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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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THE CONTENTS OF THE Causes and Cures, &c. THE Etymology and definition of the word Error, Introd. p. 2, 3. The difference between Heresy and Error, Introd. p. 4. Twenty general Observations, Disc. p. 7. Obs. 1. Truth is the object and natural food of the Understanding, p. 7. Explained and confirmed, P. 8. Obs. 2. Several sorts of Knowledge, amongst which the supernatural knowledge of saving Truths revealed in the Scriptures, is the best, 9. Obs. 3. Unto the attainment of Divine Knowledge out of the Scripture, some things are naturally, yet less principally requisite in the subject; and something absolutely and principally necessary, 11. As the irradiation of the mind by the Spirit of God; the benefits of which, 12. Obs. 4. Among the manifold impediments to the obtaining of true Knowledge, and settling the mind in the truth and faith of the Gospel, these three are of special ⟨image 16⟩consideration; viz. Ignorance, Curiosity and Error, p. 13. Obs. 5. Error is binding upon the Conscience as well as Truth; and altogether as much, and sometimes more influential upon the Affections and Passions than Truth is, 14. Obs. 6. 'Tis exceeding difficult to get out Error when once it is imbib' d, and hath rooted it self by an open profession, 15. Obs. 7. Men are not so circumspect and jealous of the Corruptions of their Minds by Errors, as they are of their Bodies in times of Contagion; or of their Lives with respect to gross Immoralities, 17. Obs. 8. 'Tis a great Judgment of God to be given up to an Erroneous Mind, 19. Obs. 9. 'Tis a pernicious Evil to advance a mere Opinion into the place or seat of an Article of Faith; and to lay as great stress upon it, as they ought to do upon the most clear and fundamental Point, 21. Obs. 10. Error being conscious to it self of its own weakness, and the strong assaults that will be made upon it, evermore labours to defend and secure it self under the wings of Antiquity, Reason, Scripture, and high pretensions to Reformation and Piety, 23. Obs. 11. God in all Ages in his tender care ⟨image 16⟩for his Churches and Truths, hath still qualified and excited his Servants for the defence of his precious Truths, against the Errors and Heresies that have successively assaulted them, p. 25. Obs. 12. The want of a modest suspicion and just reflection, gives both confidence and growth to Erroneous Opinions, 27. Obs. 13.
THE CONTENTS OF THE Causes and Cures, &c. THE Etymology and definition of the word Error, Introd. p. 2, 3. The difference between Heresy and Error, Introd. p. 4. Twenty general Observations, Disc. p. 7. Obs. 1. Truth is the object and natural food of the Vnderstanding, p. 7. Explain'd and confirm'd, P. 8. Obs. 2. Several sorts of Knowledge, amongst which the supernatural knowledge of saving Truths revealed in the Scriptures, is the best, 9. Obs. 3. Vnto the attainment of Divine Knowledge out of the Scripture, some things are naturally, yet less principally requisite in the subject; and something absolutely and principally necessary, 11. As the irradiation of the mind by the Spirit of God; the benefits of which, 12. Obs. 4. Among the manifold impediments to the obtaining of true Knowledge, and setling the mind in the truth and faith of the Gospel, these three are of special