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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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He is exceeding skilful and dexterous in citing and wresting the Scriptures to serve his vile designs and purposes; and as impudently daring, as he is crafty and cunning; as appears in the History of Christ's temptation in the desert, Matt. 4. 6. where he cites one part of that promise, Psal. 91. 11. and suppresseth the rest; shows the encouragement, viz. He shall give his Angels charge over thee; but clips off the limitation of it, viz. to keep thee in all thy ways: In viis, non in praecipitiis, In our lawful ways, not in rash and dangerous precipices; as Bernard well glosseth.
He is exceeding skilful and dexterous in citing and wresting the Scriptures to serve his vile designs and purposes; and as impudently daring, as he is crafty and cunning; as appears in the History of Christ's temptation in the desart, Matt. 4. 6. where he cites one part of that promise, Psal. 91. 11. and suppresseth the rest; shows the encouragement, viz. He shall give his Angels charge over thee; but clips off the limitation of it, viz. to keep thee in all thy ways: In viis, non in praecipitiis, In our lawful ways, not in rash and dangerous precipices; as Bernard well glosseth.
And 'tis worth observation, that he introduceth multitudes of Errors into the World, under the unsuspected notions of admirable Prophylactics, and approved Preservatives from all mischiefs and dangers from himself. Under this notion, he hath neatly and covertly slided into the World, Holy-water, Crossings, Relics of Saints, and almost innumerable other superstitious Rites.
And 'tis worth observation, that he introduceth multitudes of Errors into the World, under the unsuspected notions of admirable Prophylacticks, and approved Preservatives from all mischiefs and dangers from himself. Under this notion, he hath neatly and covertly slided into the World, Holy-water, Crossings, Reliques of Saints, and almost innumerable other superstitious Rites.