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A87658 The pretended antidoe [sic] proved poyson: or, The true principles of the Christian & Protestant religion defended, and the four counterfit defenders thereof detected and discovered the names of which are James Allen, Joshua Moodey, Samuell Willard and Cotton Mather, who call themselves ministers of the Gospel in Boston, in their pretended answer to my book, called, The Presbyterian & independent visible churches in New-England, and else-where, brought to the test, &c. And G.K. cleared not to be guilty of any calumnies against these called teachers of New-England, &c. By George Keith. With an appendix by John Delavall, by way of animadversion on some passages in a discourse of Cotton Mathers before the General Court of Massachusetts, the 28th of the third moneth, 1690. Keith, George, 1639?-1716.; Delavall, John, d. 1693. 1690 (1690) Wing K192A; ESTC W42984 110,748 234

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remote_a capacity_n of_o holiness_n th●t_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o simple_a possibility_n of_o be_v make_v holy_a without_o have_v any_o inward_a seed_n or_o principle_n of_o holiness_n lodge_v in_o the_o soul_n i_o call_v not_o holiness_n but_o because_o there_o be_v such_o a_o seed_n and_o principle_n of_o holiness_n place_v in_o all_o child_n even_o infant_n that_o be_v the_o purchase_n of_o christ_n death_n and_o which_o god_n first_o promise_v to_o our_o first_o parent_n and_o renew_v to_o noah_n say_v and_o behold_v i_o establish_v my_o covenant_n with_o thou_o and_o thy_o seed_n after_o thou_o and_o yet_o again_o renew_v to_o abraham_n say_v in_o thy_o seed_n shall_v all_o nation_n be_v bless_v because_o of_o these_o three_o general_a father_n which_o be_v as_o a_o holy_a root_n the_o branch_n be_v holy_a as_o i_o say_v not_o actual_o but_o in_o a_o capacity_n to_o become_v actual_o holy_a through_o the_o holy_a seed_n give_v unto_o they_o which_o before_o i_o call_v a_o near_a capacity_n that_o i●_n more_o remote_a or_o near_a as_o that_o noble_a divine_a seed_n and_o principle_n be_v more_o or_o less_o cloud_v or_o veil_v in_o they_o and_o you_o show_v yourselves_o more_o ignorant_a in_o logic_n than_o ordinary_a schoolboy_n who_o general_o know_v that_o distinction_n betwixt_o a_o thing_n in_o actu_fw-la primo_fw-la and_o the_o same_o thing_n in_o actu_fw-la secundo_fw-la which_o be_v as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v in_o english_a betwixt_o a_o thing_n that_o be_v in_o a_o near_a capacity_n and_o readiness_n or_o tendency_n to_o be_v so_o and_o a_o ●hing_n that_o be_v actual_o and_o real_o or_o in_o fact_n so_o thus_o a_o field_n sow_o with_o corn_n although_o the_o seed_n be_v not_o spring_v in_o it_o nor_o have_v take_v root_n if_o sow_o with_o wheat_n we_o call_v it_o common_o wheat_n if_o sow_o with_o rye_n we_o call_v it_o rye_n because_o the_o seed_n of_o wheat_n be_v sow_o in_o the_o one_o field_n and_o rye_n in_o the_o other_o and_o if_o 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nothing_o at_o all_o but_o pass_v it_o by_o with_o a_o dry_a foot_n as_o you_o phrase_v it_o lest_o if_o you_o shall_v have_v meddle_v with_o it_o your_o folly_n shall_v have_v be_v manifest_a and_o this_o be_v your_o common_a way_n to_o pass_v by_o what_o you_o can_v give_v some_o shadow_n of_o answer_n unto_o and_o if_o you_o give_v a_o shadow_n of_o answer_n it_o be_v all_o your_o easy_a answer_n be_v &_o which_o you_o have_v give_v upon_o this_o head_n viz._n that_o our_o doctrine_n in_o this_o i●_n a_o perfect_a arminian_n principle_n and_o have_v be_v enough_o confu●ed_v by_o all_o that_o have_v write_v against_o they_o so_o you_o may_v have_v spare_v your_o paper_n and_o pain_n with_o this_o one_o short_a answer_n to_o my_o whole_a book_n that_o it_o have_v be_v enough_o confute_v already_o by_o all_o that_o have_v write_v against_o we_o as_o t._n hicks_n i_o faldo_n and_o j._n owen_n etc._n etc._n a●l_v which_o have_v be_v sufficient_o answer_v but_o as_o for_o the_o arminian_n principle_n it_o be_v not_o our_o principle_n nor_o do_v the_o remonstrant_n or_o jesuit_n hold_v the_o doctrine_n of_o universal_a grace_n as_o we_o do_v as_o will_v be_v obvious_a to_o any_o that_o will_v compare_v our_o book_n and_o they_o for_o we_o say_v the_o divine_a gospel_n principle_n and_o seed_n of_o regeneration_n and_o word_n of_o faith_n be_v put_v by_o god_n as_o his_o free_a gift_n in_o all_o man_n though_o it_o be_v not_o manifest_a or_o know_v to_o be_v such_o in_o a●l_n and_o this_o neither_o the_o a●minians_n nor_o the_o remonstrant_n nor_o jesuit_n ever_o do_v affirm_v but_o a●e_v general_o profess_v adversary_n to_o the_o inward_a word_n and_o spirit_n of_o god_n in_o man_n as_o much_o as_o yourselves_o witness_n bellarmine_n for_o the_o jesuit_n who_o say_v in_o his_o treatise_n de_fw-fr verbo_fw-la externo_fw-la that_o he_o be_v a_o madman_n who_o rely_v upon_o the_o testimony_n of_o a_o spirit_n within_o he_o that_o be_v oft_o fallacious_a and_o ever_o uncertain_a and_o arminius_n &_o his_o follower_n be_v general_o against_o the_o doctrine_n of_o inward_a divine_a inspiration_n and_o revelation_n as_o be_v apparent_a from_o their_o print_a book_n it_o do_v not_o follow_v as_o you_o insinuate_v that_o the_o condition_n of_o pagan_n be_v better_o than_o that_o of_o christian_n or_o tha●_n the_o gospel_n open_v a_o door_n to_o man_n undo_n which_o you_o build_v on_o a_o false_a supposition_n that_o it_o e_fw-la pagan_n be_v incapable_a o●_n reject_v the_o physician_n who_o be_v ne●er_o offer_v to_o they_o this_o you_o assert_v without_o all_o proof_n and_o the_o contrary_n i_o have_v prove_v and_o be_v clear_a from_o scripture_n that_o faith_n be_v offer_v unto_o all_o man_n and_o the_o gospel_n preach_v to_o every_o creature_n at_o one_o time_n or_o another_o before_o their_o end_n and_o all_o be_v call_v some_o at_o one_o hour_n and_o some_o at_o another_o pag._n 83._o you_o most_o gross_o traduce_v and_o abuse_v i_o by_o allege_v and_o father_v upon_o i_o as_o i_o which_o be_v not_o i_o at_o all_o two_o assertion_n one_a that_o grace_n be_v propagate_v by_o our_o natural_a parent_n two_o t●at_a there_o be_v habitual_a sanctification_n in_o all_o i_o by_o nature_n that_o both_o th●se_a be_v extreme_a false_o allege_v on_o i_o the_o reader_n shall_v see_v by_o read_v p●g_n 91_o and_o 92._o cite_v by_o they_o yea_o on_o the_o contrary_a i_o say_v that_o seed_n or_o principle_n of_o holiness_n put_v in_o m●n_z and_o infant_n be_v derive_v from_o christ_n the_o second_o adam_n and_o therefore_o not_o from_o the_o first_o adam_n or_o our_o immediate_a parent_n and_o i_o believe_v the_o soul_n of_o all_o man_n have_v come_v from_o god_n by_o creation_n and_o do_v not_o believe_v that_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o parent_n generate_v the_o soul_n of_o the_o child_n and_o if_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o child_n be_v not_o generate_v from_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o parent_n then_o sure_o the_o divine_a seed_n and_o principle_n 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etc._n because_o the_o noble_a divine_a seed_n and_o principle_n be_v more_o cloud_v and_o veil_v in_o these_o last_o and_o lay_v under_o more_o rubbish_n and_o impurity_n and_o therefore_o god_n forbid_v the_o people_n of_o israel_n to_o join_v in_o marriage_n with_o these_o unclean_a nation_n lest_o their_o seed_n shall_v be_v defile_v with_o they_o and_o a_o wrong_a mixture_n shall_v happen_v as_o sometime_o do_v and_o therefore_o the_o great_a uncleanness_n of_o parent_n common_o do_v more_o vail_n and_o cloud_v the_o divine_a principle_n and_o seed_n in_o their_o child_n than_o where_o that_o uncleanness_n be_v not_o so_o great_a and_o that_o the_o parent_n be_v true_a believer_n and_o because_o i_o assert_v that_o there_o be_v a_o seed_n of_o holiness_n in_o all_o man_n