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Show and every one is bound wha~-ever his own eyes fee of; truth, to hold his eyes and wink, to fee and not fee, but blindly believe: this is the voice of Chrill:, and will of God, and do according· ly. ·2. Others deny this infallibility both to p!llllicular private Chri· ~iant; yea and toany particular Chtmh •mder Heaven. They fay it is the Churche• duty, and every particular Chri!Hans duty, to In· quire when they h~ar any voice pret~nded to be the voice of Chri!t, whether it be fo or no, and to judg of it; but they fay they may be deceived in judgment. However it is_the duty ofa pri· vate Chriflian, out of a jufl reverence to the Church of Chrifl, or· derly ,gathered together, and in the name Chrifi with prayer con· fulring the mind of God; to weigh, and examine what they fay : But fay they in all matters of doehine Chriflians can believe nothing, but what to the evidence of their particular Cqnfcienc~s appe~reth to be the 1JOice a..d wiU of Chrij!. Only fome in matters of Rites and Ceremonies,think private perfons mull be !\ill blindfold, and belitve, they are lawful, becaufe the Church faith fo. Aquinat ( tho~gh a Papi{!) fpake better Divinity,affirmlng with other> ; That tn all matters of practice every one.is bound to ex· amine his Actions, according to the Knowledg which he hath of the will of Go~, whether it be nat11ral, infufed, or acqHi'red, and to aCl: accordtng to the guidance ofhis own reafon: And cannot in the leal\ action, either aCI: hlind.fold, without a difcerning firft that it is the voice of its beloved, the will of God; much lefs co~traiy to the ditlate ofhis Confciencc,telling him upon the bell inforroa· tion, t.hat it can get of the will of God in the cafe, tpat this is not the wtll of God , or that the voice of Chri!\ In the cafe is other• wife. I fhould in large in the proof of this reafonable and mofi evident truth, but that I rememember, I have lately done it very largely in ·this place. ' · ' · But now to the. ~~fti~n, Whether the11 il every Spo11(e uf Chrift, able to Jifcern and ]t<dg11<g mfaUibly in the cafe i' I anfwer. 1. Every trlle believer, is or may boble in {a me mea fore, to compare."'h~t i1pretendedto be the voice ofChrij!, with the ward ofGod, wb!ch I! hu mof! ulldoubr.d voice, This will evidently ap· pear: ro.hrm that confiders, l'hat we having the word of God ( whtch IS the rule)nigh us,in ou~ mouth,in·OIJP own language,&c. there needs. no more to this cemparing, than an ability to read it and to exercifc our reafon in comparing. what we hear, with what we what we there read and fee, Now there is no true believer, but either can read, or learll to read, or can hear the Word of God rea<i to it: None but hath fame ability to ufe his Reafon,in comparing what he hears with what he reads; indeed fome ChriOians are more able than otl).crs, as they are more acquainted with the Holy Scriptures, and more able to exercife their Reafon;but I tay every one is in fame meafurc able to do this, and may be able, or further a bit to do ir. Secondly,as to judgment; whereas it is either infaUible or faUible. Though no particular Church nor particular Chrifiian, can in all cafes make a Judgment upon the voice of Cbtifi infaUibly,but fo that it rNY be deceived ; yet the true Ch11rcb of Cbri{!, and every partiet<lar Soul that is the Spoufe of C.hri!\, hath fame ability to judg and determine of the voice ofChri~; and to diftiHguifh it from tbe voict of otber1, by judging of it upo11 comparing it J~~ith the · ·Holy word of God, This certainly is the leal\ that can be made of this Text, and that 'JobH ro. and from tbofc many Scriptum where in order to it, they arc commanded to fearch the Smptures; To try tho Spiritt, to prow aU thiNgt, &c. I fay it is poffible they may in Judgment be deceived; It is poffible, and fometimes apparent that they arc fo; but yet in a great mea[ure their Judgment will be certain : APd the reafon is, r. Becaufe thel bavl the Spirit of God; which it is faid !hall teach them all thtngs, •ntl guide them into aU trHth, &c. It is true, as it was faid of the Prophets, 'Ibat the Spirit of Prophejj did not alway1 tot<ch the heartJ of tbe Propbm. So the Spirit .of God may poffibly leave a Church, and leave a Soul, which happening, 'Ibey do not kpofll the 'lloict of their Beloved; which is the caufe, why particular Churches ( efpecially when they have come to be debauched with loofnefs of life ) hue erred for thoufands of years together. And concerning particular perfons God hath given up many (rPho reeti111el HOt the truth in the love of it) toftrong tlelujiont, to believe 11 Lie. Bu.t while the Church of God keepeth itfelf pure, and keepeth the prefence of God with it, while the Chrif\ian keq>s his integrity, and walksclofewithGod; Ordinarily1 by the atli!\ance of Gods Holy Spirit, it is able to judg of trut11 a11d error, of wha,t is and what is not the voice ofChrift. Thofe promifes, 'Job. 14.l6.v~ 17· 'Job. r6. 13. are not idle woJds. . 3· A Chri!\ian (thirdly ) cannot ad contrary to what b1mfoif difcerneth from the word ofGod to be the v~ic1 of ~if Beloved. The word, |