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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. 5. Of God, His Decrees &c.
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but any man may here perceive, that he is restoring Manichaeism to the world, as if there were two principles or first Causes, the one of good the other of evil.
but any man may here perceive, that he is restoring Manacheism to the world, as if there were two principles or first Causes, the one of good the other of evil.
That we have him (page. 72.) making a large Concession of the Substance of what we believe, seems to intimate that he labours between Conscience and Interest; except it be, that he would persuade silly souls to think that we have some strange Mysteries in our Doctrine that others cannot see.
That we have him (page. 72.) making a large Concession of the Substance of what we beleeve, seems to intimate that he labours between Conscience and Interest; except it be, that he would perswade silly souls to think that we have some strange Mysteries in our Doctrine that others cannot see.
But this hath been but a Digression from the matter in hand, Viz. the Universal Decree, and now he will glance at it again: endeavouring to enervate our plea from Act. 2.23. (where he joins us again with Ranters) by a distinction between Delivering & Slaying; but we so distinguish too, and yet that God only exposed Christ to them, is not the whole meaning of the Text; for it certifies us that this was done according to an eternal purpose of God, who had appointed in that way to bring about mans Redemption, using them as Instruments (tho wickedly abusing their free will) in these sufferings of Christ, by which we were Redeemed. Compare ⟨p. 73⟩