A23636:272
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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8. He tells us that he came not of his own will, but by a necessity from the Lord: but gives no demonstration.
9. He Wrote this treatise of the will of the Lord: and little reason to boast of that: It was of God (doubtless) to leave him in the hands of satan to be thus acted: If we say we have written this Answer in the will of the Lord, we can give a better account of His approving will in it, because written in defence of the Truth of Christ which he has perverted, & the Name of Christ which he hath blasphemed, this moved us to reply upon him, and this is of God.
10. He desires us, If we answer him, not to defend our cause with Railing and Lies; Physician, heal thy self; he hath set us a precedent, ⟨image 86⟩[…] ⟨p. 154⟩and Heretics, grown beyond Admonition, but persons that had been trained up in false principles, from whence they endeavoured to draw them, which alters the case: nor is it any Contradiction, that Quakers may be invited to come to our public Meetings, and yet not admitted into our private Houses: There are the instituted means, which if they come to, they may possibly be convinced; but the Scripture has given cautions to Christians in the other respect. Nor is there any parallel between his comparison & the thing, Turkish Pirates hang out false colours and invite men to rob them; that we do neither, He that will one day vindicate His own truth & ways, will make it appear, then Wisdom shall he justified of all her children; mean while we take it to be one Commendation of our Doctrine & Ministry, that G. K. and such as he rail at and revile it.