On the Excellency of the Soul. 279 dreadful Text againft thofe that (hall drink in the errours of Popery. But you will fay, that they are learned men , and: have a great deal of (hew of truth , with all deceiveablenefs of unrighteoufnefs :- But how art thou deceived by them ? becaufe thou received not the love of the truth, that thou mighteft bee faxed : And for this cassfe God (hall fend them firong delufions to beleeve a lye, that they might bee damn- ed; to that end God fends thong delufions, that men might beleeve chofe errours, and drink in that cup of for- nications, that theymight bee damned for ever. If it were but onely that one errour drunk down in- the grofnefs of it, that is, that the righteoufnefs that I mull tender up to God for fatisfallion to divine Ju(lice, and for my eternal falvation, mull bee mine own righteoufnefs,. mine own works : Here is enough to poifon a foul to eter- nal perdition; and many other waies there may bee that may indanger the foul extreamly, and very ill confequen- ces may bee gathered from good principles : As for that principle of our Judification by free Grace in Chrid; That it is onely by Chrift that wee are judified, that principle is exceeding good, but from thence fuck dangerous venomous confequences may bee drawn, as may extreamly indanger; and I make no queflion do invenome and poifon many thoufand fouls, upon which they draw confequences for loofenefs, and againft humiliation for fin, and againfl obe- dience to the Law , as by Mofes. All the principles and errours that are againfl the aria waies o: God, that tend to any loofenefs, certainly they are invenoming principles : Oh rake heed of any doctrine, of any conceits, of any opi- nions that do any way tend to loofenefs 1 they will cer- tainly poifon and invenome your fouls, fo that your very errours may bee enough to damn you eternally. Many lofe their fouls by polfoning. Seventhly,. And there are many that lófe their fouls by venturing-of them ; there are many ventures upon which many come to lofe. their fouls ; there are four cafes where,
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