VER. tq.. %pheftans,Chap.4. 9-95 the Apof{le fpeaketh, Gal. 4.1. A Son while heu if under Tutors,little d 3 ferethfrom afervant : So it is with us , though wee have an eternal! weight of glory which belongeth to us , yet here we get but the firft fruits, we get the Spirit very fparingly. Now looke what great fiches Long foren- wil do that are not at yeares, they willong til they come to age , that whoié she they may haveal in their own hands,theywil beare many things pati- ently, becaufe they know they (hall come one day to another conditi- on : So mat we lift up our hearts to thinkof this time, takethings in good part, as folacing our felves with thefe hopes. Other things that might begathered, you may fee chap.'. v.alt. VERSE 14. That we henceforth beno more children , wavering and VERB. 14. carried about withevery winde ofdoctrine, by the deceit ofmen, and with craftineffe, whereby they lye in Waite to deceive. Now followeth the fourthpoint, the fruit of ourbeingbuilt upby theMiniftery : it is laiddowne, r. By that which wemuff avoid. 2. By that which wemuff doe. The1. in this v. The thing weare toavoid,is inconftancy in profef- Pion of the truth , which is laid downe by a double amplification; a. Drawne from comparifon , that we be not as children carried about. z. Taken from the caufes of inconftancy : the one inward , in thofe words, through the deceitofmen , which word fignifieth the caft ofa dye, in tatting of which, becaufe there mtay be legerdemane, force put it for craftineffe , in the hazard of which, becaufe there is great uncertainty, force put it for inconftancy and uncertainty in the nature ofman; and this feemeth the belt, becaufe that craftineffe is expreffed in the words following. The other cuff outward,is thecraftineffe of falfe teachers , which is let downe from the end it tendeth to, trea- cherous circumvention or feducing a fcontlike kind of feducement. The fummeof thewords : " Seing God hath givenfuch to buildus up, we muff not be "like things without foundation, waving and whirled up "and dowse with every winde ofdoólrine , as children ; "which commeth partly from that inbred inconftancy of "our natures; partly front that wilineffe of falfe teachers, which lye inambu(h for todeceive and feduceus;For the "wordisbeft a&ively conftrued. . Then marke, what is an excellent meant ofkeeping us from wave- Doti'. ring, the cleaving to and attending on the Pallor and reacher. What It keeporh us dothkeepe the fhcepe from the Wolfe, but their following the Shep- heard e Paflors. And therefore it dothteach us,that ifwe willbe preferved from wa- Pfe, veriagby the fuggeftionof falfe teachers, then wee muff cleaveto thofe that are given usofGod for teachers. If a woman will be fafe from luftfull perlons abroad , the muff live at home. And this is a great prefervativetous againft the poyfon ofall feducers,when in our hearts we give good allowance,and takegood likingofour owne tea- chers.
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