John Trapp on 1 John 4:1

CHAP. IIII. Verſe 1. But try the spirits]

AS Lapidaries do their ſtones, as goldſmiths do the [illegible: 1 letter]etals. A Briſtow ſtone may look as well as an Indian diamond; and many things gliſter beſides gold. Try therefore before you truſt that which is doctrinally delivered unto you: being neither over-credulous, the fool believeth every thing: nor raſhly cenſorious, as thoſe were that ſaid of our Saviour, This man blasphemeth. See the Note on 1 Theſſ. 5.21.

Becauſe many falſe Prophets] Both the old Church, Deut. 13.1. and the new. Act. 20.30 were ever peſtered with them.