'Erroneous Confcie-nce Cap. I 8. thenc~ concerning the ,minde·ofGod, or the • . fiate ofman. Then when Paul and all his companie efcape their ihipwrack, they muit beall SaintJ; when the Viper is on his hand hemunbe amurderer now, and when the Vi– per is in the fire, he mufr be aGod again. All the confequences alike valid. Fit Diviniti€ this for BarbarianJ, not for Chrifiian$. But Solomon would have us ceafefrom fuch kind • of daring reafonings, when he concludes Eccle[. 8.uit. 1beheld all the worftofGod, th(Jt aman cannot ftndeout the work.._that is dr;m imder tbe fun, becau[e thcugh a man labour to(ee~ it out, y~a further, thougha 7-lJife man thinft t() Jtnow it, ' yet jl1all hi not be abli to finde it fJUt. 3. It prefers a fuppofed fictitious Reve.. lation before written and clear Revelations, as did the deceived prophet 1 King.13. Now all Divine Jievelations coming from the Spirit ofTruth, ever are confonant to the wordof truth, which is d1e Rule to trie all Revelations by. 2Pet.I.19. 4· It prefers a firong impulfion from his own thoughts before Gadr own thoughts, Jer. 7-3 1. God fa.id what they did never came in– tohi! minde to approve it, yet would theydo it, becaufe it was their Confcience, and it came into their minde. But the frrongeft impulfion ofour fpirits,thoughgraciom Spi– ~rits,can be no Rule. Davidhad a very frrong impreffion on$=e to build God a houfe, he :t Sam.7... confults withNathana Prophet, he hath the 2,3 . fame apprehcnfion of the work, Go on, for . GtJd
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