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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Censure not this Treatise of ERRORS, as an Error in my Prudentials, in sending it forth at such an improper time as this. I should never spontaneously have awakened sleeping Controversies, after God's severe castigation of his people for them, and in the most proper and hopeful season for their Redintegration.
CEnsure not this Treatise of ERRORS, as an Error in my Prudentials, in sending it forth at such an improper time as this. I should never spontaneously have awakened sleeping Controversies, after God's severe castigation of his people for them, and in the most proper and hopeful season for their Redintegration.
And beside what I have formerly said, I think fit here to add, That if the attack had been general, and not so immediately and particularly upon that Post or Quarter I was set to defend, I should with Elihu have modestly waited till some abler and more skilful hand had ⟨image 9⟩undertaken the defence of this Cause.
And beside what I have formerly said, I think fit here to add, That if the attacque had been general, and not so immediately and particularly upon that Post or Quarter I was set to defend, I should with Elihu have modestly waited till some abler and more skilful hand had ⟨image 9⟩undertaken the defence of this Cause.
If ever I felt a temptation to envy the happiness of my Brethren, it hath been whilst I saw them quietly feeding their Flocks, and my self forced […] some part of my precious […] time (devoted to the […] combating with unquiet and erring Brethren: But I see I must not be my own chooser. Notwithstanding, I hope, and am in some measure persuaded, That public benefit will redound to the Church from this irksome Labour of mine. And that this strife will spread no further, but the Malady be cured by an Antidote growing in the very place where it began: And that the Christian Camp will not take a general Alarm from such a ingle Duel.