r------------------------ ·--·------- ---·-~ 24-o I rU1nExpojition ofChrifls \:.';'~~·?· be kno~''ne for a falfc Prophet, that intrudcth A I beca_ufc no man can. tell where=, and,., hen, h~mfelfc.Porthc bcn_c~ concciui~g ofthis note, and by what mcanes i.t tookc water. But ycr we muH know,rhat 1!1 the do&nnc ofthe Profurther we hauc h<:rcto;anfwcr; that tholloh phcts & ApofH_cs, there arc t\NO thingsprinciwee kncwc not \\'hen .their religion was ·co~- pally to bee confidcrcd; the fcopc, and the ruptcd, and by ... vhome, ycrfccing their reapans thereof: the fcopc of all their do8rinc chcrs -and people hauc in them and -:;.:non{] tends to maintainc Chri£1: Icfus God and man, them the nccclfarie fruircs of Amichrifl:ia~ the alone perfect Sauiour of the Church. And· Prophets ~md people, wee can thereby affurc mdccdc , hcc ,..,·hieh tcachcth ~my doCh;nc our [clues theyarc corrupt: and though wee tending_ ro oucr~hrowc ChriH, either in recannot [cc the fhadowc of the funne m.oouc, gard ofhis natures, or of his offices, the fa111e yet \.}'C may perc~iue that it dorh mooue. Now is a f:tlfc Propher: r. I oh 4·3· Eucry spirit that by their ffuirs it is cl.care they bee corrupt; for conf(/fcthmt that fc{tH t:.S come in th~jl(jb, is noi they rcuer[c thedoctrine of the Prophets :md afGod. The p;'lrts of' Prophctic:tll :tnd ApofloApoHles, both in the comm:-:ndcrnems of the :like do~lrinc, arc t\_1~ co:nmat~_dcmcnts of the L.awe., and in th~ Articles of faith; Fir!l, they Law, ~md the promttrsofrhc Gofile\, and hce B, chfanuil the firlt cotmnandemenr . by making ; \.-\'hith ouerwmcs,<::ither dircCHy,or by iuft c6to thcmfclnes other gods befidc the true God; fcqucnt, any.comm:1ndcment ofthe law,or :trfor they apra; tmtoS.tints,and therein aL·k.novv- ~ Milf.~om. tide o~fa!th, mull nc.cdcs be a f~d[e Prophct:t"1 ledge a diuinc proprietic in thcm,and alfo giue ti~~~.~.~~ •. t~at a fa~i Prophet n~uft ?e tried by. the at~ll.>- vnro them the honour due to God alone, and I ' g1e offaah, compntcd 111 the Arttelcs of the fo fctvp vmo thcmfclucs the creatures in the Apofilcs creed , and in the Decalogue which roomc ofthe Crcator.Thc fccoOd they rcuerfe conuines the filmme of all the..doChine ofthe by worfuipping b God himfclfe, & dead men, h Rhcm.o11 Prophets and .A.pofllcs; and he whid1 gocth ain imagci, :md Chrifi himfclfc in the crucifixe; ;:~~·~•.fca:. gain!t them, is a faliCProphet, yc01., in a pcice of c bread, wherein they match c on r.bnh, J. Note or~ · The third fruit ofJ true Prophcr,is noted by the groffdt idobtric among the heathen :and ~{~~~in+ ~~~(;[!,?2 our Sauiour Chrift, namely, in his miniilcric to the bell le~ancd among them teach, that the Su:!l•l•.q.ls, ftcl:.! Godrglory·, loh.7.18. \Vhcrc alfo he noRhoode, the d CroO~e, and Crucifixe, :1rc robe awe.,..,, teth out a fllfe Prophet, "'"ho in teJching and vvorfhipped "''ith the fame worfhippe whereprc::tching feckcth not Gods gloric, but his wuh Chrift himfclfc is worl11ippcd. In the owne. The fame note doth Padgiuc, Phil. 3· C fixt Commandcmcnt touching murther, they 1-9. calling them cauhtr mmdt•d, JCcking their condcmnc the killing ·one of an other, but ownc honour, wealth, :tnd gloric, and not the yet ifa Pridt come from the Pope, and kill a l{om.Jd.JI. things of~bd: and, theyfcrf{(: ;tot the Lord, but ProtdbmPdnc~, the Lords :tnnointed King. theironmc/;ei!Ja. or ~cnc, thatJS not oncly no finne,buta Thus we fee the notes of a falfc Prophet, ac mdft nota6fe, rt!rc, nndmemora61e "ltlork!. Ae xil(ti f· rnong which the fecond is the principa.l vvhcrgai.nll .the fcauenth Commm.ldcmcnr · ~hey ~~~~~or:~r. by·hc is to be tricd,as we m~y fee pbin;y,Deu. 1pamt:ttnc f the VOV\'C ofllngle ltfc ne.cdfane in 1 t-~cnr.~.ha· I 3, 4· If af.df..~ Prophet come, rmd work$a true their religious ordcrs;vi.1 ~Crcby,as allo by their , ~n;~~~~;.'J:· fzf/"c, yet he mull d2<:; !fhy his firl[edoEfriJJC hec ~ues, they clu(e all filthmeffc and ~bhomina- ~.lcr.I.J.c.l,. J(e/zy towiJhdYaw&Godspeopleftom thctruc God, uon to abound among them. And for the . Ko~~:fc·~~ Luk.Jo,J,J. So when the Iewes asked ChriH, by ...vhat autemh Commandcmenr, they C1y g that concu~. · thoritie he did tbofc things? that is, V\' hat warpifcence after baptifinc is no 1inne properly. Durzi'Con· fi1t.rcfp. \Vhk:~;k.ad IO.N.t.Cip. P7~ rant <1.nd cal!ing he had to doe as be rlid; he anIn the Articles of faith they oucnume thofe fwcrs rhcm by :m other queHion, touchina that Coneerne Chrilt, making him no Sauiour fohns miniftcric i thereby (hewing, that tha~ but adiuinc in!humcnt whereby wee lime our ·which he did was warranted by the teftimonie [clues; tOr they h make mm.r good workJ.r done oflohn,and Iohr,.r tdlimonic was uuc, bec~ufe D by Godsgrace, aftel·t"hefi~fl iJiflijication, true!J hi.scalling V•' aS li·omCod :and his calling heC andpropet!Jmaitor~om '~addfi:IIJ J"Porthy of eH er~ iullifics, becaufc his do&rinc ( (Jgnificd by his /ajlmgt.fe. And hts ofl1ccs they haue pmcd baprifmc)"'·as from God.So Gal. r.S.Hewhich fi·om hu-e; ~IS longly at~d propheuc~ll o~ces, teachttiJ orherwifc rh~n thcJ ht!dlcarn~d out of bctwcene hun an? the Pope: aud ~1s P~tdlthc Prophets from the Apoflles, let him bcachood betwccnc h1m and cucry Pop1lh Pndl , cuY'fed, though hcc 'VYCre an angcifrorr. hcauen. as we h:tuc 01ewcd bcfo:e : fo th?t by ~hc~e Arid thus much fur the mc~ning ofrhis rule. fruites we pla1ncly fee tht"lt apo!taoc, whtch ts V[u. 1. From thi~ rult: we hauc to ~nfwer enough , though we knowc not when, and by the P3ptft:s, ~nd all popill1 pcrfons, ,.,~ho vfc to whom it came. piead in dc(cncc of their religion, afccr this ~- Vft. Here alfo \~'CC hm1c to anfwcr fuch (on;~( oxY rd1~tt;ion beJttifo.pmvvs rhc timewhm ~mong.our felucs, 3'> ~c:·nouncc our ~hurch, it was cormptcd, the man tht!t cormptedit,and rhc j!' bcc;ng no true Chmch of. ~hnft; be·- m.mncr horl' tt-:t•M co~-rHptcd ;for once wee hndthe caufe f..1y they, w~c want. t~uc ~11111flers , :tnd pure 1·cligion. 'vVce might anfwcr rhcmbythc fo h~mc not a n~Iht lllllllncriC among vs, like., th:u a man might fay as well of a fl1ippc But hence » 'C aniwcr, ·that we~ .h:mc the rhat is funkc on the fea that it is nor fimkc true Church of-Cod, :1nd our mnHilcrs bee :.::.:::..:.:..:.::= :...:::.:.:.. -·-' ' ---- - :he ---'-- --- .. -·- ----~------··------- ·-- ·-- h Rhcm.on 2.Tim.'i.fca. •· Cl13p.5.t9. P·P• Ourcht:~ch tkfendcdl· ~3hlllthc nrowr.dlf.
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