VER.14. %phefians, Chap.4. TheUfe tous is, {icing itis windie light wares theybring, we muff beware they doenot beguileus : we would not be over - reached wil- lingly with falfecommodities; nay, we are fo cunning that we will fay, he mull rife betimesthat outgoeth us; how much more circum fpel muff we be in do&rine, feeing it is a merchandize that faveth the foule ifwholefome,or poifon,ifit be orherwife! The fourth thing to be marked is,What a caufe ofour being led to this and thatdoflrine, thedeceiveable lightneffe and inconfiancie that is in us, through the deceitfulneffe ofmen, the deceitful uncertaintic inthe natureofman. This otofès intimateth, Deut. 11.16. Take heede to your hearts, aswho fhouldfay; doe younot know that your hearts are unftableand more thenprone to turne to Idolatry? and Pfal. 62. man is lighter thenvanity : this made them fo often goe out like a deceit- ful bow,becaufe their fpirits were not faithfull. Hence it was that the people of Ifrael within forty dayeschanged their glory into a Calfe, that the people cryed to day Hofannah,tomorrowCrucifie him: that thofe of Lyflra would now have worfhipped Paul as a God, and prefently lone him:that the ralatians foToone wereturned to another Gofpell. Wemuff therefore labour todefcrie thisdifcafe in our (elves, and feeketo God to ftablifhus withhis grace : for whatfoever the devill could doe without, if we were true at home, he could not prevaile a- gain! us. The fifth thing to be marked is, That falfe teachers are the devifs infiruments to feduceusfrom the truth. 2 Per. 3. 17. Take heede you bee not carryedawaywith thefeducingof the wicked : and therefore our Sa- viour dothbid us takeheede of filch ascome in fheepescloathing, andare inwardlyravening Wolves. And every wherethe Apoftle cryeth aime, biddingus take heede, we come not neare them, come not in the wind of them, forthey are infectious perfons. As an heire that will keepe his inheritance,mul have nothing to do with craftiebroakers,that lye in the wind for fuchaPurchafe : fo mull we not falute fuch feducers, if we will hold poffeffionof the truth. RIO. But you willaske,How may I know a falfe teacher? vinfw. In generall,by his fruites, his lifeanddo&rine. But becaufe their lifes fometimeare cloaked with hypocrifie,and it is not eatie for every one to found the depth of their doótrine; take two other marker. T. Their manner of teaching. 2. Their followers that applaud their doûrine. They Teach fo as thepower of the Spirit doth notaccompany them, but are full of words, selling words ofvanity,perfwafive #eeches, fuch ashumane wifedome fuggeleth. a. Marke, if unregenerate men approve the matter with delight which fuch a one teacheth, it is an evidence he is not a reacher of Chrift: Gal, x.Iflfhouldpleafe men, Iwere not afervant ofChrifl.True it is, that for phrafe of fpeech and manner, if one be a golden-mon- thed preacher, and of more graciousdelivery, they may applaud this joy. 499 Pre. _ Dea. Our inbred inconSancie is the c..ule of our following every new do- arise. Pfal.yS. Yfe. Doli. Falle teachers are the devils ináruments, to feduce us. Mat.7.04. £uefl: e cf. Means ro de- (cry falle tea- chers. a Pet. Gal. z.
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