N00027:33
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.
Concerning the Magistrate: they own none as lawful Magistrates, who are not of their way. Their non-acknowledgement of the Magistrate as now established in all christian states, is more then manifest.
Concerning the Magistrate: they own none as lawfull Magistrates, who are not of their way. Their non-acknowledgement of the Magistrate as now established in all christian states, is more then manifest.
They pretend unto an Immediate call, & to act from the spirit […] an infallible light within them above the trial of the scripture, they will not acknowledge that they sin, but profess perfect on of degrees in this life, and publish in art & sarcastical invectives against ministers who teach the Contrary.
They pretend unto an Immediate call, & to act from the spirit 〈…〉 an infallible light within them above the triall of the scripture, they will not acknowledge that they sin, but profess perfect on of degrees in this life, and publish in art & sarcasticall invectives against ministers who teach the Contrary.
How ••rre the deportment of the Quakers, answereth to the outward guise and g•st of the sectaries in Germany, & the low-countries pren•entioned, he that seeth the one; & heareth of the other, may easily Judge. The premises snow the Quakers to be rather imitators of the Enthusiasts & Libertines, then Innovates.
How ••rre the deportment of the Quakers, answereth to the outward guise and gst of the sctaryes in Germany, & the low-countreyes prenentioned, he that seeth the one; & heareth of the other, may easily Judge. The premises snow the Quakers to be rather imitators of the Enthusiasts & Libertines, then Innovates.