V. 1625. æt. 65. Coat, indeed, had no feame: But the Churches Vesture was of diuers colours;a whereupon he faith, In vefte varietas fit, Sciffura non fit; They be two Things, Vnity, and Vniformity. The other is, when the Matter of the Point Controuerted is great; but it is driuen to an ouer-great Subtilty, and Obfcurity; So that it becommeth a Thing, rather Ingenious, then Substantiall. A man that is of Iudgement 33 and vnderstanding, shall sometimes heare Ignorant Men differ,34 and know well within himselfe, that those which fo differ, meane one thing,35 and yet they themfelues would neuer agree. And if it come fo to paffe, in that distance of Iudgement, which is betweene Man and Man; Shall wee not thinke, that God aboue, that knowes 37 the Heart, doth not discerne, that fraile Men, in some of their Contradictions, intend the fame thing; and accepteth of both? The Nature 38 of fuch Controuerfies, is excellently expreffed, by St. Paul, in the Warning and Precept, that he giueth, concerning the fame, Deuita profanas vocum Nouitates, et Oppofitiones falfi Nominis Scientia. Men create Oppositions, which are not; And put them39 into new termes, fo fixed,40 as whereas the Meaning ought to gouerne the Terme, the Terme in effect gouerneth the Meaning. There be alfo11 two falfe Peaces,42 or Vnities;43 The one, when the Peace is grounded but vpon an implicite ignorance; For all Colours will agree in the Darke: The cther, when it is peeced vp," 44 vpon a direct Admiffion of Contraries,45 in Fundamentall Points. For Truth and Falfhood, in fuch things, are like the Iron "The allusion is to Ps. xlv. 14, where, instead of 'in raiment of needlework.' the Vulgate has circumamicta varietatibus, 'enveloped with varieties.' In raiment let there be variety, but not rents. St. Bernard. Ad Guillelum Abbatem Apologia. pp. 983, 4. Ed. 1640. 0 I Tim. vi. 20. 42 Peaces, or. Omitted in the Latin. 48 Vnities. 44 Peeced vp. Vnitatis Species, 'kinds of unity.' Consuta et sarcita, sewn together and patched 45 Admission of Contraries. Ex positionibus ex diametro inier se contrariis, 'from positions directly contradictory.' IV. 1612. æt. 52. Lucre tius the Poet, when hee beheld the act of Agamemnon, induring and assisting at the sacrifice of his daughter, concludes with this verse; Tantum relligio potuit fuadere malorum. But what would hee haue done, if he had knowne the maffacre of France, or the powder treafon of England? Certainly he would haue beene feuen times more Epicure and Atheist then he was. Nay, hee would rather haue chofen to be one of the Mad men of 46 Be. Recipiuntur, ' are received.' 47 In the maintenance of Religion. In Religione Christiana propug nanda, et protegenda, in defending and protecting the christian religion.' 48 Ouert. Aperti, et insolentis;overt and insolent.' 49 Intermixture. Omitted in the Latin. 50 Subuersion of all Gouernment. Ad Majestatem Imperii minuendam, et Auctoritatem Magistratuum labefactandam, to diminish the majesty of government, and subvert the authority of magistrates.' and Clay, in the toes of Nabucadnezars Image may Cleaue, but they will not Incorporate. æt. 65. They Concerning the Meanes of procuring Vnity; Men muft beware, that in the Procuring, or Muniting, of Religious Vnity, they doe not Diffolue and Deface the Lawes of Charity, and of humane Society. There be 46 two Swords amongst Christians; the Spirituall, and Temporall; And both haue their due Office, and place, in the maintenance of Religion.* 47 But we may not take vp the Third fword, which is Mahomets Sword, or like vnto it; That is, to propagate Religion, by Warrs, or by Sanguinary Perfecutions, to force Consciences; except it be in the cases of Ouert18 Scandall, Blafphemy, or Intermixture49 of Practize, against the State; Much leffe to Nourish Seditions; To Authorize Confpiracies and Rebellions; To put the Sword into the Peoples Hands; And the like; Tending to the Subuerfion of all Gouernment,50 which is the Ordinance of God.51 For this is, but to dash the first Table,52 against the Second; And so to consider Men as Christians, as we forget that they are Men. Lucretius the Poet, when he beheld the Act of Agamemnon, that could endure53 the Sacrificing of his owne Daughter, exclaimed; Tantum Relligio potuit fuadere malorum. What would he haue said, if he had knowne of the Maffacre in France, or the Powder Treason of England? He would haue beene, Seuen times more Epicure and Atheist, then he was. For as the temporall Sword, is to bee drawne, 54 with great circuma Daniel. ii. 33. b Exodus. xxxii. 19. To such a degree is Religion capable of occasioning evils. Lucretius. De rerum Natura. i. 102. 51 Ordinance of God. Cum tamen omnis Legitima potestas sit a Deo ordinata, since all lawful power is ordained by God.' 52 Table. Tabulis legis, tables of the law.' 53 Endure. Omitted in the Latin. · 54 After Drawne. Non temere, sed, not rashly, but.' Jute hue bene a partaker of those CounFrisbeer dus Religion thould deface mes mining te te piety and charitie; ang rekin zer bis in Engine, and Charriot If Fei md mice It was a Certi beme. when the Dinell faid; I will rza mi je že tie ngjęto bet it is a greater blafpreme. I fer make God to fay; Titzu bat bere the Prince of Darknesse: and Is it been when they make the cause of Religion leitend to the execrable accions of murmering of Princes, butchery of people, and firing Neither is there fuch a the pertion of the holy Ghost, (if one fhould head of the Exenes of a Doue, to as I bring him downe in the kenete of a Vulture, or Rauen; ner luck a formal to their Church, as out of the Burke of Saint Far, to fet forth the flagge of a Barge of Pear and 4 Therefore fince these things are the common enemies of humane fociety; Princes by their power: Charter by their Decrees; and All learning. Chritian, morall of what foeuer fect, or opinion, by their Mauris rod; ought to ioyne in the Simning to Hell for ever, these facts, and their sup ports: and in all Counfels concerning ReDigion, that Cornfell of the Apostle, would be prefixed, Ira wninis na ingia iuflitiam Da. $ Perseman. Omited in the Latin # Descend Descrutat, et precipicetur, 'descend and be cast down.” Most RecessIy. Pascanist, et id ipsum necessitas Temporum flagitat, *Es ust, LM the necessay of the times demands it.' @ Fredri And scouts Ermitam, before the eyes of men.' And it was îtemimas, to speak the truth.' Nocilie Coseracea Came, et prudentissime observatum, 'verv well and wiser Joserved Saab Fimer. As ww ex Patribus, profunda sapientiæ viro; 'by e of the Fathers, a man of deep wisdom. A V. 1625. æt. 65. spection, in Cases of Religion; So it is a thing monftrous, to put it into the hands of the Common People. Let that bee left vnto the Anabaptists, and other Furies. It was great Blafphemy, when the Deuill faid; I will afcend, and be like the Higheft;a But it is greater Blafphemy, to personate55 God, and bring him in saying; I will defcend, and be like the Prince of Darkneffe; And what is it better, to make the cause of Religion, to defcend,56 to the cruell and execrable Actions, of Murthering Princes, Butchery of People, and Subuerfion of States,57 and Gouernments? Surely, this is to bring Downe the Holy Ghost, in ftead of the Likneffe of a Doue, in the Shape of a Vulture, or Rauen: And to fet, out of the Barke of a Christian Church, a Flagge of a Barque of Pirats, and Affafsins. ceffary, 58 "Therfore it is most ne that the Church by Doctrine and Decree; Princes by their Sword; And all Learnings, both Christian59 and Morall, as by their Mercury Rod; Doe Damne and send to Hell, for euer, those Facts and Opinions, tending to the Support of the fame; As hath beene already in good part done. Surely in Counfels, Concerning Religion, that Counsel of the Apostle would be prefixed; 60 Ira hominis non implet Iufticiam Dei. And it was 61 a notable Obferuation,62 of a wife Father,63 And no leffe ingenuously confeffed;65 That thofe, which held and perfwaded, preffure of Confciences, were commonly intereffed therin, themfelues, for their owne ends.66 a Isaiah xiv. 14. ¿ James i. 20. 64 Ingenuously. Ingenue, et sincere, 'ingenuously and sincerely.' 65 Confessed. Prolatum, et evulgatum, uttered and published.' 66 Interessed therin. . . owne ends. Sub illo Dogmate, Cupiditates suas subtexere, illamque rem sua interesse, putare, 'cover their desires with this doctrine, and consider themselves interested therein.' |