Page:Terræ-filius- or, the Secret History of the University of Oxford.djvu/222

 N O xxx. 7'erre. Filh$. underftancl them in the fame, and no true church- man in that, which the words bear, andin which they were vritten. It is the peculiar unhavpineli of mot} churches, (bowever excellent and wdl-corituted)that tho' all !their do&rinea are generally embraced whilf unex. plaied and unexamined, yet when they are brought to the tell of naturn! rei,]bn and huma;; philo.O. , they m.eet with oppofition, doubt, anti incredulity for whtch but one reafon can be given, and that is, that being things incomprehenfib!e of themile$, they re rendered the more �o by the vain endearours of weak men to explain them. ! need not ve'y much infiPc'to you, upon the clan- ger of explaining there dorine yourfelves, or of trulling to any particular explications of olaers i caufe there have been in all ages, and efpeciaily in the r�tin.t, fo many inltances of learned, lincere, and eretying men, who Mve fhip-wreck'd their for- tune a, well as their reputations upon this rock i and I have lcfs occafion to warn :you again!t it, becaufe there isa bill, now depenling in parliament, very d!ClOtllqy INTITLED, A Nil for the j%ppreffion of blaf-. ihemy and p_rofanenejSi by which, if it pall'es, all perfons will be prohibited to rite or adwi,ll), to fpt, ak upon any points of faith difagreeab!e to our re- ligion, as by Law efiablifi/d. And therefore, 'i will only advi�e you to fupprcfs, as much as pofllble, that bufy_ fpirit of cttriofiq/, which too often fitally exert, itfeli in youthful b1eafisl but if (not- withttandin all your non.in ui tivene s, the firon beams of truth will break in ufo-, your ram&, let them thine inwardly i dilturb not the pubtick peace v/ith your private difioveries andiiluminations3 no, if you have an}, concern for your welfare and Pro. fpe- rity, let AasroL� be your guide ab�olute in iohdo-

�