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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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Secondly; 'Tis most Remarkably in Evangelical Churches, that the Lord Jesus Christ, who Searches the Reins and the Hearts of men, does by His Wonderful Providence discover the Secret Sins of men. In Congregations formed according to the Will of the Lord Jesus Christ i• is that Secret Sinners run the greatest hazards of that Vengeance, in Prov. 26.26. His Sin is covered with Deceit, his Wickedness shall be showed before the whole Congregation▪ Churches of a pure Constitution, represent the Kingdom of Heaven unto the world: Men can't Sin at so cheap a rate in the Kingdom of Heaven, a• they may in a dark World, or in Churches that are undistinguished from the World. The Pure Churches of the Lord Jesus Christ, are Golden Candlesticks: Can men think to Sin undiscovered in the midst of such Candlesticks? There are Angels burning in the Heads of them▪ There is a special and a dreadful presence of the Lord Jesus Christ, in Churches, that maintain the Order of the Gospel. Hence there are stupendous Dispensations of ⟨p. 71⟩His Providence in His Churches, to bring out those that shall there provoke his Infinite Majesty. Men may go on in a Course of Profanity, under a Cloak of Piety, for some while among the Churches of the Lord Jesus Christ; and they may applaud their own Contrivance, as long as▪ they can Enjoy the Applause of the Deluded Neighbours. The Jealous Lord Jesus Christ beholds their Heaven daring Abominations, but with a Day of patience, He gives them a Space to Repent of the Abominable Things, by which they thus dare the Justice of Heaven. It may be said of them, They consider not in their Hearts, that I remember all their Wickedness, tho' their doings are before my face, saith the Lord. At last, the Jealousy of the Holy Lord breaks forth like Fire against them, and abandons them to some Follies that fully discover them. The Lord Jesus Christ, in His Burning Holiness, gives them up to an Unclean Spirit, a Lying Spirit, a Thieving Spirit, or some other Evil Spirit, and the Infatuated Wretches are exposed with Consternation and Execration to all the World; As it was said, in Psal. 52.6, 7, 8