~ j __ riAnExpojftion ofC~tifis I thty bbour<o <01\fi~;.me their dochm,>.'Thdf. IA word,o: d'cedc :and yet we mull be wifi---;,fo;. f:;~. 1 he conulft11~4>f Anuchntl that man cf 1 1 penu,who h2uc great iUbti!tic in iau,ng at!d def)J'M'c ts V\'tth !ignes &lytng wolidhs, through fending their bead tfom harmc; 10mut1 rucry SataQs ,_"t;nko~ng ,~o.hd~f·fud1·0'q_d.fdrc ...varnes I one th:tt !qokcs to be f.1ucd> labour i01 [o much ltkpwplt;DcuMs<ilhat the~ ilibuld.not bee' I wi!Cdome, whereby he'"")' prclcruc h:m!ca'e c:bavJne to IdohtrP:!for a mtdt-lc '; for cnher from the hurt offal!Cpmphcts.Now the bt'"air~· tht:y.be fatf.a rtii~l<-fots.,-~uld ly~t1g wbt:dcrs, or if ningofthis wifUomc:> istofeare Godin h:"o w"ord 1 !they be true miracles (as Gbd-niay' {hffcr fuch• bc1ceuing his promii:;s, and obeying his comrb~.b~wrought-byJfaiJic Prophds,!<:>Yfhcplag·uc mandcments.Thc trUC tC:are ofGod is not withl and Jruni(h'nientl.JO. f~he ·.v·nchao.J<c.fh\1 worl'd) outknowlcdg..-; :md thcrd()rC cucryonemult ~tthdr cOde is to·dccciac ,an'cl tO dt-awe men l~bour t.o bc~nfhudc~ in the principles of rcliiiit._~orfbur-ffom eh~c--innh. Wo(H:i«elordinaric gton: forwtthoutknawledgc we cannorfe:1n:: -· ~ .·~ c~p.:ri~nc::e of:th1s1;i'qenc.e arh~rtgtl~c Romilb God,and fo fhall want true wli'i:lomc to efchcw · 1.'. i!-f,l:tf.. ] . ·. v. ' l · \ - - j ! 'l'trtlicfl's·., who byJfOt,'Ccric can ·OUt dcui!s' and fl1(e Prophets. l G~rc:!lr~~~odi!O:!il:s•;and fo cfdll!lc:ihc fimplc: I I. In thmhe f)l!c tea;her by!~ many faire , ~~~~:;'"" ~ b~t't!11lis muA- n~t .dnv(e vs fr0i1.~ the-truth: ':- 1 B !hcwcs fcekc to bnng m talk doCtrmc, it isc- I !•urm..:·.f ! ! 1 rtl'!~-ulous Wot-~~"th.1cly done•;iniOt afufuCl- · uery mans dutie in bis: place to bbour w prcdoeu11th. ' t!lt'~VO.trah.C6'f'd cibtlti'ne in religion; for rruc feruc wholcfome doCTrine, :md the puntie Q.f au:d found db6tfit\e' may want· thi$ confirm:ttitrue religion. This dutie is ncce03ri~: for \\'CC . _:: itfi;!Ioh. I o·.4-(~~n.c\:faltc dothm~·h)ay hauc it, mufl beas forw:ud for the truth, as thecnemic 1.! isb.Cutd ~·.J~i',"&L ·.· · :!..: ' is fOr f.1Hhoode,and doe asmuchfOrGod,as ,_ flire -'-;:[he-6.-prcth"l'tc,'is faircfputhu ahdblcjJu:gt; they doe for the dcuil!. Againc , no poyiOn is !p::c:c:."lef. ptet~llding<th"o':g~o<i and faluition of thotCto more deadly to the bodie, then hHC doCtrine is "«ohtimc thC'J-cb'"tl1'c': fee this Hotn.J6. 18. Witli I to the foulc; thercfOreiCt•ing God hath Ion'' f<tmofi'clch a~UJI~r!alng.(!airh I_'~ul o·f falfc A;: bldfed I'S with histruth, kt vo dlecme i"bou~ t\<JH!n t:fhl[rk?!iue<hc'hcarff~f,fhrjimple: fo •11 outward bldling<, ond l>y iceking roprcd"eaftJSat"n \.Jtt~ EHJJ he rnadc~ilit\.\1 e rhat bee· fcruc thcpuritic thc-rcof,ihcw our fclucSthankha'd<f~megdolhhiii'g'to reil h••,.whereby their full to God for the i;mc. !late'might be btftered, butit turned to theirs v. r6. Ye jha/1 "nowe. them _.,, ~nd ""' ddlruC\i<>~>; 8b<lid the fowre hundred ~ '"'"£·''"''' f~lft Ptdph1:t~of Bahl' contrar,ie tO the true ~ hy their fruits ; doe men ga– Piophet Mi<haial~; pr.ophefie good·fuccc!fe to Ahahin hjswarro'll'gathll•hc Aramites;but his thergrapes oftbornes~ orjigges harl<ntng to thd,cefl him his 1\t'e,.Arrd'fo dealt C Oj: thi fl Je S _? Hanany wit'h •he'1t\\'es,when they were bcfie: 'I t• g~d by the King oflhhcls annie·; contrarie to· Thisverfe,audthofcwhich follow to tlie 2 r. Ierem)es counftl,h< prophefied peace and fafe- 'ontainc the third point which Chri!l Jaietlt deJ:bUt-1! turned·both to his owne and to their" do'vvne concerning fallC prophets; n~mdy, the dcfH'udion, Id.'i8.I ,2.&c. , · mc:mcs.,.vhcrcby we n1:ty diiCcrnc and iudge of 1 . Bol.ln~:tfe ... i.. :fht:·7. pr<:teuc"f~ ~~ ho!dnc({e-".rnd conjl-ancj~ in thel-tl. And herein he ob!Cructh this order;·Firtl, 1in!uft"c:i~ng. {liJPt'•flg fur fhtif' cipAif(;'ns: f~f a tl.1:!0 ihobfiinahe giuCS VS 3 notable ntle tO Jirct} YS in iudgc1eic'!l>>y lii1e and clii' for crrour, ~<·wcllas the gingoffulicProphets,Tcjball;_now th<mbythcir ckild;of God may'aoe forth<'t<utll( Con!lanfmitJ, Secondly, he cx?!anes the fame rule by a fl~b1t:tofiin?on·i~ ~i~:htr~·norc\~ltcrby!:ro ~udg~ fimililude dra\-\'I'1C from trCC$, Doe nun g~ttlur ~tYuc'Proplic.t ;-torlniany hcrctik-u:Naue fufkgrapu ofthornes,&c. rtd:deatllcenfid~1-ll-ly forth'C-maihrenancc ot 1 For the rule, that wemayvndcrfland itthe t~ird3mnat5tthcrc'fid. . ·'~-'l~J. : .. ~ . tl,:-: • 1 better, we :ue to !C:uch what 1s meant by the .~:;hu;we fee rb.c pretvnccs off'alfe'P.rophctS: fru1tsof fullc Prophers._Afalfc Prophet mull be 1\0w he~ctO we muH a,ddc tlilS· fcCbnd p~int, 1 conGdcrcd two waiCS,Flril):lS hc1sa tll3!1 c.·Uang ~ l:.~~ .. ·; 4 't"o·~Cit, rhat for all this they be but wo!uu, be- D vpon him the mmc and p1ofCilion of Cht T!t, ..:a·~{e by their d:iiima~l• doC\dnl";'they feck to for fo ful!c ProphetS vie to doe: and iccondly, ! .::· po-ifoo ·and corrupt the foule's of fitnple meri. . :lS he is 3 f.<tlfc prophet: in Path thefc rcfpeCl-s If-it Pc f.1id,they l1auc no fuch lt:'!tctn,:hcy th·e~ . •be harh his fruits. As he is aman t3kingvpon fdutSthinke i'-to bee the truth-: 'tanh\'Cr, that him the profcffion .ofChriflsrcligion, hccmay · -~ayhetruciniOn~c,burthis ·clearl:th'themnot bring fOrth m~ny outw3rd duties ofc~re~nu!l fr'om'becing wolucs: for the dc;_Uill that harh obedience vnto the morall1aw ;buttheie fruits deluded them, vvh'o is their Loril and mofler, ( arc not h~remcant: for af.1lfCProphet m?.y dif... "doth' b}' thcmdai1ger0ufly ddudc and dccciuc fc:.n1ble much,~ and goc fane in-theoutwarddu. ·the-fimple. . 11 • r · tics of religion, tO 3<; he c:1nnot be di!Cern~d 1 llewifeM · · ·ThcV'jt.r. Confidering' this dahg~rof·fal(e by his gcn(:rall profcffion, or by rhc work.cs ; ferp-tms. 'Pr~pJlcts, wcmufi praC1ifc Chrifls lcffqn,Mat. Of his ciuill conucrC1tion. There be other fruits Jo.r6. BeJimple ds doH.ts, that is·~ beeiunocent '~-'·hich come from hirn :\She is a f.1HC prophet; I and harrncldfe ,thinking c:uill·ofn'One, neither and by d1cmmul1hc be dit~·crncd .: thdC thcrc1 ~ntcn~ing cuill or offence-to any,' it) thought, fOre are to be confidcrl'd. NoW\\·C _!h3ll know j · · · them
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