A47448:632
A counter-antidote, to purge out the malignant effects of a late counterfeit, prepared by…
A counter-antidote, to purge out the malignant effects of a late counterfeit, prepared by Mr. Giles Shute ... being an answer to his vindication of his pretended Antidote to prevent the prevalency of Anabaptism, showing that Mr. Hercules Collins's reply to the said author remains unanswered : wherein the baptism of believers is evinced to be God's ordinance, and the baptized congregations proved true churches of Jesus Christ : with a further detection of the error of pedo-baptism : to which is added, An answer to Mr. Shute's reply to Mr. Collins's half-sheet / by Benjamin Keach.A counter-antidote, to purge out the malignant effects of a late counterfeit, prepared by Mr. Gyles Shute ... being an answer to his vindication of his pretended Antidote to prevent the prevalency of Anabaptism, shewing that Mr. Hercules Collins's reply to the said author remains unanswered : wherein the baptism of believers is evinced to be God's ordinance, and the baptized congregations proved true churches of Jesus Christ : with a further detection of the error of pedo-baptism : to which is added, An answer to Mr. Shute's reply to Mr. Collins's half-sheet / by Benjamin Keach.
London: printed for H. Bernard, 1694
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.
I cannot (says he) but observe how much this People are swerved from their first Principles: For it is not long since they decried humane learning, and also making a trade of preaching,—But if they can get a few Shreds or broken fragments of learning, or a learned Man on their side, they are ready to make an Idol of it, and now they make a Trade of Preaching, Page 16. &c.
Answer, It appears 'tis the whole party he strives to bring into contempt: But let him take heed of belying so gracious a People as the Adversaries themselves confess them to be; did we ever decry humane learning, because ⟨p. 53⟩we believe and ever did that it is not an essential qualification in a Minister? We are no more for it now than ever we were and we did and do believe that those who preach the Gospel, ought to live of the Gospel.
He renders Mr. Collins no better than a Jesuit; take his words, this Man hath confidence and deceit enough to make a swinging Jesuit, &c. Page 16.
He renders Mr. Collins no better than a Jesuite; take his words, this Man hath confidence and deceit enough to make a swinging Jesuite, &c. Page 16.