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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
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III. Assert, That the Will of God Expressed in the Scripture, is a perfect Rule for the Belief, and Practice, of every Christian.
Turn them to 2. Tim. 3.16.17. All Scripture is given by Inspiration of God, and is profitable. That The man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. Ask them, whether any but a Perfect Rule can do this! Or, whether there be any Good Work which we are not by the Scripture both Directed and Obliged unto? ⟨p. 63⟩If they pretend; that they have the Spirit as a Rule to them; tell them, that the Spirit speaks in and by the Scripture. Tell them also▪ That you'll Try, that Pretence.
Turn them to 2. Tim. 3.16.17. All Scripture is given by Inspiration of God, and is profitable. That The man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. Ask them, whether any but a Perfect Rule can do this! Or, whether there be any Good Work which we are not by the Scripture both Directed and Obliged unto? ⟨p. 63⟩If they pretend; that they have the Spirit as a Rule to them; tell them, that the Spirit speaks in and by the Scripture. Tell them also▪ That you'l Try, that Pretence.