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Tcntationr,$
ker!
from
different religions
stn
vered.
3
6'g
Thofe
who
haue
important
Éufineffc
s
abroad,doe not
flay
at
home
and
refufe
to
trauaile becaufe fo:ne
got
out
of
the
way
;
but
therefore they
are
more
carefull
to infoitnc them
-
felues
of
euery
turning
in
their journey,
becaufe
they
would
not
erre
with others
thofe
that
haue
a
dcfre
to
liue,doe
not
refufe all
ìneate,
becaufe force furfet and
die,"bÿ
eating
that
tv1ich
is
vnwholefome;
but
rather
hereby they
are
made
more arie
in
making
good
choice
of
filch
diet
as
is
fit
for
the preferuation
oftheir
health:
thofe
alfo
who
are
ficke,
doe
not
negleet
all
phyficke, becaufe there
are
many cofening
Impoflers and vnlearnedEmperickswho kill
in
(lead
ofcu-
ringg;
but
this
maketh
them
with
more
circumfpe
&ion
to
findeout
a
skilfull
and
learned'Phyfition. Let
vs
therefore
follow the like
pra&ife
in
thefe
fpirituall
things
:
and feeing
there
is
but
one
dire& way which leadeth
vnto
heauen,
and
manybywaies
whit
h
leade
to
deflru&ion,
let not
this keepe
vs
from
trauailing
this
heauenly
iourney,but
rather moue
vs
with
more diligence to inquire the
right
and
perfe&
way
:
feeing alto
there
are
many
which
offer
vs
poyfon
in {lead
of
the
wholfome foode and
phyficke
ofour
foules,
let
vs
learne
with
more
care
to
make choice and
to
put
a
difference be
-.
tweene the
one andithe
other.
44
But heere
it
will be
demanded
how
thofe
who
are
fimple.
and
ignorant
can
iudge
whichis
the true
reli
gion,&whi
cl
Now
rE;e
rn.
is
the
falfe,
who
teacheth the truth
atta who falfehood
?
To
learned
,
which
I
anfwere,that euery
one
mull labour to
informe>him
dfcerne
the
felfe
ofthetruth,by(ludying
andmeditating
in
Gods word:
truereligion
thismull
be his
light
to guide him,his
counfellorto
informe
from ar
him,
his
touchflone
whereby
heemay' difcerne
the
Hubble
b
:cb:b`s
falja,
and flraw
of
mens
inventions,
from the pure
gold
ofGods
true
religion.
Neither
are
wee
to
receiue all do&rines
hand'
over
head,but
as
the
Apoflle
exhorteth
vs,
wee mug trie
the
,.!011.4.1:.
J irit
.rwhethertheybeofGodornocand
with
the men
ofBe-
Ada
7,,
.
rea,we mull
fearch
the Scriptures;
to
fee
if
thofe
things
be fo
as
they
are
deliuered,and accordingly- either receive
them
if
they
are
confonant with
Gods word,
or reie& them
if
they
be diffonant thereunto.. Yea (will
foine fay)
this were
a
di
-"
re&
courfeifthofe only
who haue
the truthOn.their
fide.had
fcripture
e