Tefe. Of our atTeeii- ons and carri- age ro che Gorpel. Godlinefle a ,T,yilerie. in they diffent from us , that were neither held from the Apoftles times, for they were the in. vent ions of Popes»ne after another:their foole- ries, wherein they differ from us , theyare late inventions, and we hold themnor; theyare leffe Catholike then that that they , and we, and all Chriftians hold ever fince the Apoft!es times, But tocometo a ufeofpraftice. Therefore when we have the Truths of Reli- gion difcovercd to us by the Minifterie, or by reading, &c. when they are c mveyed to our knowledgeby any fanaifiedmeanes ; let us pro- pound thefe ,u ere's toour ovine foules : Are thefè things fo, or no? Yes : Doe I beleeve them to be fo,orno? Yes. I f I doe beleeve them, then confider what theaffe&ion and inward difpofi Lion is; whether it be futable to fuck things,and foworke upon our hearts; that our' knowledge may beaffeetiveknowledge,aknowledgewith a tafte, that linkes even to the very affeEì;ions, that picrceth thorow the whole foule;that theaffeífti- ons may yeeld,as well as theunderftand ing; and let us never ceafe till there be a correfpondence betweene theaffea ion and the Truth. Are they true ? beleeve them: Are they good ? embrace them. Let us never reft , till our hearts embrace them,as our underftandingconceives them. And let us thinke, there is adefea inour a`prehenfi. ons,that wecall them into queft ion,ifthe affeeli. ons embrace them not : for alway, anfsverable to the weight and the depthoftheapprehenfionof the Truth, is the affeRion furred up,and thewill ftirred
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