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I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet.…
I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet. I. 19 : II. Christ in travel ... in three sermons on Isai. 53. 11 : III. A lifting up for the down-cast ... delivered in thirteen sermons on Psal. 42, 11 : four several sermons ... / preached by William Bridge ...
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1656
THE False Apostle, TRIED. AND DISCOVERED.THE False Apostle, TRYED. AND DISCOVERED.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The voice of the Wolf doth betray him; he howls as the Sheep do not, and barks at the Shepherds. So do False Teachers do, they resist the Truth, as Janes and Jambres resisted Moses; and are continually barking at, and speaking evil of the true Ministers of the Gospel, and Shepherds of the Sheep. 'Tis recorded of Philip of Macedon, when he laid siege to Athens, that he sent word into the City, That if they would send out ten of their Orators, he would be at peace with them; whereupon Demosthenes rose up in the Senate, and said, If the Wolves come to the Fold, and tell the Sheep, that they will be at Peace with them, if they will send away all their Dogs, and Shepherds, will the Sheep do it? No, the great design of the Wolf, is to part the Sheep from the Shepherd. Those therefore that come in Sheeps clothing, and cry out against the true Ministry of Christ, are no true Sheep, but Wolves.
The voyce of the Wolf doth betray him; he howls as the Sheep do not, and barks at the Shepheards. So do False Teachers do, they resist the Truth, as Janes and Jambres resisted Moses; and are continually barking at, and speaking evil of the true Ministers of the Gospel, and Shepheards of the Sheep. 'Tis recorded of Philip of Macedon, when he laid siege to Athens, that he sent word into the City, That if they would send out ten of their Orators, he would be at peace with them; whereupon Demosthenes rose up in the Senate, and said, If the Wolves come to the Fold, and tel the Sheep, that they wil be at Peace with them, if they wil send away al their Dogs, and Shepheards, wil the Sheep do it? No, the great design of the Wolf, is to part the Sheep from the Shepheard. Those therefore that come in Sheeps cloathing, and cry out against the true Ministry of Christ, are no true Sheep, but Wolves.
13. The Wolf though he be in Sheeps clothing, doth tear and rend the Sheep; he cometh not in by the door; and when he is come in, then he doth devour the poor Sheep: And so it is with false Teachers, they come not in by the door of a Lawful Call, and they bite, and devour, and destroy the Faith of some.