674. Chap. 24. e/'n Expofftionupon the Took of J í3 L Vert, zy° thing of no ufe, Tome errors are as poyfon, deadly in their ufe. The Apostle Peter doth not fpare to fay asmuch of thern(2 Epi, e. 2, I, 2. ) while he calleth them damnable bereft-ea , which brim? fwift d,lbrat£Eion on the bringcrl of tbes' in, or the broachers of them abroad ;, And if they bring deftrudion upon thole who erring them, they that receave them cannot be hate. Toconclude this poynt and Chapter, if erroneous - doctrine be nothing worth, what are chofe Bookes worth, which.are full of erroneous doc&rines? To print fuch Bookes is but watt of paines and paper, and when fuch Bookes are printed the heft improve. ment that can be made etchess, is to make them Waft paper. To buy t!. ern is waft ofmoney, and to read them, is (tomolt ) but waft.oftime. That fpeech is not worth the hearing, nor is that bookeworth the reading; which (as all erroneous books and fpeeches are) is nothing worth. 74 granted, that if any could make him a lyar, they, with the fame paines, mu&needs make bid fpeech nothingworth. Upon this ifire he (buts up his difcourfe in anfwer to Eliphaz., nor durft eliph. undertake him any more opon that iffue, and therefore. layeth downe the Bucklers and . waits thefeild ; yet Hilda(' takes them up and makes a fhort.skit. mdhwith ?ob ; but upon another pow, as will appeare in the.. followingChapter,. j 0 13'y
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