452 DIRECTIONS FOR GETTING AND KEEPING treme vileness,) I would especially have ypu avòid the Antinoini- ans, bejpg the greatest pretenders to the right comforting afflicted consciences in the world; but upon my certain knowledge I dare say, they are notorious subverters of the very nature of thegospel, and that free grace which they so much'talkof, and the great dis- honoress of the Lord Jesus, whom they seem so highly to extol. They are those mountebanks and quacksalvers that delude the world by vain ostentation, and kill more than they will cure. 2. Next to them, take heed of Papists, who will go to Rome, to saints, to angels, to merits, to the most carnal delusorymeans for comfort, when they should got to Scripture and to heaven for it. And then take heed that you fall not into the hands Of separat- ing dividers of Christ's church. The most notorious and danger- ous of them are of these three sorts. 1: The last-mentioned, the Papists: they are the most notorious schismatics and separatists that ever God's church did know on earth. For my part, I think their schism is more .dangerous and wicked than the rest of their false doctrine. The unmerciful, proud, self-seeking wretches, would; like the Donatists, make us beliève that God hath no true church on earth but they; and that all the Christians in Ethiopia, Asia, Germany, Hungary, France, England, Scotland,' Ireland, Belgia, and the rest of the world, that acknowledge not their pope of Rome to be head of all the churches in the world, are none of Christ's churches, nor ever were. Thus do they separate from all the churches on earth, and confine all religion and salvation to themselves, who so notoriously depart from Christ's way.gf salva- tion. Indeed, the extreme diligence' that, they use in visiting the sick,and soliciting all men to their church and way, is plainly to get themselves followers ; andthey are every where more-industri- ous to enlarge the pope's kingdom than Christ's. So far are they from studying the unity of the Catholic' church; which they so much talk of, that they will admit none tobe of that church, nor to be saved, but their own party, as if indeed, the pope had the keys of heaven. Irideed, they are the most impudent sectaries and schismaticson earth. 2. The next to them are the Anabap- tists, whose doctrine is not, in itself, so dangerous as their schism, and gathering disciples so zealously to themselves. And so strange ' a curse of God hath followed them hitherto, as may deter any sober Christian from rash adventuring on their way. Even now, when they are highet in the world thanever they were on earth, yet do the judicious see God's heavy judgment upon them, in their con- gregations and conversation. 3. Lastly, Meddle not with those commonly called Separatists, for they will+make a prey of you for the increase of their party. I do not mean that you should sepa- rate from thesé two last, as they do from us, and have nothing to
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