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Planelogia, a succinct and seasonable discourse of the occasions, causes, nature, rise, growth, and…
Planelogia, a succinct and seasonable discourse of the occasions, causes, nature, rise, growth, and remedies of mental errors written some months since, and now made public, both for the healing and prevention of the sins and calamities which have broken in this way upon the churches of Christ, to the great scandal of religion, hardening of the wicked, and obstruction of Reformation : whereunto are subjoined by way of appendix : I. Vindiciarum vindex, being a succinct, but full answer to Mr. Philip Cary's weak and impertinent exceptions to my Vindiciæ legis & fæderis, II. a synopsis of ancient and modern Antinomian errors, with scriptural arguments and reasons against them, III. a sermon composed for the preventing and healing of rents and divisions in the churches of Christ / by John Flavell ... ; with an epistle by several divines, relating to Dr. Crisp's works.Planelogia, a succinct and seasonable discourse of the occasions, causes, nature, rise, growth, and remedies of mental errors written some months since, and now made publick, both for the healing and prevention of the sins and calamities which have broken in this way upon the churches of Christ, to the great scandal of religion, hardening of the wicked, and obstruction of Reformation : whereunto are subjoined by way of appendix : I. Vindiciarum vindex, being a succinct, but full answer to Mr. Philip Cary's weak and impertinent exceptions to my Vindiciæ legis & fæderis, II. a synopsis of ancient and modern Antinomian errors, with scriptural arguments and reasons against them, III. a sermon composed for the preventing and healing of rents and divisions in the churches of Christ / by John Flavell ... ; with an epistle by several divines, relating to Dr. Crisp's works.
London: printed by R. Roberts for Tho. Cockerill, 1691
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Twelfth Observation.
The want of a modest Suspicion, and just reflection, gives both confidence and growth to Erroneous Opinions.
The want of a modest Suspition, and just reflection, gives both confidence and growth to Erroneous Opinions.
If matters of mere Opinion were kept in their proper place, under the careful guard of Suspicion; they would not make that bustle and confusion in the Churches, they have done, and do at this day.
If matters of meer Opinion were kept in their proper place, under the careful guard of Suspition; they would not make that bustle and confusion in the Churches, they have done, and do at this day.
'Tis confessed, that all Truths are not matters of mere Opinion; neither are all Opinions of equal weight and value; and therefore not to be left hanging in an equipendious Scepticism: And yet it is as true, that matters of Opinion ought carefully to be sorted from matters of Faith, and to be kept in their own rank and class, as things doubtful, quibus potest subesse falsum; whilst matters of Faith clearly revealed, are to stand upon their own sure and firm Basis. The former, viz. matters of mere Opinion, we are so to hold, as upon clearer light to be ready to part with them, and give them up into the hands of Truth. The other, viz. matters of Faith, we are to hold with resolutions to Live and Dye by them.