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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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VIII. Assert, That there is one God in Three Persons, the Father, the Son, and the Spirit.
They will own, There is but one God. Ask them now, whether we don't read in Mat. •8.•9. Of, The Father, and, The Son, and, The Holy Spirit? Show 'em, That the Father is God; because 'tis said, Joh. 17.3. Thee, the ••ly true God. Show 'em, That the Son […] God; because 'tis said, in Rom. 9.5. Christ who is over all God Blessed for ever. Show 'em, That the Spirit is God; because tis said, in Act. 5.3.4. Why hath Sa•an filled thine Heart to Lie unto the Holy Ghost? •hou hast not Lied unto men, but unto God. Bid •hem Read, 2. Cor. 13.13. Tell them, that •et the Father is not the Son; and the Son is not the Spirit; because it cannot be said, That •he Son begat the Father, or that the Spirit, sends the Son. And force them to own, That the Father and the Son and the Spirit, are PERSONS, because they are Intelligent Subsistences. Point 'em to, Joh. 15.26. I will send unto you, from the Father the Spirit of Truth. Say to them as Athanasius did unto them which doubted the Trinity; Go to Jordan and thou shal see it. Make 'em to Read, what was done at Jordan, in