Christian religion

That thereby the Lord doth take a trial of the consciences of his children, whether they will be carried away with the enticements of these pleasures, as before he took trial of their knowledge by the former errors: and withal by the same means, he disposeth of the means, whereby the wicked may deservedly perish, in that those whom one mischief doth not entangle, another may reach.

That thereby the Lord doth take a triall of the consciences of his children, whether they will be caried away with the inticements of these pleasures, as before he tooke triall of their knowledge by the former errours: and withall by the same meanes, hee disposeth of the meanes, whereby the wicked may deseruedly perish, in that those whom one mischiefe doth not entangle, another may reach.

Why, shall those things be imputed as sins unto men, seeing they are both lawful and necessary?

Why, shall those things bee imputed as sinnes vnto men, seeing they are both lawfull and necessarie?

True it is, that eating and drinking, and giving to marriage, buying and selling, planting and building, are in their own nature lawful and necessary; but our Saviour Christ chargeth them with the abuse of these things; thereby to declare, that a great condemnation is due unto those things, which before men are not condemned. And therefore doth charge ⟨p. 281⟩them with these things rather then with idolatry, whoredom, murder, or such like: so God condemned the world in the eating of the forbidden fruit.

True it is, that eating and drinking, and giuing to marriage, buying and selling, planting and building, are in their owne nature lawfull and necessarie; but our Sauiour Christ chargeth them with the abuse of these things; thereby to declare, that a great condemnation is due vnto those things, which before men are not condemned. And therefore doth charge