Note 479 — TABLE DES MATIÈRES CONTENUES DANS LE DEUXIÈME VOLUME.

: A man may be an heretic in the truth if he believes things only because his pastor says so.... The very truth he holds becomes his heresie.... A wealthy man addicted to his pleasure and to his profits, finds religion to be a traffic so entangled and of so many piddling accounts, that of all mysteries he cannot skill to keep a stock going upon his trade.... What does he therefore, but resolves to give over toyling and to find himself out some factor to whose care and credit he may commit the whole managing of his religious affairs? Some Divine of note, and estimation that must be. To him he adheres, resigns the whole warehouse of his religion, with all the locks and keys, in his custody; and indeed makes the person of this man his religion. So that a man may say his religion is now no more within himself, but is become a dividual moveable, and goes and comes near him, according as that good man frequents the house. He entertains him, gives him gifts, feasts him, lodges him; his religion comes home at night, prays, is liberally supt, and sumptuously laid to sleep; rises, is saluted, and, after the malmsey, or some well-spiced beverage, and better breakfasted, his religion walks abroad at night, and leaves his kind entertainer in the shop trading all day without his religion.