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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 Cap. 2. of New Revelations and Inspirations.
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Sect. 5. How arrogantly and falsely he chargeth Nonsense upon the Reverend Assembly, for acknowledging Illumination, and denying of New Revelation, will be gathered from the premises, and needs not to be here again insisted on; for indeed, inward Illumination is not Revelation in the sense wherein we deny it; nor do his Texts cited help him; for we still deny that every one who is taught of God is inspired, and he hath not proved it.
Sect. 5. How arrogantly and falsly he chargeth Nonsense upon the Reverend Assembly, for acknowledging Illumination, and denying of New Revelation, will be gathered from the premises, and needs not to be here agen insisted on; for indeed, inward Illumination is not Revelation in the sense wherein we deny it; nor do his Texts cited help him; for we still deny that every one who is taught of God is inspired, and he hath not proved it.
When he saith (p, 19.) to be taught of God, &c. as the Prophets & Apostles, what is it but to be taught by Divine inward Revelation? It it is a mere Sophism. We consider ⟨p. 31⟩the Prophets and Apostles, either as such extraordinary Officers, or as they were Believ••s, for they had this double Capacity: to •y that all were or are taught as they were, […] the former sense is utterly false, as •as bin •roved; to acknowledge them so in the lat•er sense, proves not such Revelations; yea, •aul himself, was not always inspired, but sometimes gave his Judgment as one illuminated. 1. Cor. 7.40. Nor can he prove, that •. Cor. 2.10. is applicable to all Believers •n the same sense; the Revelation or Inspiration belonged to the Apostles, the Application, or discovery by Illumination belonged to all believers in their measures: how ungroundedly therefore does he here assert, that Paul holds forth that his Illumination was Revelation? must he not so contradict himself in