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a.
3.
Dois.
Falte
doftrine
is
windy
ftutfe.
In
3.
things
it
refcrnbleth
the
winde.
n
Pet.
3.
16.
Ephefianl,
Chap.q..
it
R.
14.
then
we will (hakehands
with it, when
it
groweth
ftale,and
loath
ir,
though
Mannah.
2.
Not
for commodity
fake,
which accompanieth
,
as
thofe,
Toh.6.26.
for the
Loaves:
and
the
Sichemites who
would
circumcife,
becaufe
that
all
the
Jews had
,
fhould be theirs,
Gen.32.
for
then we hold the
truth
while our commoditie
lafteth.
3.
Nor
becaufe
ofthe
State maintaining ; for
a
Proteftant
of
fate will change,
if
the winde turne into
another
corner, but
entertaineit
in
love
of
the
truth,
the want
of
this
fincerity
doth
make
us
given
up
to
delufron,2
The
fa.
r
o.
We
muff
obey the
truth,if
we wil
come
to
affurance
of
it,
Joh.7.57.
If
any will
do hie
mill
, he
¡hall
know
the
dollrine
whether
it
he
of
God,
or
whether
he fJeake
ofhimflfe.
We
muff
feekethe teaching
of
the
Spirit, which
is
promifed
us,Efy
54.14.
"filthy children¡hall
be
taught
of
the
Lord.
Now
this teaching
is
the
riches
of
full affurance
of
underftanding by
faith,
if
it
be
a
matter
of
faith, or the certainty
of
experience,
if
it
be
a
point ofexpe-
rience, and this Spirit
is
fuch
a
Certificate
as
will put
all
out ofcontro-
verfie,
it
beareth
witneffe in
heaven and
in
earth.
Lafily, we mull call our accounts,
and
bethinke
us
of
the worft
it
can
colt
us
if we will hold
forth
in
it,
Luke
34.28.29,30.
Which of
you
intending
to
build a
tower,
fitteth
not
domne
frfl
aridcounteth the
coil
whe-
ther
he
have
fuficient
to
fniJh it?
The
third thing to be
marked here
is,
that the
Apoftle
calleth do-
Etrin
of
falle
teachers
a wind
of
doctrine.
Which
giveth
us
to
confider,
What
f
ufe
falfe
teachers
bring,
light
windie geere
: Bring
it
to the
leales
of
the
SanEtuary,
weigh it by the word
of
God,
it
is
as
light
as
the winde,
and
wanteth the fubflanceand weight
ofrruth.
Thus
in the
r
Cor.3.32.
Good doctrine
is
refembled
to
gold
and
filver,things
which
are
folic!,
but
falle
deéì.rine
is
laid
downe by the comparifon
of
chafe
and
¡
Jubile,
which thingsarelight,
eafily
confumed. So
what
are the
Papifts diftini
ions,as
a
principall and
fecondary
head; the
firff and
fe-
condluf
eftcation; a
mediator ofredemption,and
intereefrion;a Propitia-
tory
facrifice,
bloody
and
un6loody,
&c. thefe
are
all
froth
and winde,
if
they beexamined by Scripture
,
nay one member
of
them
is
lighter
then winde, for
it
is
nothing, but
in
their imagination.
And the doéhines
of
error
are
fitly refcmbled to winde
in
three
re-
gards;
t
.The
winde
is
a
fubtile
body;
fo thefe
are fubtile, but have no
fubfiance
of truth. a.
Itis
uncertaine, now blowing
in
one corner,
now
in
another,
now loud,now againe
all hufh and
fiilent;
So
doecrines
oferror
are
uncertain;
now making
a
grearnoife,fuddainly
vanifhing.
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 per
fons
; but one
that
is
rooted
in
humility
and
faith
,
knowing
his
mifery
,
and the grace
of
God
in
Chrift,
will not
be
moved with
them.
The