Reflections upon some passages in a book entituled, A defence of a book entituled, The snake in the grass by Edmund Elys. Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707. 1700 Approx. 10 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 5 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2006-02 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A39371 Wing E691 ESTC R41124 19637585 ocm 19637585 109240 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Leslie, Charles, 1650-1722. -- Defence of a book intituled The snake in the grass. Society of Friends -- Apologetic works. 2005-11 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2005-11 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2005-12 Judith Siefring Sampled and proofread 2005-12 Judith Siefring Text and markup reviewed and edited 2006-01 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion REFLECTIONS Upon some PASSAGES In a Book Entituled , A DEFENCE Of a Book Entituled , The Snake in the Grass . By EDMVND ELYS . LONDON , Printed and Sold by T. Sowle , in White-Hart-Court , in Gracious-Street , and at the Bible in Leaden-Hall-Street , 1700. Reflections , &c. A Defence , &c , p. 29. This was the Rule in all Holy Enthusiams ; they submited to be Try'd and Examin'd by the Rule of the Scriptures . Answ . A Learned Foreigner that Writes against ROBERT BARCLAY doth acknowledge , Se cum suis Doctrinas , & Mores suos libentissime Examini earum ( S. Scripturarum ) concedere , &c. That he , with those of his Religion , are willing their Doctrines should be Try'd by the Holy Scriptures , and to admit as a positive , and certain Maxim , that whatsoever any do , pretending to be led by the Spirit , which is contrary to the Holy Scriptures , should be reputed a Delusion of the Devil . P. 90. He comes , p. 27. to a material Point indeed , where it is objected against the Quakers , That they hold the Light within Every Man that comes into the World , Sufficient to Salvation , without Something else , that is , without the outward Christ , to Suffer , and Dye outwardly for Us. Which makes Christ's coming into the World , of no Necessity at all to our Salvation . I desire the Candid Reader to take a Review of G. Whitehead's Words : The first part is not true : We are not offended at G. K's Preaching Christ , or his Suffering , and Dying without us , truly considered . But , 2. at his undervaluing the Light within , as not Sufficient to Salvation , or not Sufficient without something else , seeing G. K. confesseth , That the Light within , in a true sense , is God , and Christ , the Eternal , and Essential Word , as in his Antichrists , and Sadduces , p. 23. Surely Christ within , and Christ without , are not two Christs ; Christ without , is not another Christ , than Christ , within , tho' his being without , and within , was in different manners . By the Light within , being Sufficient to Salvation , or to bring Salvation , we mean , able to Save , as the ingrafted Word is able to save the Soul. By truly Considered , I doubt not but G. W. means , Consider'd with a due Regard to the Obligation to Holiness , which Our HOLY ONE has 〈◊〉 upon All Men , and a Power to become Holy , which He Offers to All , in the Suffering and Death of Christ . The Outward Christ , which this Author uses so frequently , is a Term most Intolerably Scandalous ; For it seems to import that the Same Person , who is ( the Light of the World ) The Light within , is not HE that was Crucified at Jerusalem . P. 103. The Quakers expect no Justification , but only by their own Works , wrought In them By the Spirit . Answ . The Works wrought In us , By the Spirit , are not Our own Works , but the Works of GOD , and the Righteousness which is of FAITH . I do again and again , Request this Learned Man , to Attempt the Refutation of what I have written , against G. Keith's most impious Saying , that The Light within is not Sufficient to Salvation without something else . P. 196. By which Logick the Vnderstanding has no more Light in it self , than the Eye , only a Capacity to receive Light ab Extra . Answ . It is the Nature of the Humane Understanding , or Intellect , to receive an Irradiation , or Emanation of Light , from the Fountain of Light , the Sun of Righteousness : And it has no more Intelligible Light in it self , than the Eye has of Corporeal Light. In my Animadversions , upon a Book Entituled , Christianity not Mysterious , I have these Words : Every Act of the Intellect , or Vnderstanding , so far as it is not Deprav'd , or Perverted by the Will , is nothing else but the Perception of ESSENTIAL REASON in it Self , or in its Effects . P. 199. Here is a Light within , which God Commands us not to Follow. This is a most Horrid , and Detestable Falshood , There 's no Light within , but Christ Himself , or what Comes from Him. P. 205. Our Mind cou'd no more Resist it than our Hands , if our Mind had no more Light than the Divine ; unless you suppose that the Divine Light wou'd Resist it self . Answ . Certainly the Light is not Resisted by Any Light , but only by Darkness : Every Sin is a Work of Darkness . P. 227. The Quakers will not Allow that He is Absent from us , even as to His Person , or we from Him. Answ . Certainly if His Person be the True , and Eternal GOD , Christ is not Absent from us , as to His Person , or we from Him. P. 227. Another Text they urge mightily for the Vniversality of their Light within , is John 1. 9. That was the true Light , which lighteth Every Man that cometh into the World. This they Understand of Faith , the True , Saving Faith , and to suppose that Every Man must have it . Answ . This is a Gross Mistake : By this Enlightning of Every Man , they do not Understand Faith , but a Manifestation of the Object of Faith. I shall here Recite some words of G. FOX , concerning Our Lord JESUS CHRIST , The Light Within , which import that Truth , which I Hope , I shall be ever Ready , by the Help of GOD , to Defend against any Opponent , or Opponents whatsoever . G. F. Epist . 6. No Man is Justified , Acting Contrary to that Spirit , that doth Convince them . Epist . 51. GOD is not seen , but in the Eternal Light , from whence all pure Wisdom comes . This Treasure is not seen , but with the Spiritual Eye ; nor received , but with the Pure in Heart , and by those who dwell , and abide in the Eternal Light. P. 76. To the Light I direct you , that with it ye may see your selves ; then in it stand , that with it ye may see Jesus , from whence it Comes . P. 99. Every one that comes into the World , having a Light from Christ Jesus , who is not of the World ; and being turned to this Light , which he is lighted withal , he is turned to Jesus Christ , from whence it Comes — Every one with the Light , which comes from Him , shall see Christ , and shall see the Father through the Spirit , that Proceeds from the Father , and the Son ; and the Glory that he had with the Father before the World began . P. 112. Live in the Wisdom of the Lord , that Jesus Christ may be known in the midst of you , as a Prophet , Priest , and King. Therefore I say , Know Christ , who is the Substance of all the Types , Figures , and Shadows , By whom the World was Made . P. 126. Be Faithful unto GOD , in your Measure of Light , Life and Truth . P. 175. The True Freedom is in the Son , who Suffered and Dyed , and is Risen again . P. 492. Christ Suffered in the Flesh , and Dyed , and was Crucified as he was Man , not as he was God , the Word , which was in the Beginning ; but as he was Man , who bore the Sins and Iniquities of all Mankind ; and was an Offering for the Sins of the whole World , who Tasted Death for Every Man ; All being in Death in Adam ; so that they might have Life through Christ , the Second Adam : So I say again , that Christ did not Dye , as he was GOD , but as Man : He was Crucified , and Buried , and Rose again the Third Day , and Ascended , and is at the Right Hand of GOD. P. 539. The Stone that Smote the Image , became a great Mountain , and filled the Earth , Dan. 2. Is not this Christ Jesus , who hath all Power in Heaven and Earth given to him , that He Filleth the Whole Earth with his Divinity , to whom GOD gave the Heathen for an Inheritance ? &c. I Beseech Almighty GOD to give Me Grace to Persevere in this Resolution , To Abhor All that I Know to be Evil , and to cleave to All that I Know to be Good , Wheresoever I Discover it . COME , LORD JESVS . FINIS .