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Direct. 4. Have a care who you hear, tis our Saviours caution, Matth. 7. 15. Beware of false Prophets. Let me tell you the Devil hath his Ministers as well as Christ, we read in Rev. 12. 15. of a Serpent casting waters out of his mouth as a flood, that is, as the learned expound it, Satan by his Ministers and Emissaries cast out floods of Arian Doctrine to drown the Church. There are some of that subtlety and wit that have learned the art to mix error and truth together, and to give poison in a golden cup: Take ⟨p. 9⟩heed whom you hear, and how you hear. Be like those noble Bereans, Act. 17. that searched the Scriptures, your ears must not be like Sponges that sucks in the puddle water, with the purest Wine. But like the Fan that fans out the Chaff, whilst the solid grain abideth; you must do like those in Mat. 13. 48. they gathered the good fish into vessels, and threw way the other. Saints are called Virgins for their wisdom, they will not let every one defile their souls with error; they have a judicious ear, and a critical palate, they can distinguish between truth and error, they can put a difference between meat of Gods sending, and meat of the Devils cooking.

Direct. 4. Have a care who you hear, tis our Saviours caution, Matth. 7. 15. Beware of false Prophets. Let me tell you the Devil hath his Ministers as well as Christ, we read in Rev. 12. 15. of a Scrpent casting waters out of his mouth as a flood, that is, as the learned expound it, Satan by his Ministers and Emissaries cast out floods of Arian Doctrine to drown the Church. There are some of that subtilty and wit that have learned the art to mix error and truth together, and to give poyson in a golden cup: Take ⟨p. 9⟩heed whom you hear, and how you hear. Be like those noble Bereans,