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The nature and danger of heresies, opened in a sermon before the Honourable House…
The nature and danger of heresies, opened in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons, January 27. 1646. at Margarets Westminster, being the day of their solemn monthly fast. / By Obadiah Sedgwick, B.D. Minister of Gods Word at Covent-Garden.The nature and danger of heresies, opened in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons, Ianuary 27. 1646. at Margarets Westminster, being the day of their solemn monthly fast. / By Obadiah Sedgvvick, B.D. Minister of Gods Word at Covent-Garden.
London: printed by M.F. for Samuel Gellibrand, 1647
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6. By using your prudent Authority, in a timely causing to be sent forth faithful and able Ministers, such ⟨p. 39⟩as are throughly tried, and well approved to be sound in the faith, and skilful to convince gain-sayers and seducers; The more you help truth, and the servants of truth, the more help do you therein contribute against errors, and the enemies of truth: No better help against darkness, then light.
6. By using your prudent Authority, in a timely causing to be sent forth faithfull and able Ministers, such ⟨p. 39⟩as are throughly tryed, and well approved to be sound in the faith, and skilfull to convince gain-sayers and seducers; The more you help truth, and the servants of truth, the more help doe you therein contribute against errours, and the enemies of truth: No better help against darknesse, then light.
7. By a tender and watchful eye unto the Universities, one of which is lately fallen into your possession: take care it may not fall into the possession of any seducers: you have heard (I doubt not) of a late Disputation in Oxford; where some body undertook to maintain (besides in private) divers strange and dangerous opinions in public; I humbly entreat you to take care, that the Serpent gets not in his body, before there be any planted to bruise his head: Truth by right is the first-born, and should first inherit: do not put the truth to play an after game with error; Other Garrisons, if lost, may easily be reduced: but that which is surprised fast by error, is not so easily recovered.
7. By a tender and watchfull eye unto the Vniversities, one of which is lately fallen into your possession: take care it may not fall into the possession of any seducers: you have heard (I doubt not) of a late Disputation in Oxford; where some body undertook to maintain (besides in private) divers strange and dangerous opinions in publique; I humbly intreat you to take care, that the Serpent gets not in his body, before there be any planted to bruise his head: Truth by right is the first-born, and should first inherit: doe not put the truth to play an after game with errour; Other Garrisons, if lost, may easily be reduced: but that which is surprized fast by errour, is not so easily recovered.