When Aaron, the High Priest, had consented to the making, and worshipping of the Golden Calf,1 Moses, being then the Temporal Prince, rebuked him sharply unto his face: and in so doing, did not the Bishops Office, but only his own. As touching Joshua, whom ye would fain have restrained from all Ecclesiastical Causes, he caused the people to be Circumcised: He caused Altars for their Bloody Sacrifices to be erected: He caused the Priests to make their Sacrifices: He caused the Deuteronomy to be written in stones: He caused both the Blessings, and the Curses of God to be pronounced: He spake openly to the people, and frayed them from Idolatry. Al these were cases, not of Civil Policy,2 but of Religion. S. Augustine saithe, In hoc Reges Deo seruiunt, sicut eis Divinitùs praecipitur, in quantum sunt Reges, si in suo Regno bona jubeant, mala prohibeant: non solùm quae pertinent ad Humanam Societatem, verùm etiam, quae ad Divinam Religionem: Herein Kings serve God, as it is commanded them from above, in that they be Kings, if within their Kingdom they command good things, and forbid evil: not only in things pertaining to Human Fellowship, or Civil Order, but also in things pertaining to God's Religion. Ye may see therefore, M. Harding, how handsomely so ever we prove our matters, that▪ of your part, hitherto they are but unhandsomely, & coarsely answered.
When Aaron, the High Prieste, had consented to the makinge, and woorshippinge of the Golden Calfe,1 Moses, beinge then the Temporal Prince, rebuked him sharpely vnto his face: and in so dooinge, did not the Bishoppes Office, but onely his owne. As touchinge Iosua, whom ye woulde faine haue restreined from al Ecclesiastical Causes, he caused the people to be Circumcised: He caused Aultars for theire Bloudy Sacrifices to be erected: He caused the Priestes to make theire Sacrifices: He caused the Deuteronomie to be written in stoanes: He caused bothe the Blessinges, and the Cursses of God to be pronounced: He spake openly to the people, and fraied them from Idolatrie. Al these were cases, not of Ciuile Policie,2 but of Religion. S. Augustine saithe, In hoc Reges Deo seruiūt, sicut eis Diuinitùs praecipitur, in quātum sunt Reges, si in suo Regno bona iubeant, mala prohibeant: non solùm quae pertinent ad Humanam Societatem, verùm etiam, quae ad Diuinam Religionem: Herein Kinges serue God, as it is commaunded them from aboue, in that they be Kinges, if within theire Kingedome they commaunde good thinges, and forebidde euil: not onely in thinges perteininge to Humaine Felovveship, or Ciuile Order, but also in thinges perteining to Goddes Religion. Yée maie see therefore, M. Hardinge, howe handsomely so euer wée proue our maters, that▪ of your parte, hitherto thei are but vnhandsomely, & coursely answeared.
- 1Exod. 32.
- 2August. Contra Cresconium, Li. 3. Cap. 51.
