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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 Chap. 1. of the Holy Scriptures.
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1. That Moral Duty depends on the Precept, and not on inward Motions: Prayer (which he refers to in particular) is to be without ceasing, 1. Thes. 5.19. i. e. every day, and on all occasions. 2. That the Motion to do any thing, which is at any ⟨p. 15⟩time upon us, is to be tried by the scriptures, whether it be of God, for we •re bidden to try the Spirits, and are directed to the Law and Testimony as our Rule, and if it be not there Revealed, G. K. tells is we need not believe it. 3. We are commanded to stir up the Grace that is in us; and how often have we David at this? yea, when we want the Spirit for Prayer, we are to pray for the Spirit.
1. That Moral Duty depends on the Precept, and not on inward Motions: Prayer (which he refers to in particular) is to be without ceasing, 1. Thes. 5.19. i. e. every day, and on all occasions. 2. That the Motion to do any thing, which is at any ⟨p. 15⟩time upon us, is to be tryed by the •criptures, whether it be of God, for we •re bidden to try the Spirits, and are directed to the Law and Testimony as our Rule, and if it be not there Revealed, G. K. tells is we need not believe it. 3. We are commanded to stir up the Grace that is in us; and how often have we David at this? yea, when we want the Spirit for Prayer, we are to pray for the Spirit.
4. As to his next instance referring to our Enquiring and discovering what is the mind of God in our Carriage under His Hand, and in the management of our weighty Affairs; when he hath said all he can, the Word of God, or the Scripture, is that which must ultimately resolve us, That, to know What is Duty, depends on Divine Revelation, we are Agreed: That God did sometimes reveal His Will extraordinarily to His Servants of Old, we deny not, but that the Word of God in Scripture is that which to us in Gospel Times, since the Canon was perfected, Answers all the other ways of Revelation is an Article of our Creed, and we think we have Scripture-warrant for it,