~4q fre4ching confcience no leg4lpreaching. ·,.• r ' • • \.. Cap. I 8. gined to weaken and defiroy another l ls -- faith th~enemyof holinefs ? Doth Confcicnceextinguifh confidence? ,. , Gal.3.2r. 7 ~ Is the Ldwnow agai~Jl the Pronti/e, or . the .Promife again{f the LtJW l did grace then Rom.;~31• fulfil! the Law, a1Jdeftablifb it;andcloth it now make it void ? All thefe would have been ac~Ollllt(d ftrange Divinitie in the Apoftlcs ears. . Thi~ bewitcqing ~rrour clqth not onely fet ea~th into dtforders, neighbour againft (neighbour, profelfor agairif.t profelfor; fome peopleagainft their Minifiers, andfome Mi– nifiers (though~hey are not manywhe are. fo gi·offe) againft other Mihifiers, but it fets eartb in rebellion againft heaven ·; yea would attempt to.put heaven into a combufti– on , and make heaven at variancewithin it felf, whiie it would fet Gods Decrees ag<l;tnft Gods Decrees, Premifesagainfi Promifos, Grace · againfr Grace, SainuagainJl: Sanllitie. And aga~n ~ Decreet ,againit Promifu 1 Promifts againfr Commandf, Commandr agami1: DutieJ, and all againil:_Holinefi. ._ This hellifh Doctrinedtnie from the Gno. Ji:ickt of old, at1d th~h· followers : They 1 thought k their petfeB:ion to fet Confdence at libert!e, arid t odifcharge i_t from all pHri– tie. Epipbanim and Iren.em fay th~t t,he6no– ftick.f did f>Urpofely refolve to live a ~oo.fe andbafe life, that they might reproach the ftritl:cr Chrifrians, and wear out that le:– gall Doet:rine ( and aa (onieof la.~etr t~nies . have
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