Misrepresentations corrected, and truth vindicated. In a reply to the Rev. Mr. Solomon Williams's…

Name: Misrepresentations corrected, and truth vindicated. In a reply to the Rev. Mr. Solomon Williams's…
Author: Jonathan Edwards

Misrepresentations corrected, and truth vindicated. In a reply to the Rev. Mr. Solomon Williams's book, entitled, The true state of the question concerning the qualifications necessary to lawful communion in the Christian sacraments. / By Jonathan Edwards, M.A. Minister of the Gospel at Stockbridge. ; [Five lines of Scripture texts]Misrepresentations corrected, and truth vindicated. In a reply to the Rev. Mr. Solomon Williams's book, intitled, The true state of the question concerning the qualifications necessary to lawful communion in the Christian sacraments. / By Jonathan Edwards, M.A. Minister of the Gospel at Stockbridge. ; [Five lines of Scripture texts]

Jonathan Edwards 1703–1758Boston: printed by S. Kneeland, 1752

[2], iv, 173, [5] p. ; 22 cm. (8vo) · 69k words · Evans 6839

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Misrepresentations corrected, and Truth vindicated. › Part 3 › Section 4: The fourth Thing observed in Mr. W—ms's Method of managing the Controversy, particularl…

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SECTION. IV. The fourth Thing observed in Mr. W—ms's Method of managing the Controversy, particularly considered, viz. His advancing new and extraordinary Notions, not only manifestly contrary to Truth, but also to the common & received Principles of the Christian Church.

:250p. 107

THUS it is with Regard to many Things which have already been taken Notice of. As, that Men may be ungodly Men, and yet truly profess to love God more than the World: That Men may be Professors of Religion and have no true Grace, and yet not be Luke-warm, but serve God as their only Master: That such may profess to be subject to Christ with all their Hearts, and to give up all their Hearts and Lives to Christ, and speak true, &c. &c.

:251p. 107–108

I shall now take Notice of another remarkable Instance of this, viz. That Mr. W. in his Reply to my Argument from the Epithets and Characters given by the Apostles to the Members of visible Christian Churches, in their Epistles, ⟨p. 108⟩represents (P. 56. d.) That there is no Difference in all the Epithets and Characters, which I had heaped up from the New-Testament, from those that are given in the Old-Testament, to the whole Body of the Jewish Church; which he elsewhere abundantly supposes to be the whole Body of the Jewish Nation; yea, even in their worst Times, 'till the Nation was rejected and cast off by God from being any longer his People: as I shall have Occasion particularly to observe afterwards.

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Misrepresentations corrected, and truth vindicated. In a reply to the Rev. Mr. Solomon Williams's…

SECTION. IV. The fourth Thing observed in Mr. W—ms's Method of managing the Controversy, particularly considered, viz. His advancing new and extraordinary Notions, not only manifestly contrary to Truth, but also to the common & received Principles of the Christian Church.

SECTION V. Instances of the fifth and sixth Particulars, in Mr. W—ms's Method of disputing, viz. his using confident & peremptory Assertions, and great Exclamations, instead of Arguments.

SECTION VI. Instances of the seventh Particular observed in Mr. W—ms's Way of disputing, viz. His wholly overlooking Arguments, pretending there is no Argument, nothing to answer; when the Case is far otherwise.

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SECTION. IV. The fourth Thing observed in Mr. W—ms's Method of managing the Controversy, particularly considered, viz. His advancing new and extraordinary Notions, not only manifestly contrary to Truth, but also to the common & received Principles of the Christian Church.

SECTION V. Instances of the fifth and sixth Particulars, in Mr. W—ms's Method of disputing, viz. his using confident & peremptory Assertions, and great Exclamations, instead of Arguments.

SECTION VI. Instances of the seventh Particular observed in Mr. W—ms's Way of disputing, viz. His wholly overlooking Arguments, pretending there is no Argument, nothing to answer; when the Case is far otherwise.

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