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             The necessity of heresies asserted and explained in a sermon and clerum / by the author of the Catholic balance and published as a consolatory to the Church of England in the days of her controversie ...
             Hill, Samuel, 1648-1716.
          
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           THE
           NECESSITY
           OF
           HERESIES
           ASSERTED
           and
           EXPLAINED
           IN
           A
           SERMON
           
             AD
             CLERVM
          
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           
             Catholick
             Balance
          
           .
        
         
           And
           published
           as
           a
           Consolatory
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           in
           the
           days
           of
           her
           Controversie
           .
        
         
           
             
               Exod.
               14.13
            
             .
          
           
             And
             Moses
             said
             unto
             the
             people
             :
             Fear
             ye
             not
             ,
             stand
             still
             ,
             and
             see
             the
             salvation
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             which
             he
             will
             shew
             to
             you
             to
             day
             ;
             For
             the
             Aegyptians
             which
             ye
             have
             seen
             to
             day
             ,
             ye
             shall
             see
             them
             again
             no
             more
             for
             ever
             .
          
        
         
           IMPRIMATUR
           ,
           
             Concio
             haec
             cui
             Titulus
          
           [
           The
           Necessity
           of
           Heresies
           Asserted
           .
           ]
        
         
           July
           14.
           1688.
           
        
         
           
             H.
             MAVRICE
          
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Robert
             Clavel
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Peacock
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           .
        
         
           MDCLXXXVIII
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             
               
                 1
                 COR.
                 II.
                 9.
              
               
            
             
               For
               there
               must
               be
               also
               Heresies
               among
               you
               ,
               that
               they
               which
               are
               approved
               ,
               may
               be
               made
               manifest
               among
               you
               .
            
          
        
         
           HE
           that
           sedately
           considers
           the
           whole
           extraction
           and
           process
           of
           Evil
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           prevalent
           diffusion
           of
           Vice
           and
           Lewdness
           against
           all
           the
           dictates
           of
           Vertue
           and
           Piety
           ,
           while
           the
           lenity
           of
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           seems
           cessant
           and
           unprovoked
           :
           and
           that
           discerns
           the
           strength
           and
           operation
           of
           External
           Temptations
           unto
           evil
           ,
           the
           passive
           easiness
           of
           our
           Tempers
           to
           admit
           them
           ,
           the
           prodigious
           looseness
           of
           motion
           in
           all
           our
           Animal
           Affections
           ,
           and
           their
           delusive
           influence
           upon
           our
           Understandings
           and
           our
           Wills
           :
           and
           that
           examines
           what
           originals
           gave
           being
           to
           the
           Malice
           of
           the
           Apostate
           Legions
           of
           Darkness
           to
           alienate
           them
           from
           their
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           sollicit
           our
           subversion
           likewise
           by
           indiscernible
           methods
           of
           Imposture
           ,
           must
           necessarily
           fall
           into
           
           Origen's
           Resolution
           ,
           (a)
           
             That
             if
             any
             Subjects
             ,
             discussible
             among
             men
             ,
             be
             hard
             to
             be
             traced
             ,
             the
             Generation
             of
             Evil
             must
             be
             reckoned
             as
             one
             of
             them
             .
          
           And
           yet
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           natural
           difficulties
           of
           our
           understanding
           herein
           had
           not
           been
           sufficient
           ,
           even
           the
           Scriptures
           themselves
           seem
           to
           multiply
           our
           Perplexities
           ,
           while
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           fundamental
           truth
           of
           this
           Religious
           Principle
           ,
           That
           God
           is
           not
           the
           Author
           of
           any
           moral
           Evil
           ,
           they
           yet
           
           proclaim
           unto
           us
           ,
           not
           only
           a
           natural
           ,
           but
           a
           moral
           necessity
           of
           Sins
           and
           Offences
           .
           Thus
           our
           Saviour
           preacheth
           a
           natural
           necessity
           of
           them
           :
           (b)
           
             It
             must
             needs
             be
             that
             offences
             come
             ,
             but
             wo
             be
             to
             him
             by
             whom
             the
             offence
             cometh
             .
          
           And
           my
           Text
           averreth
           a
           moral
           necessity
           of
           Heresies
           and
           Divisions
           .
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           &c.
           
             For
             there
             must
             be
             ,
             there
             ought
             to
             be
             ,
             there
             is
             need
             that
             there
             he
             Heresies
             .
          
           Nay
           ,
           that
           ,
           which
           more
           astonisheth
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           very
           Mediator
           of
           our
           Peace
           ,
           the
           great
           Henoticon
           of
           the
           whole
           World
           ,
           in
           reconciling
           all
           Mankind
           in
           one
           Body
           unto
           God
           ,
           of
           whose
           days
           it
           was
           prophesied
           ,
           that
           the
           Lamb
           should
           lie
           down
           with
           the
           Lyon
           ,
           tells
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           at
           their
           first
           mission
           ,
           (c)
           
             That
             he
             came
             not
             to
             give
             peace
             ,
             but
             a
             sword
             ;
             to
             set
             a
             man
             at
             variance
             against
             his
             Father
             ,
             and
             the
             Daughter
             against
             the
             Mother
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           And
           when
           we
           consider
           the
           malevolent
           nature
           of
           those
           Seeds
           of
           Discord
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           against
           all
           Societies
           ,
           either
           Sacred
           ,
           or
           Secular
           ,
           and
           the
           blessed
           means
           of
           Eternal
           Life
           also
           ;
           that
           these
           Mischiefs
           should
           become
           necessary
           ,
           and
           the
           result
           of
           Christianity
           it self
           ,
           seems
           a
           stupifying
           Riddle
           ,
           and
           (
           that
           which
           fills
           me
           with
           all
           horror
           )
           gives
           colour
           for
           the
           publick
           allowance
           of
           all
           Heresies
           and
           Blasphemies
           whatsoever
           .
           Since
           then
           I
           am
           intangled
           in
           a
           Text
           so
           intricate
           ,
           and
           withal
           so
           necessary
           to
           be
           explained
           ,
           I
           must
           offer
           you
           the
           Petition
           that
           Origen
           made
           to
           his
           dear
           Ambrose
           ,
           in
           his
           adventure
           against
           Celsus
           ,
           
             That
             you
             would
             give
             me
             your
             Prayers
             to
             the
             Supreme
             Fountain
             of
             Wisdom
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             so
             invigorate
             me
             from
             above
             ,
             and
             shed
             his
             heavenly
             Dews
             upon
             my
             present
             Meditations
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             that
             the
             savour
             of
             this
             Discourse
             may
             administer
             grace
             unto
             the
             Hearers
             ,
             and
             be
             like
             the
             savour
             of
             a
             Field
             which
             the
             Lord
             hath
             blessed
             .
          
        
         
           The
           weight
           then
           of
           this
           Text
           puts
           us
           upon
           a
           threefold
           Enquiry
           .
        
         
         
           
             I.
             What
             Heresie
             is
             .
          
           
             II.
             What
             Necessity
             there
             is
             of
             Heresies
             .
          
           
             III.
             What
             use
             we
             are
             to
             make
             of
             them
             .
          
        
         
           I.
           Heresie
           then
           ,
           literally
           and
           generally
           importing
           Division
           ,
           in
           Philosophy
           ,
           among
           the
           Greeks
           ,
           signified
           the
           separation
           of
           Men
           into
           different
           Schools
           and
           Parties
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           different
           Doctrines
           and
           Opinions
           ,
           without
           any
           form
           of
           Excommunication
           ,
           Execration
           ,
           or
           Extermination
           from
           common
           and
           friendly
           Society
           .
           Among
           the
           Jews
           Heresie
           consists
           in
           varying
           from
           ,
           and
           neglecting
           the
           Traditions
           of
           their
           Rabbins
           ,
           and
           is
           by
           them
           prosecuted
           with
           the
           severest
           Curses
           and
           Anathemaes
           whatsoever
           .
           The
           Divisions
           that
           have
           appeared
           in
           the
           Christian
           Profession
           ,
           are
           by
           St.
           Basil
           the
           Great
           ,
           in
           his
           first
           Canonical
           Epistle
           to
           Amphilochius
           ,
           distributed
           into
           three
           Classes
           ,
           viz.
           
             Parasynagogues
             ,
             Schisms
          
           and
           Heresies
           .
           The
           first
           are
           Uncanonical
           Assemblies
           of
           men
           unto
           voluntary
           and
           irregular
           Exercises
           of
           Religion
           under
           the
           pretence
           of
           a
           more
           active
           Zeal
           .
           Schism
           is
           a
           breach
           of
           Peace
           ,
           Union
           ,
           and
           Orderly
           Government
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           under
           the
           wanton
           Claims
           of
           a
           greater
           Liberty
           .
           Heresie
           is
           an
           insurrection
           against
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           her
           Doctrines
           ,
           derived
           from
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           universally
           received
           from
           the
           beginning
           ,
           under
           the
           imputation
           of
           falshood
           or
           deficiency
           ,
           and
           the
           ostentation
           of
           a
           purer
           and
           more
           perfect
           Knowledg
           .
           Which
           being
           the
           greatest
           of
           all
           Religious
           Confusions
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Apostolick
           and
           Canonical
           Discipline
           exposed
           to
           the
           strictest
           Censures
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           will
           need
           some
           Characteristick
           Description
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           at
           present
           aggravate
           the
           doubt
           ,
           how
           so
           vile
           a
           Monster
           should
           become
           necessary
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           that
           so
           directly
           intends
           her
           dissolution
           .
           Tertullian
           chargeth
           
           the
           Hereticks
           of
           his
           Age
           with
           many
           Irregularities
           against
           both
           Discipline
           and
           Morals
           :
           (d)
           
             That
             they
             made
             no
             distinction
             between
             Heathens
             ,
             Catechumens
             ,
             or
             Christians
             ,
             but
             imparted
             their
             Mysteries
             equally
             unto
             all
             :
             That
             they
             reputed
             Simplicity
             to
             be
             prostration
             of
             Discipline
             :
             That
             they
             kept
             Communion
             with
             all
             Parties
             against
             the
             Church
             :
             That
             they
             were
             all
             proud
             ,
             and
             all
             pretended
             knowledg
             :
             The
             very
             Females
             ,
             how
             pert
             ,
             and
             daring
             to
             assume
             the
             very
             Offices
             of
             the
             Hierarchy
             !
             That
             their
             Ordinations
             were
             rash
             ,
             light
             and
             unconstant
             ;
             that
             sometimes
             they
             set
             up
             Novices
             ,
             sometimes
             Men
             engaged
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             sometimes
             the
             very
             Apostates
             of
             the
             Church
             :
             That
             they
             had
             one
             Bishop
             to
             day
             ,
             and
             to
             morrow
             another
             :
             That
             he
             that
             was
             a
             Deacon
             to
             day
             ,
             to
             morrow
             sunk
             to
             a
             Reader
             :
             And
             he
             that
             was
             to
             day
             a
             Priest
             ,
             to
             morrow
             reversed
             to
             a
             Lay-man
             ;
             for
             that
             with
             them
             the
             Laity
             assume
             the
             Services
             of
             the
             Priesthood
             :
             That
             their
             whole
             preaching
             was
             not
             to
             convert
             Heathens
             ,
             but
             pervert
             true
             Christians
             ;
             not
             to
             build
             any
             thing
             ,
             but
             destroy
             the
             Church
             :
             That
             they
             conversed
             with
             Magicians
             ,
             Juglers
             and
             Sorcerers
             .
          
           Thus
           far
           Tertullian
           .
           Nay
           ,
           that
           which
           is
           most
           remarkable
           ,
           Heresie
           was
           at
           first
           the
           issue
           of
           Sorcery
           ;
           the
           Grand-father
           thereof
           being
           
             Simon
             Magus
          
           ;
           who
           transmitted
           his
           Sorcery
           and
           Heresie
           together
           to
           his
           trusty
           Disciple
           Menander
           ,
           who
           in
           both
           out-did
           his
           Original
           ;
           and
           thus
           descended
           all
           the
           various
           Brood
           of
           the
           Gnosticks
           ,
           and
           other
           like
           Vermin
           ,
           who
           took
           their
           Names
           from
           the
           respective
           Founders
           or
           Principles
           of
           their
           several
           Impieties
           .
           They
           blasphemed
           the
           Creator
           ,
           Moses
           ,
           and
           the
           Prophets
           ;
           vilified
           and
           corrupted
           the
           New
           Testament
           at
           their
           pleasure
           ;
           forged
           false
           Gospels
           and
           Writings
           for
           Canonical
           ,
           and
           set
           up
           false
           Prophecies
           as
           Revelations
           of
           the
           Paraclete
           :
           They
           were
           sometimes
           circumcised
           with
           the
           Jews
           ;
           sometimes
           they
           sacrificed
           with
           the
           Heathens
           :
           consecrated
           the
           soulest
           Pollutions
           into
           Mysteries
           ;
           
           and
           betrayed
           true
           Christians
           up
           to
           all
           manner
           of
           Persecutions
           .
           This
           ,
           and
           a
           much
           more
           dreadful
           ,
           account
           we
           have
           of
           Heresies
           from
           the
           Fathers
           and
           Ecclesiastical
           Histories
           .
           From
           whom
           let
           us
           ascend
           to
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           see
           what
           they
           say
           of
           them
           .
           St.
           Jude
           calls
           the
           Hereticks
           of
           his
           time
           (e)
           
             ungodly
             men
             ,
             that
             turn'd
             the
             grace
             of
             God
             into
             wantonness
             ,
             denying
             the
             only
             God
             ,
             and
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ;
             filthy
             dreamers
             ,
             defilers
             of
             the
             flesh
             ,
             despisers
             of
             Dominion
             ,
             blasphemers
             of
             Dignities
             ,
             clouds
             without
             water
             ,
             carried
             about
             of
             winds
             ;
             withering
             fruitless
             trees
             ,
             raging
             waves
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             foaming
             out
             their
             own
             shame
             ;
             mockers
             ,
             separatists
             ,
             sensual
             ,
             and
             without
             the
             spirit
             .
          
           Saint
           Peter
           foretells
           of
           the
           same
           Hereticks
           ,
           (f)
           
             That
             their
             false
             Teachers
             should
             bring
             in
             damnable
             Heresies
             ,
             and
             deny
             the
             Lord
             God
             that
             bought
             them
             ;
             men
             of
             unclean
             lusts
             ,
             despisers
             of
             Government
             ,
             presumptuous
             ,
             selfwilled
             ,
             blasphemers
             of
             Dignities
             ,
             having
             eyes
             full
             of
             adultery
             ,
             constant
             in
             sin
             ,
             beguiling
             unstable
             Souls
             ,
             having
             covetous
             hearts
             ,
             cursed
             children
             ,
             forsaking
             the
             right
             way
             ,
             and
             following
             the
             way
             of
          
           Balaam
           ;
           
             wells
             without
             water
             ,
             clouds
             carried
             about
             with
             a
             tempest
             ,
             speaking
             great
             swelling
             words
             of
             vanity
             ,
             and
             thereby
             alluring
             those
             who
             were
             clean
             escaped
             from
             them
             that
             live
             in
             error
             .
          
           St.
           Paul
           saith
           of
           those
           that
           made
           Divisions
           at
           Rome
           ,
           (g)
           
             That
             they
             served
             not
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             but
             their
             own
             belly
             ;
             and
             with
             good
             words
             ,
             and
             fair
             speeches
             ,
             deceived
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             simple
             .
          
           Of
           the
           Cretan
           Hereticks
           he
           instructs
           Titus
           ,
           (h)
           That
           
             they
             were
             fond
             of
             Jewish
             fables
             ,
             being
             turned
             from
             the
             truth
             ,
             and
             being
             disorderly
             bablers
             and
             deceivers
             .
          
           He
           foretells
           Timothy
           ,
           (i)
           
             That
             the
             time
             would
             come
             ,
             in
             which
             they
             would
             not
             endure
             sound
             doctrine
             ,
             but
             according
             to
             their
             own
             lusts
             would
             heap
             to
             themselves
             Teachers
             ,
             having
             itching
             ears
             ,
             turning
             away
             from
             the
             truth
             ,
             and
             enclining
             unto
             fables
             :
          
           (k)
           That
           
             they
             should
             be
             lovers
             of
             themselves
             ,
             covetous
             ,
             boasters
             ,
             proud
             ,
             
             blasphemers
             ,
             disobedient
             to
             parents
             ,
             unthankful
             ,
             unholy
             ,
             without
             natural
             affection
             ,
             truce
             breakers
             ,
             false
             accusers
             ,
             incontinent
             ,
             fierce
             ,
             despisers
             of
             good
             men
             :
             Traytors
             ,
             heady
             ,
             high-minded
             ,
             lovers
             of
             pleasures
             more
             than
             lovers
             of
             God
             ,
             having
             a
             form
             of
             godliness
             ,
             but
             denying
             the
             power
             thereof
             ;
             creeping
             into
             houses
             ,
             and
             leading
             away
             captive
             silly
             women
             laden
             with
             sins
             ,
             led
             away
             with
             divers
             lusts
             ,
             ever
             learning
             ,
             but
             never
             able
             to
             come
             to
             the
             knowledg
             of
             the
             truth
             .
          
           Which
           ,
           if
           we
           take
           one
           collective
           view
           of
           the
           whole
           aggregate
           of
           Hereticks
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           all
           these
           abominations
           universally
           diffused
           among
           them
           :
           if
           we
           consider
           them
           distributively
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           as
           if
           every
           Heretick
           were
           actually
           guilty
           of
           all
           these
           open
           Villanies
           ,
           but
           that
           in
           every
           Heretick
           there
           are
           more
           or
           less
           of
           these
           Impieties
           ,
           being
           the
           proper
           productions
           ,
           or
           improvements
           of
           their
           several
           Heresies
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           several
           tempers
           and
           inclinations
           of
           Men
           upon
           which
           they
           operate
           ;
           since
           Men
           encline
           to
           different
           Heresies
           according
           to
           their
           previous
           dispositions
           unto
           evil
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           are
           confirmed
           by
           those
           pleasing
           errors
           which
           they
           admire
           and
           entertain
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           such
           be
           the
           Complexion
           ,
           Genius
           ,
           and
           Original
           of
           all
           Heresies
           ;
           if
           their
           Extraction
           be
           so
           apparently
           from
           ,
           and
           their
           tendency
           leads
           unto
           Hell
           ,
           how
           falls
           the
           Church
           under
           a
           Necessity
           of
           them
           ?
           Why
           should
           St.
           Paul
           say
           there
           must
           be
           Heresies
           ?
           Shall
           we
           make
           them
           the
           issues
           of
           an
           Eternal
           Fate
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Anti
           God
           of
           the
           Manichees
           ?
           Or
           shall
           we
           father
           them
           on
           an
           Horrible
           Decree
           of
           God
           for
           an
           irrespective
           and
           inexorable
           Reprobation
           ?
           Or
           shall
           we
           dream
           with
           Lactantius
           ,
           That
           God
           originally
           put
           the
           Devil
           upon
           the
           amazing
           employment
           of
           scattering
           Snares
           and
           Temptations
           among
           the
           Sons
           of
           Men
           ?
           St.
           James
           cautions
           us
           against
           all
           the
           least
           approaches
           to
           this
           jealousie
           of
           the
           Lord
           our
           God
           :
           (l)
           
             Let
             no
             man
             say
             ,
             
             when
             he
             is
             tempted
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             tempted
             of
             God
             ,
             for
             God
             cannot
             be
             tempted
             with
             evil
             ,
             neither
             tempteth
             he
             any
             man.
          
           Whereupon
           we
           must
           search
           out
           for
           such
           a
           necessity
           of
           Heresies
           ,
           as
           is
           imputable
           ,
           not
           to
           the
           operative
           Determination
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           the
           Evils
           of
           Men
           :
           Since
           there
           must
           be
           Heresies
           ,
           they
           must
           be
           ours
           ,
           not
           God's
           ;
           They
           must
           derive
           from
           an
           unclean
           ,
           and
           puddled
           ,
           not
           from
           a
           Divine
           Fountain
           ,
           or
           Original
           :
           For
           ,
           
             Let
             God
             be
             true
             ,
             and
             every
             man
             a
             lyar
             .
          
        
         
           Except
           therefore
           only
           violent
           Force
           ,
           All
           Necessity
           is
           either
           Natural
           ,
           or
           Moral
           :
           Natural
           ,
           consisting
           in
           the
           proper
           tendencies
           of
           operative
           Causes
           to
           their
           suitable
           Effects
           :
           Moral
           ,
           in
           the
           reasonable
           proposals
           of
           Wisdom
           or
           Equity
           .
           And
           both
           these
           kinds
           of
           Necessity
           are
           either
           Primary
           ,
           Simple
           ,
           and
           Absolute
           :
           or
           Secondary
           only
           ,
           and
           Consequential
           ,
           with
           respect
           to
           antecedent
           Causes
           ,
           voluntary
           ,
           or
           unnecessitated
           .
           Thus
           in
           Naturals
           :
           That
           I
           am
           ,
           is
           to
           me
           of
           absolute
           necessity
           ;
           but
           that
           ,
           under
           the
           folly
           of
           too
           much
           Wine
           ,
           I
           talk
           and
           act
           idly
           ,
           is
           from
           no
           primary
           and
           absolute
           Necessity
           ,
           irresistible
           from
           the
           beginning
           ;
           but
           consequential
           only
           on
           my
           Intemperance
           .
           That
           I
           can
           see
           ,
           is
           from
           a
           natural
           Necessity
           absolute
           and
           primary
           :
           but
           that
           I
           actually
           must
           see
           ,
           is
           consequential
           to
           the
           opening
           of
           mine
           Eyes
           .
           Thus
           likewise
           in
           Morals
           :
           That
           a
           Man
           love
           the
           Lord
           his
           God
           with
           all
           his
           heart
           ,
           and
           with
           all
           his
           soul
           ,
           is
           primarily
           ,
           simply
           ,
           and
           eternally
           necessary
           :
           but
           the
           moral
           Necessity
           of
           my
           Repentance
           is
           consequential
           only
           on
           my
           Sin.
           That
           I
           do
           exact
           Justice
           to
           every
           Son
           of
           Man
           ,
           is
           of
           necessity
           absolutely
           moral
           :
           but
           the
           moral
           Necessity
           of
           repairing
           Injuries
           is
           secondary
           ,
           and
           introduced
           by
           my
           former
           Wrongs
           .
           Upon
           which
           preliminary
           distinction
           of
           the
           kinds
           and
           forms
           of
           Necessity
           ,
           we
           are
           now
           to
           examine
           ,
           First
           ,
           what
           Natural
           ,
           and
           Secondly
           ,
           what
           Moral
           Necessities
           there
           
           are
           for
           the
           admission
           of
           Heresies
           in
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           .
        
         
           First
           then
           ,
           The
           Truth
           and
           Sanctity
           of
           God
           require
           us
           to
           resolve
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           natural
           necessity
           of
           Heresies
           primitive
           ,
           and
           absolute
           ,
           by
           the
           operation
           of
           him
           ,
           that
           
             made
             not
             Death
             ,
             nor
             hath
             any
             delight
             in
             the
             destruction
             of
             the
             Living
             .
          
           For
           from
           the
           beginning
           ,
           the
           original
           state
           of
           Man
           needed
           no
           kind
           of
           evil
           to
           corrupt
           it
           .
           But
           all
           the
           natural
           necessity
           of
           them
           is
           secondary
           ,
           suppositive
           ,
           and
           consequential
           to
           precedent
           Sins
           ,
           and
           those
           actual
           too
           ,
           and
           most
           times
           habitual
           .
           For
           though
           other
           Immoralities
           begin
           to
           break
           out
           in
           the
           very
           first
           essays
           of
           our
           tender
           Understandings
           ,
           yet
           the
           inculcations
           of
           Heresie
           have
           no
           such
           early
           influence
           on
           our
           Fancies
           ,
           but
           require
           antecedently
           a
           longer
           sense
           and
           experience
           of
           Good
           and
           Evil
           :
           To
           which
           ,
           when
           a
           Man
           is
           arrived
           ,
           he
           cannot
           be
           precipitated
           into
           the
           guilt
           of
           Heresie
           ,
           without
           want
           either
           of
           Piety
           or
           Care.
           For
           though
           a
           Soul
           aspiring
           with
           all
           care
           to
           a
           great
           devotion
           ,
           may
           in
           the
           infancy
           of
           that
           piety
           be
           ignorant
           of
           many
           excellent
           Doctrines
           ,
           yet
           by
           this
           care
           he
           will
           espouse
           no
           Principle
           absolutely
           as
           fundamental
           ,
           either
           in
           heart
           or
           prosession
           ,
           which
           neither
           the
           Voice
           of
           Nature
           ,
           nor
           the
           Rules
           of
           Faith
           have
           clearly
           revealed
           to
           his
           Understanding
           :
           nor
           oppose
           those
           Points
           that
           ,
           either
           by
           the
           Light
           of
           Nature
           ,
           or
           of
           God's
           holy
           Word
           ,
           have
           ever
           been
           received
           by
           the
           Universal
           Church
           as
           Fundamentals
           .
           And
           he
           that
           doth
           otherwise
           ,
           lets
           himself
           loose
           by
           his
           own
           fault
           :
           and
           if
           thereby
           he
           necessarily
           falls
           into
           Heresie
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           fatal
           mischief
           consequential
           to
           his
           inconsiderate
           negligence
           .
           
             What
             man
             is
             he
             then
             that
             feareth
             the
             Lord
             ?
             him
             shall
             he
             teach
             in
             the
             way
             that
             he
             shall
             choose
             .
          
        
         
           This
           then
           sufficiently
           proves
           the
           Negative
           ,
           that
           no
           Heresies
           can
           be
           incurred
           without
           foregoing
           faults
           :
           but
           
           we
           are
           here
           further
           to
           enquire
           what
           positive
           influence
           there
           is
           in
           Sins
           to
           determine
           the
           Sinner
           to
           a
           consequential
           Heresie
           .
           For
           though
           it
           is
           plain
           ,
           that
           every
           Heretick
           is
           a
           Sinner
           ;
           yet
           not
           that
           every
           ,
           no
           nor
           the
           foulest
           Sinners
           are
           always
           Hereticks
           .
           So
           that
           upon
           the
           supposition
           of
           Evil
           ,
           it
           yet
           appears
           not
           that
           there
           is
           a
           natural
           necessity
           thence
           consequent
           ,
           that
           there
           must
           be
           Heresies
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           elucidation
           whereof
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           observed
           ,
           That
           though
           every
           Sinner
           is
           not
           a
           professed
           Heretick
           ,
           yet
           in
           every
           Apostate
           Conscience
           there
           are
           Seeds
           of
           Heresie
           ,
           that
           suggest
           thereunto
           false
           and
           imposturous
           Consolations
           .
           Thus
           the
           Voluptuous
           heretically
           thinks
           his
           Pleasures
           innocent
           ,
           and
           the
           boons
           of
           Nature
           :
           The
           Covetous
           ,
           in
           like
           manner
           ,
           thinks
           his
           Disease
           prudence
           ,
           frugality
           and
           piety
           to
           his
           Off-spring
           :
           The
           Proud
           and
           Ambitious
           fancies
           his
           Airs
           to
           be
           magnanimous
           :
           The
           Severe
           ,
           conceits
           his
           Cruelty
           to
           be
           Justice
           :
           The
           Hypocrite
           believes
           that
           God
           is
           contented
           with
           the
           outside
           ,
           or
           searcheth
           not
           the
           heart
           :
           The
           Violent
           thinks
           there
           is
           no
           Providence
           ,
           or
           Judgment
           to
           come
           :
           And
           the
           most
           Orthodox
           Sinners
           have
           too
           easie
           thoughts
           of
           the
           Divine
           Lenity
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           could
           ,
           or
           would
           connive
           at
           mens
           Iniquities
           .
           Thus
           Error
           is
           fatally
           interwoven
           with
           our
           Vices
           ;
           and
           the
           Oyl
           that
           feeds
           the
           Lamp
           of
           God
           enkindled
           in
           our
           Souls
           ,
           is
           precipitated
           by
           the
           violence
           of
           our
           Lusts
           ;
           and
           being
           thus
           extinguished
           ,
           leaves
           us
           in
           night
           and
           folly
           ,
           and
           the
           shadow
           of
           death
           ,
           in
           which
           we
           must
           needs
           plainly
           follow
           every
           
             Ignis
             fatuus
          
           ,
           every
           twinkling
           Fancy
           or
           Delusion
           ,
           that
           occurs
           in
           all
           our
           aims
           and
           appetites
           of
           Good
           and
           Evil.
           So
           that
           when
           so
           much
           matter
           for
           Heresie
           is
           preparatively
           collected
           in
           a
           vicious
           Soul
           ,
           it
           is
           naturally
           necessary
           and
           consequent
           ,
           that
           it
           break
           out
           into
           an
           actual
           flame
           ,
           when
           our
           Vices
           are
           grown
           up
           into
           Obstinacy
           and
           Ostentation
           ,
           and
           are
           solicited
           to
           Ambition
           
           by
           incidental
           and
           suitable
           Motives
           and
           Temptations
           .
        
         
           For
           we
           must
           observe
           ,
           That
           the
           natural
           necessity
           of
           actual
           and
           avowed
           Heresies
           results
           not
           purely
           from
           a
           meer
           internal
           Vice
           ,
           but
           also
           from
           the
           apposite
           concurrence
           of
           external
           Allurements
           ;
           upon
           which
           ,
           if
           the
           vicious
           Soul
           be
           absolutely
           intent
           ,
           and
           a
           profession
           of
           Heresie
           be
           the
           only
           way
           in
           prospect
           to
           attain
           them
           ;
           there
           't
           is
           naturally
           necessary
           that
           the
           uncorrected
           Appetite
           fall
           into
           Heresie
           .
           Thus
           Thebutes
           at
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
             Novatian
          
           at
           Rome
           ,
           and
           Arius
           at
           Alexandria
           ,
           (
           as
           Epiphanius
           reports
           him
           )
           and
           many
           others
           elsewhere
           ,
           through
           the
           eager
           desire
           of
           an
           Episcopal
           Character
           ,
           denied
           them
           by
           the
           Church
           ,
           fell
           into
           revengeful
           Passions
           also
           ,
           and
           thence
           into
           Heresie
           by
           a
           natural
           consequence
           .
           Thus
           Liberius
           ,
           Bishop
           of
           Rome
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           witnessed
           a
           good
           Confession
           ,
           and
           for
           that
           went
           into
           Exile
           ;
           yet
           impatience
           of
           the
           pressure
           ,
           and
           an
           appetite
           to
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           Roman
           Chair
           being
           too
           predominant
           ,
           hurried
           him
           into
           Arianism
           ,
           and
           a
           subscription
           to
           the
           Arimin
           Confession
           .
           Now
           here
           was
           no
           primary
           Necessity
           that
           these
           Men
           should
           be
           ambitious
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           heretical
           :
           but
           being
           under
           the
           impotency
           of
           Ambition
           ,
           against
           which
           they
           had
           not
           duly
           watched
           ;
           and
           a
           profession
           of
           Heresie
           being
           a
           ready
           way
           to
           attain
           it
           ,
           they
           were
           naturally
           driven
           by
           the
           blasts
           thereof
           into
           Acts
           heretical
           by
           a
           secondary
           and
           consequential
           Necessity
           .
           For
           when
           Men
           are
           once
           subdued
           to
           their
           Lusts
           ,
           they
           are
           passively
           hurried
           away
           to
           all
           the
           precipices
           of
           Evil
           ,
           to
           which
           the
           stings
           of
           Passion
           or
           Appetite
           shall
           at
           ranndom
           drive
           them
           .
           And
           as
           this
           gives
           a
           clear
           account
           of
           that
           natural
           Necessity
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           Vices
           of
           particular
           Men
           dispose
           them
           to
           Heresie
           :
           so
           if
           we
           take
           a
           prospect
           of
           the
           general
           diffusion
           and
           prevalency
           of
           Vice
           in
           the
           Affections
           of
           Men
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           
           their
           secular
           Interests
           or
           Pleasures
           ,
           by
           the
           love
           of
           which
           the
           Powers
           of
           Darkness
           support
           their
           tyranny
           over
           the
           Souls
           of
           Men
           ;
           to
           destroy
           all
           which
           ,
           Christianity
           was
           instituted
           from
           above
           ;
           the
           general
           reasons
           of
           things
           will
           conclude
           it
           necessary
           ,
           that
           the
           Faith
           in
           Christ
           Jesus
           must
           ever
           find
           many
           prejudiced
           Adversaries
           ,
           animated
           by
           Satanical
           Artifices
           and
           Sollicitations
           to
           oppose
           and
           deseat
           it
           :
           to
           compass
           which
           ,
           no
           way
           is
           so
           effectual
           as
           to
           debauch
           its
           Purity
           by
           perverse
           interpretations
           ,
           and
           to
           render
           its
           Truth
           dubious
           by
           litigious
           divisions
           :
           And
           Man
           being
           extremely
           prone
           to
           these
           ever
           since
           the
           dispersion
           of
           Babel
           ,
           it
           is
           natural
           to
           presage
           ,
           that
           through
           so
           great
           enmity
           as
           Christianity
           must
           needs
           meet
           with
           ,
           by
           natural
           consequence
           Heresies
           and
           Divisions
           must
           be
           framed
           against
           it
           .
           According
           to
           which
           Phaenomenon
           ,
           upon
           the
           general
           prospect
           and
           tendency
           of
           things
           ,
           and
           the
           various
           fermentation
           of
           Passions
           upon
           the
           introduction
           and
           process
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           our
           Saviour
           foretold
           ,
           that
           of
           necessity
           ,
           consequential
           to
           the
           Prejudices
           and
           Lusts
           of
           Men
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           Offences
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           event
           ,
           tho
           not
           the
           intent
           of
           his
           coming
           ,
           
             rebus
             sic
             stantibus
          
           ,
           would
           certainly
           determine
           in
           inevitable
           variances
           between
           the
           nearest
           Relations
           ,
           and
           blow
           up
           an
           unquenchable
           flame
           in
           the
           very
           bowels
           and
           vitals
           of
           both
           Kingdoms
           and
           Families
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           beside
           this
           natural
           Necessity
           of
           Heresies
           consequential
           to
           the
           sinful
           state
           of
           Man
           ,
           I
           told
           you
           that
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Apostle
           seem
           to
           import
           a
           moral
           Necessity
           for
           the
           propagation
           of
           them
           .
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           &c.
           
             There
             ought
             to
             be
             ,
             there
             is
             need
             there
             should
             be
             Heresies
             .
          
           A
           Proposition
           of
           a
           strange
           complexion
           at
           the
           first
           glance
           ,
           and
           at
           which
           the
           weak
           and
           prejudicate
           may
           be
           easily
           offended
           .
           For
           there
           have
           been
           Opinionists
           ,
           that
           have
           thought
           it
           unbecoming
           the
           Divinity
           to
           permit
           a
           meer
           possibility
           of
           
           moral
           Evil
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           which
           it
           had
           been
           congruous
           to
           the
           Supreme
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           to
           have
           made
           a
           System
           of
           immaculate
           and
           unchangeable
           Holiness
           to
           the
           Lord
           ;
           not
           considering
           that
           such
           a
           model
           would
           preclude
           the
           Sovereign
           Regalia
           of
           God's
           Government
           ,
           and
           put
           his
           Creatures
           out
           of
           a
           condition
           of
           Religious
           Obedience
           ,
           in
           that
           whatsoever
           Acts
           and
           Operations
           of
           the
           Creatures
           are
           not
           voluntary
           ,
           but
           the
           passive
           productions
           of
           an
           Almighty
           Influence
           ,
           are
           not
           reducible
           to
           the
           formal
           Reason
           and
           Schesis
           of
           a
           Legislative
           Empire
           and
           Government
           .
           But
           our
           question
           here
           is
           of
           a
           greater
           difficulty
           .
           For
           though
           a
           possibility
           of
           Evil
           be
           fundamentally
           supposed
           in
           the
           institution
           of
           Laws
           ,
           yet
           what
           moral
           Necessity
           is
           there
           of
           it
           in
           any
           healthy
           or
           just
           State
           of
           Government
           ,
           especially
           in
           the
           State
           of
           Religion
           ?
           Is
           it
           not
           enough
           ,
           under
           so
           pure
           a
           Theocracy
           ,
           to
           admit
           a
           possibility
           of
           Offences
           ,
           as
           the
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           or
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           the
           Need
           nots
           ,
           and
           vain
           Excrescencies
           of
           Man's
           Life
           ?
           but
           must
           they
           be
           annumerated
           to
           the
           Necessaries
           ,
           and
           adapted
           among
           the
           mighty
           Importances
           of
           God's
           Providence
           in
           the
           Conduct
           of
           Religion
           ?
           This
           is
           that
           that
           puzzles
           ,
           this
           drives
           us
           to
           the
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           
             O
             the
             depth
             of
             the
             riches
             both
             of
             the
             Wisdom
             and
             Knowledg
             of
             God!
             How
             unsearchable
             are
             his
             Judgments
             ,
             and
             his
             ways
             past
             finding
             out
             !
          
        
         
           But
           since
           all
           Scriptures
           are
           written
           for
           the
           instruction
           of
           Devout
           and
           Religious
           Souls
           ,
           which
           God
           Almighty
           communicates
           to
           all
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           measures
           ,
           studies
           and
           benefits
           ;
           I
           will
           with
           all
           sobriety
           offer
           to
           consideration
           ,
           what
           seems
           to
           be
           the
           sair
           and
           clear
           account
           of
           the
           Divine
           Wisdom
           in
           this
           particular
           .
           In
           order
           whereunto
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           examine
           three
           things
           .
           First
           ,
           What
           that
           is
           which
           St.
           Paul
           here
           calls
           Heresies
           ,
           and
           of
           which
           he
           asserts
           and
           moral
           Necessity
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           What
           God
           does
           toward
           the
           production
           or
           propagation
           of
           them
           .
           And
           
           thirdly
           ,
           What
           kind
           and
           degree
           of
           moral
           Necessity
           there
           is
           to
           induce
           God
           to
           such
           a
           form
           of
           concurrence
           as
           we
           shall
           discover
           in
           this
           Enquiry
           .
        
         
           First
           then
           ,
           When
           St.
           Paul
           saith
           ,
           
             There
             must
             be
             Heresies
          
           ,
           he
           intends
           no
           internal
           Principles
           or
           Passions
           heretical
           ,
           of
           these
           he
           asserts
           no
           moral
           Necessity
           in
           this
           place
           :
           but
           only
           on
           presupposition
           of
           these
           ,
           he
           makes
           the
           external
           eruptions
           of
           them
           in
           heretical
           professions
           to
           be
           morally
           useful
           and
           necessary
           .
           This
           appears
           from
           the
           End
           in
           prospect
           ,
           
             That
             they
             that
             are
             approved
             ,
             may
             be
             manifested
             .
          
           Now
           external
           Acts
           only
           can
           give
           us
           a
           distinctive
           sense
           of
           Mens
           Qualifications
           ,
           and
           so
           are
           only
           necessary
           to
           that
           use
           .
           So
           that
           the
           sense
           is
           to
           be
           thus
           resolved
           :
           
             Since
             there
             among
             you
             men
             of
             corrupt
             and
             heretical
             Principles
             against
             the
             Peace
             and
             Fundamentals
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             with
             latent
             Vices
             ,
             whence
             these
             Errors
             spring
             ,
             it
             is
             necessary
             and
             convenient
             that
             they
             should
             break
             out
             into
             open
             and
             actual
             Heresies
             and
             Divisions
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             a
             detection
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             a
             manifestation
             of
             the
             sincere
             .
          
           Which
           is
           the
           effect
           ,
           not
           of
           habitual
           merely
           ,
           but
           of
           actual
           and
           professed
           Heresies
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           It
           is
           to
           be
           considered
           what
           God
           does
           ,
           how
           far
           he
           concurs
           to
           the
           production
           or
           increase
           of
           these
           actual
           Heresies
           .
           First
           then
           ,
           As
           God
           instils
           not
           the
           inherent
           Principles
           or
           Vices
           heretical
           ,
           so
           neither
           doth
           he
           promote
           them
           into
           outward
           Acts
           by
           any
           influential
           force
           upon
           their
           Wills
           ,
           at
           least
           not
           ordinarily
           ,
           nor
           in
           a
           manner
           obstructing
           their
           present
           power
           or
           liberty
           of
           conversion
           ,
           or
           suggesting
           greater
           animosity
           to
           their
           former
           prejudices
           .
           Though
           otherwise
           ,
           if
           were
           not
           unjust
           in
           Almighty
           God
           to
           compel
           an
           inward
           Heretick
           ,
           against
           his
           designs
           of
           concealment
           and
           secresie
           ,
           to
           discover
           his
           ulcer
           even
           by
           immediate
           impulses
           on
           his
           Soul
           ,
           when
           else
           the
           secrecy
           would
           be
           more
           injurious
           to
           others
           ,
           or
           more
           hurtful
           
           to
           himself
           ,
           than
           an
           open
           detection
           .
           For
           so
           it
           happens
           ,
           that
           an
           undiscerned
           Heretick
           may
           transmit
           an
           undiscerned
           venom
           into
           many
           Members
           of
           the
           Church
           by
           the
           advantage
           of
           an
           outside
           Communion
           ,
           which
           he
           perhaps
           may
           not
           in
           an
           open
           state
           of
           Separation
           ;
           according
           to
           that
           wicked
           Maxim
           in
           Politicks
           ,
           
             Of
             making
             ones
             self
             of
             that
             Party
             which
             he
             designeth
             to
             destroy
             .
          
           And
           many
           times
           an
           open
           discovery
           exposeth
           the
           Heretick
           to
           such
           shame
           ,
           condemnation
           ,
           and
           means
           of
           conviction
           too
           ,
           as
           may
           end
           in
           his
           Conversion
           ,
           which
           he
           might
           have
           no
           advantage
           of
           under
           a
           covert
           privacy
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           God
           ,
           not
           restraining
           the
           Heretick
           from
           a
           liberty
           to
           return
           ,
           may
           put
           him
           into
           such
           occurrences
           of
           Objects
           ,
           Acquaintance
           ,
           or
           Examples
           ,
           by
           attending
           unto
           which
           he
           may
           give
           vent
           to
           his
           Thoughts
           and
           Principles
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           attainment
           of
           some
           flattering
           Hopes
           .
           And
           in
           this
           God
           doth
           no
           evil
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           no
           inevitable
           Stumbling-blocks
           to
           him
           ,
           he
           being
           at
           liberty
           to
           recall
           himself
           ,
           and
           not
           yield
           up
           his
           Soul
           to
           the
           unlawful
           Appetites
           and
           Temptations
           that
           present
           themselves
           before
           him
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           When
           a
           man
           hath
           devoted
           himself
           to
           all
           Impiety
           ,
           God
           may
           justly
           deliver
           him
           up
           to
           the
           power
           of
           lying
           and
           Apostate
           Spirits
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           
           Ahab's
           wicked
           Prophets
           ,
           to
           act
           him
           to
           all
           those
           kinds
           and
           degrees
           of
           actual
           Sins
           and
           Heresies
           from
           which
           the
           hand
           of
           God
           shall
           not
           restrain
           them
           .
           Fourthly
           ,
           When
           Impiety
           is
           rampant
           ,
           God
           may
           permit
           it
           a
           greater
           or
           less
           latitude
           of
           acting
           ,
           according
           as
           to
           his
           Infinite
           Wisdom
           shall
           seem
           expedient
           in
           the
           general
           issue
           of
           things
           :
           by
           which
           greater
           or
           straiter
           limitation
           the
           Sinner
           shall
           not
           be
           forced
           to
           any
           actual
           Crime
           ,
           but
           only
           confined
           within
           such
           a
           compass
           ,
           without
           which
           he
           shall
           not
           be
           able
           to
           exert
           his
           Malice
           :
           Even
           as
           the
           Envy
           of
           the
           Devil
           at
           Job
           was
           permitted
           Exercise
           ,
           but
           with
           a
           precaution
           not
           to
           touch
           his
           Life
           .
           In
           all
           which
           methods
           of
           
           God's
           positive
           ,
           permissive
           ,
           or
           restrictive
           Concurrence
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           tincture
           of
           the
           least
           Iniquity
           ,
           not
           only
           from
           the
           just
           Causes
           ,
           and
           laudable
           Ends
           thereof
           ;
           but
           because
           God
           infuses
           no
           evil
           Intention
           into
           either
           the
           actual
           or
           habitual
           Wills
           of
           wicked
           Men
           ,
           but
           only
           either
           infatuates
           ,
           permits
           ,
           or
           encloses
           them
           ,
           and
           their
           operations
           ,
           as
           he
           seeth
           requisite
           .
           For
           that
           ,
           which
           these
           Ways
           and
           Counsels
           of
           God
           are
           concerned
           in
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           inner
           Determination
           of
           the
           Impious
           Mind
           to
           the
           love
           or
           choice
           of
           Evil
           ,
           in
           which
           alone
           consists
           the
           guilt
           before
           God
           ;
           but
           only
           at
           the
           most
           ,
           the
           restriction
           of
           it
           in
           its
           outward
           Actions
           ,
           which
           considered
           separately
           in
           themselves
           ,
           from
           all
           relation
           to
           the
           Will
           that
           acts
           them
           ,
           may
           be
           indeed
           occasionally
           hurtful
           ,
           but
           involve
           not
           in
           them
           the
           intrinsick
           guilt
           ,
           which
           is
           purely
           seated
           in
           the
           Malice
           of
           the
           Mind
           .
           For
           a
           Falshood
           unwittingly
           uttered
           ,
           is
           no
           Lye
           :
           and
           in
           Man-slaughter
           't
           is
           not
           Chance
           ,
           but
           Intention
           makes
           the
           Murther
           .
           So
           that
           these
           Divine
           Concurrences
           ,
           touching
           only
           the
           bare
           external
           Acts
           of
           Heresie
           separately
           from
           their
           Fountains
           ,
           affect
           not
           the
           malice
           ,
           nor
           the
           radical
           guilt
           of
           Evil
           ,
           but
           only
           the
           results
           and
           consequences
           of
           it
           (
           which
           are
           on
           this
           side
           the
           Mind
           ,
           wherein
           the
           guilt
           only
           lodges
           )
           with
           no
           other
           design
           ,
           but
           to
           convert
           them
           to
           a
           great
           and
           noble
           good
           .
           And
           if
           God
           ,
           having
           dominion
           over
           the
           life
           and
           fate
           of
           Man
           ,
           may
           permit
           a
           violent
           Man
           to
           murther
           the
           Innocent
           ,
           though
           the
           Murther
           be
           an
           inevitable
           oppression
           of
           the
           Murthered
           ,
           while
           God
           instills
           no
           malice
           into
           the
           Mind
           of
           the
           Murtherer
           ;
           much
           more
           is
           the
           Almighty
           innocent
           in
           his
           Providential
           Permissions
           of
           actual
           Heresies
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           indeed
           ,
           that
           Heresie
           is
           the
           murther
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           whereas
           Homicide
           is
           only
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           Body
           :
           but
           to
           this
           I
           answer
           ,
           That
           the
           murtherous
           tendency
           of
           Acts
           Heretical
           ,
           is
           neither
           inevitable
           ,
           nor
           insuperable
           ,
           nor
           irrecoverable
           .
           For
           the
           passiveness
           
           of
           the
           Proselyte
           is
           voluntary
           ,
           and
           so
           he
           is
           
             Felo
             de
             se
          
           ,
           his
           own
           Murtherer
           ,
           though
           at
           the
           temptation
           of
           a
           Seducer
           ,
           and
           so
           cannot
           charge
           his
           murther
           wholly
           upon
           the
           very
           Tempter
           ,
           much
           less
           upon
           God
           ,
           who
           did
           not
           force
           him
           to
           imbibe
           ,
           but
           by
           his
           Word
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           motions
           of
           his
           Holy
           Spirit
           ,
           forewarned
           to
           beware
           of
           the
           Delusion
           ;
           and
           in
           mercy
           to
           him
           offers
           him
           time
           ,
           and
           means
           of
           recovery
           ,
           e're
           the
           poyson
           determine
           in
           his
           eternal
           Death
           .
           And
           when
           to
           these
           Considerations
           we
           shall
           add
           ,
           That
           all
           these
           Procedures
           of
           Almighty
           God
           are
           occasioned
           by
           the
           impulsive
           provocations
           of
           monstrous
           Impieties
           ,
           and
           diffusive
           Corruptions
           ,
           we
           cannot
           condemn
           our
           Heavenly
           Father
           of
           Injustice
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           no
           other
           end
           herein
           ,
           but
           only
           (m)
           
             To
             deliver
             up
             the
             ungodly
             unto
             strong
             delusions
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             believe
             a
             lie
             ;
             to
             the
             end
             ,
             they
             might
             all
             be
             damned
             who
             believed
             not
             the
             truth
             ,
             but
             had
             pleasure
             in
             unrighteousness
             .
          
           But
           since
           this
           is
           not
           the
           design
           ,
           but
           the
           event
           only
           of
           these
           Divine
           Methods
           upon
           the
           finally
           Incorrigible
           ;
           and
           there
           are
           many
           gracious
           ends
           to
           the
           good
           of
           all
           Men
           in
           God's
           permission
           of
           actual
           Heresies
           ,
           in
           which
           consists
           this
           moral
           Necessity
           of
           them
           mentioned
           by
           the
           Apostle
           :
           We
           are
           now
           smoothly
           brought
           to
           the
           third
           Consideration
           ;
           What
           is
           the
           Moral
           Necessity
           for
           their
           being
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           That
           therefore
           is
           Morally
           necessary
           ,
           which
           either
           the
           Rules
           of
           Duty
           ,
           or
           Dictates
           of
           Wisdom
           recommend
           ;
           and
           this
           either
           strictly
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           omission
           will
           be
           either
           a
           fault
           ,
           or
           a
           damage
           :
           or
           else
           more
           freely
           in
           such
           a
           latitude
           ,
           that
           though
           the
           omission
           be
           not
           injurious
           ,
           yet
           the
           observation
           will
           be
           expedient
           :
           in
           which
           latter
           degree
           and
           sense
           ,
           Moral
           Necessity
           is
           no
           more
           than
           Rational
           Convenience
           ,
           and
           amounts
           not
           to
           the
           force
           of
           a
           rigorous
           Obligation
           .
           And
           both
           these
           kinds
           of
           Moral
           Necessity
           may
           be
           either
           absolute
           in
           the
           nature
           and
           reason
           of
           the
           things
           themselves
           ,
           
           or
           relative
           to
           antecedent
           Causes
           ,
           of
           which
           they
           are
           consequential
           ;
           or
           to
           final
           Issues
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           are
           ministerial
           by
           a
           Moral
           influence
           and
           motion
           on
           the
           Mind
           .
           Which
           being
           thus
           premised
           ,
           it
           is
           natural
           to
           resolve
           ,
           that
           the
           Moral
           Necessity
           of
           actual
           Heresies
           descends
           not
           from
           any
           Laws
           of
           Duty
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           Reasons
           of
           Wisdom
           :
           which
           ,
           upon
           an
           antecedent
           Supposition
           of
           wicked
           Men
           ,
           and
           secret
           Hereticks
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           proposes
           the
           detection
           of
           them
           ,
           in
           a
           manifestation
           of
           their
           Principles
           ,
           extremely
           beneficial
           and
           convenient
           .
           First
           ,
           To
           the
           Hereticks
           themselves
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           their
           conversion
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           To
           the
           Wavering
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           their
           probation
           and
           settlement
           .
           And
           thirdly
           ,
           To
           the
           Approved
           and
           Faithful
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           their
           glory
           .
        
         
           First
           then
           ,
           The
           permission
           of
           actual
           Heresies
           is
           intended
           by
           God
           to
           the
           good
           of
           Hereticks
           many
           ways
           .
           For
           first
           ,
           While
           Men
           kept
           their
           Heresies
           close
           within
           their
           secret
           Cells
           ,
           the
           Catholick
           Doctors
           ,
           not
           discerning
           the
           Hearts
           ,
           make
           no
           direct
           applications
           to
           them
           to
           reform
           and
           cleanse
           them
           .
           So
           that
           detection
           is
           necessary
           in
           order
           to
           their
           better
           instruction
           .
           And
           secondly
           ,
           During
           the
           secrecy
           of
           Heresies
           within
           the
           Breasts
           of
           Men
           ,
           they
           fondly
           imagine
           ,
           that
           upon
           a
           discovery
           they
           will
           take
           mightily
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           charm
           great
           multitudes
           of
           Men
           into
           rapture
           and
           admiration
           ,
           and
           that
           no
           Man
           will
           be
           able
           to
           gainsay
           them
           .
           But
           so
           it
           always
           happens
           ,
           that
           ,
           tho
           Fools
           and
           Wretches
           may
           be
           imposed
           upon
           ,
           yet
           the
           Wise
           and
           best
           part
           of
           Mankind
           will
           despise
           and
           abominate
           what
           the
           Hereticks
           thought
           would
           ravish
           them
           :
           And
           thus
           collecting
           all
           their
           force
           of
           Truth
           and
           Wisdom
           ,
           will
           baffle
           and
           confound
           them
           ,
           and
           hiss
           them
           off
           the
           Stage
           ,
           and
           expose
           them
           to
           the
           publick
           Sense
           of
           Men
           as
           the
           Pests
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Agents
           of
           the
           wicked
           One.
           Which
           Issues
           so
           defeating
           the
           false
           Hopes
           and
           Expectations
           
           of
           the
           Heretick
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           convictions
           of
           Truth
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           Labours
           of
           those
           that
           refute
           him
           ,
           the
           general
           contempt
           and
           abomination
           past
           upon
           him
           ,
           the
           reverberations
           of
           his
           Conscience
           ,
           deserted
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           scourged
           by
           the
           Spirits
           of
           Darkness
           ,
           whom
           he
           served
           ,
           are
           proper
           and
           forcible
           motives
           to
           Humiliation
           and
           Repentance
           ,
           which
           nought
           but
           an
           habitual
           and
           obdurate
           Stupor
           can
           resist
           .
           And
           yet
           if
           these
           prove
           ineffectual
           ,
           the
           Lenity
           of
           God
           uses
           other
           means
           to
           tire
           them
           out
           of
           their
           own
           Follies
           .
           For
           when
           men
           have
           once
           forsaken
           the
           way
           of
           Truth
           ,
           they
           travel
           into
           perplexing
           and
           endless
           mazes
           ,
           from
           one
           Error
           to
           another
           ,
           either
           successive
           and
           consequential
           ,
           or
           else
           casual
           and
           collateral
           .
           For
           as
           Theodoret
           (n)
           observes
           :
           
             The
             ways
             of
             Falsehood
             are
             cross
             and
             intricate
             :
          
           so
           that
           in
           those
           that
           are
           bewildred
           in
           them
           ,
           is
           fulfilled
           that
           of
           the
           Psalmist
           ;
           (o)
           
             They
             went
             astray
             in
             the
             Wilderness
             out
             of
             the
             way
             ,
             and
             found
             no
             City
             to
             dwell
             in
             :
             Hungry
             and
             thirsty
             ,
             their
             Soul
             fainted
             in
             them
             .
          
           And
           being
           in
           such
           a
           desert
           state
           ,
           they
           will
           (
           if
           at
           all
           ,
           or
           ever
           )
           be
           apt
           to
           relent
           ,
           
             And
             to
             cry
             unto
             the
             Lord
             in
             their
             trouble
             ,
             to
             deliver
             them
             out
             of
             their
             distress
             ,
             to
             lead
             them
             forth
             by
             the
             right
             way
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             go
             ,
             and
             dwell
             in
             the
             City
             that
             is
             refreshed
             with
             the
             streams
             and
             fountains
             of
             living
             waters
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           The
           diffusion
           of
           open
           Heresies
           contributes
           to
           the
           probation
           and
           settlement
           of
           wavering
           ,
           indifferent
           ,
           and
           ungrounded
           Souls
           .
           For
           in
           times
           of
           Ignorance
           ,
           or
           Carnal
           security
           ,
           many
           Men
           attend
           not
           to
           the
           force
           or
           design
           of
           Religious
           Institutions
           ,
           but
           sleep
           on
           supinely
           in
           the
           implicit
           Faith
           of
           the
           fashionable
           Religion
           .
           In
           which
           case
           and
           state
           of
           drowsiness
           ,
           no
           moral
           or
           external
           Good
           is
           so
           apt
           to
           excite
           men
           to
           a
           severe
           enquiry
           and
           study
           of
           True
           Religion
           ,
           as
           the
           outrage
           of
           Heresies
           ,
           which
           startle
           Men
           out
           of
           their
           heavy
           Lethargy
           ,
           yea
           ,
           even
           out
           of
           their
           Graves
           ,
           by
           a
           
           quick
           and
           forcible
           Resurrection
           ,
           crying
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           aloud
           with
           the
           voice
           of
           a
           Trumpet
           (
           and
           that
           a
           Trumpet
           of
           War
           too
           )
           in
           the
           ears
           of
           every
           such
           dull
           and
           doating
           Christian
           ;
           
             Awake
             thou
             that
             sleepest
             ,
             and
             arise
             from
             the
             dead
             ,
             and
             Christ
             shall
             give
             thee
             light
             .
          
           To
           this
           end
           God
           sometime
           permitted
           false
           Prophets
           to
           arise
           ,
           and
           to
           tempt
           his
           People
           to
           Idolatry
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           try
           and
           confirm
           them
           .
           Thus
           Moses
           :
           (p)
           
             If
             there
             arise
             among
             you
             a
             Prophet
             ,
             or
             a
             Dreamer
             of
             dreams
             ,
             and
             giveth
             thee
             a
             sign
             ,
             or
             a
             wonder
             :
             And
             the
             sign
             or
             wonder
             come
             to
             pass
             ,
             whereof
             he
             spake
             unto
             thee
             ,
             saying
             ,
             Let
             us
             go
             serve
             other
             Gods
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             hearken
             unto
             the
             words
             of
             that
             Prophet
             ,
             or
             that
             Dreamer
             of
             dreams
             ,
             for
             the
             Lord
             your
             God
             proveth
             you
             ,
             to
             know
             whether
             you
             love
             the
             Lord
             your
             God
             with
             all
             your
             heart
             ,
             and
             with
             all
             your
             soul
             :
          
           viz.
           Permitting
           such
           Temptations
           to
           arise
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           of
           equal
           force
           with
           the
           Miracles
           of
           Moses
           and
           Prophets
           ,
           but
           only
           strange
           enough
           to
           startle
           the
           Careless
           and
           the
           Improvident
           ,
           and
           to
           try
           them
           by
           the
           Prodigy
           ,
           and
           to
           provoke
           them
           to
           compare
           it
           with
           the
           Testimonial
           Fortifications
           of
           Moses
           and
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           and
           thus
           finally
           to
           instruct
           and
           confirm
           them
           in
           the
           Laws
           and
           Ordinances
           of
           the
           God
           of
           Israel
           .
           Thus
           at
           the
           entrance
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           our
           Lord
           foretold
           ,
           (q)
           
             That
             many
             false
             Prophets
             ,
             and
             false
             Christs
             should
             arise
             ,
             and
             shew
             great
             signs
             and
             wonders
             ,
             and
             deceive
             many
             :
             Behold
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             I
             have
             told
             you
             before
          
           ;
           (t)
           
             That
             we
             might
             not
             believe
             every
             Spirit
             ,
             but
             try
             the
             Spirits
             whether
             they
             are
             of
             God
             ,
             when
             many-false
             Prophets
             are
             gone
             out
             into
             the
             World.
             
          
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           the
           Divine
           Permission
           of
           Heresies
           is
           useful
           to
           the
           manifest
           justification
           of
           the
           Faithful
           ,
           and
           the
           Faith.
           For
           while
           the
           truth
           of
           our
           Faith
           meets
           with
           no
           opposition
           ,
           Men
           are
           generally
           content
           with
           the
           simplicity
           of
           its
           Tradition
           in
           Creeds
           ,
           and
           summary
           Abstracts
           of
           Christian
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           plain
           sense
           of
           the
           obvious
           and
           
           easie
           Scriptures
           .
           But
           when
           it
           's
           attacked
           by
           Heresies
           ,
           and
           false
           Principles
           ,
           pretendedly
           deduced
           from
           Divine
           Authority
           ,
           this
           puts
           the
           Zeal
           of
           the
           Faithful
           into
           a
           mighty
           fervour
           to
           trace
           the
           Sacred
           Oracles
           ,
           through
           all
           the
           Prophecies
           and
           Mysteries
           interspersed
           both
           in
           the
           Old
           and
           New
           Testament
           ;
           and
           by
           a
           Canonical
           Interpretation
           from
           the
           concurrent
           harmony
           of
           them
           ,
           to
           deduce
           a
           firm
           Catena
           of
           all
           the
           Catholick
           Principles
           of
           Christian
           Piety
           ,
           and
           to
           chase
           away
           into
           shame
           and
           confusion
           every
           Imposture
           that
           exalts
           it self
           against
           the
           healing
           Truth
           and
           Wisdom
           of
           God.
           Thus
           as
           soon
           as
           Hereticks
           were
           crept
           into
           the
           Church
           ,
           St.
           Jude
           (s)
           
             gave
             all
             diligence
             to
             write
             to
             them
             of
             the
             common
             Salvation
             ,
             and
             to
             exhort
             them
             to
             contend
             earnestly
             for
             the
             Faith
             that
             was
             once
             delivered
             unto
             the
             Saints
             ,
             viz.
          
           by
           discussing
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           
             which
             are
             able
             to
             make
             us
             wise
             unto
             salvation
             ,
             through
             faith
             that
             is
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             .
          
           Thus
           Catechism
           makes
           us
           Babes
           in
           Christ
           ,
           but
           even
           Heresie
           it self
           makes
           the
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           the
           Approved
           and
           Faithful
           perfectly
           mature
           in
           the
           Wisdom
           that
           is
           of
           God
           :
           by
           which
           he
           hath
           ,
           and
           will
           
             destroy
             the
             wisdom
             of
             the
             Wise
             ,
             and
             bring
             to
             nought
             the
             understanding
             of
             the
             Prudent
             .
          
           Heresie
           therefore
           ,
           which
           Celsus
           ,
           and
           other
           Enemies
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           deride
           as
           the
           blemish
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           proves
           the
           goodness
           of
           it
           in
           the
           Original
           ,
           and
           the
           glory
           of
           it
           in
           the
           End.
           For
           it
           was
           a
           sagacious
           hint
           of
           Origen
           ,
           (t)
           
             That
             all
             different
             Heresies
             in
             all
             Wisdom
             ,
             secular
             or
             sacred
             ,
             spring
             from
             some
             good
             and
             noble
             Original
             .
          
           Which
           ,
           while
           it
           can
           be
           preserved
           virgin
           and
           inviolate
           ,
           suffers
           no
           reproach
           from
           the
           lascivient
           follies
           of
           vain
           and
           imprudent
           Sciolists
           .
           And
           as
           to
           the
           Majestick
           glory
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           it
           sits
           in
           the
           Firmament
           of
           Heaven
           on
           high
           ,
           clothed
           with
           the
           Sun
           ,
           and
           the
           beams
           of
           Essential
           Light
           ,
           which
           all
           the
           filthy
           Exhalations
           of
           Spiritual
           Wizards
           and
           
           Impostors
           will
           never
           be
           able
           to
           darken
           or
           vilify
           :
           Since
           Christianity
           ever
           improved
           by
           oppositions
           ,
           emerged
           above
           Heresies
           ,
           and
           lives
           the
           more
           strongly
           by
           continual
           Persecutions
           ;
           and
           by
           its
           immovable
           perpetuity
           against
           all
           possible
           force
           and
           fraud
           ,
           becomes
           a
           Symbol
           and
           a
           Pledge
           of
           that
           Eternity
           ,
           which
           it
           promiseth
           ,
           and
           to
           which
           it
           leads
           us
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           Having
           thus
           discovered
           both
           the
           natural
           and
           moral
           Necessity
           of
           Heresies
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           Let
           us
           in
           the
           last
           place
           consider
           ,
           what
           seasonable
           Uses
           ,
           (
           besides
           those
           ,
           which
           are
           already
           touched
           on
           )
           Humane
           Prudence
           ,
           under
           the
           conduct
           of
           the
           Divine
           Wisdom
           ,
           will
           suggest
           unto
           us
           .
           Upon
           which
           ,
           being
           to
           speak
           to
           an
           Auditory
           of
           a
           double
           Character
           ,
           it
           is
           fit
           I
           should
           offer
           some
           Considerations
           proper
           to
           each
           Order
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           indeed
           ,
           were
           there
           time
           to
           expatiate
           ,
           lies
           a
           large
           Plain
           before
           me
           ,
           relating
           to
           the
           Discipline
           ,
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           Sanctity
           of
           the
           Priesthood
           ;
           and
           the
           Sincerity
           ,
           Humility
           ,
           and
           Morals
           of
           the
           People
           .
           But
           a
           regard
           to
           your
           uneasiness
           ,
           the
           narrowness
           of
           the
           time
           ,
           and
           the
           Laws
           of
           Modesty
           ,
           must
           ,
           and
           shall
           confine
           me
           .
        
         
           First
           then
           ,
           The
           Administration
           of
           Discipline
           ,
           being
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           my
           Superior
           ,
           requires
           from
           him
           a
           Lesson
           of
           Prudence
           and
           Wisdom
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           to
           us
           all
           ,
           and
           consequently
           enjoins
           me
           silence
           in
           this
           particular
           .
           And
           perhaps
           the
           present
           State
           and
           Circumstances
           of
           the
           Church
           require
           no
           such
           accurate
           enforcements
           of
           it
           in
           this
           juncture
           :
           The
           Counsel
           of
           St.
           Austin
           being
           seasonable
           ,
           (u)
           
             Nos
             vero
             ad
             sanam
             Doctrinam
             pertinere
             arbitramur
             ,
             ut
             canes
             in
             Ecclesiae
             propter
             pacem
             Ecclesiae
             toleremus
             :
             Canibus
             vero
             sanctum
             ,
             ubi
             pax
             Ecclesiae
             tuta
             est
             ,
             non
             demus
             .
          
           So
           that
           I
           am
           immediately
           to
           pass
           to
           the
           consideration
           of
           that
           Doctrine
           ,
           which
           we
           ought
           to
           support
           ,
           for
           the
           prevention
           ,
           diminution
           ,
           or
           extirpation
           of
           Heresies
           .
           And
           here
           ,
           my
           
           Brethren
           ,
           you
           need
           a
           Draught
           from
           the
           Judgment
           of
           a
           Superior
           :
           And
           if
           our
           Reverend
           Ordinary
           had
           thought
           good
           ,
           instead
           of
           making
           proof
           of
           me
           ,
           to
           have
           filled
           up
           this
           place
           of
           Sacred
           Oratory
           himself
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           given
           us
           an
           excellent
           Copy
           from
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           the
           Prudence
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Fathers
           .
           In
           opposition
           to
           the
           Follies
           and
           Fables
           of
           Heresie
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           admonished
           us
           in
           (w)
           
             all
             our
             Doctrine
             ,
             to
             shew
             uncorruptness
             ,
             gravity
             ,
             and
             sincerity
             ;
             sound
             speech
             ,
             that
             cannot
             be
             condemned
             ,
             that
             they
             of
             the
             contrary
             part
             may
             be
             ashamed
             :
          
           (x)
           
             To
             study
             to
             shew
             our selves
             approved
             unto
             God
             ,
             Workmen
             that
             need
             not
             be
             ashamed
             ,
             rightly
             dividing
             the
             word
             of
             truth
             .
          
           In
           opposition
           to
           the
           disputatious
           vanity
           of
           Hereticks
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           forbidden
           us
           (y)
           
             to
             doat
             about
             questions
             ,
             strifes
             about
             words
             ,
             whereof
             cometh
             envy
             ,
             strife
             ,
             railings
             ,
             evil
             surmisings
             ,
             and
             perverse
             disputing
             with
             men
             of
             corrupt
             minds
             :
          
           remembring
           the
           magnificent
           sense
           of
           
             Clemens
             Alexandrinus
          
           in
           this
           particular
           :
           (z)
           
             Not
             to
             strive
             for
             empty
             victory
             ,
             for
             that
             with
             us
             quietness
             is
             the
             designed
             end
             of
             Conferences
             .
          
           (a)
           
             For
             the
             Servant
             of
             the
             Lord
             must
             not
             strive
             ,
             but
             be
             gentle
             unto
             all
             men
             ,
             apt
             to
             teach
             ,
             patient
             :
             In
             meekness
             instructing
             those
             that
             oppose
             themselves
             ,
             if
             God
             peradventure
             will
             give
             them
             repentance
             to
             the
             acknowledgment
             of
             the
             truth
             :
             And
             that
             they
             may
             recover
             themselves
             out
             of
             the
             snare
             of
             the
             Devil
             :
          
           Thus
           Ignatius
           to
           the
           Ephesians
           :
           (b)
           
             In
             opposition
             to
             their
             anger
             ,
             be
             you
             gentle
             ;
             to
             their
             boasting
             ,
             be
             you
             lowly
             ;
             to
             their
             blasphemies
             ,
             oppose
             you
             your
             Prayers
             ;
             against
             their
             Errors
             ,
             stand
             you
             firm
             in
             the
             Faith
             ;
             against
             their
             rage
             ,
             be
             you
             always
             mild
             ;
             not
             aiming
             to
             imitate
             them
             ,
             but
             being
             emulous
             of
             the
             Lord.
          
           In
           contrariety
           to
           heretical
           Innovations
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           bid
           us
           keep
           close
           to
           
             the
             Faith
             which
             was
             once
             delivered
             to
             the
             Saints
             :
          
           To
           magnify
           the
           
           excellency
           ,
           and
           improve
           the
           use
           of
           Catechetical
           Doctrines
           ;
           (c)
           
             To
             hold
             fast
             the
             Tradition
             of
             Faith
             ,
             the
             form
             of
             sound
             words
             ,
             which
             we
             have
             received
             from
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             that
             dwelleth
             in
             us
             ,
             to
             keep
             that
             good
             thing
             which
             was
             committed
             to
             us
             .
          
           For
           they
           indeed
           pursue
           a
           vain
           glory
           by
           daring
           enquiries
           into
           Riddles
           ,
           that
           tend
           to
           the
           subversion
           of
           the
           Hearers
           :
           but
           St.
           
             Gregory
             Nazianzen
          
           gives
           us
           sounder
           direction
           ;
           (d)
           
             Not
             to
             despise
             the
             trite
             and
             common
             Principles
             ,
             not
             to
             hunt
             out
             for
             novelties
             ,
             to
             gain
             a
             reputation
             with
             the
             multitude
             .
          
           In
           all
           our
           methods
           of
           Instruction
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           enjoined
           us
           to
           preach
           ,
           not
           our selves
           ,
           or
           our
           own
           Conceptions
           ,
           or
           meer
           Humane
           and
           novel
           Traditions
           ,
           but
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           and
           him
           crucified
           ,
           and
           the
           power
           of
           his
           Resurrection
           ,
           and
           such
           noble
           Mysteries
           of
           Salvation
           from
           the
           sole
           Authority
           of
           the
           Divine
           Oracles
           :
           Whence
           
             the
             Priest's
             lips
             are
             to
             preserve
             knowledg
             ,
             and
             the
             People
             are
             to
             seek
             the
             law
             at
             his
             mouth
             .
          
           And
           you
           know
           the
           High-Priest
           gave
           no
           Oracular
           Responses
           to
           the
           People
           from
           the
           Holy
           of
           Holies
           ,
           but
           what
           the
           Excellent
           Glory
           ,
           that
           dwelt
           between
           the
           Cherubims
           ,
           had
           written
           with
           rays
           of
           purest
           light
           upon
           the
           Pectoral
           .
           In
           all
           our
           Doctoral
           Offices
           he
           would
           have
           required
           of
           us
           an
           unwearied
           diligence
           ,
           
             in
             season
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             season
             ,
             not
             to
             neglect
             ,
             but
             to
             stir
             up
             the
             gift
             of
             God
             which
             is
             in
             us
             ,
             by
             the
             imposition
             of
             the
             hands
             of
             our
             Fathers
             ,
             and
             the
             Presbytery
             ;
             watching
             in
             all
             things
             ,
             enduring
             afflictions
             ,
             doing
             the
             work
             of
             Evangelists
             ,
             making
             full
             proof
             of
             our
             Ministry
             ,
             that
             being
             faithful
             unto
             death
             ,
             God
             may
             give
             us
             a
             Crown
             of
             Life
             .
          
        
         
           The
           last
           thing
           relating
           to
           our
           Order
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           Envy
           of
           Hereticks
           ,
           is
           our
           Sanctity
           .
           The
           Glory
           of
           which
           is
           indeed
           preferible
           to
           all
           the
           secular
           Splendor
           and
           Power
           upon
           Earth
           .
           And
           had
           I
           time
           to
           describe
           it
           ,
           not
           only
           from
           the
           Charge
           and
           Charter
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           but
           from
           
           the
           Mystical
           Resemblances
           thereof
           in
           the
           Institutes
           of
           Consecration
           ,
           Portions
           ,
           Offices
           ,
           and
           Authorities
           of
           the
           Sons
           of
           Aaron
           and
           Levi
           ,
           it
           would
           appear
           ,
           that
           our
           Order
           is
           no
           mean
           part
           of
           the
           Divine
           Care
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           hath
           cloathed
           us
           with
           so
           much
           Holinoss
           and
           Glory
           ,
           to
           stand
           before
           the
           Lord
           our
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           instead
           of
           God
           unto
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           Mediators
           for
           the
           People
           in
           things
           pertaining
           unto
           God.
           The
           White
           Robe
           of
           our
           Solemnities
           represents
           an
           Angelical
           Purity
           even
           here
           ,
           since
           the
           Angel
           that
           attended
           our
           Lord's
           Resurrection
           appeared
           in
           Raiment
           as
           white
           as
           Snow
           ;
           and
           an
           Angelical
           Glory
           hereafter
           ,
           when
           (e)
           
             he
             that
             overcometh
             shall
             be
             cloathed
             in
             white
             raiment
             .
          
           In
           which
           emblematick
           Colour
           St.
           Hierom
           tells
           us
           (f)
           
             That
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             Priests
             and
             Deacons
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Ecclesiastical
             Orders
             were
             of
             old
             adorned
             :
          
           a
           Colour
           recommended
           by
           Plato
           as
           representative
           of
           Men
           peaceable
           and
           illuminated
           :
           agreeably
           whereunto
           St.
           
             Clemens
             Alexandrinus
          
           observes
           of
           the
           white
           Vestments
           used
           by
           the
           Clergy
           in
           his
           time
           ,
           (g)
           
             That
             they
             recommended
             the
             habit
             of
             their
             mind
             .
          
           Which
           I
           here
           urge
           with
           so
           much
           remark
           ,
           not
           that
           we
           should
           think
           our selves
           the
           more
           sacred
           for
           the
           habit
           ,
           which
           in
           it self
           indeed
           is
           senseless
           and
           indifferent
           ;
           but
           to
           stop
           the
           mouths
           of
           those
           that
           declaim
           against
           the
           solemn
           use
           of
           the
           white
           Robe
           in
           our
           Religious
           Rituals
           ,
           which
           was
           so
           early
           received
           in
           the
           most
           Primitive
           Ages
           as
           a
           symbol
           of
           our
           present
           Holiness
           ,
           and
           our
           future
           Glory
           :
           And
           not
           only
           to
           reprove
           them
           ,
           but
           to
           advertise
           our selves
           of
           that
           great
           internal
           purity
           of
           Soul
           ,
           which
           not
           only
           the
           weight
           ,
           but
           the
           very
           Pontificalia
           ,
           the
           solemn
           Ornaments
           of
           our
           Calling
           recommend
           to
           our
           tenderest
           care
           and
           culture
           .
           For
           instead
           of
           gazing
           on
           our
           Phylacteries
           ,
           or
           Plumes
           of
           outside
           Honour
           ,
           it
           is
           more
           necessary
           to
           dread
           the
           danger
           of
           our
           Calling
           ,
           and
           to
           tremble
           at
           the
           Precipice
           from
           on
           high
           .
           He
           that
           reads
           
           the
           Apology
           that
           Nazianzen
           made
           for
           flying
           from
           the
           Episcopal
           Seat
           at
           Nazianzum
           ,
           will
           be
           moved
           long
           to
           experience
           his
           own
           Graces
           ,
           before
           he
           enters
           upon
           an
           holy
           Charge
           ,
           closely
           resenting
           that
           pressing
           Question
           ,
           
             Who
             is
             sufficient
             for
             these
             things
             ?
          
           And
           when
           he
           is
           initiated
           into
           the
           Services
           of
           the
           Sanctuary
           ,
           will
           cloath
           himself
           with
           fear
           ,
           and
           humility
           ,
           and
           
             subdue
             his
             Body
             ,
             lest
             after
             he
             hath
             preached
             to
             others
             ,
             himself
             become
             a
             castaway
             .
          
           The
           Sons
           of
           Aaron
           ,
           that
           were
           the
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           Judges
           of
           the
           Blemishes
           ,
           both
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           their
           Oblations
           ,
           were
           themselves
           to
           be
           without
           blemish
           .
           (b)
           
             Spea
             kunto
             Aaron
             ,
             saying
             ,
             Whosoever
             he
             be
             of
             thy
             Seed
             in
             their
             Generations
             that
             hath
             any
             blemish
             ,
             let
             him
             not
             approach
             to
             offer
             the
             Bread
             of
             his
             God.
          
           For
           it
           is
           but
           natural
           ,
           that
           we
           first
           act
           the
           Levite
           and
           the
           Priest
           upon
           our selves
           ,
           before
           we
           administer
           these
           Liturgies
           or
           Operations
           unto
           others
           .
           That
           which
           our
           Saviour
           saith
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           
             The
             Kingdom
             of
             God
             is
             within
             you
          
           ;
           is
           also
           true
           of
           the
           Priesthood
           .
           Now
           the
           Levite
           was
           to
           cleanse
           ,
           and
           keep
           holy
           the
           Temple
           and
           Utensils
           of
           the
           Sanctuary
           :
           and
           the
           Priest
           therein
           ,
           and
           therewith
           ,
           was
           to
           make
           the
           Oblations
           to
           the
           Most
           High.
           The
           Stoicks
           have
           rightly
           set
           it
           ,
           That
           every
           wise
           Man
           is
           a
           Priest
           :
           in
           whom
           sobriety
           ,
           like
           the
           Levite
           ,
           cleanses
           the
           Temple
           ,
           Vessels
           ,
           and
           Affections
           of
           our
           Body
           :
           and
           Devotion
           is
           the
           Priesthood
           ,
           that
           hallows
           ,
           and
           dedicates
           us
           ,
           and
           all
           our
           Actions
           ,
           to
           the
           Living
           God.
           If
           then
           we
           are
           Priests
           and
           Levites
           only
           by
           an
           Hierarchical
           and
           External
           Character
           ,
           and
           not
           inwardly
           so
           by
           Purity
           and
           Grace
           ,
           what
           are
           we
           but
           whited
           Walls
           ,
           and
           Sepulchres
           ,
           whose
           surface
           is
           indeed
           gay
           ,
           but
           the
           inside
           nothing
           but
           rubbish
           ,
           and
           rottenness
           ,
           and
           the
           Bones
           of
           dead
           Men
           ,
           whom
           we
           have
           murthered
           and
           devoured
           by
           our
           Sins
           ,
           and
           which
           will
           appear
           in
           Judgment
           against
           us
           at
           the
           General
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Body
           ?
           Since
           then
           we
           are
           descended
           
           into
           the
           Field
           ,
           to
           fight
           before
           the
           Armies
           of
           God
           
             against
             Principalities
             ,
             and
             Powers
             ,
             and
             Spiritual
             Wickednesses
             in
             high
             Places
             ,
          
           (i)
           
             Let
             us
             follow
             after
             righteousness
             ,
             godliness
             ,
             faith
             ,
             love
             ,
             patience
             ,
             meekness
             ,
             fight
             the
             good
             fight
             of
             faith
             ,
             and
             thus
             lay
             hold
             on
             that
             eternal
             life
             whereunto
             we
             are
             called
             .
          
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           my
           Reverend
           Brethren
           ,
           it
           is
           time
           to
           scatter
           some
           Religious
           Offers
           to
           the
           Laick
           part
           of
           this
           Assembly
           .
        
         
           And
           you
           ,
           Good
           People
           ,
           remember
           carefully
           ,
           that
           you
           are
           in
           the
           Station
           of
           Disciples
           ,
           and
           are
           as
           much
           bound
           to
           learn
           ,
           as
           we
           to
           teach
           :
           and
           in
           order
           thereunto
           ,
           to
           be
           humble
           ,
           diligent
           ,
           and
           tractable
           ,
           without
           which
           no
           Scholar
           thrives
           under
           the
           best
           Tutors
           .
           Obedience
           therefore
           to
           our
           Religious
           Methods
           and
           Directions
           ,
           is
           your
           indispensable
           duty
           ,
           as
           well
           in
           order
           to
           your
           own
           improvement
           ,
           as
           our
           consolation
           .
           Thus
           the
           Author
           to
           the
           Hebrews
           teaches
           you
           :
           (k)
           
             Obey
             them
             that
             have
             the
             rule
             over
             you
             ,
             and
             submit
             your selves
             ,
             for
             they
             watch
             for
             your
             Souls
             ,
             as
             they
             that
             must
             give
             account
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             do
             it
             with
             joy
             ,
             and
             not
             with
             grief
             ,
             for
             this
             is
             unprofitable
             for
             you
             .
          
           For
           the
           neglect
           of
           this
           plunges
           you
           into
           all
           manner
           of
           Sins
           ,
           Schisms
           ,
           Heresies
           ,
           and
           Impieties
           .
           The
           general
           mistake
           of
           common
           People
           is
           to
           despise
           the
           Doctrine
           that
           leadeth
           unto
           Practice
           ,
           and
           their
           ears
           itch
           after
           strange
           and
           empty
           Novelties
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           seem
           to
           know
           much
           .
           But
           a
           good
           old
           Father
           ,
           Saint
           ,
           and
           Martyr
           ,
           giveth
           you
           his
           Sense
           ;
           (l)
           
             That
             it
             is
             better
             to
             be
             plain
             Men
             ,
             and
             to
             know
             but
             little
             ,
             and
             by
             charity
             to
             come
             near
             unto
             God
             ,
             than
             by
             fancying
             to
             know
             much
             ,
             to
             blaspheme
             against
             him
             ;
             to
             know
             nothing
             but
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             and
             him
             crucified
             ,
             than
             by
             subtlety
             of
             questions
             ,
             and
             much
             babling
             ,
             to
             fall
             into
             impiety
             .
          
           Think
           not
           that
           we
           envy
           you
           the
           glory
           of
           an
           excellent
           Wisdom
           .
           I
           can
           freely
           say
           with
           
             Moses
             ,
             Would
             to
             God
             all
             the
             Lord's
             People
             were
             Prophets
          
           ;
           and
           I
           embrace
           knowledg
           heartily
           
           in
           every
           one
           whom
           it
           puffeth
           not
           up
           into
           vanity
           and
           insolence
           .
           To
           this
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           God
           calleth
           ,
           to
           this
           the
           serene
           Spirit
           of
           God
           continually
           invites
           the
           wandring
           and
           inobservant
           Sons
           of
           Men.
           But
           if
           you
           then
           will
           be
           wise
           indeed
           ,
           learn
           that
           Wisdom
           that
           is
           substantially
           such
           ,
           that
           leadeth
           unto
           life
           ,
           and
           teacheth
           you
           the
           things
           that
           belong
           unto
           your
           peace
           .
           The
           importunate
           Appetite
           of
           an
           unseasonable
           Knowledg
           of
           Good
           and
           Evil
           had
           at
           first
           such
           an
           issue
           ,
           as
           should
           for
           ever
           affright
           us
           from
           the
           like
           wanton
           and
           precipitous
           Adventures
           .
           The
           Corinthians
           coveted
           the
           extraordinary
           Gifts
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ;
           and
           St.
           Paul
           in
           some
           measure
           corrects
           ,
           and
           in
           some
           degree
           allows
           the
           Appetite
           :
           (m)
           
             but
             yet
             he
             teacheth
             them
             a
             more
             excellent
             way
             .
          
           What
           then
           is
           that
           ?
           
             Follow
             after
             Charity
             :
             For
             Charity
             never
             faileth
             ,
             though
             all
             other
             Graces
             cease
             .
             Charity
             suffereth
             long
             ,
             and
             is
             kind
             :
             Charity
             envieth
             not
             ,
             vaunteth
             not
             it self
             ,
             is
             not
             puffed
             up
             ,
             doth
             not
             behave
             it self
             unseemly
             ,
             seeketh
             not
             her
             own
             ,
             is
             not
             easily
             provoked
             ,
             thinketh
             no
             evil
             ,
             rejoyceth
             not
             in
             iniquity
             ,
             but
             rejoyceth
             in
             the
             truth
             :
             Beareth
             all
             things
             ,
             believeth
             all
             things
             ,
             hopeth
             all
             things
             ,
             endureth
             all
             things
             .
          
           And
           in
           distinction
           of
           true
           from
           vain
           Religion
           ,
           St.
           James
           gives
           you
           a
           clear
           Direction
           ;
           (n)
           
             If
             any
             man
             among
             you
             seem
             to
             be
             religious
             ,
             and
             bridleth
             not
             his
             tongue
             ,
             this
             man's
             Religion
             is
             vain
             .
             True
             Religion
             ,
             and
             undefiled
             before
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Father
             ,
             is
             to
             visit
             the
             Fatherless
             and
             Widows
             in
             their
             affliction
             ,
             and
             to
             keep
             himself
             unspotted
             from
             the
             World.
          
           For
           ,
           
             What
             doth
             the
             Lord
             your
             God
             require
             of
             you
             ,
             but
             to
             do
             judgment
             ,
             and
             love
             mercy
             ,
             and
             to
             walk
             humbly
             with
             your
             God
             ?
          
           Which
           care
           ,
           as
           it
           would
           preserve
           us
           from
           the
           Snares
           of
           Heresie
           ,
           so
           would
           it
           at
           least
           shame
           and
           confound
           ,
           if
           not
           reduce
           the
           Adversaries
           ;
           whereas
           the
           Debaucheries
           and
           Abominations
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           pretend
           to
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           an
           offence
           to
           God
           ,
           so
           do
           they
           make
           us
           a
           
             scorn
             
             and
             derision
             to
             the
             Tabernacles
             of
             the
          
           Ishmaelites
           ,
           Edomites
           ,
           Moabites
           ,
           Gebal
           ,
           and
           Ammon
           ,
           and
           Amalek
           ,
           Philistines
           ,
           Tyrians
           ,
           and
           Assyrians
           ,
           
             and
             all
             the
             Enemies
             that
             are
             round
             about
             us
             .
          
        
         
           To
           conclude
           :
           The
           common
           Concernment
           of
           us
           all
           ,
           is
           with
           all
           industry
           
             to
             purify
             our selves
             from
             all
             filthiness
             both
             of
             Flesh
             and
             Spirit
             ,
             perfecting
             Holiness
             in
             the
             fear
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             prepare
             our
             Souls
             for
             temptation
             .
          
           Perhaps
           the
           Church
           needeth
           the
           Fuller's
           Soap
           ,
           or
           the
           refining
           Fire
           ,
           and
           God
           may
           think
           it
           seasonable
           to
           enter
           his
           Judgments
           at
           his
           own
           House
           .
           To
           endure
           which
           ,
           an
           integrity
           of
           Affections
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Principles
           ,
           is
           most
           absolutely
           necessary
           .
           Upon
           which
           previous
           Qualification
           ,
           (o)
           
             Let
             us
             count
             it
             all
             joy
             ,
             when
             we
             fall
             into
             temptation
             ,
             and
             esteem
             them
             happy
             that
             endure
             ,
             being
             afraid
             of
             no
             terror
             ,
             nor
             being
             troubled
             :
             but
             let
             us
             sanctify
             the
             Lord
             God
             in
             our
             hearts
             ,
             being
             ready
             always
             to
             give
             an
             answer
             to
             every
             one
             that
             asketh
             a
             reason
             of
             the
             hope
             that
             is
             in
             us
             ,
             with
             meekness
          
           (
           toward
           Man
           )
           
             and
             fear
          
           (
           toward
           God
           )
           
             rejoycing
             ,
             and
             being
             exceeding
             glad
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             accounted
             worthy
             to
             suffer
             for
             his
             sake
             ,
             and
             to
             bear
             in
             our
             Body
             the
             marks
             of
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             .
          
           For
           what
           the
           late
           Royal
           Martyr
           foretold
           of
           his
           own
           Reputation
           upon
           his
           Sufferings
           ,
           I
           can
           confidently
           presage
           of
           the
           Glory
           of
           this
           Church
           ,
           as
           the
           result
           of
           her
           present
           Afflictions
           ,
           upon
           former
           Experiences
           :
           (p)
           
             That
             after
             Owls
             and
             Bats
             have
             had
             the
             freedom
             of
             the
             night
             ,
             and
             darker
             times
             ,
             it
             shall
             ,
             like
             the
             Sun
             ,
             rise
             again
             ,
             and
             recover
             it self
             to
             such
             a
             degree
             of
             splendor
             ,
             as
             those
             feral
             Birds
             shall
             be
             unwilling
             to
             behold
             ,
             and
             unable
             to
             bear
             .
          
           (q)
           
             Nor
             will
             the
             Sufferings
             of
             this
             present
             time
             be
             worthy
             to
             be
             compared
             to
             the
             Glory
             that
             shall
             be
             revealed
             in
             her
             .
          
           And
           after
           the
           dissolution
           of
           our
           present
           Bondage
           ,
           and
           the
           power
           of
           
           Temptations
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           an
           exceeding
           great
           Reward
           .
           For
           when
           we
           have
           trampled
           upon
           the
           Adder
           ,
           and
           Scorpion
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           God
           ,
           that
           (r)
           
             delivered
             us
             out
             of
             the
             mouths
             of
             Lyons
             ,
             and
             from
             every
             evil
             work
             ,
             will
             at
             last
             bring
             us
             to
             his
             heavenly
             Kingdom
             ;
             To
             whom
             be
             glory
             for
             ever
             and
             ever
             .
          
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
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           Controversies
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           Answer
           to
           some
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           asserting
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           Necessity
           of
           such
           a
           Judge
           .
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           an
           Address
           to
           wavering
           Protestants
           ;
           shewing
           what
           little
           Reason
           they
           have
           to
           think
           of
           any
           Change
           of
           their
           Religion
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           for
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           private
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           Conquest
           of
           the
           City
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           Buda
           ,
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           the
           Capital
           City
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           Lorraine
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           In
           Nine
           Sheets
           .
        
         
           The
           Plausible
           Arguments
           of
           a
           
             Romish
             Priest
          
           from
           Scripture
           ,
           Answered
           by
           an
           
             English
             Protestant
          
           .
           Seasonable
           and
           Useful
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           all
           Protestans
           Families
           .
        
         
           A
           Plain
           and
           Familiar
           Discourse
           (
           by
           way
           of
           Dialogue
           )
           betwixt
           a
           Minister
           ,
           and
           his
           Parishioner
           ,
           concerning
           the
           
             Catholick
             Church
          
           .
           In
           Three
           Parts
           ,
           
             
               I.
               Shewing
               what
               's
               the
               Nature
               of
               the
               
                 Catholick
                 Church
              
               .
            
             
               II.
               That
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               is
               not
               the
               
                 Catholick
                 Church
              
               .
            
             
               III.
               That
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               and
               not
               the
               Church
               ,
               are
               the
               Rule
               of
               Faith.
               
            
          
           Which
           may
           serve
           as
           an
           Answer
           to
           some
           late
           Tracts
           upon
           that
           Argument
           .
           By
           a
           Divine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           A
           Discourse
           of
           DUELS
           ;
           shewing
           the
           Sinful
           Nature
           ,
           and
           Mischievous
           Effects
           of
           them
           ;
           And
           Answering
           the
           usual
           Excuses
           made
           for
           them
           ,
           by
           
             Challengers
             ,
             Accepters
          
           ,
           and
           Seconds
           .
           By
           
             T.
             Comber
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           
        
         
           Of
           the
           Authority
           of
           Councils
           ,
           and
           the
           Rule
           of
           Faith
           ;
           With
           an
           Answer
           to
           the
           
             Eight
             Theses
          
           laid
           down
           for
           the
           Tryal
           of
           the
           
             English
             Reformation
          
           ,
           in
           the
           Book
           that
           came
           lately
           from
           Oxford
           .
        
         
           The
           Law
           and
           Equity
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           in
           two
           plain
           Sermons
           ,
           &c.
           By
           
             Tho.
             Pierce
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           and
           Dean
           of
           Sarum
           .
        
         
           The
           History
           of
           the
           English
           Monarchy
           ,
           shewing
           the
           benefit
           of
           Kingly
           Government
           ,
           and
           inconvenience
           of
           Commonwealths
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           An
           Historical
           Vindication
           of
           the
           Divine
           Right
           of
           Tythes
           ,
           from
           Scripture
           ,
           Reason
           ,
           and
           the
           Opinion
           and
           Practice
           of
           
             Jews
             ,
             Gentiles
          
           ,
           and
           Christians
           in
           all
           Ages
           ;
           designed
           to
           supply
           the
           Omissions
           ,
           Answer
           the
           Objections
           ,
           and
           rectify
           the
           Mistakes
           of
           Mr.
           
           Selden's
           History
           of
           Tythes
           ,
           Part
           I.
           A
           further
           Vindication
           of
           the
           Divine
           Right
           of
           Tythes
           ,
           proved
           by
           Scripture
           and
           Antiquity
           ,
           and
           Illustrated
           by
           the
           Solemn
           Consecration
           and
           great
           Conveniency
           of
           them
           ;
           with
           an
           Answer
           to
           the
           Objections
           of
           other
           Authors
           against
           them
           ,
           Part
           II.
           To
           which
           is
           added
           a
           Discourse
           of
           Excommunication
           .
           By
           
             Thomas
             Comber
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           Precentor
           of
           York
           .
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A43805-e270
           
             (a)
             Orig.
             contra
             Celsus
             ,
             1.4
             .
             
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             (b)
             Matt.
             18.7
             .
          
           
             (c)
             Matt.
             10.34
             ,
             35.
             
          
           
             (d)
             Tertull.
             Praescript
             .
             adv
             .
             Haer.
             
          
           
             (e)
             
               Epist
               .
               of
               St.
            
             Jude
             ,
             v.
             &c.
             
          
           
             (f)
             2
             Pet.
             2.
             
          
           
             (g)
             Rom.
             16.17
             ,
             18.
             
          
           
             (h)
             Tit.
             2.
             
          
           
             (i)
             2
             Tim.
             4.
             
          
           
             (k)
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             
          
           
             (l)
             Jam.
             1.13
             .
          
           
             (m)
             2
             Thess
             .
             2.11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             (n)
             Theodor.
             de
             Curand
             .
             Graec.
             affectib
             .
             Ser.
             2.
             
             
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             (o)
             Psal
             .
             107.
             
          
           
             (p)
             Deut.
             13.1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             (q)
             Matt.
             24.11
             ,
             24
             ,
             25.
             
          
           
             (t)
             1
             John
             4.1
             .
          
           
             (s)
             Jud.
             Epist
             .
          
           
             (t)
             Orig.
             contra
             Celsum
             ,
             1.3
             .
             —
             
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             (u)
             Aug.
             
               de
               Fid.
               &
               Operib
               .
               cap.
            
             5.
             
          
           
             (w)
             Tit.
             2.7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             (x)
             2
             Tim.
             2.
             
          
           
             (y)
             1
             Tim.
             6.4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             (z)
             Clem.
             Alex.
             Paedag.
             l.
             2.
             c.
             7.
             
             
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             (a)
             2
             Tim.
             2.24
             ,
             25
             ,
             26.
             
          
           
             (b)
             Ignat.
             ad
             Ephes
             .
          
           
             (c)
             2
             Tim.
             1.13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             (d)
             Greg.
             Naz.
             
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             (e)
             Rev.
             3.5
             .
          
           
             (f)
             Hieron
             .
             
               Dialog
               .
               in
               t
            
             .
             Attic.
             &
             Critob
             .
          
           
             (g)
             Clem.
             Alex.
             Paed.
             l.
             3.
             c.
             11.
             
             
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             .
          
           
             (b)
             Lev.
             21.17
             .
          
           
             (i)
             1
             Tim.
             6.11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             (k)
             Heb.
             13.17
             .
          
           
             (l)
             Iren.
             
               adv
               .
               Haeres
               .
               l.
            
             2.
             c.
             45.
             
          
           
             (m)
             1
             Cor.
             1●
             ▪
             31.
             
             &
             14.1
             .
             &
             13.4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             (n)
             Jam
             1.26
             ,
             27.
             
          
           
             (o)
             Jam.
             1.2
             .
             1
             Pet.
             3.14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             (p)
             
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               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             (q)
             Rom.
             8.18
             .
          
           
             (r)
             2
             Tim.
             4.18
             .
          
        
      
    
  

