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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Letter: Boston, 25 d. 10 m. 1699. A LETTER, Containing a Remarkable HISTORY, OF AN Impostor.
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A Virtuous and Laudable Young Gentleman, in the Neighbourhood, Lets fall a word unto one of his Friends, That he was informed, this man had used some uncivil carriage towards a Woman that belonged unto one of the Churches in the Town. Some of the Hearers go and complain, that this Gentleman said, The man had got such a Woman with Child, whereupon some of the mans Friends began to be obstreperous. The Ingenuous Young Gentleman, was too well beloved, by all that knew his constant piety, to be suspected of speaking a Falsehood; and the Trouble on the minds of his Friends for him, immediately made several Discreet and Honest Women, to speak out more plainly, how able They were to Assert the Truth, of what he had really spoken. Horrid Things began to be muttered about this Wretch, for divers weeks before, and no doubt, the Apprehension of their taking ⟨p. 47⟩Air, hastened his Flight: but a ••dest Woman, especially if she don't know of any one else, to sustain with her the weight of the Testimony, appears with no small Reluctancy to testify an affront offered unto her. It had been Remarked by some, That this Villain, though in Public Prayer he were extraordinarily Devout, yet he had a strange Indisposition to Private Prayer. And there was enough to render Prayer uneasy to his Guilty Soul; for while he was Feasting with the Abused Neighbours, he had Eyes full of Adultery, that could not cease from Sin. The Burning Jealousy of the Lord Jesus Christ, will now bring out the Villainy of this man, and Make all the Churches to know that He searches the Reins and the Hearts. The Hypocrite had made such a show of zeal, in his performances on the Stage, that every one said, This man must be either a great Saint▪ or a great Rogue; and as to one of these, I question, whether a greater ever came into his Land.
A Vertuous and Laudable Young Gentleman, in the Neighbourhood, Lets fall a word unto one of his Friends, That he was informed, this man had used some uncivil carriage towards a Woman that belonged unto one of the Churches in the Town. Some of the Hearers go and complain, that this Gentleman said, The man had got such a Woman with Child, whereupon some of the mans Friends began to be obstreperous. The Ingenuous Young Gentleman, was too well beloved, by all that knew his constant piety, to be suspected of speaking a Falshood; and the Trouble on the minds of his Friends for him, immediately made several Discreet and Honest Women, to speak out more plainly, how able They were to Assert the Truth, of what he had really spoken. Horrid Things began to be muttered about this Wretch, for divers weeks before, and no doubt, the Apprehension of their taking