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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64989	The foundation of God standeth sure, or, A defence of those fundamental and so generally believed doctrines of the Trinity of persons in the unity of the divine essence, of the satisfaction of Christ, the second person of the real and glorious Trinity, of the justification of the ungodly by the imputed righteousness of Christ, against the cavils of W.P.J. a Quaker in his pamphlet entituled The sandy foundation shaken &c. : wherein his and the Quakers hideous blasphemies, Socinian and damnably-heretical opinions are discovered and refuted ... / by Thomas Vincent.	Vincent, Thomas, 1634-1678.	1668 (1668)	Wing V438; ESTC R25705	51,791	83

the greater the multitude the greater would have been his shame but he hath taken a course to proclaim himself a Blasphemer and Heretick before more than that Auditory and if such a vindication of himself doth yield them any satisfaction he hath it W. P. further informeth the Reader of his visiting my Meeting on a Lecture-day and that I shewing both injustice and cowardize shamefully slunk away so baulked a defence of my own Principles Unto this I answer that they gave me no notice before of their coming that I had engaged before by promise to meet with some friends about business so soon as I had done that I did not think it fit to dispute with Quakers after preaching a Sermon and my purpose is never to do it because I look upon it as the devils plot hereby to steal away the precious seed of the Word out of the mindes of the people that so it may prove unfruitful Further I told W. P. there was a Letter in the house in order to a meeting with him for discourse of the Principles wherein was proposed some conditions viz. that they would dispute Sylogistically that they would plainly assert their principles before which we should dispute of four were named with desire to know whether they would own them But when I perceived that they made such a noise and would not receive my answer why I did not think fit to stay and discourse with them at that time I went away from them but neither shamefully nor cowardly except in the apprehensions of such who take any occasion to fasten reproach upon the Ministers of the Gospel And yet whatever reason I had then to retire though no answer were given in the dispute before to either of my arguments some have not spared to report in the Town that I was worsted by the Quakers which how unreasonable it is those which read this narrative may easily judge And whereas W. P. at the conclusion of his Book doth charge us for want of zeal for our Principles want of Love to our Reputation and want of Conscience in our Promises because he said we have evaded the many opportunities offered for treaty I answer that these are false aspersions cast upon us without any good ground there were indeed Letters passed and the conditions before offered not being in full accepted M. D. and my self intended and accordingly I sent them word to meet with them and fully to conclude together upon the conditions and the time and place of meeting but at that time Mr. D. had some extraordinary occasion that called him out of Town and could not be there I was at home expecting him every minute till the time was almost slipt when W. P. and another came to my house whom I gave to understand that Mr. D. was not yet come but I thought it was somewhat extraordinary that kept him away W P. required his presence elsewhere about two or three days after Mr. D. came to Town and to my house and we both of us resolved to meet with them that week but before I could send W. P. word I had information of a Book he had in the Presse against me and then I judged that a meeting with him would not be of such signification as to give answer to him in the same way as he hath written against me and the truth therefore I did forbear to meet and began to write And now let any judge whether W. P's calumnies are deserved Before I shut up this Chapter I shall give a brief reply unto W. P's Post-script of animadversions on some particulars in my Sermon which he heard of which he took notes not for his edification as others do but that he might pick out something to cavil at and reproach the Doctrine withal He termeth them contradictictions serting them in columns one over against another And here he doth shamefully again discover his weakness and want of learning if he had known what a contradiction is surely he would have blushed to give that term to the things he there maketh mention of which have not so much as an inconsistency together except the line he putteth between them should make it What contradiction or falshood is it for a Person to overcome the world and the victory in this life to be imcompleat Were not the Cananites overcome by the children of Israel their force subdued and yet the victories they had over them were not so compleat but that some remained amongst them who were like pricks thorns that did them mischief and sometimes rose up in rebellion against them What contradiction is it for Persons to be in Christ and cast off the Old man c. And this that worldly lusts cannot be extirpated out of Gods people in this world May not have not worldly lusts a being and some power to oppose in Gods people where they have lost their rule and their Iron yoke is taken off from their necks will not the experience of all Gods people bear witness to this and what else meaneth that of the Apostle Gal. 5. 17. The Flesh lusteth against the spirit and Rom. 7. 22. I see another Law in my members warring against the Law of my minde c. was not the Apostle one of Gods people what contradiction is this much like the former Gods people overcome their lusts this their lusts sometime take them captive Doth not the Apostle add Rom. 7. 22. that the Law in his members did lead him captive may not a conquerer be lead captive sometimes may not a man be victus in praelio victor in bello overcome in some skirmishes and yet a conquerer in the war the Heathen will tell you this and should it then seem so strange in Divinity what contradiction is it for sin to Tyranizeover believers but not to have dominion it 's in captivity in chains as if a slave in chains might not sometime break loose and tyranize for a while and yet not be said to have dominion because he hath no setled rule but is quickly brought under and fastned in his bonds again what Bedlam-distinction then is it as W. P. calleth it between the tyranny and the dominion of sin if his common sence he sayeth it is against were like all sincere Christians common sence experience he would not thus groundlesly cavil what contradiction is it you must Overcome the world or the world you and If you fight you will overcome them or this He leadeth them captive and They sometime take him captive Can you forbear smiling at the man he calleth these things contradictions But instead of my Sermons deserving the imputation of contradictory his cavils do justly lay him under the imputation of weakness and absurdity CHAP. V. The Doctrine of the Trinity of distinct persons in the unity of the Divine Essence asserted and proved THe Trinity of Persons in the unity of the Divine Essence and the unity of the Divine Essence in the