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The principles of the Protestant religion maintained, and churches of New-England, in the profession…
The principles of the Protestant religion maintained, and churches of New-England, in the profession and exercise thereof defended against all the calumnies of one George Keith, a Quaker, in a book lately published at Pennsylvania, to undermine them both / by the ministers of the Gospel in Boston.The principles of the Protestant religion maintained, and churches of New-England, in the profession and exercise thereof defended against all the calumnies of one George Keith, a Quaker, in a book lately published at Pensilvania, to undermine them both / by the ministers of the Gospel in Boston.
printed by Richard Pierce, 1690
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Introduction › Reflections on Chapt. 4th. of Ministerial Gifts &c.
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His Cavil about Effective and Objective illumination is already answered, and it is an odious Aspersion that he casteth upon us, That we make men stones, that have no inward perception of what is acted upon their hearts; we believe that Grace hath a spiritual sense; and when the Spirit of God Influenceth it, it can feel it: only there is Corruption in us too, and the Spirit of Delusion sometimes excites that, under close pretences, which requires our Application to the Word of God for a Determination, Isa. 8.20. His abuse of Heb. 12.27. interpreting the Apostle, by things made to intend things of men's making is most gross, For it is certain these things were of God's making, viz. the Old Testament-Ordinances which were now to be taken away to give place to Gospel Institutions of Christ's Appointment; and these are the Church, Ministry &c. which we maintain. But let any man pursue him in this Paragraph, and he shall perceive, that his ⟨p. 49⟩very design is to take away all Gospel Ordinances and worship and reduce all to Inspirations; the Tendency whereof, to subvert the whole design of Christ in his Gospel, is sufficiently Observable; for that all these were there instituted is undeniable, That therefore must be antiquated if this take place, contrary to Heb. 12.28. and let serious souls beware of such as would rob them of the Gospel.
His Cavil about Effective and Objective illumination is already answered, and it is an odious Aspersion that he casteth upon us, That we make men stones, that have no inward perception of what is acted upon their hearts; we beleeve that Grace hath a spiritual sense; and when the Spirit of God Influenceth it, it can feel it: only there is Corruption in us too, and the Spirit of Delusion sometimes excites that, under close pretences, which requires our Application to the Word of God for a Determination, Isa. 8.20. His abuse of Heb. 12.27. interpreting the Apostle, by things made to intend things of men's making is most gross, For it is certain these things were of God's making, viz. the Old Testamnt-Ordinances which were now to be taken away to give place to Gospel Institutions of Christ's Appointment; and these are the Church, Ministry &c. which we maintain. But let any man pursue him in this Paragraph, and he shall perceive, that his