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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.
Alas, what will then become of our poor Friend George? He has in his Writings, tho less Truth, yet more Hebrew and Greek, than ever Pilate had upon the Cross; he is upon all occasions drawing back into many Languages; and indeed he draws into confusion too. […] his drawing back thus into the Naturals ⟨p. 15⟩procures him the Admiration of a Drove that are little more than mere Naturals; they Deny him not, but rather Adore him, because tho he be a compound of as great Inconsistencies as Iron and Clay, yet he has (I will not say, a Golden, but) a Gilded Head. This Keith it is, who has given the greatest advantages to Quakerism, & that with no little Alterations. Of his, we are newly Entertained with a wily Catechism, wherein Quakerism is so disguised, as that one would almost suspect him a Real Protestant; nevertheless, the juice of Toads, were as wholesome a potion as that Catechism. You cannot swallow it, unless, you also come to Believe, That the inward excusing or condemning principle, which all men are born withal, is the man Christ Jesus. Upon which, the Ingenious Mr. Lodowick, a Gentleman of Rhode-Island lately Recovered out of Quakerism, in a Challenge to the Quakers, tells them, If this your foundation stand sure, it would follow, That all honest Pagans, Jews, and Mahometans, are in Christ as well as you; and true Christians, Believers, Disciples, and Followers of Christ (at least, as to the Mystery) and so your Brethren in Christ. There are moreover, some other Errors, plainly enough expressed in that Catechism, to make us all avoid them. E. G.
Alas, what will then become of our poor Friend George? He has in his Writings, tho less Truth, yet more Hebrew and Greek, than ever Pilate had upon the Cross; he is upon all occasions drawing back into many Languages; and indeed he draws into confusion too. 〈…〉 his drawing back thus into the Naturals ⟨p. 15⟩procures him the Admiration of a Drove that are little more than meer Naturals; they Deny him not, but rather Adore him, because tho he be a compound of as great Inconsistences as Iron and Clay, yet he has (I will not say, a Golden, but) a Guilded Head. This Keith it is, who has given the greatest advantages to Quakerism, & that with no little Alterations. Of his, we are newly Entertained with a wily Catechism, wherein Quakerism is so disguised, as that one would almost suspect him a Real Protestant; nevertheless, the juice of Toads, were as wholsome a potion as that Catechism. You cannot swallow it, unless, you also come to Believe, That the inward excusing or condemning principle, which all men are born withal, is the man Christ Jesus. Upon which, the Ingenious Mr. Lodowick, a Gentleman of Rhode-Island lately Recovered out of Quakerism, in a Challenge to the Quakers, tells them, If this your foundation stand sure, it would follow, That all honest Pagans, Jews, and Mahometans, are in Christ as well as you; and true Christians, Believers, Disciples, and Followers of Christ (at least, as to the Mystery) and so your Brethren in Christ. There are moreover, some other Errors, plainly enough expressed in that Catechism, to make us all avoi them. E. G.