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The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few…
The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perilous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begetting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perillous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begeting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.
London: printed by John Macock for Henry Cripps, 1654
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Solomon admonisheth not to write superfluously; Paul encourageth to write profitably.1 'Tis with books as with meats; he that refuseth eating as the cure of an unwholesome, or unreasonable diet, acts the part of a murderer, not of a Physician. ⟨image 6⟩He is not a man, that distinguisheth not between good and bad. He is not a wise man that discerneth not between excess, and nothing. The Pen-men of corrupt Books must hold up their hands as highly guilty of the evil of the times: and superfluous Books, do but add to the heap of vanity, and vexation of spirit. These lose precious hours, those lose more precious souls. By way of Apology for this Treatise, I shall only say the wise mans admonition, I have been conscionably awful of, and have aimed at Edification.
Solomon admonisheth not to write superfluously; Paul encourageth to write profitably.1 'Tis with books as with meats; he that refuseth eating as the cure of an unwholesome, or unreasonable diet, acts the part of a murtherer, not of a Physitian. ⟨image 6⟩He is not a man, that distinguisheth not between good and bad. He is not a wise man that discerneth not between excess, and nothing. The Pen-men of corrupt Books must hold up their hands as highly guilty of the evil of the times: and superfluous Books, do but add to the heap of vanity, and vexation of spirit. These lose precious hours, those lose more precious souls. By way of Apologie for this Treatise, I shall only say the wise mans admonition, I have been conscionably awful of, and have aimed at Edification.