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The doubting conscience resolved. In answer to a (pretended) perplexing question, &c. Wherein is…
The doubting conscience resolved. In answer to a (pretended) perplexing question, &c. Wherein is evidently proved, that the holy Scriptures (not the pope) is the foundation whereupon the Church is built. Or, That a Christian may be infallibly certain of his faith and religion by holy Scriptures. By William Twice D.D. Prolocutor of the Assembly of Divines. Written at the desire of Samuel Hartlib, Esquire, for the satisfaction of his friends beyond the seas; and now divulged in print for more public edification.The doubting conscience resolved. In answer to a (pretended) perplexing question, &c. Wherein is evidently proved, that the holy Scriptures (not the pope) is the foundation whereupon the Church is built. Or, That a Christian may be infallibly certain of his faith and religion by holy Scriptures. By William Tvvisse D.D. Prolocutor of the Assembly of Divines. Written at the desire of Samuel Hartlib, Esquire, for the satisfaction of his friends beyond the seas; and now divulged in print for more publick edification.
London: printed for Thomas Matthews, 1652
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That anointing which ye received of him dwelleth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you, but as the same anointing teacheth you all things,— ⟨p. 38⟩Hereupon Nider a Papist, in his Consolatorium timoratae Conscientiae, acknowledgeth, that every child of God hath the direction of the Spirit to lead him into all truth necessary to salvation. And certainly the truth of Gods Word is infallible, Cui non potest subesse falsum As for the certainty ex parte Scientis, 1. That God can work in such a measure as he pleaseth. 2. Yet we know in the best there is the flesh lusting against the Spirit, and that sways to infidelity, but the better part masters it. 3. And as for doubting, that is rather on the part of fiducia, than of fides, and those doubts are mastered, and that is the best faith that masters doubts, and overcometh tentations.
That annoynting which ye received of him dwelleth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you, but as the same annoynting teacheth you all things,— ⟨p. 38⟩Hereupon Nider a Papist, in his Consolatorium timoratae Conscientiae, acknowledgeth, that every childe of God hath the direction of the Spirit to lead him into all truth necessary to salvation. And certainly the truth of Gods Word is infallible, Cui non potest subesse falsum As for the certainty ex parte Scientis, 1. That God can work in such a measure as he pleaseth. 2. Yet we know in the best there is the flesh lusting against the Spirit, and that swayes to infidelity, but the better part masters it. 3. And as for doubting, that is rather on the part of fiducia, than of fides, and those doubts are mastered, and that is the best faith that masters doubts, and overcometh tentations.
Thus I presume the sober Reader may observe the rotten condition of this Discourse throughout, yet we have spoken nothing of the Scripture, in comparison to other ⟨p. 39⟩