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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
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Heaven and Earth shall then know, and it shall be terribly proclaimed from the Rising of the Sun to the Setting thereof, and as far as the Trumpet of an Archangel can sound the Proclamation, That every thing is known unto our Great Lord Redeemer.
But before that Last, and Great, and Notable Day of the Lord, there do oftentimes fall out, most amazing Things, to show the Churches, That the Lord Jesus Christ Searches the Reins and Hearts of the Children of men. The Word of the Lord Jesus Christ, hath particularly Cautioned us, against being too Quick and Rash in receiving men as Ministers of the Gospel, for fear, lest it quickly appear that those pretended Ministers, are secretly Rotten, Profane, Unclean Creatures; and then we partake in the Guilt of the Miscarriages that are found chargeable upon these ⟨p. 68⟩Intruded Ministers: Now, says the Apostle, 1 Tim. 5.22, 24. Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other mens Sins; some mens sins are open before hand, going before to Judgment, and some, they follow after: The Sins of some Candidates for the Ministry, are not open before Trial and Judgment is past upon them, and they are Judged fit for Ordination, but however it won't be long before their Sins do break out, unto the Astonishment of all the Churches, that were too sudden in setting of them up.
But before that Last, and Great, and Notable Day of the Lord, there do oftentimes fall out, most amazing Things, to show the Churches, That the Lord Jesus Christ Searches the Reins and Hearts of the Children of men. The Word of the Lord Jesus Christ, hath particularly Cautioned us, against being too Quick and Rash in receiving men as Ministers of the Gospel, for fear, lest it quickly appear that those pretended Ministers, are secretly Rotten, Profane, Unclean Creatures; and then we partake in the Guilt of the Miscarriages that are found chargeable upon these ⟨p. 68⟩