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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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But yet this gracious and just liberty of Christians, suffers a double abuse: One from the Popish Enemies, who injuriously restrain and deny it to the people. Another, by Protestants themselves, who sinfully stretch and extend it beyond the just degree and measure in which Christ allows it to them.
The Pope injuriously restrains it, discerning the danger that must necessarily follow the concession of such a liberty to the people, to compare his superstitious and erroneous Doctrines with the Rule of the Word.
St. Peter, in 2 Pet. 1. 19. tells the people they have a more sure Word of Prophecy, whereunto they do well that they take heed. Certainly the Pope forgot either that he was Peter's Successor; or that ever St. Peter told the people they did well to make use of that liberty, which he denies them. Mr. Pool tells us of a Spaniard that used this expression to an English Merchant, You people of England (said he) are happy, you have liberty to see with your own eyes, and to examine the Doctrines delivered to you, upon which your everlasting Life depends; but we dare not say our souls are our own, but are commanded to believe whatever our ⟨p. 56⟩Teachers tell us, be it never so unreasonable or ridiculous. This is a most injurious and sinful restraint upon it on the one side.
St. Peter, in 2 Pet. 1. 19. tells the people they have a more sure Word of Prophecy, whereunto they do well that they take heed. Certainly the Pope forgot either that he was Peter's Successour; or that ever St. Peter told the people they did well to make use of that liberty, which he denies them. Mr. Pool tells us of a Spaniard that used this expression to an English Merchant, You people of England (said he) are happy, you have liberty to see with your own eyes, and to examine the Doctrines delivered to you, upon which your everlasting Life depends; but we dare not say our souls are our own, but are commanded to believe whatever our