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A47145 George Keith's Fourth narrative of his proceedings at Turners-hall divided into three parts : detecting the Quakers gross errors, vile heresies, and antichristian principles, oppugning the fundamentals of Christianity, by clear and evident proofs (in above two hundred and fifty quotations) faithfully taken out of their books, and read at three several meetings, the 11th, the 18th, and 23d of Jan., 1699 before a great auditory of judicious persons, ministers, and others, more particularly discovering the fallacious and sophistical defences of George Whitehead, Joseph Wyeth, and seven Quakers of Colchester, in their late books on all the several heads contained in the printed advertisement : to which is prefix'd, the attestation of five ministers of the Church of England, to the truth of the said quotations, and a postcript [sic] / by George Keith.; Fourth narrative of his proceedings at Turners-Hall Keith, George, 1639?-1716. 1700 (1700) Wing K167; ESTC R2430 153,412 130

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pag._n 38._o will_v teach_v they_o who_o attend_v upon_o it_o it_o will_v say_v he_o full_o teach_v they_o their_o duty_n to_o god_n and_o enable_v they_o to_o perform_v it_o it_o will_v discover_v to_o they_o a_o system_v of_o principle_n true_o orthodox_n with_o more_o certainty_n than_o counsel_n or_o synod_n can_v not_o teach_v by_o it_o for_o be_v be_v indeed_o a_o wonderful_a counsellor_n it_o will_v first_o full_o and_o true_o beyond_o any_o casuist_n show_v unto_o man_n what_o be_v his_o sin_n and_o if_o man_n despile_v not_o this_o discovery_n but_o close_o with_o it_o it_o will_v beget_v in_o he_o a_o loathe_v of_o his_o sin_n and_o then_o proceed_v to_o work_v in_o he_o a_o repentance_n from_o dead_a work_n which_o if_o unfeigned_a you_o see_v he_o be_v very_o cautious_a but_o why_o if_o unfeigned_a can_v the_o light_n within_o work_v any_o other_o repentance_n but_o that_o which_o be_v unfeigned_a it_o will_v go_v on_o to_o sanctify_v he_o and_o when_o man_n by_o this_o 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on_o the_o sea_n or_o fly_v in_o the_o air_n to_o that_o remote_a place_n the_o next_o thing_n in_o reference_n to_o their_o infallibility_n be_v their_o pretence_n to_o the_o infallible_a discern_v of_o man_n heart_n without_o respect_n to_o their_o work_n good_a or_o bad_a this_o be_v different_o state_v by_o they_o and_o wherein_o we_o shall_v find_v a_o real_a contradiction_n among_o they_o g._n f._n in_o his_o gr._n mist_n pag._n 89._o have_v say_v here_o thou_o have_v show_v that_o the_o quaker_n have_v a_o spirit_n give_v to_o they_o beyond_o all_o the_o forefather_n which_o we_o do_v witness_n since_o the_o day_n of_o the_o apostle_n in_o the_o apostasy_n and_o they_o can_v discern_v who_o be_v saint_n who_o be_v devil_n and_o who_o be_v apostate_n without_o speak_v ever_o a_o word_n they_o that_o be_v in_o the_o power_n and_o the_o life_n of_o truth_n this_o discern_a of_o man_n heart_n g._n whitehead_n have_v former_o place_v upon_o outward_a sign_n in_o the_o countenance_n 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