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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.
1. The vindication of the […] & trueth of God from the dishonour done thereunto by Heresy, & blasphemy: The Judicial consuming of the Aposta's-city by fire, 1was a repairing of the honour of God, who was before dishonoured by the revolt of the inhabitants from him, by the means of Seducers. And thou shalt burn with fire the City, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the Lord thy God: i.e. in Zeal of the honour of the Lord thy God. Deut: 13. 16.
1. The vindication of the 〈…〉 & trueth of God from the dishonour done thereunto by Heresie, & blasphemie: The Judicial consuming of the Aposta's-cittie by fire, 1was a repairing of the honour of God, who was before dishonoured by the revolt of the inhabitants from him, by the meanes of Seducers. And thou shalt burn with fire the Cittie, and all the spoil therof every whit, for the Lord thy God: i.e. in Zeal of the honour of the Lord thy God. Deut: 13. 16.
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2. Hope of curing the offenders, if they belong to God, as the healing of the delinquent is one end of the administration of Church censure: Of whom is Hymeneus & Alexander, whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme. 1. Tim: 1.20. So is it also of Civil administration, and one shall say unto him, what are these wounds in thine hand? then he shall answer: those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends. Zech: 13.6. The person questioned, who of a husband-man was become a false Prophet: & now through Grace; having renounced that way of lying and being returned to his honest old calling again, renders the sharp