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Shadows without substance, or, Pretended new lights: together, with the impieties and blasphemies that lurk under them, further discovered and drawn forth into the light: in way of rejoinder unto Mr John Saltmarsh his reply: entitled Shadows flying away. Wherein nothing less is showed to have been performed, then what the title page importeth; or the preface promiseth. As also, divers points of faith and passages of Scripture are vindicated and explained. / By Thomas Gataker, B. of D. and pastor of Rotherhith. Published by authority.Shadowes without substance, or, Pretended new lights: together, with the impieties and blasphemies that lurk under them, further discovered and drawn forth into the light: in way of rejoynder unto Mr Iohn Saltmarsh his reply: entituled Shadowes flying away. Wherein nothing lesse is shewed to have been performed, then what the title page importeth; or the preface promiseth. As also, divers points of faith and passages of Scripture are vindicated and explained. / By Thomas Gataker, B. of D. and pastor of Rotherhith. Published by authority.
London: printed for Robert Bostock, 1646
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Concerning which there needs here no large Apology, nor long Answer. In brief, many things are useful, which are yet of no great value to Christ crucified, and such indeed are all humane Arts and Sciences; which notwithstanding are and may be made many of themq Handmaids unto Divinity; and are of special use for the finding out of truth, andr discovery of errors opposite thereunto; nor is it marvel therefore that the Sectaries of our times do so much decry them. The Apostle, tho he professs that he determined to know (that is,u to teach, preach, regard, or take notice of) nothing in comparison at Corinth but Christ Crucified; yet in the very same Epistle, wherein he so professeth,x he cites a saying ofy Menander a Comic, as is most generally agreed: and tho concerning himself be elsewhere professes, thata he esteemed all things, besides, as bdr•sse orc dung, (for the word may bear either) in regard of Christ, the eminent knowledge of him, and his interest in him; yet did, he not so abandon his former reading in Poets, as wholly to refuse or reject all use of them; but is observed to haved alleged some passages out of them; and that in likelihood also in his elder age. For mine own part, Poetry I never professed, nor was ever heard or seen on any Scene: whether your self have, or no, I know not; nor is it ought to me, nor do I list to enquire. Howbeit in their writings I acknowledge, that, I have been sometime somewhat versed: and some of those things that I then red in them, are not yet utterly lost with me: nor am I ashamed, as occasion is offered, to make use of them, no more then that blessed Apostle was: tho they be the least part of that which you might have met with in my margin, either here or elsewhere.