( 17) which alt things elfe are vain. There are mlmy wayes to Hell; but to Heaven there is btJt One : There are a thoufandwayes tO tlelude andblind a foul, but only one for its trU~i\Vd faving illu– mination. Errone~us SeClaries are bli~d.ed in' fr/wJ.er.;.pM;~icular points, by the feducing words of men: And ungodlJ fenfu·a·fi/f~ are blinded in the main, and damnably err from tne neceffary practical dothines of falvation, being deceived by the inclina· tion of their own concupif<Zence .~ Errors are multifari61US; and abound even in many that inveigh moft fiercely againfi the er– roneous: But Truth is jimple; We have One Teacher to inftruff es ; One Spirit to enlighten us, One Word of God to be our Rule; One Light to guide us through all the darknefs and mazes of the world, and recover our deluded darkened minds. ,Thoufands are ready to draw us away from God; Tempta t-~. ons lye thick on every band ; Withinns, and without us ; be– fo re us and on each fide: Which way c;:an you look or go,but you will meet with baits and fnares? And if Evebe once deceived; .Adam is the eaG.lier overcome. When the appetite and fenfes are enfnared by their objects, and the imagination corrupted~ t hewnderfianding is in danger of deceit. You may go into an Hofpital, and fee v ariety of tli(e11[es: but He~~lth is one and the fame: One bath the pefrilence, and another bath the leprofie 7 and another a palfie, and another is difrraCl:ed : bnt among a thoufand people in Health, you fee l)O fuch difference: Healtll only is formally the cure of all. · What abundance of miferable !inners be in the world, that are almofr ~r..Hell already? But only orJe fort of men, even the re– generate~ are refcued by grace, and fhall be faved from it. Ma· ny inventiQIU have men found Out for their deftruffion · buc there is no way but byChrift, through faith andholinefs, to' their f~lvatiot, Set as light by Chrifi and Holinefs as you will, and deride it as foolifuly and perverfly as you pleafe, you will find at hfi, that this way or none mufi bring you to Heaven. Ei-:: ther ignorance, or pride, or covetoufnefs, or malice, or glut– tony. or drunkennefs, or voluptuoufnefs or lu£1, or any one fin of an hundred "1ay be your ru ine : But there is only One }.dve to heal the• . for\'s ; .andonly one cordial! or antidote that n n expell thefe feverai fo rts of poifon from your hearts:. Gedlinefs is profitable to all tbingJ, I Tim. 4. 8. . Drudge for the world as long as you will, and gape afte·r ~ ~opo1.1r~ •
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