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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.
Answ. This interpretation presupposeth three things, any where of failing, it cannot stand. 1. That we are to understand by a sure word of Prophecy: the whole Scripture. 2. By the day dawning, and the day-star arising: the Spirit of grace in Regeneration. 3. By the particle Until: the limited instant of regeneration. Before which, though we either do, or may, yet after which we are not to attend unto the Scripture.
Answ. This interpretation presupposeth three things, any where of failing, it cannot stand. 1. That we are to understand by a sure word of Prophecie: the whole Scripture. 2. By the day dawning, and the day-starr arising: the Spirit of grace in Regeneration. 3. By the particle Untill: the limited instant of regeneration. Before which, though we either do, or may, yet after which we are not to attend unto the Scripture.
Peter himself expounds the ••rd of prophecy verse 19, of the Scriptures of the old Testament verse 20,21. Which Scripture-testimony compared with the verbal testimony of the Apostle, concerning ⟨p. 17⟩the voice heard in the holy mount, in relation to the doctrine of Christ: he preferreth (not as the most true, but,) as the most sure ground for Faith of the two, and upon this account: because the verbal testimony of the Apostles, though Apostolical, was as yet but verbal, and not scriptural. So that should this text (upon a false supposition) be looked at as speaking of a believers non-attention unto Scripture, yet it proceeds not concerning the Scripture in general, but concerning the Scripture of the old testament only, not of the Canon of the new Testament.
Peter himself expounds the ••rd of prophecie verse 19, of the Scriptures of the old Testament verse 20,21. Which Scripture-testimony compared with the verbal testimony of the Apostle, concerning ⟨p. 17⟩