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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
In this Chapter the Dispute is, Whether […] divine Revelations & Inspirations of the Spirit of God he now ceased? He undertakes the Negative against us: but indeed the whole is nothing […] but mere Legerdemain.
In this Chapter the Dispute is, Whether 〈…〉 divine Revelations & Inspirations of the Spirit of God he now ceased? He undertakes the Negative against us: but indeed the whole is nothing 〈…〉 but meer Legerdemain.
The right Stating of the Controversy between ⟨p. 22⟩us, will abbreviate and facilitate our work, in animadverting on this tedious and insignificant Chapter. In order to that, these three Terms, Inspiration, Revelation & New, must be rightly understood. Words are used to express our minds by, & are to be taken in the sense commonly used among men; and when any are used equivocally, such as use them must have Liberty to interpret their own meaning.
The right Stating of the Controversie between ⟨p. 22⟩us, will abreviate and facilitate our work, in animadverting on this tedious and i•significant Chapter. In order to that, these three Terms, Inspiration, Revelation & New, must be rightly understood. Words are used to express our minds by, & are to be taken in the sense commonly used among men; and when any are used aequivocally, such as use them must have Liberty to interpret their own meaning.
As to the Word [Inspiration] it is vulgarly understood (in Divinity) to intimate an Inward, extraordinary Discovery of the mind of God, made by the Holy Ghost in the hearts of His servants; so,