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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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In the Year 1528. when Helsar, Traier and Seekler, were confuted by Hallerus; and their Errors about Oaths, Magistrates, and Paedo-baptism were detected by him, and by Colvius at Bern, that which they had to say for themselves was, That the Spirit taught them otherwise than the letter of the Scriptures speaks. So dangerous it is to separate what God hath conjoined, and father our own Fancies upon the Holy Spirit.
(4.) And it is not unlike, but a comparative weakness and injudiciousness of mind meeting with a fervent zeal for Christ, and his Glory, may induce others to espouse such taking and plausible, tho pernicious, Doctrines. They are not aware of the dangerous Consequences of the Opinions they embrace, and what looseness may be occasioned by them. I speak not of Occasions taken, but given, by such Opinions and Expressions. A good Man will draw excellent Inferences of duty from the very same Doctrine. Instance that of the shortness of time, from whence the Apostle infers abstinence, strictness and diligence, 1 Cor. ⟨p. 317⟩7. 29. but the Epicure infers all manner of dissolute and licentious practices, Let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die, 1 Cor. 15 22. The best Doctrines are this way liable to abuse.
But let all good men beware of such Opinions and Expressions as give an handle to wicked men to abuse the Grace of God, which haply the Author himself dare not do, and may strongly hope others may not do: but if the Principle will yield it, 'tis in vain to think corrupt Nature will not catch at it, and make a vile use, and dangerous improvement of it.