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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 not discerning he •f, as it is a matter of blame: but how […] it ye discern not this time? Luke. 12.56. So in the discerning thereof, is a matter of praise. And the Children of Issac••• […] were men which had understanding of the time, to know what Israel ought to do: The •eads, of them were two hundred, and all their brethren were at their Commandment 1. Chron. 12. 32. Consortative unto the good, & awing unto the bad, was that seasonable word of an Ancient, who when terror had surprised the hearts of thousands by reason of that sea f•ll earth-quake, which in Julians time threw up the very foundation of the temple, then about to be reedified by the Apostate-Emperor; told them, that th•• amazing & strange accident to them was but the accomplishment of that prophecy. Verily Isay unto you, […] ⟨p. 22⟩stone upon another that shall not be thrown down. Full of presence of Spirit in a time of Calamity, was that speech, where with Lupus a Bishop is reported to have greeted the enemy Attila, then depopulating & laying wast his country: I rejoice (saith he) that you are come safe, whom I judge to be the scourge of the Lord, & of my God, sent to chastise his people. The good man; howsoever others hearts might fail under their fears both of present ruin, & of everlasting burnings: looking at the King of the Huns, not as a weapon of destruction, according to his own desire; but as a rod of correction, in the hand of God: and choosing affliction, rather then iniquity, gathers meat out of the eater.
The not discerning he •f, as it is a matter of blame: but how 〈…〉 it ye discern not this time? Luke. 12.56. So in the discerning thereof, is a matter of praise. And the Children of Issac••• 〈…〉 were men which had understanding of the time, to know what Israel ought to do: The eads, of them were two hundred, and all their brethren were at their Commandement