88 e This is yral uts eJ ál9nots. f See Vlat.x{. iVlarc.t 3. a *Apoc.9.$. C H A P.2. An Expofetion vpori tbe fecond V H 11.2. Lord that our giddy brames were once fetled. r .'Twill neuer bee, fo long as wee haue mens perlons in admira- tion; neuer till wee haue learned to glue Faith her foie - footing on that mofi fare word Oche Prophets,2 Pet.1.19 2. Neuer, till we fludie to line, rather then todifpute; to praaife,rather then to contemplate, 1-oh. t 3.17. Cflat. 3. Neuer, till wee haue receiued the loue, as well as the knowledge of the Truth, 2 Theff:2. Pro.2 3.2;. 4. Neuer,till we haue experimented, and felt the power ofGods Word in our foules,P hi/ , 1.9. ZtC,or be troubled. IxiA Opoi o-.as: the word imports fuch perturbation as arifeth from f rumour, or relation of fomething terrible. And not volikely,the pnblifhers of this errour rung in their Bares, the terrour of the Iudge, the flrielnes of accounts ; vnbowelled hell it felfe the more to affright. Whence grew the perturbation and anxious vn. quiet of their mindes. That claufe of the admonition, to mee feemes an impli- cite Reafon, diffwading leuitie and vnfetlednefle in mat-. ter of Faith and Religion; becaufe it breeds diflurbance, anxietie and trouble of min de, reflleffe,no lefi'e oft times then perplexed,fo that of a man vnfetled in tat kìnde,may be faid, as ofthem in Efy : They t are nester at ref ; bat areas the ragingfeatogedof the windes:,they doe bututrou- 6leyou that bring in another Gofpel: the word is 7agaxñS John mentioning the Locufls let -riling out ofthe bottome- Ieffepit, Antichriflian Teachers, vferh another word, im- plying *torture no lefe then that of the rack e; fuch horrible torture fhould they plunge feduced confciences into,whle they taught to fide Righteoufhes,fatisfaetion to Gods iu- fliceby their owne good works or voluntary pailiions. I befeech you, brethren, by the peace of God which paf. f th all vnderfréanding, beware how you attend to the chir- ping of fuch locuíls; (uttering your fettles to be tranfpor- ted to another Gofpell. Ifeuer from principles of Popifh Do6trine, Confcience be fetled in found peace, lay,-God hath not fpoken by me. With me its an vnder rule to judge of
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