A85315:80
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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7. And this shall be the last: when to the Light of his doctrine, he addeth the Light of comfort, helping the heart to spiritual joys, quiet, and ease: this he is as good at, as at the other: it is that which he commonly welcomes people withal into his by-paths, when he hath drawn them out of the right way. Some could never find comfort while they attended upon the Black coats, but off and on was the best they had: since they have cast them off, and gone into their new ways, now they are stablished, comforted, and settled for ever. This he can do two ways, (but I intend not to enlarge.)
7. And this shall be the last: when to the Light of his doctrine, he addeth the Light of comfort, helping the heart to spirituall joyes, quiet, and ease: this he is as good at, as at the other: it is that which he cōmonly welcomes people withall into his by-paths, when he hath drawn them out of the right way. Some could never finde comfort while they attended upon the Black coats, but off and on was the best they had: since they have cast them off, and gone into their new wayes, now they are stablished, comforted, and setled for ever. This he can doe two wayes, (but I intend not to enlarge.)
First, by withdrawing those tentations, doubts, scruples, which he threw before into their minds, making a cessation: as also by drawing them off from the quick searching power of the word, which coming close, made conscience to jog them, and trouble their false bottoms where they would be resting.
First, by withdrawing those tentations, doubts, scruples, which he threw before into their mindes, making a cessation: as also by drawing them off from the quick searching power of the word, which coming close, made conscience to jog them, and trouble their false bottomes where they would be resting.