The noble stand: or, A just vindication of those brave spirits who in the late memorable actions at Salters-hall distinguished themselves [&c.]. In a letter. By D. Wilcox1720 |
Common terms and phrases
affert againſt anfwer Anomeans Arianifm Arians Arius becauſe beft believe Brethren Cafe Catholick Caufe Chriftian Church Confequences confiftent Declaration of Faith declared your Faith declaring their Faith Defign defire difcriminating Diftinction Divine eſtabliſh explaining Scripture Explications exprefly exprefs faid fame Words Father fatisfy feems felf felves ferve fhall fhew fhould fo declared fome fpeak ftop the Growth fuch fufficient fuppofe fupport fuppos'd Ghost Growth of Error Holy Ghoft Human Forms Human Words Infinuation juft lefs moft moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary to Salvation Nonfub Number occafion oppofition Perfons plain plainly poffible Preach'd Preaching prefent proper Proteftant Purpoſe Queftion Reafon received Doctrine Recourfe Reply Revelation ſay Scheme Scrip Scripture Doctrine Scripture Words Senfe of Scripture Senſe Sentiments ſpeak Subfcribing Minifters Teft thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe of Scripture thoſe Trinity Truth ture ufe of Human underſtand uſe Words and Expreffions Words of Scripture
Popular passages
Page 15 - Chrift: that we hencerforth be no more children tofled to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the Height of men, and cunning craftinefs, whereby they lie in wait to deceive...
Page 49 - ... precisely the same Sense, any more than if they had made a Declaration in express Words of Scripture ? . . . . ' We take it to be an inverting the Great Rule of deciding Controversies among Protestants : Making the Explications and Words of Men determine the Sense of Scripture, instead of making the Scriptures to determine how far the Words of Men are to be regarded.
Page 57 - We saw no Reason to think, That a Declaration in other Words than those of Scripture would serve the Cause of Peace and Truth ; but rather be the Occasion of greater Confusions and Disorders : We have found it always so in History ; And in Reason, the Words of Men appear to us more liable to different Interpretations than the Words of Scripture : Since all may fairly think themselves more at Liberty, to put their own Sense upon Humane Forms, than upon the Words of the Holy Ghost. And in this Case,...
Page 10 - ... will see what disputants for truth those are, who make to themselves occasions of calumny, and think that a triumph. The Bishop is to prove, that my book has something in it that is inconsistent with the doctrine of the Trinity ; and all that upon examination he does, is to ask me whether I believe the doctrine of the Trinity as it has been received in the Christian church ? A worthy proof.
Page 105 - Galatians. a servant, but a son ; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. 8 Howheit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which hy nature are no gods. 9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage ? 10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. 11 I am afraid of you, lest I...
Page 75 - ... in the way of Teft to go into any particular explanation* of thofe things, either in our own, or other men's words : But for that we refer to the Holy Scriptures, whence it may appear, that we take the fcriptureaccount of thofe things to be the beft and fitteft we can ufe on fuch occafions.
Page 98 - Unity is not any unity of Perfon. We obferve that there are more Perfons than One, dignified with the fame high Titles of Lord, God, &c. inverted with the fame high...
Page 99 - Co-ejfential and Co-eternal Son and Spirit; One Head and Fountain of all; the three Divine...
Page 54 - Moment, both in Natural and Revealed Religion. We really think the Godhead of CHRIST and the HOLY SPIRIT to be the primary Article of Revealed Religion, and the Unity of the Godhead the primary Article of Natural Religion j and when thefe are called in queftion, we think we are called up to defend them.
Page 46 - Son, is it felf the Power and Authority of the Father communicated to, manifefted in, and exercifed by the Son.