MP Maw fir knowing the Truth,. 261 lays claim to a divine original, it is for that BERM. very reafon to 1 c rejeled. It may indeed X. contain fome truth which ought to be Rill` '">"" received. But the fcheme is an impofture, and the author a perfon of the molt infamous charafer, a prophet that lies in the name of the Lord. Now that we may be able to di- ftinguifh in this cafe, between a divine doc- trine and a human invention, or whether the real original author be God or a man only falfely pretending a commif ion from him,., we ought to have a ftandard to judge by; that is, Come previous knowledge of the will of God, with which all other declarations, which really come from him, always will and neceffarily muff be confiftent, it being impoflible that he fhould contradit himfelf, It is true, God may reveal to men what is new, and could not be known without a re- velation : but then it cannot be contrary, or have an oppofite tendency, to what was dif- covered by a former certain revelation, or to the invariable law of nature, but rather muff tend to ftrengthen it and promote its defign. This is the Pure ground upon which the af- fertion in the text refts. The good man who fincerely does the will of God, knows it bet, and not having his mind biaffed with any cor- S 3 rut
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