N00442:142
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.
for the• are not Stars in a Telescope, but M••es in a Microscope, which I thus Observe.] That in the Quakers and the Papists are fulfilled some of the Signs, that the Coming of our Lord is at hand: while the Papists do in their Transubstantiation, as in Mat. 24.26. say, Behold, Christ is in the secret Chambers; which may be Rendered, in the Cupboards, (where they put Bread:) ⟨image ?⟩The Quakers do bid us Look for Christ here and there in themselves; […] they do in Effect every one make himself a Christ; and they add, Behold he is in the Desert; Go to Pennsylvania, an American Desert, and you shall find Him there. But the Coming of our Lord will shortly put an end unto these Dotages. Amen.
for the• are not Stars in a Telescope, but M••es in a Microscope, which I thus Observe.] That in the Quakers and the Papists are fulfilled some of the Signs, that the Coming of our Lord is at hand: while the Papists do in their Transubstantiation, as in Mat. 24.26. say, Behold, Christ is in the secret Chambers; which may be Rendred, in the Cupboards, (where they put Bread:) ⟨image ?⟩The Quakers do bid us Look for Christ here and there in themselves; 〈…〉 they do in Effect every one make himself a Christ; and they add, Behold he is in the Desart; Go to Pensylvania, an American Desert, and you shall find Him there. But the Coming of our Lord will shortly put an end unto these Dotages. Amen.
Let the Lord Jesus come! In the mean time, As Doctor Holland when he took his Leave of his Friends, would say, Commendo vos omnes Dilectioni Dei, & odio Papatus; thus you must give me Leave to take this Leave of you I commend you to the Love of God, and the Dislike of Quakerism. Let none of you say to me, as they did unto Moses of old, Who made thee a Judge over us? For I am so fa from denying (as the no less Uncivil than Unchristian Quakers do, when they count the Title of Mr. too good for the best men they know, or see) My Neighbours to have Cmand over me; as that the utmost which I pretend in this Freedom with you is to be,