L. VIVES.
NO•…•… (a) hurtfull] Of it selfe. (b) The mother] GOD layes nothing vppon his crea∣tures, men or angels, as if hee needed their helpe in any thing, but onely desireth to haue them in obedience to him. Thence is the rule: Obedience is better then sacri∣fice. Hierome vpon the eleuenth Chaper of Ieremy, Verse, 3. Cursedis the man that heareth notthe wordes of this contract: Not for the priuiledge of the nation (sayth hee) nor the wrong of * 1.1 〈◊〉〈◊〉, nor the leasure of the Sab•…•…th: But for obedience it is that God is Israels God, and they his people. Likewise in Isai. Chap. 44. Augustine wrote a work called De obedientia & hu∣•…•…. What •…•…e hath said here he repeateth often. Contra aduers. leg. & Proph. l. 1. & de b•…•… 〈◊〉〈◊〉.