowledg
             of
             Antiquity
             ,
             and
             school-divinity
             ?
             
               Whether
               any
               of
               the
               first
               Centuries
               after
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               did
               understand
            
             Hebrew
             ?
             
               How
               many
               of
               the
               Latine
               Fathers
               before
            
             Jerome
             
               did
               understand
            
             Greek
             ?
             
               in
               particular
               whether
               Austin
               did
               much
               understand
               either
               ?
               Whether
               there
               can
               be
               any
               knowledge
               of
               Antiquity
               ?
            
             (
             a
             )
             
               and
               whether
               school-divinity
               be
               not
               a
               novell
               thing
               ,
               slighted
               and
               condemned
               by
               the
               learned
               in
               all
               Ages
               ?
            
             (
             b
             )
          
           
           
             
               (
               a
               )
               Eusebius
            
             in
             his
             preface
             to
             his
             Ecclesiasticall
             history
             doth
             acknowledge
             ,
             that
             as
             to
             the
             Records
             of
             precedent
             times
             ,
             be
             had
             little
             certain
             help
             ,
             besides
             the
             
               Acts
               of
               the
               Apostles
               ;
            
             But
             this
             question
             is
             handled
             at
             large
             in
             a
             learned
             treatise
             of
             Mr.
             
             
               Daille's
               ,
            
             about
             the
             use
             of
             the
             Fathers
             .
          
           
             
               (
               b
               )
            
             See
             a
             book
             of
             one
             
               Launoy
            
             de
             variâ
             
               Aristotelis
            
             fortunâ
             .
             Where
             it
             appears
             that
             most
             of
             
               Aristotel's
            
             works
             were
             severall
             times
             publiquely
             burn't
             ,
             and
             the
             reading
             and
             having
             of
             them
             forbid
             in
             the
             University
             ;
             because
             it
             was
             an
             occasion
             of
             error
             ,
             Blasphemy
             ,
             prophaness
             ,
             Atheisme
             and
             the
             like
             :
             it
             appears
             likewise
             that
             those
             (
             whom
             they
             call
             the
             Fathers
             )
             and
             many
             godly
             persons
             ,
             beside
             severall
             
               Synods
            
             and
             
               Councells
            
             did
             condemne
             Phylosophy
             ,
             and
             the
             study
             of
             it
             upon
             the
             very
             same
             account
             .
             A
             brief
             Catologue
             whereof
             I
             have
             here
             set
             down
             ,
             the
             better
             to
             satisfie
             the
             Reader
             .
             
               Hieron
               :
            
             lib.
             1.
             Contr.
             Pelag.
             Quid
             
               Aristoteli
            
             &
             
               Paulo
               ?
            
             quid
             
               Platoni
            
             &
             
               Petro
               ?
               Tert.
            
             lib.
             de
             praes.
             Haeret.
             c.
             7.
             ipsae
             denique
             haereses
             a
             philosophiâ
             subordinantur
             :
             Hinc
             illae
             fabulae
             &
             Genealogiae
             interminabiles
             ,
             &
             questiones
             infructuosae
             ,
             &
             sermones
             serpentes
             velut
             cancer
             ,
             a
             quibus
             nos
             Apostolus
             refraenans
             nominatim
             Philosophiam
             contestatur
             caveri
             oportere
             ,
             scribens
             ad
             
               Colossenses
               .
            
             c.
             2.
             v.
             8.
             quid
             ergo
             Athenis
             &
             Hierosolymis
             ?
             quid
             Academiae
             &
             ecclesiae
             ?
             nostra
             institutio
             de
             porticu
             
               Solomonis
            
             est
             ,
             qui
             &
             ipse
             tradiderat
             ,
             Dominum
             in
             simplicitate
             cordis
             ,
             quaerendum
             esse
             :
             viderint
             qui
             Stoicum
             ,
             
               Platonicum
               ,
            
             Dialecticum
             ,
             Christianismum
             protulerunt
             .
             —
             Non
             opus
             est
             Rhetoricâ
             post
             Evangelium
             ,
             nec
             philosophiâ
             post
             Jesum
             Christum
             .
             c.
             7.
             
          
           
             
               Launoy
            
             p.
             10.
             de
             Euseb
             ,
             persuasus
             est
             
               Eusebius
            
             faciliores
             ad
             fidem
             nostram
             patefieri
             non
             posse
             aditus
             ,
             quam
             si
             gentilium
             &
             cum
             primis
             
               Aristotelis
            
             philosophia
             tolleretur
             .
             —
             si
             quando
             haeretici
             Scripturarum
             sensum
             corrumpunt
             ,
             id
             praesertim
             
               Aristotelis
            
             operâ
             moliuntur
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             great
             cloud
             of
             witnesses
             ,
             who
             have
             left
             their
             testimony
             against
             the
             study
             of
             Philosophy
             ,
             and
             have
             discovered
             how
             it
             hath
             corrupted
             the
             pure
             simplicity
             of
             the
             Gospell
             :
             which
             in
             the
             same
             are
             obvious
             for
             any
             to
             read
             .
          
           
             See
             likewise
             the
             judgement
             of
             
               Melanchthon
            
             in
             his
             Apologie
             
             or
             
               Luther
            
             against
             the
             University
             of
             
               Paris
               .
            
             Lud.
             
               Luther
               .
            
             a
             Sorbon
             .
             Damnat
             .
             Tom.
             2.
             p.
             193.
             quid
             ad
             nos
             quid
             
               Aristoteles
            
             impurus
             homo
             dicit
             ?
             p.
             192.
             
             Videtur
             Lutetia
             non
             peccare
             nunc
             primùm
             ,
             sed
             jam
             olim
             ineptire
             ,
             eum
             doctrina
             Christi
             humanis
             disputationibus
             vitiata
             philosophari
             caepit
             ;
             constat
             enim
             .
          
           
             Lutetiae
             natam
             esse
             prophanam
             illam
             Scholasticam
             ,
             quam
             vocari
             volunt
             theologiam
             :
             quâ
             admissâ
             nil
             salvum
             reliquum
             est
             Ecclesiae
             .
             Evangelium
             obscuratum
             est
             ,
             fides
             extincta
             ,
             doctrina
             operum
             recepta
             ,
             &
             pro
             Christiano
             populo
             ne
             
               legis
            
             quidem
             ,
             sed
             
               moralium
               Aristotelis
            
             populus
             sumus
             ,
             &
             lex
             Christianismi
             contra
             omnem
             sensum
             spiritûs
             facta
             est
             Philosophica
             vivendi
             ratio
             ,
             &c.
             p.
             193
             quae
             schola
             unquam
             purè
             docuit
             sacras
             literas
             .
             —
             Itane
             prodita
             est
             Scriptura
             ut
             non
             sine
             
               conciliorum
               ,
               ●atrum
            
             &
             
               Scholarum
            
             expositione
             certa
             ejus
             sententia
             colligi
             possit
             ;
             non
             video
             cur
             oportuerit
             edi
             Scripturam
             ,
             si
             spiritus
             sanctus
             non
             voluit
             certò
             constare
             quid
             nos
             sentire
             vellet
             .
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             I
             have
             heard
             that
             there
             is
             a
             collection
             of
             such
             persons
             ,
             as
             have
             in
             all
             ages
             witnessed
             against
             the
             mixture
             of
             Phlosophy
             with
             Divinity
             ,
             beginning
             with
             the
             Apostle
             who
             bids
             men
             beware
             of
             
               vain
               Phylosophy
            
             and
             continuing
             on
             to
             
               Gerson
               ,
            
             and
             
               Picus
               Mirandula
               :
            
             It
             was
             collected
             by
             a
             Papist
             .
             To
             that
             Catalogue
             may
             be
             added
             the
             judgment
             of
             
               Merric
               Causabon
               ,
            
             now
             living
             in
             England
             ,
             and
             a
             Minister
             ,
             who
             in
             his
             piety
             or
             defence
             of
             his
             Father
             
               Isaac
               Causabon
               ,
            
             when
             the
             Jesuit
             had
             charged
             him
             with
             ignorance
             of
             
               School-divinity
               ;
            
             Thus
             replyes
             
               Meric
               Causaubon
               .
               Pietas
               contra
               maledicos
               patrii
               nominis
               &
               religionis
               hostes
            
             p.
             122.
             
             Restar
             illa
             dialectica
             ,
             sive
             scholastica
             (
             uti
             volunt
             )
             theologia
             ;
             haec
             vero
             qualiscunque
             sit
             ,
             si
             neque
             Dei
             Verbo
             comprehenditur
             ,
             &
             a
             veteribus
             omnibus
             ignorata
             est
             ,
             per
             me
             fuerit
             illi
             is
             ignarus
             pater
             vosque
             semel
             viceritis
             adversarii
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             &
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ninmiâ
             plerunque
             curiositate
             non
             minùs
             prop●●mas
             impialque
             ,
             quam
             putidas
             ,
             &
             ineptas
             ,
             omnes
             denique
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             quas
             olim
             peperit
             &
             meliorum
             literarum
             penuria
             ,
             (
             quae
             〈◊〉
             illorum
             saeculorum
             miseria
             )
             non
             minori
             studio
             semper
             aversatus
             est
             ,
             quam
             alia
             utilia
             ac
             profutura
             consectatus
             est
             .
          
           
           
             If
             any
             shall
             object
             that
             the
             Apostle
             in
             condemning
             
               vain
               Philosophy
            
             doth
             not
             prejudice
             what
             is
             true
             .
             I
             shall
             not
             only
             desire
             that
             Person
             to
             
               ascertain
            
             me
             of
             what
             is
             
               true
            
             in
             Philosophy
             ,
             but
             further
             demand
             whether
             this
             dealing
             in
             making
             that
             
               distinctive
               ,
            
             which
             is
             
               exaggerative
               ,
            
             be
             not
             like
             that
             of
             
               Gregorde
               Valentia
               ,
            
             who
             glosses
             upon
             the
             text
             of
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             abominable
             Idolatry
             ;
             that
             there
             is
             some
             which
             is
             not
             abominable
             .
          
        
         
           
             XIII
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               the
               knowledg
               of
               Tongues
               lead
               us
               to
               one
               sense
               of
               Scripture
               ,
               or
               many
               ?
               Whether
               al●…
               such
               dealings
               lead
               us
               not
               to
               put
               our
               trust
               in
               man
               ?
               (
               an
               any
               matter
               of
               Faith
               be
               built
               upon
               the
               strength
               of
               a
               criticisme
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             XIV
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               the
               first
               Christians
               used
               much
               and
               long
               Preaching
               amongst
               themselves
               ?
            
             (
             a
             )
             
               Or
               did
               build
               their
               doctrine
               upon
               humane
               learning
               and
               criticismes
               ?
            
          
           
             
               (
               a
               )
            
             That
             they
             did
             not
             ,
             it
             is
             probable
             ;
             because
             the
             Apostle
             saith
             they
             might
             all
             prophecy
             one
             after
             another
             :
             and
             that
             usually
             more
             than
             one
             ,
             two
             or
             there
             did
             speak
             at
             one
             meeting
             .
             Besides
             
               Pliny
            
             upon
             examination
             of
             them
             ,
             reports
             no
             such
             thing
             :
             besides
             some
             came
             with
             a
             
               Psalme
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             XV
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               Sermons
               be
               the
            
             indubitable
             
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               whether
               that
               can
               be
               said
               by
               any
            
             Reformed
             Divine
             ,
             
               since
               they
               have
               condemned
            
             all
             addition
             ,
             
               even
               such
               as
               is
            
             Explicative
             ?
             
               *
            
             
               If
               they
               be
               the
               undoubted
               Word
               of
            
             God
             ,
             
               why
               are
               they
               not
               bound
               up
               
               with
               the
            
             Bible
             ?
             
               Are
               there
               not
               four
            
             Gospells
             ?
             
               Ar
               there
               not
               the
               same
               things
               reiterated
               in
               the
            
             Epistles
             ?
             
               Is
               there
               not
            
             D●…uteronomy
             
               as
               well
               as
            
             Exodus
             and
             Leviticus
             ?
             
               And
            
             Cronicles
             
               as
               well
               as
            
             Kings
             ?
          
        
         
           
             XVI
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               they
               ,
               who
               were
               teachers
               of
               the
               People
               of
            
             God
             
               in
               the
               Primitive
               times
               ,
               were
               not
            
             Handy-crafts-men
             
               of
               severall
               Trades
               ?
            
             (
             a
             )
          
           
             
               (
               a
               )
            
             So
             
               Paul
            
             was
             a
             Tent-maker
             ,
             and
             followed
             that
             occupation
             in
             the
             time
             of
             his
             
               Apostleship
               ,
            
             and
             
               Celsus
            
             objected
             it
             to
             
               Orign
               .
               (
               Origen
               .
            
             lib.
             3●…adv
             .
             
               Celsum
               )
            
             that
             the
             Christian
             Teachers
             ,
             such
             as
             propagated
             the
             Gospell
             were
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               Weavers
               ,
            
             (
             or
             
               Combers
            
             of
             
               Wool
               )
               Coblers
               ,
               Fullers
               ,
            
             and
             
               Illiterate
            
             and
             
               Exceeding
               Rusticke
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             XVII
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               there
               were
               not
               as
               much
               cause
               for
               learned
               disputes
               in
               th●…se
               times
               ,
               as
               now
               ?
               Are
               there
               any
            
             new
             opinions
             
               in
               our
               dayes
               ,
               as
               such
               as
               are
               mantained
               with
               more
            
             Rhetorique
             ,
             
               or
            
             Subtility
             
               than
               those
               of
               Old
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             XVIII
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               the
               first
               Christians
               were
               not
               against
            
             humane
             Learning
             ,
             
               of
               Heathenish
               ?
               And
               whether
               it
               was
               only
               an
               effect
               of
            
             Julian
             
               the
               Apostat's
            
             malice
             ,
             
               or
            
             Christian
             Prudence
             ,
             
               that
               went
               about
               to
               keep
               the
               People
               of
               God
               from
               reading
            
             Heathen
             
               Writers
               ?
            
             *
          
           
           
             *
             
               Hieron.
            
             in
             Epist.
             22.
             ad
             
               E●…o
               ch
            
             p.
             62.
             
             Qu●…
             enim
             communicatio
             luci
             cum
             tenebris
             ?
             quis
             consensus
             
               Christo
            
             cum
             
               ●…elial
               ?
            
             quid
             facit
             cum
             
               Psalt●…rio
               Horatius
               ?
            
             Cum
             
               Evangelio
               Mar●…
            
             Cum
             
               Apostolis
               Cicero
               ?
            
             Non
             oportet
             bibere
             calic●…m
             
               Ch●…sti
            
             &
             
               Daemoniorum
               .
            
             Interrogatus
             de
             cond●…tione
             ,
             respondi
             me
             esse
             Christianum
             ;
             Aut
             judex
             ,
             mentiris
             ,
             ait
             ,
             
               Ciceronianus
            
             es
             ,
             non
             
               Christianus
               ,
            
             ubi
             enim
             Thesaurus
             tuus
             ibi
             &
             cor
             tuum
             ,
             &c.
             
             Domine
             ,
             si
             unquam
             iterum
             habuero
             co
             lices
             
               saeculares
               ,
               te
               negavero
               .
               Minuc
               .
               Fel.
            
             speaking
             of
             the
             heathenish
             Gods
             mention'd
             in
             Poetry
             .
             Has
             fabulas
             &
             errores
             ,
             &
             ab
             imperitis
             parentibus
             d
             scimus
             ,
             &
             quod
             gravius
             est
             ,
             ipsis
             stud●…is
             &
             disc●…plinis
             elaboram●…
             ,
             carminibus
             pracipuè
             Poetarum
             ,
             qui
             plurimùm
             quantum
             verita●…i
             ipsa
             suá
             authoritate
             nocuere
             .
             L●…b
             .
             de
             
               Justin●…nani
            
             saculi
             moribus
             ,
             part
             1.
             c.
             26.
             p.
             90.
             
             Chr●…stianos
             sanè
             veteres
             non
             legimus
             unquam
             palam
             &
             in
             Scholis
             Philosophiam
             Ennarásse
             ,
             cum
             eam
             potius
             aversarenter
             .
             Ostendi
             verò
             ab
             aliquo
             ve●…m
             Philosophiam
             palam
             a
             Christianis
             tempore
             
               Justiniani
            
             Imperatoris
             aut
             etiam
             
               antea
            
             unquam
             traditam
             ,
             c.
             27.
             p.
             91.
             
             
               Justini
            
             opera
             qui
             insp●…cit
             ,
             novit
             eum
             ideo
             trans●…isse
             ad
             Ecclesiam
             ,
             quòd
             nihil
             certum
             in
             
               Platonis
            
             Schola
             deprehenderet
             ;
             abstinuit
             itaque
             a
             
               Platone
               ,
            
             caeterisquè
             operam
             impendens
             divinis
             literis
             .
             
               Machiavell
            
             in
             
               Livium
            
             in
             disputat
             .
             de
             repub.
             lib.
             2.
             c.
             5.
             
             Usque
             adeo
             enim
             d●…ligentes
             ,
             assiduiquè
             erant
             primi
             illi
             Christianae
             Rel●…gionis
             institutores
             &
             moderatores
             ,
             in
             extirpandis
             
               Ethnicorum
            
             superstitionibus
             ,
             ut
             &
             Poetas
             ,
             &
             Historicos
             ,
             quibus
             aliquid
             tale
             cotineretur
             ,
             comburendos
             putarent
             ,
             Idola
             de●…icerent
             ,
             &
             quicquid
             superstitionis
             ,
             illas
             aliquo
             modo
             redoleret
             ,
             id
             onme
             ,
             in
             universum
             tollere
             conarenter
             .
             
               Herald
               .
            
             animadv
             .
             in
             
               Arno●…
               .
            
             lib.
             3.
             p.
             137.
             
             Certè
             Christiani
             quòd
             ab
             Honoribus
             &
             Magistratibus
             semoti
             privatam
             vitam
             agerent
             ,
             eas
             literas
             ,
             quae
             ad
             forensia
             aut
             politica
             officia
             cum
             laude
             obeunda
             ,
             pra●…cipuè
             necessariae
             sunt
             ,
             etiam
             negligebant
             :
             praeterea
             quia
             sophistae
             &
             Philosophi
             erant
             Christiani
             nominis
             hostes
             praecipui
             ,
             idcirco
             vel
             hoc
             nomine
             philosophiam
             ipsam
             plerique
             aversabantur
             .
             
               De
            
             humanioribus
             &
             floridioribus
             literis
             asperiora
             etiam
             fuerunt
             veterum
             Christianorum
             judicia
             .
             Tragedias
             enim
             &
             comedias
             ,
             aliaque
             caetera
             Poetarum
             scripta
             ,
             precipuam
             eruditionis
             par
             ,
             
             tem
             ,
             quod
             ea
             ad
             solidam
             doctrinam
             conferre
             existimarent
             ,
             praeterea
             laseiviâ
             ac
             turpitudine
             seaterent
             ,
             denique
             fabulosae
             Idolatriae
             promptuarium
             esse
             crederent
             ,
             aspernabantur
             &
             damnabant
             .
             Hinc
             exist●…at
             
               Tertull.
            
             lib.
             de
             
               Idolatr
               .
            
             〈◊〉
             Magistros
             &
             c●…teros
             professores
             literarum
             a●…ines
             esse
             Idola●…
             multimodae
             ,
             quibus
             necesse
             est
             Deos
             nationum
             praedicare
             ,
             nomina
             ,
             genealogias
             ,
             fabulas
             ,
             ornamenta
             honorifica
             quaeque
             eorum
             enunciare
             ,
             &c.
             p.
             138.
             generaliter
             de
             sacula●…i
             eruditione
             paulo
             tristiora
             erant
             fidelium
             suffragia
             .
             Id.
             p.
             139.
             ergo
             sa
             cula●…
             is
             eruditio
             apud
             veteres
             Christ
             anos
             periclitara
             est
             ,
             quod
             inde
             et
             iam
             accidit
             ,
             quod
             h●…c
             probra
             a
             Gentium
             sapientibus
             identidem
             inculcari
             audiebant
             ,
             ●…hristianos
             Idiotas
             esse
             ,
             literarum
             profauos
             &
             expertes
             ;
             Eccle●…ae
             doctores
             ●…udes
             &
             imperitos
             esse
             homines
             ,
             
               Lanarios
               ,
               Sutores
               ,
               Fullones
               ;
            
             h●…
             inquam
             ,
             quia
             a
             Gentibus
             vulgò
             exprobrari
             videbant
             ,
             id●…co
             &
             literas
             ipsa
             ,
             quibus
             tantopere
             gloriari
             videbantur
             adversarii
             ,
             inutiles
             esse
             &
             ad
             salutem
             nihil
             conferre
             ,
             imò
             ipsis
             saeculi
             sapientibus
             ad
             exitium
             quasi
             vehiculum
             esse
             Christiani
             contra
             referebant
             :
             hae
             igitur
             caus●…e
             quare
             Christianos
             tanquam
             literarum
             rudes
             &
             imperitos
             despuerint
             :
             hinc
             dicebat
             
               Celsus
               ,
            
             sapientes
             a
             Christianis
             expelli
             folos
             stolidos
             admitti
             .
             
               Origen
               .
            
             lib.
             3.
             Ibid.
             quia
             Christiani
             cla●…bant
             omnibus
             ad
             Salutem
             patere
             aditum
             ,
             humilibus
             ,
             servis
             ,
             idiotis
             ,
             rusticis
             ,
             iis
             etiam
             quos
             mandus
             stultos
             existimat
             :
             hinc
             
               Celsus
            
             (
             in
             cod
             .
             lib.
             
               Origin
               .
               )
            
             haec
             in
             Christianorum
             conventibus
             proclamari
             dicebat
             .
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             
               Ourel
               .
            
             animadv
             .
             in
             Minuc
             Fel.
             p.
             25.
             sicut
             autem
             Gentes
             sermonis
             stribiliginem
             &
             verborum
             vitia
             Christianis
             objiciebant
             ,
             illosque
             rudes
             &
             agrestes
             vocitabant
             ;
             ita
             Christiani
             contra
             per
             irrisum
             eos
             polito
             ,
             eloquentes
             ,
             &
             doctos
             appellabant
             .
             &c.
             
               Tertull.
            
             de
             Testim.
             Animae
             .
             sed
             non
             eam
             te
             advoco
             quae
             Scholis
             formata
             ,
             
               bibliothecis
            
             exercitata
             ,
             
               Academicis
            
             &
             
               Porticibus
            
             Atticis
             partam
             Sapientiam
             ructas
             ;
             te
             simplicem
             &
             ●…udem
             &
             impolitam
             &
             Jdioticam
             compello
             ,
             qualem
             habent
             
             qui
             te
             solam
             habent
             ,
             illam
             ipsam
             de
             compito
             ,
             de
             trivio
             ,
             de
             tentrinâ
             totam
             ,
             imperitiâ
             tuâ
             mihi
             opus
             est
             ut
             sciam
             quid
             sit
             anima
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             not
             dispute
             whether
             the
             constitutions
             of
             
               Clemens
               Romanus
            
             be
             his
             ,
             they
             are
             auncient
             ,
             and
             in
             them
             lib.
             1.
             c.
             6.
             there
             i●…
             ,
             
               Ab●…ine
               ab
               omnibus
               libris
               Gentilium
               quid
               enim
               tibi
               cum
               alienis
               sermonilus
               ,
               aut
               legibus
               aut
               falsis
               prophetis
               ,
               quae
               quidem
               homines
               leves
               a
               fide
               rectâ
               detorquent
               .
            
             In
             the
             Councill
             of
             
               Carthage
            
             is
             there
             not
             a
             
               Canon
               :
               Episcopus
               Gentilium
               libros
               non
               legat
               ?
            
             And
             are
             not
             these
             and
             the
             like
             passages
             in
             
               Gratian
               .
               Sacerdotes
               Dei
               omissis
               Evangeliis
               &
               prophetis
               videmus
               Comaedias
               legere
               ,
               amatoria
               Bucolicorum
               versuum
               verba
               canere
               :
            
             Virgilium
             
               tenere
               ,
               &
               id
               quod
               in
               pueris
               necessitatis
               est
               ,
               crimen
               in
               se
               fa●…ere
               voluptatis
               .
               Nonne
               nobis
               videtur
               in
               vanitate
               sensus
               ,
               &
               ols●…uritate
               mentis
               ingredi
               ,
               qui
               diebus
               &
               noctibus
               in
               dialecticâ
               arte
               torquetur
               :
               qui
               physicus
               perscrutator
               oculos
               trans
               coelum
               levat
               &
               ultra
               profundum
               terrarum
               &
               abyssi
               quoddam
               inane
               dimergitur
               :
               qui
               Iambum
               ferit
               ,
               qui
               tantam
               metrorum
               sylvam
               in
               suo
               studiosus
               corde
               &
               distinguit
               &
               congerit
               ?
            
             Was
             it
             not
             a
             Pope
             ,
             
               Gregorius
               Magnus
               ,
            
             that
             prohibited
             all
             Prelates
             in
             generall
             the
             reading
             of
             
               Heathen
               Authors
               .
               Se
               Joan.
               
               Diaconus
               de
               vitâ
               Gregor.
            
             c.
             33.
             
             If
             you
             say
             that
             there
             is
             not
             now
             any
             danger
             of
             infection
             from
             the
             reading
             of
             heathenish
             books
             :
             you
             give
             but
             the
             same
             reason
             for
             them
             which
             
               Bellarmine
            
             does
             ,
             
               de
               laicis
            
             c.
             20.
             
             Art.
             19.
             and
             which
             is
             refuted
             as
             a
             Childish
             and
             illiterate
             answer
             by
             
               Jacobus
               Laurentius
            
             a
             Protestant
             Minister
             
               de
               lib.
               Gentil
               .
            
             p.
             40.
             41.
             how
             much
             doe
             these
             reasons
             agree
             with
             what
             motives
             
               Julian
            
             (
             epist.
             42.
             )
             alleadges
             for
             the
             prohibiting
             Christians
             from
             reading
             heathen
             writers
             .
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             *
             Of
             this
             
               Libanius
            
             is
             a
             witness
             in
             his
             Life
             
               tom
               .
            
             2.
             p.
             51.
             amongst
             other
             his
             misfortunes
             he
             laments
             the
             great
             contempt
             ,
             and
             scorn
             that
             was
             cast
             upon
             the
             greek
             tongue
             after
             the
             death
             of
             
               Julian
               .
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             by
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             he
             means
             
               learning
               ,
            
             and
             not
             only
             
               Rhetorique
               .
            
             So
             afterward
             he
             saith
             he
             was
             afraid
             least
             the
             Greek
             tongue
             
             should
             be
             suppressed
             by
             a
             law
             .
             
               Ibid
            
             p.
             71.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             XIX
             .
          
           
             
               WHose
               Sepulchres
               do
               our
            
             University
             
               men
               build
               up
               ,
               whilst
               they
               uphold
            
             Aristotles
             
               Philosophy
               ,
               which
               hath
               been
               so
               generally
               condemned
               of
               late
               ,
               and
               Heretofore
               by
               Popish
               assemblies
               ,
               and
               particular
               men
               of
               that
               way
               ;
               as
               also
               by
               the
            
             first
             Christians
             ,
             
               and
               honest
               men
               of
            
             All
             Ages
             ?
          
        
         
           
             XX
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               the
            
             first
             Christians
             
               ●…ad
               any
            
             Churches
             ,
             
               or
               did
               not
               assemble
               only
               in
            
             private
             houses
             ?
             (
             a
             )
             
               Whether
               their
            
             want
             hereof
             
               can
               be
               attributed
               to
               their
               being
            
             under
             pers●…ution
             ,
             
               since
               they
               never
               made
               that
               excuse
               for
               themselves
               to
               the
            
             Pagans
             ,
             
               who
               objected
               it
               to
               them
               ?
               Whether
               if
               it
               had
               not
               been
            
             their
             judgment
             ,
             
               and
               not
               a
            
             nec●…ssitous
             practice
             ,
             
               the
               heathen
               would
               have
               upraided
               them
               with
               such
               their
               detest
               ;
               or
               upon
               that
               account
               have
               termed
               them
            
             Atheists
             ?
          
           
             (
             a
             )
             We
             read
             of
             a
             Church
             to
             be
             saluted
             in
             such
             ,
             and
             such
             a
             private
             house
             ,
             in
             Scripture
             :
             and
             it
             is
             confessed
             by
             
               Minuc
               .
               Felix
            
             p.
             10.
             
             Christiani
             nullas
             a●…as
             habent
             ,
             
               templa
               nulla
               ,
            
             nulla
             not
             a
             simulacra
             ,
             
               Animadv.
               Ourel
               .
            
             p.
             57.
             and
             
               Arnob.
            
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             sixth
             Book
             p.
             189.
             and
             in
             the
             observat.
             p.
             173.
             
             
               Arnold
               .
               adv.
               Gentes
               :
            
             in
             hâc
             enim
             consuêstis
             parte
             crimen
             nobis
             maximam
             impieta●…is
             affige●…e
             ,
             quod
             neque
             
               aedes
               Sacras
               venerationis
               ad
               officia
               construamus
               ;
            
             non
             Deorum
             alicujus
             〈◊〉
             &
             formam
             constituamus
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
         
           
             XXI
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               heresy
               be
               not
               attributed
               to
               Christianity
               in-Scripture
               ?
               Whether
            
             Tertull.
             
               doth
               not
               call
               the
               Christians
            
             fectam
             Christianorum
             ?
             
               Whether
               the
               meeting
               places
               of
               the
            
             first
             Christians
             
               were
               not
               called
            
             conventicula
             ,
             
               before
               they
               were
               in
               Latine
               either
            
             Basilica
             ,
             
               or
            
             Ecclesia
             ?
             (
             a
             )
             
               Whether
               they
               used
               to
               bury
               in
               Church-yards
               ?
               And
               why
               they
               did
               at
               last
               take
               up
               that
               custome
               ?
            
          
           
             
               (
               a
               )
               Arnob.
            
             lib.
             4.
             
             Nam
             nostra
             quidem
             scripta
             cur
             ignibus
             meruerunt
             dar●
             ?
             Cur
             immanitur
             
               conventicula
            
             dicui
             ,
             in
             quibus
             summus
             oratur
             Deus
             ?
             
               Lactant.
            
             lib.
             5.
             c.
             11.
             aliqui
             ad
             occidendum
             praecipites
             extiterunt
             ,
             sicut
             unus
             in
             
               Phrygiâ
            
             qui
             universum
             populum
             cum
             ipso
             pariter
             
               conventicula
            
             concremavit
             .
             
               Oros.
            
             lib.
             7.
             c.
             12.
             
             
               Trajanus
               Plinii
            
             secundi
             relatu
             admonitus
             Christianos
             praeter
             confessionem
             Christi
             ,
             honestaque
             
               conventicula
            
             nihil
             contrarium
             Romanis
             legibus
             facere
             .
          
           
             
               (
               b
               )
               Gaudentius
            
             de
             Justinianaei
             saeculi
             moribus
             .
             part
             .
             1.
             c.
             26.
             p.
             34.
             where
             after
             examination
             of
             rites
             and
             customes
             concerning
             it
             ,
             he
             saith
             thus
             .
             Quis
             non
             inde
             colligat
             consuevisse
             Christianos
             tempore
             
               Justiniani
            
             Imperatoris
             sepili●e
             privatim
             in
             agris
             suos
             mortuos
             ?
             in
             the
             same
             chapter
             he
             speaks
             somewhat
             how
             that
             custom
             came
             to
             be
             changed
             ,
             but
             more
             fully
             in
             the
             26.
             chap.
             he
             gives
             this
             reason
             .
             p.
             36.
             cur
             verò
             Christiani
             ceperunt
             velle
             condi
             intra
             ecclesiarum
             ambitum
             ,
             id
             causae
             fuit
             ,
             quod
             consanguinei
             ,
             qui
             orant
             in
             templo
             ,
             preces
             pro
             iis
             fundant
             ;
             adde
             merita
             Martyrum
             &
             Apostolorum
             ,
             Legimus
             apud
             
               Augustinum
            
             de
             curâ
             pro
             mortuis
             c.
             5.
             
             Fidelem
             matrem
             ,
             fidelis
             filii
             defuncti
             corpus
             desiderâsse
             in
             Basilicâ
             martyris
             poni
             ,
             siquidem
             credidit
             ejus
             animam
             meritis
             martyris
             adjuvari
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXII
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               amongst
               the
            
             Papists
             
               that
               have
            
             Churches
             
               or
               solemn
               meeting
               places
               ,
               the
            
             Jesuits
             
               do
               not
               usually
               ,
               
               notwithstanding
               that
               ,
               preach
               in
               the
            
             Market
             places
             
               and
            
             Streets
             ?
             (
             a
             )
             
               What
               it
               is
               that
               makes
               teaching
               a
               publique
               Act
               ?
               If
               to
               teach
               publiquely
               be
               to
               teach
               accordingly
               as
               it
               is
               now
               practised
               ,
               whether
               the
            
             Apostles
             
               did
               ever
               teach
               publiquely
               .
            
          
           
             
               (
               a
               )
            
             This
             liberty
             was
             granted
             to
             them
             by
             
               Pope
               Paul
            
             the
             third
             :
             the
             same
             is
             practised
             by
             the
             
               Friers
               minors
            
             and
             
               Dominicans
               ,
            
             and
             
               Augustine
               Friers
               :
            
             and
             grounded
             upon
             the
             practise
             of
             the
             
               Prophets
            
             in
             the
             old
             testament
             :
             
               Jerem.
            
             17.
             
             
               Amos.
            
             5.
             
             
               Proverbs
               .
            
             1.
             and
             of
             Christ
             and
             his
             Apostles
             in
             the
             new
             Testament
             ;
             besides
             that
             
               Matth.
            
             22.
             and
             
               Luc.
            
             14.
             in
             the
             Parable
             of
             the
             marriage
             Christ
             sends
             them
             out
             to
             the
             high-ways
             and
             streets
             for
             guests
             .
             All
             this
             is
             illustrated
             at
             large
             by
             
               Franciscus
               Bernardinus
            
             a
             
               Popish
               Doctor
            
             in
             his
             book
             
               de
               ritu
               concionandi
               lib.
            
             2.
             c.
             24.
             and
             confirmed
             by
             this
             reason
             ;
             
               &
               sanè
               egregium
               est
               opus
               hominibus
               otiosè
               in
               foro
               degentibus
               ,
               nec
               ecclesiam
               alioquin
               adituris
               ,
               divina
               annunciare
               monita
               ,
               moresque
               dicendo
               formare
               &
               corrigere
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             XXIII
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               the
               division
               into
            
             Pharises
             
               was
               not
               introduced
               by
               the
            
             Pope
             Dionysius
             ?
             
               And
               whether
               the
               Antient
            
             Christians
             
               paid
            
             Tythes
             ?
             
               If
               they
               did
               ,
               whether
               they
               did
               not
               pay
               them
               as
               Almes
               .
            
          
           
             This
             is
             proved
             by
             Mr.
             
               Selden
            
             of
             Tythes
             .
             
               Joseph
               Scaliger
            
             did
             write
             against
             Tythes
             ,
             the
             Protestants
             Generally
             beyond
             sea
             have
             disowned
             and
             disused
             them
             .
             The
             Bishops
             of
             Old
             in
             
               Ireland
            
             had
             but
             the
             allowance
             of
             three
             mi●h
             kine
             :
             
               Camdens
               Britann
               :
            
             speaking
             of
             the
             
               County
            
             of
             
               Cauon
            
             in
             
               Ireland
               .
               Gaudentius
            
             de
             Justinianaei
             saeculi
             moribus
             part
             .
             1.
             c.
             23.
             p.
             30.
             31.
             
             An
             exigebantut
             Decimae
             in
             usum
             sacerdotum
             temporibus
             
               Justinani
            
             Imperatoris
             ?
             id
             negaverit
             ,
             qui
             cogitat
             nihil
             de
             decimis
             legi
             in
             
               codice
               ,
            
             in
             quo
             tamen
             multa
             reperiuntur
             sancita
             
             de
             Episcopis
             ,
             &
             clericis
             &
             Ecclesiis
             .
             Quod
             si
             consulas
             acta
             conciliorum
             Oecumenicorum
             ,
             itidem
             vix
             quicquam
             reperies
             
               p.
            
             31.
             decimae
             hortantibus
             Episcopis
             collatae
             proderant
             &
             Sacerdotibus
             &
             Pauperibus
             ,
             non
             tamen
             compellebantur
             a
             Judice
             fideles
             ut
             largirentur
             decimam
             partem
             ,
             ideo
             
               Justinianus
            
             de
             eâ
             materiâ
             nihil
             in
             leges
             retulit
             .
             
               And
               a
               little
               after
            
             constat
             fideles
             olim
             ex
             fructibus
             solitos
             sponte
             aliquid
             conferre
             ,
             quod
             ab
             Episcopo
             dividebatur
             ,
             partim
             Clericis
             ,
             partim
             Pauperibus
             ;
             Quae
             verò
             
               liberè
            
             solvebantur
             ,
             ob
             inveteratum
             morem
             abierunt
             in
             
               necessitatem
               :
            
             hinc
             profectae
             sunt
             tot
             leges
             Pontificum
             de
             modo
             solvendi
             decimas
             ,
             deque
             ratione
             compe●…endi
             eos
             qui
             ipsas
             non
             solverent
             ;
             quâ
             de
             re
             passim
             interpretes
             Canonum
             ,
             &
             ipse
             praesertim
             Pontifex
             
               Gregorius
            
             toto
             Titulo
             .
             lib.
             3.
             decretal
             .
             c.
             30.
             
          
        
         
           
             XXIV
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               they
               had
               the
               use
               of
            
             Bells
             
               in
               the
               primitive
               times
               ?
               And
               whether
               the
            
             Bells
             
               in
            
             England
             
               that
               remain
               ever
               since
               the
               Reformation
               ,
               have
               not
               been
               popishly
               and
               superstitiously
               christned
               .
            
          
           
             The
             former
             is
             proved
             out
             of
             
               Vossius
            
             upon
             the
             two
             epistles
             of
             
               Pliny
            
             and
             
               Trajan
            
             and
             
               Bernardinus
               de
               ritu
               concionandi
               .
               Pancirollus
            
             de
             Campanis
             Tit.
             9.
             
             Campanae
             repertae
             fuerunt
             circa
             annum
             400
             a
             
               Paulino
            
             Episcopo
             
               Nolano
               .
            
             Est
             autem
             
               Nola
               Campaniae
            
             oppidum
             .
             Dictae
             fuerunt
             
               Campanae
               ,
            
             quia
             in
             
               Campaniâ
            
             inventae
             ;
             &
             
               Nolae
               ,
            
             à
             loco
             ,
             in
             quo
             primùm
             fuerunt
             factae
             .
             The
             later
             is
             known
             from
             the
             common
             practise
             even
             now
             for
             the
             Papists
             to
             baptise
             bells
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXV
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               it
               were
               not
               an
               act
               of
            
             superstition
             
               in
               former
               times
               to
               build
            
             Churches
             
               and
            
             Chappells
             
               in
               the
               form
               or
               fashion
               of
               a
            
             Crosse
             ?
             
               Whether
               it
               were
               not
               a
               sin
               of
               the
               like
               nature
               in
               antient
               times
               to
               build
               their
               
               Churches
            
             East
             
               and
            
             West
             ,
             
               that
               so
               the
               People
               might
               bowe
               and
               pray
               towards
               the
            
             East
             ,
             
               whence
               (
               upon
               a
               grosse
               mistake
               of
               the
               word
               )
               they
               expected
               the
               sunn
               [
               of
               Righteousnesse
               ]
               should
               arise
               ?
            
             (
             a
             )
             
               And
               whether
               both
               these
               superstitions
               have
               not
               been
               renewed
               and
               practised
               lately
               in
               one
               of
               the
            
             Reformed
             Colledges
             
               of
            
             Oxford
             ?
             (
             b
             )
          
           
             
               (
               a
               )
               Clem.
               Alexandrin
               .
               Stromat
               .
            
             lib.
             7.
             circa
             med.
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Quoniam
             autem
             diei
             natalis
             imago
             est
             Oriens
             ,
             atque
             illinc
             quoque
             lux
             augetur
             ,
             quae
             primùm
             illuxit
             è
             tenebris
             ;
             iisque
             qui
             volutantur
             in
             ignoratione
             exortus
             est
             dies
             cognitionis
             veritatis
             ,
             quemadmodum
             sol
             oritur
             ,
             ideo
             ad
             ortum
             matutinum
             habentur
             preces
             ,
             unde
             etiam
             templorum
             antiquissima
             respiciebant
             ad
             Occidentem
             ,
             ut
             qui
             vultu
             stant
             ad
             imagines
             converso
             ,
             doceantur
             verti
             ad
             Orientem
             .
             
               This
               reason
               likewise
               the
               common-people
               give
               for
               their
               being
               buryed
               with
               their
               feet
               toward
               the
            
             East
             ,
             
               that
               so
               they
               may
               be
               in
               a
               fitter
               posture
               to
               meet
               the
            
             sun
             of
             righteousness
             
               when
               he
               shall
               appear
               with
               healing
               in
               his
               wings
               ,
            
             viz.
             
               at
               the
            
             resurrection
             :
          
        
         
           
             XXVI
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               the
               primitive
               Christians
               had
               any
            
             Universityes
             ,
             
               or
               other
            
             Schools
             of
             Learning
             
               than
               such
               as
            
             Origen
             
               did
            
             catechise
             
               in
               at
            
             Antioch
             ?
          
           
             (
             a
             )
             
               Gaudent
               .
               de
               mor.
               Saec.
               Justin.
               part
            
             2.
             
               c.
            
             26.
             
               p.
            
             90.
             
             Christianos
             sanè
             veteres
             non
             legimus
             unquam
             palàm
             ,
             &
             in
             Scholis
             Philosophiam
             enarrâsse
             ,
             cum
             eam
             potius
             aversarentur
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
         
           
             XXVII
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               Ancient
               times
               (
               and
               those
               not
               very
               antient
               neither
               )
               record
               any
               more
               than
               that
               of
            
             Bologna
             ,
             Paris
             ,
             Oxford
             ,
             
               and
            
             Salamanca
             ?
             
               And
               whether
               Christianity
               at
               that
               time
               were
               not
               of
               farther
               extent
               ,
               than
               the
            
             Kingdomes
             
               those
               stood
               in
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             XXVIII
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               it
               were
               not
               the
               design
               of
               the
               Reformers
               in
               King
            
             Edward
             
               the
            
             sixth's
             
               dayes
               to
               put
               down
            
             Universityes
             ?
             (
             a
             )
             
               Whether
               the
               then
            
             Dean
             
               of
            
             Christ-Church
             
               had
               not
               such
               intentions
               ?
            
             (
             b
             )
          
           
             
               (
               a
               )
               Langbain
            
             in
             his
             preface
             to
             
               Sr.
               Jh.
               
               Cheeks
            
             book
             ,
             the
             subject
             to
             the
             Rebell
             ,
             hath
             these
             words
             .
             The
             very
             
               Vniversityes
            
             which
             had
             been
             the
             glory
             ,
             were
             now
             become
             the
             scorn
             ,
             or
             pity
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ;
             their
             Libraryes
             robbed
             and
             spoiled
             either
             by
             pretended
             autority
             or
             connivence
             ,
             their
             libertyes
             and
             privledges
             invaded
             and
             borne
             down
             by
             the
             prevailing
             partyes
             ,
             the
             Townesmen
             of
             
               Oxford
            
             and
             
               Cambridge
               .
            
             Much
             of
             their
             present
             Maintenance
             ,
             and
             the
             main
             hopes
             of
             their
             future
             preferment
             taken
             from
             them
             ;
             at
             least
             in
             their
             opinion
             :
             when
             they
             saw
             most
             or
             all
             their
             revenues
             of
             their
             Colledges
             given
             ●…o
             the
             
               King
               .
            
             Some
             
               Bishoppricks
            
             actually
             dissolved
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             jurisdiction
             inclining
             to
             ruine
             .
             This
             did
             strike
             them
             with
             such
             a
             Panick
             feare
             ,
             as
             did
             justly
             deterre
             parents
             from
             beslowing
             upon
             their
             Children
             that
             ingenuous
             education
             which
             was
             attended
             with
             so
             great
             charges
             ,
             and
             so
             small
             hopes
             ;
             and
             such
             as
             were
             already
             entered
             upon
             that
             way
             ,
             were
             forced
             to
             quit
             their
             professions
             ,
             and
             betake
             themselves
             to
             another
             kind
             of
             life
             .
             And
             a
             little
             after
             speaking
             of
             some
             priviledges
             which
             Q.
             
               Mary
            
             bestowed
             on
             the
             
               Vniversity
               ,
            
             he
             saith
             ,
             and
             though
             this
             did
             perswade
             with
             some
             ,
             that
             to
             be
             a
             Schollar
             was
             none
             
             of
             the
             greatest
             curses
             ;
             Yet
             I
             do
             not
             see
             ,
             that
             the
             people
             were
             hearty
             friends
             with
             learning
             all
             
               Q.
               Maryes
            
             dayes
             ,
             nor
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             
               Q.
               Elizabeth
               .
            
          
           
             
               (
               b
               )
               See
               Bryan
               Twyne
            
             about
             the
             Antiquity
             of
             
               Oxford
            
             in
             his
             
               miscellany
               appendix
               .
            
             At
             that
             time
             the
             Library
             was
             destroyed
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             things
             done
             or
             designed
             ,
             which
             are
             reported
             by
             the
             said
             
               Bryan
               Twyne
            
             to
             be
             registred
             in
             the
             
               Archives
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             XXIX
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               the
               rise
               of
               our
               present
               fashioned
            
             Univesityes
             
               and
            
             University-habits
             
               was
               not
               from
               the
            
             Dominicans
             ;
             
               an
               Order
               instituted
               by
               the
            
             Pope
             
               to
               suppress
               the
            
             Waldenses
             ,
             
               those
            
             Predecessors
             
               of
               the
            
             Protestants
             ?
             
               And
               whether
               it
               is
               well
               done
               to
               derive
               their
               office
               and
               garbe
               from
               the
            
             Persecutors
             ,
             
               and
               their
            
             Doctrine
             
               from
               the
               persecuted
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             XXX
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               the
               institution
               of
            
             Doctorall
             Degrees
             
               be
               not
               novell
               ?
            
             (
             a
             )
             
               And
               accounted
               Antichristian
               by
               the
               Reformed
               Churches
               in
            
             Scotland
             ,
             France
             Holland
             ,
             Switzerland
             ,
             
               and
               the
            
             Calvinists
             
               in
            
             High
             Germany
             ?
             
               And
               whether
               they
               have
               any
               in
               those
            
             Countreys
             ?
             
               Or
               any
               habits
               in
               their
            
             Universityes
             ?
             (
             b
             )
          
           
             
               (
               a
               )
               Gaudent
               .
               de
               .
               mor.
               saec
               .
               Just
               .
            
             c.
             24.
             p.
             87
             ,
             88.
             
             An
             Doctores
             renunciabat
             eos
             mos
             saeculi
             Just
             .
             qui
             peregissent
             studia
             ,
             magisteriumque
             jam
             docti
             exuissent
             ?
             nihil
             ejusmodi
             reperire
             est
             ,
             nam
             id
             inventum
             ad
             superiora
             saecula
             referendum
             est
             ,
             non
             ad
             prisca
             
               Justiniana
               ;
            
             postquam
             inquam
             disciplinae
             caepere
             instaurari
             ,
             trecentis
             fere
             abhinc
             annis
             ,
             Doctorum
             quoque
             dignitas
             &
             nomen
             emersit
             ,
             collatum
             solenni
             more
             .
          
           
             
               (
               b
               )
            
             This
             may
             be
             resolved
             by
             every
             Travailer
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             XXXI
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               there
               are
               not
               in
               our
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               other
            
             Antichristian
             Universities
             
               beyond
               sea
               ,
               the
               same
               or
               rather
               more
            
             Popish
             ,
             Idolatrous
             
               and
            
             Superstitious
             habits
             ,
             Ceremonies
             
               and
            
             Customes
             ?
             
               Nay
               whether
               they
               do
               not
               rather
               exceed
               them
               in
               pompe
               as
               well
               as
               Number
               ?
            
          
           
             Compare
             the
             
               Vniversity
            
             statutes
             with
             that
             description
             of
             their
             formalityes
             at
             
               Paris
               in
               Ludus
               Lutheri
               à
               Sorbon
               .
               damnat
               .
               Insignia
               Doctoralia
               ,
               annulus
               ,
               Pyrrhetum
               ,
               liber
               ,
               osculum
               ,
               cheirothecae
               ,
               &
               Pyrrheta
               distributa
            
             in
             aulâ
             
               Doctorali
               ,
               ultimo
               egregium
               convivium
               Doctorale
               ,
               Bedelli
               cum
               sceptris
               praecedunt
               :
            
             To
             these
             of
             
               Paris
               ,
               Oxford
            
             and
             
               Cambridge
            
             have
             added
             many
             more
             ,
             For
             let
             any
             man
             take
             notice
             of
             all
             their
             Ceremonyes
             ,
             Processions
             ,
             Attire
             and
             attendance
             which
             the
             
               Bacchelours
            
             in
             
               Lent
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Masters
            
             and
             
               Doctors
            
             at
             the
             Act
             and
             commencement
             appear
             in
             ,
             and
             he
             will
             readily
             confess
             that
             these
             places
             of
             
               Antichrist
            
             at
             home
             are
             the
             more
             triumphant
             .
             And
             consequently
             let
             any
             one
             judge
             whether
             such
             ,
             who
             are
             brought
             up
             in
             somuch
             state
             ,
             and
             Pride
             ,
             be
             fitly
             qualified
             to
             converse
             with
             the
             poore
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             in
             whom
             
               Christ
            
             so
             much
             delighted
             ,
             and
             of
             whom
             his
             
               Kingdome
            
             doth
             cheifly
             consist
             .
             The
             
               Genevians
            
             in
             their
             Annotations
             upon
             the
             ninth
             of
             the
             
               Revelation
               ,
            
             ver.
             3.
             where
             the
             
               Locusts
            
             came
             out
             of
             the
             
               Smoake
               ,
            
             say
             they
             were
             and
             are
             
               false
               teachers
               ,
               Heretiques
               ,
               and
               worldly
               subtill
               Prelates
               ,
               with
               Monks
               ,
               Friers
               ,
               Cardinalls
               Patriarchs
               ,
               Archbishops
               ,
               Bishops
               ,
            
             DOCTORS
             ,
             BATCHELORS
             ,
             and
             MASTERS
             .
             Does
             not
             this
             note
             apparantly
             fasten
             the
             name
             of
             
               Locusts
            
             on
             all
             the
             Clergy
             of
             this
             land
             ,
             and
             all
             such
             as
             are
             
               graduated
               in
               the
               Vniversity
               ,
            
             by
             the
             name
             of
             
               Doctors
               ,
               Batchelors
               ,
            
             and
             
               Masters
               ?
            
             And
             doth
             it
             not
             as
             plainly
             yoake
             them
             with
             
               Friers
               ,
               Monks
               ,
            
             and
             
               Cardinalls
               ,
            
             principall
             instruments
             in
             all
             times
             to
             advance
             the
             
               Popedome
               ?
            
             I
             know
             the
             words
             which
             follow
             after
             are
             alledged
             by
             some
             ,
             to
             take
             off
             the
             envy
             of
             this
             note
             ,
             viz.
             
               who
               forsake
               Christ
               to
               maintain
               
               false
               doctrines
               .
            
             But
             the
             enumeration
             of
             so
             many
             particulars
             makes
             not
             that
             not
             ethe
             lesse
             invidious
             ,
             the
             said
             explication
             notwithstanding
             ;
             because
             the
             note
             had
             been
             as
             perfect
             and
             significant
             ,
             had
             it
             gone
             thus
             in
             generalls
             onely
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             by
             
               Locusts
               here
            
             are
             meant
             
               false
               teachers
               ,
               Heretiques
               ,
               and
               other
               worldly
               subtill
               men
               ,
            
             that
             seduced
             the
             people
             ,
             perswading
             them
             to
             forsake
             
               Christ
            
             to
             maintain
             false
             doctrine
             .
             
               Pet.
               Heylin
            
             against
             
               Fuller
               .
            
             p.
             179
             ,
             180.
             
          
        
         
           
             XXXII
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               the
            
             University
             hood
             
               be
               not
               the
               product
               of
               the
               old
               Monkish
            
             Melote
             ,
             
               spoken
               of
               by
            
             Cassion
             de
             institutione
             Monachorum
             :
             
               and
               grounded
               upon
               the
               superstitious
               exposition
               of
               that
               place
               in
            
             Hebr.
             c.
             11.
             
             
               They
               w●…ndred
               about
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               in
               Sheep-skins
               ?
               Whether
               it
               were
               not
               a
            
             Religious
             habit
             ,
             
               it
               being
               a
               badge
               of
               Monkery
               according
               to
            
             Cassian
             ,
             
               and
            
             Jerome
             
               upon
            
             Pachomius's
             rule
             ?
          
           
             
               Hospinian
               de
               Origine
               monachatûs
            
             c.
             77.
             
               paragr.
            
             11.
             
               fol.
            
             273.
             reliqui
             
               Monachi
            
             cucullis
             passim
             ab
             initio
             usi
             sunt
             ,
             more
             sumpto
             ab
             Egyptiorum
             
               monachis
               ,
               Melotis
            
             item
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             XXXIII
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               it
               be
               not
               a
               superstitious
               and
               detestable
               exposition
               of
               that
               Scripture
               ,
            
             Stand
             fast
             having
             your
             loins
             girt
             ,
             &c.
             
             
               To
               accommodate
               it
               to
               the
            
             Episcoparian
             Girdles
             ,
             
               with
               which
               they
               tye
               in
               their
            
             Canonicall
             Coates
             ,
             
               the
               rose
               or
               knot
               being
               on
               the
               left
               side
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             XXXIV
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               it
               be
               not
               a
               pretty
               foundation
               for
               the
            
             Oxford
             Doctors
             
               to
               stand
               booted
               and
               spurred
               in
               the
               Act
               ?
            
             
             (
             a
             )
             
               because
               there
               is
               mention
               made
               in
               the
               Scripture
               of
               being
            
             shod
             with
             the
             preparation
             of
             the
             Gospell
             ?
             
               And
               whether
               the
            
             Benedictine
             
               Fryers
               do
               not
               the
               same
               .
            
             (
             b
             )
          
           
             
               (
               a
               )
            
             See
             statut
             
               Acad.
               Oxon
            
             Tit.
             7.
             sect.
             
               paragr.
            
             17.
             
               (
               b
               )
               Hospinian
               de
               Origine
               Monachat
               .
            
             c.
             77.
             
               fol.
            
             273.
             
             
               Benedectini
            
             qui
             propriè
             dicuntur
             ,
             nigro
             hodiè
             amiciuntur
             colore
             ,
             tunicâ
             laxiore
             ac
             discinctâ
             ,
             &
             ad
             pedes
             usque
             demissâ
             ,
             amictu
             capitis
             quem
             cucullam
             vocant
             ,
             in
             humeros
             &
             scapulas
             brevius
             rejecto
             ,
             
               Ocreati
               etiam
               incedunt
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             XXXV
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               the
            
             Ring
             ,
             
               and
            
             Gloves
             ,
             
               and
            
             corner
             Cap
             ,
             
               which
               the
            
             Doctors
             
               are
               to
               put
               on
               ,
               and
               the
            
             Kisse
             
               which
               they
               receive
               from
               (
               the
               university
               Baud
               )
               the
            
             Doctor
             
               that
               creates
               them
               ,
               at
               the
            
             Act
             ,
             
               are
               not
               of
               a
            
             Popish
             Originall
             ,
             
               and
               now
               practised
               amongst
               the
            
             Papists
             ?
          
           
             
               Hospinian
               de
               Orig.
               
               Monachi
               .
            
             c.
             72.
             p.
             270.
             
               or
               there
               abouts
               .
               Surgit
               Pontifex
            
             &
             Benedicit
             
               annulum
               ,
            
             &
             aspergit
             aquâ
             Benedictâ
             ,
             &
             
               infigit
               eum
               digito
               annulari
               dextrae
            
             Abbatis
             ,
             dicens
             ,
             Accipe
             
               annulum
            
             fidei
             ,
             scilicet
             signacullum
             ,
             quatenus
             sponsam
             Dei
             sanct
             m●…viz
             
               .
            
             ecclesiam
             ,
             intèmeratâ
             fide
             ornatus
             ,
             illibatè
             custodias
             .
             His
             peractis
             
               Episcopus
            
             &
             Assistentes
             recipiunt
             Abbatem
             Benedictum
             ad
             
               Osculum
            
             pacis
             .
             Deinde
             Mitram
             aquâ
             Benedictâ
             aspersam
             imponit
             capiti
             Abbatis
             Benedicti
             ,
             dicens
             ,
             Imponimus
             ,
             Domine
             ,
             capiti
             hujus
             famuli
             tui
             
               Galeam
               munitionis
               &
               salutis
               ,
            
             quatenus
             decoratâ
             facie
             &
             armato
             capite
             cornibus
             utriusque
             
               testamentï
            
             terribilis
             appareat
             adversariis
             veritatis
             ,
             
               the
               gloves
               were
               instituted
               to
               signifie
               that
               they
               should
               keep
               themselves
               in
               all
               their
               Actions
               undefiled
               in
               the
               things
               of
               the
               world
               .
               Ibid.
               
            
          
        
         
         
           
             XXXVI
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               the
            
             Universities
             
               of
            
             Oxford
             ,
             
               do
               well
               to
               give
               for
               their
               armes
               the
               Book
               with
               seven
               seales
               ?
               Is
               not
               that
               a
               gross
               abuse
               of
               what
               is
               layed
               down
               in
               the
            
             Revelations
             :
             
               as
               if
               the
               seven
            
             Liberall
             Arts
             ,
             
               (
               two
               whereof
               are
            
             Grammer
             
               and
            
             Fidling
             )
             
               were
               typified
               by
               those
               Seales
               ,
               which
               none
               were
               worthy
               to
               open
               but
               the
            
             Lambe
             ?
          
        
         
           
             XXXVII
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
            
             Ministers
             
               do
               well
               to
               go
               in
               black
               ,
               or
               the
            
             Universityes
             
               to
               command
               it
               .
            
             *
          
           
             *
             See
             
               Statut.
               Acad.
               
               Oxon.
               Tit.
            
             14.
             
               paragr.
            
             1.
             
             The
             words
             of
             the
             Statutes
             are
             in
             
               English
            
             thus
             .
             
               It
               is
               Ordered
               that
               all
               heads
               of
               Colledges
               ,
               all
               fellows
               and
               Scholars
               wear
               black
               or
               sad
               coloured
               clothes
               ,
               and
               all
               that
               are
               initiated
               into
               holy
               orders
               ,
               as
               it
               becomes
               those
               of
               the
               Clergy
               to
               do
               .
               Clemens
               Alexandrinus
            
             expresly
             condemns
             all
             
               coloured
            
             clothes
             ,
             and
             makes
             it
             the
             command
             or
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             great
             Christian
             School-master
             
               [
               Christ
               ]
            
             to
             go
             in
             
               white
               ,
            
             as
             any
             one
             may
             read
             in
             his
             
               Paedagog
               .
            
             l.
             2.
             &
             l.
             3.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXXVIII
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               there
               were
               not
               of
               old
               amongst
               the
            
             Jews
             
               a
               sort
               of
               men
               called
            
             Chemarims
             
               or
            
             Black-coates
             ?
             
               Whether
               those
               were
               the
               People
               of
               God
               ?
            
             (
             a
             )
             
               And
               whether
               the
               Translators
               of
               the
            
             Bible
             
               into
               English
               did
               well
               to
               conceal
               the
               true
               meaning
               of
               this
               word
               by
               by●…ting
               others
               for
               it
               ,
               or
               the
               very
               word
               it self
               in
               En●…h
            
             letters
             ?
             
               And
               whether
               the
               other
               words
               of
               the
            
             Bible
             ,
             
               if
               they
               had
               been
               ordered
               in
               the
               like
               manner
               ,
               had
               been
               yet
               translated
               ?
            
          
           
           
             
               (
               a
               )
            
             See
             
               Fuller
            
             concerning
             the
             
               Jewish
            
             Garments
             c.
             6.
             
             These
             
               Chemarims
            
             were
             the
             Idolatrous
             
               Preists
            
             of
             
               B●…l
               ,
            
             and
             got
             that
             name
             from
             their
             black
             clothes
             (
             the
             word
             being
             originally
             deduced
             from
             
               Chemar
               ,
            
             which
             in
             the
             
               Hebrew
               signifies
            
             to
             black
             or
             burne
             ,
             and
             we
             usually
             complain
             of
             that
             coloured
             cloth
             to
             be
             burnt
             in
             the
             dying
             .
             )
             A
             peculiar
             Habit
             no
             doubt
             to
             themselves
             ,
             and
             which
             in
             opposition
             to
             them
             ,
             I
             conceive
             few
             would
             wear
             .
             These
             
               Chemarins
            
             or
             
               Black-Coates
            
             God
             threatneth
             to
             cut
             off
             from
             
               Jerusalem
               ,
               Zeph.
            
             1.
             4.
             
             They
             were
             prophesied
             against
             by
             
               Hosea
               ,
               Hos.
            
             10.
             5.
             and
             rooted
             out
             by
             .
             
               Josiah
               ,
            
             2.
             
             
               Rings
            
             23.
             5.
             the
             word
             is
             in
             the
             margine
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXXIX
          
           
             
               WHether
               in
            
             Tertullians
             
               time
               ,
               every
               one
               that
               did
               turne
               Christian
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               was
               made
               a
            
             Presbyter
             ,
             
               did
               not
               renounce
               his
               Gowne
               ,
               (
               which
               was
               the
            
             Roman
             Vestment
             )
             
               for
               a
               long
               dark-coloured
               Cloak
               ?
               Whether
               afterwards
               the
            
             Clergy
             
               and
            
             Laity
             
               did
               not
               relinquish
               that
               ,
               for
               Coates
            
             (
             lacernae
             )
             
               and
               both
               were
               alike
               habited
               ?
               In
               Fine
               ,
               was
               not
               one
               ,
               a
               Bishop
               ,
               condemned
               at
               the
               Council
               of
            
             Gangrae
             ?
             
               for
               introducing
               the
               fashion
               of
               long-sad-coloured
               cloakes
               ,
               that
               wear
               being
               counted
               at
               that
               Assembly
               ,
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               unbeseeming
               the
            
             Priest-hood
             ?
          
           
             All
             this
             is
             cleare
             to
             any
             man
             that
             shall
             read
             out
             
               Tertullian
            
             de
             
               Pallio
               ,
            
             with
             the
             notes
             of
             
               Salmasius
            
             thereon
             .
             
               Hieron.
               in
               pist.
            
             ad
             
               Nepotian
               .
            
             c.
             11.
             vestes
             Pullas
             aeque
             devita
             ac
             candidas
             .
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             XL
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               the
            
             Doctors
             Scarlet
             Gowns
             ,
             
               were
               not
               at
               first
               instituted
               as
               an
               Emblem
               ,
               or
               representation
               of
               the
            
             Zeal
             
               which
               they
               either
               had
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               ought
               to
               have
               ?
            
             (
             a
             )
             
               And
               whether
               those
            
             Doctors
             
               of
            
             
             Oxford
             
               and
            
             Cambridge
             
               who
               wear
            
             Scarlet-Gowns
             
               have
               not
               as
               little
               Zeal
               ,
               as
               those
            
             Doctors
             
               which
               wear
               none
               ?
            
          
           
             (
             a
             )
             
               Erasin
               .
               Encom
               .
               Mor.
               de
               Cardinall
               .
            
             quid
             purpura
             ,
             nonne
             〈◊〉
             in
             Deum
             amorem
             ?
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             XLI
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               any
               of
               the
               Ceremonies
               and
               habits
               now
               used
               in
               the
            
             Universities
             ,
             
               had
               a
               very
               good
               Originall
               ,
               or
               have
               been
               employed
               to
               a
               good
               use
               since
               ,
            
          
        
         
           
             XLII
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               those
               things
               that
               had
               a
               good
               Originall
               and
               use
               (
               if
               they
               be
               not
               still
               necessary
               or
               commanded
               by
            
             God
             )
             
               when
               once
               they
               have
               been
               abused
               unto
               Idolatry
               or
               Superstition
               ,
               are
               not
               quite
               to
               be
               abolished
               ?
            
          
           
             T
             is
             much
             if
             it
             be
             not
             objected
             here
             by
             some
             ,
             that
             though
             their
             Orginall
             were
             
               Popish
            
             and
             
               Antichrstian
               ,
            
             yet
             since
             they
             are
             employed
             to
             better
             ends
             and
             uses
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             for
             distinction
             ,
             Order
             and
             Decency
             ,
             they
             may
             be
             lawfully
             enough
             reteined
             .
             To
             this
             I
             shall
             answer
             ,
             might
             not
             the
             
               Jews
            
             have
             objected
             the
             same
             reason
             to
             their
             Reformers
             that
             the
             
               Golden
               Calfe
            
             and
             
               Groves
            
             might
             not
             be
             consumed
             and
             turned
             into
             Ashes
             ,
             because
             they
             might
             be
             employed
             hereafter
             to
             better
             uses
             ?
             The
             One
             for
             exchange
             and
             Traffick
             ,
             the
             other
             for
             building
             ,
             fuel
             or
             a
             pleasant
             shade
             ,
             very
             convenient
             in
             that
             hot
             Country
             .
             Might
             not
             the
             
               Brazen
               Serpent
               ,
            
             though
             it
             were
             worshipped
             by
             some
             ,
             yet
             still
             be
             preserved
             ?
             because
             it
             might
             serve
             to
             put
             others
             in
             Mind
             of
             
               God
            
             who
             had
             cured
             ;
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Pots
             of
             Manna
             ,
             which
             were
             laid
             up
             to
             remember
             them
             how
             
               God
            
             had
             miraculously
             fed
             their
             fathers
             in
             the
             
               Wilderness
               ?
            
             yet
             when
             the
             
               Brazen
               Serpent
            
             was
             once
             abused
             to
             ●…dolatry
             ,
             away
             it
             must
             go
             .
             In
             like
             manner
             was
             not
             
               Baali
            
             a
             proper
             Significant
             good
             word
             ,
             yet
             when
             once
             
             an
             Idoll
             was
             called
             by
             it
             ,
             the
             
               Lord
               ,
            
             who
             is
             a
             jealous
             
               God
               ,
            
             would
             have
             it
             no
             more
             used
             in
             his
             worship
             and
             service
             ,
             but
             commanded
             them
             to
             call
             him
             
               Jshi
               .
            
          
           
             Yet
             we
             do
             not
             find
             that
             true
             neither
             
               that
               they
               are
               employed
               for
               distinction
            
             and
             
               decency
               ,
            
             but
             rather
             in
             
               Pride
               ,
               pomp
               ,
               vain-glory
               ;
            
             so
             that
             by
             reteining
             of
             them
             they
             do
             no
             more
             then
             the
             
               Levite
            
             who
             stole
             away
             
               Micha's
               Gods
            
             from
             
               Mount
               Ephraim
               ,
            
             and
             set
             them
             up
             
               at
               Dan
               ,
            
             where
             Idolatry
             became
             a
             more
             publique
             worship
             .
             T
             is
             true
             that
             while
             the
             Army
             continued
             in
             Action
             t'
             was
             thought
             fit
             by
             the
             
               Vniversity
               Men
            
             in
             part
             to
             lay
             them
             a
             side
             ,
             at
             least
             for
             awhile
             ,
             but
             since
             the
             Honest
             party
             of
             the
             Armies
             have
             been
             scattered
             and
             weakened
             in
             great
             measure
             ,
             they
             have
             again
             brought
             them
             into
             full
             credit
             and
             fashion
             ,
             just
             like
             the
             
               Jews
               ,
            
             who
             had
             learnt
             to
             make
             a
             
               calfe
            
             in
             
               Egypt
               ,
            
             but
             had
             no
             opportunity
             to
             shew
             their
             skill
             till
             
               Moses
            
             and
             
               Joshua
            
             were
             gone
             out
             of
             the
             Campe
             .
          
        
         
           
             XLIII
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               the
               whole
               use
               of
               that
               Complement
               ,
            
             your
             Servant
             ,
             
               was
               not
               anciently
               Condemned
               ?
            
          
           
             *
             
               See
            
             the
             book
             called
             a
             
               Treatise
            
             of
             
               use
            
             and
             
               Custom
            
             p.
             160.
             161.
             his
             words
             are
             these
             ,
             
               he
               is
               not
               counted
               a
               civill
               man
               now
               of
               late
               years
               amongst
               us
               ,
               that
               thinks
               much
               to
               subscribe
               himself
               servant
               ,
               though
               it
               be
               to
               his
               aequall
               or
               inferior
               .
            
             Yet
             
               Sulpitius
               Severus
            
             was
             once
             soundly
             chid
             by
             
               Paulinus
               Bishop
               of
               Nola
               ,
            
             for
             subscribing
             himself
             his
             
               servant
            
             in
             a
             letter
             of
             his
             :
             but
             you
             shall
             hear
             him
             speak
             ,
             if
             you
             please
             ,
             and
             see
             what
             he
             though●…
             of
             it
             ;
             
               In
               epistolae
               titulo
               ,
               imitari
               praestantem
               in
               omnibus
               mihi
               fraternitatem
               tuam
               timui
               ,
               quia
               tutius
               credidi
               verè
               scribere
               ;
               cave
               ergò
               pocthac
               ,
            
             servus
             
               in
               libertatem
               vocatus
               ,
               hominis
               &
               Fratris
               &
               conservi
               inferioris
            
             servum
             
               te
               subscribere
               ,
               quia
               peccatum
               est
               adulationis
               magis
               ,
               quam
               humilitatis
               justificatio
               ,
               honorem
               uni
               domino
               ,
               uni
               Magistro
               ,
               uni
               Deo
               debitum
               ;
               homini
               cuilibet
               ,
               ne
               dicam
               misero
               peccatori
               d●…ferre
               .
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
         
           
             XLIV
             .
          
           
             
               WHether
               Persecution
               for
               Religion
               be
               not
               condemned
               by
               the
               Ancients
               ?
            
             (
             a
             )
             
               Was
               not
               a
               toleration
               granted
               to
               all
               by
            
             Constantine
             ?
             (
             b
             )
             
               do
               not
               some
               of
               the
            
             Papists
             
               themselves
               teach
               that
               no
               faith
               is
               to
               be
               enforced
               ?
            
             (
             c
             )
          
           
             
               (
               a
               )
               Lactant.
               
               Oper.
            
             lib.
             5.
             de
             justitia
             p.
             353.
             
             Lugdon
             .
             Sed
             defendenda
             sunt
             inquiunt
             suscepta
             publicè
             sacra
             .
             O
             quam
             honestá
             voluntate
             miseri
             errant
             ?
             Sentiunt
             enim
             nihil
             esse
             in
             rebus
             humanis
             Religione
             praestantius
             ,
             eamque
             summâ
             vi
             oportere
             defendi
             ;
             sed
             ut
             in
             ipsâ
             Religione
             ,
             sic
             in
             defensionis
             genere
             salluntur
             .
             Defendenda
             enim
             Religio
             est
             non
             occidendo
             ,
             sed
             mori●…ndo
             ;
             non
             saevitiá
             ,
             sed
             patientiá
             ;
             non
             scelere
             ,
             sed
             fide
             ,
             illa
             enim
             malorum
             sunt
             ,
             haec
             bonorum
             ;
             &
             necesse
             est
             bonum
             in
             religione
             versari
             non
             malum
             :
             nam
             si
             sanguine
             ,
             si
             tormentis
             ,
             si
             malo
             religionem
             defendere
             velis
             :
             jam
             non
             defendetur
             illa
             ,
             sed
             polluetur
             atque
             violabitur
             :
             nihil
             enim
             est
             tam
             voluntarium
             quam
             religio
             ,
             in
             quâ
             si
             animus
             sacrificantis
             aversus
             est
             ,
             jam
             sublata
             ,
             jam
             nulla
             est
             ,
             recta
             igitur
             ratio
             est
             ut
             religionem
             patientiâ
             vel
             morte
             defendas
             ;
             in
             qua
             fides
             conservata
             ,
             &
             ipsi
             Deo
             grata
             est
             ,
             &
             religioni
             addit
             autoritatem
             ,
             &c.
             
             
               Tertull.
            
             ad
             
               Scapulam
               .
            
             Tamen
             humani
             juris
             &
             naturalis
             potestatis
             est
             ,
             unicuique
             ,
             quod
             putaverit
             colere
             ;
             nec
             alii
             obest
             aut
             prodest
             alterius
             religio
             ,
             sed
             nec
             religionis
             est
             cogere
             religionem
             ,
             quae
             sponte
             suscipi
             debet
             non
             vi
             .
             Magistrum
             neminem
             habemus
             nisi
             Deum
             solum
             .
             
               And
            
             Julian
             
               as
               bad
               as
               the
               Clergy
               makes
               him
               ,
               see
               what
               he
               sayes
               .
            
             Epist.
             43.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Equidem
             de
             
               Galilaeis
            
             omnibus
             adeo
             clementer
             &
             humaniter
             statui
             ,
             ut
             nemini
             vis
             inferatur
             ,
             neque
             in
             templum
             trahatur
             ,
             neque
             aliâ
             de
             re
             ullâ
             praeter
             voluntatem
             suam
             contumeliâ
             afficiatur
             .
             
               And
               again
            
             Julian
             Bostrenis
             
               Epist.
            
             52.
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               (
               scil.
            
             Christianorum
             )
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Sane
             neminem
             istorum
             trahi
             ad
             aras
             nostras
             in
             vitum
             patimur
             .
             
               And
               a
               little
               after
               
               speaking
               to
               the
               Citizens
               (
               to
               whom
               he
               wrote
               )
               not
               to
               fall
               out
               with
               one
               another
               ,
               or
               do
               harme
               to
               the
               Christians
               by
               reason
               of
               their
               divers
               Religions
               ,
               his
               words
               are
               these
               .
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Quippe
             oratione
             persuadere
             ,
             docerique
             satius
             est
             homines
             ,
             quam
             verberibus
             ac
             contumeliis
             ,
             corporumque
             suppliciis
             :
             Ergo
             iterum
             ac
             saepius
             admoneo
             ,
             qui
             in
             veram
             religionem
             voluntate
             suâ
             feruntur
             ,
             ne
             quâ
             injuria
             Galilaeos
             afficiant
             ,
             neve
             in
             eos
             impetum
             faciant
             ,
             aut
             contumeliis
             vexent
             ;
             Etenim
             misericordia
             potius
             quam
             odio
             digni
             sunt
             ,
             qui
             maximis
             in
             rebus
             calamitatem
             patiuntur
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             (
             b
             )
             
               Scip.
               Ammirat
               .
               dissertat
               .
               politic
               .
               lib.
            
             3.
             
               p.
            
             92.
             sed
             com●…rtissimum
             est
             ,
             postquam
             
               Constantinus
            
             Baptismatis
             lavacro
             re●…eneratus
             Christianos
             fovisset
             ,
             Ecclesias
             exaedificâsset
             ,
             persecutiones
             sustulisset
             ,
             privilegia
             &
             immunitates
             Christianis
             largitus
             esset
             ,
             nihilominus
             Gentilium
             templa
             ab
             eo
             minimè
             destructa
             ;
             imo
             permissum
             fuisse
             ut
             unusquisque
             arbitratu
             suo
             quam
             vellet
             religionem
             coleret
             ,
             quod
             
               Eusebius
            
             clare
             docet
             lib.
             2.
             
               c.
            
             59.
             
               de
               .
               vit.
               Constant.
            
             adeo
             ut
             nullus
             dubitationi
             locus
             fit
             .
          
           
             See
             likewise
             
               Themistius
            
             his
             twelfe
             oration
             made
             to
             
               Jovini●…n
            
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             all
             which
             oration
             was
             to
             commend
             him
             for
             his
             giving
             toleration
             ,
             and
             to
             exhort
             him
             farther
             to
             it
             ,
             where
             the
             Reader
             may
             abundantly
             satisfie
             himself
             with
             his
             arguments
             .
          
           
             
               (
               c
               )
            
             Quod
             Fides
             nec
             potest
             nec
             debet
             eogi
             .
             
               this
               Fr.
               
               Dom.
               Soto
               in
            
             quart
             
               sentent
               .
               distinct
               .
            
             5.
             
             
               Artic.
            
             10.
             
               p.
            
             154.
             155.
             hath
             proved
             by
             very
             many
             excellent
             arguments
             ;
             and
             answered
             all
             objections
             to
             the
             contrary
             .
             Certainly
             where
             there
             is
             not
             a
             liberty
             of
             dissenting
             allowed
             ,
             there
             
               Paul
            
             doth
             not
             dispute
             in
             the
             schoole
             of
             
               Tyrannus
               ,
            
             but
             
               Tyrannus
            
             in
             
               Paul's
               .
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A61887e-1690
           
             Let
             any
             one
             give
             a
             better
             reason
             and
             prove
             it
             .
          
           
             *
             This
             is
             asserted
             by
             
               Salmasius
            
             under
             the
             name
             of
             
               Walo
               Messalinus
               .
            
          
           
             *
             Vide
             Colloqu
             .
             Ratisponense
             .