Tracts theological. I. Asceticks, or, the heroick piety and vertue of the ancient Christian anchorets and coenobites. II. The life of St. Antony out of the Greek of Sr. Athanasius. III. The antiquity and tradition of mystical divinity among the Gentiles. IV. Of the guidance of the spirit of God, upon a discourse of Sir Matthew Hale's concerning it. V. An invitation to the Quakers, to rectifie some errors, which through the scandals given they have fallen into.
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- Tracts theological. I. Asceticks, or, the heroick piety and vertue of the ancient Christian anchorets and coenobites. II. The life of St. Antony out of the Greek of Sr. Athanasius. III. The antiquity and tradition of mystical divinity among the Gentiles. IV. Of the guidance of the spirit of God, upon a discourse of Sir Matthew Hale's concerning it. V. An invitation to the Quakers, to rectifie some errors, which through the scandals given they have fallen into.
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- Stephens, Edward, d. 1706.
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- London, :: Printed, and are to be sold by Dan. Brown, at the Black-Swan and Bible without Temple-Bar: and Rich. Smith, at the Angel without Lincolns-Inn-Gate, near the Fields,
- 1697.
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- Anthony, -- of Egypt, Saint, ca. 250-355 or 6 -- Early works to 1800.
- Asceticism -- Early works to 1800.
- Theology -- Early works to 1800.
- Quakers -- Early works to 1800.
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"Tracts theological. I. Asceticks, or, the heroick piety and vertue of the ancient Christian anchorets and coenobites. II. The life of St. Antony out of the Greek of Sr. Athanasius. III. The antiquity and tradition of mystical divinity among the Gentiles. IV. Of the guidance of the spirit of God, upon a discourse of Sir Matthew Hale's concerning it. V. An invitation to the Quakers, to rectifie some errors, which through the scandals given they have fallen into." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B10083.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.
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ADVERTISEMENT.
THAT whole Bodies or Societies of Men are subject to the same Infirmities, which the Individuals, of which they consist, are, and often Sick of the same Diseases, and the very worst of all, those of the Mind, Blindness, Conceitedness, Per∣versness, Obstinacy, Incorrigibleness, and Impa∣tience of Reproof, or even Friendly Admonition, the Experience of all Ages doth abundantly manifest; but in none is it more manifest, than in the People of the Jews, whom God raised up to be an Example, Admonition, and Warning, to the rest of Man∣kind. Their whole History, and all their Prophets, are Testimonies of this all along from first to last; and of this height of the Disease to be most offended and inraged against their best Friends, such as most earnestly desire, and most faithfully seek and endea∣vour their Good and Recovery; They reckon them their Enemies, who tell them the Truth, Isa. 29.21. make a Man an Offender for a Word, and lay a Snare for him, who Reproveth in the Gate, that is, publickly, for National Sins, and those of the Great Ones. Act. 7.52. Which of the Prophets
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have not your Fathers Persecuted? saith Saint Stephen. Besides this common Infirmity, it is very obseravble, in the unhappy Divisions which are now among Christians, that generally in all, there is a greater Zeal and concern for their own Church or Party, than for the common Interest of Christianity, and the real Service of God, and Salvation of Souls. And this being so, What Entertainment is such a Discourse as this like to meet with in the World? But if it be considered for what End, and for whose Service it is written, that may be sufficient for Encouragement to the Author, and for Caution to the Reader, how he treats it. And that, with the Lesson now to be read, (Decemb. 18.) may serve for sufficient Advertisement, Isa. 50.7, 8, 9. The Lord God will help me, therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my Face like a Flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. He is near that justifieth me, Who will contend with me? let us stand together: Who is mine Adversary? let him come near to me. Behold the Lord God will help me, Who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a Garment: the Moth shall eat them up.
Some things but briefly mentioned here upon this occa∣sion, which may seem doubtful or obscure, are intended, upon another more proper, to be more fully explained and cleared.