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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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Nor can we altogether pass the scurrilous Title, he puts on the Reverend Assembly, calling them Faith-Makers; who never pretended to any new Revelations of any Article of Faith more than is contained in Scripture, and therefore have little Reason to be charged for making a new Faith. But if it were enough for the Archangel to say to the Devil, we content ourselves with so saying to one of his Emissaries, The Lord rebuke thee.
Sect. 6. Here he makes a Clutter between Subjective and Objective Illumination; he has no great matter to say against the Distinction it self; but he finds fault with us for denying Objective Illumination; but he might have spared his labour and heat, for if he will be patient, we will not deny that neither; i. e. That the Spirit of God reveals the Object to the soul, as well as enlightens the Subject, & if this will do, let him be quiet: only we say, He reveals no new object besides what is revealed in the Scripture, & we thought that he had said so too in this very Chapter, S. 3. But now he would insinuate (p. 21. which he dares not speak out) that he would have new Truths, or Objects, besides what are revealed in the Scripture, i. e. either expressly or consequentially, o• he saith nothing; let him but reconcile his third and sixth Paragraph, and we shall know where to have him.
Sect. 6. Here he makes a Clutter between Subjective and Objective Illumination; he has no great matter to say against the Distinction it self; but he finds fault with us for denying Objective Illumination; but he might have spared his labour and heat, for if he will be patient, we will not deny that neither; i. e. That the Spirit of God reveals the Object to the soul, as well as enlightens the Subject, & if this will do, let him be quiet: only we say, He reveals no new object besides what is revealed in the Scripture, & we thought that he had said so too in this very Chapter, S. 3. But now he would insinuate (p. 21. which he dares not speak out) that he would have new Truths, or Objects, besides what are revealed in the Scripture, i. e. either expresly or consequentially, o• he saith nothing; let him but reconcile his third and sixth Paragraph, and we shall know where to have him.