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The principles of the Protestant religion maintained, and churches of New-England, in the profession…
The principles of the Protestant religion maintained, and churches of New-England, in the profession and exercise thereof defended, against all the calumnies of one George Keith, a Quaker, in a book lately published at Pennsylvania [sic], to undermine them both. / By the minsters of the Gospel in Boston, ; [Nine lines of Scripture texts]The principles of the Protestant religion maintained, and churches of New-England, in the profession and exercise thereof defended, against all the calumnies of one George Keith, a Quaker, in a book lately published at Pensilvania [sic], to undermine them both. / By the minsters of the Gospel in Boston, ; [Nine lines of Scripture texts]
printed by Richard Pierce, 1690
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8. He tells us that he came not of his own will, but by a necessity from the Lord: but gives no demonstration.
9. He Wrote this treatise of the will of the Lord: and little reason to boast of that: It was of God (doubtless) to leave him in the hands of satan to be thus acted: If we say we have written this Answer in the will of the Lord, we can give a better account of His approving will in it, because written in defence of the Truth of Christ which he has perverted, & the Name of Christ which he hath blasphemed, this moved us to reply upon him, and this is of God.
10. He desires us, If we answer him, not to defend our cause with Railing and Lies; Physician, heal thy self; he hath set us a precedent, ⟨p. 153⟩but we follow him not, our cause needs it not, as his did, and since he has gotten the Monopoly of both, and warns us not to encroach upon his Property, we promise him that we will not.
10. He desires us, If we answer him, not to defend our cause with Railing and Lies; Physician, heal thy self; he hath set us a precedent, ⟨p. 153⟩but we follow him not, our cause needs it not, as his did, and since he has gotton the Monopoly of both, and warns us not to encroach upon his Property, we promise him that we will not.