A92140:445
A free disputation against pretended liberty of conscience tending to resolve doubts moved
A free disputation against pretended liberty of conscience tending to resolve doubts moved by Mr. John Goodwin, John Baptist, Dr. Jer. Taylor, the Belgic Arminians, Socinians, and other authors contending for lawless liberty, or licentious toleration of sects and heresies. / By Samuel Rutherfurd professor of divinity in the University of St. Andrews.A free disputation against pretended liberty of conscience tending to resolve doubts moved by Mr. John Goodwin, John Baptist, Dr. Jer. Taylor, the Belgick Arminians, Socinians, and other authors contending for lawlesse liberty, or licentious toleration of sects and heresies. / By Samuel Rutherfurd professor of divinity in the University of St. Andrews.
London: printed by R.I. for Andrew Crook, 1649
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5. This is to say, there was faith, certainty, and infallibility, clearness, light, and more knowledge of God under the Jews twilight, law darkness of ceremonies, then we have, and now since oracles ceased, Scepticisms, conjectures, doubtings, blind, and loose uncertainties is all ou• faith, contrary to that the Scripture saith, the Jews for all their oracles were in the dark, and now day springs from on high and visits us, and gives light to them that sits in darkness, Luke. 1. 77, 78, 79. And now the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the sea is full of waters, Esa. 11. 9. And we have a more sure word of Prophecy, the Scriptures, yea surer then the Fathers voice from heaven, which was an immediate oracle indeed, 2 Per. 1. 17, 18, 19▪ 20, 21. And the least of the Kingdom of God note, is greater then the Baptist the greatest of Prophets, Matth. 11. 11. If this satisfy not, see Esa. 54. 11, 12. Jer. 31, 31, 32, 33, 34. Esa. 30. 26. Joel 2. 28, 29. Act. 2. 10, 17, 18, 19. Col. 2. 2, 3, 5. 2 Cor. 3. 14, 15, 16, 17, 18.
5. This is to say, there was faith, certainty, and infallibility, clearnesse, light, and more knowledge of God under the Jewes twilight, law darknesse of ceremonies, then we have, and now since oracles ceased, Sceptismes, conjectures, doubtings, blinde, and loose uncertainties is all ou• faith, contrary to that the Scripture saith, the Jewes for all their oracles were in the darke, and now day springs from on hgh and visis us, and gives light to them that sits in darknesse,