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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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And as it is the great Instrument by which Satan propagates Errors, so it makes a fit temper in the Souls of the ⟨p. 103⟩People to receive them. For by this means Error gains the possession of the Affections, without passing a previous and due test by the Understanding, and so gains the Soul by the advantage of a Surprise. Every thing, by how much the more weak and ignoble it is, by so much the more it watcheth upon Surprisals and Advantages. Error cares not to endure the due examination and test of Reason; and therefore seeks to gain by surprisal, what it despairs of ever gaining by a plain and fair trial.
And as it is the great Instrument by which Satan propagates Errors, so it makes a fit temper in the Souls of the ⟨p. 103⟩People to receive them. For by this means Error gains the possession of the Affections, without passing a previous and due test by the Understanding, and so gains the Soul by the advantage of a Surprize. Every thing, by how much the more weak and ignoble it is, by so much the more it watcheth upon Surprisals and Advantages. Error cares not to endure the due examination and test of Reason; and therefore seeks to gain by surprisal, what it despairs of ever gaining by a plain and fair tryal.
There be few Errorists in the World of Alexander's mind, who would rather lose the day, than steal the Victory. Hence it comes to pass, that the greatest number of those they lead Captives, are silly Women, as the Apostle speaks, who are the most affectionate, but least judicious Sex.
From this blind Zeal it is, that they cunningly wind their Erroneous Opinions into all their Discourses, where they have any hope to prevail. A rational and modest Contradiction puts them into a flame, it breaks the nearest bonds of Friendship and Society.