1+4 The Preachersplea.. a.Cor.ur? forthedifcoueryofthofewhicbareapproueda ,togivelcauevntoSatantobeée e Maqt za farmint ìn themamba ofTomeb,and to Puffer them tocome amongfl vs in lbeeoee f' alotbmg, thoughinwardlytheyareraaenirgwioes <.Nowthepofnbilityofbeing decebied whenwehcaret ought rather to increafe our care in hearing, then to beatroecafionofvnwi llingneffetoheare. This maybe manifeftedby a plaine fimilitttde a Salomon exhorting vsto beecareful) to obtalnc the knowledge cf d Ptou t3.o . Gods truth,deliuerethhisexhortation intheft wcrds,Baytbe troth d : horn this kindof fpeech I reafon thus : Ifa manwanting neceffaries , as meateandray_ ment, andbeing aduifed to furnilh himfelfefrom the marker, fhouldmakethis anfwer : TheWorld is fo full ofdeceit, that a men knoweth notwhom totrufl, thofewhichfell , many of themwill notflicke to beguile their owne father!, and the trickes and deuifesthat tradefmen haue are infinite, fothat it is twenty toone but a manin chaffering with them Thalbe beguiled: I had rather therfore gonnecee the wind, andwant neceffary ptouifron, then putit tothe adventure of buying. If((fay) amen lhouldpleadethus, what would wethinkeof him, but thateither he werevery foolifh, orvery froward ? And indeed wee might well fodfeeme him,bccaufe weknow,that the fraud ofothers muff be proven. ted rather with careand circumfpe&ion,and notvfed as an occationofabridg. ing a mans felfe ofneceffarles.- Is not he then asmuch as a foole,who wanting the fattingknowledge ofthe truth, and being calledvpon to repaire vnto the bottleofGod (whichis as itwere the Lordsmarket,in which the hid creatures ofwifdome andknowledge are laid open to the view and offered freely to the vf; ofoilmen) !hall cftfoones pleade the deceiueableneffeof falfe doftrine, the corruption ofmany Preachers, the(hew offomecontrarieties amongthem? Yesverily,for is heto deprive himfelfeofthe necelfary foods of his foule, be- caufeit maybe ft lache ofeare, that its Nodofhoping robefed, he maybee. poyfined? Nay rather, heis to become the morewar y, the more diligent its. prayer,the moreexercifed in the Scripture, that when he commeth to buy the truthhe maynot be deceived. Nymph. Traly zoofay well t only itfeemethyes baildvaenafalfegroand(ar leafzt inthe opinioneffome)nammly ;that we which are priaaremen ,mar iadge oftkatwhich we beare,andexamiai it whetherit bethetrath or nor.defiretherefore thatyou worldprooae that?hat maximame, Epepb. Indeed it is the opinion ofpopery, that it is not forentry particular Ahem. Toil,. perfpnofhimfelfe,to exatnine,tri e, or iudge,which is true orfa*do&rin,wLo vpon !John is a true or falfedòlot: and it isa principle in than Lurch, that it faficetba 4.t eemmwr man regime bitcoafeetto the Cbarch and tobelemear ;bePeon beleeaaBut Pcivammm all the trueMivillers offetusChrill areofanother iulgement r- for howfocuct ugheto we doevrge all reverent refpc&to the preachingofthe word , as to the orli. iudgn of that nance ofGod,yet the take not upon vs to barndominionewer thefairb<ofour hea.: kidrthey rers.aithoUgh we wouldbind them togiue credit to every thing we fpeake,by hearc. the authorityofour name (as Ambrefe his words are) therefore becasle wee- eshor.r.aq' feake it. And in troth there is nothing more manifefl inScripture tiren this, AmbroL in P t IhtCcap ç, that the people ought judicially to examine thedo&rinc taught, before they daretoentertame:t. Pair/to the Galathians faith thus, TheOgbWC era Angel/. frombeam ,preacb vmteyoaotberw; fe then thatwhichwehampreachedvxtnyea,let h;m- fGal.s,t. heaccsnfedt. Now ifhewhichpreacheth contrary to the reucaledtruth bee ac. eerfed,furely the cafe of him which giueth credit tohim muff needs beedange zRom.rq. t. rous : and therefore fortheavoidance ofthe danger, it is meet for emerymanto' le mliM s di be rally perfwadedin hh ,wee minde e, that be maydjcerne thingsthat d, r ene from b I'hil t. so. anothcrh, TheThcffalonians are willed totrios!lrhiagt i. Thole to whomSa ire irlohn4.5.I deewrote ,arecounfelledtotinethiSnirak, S.r/omanbathbrandedfìímfora' k, lohn P l Prou tq. r foule, whowill belmeentry thing t. Iris a difRrcce formen prófeflì:rg religion NBp,ra,tt, to be /(e chidrencarriedwithemerywindefdaEtrieem. It isan honourto be like the Gctalemcn
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