T'crfe.2y. truth and wifedonae, and yet will caufc thee to. erre from the words ofknowledge, either peruerting thy rnindewithcrronious opinions, or corrupting thy heart with 6nfuil affec`1ions, or depraving thy waics with leaud and wicked bchauiour, fo that cifiAcr thou (halt not vnder(land the words of knou'ledv, the heauenlydo6rincsofGods holy word, whereby found know- ledge is obtained, or cite wilt be inticcd to tranfgrelpc ihem. ¡ Whofocucr will proceed conflantly in the waics of God, De& muff take heed offeducers. Our Sauiour !efu. Curt , giuing many picked and choice precepts for true happines, in his (èrmon on the mount, and utteringnot a word, that tended not directly thereunto, doth frngleout this as a matter ofno ím411 importance, flying, ße- mare of alteprophets, which come to you infloeepes cloat hing, brit in- Mat,;, i t ward/yareraueni,:gwoules. And S. Patcldoth (triUly admonifh the Ephefians, that they lhouldnot bechildren wauering, and c<.r- Epb.4.144 tied ;16oart with emerywindofdoctrine, and by the deceit ofmen, and withcr4fines whereby they lie inWaite to dr crime. That theword and fpirit of-God iliould be the pilot oftheir. coulciences, and not lciffer their hearts, without (lane, or ancre, to he committed to the fubtill blaf}s of the falfe Apo- files : and like menof wífedome and difcretion, they fliould keepe their (locke ofgrace and truth, andnot like iìllie boyes fall to gamingwith the toggingcorrupt teachers, and fo lofe their patrimonie. And S. Peter mingled precepts with prom i- les,to the three thoulandw''onm heconuerted toy ether,tearh- ing them, not onely theway to faluation by faith in Chrifl, but the mcanes of perfcuerance in the Came, with due care of themfelucs, and to that end he belought them, and exhor- ted them, laying, Scene your felxes from this frowardgenera- A6.ß.. 3. tion. Firf, deceivers are maruellous cunning, and wily-in theirReI f2. trade ; thediuell bath taught them his art, and helpethallo in his feruice. There is no cauleCo vileand bad, but they bypainting and arnilhingof it,can make it feemevery iu(I andgood : neither
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