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Ne suitor ultra crepidam. Or Brief animadversions upon the New-England Anabaptists late fallacious narrativeNe sutor ultra crepidam. Or Brief animadversions upon the New-England Anabaptists late fallacious narrative
Ne suitor ultra crepidam. Or Brief animadversions upon the New-England Anabaptists late fallacious narrative; wherein the notorious mistakes and falsehoods by them published, are detected. / By Samuel Willard teacher of a church in Boston in New-England. ; [Eight lines of Scripture texts]Ne sutor ultra crepidam. Or Brief animadversions upon the New-England Anabaptists late fallacious narrative; wherein the notorious mistakes and falshoods by them published, are detected. / By Samuel Willard teacher of a church in Boston in New-England. ; [Eight lines of Scripture texts]
printed by S. Green, 1681
Brief Animadversions Upon the New England Anabaptists late Narrativ… › Section 4
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2. And it is certain that when men grow wanton, and despise the Ordinances; God (many times) judicially gives them strong delusion to believe a lye, 2 Thess. 2. 10, 11. and that is none of the least, to misjudge a seducing spirit to be the spirit of God.
3. To follow an erring Conscience, which verily believes his error to be the truth, is not to follow the direction of the Spirit of God. If what God forbids, Conscience persuades, this is not of Gods approbation for so He should be against himself. It is a snare and a judgement to be under such a Conscience; so that they must pardon us if we suspect the moving cause.
3. To follow an erring Conscience, which verily believes his error to be the truth, is not to follow the direction of the Spirit of God. If what God forbids, Conscience perswades, this is not of Gods approbation for so He should be against himself. It is a snare and a judgement to be under such a Conscience; so that they must pardon us if we suspect the moving cause.
2. The persons thus moved are described from their former experience of his teaching: such whom by his Word and Spirit he had instructed and taught in the way. &c.] Thus one error begets another: what have we to do with the Anabaptists Kuria dóxa? do none but the Orthodox bring this plea? we expected he should have given us some Rules by which we might have known it. It is a piece of arrogancy for men to beg the principle, or forcibly impose upon our belief that which is the very Dispute and Controversy between us, i. e. whither it be an error or no: and they tell us God taught them, therefore it is no error, true, but if we reply, it is an error, therefore God taught them not, where are we now? are Anabaptists only