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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, teacher of the Church of Christ at Boston. Who was appointed thereunto by the order of the General Court. ; [Four lines from Revelation]
printed by Samuel Green, 1659
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The first we have Deut. 13. per totum. Relating to all times succeeding that constitution: If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy besom, or thy friend which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saving: Let us go and serve other gods: thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him, neither ⟨p. 49⟩shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: but thou shalt surely kill him, thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, & afterward the hand of all the people. verse. 6, 8. The second we have Zech. 13.1, 3. Expressly relating unto the times of the Gospel. In that day viz: after the Coming of the Messiah in the time of the Gospel when the families of the tribes shall mourn Chapt. 12. 11. The family of the house of David apart, & the family of the house of Nathan apart &c. There shall be a fountain opened i.e. the doctrine of Christ under Moses dispensation is compared to a fountain vailea 2. Cor: 3. 13.&c: Under the Gospel-dispensation, unto a fountain opened. The veil of the Temple & the ceremonial law being taken away. And it shall come to pass that when any shall yet Prophesy, then his father & his mother that begat him, shall thrust him through, when he prophesieth. These words [thrust him through] may be understood either of a Capital punishment Juridically dispensed, or of any other smart punishment piercing though not Capital.
The first we have Deut. 13. per totum. Relating to all times succeeding that constitution: If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy besome, or thy freind which is as thine own soul, intice thee secretly, saving: Let us go and serve other gods: thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him, neither ⟨p. 49⟩shall thine eye pitty him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceale him: but thou shalt surely kill him, thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, & afterward the hand of all the people. verf. 6, 8. The second wee have