and cannot be misguided But sure the world hath had proof enough of the danger of such Guardians of their Faith and 't is to be hoped when men have run through all these mazes and are grown giddy and tir'd therein they will be perswaded to repose themselves whither all men fly at their last distress under the better security of a good life Not that this excludes thoughtfulness or devotion or supersedes the necessity of Church Doctrine or Discipline for the honest use of those and a modest teachable submission to these are great parts of a good life But it calms the Passions purges the Affections tunes the instruments of Reason and eases the Soul of all inward Disorders And that this is the best preparation even for Saecular Wisdom all men do own in that none go reeking in Lust wallowing in Riot flaming in Passion to any serious study Councel or Action they take their most virtuous moods for those and do appear the best men and Christians when they would shew themselves the best Philosophers and Counsellors But a good life doth more then this to the preserving us from deadly Errors for it begets in us a quick sehse of whatsoever is contrary to its self as all such Errors still are and though the good mans art may fail him in small mistakes yet his continual exercise of goodness as the experience of every Artist in his Trade and the naturate sagacity of every Creature in what is good or evil to it makes him very apprehensive of what is very false and dangerous But its greatest safety is in this that it entitles us to Gods especial care and guidance who though he had not told us so often as he hath That the meek he will guide in judgment and teach his wayes If ye continue in my words ye shall know the Truth He that heareth my words and doth them is founded upon a Rock yet if our thoughts be not very unworthy of him we shall not dare to suspect that he will ever abandon a true Lover and Doer of his Will who desires nothing but to be conform'd to himself by it to be bewildred and benighted in the errors of the wicked that lead to death The jealousie of such a sportive cruelty we should abhor to have of any worthy Friend or Master and 't is beyond all expressions base and unreasonable of him who is Light and Love Who should he forsake a Soul wholly devoted to his Laws to wander and be misguided to its ruine must forget not only his Promises but his very Nature his Truth and Goodness and if once we call these into doubt we sink into bottomless Scepticism where we shall not find any surer footing for the certainty of our Senses then of our Faith The same foundations then that Heaven and Earth are built upon the same is every good mans Faith yea Heaven and Earth may pass away but the goodness of the Lord endureth for ever Here therefore is the most firm and Chatholick security that God hath provided for men of all capacities whereby the meanest Reasoner whose head akes at a hard argument is as safe if he be but as honest and good as the Scribe or the Disputer or the man that is mighty at demonstration Let us therefore as the Apostle St. Peter advises us commit the keeping of our Souls to God in weldoing as unto a faithful Creatour and pray ever as our Apostle hath taught us in the end of this Chapter Now our Lord Jesus Christ and God even our Father who bath loved us and given us this everlasting consolation and good hope comfort our hearts and stablish us in every good Word and Work to whom be all glory given world without end Amen ERRATA PAge 5. line 19. for their read ment 20. for whether read rather p. 6. l. 1. for 〈◊〉 read 〈◊〉 disbelief read disbelieve p. 7. l. 12. for prescribe read proscribe p. 18. l. 4. read 〈◊〉 11. after These p. 24. l. 7. read the before aspects p. 28. l. 12. read its for their p. 31. l. 2. for read natural FINIS Mâ—tth 24.24 Ephes 4.14 â—iph bâ—r 2â— Isa 44.20 Rom. 1.23 Greg. Nazian 〈…〉 John 8.44 Prov. 1.20 c. Mark 6 2â— Tit. 2.11 â—2 Rom. 1.18 Ephes 4.19 1 Tim. 1.19 20. Jam. 1.21 2 Tim. 3.4 1 Pet. 2.2 Matth. 13â— 13,14,15 By the Ea 〈…〉 Monmouâ—â— in the Hist the Civil wars of Itaâ— â—ph 4.14 Rom. 16.18 2 Tim 3.6 2 Cor. 11.2 2 Cor. 4.4 Matth. 5.16 1 Pet. 2.15 1 Cor. 1.27.28 â— Cor. 11.13 Joh. 8.46 Joh. 4.1 Mat. 17.15 Rom. 1.2 Psal 25.9 Joh. 8.38 32. Matth. 7.25