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if their Express scions be bold and adventurous, though you must not reject the Doctrine, ye• abstain from that appearance of evil tha• is in them.

if their Expre• sions be bold and adventurous, thoug• you must not reject the Doctrine, ye• abstain from that appearance of evil tha• is in them.

Hence, from the Connection, we may observe, That in the delivering and receiving of Doctrines, we should carefully abstain, not only from what is unsound and dangerous, but also from what is unsafe and venturous. And truly had this Caution of our Apostle been duly regarded; had not Teacher• luxuriant Tongues, and Hearers itching Ears, loathing old Truths, unless they appear set off in new Dresses, our Time ⟨p. 109⟩•d not been so fruitful in those Mon•rs of Opinions that make it disputa•e, whether our Knowledge or our Errors were more. It is a true Saying •ong the Ancients, That Heresies •ead from Words, if not falsely, yet duly and improperly spoken. The •olish, rash, and daring Expressions that •ve dropped from Men sound in the truth, being received by those that have •t been able to put a difference betwixt •hat is Proper, and what is Figurative; hat is Doctrinal, and what is Rhetoril, have been the occasion of leading any aside into most dangerous and deructive Tenets: Certainly Christian religion is a thing more severe and punctual than to be rhetoricated upon, and nourished with Oratory, that may through earers Mistakes as much pervert the judgment, as it may please and tickle he Fancy. There is great weight in Words; for by them the Understanding steered, either into the knowledge of Truth, or else into the embracing of Error; and therefore we ought to use ch Expressions as are least liable to any Mis-apprehensions, or Mis-interpretations. It is not enough to speak that