216 Whofe judgment to prefer. DIRECT. XLII. "sur belief of the necef fary Articles of Falt h, mugi` be made your omn,andnot taken meer- ly upon the Authority of any : And in all points of Belief or Pralticewhich are of ne ref Pity to Salvation, you rnujt ever keep com- pany with the ttniverfal Church : for it were net the church if it erred in thefe : And in matters or peace and concord, the greater part muff be your guide ; In mat- ters ofhmwane obedience, your goverrtours 3nu;'beyour Guides : .,f4nel in matters of high and difficult fpccnlatian , the judg- ment ofone man of' extraordinary under- /landing andclearnéfs is to be preferred4- fore both the Rulers and the major Vote. IwN feveral forts of Controverfies and Cafes, you muff prefer feverat forts of Guides or dges : It is a grand pernicious Errour to think That the fame mens judgments (null be moll fol- lowed in every Cafe. And it is of g *and import, once to know how to value and vary our Guides, as the Cafes vary. And for the moil part, every man is more to be regarded in his own way of ludy and prole llion,than miler men in other mat- ters, of other lludies and profeflìons As a Law- ver is to bevalued in the Law more than the a- Well and moll illuminated Divine ; And a Phi- l9föphe
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