world) lyeth in our understandings, and the darkenesse thereof—but there is none in the things themselves, or actions, which are still either unlawfull or necessarie. And this is most true in a∣ctions morall and humane. The Church putteth indifferencie on nothing, there a necessitie in respect of our darknesse, many be scandalized at things which seeme not necessarie to them, yet are they in re, in themselves necessarie. But conformists object, That the very will of the Church, Act. 15. made things indiffe∣rent before the act now to become necessarie, if then the Church may take away indifferencie, she may give also. But I answer, The antecedent is most false, Junius, Calvin, Beza, Bullinger, Brentius, Pomeranus, Marloret, and the text clearly saith, by the law of Nature these were scandalous. So Origen cont. Celsum, l. 8.Origen think∣eth to eat bloà was scandalous. And Strabo, l. 15.Strabo saith, the hea∣then in their sacrifice dranke blood; Yea, Tertull. in 2 pol. ca 9. bibe∣bant sanguinem humanum. saith Tertullian, the heathen dranke mens blood, and August. e∣pist 19. Vt ve∣tus synagoge hoc pacto cum hono∣re sepaliretur.Augustine saith, they forbade these for a time in the case of scandall▪ that the ancient Synogogue might be buried with honour; Yea, Ireneus. lib. 2 cap 12.Ireneus,Tertullian de pudicit, c. 12.Tertullian, and Cyprian ad Quirinum, l 7.Cyprian will have these drawne to a spirituall sense, that they should abstaine from Idolatrie, shedding of blood and fornication; And Lorinus com. in act 15. ait esse legem mere positivam, quae rmoto, contemp∣tu scandalo & alio peccato, non videtur arctè obligare. the Jesuit Lorinus saith this was a positive Law, which without the case of scan∣dall, doeth not strictly abolish. Cajetan, vitare fornica∣tionem est divini juri, reliqua Canone erant ut morm gererent Iudaeis quibus conviverent.Cajetanus, Fornication by Gods law was forbidden, the other things in the Canon were forbidden to gratifie the Jews.Philip. Gameth. in. 12. q. 104. 105. c. 2 ad fovendum inter Iudes & Genes mutum concordiam propter infirmitatem Iudaeorum.Philippus Gamethaeus a Sorbe∣nist saith, they were forbidden to nourish concord betwixt Jew and Gentile, for the infirmitie of the Jewes. 2. That the will of the Councell made them not necessarie, whereas before the act they were indifferent, is cleare. 1. It had then been needlesse to discusse the matter by Scripture. 2. To alledge the holy Ghost as author of the Synod; It seemed good to the Holy Ghost, &c. if the bare will of men had made them necessrie.But saithPaybodie, par. 3 pag. 413. 44. Paybodie, Any good thing may become an occa∣sion of evill by accident, and through our fault, the Word con∣demneth not occasions of ill by accident, but such only as are 0