T. B.
I answere; first, that the more our sillie Iesuite striueth against the trueth, the more he still woundeth rotten Po∣perie. Fiue examples he heere produceth, and neuer one to the purpose; as by & by (God willing) shall appeare.* 1.1 Secondly, that if Poperie were not the New religion in very deed, such paultry and beggerly shiftes would ne∣uer be vsed in defence thereof. Thirdly, that the questi∣on is not of those actes, which Gods Saintes doe alone and of them-selues; but of those effectes, in producing whereof, Gods Saintes are sayd to concurre, and to be ioyned with Christ our Sauiour. And therefore of the fiue Examples, three are altogeather impertinent; viz. the first, the third, & the fourth. For, in the first place, the Angel doth not connotate a Creature, but God himselfe: which I prooue, by a double argument. [ 1] First, because the Text speaketh of that Angel, which deliuered Israel or Jacob from all euill; which effect can not possibly be as∣cribed to any Creature, but, To God alone,* 1.2 the fountaine of all Grace, and giuer of euery good guift. And it is con∣firmed; because the same God, which in the 15 verse is said, To haue fed Israel all his life long; is likewise sayd in the verse following, To haue deliuered him from all euill. [ 2] Second∣ly, because two other places of Scripture, doe interpret