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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
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Jer: 31.34. Heb: 8.11. And they shall teach no more, every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them, unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord Hence it is inferred, that there is no need of the ministry of man, under the times of the Gospel.
Jer: 31.34. Heb: 8.11. And they shall teach no more, every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying know the Lord: for they shall all know mee, from the least of them, unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord Hence it is inferred, that there is no need of the ministry of man, under the times of the Gospel.
Answ. It is true, that the times here spoken of, are the times after those days Jer: 3.33. Heb: 8.11. viz: the times, after the days of the Mosaical administration, of the Covenant of Grace: which expired fully, at the Passion of Christ, so, that the times here spoken of, are the times of the Gospel-dispensation of the Covenant of Grace: beginning at the abrogation of the Mosaical-dispensation, and continuing, until time shall be no more.
Answ. It is true, that the times here spoken of, are the times after those dayes Jer: 3.33. Heb: 8.11. viz: the times, after the dayes of the Mosaical administration, of the Covenant of Grace: which expired fully, at the Passion of Christ, so, that the times here spoken of, are the times of the Gospel-dispensation of the Covenant of Grace: beginning at the abrogation of the Mosaical-dispensation, and continuing, untill time shall be no more.
But what more disconsonant from, or what more contradictory to Scripture, then to teach, that throughout all the time of the Gospel-dispensation, there is no need of the ministry of man? we appeal to the examples of the Apostles, Evangelists, Ordinary Office-labourers in the word & doctrine, and Gospel-churches recorded in sacred writ; as also to the institution of the Gospel-ministry, by Pastors and Teachers, for the calling of the Elect amongst all Nations, for the perfecting of the saints, until we come unto a perfect man; i. e. until the perfection, of the Mystical body of Christ.