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John Trapp on Ephesians 4:14

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Ephesians4:14

Verſe 14. Be no more children] But young men, 1 Joh. 2.14 ſtrong men.

Toſſed to and fro] As a feather or froth upon the waves, wherried about with every winde of doctrine, unſtable ſouls, as S. Peter cals them, ſimple, that believe every thing, as Solomon hath it: giddy hearers that have no mould, but what the next teacher caſteth them into, being blow like glaſſes into this or that ſhape at the pleaſure of his breath.

By the ſleight of men] Gr. By mens cogging of a die, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. the uſuall trade of cheaters, and falſe gameſters.

Whereby they lie in wait to deviſe] Gr. Ʋnto a method of deceiving. The devil and his diſciples are notable method-mongers, ſo as to deceive, if it were poſſible the very elect: but that they cannot do fundamentally, finally, Mat. 24 24. See the Note there.

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