A treatise of miscellany questions wherein many useful questions and cases of conscience are…A treatise of miscellany questions wherein many usefull questions and cases of conscience are…

The heart also of the rash, shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly, the vile person shall be no more called liberal, &c. that is those who simply and rashly were led about with every wind of Doctrine, shall be so wise and knowing, as to distinguish between truth and error, between virtue and vice, and call each thing by its right name. So, Isa. 33. 6. And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation. 5. Instability and forsaking the way of Truth, makes us loss much that we had gained, 2 ep. of John, vers. 8. all the comfort we enjoyed, all the good that ever our souls received of such a Truth, such a cause, such a ministry, all that ever we did or spake or suffered for the Truth, all this we loss when we turn aside after an erroneous way. 6. It greatly hindereth our spiritual comfort and contentment, Col: 2, 2. To be knit together in love is one mean, and to have all riches of the full assurance of understanding to the acknowledgement of Gospel truths, is another mean, by which the Apostle wisheth the hearts of Christians to be comforted. It addeth much to Pauls comfort that he could say, I have kept the Faith, henceforth there is laid up for me a crown, &c. 2 Tim. 4. 7. 8. 7. We run a great hazard of our souls and our salvation, when we turn aside from truth to error. It is said of the unstable, that they wrest the Scriptures unto their own destruction, 2 Pet: 3. 16, Like a man fallen into quick sands, the more he wrestles out, the more he sinks. When the Apostle hath spoken of Christs purchasing of our reconciliation, justification and sanctification, he addeth an If, Col: 1. 23: If ye continue in the faith grounded & settled and be not moved away from the hope of the Gospel which ye have heard. Not that our persevering in the true faith was a condition in Christs purchasing of these blessings, but it is a condition without ⟨p. 138⟩which we cannot possess & enjoy what Christ hath purchased; that is, he that falls away from the true Doctrine of the Gospel, proves himself to have no part of the benefits of Christ.

The heart also of the rash, shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly, the vile person shall be no more called liberall, &c. that is those who simply and rashly were led about with every winde of Doctrine, shall be so wise and knowing, as to distinguish between truth and error, between vertue and vice, and call each thing by its right name. So,