A53669:26
A brief declaration and vindication of the doctrine of the Trinity as also of…
A brief declaration and vindication of the doctrine of the Trinity as also of the person and satisfaction of Christ / accommodated to the capacity and use of such as may be in danger to be seduced, and the establishment of the truth by J. Owen.
London: printed by R.W. for Nath. Ponder, 1669
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.
that those of the meanest sort of Professors, who a•e ⟨p. 8⟩Sincere and upright, exercising themselves to keep a good conscience in matters of faith and obedience to God, may have somewhat in a readiness, both to guide them in their further enquiry into the Truth, as also to confirm their Faith in what they have already received, when at any time it is shaken or opposed by the cunning sleights of men that lye in wait to deceive.
And this compriseth the design of the ensuing discourse. It may possibly be judged needless by some, as it was in its first proposal by him by whom it is wri••••, and that because this matter at present is by an especial providence cast on other hands, who both have, and doubtless, as occasion shall require, will well acquit themselves in the defence of the Truths opposed. Not to give any other account of the Reasons of this small undertaking, it may suffice, that in publico discrimine omnis homo miles est. Every mans concernment ⟨p. 9⟩lying in a common danger, it is free for every one to manage it as he thinks best, and is able, so it be without prejudice to the whole, or the particular concerns of others. If a City be on fire, whose bucket that brings water to quench it ought to be refused? The attempt to cast fire into the City of God, by the Opinions mentioned, is open and plain, and a timely stop being to be put unto it, the more hands are orderly employed in its quenching, the more speedy and secure is the effect like to be.
And this comprizeth the design of the ensuing discourse. It may possibly be judged needless by some, as it was in its first proposal by him by whom it is wri••••, and that because this matter at present is by an especial providence cast on other hands, who both have, and doubtless, as occasion shall require, will well acquit themselves in the defence of the Truths opposed. Not to give any other account of the Reasons of this small undertaking, it may suffice, that in publico discrimine omnis homo miles est. Every mans concernment