A23636:269
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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5. He boasts of his great Conquest in his book, and yet (like an Hypocrite) would arrogate nothing to himself, no, he is but like the Barley cake which tumbled into the host of the Midianites, only his Conquest is not like to hold the parallel, for we suppose we have ⟨p. 150⟩[…] ⟨p. 151⟩[…] ⟨p. 152⟩made his Cake appear to be Dough.
5. He boasts of his great Conquest in his book, and yet (like an Hypocrite) would arrogate nothing to himself, no, he is but like the Barly cake which tumbled into the host of the Midianites, only his Conquest is not like to hold the parallel, for we suppose we have ⟨p. 150⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 151⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 152⟩made his Cake appear to be Dough.
6. He thinks we were afraid of exposing our people, and wonders that we have wrought no more on them all this while: and might we not lawfully have a cautious Fear? Ought not the Shepherd to be aware when the Wolf comes to his flock? Nor did we ever pretend to make our people savingly holy, any further than as God blessed our endeavours.