IC H A P.2,. Epifile to theTheffalonians. V E R. 2. 89 of dodtrines pretended to be t,uangelicall : Tends it, in the 2Lature of it, to pacification of the diftrefled Con fcience? elfe tis not Euangelicall, x faith not the Apoftle the fame ? vniuerfally I thinke as Ieremie; T that is onely the good way wherein I may finde the fweetnefhe of holy tell to my foule. either by Spirit,nor by Word, nor by Epifile as from vs. Item again!} the meanes of their vnfetling and (educe- ment; pretences of Authoritie no lefhe then diuine and Apoflolicall : three in number,the Ancient colours of moil Heretiques. The firli is, Spirit ;that is, as I conceive, °pretenfe of inílints, infpirations, Reuelations immediate and ex- traordinary from the fpirit of God. They a walk! in the Spirit, yet lye falfely, faith (Micah. (Montanus had his r2'araclete, befide his Prophetiffes `Prifca and Maximilla. Simon LMap,s, his Helene: turfed .Moamed cals the dead fits of his falling fickneíle, his exflafie and rauifhment at the appearance of the Angell Gabriel. At promulgation of his ordinances, his Doue inured to fetchfood from out his Eare, is pretended no lea then the holy Ghofl; Pent whifperingly to imitate what he fhould enaá for the peo- ple. Heathenifh Politicians had like pretenfes,to win cre- dit to their [awes. soma Pompilirts receiues his, from the Goddeffe z/Egeria. Lycurgus his, from eApollo, &c. Impudencie of Heretiques is feldome lefl'e then blaf- phen,ous, what blafphemie gre -ater then to father doFtrines of diesels, vpon the God of truth ? Spirits of Errour,,to be filed Gods Spirit of Truth ? Against all fuch fanatical' Enthufialis and Enthufiafines, the Lord bath made vs caucionare. The wore is common, how we may difcerne a pretended, from.a true Prophet. Ref p. Time was when was place for fuch inquirie; when God was pleafed by fuch meanes extraordinary to in fluid his people : for my part, a pi4culum I hold it, to expert in tlrefe dayes c 'finiYers of b Prophetical! Spirit, reuelati- on any aboue the ordinary. Let Papifts boaft,as they will, of their lumen Propheticum : Prophefie now none is to me knowne, Zkom.f.f. z Ier,6.16. Z See r Io17.4. a Mie.z.x I. bApoc.zz.tE
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