A55299:141
An answer to the discourse of Mr. William Sherlock, touching the knowledge of Christ,…
An answer to the discourse of Mr. William Sherlock, touching the knowledge of Christ, and our union and communion with him by Edward Polhill ..., Esquire.
London: printed for Ben. Foster, 1675
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It is the observation of that excellent man,1 Jerome of Prague, in his defence before the Council of Constance; That many worthy men have been unjustly condemned, such as Socrates among Pagans, Isaiah and other Prophets, nay, Christ and his Apostles: The Author hath put in a long grievous charge against these good men; but the Reader will observe, ⟨p. 115⟩that it is a general one, and I suppose, he will hang by his belief, till proof be made by the after-instances: As for the Valentinians, these men have nothing to do with them or their Aeons; they were very high flyers in their knowledge and perfections: And as I find in the Magdeburgenses, they held, That men, 2especially those of their own Sect, naturâ salvos fieri, were saved by nature; Which, whether it may have any affinity with the natural faith allowed by the Author, I know not: But now let us hear out Authors instances, and first for their expounding Scripture by the sound of words, If they find any words, saith the Author, which chime to the tune of their private conceits, they clap their own sense on them.
It is the observation of that excellent man,1 Jerome of Prague, in his defence before the Council of Constance; That many worthy men have been unjustly condemned, such as Socrates among Pagans, Isaiah and other Prophets, nay, Christ and his Apostles: The Author hath put in a long grievous charge against these good men; but the Reader will observe, ⟨p. 115⟩that it is a general one, and I suppose, he will hang by his belief, till proof be made by the after-instances: As for the Valentinians, these men have nothing to do with them or their Aeones; they were very high flyers in their knowledge and perfections: And as I find in the Magdeburgenses, they held, That men, 2especially those of their own Sect, naturâ salvos fieri, were saved by nature; Which, whether it may have any affinity with the natural faith allowed by the Author, I know not: But now let us hear out Authors instances, and first for their expounding Scripture by the sound of words, If they find any words, saith the Author, which chime to the tune of their private conceits, they clap their own sence on them.