i84 A Commentary aponthe Jodel Chap.7. tence ofdanger inhearing falfe prophets, ibould refute to hear any though they come with never fo much evidence of truth : Our Saviour wills andcommands here, that examination and difcretion go before both reje .bon oferrours, and receiving oftruths. Try all things,holdfag that Which isgood. As theMouth taftethmear, fo the ear must try and mite words, Iob. t 2.I i . & 34.3. He is a }tor,,. ;,gq, fool that beleeveth every thing, nay any thing, that tends to the Sub taud:bua clìerifhing of corruption and carnali liberty, or the advancing of nature t:re`t corrupt nature,which is nothingelfe but a pieceofproud fle(h, and irttuacigratiz.; muff be abafed to the urmoft. Chriftians fhould abound in k rorp- Aug. ledge and in everyfenfe, fo as readily to difcern things thatdif- Ro;n.®4 5 g Ephef 4. a4. fer : and not tobe wherriedand whirled about with every Winde of doffrine, as children, nor to be carried away as theyare led, as ìentiles,i Cor. i 2.2. He that will take for true and crafty what- foever any Impoftor puts upon him, (hall be as fouly deceived, as Iacob wasby Laban. Search and fee whereto they tend, and what they drive at. If theywould drive us fromGod, as Mofesexpref- feth it, anddraw us from thedo'trine of godlines, that is grounded upon theword, to the truthwhereof we have found Gods Spirit perfwading our hearts, and yeelding us comfort in it. loh.6.45. a lob. 2.27. Abftain (or(tand off) from all appearanceofany fuch evil. Shun the familiarity of feducers, that difcredit the truth: hear them not, their mouthes fhouldbe (topped, Tit.I, i r. & 3. io. See how exceeding earneft the Apoßfe is in this argument, 2 Thef. z. a,x, 3, he knew weil the danger : So Ram. r 6. i 7. The Pharifees and falfe Apoftles would only have brought in a Jrwifh rite or two ; yet are laid to fubvert the Gofpel, Gal.1.7. and the Prpoftle wiil,eth they were even cut off for it. Hymenetts and `Philetzu denied not the Kefurreaion, but affirmed it only to be palt already, and yet they are (aid to overthrow the faith of (òme, 2Tim. 3.18. And although we are wont to wonder at the abfur- dities of a contrary religion; and think a Pimple man may eafily anfwer them : yet it is certain, the grofleft adverfaries of the truth, are able tourge fuch rcafons, and Me fuch perfwafons, as have is them great probability of truth, and may deceive the Pimple. 2 Pet.; 17,18, Ye therefore, beloved, Peeing ye know thefe things before, beware I Pet: ç. ç. itft yealfo, being ledaway with the errot;r of the wicked, fall from Pt:i.nsg. your own .>`tedfaftne(fe. Which to prevent, Grow, faith the fame Apofffle there, in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lordlofai Çhrift. Exai of your f.la6s- agroth in every grace, in humility, howfoeaeç
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