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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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Finally, We deny not but that the Spirit of God doth still put an impulse on the spirits of His people frequently, but is it self-evident, or must not the Warrantableness of it be tried by Scripture-Rules? Let G. K. if he can, give an instance of a Quaker that ever had such a self-evidencing extraordinary Call, as Philip Peter, &c. had in former days. How impertinently ⟨p. 17⟩he quotes Fam. 4. 15. to prove his Assertion, [if the Lord will] may soon be seen. He interprets it of a Will not to be known by the Scripture, but by the Spirit without it; whereas any man of common sense may perceive that the sense of that Text is this; That when a man is satisfied that his design is Lawful, he is then to acknowledge that his affairs are subject to the Ruling Providence of God, who may either further or impede his Undertaking as He will; and how comes he to be satisfied in this but by the Scriptures? If Providence furthers him, he is satisfied that it was Gods Will to suffer it; if He puts a stop to it, it discovers the secret Will of God revealing it self in this particular, & how to demean himself under this he hath also from the Word; and what is all this to their inwardly feeling a Command or Permission, which he idly talks of?
Finally, We deny not but that the Spirit of God doth still put an impulse on the spirits of His people frequently, but is it self-evident, or must not the Warrantableness of it be tryed by Scripture-Rules? Let G. K. if he can, give an instance of a Quaker that ever had such a self-evidenceing extraordinary Call, as Philip Peter, &c. had in former dayes. How impertinently ⟨p. 17⟩he quotes Fam. 4. 15. to prove his Assertion, [if the Lord will] may soon be seen. He interprets it of a Will not to be known by the Scripture, but by the Spirit without it; whereas any man of common sense may perceive that the sense of that Text is this; That when a man is satisfied that his design is Lawful, he is then to acknowledge that his affairs are subject to the Ruling Providence of God, who may either further or impede his Undertaking as He will; and how comes he to be satisfied in this but by the Scriptures? If Providence furthers him, he is satisfied that it was Gods Will to suffer it; if He puts a stop to it, it discovers the secret Will of God revealing it self in this particular, & how to demean himself under this he hath also from the Word; and what is all this to their inwardly feeling a Command or Permission, which he idly talks of?