-aap. 24. ifa F_xpnftion upan the Beek of Jo B. iverf 25. 671 24. ) and if Tau/had not who haçh? dares.any man pretend to a higher priviledge thenTaut himfelie did ? We may not bind up the confciences ofmen to our didtJtes any further then what we fay is grounded uponand anfwerable to the façingc of Cod, To the Law and to the Teflimony, if we fpeake not according to this- word, ye have leave or may take leave to. lay ( as to that laying) there is no light in us(If.8.2o.)Wemuti not teach magifferially, but minilerially,wemuff not affeff to be calledHalters, far one it our Mafiereven Cbrifi (Mat.23. t 0. The Bereeáns.s received the word with all readineffe ofrvind,y'et they did not Swallow down all whole that was laid to them, but !torched the Scriptures dayly whether thole things were fo (Ad. 17. I r. ). The A-poßles rule is fuirabie to their practice (r The% g% zr. ):Prove all shims, hold fait that which it good. Now as it is the duty of hearers, and lear- ners to hold nothing till they have proved it, fo it is the duty of Teachers to offer every doctrine to the baliance or tryall which they delire others fhould hold. Secondly, While 746 loth. thus confidently offer his affertior to tryall ; We learne,,That moth it net afraid to be tryed- Truth often lieth in a corner, but truth loth not feekcornerst, truth never hides her head, as. afhamed to be Peenor difcufíel by snen. Truth ( as fogne have fayd ) lyeth in a deepepith it is hard to finde it out, it lyeth- our of fight, yet troth it lothnot hide it felf,-, but dires fiend forth in the face of all the world ;., truth no more feares the tryall, than. pure gold feares the touch- ¡tone, or then a fchollarwho bath made good p! ogreffe in his learning,feares to be examined; He that bath truthwith himnreds,: not care who appearesaga .oft him. Thirdly In that,he faith{ if it be not fo now, whowill make ms< a liar ? Note-. gaffe dottrine isa lye. (Ifa, 9. r 5. ) The antient; andthe honourable he is the bead, the Prophet that teachethlisr,thatis, (theProl:he_ that teethed; falle dodrine)he is the tayl.(Jer.9 3.)They bend their tongues like their bowerfor lies, but . they are.not.valiantfor tke,trutb on the earth. The:
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