Popery condemned by scripture and the fathers - End Time Deception

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rOPERY CONDLMNED BY
These are a part of his observations on the
following words of Isaiah,
" An highway shall
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be there, and a way, and it shall be called,
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The way of holiness ; the unclean shall not
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pass over it ; but it shall be for those : the
" wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err
" therein *." A little attention to the scope of
this prophet w^ould have prevented
the R. from
attaching to his language these imaginary diffi-,
culties. Had he only given himself the trouble
to inquire where this highway should be, the
preceding verses would have shown him,
that it
is not merely where the scriptures are enjoyed,
but where these are connected with
the effusion
of the Holy Spirit, as a spirit of w^isdom and
revelation in the knowledge of Christ: " For
" in the wilderness shall waters break out, and
" streams in the desert f." Though the scriptures
contain all the doctrines of religion, a
proper knowledge of them originates in the operations
of the Spirit, who leads the Christian
to the truth, not by any new revelation, but by
preparing his mind to understand these doctrines
W'hich have been already revealed in the scriptures.
Had the R. attended
to this principle of religion,
it would have completely obviated the objection
which he has made to
the perspicuity of
the scriptures, from the various sentiments and
controversies
* .Qh. XXXV. ver. 8. f Vcr
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