The Querists, part III. Or, An extract of sundry passages taken out of Mr. G. Tennent's sermon preached at Nottingham, of the danger of an... [Five lines of Scripture quotations] (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

"HAVING already addressed you upon the like Errand with our present one, we shall not make any long Apology at this Time, judging it needless; because we trust we have already given you some Proof of the Goodness and Honesty of our Design, in speaking our Part in this publick Manner, in the Defence of despised Truth and Order, against the Errors and Disorders of the Times. It is enough (we suppose) to tell you, that we design to prosecute the same Cause at this Time: For tho' we are sensible, by late Experience, that we cannot escape the Lash of virukent Tongues, if we speak Truth without Disguise, as formerly; yet we are in great hopes, that our speaking the Truth without Palliation, will prevent our falling under the severer Stings of our own Consciences; when Times appear such, that the Lovers of Truth cannot be silent and innocent. We entirely agree with a Paragraph in a lace Writer, who saith, That such as are Friends to Liberty, will find it equally necessary to be Friends to the Principles of the Reformation: I am, saith he, always of Opinion, that Protestant Liberty and Protestant religious Truths are closely linked together, and together must stand or fall. The Reformation can only subsist and flourish by the Principles it began upon: Every thing else, in some Shape or other, tends to Popery and Slavery. There is a false Policy in the World, an over-valued Learning and mistaken Wisdom:..." This is an edition of a classical book first published in the eighteenth century.