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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64234	A preservative against Deism shewing the great advantage of revelation above reason, in the two great points, pardon of sin, and a future state of happiness : with an appendix in answer to a letter of A. W. against revealed religion in the oracles of reason / by Nathanael Taylor.	Taylor, Nathanael, d. 1702.; A. W.	1698 (1698)	Wing T548; ESTC R8096	94,525	312

A PRESERVATIVE AGAINST DEISM SHEWING The great Advantage of Revelation above Reason in the Two Great Points Pardon of Sin and a Future State of Happiness With an APPENDIX in Answer to a Letter of A.W. against Revealed Religion in the Oracles of Reason By NATHANAEL TAYLOR LONDON Printed for John Lawrence at the Angel in the Poultrey And Tho. Cockerill at the Corner of Warwick-Lane in Pater-Noster-Row 1698. ●V●IFUT●TIA ●●●IA 1715. ●EO●●●V● D. ● MA● 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 V.D. THE EPISTLE TO THE READER THE Growth of Deism § I the Advancing of Reason by those who have no larger a Stock of it to set up withal than the rest of their Neighbours and the Publick Defiance which has been made to Revealed Religion in the general should awaken us to set all hands on work to countermine the Common Enemy who scorn to work any longer under the Covert and Shelter of the Night but in the open Day endeavour to blow up the Foundations of our Faith I have little Hopes of the Recovery of those who are so very far gone in Infidelity that they have nothing of the Christian left them but what is in one of their Names However somewhat may and ought to be done to preserve those who are not yet infected and restore them who are not too deeply tainted The Poyson has been recommended to the World by the alluring Name of the Oracles of Reason And there can be no doubt unless it be because of the Weakness and Folly of them by whom they who have vented them were inspired But the Devil cannot always speak through the Serpent sometimes he must make use of a duller Animal the best he can get Thin Cobwebs indeed they are which these venomous Creatures do weave but yet they have been strong enough to hold some little Insects corrupting first the Minds and then the Manners of them that are raw unskilful and unsetled Too many Proselytes they have gotten such as they are And tho' some of them evidently do not understand the Infidel Cavils and Objections they have read yet they will in Discourse be hammering at them and repeat somewhat of them like an Eccho in an empty and a hollow Place which reverberates the last Words that were spoken tho' in such a broken imperfect manner that there is no Sense to be made of them 'T is true indeed § II serious Piety is the best Defence against these Hellish Doctrines Wicked Men do greedily catch at every little Cavil against the Scriptures because it is their Interest to have them run down The Word of God is against them and therefore they are against it If the Bible be true they must either forsake their Lusts or be Eternally damned for them and they cannot bear the Thoughts either of the one or the other But a Pious Man is freed from this Snare and Temptation and besides that he has the Witness within himself 1 Joh. 5.10 he need but consult the blessed Change that has been made by the Holy Scriptures in order to his Establishment in Christianity When the Jews reviled Christ as an Impostor he who had been Blind answered like one the Eyes of whose Understanding were opened as well as those of his Body Why Joh. 9.30 herein is a marvellous thing that ye know not from whence he is and yet he hath opened mine Eyes 'T is altogether Unaccountable for a Man to give way to Doubts and Fears whether that Doctrine be from Heaven which he finds has fitted his Soul for it Many Good Meen indeed do unwarily suck in some untoward Principles when a little gilded over which in their Nature tend to ungodly Practices But through the Weakness of their Heads they don't discern the Evil Nature or Direct Tendency of them and through the Honesty of their Hearts they do not follow whither they would naturally lead ' em The Grace of God within serves instead of the Gift of Miracles And what our Saviour promis'd his Disciples as an Extraordinary Favour in the Primitive Times Mar. 16.8 they shall take up Serpents and if they drink any Deadly thing it shall not hurt them hath been in some measure daily verified in all succeeding Ages The Excellency of their Constitution throws off the Poyson they have heedlessly taken down and tho' they receive some Mischief yet the killing Influence of it is strangely prevented by that Sovereign Antidote which they have within ' em And the same Good Principle produces a rooted Antipathy in them against Fundamental Errors and Damnable Heresies All Creatures Plants as well as Animals have a natural Instinct whereby they draw to them what is proper for their Preservation Growth and Nourishment but avoid that which is destructive to them The New Creature the most Excellent of all is not worse provided for than every inferior Being An enlightened Christian has a supernatural Instinct which makes him turn aside from Damnable Errors and unmovably retain the great Truths of the Gospel with a mighty Relish and Savour And this is that which holds the Generality of Christians close to and keeps them fast in the Faith when Deceivers do abound more than mere dry Reason and Strength of Argument can possibly do It cannot reasonably be supposed that all Holy Men should be able to Answer all those Cavils that may be started by subtile Hereticks or learned Infidels against our Holy Religion especially considering there are not among them many Learned many of the Disputers of this World Luke 10.21 But God hides these things from the Wise and Prudent and reveals them unto Babes even so O Father for so it seemeth good in thy Sight They went out from us 1 John 2.19 says the Apostle but they were not of us for if they had been of us no doubt but they would have continued with us But will sincere Christians follow them No that cannot be For the Apostle adds v. 20. Ye have an Unction from the Holy One and ye know all things and the same anointing teacheth you of all things and is truth and is no lie And even as it hath taught you Ver. 27 ye shall abide in him And therefore Anointing and Establishing go both together 2 Cor. 1.11 He that establisheth us with you in Christ and hath anointed us is God And As the whole System of Divine Graces is an excellent Preservative § III so is that particular Grace of Humility in an eminent Manner They who are humble and he who knows himself will be so will never offer at setting up their own short Understandings as the Measure and Standard of Truth There are Mysteries in Art in Nature in Philosophy in Natural Religion no wonder then there are so in Revealed Religion and the Holy Scriptures Two things there are that make it necessary that there should be deep things in them to us unsearchable and past our finding out They treat of the Nature Counsels and Acts of God which are laid down as