CH A r.5. epiftle to the 7hJJalivians. Vsa. Y,, I bcfeech you, you giue not the Lord the 1611 occafion to compiaine ofycu,as of the Angell of Ephetus,that yard bane left yooir f r lone ": and take heçde, this temperate- neffe and difçrecion, as it is called, degenerate not into g lk- warrmnehre, the worft temper, that can be, of our Religious affeftions. Feare to bee noted etf backe-Ili- ding ; Tremble to lore the leali meafure of Gods graci ousgifts ; to abate any -thing of the heat and feruour of fanEtt &cd affèftions. It is a fiep towards quencing,: bu( to flake the fire ofG ods Spirit in our hearts. Meancs of cherifhing and keeping in life,onr fpirituall gifts. Firfi,cxercife and imploymenr. Secondly, h Good Cozyroience and holy obedience, which m,tdle f erne negrlefl, they rn,*! Tiipwracke of aith. Thirdly, humilitie, in Ber- n. :rd, iudgemenr, is, conferuatrix virtnitm .. Fourthly, Forfakg net affemblies of Saints; negleft no meanes fan - ftifìed to worke efiabiifhmenr. How may the motions of Gods Spirit bee diflingui- fhedfrom Diabolical! delufions ? Saranicall fuggeflaon, areoft fubtilly contriucd, cunningly coloured, tharaying (pie t fometimes dares counterfeit the Spirit of truth. Sc .ce euer was heretique fo phantafticall or impudent, but pretended guidance by the Spirit of God. Anabap- rifts, teaching todefpifeAuthritic, to vili6.eall othe- ordinances of God, pretend I know not what infiinfts, and reuelations from the Spirit ofGod, c)7lontantts tells of aftrangeParaeiete,thatinfpired him; and guided to publifh his damned errors. Meanes ofdifcerning. Fiat, Ifni his watch -word lci ' it be our rule: k To the Low, and to the7efiirnonie;ifthey filr,wke not according to thù Word,it is eNidence that there is no lizht in them. Secondly, The gift of Prophedie,as ofmiracles,is now ceafed in the Church: God ceaies net now, as in former cimes,by extraordinary í:rítin t or infpirar ©.1 -lis charge is, Tot adde nothrn f to the words of loHNs P róphefie, vn aer K k 3 pine 531 s Reuel. 6I T3II1.I.I9. i Heb.Io.sS. k lid. s. So. Deut.13.2,3. I Reucl.2a. i s.
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