The HiddenSorcerer, difcovered. 149 of thefe two in our felves,- all reading, hearing, ppeaching) 6 praying,facrificing is in vain, and the Scriptures are no other 2 Gor.3 to us but thekilling and deadly letter. Lafly , we will name one more of their Sorceries and In cbantments, and fo conclude, and ti&a very great one ; In that they take upon them the very Office and place ofChrif , they think themfelves, andcall themfelves Teachers and Di- vines, andmen muftcome to them as to the Oracles of God, and theyare the Priefis lips which 'hallpreferve knowledge; come tous, and hearken to us, and we will dire& you, and teach you , what means , and what rules and ordinances ye 'hall ufe, and which is the way toHeaven : when as Chris faith plainly, call no man Father, nor no,man Mafer upon . earth: for one is your Meer, and one is your Father, which is in Heaven : but , be that is greatefl amsngyou, let him beyour fervant : Andwhofoever fhallexalt himfelfefhall be abafed;and be that (hall humble bimfelfe (hall be exalted. And faith a- gain, No man can come to me, but by the Father, and except the Father draw him. And again, I am the way, the truth, and the life : And yet theyfay , come to us, joyn your felves infel lowhip withus, and conform to us, and walk with us , for we have the bet means, we will {hew you the bet way ; we have overlookt and examined all. other Church-fellowfhips, and none like ours,-we are Mitred according to the primitive pattern,and to the mind ofChrift, and thewordit felfc juíli- fies all our rules , and our way of worfhip : And they fay moreover, we have the word of the Lordwith us ; and for us3 and we have the mind ofChrif? with us ; we have x dream, and we have a revelation , and we have feen a vifon ; when indeed they have feen nothing , but have f ole the word of the Lord from others, and borrowed of their neighbour , of this and that Authour,ard have fearched what this man faies , or that man writes,of fuch andfuch points,and then come and cry,the word oftheLord,when theLordbath not fp^ken in them nor to them, but boaft of things without their meafure,& 'peak not the things that theyhave feen andheard, and that their bands have handled of tbe word oflife, but as the Apo{tle faith, 2 Cor.io. Who feekto commend themfelves, boating of other Luke 14. It, &c. joh. 6.44. c Cor.2.16 2 Cor. I o `14, &c. I Ioh.1.I
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