-9' r is there any foequaliandright, .buy tE'iey, bycalling the mire ofcalumniations vpon it, cin make it lookeas Though it were" Wrongful' and naught. Their fpeeehes arc charmes and in_' chantments, as the Ap' die 'a th, {)fools;; Ga1,,tb:. ns, whobath bewitched yoa, th.ttye lhoild n9r obey rh ;-ras:', ? WhenEu e would glue care t h :trade her belceue that the Lord himfelfe was nor well minded towards her, and her husband, in reflraining theme roin eatingofany fruit,and that he Ica goo I will did feeke their welfarc,in perfwading them to take their libertie,andbreake his commandement. a Secondly, mans nature is fubicé't to crror,and hisfoule'very apt tobe p:ruerted:flaxe,tinder,and gunpowder, are not more rcaclie. for to take fire, then our hearts are prone to. take infè6tion. lfa. Reproofeoftheir temeritic andraflmcs, whichbeing confi. dentoftheirowne wittesand f}abifitie of ure themfclucs that no fallacious fophifines can beguile their minds, norany allu- ringperfwa(ions (hall moue their hearts : and therefore giue Iibertie toBrowni{ls, andPapilas, and the molt perilous ene- mies of fancification todifcharge, all their (hot againif their naked "brefls. Let them fay what they will againfl the gofpell OfChri/f, againfl the miniflcrieofGod, again l} theminiflers ofGod, againfl the wort:hip of God, againl.} the people of God,all fhall beheardwhatlocuer they fay.Ob. Bat themfelues arc found and felled in the truth, and therefore they are in hope ofdoing good, but not in perill ofrcceiuing hurt. Anfwr. This is true, if they be fufftciently qualified with gifts fit for luchan imployment:ifthey hauea calling thcreunto,thcLord letting them on worke : and ifvpon the fight and fenfe of theirownecorruptions, they feckeaflìtlanceandpreferuation fromheauen, otherwife they are like toworke no bettera cure vponothers, thenan healthy mandoth byblowing vpon the difeafed, nor yet mayexpel better fafetie tothemfelues, then he that-is whole getteth from thebreath ofthe infefed. How many profeflinghollilitieagainfl poperic,haue turnedpapas by reafoning with papifls? And how many arc declined and fallen toBrownifineby takingvpon them to reduce theBrow- nab
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