Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.
Ver. 7. Do ye look on things] q.d. Are ye so weak as to be deceived by an outside, to be carried away with shows and shadows of true worth? Do not many things glister besides gold? Every bird that hath a seemly feather, hath not the sweetest flesh; nor doth every tree that beareth a goodly leaf, bring good fruit. Glass giveth a clearer sound than silver, &c.
Even so are we Christ's] The Rogation heretics would have made the world believe that they were the only Catholics. The Arians called the true Christians Ambrosians, Athanasians, Homousians, &c. The Donatists made themselves the only true Church, &c.