A decad of caveats to the people of England of general use in all times, but most seasonable in these, as having a tendency to the satisfying such as are not content with the present government as it is by law establish'd, an aptitude to the setling the minds of such as are but seekers and erraticks in religion an aim at the uniting of our Protestant-dissenters in church and state : whereby the worst of all conspiracies lately rais'd against both, may be the greatest blessing, which could have happen'd to either of them : to which is added an appendix in order to the conviction of those three enemies to the deity, the atheist, the infidel and the setter up of science to the prejudice of religion / by Thomas Pierce ...
Pierce, Thomas, 1622-1691
Publisher: Printed for Richard Davis bookseller in Oxford
Place of Publication:
London
Publication Year: 1679
Approximate Era: CharlesII
TCP ID: A70803 ESTC ID: R18054 STC ID: P2196
Subject Headings:
Christian life;
Church and state -- England;
Dissenters, Religious -- England;
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| In-Text | and School-Divines, a world of Fathers, and of Councils, and Ecclesiastical Historians, and an hundred other Instruments for the completing of a Christian, (however necessary they are for the accomplishment of a Divine ) whilst Christianity in it self is a thing so easie, and may easily be held in so little Room? Had it been suffer'd to abide within its primitive Simplicity, in but few and plain Precepts for Life and Practice, as well as in few and plain Aphorisms for Faith and Doctrin; the Yoke of Christ had still been easie, and his Burthen had still been light, and little Children had still been qualified for a Discipleship under Christ, which yet is now made too difficult for some of the subtil'st and the learnedst of all our Jesuiticall and Sorbon Doctors. Nothing has certainly been so mischievous to the true Body of Religion, as the making so many Mysteries where God was pleas'd to have so few; vexing the Articles of our Faith with curious Quaestions, and Disputes, and a large Catalogue of Additions, (as for example in the Creed of Pope |
and School divines, a world of Father's, and of Councils, and Ecclesiastical Historians, and an hundred other Instruments for the completing of a Christian, (however necessary they Are for the accomplishment of a Divine) while Christianity in it self is a thing so easy, and may Easily be held in so little Room? Had it been suffered to abide within its primitive Simplicity, in but few and plain Precepts for Life and Practice, as well as in few and plain Aphorisms for Faith and Doctrine; the Yoke of christ had still been easy, and his Burden had still been Light, and little Children had still been qualified for a Discipleship under christ, which yet is now made too difficult for Some of the subtlest and the Learnedest of all our Jesuitical and Sorbonne Doctors. Nothing has Certainly been so mischievous to the true Body of Religion, as the making so many Mysteres where God was pleased to have so few; vexing the Articles of our Faith with curious Questions, and Disputes, and a large Catalogue of Additions, (as for Exampl in the Creed of Pope Pius Quartus,) most obstructive to the Ʋnity and Peace of Christians. | cc j, dt n1 pp-f n2, cc pp-f n2, cc j n2, cc dt crd j-jn n2 p-acp dt vvg pp-f dt njp, (c-acp j pns32 vbr p-acp dt n1 pp-f dt j-jn) cs np1 p-acp pn31 n1 vbz dt n1 av j, cc vmb av-j vbi vvn p-acp av j n1? vhd pn31 vbn vvn pc-acp vvi p-acp po31 j n1, p-acp p-acp d cc j n2 p-acp n1 cc n1, c-acp av c-acp p-acp d cc j n2 p-acp n1 cc n1; dt vvb pp-f np1 vhd av vbn j, cc po31 n1 vhd av vbn j, cc j n2 vhd av vbn vvn p-acp dt n1 p-acp np1, r-crq av vbz av vvn av j p-acp d pp-f dt js cc dt js pp-f d po12 j cc np1 n2. np1 vhz av-j vbn av j p-acp dt j n1 pp-f n1, p-acp dt n-vvg av d n2 c-crq np1 vbds vvn pc-acp vhi av d; vvg dt n2 pp-f po12 n1 p-acp j n2, cc vvz, cc dt j n1 pp-f n2, (c-acp p-acp n1 p-acp dt n1 pp-f n1 fw-la fw-la,) av-ds j p-acp dt n1 cc n1 pp-f np1. |
| Note 0 | Vid. Laërt. Cherub. Bullar. Tom. 2. p. 129. | Vid. Laërt. Cherub. Bullar. Tom. 2. p. 129. | np1 n1. n1. np1. np1 crd n1 crd |
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| Matthew 11.30 (Tyndale) | matthew 11.30: for my yoke is easy and my burden is light. | the yoke of christ had still been easie | True | 0.617 | 0.537 | 0.144 |
| Matthew 11.30 (Geneva) | matthew 11.30: for my yoke is easie, and my burden light. | the yoke of christ had still been easie | True | 0.613 | 0.517 | 0.352 |
| Matthew 11.30 (AKJV) | matthew 11.30: for my yoke is easie, and my burden is light. | the yoke of christ had still been easie | True | 0.61 | 0.55 | 0.352 |
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