A23636:230
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 Cap. 9th of the Visible Church.
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Sect. 7 Now he afresh sets upon us for our Qualifications required in our Ministry; but it hath been already canvassed in cap. 4. Only towards the latter end of this Section, he tells us of Two spirits that guide men on earth, the Spirit of God, and of the devil, & he gives three Criteria of men's being guided by the latter; Viz. he is fallible, false, & continually given to Errors, by which he clearly detects himself to be under the devil's leading; for he hath before acknowledged himself to be falliBle; and we have proved him to be false, and continually leading into Error.
Sect. 7 Now he afresh sets upon us for our Qualifications required in our Ministry; but it hath been already canvass'd in cap. 4. Only towards the latter end of this Section, he tells us of Two spirits that guid men on earth, the Spirit of God, and of the devil, & he gives three Criteria of men's being guided by the latter; Viz. he is fallible, false, & continually given to Errors, by which he clearly detects himself to be under the devil's leading; for he hath before acknowledged himself to be falliBle; and we have proved him to be false, and continually leading into Error.
Sect. 8. The fault which (in this paragraph) he finds with our Ministry is, that they are not itinerary, as the Apostles, whose Successors they pretend themselves to be; [truly better sit still in a place; than go up & down, seeking whom to devour] But may we not succeed the Apostles in their Ministry, tho' not in their Apostleship: And do we not find, that though they went about to gather Churches, where there was none, yet when they had gathered them, they ordained Elders ⟨p. 136⟩among them to he settled Ministers, such as were Overseers of particular Churches, see Act. 14.23.20.27. with 28.
Sect. 8. The fault which (in this paragraph) he finds with our Ministry is, that they are not itinerary, as the Apostles, whose Successors they pretend themselves to be; [truly better sit still in a place; than go up & down, seeking whom to devour] But may we not succeed the Apostles in their Ministry, tho' not in their Apostleship: And do we not find, that though they went about to gather Churches, where there was none, yet when they had gathered them, they ordeined Elders