CHAP.5. Ef /le to the 7h IJ douidos. VIM. 21. Athenians tight in Religion, towtemnouelty is farm more pleating, than truth or goodnefle. And no point of noueltie fo flrenge, or fingular,but they are as ready to embrace, as any Phantaflicke is to propound. "It isgood laid theApoflle, that the heart be eflablifbed; to bee root ed and grounded in loue of the truth. It argues chilli fhne f fe to be fo vnfetled ; wonne or loft with rattles. Fourthly, There are alfo Aguifh Chriflians, whole picnic and deuotion takes them by fits ; vnworthy the name ofChriflians, how eager fo euer, while the feruour of this Feuer holds them. =It is good to bee zealotu al- waies irt a good matter, fearefull that the Lord notes of If- rael ; Their rin htesufne ffe is as Y the Morning Dew. Fiftly, Deeplidfl guilty of tranfgrell-ing this precept, are Reuoltcrsfrom the Grace of God; that hawing known the way of truth,and quite efcaped from thole that are in crreur, are againe entangled, to their certaine and moll fearefull dcflruf} ion. Ot thefeof cn before. Fitli, Meanes helpfull to fleddy holding truth and goodneffe receiued. Firft, that out refolutions be groun- ded on knowledge, deriucd from the Word of God. I know that ye = haue knowledge, andare eflabi/hed in the prefent truth ; flabilitie there is none, without know. ledge. There bee that rake their faith and Religion on truft from their Teachers ; hawing no other reafon of faith or praftice, fane the iudgement of men : a (Yonder without water, faith hide ; no maruell, if they bee carried about with the winde. Secondly,H is hold -fall is fure,whofe lone faflenr on the truth. Thofe many feduced by Antichtift, are Inch eure- ceiued not the b lone of the truth. Knowledge perhaps of truth, they haue fo cleare, that they cannot but arknow_ ledge it; and giue way to it in Judgement. Their breake- neeke it is,thar they e loue not the light ; nor know how to value that d Pearle of the Got-pelf. The blond of Mar- tyrs, that bath ruled this truth, ifTued from that high L 1 4 eflimate 549 a Heb. 13.9. 4 =,Ga1. 4. r8. 7 Hofh.6.4. 5 9 I z t Pet.r. ae. lude ver. t t. 2 b t Thefl; a, to. e Ich. j. 1 9. à Atat.a; .46. I e
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