498 a. 3. Dois. Falte doftrine is windy ftutfe. In 3. things it refcrnbleth the winde. nPet. 3. 16. Ephefianl, Chap.q.. it R. 14. then we will (hakehands with it, when it groweth ftale,and loath ir, thoughMannah. 2. Not for commodity fake, which accompanieth , as thofe, Toh.6.26. for the Loaves: and the Sichemites whowould circumcife, becaufe that all the Jews had , fhould be theirs, Gen.32. for then we hold the truthwhile our commoditie lafteth. 3. Norbecaufe ofthe State maintaining ; for a Proteftant of fate will change, ifthe winde turne into another corner, but entertaineit in loveof the truth, the want of this fincerity dothmake usgivenup todelufron,2Thefa. r o. We muff obey the truth,ifwe wil come toaffuranceof it, Joh.7.57. Ifany willdo hie mill , he ¡hall know the dollrine whether it heofGod, or whether he fJeakeofhimflfe. Wemuff feekethe teachingof theSpirit, which is promifed us,Efy 54.14. "filthy children¡hall be taught ofthe Lord. Now this teaching is the riches of full affurance of underftanding by faith, ifit bea matteroffaith, or the certaintyofexperience, if it bea point ofexpe- rience, and this Spirit is fuch a Certificate as will put all out ofcontro- verfie, itbearethwitneffe in heaven and in earth. Lafily, we mull call our accounts, and bethinke us ofthe worft it can colt us if we will hold forth in it, Luke 34.28.29,30. Which ofyou intending to build a tower,fitteth not domnefrflaridcounteth the coil whe- ther he havefuficient tofniJh it? The third thing to be marked here is, that theApoftle calleth do- Etrin offalle teachers a windofdoctrine. Whichgiveth us to confider, What f ufefalfe teachersbring, light windie geere : Bring it to the lealesof the SanEtuary, weigh it by the word ofGod, it is as light as the winde, and wanteth the fubflanceand weight ofrruth. Thus in the r Cor.3.32. Good doctrine is refembled togoldandfilver,things which are folic!, but falle deéì.rine is laiddowne by the comparifonofchafe and ¡Jubile, which thingsarelight, eafily confumed. So whatare the Papifts diftini ions,as aprincipall and fecondary head; the firff andfe- condluf eftcation; a mediator ofredemption,andintereefrion;a Propitia- toryfacrifice, bloody and un6loody, &c. thefe are all frothand winde, if they beexamined by Scripture , nay one member ofthem is lighter then winde, for it is nothing, but in their imagination. And the doéhines oferror are fitly refcmbled to winde in three re- gards; t .The winde is a fubtilebody; fo thefe are fubtile, but have no fubfianceof truth. a. Itis uncertaine, now blowing inone corner, now in another, now loud,now againeall hufh and fiilent; So doecrines oferror areuncertain; now makinga grearnoife,fuddainlyvanifhing. 3.The winde carrieth about chaffe andthiflles,doune and flubble,and fuch light things; but houfes well builded hand hill : So thisdoótrine of falte teachers doth carry unflable perfons ; but one that is rooted in humility and faith , knowing his mifery , and the grace of Godin Chrift, will not be moved with them. The
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