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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 3: An Answer to the 11. page of W. P's pernicious Pamphlet, by W. M.
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[By a Syllogistical, but false and impertinent Reflection upon G. W. his person, it runs thus: He that scornfully and reproachfully compares the Doctrine of the Trinity, of Father, Son, and Spirit, to three finite men, as Paul, Peter, and John, is a Blasphemer: But you G. W. have so done, Ergo,] That this is a false, and impertinent reflection on G. W. his person, you assert, but prove not; I shall therefore prove the contrary. And first, that the minor is not false, nor impertinent, appears by his words, and your confession; for you acknowledge that in scorn to the Doctrine of the Trinity, he compared it to three finite men, viz. Paul, Peter, and John, which you call a most apt comparison to detect the ridicule of our Doctrine: Secondly, that the major is not false, nor impertinent, as is manifest; for [Greek or Hebrew], to hurt or blast the fame of another, is all one, as to blaspheme him, and hence the perverse disputings and railings of men of corrupt minds, that consent not to wholesome words, and the Doctrine that is according to Godliness, are called [Greek or Hebrew], blasphemies, 1 Tim. 6. 4. And what can be more derogatory to the glory of the infinite God, than to fasten the imperfections and limitations of finite creatures upon him, and to assert three separate essences, as the necessary consequent of three distinct persons? this was the old Arian Plot, whereby he and his followers endeavoured to prejudice the minds of well meaning, but simple men, against the Deity of Christ, and the Holy Ghost; and this is to blaspheme God and the Scriptures.
[By a Sylogistical, but false and impertinent Reflection upon G. W. his person, it runs thus: He that scornfully and reproachfully compares the Doctrine of the Trinity, of Father, Son, and Spirit, to three finite men, as Paul, Peter, and John, is a Blasphemer: But you G. W. have so done, Ergo,] That this is a false, and impertinent reflection on G. W. his person, you assert, but prove not; I shall therefore prove the contrary. And first, that the minor is not false, nor impertinent, appears by his words, and your confession; for you acknowledge that in scorn to the Doctrine of the Trinity, he compar'd it to three finite men, viz. Paul, Peter, and Iohn, which you call a most apt comparison to detect the ridicule of our Doctrine: Secondly, that the major is not false, nor impertinent, as is manifest; for 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, to hurt or blast the fame of another, is all one, as to blaspheme him, and hence the perverse disputings and railings of men of corrupt mindes, that consent not to wholesom words, and the Doctrine that is according to Godliness, are called , blasphemies,