The Christians engagement for the Gospell opened in foure sermons on part of the third verse of the Epistle of Jude : also, Christ's approbation of Maries choyce, or, A sermon preached at the funerall of Mris Abbott in Saint Stephens Colman-street, London / by Iohn Goodwin ...

§. 3.

3. First, that tenet or opinion in Religion, which is assaulted, and we perswaded to let go, under pretence of being an er∣rour, contrary to our Faith; if it hath beene established by men that have beene sober minded, holy, religious, and no si∣nister cause, known, or su∣spected, which would in∣tangle their judgement; but probable and suffici∣ent reasons, for the corrup∣ting of their judgements by whom it is opposed, as time serving, covetous∣nesse, ambition, supersti∣tion, &c. This I say is a

strong presumption, that such a tenet is the truth, and to be well considered before wee give it up, or take exchange for it, I on∣ly goe so farre in this rule as to say it is a strong pre∣sumption of truth; be∣cause I know its possible that godly mens eyes may be held in respect of some particular truth, and other mens may be open∣ed: and that there is no point of faith simply to be embraced upon the autho∣ritie of men, one or other, nor simply to be rejected upon the prejudice of men: yet this difference both reason and religion will countenance, as meet to bee put between the

judgement of holy and humble minded men, and of men sensuall or sinful∣ly addicted: namely, not to reject the judgement of holy men without very apparent cause against them, nor to receive the judgement of the other, without apparent reasons and grounds for them.