...places the idle Difcourfe of fome in his own Days, when he faith, But fhun profane and vain Babblings : for they will increafe unto more Ungodlinefs ', and their Word will eat, as doth a Canker d. They, whofe Learning and Judgement and Tafte and Worth are the moft univerfally. acknowledged, have,...

...he very plainly alludes to the fame fyftem, when he fays -f-, But Jhun prophane and vain babbling, for they will increafe unto more ungodlinefs, and their word will eat as doth a canker. Of whom is Hymeneus, and Phi/etus, w.ho con* V. 3. t Ch. ii. z6. cerning earning the truth have erred,...

...in unrighteoufnefs. Profane and vain babblings, as the miniftrations of falfe teachers are called, will increafe unto more ungodlinefs; and their word will eat as doth a canker.* To this may be added, that the parties themfelves, engaged in this controverfy, have virtually acknowleged...