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Little flocks guarded against grievous wolves. An address unto those parts of New-England which…
Little flocks guarded against grievous wolves. An address unto those parts of New-England which are most exposed unto assaults, from the modern teachers of the misled Quakers. : In a letter, which impartially discovers the manifold heresies and blasphemies, and the strong delusions of even the most refined Quakerism; and thereupon demonstrates the truth of those principles and assertions, which are most opposite thereunto. : With just reflections upon the extreme ignorance and wickedness, of George Keith, who is the seducer that now most ravines upon the churches in this wilderness. / Written by Cotton Mather. ; A character of the ring-leaders among the Quakers. ; [Four lines from Timothy]Little flocks guarded against grievous wolves. An address unto those parts of New-England which are most exposed unto assaults, from the modern teachers of the misled Quakers. : In a letter, which impartially discovers the manifold haeresies and blasphemies, and the strong delusions of even the most refined Quakerism; and thereupon demonstrates the truth of those principles and assertions, which are most opposite thereunto. : With just reflections upon the extream ignorance and wickedness, of George Keith, who is the seducer that now most ravines upon the churches in this wilderness. / Written by Cotton Mather. ; A character of the ring-leaders among the Quakers. ; [Four lines from Timothy]
Boston: printed by Benjamin Harris, 1691
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.
XV. Assert, That the Bodies which we lay down at our Death, must Rise again, at the end of the world.
When the Quakers come to you▪ with such Explications of the Resurrection, as their •ai••r gives, when he says, The Heart is set free from Corruption, and made able to escape the Pollutions of the world▪ and to run the •ure Ways with Delight; which is the Glorious Liberty of the sons of God, the Resurrection from the Dead; Or when the Quakers talk as they do in their Catechism, A man hath no Will, nor Wisdom, nor Reason left▪ in him, But all Baptized down into the sufferings of Christ,—and there the power Kills him, and gives him Life again; and so man lays down his own life, and takes up Life in Christ in which Life he comes to be Raised […] Resurrection of Christ. If […] to tell plainly what […] that is to rise again? they will probably say as they use to do, Thou art one ⟨p. 88⟩the Fools that Paul speaks of. But you may safely tell them, That they are some of the Knaves that Paul speaks of; In 2. Tim 2.18. Who concerning the Faith, have erred, saying, The Resurrection is past already; and overthrow the Faith of some. And let them know, That your Faith shall not be thus overthrown.
When the Quakers come to you▪ with such Explications of the Resurrection, as their •ai••r gives, when he saies, The Heart is set free from Corruption, and made able to escape the Pollutions of the world▪ and to run the •ure Wayes with Del•gh; which is the Glorious Liberty of the sons of God, the Resurrection from the Dead; Or when the Quakers talk as they do in their Catechism, A man hath no Will, nor Wisdom, nor Reason left in him, But all Baptized down into the sufferings of Christ,—and there the power Kills him, and gives him Life again; and so man lays down his own life, and takes up Life in Christ in which Life he comes to be Raised Resurrection of Christ. If to tell plainly what that is to rise again? they will probably say as they use to do, Thou art one