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The heart of N-England rent at the blasphemies of the present generation. Or A…
The heart of N-England rent at the blasphemies of the present generation. Or A brief tractate, concerning the doctrine of the Quakers, demonstrating the destructive nature thereof, to religion, the churches, and the state, with consideration of the remedy against it. : Occasional satisfaction to objections, and confirmation of the contrary trueth. / By John Norton ...
Cambridge: printed by Samuel Green, 1659
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
As also in certain Notions: that there is a God, that God is to be worshipped, that Parents are to be honoured, that there is difference to be made between that which is good, and that which is bad. That we ought not to lie, steal &c: In reference whereunto, men are said to have a natural Conscience bearing witness unto their actions, and their thoughts to be accusing or excusing. Rom. 2.14, 15. The use is, First, to be a help whence they might seek after God. Acts 17.27. by means hereof some have arrived at the discovery that there is but •one God, that he is an act, void of all passive quality, yea hereby they ascend so far: as to discover some of his attributes, viz his Eternity, Omnipotency, & being the Creator. For thus much may be known of God to them. Rom. 1.19, 20.
As also in certain Notions: that there is a God, that God is to be worshipped, that Parents are to be honoured, that there is difference to be made between that which is good, and that which is bad. That we ought not to ly, steale &c: In reference whereunto, men are said to have a natural Conscience bearing witness unto their actions, and their thoughts to be accusing or excusing. Rom. 2.14, 15. The use is, First, to be a help whence they might seek after God. Acts 17.27. by meanes hereof some have arrived at the discovery that there is but •one God, that he is an act, void of all passive quality, yea hereby they ascend so farr: as to discover some of his attributes, viz his Eternity, Omnipotency, & being the Creator. For thus much may be known of God to them. Rom. 1.19, 20.