The Quaker converted; or the experimental knowledg of Jesus Christ crucified, in opposition to the principles of the Quakers, declared in a narrative of the conversion of one in Hartfordshire, who was for some years of their faith and principle, and inclined unto them. The manner how he was wrought off from them by the Lord. And several dealings of Christ with his spirit afterwards. With some things annexed for detection of their errors and delusions, and prevention of the growth thereof. Written by himself in his own words and phrases. Likewise an epistle dedicatory by W. Haworth, minister of the gospel at Hartford.
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             The Quaker converted; or the experimental knowledg of Jesus Christ crucified, in opposition to the principles of the Quakers, declared in a narrative of the conversion of one in Hartfordshire, who was for some years of their faith and principle, and inclined unto them. The manner how he was wrought off from them by the Lord. And several dealings of Christ with his spirit afterwards. With some things annexed for detection of their errors and delusions, and prevention of the growth thereof. Written by himself in his own words and phrases. Likewise an epistle dedicatory by W. Haworth, minister of the gospel at Hartford.
             Dimsdale, William.
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             The
             Quaker
             Converted
          
           :
           OR
           ,
           The
           Experimental
           Knowledg
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           Crucisied
           ,
           In
           opposition
           to
           the
           Principles
           of
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           declared
           ;
           In
           a
           Narrative
           of
           the
           Conversion
           of
           one
           in
           Hartfordshire
           ,
           who
           was
           for
           some
           Years
           of
           their
           Faith
           and
           Principle
           ,
           and
           inclined
           unto
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           manner
           how
           he
           was
           wrought
           off
           from
           them
           by
           the
           Lord.
           And
           several
           dealings
           of
           Christ
           with
           his
           Spirit
           afterwards
           .
        
         
           With
           some
           things
           annexed
           for
           detection
           of
           their
           Errors
           and
           Delusions
           ,
           and
           prevention
           of
           the
           growth
           thereof
           .
        
         
           Written
           by
           Himself
           in
           his
           own
           Words
           and
           Phrases
           .
        
         
           Likewise
           an
           Epistle
           Dedicatory
           by
           
             W.
             HAWORTH
          
           ,
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           at
           Hartford
           .
        
         
           
             
               John
               5.39
            
             .
          
           Search
           the
           Scriptures
           .
           —
           They
           are
           they
           which
           testify
           of
           me
           .
        
         
           
             
               Mat.
               24.24
            
             .
          
           For
           there
           shall
           arise
           false
           Christs
           ,
           and
           false
           Prophets
           ,
           and
           shew
           great
           Signs
           and
           Wonders
           ;
           insomuch
           (
           that
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           )
           they
           shall
           deceive
           the
           very
           Elect.
           
        
         
           
             
               John
               4.22
            
             .
          
           Ye
           worship
           ye
           know
           not
           what
           :
           we
           know
           what
           we
           worship
           ;
           for
           Salvation
           is
           of
           the
           Jews
           .
        
         
           
             
               Acts.
               2.30
            
             .
          
           Therefore
           
             [
             David
          
           ]
           being
           a
           Prophet
           ,
           and
           knowing
           that
           God
           bad
           sworn
           with
           an
           Oath
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           of
           the
           Fruit
           of
           his
           Loins
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           he
           would
           raise
           up
           Christ
           to
           sit
           on
           his
           Throne
           :
           31.
           —
           Spake
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           Christ
           .
           —
           30.
           
           Therefore
           let
           all
           the
           House
           of
           Israel
           know
           assuredly
           ,
           that
           God
           hath
           made
           that
           same
           Jesus
           whom
           ye
           have
           crucified
           ,
           both
           Lord
           and
           Christ
           ,
           
             Ch.
             5.31
          
           .
           Him
           hath
           God
           exalted
           with
           his
           right
           Hand
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           Prince
           and
           a
           Saviour
           ,
           for
           to
           give
           Repentance
           to
           Israel
           ,
           and
           forgiveness
           of
           Sins
           .
        
         
           
             
               John
               15.26
            
             .
          
           —
           When
           the
           Comforter
           is
           come
           —
           be
           shall
           testify
           of
           
             me
             .
             Ch.
             16.14
          
           .
           He
           shall
           glorify
           me
           ,
           for
           be
           shall
           receive
           of
           mine
           ,
           and
           shall
           shew
           it
           unto
           you
           .
           
             1
             Joh.
             4.2
          
           .
           Hereby
           know
           ye
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ;
           every
           Spirit
           that
           confesseth
           that
           Jesus
           Christ
           is
           come
           in
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           is
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           
             
               Heb.
               9.28
            
             .
          
           —
           Christ
           was
           once
           offered
           to
           bear
           the
           Sins
           of
           many
           .
           
             Ch.
             10.
             12.
          
           
           This
           MAN
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           offered
           one
           Sacrifice
           for
           Sins
           for
           ever
           ,
           sat
           down
           on
           the
           right
           Hand
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           
             
               Act
               13.39
            
             .
          
           And
           by
           him
           all
           that
           believe
           ,
           are
           justified
           from
           all
           things
           ,
           from
           which
           ye
           could
           not
           be
           justified
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           Moses
           .
        
         
           
             
               〈◊〉
               3.28
            
             .
          
           Therefore
           we
           conclude
           that
           a
           Man
           is
           justified
           by
           Faith
           ,
           without
           the
           Deeds
           of
           the
           
             Law.
             Read
             likewise
          
           
             Rom.
             
               10.4
               .
               Ch.
               4.25
            
             .
             2
             Cor.
             5.21.1
             Cor.
             1.30
             .
             &
             Act.
             23.48
             .
          
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             J.
             Robinson
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Golden-Lion
           in
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           ,
           1690.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Epistle
           Dedicatory
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           at
           Hartford
           .
        
         
           Well-beloved
           in
           the
           Lord.
           
        
         
           IN
           this
           Relation
           which
           follows
           ,
           you
           may
           see
           some
           of
           the
           Quakers
           rotten
           Opinions
           .
           You
           may
           remember
           how
           joyful
           we
           were
           when
           the
           Lord
           cast
           this
           Young-man
           unexpectedly
           amongst
           us
           ;
           how
           our
           hearts
           were
           refreshed
           in
           the
           speaking
           forth
           of
           these
           ensuing
           things
           :
           And
           whereas
           we
           had
           mourned
           that
           some
           had
           gone
           out
           from
           our
           Meetings
           to
           them
           ,
           in
           this
           one
           instance
           the
           Lord
           hath
           abundantly
           made
           it
           up
           to
           us
           ,
           let
           Christ
           have
           the
           glory
           .
           None
           of
           those
           that
           went
           out
           from
           us
           were
           properly
           of
           us
           ,
           had
           received
           the
           Gospel
           that
           we
           believe
           ;
           No
           ,
           it
           's
           not
           possible
           for
           any
           to
           receive
           it
           truly
           ,
           and
           forsake
           it
           :
           But
           this
           young
           Man
           was
           fully
           of
           their
           Way
           ,
           Spirit
           ,
           Faith
           ,
           and
           Principle
           ,
           (
           as
           any
           may
           see
           by
           reading
           this
           little
           Book
           .
           )
           Though
           he
           made
           not
           such
           an
           open
           Profession
           as
           others
           of
           them
           ,
           yet
           went
           farther
           than
           most
           of
           them
           towards
           that
           which
           they
           call
           Perfection
           :
           yea
           ,
           he
           was
           ,
           as
           Luther
           said
           of
           himself
           before
           his
           Conversion
           ,
           an
           honest
           Monk
           ,
           so
           an
           honest
           Quaker
           ,
           true
           to
           his
           perswasion
           .
           I
           have
           thought
           it
           meet
           ,
           by
           the
           advice
           of
           my
           worthy
           Brethren
           in
           the
           Ministry
           ,
           to
           expose
           this
           Narrative
           to
           the
           open
           view
           ,
           although
           the
           meanness
           of
           the
           Person
           's
           Education
           ,
           and
           the
           little
           time
           he
           hath
           had
           for
           proficiency
           in
           the
           knowledg
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           might
           discourage
           in
           this
           matter
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ;
           yet
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           the
           profit
           that
           we
           hope
           may
           be
           reaped
           (
           through
           the
           Lord's
           Blessing
           )
           by
           many
           ,
           especially
           at
           Hartford
           ,
           in
           the
           reading
           of
           it
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           the
           reducing
           some
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           preventing
           some
           staggering
           ones
           ,
           confirming
           also
           others
           in
           the
           Faith
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           hath
           prevailed
           with
           me
           to
           print
           it
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           Instances
           of
           this
           nature
           are
           so
           famous
           and
           rare
           ,
           VIZ.
           For
           any
           to
           be
           recovered
           from
           this
           Betwitching
           ;
           and
           this
           Instance
           
           none
           of
           the
           least
           ,
           that
           I
           could
           in
           Conscience
           do
           no
           other
           .
           This
           withal
           being
           an
           experience
           that
           the
           Lord
           in
           rich
           Mercy
           gave
           him
           ,
           I
           hope
           will
           take
           the
           deeper
           impression
           upon
           the
           Minds
           of
           People
           :
           For
           my
           own
           part
           I
           see
           such
           clear
           ,
           distinct
           ,
           sound
           Gospel
           ,
           knowledg
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           I
           dare
           say
           confidently
           it
           is
           no
           other
           than
           the
           Finger
           ,
           the
           eminent
           Finger
           of
           God
           upon
           his
           dear
           elect
           Child
           :
           And
           the
           more
           remarkable
           is
           it
           ,
           in
           that
           be
           was
           a
           stranger
           to
           us
           all
           ,
           conversed
           with
           none
           of
           us
           ,
           most
           of
           these
           things
           were
           taught
           him
           alone
           in
           the
           reading
           of
           the
           
             Scriptures
             .
             Flesh
             and
             Blood
             hath
             not
             revealed
             this
             to
             thee
             ,
          
           may
           we
           truly
           say
           ,
           
             but
             our
             Father
             which
             is
             in
             Heaven
          
           ;
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Wisdom
           and
           Revelation
           in
           the
           Mystery
           of
           the
           Father
           and
           the
           Son
           hath
           been
           upon
           him
           .
           O
           that
           every
           one
           of
           you
           (
           my
           dear
           Brethren
           )
           and
           every
           one
           in
           Hartford
           had
           the
           knowledg
           of
           Christ
           thus
           distinctly
           formed
           in
           you
           !
           till
           which
           thing
           be
           ,
           the
           Soul
           of
           him
           ,
           to
           whom
           Christ
           hath
           committed
           you
           as
           his
           charge
           ,
           shall
           travail
           in
           birth
           ,
           and
           be
           in
           pain
           :
           Blessing
           the
           Lord
           that
           his
           poor
           Labours
           have
           not
           altogether
           been
           in
           vain
           as
           to
           this
           matter
           .
           O
           that
           it
           might
           please
           Christ
           to
           direct
           my
           faithful
           Brethren
           in
           the
           Ministry
           ,
           in
           their
           respective
           places
           where
           they
           are
           cast
           in
           the
           Countreys
           ,
           to
           open
           and
           insist
           more
           on
           the
           great
           New-Testament
           fundamental
           Truths
           in
           the
           Blood
           of
           Christ
           !
           My
           daily
           Prayer
           to
           Christ
           is
           ,
           that
           we
           all
           may
           he
           made
           able
           Ministers
           of
           the
           New-Testament
           :
           We
           have
           but
           Law
           and
           Gospel
           to
           preach
           ,
           let
           us
           keep
           them
           distinctly
           in
           their
           places
           ;
           the
           Law
           for
           the
           knowledg
           and
           conviction
           of
           Sin
           ,
           yea
           of
           first
           evil
           Motions
           to
           be
           sin
           .
           The
           Law
           is
           spiritual
           ,
           
             Rom.
             7.
          
           and
           requires
           perfect
           and
           perpetual
           Obedience
           of
           every
           one
           that
           will
           be
           justified
           by
           it
           ,
           and
           admits
           of
           no
           Repentance
           at
           all
           in
           case
           of
           any
           failure
           .
           Now
           the
           Law
           is
           weak
           through
           the
           flesh
           ,
           
             Rom.
             8.
          
           
           Man
           is
           breaking
           it
           every
           moment
           by
           his
           crooked
           thoughts
           :
           this
           would
           let
           a
           Man
           see
           his
           Sins
           to
           be
           mountanous
           and
           innumerable
           ,
           and
           so
           bring
           down
           every
           high
           thought
           ,
           and
           lay
           him
           low
           ,
           giving
           him
           to
           see
           the
           need
           of
           the
           Righteousness
           of
           another
           ,
           not
           being
           able
           to
           answer
           the
           requirements
           of
           the
           Law
           ;
           thus
           the
           
             Law
             is
             our
             Schoolmaster
             to
             Christ
             .
          
           Then
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           the
           Balm
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           free
           Justification
           of
           a
           Sinner
           in
           the
           Blood
           of
           Christ
           ;
           for
           the
           Wound
           ,
           this
           Oile
           to
           be
           poured
           into
           the
           Gashes
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           how
           would
           it
           Heal
           ,
           Settle
           ,
           Confirm
           ,
           Comfort
           ;
           and
           the
           Soul
           thus
           finding
           a
           Saviour
           and
           Sweetness
           in
           Christ
           ,
           this
           would
           be
           as
           new
           Wine
           ,
           and
           be
           would
           soon
           discern
           all
           poisonous
           drinks
           .
           Whoever
           bath
           tasted
           that
           the
           Lord
           is
           Gracious
           ,
           never
           takes
           up
           with
           the
           Quakers
           Christ
           .
           O
           that
           the
           Gospel
           were
           studied
           by
           us
           ,
           and
           preached
           by
           us
           more
           !
        
         
         
           These
           things
           that
           follow
           have
           established
           me
           in
           the
           Preaching
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           the
           Parity
           and
           Holiness
           of
           God's
           Majesty
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           nothing
           is
           accepted
           of
           him
           but
           what
           is
           every
           Way
           perfect
           and
           compleat
           .
           We
           are
           very
           prone
           to
           measure
           God
           by
           the
           rule
           of
           our
           own
           Imagination
           ;
           and
           to
           think
           that
           what
           appears
           to
           be
           Righteousness
           with
           us
           ,
           is
           so
           with
           Him
           :
           Whereas
           we
           are
           to
           conceive
           of
           God
           according
           as
           the
           Scriptures
           set
           Him
           forth
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           to
           bring
           our
           Righteousness
           to
           the
           Bar
           of
           his
           Tribunal
           ,
           and
           see
           whether
           it
           will
           bear
           the
           Tryal
           ,
           see
           whether
           it
           will
           hold
           out
           to
           justify
           in
           his
           sight
           ;
           when
           as
           Job
           
             5.15
             .
             The
             Heavens
             are
             not
             clean
             in
             his
             sight
             .
          
           Job
           
             4.18
             .
             He
             chargeth
             his
             Angels
             with
             Folly
          
           ;
           which
           is
           too
           little
           to
           speak
           of
           the
           bad
           Angels
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           None
           of
           the
           Sons
           of
           Men
           since
           
           Adam's
           Fall
           (
           that
           was
           no
           more
           than
           Man
           )
           hath
           ever
           brought
           ,
           neither
           can
           any
           of
           them
           bring
           this
           perfect
           and
           compleat
           Righteousness
           to
           God
           :
           Look
           to
           the
           best
           Men
           that
           ever
           were
           sanctified
           ,
           and
           that
           eminently
           by
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           yea
           some
           of
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           Patriarchs
           ,
           and
           Penmen
           of
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           see
           what
           they
           say
           of
           themselves
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           said
           of
           them
           .
           Abraham
           had
           Righteousness
           ,
           he
           had
           Works
           ;
           yet
           
             Rom.
             4.2
          
           .
           these
           were
           not
           to
           be
           gloried
           in
           before
           God
           ,
           only
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           Men
           :
           David
           ,
           Psal
           .
           143.2
           .
           prayeth
           to
           God
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           
             Enter
             not
             into
             Judgment
             with
             thy
             Servant
             ,
             for
             in
             thy
             sight
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Therefore
           
             Psal
             .
             32.1
          
           .
           he
           placeth
           the
           Blessedness
           of
           Man
           in
           the
           Forgiveness
           of
           Sins
           ;
           
             Blessed
             is
             he
             whose
             Sin
             is
             covered
             ,
          
           &c.
           which
           is
           mentioned
           in
           
             Rom.
             4.
             
             Isiah
          
           c.
           6.5
           .
           
             I
             am
             a
             Man
             of
             unclean
             lips
             ,
          
           Chap.
           
             64.6
             .
             We
             are
             all
             as
             an
             unclean
             thing
             ,
             and
             all
             our
             Righteousness
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Hear
           Job
           ,
           called
           a
           
             perfect
             Man
          
           c.
           
             9.30
             .
             If
             I
             wash
             my self
             with
             Snow-water
             ,
             and
             make
             my
             Hands
             never
             so
             clean
             ,
          
           v.
           
             31.
             
             Yet
             shalt
             thou
             plunge
             me
             in
             the
             Ditch
             ,
             and
             mine
             own
             Cloaths
             shall
             abhor
             me
             .
          
           Let
           us
           look
           at
           Daniel
           ,
           so
           much
           beloved
           of
           God
           ,
           how
           he
           confesseth
           Sin
           ,
           as
           well
           for
           himself
           as
           the
           People
           ,
           
             Dan.
             9.7
             .
             Ezra
          
           likewise
           
             c.
             9.15
             .
             Paul
          
           in
           
             Rom.
             3.9
             ,
             10.
          
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             That
             all
             ,
             both
             Jews
             and
             Gentiles
             ,
          
           of
           whom
           the
           World
           consisted
           ,
           
             were
             under
             Sin
             ,
             and
             not
             one
             righteous
             .
          
           Ver.
           
             23.
             
             All
             fallen
             short
             of
             the
             Glory
             of
             God.
             1
          
           Job
           .
           
             1.8
             .
             If
             we
             say
             we
             have
             no
             sin
             ,
             we
             lye
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           He
           writes
           to
           those
           that
           were
           called
           ,
           and
           sanctified
           ,
           and
           takes
           in
           himself
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           all
           Saints
           that
           ever
           were
           ,
           or
           ever
           should
           be
           .
           And
           it
           s
           but
           a
           lie
           to
           rest
           so
           in
           any
           Righteousness
           ,
           as
           to
           take
           us
           off
           from
           Confession
           of
           Sin.
           This
           is
           spoken
           to
           make
           them
           prize
           the
           more
           ,
           Forgiveness
           of
           Sin
           by
           
           Christ's
           Blood.
           
        
         
         
           3.
           
           Jesus
           Christ
           of
           Nazareth
           that
           was
           born
           at
           Bethelem
           ,
           that
           was
           of
           the
           Seed
           of
           David
           according
           to
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           brought
           this
           Righteousness
           .
           He
           was
           called
           the
           
             Holy
             One
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Just
           ;
           in
           Daniel
           he
           is
           called
           
             the
             most
             Holy
          
           ;
           in
           
             Jeremiah
             ,
             the
             Righteous
             Branch
          
           :
           in
           
             Peter
             ,
             A
             lamb
             without
             Spot
             and
             Blemish
             :
             in
             2
          
           Cor.
           5.
           ult
           .
           
             Knew
             no
             Sin.
          
           
        
         
           Now
           this
           came
           to
           pass
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           In
           that
           He
           was
           born
           of
           a
           Virgin
           in
           an
           extraordinary
           Way
           .
           Luke
           
             1.34
             .
             The
             Holy
             Ghost
             shall
             come
             upon
             thee
             ,
             and
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             Highest
             shall
             over
             shadow
             thee
             ;
             therefore
             that
             Holy
             Thing
             that
             shall
             be
             born
             of
             thee
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Thus
           there
           was
           no
           
             Original
             Sin
          
           in
           him
           ,
           or
           upon
           him
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           He
           who
           brought
           this
           Righteousness
           ,
           was
           the
           Holy
           One
           ,
           in
           that
           being
           the
           Anointed
           ,
           having
           the
           Spirit
           without
           measure
           ,
           by
           his
           Active
           Obedience
           in
           his
           Life
           absolutely
           and
           compleatly
           fulfilled
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           in
           all
           things
           ,
           and
           at
           all
           times
           ;
           Rom.
           
             8.4
             .
             That
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             the
             Law
             might
             be
             fulfilled
             in
             us
             .
          
           How
           can
           that
           be
           ,
           but
           only
           as
           Christ
           in
           our
           nature
           fulfilled
           it
           for
           us
           by
           his
           Holy
           Life
           ?
           
             Mat.
             5.
             
             He
             came
             to
             fulfil
             the
             Law
             :
             I
             come
             to
             do
             thy
             Will
             ,
             O
             God
             ,
          
           in
           Hebr.
           10.7
           .
           Now
           this
           was
           required
           in
           the
           Sanction
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           viz.
           
             Do
             this
             and
             live
          
           ,
           either
           we
           must
           ,
           or
           another
           for
           us
           ,
           otherwise
           no
           Life
           :
           We
           could
           not
           ,
           through
           Weakness
           in
           the
           Fall
           ,
           therefore
           Christ
           came
           and
           did
           all
           in
           our
           place
           and
           stead
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           By
           laying
           down
           a
           Full
           Price
           for
           the
           Sin
           of
           his
           People
           by
           the
           Sacrifice
           of
           himself
           ,
           suffering
           Death
           on
           the
           Cross
           without
           the
           Gates
           at
           Jerusalem
           .
           Therefore
           this
           his
           giving
           himself
           to
           Death
           ,
           is
           called
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           a
           Satisfactory
           Price
           of
           Redemption
           in
           the
           room
           ,
           and
           place
           ,
           and
           stead
           of
           another
           .
           That
           God
           hath
           Justice
           in
           him
           ,
           the
           very
           Light
           of
           Nature
           sheweth
           ,
           
             Rom.
             1.
             ult
          
           .
           it
           's
           said
           of
           the
           Heathens
           ,
           who
           knowing
           the
           Judgment
           of
           God
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           his
           vindictive
           Justice
           ;
           The
           barbarous
           People
           ,
           
             Acts
             28.4
          
           .
           could
           say
           ,
           
             Vengeance
             would
             not
             suffer
          
           Paul
           
             to
             live
          
           ,
           when
           they
           saw
           the
           Viper
           upon
           his
           Hand
           ,
           apprehending
           him
           to
           be
           a
           Murderer
           .
           They
           saw
           this
           in
           the
           
             Deity
             ,
             viz.
          
           A
           Vengeance
           ready
           to
           punish
           Sin.
           Now
           this
           is
           as
           dear
           to
           Him
           as
           his
           Mercy
           ,
           it
           being
           himself
           ,
           it
           must
           therefore
           be
           satisfied
           ,
           being
           wronged
           by
           the
           Sin
           of
           Man
           ;
           and
           He
           cannot
           deny
           himself
           .
           And
           if
           it
           should
           rest
           upon
           those
           that
           had
           sinned
           ,
           it
           would
           have
           burned
           to
           the
           lowest
           Hell
           ,
           and
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           Lord
           would
           have
           been
           deprived
           of
           all
           Worship
           and
           Service
           from
           his
           People
           :
           But
           now
           this
           way
           it
           is
           satisfied
           ,
           viz.
           the
           
           Father
           poured
           out
           all
           his
           Wrath
           upon
           his
           Son
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ,
           upon
           whom
           the
           Guilt
           of
           his
           People
           was
           charged
           ;
           Isa
           .
           
             53.
             
             All
             our
             Iniquities
             met
             upon
             him
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           's
           said
           in
           that
           53d
           
             Chapter
             ,
             He
             was
             bruised
             ,
             striken
             of
             God.
          
           In
           
             Gal.
             3.13
             .
             Made
             a
             Curse
             .
          
           Zach.
           
             13.
             
             Awake
             ,
             O
             Sword
             ,
             against
             thy
             Shepherd
             ,
             against
             the
             Man
             my
             Fellow
             ,
             smite
             the
             Shepherd
             :
          
           And
           now
           He
           being
           God
           as
           well
           as
           Man
           ,
           his
           Fellow
           ,
           Co-equal
           ,
           bare
           up
           under
           this
           Wrath.
           
        
         
           4.
           
           This
           Righteousness
           of
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ,
           becomes
           ours
           by
           Imputation
           ;
           it
           is
           reckoned
           ours
           ,
           and
           accounted
           ours
           by
           the
           
           Father's
           Act
           :
           As
           if
           we
           had
           thus
           done
           and
           suffered
           ,
           these
           Scriptures
           speak
           thus
           much
           ,
           viz.
           Rom.
           
             5.19
             .
             By
             the
             Obedience
             of
             One
             ,
             many
             are
             [
             made
             ]
             righteous
             .
             2
          
           Cor.
           
             5.
             ult
             .
             That
             we
             might
             be
             made
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             God
             in
             Him.
          
           Now
           we
           are
           made
           Righteousness
           in
           the
           same
           way
           as
           He
           was
           made
           Sin
           ,
           for
           these
           two
           are
           set
           in
           contradiction
           to
           one
           another
           ;
           but
           he
           was
           not
           made
           Sin
           by
           Inhesion
           ,
           for
           He
           knew
           no
           Sin
           ;
           therefore
           this
           way
           ,
           viz.
           by
           Imputation
           .
           Jer.
           
             23.6
             .
             He
             shall
             be
             called
          
           (
           i.
           e.
           He
           shall
           really
           be
           )
           
             Jehovah
             Tsidkenu
          
           ,
           The
           Lord
           our
           Righteousness
           ;
           he
           had
           spoke
           of
           him
           as
           the
           Righteous
           Branch
           ,
           springing
           up
           from
           David
           ,
           as
           being
           made
           Flesh
           in
           the
           5th
           Verse
           ,
           and
           here
           ,
           as
           Jehovah
           .
           Here
           is
           both
           his
           Manhood
           and
           Godhead
           ,
           and
           as
           thus
           He
           is
           our
           Righteousness
           .
           This
           cannot
           be
           spoken
           of
           the
           Light
           that
           every
           Man
           hath
           :
           For
           ,
           is
           that
           the
           Branch
           from
           David
           ?
           Or
           ,
           is
           that
           Jehovah
           ,
           God
           that
           gives
           being
           to
           all
           things
           ?
           Nor
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           that
           cannot
           be
           called
           the
           Branch
           .
           Nor
           of
           Faith
           ,
           nor
           of
           Works
           ,
           of
           what
           sort
           soever
           ;
           but
           only
           of
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ,
           that
           He
           is
           our
           Righteousness
           :
           not
           only
           giveth
           Righteousness
           ,
           but
           He
           is
           our
           Righteousness
           by
           Imputation
           .
        
         
           The
           Doctrine
           of
           Imputation
           of
           
           Christ's
           Righteousness
           ,
           (
           though
           
             W.
             Pen
          
           ,
           in
           his
           
             Serious
             Apology
          
           ,
           pag.
           148.
           blasphemously
           calls
           it
           ,
           
             A
             Doctrine
             of
             Devils
          
           )
           is
           very
           rational
           to
           them
           that
           are
           taught
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           1.
           
           If
           the
           Guilt
           of
           
           Adam's
           first
           Transgression
           was
           ours
           by
           Imputation
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           denied
           ,
           from
           
             Rom.
             5.12
             .
             In
             whom
             all
             have
             finned
             :
          
           If
           that
           first
           Sin
           ,
           so
           many
           thousand
           Years
           since
           ;
           why
           not
           the
           Righteousness
           of
           
             Christ
             sixteen
             hundred
          
           Years
           since
           ?
           If
           that
           to
           all
           his
           Seed
           and
           Children
           ,
           why
           not
           this
           to
           
           Christ's
           Seed
           and
           Children
           ?
        
         
           2.
           
           If
           
             Christ
             Jesus
          
           had
           the
           Guilt
           of
           Sin
           really
           charged
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           imputed
           ,
           when
           as
           He
           had
           no
           Sin
           inherent
           ,
           what
           else
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           
           by
           that
           ,
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
          
           ult
           .
           
             He
             was
             made
             Sin
          
           ?
           If
           ,
           as
           some
           would
           have
           it
           ,
           only
           the
           punishment
           of
           Sin
           ,
           in
           being
           offered
           and
           sacrificed
           .
           Punishment
           hath
           always
           respect
           to
           Sin
           ,
           otherwise
           it
           is
           not
           poena
           ,
           but
           must
           change
           its
           Name
           ,
           then
           the
           Guilt
           of
           the
           Sin
           of
           his
           People
           must
           be
           imputed
           to
           him
           .
           And
           this
           was
           plainly
           sigured
           in
           the
           Sacrifices
           under
           the
           Law
           ,
           when
           all
           the
           Sins
           of
           Israel
           were
           confessed
           over
           the
           Heads
           of
           the
           Beasts
           ,
           and
           so
           offered
           and
           slain
           :
           If
           this
           be
           true
           ,
           why
           not
           then
           
           Christ's
           Righteousness
           to
           become
           ours
           the
           same
           way
           ,
           viz.
           by
           Imputation
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Was
           not
           Christ
           the
           
             Second
             Adam
          
           ,
           and
           so
           a
           
             common
             Head
          
           and
           Representative
           ?
           Now
           what
           such
           an
           one
           doth
           ,
           is
           as
           much
           as
           if
           they
           did
           it
           that
           are
           represented
           .
           
             Christ
             was
             a
             Surety
          
           ,
           Heb.
           7.22
           .
           Why
           then
           ,
           his
           Paiment
           is
           ours
           ;
           what
           he
           had
           ,
           did
           and
           suffered
           ,
           was
           not
           so
           much
           for
           Himself
           ,
           as
           for
           his
           Members
           .
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           There
           is
           much
           difference
           betwixt
           this
           Righteousness
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           the
           Apostle
           Paul
           calls
           his
           own
           ,
           in
           
             Phil.
             3.9
          
           .
           in
           which
           he
           saith
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           be
           found
           in
           the
           Day
           of
           Judgment
           to
           be
           justified
           by
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           :
           There
           be
           makes
           a
           plain
           difference
           betwixt
           those
           two
           Righteousnesses
           ,
           viz.
           his
           own
           ,
           which
           he
           calls
           the
           Righteousness
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           is
           through
           the
           Faith
           of
           Christ
           ,
           which
           he
           calls
           the
           
             Righteousness
             of
             God.
          
           
        
         
           1.
           
           Our
           own
           Righteousness
           is
           within
           us
           ,
           inhering
           in
           our
           Souls
           .
           It
           consists
           in
           those
           Gifts
           and
           Vertues
           that
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           works
           in
           our
           Minds
           ,
           and
           we
           express
           these
           outwardly
           in
           the
           observation
           of
           the
           
             Moral
             Law
          
           in
           our
           walkings
           amongst
           Men
           :
           Now
           that
           this
           is
           properly
           our
           own
           Righteousness
           ,
           though
           it
           is
           effected
           by
           the
           Spirit
           in
           us
           .
           1.
           
           See
           how
           the
           Scripture
           speaks
           of
           it
           ;
           Faith
           is
           called
           your
           Faith
           ,
           and
           Love
           is
           called
           your
           Love
           ,
           
             Col.
             1.4
          
           .
           In
           
             Deut.
             6.25
             .
             It
             shall
             be
             our
             Righteousness
             if
             we
             keep
             his
             Commandments
             .
          
           Job
           
             27.6
             .
             My
             Righteousness
             I
             hold
             fast
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             let
             it
             go
             .
          
           Matth.
           
             5.20
             .
             Except
             your
             Righteousness
             exceed
             ,
          
           &c.
           2.
           
           Our
           Souls
           are
           the
           Subjects
           of
           this
           Righteousness
           ;
           it
           is
           really
           in
           our
           Minds
           ,
           therefore
           ours
           .
           3.
           
           We
           put
           forth
           the
           Actions
           wherein
           this
           Righteousness
           consists
           ,
           both
           Internal
           and
           External
           :
           Is
           it
           not
           we
           that
           believe
           ,
           and
           we
           that
           repent
           ,
           though
           the
           Spirit
           works
           Faith
           in
           us
           ?
           God
           is
           said
           to
           work
           in
           us
           to
           will
           ,
           
             Phil.
             2.
          
           yet
           we
           will
           ,
           to
           do
           ,
           yet
           we
           act
           ,
           and
           we
           perform
           :
           Are
           not
           we
           said
           to
           pray
           ,
           though
           the
           Spirit
           works
           Prayer
           in
           our
           hearts
           ?
           4.
           
           Was
           not
           
           Adam's
           grace
           which
           was
           concreated
           with
           him
           ,
           properly
           his
           own
           ?
           Yes
           surely
           ,
           Then
           this
           is
           our
           own
           Righteousness
           ,
           though
           
           wrought
           in
           us
           by
           the
           Spirit
           .
           But
           that
           Righteousness
           of
           Faith
           ,
           by
           which
           we
           are
           justified
           ,
           is
           wholly
           without
           us
           in
           the
           Person
           of
           Christ
           :
           It
           was
           wrought
           out
           
             Six
             Hundred
             Years
          
           since
           :
           And
           not
           one
           Act
           ,
           either
           of
           our
           Bodies
           or
           Minds
           ,
           contributes
           any
           thing
           to
           it
           ,
           our
           Faith
           is
           no
           part
           of
           it
           ;
           only
           by
           Faith
           we
           receive
           ,
           and
           view
           ,
           and
           apprehend
           that
           which
           justifies
           us
           .
           And
           whereas
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           Abraham
           
             believed
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             accounted
             to
             him
             for
             Righteousness
             :
          
           Not
           the
           Action
           of
           bebelieving
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           he
           rested
           upon
           by
           Faith
           justified
           ,
           and
           was
           his
           Righteousness
           :
           One
           then
           is
           Christ's
           personal
           Obedience
           ,
           the
           other
           is
           our
           personal
           Obedience
           ;
           one
           that
           which
           Christ
           wrought
           ,
           the
           other
           that
           which
           we
           work
           ;
           one
           is
           given
           of
           God
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           rests
           upon
           Faith
           ,
           the
           other
           is
           here
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           by
           Works
           :
           Our
           Righteousness
           is
           but
           the
           Righteousness
           of
           meer
           Man
           ;
           the
           other
           ,
           the
           Righteousness
           of
           Him
           that
           was
           God
           as
           well
           as
           Man
           ;
           otherwise
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           trust
           unto
           it
           ;
           for
           ,
           
             Cursed
             is
             every
             one
             that
             trusteth
             in
             the
             Arm
             of
             Flesh
             :
          
           One
           is
           perfect
           and
           compleat
           ,
           the
           other
           is
           faulty
           ,
           imperfect
           ,
           incompleat
           as
           to
           degree
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           This
           Righteousness
           thus
           opened
           ,
           is
           marvellously
           well-pleasing
           to
           the
           Father
           ;
           Mat.
           
             3.
             
             This
             is
             my
             Beloved
             Son
             ,
             in
             whom
             I
             am
             well-pleased
          
           ;
           This
           is
           spoke
           of
           Christ
           as
           Mediator
           ,
           representing
           all
           his
           People
           ;
           the
           Father
           looks
           through
           Him
           at
           all
           his
           Members
           ,
           and
           is
           well-pleased
           with
           them
           :
           The
           
           Father's
           Love
           from
           Christ
           the
           Son
           is
           diffused
           to
           all
           the
           Elect
           ;
           this
           Voice
           came
           for
           our
           sakes
           .
           Ephes
           .
           
             5.2
             .
             An
             Offering
             and
             a
             Sacrifice
             to
             God
             for
             a
             sweet-smelling
             Savour
          
           ;
           The
           
           Father's
           Heart
           is
           at
           rest
           in
           this
           ,
           it
           perfumes
           all
           the
           Church
           with
           its
           Odour
           :
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             ult
          
           .
           it
           is
           called
           the
           
             Righteousness
             of
             God
             ,
             (
             i.
             e.
             )
          
           the
           Righteousness
           which
           he
           approves
           highly
           of
           ;
           because
           the
           Righteousness
           which
           he
           in
           his
           infinite
           Wisdom
           contrived
           ,
           and
           the
           Righteousness
           of
           his
           own
           Son
           ,
           that
           is
           of
           the
           same
           Nature
           with
           the
           Father
           ,
           in
           this
           our
           Persons
           are
           accepted
           ;
           Ephes
           .
           
             1.6
             .
             We
             are
             accepted
             in
             the
             Beloved
             ,
             and
             our
             Prayers
             and
             Works
             .
             1
          
           Pet.
           
             2.5
             .
             Spiritual
             Sacrifices
             acceptable
             to
             God
             through
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
          
           Heb.
           
             11.4
             .
             By
             Faith
          
           Abel
           
             offered
             a
             more
             acceptable
             Sacrifice
          
           ;
           and
           without
           this
           it
           's
           not
           possible
           to
           please
           God.
           
        
         
           This
           Righteousness
           we
           have
           to
           offer
           to
           Sinners
           in
           the
           preaching
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           and
           by
           preaching
           it
           thus
           ,
           we
           do
           not
           make
           void
           ,
           but
           
           establish
           the
           Law
           :
           We
           see
           by
           this
           ,
           how
           we
           are
           saved
           by
           the
           
             Law
             ,
             viz.
          
           Christ
           keeping
           it
           for
           us
           ,
           by
           a
           Covenant
           of
           Works
           ;
           Christ
           being
           made
           under
           the
           Law
           ,
           He
           fulfilled
           it
           :
           Here
           is
           a
           sweet
           Harmony
           between
           Law
           and
           Gospel
           ,
           now
           they
           kiss
           each
           other
           in
           Christ
           ,
           so
           far
           from
           being
           one
           against
           the
           other
           .
           The
           poor
           ,
           heavy
           ,
           laden
           Soul
           ,
           will
           thankfully
           receive
           this
           Righteousness
           ,
           and
           rejoice
           and
           glory
           in
           it
           ;
           the
           Sick
           ,
           this
           Cordial
           ;
           the
           starved
           Prodigal
           ,
           this
           which
           is
           Bread
           indeed
           :
           But
           the
           proud
           Pharisee
           ,
           the
           Self-righteous
           One
           ,
           the
           rich
           Justiciary
           ,
           he
           that
           is
           whole
           .
           The
           Quaker
           goes
           about
           to
           make
           his
           own
           Righteousness
           to
           stand
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           submit
           to
           this
           ,
           but
           despiseth
           it
           ;
           and
           what
           will
           be
           the
           issue
           ,
           but
           to
           wonder
           and
           perish
           ?
        
         
           Give
           me
           leave
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           want
           of
           inculcating
           these
           things
           in
           our
           Ministry
           ,
           hath
           been
           the
           cause
           that
           so
           many
           have
           been
           led
           away
           with
           the
           Error
           of
           the
           Quakers
           ;
           and
           that
           Professors
           are
           not
           out
           of
           danger
           ,
           till
           they
           be
           made
           more
           skilful
           in
           the
           Word
           of
           Righteousness
           .
           Who
           sees
           not
           (
           by
           reading
           these
           following
           Lines
           )
           but
           this
           young
           Lad
           may
           now
           engage
           (
           without
           any
           peril
           )
           any
           Quaker
           in
           England
           in
           Discourse
           .
        
         
           I
           likewise
           humbly
           entreat
           ,
           that
           our
           Brethren
           would
           use
           more
           diligence
           and
           pains
           in
           going
           up
           and
           down
           the
           dark
           Countries
           ,
           taking
           Examples
           from
           these
           Foxes
           ,
           who
           with
           unwearied
           travel
           compass
           Sea
           and
           Land
           ,
           spoiling
           the
           Vines
           that
           have
           tender
           Grapes
           ,
           many
           a
           young
           Lamb
           is
           torn
           by
           them
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Brethren
          
           ,
           Let
           us
           be
           greatly
           encouraged
           in
           this
           Instance
           ,
           waiting
           upon
           the
           same
           Spirit
           ,
           in
           reducing
           others
           to
           the
           Faith
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           :
           And
           let
           me
           engage
           you
           ,
           Night
           and
           Day
           ,
           to
           pray
           to
           Christ
           for
           the
           poor
           Town
           of
           Hartford
           ,
           which
           now
           for
           a
           long
           time
           hath
           a
           been
           a
           Nest
           of
           Error
           ,
           where
           Satan
           hath
           had
           his
           Seat
           ;
           that
           now
           having
           begun
           to
           fall
           ,
           he
           might
           fall
           as
           Lightning
           from
           Heaven
           .
           It
           's
           matter
           of
           Grief
           to
           us
           ,
           (
           as
           you
           kuow
           )
           that
           many
           in
           the
           Town
           ,
           that
           made
           a
           fair
           shew
           once
           ,
           have
           turned
           their
           Backs
           upon
           us
           ,
           and
           sunk
           into
           Formality
           ,
           discouraging
           of
           us
           all
           they
           can
           ;
           The
           Lord
           give
           them
           Repentance
           unto
           Life
           .
           Others
           the
           same
           in
           Faith
           with
           us
           ,
           through
           Childishness
           ,
           make
           a
           Schism
           in
           smaller
           matters
           Controversial
           :
           but
           most
           of
           all
           ,
           that
           these
           Seducers
           have
           caught
           so
           many
           simple
           Hearts
           in
           their
           Nets
           ,
           and
           keep
           
           them
           in
           perfect
           Popish
           Slavery
           and
           Bondage
           .
           O
           let
           your
           Cry
           go
           up
           to
           Heaven
           for
           them
           !
           some
           of
           his
           Elect
           peradventure
           may
           be
           among
           them
           ;
           My
           Bowels
           ,
           my
           Bowels
           for
           that
           dark
           divided
           Town
           of
           Hartford
           .
           O
           cry
           and
           pray
           ,
           That
           as
           He
           hath
           now
           in
           Mercy
           built
           us
           a
           Tabernacle
           there
           ,
           the
           residue
           of
           the
           People
           might
           seek
           after
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           the
           Quakers
           be
           undeceived
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           you
           ,
           
             my
             Brethren
          
           ,
           let
           me
           exhort
           you
           to
           stedsastness
           in
           the
           Faith
           you
           have
           received
           ,
           and
           yet
           more
           Zeal
           and
           Boldness
           for
           the
           Truth
           .
           We
           have
           to
           do
           with
           a
           very
           impudent
           Enemy
           ,
           yet
           remember
           and
           believe
           it
           ;
           
             Stronger
             is
             he
             that
             is
             with
             us
             ,
             than
             those
             that
             are
             against
             us
             .
          
           O
           let
           not
           those
           poor
           deluded
           Ones
           ,
           that
           have
           trod
           under-foot
           the
           Blood
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           so
           left
           themselves
           no
           more
           Sacrifice
           for
           Sin
           to
           trust
           unto
           ;
           let
           them
           not
           out-strip
           you
           in
           their
           Zeal
           they
           have
           ,
           but
           not
           according
           to
           knowledg
           :
           And
           be
           you
           not
           afraid
           of
           them
           ,
           tho
           you
           be
           but
           a
           very
           little
           Flock
           ,
           and
           they
           swarm
           as
           Locusts
           about
           you
           :
           As
           High
           as
           Heaven
           is
           above
           the
           Earth
           ,
           so
           far
           is
           that
           Spirit
           of
           the
           Faith
           of
           Jesus
           in
           you
           ,
           above
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Antichrist
           that
           is
           in
           them
           :
           And
           
             yet
             a
             little
             while
             ,
             and
          
           Christ
           
             shall
             bruise
          
           Satan
           
             under
             your
             Feet
          
           .
           Amen
           .
        
         
           Hold
           on
           your
           way
           ,
           grow
           stronger
           and
           stronger
           ,
           quit
           your selves
           like
           Men
           ,
           walk
           in
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           in
           Love
           ;
           keep
           the
           Unity
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ;
           abound
           yet
           more
           and
           more
           in
           all
           Judgment
           and
           Experience
           .
           Jesus
           Christ
           is
           amongst
           us
           (
           as
           we
           all
           can
           witness
           )
           in
           his
           Institutions
           ,
           that
           are
           so
           much
           despised
           by
           this
           dark
           People
           ;
           
             He
             walketh
             among
             the
             Golden
             Candlesticks
             .
          
           We
           see
           a
           Glory
           in
           a
           crucified
           Jesus
           ,
           though
           they
           see
           no
           Beauty
           or
           Comeliness
           in
           Him
           ,
           for
           which
           they
           should
           desire
           Him.
           We
           eat
           his
           Flesh
           ,
           and
           drink
           his
           Blood
           ;
           He
           dwelleth
           in
           us
           ,
           and
           we
           in
           Him
           :
           We
           have
           both
           Christ
           within
           and
           without
           ,
           we
           have
           both
           Word
           and
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           so
           we
           have
           the
           better
           of
           them
           that
           divide
           these
           .
           Let
           us
           with
           one
           Shoulder
           carry
           on
           
           Christ's
           Interest
           in
           that
           place
           ,
           and
           Christ
           will
           add
           to
           us
           such
           as
           shall
           be
           saved
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           build
           us
           up
           ,
           and
           finish
           that
           good
           Work
           that
           He
           hath
           begun
           among
           us
           ;
           and
           he
           will
           throw
           all
           Babels
           down
           to
           the
           Ground
           ,
           and
           not
           leave
           one
           Stone
           upon
           another
           .
           There
           begins
           to
           be
           a
           Confusion
           amongst
           them
           already
           ;
           wait
           a
           while
           ,
           Dagon
           will
           fall
           before
           the
           Ark.
           I
           testify
           from
           the
           Lord
           ,
           having
           
           tried
           this
           People
           many
           a
           time
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Light
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           ,
           to
           my
           utmost
           (
           being
           willing
           to
           receive
           any
           Truth
           from
           any
           hand
           )
           that
           the
           Quakers
           Spirit
           is
           ,
           
             A
             Spirit
             of
             Delusion
          
           ,
           and
           their
           Doctrine
           is
           Antichristian
           ,
           in
           diametrical
           opposition
           to
           the
           Doctrine
           delivered
           by
           the
           Apostles
           of
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           .
           I
           testify
           in
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           with
           me
           herein
           the
           concurrence
           of
           many
           
             ten
             thousand
          
           faithful
           Ones
           in
           the
           Land
           ,
           That
           if
           ever
           Satan
           transform'd
           himself
           into
           an
           Angel
           of
           Light
           ,
           it
           is
           in
           this
           People
           ,
           coming
           forth
           with
           such
           a
           fair
           pretence
           of
           strict
           Mortisication
           and
           Self-denial
           ,
           speaking
           of
           Light
           ,
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           Power
           ;
           therefore
           let
           all
           rake
           head
           and
           beware
           of
           them
           .
           O
           how
           dreadful
           to
           deny
           the
           Manhood
           of
           Christ
           ,
           the
           
             Holy
             Scriptures
          
           (
           save
           only
           what
           they
           think
           serves
           their
           turns
           )
           to
           be
           Saviours
           to
           themselves
           ,
           to
           say
           ,
           Christ
           came
           and
           died
           in
           vain
           ,
           and
           to
           no
           purpose
           ,
           &c.
           which
           necessarily
           follows
           upon
           their
           Doctrine
           .
           My
           Soul
           weeps
           in
           secret
           to
           remember
           what
           a
           dumpish
           ,
           dark
           ,
           sowr
           ,
           Pharisaical
           ,
           confused
           ,
           slavish
           Spirit
           we
           have
           found
           some
           in
           ,
           whom
           they
           have
           lately
           caught
           ,
           and
           yet
           withal
           infinitely
           proud
           and
           self
           conceited
           ;
           the
           Lord
           have
           Mercy
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           I
           now
           recommend
           these
           following
           Lines
           to
           you
           ,
           keep
           them
           by
           you
           as
           a
           Treasure
           ;
           they
           are
           rich
           Spoils
           obtained
           in
           a
           Spiritual
           Warfare
           ,
           and
           dedicated
           to
           you
           ,
           a
           Temple
           of
           the
           Lord.
           In
           this
           you
           have
           the
           Doctrines
           which
           I
           (
           who
           am
           the
           least
           )
           have
           been
           preaching
           to
           you
           ,
           taught
           me
           by
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           through
           manifold
           Tossings
           ,
           Trials
           ,
           Temptations
           ,
           Desertions
           ,
           Sadnesses
           ,
           Buffettings
           ,
           wherewithal
           I
           have
           been
           exercised
           these
           Fifteen
           Years
           ,
           the
           Lord
           is
           my
           Witness
           .
           And
           I
           am
           willing
           and
           ready
           (
           through
           the
           Grace
           of
           Christ
           )
           to
           seal
           them
           with
           my
           Blood
           against
           all
           Adversaries
           whatsoever
           .
           It
           comforts
           me
           that
           I
           can
           say
           ,
           I
           have
           preached
           none
           other
           things
           than
           what
           is
           written
           by
           the
           Prophets
           and
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           how
           pleasant
           (
           as
           here
           you
           see
           )
           when
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Truth
           in
           one
           ,
           ecchoes
           to
           the
           Spirit
           it self
           in
           another
           :
           It
           is
           the
           self-same
           Spirit
           that
           worketh
           these
           things
           in
           us
           ,
           and
           for
           us
           all
           ,
           
             1
             Cor.
             12.
          
           
        
         
           In
           this
           you
           have
           ,
           1.
           the
           Spirituality
           of
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           spoken
           of
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Our
           Weakness
           to
           keep
           the
           Law.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           God's
           insinite
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           to
           provide
           a
           Surety
           in
           our
           room
           .
        
         
         
           4.
           
           Christ's
           great
           Love
           in
           undertaking
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Man's
           great
           blindness
           by
           Nature
           ,
           cannot
           see
           this
           of
           himself
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           His
           backwardness
           to
           receive
           this
           Righteousness
           ,
           till
           he
           be
           brought
           to
           utter
           distress
           ,
           as
           the
           Prodigal
           was
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           His
           proneness
           to
           be
           his
           own
           Saviour
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           God's
           distinguishing
           Love
           and
           Grace
           ,
           in
           enlightning
           his
           ,
           and
           revealing
           Truth
           to
           them
           by
           his
           Spirit
           drawing
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           The
           blessed
           Fruits
           of
           Faith
           ;
           viz.
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Joy
           ,
           and
           Love
           to
           Christ
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           The
           ineffectualness
           of
           any
           other
           thing
           ,
           but
           Faith
           on
           Christ
           to
           bring
           the
           Soul
           to
           rest
           .
        
         
           11.
           
           How
           the
           
             Light
             within
          
           every
           One
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           thereunto
           ,
           will
           not
           do
           it
           .
        
         
           12.
           
           You
           may
           see
           herein
           the
           benefit
           of
           reading
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           .
        
         
           13.
           
           You
           may
           see
           that
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           
             Free
             Grace
          
           ,
           is
           not
           a
           Doctrine
           tending
           to
           Licentiousness
           ,
           but
           Holiness
           .
        
         
           14.
           
           Yet
           it
           excludes
           all
           manner
           of
           Works
           in
           the
           point
           of
           Justification
           .
        
         
           15.
           
           Tho
           Compleatness
           of
           
             Justification
             ,
             viz.
          
           from
           all
           Sin.
           These
           ,
           with
           more
           that
           might
           be
           enumerated
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           I
           will
           boldly
           say
           ,
           The
           Gates
           of
           Hell
           ,
           Power
           and
           Policy
           thereof
           ,
           shall
           never
           prevail
           against
           these
           Truths
           .
           Notwithstanding
           the
           rage
           and
           subtilty
           of
           Adversaries
           ,
           we
           will
           say
           ,
           
             Tho
             an
             Host
             encamp
             against
             the
             Church
             ,
          
           Isa
           .
           
             37.22
             .
             The
             Virgin
             Daughter
             of
          
           Zion
           
             hath
             despised
             thee
             ,
             and
             laughed
             thee
             to
             scorn
             ;
             the
             Daughter
             of
          
           Jerusalem
           
             hath
             shaken
             her
             Head
             at
             thee
             .
          
        
         
           I
           conclude
           with
           this
           ,
           
             Remember
             how
             you
             have
             heard
             and
             received
             ,
             and
             hold
             fast
             ,
          
           Rev.
           
             3.3.1
             John
             2.
          
           
           Read
           the
           
             18
             ,
             19
             ,
             20
             ,
             21
             ,
             22
             ,
             23
             ,
          
           and
           this
           is
           the
           
             24th
             ,
             Let
             that
             therefore
             abide
             in
             you
             which
             you
             have
             heard
             from
             the
             beginning
             :
             If
             that
             which
             ye
             have
             heard
             from
             the
             beginning
             remain
             in
             you
             ,
             ye
             shall
             also
             continue
             in
             the
             Son
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Father
             .
          
           Amen
           .
        
         
           
             I
             subscribe
             my self
             your
             Servant
             ,
             for
             Jesus
             sake
             ,
             Will.
             Haworth
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Bookseller
           to
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           Reply
           to
           an
           Answer
           of
           the
           Quakers
           to
           this
           Tract
           :
           Writ
           likewise
           by
           the
           same
           Person
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           thou
           wouldst
           see
           farther
           into
           the
           Errors
           of
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           read
           Mr.
           
           Faldo's
           two
           Books
           ,
           entituled
           ,
           
             Quakerism
             no
             Christianity
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Sold
           at
           the
           Golden-Lion
           in
           
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           The
           Quaker
           Converted
           .
        
         
           
             God
             which
             appointeth
             unto
             Man
             the
             Bounds
             of
             his
             Habitation
             ,
             and
             dealeth
             with
             Man
             as
             it
             pleaseth
             Him
             ,
             in
             bringing
             him
             to
             himself
             ,
             deal
             with
             me
             in
             manner
             and
             Form
             following
             .
          
        
         
           FIrst
           ,
           I
           was
           brought
           up
           to
           the
           Publick
           Worship
           that
           was
           in
           England
           at
           that
           time
           ;
           And
           as
           my
           Parents
           were
           able
           I
           was
           put
           to
           School
           :
           And
           the
           Lord
           did
           restrain
           me
           ,
           that
           I
           did
           not
           break
           out
           into
           open
           Sins
           ,
           as
           many
           did
           .
           And
           being
           of
           Age
           fitting
           ,
           I
           went
           to
           be
           an
           Apprentice
           in
           Ignorance
           that
           my
           Master
           was
           of
           that
           Opinion
           ,
           namely
           a
           Quaker
           :
           My
           Parents
           ,
           after
           they
           had
           knowledg
           thereof
           ,
           laboured
           that
           I
           might
           have
           the
           Priviledg
           to
           go
           to
           the
           Publick
           to
           worship
           ,
           which
           Priviledg
           I
           had
           for
           a
           time
           .
           But
           after
           the
           Prayer-Book
           was
           made
           use
           of
           there
           ,
           I
           was
           permitted
           to
           go
           no
           more
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           great
           trouble
           to
           me
           .
           After
           a
           considerable
           time
           I
           grew
           desirous
           to
           go
           to
           the
           Quakers
           Meeting
           ,
           having
           heard
           much
           talk
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Gifts
           their
           Ministers
           had
           ;
           and
           whilst
           it
           was
           thus
           with
           me
           I
           was
           commanded
           to
           go
           :
           and
           I
           went
           several
           times
           ,
           as
           other
           Boys
           did
           ,
           only
           this
           ;
           I
           was
           taken
           off
           from
           having
           delight
           in
           Sports
           and
           Pastims
           quickly
           after
           my
           going
           ,
           and
           did
           refuse
           going
           to
           such
           Delights
           when
           I
           might
           go
           .
        
         
           But
           being
           about
           Sixteen
           Years
           of
           Age
           ,
           as
           I
           remember
           ,
           having
           some
           workings
           upon
           my
           Spirit
           ,
           it
           was
           set
           home
           
           upon
           me
           ,
           That
           there
           was
           a
           God
           that
           would
           take
           Vengeance
           on
           them
           that
           did
           not
           obey
           him
           ,
           nor
           keep
           his
           Commandments
           ;
           And
           that
           there
           was
           no
           escaping
           of
           this
           God
           ;
           and
           withal
           it
           would
           be
           my
           Portion
           to
           fall
           under
           his
           Wrath
           ,
           if
           I
           continued
           as
           I
           was
           ,
           for
           I
           had
           broken
           his
           Commands
           ,
           this
           presently
           followed
           ,
           Have
           I
           Sinned
           ?
           I
           will
           do
           so
           no
           more
           ;
           and
           from
           that
           time
           I
           went
           on
           by
           Degrees
           to
           keep
           my
           Conscience
           void
           of
           offence
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           Light
           which
           I
           had
           :
           And
           at
           that
           time
           I
           was
           of
           that
           Frame
           of
           Spirit
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           ready
           to
           assent
           to
           every
           thing
           the
           Quakers
           did
           ,
           whether
           I
           had
           ground
           for
           it
           or
           not
           .
           For
           when
           I
           had
           not
           a
           real
           Perswasion
           that
           that
           thing
           which
           I
           did
           was
           Sin
           ,
           I
           had
           these
           reasonings
           in
           me
           ,
           There
           are
           such
           and
           such
           Men
           ,
           that
           are
           mighty
           Men
           in
           Gifts
           ,
           and
           of
           great
           Fame
           ,
           and
           very
           just
           Men
           ,
           and
           they
           do
           not
           do
           these
           things
           ,
           therefore
           it
           is
           Sin
           :
           And
           I
           was
           ready
           to
           go
           upon
           this
           Ground
           .
           My
           Parents
           also
           (
           at
           such
           times
           as
           I
           was
           with
           them
           )
           desired
           me
           to
           go
           to
           Church
           with
           them
           ,
           as
           I
           had
           done
           before
           ,
           and
           I
           refused
           and
           would
           not
           go
           .
           Soon
           after
           this
           there
           arose
           great
           Suffering-times
           ,
           after
           which
           it
           was
           ordered
           ,
           that
           I
           went
           not
           frequently
           to
           the
           Meetings
           ,
           but
           to
           some
           few
           in
           which
           they
           spake
           ;
           not
           yielding
           to
           any
           thing
           I
           did
           believe
           was
           Sin
           before
           God
           :
           And
           after
           a
           time
           being
           at
           a
           Meeting
           with
           
             Alexander
             Parker
          
           ,
           as
           I
           remember
           ,
           he
           made
           use
           of
           these
           Words
           ,
           which
           I
           found
           upon
           my
           Search
           in
           the
           1
           Thessal
           .
           5.21
           .
           
             Prove
             all
             things
             ,
             hold
             fast
             that
             which
             is
             good
             .
          
           Knowing
           by
           the
           Words
           he
           spake
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           written
           in
           the
           Scripture
           .
           And
           he
           did
           explain
           it
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           
             Prove
             all
             Religions
             ,
             all
             Sects
             ,
             all
             Opinions
             ,
          
           and
           Words
           to
           this
           purpose
           :
           But
           as
           for
           the
           way
           of
           proof
           I
           do
           not
           well
           remember
           .
           But
           there
           was
           this
           thing
           that
           was
           cast
           into
           my
           Heart
           ,
           That
           they
           that
           are
           of
           the
           same
           Spirit
           with
           the
           Servants
           of
           the
           Lord
           which
           were
           in
           former
           Times
           ,
           must
           of
           Necessity
           in
           all
           things
           agree
           with
           the
           Scriptures
           ;
           whereupon
           I
           searched
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           comparing
           my
           Condition
           with
           it
           :
           And
           as
           I
           grew
           up
           to
           understanding
           ,
           by
           Degrees
           I
           considered
           with
           my Self
           that
           there
           was
           a
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ,
           which
           came
           to
           save
           Sinners
           ,
           and
           He
           was
           this
           Light
           within
           ,
           and
           by
           hearing
           their
           Discourses
           ,
           and
           by
           one
           means
           or
           other
           ,
           and
           knowing
           that
           there
           was
           such
           a
           thing
           in
           me
           as
           did
           convince
           me
           of
           Sin
           ,
           and
           if
           I
           was
           Obedient
           to
           it
           ,
           I
           was
           
           delivered
           from
           Sin
           ,
           I
           did
           believe
           this
           was
           the
           Christ
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           ends
           of
           his
           Coming
           I
           did
           believe
           were
           to
           change
           me
           from
           Darkness
           to
           Light
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           Power
           of
           Satan
           unto
           God
           ,
           to
           bring
           me
           into
           his
           own
           Image
           ,
           to
           be
           free
           from
           Sin
           :
           and
           by
           Degrees
           as
           I
           was
           convinced
           of
           Sin
           ,
           I
           was
           Obedient
           unto
           the
           Light
           within
           ,
           which
           did
           reprove
           me
           ,
           and
           had
           Power
           over
           Sin
           ,
           and
           I
           rejoiced
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           counted
           my
           condition
           Happy
           ,
           and
           thought
           it
           would
           not
           be
           long
           before
           I
           was
           delivered
           from
           all
           my
           Sin
           ,
           and
           be
           brought
           into
           the
           Image
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           understand
           the
           frame
           of
           my
           Spirit
           ,
           I
           will
           insert
           one
           remarkable
           Passage
           which
           I
           did
           when
           I
           was
           about
           Nineteen
           or
           Twenty
           Years
           of
           Age
           ,
           which
           is
           this
           :
           I
           being
           sent
           to
           the
           Shop
           for
           Herrings
           ,
           and
           had
           them
           delivered
           unto
           me
           ;
           I
           did
           dislike
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           being
           sent
           to
           the
           Barrel
           alone
           to
           change
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           I
           being
           a
           great
           lover
           of
           them
           ,
           it
           arose
           in
           me
           what
           a
           Brave
           opportunity
           I
           had
           to
           slip
           one
           into
           my
           Pocket
           for
           my self
           ,
           this
           was
           the
           Temptation
           :
           On
           the
           other
           Hand
           came
           the
           Light
           reproving
           of
           me
           in
           this
           manner
           ;
           
             I
             must
             not
             do
             this
             thing
             ;
             why
             if
             it
             should
             be
             known
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             a
             dishonour
             to
             my
             Name
             ,
             and
             I
             should
             be
             ashamed
             to
             look
             any
             Body
             in
             the
             Face
             ;
             and
             if
             it
             were
             not
             known
             to
             Man
             ,
             yet
             God
             would
             know
             it
             ,
             and
             he
             would
             Punish
             me
             if
             I
             sinn'd
             against
             Him.
          
           Through
           which
           means
           I
           did
           Obey
           that
           which
           did
           reprove
           ,
           and
           touched
           none
           but
           what
           was
           my
           due
           ,
           and
           I
           went
           Home
           rejoicing
           with
           my Self
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           How
           happy
           was
           my
           Condition
           now
           beyond
           what
           it
           had
           been
           if
           I
           had
           disobeyed
           the
           reproof
           !
           and
           how
           good
           was
           the
           Lord
           to
           me
           in
           calling
           to
           me
           ,
           when
           I
           was
           tempted
           to
           do
           that
           evil
           !
           Oh
           ,
           who
           would
           but
           love
           such
           a
           Lord
           as
           this
           !
           But
           little
           did
           I
           think
           at
           that
           time
           that
           I
           had
           sinned
           against
           God
           :
           So
           was
           I
           convinced
           of
           one
           evil
           one
           Day
           ,
           and
           was
           delivered
           from
           it
           ,
           and
           another
           Day
           another
           Evil
           ,
           and
           had
           Power
           over
           it
           ,
           and
           I
           had
           Joy
           and
           Peace
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           Now
           there
           were
           some
           things
           which
           the
           Quakers
           did
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           not
           convinced
           of
           ,
           and
           I
           was
           ashamed
           to
           be
           found
           in
           them
           ,
           having
           no
           Ground
           for
           them
           in
           my self
           ,
           which
           things
           bred
           some
           trouble
           in
           me
           :
           yet
           all
           these
           things
           were
           retained
           in
           mine
           own
           Breast
           ;
           For
           I
           made
           known
           my
           Condition
           to
           no
           one
           ,
           because
           I
           would
           not
           be
           perswaded
           to
           do
           any
           thing
           ,
           
           but
           what
           I
           was
           fully
           perswaded
           of
           in
           my
           own
           Heart
           .
        
         
           Now
           about
           the
           time
           of
           my
           being
           free
           from
           my
           Master
           ,
           Mr.
           
           Haworth's
           coming
           to
           Hartford
           ,
           was
           ordered
           to
           be
           —
           and
           having
           heard
           of
           his
           boldness
           in
           what
           he
           did
           profess
           ,
           which
           the
           Quakers
           did
           commend
           him
           for
           ,
           I
           was
           desirous
           to
           hear
           him
           ;
           and
           through
           a
           Fellow-Servant
           of
           mine
           ,
           which
           had
           been
           there
           and
           told
           me
           the
           Passages
           ,
           the
           next
           day
           I
           went
           with
           him
           to
           hear
           ;
           but
           when
           I
           came
           away
           ,
           I
           concluded
           I
           had
           heard
           a
           strange
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           strange
           manner
           it
           was
           preached
           ;
           I
           cannot
           call
           to
           mind
           what
           it
           was
           ,
           notwithstanding
           I
           went
           again
           ,
           having
           this
           in
           my
           thoughts
           all
           along
           ,
           that
           I
           would
           prove
           this
           way
           according
           as
           I
           had
           liberty
           ,
           from
           that
           Passage
           before-mentioned
           ,
           and
           to
           return
           to
           them
           ,
           which
           I
           did
           believe
           were
           the
           People
           of
           the
           Lord
           :
           But
           I
           had
           some
           affection
           for
           his
           Preaching
           ,
           because
           he
           did
           open
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           which
           I
           had
           a
           desire
           to
           know
           ;
           and
           he
           did
           preach
           often-times
           to
           convince
           of
           Sin
           ,
           and
           deliverance
           by
           Faith
           in
           Christ
           :
           But
           I
           did
           apprehend
           that
           he
           did
           mean
           ,
           that
           Light
           within
           me
           which
           did
           reprove
           me
           for
           Sin
           ,
           only
           he
           did
           not
           speak
           in
           so
           plain
           a
           manner
           as
           the
           Quakers
           did
           ;
           but
           I
           thought
           he
           did
           it
           through
           Ignorance
           ,
           and
           was
           willing
           to
           bear
           with
           that
           ,
           for
           I
           had
           better
           thoughts
           of
           him
           ,
           than
           to
           preach
           a
           Doctrine
           that
           leadeth
           to
           looseness
           ;
           having
           that
           apprehension
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Christ
           ,
           making
           Satisfaction
           for
           all
           my
           Sins
           by
           his
           Death
           at
           Jerusalem
           :
           But
           as
           I
           went
           on
           I
           had
           many
           ups
           and
           downs
           concerning
           him
           ,
           and
           my
           Heart
           was
           many
           times
           in
           one
           place
           ,
           and
           my
           Body
           in
           another
           ;
           and
           had
           many
           such
           reasonings
           as
           these
           in
           me
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             What
             ,
             shall
             I
             stay
             any
             longer
             here
             ?
          
           When
           he
           spake
           that
           which
           my
           Spirit
           could
           not
           relish
           ;
           and
           here
           are
           but
           few
           in
           this
           Assembly
           that
           live
           as
           they
           ought
           to
           do
           .
           And
           if
           there
           cometh
           a
           time
           of
           Persecution
           ,
           most
           of
           them
           will
           be
           dispersed
           :
           But
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           they
           stand
           through
           all
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostles
           did
           ,
           therefore
           they
           are
           the
           People
           of
           the
           Lord.
           But
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           I
           had
           such
           reasonings
           as
           these
           ;
           Notwithstanding
           most
           of
           these
           are
           a
           loose
           and
           wanton
           People
           ,
           and
           a
           proud
           People
           ,
           which
           adorn
           their
           Bodies
           more
           than
           their
           Souls
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           Righteous
           if
           they
           will
           ,
           if
           they
           would
           but
           obey
           the
           Voice
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           which
           calleth
           to
           them
           in
           their
           inward
           Parts
           .
           Though
           this
           is
           not
           a
           Rule
           for
           me
           to
           do
           as
           they
           ,
           yet
           I
           will
           follow
           
           that
           which
           reproveth
           me
           for
           Sin
           ;
           and
           I
           will
           see
           the
           bottom
           of
           their
           Ways
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           stand
           the
           more
           boldly
           against
           them
           in
           the
           time
           to
           come
           ,
           having
           liberty
           from
           the
           place
           forementionened
           to
           prove
           all
           things
           :
           And
           he
           did
           preach
           many
           things
           which
           did
           agree
           with
           my
           Spirit
           ;
           Amongst
           the
           rest
           he
           fell
           upon
           these
           words
           ,
           Luke
           3.16
           .
           
             He
             shall
             baptize
             you
             with
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             and
             with
             Fire
             :
          
           Which
           word
           Fire
           was
           a
           strange
           word
           to
           me
           ;
           but
           as
           he
           opened
           it
           ,
           it
           was
           plain
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           the
           Spirit
           did
           operate
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           Fire
           ,
           which
           is
           by
           Light
           and
           Heat
           ,
           which
           I
           shall
           speak
           a
           little
           of
           .
        
         
           First
           ;
           As
           to
           Light
           :
           The
           Spirit
           maketh
           known
           Sin
           when
           it
           cometh
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           seen
           before
           :
           As
           the
           shining
           of
           the
           Sun
           through
           a
           Crack
           into
           a
           dark
           Room
           ,
           we
           may
           behold
           every
           small
           Dust
           within
           that
           compass
           ;
           so
           in
           this
           case
           it
           openeth
           dark
           Mysteries
           unto
           us
           .
           And
           as
           to
           Heat
           ,
           as
           the
           Fire
           softeneth
           the
           hard
           Iron
           ,
           so
           doth
           the
           Spirit
           soften
           our
           hard
           Hearts
           ;
           and
           as
           it
           bringeth
           or
           changeth
           Iron
           into
           its
           own
           Image
           ,
           so
           doth
           the
           Spirit
           change
           us
           into
           its
           Image
           ;
           and
           as
           the
           Wood
           is
           consumed
           ,
           so
           doth
           it
           waste
           and
           consume
           our
           going
           on
           in
           Sin
           ;
           and
           in
           like
           manner
           to
           Purification
           ,
           with
           several
           others
           ;
           which
           things
           I
           much
           liked
           ,
           concluding
           ,
           I
           had
           experienced
           these
           things
           upon
           my
           own
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           concluded
           he
           did
           speak
           in
           a
           more
           plain
           way
           than
           he
           had
           done
           before
           .
           From
           whence
           arose
           this
           reasoning
           in
           me
           ,
           when
           he
           spake
           things
           which
           I
           could
           not
           apprehend
           ;
           it
           may
           be
           it
           is
           through
           my
           Ignorance
           ,
           because
           I
           do
           not
           see
           that
           which
           he
           seeth
           ,
           though
           sometimes
           I
           was
           ready
           to
           set
           them
           down
           for
           false
           Doctrines
           .
           And
           when
           I
           thought
           of
           going
           to
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           these
           things
           which
           I
           did
           not
           like
           among
           them
           kept
           me
           back
           ,
           having
           not
           ground
           in
           my self
           for
           to
           do
           them
           ;
           of
           which
           Silent-Meetings
           was
           the
           Chief
           ,
           putting
           off
           my
           Hat
           was
           another
           ;
           for
           when
           I
           met
           with
           one
           Friend
           or
           other
           ,
           if
           I
           saluted
           him
           with
           my
           Hat
           ,
           I
           knew
           not
           that
           I
           did
           offend
           God
           ,
           any
           more
           than
           if
           I
           did
           it
           not
           ,
           but
           yet
           I
           concluded
           ,
           That
           though
           I
           could
           not
           agree
           with
           them
           in
           all
           things
           ,
           yet
           I
           ought
           to
           be
           with
           them
           that
           would
           be
           faithful
           to
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           walk
           in
           his
           Commandments
           ;
           these
           ,
           with
           many
           more
           ,
           after
           trial
           of
           this
           way
           .
           And
           as
           I
           went
           on
           ,
           I
           met
           with
           a
           Passage
           ,
           Ephes
           .
           5.4
           .
           
             Foolish
             talking
             and
             jesting
          
           .
           And
           ,
           Mat.
           12.36
           .
           
             Ye
             shall
             give
             an
             account
             for
             every
             idle
             Word
          
           ;
           and
           
           the
           Light
           in
           me
           assented
           to
           it
           ,
           that
           I
           ought
           not
           to
           do
           so
           .
           And
           when
           I
           was
           reproved
           for
           it
           ,
           I
           was
           obedient
           ,
           and
           by
           Obedience
           was
           delivered
           from
           such
           Sins
           ,
           from
           whence
           I
           became
           of
           sew
           words
           .
           And
           being
           lifted
           up
           in
           my
           Spirit
           to
           see
           round
           me
           ,
           how
           I
           should
           dispose
           of
           my self
           for
           the
           time
           to
           come
           ,
           that
           I
           might
           be
           delivered
           from
           the
           Snare
           of
           Sin
           ,
           then
           I
           beheld
           the
           Actions
           between
           Husband
           and
           Wife
           in
           Families
           ,
           which
           are
           Envy
           ,
           Strife
           ,
           Malice
           ;
           that
           if
           a
           Father
           corrected
           his
           Child
           ,
           the
           Mother
           was
           ready
           to
           be
           offended
           :
           And
           there
           was
           scarce
           one
           in
           an
           hundred
           which
           lived
           as
           he
           ought
           ,
           therefore
           it
           was
           not
           good
           for
           me
           to
           be
           in
           that
           State.
           I
           beheld
           the
           Actions
           between
           Man
           and
           Man
           in
           Trading
           ,
           and
           behold
           Cozening
           ,
           Cheating
           ,
           Defrauding
           one
           another
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           lowest
           many
           foolish
           idle
           Words
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           not
           good
           for
           me
           to
           be
           in
           their
           Condition
           .
           Shall
           I
           continue
           as
           I
           am
           a
           Servant
           ?
           but
           what
           is
           here
           ?
           Discontent
           ,
           Masters
           will
           think
           Servants
           may
           do
           more
           than
           they
           do
           ,
           and
           blame
           them
           for
           that
           they
           cannot
           help
           ,
           and
           Anger
           will
           arise
           ,
           therefore
           it
           is
           not
           good
           for
           me
           to
           be
           here
           .
           Then
           I
           brake
           out
           in
           my
           Spirit
           ,
           Would
           God
           it
           was
           my
           portion
           to
           live
           in
           a
           Cave
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           society
           with
           no
           Man
           ;
           my
           Food
           to
           be
           the
           Fruit
           of
           the
           Hedges
           ,
           and
           the
           Fowls
           of
           the
           Air
           ,
           the
           wild
           Creatures
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           such
           as
           I
           could
           get
           ;
           my
           Drink
           the
           Water
           of
           the
           Brooks
           ,
           then
           should
           I
           be
           srce
           from
           all
           these
           things
           ,
           not
           that
           I
           was
           entangled
           with
           any
           at
           that
           time
           ;
           and
           I
           think
           ,
           as
           I
           was
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           I
           could
           be
           contented
           with
           that
           State
           I
           was
           in
           .
           Not
           long
           after
           I
           had
           this
           Thought
           or
           Suggestion
           in
           me
           ,
           If
           it
           pleased
           God
           to
           take
           me
           out
           of
           the
           World
           at
           this
           very
           moment
           ,
           I
           have
           not
           one
           Sin
           to
           answer
           for
           :
           And
           I
           queried
           with
           my self
           how
           this
           came
           to
           pass
           ?
           And
           it
           was
           thus
           answered
           ,
           That
           I
           being
           obedient
           to
           the
           Light
           which
           worked
           in
           me
           ,
           had
           fulfilled
           the
           whole
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           having
           regard
           to
           that
           in
           Jeremiah
           31
           ,
           and
           33.
           
           
             I
             will
             put
             my
             Law
             in
             their
             inward
             Parts
             ,
             and
             write
             them
             in
             their
             Minds
             :
          
           And
           having
           fulfilled
           this
           Law
           ,
           I
           judged
           my
           Condition
           happy
           ,
           having
           Joy
           ,
           and
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Comfort
           in
           my
           Spirit
           as
           to
           God
           ,
           judging
           my
           Condition
           to
           agree
           with
           the
           Scripture
           .
           About
           this
           time
           the
           Person
           before-named
           grounded
           his
           Discourse
           on
           Isa
           .
           55.
           and
           did
           run
           over
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           that
           Chapter
           ;
           but
           in
           the
           
             7th
             Verse
          
           ,
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Let
             the
             Wicked
             forsake
             his
             Way
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             the
             unrighteous
             Man
             his
             Thoughts
             .
          
           Which
           thing
           did
           reach
           my
           Condition
           ,
           having
           had
           some
           struglings
           in
           my
           Spirit
           concerning
           this
           thing
           ;
           for
           I
           thought
           that
           the
           Motions
           in
           me
           to
           Evil
           ,
           were
           only
           the
           Temptations
           of
           the
           Devil
           .
           But
           having
           now
           found
           many
           places
           in
           Scripture
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           Sin
           :
           The
           places
           forenamed
           for
           one
           ,
           Mat.
           5.27
           ,
           28.
           
           &
           13.44
           .
           &
           7.12
           .
           &
           22.37
           ,
           38.
           
           Rom.
           7.14
           .
           
             For
             we
             know
             that
             the
             Law
             is
             Spiritual
          
           ;
           which
           did
           convince
           me
           that
           the
           Motions
           ,
           the
           Desires
           that
           arose
           in
           me
           to
           Evil
           ,
           were
           Sin
           against
           God
           ,
           though
           not
           consented
           to
           ,
           because
           they
           did
           spring
           from
           my
           Flesh
           .
           Being
           convinced
           of
           this
           as
           a
           Sin
           ,
           I
           expected
           to
           be
           delivered
           from
           it
           ,
           as
           I
           had
           been
           from
           other
           Sins
           before
           ;
           but
           I
           found
           it
           otherwise
           ,
           for
           it
           was
           with
           me
           then
           according
           to
           that
           Passage
           in
           Rom.
           7.9
           .
           
             When
             the
             Commandment
             came
             ,
             Sin
             revived
             ,
             and
             I
             died
             :
          
           for
           the
           more
           I
           looked
           upon
           it
           ,
           the
           more
           I
           saw
           ;
           and
           the
           more
           I
           strove
           against
           it
           ,
           the
           more
           did
           it
           work
           in
           me
           ;
           and
           I
           began
           to
           be
           in
           sore
           trouble
           ,
           being
           taken
           in
           it
           many
           a
           time
           .
           But
           I
           considered
           with
           my self
           ,
           Hath
           not
           the
           Lord
           promised
           to
           make
           us
           free
           from
           Sin
           ?
           and
           is
           He
           not
           faithful
           ?
           will
           He
           not
           not
           perform
           ?
           Yea
           ,
           surely
           before
           I
           die
           ,
           if
           I
           am
           obedient
           to
           Him.
           But
           it
           was
           ordered
           by
           the
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           I
           did
           bear
           in
           mind
           the
           words
           of
           the
           said
           Mr.
           Haworth
           ,
           from
           John
           5.40
           .
           —
           
             And
             ye
             will
             not
             come
             unto
             me
             ,
             that
             ye
             might
             have
             Life
             .
          
           In
           the
           carrying
           on
           which
           Discourse
           ,
           he
           put
           forth
           several
           Questions
           of
           this
           Nature
           ,
           
             Thou
             that
             hast
             the
             Riches
             of
             this
             World
             ,
             couldst
             thou
             not
             relieve
             thy
             poor
             Neighbours
             more
             than
             thou
             hast
             done
             ?
             And
             thou
             that
             hast
             sworn
             ,
             mightest
             not
             thon
             have
             sworn
             fewer
             times
             than
             thou
             hast
             done
             ?
             And
             thou
             that
             hast
             kept
             evil
             Company
             ,
             mightest
             not
             thou
             have
             refrained
             from
             them
             more
             than
             thou
             hast
             done
             ?
          
           These
           ,
           with
           several
           more
           .
           And
           I
           applied
           this
           to
           my self
           ;
           When
           I
           said
           the
           Lord
           will
           make
           me
           free
           ,
           if
           I
           am
           obedient
           to
           Him
           ,
           could
           I
           not
           be
           more
           obedient
           than
           I
           have
           been
           ?
           could
           I
           not
           think
           of
           other
           things
           to
           prevent
           those
           Thoughts
           and
           Desires
           arising
           in
           me
           ?
           And
           I
           was
           speechless
           as
           to
           that
           ,
           but
           to
           heal
           up
           my self
           in
           this
           thing
           ,
           I
           would
           be
           wiser
           ,
           I
           would
           take
           better
           heed
           for
           the
           time
           to
           come
           ;
           but
           e're
           two
           or
           three
           days
           to
           an
           end
           ,
           I
           was
           taken
           in
           the
           same
           Desires
           again
           :
           yet
           did
           I
           comfort
           my self
           in
           this
           also
           ,
           hoping
           that
           I
           should
           overcome
           it
           before
           I
           died
           ,
           before
           my
           departure
           out
           of
           this
           
           Life
           .
           But
           then
           it
           arose
           in
           me
           ,
           When
           should
           the
           departure
           out
           of
           this
           Life
           be
           ?
           and
           I
           had
           no
           ground
           for
           any
           thing
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           might
           be
           the
           very
           next
           hour
           after
           I
           had
           broken
           the
           Commandment
           of
           the
           Lord.
           Then
           did
           my
           Burden
           become
           exceeding
           heavy
           ,
           finding
           no
           deliverance
           ;
           then
           I
           down
           on
           my
           Knees
           before
           the
           Lord
           many
           a
           time
           in
           Prayer
           to
           Him
           ,
           with
           Sighs
           ,
           and
           Groans
           ,
           and
           Tears
           ,
           beseeching
           Him
           for
           Power
           to
           withstand
           this
           Evil
           that
           I
           was
           taken
           in
           so
           many
           times
           ,
           but
           I
           found
           no
           deliverance
           nor
           power
           that
           was
           given
           me
           ,
           though
           I
           prayed
           earnestly
           ,
           and
           in
           several
           ways
           ;
           as
           in
           Prayer
           learn'd
           by
           the
           Letter
           ,
           viz.
           the
           Lord's
           Prayer
           ,
           Mat.
           6.
           and
           I
           prayed
           in
           or
           by
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           as
           I
           thought
           ,
           and
           to
           Christ
           in
           me
           ,
           and
           to
           Christ
           in
           the
           Heavens
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           God
           who
           silleth
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           .
           Thus
           for
           several
           Weeks
           was
           I
           in
           this
           trouble
           ,
           making
           my
           Condition
           known
           to
           no
           one
           ,
           because
           I
           would
           not
           be
           perswaded
           to
           any
           thing
           ,
           but
           did
           wholly
           rely
           upon
           the
           inward
           Instructions
           of
           the
           Lord.
           Thus
           did
           my
           Hope
           perish
           ,
           my
           Burden
           increased
           ,
           Destruction
           was
           set
           before
           me
           ;
           seeing
           no
           deliverance
           any
           manner
           of
           way
           ,
           so
           that
           I
           might
           say
           in
           some
           measure
           ,
           
             The
             Snares
             of
             Death
             did
             compass
             me
             about
             ,
             and
             the
             Pains
             of
             Hell
             took
             hold
             on
             my
             Soul
          
           ;
           having
           nothing
           to
           say
           for
           my self
           ,
           but
           the
           Lord
           might
           justly
           punish
           me
           ,
           because
           I
           could
           not
           say
           but
           I
           might
           have
           been
           more
           obedient
           than
           I
           had
           been
           .
           When
           I
           reflected
           upon
           my self
           ,
           I
           might
           have
           thought
           of
           things
           to
           prevent
           those
           Desires
           more
           than
           I
           had
           done
           ;
           and
           this
           dwelt
           with
           me
           ,
           Who
           knows
           but
           the
           Lord
           had
           delivered
           me
           ,
           if
           I
           had
           always
           thought
           to
           the
           utmost
           of
           my
           Power
           on
           Thoughts
           which
           were
           good
           ,
           to
           prevent
           those
           evil
           Desires
           in
           me
           ?
           After
           all
           this
           ,
           when
           I
           was
           One
           and
           Twenty
           Years
           of
           Age
           ,
           and
           somewhat
           more
           ,
           being
           alone
           bemoaning
           my
           Condition
           ,
           what
           would
           become
           of
           me
           ?
           the
           Lord
           cast
           these
           words
           into
           my
           Heart
           ,
           
             Christ
             died
             for
             me
          
           :
           And
           in
           the
           meditation
           of
           them
           ,
           the
           Lord
           gave
           me
           light
           into
           them
           ,
           opening
           mine
           Understanding
           to
           see
           that
           it
           was
           
             in
             my
             place
             ,
             in
             my
             room
             ,
             in
             my
             very
             stead
             ,
          
           and
           set
           it
           before
           me
           by
           this
           thing
           ;
           Suppose
           I
           was
           a
           Murderer
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Law
           condemned
           to
           Death
           ,
           and
           was
           carried
           to
           the
           place
           of
           Execution
           ,
           and
           was
           at
           the
           point
           of
           Death
           ;
           and
           a
           Friend
           unknown
           to
           me
           ,
           of
           his
           own
           free
           Will
           
           offered
           himself
           ,
           being
           no
           way
           guilty
           of
           the
           Fact
           ,
           to
           die
           for
           me
           ,
           to
           bear
           the
           Penalty
           of
           the
           Law
           in
           my
           room
           ,
           his
           Life
           went
           for
           my
           Life
           ,
           and
           I
           went
           free
           ?
           Then
           was
           I
           as
           one
           afrighted
           ,
           or
           in
           a
           maze
           ,
           to
           behold
           the
           wonderful
           Love
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           the
           change
           which
           was
           with
           my
           Soul
           in
           a
           moment
           ,
           in
           the
           turning
           of
           an
           hand
           ,
           from
           Sorrow
           to
           Joy
           ,
           from
           a
           burdened
           State
           to
           a
           free
           ,
           from
           Death
           to
           Life
           ,
           from
           Hell
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           even
           in
           a
           moment
           ;
           saying
           in
           my
           Spirit
           ,
           
             Who
             would
             but
             love
             such
             a
             Lord
             as
             this
             !
          
           But
           e're
           a
           quarter
           of
           an
           hour
           to
           an
           end
           ,
           it
           was
           clouded
           again
           ,
           for
           the
           Devil
           had
           two
           Cards
           yet
           to
           play
           ,
           which
           were
           Objections
           against
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Christ
           making
           Satisfaction
           for
           all
           my
           Sins
           ,
           both
           past
           ,
           present
           ,
           and
           to
           come
           ;
           and
           now
           he
           came
           with
           Power
           to
           drive
           me
           into
           them
           ;
           they
           are
           these
           ,
           Loosness
           and
           Despair
           .
        
         
           But
           first
           ,
           upon
           the
           Subject
           of
           Loosness
           ,
           Rom.
           6.1
           .
           
             Shall
             we
             continue
             in
             Sin
             ,
             that
             Grace
             may
             abound
             ?
          
           For
           if
           I
           am
           justified
           by
           looking
           unto
           the
           Sufferings
           of
           Christ
           for
           all
           my
           Sins
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           saved
           thereby
           ,
           then
           may
           I
           take
           my
           swing
           in
           Sin
           ,
           and
           go
           on
           in
           my
           Course
           .
           To
           be
           satisfied
           in
           this
           ,
           I
           betook
           my self
           to
           search
           the
           Scriptures
           :
           if
           the
           Servants
           of
           the
           Lord
           in
           Days
           past
           did
           so
           ,
           and
           found
           that
           they
           did
           no
           such
           thing
           ,
           but
           did
           always
           reprove
           for
           it
           ,
           having
           much
           Satisfaction
           from
           Rom.
           6.
           most
           eminent
           for
           this
           thing
           ;
           By
           which
           thing
           I
           was
           pretty
           easily
           turned
           from
           this
           thing
           ,
           but
           in
           my
           Search
           met
           with
           that
           Passage
           ,
           Rom.
           3.25
           .
           
             Whom
             God
             hath
             set
             forth
             to
             be
             a
             Propitiation
             through
             Faith
             in
             his
             Blood
             ,
             to
             declare
             his
             Righteousness
             for
             the
             Remission
             of
             Sins
             that
             are
             past
             .
          
           From
           whence
           I
           did
           apprehend
           that
           Christ
           died
           for
           the
           Remission
           of
           my
           Sins
           which
           I
           had
           committed
           before
           He
           did
           manifest
           his
           Love
           to
           me
           ;
           but
           afterwards
           I
           was
           to
           work
           for
           Life
           and
           for
           Salvation
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           all
           his
           Commandments
           ,
           or
           else
           Hell
           would
           be
           my
           Portion
           :
           And
           being
           taken
           in
           the
           same
           Snare
           of
           Sin
           as
           I
           was
           before
           ,
           Convictions
           grew
           Strong
           upon
           me
           ,
           my
           Burthen
           grew
           heavy
           upon
           me
           ,
           Insomuch
           that
           I
           did
           say
           at
           length
           ,
           
             Christ
             was
             of
             no
             Advantage
             ,
             of
             no
             prosit
             to
             me
          
           ;
           if
           he
           had
           never
           died
           ,
           it
           had
           been
           as
           well
           with
           me
           .
           Under
           which
           troubles
           I
           was
           a
           great
           while
           ,
           until
           the
           Lord
           gave
           me
           light
           into
           
             two
             Scriptures
          
           ,
           which
           did
           in
           some
           measure
           relieve
           me
           ,
           which
           are
           these
           ,
           Rom.
           10.9
           .
           That
           ,
           
             If
             thou
             shalt
             confess
             with
             thy
             mouth
          
           
           
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             ,
             and
             shalt
             believe
             in
             thy
             Heart
             that
             God
             hath
             raised
             Him
             from
             the
             Dead
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             be
             saved
             .
          
           Heb.
           10.14
           .
           
             For
             by
             one
             Offering
             He
             hath
             perfected
             for
             ever
             them
             that
             are
             sanctified
          
           ;
           And
           being
           able
           to
           see
           a
           Sanctification
           by
           being
           justified
           by
           the
           Death
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           viewing
           the
           Word
           [
           ever
           ]
           I
           had
           much
           relief
           ,
           yet
           was
           I
           not
           at
           quiet
           ,
           having
           not
           settlement
           of
           Spirit
           ,
           but
           had
           Reasonings
           lay
           in
           the
           Bottom
           of
           my
           Heart
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           
             If
             I
             might
             not
             go
             on
             in
             Sin
             ,
             and
             when
             I
             did
             not
             go
             on
             in
             Sin
             ,
             my
             Works
             did
             not
             make
             any
             thing
             for
             my
             Justification
             ,
             for
             I
             was
             Justified
             without
             them
             ,
             then
             what
             use
             were
             they
             for
             ,
             or
             for
             what
             end
             ?
          
           And
           the
           Lord
           gave
           me
           light
           into
           Four
           Things
           which
           did
           greatly
           settle
           me
           ,
           which
           are
           these
           ;
        
         
           First
           ,
           It
           was
           for
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           in
           my
           Generation
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Honour
           and
           Praise
           of
           his
           Name
           ,
           which
           hath
           begotten
           a
           lively
           Hope
           in
           me
           ,
           through
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           To
           manifest
           my
           Love
           to
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ,
           which
           gave
           his
           Life
           a
           Ransom
           for
           me
           ;
           For
           how
           should
           I
           make
           it
           appear
           that
           I
           love
           Him
           ,
           but
           by
           keeping
           his
           Commandments
           ?
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           To
           convince
           the
           World
           of
           Sin
           ,
           by
           my
           refraining
           from
           that
           which
           is
           evil
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           It
           is
           my
           Duty
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           a
           Son
           to
           God
           in
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ,
           to
           keep
           his
           Commandments
           ,
           and
           to
           obey
           and
           do
           his
           Will
           :
           from
           whence
           I
           had
           settlement
           in
           my
           Spirit
           ,
           having
           Joy
           and
           Peace
           with
           God
           through
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ;
           seeing
           a
           Beauty
           in
           Death
           now
           more
           than
           in
           Life
           often-times
           ,
           because
           then
           I
           should
           be
           freed
           from
           the
           Corruption
           of
           my
           Flesh
           ,
           and
           be
           at
           rest
           with
           the
           Lord.
           It
           being
           near
           Eighteen
           Months
           since
           I
           had
           the
           view
           of
           the
           Love
           of
           God
           in
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           :
           After
           which
           time
           I
           was
           desirous
           to
           have
           some
           Discourse
           with
           some
           that
           I
           judged
           honest
           Men
           ,
           that
           I
           might
           see
           whether
           there
           was
           a
           Difference
           between
           them
           and
           me
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           had
           ,
           retaining
           to
           my self
           most
           part
           of
           my
           Experiences
           :
           After
           which
           I
           returned
           for
           the
           most
           part
           to
           my
           former
           Life
           ,
           keeping
           little
           Company
           ,
           yet
           aiming
           to
           grow
           in
           the
           knowledg
           of
           the
           Mysteries
           of
           God
           in
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           .
        
         
           Having
           after
           this
           manner
           been
           carried
           on
           by
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           having
           known
           two
           Faiths
           ,
           two
           Joys
           ,
           two
           Peaces
           ,
           and
           two
           sorts
           of
           Hope
           ,
           perhaps
           it
           may
           be
           thought
           requisite
           to
           speak
           something
           as
           touching
           the
           difference
           between
           them
           ;
           
           For
           satisfaction
           therefore
           I
           will
           insert
           some
           few
           things
           by
           way
           of
           Question
           and
           Answer
           .
        
         
           Quest
           .
           
             Was
             that
             Light
             by
             which
             I
             was
             convinced
             of
             Sin
             ,
             and
             by
             Obedience
             thereunto
             thought
             I
             should
             be
             brought
             into
             the
             Image
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             Righteousness
             be
             accepted
             with
             God
             ,
             and
             delivered
             from
             the
             Wrath
             to
             come
             ,
             Was
             it
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             ,
             Yea
             or
             Nay
             ?
          
        
         
           Answ
           .
           Nay
           ;
           if
           I
           may
           judg
           of
           the
           Tree
           by
           the
           Fruit.
           
        
         
           Quest
           .
           
             What
             Light
             is
             it
             then
          
           ?
        
         
           Answ
           .
           The
           same
           with
           that
           which
           the
           Heathens
           had
           by
           Nature
           
             Sixteen
             Hundred
          
           Years
           since
           ,
           mentioned
           Rom.
           2.14
           .
        
         
           Quest
           .
           
             How
             know
             I
             that
             ,
             since
             they
             lived
             so
             many
             Years
             before
             my
             time
             ?
          
        
         
           Answ
           .
           Because
           it
           chiesty
           pointed
           unto
           the
           same
           things
           which
           are
           recorded
           that
           they
           did
           ,
           namely
           the
           things
           contained
           in
           the
           Law.
           
        
         
           Quest
           .
           
             What
             things
             did
             I
             see
             ,
             or
             what
             things
             did
             I
             apprehend
             by
             that
             Light
             ,
             which
             now
             I
             see
             are
             false
             things
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Answ
             .
             Three
          
           things
           I
           shall
           Name
           at
           the
           present
           ;
           First
           ,
           I
           did
           apprehend
           by
           the
           Light
           within
           ,
           that
           the
           Motions
           ,
           the
           Desires
           which
           arose
           in
           me
           to
           Evil
           were
           no
           Sin
           ,
           if
           I
           did
           not
           consent
           to
           Act
           according
           to
           them
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Christ
           making
           Satisfaction
           for
           all
           my
           Sins
           ,
           was
           a
           Doctrine
           tending
           to
           Loosness
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           I
           thought
           by
           the
           Righteousness
           in
           which
           I
           lived
           ,
           wrought
           in
           me
           by
           the
           Light
           which
           I
           thought
           was
           Christ
           himself
           ,
           I
           then
           Judged
           I
           should
           be
           saved
           at
           the
           Day
           of
           Judgment
           .
        
         
           Quest
           .
           
             What
             do
             I
             now
             apprehend
             by
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             which
             is
             now
             in
             me
             ,
             as
             concerning
             the
          
           First
           
             of
             these
          
           Three
           ?
        
         
           Answ
           .
           I
           apprehend
           that
           every
           Motion
           and
           Desire
           arising
           in
           me
           to
           Evil
           ,
           tho
           not
           consented
           to
           ,
           nor
           put
           into
           Action
           ,
           is
           a
           Sin
           against
           God
           ;
           because
           it
           doth
           spring
           from
           the
           Corruption
           of
           Mine
           own
           Flesh
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           Root
           of
           Bitterness
           dwelling
           
           in
           this
           Body
           ;
           wherefore
           if
           this
           Body
           be
           mine
           ,
           then
           is
           that
           which
           dwelleth
           in
           it
           mine
           .
        
         
           Quest
           .
           
             What
             do
             I
             apprehend
             concerning
             the
          
           Second
           ?
        
         
           Answ
           .
           To
           this
           I
           say
           ,
           Far
           be
           it
           from
           me
           that
           I
           should
           say
           ,
           That
           Christ
           being
           offered
           once
           for
           all
           ,
           should
           be
           a
           thing
           tending
           to
           Looseness
           ,
           having
           found
           by
           Experience
           ,
           Faith
           in
           this
           Doctrine
           is
           the
           only
           Spring
           from
           whence
           true
           Christian-Works
           do
           flow
           .
           For
           so
           soon
           as
           ever
           the
           Lord
           gave
           me
           light
           into
           that
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           seeing
           a
           Glorious
           view
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           very
           moment
           was
           my
           Soul
           drawn
           out
           in
           Love
           to
           serve
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           his
           Commandments
           :
           From
           whence
           my
           Faith
           is
           ,
           That
           whoever
           counteth
           it
           a
           Doctrine
           tending
           to
           that
           purpose
           ,
           they
           never
           truly
           knew
           the
           Want
           of
           a
           Saviour
           :
           For
           how
           irrational
           a
           thing
           would
           it
           be
           ,
           if
           I
           was
           a
           Slave
           in
           Turkey
           ,
           or
           in
           some
           other
           barbarous
           Nation
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           Servile
           Work
           I
           could
           by
           no
           means
           nor
           art
           deliver
           my Self
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           my
           Bondage
           a
           Nobleman
           of
           mine
           own
           Countrey
           ,
           of
           his
           own
           Free
           and
           Voluntary
           will
           ransom'd
           me
           home
           ,
           would
           it
           not
           engage
           my
           Soul
           to
           love
           the
           Man
           that
           redeemed
           me
           out
           of
           Bondage
           ?
           much
           more
           being
           delivered
           by
           Faith
           out
           of
           Bondage
           and
           Slavery
           from
           the
           Devil
           .
           And
           how
           should
           we
           manifest
           our
           love
           to
           Christ
           ,
           but
           by
           keeping
           his
           Commandments
           ?
        
         
           Quest
           .
           
             What
             do
             I
             apprehend
             as
             to
             the
          
           Third
           thing
           ?
        
         
           Answ
           .
           If
           I
           had
           never
           known
           another
           Righteousness
           than
           that
           which
           I
           attained
           unto
           ,
           or
           could
           attain
           unto
           by
           that
           Light
           and
           Power
           which
           worked
           in
           me
           before
           Conversion
           ,
           I
           must
           have
           expected
           my
           Portion
           in
           the
           Lake
           of
           Fire
           and
           Brimstone
           ,
           to
           be
           tormented
           Day
           and
           Night
           for
           ever
           :
           For
           in
           the
           greatest
           of
           my
           Purity
           ,
           and
           the
           highest
           Degree
           of
           Perfection
           ,
           there
           were
           lingering
           Desires
           to
           Evil
           that
           dwelt
           in
           me
           ,
           which
           would
           have
           led
           me
           to
           Evil
           ;
           which
           Desires
           I
           could
           not
           be
           delivered
           from
           any
           manner
           of
           Way
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           Cause
           of
           my
           Grief
           and
           Sorrow
           some
           considerable
           time
           ,
           until
           the
           Lord
           opened
           mine
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           shewed
           me
           Salvation
           by
           a
           Person
           wholly
           without
           me
           ,
           which
           Person
           is
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ,
           whose
           
           Righteousness
           being
           imputed
           unto
           me
           ,
           and
           accounted
           as
           mine
           own
           ,
           that
           Righteousness
           being
           every
           way
           compleat
           ,
           he
           having
           fulfilled
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           in
           every
           respect
           ,
           by
           submitting
           unto
           this
           ,
           and
           accepting
           of
           this
           as
           my
           own
           ,
           I
           had
           Peace
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           which
           no
           otherways
           I
           could
           attain
           to
           .
           Now
           by
           the
           light
           which
           every
           Man
           hath
           ,
           saw
           I
           no
           Beauty
           in
           this
           ;
           But
           by
           a
           Light
           which
           every
           Man
           hath
           not
           ,
           did
           I
           see
           a
           Beauty
           in
           this
           :
           From
           whence
           I
           may
           conclude
           what
           that
           Light
           which
           every
           Man
           hath
           is
           ,
           for
           every
           Man
           in
           Reason
           seeth
           not
           a
           Beauty
           in
           this
           Righteousness
           .
        
         
           Quest
           .
           
             Had
             I
             not
             Joy
             ,
             and
             Peace
             ,
             and
             Quietness
             in
             my
             Spirit
             when
             I
             was
             obedient
             to
             that
             Light
             in
             me
             ,
             which
             reproved
             me
             for
             Sin
             ?
             And
             doth
             not
             the
          
           Scripture
           
             say
             ,
             The
             Kingdom
             of
             God
             is
             Righteousness
             and
             Peace
             ,
             and
             Joy
             in
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ?
             Wherein
             do
             they
             differ
             then
             ?
          
        
         
           Answ
           .
           I
           had
           a
           Joy
           ,
           and
           a
           Peace
           ,
           and
           a
           Comfort
           in
           both
           states
           ;
           But
           the
           Joy
           of
           the
           first
           was
           not
           so
           great
           as
           the
           Joy
           of
           the
           Second
           :
           For
           as
           Israel
           was
           in
           Egypt
           under
           hard
           tasks
           ,
           Exod.
           5.
           
           And
           so
           long
           as
           they
           fulfilled
           their
           Tasks
           ,
           doubtless
           they
           had
           Joy
           ,
           and
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Quiet
           ;
           which
           when
           they
           did
           not
           fulfil
           ,
           they
           were
           beaten
           :
           But
           doubtless
           they
           had
           more
           Joy
           and
           Peace
           when
           they
           were
           brought
           into
           Canaan
           ,
           where
           the
           Tasks
           were
           not
           laid
           upon
           them
           .
           So
           was
           it
           with
           me
           ;
           So
           long
           as
           I
           did
           obey
           that
           which
           did
           reprove
           me
           for
           Sin
           ,
           I
           had
           peace
           and
           quiet
           ,
           judging
           my
           Condition
           happy
           :
           But
           I
           found
           a
           greater
           Joy
           and
           Peace
           ,
           when
           I
           saw
           Salvation
           by
           the
           Righteousness
           of
           Christ
           without
           me
           ,
           being
           a
           more
           compleat
           and
           surer
           Righteousness
           than
           that
           wrought
           in
           me
           ;
           being
           hereby
           delivered
           from
           Fear
           of
           Miscarriages
           ,
           to
           the
           loss
           of
           my
           Salvation
           .
        
         
           Quest
           .
           
             Was
             there
             not
             a
             Power
             when
             I
             obeyed
             the
             Light
             ,
             reproving
             me
             for
             Sin
             ,
             which
             did
             deliver
             me
             from
             sinning
             ,
             and
             gave
             me
             Strength
             to
             do
             that
             which
             was
             good
             ,
             and
             right
             ,
             and
             just
             before
             God
             and
             Man
             ,
             and
             would
             carry
             me
             through
             Sufferings
             for
             it
             ,
             with
             Peace
             and
             Comfort
             ,
             if
             I
             submitted
             unto
             it
             ,
             according
             to
             that
             
             passage
             ,
          
           To
           as
           many
           as
           received
           him
           ,
           to
           them
           gave
           he
           Power
           to
           become
           the
           Sons
           of
           God
           ?
        
         
           Answ
           .
           Yes
           ,
           There
           was
           a
           Power
           which
           did
           deliver
           me
           from
           sinning
           outwardly
           ,
           or
           doing
           any
           thing
           to
           wrong
           my
           Neighbour
           ,
           or
           telling
           Lies
           ,
           but
           choosed
           rather
           to
           suffer
           anger
           than
           to
           do
           it
           :
           whereas
           if
           I
           had
           lied
           ,
           I
           might
           have
           been
           free
           from
           it
           ,
           it
           bore
           me
           up
           when
           I
           was
           hissed
           at
           for
           what
           I
           did
           to
           my
           Face
           ,
           saying
           ,
           These
           are
           the
           things
           which
           I
           must
           look
           for
           ,
           it
           was
           the
           portion
           of
           Christ
           when
           He
           walked
           upon
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           I
           must
           not
           wonder
           at
           it
           ,
           the
           Scriptuee
           saith
           it
           ,
           
             For
             it
             is
             enough
             for
             a
             Servant
             to
             be
             equal
             with
             his
             Lord
             :
          
           But
           notwithstanding
           I
           met
           with
           a
           time
           when
           I
           could
           not
           have
           Peace
           of
           Conscience
           by
           that
           Power
           within
           me
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           powerful
           Work
           of
           God
           without
           me
           ,
           in
           preparing
           a
           Body
           which
           was
           perfectly
           holy
           to
           die
           for
           me
           ,
           to
           bear
           my
           Sins
           in
           my
           place
           ,
           in
           my
           room
           ,
           to
           free
           me
           from
           the
           Curse
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           imputing
           his
           Righteousness
           unto
           me
           ;
           To
           as
           many
           as
           receive
           this
           ,
           gave
           he
           Power
           to
           become
           the
           Sons
           of
           God
           ,
           heing
           manifest
           to
           me
           in
           the
           Spirit
           at
           that
           time
           I
           mentioned
           before
           ,
           working
           Faith
           in
           me
           ;
           which
           Faith
           engageth
           to
           serve
           the
           Lord
           :
           By
           this
           Faith
           I
           had
           Peace
           of
           Conscience
           ;
           this
           was
           the
           Power
           of
           God
           unto
           Salvation
           to
           my
           Soul
           according
           as
           it
           is
           written
           ,
           
             The
             Preaching
             of
             the
             Cross
             is
             to
             them
             that
             perish
             ,
             Foolishness
             ;
             but
             to
             them
             which
             are
             saved
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             Power
             of
             God.
          
           1
           Cor.
           1.18
           .
        
         
           Quest
           .
           
             Do
             I
             despise
             that
             Light
             ,
             Knowledg
             ,
             or
             Conscience
             which
             reproveth
             Man
             for
             Sin
             in
             him
             ,
             and
             judg
             it
             not
             to
             be
             obeyed
             ?
          
        
         
           Answ
           ,
           No
           ;
           I
           believe
           it
           is
           the
           Duty
           of
           every
           one
           to
           walk
           in
           the
           Commandments
           of
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           a
           Conscience
           void
           of
           Offence
           ,
           according
           as
           it
           is
           written
           ,
           
             Holding
             Faith
             in
             a
             pure
             Conscience
          
           ;
           hoping
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           same
           my self
           .
        
         
           Quest
           .
           
             For
             what
             Ends
             do
             I
             desire
             to
             be
             found
             in
             Obedience
             to
             this
             Light
             ?
          
        
         
           Answ
           .
           Because
           it
           is
           my
           Duty
           to
           God
           ;
           Not
           for
           Life
           ,
           but
           from
           a
           Principle
           of
           Life
           ;
           not
           for
           Salvation
           ,
           but
           because
           I
           
           have
           Salvation
           through
           Faith
           in
           Christ
           ;
           not
           that
           my
           Peace
           might
           be
           made
           ,
           but
           because
           my
           Peace
           is
           made
           already
           ,
           not
           that
           I
           might
           get
           into
           the
           Love
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           because
           I
           am
           in
           the
           Love
           of
           God
           through
           Faith
           in
           Christ
           ,
           who
           gave
           himself
           a
           Ransom
           to
           redeem
           me
           from
           the
           Curse
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           He
           being
           made
           a
           Curse
           for
           me
           .
        
         
           Friends
           ,
           To
           whom
           these
           few
           Lines
           may
           be
           presented
           ,
           written
           by
           the
           Hand
           of
           him
           who
           is
           Weak
           in
           Knowledg
           ,
           and
           of
           low
           Degree
           ,
           having
           done
           this
           at
           the
           request
           of
           my
           worthy
           Friends
           ,
           who
           thought
           it
           might
           be
           of
           use
           to
           those
           which
           might
           be
           in
           the
           like
           Trouble
           as
           I
           have
           been
           .
           After
           the
           viewing
           of
           this
           ,
           many
           Censures
           do
           I
           expect
           :
           perhaps
           it
           may
           be
           said
           by
           most
           ,
           I
           was
           no
           such
           Person
           as
           I
           have
           here
           exprest
           my self
           to
           be
           ;
           which
           if
           it
           be
           ,
           I
           matter
           not
           :
           God
           knoweth
           the
           things
           I
           have
           been
           led
           through
           ,
           my
           Conscience
           also
           bearing
           me
           Witness
           to
           the
           things
           I
           have
           written
           ,
           and
           therefore
           leave
           it
           to
           the
           Souls
           in
           Christ
           to
           judg
           .
           Perhaps
           it
           may
           be
           further
           said
           of
           me
           ,
           That
           I
           have
           written
           some
           things
           herein
           out
           of
           Envy
           and
           Malice
           .
           To
           which
           I
           answer
           ,
           I
           have
           not
           written
           any
           thing
           herein
           out
           of
           Envy
           or
           Malice
           ;
           but
           for
           the
           relief
           of
           those
           that
           are
           in
           trouble
           ,
           if
           the
           Lord
           please
           to
           make
           it
           instrumental
           by
           his
           Spirit
           for
           that
           end
           .
        
         
           Perhaps
           it
           may
           be
           said
           ,
           
             I
             could
             not
             attain
             to
             Joy
             ,
             and
             Peace
             ,
             and
             Comfort
             by
             Obedience
             to
             the
             Light
             reproving
             me
             for
             Sin
             ,
             seeing
             I
             walked
             not
             in
             all
             things
             as
             the
          
           Quakers
           did
           .
           To
           which
           I
           answer
           ,
           I
           have
           seen
           one
           of
           them
           do
           that
           which
           another
           of
           them
           had
           not
           Freedom
           to
           do
           ;
           yet
           I
           believe
           he
           that
           did
           it
           had
           Peace
           in
           what
           he
           did
           ,
           because
           he
           saw
           no
           Evil
           in
           it
           ;
           why
           might
           not
           I
           have
           Peace
           and
           Joy
           in
           my
           Spirit
           ,
           though
           I
           did
           not
           walk
           in
           every
           Point
           as
           they
           did
           ,
           seeing
           I
           did
           that
           which
           I
           believed
           was
           good
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           ,
           when
           I
           durst
           not
           do
           that
           which
           some
           of
           them
           did
           ?
           Perhaps
           it
           may
           be
           said
           ,
           
             This
             is
             nothing
             but
             an
             invented
             Story
             of
             mine
             own
             ,
             having
             picked
             up
             bere
             and
             there
             a
             word
             by
             Head-knowledg
             ,
             seeing
             I
             was
             not
             in
             open
             Profession
             with
             them
             which
             expect
             Salvation
             by
             Obedience
             to
             the
             Light
             in
             them
             .
          
           To
           which
           I
           say
           ,
           Though
           I
           was
           not
           in
           open
           Profession
           with
           them
           ,
           yet
           was
           I
           of
           the
           same
           Faith
           ,
           and
           
           fought
           my
           Salvation
           the
           same
           way
           .
           And
           as
           to
           taking
           hold
           of
           Words
           ,
           or
           inventing
           Stories
           ,
           I
           leave
           it
           to
           those
           indued
           with
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           to
           judg
           ,
           Whether
           it
           be
           in
           the
           Power
           of
           Man
           to
           place
           aright
           such
           things
           as
           I
           have
           spoken
           ,
           without
           experience
           of
           these
           things
           ;
           Though
           I
           might
           speak
           other
           things
           as
           concerning
           my
           Judgment
           both
           then
           and
           present
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           by
           the
           perswasion
           of
           any
           one
           ,
           as
           may
           appear
           by
           what
           I
           have
           said
           before
           :
           Who
           once
           wondered
           why
           the
           Law
           written
           by
           Moses
           was
           retained
           ,
           seeing
           there
           was
           another
           Law
           given
           since
           him
           by
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ,
           whose
           Law
           I
           was
           to
           obey
           .
           But
           I
           thought
           it
           was
           retained
           for
           a
           Memorial
           of
           what
           was
           in
           Days
           past
           ,
           as
           though
           that
           Law
           given
           by
           Moses
           did
           differ
           from
           the
           Law
           of
           Jesus
           :
           But
           if
           there
           be
           another
           Law
           by
           Christ
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           Law
           of
           Faith
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           Works
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Moral
           Law.
           For
           if
           Christ
           made
           a
           difference
           ,
           it
           was
           in
           the
           Ceremonial
           Law
           ,
           which
           was
           then
           in
           Type
           and
           Figure
           ,
           but
           now
           in
           Substance
           :
           For
           our
           High-Priest
           is
           not
           entered
           into
           the
           Holy
           Place
           made
           with
           Hands
           ,
           but
           into
           Heaven
           it self
           ;
           not
           with
           the
           blood
           of
           Bulls
           or
           Goats
           ,
           but
           with
           his
           own
           Blood
           ,
           because
           he
           gave
           himself
           an
           Offering
           and
           a
           Sacrifice
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           He
           bare
           our
           Sins
           upon
           his
           Body
           on
           the
           Tree
           ,
           by
           the
           which
           we
           have
           Peace
           with
           God
           :
           But
           as
           to
           the
           Moral
           Law
           ,
           or
           the
           Law
           of
           Works
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           know
           any
           change
           in
           that
           ,
           though
           I
           once
           thought
           there
           was
           from
           that
           of
           Matth.
           5.
           where
           he
           faith
           ,
           
             Ye
             have
             heard
             that
             it
             hath
             been
             said
             by
             them
             of
             Old
             time
             :
             but
             I
             say
             unto
             you
             ,
          
           as
           concerning
           the
           Oath
           and
           other
           things
           there
           mentioned
           ,
           where
           He
           interprets
           the
           Law
           :
           For
           he
           faith
           ,
           
             He
             came
             not
             to
             destroy
             the
             Law
             ,
             but
             to
             fulfil
             the
             Law.
          
           Neither
           do
           I
           find
           in
           those
           places
           ,
           where
           He
           speaketh
           of
           putting
           his
           Law
           in
           their
           inward
           parts
           ,
           that
           He
           doth
           mention
           another
           Law
           ,
           or
           a
           part
           of
           that
           which
           then
           was
           :
           But
           the
           Law
           is
           of
           the
           same
           length
           and
           breadth
           that
           it
           was
           ,
           and
           doth
           require
           as
           great
           a
           Righteousness
           to
           be
           saved
           thereby
           ,
           as
           ever
           it
           did
           to
           them
           which
           expect
           to
           be
           saved
           and
           accepted
           with
           God
           by
           Works
           :
           Then
           how
           much
           doth
           it
           concern
           them
           which
           look
           for
           Salvation
           by
           a
           Righteousness
           in
           which
           they
           Live
           ;
           seeing
           the
           Scripture
           faith
           ,
           
             He
             that
             is
             in
             Christ
             ,
             ought
             himself
             to
             walk
             even
             as
             he
             walked
             ?
          
           1
           Joh.
           2.6
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           how
           did
           Christ
           walk
           ?
           Christ
           so
           walked
           ,
           that
           He
           fulfilled
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           
             Thou
             shalt
             love
             the
             Lord
             thy
             God
             with
             all
             thy
             Heart
             ,
             with
             all
             thy
             Soul
             ,
             and
             with
             all
             thy
             Strength
             ,
             and
             thy
             Neighbour
             as
             thy Self
             .
          
           He
           was
           the
           Just
           One
           which
           was
           offered
           for
           the
           unjust
           ,
           in
           whose
           Mouth
           was
           found
           not
           Guile
           ,
           which
           in
           Himself
           knew
           no
           Sin
           ;
           For
           he
           did
           that
           which
           was
           pleasing
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           always
           ,
           at
           all
           Times
           ,
           Joh.
           8.29.2
           Cor.
           5.21
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           may
           fall
           out
           ,
           these
           few
           Lines
           may
           be
           presented
           to
           the
           Hands
           of
           some
           one
           or
           other
           ,
           which
           in
           their
           Hearts
           may
           say
           ,
           as
           I
           once
           said
           ,
           I
           have
           done
           the
           Will
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           kept
           all
           his
           Commandments
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           Lord
           should
           take
           me
           out
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           I
           have
           no
           Sin
           to
           answer
           for
           ,
           but
           my
           Condition
           is
           good
           ,
           I
           need
           not
           to
           fear
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           trial
           of
           which
           ,
           I
           shall
           repeat
           the
           things
           by
           which
           the
           Lord
           wounded
           me
           ,
           with
           some
           Additions
           :
           But
           first
           remember
           these
           two
           things
           ;
           First
           ,
           The
           Lord
           seeth
           not
           as
           Man
           seeth
           ;
           for
           Man
           looketh
           upon
           the
           outward
           appearance
           ,
           but
           the
           Lord
           looketh
           on
           the
           Heart
           ;
           for
           the
           Lord
           doth
           require
           the
           Heart
           ,
           in
           what
           He
           hath
           commanded
           Man
           to
           be
           found
           in
           ,
           1
           Sam.
           16.7
           .
           Prov.
           23.26
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           All
           things
           are
           open
           to
           Him
           ,
           and
           He
           knoweth
           the
           Heart
           ,
           and
           every
           Thought
           and
           Desire
           thereof
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           nothing
           hid
           from
           his
           Eyes
           ,
           1
           Joh.
           3.20
           .
           Luke
           16.15
           .
           Psal
           .
           94.11
           .
           Heb.
           4.13
           .
           Now
           to
           the
           things
           by
           which
           I
           was
           wounded
           ,
           thou
           may'st
           remember
           the
           Law
           is
           ,
           
             Thou
             shalt
             love
             the
             Lord
             thy
             God
             ,
             and
             thy
             Neighbour
             as
             thy self
          
           ;
           under
           which
           is
           comprehended
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Do
             unto
             all
             Men
             as
             thou
             wouldst
             be
             done
             unto
             .
          
           Now
           ask
           thy self
           ,
           Wouldst
           thou
           have
           thy
           Neighbour
           speak
           an
           evil
           word
           of
           thee
           ?
           which
           I
           believe
           thou
           wouldst
           not
           ;
           then
           thou
           must
           not
           speak
           an
           evil
           word
           of
           thy
           Neighbour
           .
           Wouldst
           thou
           not
           that
           an
           evil
           Thought
           should
           arise
           in
           him
           concerning
           thee
           ?
           then
           thou
           and
           I
           ought
           to
           do
           the
           same
           to
           him
           .
           If
           thou
           hast
           done
           a
           thing
           that
           proveth
           an
           Injury
           ,
           or
           a
           Wrong
           to
           any
           Man
           unawares
           ,
           Wouldst
           thou
           in
           thine
           Heart
           he
           should
           say
           ,
           nay
           ,
           have
           such
           a
           thought
           in
           him
           ,
           that
           thou
           didst
           it
           on
           purpose
           ,
           out
           of
           Envy
           ,
           or
           Malice
           ,
           or
           some
           Spite
           towards
           thee
           ,
           to
           do
           thee
           a
           Mischief
           ?
           
           See
           that
           thou
           do
           the
           same
           to
           him
           ;
           or
           this
           will
           follow
           ,
           
             Cursed
             is
             every
             one
             that
             continueth
             not
             in
             all
             things
             which
             are
             written
             in
             the
             Book
             of
             the
             Law
             to
             do
             them
             .
          
           Again
           ,
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             Love
             your
             Enemies
             ,
             do
             good
             to
             them
             that
             hate
             you
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Which
           must
           be
           out
           of
           a
           pure
           Heart
           ,
           for
           the
           Lord
           looketh
           thereupon
           .
           Now
           ask
           thy self
           ,
           O
           Man
           ,
           Art
           thou
           of
           the
           same
           frame
           of
           Spirit
           to
           him
           that
           is
           thine
           Enemy
           ,
           as
           thou
           art
           to
           him
           that
           is
           thy
           Bosom
           Friend
           ?
           Art
           thou
           of
           the
           same
           Temper
           ,
           Affections
           ,
           Coldness
           in
           thy
           Spirit
           at
           all
           times
           ,
           to
           him
           as
           thou
           art
           to
           thy
           Friend
           ?
           If
           he
           wrongeth
           thee
           ,
           is
           there
           not
           something
           in
           thee
           ,
           in
           thy
           Heart
           ,
           that
           would
           avenge
           thy self
           of
           this
           Man
           ?
           Doth
           it
           not
           say
           in
           this
           Language
           ,
           He
           had
           as
           good
           have
           held
           his
           Tongue
           ,
           or
           he
           had
           as
           good
           not
           have
           done
           this
           thing
           ,
           or
           that
           other
           thing
           ,
           for
           I
           will
           do
           him
           as
           good
           a
           kindness
           another
           time
           ?
           If
           he
           had
           done
           wrong
           to
           thee
           ,
           or
           some
           evil
           thing
           ,
           dost
           not
           thou
           declare
           it
           abroad
           ,
           to
           make
           him
           odious
           or
           hateful
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           a
           wicked
           Person
           in
           the
           Eyes
           of
           all
           ?
           or
           is
           it
           not
           in
           thy
           Heart
           at
           sometimes
           thus
           to
           do
           by
           him
           ?
           Tit.
           3.1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3.
           
           If
           he
           be
           one
           that
           hath
           stood
           as
           an
           open
           Enemy
           against
           thee
           ,
           or
           one
           that
           thou
           hast
           received
           some
           Damage
           or
           wrong
           by
           ,
           though
           thou
           durst
           not
           Avenge
           thy self
           of
           him
           ,
           yet
           hast
           not
           thou
           rejoiced
           in
           thy
           Heart
           ,
           and
           did
           it
           not
           make
           thy
           Heart
           glad
           ,
           and
           didst
           not
           thou
           clap
           thy
           Hands
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           when
           some
           Evil
           hath
           befaln
           him
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           hath
           taken
           vengeance
           ?
           If
           thou
           hast
           ,
           is
           not
           this
           to
           take
           pleasure
           in
           them
           that
           commit
           wickedness
           ,
           Rom.
           1.32
           ?
           And
           is
           this
           to
           do
           unto
           Man
           as
           thou
           wouldst
           be
           done
           unto
           ?
           and
           the
           Lord
           will
           not
           let
           such
           Sins
           go
           unpunished
           ,
           Ezek.
           25.6
           .
           Then
           this
           will
           follow
           ,
           
             Cursed
             is
             every
             one
             that
             continueth
             not
             in
             all
             things
             written
             in
             the
             Book
             of
             the
             Law
             to
             do
             them
             .
          
           It
           is
           further
           written
           ,
           Matth.
           5.
           
           
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             commit
             Adultery
             ;
             but
             he
             that
             looketh
             upon
             a
             Woman
             to
             lust
             after
             her
             ,
             hath
             committed
             Adultery
             with
             her
             in
             his
             Heart
             ,
          
           and
           so
           of
           all
           other
           Evils
           :
           And
           dost
           thou
           never
           look
           upon
           a
           Woman
           ,
           having
           this
           arising
           in
           thee
           ,
           saying
           ,
           Would
           I
           might
           have
           my
           Pleasure
           ,
           my
           Hearts
           delight
           with
           this
           comely
           person
           ?
           Also
           it
           is
           farther
           said
           ,
           
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             covet
             any
             thing
             that
             is
             thy
             Neighbours
             .
          
           Now
           dost
           thou
           at
           no
           time
           say
           in
           thine
           Heart
           ,
           or
           have
           such
           things
           arise
           in
           thee
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Would
             such
          
           
           /
           pg
           
             a
             Man's
             House
             or
             Lands
             were
             mine
             ?
          
           Or
           ,
           is
           he
           in
           a
           fair
           Trade
           ?
           Dost
           not
           thou
           desire
           or
           wish
           in
           thy
           Heart
           ,
           
             That
             thou
             couldst
             get
             into
             his
             Trade
             ?
          
           or
           ,
           Doth
           he
           live
           bravely
           in
           the
           World
           ?
           Dost
           not
           thou
           desire
           his
           Trade
           ,
           that
           thou
           mightest
           live
           as
           he
           ?
           Or
           ,
           art
           not
           thou
           ready
           to
           envy
           him
           ,
           because
           thou
           canst
           not
           do
           as
           he
           doth
           ?
           If
           there
           be
           any
           such
           things
           as
           these
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           right
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           ,
           Hebr.
           13.5.1
           Tim.
           6.8
           .
           Art
           thou
           a
           Servant
           ,
           art
           thou
           at
           all
           times
           content
           in
           thy
           Heart
           with
           thy
           Wages
           ?
           Doth
           not
           something
           arise
           in
           thee
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           Luke
           3.14
           ?
           If
           there
           be
           any
           such
           things
           ,
           though
           they
           are
           not
           known
           to
           Man
           ,
           yet
           God
           knoweth
           them
           all
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           enough
           to
           bring
           Man
           under
           the
           Curse
           .
           Now
           all
           these
           things
           ought
           to
           be
           done
           at
           all
           times
           ,
           Deut.
           18.19
           .
           For
           Christ
           did
           that
           which
           pleased
           God
           always
           .
           After
           all
           these
           ,
           and
           hundreds
           more
           that
           might
           be
           reckoned
           up
           ,
           if
           thou
           canst
           say
           thou
           dost
           them
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           required
           ,
           whether
           thou
           dost
           them
           all
           purely
           out
           of
           Love
           ;
           for
           whatever
           is
           done
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           not
           in
           Love
           to
           God
           it
           availeth
           not
           .
           Now
           if
           thou
           keep
           the
           Commandments
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           walk
           in
           his
           holy
           Statutes
           ,
           that
           thou
           mightest
           get
           into
           his
           Love
           and
           Favour
           ,
           and
           that
           thy
           Peace
           might
           be
           made
           thereby
           ,
           and
           that
           thou
           mightest
           be
           free
           from
           Condemnation
           ,
           Hell
           ,
           Death
           ,
           and
           eternal
           Torment
           ;
           I
           cannot
           judg
           it
           to
           be
           purely
           of
           Love
           ,
           as
           though
           thou
           waft
           Free
           from
           fear
           of
           the
           Wrath
           of
           God
           to
           all
           Eternity
           :
           For
           suppose
           two
           Men
           in
           this
           Nation
           should
           commit
           Treason
           ,
           ye
           know
           the
           Law
           is
           Death
           ;
           but
           the
           King
           thereof
           being
           merciful
           ,
           pardoneth
           the
           first
           for
           ever
           ,
           and
           solemnly
           engageth
           never
           to
           punish
           him
           according
           to
           the
           Law
           ,
           in
           token
           of
           which
           he
           maketh
           him
           his
           Chamberlain
           ,
           or
           other
           Officer
           ,
           promoting
           him
           to
           Honour
           ?
           Unto
           the
           second
           he
           faith
           ,
           I
           will
           forgive
           thee
           also
           :
           If
           thou
           for
           the
           time
           to
           come
           hearken
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           keep
           all
           my
           Statutes
           ,
           thou
           shalt
           be
           advanced
           to
           the
           like
           Honour
           ;
           but
           if
           thou
           walk
           in
           Disobedience
           to
           my
           Will
           ,
           I
           will
           assuredly
           cut
           thee
           off
           .
           Whether
           of
           these
           two
           ,
           judg
           ye
           ,
           serveth
           the
           King
           purely
           in
           love
           ?
           So
           is
           it
           in
           this
           Case
           :
           if
           thou
           dost
           walk
           in
           the
           Commands
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           you
           mightest
           be
           delivered
           from
           the
           Wrath
           to
           come
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           slavish
           thing
           ;
           out
           of
           this
           number
           did
           the
           Lord
           find
           Arrows
           to
           wound
           me
           with
           .
           I
           had
           several
           Objections
           ,
           which
           perhaps
           may
           be
           in
           the
           
           Spirits
           of
           some
           .
           I
           will
           name
           some
           ,
           and
           answer
           them
           as
           I
           am
           able
           .
        
         
           Object
           .
           1.
           
           
             If
             I
             do
             walk
             in
             all
             things
             which
             the
             Lord
             hath
             made
             known
             unto
             me
             ,
             is
             it
             not
             enough
             ?
             Will
             the
             Lord
             punish
             me
             for
             that
             which
             I
             do
             in
             Ignorance
             ?
          
        
         
           Answ
           .
           Art
           thou
           ignorant
           ?
           May
           not
           I
           bring
           thee
           into
           the
           number
           of
           those
           that
           are
           willfully
           ignorant
           ,
           or
           willingly
           ignorant
           ,
           seeing
           the
           Scripture
           faith
           ,
           
             The
             knowledg
             of
             Sin
             is
             by
             the
             Law
             ?
          
           Rom.
           3.20
           .
           &
           7.7
           .
           Wherefore
           ,
           had
           it
           thou
           searched
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           enquired
           into
           the
           Mind
           and
           Will
           of
           God
           to
           the
           utmost
           of
           thy
           Power
           ,
           mightst
           not
           thou
           have
           attained
           to
           more
           Knowledg
           than
           thou
           hast
           done
           in
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ?
           But
           if
           thou
           art
           ignorant
           ,
           thy
           Ignorance
           will
           not
           excuse
           thee
           .
           For
           the
           Lord
           did
           institute
           an
           Offering
           for
           Sin
           committed
           in
           Ignorance
           ,
           which
           declares
           He
           required
           Satisfaction
           to
           be
           made
           for
           all
           Sin
           ,
           if
           committed
           in
           Ignorance
           .
           Also
           he
           that
           knew
           not
           the
           Will
           of
           his
           Lord
           ,
           and
           did
           things
           worthy
           of
           Stripes
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           be
           freed
           ,
           Lev.
           4.2,3
           .
           Luk.
           12.48
           .
           Sometimes
           I
           have
           had
           this
           Objection
           ,
           but
           am
           satisfied
           as
           followeth
           .
        
         
           Object
           .
           2.
           
           
             There
             are
             Temptations
             arising
             in
             me
             to
             Evil
             ;
             but
             Christ
             was
             tempted
             ,
             and
             was
             it
             not
             so
             with
             him
             ?
             had
             not
             he
             these
             arising
             in
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           Answ
           .
           No.
           If
           those
           Temptations
           do
           proceed
           from
           the
           Lust
           of
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           which
           the
           Scripture
           mentions
           ,
           Jam.
           1.14
           .
           Rom.
           1.27
           .
           then
           had
           he
           none
           ;
           
             For
             he
             was
             in
             the
             Form
             of
             God
             ,
             thought
             it
             not
             Robbery
             to
             be
             equal
             with
             God
             :
          
           seeing
           he
           was
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           he
           was
           his
           righteous
           Servant
           ,
           the
           Man
           ,
           his
           Fellow
           ;
           He
           was
           Holy
           ,
           Undefiled
           ,
           knowing
           no
           Sin
           ;
           therefore
           he
           had
           no
           sinful
           Nature
           ;
           then
           was
           there
           no
           Temptations
           ,
           no
           inclinations
           ,
           no
           desire
           to
           Evil
           in
           him
           proceeding
           from
           from
           his
           Flesh
           .
           Col.
           2.6
           .
           Isa
           .
           53.11
           .
           Zech.
           13.7.2
           Cor.
           5.21
           .
           Luke
           1.35
           .
           But
           if
           you
           say
           ,
           these
           Temptations
           and
           Inclinations
           proceed
           from
           the
           Devil
           ;
           then
           had
           he
           none
           ,
           for
           he
           saith
           ,
           Joh.
           14.30
           .
           
             The
             Prince
             of
             this
             World
             cometh
             ,
             and
             bath
             nothing
             in
             me
             .
          
           If
           then
           he
           had
           nothing
           in
           him
           ,
           then
           he
           had
           not
           so
           much
           as
           a
           place
           to
           stir
           up
           evil
           Motions
           ,
           or
           evil
           Desires
           in
           Him
           :
           for
           when
           he
           was
           tempted
           ,
           the
           Devil
           spake
           to
           him
           with
           a
           Voice
           ,
           as
           I
           conceive
           ,
           from
           those
           Passages
           which
           say
           ,
           he
           said
           
           unto
           him
           ,
           Mat.
           4.
           
           Luk.
           4.
           which
           I
           do
           not
           remember
           is
           mentioned
           on
           that
           accompt
           ,
           but
           in
           Gen.
           3.
           to
           them
           in
           Paradise
           .
        
         
           Object
           .
           3.
           
           But
           this
           is
           a
           Third
           ,
           which
           lodged
           long
           with
           me
           ,
           
             The
             Lord
             hath
             commanded
             Man
             to
             walk
             in
             his
             Law
             ,
             to
             love
             the
             Lord
             his
             God
             with
             all
             his
             Heart
             ,
             Soul
             ,
             and
             Strength
             ,
             and
             his
             Neighbour
             as
             himself
             ;
             and
             if
             it
             be
             not
             attainable
             ,
             wherefore
             did
             the
             Lord
             command
             it
             .
          
        
         
           Answ
           .
           In
           these
           things
           have
           I
           found
           the
           Law
           to
           be
           of
           use
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           By
           it
           I
           was
           convinced
           of
           Sin
           Spiritual
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           And
           saw
           the
           height
           and
           strictness
           of
           the
           Righteousness
           which
           the
           Lord
           did
           require
           for
           Salvation
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           My
           failings
           and
           inability
           to
           keep
           this
           Righteousness
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           To
           humble
           me
           ,
           and
           lay
           me
           at
           the
           Feet
           of
           God
           for
           Mercy
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           That
           my
           proud
           Spirit
           might
           submit
           unto
           the
           Righteousness
           of
           a
           Person
           acted
           without
           me
           ,
           which
           before
           would
           not
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           The
           Commands
           of
           God
           to
           Holiness
           were
           of
           use
           to
           me
           ,
           when
           I
           was
           stirred
           up
           to
           Ranting
           ,
           to
           turn
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           into
           Wantonness
           ;
           and
           sin
           ,
           that
           Grace
           might
           abound
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           Also
           when
           I
           was
           falling
           into
           Despair
           of
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           (
           saying
           )
           Christ
           died
           for
           the
           remission
           of
           Sins
           committed
           before
           he
           manifested
           his
           Love
           to
           me
           ;
           but
           afterwards
           I
           must
           work
           for
           Life
           and
           Salvation
           ,
           keep
           all
           the
           Commandments
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           or
           else
           Damnation
           will
           be
           my
           portion
           .
        
         
           Then
           it
           was
           of
           use
           to
           me
           to
           turn
           me
           ,
           or
           drive
           me
           to
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ;
           because
           I
           saw
           I
           could
           not
           come
           up
           to
           the
           height
           of
           those
           Commands
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           And
           is
           of
           use
           to
           me
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           when
           I
           consider
           the
           Height
           and
           the
           Depth
           ,
           the
           length
           and
           the
           Breadth
           of
           the
           Law
           of
           our
           God
           ,
           to
           cause
           me
           to
           prize
           the
           glorious
           Gospel
           of
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ,
           in
           which
           is
           Justification
           ,
           Sanctification
           ,
           Redemption
           :
           to
           include
           all
           ,
           sure
           Salvation
           ,
           being
           lifted
           up
           through
           Faith
           in
           Christ
           ,
           above
           the
           Law
           and
           the
           Power
           of
           Works
           ,
           Death
           and
           Hell
           ;
           that
           from
           henceforth
           we
           should
           serve
           him
           without
           fear
           ,
           to
           the
           Praise
           of
           his
           Holy
           Name
           for
           ever
           .
           Amen
           .
        
         
           Having
           thus
           run
           over
           the
           Heads
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           it
           pleased
           the
           Lord
           I
           should
           be
           hamper'd
           in
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           the
           knowledg
           He
           hath
           given
           me
           ,
           I
           have
           laid
           them
           down
           ,
           if
           happily
           
           they
           might
           be
           of
           use
           to
           others
           ;
           not
           as
           though
           I
           were
           able
           to
           contend
           and
           Answer
           all
           Objections
           that
           my
           Adversaries
           may
           raise
           against
           me
           ,
           having
           had
           but
           a
           little
           time
           in
           these
           things
           .
           And
           though
           I
           am
           compassed
           about
           with
           troubles
           ,
           yet
           will
           I
           call
           upon
           the
           Lord
           for
           Strength
           to
           stand
           up
           under
           them
           :
           For
           in
           my
           Infancy
           in
           Christ
           ,
           great
           was
           my
           trouble
           ,
           yet
           did
           the
           Lord
           bear
           me
           up
           ,
           and
           deliver
           me
           which
           giveth
           me
           ground
           to
           believe
           ,
           He
           will
           yet
           stand
           by
           me
           ,
           and
           strengthen
           me
           ,
           and
           preserve
           me
           unto
           his
           Heavenly
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           Many
           more
           things
           might
           I
           reckon
           up
           ,
           but
           in
           those
           may
           be
           seen
           these
           two
           things
           .
           First
           ,
           The
           Backwardness
           of
           Man
           ;
           the
           Unwillingness
           of
           this
           Spirit
           to
           come
           unto
           Christ
           ,
           and
           submit
           to
           his
           Righteousness
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           Being
           come
           to
           see
           this
           Life
           and
           Salvation
           by
           the
           Death
           of
           Christ
           alone
           ,
           how
           ready
           is
           Man
           to
           for
           sake
           it
           and
           join
           something
           with
           it
           ,
           some
           Works
           ,
           some
           Duties
           ,
           some-thing
           which
           pleaseth
           Man
           ,
           and
           eclipses
           the
           Glory
           of
           Christ
           ,
           then
           all
           is
           well
           enough
           :
           Unto
           this
           I
           might
           reckon
           up
           many
           things
           ;
           but
           this
           I
           say
           ,
           The
           Light
           of
           the
           Gospel
           to
           me
           ,
           for
           many
           Months
           ,
           was
           as
           the
           light
           of
           a
           Gloworm
           by
           the
           way-side
           ,
           a
           small
           thing
           ready
           to
           be
           passed
           by
           ;
           or
           as
           a
           By-way
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           the
           chief
           Road
           to
           the
           great
           City
           ,
           the
           heavenly
           Jerusalem
           :
           It
           was
           so
           much
           against
           Reason
           ,
           being
           without
           the
           Works
           of
           the
           Law
           ;
           The
           way
           of
           the
           Gospel
           is
           as
           an
           unbeaten
           Path
           ,
           the
           Lord
           knows
           People
           walk
           not
           by
           Troops
           in
           it
           :
           For
           the
           Gospel
           is
           too
           glorious
           for
           Man's
           Reason
           to
           comprehend
           :
           Therefore
           the
           Law
           is
           embraced
           ,
           and
           Errours
           do
           flow
           as
           Water
           from
           a
           Spring
           ;
           but
           forget
           not
           this
           ,
           That
           by
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           ye
           are
           sanctified
           ,
           through
           the
           Offering
           of
           the
           Body
           of
           Jesus
           once
           for
           all
           ;
           He
           is
           our
           Righteousness
           ,
           our
           Peace
           ,
           our
           All
           ,
           we
           are
           compleat
           in
           Him
           ,
           perfected
           for
           ever
           through
           Faith
           without
           the
           Deeds
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           this
           will
           stand
           when
           all
           the
           rotten
           righteousness
           of
           Man
           shall
           fall
           :
           Therefore
           unto
           the
           King
           Everlasting
           ,
           and
           only
           Wise
           God
           ,
           be
           Glory
           ,
           Honour
           ,
           and
           Praise
           for
           ever
           and
           ever
           .
        
         
           
             W.
             D.
             
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .