A85315:118
Stablishing against shaking
Stablishing against shaking: or, A discovery of the Prince of Darkness (scarcely) transformed into an angel of light, powerfully now working in the deluded people called, Quakers: with a sober answer to their railings against ministers for receiving maintenance from their people. Being the substance of one sermon preached Feb. 17. 1655. at Shalford in Essex. / By Giles Firmin (pastor of the church there) upon occasion of the Quakers troubling those parts.Stablishing against shaking: or, A discovery of the Prince of Darknesse (scarcely) transformed into an angel of light, powerfully now working in the deluded people called, Quakers: with a sober answer to their railings against ministers for receiving maintenance from their people. Being the substance of one sermon preached Feb. 17. 1655. at Shalford in Essex. / By Giles Firmin (pastour of the church there) upon occasion of the Quakers troubling those parts.
London: printed by J.G. for Nathanael Webb, 1656
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I. N. against F. Harris, pag. 6. Did ever any Saints use any other language but Thee and Thou, to God or man?
Yes that they did, better Saints than the Quakers are, though they say they are perfect.
Paul was a Saint, Acts 26.25. He saith not, Thou Festus, or Thou man; but Most noble Festus: so, King Agrippa.
Daniel was a Saint, yet when he speaks to Nebuchadnezzar, Dan. 2.37. he saith, O King, thou art a King of Kings!
Hannah was a Saint; when she speaks to Eli,