The rule of faith, or, An exposition of the Apostles Creed so handled as…

And thus for information. Now besides here may be divers things learned for our instruction, from the behaviour of our Saviour at this time, from the things he said or did. Yea there is one thing to be learned from these wicked Rulers, though they did sinfully: We read here of them, that they rise early in the morning & get to the Court, & dispatch the business quickly: Now if to do mischief, their feet make such haste to shed blood; surely good Judges should learn expedition from them, so it be in good causes: Judges of Courts should provide, if it be possible, to cut off these miserable delays in suits: and when they fully understand the cause, dispatch the Justice of it quickly.

And thus for information. Now besides here may be diuers things learned for our instruction, from the behauiour of our Sauiour at this time, from the things he said or did. Yea there is one thing to be learned from these wicked Rulers, though they did sinfully: We reade here of them, that they rise early in the morning & getto the Court, & dispatch the businesse quickly: Now if to doe mischiefe, their feet make such haste to shed bloud; surely good Iudges should learne expedition from them, so it be in good causes: Iudges of Courts should prouide, if it be possible, to cut off these miserable delayes in suits: and when they fully vnderstand the cause, dispatch the Iustice of it quickly.

Now from the behaviour of our Saviour we may learn divers things.

Now from the behauiour of our Sauiour we may learne diuers things.

1. Whereas he was examined both of his doctrine and his Disciples, he answers to the point of his doctrine, but saith nothing of his Disciples, and yet he might have answered that one of them betrayed him, and another denied him, and the rest ran away from him: To teach us that no extremity befalling our selves, should make us discover the weaknesses of others to the Enemies of Religion, when it may any way do hurt to the honour of the profession of Religion. And again, we may learn to be patient under the aspersion of Schism, & not to be unquiet at it. Our Saviour was examined about his Disciples, upon pretence that he had made a Schism in the Church, by admitting so many followers, and such concourse of people to hear him, with intimation that he might intend sedition in the State: Now to all this he gives no answer,