Ver e.9. ROVB S. 31 Secondly,menofknowledgehaue their wits exercifed to di- $ fcerne between goodandmill, between light and darknes,be- tween the feruants ofGod,and the workers of iniquity. They beare the imageofGod:and therfore know the image ofGod where it is,and fee thedefeets of it where it is not. They carry a light within themwherebythey are able to difcouer the doc- trines of falfhood, which are contrary:. to the trueth, and the works ofdarknes which are contrary toholines, and therefore canmica themboth. Thirdly the found knowledge of Chrif}ians, is not onelya fhield towarde offal! detef}able errors,and damnable herefies, that they feduce not the mind but alfo.a preferuatiue to expel al flattering inticements,and finfull függeftions that they corrupt not the heart. And that the holr Ghoft doth expreflypromife in this book,to euery one that doth loue, andlabour forknow- ledge. Whenwifedone entreth into thine heart,andknowledgede- lighteth thyfoule,thenfhallcounfellpreferire thee,andvnderfláding fdial!keep thee and'deliuer theefrom the euill way,. &from the man thatfpeakethfrowardthings,andfromtheÿn that leaue thewaies of righteoufneffe,towake in' the roaies' of darkneffe :which reioyce in thefrowardneffeofthewicked. Prouer.2. 10.I1.I2.13.14. . Encouragement tovfe diligencebyall good meanes, in all Gods ordinances appointed to that end, toget vnderftanding Vfe.I. and righteoufneffe, fince our need thereofis fo great, and the vfe fo good.Neither wealth, nor wit, nor anyother thing, can {land vs in fo good fleed for the preferuation ofour hearts, as thefe doe. For they all without thofeare trecherous and deceit- full,ready alwaies tobetray vs,andopen the dores to let in flat- ry andcorruption :butthefe haue faithfulneffe andcourage, and power,& con{lancyto Eland for the defence ofour foule to the end. Though there fhould come neuer fomany bands,andarmies ofSatanical &hellifhhypocrites,and euery mans mouthwere a rusket,or cannon to fendout moll mortal and deadlypoyfon, yet ifwebe armedwith thefegraces,we need not to feare them e.Thefa3 TheAntichriflian deceiuer cannot illude them that haue recei- ued Mow
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