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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53656	An answer to the rector of Bury's letter to his friend wherein is shewed that has effectually, tho' unwllingly acquitted the dissenters from his malicious charge of their being corrupters of the Word of God, that his attempts against the titles of the Psalms and Hebrew Bibles are feeble and inconsistent / by James Owen.	Owen, James, 1654-1706.	1699 (1699)	Wing O705; ESTC R38158	19,581	26

a Story or King James the first as some of his Nobles were exercising themselves at leaping lays the King pleasantly to 'em you talk of leaping I wou'd leap over yonder Wall and pointed at a high Wall that was near 'em Yes Sir says a Parasite that stood near him I believe your Majesty cou'd leap over it Hold Man reply'd the King I did not say I cou'd leap over it but I wou'd do it that is if I were able The Rector shews his good Will to confirm his Assertion and has made some feeble attempts in his R. R. to attack the Masora the Fence of the Law * Masora est sepimentum legis Elias Levita but the Wall is too high to be leap'd over and too strong to be broken down and therefore in his Letter he wisely declines it lest he shou'd break his Shins and be forced to a dishonourable Retreat But is he in earnest when he says the Hebrew Bibles have been corrupted in all Ages And has he made this good It seems all Ages are comprehended in the Time of Ezra and Justin Martyr for he mentions no more and he has not prov'd that they were corrupted then Our Bibles must be Corrupt indeed if every Age has been practising upon ' em According to the Rector it has been the Work of every Age to Corrupt the Bible It 's well if he allows us any sound part in it for that which has been always in the Corrupting must be a very Corrupt Thing at last The Rector swou'd at least have paid as much deference to the Holy Bible as he wou'd to the Prophane Works of Homer and Virgil which none will say have been corrupted in all Ages It 's a little unlucky that this Man cannot quarrel with the Dissenters but he must quarrel with the Bible also He might have left the sacred Volumes alone though he were dispos'd to reproach us However he has one Consolation that he is not singular in his Hypotheses for he has Mahometans Papists and Deists in his Interest who unanimously charge our Scriptures with material Corruptions I shall add one thing more and I have done The Rector's Letter which bears Date April 8. 1699. came not to my Hands until Aug. 16. nor did I hear any thing of it before I saw it I presume the Rector design'd it for the Private Vse of his Friend of whose Candid Acceptance he was well assur'd and not for such ill-natur'd People as will take nothing upon Trust but Critically examine his weak Reasonings and vindicate themselves from his unjust Criminations He publish'd his Letter as Aristotle did some of his Books concerning which he saith I made 'em Publick as if I had not made 'em Publick * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gell. Noct. Attic. XX. 4. He told us above that his blind Evidence of the Cameronian Story may be sufficient for Private Conviction though not to be allow'd in Publick Forms of Justice p. 20. Perhaps this Epistle which manifestly recedes from the Laws of Justice was design'd for Private Conviction However since it came accidentally to my Hands and no return is made to it by his Vtopian Friend I have been so kind to the Rector lest he should think himself slighted as to Answer his Letter with all the plainness and faithfulness which may seem necessary to regulate his Faith towards the Scriptures and Charity towards his Brethren FINIS Books Printed for Tho. Parkhurst at the Bible and Three Crowns in Cheapside near Mercers-Chapel Books written by the Reverend Mr. J. Howe OF Thoughtfulness for the Morrow With an Appendix concerning the immoderate Desire of Foreknowing Things to come Of Charity in reference to other Mens Sins A Sermon Preach'd at the Funeral of Mr. Richard Adams M. A. Sometime Fellow of Brasen-Nose Colledge in Oxford The Redeemer's Tears wept over lost Souls In a Treatise on Luke 19.41 42. With an Appendix wherein somewhat is occasionally discoursed concerning the Sin against the Holy Ghost and how God is said to will the Salvation of them that perish A Sermon directing what we are to do after a strict Enquiry Whether or no we truly love God A Funeral Sermon for Mrs. Esther Sampson the late Wife of Hen. Sampson Doctor of Physick who died Nov. 24. 1689. The Carnality of Religious Contention In two Sermons Preach'd at the Merchants Lecture in Broadstreet A Sermon for Reformation of Manners A Sermon Preach'd on the Day of Thanksgiving Decemb. 2. 1697. To which is prefix'd Dr. Bates's Congratulatory Speech to the KING A Calm and Sober Enquiry concerning the Possibility of a Trinity in the Godhead A Letter to a Friend concerning a Post-script to the Defence of Dr. Sherlock's Notion of the Trinity in Unity relating to the Calm and Sober Enquiry upon the same Subject A View of that part of the late Considerations to H. H. about the Trinity Which concerns the Sober Enquiry on that Subject Books written by J. Flavel THE Fountain of Life opened or a Display of Christ in his Essential and Mediatorial Glory Containing Forty two Sermons on various Texts A Treatise of the Soul of Man wherein the Divine Original Excellent and Immortal Nature of the Soul are opened c. The Method of Grace in bringing home the Eternal Redemption contriv'd by the Father and accomplish'd by the Son through the Effectual Application of the Spirit unto God's Elect. The Divine Conduct or Mystery of Providence c. Navigation Spiritualiz'd Or A new Compass for Sea-Men c. Two Treatises the first of Fear the second the Righteous Man's Refuge in the Evil Day A Saint indeed The great Work of a Christian A Touchstone of Sincerity Or Signs of Grace and Symptoms of Hypocrisie Being the Second Part of the Saint indeed A Token for Mourners Or Boundaries for Sorrow for the Death of Friends Husbandry Spiritualiz'd Or the Heavenly Use of Earthly Things Jehovah our Righteousness Or the Justification of Believers by the Righteousness of Christ only Asserted and Applied in several Sermons By Sam. Tomlins A. M. A most familiar Explanation of the Assemblies Shorter Catechism By Jos Allein A Paraphrase on the New Testament with Notes Doctrinal and Practical By Mr. Richard Baxter An Account of the Life and Death of Mr. Philip Henry Minister of the Gospel near Whitchurch in Shropshire Sermons and Discourses on several Divine Subjects By the late Reverend and Learned Divine Mr. David Clarkson B. D. and sometime Fellow of Clare-Hall Cambridge Folio A Body of Practical Divinity containing 176 Sermons upon the Assemblies Shorter Catechism By Tho. Watson Folio