534 Chap. 6. An Expofition upon the Booh,of J OB. Verf. 24. ingyeput the wordfrom you, and judge your fe.ves unworthy of everlsfting life,&c. Thefe men did notjudge themfelves fuch for- mally,they came not to the Apoftle and faid,we willingly fubmit our fclves to hell and wrath;hlo,they thought very well of them- felves,and judged themfel ves worthy ofeternal life.But their pra- Edice judged them, and gave a real fentence againft them, while they acquitted themfelves : Thus alío an heretick ( who ever hath a very high opinion of himfelfand his opinions) is condem- ned ofhimfelf. 3. In he retie there is taking ofpleafure and delight,therefore he- refìe is numbred among the Tufts ofthe fief"), adultery andfornica- tion, &c.Gal.5.2o.Heriticks delire todefperfe and vend their opi- nions. A man onely in an earour,will weepover his opinions,& it grieves him that he diffents and goescontrary unto others.But he that ftiffly maintains anerrour,inlults over others, and delights H.crioicuotfi to maintain his oppoltion : he triumphs and boafts of his war, cui voluptas though he can never obtain vic`kory ( Truth onely is vióorious) eftMP: tueri And Come learned Criticks obferve as much,from the form ofthe opinions ; ea Greek word, Tit. 3. xi. So then, heretie is not only an errour in enieteftnomi' judgment, but a pertinacy in the will and it takes in delight num Gr.ecorutn at theaßeìions.p Y B im, mefrnan_ Fourthly obferve from thefe words Caufe me to underftandwhere- to ad polio to I have erred ! That, tom defìgnan Anerring brother or freind, mutt not be importuned barely to dam nonedhi- leave bis errour, but be muff be made to underftand bis erreur, be aim modo, Errour thouldnot be left nor truth received blind old;a man may etia>n ad Y innaendim de- finin leavingan errour:they do(without queftion)who lay it down leftationem - thinkingit to be a truth;& there is littlequettion but they dowho quom inea ra- leave it before they underftand it to be an errour. It is much alike yit,cui ilia te 1 o reli anopinionas an errour,which we do not underftand and to patitosinoft. p Camer. My_ prac`lice an opinionfor a truth, which we do not underftand : if a roth,Evang. in manpraûiceor beleivea truth,not convinced that it is,or not con- coP. 3. APO ad cetving it to be a truth,that truth is but an errour, to him ; be- 1=tum. caule he.doth not beleeve or practice it under the notionofa truth: and foA. he leave an errour,which he is not convinced to be an er- rour,his leaveing it isnot much better ( & in fome cafes it may be woarfe)then his holding it;becaufe he leaves it not under the no- tion ofan errour. We mutt not dance after other mens pipes, or fee with other mens eyes :Except we know it is good we do, and evil which we leave undon,our not doing evil,is not good to us, and
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