496 . phefians, Chap.4. V E R.14. u Fio.;.r4. chers. Continue inthe things which thou haft learned ; Why e Beeau fe thou haft Beene perfwaded ofthem in a right order. 2. Becaafe thou know- eft who iam that taught thee them. So this motive, ifwe approve thole that teachus on good grounds, it will makeus hold to their teaching morefirmely. Not that I would have men fweare that this is Gofpel, becaafe we fpeake it ; this is the Church of Rome her impudencie, that rulethover faith; but belceve things , becaufe you finde them fo in the holy Scripture ; yet fo farte flick to them that teach you faith- fully, and live Chriftianly,as not to liften to another lightly. Yfe z, This letteth us fee what they aime at that fpeake nippingly of Miniflers minifery, as they are odde men, the moreyou follow them, the lefl'e youMall know what to bide by, &c. Thefe feeke tounfettle us inour Religion, and draw us to whore with fome falfe worfhipr For as a man that fpeaketh to a woman ill of her husband , doth loo- fenher minds from him, meaning to winncher to himfelfe : So doe thefe, &c. Doïi. Like children;] marke then, that thofe that are under a catlnifiery, We mull not muffnot alwayes be children for knowledge. Paul Both lay it in the chili ftil be children of the Corinthians andHebrews as a fault, that they continued tobe in knowledge babes, under , when as they fhould havegrowne further. Paul tellethus that the Minifery. wemuff bechildren in malicioufneffe, not in underftanding; For theMi- r Cor.3r niftery is not onely a feed tobeget us , milke to feed us in childhood, ona4. zo. r4. but thong meate, by benefitofwhich, weare to grow up further and t further in the knowledgeof the will of God. VP. We muff know then,that God doth likewife look for this fruit from us,thac we fhould not Dill continue children. But ifwee looke to the properties ofthem in Scripture, We !hall fee that wee are babes : for who is a child a He that cannot feed uponmeare but milke , thatcan Bate nothing which is not chewed to hand : So it iswith us, for when we are taught the doftrine ofpredeflination, oftaking away the Law through the deathofChriff, of the Date ofthe lifetocome, then wee think men walk inthe clouds, and love to foam above our capacities;` whereas it is an argument, not oftheTeachers fault, but ofour own weakeneffe , that wee Dill are children , who cannot beare thong meats, nor heare that more ripe wifdome which the Word revealeth.. 3. Marke what is theproperty ofua, while we continue inchildhood, we are ready to be whirled aboutwith every doUrine, to dance after anypipe that playeth. Forfo it is in things that are tender, not come to growth, they are eafily removed. To come to this prefent comparifon of children, and a little toconfider, that w4 may finde out the reafon of thisdolrine. There are three thingsin children which make them fo flexible. r. By reafon ofthe folly that is in them, they are over credu lous, for foolifhneffe is eafie ofbeleefe. Prov. 4.15. The fimple beleeveth everyword. a. They are newfangled &fickle, to day they will play with a thing, to morrow caD it away. 3. They Doîi. We are apt in thisour child- hoodto be car- ried about with every doctrine. Three things which make children wave- ring.
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