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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.
and who would now expect Salvation under the conduct of Churches thus False upon all accounts beyond that of Rome it self? And yet within a Leaf or two, in an Epistle to those very Churches, he says, He has a true Charity concerning a Remnant among them, that they belong to Christ, and are the Real Members of His Body, which is his Church; and that they are the Sheep of Christ. But in the Book it self, which is a Box of poison as bad as what the Title promises; is it not a Contradiction to say, page 1. The Scriptures contain a full and entire Declaration of all Christian Doctrine; and to say in the same page, Yet they do not contain the whole Mind, Will and Counsel of God? Or, will he grant, that we are to enquire after D• ties and Comforts, which are no part of Christian Doctrine? Either Keith contradicts himself: ⟨p. 36⟩or he would have us to believe (and so indeed he would!) some things which are no Christian Doctrine at all. Is it not a contradiction, to say, page 32. We are not assured that any man is in that state of perfection, that they may not by Humane Frailty depart from the infallible Teachings of the Spirit of God; and to say in page 204. 'Tis false Doctrine to hold, That no men ever since the Apostles Days, are assisted by any Infallible Spirit, as the Prophets witnessed of old? Or, will he say, That the Writers of the Scripture▪ did by Humane Frailty therein, sometimes depart from the Infallible Teachings of the Spirit.
and who would now expect Salvation under the conduct of Churches thus False upon all accounts beyond that of Rome it self? And yet within a Leaf or two, in an Epistle to those very Churches, he says, He has a true Charity concerning a Remnant among them, that they belong to Christ, and are the Real Members of His Body, which is his Church; and that they are the Sheep of Christ. But in the Book it self, which is a Box of poyson as bad as what the Title promises; is it not a Contradiction to say, page 1. The Scriptures contain a full and entire Declaration of all Christian Doctrine; and to say in the same page, Yet they do not contain the whole Mind, Will and Counsel of God? Or, will he grant, that we are to enquire after D• ties and Comforts, which are no part of Christi•n Doctrine? Either Keith contradicts himself: ⟨p. 36⟩