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{Sermons on Ephesians 5:15
The Doctrine Explained
Precisians are Described
Negatively
Not a Fanatic}
A Precisian is not a fanatic,30 properly speaking, although that may be a guise put upon him by some, as the hides of beasts were put upon Christians of old.31 I contend that he is not a fanatic, one whose Christianity is all fantasy, imagination, and enthusiasm, that is, the dreams and visions of his own heart. This is not a Precisian; Christianity is not a castle in the air, but is a building that has a foundation (Hebrews 11:10).
30fanatic: one marked by excessive and mistaken enthusiasm or intense and uncritical devotion.
31The Roman emperor Nero literally did this.
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