First, God hath given his holy Spirit unto his People, Gal. 4.6. To lead them, Rom. 8.14. and guide them into all the Truth, John 16.13. and to Teach them all things, John 14.26. and 1 John 2.20, 27. And least his People should be deceived, deluded, or seduced by Satan's transforming himself into an Angel of Light, or by false Apostles, deceitful workers, (who are his Ministers) transforming themselves into the Ministers of Christ, 2 Cor. 11.13, 14, 15. God hath Secondly given his People a Sure Word, (his written Word to Guide them, Psalm 43.3) 2 Pet. 1.14. Unto which, they do well, if they take heed, as unto a Light, that shineth in a dark place, &c. And thus God Counselled and Cautioned his People of old by his Prophet, Isa. 8.20. To the Law, and to the Testimony; If they speak not according to that Word, it is, because there is no Light in them. And the Apostle testifies, 2 Tim. 3.15, 16, 17. That all Scripture is given by Inspiration of God, and is profitable for Doctrine, and for Instruction in Righteousness, &c. And thirdly, God hath also given his people able Ministers of the New-Testament, not of the letter only, but of the Spirit, 2 Cor. 3.5, 6. and Ephes. 4.11, 12, 13. And he gave some Apostles, and some Prophets, and some Evangelists, and some Pastors and Teachers, for the work of the Ministry, &c.1 And God Set them in his Church, 1 Cor. 12.4, 28. to be Guides unto his people, (b) Heb. 13.7, 17. Remember your Guides, ver. 7. Obey your Guides, ver. 17. And submit your selves, for they watch for your Souls, as they that must give account. Will any godly wise Man or Woman judge in themselves, that it is safe for them to forsake and refuse this threefold Sure Guide of the Spirit, Word, and Ministry of Christ,2 which God hath ordained, and to give up the conduct of their Souls unto the Church of Rome, to be guided by her Laws, Canons, Councils, Popes, Cardinals, Jesuits, and the rest of the Roman-Clergy, who are blind Guides, and Anti-Christian Ministers: and so to hazard their own eternal Salvation? which false Teachers, and their false and damnable ⟨p. 30⟩Errors, Doctrines, and Practices our blessed Saviour and his holy Apostles have forewarned us of in the Scripture of Truth.
First, God hath given his holy Spirit unto his People, Gal. 4.6. To lead them, Rom. 8.14. and guide them into all the Truth, John 16.13. and to Teach them all things, John 14.26. and 1 John 2.20, 27. And least his People should be deceived, deluded, or seduced by Satan's transforming himself into an Angel of Light, or by false Apostles, deceitful workers, (who are his Ministers) transforming themselves into the Ministers of Christ, 2 Cor. 11.13, 14, 15. God hath Secondly given his People a Sure Word, (his written Word to Guide them, Psalm 43.3) 2 Pet. 1.14. Unto which, they do well, if they take heed, as unto a Light, that shineth in a dark place, &c. And thus God Councelled and Cautioned his People of old by his Prophet, Isa. 8.20. To the Law, and to the Testimony; If they speak not according to that Word, it is, because there is no Light in them. And the Apostle testifies, 2 Tim. 3.15, 16, 17. That all Scripture is given by Inspiration of God, and is profitable for Doctrine, and for Instruction in Righteousness, &c. And thirdly, God hath also given his people able Ministers of the New-Testament, not of the letter only, but of the Spirit, 2 Cor. 3.5, 6. and Ephes. 4.11, 12, 13. And he gave some Apostles, and some Prophets, and some Evangelists, and some Pastors and Teachers, for the work of the Ministry, &c.1 And God Set them in his Church, 1 Cor. 12.4, 28. to be Guides unto his people, (b)
- 1Heb. 13, 7, 17. [Greek or Hebrew] &c.Heb. 13, 7, 17. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 &c.
- 2Math. 24.4, 5, 11.23, 24, 25.21. Act. 20.29, 30. 1 Tim. 4.1, 2, 3. 2 Tim. 4.3, 4. 2 Pet. 2.1.2, 3. 1 Joh. 4.1, 2, 3.
