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The foundation of God standeth sure, or, A defence of those fundamental and so…
The foundation of God standeth sure, or, A defence of those fundamental and so generally believed doctrines of the Trinity of persons in the unity of the divine essence, of the satisfaction of Christ, the second person of the real and glorious Trinity, of the justification of the ungodly by the imputed righteousness of Christ, against the cavils of W.P.J. a Quaker in his pamphlet entitled The sandy foundation shaken &c. : wherein his and the Quakers hideous blasphemies, Socinian and damnably-heretical opinions are discovered and refuted ... / by Thomas Vincent.The foundation of God standeth sure, or, A defence of those fundamental and so generally believed doctrines of the Trinity of persons in the unity of the divine essence, of the satisfaction of Christ, the second person of the real and glorious Trinity, of the justification of the ungodly by the imputed righteousness of Christ, against the cavils of W.P.J. a Quaker in his pamphlet entituled The sandy foundation shaken &c. : wherein his and the Quakers hideous blasphemies, Socinian and damnably-heretical opinions are discovered and refuted ... / by Thomas Vincent.
London : s.n., 1668
Chapter 2: A brief Narrative of T. V's meeting with some Quakers in Spittle-yard, with the occasio…
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and if the Apostle Paul who had arrived to so great a height in grace that he was (how ever as some think little in bodily stature) yet taller by the head and shoulders than others in regard of his grace and spiritual attainments; how could Audacious Quakers (who if Quakers indeed because of their damnable opinions, I am confident have not the least degree of true grace) boast of perfection, as if they had got above the Apostle himself. I told them that all true Believers were perfect in a sense, they were Evangelically perfect, but not legally, not absolutely perfect; they had perfection of parts, but not perfection of degrees; and in this sense the work of Grace, though the work of God was not perfect in regard of our selves, but by degrees was carried on unto further perfection. After this, when they could give no answer to the Arguments urged against them, they burst out into a clamour, and talking all altogether, opening their mouths as wide as they could, and shutting their ears as hard as they could, repeating the same things over and over again; You make your selves the Patrons of sin; He that committeth sin is of the Devil; And whilst they pleaded, That all which were born of God were without sin, they discovered themselves to be none of those that were born of God by the sin which they were palpably guilty of in the multitude of their words, especially in their wresting the Scripture from its genuine sense & meaning, and in the perverse disputings of their corrupt minds. Our discourse was to this effect, wherein they discovered ⟨p. 9⟩so much of their rotten Tenets, so much of their folly and weakness, being unable to maintain what they had asserted, that one said to them, An't please God I will believe you no more. Others that were wavering before, were confirmed against them, and established in the ways of Truth, and so continue still to this day.
and if the Apostle Paul who had arrived to so great a heighth in grace that he was (how ever as some think little in bodily stature) yet taller by the head and shoulders than others in regard of his grace and spiritual attainments; how could Audacious Quakers (who if Quakers indeed because of their damnable opinions, I am confident have not the least degree of true grace) boast of perfection, as if they had got above the Apostle himself. I told them that all true Believers were perfect in a sence, they were Evangelically perfect, but not legally, not absolutely perfect; they had perfection of parts, but not perfection of degrees; and in this sence the work of Grace, though the work of God was not perfect in regard of our selves, but by degrees was carried on unto further perfection. After this, when they could give no answer to the Arguments urged against them, they burst out into a clamor, and talking all altogether, opening their mouths as wide as they could, and shutting their ears as hard as they could, repeating the same things over and over again; You make your selves the Patrons of sin; He that committeth sin is of the Devil; And whilst they pleaded, That all which were born of God were without sin, they discovered themselves to be none of those that were born of God by the sin which they were palpably guilty of in the multitude of their words, especially in their wresting the Scripture from its genuine sence & meaning, and in the perverse disputings of their corrupt minds. Our discourse was to this effect, wherein they discovered