A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

2 As mis-construing perverters of Gods Judgements. That the Jews after a curse of fifteen hundred years, and a vagabond dispersion like Cain, should not bethink themselves of their murder of the Lamb of God, is the stupefying spirit of error. One of them is driven to confess that as this plague so far exceeds all their former, captivity so the sin that caused it must exceed all their former sins. As much may justly be said of our Italianated fugitives; who seeing the terrible Judgements of God upon them, will not yet know the Lord. The powder plot is passed over with An unfortunate attempt; and the Instruments no further blamed than for their rash and ill luck: as if they confessed that it wanted nothing but success to make it lawful: worse than the sorcerers of Egypt; they could cry out; This is the finger of God.

2 As mis-construing perverters of Gods Iudgements. That the Iewes after a curse of fifteene hundred yeares, and a vagabond dispersion like Cain, should not bethink themselves of their murder of the Lambe of God, is the stupefying spirit of error. One of them is driven to confesse that as this plague so far exceeds all their former, captivity so the sin that caused it must exceed al their former sins. As much may justly be said of our Italianated fugitives; who seeing the terrible Iudgements of God upon them, will not yet know the Lord. The powder plot is passed over with An unfortunate attempt; and the Instruments no further blamed than for their rash and ill lucke: as if they confessed that it wanted nothing but successe to make it lawfull: worse than the sorcerers of Aegypt; they could cry out; This is the finger of God.

They call for a Judge of controversies betwixt us, yet will not see that God himself is the Judge: declaring his sentence and derision by helping the side which he favoureth. All his judgements upon the conspirators, cannot learn them how much he detesteth such practises. Still they will not gather the unwarrantablenesse of their designs, though they have been forced in indignation to blunder out, that the Judge of all the world is become a Lutheran. Still they are mad to be made t•e wretched engines of his ambition, that sells the souls of men to buy himself reputation. Cannot the Catholicknesse of their doctrine, and the infallibility of their director, make their plots successful, and still are they blind? Such palpable demonstrations of Gods wrath so directly against their proceedings; might at least make them suspect that something is amiss, and examine where the fault resteth. To have their Infallibility so deceived, might cause them to recollect themselves, if they were not drunk with the wine of Sodom. Though they smart with the vials of fury, yet they will not leave their sorcery,