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A28141 Biddle dispossest, or, His Scripture perverting catechism reformed by Scripture wherein those points of the Christian religion blasphemed by Biddle by wresting the Scripture to answer his heresies question-wise propounded are vindicated in several anti-questions resolving themselves by pertinent answers taken word for word out of the Scriptures without either consequents or comments ... / collected for their sakes who desire to be true Christians ... 1654 (1654) Wing B2884; ESTC R24805 42,983 158

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Biddle Dispossest OR His Scripture perverting Catechism reformed by Scripture Wherein Those points of the Christian Religion blasphemed by Biddle by wresting the Scripture to answer his heresies Question-wise propounded are vindicated in several Anti-questions resolving themselves by pertinent answers taken word for word out of the Scripture without either consequents or comments And which Biddle could not say no more is concluded in the Question then what is really and plainly contained in the Answer Collected for their sakes who desire to be true Christians and not of this sect of Biddle inasmuch as that Sect not more or less but hath altogether departed from the simplicity and truth of the Scripture Quid dignum tanto tulit hic promissor 2 Pet. 3.17 Beware lest ye being led away with the Error of the wicked fall from your own stedfastness London Printed for Francis Tyton at the three Daggers in Fleet street neer the Temple-Gate 1654. BIDDLES Mock-Preface I Have wondred that there was no Catechism yet extant that ever I could see or hear of in which one might find the whole system of heresie as the same is exactly contrary to the holy Scripture as in this of Biddles which is generally so stuffed which abuses wrestings and forcing the Scripture to answer his heretical spurious and lying Questions that the least part thereof is at all consonant to or derived from the Word of God For thus it is the Councels Convocations and Assemblies of Divines having been attending to lesser things not sufficiently watching this envious one now whilest they sleep endeavours to justle the sacred Scriptures out of their place in the Church framing Articles and Intruding them on our faith according to his own fancy and Interest which is to gain Disciples after him as who is there that hath not heard of Biddles Disciples And the Civil Magistrate notwithstanding his Authority conniving at the same we have at last a Catechism fitted to those Articles that Interest and design wherein the Scriptures are some of purpose omitted others wrested or brought in only for a shew not one quotation amongst all the things controverted being a whit to the purpose as will soon appear to any man of Judgement who taking into his hands the said Catechism shall examine the text alledged with other Scriptures and the ends they are alledged for for if he do this diligently and impartially he will find the Scripture and this Catechism to be at so wide a distance one from another that he will begin to question whither and proceed to believe that Biddle did not himself believe what himself wrote or if he did so will positively conclude that spiritual and Scriptural understanding he hath none notwithstanding all his pretence to rational and that he did believe proudly supposing all men blind as himself that his Readers had no more In how miserable a condition then as to spiritual things must the Disciples of Biddle needs be when thus trained up not as the Apostle adviseth in the nurture and admonition of the Lord but in the blind and crooked paths of ungodly men deceived or deceving or both and in the doctrine of Devils not having onely no assurance of the reality but the clearest Scripture-conviction of the non entity of their faith Into which sad condition many notwithstanding are fallen into being so unhappy as not to know or having known to forsake the way of Truth and quite abandon all piety and honesty having departed from the Truth the onely firm ground whereon to build the same to prevent which mischief for time to come by reducing such to their prisline faith I mean such of them as own the Divine authority of the Scripture and withal to satisfie the just and pious desire of some and of my self who delight to see the Scripture vindicate its self and maintain the Truth of our religion to the end that they and all good men especially such to whose hands this blasphemous piece hath come may consume themselves their children and families in that truth wherein they are already built up and are yet building up one another I have therefore not by the understanding I have gotten but that God hath given me not compiled but collected certain Scrip●ures which may serve touching several wronged Truths of God for a Scripture Catechism wherein I have not nor cannot but the Spirit of God may bring the Reader to a sure and certain knowledge of the truth of our profession and the Error of Biddles touching great things both touching belief and practice whilst I myself assert nothing much less force the Scripture to answer my lyes as Biddle hath done before me but onely introduce the Scripture uttering its own assertions which all Christains confess to be of undoubted Truth Take heed therefore whosoever thou art of Biddles Sect or not that lightest on this book and there readest things quite contrary to the lyes propagated by Biddle and currantly received amongst his deluded without grace lost followers for I maintain not onely the things here displayed but the many Scriptures alledged both in the Letter and sense of them not onely to have such a tendency but a direct and flat opposition to those his abominations I say take heed whoever thou art that thou art not once or again entangled or ensnared with these his Hellish diabolical insinuations for if thou art fair with him thou canst not be so without falling foul upon the whole bulk of holy Scripture it self inasmuch as all the Questions and answers thorough Biddles Catechism are forced either to speak another Dialect then themselves know or at least then the current of other Scriptures know whereas the Scripture wars not against its self but is in sense reconcileable one place to anoother though in words perhaps may have another tendency for how can a Kindom divided against its self stand And for the Answers in this Anti-Catechism now before thee they are faithfully transcribed out of the holy book rightly applied to Question and made father no more in the Question then is really contained in the proof if thou shalt make a dilligent inspection into the several texts with all their Circumstances which besides his pretentions Biddle could not say To evince it that he could not say so Take onely one Instance for many in his Catechism In his 5. Chap. his first question is How many holy spirits of Christians are there He answers it by Eph. 4 4. One spirit Put the Question and answer together they make one entire proposition whither true or false judge Reader There is but one holy Spirit of Christians This he does to take off the power of the word which calls the holy Ghost the Spirit God But neither here nor elsewhere the Spirit of Christians which yet as an answer to this Question this Scripture is made to say ex ungue Leonem by this may you judge of many such and yet Mr. Biddle gives you express Scripture without consequent