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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.
[…] their knowledge, as to that which is saving, is but folly. Where is the Scribe, where is the disputer, hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 1 Cor: 2.20. Hence the times of Gentilism, are called times of ignorance, Acts 17.30. Of wrath, Rom: 1.18. Without God, & without hope, Eph. 2.12. The Lord looked down ⟨p. 13⟩from heaven upon the Children of men to see if there were any that did understand & seek God. There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God, they are all gone out of the way, they are altogether become unprofitable, there is none that doth good, no not one.
〈…〉 their knowledg, as to that which is saving, is but folly. Where is the Scribe, where is the disputer, hath not God made foolish the wisedome of this world? 1 Cor: 2.20. Hence the times of Gentilism, are called times of ignorance, Acts 17.30. Of wrath, Rom: 1.18. Without God, & without hope, Eph. 2.12. The Lord looked down ⟨p. 13⟩from heaven upon the Children of men to see if there were any that did understand & seek God. There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God, they are all gone out of the way, they are altogether become unprofitable, there is none that doth good, no not one.