A85315:143
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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Parnell entitles one of his Books the Watcher, and tell us in his Title-page, of the stone, that struck the feet of the Image, quoting Dan. 2.31, 32 &c. By this title we shall ••pect some great matter about the Image, p. 21, 22. 1his spirit interprets the Image. Now the head of the Image which is of gold, and (are) those that have had a light shining into them, and have seen the emptiness of many Forms, and have gotten the thing in their comprehension: (with more of this stuff, which I am loath to transcribe) and the breast of the Image which is of silver, and ⟨p. 26⟩the thighs of brass are the rest of the sects and forms, and the legs of the Image which is of iron is the beast, and the feet of the Image which is part of iron, part of clay, are the Priests and Pharisees, joined to the powers of the earth, &c. But Parnell, the Spirit in Daniel gave another Interpretation of this Image in the same Chapter, and we have seen it fulfilled in the greatest part; How darest thou then set down thy Interpretation thus cross to his? Oh that any Christians should admit such a Fellow into their houses!
Parnel entitles one of his Books the Watcher, and tell us in his Title-page, of the stone, that struck the feet of the Image, quoting Dan. 2.31, 32 &c. By this title we shall ••pect some great matter about the Image, p. 21, 22. 1his spirit interprets the Image. Now the head of the Image which is of gold, and (are) those that have had a light shining into them, and have seen the emptinesse of many Forms, and have gotten the thing in their comprehension: (with more of this stuffe, which I am loath to transcribe) and the breast of the Image which is of silver, and ⟨p. 26⟩the thighs of brasse are the rest of the sects and forms, and the legs of the Image which is of iron is the beast, and the feet of the Image which is part of iron, part of clay, are the Priests and Pharisees, joyned to the powers of the earth, &c. But Parnel, the Spirit in Daniel gave another Interpretation of this Image in the same Chapter, and we have seen it fulfilled in the greatest part; How darest thou then set down thy Interpretation thus crosse to his? Oh that any Christians should admit such a Fellow into their houses!