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Gods eye on His Israel, or, A passage of Balaam, out of Numb. 23,…
Gods eye on His Israel, or, A passage of Balaam, out of Numb. 23, 21 containing matter very seasonable and suitable to the times : expounded and cleared from antinomian abuse, with application to the present estate of things with us / by Tho. Gataker ...
London: printed by E. G. for Folk Clifton, 1645London: printed by E. G. for Foulke Clifton, 1645
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And, I beseech you, give me leave a little further to exercise your patience, by instancing but in one particular; the rather that thereby you may guess (judging aof the whole piece by the list) what manner of stuff it is, that these men are wont to vent in private, where they suppose none but their own present, none at least able to contradict or control them in what they deliver. That which I shall herein acquaint you with, is no other then hath been averred, both by the word, and under the hand, of a Reverend Divine of good note, who being present at a collation made by bone of the parties before mentioned, but standing out of sight, both heard what was delivered, and took notes of what he heard. And I am therefore the bolder to make it more public, because I understand that a copy of the collation it self is abroad in the hands of his hearers, reported by them to ⟨image 17⟩be approved of by him, with a purpose, (as they give out) for the clearing of himself, to present it to the Honourable House of Commons.
And, I beseech you, give me leave a little further to exercise your patience, by instancing but in one particular; the rather that thereby you may guesse (judging aof the whole peece by the list) what manner of stuffe it is, that these men are wont to vent in private, where they suppose none but their own present, none at least able to contradict or control them in what they deliver. That which I shall herein acquaint you with, is no other then hath been averred, both by the word, and under the hand, of a Reverend Divine of good note, who being present at a collation made by bone of the parties before mentioned, but standing out of sight, both heard what was delivered, and took notes of what he heard. And I am therfore the bolder to make it more publike, because I understand that a copy of the collation it self is abroad in the hands of his hearers, reported by them to ⟨image 17⟩