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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.
although we do also say, That every sin is Mortal; That Saints falling into grosser scandals, do be loud the Evidences of their Saintship; That yet Saints cannot fall so far, but God will Recover them before they die, and make them sincerely penitent. It follow •hen, the Quaker holds▪ That a truly sanct••y•• man may totally fall away, and a child of •od become a child of the Devil. When shall we have done? He tells us, we hold False Doctrine because we say, No man in this life, by any grace of God given him, ⟨p. 21⟩[…] to be given him, can perfectly keep the Commandments of God, but doth daily break Them in Thought, Word, and Deed; though we do not say, That the good works of Gods Holy Spirit are Defiled, but we say, our Duties as far as they are our own, will in this life always have Imperfection cleaving to them, which God pardons, therewithal accepting what sincerity is in them for the sake of Christ Jesus. The Quaker then must hold, That men in this life can perfectly keep the commandments of God; and that a man may say, He has no sin, without being a Liar for saying so.
although we do also say, That every sin is Mortal; That Saints falling into grosser scandals, do bee loud the Evidences of their Saintship; That yet Saints cannot fall so far, but God will Recover them before they dy, and make them sincerely penitent. It follow •hen, the Quaker holds▪ That a truely sanct••y•• man may totally fall away, and a child of •od become a child of the Devil. When shall we have done? He tells us, we hold False Doctrine because we say, No man in this life, by any grace of God given him, ⟨p. 21⟩〈…〉 to be given him, can perfectly keep the Commandments of God, but doth daily break Them in Thought, Word, and Deed; though we do not say, That the good works of Gods Holy Spirit are Defiled, but we say, our Duties as far as they are our own, will in this life alwayes have Imperfection cleaving to them, which God pardons, therewithal accepting what sincerity is in them for the sake of Christ Jesus. The Quaker then must hold, That men in this life can perfectly keep the commandments of God; and that a man may say, He has no sin, without being a Lyar for saying so.