io f Folly of not cleaving to Chr#1. a t Kings 13. 8,19. b King. 2z. x z fuch agents as deceitfull Teachers ; he cloth more advance his Kingdome, and bring greater ruine to the foules of the peo. pie by bad feeds -men, then by the men of any one calling befides them A lying fpeech out of the mouth of an a old Prophet, prevailes and drawes to difobedience more then a Kings perfwafion : Satan ordinarily works the greateft mif- chiete by being a b lying f/irit in the mouth of forne Prophet. The Nate of mans í'oule is very dangerous that flicks not dole to Chrift Jefus c z Sam. Y;. aa,tz. CHAP. I I I. D ij'clo fing the folly of not cleaving to,and contenting our felves with- Chriff, but going afidelo vaine inven- tions, .. 'TIN I S difcovers the vanity of their minds, the folly of 1. their hearts, the perill of their foules, who cleave not to ChrifF, who reft not, quiet,not, content not themfelves ill Chrift and his fulneffe ; but ftep out, goe afide, turne away from Chrift to vaine Do &nines, humane devices and carnall obfervations ; like the two c hundred men of Jerufalem, that turned afide from David, andwent after Abfolom : As they went in the the fimtlicity of their hearts ; fo thefe in the folly of their foules : As they knew not any thing, fo thefe know not any thing truly and ravingly of God, of Chrift, of the deceit of Satan, of the danger of their eftate and doing : As they took unto themfelves Achitophel, a Counfellour of David ; fo thefe take unto themfelves Tome Teacher, forne Mitaifter, who by calling is one of Gods Counfellours,one that fhould plead Gods caufe, and open Gods counfel l : And as their confpiracy was flrong againft David, fo is there mens con- fpiracy ftrong againft God, against his trash, against the good of their owne foules. He that cloves to corrupt Do- ¿trine, confpires againft Christ and his owne falvation : And . whence is it, . that fal (hood is more welcome then truth ; a man that comes in his d owne name, more acceptable then he that
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