'Tne befl <J3argaine. 1 I not holdfajlth< Truth; Where fballllay thefaulc ~fthis mifcarriagc ~ Me thinks.I could . A ask the Difciples que!Hon,Ntmqutdtgo Domtnr,ls 1t we Lord~ Are there ofus char pteach our felves,and not Chrifl~ Are ehere that preach Cbnll, and hve huu nOt ~ Woe to the world becaufe ofoffences. le mull needs be that offences fhould come, but woe rothc man by whom the offelfce commeth: God forbid that we ~oul~ be fa bad rhatthe fcven Hils lbould not jullifie us1Buc what ever we be,the:~mch ts lltll,and ever it felfe, neitberrhe bener for our innocence, nor worfe for our gutle. It men be taulry, what bath Truth offended? Except the facred wordofthe.Ever-living God can mif-guide you, we have fer you righr. We are but duO: andafhe·, yec.' 0 God,give us thine humble vaffals leave in an awfullconfidence fa fatto cancel! Wtth thee, the Lord ofheaven and earih as eo [ay,ifwtbedmivtd,tho• haft rimived tts.lt ischou tbat hall lpoken by us B to thy pe~p!e;Lec <.,ad be true, and evety man a Ly_er? Whither fhould we g01\ from thee~ Thou haft the words ofeternall hfe. Deare l..hnl\Jans, our forefatherstranfmit· ted to us che intire inheritance ofthe glorious Gofpell of Jefus Chrill, repurchafed by thebloodofrheir manyrdome; Ohlet .not our ill husbandry imp:Ure it; Letnotpofterityonce fay, they might have beene happy,but fonhe llnrhrifcindfeofuHheir progenitors; Let it not be [aid, that the coldneffe ofuSthe T..cbers,and profeffors ofTruth, both dealt with Religion as Rthobwn did with his lhields, which he found ofGold,butleftofBraffe.lfTruthhad no friends, we lhould plead for it~ but now thatwe have before our eyes fo powerfull an T'""'"''"' o{ Chri(\lan faith, that with his very pen harh [o laid error upon the back, that all the world cannot raife jt; what C 'a.lbame were i.t to be wanting to him, to Truth, to our [elves~ llut ·perhapsilow l knowfomeofyour thoughts; you would buy Trucb, (yee thinke) you would hold it, if y~j;_OU!abe fure to know it; There are many flips amongft the crue c.oyne; Either of tb.~ !!)others ple~ded the living child to be hers, with equall proteftacions, oaths, tear;~:s, True, yeca'S4/omons [word can d1vide ·Truth from fallhood;• and thercHs a 'tell, and fire that can difcerne true ·mctals from,adJJltemte; In fpightof~ll counterfeiting there are cercaiqe infallible marks,to knowillruthfrmnError 1 Take but a few ofmany1 whetherirHhe origin~s,inthe ~utes,-lp:ther~.nd~<~>fboch. Jl\thefirft, Truth is divine, Error is humane; what is groundeg.ppon the divine WOl'd mufl needs boe I . irrefragably trfcue; tdhat w.hkhh upon)m~ane Trapilffl,»P}. e 1 · ~ther mull, or may be erro- 8. neous. In the econ , Tru~ is-ooe,con,orme everto'lla~ ,e, "-'•~~C""'""~'"i as one [ai?;NJmntvtrt#n omni vtro confima;.All Tnith :iccorHs with ever~ .Truth, as Gtr{on;and as tiis pure, fo peaceable; Error IS full"Df diffonance, of cruckte; No patttcul:rrsof oursdiffent from the written verity ofGod 1 We c~b no maMoequivocate; Our i pral!lice is nor bloody with treafons and maffacres. In the third, Truth, as ic came from 1 God, fo is refetd ~o llim; neither hatb any other end than the glory of the God of Truth; Error bath ever fomefclfe-r:fpeils; either.;~"'"l"''"'' or.. ,.J~>~fu,filthy lutre,or vaine-glory; profit,.or pride; We doe nor prank up nat.ure; we aime not,eicherC:o 611 \ tbecofcrs,orfeed the ambitiQn of men; Let your Wlfdomes apply and infer,ondnow E. (ifye can) fhut your eyes1 that you fhoujd not fee the Truth; andifye care not for \ your foules,wheQ yee fee it, fell)t ; L~t nofalfetongue perfwade you rhe1e is no danger i3 this !ale: How ch~ricably foever we tbinke of poore blinded foules, that live in the forccd•.and invincible darkncffr, of error,certainly Apo{tafy is deadly; How ever thofe !peep that ar.e robbed ofTruth,,you canno~fell Truth;ond be faved. Have mercy ther· {ore OJ! yo~r o)Vne foules; forcheir fake~, fQr the{akeof him that bought them;With the <jeare ranfome ofhis precious blood; And as God bath blelfe.d you with the inva. lp~~e u.. fure of Truth, fo ~qard it up.nyour hearts, !J.ng manage it in youdives; Oh le,(me be Gtns ju.fl• c•JI•di(m vrritAttm,:E(r, 26. A jufl !l•cionkeeping fall the Trijt)l; So whiles ye keep the Jrmh, the Troth lhall keepyou,bocb in life,in Peath,inJudgment, In life unto deach1 in death and judgment untoth~confummatioqofthat endle[e & in· coqlprehenfibleglory, which the GodofTruth bath prepared forrheJ;O that overcome• . , 'Jjo che happy poffeflion whereof he, that bath .ordained, in his- good time as mer· qflllly bring usJ and.chat forehe fake of the Son. of,his Lov~, .Jews ~hri.ll the Righreoos, To wh,om wtth thee, 0 Father, and thy bleffed Sptrtt~emfimte God,bee givelfall p•aife,pqnour,and glory., now·and£orever• ..Amtn., ~\\-. ' . FINI~ 1
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