A39674:40
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.
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.
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 Br•thren: But I see I must not be my own chuser. Notwithstanding, I hope, and am in some measure persuaded, That publick benefit will redound to the Church from this irks•me 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.
The Book now in thy hands consisteth of Four parts, viz. 1. A general Discourse of the Causes and Cures of Errors, very necessary at all times (especially at this time) for the reduction and establishment of seduced and staggering Christians; and nothing of that nature having occurred to my observation among the manifold Polemical Tracts that are extant, I thought it might be of some use to the Churches of Christ in such a vertigenous Age as we live in; and the blessing of the Lord go ⟨image 9⟩