to oppose the Truth, through occasion whereof more light breaks out to the clearing of the Truth. These are Reasons why Hereticks must be.Vse. The use is, seeing the Spirit of Error began so early to trouble the Church in the Apostles time, that were guided with an infallible Spirit, then ye are not to wonder that Error should trouble the Church now when there are not such infallible lights as these: The Spirit of Error is a bold darring Spirit it will dare to contradict God Himself, and find out some shift, to cast at that which God Him∣self sayeth: As may be seen Gen: 3. The Lord said The day thou eatest thereof thou shalt die: And Sathan contradicts it, thou shalt not surely die. And so no won∣der there be such impudence seen in the Spirit of Error now, as to cast at any thing which Gods Ser∣vants say, seeing Satan still Acts the Instruments of Error.Vse. 2 But secondly, from this Doctrine learn not to quarrell with Gods most Holy and wise Provi∣dence, in that he suffers so many Errors to be. We are ready to think that if God had that care of his Church, Covenant and Cause, as men would think he had, he would not suffer such Effronted Spirits, and such Blasphemous Hereticks to prevail, and to outdare his Truth: But that is to quarrel the Lords providence and without a ground: He whose fur∣nace is in Zion can make all the tryals of the time that arise from Error to contribute much for the clearing of Truth; by this means he will rouse up his People to study Truth, to understand it better, to search out 0