276 A Commentaryupon the Go(frel Chap.7. finuative and flattering. Terinlian tells us, that the Valentinima Abduxit a fi ha:reticks had a trick toperfwade before they taught, whereas the de p erer luTi_ Truth eriwadeth by teaching, not teach by perfwading. verfutia, P Y g " quam antece- And how, much hurt 7ulian the Apotiate did by this art in the dentin n oa ChurchofGod, is better known, then thatI need here to relate it. n:u Erhntco" It was not thereforewithoutgood ground of reafón, that P!cicala TWA pr. cepr the Ernprefle, ( when Theadofius tenter defired to conferrewith, pæ D' Eunomiras the haretick) diffwaded her husband very earnetllys S women, left being perverted by his fpeeches, he might fall intoherefie; thç, . tib.7,cap.',7. knew their cunning and as it were, cagging of a dye, phe,4. i4. evTñxvpHá where the Apoftle compareth feducers to cheaters, and falle Qtod 01,um gameftets, who have a device, by toggingofadye, todeceive the due-turn ell a lu- unskilfull : and further telleth us, that theyare Wittily wicked, by fu rejeraruot. methodsand crafty conveyances, winding upanddown, and cur- E.rafm ningevery way,to get the greateft advantage. Neither was that 'n° ¡'i0caS jai/ g ood Em reffe ignorant, how catching we are this wa d incl- 4nS 7-Aárns :b. ingeaiolt tune nable ro the worfe tide : as the Ifraelites loon forget Mir God, netbodici. and calledfor a Calf, as the ten tribes wereeafly prevailed with to go after the two golden calves,and as the whole world wondred and wandred after the beaft. This to prevent, as much as may be, God in delivering the law is moti large in the fecond and fourth Commandments, which we are moti apt to tranfgretie; that by fuperftition, this, by profaneneffe. Verfe 16. Te /hall know them by theirfruits] That is, chiefly by their doiirines, which tend either to the infecting of' the jgdge sarúszoaxyH. ment with errour, or tainting of' the life with uncleanneflc, or a"r both : andcommonly both, as thofe ancient Heretikes,, whofe a Pero. z. Aug de civ, pernicious (oras other Copies reade lafeivioneWales many f ow- 2ei,t eo.e.5T cd; hyreafonofwhom the Wayof truthWas evil /jroken of St vim. Neaccedunt Flinobferveth,that in the loofe and lafcivious Hererikes, many quidem nor ad foul-mouthed men met with matter ofblafpheming the Name of communionem Chrift, becaufe they alío would needs be held Chriftians. And cepiende b do" E , hantus adds, that for their fakes manyHeathens would not fo rine -..net P P Y Awes a:lmoz,et. much as have any converfation with Chritiians, or hear them Epsphan. (peak. Who hath not heard what a (tumbling- block and back- Joia.9.a5, bias to the converfionofthe Jews is the Idolatry of the Papifts, and the blafphemies ofother Chriftians ? By their fruits they know fitch petfonsnot to beofGod, as their Predeceffours argued ofourSaviour. This manianot of God, becaufe he k.eepeth not the Sabbath day. Tbepropofìtion,hercwas found (had they not mi- hook
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