- ! Chap. 6~ the Epijlle to the (jalatiant. 383 / colourable cxcufcs:Bur,bc nor deceiued bre· A eel<ofllll owoe heart?or who knowes rhein· j rhren,they arc bur figge-leaues, you doe but finite winding• andturnings which are in thii dancemane<rc, you cannotblcarc the all· imricate Labyrinth I No"' this commerh to 1 fecino eyes ofGod: howfoeuer thefe reafons pa!fe,parrly by reafon oforiginaWcorrupti·.i may~rfwadcyou, and goe for currant with on,which the Apo!llefaith is deceirfui,Heb. ~en, yer they arc bur counterfeit in Gods 3· 13. Tak!httd(lefi•IIJ of;ou 6ee h.udened cflimarc (with whome you hauc to deale,) throlighthe Jeceitfulnej{eoffinne: p~rrly,by rea: l who is uotmockc:d,nor can be deceiued, ne1fonoflong cuflomc infinne, whereby the ther will bedeluded with fuch vaine excufes: heart is inured to deceit, Pfal. 3:. z. Bltj{ed is therefore rake hecde !ell in going aboutro the m1rn--.. inwh11{e Jflrit rhereis noguJ!c. For deceiue them, you dcceiucyour felucs: for from this double ground it commcrh to I looke how you deale with them, God will pa!Te,that men arefo wirricin defrauding the dealcwithyou: and with what mcafure you Miniflers ofrhc" due, in cutting ihi:m lhort merc.vnrothem, rhefamehewill meafurero ofrheiralloll·ance,in embczclingand purloi. you againe;for .uyoufowe,{ofh•RJoureape. So nmg from them what they can: anq foingethat inthe!e wordesrhe Apoflle doth fum· B nious in inuenting probable realtin•, and marilycomprife thefc three rhmgs. F~rll, a plauuble arguments, to decciue themfelues di!Twafion fi'om thistheir vaine reafoning, wirhaU, inaccountingall to begained that is and wicked prattife, la~ de downe by way of rhus gorren. Thisteacherh VS, firfl ofall,to preuenrion,Benotdeceiued. Secondly, a reapray inflantly that God would open our eies [on of the dehorration, /hewing that thefe that we mayfeeour hrddcn corruptions, and their excufes .tre bur friuolous and vaine, that he would annoint them with the eye. q~dUt1ot m5ckfd. Thirdly,acoofirmation or fa!ue ofhisSpirit, thotwc may clearely fee, proofc ofhis former rcafon ,for r:r:h4tfoeuer .c and rightly difcerne of thmg• that dilt<r, m•nfo,eth,thAtfhaUhe reape.Thedilfwauon is conuderlng thatlione dotb often apparell it Iaide downcin thefe words, Be notdeceiutd. felfcwiththe cloakeofverrue. Secondly,we Thelrke phrafeof fpeech we hauein fundry are to fufpetl our feluesof our fecret finnos, otherplace•, asin that aduerrifemeiJt which and to aggrauate our knowue linnrsbyall He<.ekj•h gmeth the Leuires, z.Chro.z9.11. circumflaqces, feeingweemay foear.ly de· .Nowm] fonneshenot deceiued: And PaHithe ceiueour felues,in flattering ourfclues to bee Corinthians. a.Cor.6. 9. Benot deceiued;nri~ cleareofthis orrhar lin: oratlraf! notro be th!rfornic.ttors,&c.&.Cor.IS.33· Benotdectifo grieuous !inners as in truth we are. Thirdu!J , euiii(J;·uchu corr11pt good m4'11ners. Now c ly,rhat itis rhedury oftheMinifier to warne men errc and are deceiued fundrie waies, the people to rake heede that they be not boih in diuineandhumanethings(which)apdccerued,asPau/doth,Eph.s.6.lernoman depertaine nor to this place.) T ouchmg the ctiH'J~U'IJ'ith r.utint11'Drds: for, for [11ch thinos deceit here mcnuoned,we are toknow rhat a com-th the wrath ofGod "f"' the chddren~( man may becdeceiued and that by himfelfe di(~luJienu. M2h.17. two waies. Firfl, through Ignorance, in iud. · Againe henceI gather, that in the prime ging that to benofinne, which isa finne) as oftheChurch, intheApofllesdaies, whon whenamanisperfwadedrharGod is to bee che Church of theNew Tefiameot wa• bur worfl1ipped in an image: that when IJe Jet• in founding,the Miniflerie was in contempt: fecutes the Saintsof God, bee dorh od and (as it may appeareour of other places) good feruico.Secondly,when men arefo wic· theMiniflers were not onelynegletled, os kedly wr[full, that they wittingly deceiue conremned,burreuiled,perfecured, ·accoun. themfelues, in thinking they can decciue t~das the filth oftheworld,and rheoff.skoQGod himfelfe, and fo cunningly handle the ringofall things,z.Cor.of.r3.or I!' here they matter, that bee lhail not know theirwords, D wereberrerintreated, they were bur abufed, nor fee their workcs, nor vnderf!and their fcorned,repured braine-lickefellowe•, asrhe thoughts: tharwhetherthcydoegood oreProphet was,2.King.9. r r.andPa•I,Atl.z6. uill,giue to the MinHterie,or not;liue accor~ 14. Thishath beenc, and is the account dingto the flefh,oraccordingto thefp~tit,it which the world maketh ofthe Mrtuflers of is allone,fecinsheconudcrethitnot, andfo God,which muf! beefo farre from dilcourapromife tO them(elues impunity' though gingvo, that it OwuldMinifler rather matrhey·finnewillingly, asE•edid in purtinga tee ofioyvntoVt, in thott wearecon(orma~ peradueorure, where Gods threat was perble by this meanesro Chriflour head, who emptorie. Both thefeforrsofdeceit are here waoootonelynegletled o( all, nor hauing vnderflood,fpecially the latter. where ro refl his head,Luk.9.s8.burlaughcd V(e. Hence we mayobferue the deceitful. to sk:orne, accQuntedapot-companion, a ne!fe offinne, which makcrh men thinke ail drunkard,and aglutton, aforcerer,one rhar ia '1\•el ~ith them,and that there ia nodanger, had adiuell,and was madde,Ioh.r o.zo. For, I &c. when the cafe is farre othcrwife. T hio if wefuffen•ith him, we foAU 6eeglorified .-i:h !hewes that th~:hrartof man i4 dtc!stfuU116oHe hi,.,Rom.8.r7. "''a{ure(as theProphetfaith)"'hocA•finJe it ' Thus much ofrhedehorration: the reaout/ or who can found the depth of the defl)rifoilowel to bee conudered in the (econd .I plact, ..
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