[ 1605] Curious Inquisitors into Gods secrets, deservedly punished.
IT is recorded of one Sir William Champney in the Reign of King Henry the third,* 1.1 that living in Tower street London, he was the first Man that ever builded a Turret on the top of his house, that he might the better overlook all his N••ighbours; but it so hapned that not long after he was struck blind, so that he which would see more then others, saw just nothing at all; A sad judgment! And thus it is just with God, when Men of towring high thoughts must needs be prying into those A••cana Dei,* 1.2 the hidden secr••ts of God, that they should be struck blind on the place, and come tumbling down in the midst of their so curious en∣quiry; At the Ascension of Christ, it is said that he was taken upo in a Cloud; being entred into his presence Chamber, a curtain, as it were, was drawn to hinder his Disciples gazing, and our further peeping; yet for all that a Man may be pius p••lsator,* 1.3 though not temerarius scrutator, he may modestly knock at the ••ounsel door of Gods sec••ets, but if he en••er further he may assure himself ••o be more bold ••hen welcome.