A39674:52
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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In all the Parts of this Discourse, I have sincerely aimed at the Purity and Peace of the Church of God; and he greatly mistakes, that takes me for a Man of Contention. 'Tis true, I am here contending with my Brethren, but pure necessity brought me in; an unpleasing ⟨image 12⟩irksomeness hath attended me through it, and an hearty desire, and serious motion for Peace amongst all the professed Members of Christ, shall close and finish it. Let all Litigations of this nature (at least, in this Critical Juncture) be suspended by common Consent, since they waste our time, hinder our Communion, embitter our Spirits, impoverish practical Godliness, grieve the Spirit of God, and good Men, make sport for our Common Enemies, who warm their own Fingers at the Fire of our Contentions; and place more Trust in our dividing Lusts, than they do in their own feeble Arguments, or castrated Penal Laws, to effect our Ruin.
In all the Parts of this Discourse, I have sincerely aimed at the Purity and Peace of the Church of God; and he greatly mistakes, that takes me for a Man of Contention. 'Tis true, I am here contending with my Brethren, but pure necessity brought me in; an unpleasing ⟨image 12⟩irksomeness hath attended me through it, and an hearty desire, and serious motion for Peace amongst all the professed Members of Christ, shall close and finish it. Let all Litigations of this nature (at least, in this Critical Juncture) be suspended by common Consent, since they waste our time, hinder our Communion, imbitter our Spirits, impoverish practical Godliness, grieve the Spirit of God, and good Men, make sport for our Common Enemies, who warm their own Fingers at the Fire of our Contentions; and place more Trust in our dividing Lusts, than they do in their own feeble Arguments, or castrated Penal Laws, to effect our Ruin.
It is my grief (the Lord knows) to see the delightful Communion the Saints once enjoyed, whilst they walked together under the same Ordinances of God, now dissolved in such a sad and scandalous Degree, by the Impressions of erroneous Opinions, made both upon their Heads and Hearts. I do therefore heartily join with Budaeus in his pious Wish,