Colos 2. If you will haue mee to reach further then this I must craue pardon and pray you to go to such as haue longer armes then I That hee descended into hell is an Article of our faith and I beleeue it though it be not in the Nicene Creed Tract Is not Christ he that entred into the strong mans house bound him and spoiled him Guid. Yes or else not onely the poore man that was possest might haue remained blind and dumbe to his dying day but he all of vs had bene spoyled for euer Tract Others besides Christ did cast out diuels Guid. They did so but it was in the name of Christ which was the stronger happy are they out of whom this stronger power by the finger of God euen by the working of the holy Ghost casteth out that Diuell that maketh them so blind that they cannot see the way to saluation by a liuely faith in Christ his merits and so dumb that they cannot open their mouth with Paul Ephe 2.8 to say By grace yee are saued through faith and that not of your selues It is the gift of God not of workes least any man should boast himselfe Mad. I remember those words in the second to the Ephesians ver 10. where though hee teacheth them the wee are created vnto good workes which God hath ordained that wée should walk in theÌ„ yet he saith we are saued by grace so forth as you haue rehearsed Rom. What do you talke now of faith and workes my cozen spake of descending into hell answere him to his question Did not Christ bind the strong man that is the diuell in his owne house which is hell Guid. After the diuell entred into Iudas where was his house then Tract He was there as a guest for a time but his dwelling house is hell what is your answere Gui. Besides that which I haue said already Guid. I answere first that this is a matter in controuersie among learned men whose bookes are extant there you may sée this sifted to the vtmost Secondly this I thinke a man may say without offence that as hee was able to heale the Centurions seruant though hee entred not into his house So could he make hell know that he had the key of it though his soule did not take it in his way from the crosse to Paradise Tract It is a greater matter to binde the Diuell to locke him fast and in triumph to carry away the keies of death and hel then to heale a sicke man though hee were at deaths dore Guid. As with God there is great mercy to pardon the great sinnes of such as be greatly grieued for them hauing their repentance seasoned with the Salt of faith to keepe them from desperation which salt was not in Caine and Iâ—â—das So no doubt there is such a mighty power in this Michael Reu. 12.7 as he is able to vanquish the stoutest Dragon be his force and power neuer so great I reade of a battell in heauen but none in hell The Diuine power can binde shut vp Sathan by such a descending as we are not able to expresse For my part I beleeue that Article touching his descending into hell though the manner how be not set downe in the Creed Tract That battel betwixt Michael and the Dragon may be said to bee in heauen in respect of the Church Militant who though she be on earth hath her conuersation with her Captaine Christ in heauen A strong man is not bound and spoyled without great strngling a stronger power wrestled with him and ouercame him Mat. 12.29 and his binding and spoyling is said to be in the strong mans house and what is that but hell Guid. I deny not the binding neither do I stand vpon the place but this I obserue that though it be said in the Apostles Creed and in Athanasius his Creed Aug. de simb ad catherum lâ— 3 aâ— side simb oa 5. in sol 1 3. Hee descended into hell Yet they shew not the manner how and you know the Nicene Crede hath not these words Augustine diuers times speaketh of Christ his death buriall and resurrection omitting the descension but howsoeuer that descending is to be taken or wheresoeuer that binding was this is certaine Col 2 14 15 Rollocke that Saint Paul hath these words Putting out the hand-writing of ordinances that was against vs which was contrary to vs hee euen tooke it out of the way and fastned it vpon the crosse and spoyled the Principalities and powers hath made a shew of theÌ„ openly and hath triumphed ouer them in the same Tract I know wherefore you bring this place euen to proue that wheresoeuer those powers were spoyled yer the shew and triumph was open But how do you interpret those words putting out the hand-writing c. Some of the learned intrepret them thus The ceremonies and rites were as it were a publicke profession and hand-writing of the miserable state of mankind for circumcision declared our naturall pollution the purifyings washings signified the filth of sinne the sacrifices testified that we were guilty of death which were all taken away by Christs death Mad. Maister Guid-well you and Maister Tractable may talke of these matters another time let vs spend this time about that we came for Rom. That is to perswade me to come to your Church vnto the which if I should come you thinke my beeing there would make me to be of your minde I haue heard that all which come to your Churches bee not faithfull zealous and honestalike they differ much in many things Sith God is said to bee no accepter of persons Can you shew any reason why his word or his grace worketh not in all alike Guid. I remember Saint Augustine vnto some such question hath this answere Si gratiae illuminatione sensus tuus Aug. contra Delag â—ypon nost lib. 3. heraetice a tenebris insipientiae esset detectus c. If thy vnderstanding O hereticke by the inlightning of grace were detected from the darknesse of foolishnesse thou wouldst beléeue those diuine testimonies which I spake before or other innumerable found in holy Scriptures not yet cited by mee that God to no merits of man doth giue his grace by which he sheweth himselfe vnto them to bring them to beléeue in him and to serue him and thou wouldst not enquire yea thou wouldst discusse why hee worketh not that in all which alwaies well and iustly worketh all things that hee will and no man resisteth his will for which he hath done all things that he would therefore I would not haue thée to aske mee Metuentem trementem iudicia eius inscrutabilia incomprehensibilia Fearing trembling at his vnsearcheable incomprehensible iudgements why he worketh this to one and not to another because that which I read I beleeued reuerenced without any discussing For what man is there that will reason with God
past to try vs and seek the ground of our hearts Psal 139.23 proue and know our thoughts consider if there be any wickednesse in vs rid vs out of it and lead vs in the true way that bringeth to the true life wee beg these things and whatsoeuer thou knowest needfull for vs and thy holy Church in his name and for his sake which is the way the truth and the life saying as he hath taught vs Our father which art in heauen c. Chap. When these or any other that haue offended as who hath not haue made these or the like prayers confessing their sinnes with true sorrow of heart what shall they take to comfort their hearts againe if you haue no softer salt I must seeke further for I feare this salt will nothing but fret them Salt There are diuers sorts of Salt to be had at Bible-Spring some is sharp that â—â—rueth to consume grosse humors some is more milde hath vertue to heale wounds but because some Physitions setting down what is good for the heart say maces is best of all Hospit p. 42. Cant. 2.5 and the Spowse in the Canticles desireth to bee comforted with apples you may call that which I shall now deliuer vnto you apples or maces or wine and milke as the Prophet Esay calleth that which hee deliuereth where he maketh his cry saying Ho euery one that is thirsty come yee to the waters Esay 55.12 and yee that haue no siluer come buy and eate come I say buy wine and milke without siluer and without money Chap. If men must not pay money for this milke and wine with what must they buy it Salt He telleth them in the second and third verses saying Hearken diligently vnto mee and eate that which is good let your soule delight in fatnesse incline your eares and come vnto mee heare and your soule shall liue Chap. It should seeme by his calling for hearing and eating with delight that it is the word of God or some other spirituall gift which is there meant by waters wine milke and fatnesse Salt Some by waters vnderstand the waters of grace in this present life Nicola dâ—lyra and of glory in the heauenly Citty to bee giuen by Christ himselfe according as hee himselfe saith Hee which shall drinke of the waters which I shall giue him shall neuer be more a thirst â—oh 4.14 but the water which I shal giue him shall be in him a fountaine of water springing vp to eternall life By wine and milke the same writer vnderstandeth the good things of grace and glory Benagr glâ—â— and by fatnesse the fatnesse of grace likewise Chap. Well let me haue some of this spirituall nourishing wine and milke or whatsoeuer you list to call it Salt Yee shall and first I will beginne where the aforesaid Prophet made his cry Seeke the Lord while he may bee found Esay 55.6 call yee vpon him while he is neere â— Let the wicked forsake his waies and the vnrighteous his owne imaginations returne vnto the Lord and he wil haue mercy vpon him and to our God for he is very ready to forgiue My soule praise thou the Lord and all that is within me praise his holy name 〈◊〉 103.8 â— My soule praise thou the Lord forget not all his benefits 5 Which forgiueth all thine iniquities and healeth all thine infirmities 6 Which redeemeth the life froÌ„ the graue and crowneth thee with mercy and compassion 8 The Lord is full of compassion and mercy slow to anger and of great kindnesse 9 He will not alwaies chide neither keepe his anger for euer hee hath not dealt with vs after our sinnes nor rewarded vs according to our iniquities 18 The louing kindnesse of the Lord indureth for euer euer vpon them that feare him c. think vpon his commandements to do them Chap. Yea but these for whom I come haue not feared the Lord nor made any reckoning of his commandements Salt This which I deliuer vnto you now as Apples for comfort is to bee set before them when as I said they are well seasoned with the salt of the law containing a fearefull curse against all the trangressors of the same and so beeing brought vnto a feeling of their sinne are entred into the feare of God which is the beginning of wisedome Pro. 9.10 Chap. Then belike those which feare not God how wise soeuer they seeme to themselues haue not trodden one step in the path of true wisedome Salt No doubt of that Chap. On then Salt Who is a God like vnto thee that taketh away iniquity and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage Mich. 7 18. hee retaineth not his wrath for euer because mercy pleaseth him He will turne againe and haue compassion vpon vs he will subdue our iniquities and cast all their sinnes into the bottome of the sea When the wicked turneth away from his wickednesse that hee hath committed Ezek. 18.28 and doth that which is lawfull and right he shal saue his soule aliue 28 Because hee considereth and turneth away from all his transgressions that hee hath committed hee shall surely liue and not die 32 I desire not the death of him that dyeth saith the Lord God cause therefore one another to returne and liue ye Shee shall bring forth a sonne Mat. 1.11 and thou shall call his name Iesus for he shall saue his people from their sinnes And loe a voyce came from heauen saying 3.17 this is my beloued sonne in whom I am â—ell pleased I am not come to call the righteous 9.13 but â—â—nners to repentance Saint Paul saith this is a true saying Tim 1.15 â—y all meanes worthy to bee reciued that â—esus Christ came into the world to saue â—â—nners Come vnto me all ye that are laden meaâ—ing with the burthen of their sinnes and will ease you Mat. 11.28 Likewise Luk. 15.10 I say vnto you there is ioy in â—e presence of the Angels of God for one â—â—nner that repenteth 31 It was meete that we should make merry be glad for this thy brother was dead â—s aliue againe and hee was lost but hee is â—ound As Moses lift vp the serpent in the wilâ—ernesse Ioh. 3 14. so must the Sonne of man bee lift â—p that whosoeuer beleeueth in him â—hould not perish but haue euerlasting life We beleeue saith Saint Peter through â—he grace of our Lord Iesus Christ to bee â—aued euen as they do Acts 14 11. And it was the same Peter that said Acts 10.43 To â—im giue all the Prophets witnesse that â—hrough his name all that beleeue in him â—hall receiue remission of sinnes Chap. Are those then that beleeue in Christ pardoned and saued whether they feare God or feare him not whether they serue sinne or righteousnesse Salt What friend Chapman dost thou thinke
they fell on sleepe or rose vp and tooke it But to let this goe I wonder you or any other should be so fond to thinke that the blessed Virgin enioying the true light is honoured with lights of mans making she requireth no such honour The Angell bad Iohn worship God and our Sauiour sayth not that he is worshipped with setting vp of Candles but in spirit and trueth that is with a true Spirituall worship In a word we are not bid to make lights for God or the Virgin but while we haue light to beleeue in the light But I pray you tell me do you know how this carrying of Candles on that day came vp first Ro. No not I it may be my Cozen Tractable doth If you doe Couzen I pray let vs heare it Trac I am wearie now with sitting here so long If this company will come againe to morrow you shall heare what I haue read of it Guid. If it please you Madam let vs returne to morrow Mad. If it please God I will not so much to heare this as some other talke that you may fall into Mad. Howe where be you Rom. Who is there Mad. Here is a Fryer Rom. You are welcome Mad. Why because I come in the name of a Fryer I thinke the answere here is a Fryer so much vsed of those that knock at mens dores did rise of this that of all other men Fryers were most welcome in times past Guid. I thinke they were as welcome then as those which call themselues Iesuits haue of late been welcom to Recusants but I see no reason why they should be so welcome now seeing it is very likely they haue had a strong hand in this monstrous intended murder whereby some of their Schollers are fallen into the pit they made for others Their plot was by powder and powder to put them in minde of their sinne and to forewarne them of their fall as it is said scarred some of them in drying of it And as Senacherib was slaine by his owne sonnes so these by their owne plots wrought their owne woe When there is some speciall matter to bee noted the holy Ghost to the end of certaine verses addeth this word Selah the which word some Hebrew readers say is as much as O rem notatu dignam eleuetur hic vox O matter worthy to bee noted let the voyce be lifted vp here This word is vsed thrise in the 140 Psalm They haue sharpened their tongues like a Serpent Adders poyson is vnder their lippes Selah The proud haue laid a snare for mee and spred a not with cords in my path way and set grins for me Selah Let not the wicked haue his desire ô Lord performe not his wicked thought least hee be proud Selah Blessed bee God which hath deliuered our King and many others out of cruell Faux his bloudy iaw not suffering him to performe that wicked thought but marred all his mischeuous matches Mad. Amen Amen Truly mistresse Romana me thinkes if there were nothing else to draw you from your Popish superstition that same inherent cruelty which is in those that fauour it against such as will not play with puppets as they themselues do might driue you out of that bloudy Babylon and cause you to ioyne with such as embrace the glorious Gospell of Iesus Christ sincerely Tract You would haue my cozen and me to go from the Catholicks Was not S. Austin a Catholicke and were not all those against whom he wrote Heretickes Guid. What if it were so can you proue that we hold any opinions that S. Austin sodainly confuted by the Scriptures do you not know that the summe of the auncient Catholicke faith so much as is needfull to saluation is contained in that Creed Quicunque vult c. Whosoeuer will bee saued c. and that this Creed is read oft-times in our parish Churches yearely Rom. Come cozen come let vs sit down I pray you and tell vs how Candlemasse day came vp for that was your promise yesternight Tract Iacobus Passanantius in his additions to the Commentaries of Thomas Valois and Nicholas Treuet on the sixth booke of S Austin de Ciuitate Dei cap. 7. Guid. Stay a little Tell mee the first word and the last of that Chapter that I may know whether you haue read it your selfe or had it at the second hand Tract Doth euery one that readeth a Chapter remember at all times the first and last word of it I promise you I doe not yet I remember the first word of that Chapter is Reuocatur and the last Obscoenitas Rom. On Cozen this is but to trouble your tale This Iacobus sheweth out of Ouid that after Pluto the God of Hell beeing wounded with that dart which had the golden point had by violence taken away Proserpina the daughter of the Goddesse Ceres and placing her with him in his blacke Chariot had brought her to Hell and made her Queene of the same Her mother Ceres who could not stay Pluto with her out-cryes and piteous moane sought her Daughter euery where day and night with lights and fire-brandes which shee had in Mount Etna By occasion of this Fable faith he there sprang vp superstition in Rome For the women there representing this taking away of Proserpina by force and Ceres seeking her with lights in the Kalends of February which moneth was said to bee consecrated to the God of Hell Pluto which by another name was called Februus from whom the moneth was called February went about with lights ouer Hilles and Vallyes with Ceres seeking Proserpina Now to take away this superstition obserued in the Honour of the Queene of Hell the Church appoynted that in honour of the Queene of Heauen the second day of February to wit on the feast of the Purification the Faithfull people should carry in their handes lighted Candles And hence it is saith hee that that day is called Candelaria We call it Candlemas Guid. And so one superstition gaue place to another Cath. I perceiue this custome or tradition or whatsoeuer you call it is nobly descended and of a very auncient House Her Grand-mother was the Lady Fable her mother was a great Lady in Rome called Madame Superstition who was very fruitfull She hath brought forth many Sonnes and many Daughters many Nephews and many Neeces which yeerely after sheep-shearing giue her many golden fleeces Rom. Alacke for you are you come in with your néeces and fléeces all is but fables with you Tract I thinke in a while they will say as one sayd O quantum nobis profuit illa Fabula dech See the defence of the Apol pag. 273. printed 1570 Guid. Stay betimes Maister Tractable least you marre all for that is no speech of ours but a lesson that one of your late Popes as it is reported taught his Cardinalls Tract Whosoeuer taught it it was a wicked lesson for it was a naughty speech and sauoured of impietie Guid. You cannot for shame
Rom. 9.20 shall the thing formed say vnto him that formed it why hast thou made mee thus for the Potter hath power ouer the clay of the same lumpe to make one vessell to honour and another to dishonour But aske him which said No man commeth to me except my father which sent me draw him And all take not this word but they to whom it is giuen Mat 10. Mat â—3 Mat. 11 And to you it is giuen to know the Kingdome of God but to others it is not giuen And no man knoweth the Sonne but the Father and hee to whom the Sonne will reueale him Rom. I cannot tell what to say to those words of Saint Augustine but if hee were heere now I would aske him what were true Religion that I might embrace it Guid. When he was here he said Est enim vera religio qua se vnâ— Deo anima Aug. de animae quantitatâ—â—â— 36 vnde se peccato velut abruperat reconciliatione religat For that is true Religion saith he by which the soule doth by reconciliation binde herselfe againe to God from whom shee had as it were broken off her selfe by sinne In his 8. booke and 17. chapter De Ciuitate Dei hee sheweth how true Religion forbiddeth those things which the Diuâ—ls loue And in the end of the Chapter he saith that the summe of Religion is to imitate him whom thou doest worship Sith then the Religion which we professe is not to draw you to the seruice or worship of any Angels nor of any creatures that sometimes liued heere much lesse to the worship of things that neuer had life as Images and crosses but bindeth vs to the worship of one true liuing eternall God from whom we are fallen by sin the which God our religion requireth vs to follow with the Apostle which saith Be ye followers of God as deare children I see no reason why you should mislike the religion here maintained Tract Whatsoeuer your religion is this is certaine that England had the Christian Faith from Rome Guid. If it were so which yet is denyed of some which to omit others cite Nicephorus who saith Simon Zelotes doctrinam Euangelij ad occidentem insulasque Britanicas praefert Simon Zelotes carrieth the doctrine of the Gospell to the West Ocean sea and so to the Istands of Britanie yet it doth no mere follow that they of Rome should now for that cause be more frée then we from errour then it followeth that the Iewes doe more steadfastly cleaue vnto Christ then we because their Fathers had Moses and the Prophets which testified of him hundreds of yeares ere wee heard of them Though it bee fit a daughter should be ruled by her mother being sober in her right mind yet there is no more reason she should be ruled by her when she is besides her selfe then for you to send for fire to your neighbours house when it is infected because you did so heretofore when it was cleare Rome is not now as she hath béene Many learned men not onely Professors of the Gospell but such also as durst not but séeme to fauour them haue set downe so many bad things found as they say in this new Rome and charged her so often with ambition pride whooredom couetousnes cruelty superstition heresie idolatry that in respect of most of these I know not to whom I may better compare her then to that ancient Tyrus to whom the Lord by the Prophet saith thus Because thine heart is exalted and thou hast said Ezek. 28.2 I am a God I sit in the seate of God in the middest of the sea Yet thou art but a man and not GOD though thou diddest thinke in thine heart that thou wast equall with God Thou wast perfect in thy wayes from the day thou wast created 15 till iniquity was fouÌ„d in thee By the multitude of thy Merchandize they haue filled the middest of thee with cruelty and thou hast sinned 16 therefore I will cast thee as prophane out of the mountaine of God and I will destroy thee couering Cherub from the middest of the stones of fire Thine heart was lifted vp because of thy beauty 1 and thou hast corrupted thy wisedome by reason of thy brightnesse I will cast thee to the ground I will lay thee before Kings that they may beholde thee Thou hast defiled thy Sanctification by the multitude of thine iniquities 18 and by the iniquity of thy Merchandise Therefore will I bring a fire from the middest of thee which shall deuoure thee and I will bring thee to ashes vpon the earth in the sight of all them that shall beholde thee All they that know thee among the people shall bee astonished at thee thou shalt be a terrour and neuer shalt thou bee any more Tract God forbid the Mother Church should haue such a fearefull fall as is there threatned to Tirus for if she should then might we well say she is that Babilon spoken of in the Reuelation and then would such Kings of the earth as had committed fornication and liued in pleasure with her lament for her and standing a farre off for feare of her torment say alasse alasse the great Cittie Babilon the mighty Citty for in one hower is thy iudgement come the Marchants of the Earth would weepe and waile ouer her because no man would buy their wares any more Rom. Harke in your eare Couzen is any of the Marchants wares named there Tract Yes much of it Rom. Is there any mention of Frankensence and Oyle Tract Yes in the thirteenth verse Rom. I meruaile at that Tract Why so Rom. Because these things are vsed in our Churches and not among the Protestants Guid. Speake out Neighbour Romana that we may heare you Rom. If you fauoured Rome I would but I thinke you would be glad to see her fall Guid. If she be that Babilon that is spoken of in that Chapter Heauen it selfe with the holy Apostles and Prophets Re. 18.20 must reioyce when her iudgement is come Rom. Cannot you find in your heart to pray heartily with vs that if it be the will of God Rome may neuer haue such a dredfull downefall Guid. Truly I pray God from my heart to amend all that is amisse wheresoeuer You knowe wee in the Church of England pray God to haue mercy vpon all men by which words as I thinke men of all Nations and of all degrees are vnderstood Rom. I know not for I neuer came there The cause is this you do not hold the Pope to be Christs Vicar generall you say he may erre you charge some of them with grieuous crimes your translations are mislyked besides this such as dame Cathera here can not abide to see one of the poore countrey Fellowes that drudge and droyle all the yeere to shake their Bells a little at Whitsontide wee Catholikes though we fast and pray in Lent yet we loue to be merry at
Christmas and at our Wakes If that which Doctor Fulke Bishoppe Iuel Maister Nowell Doctor Reynolds and others haue written at large of the Popes either touching their supremacie their erring or their liues will not satisfie your Couzen and you I know not what to say to you yet because you refuse not to conferre with me I will tell you my mind plainely and that in fewe words First for Christs Vicar generall I know none worthie to be so called as the Holy Ghost whom Saint Austin calleth the Porter yea I cannot see how it can belong to any besides I prooue it thus He whome the Sonne Christ promised to send from his Father Nondedignater spirit as sanctus esse osâ—oarius in Io tract 4. not only to Peter but to the rest to comfort them and to abide with them for euer is only Christs Vicar generall Io. 14.16 But this was the Holy Ghost only 1. Argument Therefore he only is that Vicar For to be thus sent doth nothing diminish his deitie He which is the Spirit of trueth whom the world receiueth not 2 Argu. though he dwelleth with the faithfull is alone worthie to be called Vicar to him which is the trueth But such a one is the Holy Ghost 3. Argu. Ergo he whome the Father sent in Christs name to teach all thinges and to bring all thinges to remembrance that Christ told is Chrsts Vicar generall but such a one is the holy Ghost alone therefore he only is Christ his vniuersall Vicar Tell vs plainly Maister Tractable can you or any man apply these things to any Pope or to Peter himselfe if any of you would say yes then it should follow that Peter should not néed to haue béene comforted and confirmed himselfe ere hee went about to confirme others Tract But is it not some supremacy to be a strengthner of others after he himselfe was confirmed Guid. It is a good worke and a good fruit of repentance when a man hath shewed his weaknesse in denying his maister and that with cursing and swearing after his conuersion to exhort them to take héed they confesse Christ constantly lest with him they féele that which made him wéep bitterly This Apostle was forward in answering when our Sauiour asked any question forward in louing and no doubt forward in feeding Christs shéepe where he came as the rest did where they came But that hee had more authority to censure the other two Pillers Iames and Iohn then they him I cannot finde in the Holy Scriptures I bring not this as misliking degrées in gouernment thought fit for the better preseruing of the safety and peace of any land but as wishing you to remember to shew that Peter called himselfe and his fellowes witnesses of the resurrection of Christ Act 10 39.4â— but no Pastor of Pastors or head of the vniuersall Church Tract Christ bade him feede his sheepe Ergo that belongeth to him and his successors more then to others Guid. Christ bad Peter to pay that for tribute for them two as he should find in the Fish he said not so to the rest ergo if your argument halt not Christ and Peter with his successors to auoyd offences are more bound to pay tribute to Caesar then any others I thinke you will not grant this willingly Our Sauiour knowing that Peter had denyed him thrise Aug. in Io tract 1 2 3 though he promised to sticke to him though all the rest should forsake him bad him if hee loued him more then the rest did to shew it by his diligence in feeding his sheepe and his Lambes yet ye know these words Mat. 28.16 19 Mat. 27.5 Acts 1.11.22.26 Goe and teach all Nations were spoken to ten others besides Peter I say ten others because at that time there were but eleuen for Iudas had hanged himselfe before and Matthias was not chosen to bee a witnesse of the Resurrection of Christ with the rest till after Christ was taken vp from his Disciples into Heauen Tract Well let vs leaue this and returne from whence we digressed If you will haue the holy Ghost the Guide and Teacher of the whole Church militant for of that we spake where shall we finde the holy Ghost which is inuisible guiding and teaching that we might hearken vnto him Guid. In the holy Scriptures He shall testifie of me you shall beare witnesse also Io. 15.26.27 which are in the mind in the mouth of euery godly faithfull sound discréete zealous teacher that teacheth according to the same scriptures not séeking their owne glory but the glory of God and the edifying of his people S. Peter saith speaking of prophesie in the Scripture 2 Eph. 2. Peâ— 1.20.21 See the 2. of Tim. 3.16 that holy men of God spake as they were moued by the holy Ghost The Apostle to the Hebrews citing these words of the 95. Psalme To day if you will heare his voyce saith the holy Ghost spake them S. Peter saith Heb 3.7 2. Pet. 3 16. 1. Cor. 7.40 Ioh. 14 17. that S. Paul wrote according to the wisedome giuen vnto him S. Paul himselfe saith I thinke that I haue also the Spirit of God Our Sauiour told his Disciples that the Spirit of truth should dwell with theÌ„ be in them Wicked men by the help of some Spirituall gifts prophesie 1 Cor 6.19 oâ— and yet profit no more themselues then the bell that calleth others to hearing heareth nothing it selfe But if the body of each faithfull Christian bee the Temple of the Holy Ghost which they haue of God then no doubt he is also in that teacher which hath a care of these things following First not only to leade into some truth but into all truth I meane that is reuealed in the word S Paul saith Act. 20. that he kept nothing back For in fit time place euery thing reuealed in the holy scripture as occasioÌ„ serueth is to be laid open in a discréet maner Secondly as the holy Ghost extolleth not the wisdome power and merits of man but glorifieth Christ so doth euery good teacher according to that is measured vnto him endeuour to glorify the son of God Ioh. 16.13.14 yea the blessed Trinity whose loue is made manifest in Christ not only by his doctrine but also by his déeds Thirdly as the holy Ghost sheweth things to come so doth the true teacher tell what the holy Ghost saith shal be in the later daies 2. Thes 2 for this is part of the truth as to tell that the man of sin shall be disclosed 1. Tim. 4. Some shall speake lies through hypocrisie 2 Tim. 3. forbidding to marry Some creeping into houses shall leade captiue simple women â—ou 18.21 The great Cittie Babylon shall bee Cast downe Reu. 21 2. The new Ierusalem shal be prepared as a Bride for her husband c. These and the like things such as bee guided by