N00777:13
A warning to the flocks against wolves in sheeps clothing. Or, A faithful advice,…A warning to the flocks against wolves in sheeps cloathing. Or, A faithful advice,…
A warning to the flocks against wolves in sheeps clothing. Or, A faithful advice, from several ministers of the Gospel, in and near Boston, unto the churches of New-England, relating to the dangers that may arise from impostors, pretending to be ministers. : With a brief history of some impostors, remarkably and seasonably detected written, by one of the ministers in Boston, to assert that advice, and prevent future mischiefs. : [Five lines of Scripture texts]A warning to the flocks against wolves in sheeps cloathing. Or, A faithful advice, from several ministers of the Gospel, in and near Boston, unto the churches of New-England, relating to the dangers that may arise from impostors, pretending to be ministers. : With a brief history of some impostors, remarkably and seasonably detected written, by one of the ministers in Boston, to assert that advice, and prevent future mischiefs. : [Five lines of Scripture texts]
Boston: printed by B. Green and J. Allen, 1700
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Nevertheless, we have, upon sufficient Occasions Resolved, That for the future, no Stranger coming as a Preacher among us, without sufficient Assurances of his being what he pretends to be, shall be Employed in our Pulpits, without a solemn Examination of his Capacities, for the Tremendous Work, of Preaching the Glorious Gospel of God. And we earnestly Request, the Reverend Ministers of the Gospel, in the several Associations and Vicinities throughout the Country, to join with us, in such a necessary Resolution.
Nevertheless, we have, upon sufficient Occasions Resolved, That for the future, no Stranger coming as a Preacher among us, without sufficient Assurances of his being what he pretends to be, shall be Employ'd in our Pulpits, without a solemn Examination of his Capacities, for the Tremendous Work, of Preaching the Glorious Gospel of God. And we earnestly Request, the Reverend Ministers of the Gospel, in the several Associations and Vicinities throughout the Country, to joyn with us, in such a necessary Resolution.
We do also Solemnly Advise, all our People, to beware of Running after New Preachers, of whose Endowments and Principles, they have not had a Reasonable Attestation; lest they unawares run themselves into shameful and woeful Reflections. The Apostolical Injunctions, To prove all Things, does not invite Unstable ⟨p. 7⟩people, to Run after all Preachers, (as they too often pervert the sense of it,) but it only directs people▪ to Examine by the Word of God, the Doctrine, which they hear, from those that in an orderly way are to be heard as their Teachers.
We do also Solemnly Advise, all our People, to beware of Running after New Preachers, of whose Endowments and Principles, they have not had a Reasonable Attestation; lest they unawares run themselves into shameful and woful Reflections. The Apostolical Injunctions, To prove all Things, does not invite Unstable ⟨p. 7⟩