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lea
tationi
talceJa
from diferent
rel
ions,rtnf
erect.
3
63
fate
in.Avlof
s
chaire,and to
doe
-after
their words
though not
Matth
¡3.
after their
workes? In
a
word,w
hat
is
it
elfe
than
to pin
Gods
ordinance
vpon
Mans
lleeue,
and
to
make
the preaching
of
the
Gofpell,
v
;which
i- the
power
of
God
rofabation
unto
éyerr Rom.i.i6.
one ?zh,
heleeueth,to
depend vpon the weake
flrength
offraile.
flefh,either to
be made
efl
e&uall
by
his
worthineffe,or to be
made
vaine
and vnprofitable
by his
vnworthincffe
?
CHAP.
XXIIII.
Satan"
temptations
tom'!
n
from
ftndrie
oftnión.t,
f
ar,and
gions,anfrrered.
Nd
thus Satan may
be
anfxered,
IA
hen
he
taketh
occafion
ofdifcrediting
the Gofpell
and
hindring
the
courfe
thereof, by
obiec`aing
the
vvickednefle.
and worldly prophancnefle,cr the infirmities and
fraile
weakneffe
of
the Minitlers thereof. But
if
bee
cannot
thus
preuaile,
he
leaucth their
lines
and
commeth to
their
do
&rine.
Doefl
thou not
fee
(will
he
fay)
that
there
arc
innu-
merable
feels
and contraryfaútions amongll thofe who
pro
-
feffe
Chrifiianitie?
Tome
Papifls,fome
Proteflants,
Tome
Ari-
ans,fome Anabaptifls,fome Pelagians,fome Liberti nes,fome
Familifls,fome
Donatifls,and many other who
all
cite
and
al-.
leage Scriptures
for the defending
of
their contrary opini-
ons,and confidentlyaffrme
that
they only
haue the
truth
a-.
inongf't them?
how therefore
canti
thou know which
is
truth
and
which
is
faifehood;who interpret
57
fcriptures
aright,and
who
wrefl mifconflrue
thé
?
or
ifthou
wert
difpofed
to be
religious,
what religion wilt
thou
profeffe in
this
great
con
-
fuGon ?to
whatChurch wilt thou
adioyne
thy
felfe
teeing
one
is
conrra
e
to another,and
thou knowefl
not
which
is
in
the
truth?
Ifthou
beet+
wife
therefore keep thy
felfe
quiet
and
let
all alone,hearken
not
to
any
of
them,
or
i
f
thou dofl,beleeue
them
not
ouer haflily,be
ofthatreligion
which wil
beft
hand
with thine
aduantage
;
or
if
thoti wilt
needs ferue
God,
fol-.
low thine
ovine
confcience,
haue
a
good intention
in
that
thou doetl, and
it
is
enough;
but
profeffe
not
one
religion
more
Satans temp-
tations
Perlwa.
ding
vs topro-
fee
no
religao".