Common Places, Propositions · Section 42 – Section 51
Propoſitions out of the xx. chapter of the booke of Exodus.
Neceſſarie.
proposition 1 IN the holie ſcriptures there ſéemeth contrarietie attributed to the lawe of God, according as it is taken either by it ſelfe, or by the accident; or elſe, as it is conſidered perfect & whole, or otherwiſe maimed and vnperfect. When it is taken by it ſelfe and perfect, that is, not without Chriſt and faith, then it is ſaid to be ſpirituall, quickening, and comfortable: but contrariewiſe, if it be vnderſtood as it dooth happen, and not whole; that is, without faith and Chriſt, it is ſaid to bring damnation, death, the wrath of God, and ſuch like euils.
proposition 2 The works of the lawe muſt not be vtterlie denied to be the cauſes of our righteouſnes and ſaluation; but it muſt be denied, that they be the principall and whole cauſes of theſe good things: the merciemercy of God in verie déed is the chéefe and verie true cauſe of our iuſtification.
proposition 3 The works of the lawe, yea and faith it ſelfe, when it is vnderſtood by it ſelfe, that is, ſeuerallie from Chriſt, and the merciemercy of God, as they procéed from vsus, they hauehave alwaies ſinne ioined with them, yea and they be ſinnes.
proposition 4 If we take the lawe without Chriſt, there ſhall we ſée commanded vsus things vnpoſſible, and ſuch as ſtir vp ill affections.
proposition 5 Séeing God ioined the Goſpell with the lawe, it behooueth vsus that we receiue the ſame in ſuch wiſe as it is giuen vsus by him, ſo that we ſeparate not the one from the other.
proposition 6 Albeit that the lawe cannot be fullie kept of anie mortall man in this life, yet muſt not the promiſes of the lawe be accounted vaine.
proposition 7 The works of the lawe declare righteouſneſſe by that which followeth, that is by an argument which bringeth in the cauſe by the effect: and by the continuall vſe of thoſe works we obteine righteouſneſſe, whereby nature is reſtored and made perfect; but yet are we not iuſtified before God with it by it ſelfe.
proposition 8 Albeit that the works of the lawe are ſaid to iuſtifie by another thing, that is, by faith annexed therevnto, yet is it not accidentallie, bicauſe the knitting togither of faith with works is of it ſelfe.
proposition 9 The ciuill and morall lawes of the old people be abrogated, not as touching the ſubſtance, but as touching the maner, obſeruations, or circumſtances; but the morall part remaineth ſimplie in his owne ſtrength, yet may it in ſome reſpect be ſaid to be abrogated, bicauſe it condemneth not the faithfull; ſecondlie, bicauſe it is not gréeuous vntounto them, ſéeing willinglie and of their owne accord they bend themſelues therevnto.
proposition 10 Euerie faithfull man according to the proportion of his faith is partaker of this deliuerance from the lawe.
proposition 11 Such is the vſe of the lawe among the faithfull, as they preach the ſame vntounto the vnbeléeuers: further, that by it they ſtir vp themſelues to repentance, and renew themſelues to good works, and to a better life.
proposition 12 The law of God requireth thrée maner of perfections in our works. Firſt, that what we doo outwardlie, it be honeſt: ſecondlie, that we doo this willinglie, and of our owne accord: laſtlie, that by a good and ſpirituall motion we refer all this vntounto God.
proposition 13 We muſt by the diſcretion of the law of God, not by our owne iudgement, determine of that which is honeſt, and that which is diſhoneſt, or of the goodneſſe and naughtineſſe of our owne actions.
Probable.
proposition 1 THoſe, before God, are counted the dooers of the lawe, which hauing faith in Chriſt, doo earneſtlie exerciſe themſelues in the obedience of his commandements.
proposition 2 In that ſentence of Daniel: Thou ſhalt redeeme thy ſinnes with almes, he meaneth, the puniſhment and paine which is due for ſinnes.
proposition 3 They which by their owne iudgement, not by the word and lawe of God, will determine of the goodneſſe and naughtineſſe of humane actions, thoſe eate the fruit of the trée of good and euill, forbidden to our firſt parents.
Propoſitions out of the xx. chapter of the booke of Exodus.
Neceſſarie.
proposition 1 THe commandement of the ſabboth, is partlie morall, Thou ſhalt keepe holie the ſabboth daie.and partlie ceremoniall: wherevpon ſome thing conteined therein, is eternall, and ſome thing but for a time.
proposition 2 The chriſtian church erred not, when in the place of the Iewes ſabboth it appointed the Lords day to be kept, whereof there is mention made in the holie ſcriptures, although there is no commandement there extant, as touching the obſeruation thereof.
proposition 3 The magiſtrate ought to compell ſtrangers, although they be of an other maner of religion, that they doo nothing openlie, againſt the religion of the citie.
proposition 4 Thoſe works were not forbidden to be doone on the ſabboth daie, which might neither be deferred nor preuented without the loſſe of life.
proposition 5 The works of charitie, which we are bound neceſſarilie to doo vntounto our neighbour, muſt be preferred before holie ceremonies.
proposition 6 The commandements of God hauehave an order among themſelues, therefore when two of them méet togither at one time, which cannot be performed both at once, we muſt applie our ſelues to the former, not indéed neglecting the latter, but deferring it till an other time.
proposition 7 Thoſe works muſt be doone vponupon holie daies, which by the word of God, it is manifeſt, doo belong to the worſhip of God.
proposition 8 It is lawfull for the church to adde vntounto the ceremonies deliuered to vsus by the word of God, both time, maner, place, yea and ſome ceremonie, as well for ornament, as for edifieng of the faithfull: who neuertheleſſe are not permitted to change the ſubſtance of them, as the Papiſts hauehave doone in their Maſſe, which now cannot be doone with a ſafe conſcience.
proposition 9 The Monkes, which drawe awaie children from their parents, and make them Monkes, Honor thy parents.ſinne more gréeuouſlie, than did the Scribes and Phariſes, whom Chriſt reprooued, bicauſe they tranſgreſſed the commandement of honouring parents.
proposition 10 In the promiſes of temporall things, God includeth ſpirituall promiſes.
proposition 11 Temporall things, although they ſometime ſéeme vile, yet are they conteined in the promiſes of God, to the intent we may be taught, that the prouidence of God extendeth it ſelfe vntounto all things, and to let vsus knowe that good things, although they be neuer ſo ſmall, muſt be aſked from God.
Probable.
proposition 1 IN the word Parents, are comprehended ſchoole-maiſters, maiſters, & miniſters of the church, bicauſe in old time, when there were but few men, the good man of the houſe performed all theſe duties.
proposition 2 In the table of the ten commandements, parents are not expreſlie commanded concerning dutie towards their children, bicauſe they hauehave by nature more vehement affections ingraffed therevnto, than children hauehave towards their parents.
proposition 3 The precept of honouring parents is chéefelie in the promiſe (as Paule ſaith) namelie in the particular promiſe: for that promiſe which is in the ſecond precept is generall.
Propoſitions out of the xx. chapter of the booke of Exodus.
Neceſſarie.
proposition 1 WHen God commandeth that we ſhould not kill, he, by the teſtimonie of Chriſt, Thou ſhalt not kill.forbiddeth anger, which muſt not be vnderſtood of euerie anger, but of that onelie which is againſt charitie.
proposition 2 Reuenge belongeth not to priuate men, ſéeing it is a worke of the magiſtrate.
proposition 3 They which ſaie that the commandement of not reuenging is a counſell, and not of neceſſitie to ſaluation, doo greatlie erre.
proposition 4 It is lawfull for euerie man againſt them that be priuate to repell violence by violence, ſo it be not doone of hatred or deſire to reuenge, and onelie when an extreame neceſſitie forceth, wherein we cannot vſe the helpe of lawfull defenders.
proposition 5 The miſhap of thoſe that are puniſhed with death is to be lamented, but yet the execution of a iuſt iudgement againſt them muſt not be hindered by our defenſes, or by the interceſſions of others.
proposition 6 It is not lawfull for a man to kill himſelfe. Wherefore Pe…llianus is iuſtlie condemned for iudging them to be martyrs, who, when they were fallen into gréeuous miſchéefes, killed themſelues vnderunder pretenſe of repentance.
proposition 7 Neither are thoſe to be heard which grant the ſame when chaſtitie is put in danger.
proposition 8 The death of Samſon excuſeth not them, which of their owne will doo kill themſelues.
proposition 9 In the precept wherein adulterie is forbidden, Thou ſhalt not commit adulterie.matrimonie, which is the contrarie, is commended, for that it is a lawfull …oming togither of man and wife into one fleſh by the inſtitution of God, for the procreating of children, and godlie education of them, and that fornication may be auoided.
proposition 10 The lawfull vſe of matrimonie is not, as manie thinke, a veniall ſinne.
proposition 11 They which ſaie that matrimonie is not good, but in compariſon of whooredome and adulterie, are of an ill iudgement.
proposition 12 Matrimonie is violated, when man and wife being lawfullie ioined togither into one fleſh, there is mingled a ſtrange fleſh, not onlie in the groſe and outward fact, but with the hart, with words, beckes, and other diſpute actions.
proposition 13 Alſo matrimonie is violated by a diuorſe admitted without lawfull cauſes.
proposition 14 It is not in the power of man and wife, that the one ſhould grant to the other the vſe of their bodies vntounto others out of matrimonie.
proposition 15 In a well ordered Common-weale, the crime of adulterie ought to be puniſhed with death.
proposition 16 Chriſt releaſed not the ſeueritie of the lawe of God in that reſpect, that he condemned not that woman which was taken in adulterie.
Propoſitions out of the xx. chapter of Exodus.
Neceſſarie.
proposition 1 BY that precept; Thou ſhalt not ſteale, the Iſraelites could not be reprooued of theft when they robbed Aegypt: Thou ſhalt not ſteale.ſince to vſurpe other mens goods againſt the will of the Lord, belongeth vntounto the nature of theft. But they carried not out other mens goods, but their own; to wit, being giuen them by God.
proposition 2 By this precept are eſtabliſhed priuate poſſeſſions of things, ſo as there muſt be no communitie brought in as touching the poſſeſſion of all our goods, but onlie as touching a participation of the vſe and fruits.
proposition 3 The entercourſe of merchants, if it be iuſtlie ordered, is not to be condemned, but it ought rather to be accounted as a bond of humane ſocietie.
proposition 4 They which deceiue the magiſtrate of tributes, are guiltie of theft; no leſſe guiltie are pr…ces, when they exact greater tributes than reaſon would; or elſe when they grant not vntounto the ſubiects thoſe things for the which they paie tributes.
proposition 5 They which de…a… miniſters, yoong ſtudents, and the poore, of the goods giuen vntounto God, that is, to the church, are within the compaſſe of theft; and ſo likewiſe are theſe, when they vſe thoſe things, and indéed performe not that wherevnto they were inſtituted.
proposition 6 All maner of … is not againſt this commandement; but onelie that which with the oppreſſion and hurt of our neighbour bringeth gaine againſt the lawes, and alſo againſt equitie.
proposition 7 By this commandement are almes-déeds commanded, which muſt be ſo moderated, as among the people of God there may be a certeine equalitie of things, I meane not geometricall, but arythmeticall.
proposition 8 The falſe-witneſſe-bearing which is forbidden muſt not onelie be reſtreined to the actions of the lawe, Thou ſhalt not beare falſe witnesbut alſo all maner of ſignifications whereby our neighbour is hurt are forbidden, ſo that hereby is brideled the mind, the toong, and the actions ſeruing therevnto.
proposition 9 Of this precept is inferred, that ſo much as may be, we ſhould both commend our neighbour and ſet him foorth to the glorie of God.
proposition 10 In the lie which they call an officious lie, although we ſpeake otherwiſe than we thinke the thing is, yet no otherwiſe than charitie and right reaſon iudgeth that we ſhould ſpeake.
proposition 11 In the laſt commandement wherin it is ſaid, Thou ſhalt not luſt, Thou ſhalt not iuſt.is declared how much the lawe of God is better than the ciuill lawes and morall philoſophie.
proposition 12 By the firſt & laſt precept is ſhewed, that the lawe is ſpirituall. For there is a commandement giuen, concerning all the motions of the mind; and from thence is gathered a full meaning of all the other commandements.
proposition 13 Séeing the firſt and laſt commandement are obſerued of none, men may by them eaſilie perceiue themſelues to be ſinners.
Propoſitions as touching Sanctuarie, out of the xxvi. and the reſt of the chapters which follow of the booke of Exodus.
Neceſſarie.
proposition 1 ALbeit that the holie people might aſſemble euerie where, yet was it profitable to hauehave but one onelie ſanctuarie, where the ſacrifices might be ſolemnelie offered, and the oracles receiued.
proposition 2 As it is now alſo conuenient to make a difference betwéene holie places, for the execution of certeine ceremonies, yet is that difference betwéene our temples vngodlie, that men thinke they ſhall ſooner obteine helpe of God in ſome places, than they ſhall in other.
proposition 3 Neither is it godlie doone of anie people to denie principall ceremonies for the place ſake: or elſe to account anie temple the more holie for the ſecondarie ceremonies: as certeine things in times paſt were peculiarlie committed vntounto biſhops, for procuring them greater authoritie.
proposition 4 The ornaments and images in the holie place, although they were not ſéene, yet did they ſerue the people to the reſtoring of godlineſſe.
proposition 5 Things were ordeined for the new people is heare and perceiue in holie places, and not onelie to looke vponupon.
proposition 6 Verie well in old time were the prieſts kept from the innermoſt holie place, and that which was doone therein: and the people from the outer place, and thoſe things which were doone there.
proposition 7 Now maie none of the people of God, except with offenſe to GOD, be excluded from anie place where the holie ceremonies be exerciſed, or from anie of the holie actions which be doone in the church of God.
proposition 8 The holier ſort of ſignes of the good will of God; as the Arke of the couenant, the Propitiatorie, the ſhew-bread, the lights, and the holie incenſe were profitablie hidden from the ſight of the old people of Iſrael: but it is conuenient, that all the holie ſignes ſhould be moſt cléerlie exhibited and ſhewed to the new people.
Probable.
proposition 1 BY the holie ſanctuarie was repreſented the maieſtie of Chriſts prieſthood; by the holie things were repreſented the dignitie of the holie miniſterie.
proposition 2 To thinke, that bicauſe the place of praier appointed to the old people, was richlie and diuerſlie adorned, that therefore it is méet that our temples alſo ſhuld be magnificallie builded and adorned, is an vngodlie coniecture.
proposition 3 True and comelie images of things, whoſe remembrance is comfortable, may ſerue for a good vſe vntounto the godlie but yet not in temples: for we may hauehave them as becommeth Chriſtians.
proposition 4 As Saint Ambroſe did iuſtlie did the Emperour depart from out of the place, where the elders of the church were; ſo to appoint a place in the church for the clergie, in ſuch ſort that it may not be lawfull for others to abide therein, dooth rather hinder godlineſſe than further it.
Propoſitions out of the firſt chapter of Leuiticus.
Neceſſarie.
proposition 1 A Sacrifice is a ceremonie, wherein anie thing is offered vntounto God by his commandement for obteining remiſſion of ſinnes, not onelie ciuill but true, through the faith of Ieſus Chriſt there repreſented and exhibited.
proposition 2 Faith is applied to diuers promiſes of God: but that faith, which iuſtifieth, hath reſpect to Chriſt himſelfe.
proposition 3 When in the epiſtle to the Hebrues, or elſewhere in the holie ſcriptures it is ſaid, that the old ceremonies gaue no remiſſion of ſinne, that muſt be vnderſtood, by the power of the worke, or without faith in Chriſt.
proposition 4 Moſes ſpake in no place more plainlie of the death of Chriſt, than he did in the lawes of the ſacrifices.
proposition 5 The mortification of the fleſh is a ſacrifice, wherein a man offereth himſelfe vntounto God.
proposition 6 God would that the ſigns of the ſacraments ſhould be eaſie things to be prepared.
proposition 7 Bicauſe Chriſt was receiued in the eating of thoſe things which were offered in ſacrifices, therfore the outward ſigns of the Lords ſupper are apt for mans eating as they were.
proposition 8 In the offering of the ſacrifice, the offerer confeſſed his ſinne, and acknowledged himſelfe to be guiltie of death, in which reſpect the ſacrifice was ſlaine.
proposition 9 Sinnes were forgiuen in ſacrifice, not as concerning the iudgement of lawe, but as touching God.
proposition 10 Moreouer, in the ſacrifices, wherein Chriſt was repreſented, and exhibited, the people alſo was inſtructed as touching the principall vertues.
proposition 11 Indéed the ſacrifice of poore men, was ſmaller than the ſacrifice of rich men, as touching the coſt, but not as touching the worthineſſe.
proposition 12 Albeit that Chriſt in one oblation finiſhed our ſaluation, yet are there ſtill remaining with vsus ſundrie and manifold ſacrifices in the new teſtament.
Probable.
proposition 1 THe laieng on of hands, which is giuen to the miniſters of the church in the new teſtament, might ſéeme to hauehave come of the laieng on of hands vponupon the ſacrificed beaſts, vnleſſe we did find mention thereof in the old teſtament before the making of lawes for ſacrifices.
proposition 2 The ſwéet ſmell of reſt, whereof there is manie times mention made in the ſacrifices, ſignifieth that there the will of God was contented, as in a thing doone according to his pleaſure; and that the wrath, wherewith he was kindled againſt them that offered, was there pacified.
proposition 3 There were therefore manie kinds of ſacrifices, bicauſe Chriſt could not be expreſſed in one kind.
proposition 4 The old fathers, when they knew that they were reconciled vntounto God by ſacrifices, and yet vnderſtood that the beaſts which were ſlaine, were not excellenter in nature, than they for whome they were offered, concluded neceſſarilie, that the worthineſſe of the ſacrifices depended vponupon ſomewhat elſe: wherevpon they flieng to the promiſes of Meſſias, acknowledged him therein to be preferred before themſelues.
proposition 5 In the kids and goats, which were offered, Chriſt might be expreſſed, bicauſe of the forme of perfect man which he tooke vponupon him.
Propoſitions out of the ſecond, third, and fourth chapters of Leuiticus.
Neceſſarie.
proposition 1 THe ſacrifices did ſtir vp the memorie of Gods promiſes, in them that offered.
proposition 2 When God refuſeth leuen, that it ſhould not be offered vntounto him, he condemneth wicked doctrine and corrupt maners.
proposition 3 Honie and leuen are not refuſed of God from being burned vntounto him, bicauſe they be euill things in their owne nature: naie rather they may be ſanctified by the word of GOD, and by praier, as the reſt of the creatures, and therefore they might be offered among the tenths and firſt fruits.
proposition 4 To father the ſignes of frankincenſe, oile, and ſalt, vponupon the ceremonies of the new teſtament, as the Papiſts hauehave doone, was ſuperſtitions.
proposition 5 In the ſacrifice of peace-offerings, the holie communion was exerciſed among the faithfull: for therein not onelie was Chriſt ſet foorth to be beléeued, but he was there receiued.
proposition 6 Albeit that the Lords ſupper by it ſelfe be no ſacrifice, yet is it not doone without a ſacrifice.
proposition 7 The worthineſſe of the ſacrifices was not conſidered by the excellencie of the things offered, but according to the acceptation of God, and the faith of thoſe that offered.
proposition 8 The vſe of the fat and bloud was not forbidden, as though in their owne nature they polluted the mind, but by reaſon of certeine ſignifications.
proposition 9 In thoſe ceremonies, whereof a reaſon is not knowne, God oftentimes had this reſpect, that the Hebrues might be ſeparated from the rites of the idolaters.
proposition 10 Sinne is a defect not onelie in the actions, but alſo in the nature of man: whereby men are enimies to the lawe of God, and incur his wrath and eternall damnation, vnleſſe they be holpen by faith in Chriſt.
proposition 11 Forſomuch as ſome ſinnes be called ſinnes of committing, and ſome of omitting; thereof it riſeth, that God made ſome precepts affirmatiue, and ſome negatiue.
proposition 12 Ignorance, which truelie excuſeth ſinne, is not affectate, and it chieflie ſtandeth in the circumſtances of actions.
proposition 13 Albeit in the oblations of ſacrifices, ſinnes were forgiuen by the faith of Chriſt, yet were not ciuill puniſhments or iudgements of lawe taken awaie therefore.
Probable.
proposition 1 THat in the ſacrifice of incenſe, no part of the frankincenſe remained to him that offered, or to the prieſt, but the whole was burned before the Lord; it ſheweth, that inuocation is due vntounto God onelie, not vntounto men.
proposition 2 Honie was forbidden of GOD, that it ſhould not be offered vntounto him, bicauſe the pleaſures of the fleſh doo not make to the ſeruice of GOD.
proposition 3 Salt is perpetuallie required in ſacrifices: bicauſe without faith nothing can pleaſe GOD.
proposition 4 The apoſtles in the primitiue church renewed the commandement, that bloud ſhould not be eaten, and they ſaid nothing as touching fat: bicauſe that precept of bloud was publiſhed in the time of Noah, and might be knowne vntounto the Gentils, but not ſo concerning fat.
Propoſitions out of the fourth, & fift, chapters of Leuiticus.
Neceſſarie.
proposition 1 THe ſinne of the prieſts is more gréeuous than the ſinnes of the people, bicauſe the authoritie of doctrine is diminiſhed, the example vntounto ſinning is more forceable, and the miniſterie made a mocking ſtocke.
proposition 2 Confeſſion was thrée maner of waies in the ſacrifices. Firſt it was manifeſt in the outward ſigne of the ſacrifice which was offered. Secondlie, there was vſed a generall declaratiō of ſins. Moreouer they ſometime ſhewed their ſinnes particularlie.
proposition 3 The confeſſion, which they call auricular, muſt not be taken out of the church, but rather amended.
proposition 4 VntoUnto thoſe things which were the ſignes of the ſacraments, ſome honour is due after the ſacramentall vſe of them, but yet without ſuperſtition, and offenſe of the weake.
proposition 5 There is no ſtate ſo honourable among the people of God, but ought to be ſubiect to brotherlie correction.
proposition 6 The fulnes of eccleſiaſticall power is in Chriſt, who hath communicated the ſame to the whole number of beléeuers, & he hath giuen the execution thereof to thoſe miniſters which he hath choſen.
proposition 7 The church may erre, and in verie déed hath ſometimes erred, euen in thoſe things which belong vntounto faith.
proposition 8 When there is inquiſition made by a magiſtrate of anie crime, whoſoeuer is examined ought to confeſſe that which they knowe thereof.
proposition 9 If the faithfull chriſtians be demanded of their faith, in place of iudgment, they are bound to confeſſe the ſame.
proposition 10 When a iudge ſhall perhaps demand of vsus to beewraie our brethren, we muſt not declare them.
proposition 11 They which leaue off from lawfull accuſations in the Common-weale, cannot pretend iuſt merciemercy.
proposition 12 He which hath ſworne to doo ſome euill, ſinneth not, in not performing of the ſame: but he ſinneth by ſwearing raſhlie.
proposition 13 The offerings of ſacrifices had manie commodities. Firſt was confirmed the faith of them that offered. Secondlie therin was a thankſ-giuing. Thirdlie miniſters were ſuſteined. And finallie thoſe which did ſacrifice, did confeſſe, that the ſame death, which was doone vntounto the ſacrificed beaſt was due vntounto them for their ſinnes.
proposition 14 He which trulie beléeueth God, hath no doubt of the forgiueneſſe of ſinnes, or of his owne ſaluation, otherwiſe of faith, it would become opinion.
proposition 15 The certeintie which we hauehave of our ſaluation, is not of the ſenſe, neither of experience, or knowledge, but of faith.
Propoſitions out of the fift, ſixt, & ſeuenth chapters of Leuiticus.
Neceſſarie.
proposition 1 TRue faith, which iuſtifieth, is not without comfortable repentance.
proposition 2 He that reſtoreth not things taken awaie, if he be able, is not trulie penitent for his ſinnes.
The reſtoring in due time of things taken awaie, is preferred before ſacrifice.
proposition 3 To hauehave lamps lighted or wax-candels burning before the reliks of martyrs, or in ſuch wiſe as it is doone in the papiſticall Maſſe, is ſuperſtitious.
proposition 4 It is no firme argument (to ſaie) It is lawfull now to deſire the praiers of holie men, while they liue, therefore the ſame is alſo lawfull when they be departed out of this life.
proposition 5 He that receiueth the ſacraments as touching the ſubſtance of them, otherwiſe than they were inſtituted by God, it is dangerous vntounto him, and an abhomination vntounto God.
proposition 6 As God called ſacrifices, abhomination, when they were doone without faith; ſo may we truelie determine of other good works in generall, which be doone without faith.
Probable.
proposition 1 THe originall of lights in the Church procéeded hereof, that the temples in old time were darke, and the chriſtians watched there, in the night.
proposition 2 The eleuation and motion of the bread, in the Maſſe, which is doone by the maſſing prieſts, is taken out of Leuiticus, by reaſon of the lifting vp and moouing of thoſe things which were offered vntounto God.
Propoſitions out of the eleuenth chapter of the booke of the Iudges.
And the brethren caſt foorth Ieptha, and ſaid; Thou ſhalt be no heire in our fathers houſe, for thou art the ſonne of a ſtrange woman.
proposition 1 As touching the puniſhments of eternall damnation, Deut. 24, 16 Eze. c. 18, 20euerie one ſhall beare his own burthen, not another mans.
proposition 2 Whereas ſome are ſaid to ſuffer temporall puniſhments for others, they cannot complaine but themſelues hauehave deſerued the ſame.
proposition 3 GOD committeth no iniuſtice, if at anie time he puniſh the children with temporall puniſhments, for the ſafetie of their parents.
proposition 4 It muſt not onelie be attributed to the iuſtice, but alſo to the merciemercy of GOD, that he puniſheth the ſinnes of the parents vntounto the third and fourth generation.
proposition 5 Séeing that good men are bewrapped in the temporall puniſhments of the wicked, GOD hath appointed a diſcipline vponupon the earth.
proposition 6 This is proper vntounto GOD, and muſt not be vſed of men, to puniſh children for the ſinnes of their parents, when they conſent not to their parents crimes.
Thus end the Propoſitions of Doctor Peter Martyr, out of the bookes of Geneſis, Exodus, Leuiticus, and Iudges.