his words are these, Illud apud Genevates laudabile, si quid usquam gentium, quodque Rempublicam efficit, si non opibus, et imperij magnitudine, certè virtutibus, ao pietate florentem: Illa scilicet pontificum censura, qua nihil 1majus, aut divinius cogitari potuit, ad coercendas hominum cupiditates, et ea vitia, quae legibus humanis a• judiciis emendari nullo modo possunt: haeo tamèn coertio, ad Christi normam dirigitur, tacenter primùm et amice, deinde paulo acerbius, tum nisi parcas, sequitur interdictio sacrorum, gravis et efficax. Interdictionem animadversio magistratuum: ridiculum est enim ut ait Seneca, ad legem bonum esse. It a fit, u• quae legibus nusquam vindicantur, illic sine vi, et tumultu coerceantur ab ijs censoribus, qui summam virtutis opinionemde seipsis excitarunt. Igitur nulla meretricia, nullae ebrietates, nullae saltationes, nulli mendici, nulli otiosi mea civitate reperiuntur. This testimony is much, proceeding from a papist, bighly commending this divine order, and thereby reproving the want thereof in their Church. But is it to be hoped that in other places we should find no dancing, when there are dancing-schools in the chief Cities? that there should be no idle persons among us, where there are so many so ill occupied? that there should be no gamesters, while there are divers publicly permitted, not only in houses of the Town, but also in Halls and Colleges of the University? I am loath to move this sink any more, therefore I leave it to the consideration of that which hath been said; how necessary it is to lay the roof upon the building, to preserve the work, and to keep out the snow and rain, that is, all manner of vices that hurt and injure the Building, and cannot otherwise than hereby be redressed; as idleness, riotousness, drunkenness, swearing, which for want hereof swarm among us, not only to the discomfort of ⟨p. 6⟩Gods servants, but also to the destruction of them that are pestered with them: So then if we compare our Church with that Temple of the Jews, we see that in some places the foundation is not yet laid, in some the walls not built, finally that the Roof yet wanteth to the perfecting of the work, which I would the rather wish you to mark, For that through the whole Prophecy, I will speak nothing but what shall necessarily appertain to some part hereof.
his words are these, Illud apud Genevates laudabile, si quid usquam gentium, quodque Rempublicam efficit, si non opibus, et imperij magnitudine, certè virtutibus, ao pietate florentem: Illa scilicet pontificum censura, qua nihil 1majus, aut divinius cogitari potuit, ad coercendas hominum cupiditates, et ea vitia, quae legibus humanis a• judiciis emendari nullo modo possunt: haeo tamèn coertio, ad Christi normam dirigitur, tacenter primùm et amice, deinde paulo acerbius, tum nisi parcas, sequitur interdictio sacrorum, gravis et efficax. Interdictionem animadversio magistratuum: ridiculum est enim ut ait Seneca, ad legem bonum esse. It a fit, u• quae legibus nusquam vindicantur, illic sine vi, et tumultu coerceantur ab ijs censoribus, qui summam virtutis opinionemde seipsis excitarunt. Igitur nulla meretricia, nullae ebrietates, nullae saltationes, nulli mendici, nulli otiosi mea civitate reperiuntur. This testimony is much, proceeding from a papist, bighly commending this divine order, and thereby reproving the want thereof in their Church. But is it to be hoped that in other places we should find no dancing, when there are dancing-schooles in the chief Cities? that there should be no idle persons among us, where there are so many so ill occupied? that there should be no gamesters, while there are divers publiquely permitted, not onely in houses of the Town, but also in Halls and Colledges of the University? I am loath to move this sinke any more, therefore I leave it to the consideration of that which hath beene said; how necessary it is to lay the roofe upon the building, to preserve the worke, and to keepe out the snow and raine, that is, all manner of vices that hurt and injure the Building, and cannot otherwayes than hereby bee redressed; as idlenesse, riotousnesse, drunkennesse, swearing, which for want hereof swarme among us, not onely to the discomfort of ⟨p. 6⟩Gods servants, but also to the destruction of them that are pestred with them: So then if we compare our Church with that Temple of the Jewes, we see that in some places the foundation is not yet laid, in some the walls not built, finally that the Roofe yet wanteth to the perfecting of the work, which I would the rather wish you to marke, For that through the whole Prophesie, I will speake nothing but what shall necessarily appertaine to some part hereof.
- 1Bodin. method. Hist. c. 6. p. 220. & p 378. 379 Paris. Edit Anno 1572 This latin you shall find it Englished at the latter end of the Book.Bodin. method. Hist. c. 6. p. 220. & p 378. 379 Paris. Edit Anno 1572 This latine you shall find it Englished at the latter end of the Booke.
