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Use 2. Of reproof to the Papists, who lock up St. Johns writings from the people, they may not be suffered to read them; why if he write them for this end that they might not sin, then they give the reins to sin that deny leave and liberty to read them.

Ʋse 2. Of reproofe to the Papists, who lock up St. Johns writings from the people, they may not be suffered to read them; why if he write them for this end that they might not sin, then they give the reins to sin that deny leave and liberty to read them.

Use 3. To teach us the poysonful corruption of our natures, that out of the purest soundest Doctrine gathers poison, Saint John fore-saw that from his Doctrine they would be ready to gather false conclusions. So Rom. 5.20. when St. Paul had delivered the free Doctrine of Justification, see what use they make of it, he had taught that as sin abounded, so did grace much more ⟨p. 50⟩abound, now he saw that they would be ready to gather false conclusions from this, therefore he prevents it, Chap. 6.1. shall we then sin that Grace may abound? God forbid; therefore it must make us out of love with our selves; the commonest meats are most nourishing and good, other rare meats commonly breed distempers, but some stomach will corrupt any meat, so the plainest points of Religion, are the soundest and best, but such is the corruption of our nature, that it is ready to gather poison out of them.

Ʋse 3. To teach us the poysonful corruption of our natures, that out of the purest soundest Doctrine gathers poyson, Saint John fore-saw that from his Doctrine they would be ready to gather false conclusions. So Rom. 5.20. when St. Paul had delivered the free Doctrine of Justification, see what use they make of it, he had taught that as sin abounded, so did grace much more ⟨p. 50⟩