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otherwife attain to the highejlfiep, unlefihe have always an atlive ha»a\ ; and that hcfl)all cftablifh and build up his falvation with a continual warfare and contention : for Cod will not that mortal men (ball come to immortal blejjednefiwith an eajie Journey, but he-, tnufl wrefile and fin ve with fay Is and oars againft the author and inventor of all e vils and err ours, who caufeth and v/orketh exe- crable things and miracles. Somtimes Cafi. Buc fomecimes ic comcth to pafs, that by reafon of Jlcom " to thefubtil fnares and Ifratagems of the devil, which he fo th/devi" cra ft'ly prepareth againft us, and efpecially againft fimple cannot be perfons, whom he intanglcth with vain Religions, fo that we refilled, cannot rcfift him ; orif wefuppofeour felves tobeveryablc to withftand him, yet neverthelefs we fliall be very much de- ceived by him; as we read he oftentimes did to the good,but almoft-foolifh Panor,of whom Trite mins maketh mention.

Poll. But what happened to this good Paftor, and whom thou termeft fimple ? An adm'i- Cafi. Tritensiw faith, Infomuch that he was not firong in r l '. or y faith, therefore he made more Account of the nartse of SainrJUatLCy herd. a "d attributed more power and cufiody unto itythen unto the none

of Cod, the beft and great eft good, Toll. In what maner ?

Cafi. He had in his walking-ftaff, or Pafloral Crook, a Schedule inferibed with the name of Si.Maze ; by the power and vertuefof which ftaff, he'did believe his fwine were fafe- ly defended from the ravening of the wolves : and he did attribute fo great a Deity to that Schedule, that he would leave his herd of fwine to feed in the fields alone: notwith- flanding> a certain time coming when the pallor was abfent from his flock, and a certain man coming in the mean time, faw the devil keeping them ; and he asked him what he kept here, who is the worn perfecutor of the falvation of men ? He anfwered, I keep tkefefwmt. The other replied, By whofe command ? The devil fait h, By t he foolijh confidence of the p*' ftor : for he included <% certain Schedule in hisfiajf, unto which he afcribeth divine vertue, or to the inferiptton of the name of St. Blaze j and nowycontraryto his own law, he hlicveth that his

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