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 them in an unknown tongue, and were altogether a barbarian unto them?

Sixthly, The Scripture tells us of others, who tho' they are neither ignorant, nor covetous, nor voluptuous, nor proud, yet they are deceitful; 'they handle to word of God deceitfully': They deceive God's people, by preaching that to them for God's word, which is not really his, but their own; they preach to them the inticing words of men's wiſdom, inſtead of the ſincere milk of the word; the ſhew them the form, and not the power of godlineſs, they feed them with ceremonies and ſhadows, inſtead of ſubſtantial and fundamental truth; They puff them up with ſcience, falſly ſo called, inſtead of the ſimplicity of the goſpel; they ſpoil them through Philoſophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the Rudiments of the world, and not after Chriſt; they teach them for doctrines the commandments of men; yea, they reach them the very doctrines o devils. Matt. xv 9. Compared with Coloſſ ii.2 and 1 Tim iv 1. And by the means, all true goſpel preaching is in many places much neglected; and in ſome places it is alſo wholly loſt. And if poor ignorant people have ſuch a deceitful handler and corrupter or God's word for their miniſter, muſt they not, without a miracle, neceſſarily periſh for want of knowledge; For how can a man poſſibly ſubſiſt, if he has only a ſtone for bread, a ſcorpion for an egg and a cup of poiſon for the blood of the grape?

Seventhly, The Scripture tells us of others who tho' they are neither ignorant, nor idle, nor covetous, nor voluptuous, nor proud, nor deceitful, yet they are far worſe than all theſe For, ſays our Saviour, Matt. xxiii.13. Woe unto you Scribes and Phariſees, Hypocrites, for ye ſhut up the kingdom of Heaven againſt men, Ye neither go into it yourſelves, neither ſuffer ye them that are entering to go in. And then it follow's, ver. 5. Ye compaſs ſea and land to make one Proſelyte, and when he is made ye make him two fold more the child of hell than yourſelves. They would neither be god to themſelves nor ſuffer others to be ſo. They would neither