A23636:128
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Introduction › Reflections on Chapt. 5. Of God, His Decrees &c.
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And now he pretends to give an account of their saith about the Trinity;
But it is a new Quakers-Creed, nor is he so ignorant as to believe, that that was their faith in those times, or for many years after.
Sect. 2. But all this Harangue was for nothing else, but to introduce the Discourse about God's being Light, and vent a few light-headed Notions about it. First he finds fault that in our Confession we omitted the Attribute of Light, and smells an ill design in it. Truly the Intrigue was merely this, The Reverend Divines intended only to express such Attributes as were proper and not metaphorical; and unto which all such Metaphors might be reduced: of this nature is that of Light, and is included in their saying, He is most Wise: and for G. K. to say, ⟨p. 65⟩It is no figurative or Tropical Expression, argues him either of grossest ignorance, or boldest Confidence.
Sect. 2. But all this Harangue was for nothing else, but to introduce the Discourse about God's being Light, and vent a few light-headed Notions about it. First he finds fault that in our Confession we omitted the Attribute of Light, and smells an ill design in it. Truly the Intreague was meerly this, The Reverend Divines intended only to express such Attributes as were proper and not metaphorical; and unto which all such Metaphors might be reduced: of this nature is that of Light, and is included in their saying, He is most Wise: and for G. K. to say, ⟨p. 65⟩It is no figurative or Tropical Expression, argues him either of grossest ignorance, or boldest Confidence.