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Believe not every Spirit, but try the Spirits, whether they be of God or no,
1 John 4.1.
LOok well to thy faith, there are many false Pro∣phets risen up amongst us: Anchor it on firm ground, Re∣ligion blows too many ways: All Prophets are not Mi∣chaiahs; believe them not one Doctrine the sooner, for cir∣cumcising the Text, to come to the Cushion ere the matter, beating it down in stead of sin, and pressing it more then the Point they handle: All Pro∣phets
are not Micaiahs; be∣lieve them not one Corollary the sooner, for Metaphisicking the Temples into Schools, and learnedly confuting their own Objections, to salve their own Credits more then their Audi∣tors souls: All Prophets are not Micaiahs; believe them not one Sycophantick lye the sooner for their multitude, or the high qualifications of their Chaplainship; King Ahab had four hundred, and a lying Spirit in them all. Gods word is the Spirits Touchstone, thereby thou mayest distin∣guish the Wolf from the Lamb, and the Serpent from the Dove: Commit not thy
souls fraight to the faith of every wind, nor thy faith to the wind of every Doctrine, lest thou make Ship-wrack of both: Believe not every Spi∣rit, but try the Spirits, whe∣ther they be of God or no, 1 John 4.1.