Some things relating to religion, proposed to the consideration of the Royal Society, (so termed) to wit, concerning the right ground of certainty therein, concerning tenderness of spirit, and persecution, a query concerning separation, concerning washing away sin from the conscience, and the garment of salvation, and what it is that is covered therewith : likewise, some questions and answers concerning the church of the New-Covenant, the rock of foundation whereon it is built, and its preservation by and upon the rock : with some queries concerning the scattered and hidden estate of the church, and concerning that church which got up in the view of the world, instead thereof, and was acknowledged by the world as if she had been the true church, though indeed and truth she was not so : whereunto are added, some queries to professors, who speak of high attainments, &c. / written by ... Isaac Penington.
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- Some things relating to religion, proposed to the consideration of the Royal Society, (so termed) to wit, concerning the right ground of certainty therein, concerning tenderness of spirit, and persecution, a query concerning separation, concerning washing away sin from the conscience, and the garment of salvation, and what it is that is covered therewith : likewise, some questions and answers concerning the church of the New-Covenant, the rock of foundation whereon it is built, and its preservation by and upon the rock : with some queries concerning the scattered and hidden estate of the church, and concerning that church which got up in the view of the world, instead thereof, and was acknowledged by the world as if she had been the true church, though indeed and truth she was not so : whereunto are added, some queries to professors, who speak of high attainments, &c. / written by ... Isaac Penington.
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- Penington, Isaac, 1616-1679.
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- [London :: s.n.],
- 1668.
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"Some things relating to religion, proposed to the consideration of the Royal Society, (so termed) to wit, concerning the right ground of certainty therein, concerning tenderness of spirit, and persecution, a query concerning separation, concerning washing away sin from the conscience, and the garment of salvation, and what it is that is covered therewith : likewise, some questions and answers concerning the church of the New-Covenant, the rock of foundation whereon it is built, and its preservation by and upon the rock : with some queries concerning the scattered and hidden estate of the church, and concerning that church which got up in the view of the world, instead thereof, and was acknowledged by the world as if she had been the true church, though indeed and truth she was not so : whereunto are added, some queries to professors, who speak of high attainments, &c. / written by ... Isaac Penington." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A54066.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.
Contents
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- To the Royal Society, so termed.
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Of Certainty, and rightly grounded Assurance, in matters of Religion.
- Of Tenderness of Spirit, and Persecution.
- A Query concerning Separation.
- Concerning the washing away of Sin from the Conscience, and the Garment of Salvation, and what it is that is covered therewith.
- Some Questions and Answers concerning the Church of the New-Covenant, the Rock or Foundation whereupon it is built, and its preservation by and upon the Rock. With some Queries concerning the scattered estate of the true Church, and con∣cerning that Church which got up in its stead, and made a great show with her Golden Cup, for the time while the true Church was scattered.
- Some Queries to Professors, who speak of high attainments and experiences in Religion, and yet do not witness nor can ac∣knowledg the truth, as the Lord hath now revealed it (and done great things by it in the Spirits of his People) but look upon it as a poor, mean and low thing.