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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	act_v	apostle_n	elder_n	2,921	5	9.6647	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77499	The false--teacher tried and cast. A subject useful at all times, and but too seasonable for the present. / By John Brinsley minister of the gospel at Great Yarmouth.	Brinsley, John, 1600-1665.	1658 (1658)	Wing B4714; Thomason E1821_2; ESTC R209775	32,187	84

and personating the true apostles as the Devil did Samuel 1 Sam. 28. but as they were false in the former so in the later Not being what they would bee thought they did not intend what they pretended to And upon this account were they called false Apostles 2. Others there were who 2 In respect of their Doctrine as falsly pretending to the like calling under the name of Apostles they were broachers of Lyes Errours Heresies dangerous and pernitious Doctrines Such false teachers there were many in the Apostles times Such were those whom they in their Synodall Letter written from Jerusalem gave warning to the Churches of Act. 15.24 We have heard that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words subverting your souls c. Some who pretended themselves to be Apostles or at least to have been sent forth by the Apostles with a Commission to preach they brought doctrine contrary to theirs doctrines destroying the very foundation of the Gospel and so tending to subvert the faith of believers crying up the Law the ceremonial law as being still in force And such false Teachers there were some in this Church of Ephesus Such false teachers in Pauls time in the Church of Ephesus So much wee may collect from that which Paul writeth to Timothy 1 Epistle 1.3 where he desireth him to abide at Ephesus to the end that he might charge some that they preach no other Doctrine No doctrine contrary to or diverse from that which Paul himself and other of the Apostles had preached which it seemeth there were some that then did And as there were some such false teachers then in that Church More foretold to follow so the same Apostle foretelleth it that there should come more and those more dangerous after his departure So he telleth the Elders of that Church whom he wisheth to be so much the more cautelous and circumspect upon that account Acts 20.28 c. Take heed to your selves and to all the flock over which the Holy Ghost hath made you Overseers c. For I know this that after my departure shall grievous wolves enter in among you not sparing the flock as bloody persecutors so Heretical Teachers who by their false doctrines should make a prey of the souls of men also of your own selves shall men arise speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after them such as should be broachers of false and heretical doctrines out of an ambition to make themselves singular and popular And what he foretold Which accordingly came to passe afterwards came accordingly to passe In the dayes of this our Apostle and Evangelist Saint John who survived the rest of the Apostles there were divers such false teachers who troubled these Churches of Asia with their heretical doctrines So much we may take notice of from what he saith 1 Epistle 4.1 Many false prophets are gone out into the world And again Epist 2. verse 7. Many deceivers have entred into the world Such were those famous infamous Hereticks Ebion and Corinthus and some others who whilest they cried up themselves the Apostles of Christ they were sworn enemies to him crying down his Divinitie his Godhead as the Socinians their off-spring at this day do Against whom Saint John purposely set himself as in the beginning of his Gospel so in the first and second Epistles And most probably some such were these whom our Text speaketh of They said they were Apostles pretending themselves to be sent by Christ But such they were not no true Apostles whether for their Calling or Doctrine In both upon due tryal they were found Lyars And were there such in those times whilst the true Apostles themselves were yet living No wonder that there are such in after ages Quòd si haec cùm fuit Ecc esiae Christianae conditio superstitibus adhuc ipsis veris Apostolis quis miretur nostri temporis successionem Aposto icam jactantes qui nè Christiani quidem sint Bez. Gr. Anno. in Text. what wonder then that there should be such in after ages what wonder that there should be one pretending to Apostolical authoritie to be Peters successor which the Pope doth what wonder that there should be some others who pretend to an immediate call from God to be sent by him and to have received Revelations from him who thereupon take upon them to broach new Doctrines diverse from nay contrarie to that which is held forth in the word which let it not trouble those who behold it If there were such in the Apostles times who were able to look through such pretenders to see their inside as Peter did by Simon Magus when he told him I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness and bond of iniquitie Acts 8.23 who were able of their own knowledge to convince them how much more now But I pass on Having seen who Part. 2 What this Angel did to them where His undertaking the issue of it and what these false Apostles were come we now in the next place to see what this Angel did to them He Tryed them and found them Lyars wherein we have two things His undertaking and the Issue of it His undertaking Thou hast tried them The Issue of that Tryal And hast found them Lyars of these severally beginning with the first the undertaking of this Angel Thou hast tryed them 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 saith the Original which word coming firstly from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 transfodio His undertaking he Tryed them transadigo to pierce through it properly signifieth an exact scrutin and tryal of a thing Like as when a thing is pierced through it is tryed what is within whether it be sound or no. And such a tryal it was that this Angel made of these Teachers Not taking their word not trusting their outside he made a thorow tryal of them Exploraris saith Beza thou hast proved them by making a diligent search concerning them Doct. And thus are all such Teachers to be tryed Teachers to be Tryed mark it this is the Doctrine I am now to prosecute Such as pretending to a Call from God shall bring any new Doctrines contrary to or diverse from that which the word holdeth forth and the Church hath received they are to undergo an exact scrutinie to be throughly tryed For this we shall need no other warrant then that known Text of Saint John which is express and full 1 John 4.1 Believe not every spirit but try the spirits whether they be of God or no. Every spirit that is every Doctor or Doctrine Every Teacher that shall pretend to the Spirit or every Doctrine which shall be held forth under the name of a Revelation as received by inspiration from Gods Spirit These are not presently to be received believed but to be tryed proved This is that which the Apostle requires concerning those who pretending to a gift of Prophesie should stand up to speak in the Church 1 Cor.