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40 acceptable worship of God? b They prescribed the Feastes of Easter, and whitsontide, and other Solemnities of Christ, and his Saints, which the Protestants them selves observe. c. They appointed the Lent & Imber fastes and other, as wel to chastise the concupiscence of man, as to serve and please God therby, as is plaine in the fasting of * Anna, Tobie, Judith, Esther; who served and pleased God therby. Therefore neither these nor other such Apostolike Ordinances, nor any precepts of the holy Church, or of our lawful Pastours, are implied in these Pharisaical traditions here reprehended; nor to be counted or called the doctrines and commandements of men, because they are not made by mere humane power, but by Christes warrant and authoritie, and by such as he hath placed to rule his Church, of whom he saith: * He that heareth you, heareth me: he that dispiseth you, despiseth me. They are made by the Holy Ghost, joyning with our Pastours in the regiment of the Faithful. They are made by our Mother the Church, which whosoever obeieth not, * we are warned to take him as an Heathen. But on the other side, al lawes, doctrines, services, and injunctions of Heretikes, how soever pretended to be consonant to the Scriptures, be commandements of men: because both the things by them prescribed are impious, and the Authours have neither sending nor commission from God.

11. Not that which entereth.) The Catholikes doe not abstaine from certaine meates, for that they esteeme any meate uncleane, either by creation, or by Judaical observation: they abstaine for chasticement of their concupiscences. Aug. li. de. mor. Ec. Cath. c. 33.

18. Defile a man.) It is sinne only, which properly defileth man, and meates of them selves or of their owne nature doe not defile, but so farre as by accident they make a man to sinne, as the disobedience of Gods commandement, or of our Superiours, who forbid some meates for certaine times, and causes, is a sinne. As the apple which our first parents did eate of, though of itself it did not defile them, yet being eaten against the precept, it did defile. So neither flesh nor fish of itself doth defile, but the breach of the Churches precept defileth.

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ND there came to him the Pharisees and Sadducees tempting: and they demanded him to shew them a signe from Heaven. But he answered & said to them: When it is evening, you say: It wil be faire-weather, for the element is red. And in the morning: This day there wil be a tempest, for the element doth glow and lowre. The face therfore of the element you have skil to discerne: & the signes of times can you not? The * naughtie and advouterous Generation seeketh for a signe: and there shal not a signe be given it, but the signe of Jonas the Prophet. And he left them and went away.

And * when his Disciples were come over the water, they forgot to take bread. Who said to them: Looke wel and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees & Sadducees. But they thought within them selves saying: Because we tooke not bread. And knowing it, said: why Rh