Four treatises tending to dissuade all Christians from four no less heinous then common…Foure treatises tending to disswade all Christians from foure no lesse hainous then common…

Lastly,¹ if according to the common practise of the sons of Belial, we blasphemously swear by the several parts of Jesus Christ, as his flesh, blood, heart and such like; what do we else but as much as in us lieth in most despiteful manner crucify him afresh, and make a mock of his incarnation and sufferings? What do we but most ungratefully dishonour him, who took upon him our frail flesh, endured a miserable life, and suffered a cursed death that so he might work the work of our redemption, make us of the heirs of perdition and firebrands of hell, the children of God, and inheritors of the eternal joys of Gods kingdom? In a word, what do we else hereby but causelessly aggravate the heinousness ⟨p. 28⟩of our sins, and plunge our bodies and souls into a fearful degree of condemnation? Judas is a condemned wretch in hell, because he betrayed his master unto the high Priests to be crucified, for thirty pieces of silver; what a fearful sentence then are they to expect, who themselves crucify and tear in pieces his most precious body, having no inducement of pleasure, profit, or credit, to draw them unto it, but through mere vanity or maliciousness, whereby they are ready to gratify the devil, by despiting God himself? The soldiers are justly taxed and reproved for parting but the garments of Jesus Christ; and therefore how much more are they worthy of rebuke and punishment who divide and tear in pieces his glorious and indivisible person, his manhood from his Godhead, his soul from his body, and all his blessed members one from another? The Jews grievously sinned (as all confess) in crucifying the Lord of life; but these blasphemers sin in divers respects much more grievously: for they sinned of ignorance, because they did not know him to be the promised Messiah; these of knowledge, after they have confessed and professed that he is the Saviour of mankind: they called upon Pilate to have him crucified, these crucify him themselves, and in stead of cross and nails, they rend him in pieces between their own teeth: they committed this sin but once, these innumerable times, every day in the year, every hour in the day, speaking no oftener then they do blaspheme: they sinned against him in the state of humiliation when he was but in the form of a servant;

Lastly,¹ if according to the common practise of the sonnes of Belial, wee blasphemously sweare by the seuerall parts of Iesus Christ, as his flesh, blood, heart and such like; what doe we else but as much as in vs lieth in most despitefull manner crucifie him afresh, and make a mock of his incarnation and sufferings? What doe wee but most vngratefully dishonour him, who took vpon him our fraile flesh, indured a miserable life, and suffered a cursed death that so hee might worke the worke of our redemption, make vs of the heires of perdition and firebrands of hell, the children of God, and inheritours of the eternall ioyes of Gods kingdome? In a word, what doe wee else hereby but causlesly aggrauate the hainousnesse