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           Christianity
           Vindicated
           :
           OR
           ,
           The
           Fundamental
           Truths
           of
           the
           
             Gospel
          
           concerning
           the
           
             Person
          
           of
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           
             Redemption
          
           through
           
             Faith
          
           in
           
             Him
             ,
          
           maintained
           ,
           AGAINST
           The
           Cavils
           and
           Groundless
           Exceptions
           of
           
             Andrew
             Robeson
             ,
          
           and
           
             George
             Keith
             ,
             Gawen
             Lawrie
             ,
          
           and
           
             George
             White-head
             ,
          
           Who
           are
           called
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           
             Quakers
             .
          
           BEING
           A
           Reply
           to
           a
           Book
           published
           by
           these
           Men
           in
           Opposition
           unto
           a
           Book
           ,
           Intituled
           ,
           
             A
             Testimony
             to
             the
             true
             Saviour
             .
          
        
         
           By
           
             ROBERT
             GORDON
             ,
          
           Author
           of
           the
           said
           
             Testimony
             .
          
        
         
           
             1
             Tim.
             4.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             But
             the
             Spirit
             speaketh
             expresly
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             latter
             times
             some
             shall
             depart
             from
             the
             Faith
             ,
             giving
             heed
             to
             seducing
             spirits
             —
             speaking
             lyes
             in
             hypocricie
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             1
             John
             4.
             1.
             3.
             
          
           
             Believe
             not
             every
             spirit
             —
             for
             —
             every
             spirit
             that
             confesseth
             not
             ,
             that
             Jesus
             Christ
             is
             come
             in
             the
             flesh
             ,
             is
             not
             of
             God.
             —
          
        
         
           
             1
             John
             2.
             22.
             
          
           
             Who
             is
             a
             Lyer
             ?
             But
             he
             that
             denyeth
             that
             Jesus
             is
             the
             Christ
             ,
             he
             is
             the
             Antichrist
             .
          
        
         
           
             John
             20.
             31.
             
          
           
             But
             these
             things
             are
             written
             ,
             that
             ye
             might
             believe
             ,
             that
             Jesus
             is
             the
             Christ
             ,
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             that
             believing
             ye
             might
             have
             life
             through
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Robert
             Boulter
             ,
          
           at
           the
           
             Turks-head
          
           in
           
             Cornhill
             ,
          
           near
           the
           
             Royal
             Exchange
             .
          
           1671.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           TO
           THE
           Christian
           Reader
           .
        
         
           HAving
           lately
           published
           a
           Book
           ,
           intituled
           ,
           
             A
             Testimony
             to
             the
             true
             Saviour
             ;
          
           the
           tendency
           whereof
           was
           ,
           to
           bear
           witness
           in
           these
           latter
           and
           dangerous
           times
           ,
           (
           as
           concurring
           with
           ,
           and
           consenting
           unto
           the
           voices
           of
           
             all
          
           the
           
             Prophets
          
           and
           
             Apostles
          
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           old
           )
           To
           the
           
             man
             Christ
             Jesus
             of
             Nazareth
             ,
          
           as
           the
           
             Lords
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           
             our
             only
             Saviour
             ;
          
           And
           unto
           reconciliation
           ,
           justification
           and
           redemption
           ,
           as
           already
           in
           being
           in
           
             him
             ,
          
           purchased
           ,
           compleated
           and
           perfected
           with
           God
           for
           sinners
           ,
           by
           the
           price
           of
           his
           whole
           ,
           intire
           and
           perfect
           obedience
           to
           his
           Fathers
           will
           in
           his
           crueified
           body
           
             without
             us
             ;
          
           to
           be
           made
           effectual
           by
           the
           workings
           and
           operations
           of
           his
           Spirit
           in
           all
           such
           ,
           who
           through
           faith
           in
           
             him
          
           receive
           that
           attonement
           :
           And
           hence
           rejecting
           the
           errours
           which
           tend
           to
           the
           darkening
           or
           denying
           of
           those
           blessed
           truths
           ,
           so
           plainly
           testified
           unto
           in
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           among
           whomsoever
           they
           were
           lodged
           without
           reflection
           upon
           any
           persons
           or
           people
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           The
           great
           opposition
           and
           contradiction
           raised
           against
           this
           
             my
             Testimony
             ,
          
           and
           the
           reproach
           thrown
           upon
           me
           because
           of
           it
           ,
           fully
           satisfies
           me
           ,
           that
           a
           publick
           Testifying
           unto
           those
           truths
           was
           and
           is
           both
           seasonable
           and
           necessary
           .
        
         
         
           A
           faithful
           account
           of
           the
           exceptions
           brought
           by
           these
           
             Four
             Men
          
           against
           this
           
             Doctrine
             of
             Christianity
             ,
          
           and
           therewith
           of
           the
           Principles
           of
           truth
           testified
           unto
           in
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           by
           the
           
             Prophets
          
           and
           
             Apostles
             ,
          
           whereby
           may
           be
           seen
           their
           agreement
           or
           difference
           with
           each
           other
           ,
           is
           the
           matter
           in
           this
           following
           Discourse
           ;
           where
           I
           do
           invite
           the
           
             Reader
          
           to
           be
           no
           farther
           concerned
           ,
           then
           as
           be
           is
           
             a
             Christian
             .
          
        
         
           If
           their
           Book
           in
           answer
           to
           
             my
             said
             Testimony
             ,
          
           intituled
           by
           them
           ,
           
             The
             light
             of
             truth
             triumphing
          
           hath
           or
           shall
           come
           to
           thy
           view
           ,
           judge
           not
           of
           it
           by
           its
           fair
           title
           ;
           the
           nature
           of
           things
           doth
           not
           alwayes
           answer
           the
           names
           or
           inscriptions
           put
           upon
           them
           ;
           
             Hereticks
          
           of
           old
           have
           named
           themselves
           
             Orthodox
             ;
          
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           common
           then
           for
           men
           to
           adora
           errours
           with
           the
           robes
           of
           truth
           ,
           and
           to
           deform
           truth
           with
           the
           rags
           of
           errours
           :
           Therefore
           I
           would
           not
           have
           thee
           judge
           the
           better
           of
           these
           mens
           Doctrine
           ,
           because
           they
           have
           named
           it
           ,
           
             Light
             of
             truth
             triumphing
             ;
          
           Or
           the
           worse
           of
           what
           is
           asserted
           in
           
             my
             late
             Testimony
             ,
          
           because
           of
           the
           black
           mark
           of
           
             darkness
             ,
             ignorance
             ,
             errour
             and
             envy
             ,
          
           they
           have
           branded
           it
           with
           .
        
         
           Wonder
           not
           that
           in
           these
           last
           times
           even
           
             Christianity
          
           it self
           in
           its
           very
           foundation
           (
           the
           Person
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           ,
           who
           is
           that
           Rock
           upon
           whom
           it
           is
           built
           ,
           and
           faith
           in
           him
           as
           being
           
             the
             Son
             of
             Man
          
           now
           bodily
           glorified
           without
           us
           )
           is
           struck
           at
           and
           denied
           ;
           and
           that
           among
           us
           in
           these
           Nations
           ,
           where
           so
           many
           years
           
             He
          
           as
           Saviour
           ,
           and
           faith
           in
           
             him
          
           for
           Salvation
           ,
           hath
           been
           openly
           owned
           and
           professed
           :
           Which
           as
           it
           may
           be
           looked-upon
           as
           a
           just
           rebuke
           from
           the
           Lord
           against
           such
           among
           us
           ,
           who
           having
           long
           professed
           him
           in
           words
           ,
           yet
           have
           and
           do
           deny
           him
           in
           their
           conversations
           :
           So
           it
           is
           also
           no
           less
           then
           what
           was
           plainly
           foretold
           by
           the
           Holy
           
             Apostles
          
           to
           come
           to
           pass
           in
           the
           last
           times
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           
             that
             some
             should
             depart
             from
             the
             faith
             ,
             even
             denying
             the
             Lord
             that
             bought
             them
             ;
             and
             that
             many
             should
             follow
             their
             pernicious
             waies
             .
          
        
         
           And
           although
           these
           men
           who
           have
           thus
           appeared
           against
           
             my
             Testimony
             to
             the
             true
             Saviour
             ,
          
           are
           called
           by
           the
           name
           of
           
             Quakers
             ,
          
           as
           reckoning
           themselves
           of
           that
           Sect
           or
           Company
           ,
           yet
           let
           it
           not
           be
           so
           looked
           upon
           ,
           as
           if
           there
           were
           not
           many
           among
           those
           people
           ,
           who
           (
           not
           knowing
           these
           depths
           of
           Satan
           as
           they
           speak
           )
           are
           not
           in
           their
           understandings
           intangled
           in
           these
           errours
           ;
           and
           therefore
           every
           one
           being
           to
           give
           an
           account
           for
           himself
           of
           his
           own
           faith
           ,
           we
           are
           in
           charity
           no
           farther
           to
           determine
           upon
           persons
           among
           that
           people
           ,
           as
           carried
           away
           in
           this
           Apostacy
           
             from
             the
             faith
             as
             it
             was
             once
             delivered
             to
             the
             Saints
             ,
          
           then
           as
           they
           acknowledge
           and
           own
           it
           to
           be
           so
           ,
           each
           for
           himself
           :
           
           But
           that
           there
           are
           some
           pretending
           to
           be
           Teachers
           among
           them
           ,
           and
           some
           others
           also
           ,
           making
           a
           fair
           shew
           ,
           under
           the
           disguise
           of
           the
           names
           of
           Light
           and
           power
           within
           ,
           thereby
           bringing
           in
           damnable
           errours
           to
           pervert
           the
           faith
           of
           some
           ,
           is
           too
           too
           manifest
           ;
           among
           whom
           these
           Four
           Men
           have
           numbred
           themselves
           ,
           by
           this
           their
           voluntary
           opposition
           they
           have
           raised
           of
           their
           own
           accord
           against
           the
           plain
           truth
           ,
           left
           to
           us
           upon
           record
           by
           the
           
             Prophets
          
           and
           
             Apostles
             ,
          
           and
           Testified
           unto
           by
           me
           ;
           Against
           whom
           I
           own
           no
           other
           opposition
           ,
           then
           in
           and
           by
           the
           Spirit
           and
           Doctrine
           of
           Truth
           to
           stop
           the
           mouthes
           of
           these
           and
           such
           gain-sayers
           .
        
         
           Not
           any
           delight
           I
           have
           in
           re-joynders
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           hath
           led
           me
           thus
           forth
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           these
           mens
           exceptions
           against
           the
           truth
           ;
           But
           their
           wresting
           and
           misapplying
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Holy
           Men
           of
           Old
           recorded
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           jumbling
           the
           truths
           distinctly
           testified
           unto
           in
           them
           ,
           thereby
           among
           simple
           people
           to
           deface
           and
           darken
           the
           truth
           published
           by
           the
           
             Apostles
             ,
          
           and
           asserted
           by
           me
           ,
           by
           forcing
           them
           to
           appear
           as
           a
           heap
           of
           confusion
           and
           contradiction
           ,
           and
           there
           openly
           charging
           me
           as
           smiting
           in
           the
           dark
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           daring
           me
           to
           speak
           more
           particularly
           ,
           hath
           forced
           and
           constrained
           m●
           ,
           for
           the
           very
           Truths
           sake
           ,
           to
           this
           reply
           ;
           &
           therein
           to
           name
           the
           very
           books
           wherein
           and
           by
           whom
           these
           errours
           are
           asserted
           as
           truth
           ;
           that
           I
           might
           vindicate
           
             my
             Testimony
          
           to
           the
           blessed
           mystery
           of
           Christ
           crucified
           ;
           against
           these
           ,
           and
           such
           opposers
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           they
           appear
           against
           that
           mystery
           testifyed
           unto
           ,
           in
           it
           ;
           And
           that
           by
           removing
           all
           their
           exceptions
           against
           the
           truth
           ,
           I
           might
           in
           my
           measure
           assert
           and
           justifie
           the
           blessed
           harmony
           which
           is
           betwixt
           the
           perfect
           redemption
           that
           is
           already
           finished
           in
           
             Christ
             Jesus
          
           for
           us
           ;
           and
           the
           revelation
           of
           
             Him
          
           in
           us
           ,
           against
           unbelievers
           in
           this
           age
           ;
           who
           judging
           of
           this
           mystery
           by
           the
           reason
           of
           man
           ,
           cry
           out
           ,
           Confusion
           ,
           contradiction
           ,
           how
           can
           these
           things
           be
           so
           ?
           And
           that
           such
           who
           through
           these
           and
           such
           mens
           fair
           ,
           and
           high
           pretences
           (
           who
           are
           really
           mighty
           to
           deceive
           )
           are
           apt
           to
           be
           turned
           aside
           from
           the
           truth
           as
           it
           is
           in
           
             Jesus
             ,
          
           might
           discern
           this
           
             mystery
             of
             iniquity
          
           in
           its
           root
           and
           tendency
           ,
           so
           far
           differing
           from
           ,
           and
           contrary
           unto
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           
             Prophets
          
           and
           
             Apostles
             .
          
        
         
           After
           perusal
           of
           this
           following
           discourse
           ,
           judge
           impartially
           between
           me
           and
           these
           men
           according
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           truth
           ,
           and
           that
           doctrine
           ,
           theirs
           or
           mine
           ,
           which
           is
           most
           agreeable
           thereunto
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           received
           ,
           and
           let
           the
           other
           for
           ever
           be
           rejected
           .
        
         
           
             And
             so
             farewell
             .
             R.
             G.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           ANDREW
           ROBESON
           .
        
         
           I
           Begin
           with
           thee
           as
           being
           the
           
             first
             man
          
           I
           meet
           with
           of
           this
           
             four-fold
             combination
          
           against
           a
           plain
           
             Testimony
             to
             the
             true
             Saviour
             ;
          
           and
           thou
           enters
           upon
           this
           work
           ,
           as
           if
           through
           high
           swelling
           words
           ,
           thou
           couldest
           at
           the
           very
           first
           dash
           overthrow
           
             the
             whole
             bost
             of
             Israel
             ,
          
           to
           wit
           ,
           
             the
             voices
             of
             all
             the
             Propbets
             and
             Apostles
          
           in
           this
           matter
           ;
           and
           being
           thus
           puffed
           up
           with
           thy
           aiery
           notions
           ,
           and
           drunk
           with
           the
           conceit
           of
           thy
           own
           abilities
           ,
           thou
           reckons
           another
           as
           
             bewildred
             and
             reeling
             ,
          
           who
           stands
           upon
           
             that
             rock
          
           against
           which
           the
           powers
           of
           darkness
           cannot
           prevail
           ,
           and
           thou
           in
           vain
           kicks
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           thing
           I
           take
           notice
           of
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           thou
           chargest
           me
           as
           
             fighting
             against
             the
             light
             of
             truth
             ;
          
           and
           afterward
           that
           my
           words
           speaking
           of
           Christ
           as
           having
           the
           iniquities
           of
           us
           all
           in
           his
           own
           body
           upon
           the
           tree
           ,
           
             verge
             nigh
             to
             blasphemy
             ;
          
           and
           that
           
             in
             effect
             I
             make
             Christ
             as
             spiritually
             within
             us
             an
             allegory
             ;
          
           all
           which
           I
           only
           mention
           to
           let
           the
           impartial
           .
           Reader
           see
           how
           forward
           thou
           art
           to
           cavil
           ,
           and
           what
           little
           reason
           thou
           hast
           for
           it
           ,
           from
           my
           words
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           thing
           I
           mark
           ,
           is
           this
           ,
           thou
           tellest
           me
           ,
           —
           
             that
             I
             seem
             to
             take
             it
             for
             granted
             ,
             that
             the
             Quakers
             deny
             that
             body
             that
             suffered
             at
             Jerusalem
             —
          
           But
           I
           do
           require
           thee
           to
           point
           to
           me
           in
           what
           page
           of
           my
           Book
           ,
           thou
           couldest
           find
           any
           ground
           to
           fasten
           this
           charge
           upon
           me
           ,
           having
           not
           so
           much
           as
           mentioned
           that
           people
           in
           all
           my
           Book
           :
           But
           thou
           having
           forged
           this
           ,
           thou
           strengthens
           it
           with
           another
           of
           its
           own
           kind
           ,
           saying
           of
           me
           —
           
             That
             I
             labour
             to
             prove
             the
             existence
             of
             that
             body
             in
             the
             day
             of
             its
             service
             ;
          
           —
           a
           matter
           not
           so
           much
           as
           intended
           by
           me
           ;
           but
           supposing
           that
           as
           a
           truth
           already
           received
           ,
           I
           asserted
           in
           the
           express
           words
           of
           the
           
             Apostle
             ,
          
           that
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             of
             Nazareth
             ,
             a
             man
             approved
             of
             God
             among
             the
             people
          
           was
           ,
           and
           now
           is
           the
           true
           Christ
           and
           our
           only
           Saviour
           :
           and
           hence
           I
           rejected
           that
           Doctrine
           among
           whomsoever
           it
           was
           lodged
           ,
           as
           another
           then
           that
           already
           delivered
           by
           the
           
             Apostles
             ,
          
           to
           wit
           ,
           
             that
             he
          
           [
           the
           God-head
           only
           ]
           
             that
             was
             manifest
             in
             that
             body
             of
             flesh
             is
             he
             ,
             the
             true
             and
             only
             Christ
             ,
             and
             the
             light
             in
             every
             man
             that
             comes
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             manifest
             in
             every
             man
             ,
             is
             he
             the
             same
             Christ
             ,
             and
             so
             as
             in
             him
             ,
             so
             in
             every
             man
             ;
             GOD
             MANIFEST
             IN
             THE
             FLESH
             :
          
           Thus
           while
           
           thou
           pretends
           to
           be
           astonished
           ,
           to
           find
           me
           (
           as
           thou
           saiest
           )
           cudgelling
           down
           my
           own
           shadow
           ,
           thou
           thy self
           art
           not
           ashamed
           to
           be
           found
           plainly
           so
           doing
           ,
           even
           then
           when
           thou
           dost
           forge
           it
           against
           me
           .
           And
           next
           as
           if
           thou
           were
           got
           off
           with
           flying
           Colours
           ,
           —
           
             thou
             dares
             me
             and
             all
             men
             upon
             earth
             to
             prove
             that
             ever
             the
             Quakers
             denied
             the
             existence
             of
             that
             body
             in
             the
             day
             of
             its
             service
             :
             —
          
           My
           soul
           hates
           this
           deceitful
           shifting
           the
           matter
           in
           Question
           ;
           It
           is
           very
           like
           that
           you
           do
           believe
           that
           there
           was
           such
           a
           man
           ,
           who
           (
           as
           Histories
           mention
           )
           suffered
           death
           at
           
             Jerusalem
          
           about
           sixteen
           hundred
           years
           agoe
           ,
           and
           so
           do
           the
           
             Turks
          
           and
           
             Jewes
             ;
          
           yet
           seeing
           thou
           puts
           me
           to
           it
           ,
           let
           me
           ask
           thee
           this
           question
           ,
           What
           means
           these
           and
           such
           like
           words
           from
           among
           you
           concerning
           that
           body
           ?
           —
           
             how
             can
             we
             tell
             there
             was
             ever
             such
             a
             man
             ,
             we
             were
             not
             then
             living
             ,
             we
             have
             nothing
             but
             our
             faith
             for
             it
             ?
          
           —
           Mark
           the
           tendencie
           of
           those
           words
           ;
           however
           hadst
           thou
           dared
           me
           to
           prove
           ,
           that
           the
           now-present
           ,
           glorified
           existence
           of
           that
           bodie
           that
           suffered
           at
           
             Jerusalem
          
           is
           denied
           by
           some
           Teachers
           ,
           yea
           ,
           even
           among
           that
           people
           :
           then
           I
           could
           have
           told
           thee
           (
           and
           it
           is
           commonly
           delivered
           as
           truth
           among
           you
           )
           that
           they
           have
           asserted
           ,
           that
           
             Christ
             hath
             no
             other
             body
             then
             his
             Church
             what
             a
             ▪
             Monster
             ,
             one
             head
             and
             two
             bodies
             :
          
           nay
           ,
           look
           over
           the
           exceptions
           of
           thy
           partner
           G.
           L.
           against
           
             my
             Testimony
             ,
          
           and
           thou
           wilt
           there
           find
           him
           plainly
           ▪
           confessing
           this
           thing
           ,
           asserting
           
             that
             it
             is
             contrary
             to
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             to
             say
             of
             the
             child
             born
             according
             to
             the
             flesh
             ,
          
           (
           to
           wit
           ,
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           the
           Son
           of
           
             Mary
             ,
          
           whom
           old
           
             Simeon
          
           had
           in
           his
           arms
           ]
           
             there
             should
             be
             no
             end
             of
             his
             Government
             ,
             for
             he
             suffered
             death
             :
          
           so
           that
           according
           to
           this
           doctrine
           ,
           the
           death
           of
           the
           
             man
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
          
           who
           was
           born
           of
           
             Mary
             ,
          
           called
           
             the
             Son
             of
             man
             ,
          
           hath
           put
           an
           end
           to
           his
           Government
           ,
           and
           thence
           to
           his
           now
           present
           ,
           glorified
           ,
           bodily
           existence
           ;
           though
           our
           Lord
           himself
           said
           of
           himself
           ,
           even
           since
           his
           being
           ascended
           and
           glorified
           ,
           
             I
             am
             Jesus
             of
             Nazareth
             ;
          
           plainly
           affirming
           the
           now
           present
           existence
           of
           
             Jesus
             of
             Nazareth
             ,
          
           the
           Son
           of
           man
           ;
           according
           to
           that
           which
           he
           foretold
           of
           himself
           ,
           Matth.
           24.
           30.
           
           
             And
             they
             shall
             see
             the
             Son
             of
             man
             coming
             in
             the
             clouds
             of
             Heaven
             with
             power
             and
             great
             glory
             .
          
        
         
           Next
           thou
           expressest
           thy self
           to
           me
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           —
           
             I
             take
             notice
             of
             thy
             acknowledgment
             ,
             that
             the
             manifestation
             of
             God
             in
             the
             flesh
             of
             Christ
             was
             that
             whereby
             way
             might
             be
             opened
             for
             the
             ministration
             of
             the
             other
             mystery
             ,
             Christ
             within
             us
             ,
             separating
             them
             ,
             and
             making
             the
             one
             subservient
             to
             the
             other
             ;
             and
             yet
             after
             runs
             against
             it
             in
             the
             whole
             Scope
             of
             thy
             work
             .
          
           —
           I
           answer
           ,
           I
           have
           not
           otherwise
           spoken
           of
           these
           two
           Gospel-mysteries
           then
           as
           they
           are
           testified
           unto
           in
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           ;
           so
           that
           I
           have
           
           not
           divided
           them
           ,
           but
           declared
           of
           them
           all
           along
           my
           Book
           ,
           as
           joyntly
           concurring
           together
           as
           necessary
           to
           us
           ,
           yet
           in
           their
           order
           ;
           not
           confusedly
           jumbling
           them
           together
           ,
           or
           making
           the
           Gospel-distinction
           of
           them
           appear
           as
           opposites
           ,
           and
           so
           as
           contradictory
           to
           each
           other
           ;
           as
           doth
           thy
           partner
           
             G.
             W.
          
           But
           I
           have
           distinguished
           them
           according
           to
           the
           order
           and
           method
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           the
           first
           as
           wrought
           in
           Christ
           our
           Head
           for
           us
           ,
           the
           last
           as
           to
           be
           wrought
           by
           Christ
           in
           us
           ;
           the
           first
           as
           the
           ground
           and
           cause
           ,
           the
           second
           as
           the
           consequence
           and
           effect
           ;
           the
           first
           as
           in
           the
           one
           crucified
           body
           of
           Christ
           ,
           finished
           and
           perfected
           at
           once
           ,
           by
           that
           one
           attonement
           and
           propitiatory
           Sacrifice
           once
           offered
           for
           sins
           without
           the
           gates
           of
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           the
           second
           as
           in
           our
           bodies
           ,
           or
           in
           us
           ,
           who
           through
           faith
           
             in
             him
             receive
             that
             attonement
             ,
          
           so
           daily
           doing
           ,
           and
           in
           many
           bodies
           till
           mortalitie
           be
           swallowed
           up
           of
           life
           :
           And
           that
           this
           is
           the
           scope
           and
           tendencie
           of
           my
           Book
           is
           sufficiently
           manifest
           ,
           only
           thou
           hast
           a
           mind
           to
           pick
           a
           quarrel
           where
           there
           is
           no
           just
           ground
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           the
           1.
           
           Page
           ,
           thou
           brings
           in
           some
           of
           my
           words
           ,
           torn
           from
           the
           sentence
           they
           relate
           to
           ,
           and
           then
           thou
           tells
           me
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           contrary
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           to
           my self
           within
           a
           few
           lines
           ;
           and
           thus
           hath
           thy
           partners
           also
           dealt
           with
           me
           :
           For
           clearing
           whereof
           ,
           I
           refer
           the
           Reader
           to
           my
           own
           words
           in
           those
           places
           of
           my
           Book
           where
           they
           are
           mentioned
           ,
           as
           too
           long
           here
           to
           be
           repeated
           :
           And
           to
           you
           as
           brethren
           in
           this
           iniquity
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           might
           not
           such
           as
           your selves
           deal
           so
           with
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           Truth
           with
           the
           like
           out-cry
           ;
           and
           if
           so
           ,
           could
           it
           be
           reckoned
           less
           then
           a
           piece
           of
           deceit
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           the
           same
           in
           you
           to
           deal
           so
           with
           my
           words
           :
           And
           I
           leave
           it
           with
           the
           impartial
           Reader
           to
           be
           considered
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           equal
           dealing
           among
           men
           ,
           that
           while
           
             G.
             W.
          
           in
           the
           13.
           
           Page
           of
           his
           Part
           chargeth
           it
           upon
           me
           ,
           as
           injurious
           ,
           disingenious
           ,
           and
           false
           in
           not
           giving
           a
           true
           account
           of
           the
           Principles
           of
           the
           
             Quakers
             ,
          
           which
           I
           undertook
           not
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           did
           not
           so
           much
           as
           mention
           that
           people
           ;
           that
           even
           in
           that
           same
           Book
           these
           men
           should
           deal
           so
           with
           my
           words
           ,
           in
           not
           giving
           a
           true
           account
           of
           what
           they
           plainly
           express
           ,
           though
           they
           have
           of
           their
           own
           accord
           taken
           it
           upon
           themselves
           to
           answer
           it
           :
           But
           what
           answer
           can
           rationally
           be
           expected
           from
           these
           men
           ,
           who
           have
           not
           been
           so
           honest
           as
           to
           represent
           faithfully
           what
           I
           really
           and
           plainly
           published
           in
           that
           
             Testimony
             ?
          
        
         
           The
           next
           thing
           I
           observe
           ,
           is
           ,
           where
           thou
           clamours
           after
           this
           manner
           ;
           —
           
             what
             !
             Christ
             a
             propitiation
             for
             the
             sins
             of
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             past
             ,
             present
             ,
             and
             to
             come
             ,
             and
             yet
             a
             generation
             pleading
             faith
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             not
             
             sheltered
             from
             the
             wrath
             of
             the
             Father
             thereby
             ;
             what
             incongruous
             work
             is
             this
             ?
          
           —
           I
           answer
           ,
           the
           one
           propitiatory
           sacrifice
           of
           the
           body
           of
           Christ
           ;
           is
           not
           the
           less
           sufficient
           in
           it self
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           a
           propitiation
           for
           the
           sins
           of
           the
           whole
           world
           ;
           and
           so
           to
           have
           sheltered
           even
           all
           mankind
           from
           the
           wrath
           of
           the
           Father
           ;
           Gods
           love
           ,
           and
           this
           great
           propitiation
           set
           forth
           by
           him
           ,
           was
           large
           enough
           even
           for
           this
           though
           it
           prove
           not
           so
           to
           unbelievers
           and
           hypocrites
           .
           The
           
             Apostle
          
           spoke
           truth
           ,
           1
           
             John
          
           2.
           2.
           
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             the
             righteous
             ,
             he
             is
             a
             propitiation
             for
             the
             sins
             of
             the
             whole
             world
             ;
          
           and
           our
           Lord
           also
           spoke
           truth
           of
           himself
           ,
           
             John
          
           3.
           36.
           
           
             He
             that
             believes
             not
             the
             wrath
             of
             the
             Father
             abides
             on
             him
             ;
          
           and
           in
           effect
           I
           have
           expressed
           no
           more
           then
           what
           those
           Scriptures
           holds
           forth
           .
           Hence
           I
           say
           ,
           who
           but
           one
           like
           thy self
           ,
           who
           dares
           even
           call
           the
           Scriptures
           themselves
           contradictory
           ,
           durst
           thus
           boldly
           reckon
           this
           doctrine
           of
           
             Christ
          
           and
           his
           
             Apostle
          
           incongruous
           ?
        
         
           In
           the
           end
           of
           the
           2
           :
           Page
           ,
           repeating
           some
           of
           my
           words
           ,
           thou
           tels
           me
           ▪
           —
           
             there
             is
             a
             supposition
             and
             question
             of
             thy
             own
             forming
             ,
             and
             then
             presently
             thou
             concludes
             it
             a
             doctrine
             of
             some
             others
             ;
          
           and
           then
           thou
           adds
           ,
           
             it
             is
             a
             smiting
             of
             the
             Quakers
             in
             the
             dark
             :
          
           —
           I
           answer
           ,
           I
           did
           not
           assert
           that
           supposition
           and
           question
           to
           be
           a
           doctrine
           maintained
           by
           some
           others
           ;
           but
           I
           proposed
           them
           as
           necessary
           consequences
           of
           a
           Doctrine
           a
           little
           before
           mentioned
           in
           that
           part
           of
           my
           Book
           ;
           to
           wit
           ,
           of
           that
           doctrine
           which
           asserts
           ,
           —
           
             that
             redemption
             is
             not
             of
             sinners
             that
             delight
             in
             sin
             ,
             but
             of
             a
             light
             or
             seed
             within
             ,
             to
             be
             raised
             and
             redeemed
             within
             ▪
             to
             which
             the
             promise
             of
             redemption
             is
             ;
             which
             seed
             is
             the
             seed
             of
          
           Abraham
           
             to
             whom
             the
             promise
             is
             ,
             which
             Jesus
             Christ
             takes
             upon
             him
             after
             the
             flesh
             :
          
           —
           A
           Doctrine
           mentioned
           in
           a
           Book
           ,
           often
           printed
           and
           published
           by
           and
           among
           you
           ,
           called
           ,
           
             Love
             to
             the
             Lost
             ,
          
           pa.
           46.
           47
           ,
           48.
           
           But
           that
           which
           thou
           dares
           not
           meddle
           with
           ,
           lest
           thy
           speech
           should
           bewray
           thee
           ;
           now
           I
           offer
           it
           to
           the
           understanding
           
             Reader
             ,
          
           whether
           this
           question
           may
           not
           pertinently
           be
           proposed
           to
           the
           maintainters
           of
           that
           Doctrine
           .
           —
           
             Is
             the
             Seed
             or
             Christ
             within
             ,
             so
             under
             condemnation
             and
             the
             Curse
             ,
             that
             he
             needs
             to
             be
             redeemed
             therefrom
             ?
             and
             if
             this
             Seed
             or
             Christ
             be
             not
             saved
             in
             every
             man
             ,
             doth
             it
             remain
             in
             some
             for
             ever
             under
             condemnation
             ?
          
           Thy
           Partner
           
             G.
             K.
          
           in
           the
           16.
           
           Page
           ,
           answers
           thus
           ,
           —
           
             We
             say
             indeed
             that
             the
             Seed
             suffers
             under
             fin
             ,
             and
             is
             to
             be
             raised
             from
             under
             it
             ;
             yet
             the
             soul
             ,
             yea
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             man
             is
             also
             to
             be
             saved
             within
             ;
             but
             the
             seed
             is
             not
             for
             ever
             under
             condemnation
             ;
             for
             though
             for
             a
             time
             it
             suffers
             ,
             yet
             in
             the
             time
             appointed
             of
             God
             ,
             it
             is
             raised
             up
             in
             all
             ,
             yea
             ,
             in
             the
             most
             ungodly
             to
             minister
             in
             them
             wrath
             without
             mercy
             .
          
           —
           This
           Doctrine
           
             G.
             K.
          
           asserts
           ,
           but
           it
           agreeth
           
           not
           with
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           speaking
           thus
           ,
           
             That
             Christ
             died
             for
             sinners
             ,
             the
             whole
             need
             not
             the
             Physitian
             but
             the
             sick
             ;
             for
             a
             good
             man
             one
             may
             even
             dare
             to
             die
             ,
             but
             Christ
             died
             for
             the
             ungodly
             ;
          
           By
           what
           Scripture
           can
           he
           prove
           that
           Christ
           died
           for
           a
           seed
           in
           man
           ,
           which
           needed
           redemption
           ,
           which
           seed
           is
           Christ
           in
           every
           man
           ,
           and
           that
           Christ
           suffers
           under
           sin
           in
           every
           man
           ,
           and
           is
           to
           be
           raised
           from
           under
           it
           ?
           for
           if
           so
           ,
           he
           came
           to
           redeem
           himself
           in
           every
           man
           ,
           who
           never
           consented
           to
           sin
           ;
           so
           not
           the
           man
           ,
           the
           sinner
           that
           was
           under
           condemnation
           and
           the
           curse
           ,
           and
           delighted
           in
           sin
           :
           But
           consider
           the
           words
           of
           
             Isay
             ,
             Isa
             .
             53.
             6.
             
             We
             all
             like
             sheep
             have
             gone
             astray
             ,
             we
             have
             turned
             every
             one
             to
             his
             own
             way
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             hath
             laid
             upon
             him
             the
             iniquity
             of
             us
             all
             ;
          
           and
           this
           
             Peter
          
           testifieth
           ,
           1.
           
           
             Ep.
             2.
             24.
             
             He
             who
             did
             no
             sin
             ,
             his
             own
             self
             bare
             our
             sins
             in
             his
             own
             body
             on
             the
             Tree
             ;
          
           how
           expresly
           doth
           these
           Scriptures
           refute
           that
           assertion
           of
           
             G.
             K.
          
           neither
           can
           he
           show
           any
           Scripture
           to
           prove
           that
           the
           man
           Jesus
           Christ
           doth
           bear
           our
           sins
           ,
           but
           as
           he
           did
           bear
           them
           in
           his
           crucified
           body
           when
           he
           suffered
           for
           us
           ,
           
             the
             just
             for
             the
             unjust
             ;
          
           of
           which
           I
           shall
           write
           more
           fully
           in
           answer
           to
           
             G.
             K.
          
           his
           part
           .
           And
           whereas
           he
           saith
           ,
           The
           Seed
           is
           raised
           in
           the
           most
           ungodly
           in
           Gods
           appointed
           time
           ,
           to
           minister
           wrath
           in
           them
           without
           mercy
           ;
           he
           should
           have
           expressed
           himself
           whether
           he
           understands
           by
           ungodly
           ,
           men
           and
           women
           ;
           and
           whether
           this
           Seed
           ,
           which
           he
           calls
           Christ
           ,
           or
           this
           ministration
           of
           wrath
           raised
           in
           them
           without
           mercy
           ,
           be
           after
           their
           bodily
           death
           ?
           for
           if
           so
           ,
           the
           worm
           in
           Devils
           and
           damned
           persons
           that
           never
           dieth
           ,
           is
           Christ
           in
           them
           ;
           
             G.
             K.
          
           should
           prove
           this
           confused
           Doctrine
           of
           his
           ,
           by
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           or
           keep
           it
           to
           himself
           .
           And
           since
           he
           saith
           ,
           the
           Soul
           is
           also
           to
           be
           saved
           within
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           man
           ;
           what
           an
           imperfect
           account
           doth
           he
           express
           in
           this
           matter
           ?
           as
           if
           the
           full
           and
           compleat
           redemption
           and
           salvation
           purchased
           by
           Christ
           ,
           and
           in
           hope
           waited
           for
           by
           believers
           ,
           were
           only
           a
           salvation
           or
           a
           being
           saved
           from
           sin
           within
           ;
           wherein
           he
           is
           reproved
           by
           the
           
             Apostle
             ,
             Rom.
             8.
             23.
             
             We
             have
             the
             first
             fruits
             of
             the
             spirit
             ,
             waiting
             for
             the
             redemption
             of
             our
             body
             ;
             we
             are
             saved
             by
             hope
             ;
             we
             do
             wait
             in
             patience
             for
             it
             :
          
           yet
           these
           Saints
           thus
           waiting
           for
           the
           redemption
           hoped
           for
           ,
           already
           witnessed
           in
           measure
           a
           being
           saved
           from
           sin
           within
           :
           And
           for
           him
           to
           say
           the
           soul
           is
           to
           be
           saved
           ,
           how
           doth
           it
           agree
           with
           the
           Doctrine
           published
           by
           
             G.
             F.
          
           in
           a
           Book
           ,
           Intituled
           ,
           
             The
             great
             mystery
             of
             the
             great
             Whore
             ?
          
           speaking
           thus
           ,
           p.
           29.
           68.
           90.
           and
           258.
           of
           the
           soul
           ,
           which
           is
           part
           of
           man
           as
           he
           is
           a
           man
           ,
           nothing
           else
           in
           man
           ,
           being
           called
           his
           soul
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           a
           part
           of
           him
           ,
           —
           that
           ,
           
             It
             is
             infinite
             in
             it self
             ,
             more
             then
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             a
             part
             of
             God
             ,
             of
             
             his
             being
             ,
             and
             so
             divine
             ,
             without
             beginning
             and
             ending
             ,
             coming
             from
             God
             ,
             and
             returning
             to
             God
             again
             ;
             the
             power
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             God
             doth
             not
             change
             ,
             nor
             his
             Spirit
             ,
             nor
             the
             Soul
             ;
             God
             doth
             not
             change
             in
             his
             being
             ,
             neither
             doth
             that
             which
             cometh
             from
             him
             :
          
           —
           Doth
           a
           part
           of
           God
           infinite
           in
           it self
           ,
           without
           beginning
           ,
           that
           changeth
           not
           ,
           need
           to
           be
           saved
           ?
           And
           if
           the
           soul
           be
           such
           as
           is
           here
           expressed
           ,
           then
           the
           end
           of
           such
           mens
           exhortations
           and
           preachings
           cannot
           be
           to
           gather
           souls
           to
           God
           ;
           because
           being
           a
           part
           of
           God
           ,
           without
           beginning
           ,
           that
           changeth
           not
           ,
           it
           could
           never
           ,
           nor
           can
           never
           be
           separate
           from
           God
           ;
           and
           so
           contrary
           to
           that
           of
           the
           
             Apostles
             ,
          
           the
           end
           of
           whose
           Ministry
           ,
           was
           to
           beget
           men
           and
           women
           into
           the
           faith
           ,
           and
           hope
           of
           the
           resurrection
           of
           the
           dead
           ,
           
             That
             at
             the
             appearing
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             they
             might
             receive
             the
             end
             of
             their
             faith
             ,
             even
             the
             salvation
             of
             their
             souls
             1
             Pet.
          
           1.
           9.
           
           As
           for
           thy
           charge
           of
           
             siniting
             the
             Quakers
             in
             the
             dark
             ;
          
           I
           answer
           ,
           if
           their
           own
           consciences
           accuse
           them
           not
           ,
           neither
           do
           I
           ;
           only
           such
           Preachers
           as
           this
           (
           
             G.
             K.
          
           )
           doth
           impose
           upon
           them
           such
           doctrine
           ;
           how
           far
           they
           do
           receive
           it
           ,
           it
           doth
           concern
           them
           not
           a
           little
           seriously
           to
           consider
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           conclusion
           thou
           tells
           me
           ,
           —
           
             That
             if
             others
             had
             not
             set
             my
             work
             before
             me
             ,
             thou
             might'st
             have
             found
             in
             thy
             heart
             to
             have
             dealt
             with
             my
             Book
             throughout
             .
          
           —
           And
           what
           thou
           wouldst
           have
           brought
           forth
           is
           sufficiently
           manifest
           by
           the
           little
           thou
           hast
           published
           ;
           and
           really
           if
           a
           man
           may
           judge
           of
           a
           work
           by
           the
           introduction
           thereunto
           ,
           thou
           hast
           given
           the
           
             Reader
          
           a
           true
           account
           of
           the
           following
           Work
           brought
           forth
           by
           thy
           Partners
           ;
           who
           also
           have
           produced
           a
           piece
           of
           work
           sutable
           to
           thy
           Introduction
           ;
           wherein
           thou
           hast
           made
           thy self
           manifest
           ,
           as
           smiting
           against
           the
           
             true
             Saviour
             ,
             the
             Man
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
          
           and
           redemption
           through
           faith
           in
           him
           ,
           Testified
           unto
           by
           me
           ;
           a
           work
           too
           heavy
           for
           thee
           ,
           though
           rashly
           undertaken
           by
           thee
           ,
           against
           thy
           old
           acquaintance
        
         
           
             R.
             G.
             
          
        
      
       
         
           GEORGE
           KEITH
           .
        
         
           THou
           art
           the
           next
           Man
           I
           meet
           with
           opposing
           
             my
             Testimony
             ;
          
           and
           thou
           pretends
           in
           words
           much
           higher
           then
           the
           rest
           ,
           telling
           me
           ,
           
             That
             thou
             finds
             somewhat
             in
             thee
             from
             the
             Lord
             to
             answer
             me
             in
             love
             to
             my
             soul
             :
          
           —
           But
           re-examine
           thy self
           ;
           didst
           thou
           ever
           to
           this
           very
           day
           in
           word
           or
           writing
           (
           though
           thou
           wast
           in
           the
           same
           town
           with
           me
           )
           communicate
           
           this
           to
           me
           ?
           nay
           verily
           ;
           It
           is
           true
           I
           saw
           this
           answer
           of
           thine
           another
           way
           then
           through
           thee
           ;
           thou
           hast
           therefore
           either
           never
           received
           any
           thing
           from
           the
           Lord
           to
           answer
           me
           in
           love
           to
           my
           soul
           ,
           (
           and
           it
           is
           but
           the
           product
           of
           thy
           own
           deceived
           mind
           fathered
           upon
           the
           Lord
           ,
           as
           the
           manner
           is
           too
           too
           often
           among
           you
           )
           or
           else
           thou
           hast
           proved
           rebellious
           and
           unfaithful
           to
           him
           that
           sent
           thee
           ,
           and
           most
           uncharitable
           to
           my
           soul
           in
           never
           delivering
           it
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Title
           thou
           tells
           me
           that
           I
           have
           disingeniously
           represented
           the
           
             Quakers
          
           and
           their
           Principles
           ,
           and
           so
           faith
           thy
           Partner
           
             G.
             W.
          
           But
           I
           say
           again
           ,
           if
           their
           consciences
           accuse
           them
           not
           ,
           neither
           have
           I
           ,
           who
           have
           not
           so
           much
           as
           mentioned
           them
           ;
           and
           truly
           I
           do
           not
           find
           such
           a
           plain
           consistency
           in
           those
           Principles
           published
           as
           theirs
           by
           their
           Teachers
           ,
           or
           such
           an
           unanimous
           reception
           of
           them
           by
           every
           person
           among
           them
           ,
           as
           that
           I
           could
           have
           undertaken
           to
           represent
           them
           as
           the
           principles
           of
           every
           one
           among
           that
           people
           :
           But
           you
           are
           herein
           like
           those
           
             Lawyers
             ,
          
           who
           when
           the
           Lord
           reproved
           the
           
             Pharisees
             ,
          
           said
           unto
           him
           ,
           
             Master
             ,
             thus
             saying
             ,
             thou
             reproachest
             us
             also
             ;
          
           and
           thus
           it
           is
           with
           you
           :
           Errours
           lodged
           among
           
             Turks
             ,
             Jews
             ,
             Arrians
             ,
             Papists
             ,
             Socinians
          
           and
           
             Ranters
          
           cannot
           be
           reproved
           by
           a
           Testimony
           to
           the
           Truth
           ,
           as
           recorded
           in
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ;
           But
           necessarily
           the
           out-cry
           must
           be
           with
           you
           ,
           
             In
             so
             saying
             thou
             chiefly
             means
             the
             Quakers
             ;
          
           as
           if
           mainly
           concerned
           therein
           ,
           though
           they
           are
           not
           so
           much
           as
           mentioned
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           beginning
           of
           thy
           work
           thou
           speaks
           thus
           to
           me
           ,
           —
           
             the
             youngest
             child
             of
             truth
             may
             see
             thy
             weakness
             and
             confusion
             ;
          
           —
           What
           an
           inconsistency
           is
           there
           between
           thy
           words
           and
           this
           work
           ,
           published
           by
           you
           Four
           against
           
             my
             Testimony
             ?
          
           why
           was
           there
           such
           a
           stir
           raised
           about
           it
           ?
           why
           was
           it
           not
           left
           in
           its
           own
           simple
           weakness
           ,
           without
           being
           branded
           with
           nick-names
           of
           their
           nature
           who
           so
           named
           it
           ?
           and
           why
           have
           so
           many
           of
           you
           joyned
           together
           (
           as
           if
           it
           were
           for
           your
           very
           lives
           )
           against
           it
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           forcing
           it
           to
           speak
           what
           it
           intended
           not
           ?
           And
           that
           not
           by
           the
           youngest
           among
           you
           ;
           But
           even
           by
           
             G.
             W.
          
           himself
           ,
           reputed
           the
           Second
           among
           your
           Ministry
           ;
           and
           no
           he
           alone
           ,
           but
           assisted
           by
           the
           
             Quick-witted
             ,
             A.
             R.
          
           the
           
             Learned
             ,
             G.
             K.
          
           and
           the
           Wise
           ,
           
             G.
             L.
             
          
        
         
           In
           the
           5.
           page
           ,
           thou
           expressest
           thy self
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           —
           
             Though
             Redemption
             is
             wrought
             within
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             ,
             yet
             not
             without
             respect
             to
             Christ
             even
             as
             outwardly
             born
             and
             crucified
             :
          
           —
           Here
           I
           take
           notice
           of
           thy
           slighting
           that
           great
           work
           of
           mans
           Redemption
           as
           already
           purchased
           by
           Christ
           for
           sinners
           ,
           by
           that
           one
           sacrifice
           of
           his
           crucified-body
           
           once
           offered
           for
           sins
           ;
           to
           be
           made
           effectual
           in
           all
           such
           as
           receive
           that
           attonement
           by
           the
           operations
           of
           his
           Spirit
           within
           ,
           through
           faith
           in
           
             Him
          
           the
           Attoner
           ;
           Speaking
           first
           of
           a
           Redemdtion
           wrought
           in
           us
           by
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           as
           if
           that
           were
           the
           cause
           and
           foundation
           thereof
           ;
           only
           adding
           as
           something
           in
           order
           thereunto
           ,
           
             yet
             not
             without
             respect
             to
             Christ
             as
             outwardly
             born
             :
          
           And
           this
           is
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           thy
           Partner
           
             G.
             W.
          
           in
           the
           9.
           
             page
          
           of
           his
           part
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           —
           
             See
             Reader
             how
             erroneously
             he
             hath
             excluded
             the
             works
             of
             God
             and
             Christ
             from
             within
             ,
             as
             to
             ransoming
             and
             freeing
             man
             from
             sin
             ,
             and
             making
             him
             righteous
             ;
             so
             bringing
             him
             into
             unity
             and
             friendship
             with
             God
             ;
             which
             is
             the
             true
             sense
             of
             redemption
             ,
             justification
             and
             reconciliation
             ,
             which
             are
             not
             obtained
             without
             the
             operation
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             holiness
             within
             :
             (
             though
             Christs
             Testimony
             sufferings
             and
             example
             had
             a
             tendency
             thereunto
             )
             And
          
           R.
           G.
           
             would
             impose
             on
             people
             a
             faith
             concerning
             a
             redemption
             ,
             reconciliation
             and
             justification
             ,
             as
             being
             all
             finished
             ,
             wrought
             or
             purchased
             without
             them
             ,
             without
             respect
             to
             any
             work
             wrought
             or
             to
             be
             wrought
             within
             them
             by
             any
             light
             or
             spirit
             whatsoever
          
           —
           That
           I
           exclude
           the
           operations
           of
           the
           spirit
           of
           holiness
           within
           ,
           from
           being
           necessary
           for
           bringing
           the
           believer
           into
           union
           and
           friendship
           with
           God
           ,
           is
           falsly
           charged
           upon
           me
           ;
           yea
           ,
           had
           not
           passion
           blinded
           this
           man
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           read
           in
           
             my
             Testimony
             ,
          
           that
           I
           asserted
           the
           necessity
           thereof
           in
           order
           thereunto
           :
           But
           that
           the
           operations
           of
           the
           spirit
           of
           holiness
           in
           us
           ,
           are
           the
           attonement
           ,
           the
           propitiatory
           sacrifice
           ,
           
             as
          
           the
           ransome
           ,
           price
           or
           cause
           of
           our
           redemption
           ,
           and
           that
           to
           be
           the
           true
           sense
           of
           redemption
           ,
           that
           I
           deny
           ;
           And
           this
           man
           by
           affirming
           it
           ,
           plainly
           contradicts
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           speaking
           thus
           of
           our
           Lord
           ,
           and
           the
           propitiatory
           sacrifice
           of
           his
           crucified
           body
           ,
           
             That
             he
             slew
             the
             enmity
             in
             himself
             so
             making
             peace
             ,
             that
             God
             reconciled
             us
             to
             himself
             through
             the
             death
             of
             his
             Son
             ,
             while
             we
             were
             yet
             enemies
             ,
          
           so
           no
           qualification
           wrought
           in
           us
           by
           any
           spirit
           whatsoever
           in
           order
           to
           the
           perfecting
           of
           the
           purchase
           of
           a
           redemption
           ,
           and
           paying
           the
           ransome
           for
           sinners
           :
           Hence
           not
           I
           ,
           who
           only
           Testified
           to
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           express
           Doctrine
           ;
           But
           this
           man
           is
           more
           truly
           and
           properly
           an
           imposer
           of
           this
           his
           unscriptural
           Doctrine
           ;
           especially
           being
           a
           Teacher
           of
           a
           people
           ,
           to
           whom
           it
           is
           not
           allowed
           to
           question
           ,
           examine
           or
           dissent
           from
           the
           Doctrine
           delivered
           to
           them
           by
           the
           ancient
           friends
           of
           the
           Ministry
           :
           But
           to
           these
           men
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           works
           wrought
           for
           us
           by
           Christ
           in
           his
           crucified
           body
           ,
           is
           the
           first
           Mystery
           ,
           the
           foundation
           of
           all
           our
           mercies
           ,
           the
           ground
           of
           the
           possibility
           of
           having
           any
           works
           wrought
           in
           us
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           tending
           to
           our
           being
           made
           like
           
           unto
           him
           :
           yea
           ,
           had
           not
           our
           Lord
           finished
           the
           work
           the
           Father
           gave
           him
           to
           do
           ,
           when
           he
           set
           him
           forth
           as
           a
           propitiation
           for
           the
           sins
           of
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           and
           had
           he
           not
           triamphed
           over
           all
           things
           that
           were
           against
           us
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           had
           he
           not
           obtained
           eternal
           redemption
           for
           us
           by
           the
           price
           of
           his
           blood
           ,
           we
           had
           not
           witnessed
           the
           benefit
           thereof
           by
           receiving
           that
           attonement
           through
           faith
           in
           him
           ;
           if
           he
           had
           not
           died
           (
           not
           for
           himself
           ,
           but
           )
           for
           our-sins
           ,
           and
           risen
           for
           our
           justification
           ,
           we
           had
           died
           in
           our
           sins
           ,
           and
           remained
           in
           death
           for
           ever
           ;
           the
           works
           wrought
           in
           us
           who
           believe
           ,
           being
           but
           the
           consequence
           and
           effect
           of
           what
           he
           did
           for
           us
           ,
           even
           when
           sinners
           ,
           before
           we
           believed
           ;
           
             He
             loved
             us
             first
             ,
             he
             saw
             us
             in
             our
             blood
             ,
             and
             said
             onto
             us
             ,
             live
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             a
             time
             of
             love
             ;
             he
             died
             for
             us
             while
             we
             were
             yet
             sinners
             ,
             and
             reconciled
             us
             to
             God
             ,
             while
             we
             were
             enemies
             :
          
           And
           this
           Doctrine
           doth
           not
           invalidate
           the
           inward
           operations
           of
           God
           within
           us
           ,
           neither
           is
           it
           
             the
             Devils
             or
             his
             Agents
             instrument
             ,
          
           to
           exclude
           the
           inward
           works
           of
           Christ
           ,
           as
           if
           not
           necessary
           to
           us
           ,
           thereby
           to
           make
           us
           partakers
           of
           his
           Divine
           Nature
           ,
           and
           give
           us
           fellowship
           with
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ;
           as
           
             G.
             W.
          
           in
           his
           last
           words
           of
           his
           part
           would
           make
           people
           believe
           ;
           But
           it
           is
           the
           very
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           
             Apostles
             ,
          
           thus
           Testifying
           of
           Christ
           ,
           
             That
             he
             slew
             the
             enmity
             in
             himself
             ,
             so
             making
             peace
             ;
          
           who
           having
           finished
           the
           work
           the
           Father
           sent
           him
           to
           do
           ,
           by
           purchasing
           and
           perfecting
           Redemption
           und
           Reconciliation
           with
           God
           for
           sinners
           ,
           by
           the
           ransome
           of
           himself
           ;
           and
           being
           ascended
           and
           glorified
           ,
           sent
           forth
           his
           Ambassadours
           ,
           
             intreating
             men
             to
             be
             reconciled
             to
             God
             ;
          
           That
           in
           all
           Ages
           and
           Generations
           such
           as
           
             through
             faith
             in
             him
             receive
             that
             attonement
          
           might
           witness
           what
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           testifieth
           of
           the
           
             Corinthians
             ,
             1
             Cor.
          
           6.
           11.
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             But
             ye
             are
             washed
             but
             ye
             are
             sanctified
             ,
             but
             ye
             are
             justified
             ,
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             our
             God
             ;
          
           a
           place
           of
           Scripture
           mentioned
           by
           
             G.
             W.
          
           in
           his
           last
           words
           of
           his
           part
           ,
           but
           miserably
           perverted
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           true
           intent
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           by
           leaving
           out
           these
           words
           ,
           as
           pressing
           him
           to
           hard
           [
           
             In
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
          
           ]
           as
           if
           of
           purpose
           to
           exclude
           the
           sufferings
           and
           sacrifice
           of
           Christ
           as
           the
           price
           of
           our
           Redemption
           ,
           and
           the
           ground
           and
           cause
           of
           our
           witnessing
           a
           being
           washed
           ,
           sanctified
           and
           justified
           by
           the
           Spirit
           :
           whereas
           had
           not
           the
           first
           been
           ,
           the
           other
           had
           never
           been
           ;
           and
           this
           man
           opposing
           and
           denying
           the
           first
           ,
           shuts
           out
           himself
           from
           the
           benefit
           of
           the
           second
           .
           Whilest
           indeed
           it
           hath
           been
           the
           work
           of
           the
           Devil
           and
           his
           Agents
           in
           several
           generations
           to
           darken
           this
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           justification
           of
           sinners
           ,
           through
           the
           death
           of
           Christ
           ,
           as
           a
           work
           already
           perfected
           with
           
           God
           ,
           to
           be
           witnessed
           by
           the
           spirit
           through
           faith
           in
           Christ
           ;
           By
           pretending
           through
           an
           obedience
           to
           be
           wrought
           by
           us
           ,
           or
           in
           us
           to
           some
           law
           or
           other
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           only
           way
           )
           to
           blessedness
           and
           perfection
           ;
           being
           a
           principle
           agreeing
           with
           
             the
             reason
             of
             man
             ;
          
           Thereby
           darkning
           and
           plainly
           denying
           the
           attonement
           ,
           and
           one
           propitiatory
           sacrifice
           of
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           
             man
             Christ
             Jesus
          
           once
           offered
           for
           sins
           ,
           and
           redemption
           as
           already
           obtained
           through
           his
           blood
           ,
           so
           plainly
           Testified
           unto
           throughout
           the
           Scriptures
           ;
           as
           being
           known
           only
           to
           believers
           through
           the
           revelation
           of
           the
           Spirit
           .
        
         
           But
           further
           ,
           that
           thou
           derogates
           from
           the
           honour
           and
           dignity
           that
           belongs
           to
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           appears
           by
           thy
           next
           words
           ,
           
             pag.
          
           5.
           saying
           —
           
             That
             Christ
             offered
             up
             his
             very
             flesh
             through
             the
             eternal
             Spirit
             ,
             in
             the
             outward
             as
             an
             attonment
             unto
             God
             ,
             in
             order
             unto
             our
             justification
             ,
             so
             as
             thereby
             he
             made
             ready
             way
             for
             our
             justification
             ,
             though
             our
             justification
             was
             not
             simply
             and
             absolutely
             wrought
             thereby
             ,
             as
             if
             no
             more
             were
             to
             be
             done
             by
             him
             ,
             or
             his
             spirit
             in
             us
             .
          
           —
           I
           do
           acknowledge
           that
           although
           I
           do
           assert
           ,
           that
           redemption
           and
           justification
           is
           already
           purchased
           for
           sinners
           ,
           by
           the
           intire
           and
           perfect
           obedience
           of
           the
           
             man
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
          
           as
           he
           whom
           God
           sent
           forth
           as
           a
           propitiation
           for
           the
           sins
           of
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           finished
           and
           perfected
           what
           he
           came
           to
           do
           for
           us
           ;
           yet
           I
           do
           not
           say
           that
           he
           so
           finished
           it
           for
           us
           ,
           as
           if
           no
           more
           were
           to
           be
           done
           within
           us
           by
           his
           spirit
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           our
           receiving
           that
           attonement
           :
           But
           thou
           as
           doth
           thy
           Partner
           
             G.
             W.
          
           jumbles
           these
           things
           confusedly
           together
           ,
           and
           so
           divides
           not
           the
           word
           aright
           ;
           speaking
           of
           the
           works
           wrought
           for
           us
           by
           Christ
           ,
           as
           lame
           and
           imperfect
           ,
           not
           as
           having
           purchased
           redemption
           ,
           and
           reconciliation
           with
           God
           for
           sinners
           ,
           but
           only
           having
           done
           it
           in
           part
           ;
           so
           not
           as
           having
           finished
           the
           work
           given
           him
           to
           do
           (
           though
           he
           so
           Testifieth
           of
           himself
           )
           but
           that
           he
           did
           something
           in
           order
           thereunto
           ,
           that
           his
           Sufferings
           ,
           Testimony
           and
           Example
           had
           a
           tendency
           thereunto
           ;
           not
           telling
           how
           much
           or
           what
           he
           did
           ,
           or
           what
           he
           left
           undone
           ;
           and
           what
           further
           tendency
           the
           Sufferings
           ,
           Testimony
           and
           Example
           of
           Christ
           had
           hereunto
           ,
           then
           that
           of
           
             Pauls
             ,
          
           or
           any
           other
           Martyrs
           ,
           whose
           Testimony
           ,
           Sufferings
           and
           Example
           had
           also
           a
           real
           tendency
           hereunto
           ;
           which
           you
           should
           have
           distinctly
           done
           ,
           had
           you
           intended
           plainness
           ,
           in
           honesty
           to
           bring
           forth
           your
           doctrine
           to
           be
           tryed
           in
           the
           light
           :
           Therefore
           although
           in
           the
           13.
           
             pag.
          
           thou
           acknowledges
           ,
           
             That
             Christs
             outward
             coming
             was
             not
             a
             bare
             Example
             ,
             but
             had
             a
             real
             influence
             and
             service
             in
             its
             place
             ;
          
           yet
           because
           thon
           still
           keeps
           thy self
           in
           the
           dark
           ,
           unwilling
           to
           be
           manifested
           
           in
           the
           light
           ,
           not
           telling
           us
           what
           that
           further
           influence
           and
           service
           was
           ,
           more
           then
           being
           a
           bare
           example
           ;
           and
           opposest
           him
           as
           the
           great
           propitiatory
           sacrifice
           for
           the
           sins
           of
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           as
           having
           by
           the
           sacrifice
           of
           himself
           taken
           away
           sin
           ,
           and
           obtained
           Eternal
           Redemption
           for
           us
           by
           his
           blood
           ,
           as
           being
           a
           work
           already
           perfected
           by
           that
           one
           offering
           once
           for
           all
           ,
           telling
           us
           plainly
           that
           Christ
           did
           only
           something
           in
           order
           hereunto
           ;
           May
           I
           not
           therefore
           understand
           by
           thy
           saying
           ,
           that
           Christ
           was
           more
           then
           a
           bare
           example
           ,
           that
           thy
           meaning
           is
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           sent
           ,
           to
           publish
           the
           universal
           love
           of
           God
           to
           mankind
           ,
           in
           a
           tender
           of
           life
           and
           salvation
           to
           all
           that
           believed
           and
           followed
           him
           (
           the
           Light
           )
           in
           all
           righteousness
           ;
           To
           abolish
           the
           shadows
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           To
           confirm
           his
           Doctrine
           by
           Miracles
           and
           an
           innocent
           life
           ;
           and
           lastly
           ,
           to
           offer
           up
           his
           body
           to
           be
           crucified
           by
           wicked
           hands
           ,
           as
           a
           compleat
           Captain
           and
           perfect
           Example
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           fullest
           account
           of
           the
           ends
           of
           his
           coming
           ,
           enumerated
           by
           
             W.
             P.
          
           in
           his
           Book
           ,
           Intituled
           ,
           
             The
             sandy
             Foundation
             ,
          
           pa.
           19.
           
           Thus
           shuffling
           out
           
             Him
             ,
             the
             Son
             of
             Man
             ,
          
           As
           having
           laid
           down
           his
           life
           a
           ransome
           for
           sins
           ;
           and
           as
           having
           offered
           up
           his
           body
           ,
           and
           shed
           his
           blood
           without
           the
           Gates
           of
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           as
           the
           blood
           of
           attonement
           ,
           that
           speaks
           better
           things
           then
           the
           blood
           of
           
             Abel
             ,
          
           and
           as
           the
           one
           propitiatory
           sacrifice
           to
           take
           away
           sins
           ;
           denying
           him
           as
           having
           already
           abolished
           sin
           ,
           slain
           the
           enmity
           in
           himself
           ,
           so
           making
           peace
           ,
           as
           having
           made
           reconciliation
           ,
           purchased
           justification
           for
           remission
           of
           sins
           ,
           and
           obtained
           Eternal
           Redemption
           for
           sinners
           ;
           That
           all
           believers
           in
           all
           generations
           through
           this
           work
           so
           finished
           and
           perfected
           by
           him
           in
           his
           body
           of
           flesh
           ,
           might
           through
           faith
           in
           Him
           ,
           
             the
             Son
             of
             Man
             ,
             the
             Attoner
             ,
          
           receive
           that
           attonement
           for
           the
           remission
           of
           their
           sins
           ,
           and
           as
           a
           ground
           of
           hope
           to
           them
           after
           their
           being
           dead
           ,
           to
           be
           raised
           again
           unto
           life
           eternal
           by
           the
           resurrection
           of
           the
           dead
           ,
           unto
           all
           which
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           expresly
           Testifie
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           which
           this
           man
           speaks
           not
           one
           word
           ,
           but
           rather
           pleads
           against
           it
           :
           agreeable
           to
           that
           Doctrine
           published
           among
           you
           ,
           speaking
           thus
           in
           a
           Book
           ,
           Intituled
           ,
           
             Sauls
             errand
             to
             Damascus
             ,
          
           pa.
           8.
           
           
             Christ
             in
             his
             people
             is
             the
             substance
             of
             all
             figures
             ,
             types
             and
             shadows
             ,
             fulfilling
             them
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             setting
             them
             free
             from
             them
             :
             But
             as
             he
             is
             held
             forth
             in
             the
             Scripture-letter
             without
             them
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             flesh
             without
             them
             ,
             he
             is
             their
             example
             or
             figure
             ,
             which
             is
             both
             one
             ,
             that
             the
             same
             things
             might
             be
             fulfilled
             in
             them
             that
             was
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             .
          
           —
           But
           if
           thou
           tell
           me
           that
           thou
           hast
           mentioned
           an
           attonement
           ,
           a
           sacrifice
           ,
           a
           propitiation
           ,
           yet
           I
           say
           ,
           thou
           not
           having
           spoken
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           only
           of
           the
           
             Man
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
          
           or
           of
           those
           ends
           in
           relation
           
           to
           us
           they
           are
           made
           mention
           of
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           may
           I
           not
           therefore
           account
           thee
           one
           with
           thy
           Partner
           
             G.
             W.
          
           who
           in
           the
           12.
           
             pa.
          
           of
           his
           Part
           ,
           plainly
           expresseth
           himself
           in
           these
           words
           ;
           —
           
             That
             Christ
             in
             his
             outward
             death
             was
             a
             ransome
             ,
             an
             attonement
             ,
             an
             acceptable
             satisfactory
             sacrifice
             to
             God
             ,
             a
             propitiation
             for
             mankind
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             a
             living
             Example
             through
             all
             ,
             not
             only
             to
             end
             the
             Law
             and
             Sacrifices
             without
             ,
             but
             to
             bring
             the
             believers
             beyond
             and
             through
             the
             ministration
             of
             death
             ,
             condemnation
             and
             wrath
             within
             ,
             into
             peace
             and
             union
             with
             God
             :
          
           —
           But
           which
           of
           all
           the
           
             Prophets
          
           or
           
             Apostles
             ,
          
           ever
           so
           wrote
           ,
           of
           a
           ransome
           ,
           an
           attonement
           ,
           a
           propitiation
           ,
           a
           purchase
           ,
           a
           price
           of
           our
           Redemption
           ,
           as
           of
           a
           work
           to
           be
           done
           in
           us
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           in
           Christ
           ,
           or
           that
           in
           these
           Christ
           was
           an
           Example
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           over
           again
           be
           effected
           in
           us
           ,
           or
           that
           Christ
           was
           a
           figure
           ;
           And
           which
           of
           all
           those
           Holy
           Men
           ever
           so
           wrote
           ,
           of
           a
           believers
           being
           brought
           through
           the
           ministration
           of
           death
           ,
           condemnation
           and
           wrath
           ,
           after
           the
           Example
           of
           the
           
             Man
             Christ
             ,
          
           as
           he
           not
           having
           already
           in
           his
           body
           of
           flesh
           born
           all
           these
           things
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           resurrection
           from
           the
           dead
           triumphed
           over
           all
           these
           things
           that
           were
           against
           us
           ,
           for
           us
           :
           And
           which
           of
           all
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           so
           wrote
           of
           these
           things
           as
           thou
           hast
           done
           ,
           telling
           us
           that
           
             Christ
             did
             somewhat
             in
             the
             outward
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             our
             justification
             ,
             though
             our
             justification
             was
             not
             absolutely
             ▪
             wrought
             thereby
             :
          
           Now
           since
           in
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           this
           mystery
           of
           faith
           in
           the
           
             Man
             Christ
             Jesus
          
           for
           our
           Redemption
           and
           Salvation
           as
           already
           purchased
           by
           his
           obedience
           in
           the
           body
           of
           his
           flesh
           ,
           is
           plainly
           and
           fully
           expressed
           ;
           this
           new
           coyned
           mystery
           of
           faith
           in
           the
           light
           in
           your
           consciences
           ,
           or
           within
           you
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           within
           you
           ,
           and
           in
           every
           man
           as
           he
           comes
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           your
           
             Saviour
             ,
          
           and
           obedience
           thereunto
           to
           be
           done
           and
           perfected
           in
           your
           bodies
           or
           within
           you
           ,
           by
           his
           Spirit
           and
           after
           his
           example
           ,
           as
           the
           cause
           of
           your
           justification
           for
           the
           remission
           of
           sins
           ,
           and
           the
           ground
           of
           your
           hope
           for
           eternal
           Life
           ,
           and
           salvation
           of
           the
           Soul
           and
           whole
           man
           ;
           I
           say
           this
           Doctrine
           of
           yours
           being
           another
           then
           that
           of
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           cannot
           take
           place
           ,
           but
           in
           them
           who
           having
           rejected
           the
           truth
           ,
           are
           therefore
           given
           up
           to
           strong
           delusions
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           having
           a
           mind
           yet
           further
           to
           cavil
           ,
           In
           the
           7.
           
             pa.
          
           thou
           argues
           thus
           ;
           —
           
             Is
             not
             this
             confusion
             and
             contradiction
             to
             thy self
             ,
             first
             to
             say
             ,
             a
             man
             dead
             in
             sins
             ,
             unsanctified
             ,
             altogether
             a
             child
             of
             wrath
             ,
             and
             yet
             God
             is
             fully
             attoned
             ,
             perfectly
             reconciled
             to
             them
             ,
          
           I
           answer
           ,
           Were
           it
           not
           more
           honesty
           in
           thee
           ,
           to
           charge
           the
           
             Apostle
             ,
          
           then
           me
           ,
           who
           wrests
           not
           ,
           but
           only
           repeats
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           words
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             we
             were
             reconciled
             to
             God
             
             by
             the
             death
             of
             his
             Son
             while
             we
             were
             yet
             enemies
             ?
          
           thou
           shouldst
           therefore
           clamour
           against
           the
           
             Apostle
             ,
          
           thus
           ,
           is
           not
           this
           palpable
           confusion
           and
           contradiction
           to
           thy self
           ,
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           to
           say
           of
           enemies
           ,
           while
           yet
           enemies
           ,
           so
           unsanctified
           persons
           ,
           God
           fully
           to
           be
           reconciled
           with
           such
           ,
           even
           while
           such
           ?
           dost
           thou
           think
           this
           clamour
           of
           thine
           ,
           will
           make
           void
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           plain
           positive
           assertion
           ?
           and
           shall
           we
           therefore
           say
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           was
           mistaken
           ,
           and
           is
           now
           corrected
           by
           
             G.
             K.
          
           But
           that
           thou
           mayst
           appear
           not
           so
           plainly
           to
           contradict
           the
           
             Apostle
             ,
          
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           13.
           
             page
             ,
          
           thou
           tells
           me
           ,
           —
           
             And
             though
             the
             Apostle
             saith
             ,
             while
             we
             were
             enemies
             ,
             we
             were
             reconciled
             to
             God
             by
             the
             death
             of
             his
             Son
             ,
             yet
             he
             adds
             ,
             much
             more
             shall
             we
             be
             saved
             by
             his
             life
             :
          
           I
           answer
           ,
           Is
           it
           any
           wonder
           that
           thou
           unfaithfully
           repeats
           my
           words
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           speak
           what
           I
           intended
           not
           ,
           when
           thou
           dare
           do
           the
           same
           with
           the
           very
           
             Apostles
          
           words
           ,
           leaving
           that
           part
           of
           the
           sentence
           out
           which
           is
           most
           weighty
           against
           thee
           ?
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           words
           ,
           
             Rom.
          
           5.
           10.
           being
           these
           ,
           
             much
             more
             being
             reconciled
             ,
             we
             shall
             be
             saved
             by
             his
             life
             ;
          
           and
           what
           doth
           this
           make
           for
           thee
           ?
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           saith
           ,
           that
           while
           we
           were
           enemies
           we
           were
           reconciled
           ,
           in
           the
           time
           past
           ,
           and
           he
           spake
           truth
           ,
           although
           thou
           dares
           quarrel
           it
           as
           a
           contradiction
           ,
           and
           also
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           saith
           ,
           
             being
             reconciled
          
           (
           in
           the
           time
           past
           )
           
             we
             shall
             be
             saved
             by
             his
             life
             ;
          
           in
           the
           time
           to
           come
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           although
           they
           were
           already
           reconciled
           ;
           and
           from
           this
           also
           thou
           dissents
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           already
           proved
           by
           thy
           own
           words
           ,
           
             page
          
           16.
           speaking
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           man
           being
           saved
           within
           ;
           although
           the
           Apostle
           spoke
           truth
           ,
           that
           being
           reconciled
           ,
           we
           shall
           be
           saved
           by
           his
           life
           ;
           that
           as
           God
           raised
           him
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           and
           as
           he
           now
           lives
           and
           shall
           die
           no
           more
           ,
           we
           also
           whom
           while
           enemies
           ,
           God
           reconciled
           to
           himself
           by
           the
           death
           of
           his
           Son
           ,
           we
           who
           since
           we
           believed
           ,
           having
           received
           that
           attonement
           ,
           shall
           after
           our
           bodily
           death
           be
           raised
           from
           the
           grave
           ,
           and
           be
           made
           partakers
           of
           that
           salvation
           ,
           which
           through
           faith
           and
           hope
           we
           wait
           for
           while
           in
           the
           body
           ;
           for
           we
           are
           saved
           by
           hope
           :
           And
           in
           the
           next
           words
           of
           that
           13.
           
             pag.
          
           thou
           sayst
           to
           me
           —
           
             And
             though
             thou
             uses
             this
             Scripture
             to
             prove
             ,
             that
             men
             are
             reconciled
             to
             God
             through
             the
             death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             excluding
             any
             qualification
             wrought
             by
             him
             in
             them
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             but
             an
             abuse
             of
             the
             place
             ;
          
           (
           though
           I
           only
           repeat
           the
           Apostles
           express
           words
           ,
           and
           mentioned
           no
           more
           then
           what
           is
           plainly
           asserted
           by
           them
           )
           
             nor
             need
             I
             go
             further
             then
             thy
             own
             confession
             to
             alledge
             a
             more
             safe
             way
             of
             understanding
             that
             Scripture
             ,
             as
             where
             thou
             sayst
             ,
             although
             in
             the
             dayes
             of
          
           Isaias
           
             Christ
             was
             not
             then
             come
             in
             our
             flesh
             ,
             yet
             the
             Prophet
             speaks
             of
             it
             as
             a
             thing
             already
             done
             ,
             it
             
             being
             so
             in
             the
             purpose
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             so
             why
             may
             not
          
           Paul
           
             after
             this
             manner
             .
          
           —
           I
           answer
           .
           
             Paul
          
           cannot
           be
           understood
           so
           to
           speak
           ,
           because
           the
           death
           of
           the
           Man
           Christ
           was
           past
           before
           he
           so
           wrote
           :
           And
           if
           we
           should
           so
           understand
           these
           words
           of
           the
           
             Apostle
             ,
          
           it
           confirms
           that
           I
           asserted
           ;
           for
           as
           Christs
           sufferings
           spoken
           of
           by
           the
           
             Prophet
             Isaias
          
           as
           done
           in
           his
           time
           ,
           because
           according
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           (
           and
           therefore
           my
           confession
           )
           
             were
             what
             his
             band
             and
             his
             Counsel
             determined
             before
             to
             be
             done
             ;
          
           therefore
           they
           were
           in
           the
           fulness
           of
           time
           so
           really
           accomplished
           as
           God
           before
           determined
           ;
           thus
           if
           
             Paul
          
           spoke
           of
           Gods
           being
           in
           Christ
           ,
           reconciling
           the
           world
           to
           himself
           ,
           and
           that
           while
           we
           were
           enemies
           we
           were
           reconciled
           to
           God
           by
           the
           death
           of
           his
           Son
           ,
           it
           being
           so
           in
           the
           purpose
           of
           God
           before
           the
           foundation
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           surely
           then
           ,
           when
           Jesus
           Christ
           came
           into
           the
           world
           to
           finish
           what
           the
           counsel
           of
           God
           before
           hand
           had
           determined
           ,
           he
           really
           ,
           actually
           finished
           and
           accomplished
           it
           ;
           or
           else
           the
           purpose
           of
           God
           was
           frustrate
           ,
           and
           Christ
           finished
           not
           what
           God
           before
           hand
           determined
           he
           should
           do
           ,
           and
           set
           him
           forth
           for
           to
           do
           ;
           which
           to
           assert
           either
           of
           God
           or
           Christ
           are
           alike
           impiously
           blasphemous
           .
        
         
           Thy
           Partner
           
             G.
             W.
          
           in
           the
           15.
           
             page
          
           of
           his
           Part
           ,
           saith
           ,
           —
           
             This
             Doctrine
             tends
             to
             make
             a
             merry
             world
             in
             their
             sins
             ;
          
           —
           But
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           as
           if
           of
           purpose
           to
           rebuke
           this
           spirit
           .
           
             Rom.
          
           6.
           1.
           saith
           ,
           
             Shall
             we
             therefore
             sin
             that
             grace
             may
             abound
             ,
             God
             forbid
             !
          
           and
           in
           another
           place
           ,
           
             The
             grace
             of
             God
             teacheth
             us
             to
             deny
             ungodliness
             :
          
           And
           in
           the
           16.
           
             page
             ,
             G.
             W.
          
           further
           argues
           thus
           ,
           —
           
             Could
             that
             be
             an
             answer
             of
             divine
             justice
             ,
             so
             to
             take
             vengeance
             on
             the
             innocent
             ,
             and
             let
             the
             guilty
             go
             with
             their
             sins
             past
             ,
             present
             ,
             and
             to
             come
             ?
             and
             how
             can
             God
             then
             in
             justice
             execute
             wrath
             on
             any
             for
             sin
             ?
          
           —
           I
           answer
           ,
           It
           is
           strange
           to
           find
           this
           man
           ,
           so
           very
           dark
           ,
           thus
           to
           argue
           against
           God!
           However
           he
           is
           reproved
           by
           the
           
             Apostle
             ,
          
           who
           saith
           in
           express
           words
           (
           as
           if
           of
           purpose
           to
           check
           this
           cavelling
           spirit
           )
           of
           the
           
             Man
             Christ
             ;
             He
             died
             ,
             the
             just
             for
             the
             unjust
             ;
             though
             in
             him
             was
             no
             guile
             found
             ,
             yet
             he
             was
             made
             sin
             and
             a
             curse
             for
             us
             ;
             though
             be
             had
             done
             no
             violence
             ,
             neither
             was
             any
             deceit
          
           in
           his
           
             mouth
             ;
             yet
             it
             pleased
             the
             Lord
             to
             bruise
             him
             ▪
             he
             was
             smitten
             of
             God
             ,
             wounded
             for
             our
             transgressims
             ,
             the
             chastisements
             of
             our
             peace
             were
             upon
             him
             though
             we
             had
             turned
             every
             one
             to
             his
             own
             way
             ;
             the
             Lord
             laid
             on
             him
             the
             iniquity
             of
             us
             all
             :
          
           This
           ,
           man
           should
           thus
           answer
           the
           Prophet
           
             Isaias
             ,
          
           is
           that
           divine
           justice
           ,
           to
           take
           vengeance
           on
           ,
           wound
           sinite
           ,
           bruise
           the
           innocent
           ,
           and
           let
           the
           guilty
           go
           free
           :
           And
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           asserts
           in
           so
           many
           words
           .
           
             Thu
             Jesus
             Christ
             the
             righteous
             is
             a
             propitiation
             for
             the
             sins
             of
             the
             whole
             world
             ;
          
           may
           I
           not
           
           thence
           in
           truth
           assert
           
             Him
          
           to
           have
           been
           
             a
             propitiation
             for
             all
             sins
             ,
             past
             ,
             present
             ,
             and
             to
             come
             ;
          
           which
           since
           this
           man
           so
           much
           quarrels
           ,
           narrowing
           the
           extent
           of
           Christs
           death
           ;
           of
           whom
           it
           is
           written
           ,
           That
           
             He
             tasted
             death
             for
             every
             man
             ,
          
           Let
           him
           plainly
           answer
           ,
           (
           God
           having
           so
           determined
           before
           the
           foundation
           of
           the
           world
           )
           whether
           there
           was
           any
           necessity
           that
           the
           
             Man
             Christ
             Jesus
          
           should
           have
           been
           offered
           up
           as
           a
           sacrifice
           for
           remission
           of
           sins
           at
           all
           ;
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             That
             without
             blood
             there
             was
             no
             remission
             ;
          
           which
           if
           so
           ,
           that
           if
           for
           the
           remission
           of
           every
           sin
           there
           be
           a
           necessity
           of
           that
           blood
           of
           attonement
           ,
           if
           he
           did
           not
           then
           when
           he
           was
           offered
           up
           ,
           attone
           for
           all
           sins
           ,
           must
           he
           then
           come
           again
           to
           be
           offered
           up
           again
           for
           those
           remaining
           sins
           ,
           not
           already
           attoned
           for
           ,
           by
           that
           one
           Sacrifice
           of
           his
           Body
           ,
           already
           once
           offered
           never
           to
           be
           offered
           again
           ?
           And
           though
           this
           one
           propitiatory
           sacrifice
           once
           for
           all
           be
           sufficient
           in
           it self
           for
           the
           sins
           of
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           yet
           such
           as
           receive
           it
           not
           ,
           but
           through
           unbelief
           reject
           him
           ,
           Christ
           saith
           of
           such
           ;
           
             The
             wrath
             of
             the
             Father
             abides
             on
             them
             ;
          
           they
           remaining
           still
           in
           unbelief
           ,
           the
           sentence
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           (
           
             Cursed
             is
             every
             one
             that
             continueth
             not
             in
             all
             things
             which
             we
             written
             in
             the
             Book
             of
             the
             Law
             to
             do
             them
          
           )
           remaining
           also
           in
           them
           ,
           because
           they
           have
           not
           received
           this
           attonement
           ,
           but
           putting
           that
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           spoken
           to
           them
           from
           them
           ,
           have
           judged
           themselves
           unworthy
           of
           everlasting
           life
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           7.
           
           
             Page
             ,
          
           I
           find
           another
           exception
           against
           this
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           
             Apostle
             ,
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             8
             ,
             19.
             
             The
             Apostles
             words
             are
             ,
             Hath
             reconciled
             us
             ,
          
           viz.
           
             Vs
             who
             believe
             and
             are
             sanctified
             ;
             but
             of
             the
             world
             he
             saith
             ,
             reconciling
             ,
             so
             not
             reconciled
             ;
             yea
             ,
             in
             that
             same
             place
             he
             mentions
             a
             qualification
             on
             their
             part
             to
             be
             wrought
             by
             the
             spirit
             in
             order
             to
             their
             full
             reconciliation
             ,
             be
             ye
             reconciled
             to
             God.
          
           —
           I
           answer
           ,
           thou
           art
           here
           very
           hard
           put
           to
           it
           ,
           who
           though
           thou
           be
           a
           Master
           of
           Arts
           ,
           must
           be
           desired
           to
           ask
           the
           Boyes
           in
           the
           Grammar-School
           ,
           whether
           
             was
             reconciling
             ,
          
           and
           hath
           
             reconciled
             ,
          
           do
           not
           both
           denote
           a
           time
           past
           ;
           And
           if
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           spoke
           truth
           ,
           saying
           in
           the
           time
           past
           ,
           
             God
             was
             in
             Christ
             reconciling
             the
             world
             to
             himself
          
           and
           if
           
             Christ
          
           also
           spoke
           truth
           of
           himself
           ,
           
             John
             14.
             4.
             
             I
             have
             finished
             the
             work
             the
             Father
             gave
             me
             to
             do
             ;
          
           then
           surely
           what
           God
           was
           doing
           in
           time
           past
           in
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           to
           wit
           ,
           reconciling
           the
           world
           to
           himself
           ,
           he
           finished
           it
           ;
           and
           so
           it
           is
           a
           work
           already
           done
           and
           perfected
           on
           God
           ,
           part
           :
           And
           for
           that
           qualification
           mentioned
           by
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           on
           their
           part
           ,
           it
           confirms
           what
           I
           asserted
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           also
           affirmed
           it
           in
           
             my
             Testimony
             ,
          
           that
           in
           order
           to
           make
           the
           reconciliation
           with
           God
           already
           finished
           by
           
             Christ
          
           effectual
           in
           every
           man
           ,
           we
           are
           (
           as
           a
           qualification
           
           required
           on
           our
           part
           ,
           as
           to
           receiving
           that
           attonement
           already
           perfected
           )
           invited
           to
           be
           reconciled
           to
           God
           ,
           who
           in
           Christ
           Jesus
           is
           already
           reconciled
           to
           us
           ,
           even
           while
           enemies
           ;
           which
           qualification
           on
           our
           part
           is
           not
           the
           reason
           or
           cause
           of
           our
           reconcilation
           with
           God
           ;
           for
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           in
           the
           next
           words
           ,
           plainly
           points
           out
           to
           us
           the
           reason
           and
           cause
           thereof
           ;
           
             For
             he
             hath
             made
             him
             to
             be
             sin
             for
             us
             ,
             who
             knew
             no
             sin
             ,
             that
             we
             might
             be
             made
             the
             righteousness
             of
             God
             in
             him
             ;
          
           here
           is
           the
           foundation
           of
           all
           our
           hopes
           ,
           the
           ground
           of
           our
           confidence
           ,
           the
           reason
           why
           we
           are
           invited
           to
           be
           reconciled
           to
           God
           ,
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             who
             knew
             nosin
             ,
             was
             made
             sin
             for
             us
             ,
          
           a
           work
           already
           done
           and
           perfected
           ;
           the
           fruit
           and
           consequence
           whereof
           is
           ,
           
             that
             we
             might
             be
             made
             the
             righteousness
             of
             God
             in
             him
             :
          
           Had
           not
           the
           first
           been
           done
           and
           perfected
           by
           Christ
           without
           us
           ,
           we
           had
           never
           witnessed
           the
           second
           within
           us
           :
           They
           that
           sleight
           and
           reject
           the
           second
           ,
           really
           neither
           know
           nor
           believe
           the
           first
           ;
           they
           that
           oppose
           and
           reject
           the
           first
           ,
           they
           shut
           themselves
           out
           from
           the
           second
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           conclude
           this
           matter
           ,
           in
           the
           13.
           
           
             Page
             ,
          
           as
           if
           thou
           hadst
           set
           thy self
           of
           purpose
           to
           print
           thy
           self-contradictions
           ,
           after
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           vain
           jangling
           thou
           confessest
           to
           the
           truth
           in
           plain
           words
           though
           against
           thy self
           and
           Partners
           ;
           therefore
           I
           shall
           sum
           up
           this
           Doctrine
           which
           I
           have
           according
           to
           the
           
             Scriptures
          
           affirmed
           ,
           and
           which
           thou
           contrary
           to
           the
           
             Scriptures
          
           hast
           cavelled
           against
           and
           denied
           ,
           in
           thy
           own
           very
           words
           ,
           —
           
             We
             do
             willingly
             acknowledge
             ,
             the
             full
             and
             perfect
             redemption
             was
             in
             Christ
             ,
             while
             we
             were
             enemies
             ;
             but
             now
             since
             we
             believed
             ,
             we
             have
             received
             the
             attonement
             .
          
           —
        
         
           But
           I
           further
           take
           notice
           of
           thy
           next
           words
           in
           the
           5.
           
           
             Page
             ,
          
           thus
           ;
           —
           
             Our
             justification
             was
             not
             absolutely
             wrought
             by
             Christ
             as
             manifest
             in
             his
             body
             of
             flesh
             ;
             As
             if
             his
             outward
             body
             ,
             flesh
             and
             blood
             were
             the
             only
             sacrifice
             excluding
             the
             inward
             .
          
           —
           I
           answer
           ,
           neither
           do
           I
           assert
           that
           his
           flesh
           and
           blood
           was
           the
           only
           sacrifice
           ;
           
             for
             his
             soul
             was
             made
             an
             offering
             for
             sin
             ,
          
           so
           that
           thou
           shouldst
           have
           more
           fully
           exprest
           thy self
           herein
           :
           For
           if
           thou
           understands
           ,
           
             by
             excluding
             the
             inward
             ,
          
           the
           inward
           works
           of
           the
           spirit
           as
           wrought
           within
           us
           ,
           then
           with
           thee
           ,
           Christ
           in
           offering
           up
           himself
           a
           ransome
           and
           sacrifice
           for
           sin
           ,
           is
           an
           imperfect
           ,
           unsufficient
           propitiation
           excluding
           those
           inward
           works
           ,
           as
           if
           these
           were
           a
           part
           thereof
           ;
           thou
           shouldst
           have
           spoken
           more
           plainly
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           as
           doth
           one
           
             W.
             S.
          
           a
           Teacher
           among
           you
           ,
           in
           his
           Book
           ,
           Intituled
           ,
           
             A
             new
             Catechisme
             ,
          
           pa.
           64.
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           As
           the
           Foundation
           and
           Principle
           of
           the
           
             Quakers
             ;
             —
             We
             believe
             that
             Christ
             in
             us
             doth
             offer
             up
             himself
          
           
           (
           mark
           that
           ,
           a
           work
           yet
           a
           doing
           )
           
             a
             living
             sacrifice
             unto
             God
             for
             us
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             wrath
             and
             justice
             of
             God
             is
             appeased
             towards
             us
             ;
             and
             that
             through
             the
             Offering
             and
             Sacrifice
             of
             CHRIST
             the
             hand-writing
             of
             Ordinances
             which
             stood
             against
             us
             ,
             is
             blotted
             out
             ;
          
           (
           mark
           that
           ,
           in
           the
           present
           time
           ,
           as
           now
           doing
           ,
           )
           —
           How
           plainly
           doth
           this
           man
           set
           himself
           to
           speak
           another
           Doctrine
           then
           that
           of
           the
           
             Apostles
             ;
          
           the
           sacrifice
           offered
           up
           to
           God
           for
           sin
           is
           called
           by
           the
           
             Apostle
             ,
             one
             offering
             ,
             once
             offered
             ;
          
           and
           therefore
           also
           is
           called
           the
           offering
           of
           the
           body
           of
           Jesus
           :
           Hence
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           saith
           plainly
           ,
           1
           
             Tim.
             2.
             5
             ,
             6.
             there
             is
             one
             Mediatour
             between
             God
             ,
             and
             Man
             ,
             the
             Man
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
          
           (
           mark
           that
           ,
           the
           Man
           Christ
           Jesus
           ,
           as
           Son
           of
           Man
           )
           
             who
             gave
             ,
          
           (
           mark
           that
           ,
           in
           the
           time
           past
           )
           
             himself
             ;
          
           mark
           that
           ,
           not
           meekness
           ,
           humility
           ,
           patience
           ;
           or
           the
           like
           in
           every
           man
           ,
           but-himself
           )
           
             a
             ransom
             for
             all
             :
          
           hence
           Christ
           the
           Son
           of
           Man
           was
           the
           ransome
           for
           all
           ;
           And
           so
           it
           is
           ,
           
             Ephes
             .
             5.
             2.
             
             Who
             hath
             given
             himself
             an
             offering
             to
             God
             for
             us
             :
          
           This
           man
           tells
           us
           ;
           that
           it
           is
           the
           foundation
           of
           the
           
             Quakers
             ,
             to
             believe
             Christ
             in
             us
          
           (
           as
           spiritually
           manifested
           in
           us
           so
           not
           as
           Son
           of
           Man
           without
           us
           )
           
             doth
             offer
          
           up
           himself
           a
           Sacrifice
           unto
           God
           for
           us
           :
           This
           man
           saith
           ,
           
             The
             hand-writing
             of
             Ordinances
             which
             stood
             against
             us
             is
             blotted
             out
             ,
          
           (
           as
           doing
           in
           us
           .
           )
           The
           Apostle
           said
           ,
           
             blotting
             it
             out
             ,
          
           and
           took
           it
           out
           of
           the
           way
           ,
           as
           done
           ;
           Thus
           he
           renders
           the
           Foundation
           and
           Principle
           of
           the
           
             Quakers
          
           to
           be
           another
           then
           that
           of
           the
           
             Apostles
             ;
          
           And
           such
           kind
           of
           doctrine
           doth
           thy
           Partner
           
             G.
             W.
          
           mention
           in
           the
           14.
           and
           15.
           
           
             Pag.
          
           of
           his
           Part
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           —
           
             That
             in
             respect
             of
             our
             being
             renewed
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             ,
             we
             are
             said
             to
             be
             purchased
             to
             God
             ;
             and
             in
             this
             sense
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             God
             hath
             purchased
             his
             Church
             with
             his
             own
             blood
             .
          
           How
           darkly
           and
           confusedly
           doth
           this
           man
           write
           :
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           by
           being
           renewed
           by
           the
           spirit
           within
           ,
           it
           comes
           to
           be
           manifest
           that
           we
           are
           these
           whom
           Christ
           ▪
           hath
           purchased
           ;
           but
           that
           these
           works
           of
           the
           spirit
           wrought
           in
           us
           are
           the
           Ransome
           ,
           the
           Attonement
           ,
           the
           propitiatory
           Sacrifice
           ,
           or
           any
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           the
           ground
           and
           cause
           of
           our
           being
           redeemed
           ,
           that
           I
           deny
           as
           contrary
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           Testifying
           the
           Sacrifice
           and
           purchase
           of
           our
           Redemption
           thereby
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           work
           done
           at
           once
           ,
           by
           the
           one
           offering
           of
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           Man
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           in
           this
           sense
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             God
             hath
             purchased
          
           (
           a
           work
           done
           and
           perfected
           )
           
             his
             Church
             by
             his
             own
             blood
             ;
          
           whereas
           
             G.
             W.
          
           his
           confused
           doctrine
           renders
           this
           purchase
           ,
           as
           a
           work
           ,
           dayly
           doing
           ,
           in
           every
           generation
           ,
           in
           many
           bodies
           ,
           as
           every
           man
           comes
           to
           be
           renewed
           by
           the
           spirit
           :
           And
           really
           this
           is
           in
           effect
           no
           less
           then
           in
           a
           more
           fine
           dress
           of
           new
           coyned
           words
           a
           bringing
           in
           another
           ,
           unbloody
           
           sacrifice
           ,
           like
           that
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           with
           this
           difference
           ;
           that
           is
           an
           offering
           of
           a
           piece
           of
           Bread
           ,
           which
           they
           say
           is
           the
           Body
           of
           Christ
           ,
           this
           new
           one
           is
           Faith
           and
           Patience
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           graces
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           these
           men
           say
           ,
           is
           offered
           up
           in
           us
           for
           us
           to
           God
           ,
           as
           a
           ransome
           ,
           an
           attonement
           ,
           and
           purchase
           of
           our
           Redemption
           :
           Both
           agreeing
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           another
           offering
           ,
           another
           sacrifice
           dayly
           offered
           up
           for
           sin
           ,
           then
           that
           one
           sacrifice
           of
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           Man
           
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
          
           crucified
           at
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           then
           and
           there
           once
           offered
           up
           to
           God
           through
           the
           Eternal
           Spirit
           for
           the
           sins
           of
           the
           whole
           world
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           6.
           
           
             Pa.
          
           thou
           acknowledges
           ,
           —
           
             That
             our
             salvation
             and
             justification
             hath
             a
             necessary
             respect
             to
             the
             death
             of
             Christ
             in
             the
             outward
             ,
             God
             baving
             so
             ordained
             it
             .
          
           —
           Now
           consider
           thy
           words
           ,
           that
           which
           our
           salvation
           and
           justification
           hath
           a
           
             necessary
          
           respect
           unto
           ,
           without
           the
           effecting
           thereof
           (
           to
           wit
           ,
           the
           death
           of
           the
           Man
           
             Christ
          
           )
           we
           could
           never
           have
           been
           saved
           or
           justified
           :
           Now
           let
           
             G.
             L.
          
           and
           
             G.
             W.
          
           thy
           Partners
           in
           this
           work
           Testifie
           whether
           thou
           hast
           spoken
           the
           truth
           herein
           ,
           or
           not
           :
           
             G.
             L.
          
           writes
           thus
           to
           me
           ,
           as
           is
           afterward
           mentioned
           in
           his
           Part
           ,
           —
           
             It
             is
             not
             names
             and
             things
             done
             abroad
             ,
             but
             the
             life
             within
             that
             redeems
             the
             soul
             to
             God
             ;
          
           —
           The
           death
           of
           Christ
           in
           the
           outward
           ,
           being
           a
           name
           and
           thing
           done
           abroad
           ,
           doth
           not
           (
           saith
           
             G.
             L.
          
           )
           redeem
           the
           soul
           to
           God
           ;
           he
           allows
           not
           ,
           but
           plainly
           excludes
           any
           such
           necessary
           respect
           our
           Redemption
           hath
           to
           Christs
           death
           in
           the
           outward
           :
           
             G.
             W.
          
           in
           the
           16.
           
             pa.
          
           of
           his
           Part
           tells
           me
           ,
           —
           
             That
             it
             is
             a
             blasphemous
             opposing
             the
             Omnipotency
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             an
             undervaluing
             him
             as
             if
             he
             were
             no
             Saviour
             ,
          
           to
           assert
           any
           such
           necessary
           respect
           our
           Redemption
           hath
           to
           the
           death
           of
           
             Christ
             ;
             especially
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             while
             R.
             G.
             thinks
             God
             was
             so
             displeased
             ,
             and
             his
             wrath
             so
             stirred
             up
             ,
             that
             it
             would
             hold
             man
             captive
             in
             death
             ;
             unless
             Christ
             as
             Son
             of
          
           Mary
           
             should
             satisfie
             and
             answer
             this
             wrath
             ,
             and
             undergo
             this
             death
             .
          
           —
           Thus
           as
           it
           was
           said
           of
           old
           of
           those
           false
           witnesses
           who
           bore
           Testimony
           against
           the
           Person
           of
           our
           Lord
           ;
           so
           may
           it
           also
           be
           said
           of
           you
           who
           have
           joyned
           your selves
           against
           
             my
             Testimony
          
           both
           to
           his
           Person
           and
           Doctrine
           ;
           
             And
             their
             witness
             agreed
             not
             together
             :
          
           But
           to
           help
           thee
           out
           of
           this
           strait
           ,
           that
           thou
           mayst
           joyn
           hands
           again
           with
           thy
           Brethren
           ,
           turn
           to
           the
           8.
           
           
             Pa.
          
           of
           thy
           Book
           ,
           where
           repeating
           these
           words
           out
           of
           my
           Book
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           That
           there
           is
           another
           snare
           ,
           that
           carrieth
           death
           in
           the
           bosome
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           that
           spirit
           that
           publisheth
           ,
           that
           the
           light
           in
           every
           man
           is
           the
           true
           Christ
           our
           only
           Saviour
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           not
           another
           ;
           And
           that
           man
           is
           to
           be
           joyned
           to
           this
           light
           ,
           which
           of
           it self
           is
           able
           to
           redeem
           him
           as
           he
           becomes
           obedient
           thereunto
           :
           To
           
           all
           which
           thou
           adds
           these
           words
           ,
           —
           
             here
             with
             open
             mouth
             thou
             smites
             against
             our
             Principle
             ,
          
           —
           then
           surely
           by
           thy
           confession
           this
           must
           be
           thy
           Principle
           ;
           and
           if
           so
           ,
           thou
           plainly
           contradicts
           thy self
           ;
           for
           here
           is
           no
           mention
           of
           Christs
           death
           in
           the
           outward
           ,
           nor
           any
           room
           left
           for
           any
           such
           necessary
           respect
           our
           Redemption
           hath
           thereunto
           ,
           that
           being
           a
           part
           of
           that
           snare
           ,
           to
           pretend
           to
           Redemption
           without
           any
           such
           necessary
           respect
           to
           the
           death
           of
           
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           8.
           page
           thou
           argues
           against
           me
           from
           some
           of
           my
           words
           thus
           ,
           —
           
             Thou
             sayest
             ,
             light
             and
             power
             in
             Christ
             considered
             as
             distinct
             from
             his
             being
             a
             man
             ,
             and
             the
             light
             in
             every
             man
             as
             he
             comes
             into
             the
             World
             ,
             asserted
             to
             be
             he
             the
             true
             Christ
             ,
             is
             to
             assert
             another
             Saviour
             then
             him
             ,
             Jesus
             Christ
             of
             Nazareth
             born
             of
          
           Mary
           ,
           
             and
             yet
             thou
             expresly
             pleads
             for
             Christ
             being
             formed
             within
             men
             ;
             who
             of
             the
             weakest
             discerning
             cannot
             see
             thy
             self-contradiction
             here
             :
          
           —
           I
           answer
           ,
           thou
           art
           reproved
           by
           the
           
             Apostles
             ,
          
           who
           plainly
           testified
           
             that
             the
             same
             Jesus
             whom
             the
             Jews
             Crucified
             is
             both
             Lord
             and
             Christ
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             not
             another
             ;
          
           and
           yet
           also
           pleaded
           that
           
             Christ
             might
             beformed
             in
             them
             ;
          
           By
           the
           first
           telling
           us
           who
           the
           true
           Christ
           was
           and
           is
           ,
           the
           
             man
             Christ
             Jesus
             of
             Nazareth
             ,
          
           the
           same
           
             Jesus
          
           whom
           the
           Jews
           Crucified
           .
           In
           the
           other
           expression
           they
           tell
           us
           how
           we
           partake
           of
           his
           nature
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           by
           his
           being
           formed
           within
           us
           ,
           called
           
             Christ
             within
             the
             hope
             of
             glory
             ;
             Christ
             dwelling
             in
             us
             by
             Faith
             :
          
           Now
           thou
           jumbles
           and
           confounds
           these
           ,
           not
           dividing
           the
           word
           of
           truth
           aright
           .
           
             The
             man
             Christ
             Jesus
             of
             Nazareth
          
           to
           be
           the
           true
           and
           only
           Christ
           ,
           thou
           dost
           not
           confess
           ,
           which
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           plainly
           did
           ;
           Christ
           as
           formed
           within
           ,
           the
           hope
           of
           glory
           ,
           dwelling
           in
           us
           by
           Faith
           ,
           as
           manifest
           within
           us
           ;
           this
           manifestation
           of
           him
           as
           in
           us
           ,
           thou
           calls
           the
           true
           Christ
           ,
           our
           only
           Saviour
           ,
           which
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           never
           did
           .
           Thus
           setting
           thy self
           to
           speak
           contrary
           to
           the
           
             Apostles
             ,
          
           thou
           dares
           boldly
           (
           though
           blindly
           )
           call
           their
           plain
           positive
           Assertions
           ,
           Contradictions
           .
        
         
           And
           sutable
           to
           this
           thy
           Doctrine
           ,
           is
           thy
           Confession
           of
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           in
           the
           13.
           page
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           —
           
             We
             believe
             and
             acknowledg
             him
             who
             was
             manifest
             in
             that
             body
             of
             flesh
             ,
             to
             be
             he
             the
             true
             and
             only
             Christ
             .
          
           This
           is
           a
           new
           coined
           Confession
           ;
           differing
           ,
           and
           quite
           another
           then
           that
           of
           the
           
             Apostles
             ,
          
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           16.
           
           
             Matth.
             16.
             
             Thou
             art
          
           (
           not
           he
           that
           is
           manifest
           in
           that
           body
           of
           thine
           ,
           but
           ,
           thou
           )
           
             art
             the
             Son
             of
             the
             living
             God
             :
          
           and
           after
           his
           being
           ascended
           and
           glorified
           ,
           they
           confess
           him
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Acts
             2.
             36.
             
             Let
             all
             the
             house
             of
             Israel
             know
             assuredly
             that
             God
             hath
             made
             that
             same
             Jesus
          
           (
           not
           him
           that
           was
           manifest
           in
           that
           body
           of
           flesh
           ,
           but
           the
           same
           Jesus
           )
           
             whom
             ye
             have
             crucified
             both
          
           Lord
           and
           Christ
           :
           Is
           it
           
           because
           he
           was
           hanged
           on
           a
           tree
           that
           thou
           art
           ashamed
           to
           own
           him
           as
           Saviour
           ?
           Or
           that
           thou
           dost
           not
           believe
           that
           God
           raised
           him
           from
           the
           dead
           ?
           or
           rather
           art
           thou
           afraid
           to
           confess
           him
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           
             Pharisees
             ,
          
           lest
           they
           should
           put
           thee
           out
           of
           their
           Synagogue
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           done
           some
           others
           ,
           because
           they
           openly
           confessed
           him
           ?
           Oh
           consider
           the
           words
           of
           our
           Lord
           ,
           
             Luke
             12.
             8
             ,
             9.
             
             Whosoever
             shall
             confess
             me
          
           (
           not
           him
           in
           me
           ,
           but
           me
           )
           
             before
             men
             ,
             him
             shall
             the
             Son
             of
             man
          
           (
           not
           him
           in
           the
           Son
           of
           Man
           considered
           as
           distinct
           from
           him
           ,
           a
           man
           )
           
             also
             confess
             him
             before
             the
             Angels
             of
             God
             ;
             But
             he
             that
             denyeth
             me
          
           (
           to
           wit
           the
           Son
           of
           Man
           )
           
             shall
             be
             denyed
             before
             the
             Angels
             of
             God
             :
          
           Dost
           thou
           think
           that
           thou
           hast
           found
           out
           a
           better
           manner
           of
           expressing
           this
           truth
           ,
           then
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           had
           ?
           or
           dost
           thou
           not
           really
           change
           their
           Doctrine
           by
           thy
           new
           coyned
           manner
           of
           expressing
           it
           ;
           for
           by
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           the
           
             Man
          
           is
           acknowledged
           as
           Saviour
           ,
           
             That
             same
             Jesus
             whom
             ye
             Crucified
             ,
             a
             man
             approved
             of
             God
             among
             the
             people
             ;
             unto
             you
             this
             day
             is
             born
             a
             Saviour
             ,
             Jesus
             ;
             there
             is
             one
             Mediatour
             ,
             the
             man
             Christ
             Jesus
             ;
             by
             man
             came
             death
             ,
             by
             man
             came
             also
             the
             Resurrection
             of
             the
             dead
             .
          
           By
           thee
           the
           
             man
          
           is
           left
           out
           and
           shuffled
           by
           ,
           not
           confessing
           
             him
             the
             Son
             of
             Man
          
           (
           as
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           ever
           did
           )
           to
           be
           
             he
             ;
          
           but
           
             him
          
           (
           to
           wit
           the
           God-head
           considered
           as
           distinct
           from
           his
           being
           a
           man
           )
           that
           was
           manifest
           in
           that
           body
           of
           Flesh
           ,
           to
           be
           
             he
             ;
          
           the
           true
           and
           only
           Christ
           our
           Mediatour
           ,
           which
           the
           Apostles
           never
           did
           ;
           herein
           agreeing
           with
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           
             H.
             W.
          
           a
           Preacher
           among
           you
           ,
           who
           in
           a
           Book
           intituled
           ,
           
             A
             Declaration
             to
             the
             Baptists
             ,
          
           pag.
           13.
           tells
           plainly
           —
           
             Christ
             was
             never
             seen
             with
             any
             carnal
             eye
             ,
             nor
             his
             voice
             heard
             with
             any
             carnal
             ear
          
           —
           hereby
           plainly
           denying
           
             him
          
           to
           be
           the
           
             Son
             of
             Man
             ,
          
           who
           ,
           as
           of
           purpose
           to
           rebuke
           this
           lying
           Spirit
           ,
           testified
           of
           himself
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           both
           seen
           and
           heard
           by
           the
           bodily
           eyes
           and
           ears
           of
           those
           among
           whom
           he
           conversed
           ,
           
             John
          
           9.
           35.
           he
           saith
           to
           the
           man
           that
           was
           born
           blind
           ,
           
             Dost
             thou
             believe
             on
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ?
             he
             answered
             and
             said
             ,
             Who
             is
             he
             Lord
             that
             I
             might
             believe
             on
             him
             ?
             And
             Jesus
             said
             unto
             him
             ,
             thou
             hast
             both
             seen
             him
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             he
             that
             talketh
             with
             thee
             .
          
           Mark
           this
           if
           our
           Lord
           spoke
           truth
           ,
           he
           whom
           this
           man
           both
           saw
           and
           talked
           with
           ,
           with
           his
           bodily
           eyes
           and
           tongue
           ,
           was
           the
           
             Messias
             ,
             the
             Son
             of
             God.
          
           And
           since
           he
           was
           ascended
           and
           glorified
           ,
           
             Acts
          
           9.
           was
           it
           not
           the
           true
           Christ
           ,
           
             Jesus
             of
             Nazareth
             ,
          
           who
           appeared
           and
           spoke
           unto
           
             Saul
             ,
          
           as
           he
           was
           going
           with
           his
           Persecuting
           companions
           to
           
             Damascus
             ,
          
           he
           said
           so
           of
           himself
           ,
           
             I
             am
             Jesus
             of
             Nazareth
             ;
          
           yet
           it
           is
           added
           in
           the
           9.
           verse
           ,
           
             and
             the
             men
             which
             journeyed
             with
             him
             stood
             speechless
             ,
             hearing
             a
             Voice
             ,
             but
             seeing
             no
             man.
          
           Thus
           that
           
             Jesus
          
           whom
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           Preached
           ,
           and
           
           believed
           in
           as
           the
           true
           Christ
           ,
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           was
           both
           seen
           and
           heard
           by
           the
           bodily
           eyes
           and
           ears
           of
           unbelievers
           :
           And
           hence
           
             Peter
             1
             Epistle
          
           chap.
           7.
           ver
           .
           8.
           writes
           thus
           to
           Believers
           ,
           elect
           through
           the
           Sanctification
           of
           the
           Spirit
           unto
           obedience
           ,
           who
           therefore
           in
           and
           by
           Faith
           had
           seen
           him
           ,
           
             Faith
             being
             the
             evidence
             of
             things
             not
             seen
             ,
          
           yet
           to
           such
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             that
             the
             tryal
             of
             your
             Faith
             might
             be
             found
             unto
             praise
             ,
             at
             the
             appearing
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             whom
             having
             not
             seen
             ,
             ye
             love
             ,
             in
             whom
             ,
             though
             now
             ye
             see
             him
             not
             ,
             yet
             believing
             ▪
             ye
             rejoyce
             :
          
           And
           hence
           our
           Lord
           said
           to
           
             Thomas
             ,
             John
             20.
             29.
             
             Because
             thou
             hast
             seen
             me
          
           (
           and
           this
           was
           with
           his
           bodily
           eyes
           )
           
             thou
             hast
             believed
             ,
             blessed
             are
             they
             which
             have
             not
             seen
          
           (
           and
           surely
           this
           is
           not
           of
           an
           inward
           sight
           of
           him
           by
           Faith
           )
           
             and
             yet
             have
             believed
             :
          
           Here
           is
           a
           being
           sanctified
           unto
           obedience
           in
           Christ
           with
           joy
           ,
           and
           yet
           ,
           in
           him
           whom
           they
           now
           see
           not
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           maintain
           this
           Doctrine
           ,
           in
           the
           17.
           page
           thou
           mentions
           these
           words
           ;
           —
           
             Though
             it
             be
             said
             by
             some
             of
             us
             ,
             that
             Christ
             was
             sometime
             preached
             as
             crucified
             to
             the
             Jews
             ,
             but
             more
             generally
             a
             light
             to
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
             which
             imports
             but
             one
             Christ
             in
             a
             twofold
             way
             of
             appearance
             ;
             for
             though
             the
             Apostles
             Preached
             him
             in
             the
             form
             of
             a
             man
             ,
             yet
             they
             Preached
             him
             also
             ,
             and
             that
             more
             generally
             ,
             a
             light
             to
             the
             Gentiles
             .
          
           —
           What
           strange
           Doctrine
           is
           this
           ?
           If
           the
           Apostles
           Preached
           Christ
           in
           the
           form
           of
           a
           man
           ;
           when
           they
           so
           Preached
           him
           ,
           was
           he
           not
           a
           real
           man
           ?
           And
           if
           so
           ,
           (
           and
           because
           you
           neither
           confess
           nor
           Preach
           him
           as
           a
           man
           ,
           but
           as
           a
           light
           in
           that
           man
           Christ
           ,
           and
           as
           a
           light
           in
           every
           man
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           in
           every
           man
           ,
           as
           he
           comes
           into
           the
           World
           )
           tell
           us
           plainly
           what
           is
           become
           of
           that
           man
           ?
           Hath
           he
           now
           any
           real
           ,
           individual
           glorified
           bodily
           existence
           ?
           and
           was
           there
           ever
           ,
           or
           will
           there
           ever
           be
           remission
           of
           sins
           Preached
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           through
           that
           man
           ?
           and
           where
           dost
           thou
           find
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           that
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           Preached
           one
           way
           of
           appearance
           of
           Christ
           to
           the
           Jews
           ,
           and
           another
           to
           the
           Gentiles
           ?
           Was
           not
           he
           whom
           they
           Preached
           in
           the
           form
           of
           a
           man
           to
           the
           
             Jews
             ,
          
           and
           him
           they
           preached
           the
           light
           of
           the
           
             Gentiles
             ,
          
           one
           and
           the
           same
           Christ
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           
             the
             man
             Christ
             Jesus
             of
             Nazareth
             ;
          
           Old
           
             Simeon
          
           plainly
           tells
           us
           ,
           (
           if
           he
           may
           be
           believed
           )
           that
           the
           
             man
             Christ
             ,
          
           the
           child
           then
           born
           of
           
             Mary
             ,
          
           whom
           he
           had
           in
           his
           arms
           ,
           
             is
             a
             light
             to
             lighten
             the
             Gentiles
             ;
          
           And
           he
           ,
           the
           man
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           said
           of
           himself
           ,
           
             I
             am
             the
             light
             of
             the
             World
             ;
          
           and
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           they
           preached
           
             him
          
           as
           
             a
             man
          
           (
           though
           he
           was
           and
           is
           also
           God
           )
           to
           be
           believed
           infor
           remission
           of
           sins
           ,
           both
           to
           the
           
             Jews
          
           and
           to
           the
           
             Gentiles
             ▪
          
           that
           very
           same
           man
           they
           preached
           to
           be
           the
           
             Christ
          
           to
           the
           
             Jews
             ,
             him
          
           also
           ,
           and
           
             none
             but
             him
             ,
          
           they
           preached
           a
           glory
           and
           a
           light
           both
           to
           
           
             Jews
          
           and
           
             Gentiles
             ;
          
           And
           this
           
             Peters
          
           discourse
           to
           the
           
             Jews
             ,
             Acts
          
           2
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           
             Gentiles
             Acts
          
           10.
           doth
           plainly
           testifie
           .
           So
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           preached
           but
           one
           and
           the
           same
           Christ
           both
           to
           
             Jews
          
           and
           
             Gentiles
             ,
          
           to
           wit
           ,
           
             the
             man
             Christ
             Jesus
             of
             Nazareth
             ,
          
           and
           but
           one
           and
           the
           same
           way
           of
           appearance
           of
           the
           man
           Christ
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           
             Jews
          
           and
           in
           the
           
             Gentiles
             ,
          
           to
           wit
           ,
           through
           Faith
           in
           
             him
             :
          
           And
           to
           
             him
             ,
          
           as
           Saviour
           ,
           and
           to
           this
           way
           of
           his
           appearance
           in
           Believers
           ,
           through
           Faith
           by
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           for
           Salvation
           and
           remission
           of
           sins
           ,
           through
           him
           ,
           I
           have
           in
           plain
           words
           testified
           ,
           and
           you
           have
           opposed
           ;
           but
           in
           the
           day
           of
           the
           coming
           of
           
             this
             Son
             of
             Man
             ,
          
           even
           at
           the
           appearing
           of
           our
           Lord
           and
           Saviour
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           when
           he
           shall
           come
           the
           second
           time
           without
           sin
           unto
           Salvation
           (
           which
           hasmeth
           )
           which
           of
           us
           have
           confessed
           or
           denyed
           him
           ,
           will
           then
           be
           manifested
           .
        
         
           From
           page
           9
           ,
           to
           12.
           thou
           usest
           many
           words
           to
           prove
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Justification
           through
           obedience
           to
           the
           light
           in
           every
           man
           as
           he
           comes
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           an
           establishing
           of
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Works
           :
           In
           all
           which
           ,
           thou
           hast
           not
           touched
           that
           Doctrine
           as
           I
           laid
           it
           down
           ;
           only
           (
           to
           shift
           the
           matter
           )
           thou
           tells
           me
           ,
           -
           
             That
             the
             New
             Covenant
             requires
             both
             Faith
             and
             Works
             upon
             our
             part
             ;
          
           —
           This
           I
           deny
           not
           :
           But
           I
           do
           deny
           that
           either
           Faith
           or
           Works
           wrought
           by
           us
           ,
           or
           in
           us
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           ,
           are
           the
           previous
           ,
           procuring
           ,
           purchasing
           cause
           of
           the
           Love
           of
           God
           to
           us
           while
           sinners
           ,
           and
           thence
           as
           the
           ground
           or
           cause
           of
           our
           Justification
           with
           God
           ,
           or
           Salvation
           :
           This
           thou
           meddles
           not
           directly
           with
           ,
           only
           to
           weaken
           and
           darken
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           Doctrine
           of
           Justification
           for
           remission
           of
           sins
           ,
           and
           redemption
           through
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           freely
           through
           grace
           without
           works
           ,
           
             even
             through
             Faith
             in
             his
             blood
             ,
             whom
             God
             hath
             set
             forth
          
           (
           in
           the
           time
           past
           so
           already
           done
           )
           
             to
             be
             a
             propitiation
             ,
             to
             declare
             his
             righteousness
             for
             remission
             of
             sins
             that
             are
             past
             ,
             even
             the
             righteousness
             of
             God
             manifested
             without
             the
             Law
             ,
             witnessed
             by
             the
             Law
             and
             the
             Prophets
             ,
             even
             the
             righteousness
             of
             God
             which
             is
             by
             Faith
             of
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             unto
             all
             ,
             and
             upon
             all
             them
             that
             believe
             :
          
           I
           say
           ,
           to
           obscure
           and
           oppose
           this
           Doctrine
           ,
           thou
           tells
           me
           thus
           ,
           —
           
             Thou
             art
             ignorant
             of
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             New
             Covenant
             ,
             as
             if
             doing
             were
             proper
             only
             to
             the
             Old
             and
             first
             Covenant
             in
             order
             to
             Justification
             ,
             which
             is
             false
             :
          
           —
           Thus
           according
           to
           thy
           manner
           ,
           thou
           confusedly
           jumbles
           this
           matter
           ;
           but
           the
           better
           to
           inform
           me
           ,
           why
           didst
           thou
           not
           distinctly
           prove
           by
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           that
           under
           the
           
             New
             Covenant
          
           doing
           is
           properly
           required
           in
           order
           to
           Justification
           with
           God
           ,
           as
           the
           previous
           procuring
           cause
           thereof
           ?
           But
           not
           being
           able
           to
           do
           this
           ,
           thou
           tells
           me
           in
           sum
           this
           ,
           —
           
             That
             the
             works
             
             the
             Law
             excluded
             by
             the
             Apostle
             from
             justification
             ,
             is
             when
             the
             Law
             is
             done
             ,
             without
             life
             or
             spirit
             ,
             the
             first
             Covenant
             or
             Law
             coming
             before
             the
             Seed
             be
             raised
             ,
             so
             the
             works
             not
             done
             in
             Christ
             the
             Seed
             ,
             do
             not
             justifie
             ;
             And
             that
             the
             righteousness
             by
             Faith
             is
             when
             the
             Law
             is
             performed
             in
             us
             by
             works
             in
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             a
             righteousness
             in
             the
             Elect
             Seed
             and
             works
             thereof
             :
          
           —
           These
           are
           strange
           unscriptural
           expressions
           ,
           in
           effect
           renewing
           again
           the
           old
           
             Popish
          
           trick
           ,
           to
           elude
           the
           force
           of
           such
           Scriptures
           as
           do
           indefinitely
           exclude
           all
           works
           wrought
           in
           us
           or
           by
           us
           as
           the
           ground
           or
           cause
           of
           our
           justification
           with
           God
           for
           remission
           of
           sins
           ,
           without
           any
           such
           
             strange
             distinction
             ;
          
           which
           in
           plainer
           words
           they
           of
           
             Rome
          
           thus
           express
           ,
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           excludes
           from
           justification
           works
           which
           we
           our selves
           do
           ,
           by
           our
           own
           strength
           ,
           without
           the
           help
           of
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           not
           those
           works
           we
           do
           by
           the
           aid
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ;
           which
           really
           confounds
           the
           Old
           and
           New
           Covenant
           ,
           making
           them
           but
           one
           and
           the
           same
           :
           for
           that
           which
           requireth
           works
           to
           be
           wrought
           in
           us
           ,
           as
           the
           ground
           and
           procuring
           cause
           of
           our
           righteousness
           and
           justification
           ,
           though
           wrought
           in
           and
           through
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           whether
           by
           obedience
           to
           a
           Law
           without
           or
           within
           us
           ,
           whether
           the
           works
           be
           done
           (
           as
           thou
           words
           it
           )
           before
           the
           Seed
           be
           raised
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           Elect
           Seed
           ,
           is
           a
           Law
           of
           works
           still
           ,
           and
           but
           the
           
             first
             Covenant
          
           still
           ,
           which
           saith
           
             the
             man
             that
             doth
             these
             things
             shall
             live
             by
             them
             ;
          
           and
           so
           a
           being
           justified
           by
           works
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           
             Apostle
             ,
          
           T●t
           .
           3.
           5.
           
           
             Not
             by
             works
             of
             righteousness
             which
             we
             have
             done
             :
          
           Rom.
           11.
           6.
           
           
             If
             it
             be
             of
             works
             ,
             then
             were
             Grace
             no
             more
             Grace
             ;
          
           But
           plainly
           one
           with
           that
           of
           
             Rome
             :
          
           And
           although
           it
           is
           God
           who
           worketh
           all
           our
           works
           in
           us
           and
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           that
           works
           which
           God
           accepts
           ,
           are
           performed
           by
           the
           help
           of
           his
           Spirit
           within
           us
           ;
           yet
           the
           works
           so
           wrought
           are
           called
           in
           Scripture
           our
           faith
           ,
           our
           hope
           ,
           our
           good
           works
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           the
           man
           that
           believes
           and
           obeyes
           ,
           not
           God
           in
           the
           man
           ,
           as
           some
           have
           fondly
           imagined
           :
           Hence
           notwithstanding
           of
           this
           far-fetched
           distinction
           ,
           thy
           Doctrine
           is
           no
           other
           then
           the
           old
           
             Law-working-spirit
             ,
          
           setting
           up
           an
           attonement
           ,
           a
           propitiation
           ,
           a
           righteousness
           by
           obedience
           of
           works
           done
           (
           as
           thou
           speaks
           )
           in
           the
           Elect
           seed
           raised
           in
           us
           ;
           thereby
           denying
           that
           one
           propitiatory
           Sacrifice
           of
           the
           one
           Crucified
           body
           of
           the
           
             Man
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
          
           and
           that
           blood
           of
           attonement
           ,
           and
           redemption
           and
           righteousness
           as
           purchased
           thereby
           ;
           and
           so
           already
           in
           being
           in
           him
           as
           our
           head
           ;
           which
           hath
           this
           real
           tendency
           ,
           even
           to
           blot
           out
           of
           our
           hearts
           the
           name
           and
           remembrance
           of
           that
           
             one
             great
             propitiation
          
           once
           offered
           for
           sins
           ,
           and
           redemption
           ,
           righteousness
           and
           reconciliation
           with
           God
           as
           already
           purchased
           and
           perfected
           thereby
           ,
           until
           
           no
           other
           righteousness
           or
           redemption
           be
           known
           ,
           but
           by
           obedience
           to
           the
           light
           in
           every
           man
           ,
           as
           in
           every
           man
           ;
           And
           thus
           
             so
             much
             obedience
             ,
             so
             much
             redemption
             ,
             and
             no
             more
             ,
          
           saith
           this
           Law-working
           Spirit
           from
           among
           you
           ;
           In
           this
           one
           principle
           agreeing
           with
           all
           the
           false
           Religions
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           that
           obedience
           to
           some
           Law
           or
           other
           ,
           is
           the
           ground
           and
           cause
           of
           Righteousness
           and
           blessedness
           with
           God
           ;
           as
           sutable
           to
           the
           
             Wisdome
             of
             the
             Greeks
             ,
          
           and
           
             reason
             of
             man
             :
          
           Whereas
           the
           
             Gospel
          
           speaketh
           thus
           of
           our
           Lord
           ,
           
             the
             man
             Christ
             Jesus
          
           hath
           done
           it
           already
           ,
           receive
           the
           attonement
           ,
           be
           ye
           reconciled
           to
           God
           ,
           believe
           and
           be
           saved
           ;
           exalting
           the
           
             man
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
          
           as
           the
           perfection
           of
           Grace
           and
           Righteousness
           ,
           as
           having
           already
           by
           the
           blood
           of
           his
           Cross
           ,
           put
           an
           end
           to
           the
           ministration
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           slain
           the
           enmity
           in
           himself
           ,
           the
           power
           of
           sin
           death
           and
           the
           Law
           for
           us
           ;
           and
           thus
           he
           is
           our
           Saviour
           :
           And
           by
           receiving
           this
           attonement
           so
           already
           finished
           through
           Faith
           in
           him
           the
           Attoner
           ,
           by
           the
           workings
           of
           his
           Spirit
           within
           us
           ,
           redemption
           and
           righteousness
           is
           known
           and
           witnessed
           :
           And
           this
           is
           the
           difference
           betwixt
           the
           first
           and
           second
           Covenant
           ,
           that
           we
           return
           to
           blessedness
           with
           God
           ,
           not
           by
           an
           obedience
           to
           be
           done
           and
           perfected
           by
           or
           in
           us
           ,
           as
           the
           ground
           and
           cause
           thereof
           ,
           but
           through
           that
           one
           propitiatory
           Sacrifice
           of
           the
           body
           of
           Christ
           once
           offered
           for
           all
           ;
           thus
           by
           a
           living
           Faith
           being
           united
           to
           
             him
          
           the
           Saviour
           ,
           his
           Victory
           and
           triumph
           becomes
           the
           Believers
           ,
           who
           thus
           is
           compleat
           in
           him
           ;
           and
           who
           can
           therefore
           truly
           say
           in
           the
           words
           of
           the
           
             Apostle
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             15.
             55.
             
             O
             death
             ,
             where
             is
             thy
             sting
             !
             O
             grave
             where
             is
             thy
             victory
             ?
             the
             sting
             of
             death
             is
             sin
             ,
             and
             the
             strength
             of
             sin
             is
             the
             Law
             ;
             But
             thanks
             be
             to
             God
             which
             giveth
             us
             Victory
             ,
          
           (
           mark
           that
           ,
           how
           boasting
           because
           of
           works
           is
           excluded
           ,
           he
           giveth
           us
           Victory
           )
           
             through
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             :
          
           But
           though
           thou
           mention
           a
           first
           and
           second
           Covenant
           ,
           yet
           with
           thee
           they
           are
           in
           effect
           but
           one
           ;
           especially
           whilst
           thou
           tells
           me
           of
           a
           first
           Covenant
           and
           Law
           which
           is
           abolished
           as
           a
           carnal
           Commandment
           ,
           and
           yet
           callest
           the
           Law
           planted
           in
           every
           man
           as
           he
           comes
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           new
           Covenant
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Life
           in
           Christ
           Jesus
           ;
           which
           if
           so
           ,
           the
           first
           Covenant
           and
           Law
           thereof
           being
           abolished
           ,
           what
           new
           Covenant
           and
           Law
           thereof
           is
           brought
           in
           the
           place
           of
           it
           ?
           with
           thee
           none
           at
           all
           ,
           but
           still
           the
           same
           as
           was
           before
           ,
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           afterward
           in
           all
           Ages
           ,
           since
           the
           day
           that
           God
           created
           
             Adam
             ,
          
           to
           wit
           ,
           the
           Law
           planted
           in
           every
           man
           as
           he
           comes
           into
           the
           World
           :
           thou
           shouldst
           rid
           thy self
           of
           such
           confusion
           before
           thou
           judg
           another
           mans
           work
           confused
           .
        
         
         
           In
           Page
           7.
           thou
           reckons
           this
           Doctrine
           ,
           which
           excludes
           Faith
           from
           being
           the
           previous
           procuring
           cause
           of
           justification
           with
           God
           for
           remission
           of
           sins
           ,
           the
           principle
           of
           the
           
             Antinomians
             :
          
           But
           this
           charge
           of
           being
           against
           the
           Law
           ,
           or
           an
           
             Antinomian
             ,
          
           is
           falsly
           cast
           upon
           me
           ,
           who
           owns
           and
           declares
           ,
           that
           the
           Law
           is
           holy
           ,
           spiritual
           ,
           just
           and
           good
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           remains
           in
           force
           as
           a
           Law
           ,
           summed
           up
           by
           our
           Lord
           ,
           in
           the
           love
           to
           God
           and
           to
           our
           Neighbour
           :
           And
           thou
           art
           rather
           an
           
             Antinomian
             ,
          
           that
           is
           against
           the
           holy
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           saying
           in
           the
           10
           page
           ,
           —
           
             That
             the
             first
             Covenant
             or
             Law
             is
             called
             in
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             a
             carnal
             Commandment
             ,
          
           —
           which
           is
           spoken
           by
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           to
           the
           
             Hebrews
          
           of
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Levitical
           Priest-hood
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           first
           Covenant
           ,
           either
           as
           it
           is
           in
           every
           man
           by
           nature
           ,
           or
           as
           it
           was
           administred
           by
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           called
           the
           ten
           Commandments
           ,
           of
           which
           Law
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           saith
           ,
           
             the
             Law
             is
             spiritual
             :
             thy
             ignorance
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             is
             very
             great
             :
          
           And
           that
           spirit
           also
           from
           among
           you
           is
           also
           an
           
             Antinomian
             ,
          
           against
           the
           holy
           Law
           of
           God
           that
           speaketh
           thus
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Law
             written
             in
             Tables
             of
             stone
             ,
             stood
             in
             meats
             and
             drinks
             ,
             was
             faulty
             ,
             made
             nothing
             perfect
             ,
             and
             therefore
             was
             to
             be
             done
             away
             because
             of
             its
             unprofitableness
             ;
          
           Whereas
           the
           Law
           is
           
             holy
             ,
             spiritual
             ,
             just
             and
             good
             ,
          
           and
           Christ
           came
           not
           to
           abolish
           it
           ,
           but
           it
           remains
           in
           force
           ,
           and
           is
           still
           profitable
           to
           them
           that
           are
           in
           Christ
           Jesus
           ,
           who
           came
           to
           fulfill
           it
           ,
           thereby
           to
           take
           away
           (
           not
           the
           Law
           ,
           but
           )
           that
           Covenant
           of
           Works
           ,
           as
           being
           an
           administration
           of
           condemnation
           and
           death
           ,
           which
           he
           abolished
           and
           conquered
           ,
           and
           put
           an
           end
           to
           those
           typical
           services
           ,
           which
           pointed
           ,
           and
           gave
           place
           to
           
             him
          
           the
           substance
           ,
           who
           is
           
             a
             Mediator
          
           of
           a
           better
           Covenant
           established
           upon
           better
           promises
           ;
           that
           what
           the
           Law
           could
           not
           do
           ,
           in
           that
           it
           was
           weak
           through
           the
           flesh
           (
           mark
           that
           )
           not
           as
           if
           it
           were
           weak
           or
           insufficient
           in
           it self
           ,
           as
           thou
           sayest
           in
           the
           10.
           
           Page
           ,
           —
           
             that
             it
             cannot
             give
             to
             man
             to
             perform
             perfect
             obedience
             to
             God
             ;
          
           But
           the
           Law
           was
           weak
           through
           the
           flesh
           ;
           
             God
             sent
             his
             own
             Son
             in
             the
             likeness
             of
             sinful
             flesh
             ,
             and
             for
             sin
             condemned
             sin
             in
             the
             flesh
             ,
             that
             the
             righteousness
             of
             the
             Law
          
           (
           which
           through
           the
           weakness
           of
           the
           flesh
           could
           not
           be
           fulfilled
           by
           us
           ,
           but
           was
           fulfilled
           by
           Christ
           Jesus
           for
           us
           )
           
             might
             be
             fulfilled
             in
             us
             ,
             who
             walk
          
           not
           after
           the
           flesh
           but
           after
           the
           Spirit
           ;
           being
           through
           Faith
           in
           him
           under
           the
           administration
           of
           righteousness
           and
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ;
           and
           through
           his
           fulfilling
           the
           Law
           for
           us
           ,
           thereby
           delivered
           from
           the
           condemnation
           and
           curse
           thereof
           ;
           from
           which
           man
           could
           not
           by
           his
           future
           obedience
           performed
           by
           or
           in
           him
           by
           vertue
           of
           any
           Law
           or
           light
           in
           him
           ,
           have
           been
           delivered
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           have
           obtained
           thereby
           Justification
           with
           God
           for
           remission
           of
           sins
           which
           were
           
           past
           ,
           without
           a
           Sacrifice
           ,
           and
           his
           blood
           of
           attonement
           in
           whose
           mouth
           was
           no
           guile
           ;
           because
           without
           blood
           there
           was
           no
           remission
           ,
           and
           mans
           future
           obedience
           was
           but
           his
           duty
           :
           Wherefore
           
             Heb.
          
           10.
           2.
           
           
             When
             he
             comes
             into
             the
             World
             he
             saith
             ,
             burnt
             Offerings
             and
             Sacrifices
             for
             sin
             which
             are
             offered
             by
             the
             Law
             thou
             hast
             no
             pleasure
             in
             ,
             but
             a
             body
             thou
             hast
             prepared
             me
             ,
             lo
             I
             come
             to
             do
             thy
             will
             O
             God
             ,
             by
             which
             will
             we
             are
             sanctified
             through
             the
             offering
             of
             the
             body
             of
             Jesus
             once
             for
             all
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           13.
           page
           thou
           writes
           these
           words
           ,
           —
           
             But
             that
             I
             may
             make
             it
             appear
             that
             thou
             denyes
             the
             true
             Christ
             ,
             I
             shall
             bring
             thy
             own
             words
             ,
             expresly
             denying
             that
             this
             light
             which
             enlightens
             every
             man
             that
             comes
             into
             the
             world
             is
             Christ
             ;
          
           and
           in
           the
           17.
           page
           thou
           adds
           ,
           
             So
             John
             Preached
             him
             ,
             and
             so
             did
             others
             :
          
           —
           I
           answer
           ,
           thou
           should
           rather
           have
           added
           ,
           so
           
             G.
             F.
          
           Preached
           him
           ,
           and
           so
           have
           others
           among
           us
           called
           Quakers
           ;
           and
           this
           had
           been
           truly
           said
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           read
           in
           that
           Book
           already
           mentioned
           ,
           published
           by
           
             G.
             F.
          
           p.
           16
           ,
           19
           ,
           20
           ,
           22
           ,
           45
           ,
           47
           ,
           94
           ,
           102
           ,
           279.
           
           And
           in
           another
           little
           Book
           published
           by
           
             G.
             F.
          
           Intituled
           
             A
             Catechism
             for
             Children
             ,
          
           throughout
           that
           Book
           :
           But
           how
           dares
           thou
           write
           so
           of
           this
           holy
           man
           
             John
             ,
          
           or
           of
           any
           of
           the
           Penmen
           of
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           who
           never
           so
           wrote
           of
           Christ
           ,
           neither
           canst
           thou
           show
           me
           one
           place
           of
           Scripture
           wherein
           it
           is
           asserted
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           the
           light
           enlightning
           every
           man
           that
           comes
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           in
           every
           man
           as
           he
           is
           born
           of
           a
           Woman
           ,
           is
           he
           the
           true
           Christ
           ;
           and
           this
           thou
           must
           prove
           ,
           or
           thou
           proves
           nothing
           ,
           but
           asserts
           thy
           own
           and
           other
           mens
           vain
           aery
           notions
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           the
           
             Man
             Christ
             Jesus
          
           said
           of
           himself
           ,
           
             I
             am
             the
             light
             of
             the
             World
             ;
          
           but
           this
           proves
           not
           thy
           notion
           ,
           the
           light
           in
           every
           man
           as
           he
           comes
           into
           the
           World
           is
           he
           ,
           the
           true
           Christ
           .
           Consider
           the
           words
           of
           
             Esayas
             9.
             2.
             
             The
             people
             that
             walk
             in
             darkness
             have
             seen
             great
             light
             ,
             they
             that
             dwell
             in
             the
             Land
             of
             the
             shadow
             of
             death
             ,
             upon
             them
             hath
             the
             Light
             shined
             :
          
           Compare
           this
           with
           
             Math.
             4.
             14
             ,
             15.
             
             And
             Jesus
             departed
             into
             Galilee
             ,
             and
             dwelt
             in
             Capernaum
             ,
             that
             it
             might
             be
             fulfilled
             which
             was
             spoken
             by
             Esayas
             ,
             saying
             ,
             the
             people
             which
             sate
             in
             darkness
             saw
             great
             light
             .
          
           Thus
           the
           man
           
             Christ
             Jesus
          
           in
           his
           Person
           ,
           by
           his
           Doctrine
           and
           Miracles
           ,
           where
           he
           came
           and
           abode
           ,
           was
           a
           light
           to
           them
           that
           sate
           in
           darkness
           ;
           and
           hence
           he
           said
           of
           himself
           ,
           
             While
             you
             have
             the
             light
             believe
             in
             the
             light
             ,
             yet
             a
             little
             while
             is
             the
             light
             with
             you
             ;
          
           I
           
             the
             Son
             of
             Man
          
           (
           who
           as
           long
           as
           I
           am
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           am
           the
           light
           of
           the
           World
           )
           
             must
             be
             lifted
             up
             ,
             and
             be
             glorified
             with
             my
             Father
             ,
             for
             I
             go
             to
             my
             Father
             ;
             but
             I
             will
             not
             leave
             you
             comfortless
             ;
             I
             will
             send
             the
             Comforter
             unto
             you
             ,
             who
             shall
             receive
             of
             mine
             and
             shew
             it
             unto
             you
             ;
             he
             shall
             glorifie
             me
             :
          
           Hence
           the
           
             Man
             Christ
             Jesus
          
           
           being
           ascended
           and
           bodily
           glorified
           ,
           by
           the
           ministration
           of
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           in
           the
           children
           of
           Faith
           ,
           causeth
           the
           light
           of
           his
           glorious
           Gospel
           to
           shine
           in
           their
           hearts
           :
           And
           further
           though
           it
           be
           said
           ,
           
             Christ
             is
             our
             life
             ,
             in
             God
             we
             live
             and
             move
             and
             have
             our
             being
             ,
             and
             Christ
             is
             all
             in
             all
             and
             through
             all
             ,
          
           wilt
           thou
           therefore
           assert
           that
           our
           life
           is
           Christ
           ?
           that
           the
           life
           in
           all
           is
           God
           ?
           that
           all
           in
           us
           is
           God
           ?
           This
           agreeth
           indeed
           with
           that
           Doctrine
           published
           by
           
             G.
             F.
          
           in
           his
           Book
           already
           mentioned
           ,
           Page
           91
           ,
           229.
           —
           
             The
             soul
             is
             a
             part
             of
             God
             ,
             of
             his
             being
             ,
             divine
             ,
             infinite
             in
             it self
             ,
             without
             beginning
             ,
             that
             God
             doth
             not
             change
             ,
             nor
             the
             Soul
             ;
             and
             every
             one
             turned
             to
             the
             Light
             ,
             they
             shall
             see
             Christ
             ,
             who
             brings
             the
             Soul
             up
             to
             God
             ,
             whereby
             they
             come
             to
             be
             one
             Soul
             :
          
           And
           this
           is
           the
           very
           root
           of
           
             Rantisme
             ,
          
           hence
           concluding
           ,
           
             the
             life
             in
             man
             and
             beast
             ,
             yea
             in
             every
             thing
             to
             be
             God
             :
             and
             all
             to
             be
             one
             God
             at
             last
             ,
             denying
             the
             real
             individual
             existences
             of
             Angels
             ,
             Saints
             ,
             Devils
             ,
             or
             wicked
             men
             in
             eternity
             :
          
           and
           what
           these
           notions
           terminate
           in
           ,
           is
           sufficiently
           known
           :
           
             Let
             us
             eat
             and
             drink
             for
             to
             morrow
             we
             shall
             dye
             ,
             the
             earthly
             bodies
             perish
             ,
             and
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             Soul
             or
             Life
             of
             every
             thing
             comes
             to
             be
             all
             one
             Soul
             in
             God
             ,
             and
             so
             God
             is
             all
             in
             all
             :
          
           And
           although
           it
           hath
           been
           said
           by
           some
           among
           you
           ,
           that
           these
           termes
           ,
           Christ
           is
           the
           Light
           ,
           and
           the
           Light
           in
           every
           man
           is
           Christ
           ,
           are
           convertible
           termes
           ,
           yet
           that
           is
           apparently
           fals
           ,
           and
           deceitful
           
             Philosophie
             ;
          
           for
           if
           so
           ,
           then
           what
           might
           be
           truly
           and
           properly
           spoken
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           might
           be
           also
           
             so
          
           spoken
           of
           the
           other
           ;
           for
           so
           it
           is
           with
           all
           propositions
           convertible
           ;
           And
           hence
           as
           it
           was
           truly
           ,
           and
           properly
           spoken
           of
           the
           man
           Christ
           ,
           our
           onely
           Saviour
           ,
           and
           the
           true
           Christ
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           Light
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           born
           at
           
             Bethlehem
             ,
          
           that
           he
           was
           hanged
           on
           a
           Tree
           ,
           and
           gave
           up
           the
           Ghost
           ,
           might
           also
           be
           truly
           and
           properly
           spoken
           ,
           of
           the
           Light
           in
           every
           man
           that
           comes
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           in
           every
           man
           ,
           which
           is
           most
           absurd
           :
           I
           also
           acknowledg
           that
           it
           is
           said
           1
           
             John
          
           1
           9.
           of
           Christ
           Jesus
           ,
           
             That
             was
             the
             true
             Light
             which
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           illuminat
           ,
           
             enlighteth
             every
             man
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           venientem
           ,
           
             coming
             into
             the
             world
             ;
          
           for
           so
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Greek
           ;
           in
           the
           present
           time
           enlighteth
           every
           man
           coming
           into
           the
           world
           ;
           and
           thus
           it
           agreeth
           with
           the
           purpose
           in
           the
           preceeding
           verses
           ,
           
             there
             was
             a
             man
             sent
             from
          
           God
           
             whose
             name
             was
             John
             ,
             he
             was
             not
             that
             Light
             ,
             but
             was
             sent
             to
             bear
             witness
             of
             that
             Light
             ;
          
           thus
           testifying
           ,
           not
           onely
           of
           
             John
             the
             Baptist
          
           as
           Lighted
           by
           
             him
             ,
          
           whom
           he
           was
           sent
           to
           point
           out
           ;
           but
           that
           every
           man
           coming
           into
           the
           world
           to
           bear
           witness
           unto
           
             him
             ,
          
           Is
           also
           Lighted
           by
           
             him
             ,
             Christ
             Jesus
             who
             is
             the
             true
             Light
             :
          
           &
           although
           
             it
          
           be
           true
           ,
           that
           every
           man
           that
           cometh
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           a
           man
           ,
           born
           of
           the
           seed
           of
           man
           ,
           through
           natural
           generation
           ,
           is
           enlined
           
           by
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           as
           he
           
             is
             the
             Word
          
           that
           made
           the
           World
           ,
           yet
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           hath
           not
           asserted
           it
           in
           this
           place
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           neither
           doth
           he
           here
           say
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           Light
           in
           every
           man
           ,
           or
           that
           the
           enlighting
           in
           every
           man
           as
           he
           cometh
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           a
           man
           ,
           is
           He
           ,
           the
           true
           Christ
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           a
           most
           miserable
           wresting
           this
           Place
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           to
           force
           it
           to
           speak
           thus
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           Light
           in
           every
           man
           as
           he
           comes
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           by
           natural
           generation
           ,
           as
           an
           elect
           seed
           in
           him
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           true
           Christ
           ,
           and
           mans
           onely
           Saviour
           :
           and
           thou
           hast
           belyed
           this
           Holy
           man
           ;
           in
           saying
           of
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           so
           preached
           ,
           to
           wit
           ;
           the
           Light
           ,
           or
           enlighting
           in
           every
           man
           as
           he
           comes
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           is
           
             He
             ,
             the
             true
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           14
           Pag
           thou
           mentions
           these
           words
           ;
           —
           
             But
             that
             Law
             and
             nature
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             Gentiles
             did
             the
             things
             contained
             in
             the
             Law
             ,
             thou
             wilt
             not
             have
             it
             to
             be
             the
             Law
             and
             Nature
             of
             Christ
             ,
             but
             some
             other
             thing
             ,
             but
             what
             thou
             tels
             not
             .
          
           —
           I
           answer
           ,
           I
           said
           in
           the
           words
           of
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           2.
           
           
             Rom.
             that
             it
             is
             the
             work
             of
             the
             Law
             written
             in
             their
             hearts
          
           (
           and
           in
           every
           man
           as
           he
           cometh
           into
           the
           world
           )
           
             whereby
             they
             which
             had
             not
             the
             Law
          
           (
           to
           wit
           in
           Tables
           of
           Stone
           )
           
             did
             by
             nature
             the
             things
             contained
             in
             the
             Law
             ,
             these
             not
             having
             the
             Law
             ,
             were
             a
             Law
             unto
             themselves
             :
          
           It
           is
           a
           Law
           or
           enlightning
           planted
           in
           Mans
           nature
           by
           that
           word
           which
           created
           him
           a
           Man
           ,
           and
           without
           whch
           he
           differeth
           not
           from
           a
           beast
           ;
           hence
           it
           is
           not
           improperly
           called
           by
           some
           that
           
             universal
             reason
          
           that
           is
           in
           every
           man
           as
           he
           is
           a
           man
           ,
           which
           also
           
             G.
             W.
          
           in
           
             pag.
          
           6.
           seems
           to
           say
           of
           it
           ;
           And
           though
           man
           through
           his
           disobedience
           wholly
           lost
           fellowship
           and
           communion
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           hope
           of
           eternal
           life
           ,
           with
           a
           possibility
           under
           that
           Covenant
           of
           works
           ,
           through
           his
           future
           obedience
           ,
           of
           ever
           being
           restored
           ,
           yet
           he
           continued
           a
           man
           still
           ,
           even
           under
           all
           this
           loss
           ,
           and
           also
           enlightned
           by
           this
           Law
           ,
           though
           more
           darkly
           ,
           whereby
           he
           knew
           he
           had
           disobeyed
           his
           Maker
           ,
           and
           therefore
           was
           ashamed
           and
           hid
           himself
           ;
           and
           of
           which
           ,
           had
           he
           been
           utterly
           deprived
           ,
           he
           had
           ceased
           from
           being
           a
           man
           ;
           and
           so
           from
           being
           capable
           of
           condemnation
           ,
           or
           of
           receiving
           the
           promise
           of
           restoration
           ;
           of
           which
           he
           knew
           nothing
           by
           this
           enlightning
           remaining
           in
           him
           ,
           untill
           God
           published
           it
           to
           him
           ,
           by
           promising
           him
           the
           
             Messias
             ,
          
           the
           Womans
           feed
           to
           break
           the
           Serpents
           head
           ;
           for
           that
           Law
           (
           as
           thou
           acknowledges
           ,
           
             pag
             ,
          
           10.
           in
           these
           words
           )
           —
           
             only
             condemns
             him
             ;
             and
             gives
             him
             the
             knowledge
             of
             sin
             ▪
          
           This
           Law
           or
           enlightning
           thus
           planted
           in
           mans
           nature
           by
           creation
           ,
           is
           by
           generation
           conveyed
           into
           every
           man
           as
           the
           comes
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           is
           hence
           called
           by
           
             Solomon
             ,
          
           20.
           
           Chap.
           
             Proverbs
             .
          
           27.
           verse
           
             The
             Spirit
             of
             man
             which
             is
             the
             
             Candle
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             searching
             the
             inward
             parts
             of
             his
             belly
             ;
          
           and
           of
           the
           spirit
           of
           man
           the
           
             Prophet
             12.
             
             Zach.
          
           1.
           writeth
           thus
           ,
           
             Thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             which
             stretcheth
             forth
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             and
             layeth
             the
             foundation
             thereof
             ,
             and
             formeth
             the
             spirit
             of
             man
             within
             him
             ;
          
           hence
           this
           Law
           in
           every
           man
           as
           it
           is
           in
           every
           man
           ,
           is
           that
           which
           God
           hath
           formed
           ,
           &
           therefore
           of
           it
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           truly
           and
           properly
           hath
           spoken
           ,
           
             they
             do
             by
             nature
             the
             things
             contained
             in
             the
             Law
             ;
          
           as
           being
           born
           of
           the
           seed
           and
           after
           the
           kind
           of
           man
           ,
           they
           are
           naturally
           or
           by
           nature
           men
           ,
           so
           being
           born
           of
           the
           seed
           of
           man
           they
           do
           naturally
           or
           by
           nature
           the
           things
           contained
           in
           the
           Law
           ,
           the
           work
           of
           the
           Law
           being
           written
           in
           their
           hearts
           as
           they
           are
           men
           :
           hence
           this
           Law
           or
           enlightning
           in
           every
           man
           as
           he
           comes
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           being
           the
           formed
           spirit
           of
           man
           enlightned
           by
           him
           that
           made
           it
           ,
           Is
           not
           God
           that
           formed
           it
           ,
           the
           word
           by
           which
           the
           world
           was
           made
           ,
           as
           
             G.
             F.
          
           in
           that
           Book
           above
           mentioned
           
             pag.
          
           185.
           asserts
           ;
           neither
           is
           it
           the
           word
           manifest
           in
           flesh
           ,
           as
           
             G.
             W.
          
           asserts
           ,
           
             pag.
          
           3.
           
           So
           what
           
             pag.
          
           6.
           he
           would
           have
           to
           be
           
             right
             reason
             ,
          
           in
           
             pag.
          
           3.
           with
           him
           is
           ,
           
             God
             manifest
             in
             flesh
             :
          
           Neither
           is
           it
           the
           end
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           the
           Saviour
           ,
           the
           Mediator
           ,
           the
           Righteousness
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           foundation
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           
             G.
             F.
          
           in
           that
           Book
           already
           named
           ,
           
             pag.
          
           9.
           57.
           102.
           168.
           and
           277.
           asserts
           ;
           for
           by
           these
           assertions
           ,
           the
           creature
           is
           ,
           and
           is
           worshipped
           instead
           of
           him
           ,
           the
           creator
           ,
           who
           is
           God
           blessed
           for
           ever
           :
           wherefore
           (
           if
           it
           be
           not
           too
           late
           )
           I
           would
           have
           these
           men
           consider
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Lord
           spoken
           by
           
             Esayas
             50.
             11.
             
             Behold
             all
             ye
             that
             kindle
             a
             fire
             ,
             that
             compass
             about
             your selves
             with
             sparks
             ,
             walk
             in
             the
             light
             of
             your
             fire
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             sparks
             that
             ye
             have
             kindled
             ,
             this
             shall
             ye
             have
             of
             my
             hand
             ,
             ye
             shall
             lie
             down
             in
             Sorrow
             :
          
           And
           although
           by
           this
           Law
           or
           enlighting
           in
           every
           man
           ,
           he
           is
           capable
           to
           receive
           the
           glad
           tydings
           of
           the
           Gospel
           when
           preached
           to
           him
           ,
           through
           the
           promised
           seed
           of
           the
           Woman
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           not
           
             he
             ,
          
           the
           promised
           seed
           ,
           neither
           is
           it
           the
           light
           of
           the
           Gospel
           shining
           in
           our
           hearts
           by
           faith
           ,
           as
           
             G.
             W.
          
           would
           have
           it
           to
           be
           
             pag.
          
           6.
           
           Neither
           is
           it
           Christ
           within
           the
           hope
           of
           glory
           ,
           nor
           the
           word
           of
           faith
           ,
           nor
           the
           ingrafted
           word
           within
           that
           is
           able
           to
           save
           the
           Soul
           (
           though
           it
           be
           that
           which
           receives
           it
           ,
           and
           where
           it
           abides
           when
           received
           )
           though
           thou
           seems
           so
           to
           assert
           in
           thy
           Book
           :
           Yet
           neither
           thou
           ,
           nor
           any
           of
           you
           have
           proved
           or
           can
           prove
           what
           you
           have
           so
           asserted
           by
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           truth
           :
           And
           although
           by
           this
           Law
           in
           every
           mans
           nature
           ,
           the
           eternal
           power
           and
           God-head
           may
           be
           known
           by
           the
           things
           that
           are
           made
           ,
           and
           equity
           and
           sobriety
           among
           men
           may
           be
           observed
           ,
           yet
           the
           glorious
           Gospel
           shining
           in
           our
           hearts
           by
           faith
           ,
           is
           not
           thereby
           discerned
           ,
           although
           
             G.
             W.
             pag.
          
           6.
           so
           
           affirmeth
           of
           it
           ,
           asserting
           as
           much
           as
           if
           ,
           right
           reason
           in
           every
           man
           as
           becomes
           into
           the
           World
           by
           natural
           generation
           ,
           discerneth
           the
           light
           of
           the
           glorious
           Gospel
           ;
           which
           if
           so
           ,
           why
           is
           the
           word
           of
           faith
           preached
           ?
           how
           comes
           faith
           by
           hearing
           ?
           and
           indeed
           to
           what
           end
           was
           the
           Comforter
           ,
           the
           spirit
           of
           truth
           promised
           ,
           and
           sent
           to
           reveal
           this
           Mistery
           ?
           and
           how
           is
           it
           foolishness
           to
           the
           
             wisdom
          
           and
           
             reason
          
           of
           
             the
             Greeks
             ?
          
           But
           I
           find
           it
           not
           so
           asserted
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           truth
           of
           this
           Law
           in
           every
           man
           as
           he
           comes
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           it
           discerneth
           or
           discovereth
           to
           man
           the
           purpose
           of
           grace
           that
           was
           in
           God
           before
           the
           world
           began
           ;
           preached
           to
           
             Adam
             ,
          
           foretold
           by
           the
           
             Prophets
             ,
          
           typified
           
             under
             the
             Law
             ,
          
           pointed
           out
           by
           
             John
             the
             fore-runner
             ,
          
           whom
           last
           of
           all
           his
           
             Apostles
          
           preached
           ,
           as
           do
           all
           his
           Ministers
           in
           all
           Ages
           ,
           proclaiming
           this
           message
           of
           Gods
           love
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           
             not
             that
             we
             loved
             God
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             loved
             us
             ,
             and
             sent
             his
             Son
             to
             be
             a
             propitiation
             for
             our
             sins
             ,
             that
             whosoever
             believeth
             in
             him
             should
             not
             perish
             but
             have
             everlasting
             life
             ;
          
           all
           in
           one
           joynt
           voice
           pointing
           to
           this
           
             Jesus
             ,
          
           the
           Son
           of
           
             Mary
             ,
          
           this
           
             Son
             of
             man
             ,
          
           with
           an
           
             Hosanna
             to
             this
             Son
             of
             David
             ,
          
           and
           to
           none
           before
           him
           ,
           or
           to
           any
           ever
           since
           ,
           
             Behold
             the
             Lamb
             of
             God
             that
             takes
             away
             the
             sins
             of
             the
             world
             ;
          
           a
           voice
           not
           heard
           among
           you
           of
           the
           Man
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           the
           Son
           of
           the
           
             Virgin
             Mary
             ,
          
           as
           now
           existing
           outwardly
           bodily
           ,
           without
           us
           ,
           but
           applyed
           by
           some
           among
           you
           to
           meekness
           ,
           humility
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           within
           you
           :
           Therefore
           not
           the
           Law
           in
           every
           man
           as
           he
           comes
           into
           the
           world
           ;
           but
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           life
           in
           Christ
           Jesus
           shining
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           Believers
           manifests
           to
           them
           
             the
             Saviour
             Jesus
             ,
          
           and
           Salvation
           through
           faith
           in
           
             him
             ;
          
           That
           being
           graven
           in
           the
           heart
           of
           a
           man
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           a
           man
           ,
           this
           being
           revealed
           only
           by
           that
           Spirit
           which
           the
           world
           never
           saw
           ,
           nor
           can
           receive
           ;
           as
           the
           Apostle
           plainly
           asserts
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           2.
           9
           ,
           10
           ,
           14.
           
           And
           hence
           these
           Laws
           are
           not
           therefore
           one
           and
           the
           same
           ,
           because
           both
           of
           them
           are
           written
           in
           the
           heart
           ,
           the
           one
           being
           within
           man
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           a
           man
           ,
           the
           other
           as
           he
           is
           a
           believer
           :
           And
           as
           these
           Laws
           are
           different
           so
           the
           teachings
           of
           them
           differ
           ;
           hence
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           
             doth
             not
             even
             nature
             it self
             teach
             ,
          
           as
           being
           far
           below
           the
           teachings
           of
           the
           new
           Covenant
           ;
           the
           teachings
           of
           this
           Law
           in
           every
           man
           ,
           either
           as
           in
           every
           man
           ,
           or
           as
           outwardly
           administred
           ,
           leading
           no
           farther
           then
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           said
           of
           old
           ,
           
             eye
             for
             eye
             ,
             tooth
             for
             tooth
             ,
             what
             you
             would
             not
             men
             should
             do
             unto
             you
             ,
             that
             do
             ye
             not
             unto
             them
             ;
          
           But
           when
           he
           came
           who
           brought
           in
           a
           better
           Covenant
           ,
           a
           more
           glorious
           Law
           ,
           even
           that
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           life
           in
           Christ
           Jesus
           ,
           
             he
          
           preached
           a
           higher
           Doctrine
           ,
           
             But
             I
             say
             unto
             you
             love
             your
             enemies
             ,
             bless
             them
             that
             curse
             you
             ,
             do
             good
             to
             them
             that
             hate
             
             you
             ;
          
           a
           Doctrine
           first
           preached
           by
           the
           
             Prince
             of
             peace
          
           himself
           ,
           which
           the
           
             Philosophers
          
           were
           ignorant
           of
           ,
           &
           the
           practice
           whereof
           these
           preachers
           among
           you
           of
           this
           Law
           in
           every
           man
           to
           be
           Christ
           ,
           are
           yet
           to
           learn.
           
        
         
           Now
           according
           to
           what
           I
           have
           thus
           in
           plainness
           asserted
           according
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           thy
           Queries
           in
           the
           15.
           
             pag.
          
           are
           thus
           answered
           .
           —
           1.
           
           
             How
             could
             they
             do
             the
             things
             of
             the
             Law
             but
             by
             the
             divine
             nature
             of
             ●f
             Christ
             ?
          
           —
           The
           
             Apostle
          
           answers
           thee
           ,
           
             they
             did
             the
             things
             of
             the
             Law
             by
             nature
             ,
             the
             work
             of
             the
             Law
             being
             written
             in
             their
             hearts
             .
          
           —
           2.
           
           
             How
             could
             they
             be
             excused
             but
             by
             Christ
             ?
          
           —
           The
           
             Apostle
          
           answers
           thee
           ,
           
             by
             doing
             by
             nature
             the
             things
             contained
             in
             the
             Law
             ,
             their
             conscience
             bearing
             witness
             ,
             or
             their
             thoughts
             accusing
             or
             excusing
             one
             another
             .
          
           —
           3.
           
           
             How
             could
             they
             be
             without
             excuse
             who
             disobeyed
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             not
             a
             sufficient
             principle
             given
             to
             perform
             their
             obedience
             ,
             which
             is
             Christ
             only
             ?
          
           —
           I
           answer
           ,
           Consider
           some
           of
           thy
           dark
           confused
           Doctrine
           ;
           in
           the
           9.
           
             pag.
          
           thou
           asserts
           ,
           —
           
             that
             the
             Law
             or
             first
             covenant
             putteth
             man
             upon
             doing
             ,
             without
             giving
             grace
             which
             is
             sufficient
             to
             make
             his
             works
             acceptable
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             so
             man
             can
             give
             no
             perfect
             obedience
             to
             this
             Law
             ;
          
           —
           In
           this
           question
           thou
           affirms
           the
           Law
           by
           which
           the
           
             Gentiles
          
           did
           by
           nature
           the
           thngs
           contained
           in
           the
           Law
           to
           be
           a
           sufficient
           Principle
           ,
           given
           to
           perform
           obedience
           ,
           because
           
             an
             insufficient
             principle
             had
             been
             a
             sufficient
             excuse
             :
          
           But
           to
           thy
           question
           I
           say
           ,
           the
           work
           of
           the
           Law
           written
           in
           their
           hearts
           was
           a
           sufficient
           principle
           to
           have
           shewed
           them
           the
           things
           contained
           in
           the
           Law
           ;
           thus
           ,
           
             that
             which
             may
             be
             known
             of
             God
             being
             manifest
             in
             them
             ,
          
           God
           having
           thus
           shewed
           it
           to
           them
           ,
           they
           are
           left
           without
           excuse
           ;
           And
           whereas
           thou
           sayest
           ,
           
             that
             principle
             is
             only
             Christ
             ,
          
           that
           I
           deny
           ,
           neither
           canst
           thou
           prove
           it
           by
           the
           Scriptures
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           the
           work
           of
           the
           Law
           written
           in
           their
           hearts
           .
           —
           4.
           
           
             How
             did
             some
             of
             them
             perfect
             the
             Law
             and
             were
             Jews
             inwardly
             ,
             if
             not
             by
             Christ
             ?
          
           I
           answer
           ,
           it
           is
           more
           then
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           affirms
           ,
           that
           any
           of
           these
           
             Gentiles
          
           did
           perfect
           the
           Law
           ;
           only
           ,
           2
           
             Rom.
          
           26.
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             if
             the
             circumcision
             keep
             the
             righteousness
             of
             the
             Law
             :
          
           But
           however
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           answers
           thy
           question
           ,
           
             if
             the
             circumcision
             which
             is
             by
             nature
             fulfil
             the
             Law
             ,
             it
             is
             by
             doing
             by
             nature
             those
             things
             contained
             in
             the
             Law
             ,
             the
             work
             of
             the
             Law
             being
             written
             in
             their
             hearts
             .
          
           —
           5.
           
           
             How
             could
             they
             clearly
             see
             the
             invisible
             things
             of
             God
             ,
             but
             by
             Christ
             the
             Son
             ,
             seeing
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             none
             knows
             the
             Father
             ,
             but
             the
             Son
             and
             he
             to
             whom
             the
             Son
             reveals
             him
             ?
          
           —
           The
           
             Apostle
          
           answers
           thee
           ,
           
             the
             invisible
             things
             of
             God
             are
             clearly
             seen
             by
             the
             things
             that
             he
             hath
             made
             ;
          
           that
           of
           God
           which
           is
           manifest
           in
           them
           ,
           even
           the
           work
           of
           the
           Law
           written
           in
           their
           hearts
           ,
           gave
           them
           an
           eye
           
           to
           see
           his
           invisible
           power
           and
           God-head
           ,
           to
           know
           God
           ,
           and
           glorifie
           him
           as
           God.
           
        
         
           In
           the
           16.
           
           Page
           ,
           thou
           sayst
           ,
           —
           
             Is
             there
             not
             a
             Divine
             elect
             Seed
             in
             the
             Saints
             by
             which
             he
             is
             formed
             in
             them
             ?
          
           —
           But
           because
           here
           ,
           and
           in
           other
           places
           thou
           speaks
           of
           a
           seed
           ,
           Christ
           within
           ,
           that
           suffers
           under
           sin
           ,
           and
           is
           to
           be
           raised
           ,
           of
           a
           justification
           and
           righteousness
           in
           the
           elect
           Seed
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           first
           Covenant
           and
           Law
           comes
           before
           the
           seed
           be
           raised
           ;
           All
           which
           as
           new
           imagined
           notions
           ,
           whereof
           (
           as
           thou
           expresseth
           them
           )
           there
           is
           no
           mention
           made
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           truth
           ,
           I
           return
           back
           to
           thy self
           ,
           and
           shall
           therefore
           plainly
           assert
           ,
           what
           I
           find
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           in
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           :
           Hence
           know
           that
           I
           do
           own
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           an
           ingraffted
           word
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           such
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           message
           of
           reconciliation
           with
           God
           ,
           through
           the
           promised
           seed
           ,
           being
           some
           way
           or
           other
           according
           to
           the
           good
           pleasure
           of
           God
           conveyed
           ,
           have
           not
           put
           this
           Word
           of
           God
           spoken
           to
           them
           ,
           far
           from
           them
           ,
           but
           have
           received
           it
           in
           an
           honest
           and
           good
           heart
           ,
           keep
           it
           ,
           and
           bring
           forth
           fruit
           with
           patience
           ;
           living
           and
           dying
           in
           the
           faith
           and
           hope
           of
           the
           resurrection
           of
           the
           dead
           unto
           everlasting
           life
           ,
           through
           the
           Man
           Christ
           Jesus
           ,
           whom
           God
           also
           raised
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           the
           first
           that
           should
           rise
           ;
           as
           a
           living
           demonstration
           ,
           to
           all
           Beleevers
           in
           all
           generations
           ,
           that
           he
           who
           was
           able
           to
           raise
           the
           Man
           Christ
           Jesus
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           is
           also
           after
           their
           being
           dead
           ,
           able
           to
           raise
           their
           mortal
           bodies
           ,
           and
           fashion
           them
           like
           to
           his
           glorious
           body
           ;
           And
           that
           this
           word
           spoken
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           received
           and
           planted
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           Beleevers
           ,
           is
           the
           ingrafted
           word
           able
           to
           save
           the
           Soul
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           is
           ,
           and
           is
           also
           called
           
             the
             Seed
          
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           sown
           by
           
             the
             Son
             of
             Man
             ,
          
           which
           in
           the
           children
           of
           Faith
           ,
           takes
           deep
           root
           downwards
           ,
           and
           brings
           forth
           fruit
           upward
           in
           their
           lives
           and
           conversations
           ,
           I
           acknowledge
           :
           But
           that
           the
           Law
           or
           enlightning
           in
           every
           man
           as
           he
           comes
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           is
           this
           ingrafted
           word
           ;
           or
           that
           this
           ingrafted
           word
           is
           in
           every
           man
           ,
           as
           he
           by
           natural
           generation
           comes
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           a
           seed
           within
           him
           ,
           that
           hath
           received
           Redemption
           for
           him
           ,
           I
           do
           deny
           as
           not
           according
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           :
           As
           for
           those
           words
           ,
           
             Amos
             2.
             13.
             
             Behold
             I
             am
             pressed
             under
             you
             as
             a
             cart
             is
             pressed
             ;
          
           It
           is
           such
           words
           as
           is
           spoken
           of
           God
           ,
           
             Gen.
             6.
             6.
             
             It
             repented
             the
             Lord
             that
             he
             made
             Man
             on
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             it
             grieved
             him
             at
             the
             heart
             :
          
           as
           God
           is
           in
           himself
           unchangeably
           the
           same
           ,
           so
           this
           cannot
           be
           properly
           spoken
           of
           him
           ;
           neither
           is
           it
           thus
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           that
           God
           in
           those
           wicked
           men
           repented
           or
           was
           pressed
           down
           ;
           neither
           is
           it
           so
           expressed
           in
           Scripture
           ;
           But
           God
           is
           said
           to
           be
           grieved
           for
           and
           pressed
           down
           
           under
           the
           abominations
           of
           the
           wicked
           ,
           because
           when
           through
           his
           Prophets
           and
           Ministers
           he
           witnesseth
           against
           ,
           and
           proclaims
           judgements
           because
           of
           ,
           their
           abominations
           ,
           the
           word
           of
           the
           Lord
           through
           them
           being
           rejected
           ,
           in
           them
           so
           sent
           forth
           by
           him
           ,
           he
           is
           said
           to
           be
           grieved
           for
           and
           pressed
           down
           under
           their
           wickedness
           ;
           And
           this
           agreeth
           with
           the
           testimony
           of
           
             Stephen
             5.
             
             Acts
          
           51.
           52.
           where
           their
           persecuting
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           their
           betraying
           and
           murthering
           the
           just
           one
           ,
           and
           rejecting
           the
           testimony
           of
           his
           chosen
           witnesses
           ,
           is
           called
           
             a
             resisting
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             :
          
           and
           for
           those
           expressions
           6.
           
           
             Heb.
             6
             of
             some
             crucifying
             to
             themselves
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             afresh
             ;
          
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           not
           ,
           they
           that
           crucifie
           
             him
             in
             himself
             ,
          
           but
           
             to
             themselves
             ;
          
           they
           who
           have
           been
           enlightned
           by
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           if
           such
           fall
           away
           ,
           they
           crucifie
           the
           efficacy
           of
           his
           death
           to
           themselves
           ,
           it
           is
           impossible
           to
           renew
           them
           again
           unto
           Repentance
           ,
           because
           rejecting
           
             him
          
           as
           the
           only
           propitiatory
           Sacrifice
           for
           remission
           of
           sins
           ,
           there
           remaines
           to
           them
           no
           more
           sacrifice
           for
           sin
           ,
           and
           so
           no
           remission
           ;
           O
           Consider
           this
           and
           fear
           ,
           before
           it
           be
           too
           late
           .
           And
           concerning
           that
           word
           of
           faith
           in
           the
           heart
           ,
           10.
           
           
             Rom
             the
             Apostle
          
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             it
             is
             the
             word
             of
             faith
             which
             we
             preach
          
           and
           what
           it
           is
           he
           tells
           in
           the
           9.
           ver
           .
           
             if
             thou
             shalt
             confess
             with
             thy
             mouth
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             and
             shalt
             believe
             in
             thine
             heart
             ,
             that
             God
             hath
             raised
             him
             from
             the
             dead
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             be
             saved
             :
          
           But
           that
           this
           Law
           in
           every
           man
           as
           he
           comes
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           is
           this
           word
           of
           faith
           ,
           that
           I
           deny
           ,
           and
           thou
           hast
           not
           proved
           it
           :
           for
           
             Faith
             comes
             by
             hearing
             ,
          
           not
           by
           natural
           generation
           .
        
         
           And
           further
           concerning
           the
           seed
           which
           is
           Christ
           ,
           the
           
             Apostle
             3
             Gal.
          
           16.
           saith
           ,
           
             To
             Abraham
             and
             to
             his
             seed
             were
             the
             promises
             made
             ;
             he
             saith
             not
             to
             seeds
             as
             to
             many
             ,
             but
             as
             of
             one
             ,
             and
             to
             thy
             seed
             which
             is
             Christ
             ;
          
           thus
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           as
           he
           is
           the
           seed
           of
           
             Abraham
          
           is
           the
           one
           seed
           to
           whom
           the
           promise
           belongs
           ;
           what
           the
           promis
           was
           we
           have
           it
           in
           the
           8.
           
             ver
             .
             in
             thee
             shall
             all
             the
             nations
             be
             blessed
             ;
          
           &
           in
           the
           3.
           
           
             Acts
             25.
             
             Peter
             mentions
             this
             promise
             as
          
           spoken
           of
           
             that
             Jesus
             whom
             the
             Jews
             delivered
             up
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             Pilate
             ,
          
           &
           not
           otherwise
           do
           I
           find
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           Jesus
           Christ
           called
           the
           seed
           to
           whom
           the
           promise
           belongs
           :
           And
           this
           unscriptural
           Doctrine
           ,
           the
           Light
           in
           every
           man
           as
           he
           comes
           into
           world
           to
           be
           Christ
           ,
           a
           seed
           within
           ,
           hath
           hatched
           among
           us
           of
           late
           these
           and
           such
           assertions
           from
           among
           you
           ,
           
             the
             light
             the
             seed
             within
             is
             Christ
             ,
             then
             I
             am
             he
             that
             speaketh
             ,
             Then
             Hosanna
             :
             The
             Son
             is
             equal
             with
             the
             Father
             ,
             I
             witness
             the
             Son
             in
             me
             ,
             so
             I
             witness
             equality
             with
             the
             Father
             :
             the
             light
             in
             me
             is
             Christ
             ,
             Christ
             is
             the
             word
             by
             which
             the
             world
             was
             made
             ,
             then
             ,
             it
             was
             said
             of
             Christ
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             the
             world
             was
             made
             by
             him
             ,
             &
             the
             world
             knew
             him
             not
             ,
             so
             it
             may
             
             be
             said
             of
             this
             Prophet
          
           G.
           F.
           as
           is
           said
           by
           S.
           E.
           in
           his
           Paper
           intituled
           ,
           the
           Quakers
           challenge
           ,
           
             pag.
             6.
             
             Christ
             is
             the
             way
             ,
             the
             truth
             ,
             and
             the
             life
             ,
             Christ
             is
             in
             me
             ,
             and
             must
             he
             not
             say
             where
             he
             is
             ,
             I
             am
             the
             way
             ,
             the
             truth
             ,
             and
             the
             life
             :
             he
             that
             hath
             the
             same
             spirit
             that
             raised
             up
             Jesus
             from
             the
             dead
             is
             equal
             with
             God
             :
             Jesus
             Christ
             the
             Mystery
             passed
             before
             ,
             the
             same
             spirit
             takes
             upon
             it
             the
             same
             seed
             where
             it
             is
             manifested
             :
          
           as
           is
           mentioned
           in
           the
           Book
           intituled
           
             Sauls
          
           errand
           to
           
             Damascus
             ,
          
           pag.
           7.
           8.
           which
           of
           all
           the
           Saints
           of
           old
           ever
           so
           spoke
           or
           wrote
           :
           But
           herein
           among
           you
           are
           fulfilled
           the
           words
           of
           our
           Lord
           ;
           saying
           ,
           
             fals
             Christs
             shall
             arise
             ,
             and
             many
             shall
             say
             ,
             I
             am
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           I
           do
           also
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           Men
           and
           Women
           who
           are
           of
           the
           Faith
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           are
           called
           ,
           and
           are
           the
           seed
           of
           
             Abraham
             ;
          
           And
           thus
           they
           are
           the
           brethren
           and
           Sisters
           of
           our
           Lord
           ,
           who
           that
           he
           might
           be
           their
           Elder
           brother
           ,
           
             a
             real
             man
             ,
          
           took
           part
           of
           flesh
           and
           bloud
           ,
           by
           being
           
             the
             one
             seed
             of
             Abraham
          
           and
           
             David
          
           according
           to
           the
           flesh
           :
           And
           this
           agreeth
           with
           the
           whole
           tendency
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           that
           man
           ,
           (
           not
           only
           something
           in
           man
           )
           fell
           from
           God
           through
           disobedience
           ;
           that
           men
           thus
           dead
           in
           sins
           and
           trespasses
           ,
           who
           delighted
           in
           sin
           ,
           needed
           Redemption
           ,
           not
           something
           in
           men
           that
           never
           consented
           to
           sin
           ;
           that
           the
           redeemer
           of
           Man
           ,
           was
           and
           also
           is
           a
           real
           man
           ,
           not
           only
           something
           in
           man.
           
        
         
           Thus
           having
           answered
           thy
           chief
           Objections
           against
           
             my
             Testimony
             ,
          
           and
           by
           asserting
           the
           plain
           '
           truth
           according
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           clearly
           manifested
           how
           far
           different
           from
           ,
           and
           contrary
           uno●
           the
           foundation
           ,
           The
           
             Apostles
          
           and
           all
           the
           Saints
           of
           old
           built
           upon
           ,
           for
           Salvation
           ,
           that
           Doctrine
           is
           which
           thou
           hast
           declared
           of
           ,
           I
           find
           thee
           in
           the
           15.
           
             pag.
          
           framing
           a
           pretence
           whereby
           thou
           mayest
           seem
           to
           go
           off
           with
           some
           credit
           ,
           telling
           me
           —
           
             that
             I
             made
             a
             man
             of
             straw
             and
             then
             knocks
             him
             down
             ,
             that
             my
             Book
             is
             almost
             wholly
             spent
             in
             proving
             that
             which
             none
             of
             you
             deny
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             that
             Christ
             is
             come
             in
             the
             flesh
             ,
             suffered
             and
             died
             ;
          
           —
           But
           this
           is
           such
           a
           pitiful
           covering
           ,
           that
           thou
           mayest
           be
           seen
           through
           it
           by
           the
           weakest
           discerning
           ,
           as
           not
           able
           to
           deal
           with
           the
           strength
           of
           that
           which
           I
           have
           Testified
           unto
           ;
           as
           indeed
           it
           is
           too
           hard
           for
           thee
           ;
           for
           as
           I
           have
           already
           told
           thy
           partner
           
             A.
             R.
          
           that
           was
           not
           any
           part
           of
           my
           work
           ,
           no
           not
           in
           any
           part
           of
           all
           my
           Book
           :
           But
           since
           thou
           seeks
           a
           hole
           to
           creep
           out
           at
           ,
           I
           am
           willing
           to
           let
           thee
           go
           ;
           only
           in
           love
           to
           thee
           ,
           I
           advise
           thee
           to
           search
           the
           Scriptures
           ;
           for
           I
           find
           thee
           very
           ignorant
           of
           the
           truth
           as
           testified
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           hence
           asserting
           new
           notions
           which
           thou
           hast
           received
           from
           
           other
           men
           ,
           which
           tend
           to
           the
           darkning
           and
           denying
           of
           the
           joynt
           Testimony
           of
           all
           the
           holy
           men
           of
           old
           to
           the
           true
           Saviour
           ,
           and
           to
           Salvation
           through
           faith
           in
           him
           :
           And
           that
           thou
           mayest
           be
           delivered
           from
           this
           dangerous
           snare
           ,
           and
           yet
           build
           up
           in
           thy self
           and
           others
           those
           truths
           which
           by
           this
           thy
           work
           thou
           hast
           opposed
           ,
           and
           contradicted
           ,
           is
           the
           hearty
           desire
           of
           thy
           Friend
           .
        
         
           
             R.
             G.
             
          
        
      
       
         
           GAWEN
           LAWRIE
           .
        
         
           I
           Am
           next
           to
           deal
           with
           thee
           ,
           whom
           I
           also
           find
           joyned
           with
           the
           rest
           against
           
             my
             Testimony
             :
          
           and
           I
           am
           to
           remember
           thee
           that
           thou
           hast
           thrust
           thy self
           among
           this
           Company
           by
           communicating
           to
           others
           my
           private
           Letter
           (
           written
           to
           thee
           as
           my
           Friend
           )
           without
           my
           knowledge
           or
           consent
           ,
           thence
           to
           bring
           forth
           in
           print
           what
           could
           be
           squeezed
           out
           of
           it
           to
           my
           disadvantage
           ,
           tending
           (
           as
           my
           words
           are
           forced
           to
           speak
           )
           to
           no
           less
           (
           as
           you
           say
           )
           then
           an
           owning
           another
           Mediatour
           or
           Saviour
           ,
           then
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             of
             Nazareth
             ;
          
           but
           who
           or
           what
           that
           other
           Saviour
           is
           ,
           I
           am
           not
           told
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           let
           thee
           and
           others
           know
           that
           I
           am
           not
           ashamed
           of
           what
           I
           have
           written
           to
           thee
           ;
           and
           that
           I
           am
           able
           to
           free
           my self
           from
           that
           groundless
           aspersion
           through
           thee
           cast
           upon
           me
           ,
           I
           have
           here
           set
           down
           what
           was
           most
           material
           in
           those
           Objections
           thou
           didst
           send
           me
           in
           writing
           against
           
             my
             Testimony
          
           with
           my
           answers
           thereunto
           :
           and
           let
           the
           impartial
           Reader
           judge
           which
           of
           us
           either
           pleads
           for
           or
           against
           ,
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             of
             Nazareth
             ,
             as
             being
             the
             true
             Christ
             and
             our
             only
             Saviour
             .
          
        
         
           In
           thy
           Letter
           thou
           writes
           these
           words
           ,
           —
           
             I
             find
             thy
             mind
             in
             this
             Book
             abroad
             ,
             gathering
             in
             the
             comprehension
             what
             thou
             fancies
             ,
             and
             hast
             heard
             of
             others
             ,
             so
             heaps
             up
             confusion
             and
             contradiction
             ;
             what
             will
             avail
             thee
             or
             me
             that
             we
             know
             abroad
             ,
             of
             things
             done
             abroad
             ?
             nothing
             at
             all
             ;
             if
             ever
             thee
             or
             I
             come
             to
             know
             true
             peace
             ,
             we
             must
             come
             to
             know
             the
             life
             that
             quickens
             ;
             it
             is
             not
             names
             nor
             things
             done
             without
             ,
             but
             the
             life
             within
             that
             redeems
             ,
             that
             purgeth
             ,
             that
             sanctifies
             that
             quickens
             the
             Soul
             to
             God
             ;
          
           —
           Now
           consider
           what
           is
           testified
           by
           the
           
             Prophets
          
           and
           
             Apostles
          
           concerning
           the
           the
           
             man
             Christ
             Jesus
          
           without
           them
           ,
           a
           name
           and
           thing
           abroad
           ,
           concerning
           
           whom
           ,
           and
           what
           he
           did
           for
           Man-kind
           ,
           thou
           sayest
           (
           it
           being
           a
           name
           and
           thing
           done
           abroad
           )
           redeems
           not
           the
           Soul
           to
           God
           ,
           
             avails
             nothing
             at
             all
             :
          
           while
           these
           Saints
           of
           old
           prophesied
           of
           ,
           pointed
           out
           ,
           spoke
           of
           ,
           and
           believed
           in
           
             him
          
           for
           Redemption
           :
           they
           saw
           and
           believed
           ,
           and
           left
           it
           upon
           Record
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           their
           report
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           we
           also
           who
           have
           not
           seen
           might
           believe
           and
           be
           blessed
           :
           and
           in
           effect
           in
           that
           one
           word
           thouhast
           made
           the
           coming
           ,
           death
           ,
           sufferings
           and
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           
             Man
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           that
           one
           sacrifice
           for
           the
           taking
           away
           of
           sin
           ,
           as
           quite
           useless
           and
           unprofitable
           to
           us
           as
           to
           our
           Redemption
           ,
           Justification
           ,
           or
           Salvation
           ,
           as
           a
           name
           and
           thing
           done
           abroad
           ,
           that
           
             avails
             nothing
             at
             all
             ;
          
           leaving
           out
           even
           the
           very
           Parenthesis
           of
           thy
           Partners
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           that
           Christs
           sufferings
           and
           example
           had
           a
           tendency
           thereunto
           ;
           wherein
           thou
           hast
           outdone
           them
           all
           .
        
         
           Another
           exception
           of
           thine
           was
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           —
           
             so
             it
             is
             contrary
             to
             Scripture
             to
             say
             Christ
             came
             in
             the
             weakness
             of
             our
             flesh
             that
             came
             by
             sin
             ,
             It
             is
             blasphemy
             to
             say
             ,
             Christ
             came
             in
             the
             weakness
             of
             our
             flesh
             .
          
           —
           My
           answer
           was
           ,
           surely
           either
           passion
           hath
           blinded
           thee
           ,
           or
           a
           cloud
           of
           thick
           darkness
           hath
           vailed
           thee
           ;
           how
           dare
           thou
           thus
           charge
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           as
           blasphemers
           ,
           who
           said
           of
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           he
           was
           made
           of
           a
           Woman
           ,
           made
           under
           the
           Law
           ,
           came
           in
           the
           likeness
           of
           sinful
           flesh
           ,
           partaked
           of
           flesh
           and
           bloud
           ,
           was
           hungry
           ,
           weeped
           ,
           was
           touched
           with
           the
           feeling
           of
           our
           infirmities
           ,
           and
           gave
           up
           the
           Ghost
           ▪
           are
           not
           these
           weaknesses
           of
           our
           flesh
           ,
           and
           I
           may
           add
           ,
           such
           as
           came
           by
           sin
           too
           ?
        
         
           Another
           charge
           was
           ,
           That
           I
           write
           of
           the
           child
           born
           according
           to
           the
           flesh
           (
           to
           wit
           ,
           of
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           the
           Son
           of
           
             Mary
          
           )
           —
           
             There
             should
             be
             no
             end
             of
             his
             Government
             ;
             contrary
             to
             the
             Scripture
             that
             saith
             ,
             he
             suffered
             death
             and
             continued
             not
             many
             years
             upon
             earth
             :
          
           —
           My
           answer
           was
           ,
           I
           assert
           according
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           that
           the
           Son
           that
           was
           conceived
           in
           the
           womb
           of
           ,
           &
           broughtforth
           by
           
             Mary
             ,
             he
             shall
             Reign
             over
             the
             House
             of
          
           Jacob
           
             for
             ever
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             there
             shall
             be
             no
             end
             ;
          
           and
           doth
           it
           in
           thy
           understanding
           make
           void
           his
           Government
           ,
           because
           he
           suffered
           death
           ?
           tell
           plainly
           ,
           did
           the
           Grave
           hold
           him
           ?
           did
           his
           flesh
           see
           corruption
           ?
           did
           he
           not
           rise
           from
           the
           dead
           ?
           and
           if
           so
           ,
           art
           thou
           not
           in
           union
           with
           those
           who
           gave
           money
           to
           the
           Souldiers
           to
           hire
           them
           to
           say
           ,
           
             that
             his
             Disciples
             came
             by
             night
             and
             stole
             him
             away
             ?
          
        
         
           Another
           charge
           was
           —
           
             That
             I
             assert
             out
             of
             the
             natural
             seed
             of
          
           David
           
             is
             the
             Saviour
             ,
             which
             is
             blasphemy
             ,
             contray
             to
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             which
             say
             he
             was
             without
             beginning
             and
             end
             of
             dayes
             ,
          
           and
           who
           
             could
             tell
             his
             Generation
             ,
             
             which
             it
             seems
             thou
             seeks
             to
             count
             .
          
           My
           answer
           was
           ,
           that
           
             out
             of
             the
             man
          
           Davids
           
             seed
             God
             hath
             according
             to
             his
             promise
             raised
             unto
             .
          
           Israel
           
             a
             Saviour
             Jesus
             ;
          
           and
           is
           this
           blasphemy
           with
           thee
           ?
           then
           surely
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           were
           blasphemers
           :
           And
           if
           I
           did
           count
           his
           Generation
           ,
           so
           did
           
             Matthew
          
           and
           
             Luke
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           in
           answer
           to
           that
           part
           of
           my
           Letter
           published
           by
           thee
           ,
           I
           do
           asert
           again
           that
           in
           those
           Scriptures
           mentioned
           by
           thee
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           said
           who
           the
           true
           Christ
           was
           or
           is
           ,
           but
           what
           and
           how
           he
           is
           in
           Believers
           ;
           as
           thus
           ,
           
             if
             Christ
             be
             in
             you
             ,
             he
             that
             hath
             the
             Son
             hath
             life
             ,
             greater
             is
             he
             that
             is
             in
             you
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           The
           question
           still
           remains
           ,
           who
           is
           he
           that
           is
           thus
           in
           us
           ,
           and
           how
           is
           he
           in
           us
           ?
        
         
           Thou
           sayest
           —
           
             It
             is
             thy
             mistake
             to
             say
             that
             Christ
             in
             believers
             is
             but
             the
             operation
             of
             his
             spirit
             in
             us
             ,
             not
             he
             the
             operator
             ,
          
           —
           I
           answer
           ,
           tell
           plainly
           ,
           is
           the
           anointing
           in
           us
           as
           in
           us
           ,
           
             he
          
           the
           anointed
           one
           ?
           are
           the
           motions
           of
           his
           Spirit
           as
           in
           us
           ,
           
             he
          
           the
           mover
           ?
           are
           the
           gifts
           and
           graces
           of
           the
           Spirit
           in
           us
           ,
           
             he
          
           the
           giver
           of
           them
           ?
           I
           own
           that
           the
           
             man
             Christ
             Jesns
             of
             Nazareth
          
           is
           the
           Operator
           and
           Author
           of
           Faith
           in
           us
           ,
           but
           are
           faith
           ,
           hope
           ,
           meekness
           ,
           &c.
           as
           they
           are
           in
           us
           ,
           
             he
          
           the
           Son
           of
           man
           ,
           the
           Author
           of
           them
           ?
           how
           darkly
           dost
           thou
           write
           of
           these
           things
           ?
           not
           according
           to
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           though
           agreeing
           with
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           
             W.
             B.
          
           a
           Teacher
           among
           yon
           ,
           in
           his
           Book
           intituled
           ,
           
             from
             the
             spirit
             of
             truth
             to
             all
             persecuting
             enemies
             ,
          
           39.
           pag.
           saying
           —
           
             humility
             meekness
             in
             the
             heart
             of
             Gods
             child
             is
             a
             Mediatour
             to
             asswage
             and
             stop
             the
             wrathful
             anger
             which
             lieth
             in
             the
             enmity-seed
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             the
             Lamb
             of
             God
             in
             whom
             he
             is
             well-pleased
             ,
             that
             takes
             away
             the
             sin
             ,
             to
             whom
             the
             Soul
             is
             to
             hearken
             ,
             as
             a
             true
             Prophet
             ,
             guide
             ,
             and
             Saviour
             :
          
           And
           this
           is
           like
           the
           Doctrine
           asserted
           by
           G.
           F.
           in
           his
           Book
           already
           mentioned
           ,
           
             p.
          
           257.
           in
           these
           words
           ;
           —
           
             That
             which
             humbles
             people
             which
             brings
             down
             sin
             ,
             is
             the
             humility
             which
             bears
             the
             sin
             and
             iniquity
             ,
             which
             is
             Christ
             :
          
           —
           Is
           there
           in
           the
           whole
           Scriptures
           any
           mention
           made
           of
           such
           Doctrine
           ?
           nay
           verily
           ,
           it
           is
           quite
           another
           ,
           and
           indeed
           a
           plain
           denying
           of
           the
           Testimony
           of
           the
           
             Prophets
          
           and
           
             Apostles
          
           joyntly
           testifying
           to
           the
           
             man
             Jesus
             of
             Nazareth
             ,
             as
             the
             only
             Lamb
             of
             God
             that
             takes
             away
             the
             sins
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             who
             his
             own
             self
             bare
             our
             sins
             in
             his
             own
             body
             on
             the
             tree
             ;
          
           and
           there
           is
           not
           another
           man
           ,
           name
           or
           thing
           ever
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           called
           the
           Lamb
           of
           God
           which
           takes
           away
           sin
           ,
           but
           
             he
             ,
          
           the
           man
           Christ
           :
           the
           very
           mentioning
           these
           things
           ,
           is
           enough
           to
           refute
           them
           among
           such
           ,
           with
           whom
           the
           Scriptures
           have
           any
           credit
           .
           I
           wish
           for
           thy
           own
           sake
           thou
           hadst
           not
           joyned
           
           with
           these
           men
           against
           
             my
             Testimony
             ,
          
           nor
           after
           this
           manner
           against
           thy
           old
           Friend
           .
        
         
           
             R.
             G.
             
          
        
      
       
         
           GEORGE
           WHITE-HEAD
           .
        
         
           THou
           art
           the
           last
           Man
           I
           meet
           with
           of
           this
           Company
           ,
           who
           have
           joyned
           your selves
           together
           against
           
             my
             Testimony
             :
          
           And
           thy
           part
           in
           this
           matter
           is
           that
           of
           a
           
             clamorous
             Woman
             ,
          
           having
           only
           brought
           forth
           a
           
             meer
             Libel
          
           stuffed
           with
           a
           parcel
           of
           
             scurrilous
             expressions
             ,
          
           which
           I
           pass
           by
           as
           not
           fit
           to
           be
           repeated
           among
           sober
           persons
           ;
           however
           it
           sufficiently
           manifests
           whose
           Off-spring
           thou
           art
           ,
           and
           whence
           thy
           work
           is
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           give
           
             the
             Reader
          
           some
           account
           of
           thy
           Spirit
           by
           thy
           work
           ,
           let
           this
           be
           considered
           :
           I
           find
           thee
           very
           forward
           in
           fashioning
           my
           words
           at
           thy
           pleasure
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           appear
           contradictions
           ,
           which
           are
           really
           no
           further
           so
           ,
           then
           as
           snch
           as
           thy self
           might
           reckon
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           truth
           to
           be
           :
           But
           consider
           thy
           own
           words
           in
           a
           Book
           Printed
           1669
           ,
           intituled
           ,
           
             Christ
             ascended
             above
             the
             Clouds
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Preface
           (
           being
           an
           answer
           to
           one
           
             J.
             N.
          
           )
           —
           
             The
             main
             subject
             of
             this
          
           J.
           N.
           
             in
             his
             Book
             is
             to
             prove
             the
             light
             in
             every
             man
             not
             to
             be
             Christ
             ;
             which
             he
             should
             not
             need
             to
             have
             done
             until
             it
             had
             been
             so
             affirmed
             by
             us
             ;
             for
             though
             we
             do
             affirm
             a
             spiritual
             divine
             light
             of
             God
             and
             his
             Son
             to
             be
             in
             every
             man
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             not
             our
             principle
             to
             say
             Christ
             is
             in
             every
             man
             ,
             or
             that
             every
             man
             hath
             the
             Son
             :
          
           Now
           read
           over
           thy
           words
           ,
           
             p.
          
           16.
           of
           thy
           part
           speaking
           Thus
           of
           me
           —
           
             let
             the
             impartial
             Reader
             judge
             of
          
           R.
           G.
           
             his
             confusion
             and
             ignorance
             ,
             not
             owning
             the
             light
             that
             lightens
             every
             man
             to
             be
             Christ
             ;
             or
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             Scriptures
             ;
          
           O
           strange
           !
           be
           ashamed
           ;
           was
           it
           never
           affirmed
           before
           the
           year
           1669
           ,
           by
           any
           of
           the
           
             Ministry
          
           among
           the
           
             Quakers
             ,
          
           That
           the
           light
           in
           every
           man
           is
           Christ
           ,
           That
           Christ
           is
           in
           every
           man
           :
           if
           this
           man
           honestly
           intends
           what
           he
           hath
           asserted
           ,
           without
           any
           mental
           reservation
           ,
           wherewith
           at
           his
           pleasure
           to
           twist
           his
           words
           ,
           meaning
           another
           thing
           then
           plainly
           he
           expresseth
           ,
           Then
           surely
           ,
           I
           suppose
           there
           may
           be
           so
           much
           honesty
           in
           G.
           F.
           to
           rebuke
           him
           openly
           ,
           and
           bring
           him
           to
           a
           publick
           Confession
           before
           him
           ;
           thereby
           at
           least
           to
           
           vindicate
           his
           own
           Book
           already
           mentioned
           Printed
           1659
           ;
           wherein
           it
           is
           often
           affirmed
           by
           him
           ,
           that
           the
           light
           in
           every
           man
           is
           Christ
           ,
           and
           wherein
           he
           pleads
           ,
           That
           Christ
           is
           in
           every
           Man
           :
           See
           
             pag.
          
           9.
           10
           ,
           19
           ,
           20.
           and
           many
           other
           places
           through
           that
           great
           Book
           :
           Now
           which
           of
           these
           
             Ministers
             ,
          
           speaking
           so
           contrary
           to
           one
           another
           ,
           shall
           the
           people
           called
           
             Quakers
          
           (
           who
           depend
           upon
           such
           Teachers
           )
           believe
           ?
           verily
           it
           is
           high
           time
           for
           such
           among
           them
           ,
           who
           have
           known
           any
           thing
           of
           the
           Teachings
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Jesus
           to
           cease
           from
           these
           men
           ,
           and
           to
           deliver
           themselves
           from
           being
           thus
           imposed
           upon
           ;
           however
           these
           assertions
           of
           
             G.
             W.
          
           compared
           together
           sufficiently
           manifests
           
             his
             self-contradictions
             ,
          
           to
           such
           as
           are
           not
           willing
           to
           be
           deluded
           by
           him
           ;
           For
           if
           the
           Quakers
           will
           believe
           
             G.
             W.
          
           it
           is
           not
           their
           principle
           in
           the
           year
           1669
           ,
           to
           say
           ,
           Christ
           is
           in
           every
           man
           ;
           but
           if
           they
           will
           believe
           
             G.
             F.
          
           it
           was
           their
           principle
           10.
           years
           before
           ;
           And
           if
           they
           will
           believe
           the
           same
           
             G.
             W.
          
           in
           the
           year
           1670
           ,
           then
           they
           must
           condemn
           
             R.
             G.
          
           as
           Anti-christian
           and
           ignorant
           ,
           because
           denying
           the
           light
           in
           every
           man
           to
           be
           Christ
           ,
           or
           Christ
           to
           be
           in
           every
           man.
           
        
         
           Next
           let
           it
           be
           further
           considered
           (
           to
           manifest
           thy
           Spirit
           by
           thy
           work
           ,
           )
           that
           in
           my
           
             Testimony
          
           I
           metioned
           two
           Gospel-Misteries
           declared
           of
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           both
           joyntly
           concurring
           as
           necessary
           to
           us
           ,
           yet
           in
           their
           order
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           was
           the
           work
           of
           the
           enemy
           in
           his
           instruments
           to
           divide
           them
           ,
           and
           set
           them
           as
           opposites
           each
           to
           other
           ,
           thence
           to
           render
           them
           as
           contradictory
           ;
           Now
           this
           is
           really
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           thy
           work
           ,
           quarrelling
           and
           fighting
           against
           the
           works
           wrought
           for
           us
           by
           the
           
             Man
             Christ
             Jesus
          
           in
           his
           Crucified
           body
           ,
           as
           erroneous
           and
           contradictory
           to
           the
           works
           he
           worketh
           in
           us
           by
           his
           Spirit
           :
           hence
           what
           Spirit
           drives
           thee
           is
           plainly
           manifest
           .
        
         
           But
           let
           it
           be
           considered
           what
           it
           is
           I
           have
           asserted
           ,
           against
           which
           thou
           so
           much
           clamours
           ;
           I
           have
           testified
           in
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           express
           words
           that
           
             the
             man
             Jesus
             Christ
             of
             Nazareth
             ,
             even
             that
             same
             Jesus
             whom
             the
             Jews
             Crucified
             ,
             him
             God
             hath
             raised
             from
             the
             dead
             ,
             and
             he
             is
             both
             Lord
             and
             Christ
             :
          
           If
           this
           be
           so
           ,
           why
           art
           thou
           angry
           ?
           if
           it
           be
           false
           ,
           tell
           us
           plainly
           :
           Thy
           quarrel
           against
           what
           I
           have
           asserted
           is
           manifest
           ,
           first
           in
           the
           13.
           
             pag.
          
           in
           these
           words
           —
           
             for
             whom
             doth
          
           R.
           G.
           
             reckon
             ,
             hath
             this
             God-man
             ,
             as
             he
             calls
             him
             ,
             or
             God
             in
             Christ
             in
             Vnion
             ,
             wrought
             and
             compleated
             and
             purchased
             all
             ,
          
           &c.
           —
           An
           expression
           fitter
           at
           
             Constantinople
          
           then
           at
           
             London
             ;
          
           however
           hence
           it
           is
           manifest
           that
           with
           thee
           ,
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             of
             Nazareth
             is
             God-man
             as
          
           R.
           G.
           
             calls
             him
             ;
             not
             as
          
           G.
           W.
           
             esteems
             him
             :
          
           But
           thou
           art
           reproved
           by
           our
           Lord
           who
           said
           of
           himself
           ,
           
           who
           was
           but
           one
           Person
           ,
           these
           (
           may
           be
           contradictions
           to
           thee
           ,
           if
           thou
           durst
           say
           so
           )
           seeming
           contrary
           expressions
           ,
           and
           yet
           in
           both
           he
           spoke
           the
           very
           truth
           ,
           
             I
             and
             the
             Father
             am
             one
             ,
             yet
             the
             Father
             is
             greater
             then
             I
             :
          
           thus
           plainly
           he
           is
           both
           
             God
             and
             man
             ,
             in
             one
             undivided
             person
             .
          
        
         
           Next
           turn
           to
           the
           16.
           
             pag.
          
           where
           repeating
           some
           of
           my
           words
           by
           which
           I
           proved
           the
           
             true
             Christ
          
           to
           have
           been
           and
           still
           to
           be
           
             a
             man
             ,
             not
             the
             word
             only
             ,
             but
             the
             word
             made
             flesh
             ,
             Jesus
             Christ
             the
             Son
             of
          
           Mary
           ;
           To
           this
           thou
           answers
           in
           these
           words
           —
           
             Note
             his
             errour
             in
             denying
             the
             light
             to
             be
             Christ
             ,
             and
             so
             opposing
             Christs
             Divinity
             ;
          
           —
           Mark
           thy
           words
           ,
           If
           because
           of
           my
           asserting
           the
           true
           
             Christ
          
           to
           have
           been
           and
           to
           be
           a
           man
           ,
           even
           then
           when
           I
           also
           asserted
           his
           being
           God
           ,
           be
           with
           thee
           an
           opposing
           of
           Christs
           Divinity
           ,
           as
           thou
           sayest
           it
           is
           ,
           
             then
             with
             thee
             the
             true
             Christ
             was
             not
             ,
             is
             not
             a
             man
             :
          
           Wherein
           thou
           art
           led
           by
           the
           Spirit
           and
           wisdom
           of
           the
           
             Greeks
             ,
          
           who
           esteemed
           the
           Preaching
           of
           Remidion
           of
           sins
           ,
           and
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           dead
           through
           the
           
             man
             Christ
             Jesus
          
           whom
           the
           
             Jews
          
           Crucified
           ,
           as
           foolishness
           :
           But
           art
           reproved
           by
           our
           Lord
           himself
           ,
           
             Math.
          
           24.
           30.
           testifying
           thus
           of
           himself
           ,
           
             And
             they
             shall
             see
             the
             Son
             of
             man
             coming
             in
             the
             Clouds
             of
             heaven
             with
             power
             and
             great
             glory
             :
          
           and
           art
           contrary
           to
           the
           
             Apostles
             ,
          
           who
           testified
           of
           
             the
             true
             Christ
          
           both
           to
           
             Jews
          
           and
           
             Gentiles
             ,
          
           even
           after
           his
           being
           ascended
           and
           glorified
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           and
           is
           a
           
             man
             ;
          
           as
           is
           mentioned
           in
           several
           places
           of
           the
           
             Acts
             ;
          
           adding
           10.
           
           
             Acts
             43.
             that
             to
             him
             give
             all
             the
             Prophets
             witness
             ,
             that
             through
             his
             name
             whosoever
             believeth
             in
             him
             ,
             shall
             receive
             Remission
             of
             sins
             .
          
        
         
           Again
           turn
           to
           the
           7.
           p.
           where
           thou
           expressest
           thy self
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           —
           
             Nor
             was
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             and
             his
             light
             to
             be
             under
             such
             a
             limitation
             either
             as
             to
             time
             or
             place
          
           (
           to
           wit
           ,
           in
           the
           Womb
           of
           the
           
             Virgin
             Mary
             )
             as
             a
             finite
             creature
             ;
             for
             his
             out-goings
             were
             of
             old
             from
             everlasting
             :
          
           —
           Mark
           thy
           words
           ,
           if
           that
           
             holything
             conceived
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             and
             born
             of
             Mary
             ,
          
           is
           not
           ,
           was
           not
           therefore
           
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             whose
             out-goings
             were
             from
             everlasting
             ,
          
           because
           (
           as
           thou
           words
           it
           )
           he
           was
           under
           a
           limitation
           as
           to
           time
           and
           place
           in
           the
           Womb
           of
           the
           
             Virgin
             Mary
             ,
          
           then
           plainly
           with
           thee
           the
           
             man
             Jesus
             Christ
             of
             Nazareth
             ,
          
           who
           was
           that
           Son
           of
           the
           
             Virgin
             Mary
             ,
             was
             not
             ,
             is
             not
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             :
          
           whereby
           (
           as
           in
           so
           many
           words
           )
           thou
           hast
           given
           the
           Angel
           
             Gabriel
          
           the
           lye
           ,
           
             Luke
          
           26.
           35
           ,
           who
           being
           sent
           of
           God
           to
           the
           
             Virgin
             Mary
             ,
          
           said
           ,
           
             that
             holy
             thing
             that
             shall
             be
             born
             of
             thee
             ,
             shall
             be
             called
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             :
          
           thus
           thou
           art
           in
           union
           with
           these
           
             Jews
          
           of
           old
           ,
           who
           reckoned
           him
           but
           
             a
             meer
             man
             ,
             the
             Carpenters
             Son
             ,
             John
             10.
             33.
             for
             a
             good
             work
             we
             stone
             thee
             not
             ,
             but
             
             for
             blasphemy
             ,
             and
             because
             that
             being
             a
             man
          
           [
           Mark
           thy
           own
           very
           Spirit
           ]
           
             thou
             makest
             thyself
             God
             ;
          
           therefore
           I
           do
           reprove
           thee
           in
           those
           very
           words
           our
           Lord
           reproved
           these
           unbelievers
           of
           old
           .
           36.
           
             ver
             .
             Say
             ye
             of
             him
             whom
             the
             Father
             hath
             sanctified
             ,
             and
             sent
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             thou
             blasphemest
             ,
             because
             I
             said
             ,
             I
             am
             the
             Son
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           Next
           let
           thy
           cavils
           and
           exceptions
           against
           the
           works
           wrought
           for
           us
           by
           the
           
             man
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
          
           be
           a
           little
           examined
           .
           In
           the
           1.
           p.
           thou
           argues
           thus
           ,
           
             how
             is
             sin
             finished
             without
             man
             ,
             while
             no
             good
             is
             wrought
             within
             him
             ?
             Seeing
             Christ
             works
             all
             things
             in
             us
             by
             his
             Spirit
             ,
             how
             is
             all
             things
             finished
             without
             them
             ,
             before
             any
             good
             wrought
             in
             them
             ?
          
           —
           I
           answer
           ,
           all
           things
           relating
           to
           the
           one
           propitiatory
           Sacrifice
           of
           the
           body
           of
           
             Christ
          
           once
           offered
           for
           the
           sins
           of
           the
           whole
           World
           ,
           as
           an
           attonement
           of
           his
           own
           bloud
           to
           be
           received
           and
           believed
           in
           for
           Remission
           of
           sins
           as
           the
           ground
           of
           our
           hope
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           dead
           unto
           life
           eternal
           ,
           are
           finished
           :
           All
           things
           relating
           to
           our
           receiving
           that
           attonement
           ,
           and
           making
           that
           blessed
           work
           ,
           so
           already
           finished
           by
           him
           without
           us
           for
           us
           ,
           effectual
           within
           us
           ,
           are
           wrought
           and
           to
           be
           wrought
           not
           at
           once
           ,
           but
           by
           degrees
           ,
           by
           the
           workings
           of
           his
           Spirit
           within
           us
           ,
           untill
           mortality
           be
           swallowed
           up
           of
           life
           .
        
         
           By
           what
           I
           have
           already
           written
           in
           answer
           to
           
             G.
             K.
          
           I
           have
           sufficiently
           vindicated
           these
           truths
           testified
           unto
           by
           me
           ,
           from
           the
           cavils
           of
           this
           man
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           ;
           who
           either
           ignorantly
           or
           wilfully
           jumbles
           these
           things
           confusedly
           together
           ,
           not
           dividing
           the
           word
           of
           truth
           aright
           ;
           And
           hence
           it
           is
           that
           he
           reckons
           it
           erroneous
           in
           me
           ,
           and
           a
           contradicting
           ,
           opposing
           and
           invalidating
           the
           inward
           operations
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           within
           (
           which
           is
           falsly
           charged
           upon
           me
           )
           To
           assert
           of
           the
           
             Messias
             ,
          
           the
           man
           
             Christ
             Jesus
             of
             Nazareth
             ,
          
           that
           
             he
             finished
             transgression
             ,
             made
             an
             end
             of
             sin
             ,
             brought
             in
             everlasting
             righteousness
             ,
             fulfilled
             the
             Law
             ,
             abolished
             condemnation
             ,
             Curss
             and
             death
             ,
             condemned
             sin
             in
             the
             flesh
             ,
             took
             part
             of
             our
             flesh
             ,
             and
             in
             it
             destroyed
             death
             ,
             and
             him
             that
             had
             the
             power
             of
             death
             ,
             abolished
             in
             his
             flesh
             the
             enmity
             ,
             so
             making
             peace
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             reconcile
             both
             unto
             God
             in
             one
             body
             by
             the
             Cross
             ;
          
           And
           all
           this
           for
           
             sinners
             ,
             ungodly
             ,
             unjust
             ,
             enemies
             ,
             even
             while
             enemies
             ,
          
           so
           no
           good
           wrought
           in
           them
           by
           any
           light
           or
           spirit
           whatsoever
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           have
           purchased
           or
           perfected
           that
           blessed
           work
           :
           all
           which
           and
           much
           more
           being
           the
           express
           
             Testimony
          
           of
           the
           
             Prophets
          
           and
           
             Apostles
             ,
          
           concerning
           him
           and
           the
           work
           effected
           by
           him
           for
           sinners
           thou
           
             G.
             W.
          
           art
           justly
           reproved
           by
           them
           ,
           as
           having
           manifested
           thy self
           a
           plain
           denier
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           thy
           work
           is
           seen
           in
           the
           light
           of
           Christ
           
           Jesus
           ,
           and
           by
           it
           ,
           the
           Spirit
           that
           leads
           thee
           ;
           so
           that
           these
           Scripture
           words
           thou
           steals
           out
           of
           the
           writings
           of
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           cannot
           cover
           thee
           from
           being
           discerned
           ,
           while
           thou
           dost
           not
           plainly
           and
           honestly
           mention
           ,
           what
           is
           intended
           by
           them
           ;
           writing
           (
           as
           thy
           manner
           is
           in
           thy
           works
           )
           darkly
           and
           confusedly
           ,
           thereby
           the
           more
           easily
           to
           deceive
           :
           And
           this
           is
           so
           plain
           in
           all
           this
           thy
           work
           ,
           that
           to
           mention
           it
           in
           every
           place
           ,
           would
           prove
           tedious
           :
           I
           would
           therefore
           only
           have
           
             the
             Reader
          
           consider
           thy
           words
           in
           the
           12.
           p.
           thus
           —
           
             God
             sent
             his
             Son
             to
             save
             man
             from
             sin
             and
             death
             ,
             whose
             sufferings
             ,
             sacrifice
             ,
             mediation
             ,
             intercession
             and
             offices
             (
             with
             the
             blessed
             effects
             thereof
             within
             )
             we
             own
             and
             witness
             according
             to
             the
             Scriptures
             of
             truth
             as
             inwardly
             revealed
             :
          
           —
           I
           own
           and
           acknowledge
           that
           the
           blessed
           effects
           of
           Christs
           sufferings
           Sacrifice
           and
           Offices
           are
           to
           be
           witnessed
           within
           ,
           as
           inwardly
           revealed
           :
           But
           how
           confusedly
           dost
           thou
           write
           ?
           If
           what
           is
           inwardly
           revealed
           within
           us
           ,
           be
           the
           effects
           of
           the
           death
           ,
           sufferings
           ,
           sacrifice
           ,
           mediation
           ,
           intercession
           and
           offices
           of
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           then
           there
           is
           a
           cause
           of
           those
           effects
           ,
           as
           previous
           and
           antecedent
           to
           them
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           his
           sufferings
           and
           sacrifice
           ,
           which
           is
           therefore
           necessarily
           finished
           ,
           perfected
           and
           accomplished
           by
           him
           for
           us
           ,
           without
           us
           ,
           in
           his
           Crucified
           body
           ,
           before
           the
           effects
           thereof
           could
           be
           witnessed
           or
           revealed
           in
           us
           :
           And
           this
           is
           that
           which
           I
           plead
           for
           ,
           and
           thou
           hast
           opposed
           ;
           as
           do
           also
           thy
           partners
           ;
           speaking
           other
           whiles
           of
           an
           attonement
           ,
           a
           sacrifice
           ,
           a
           Mediation
           to
           be
           done
           by
           Christ
           within
           us
           for
           us
           ;
           and
           at
           another
           time
           speaking
           of
           the
           blessed
           effects
           of
           them
           to
           be
           witnessed
           within
           ;
           and
           therefore
           only
           mentioning
           these
           words
           of
           the
           
             Prophets
          
           and
           
             Apostles
          
           to
           catch
           simple
           Souls
           thereby
           ,
           among
           a
           people
           where
           the
           Scriptures
           have
           had
           ,
           and
           have
           some
           credit
           ;
           while
           you
           really
           speak
           another
           Doctrine
           then
           that
           testified
           unto
           by
           those
           Holy
           Men
           of
           old
           ,
           by
           these
           and
           such
           expressions
           ,
           But
           were
           you
           to
           Preach
           among
           a
           people
           to
           whom
           the
           report
           of
           the
           
             man
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
          
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           his
           Sufferings
           and
           Sacrifice
           is
           not
           conveyed
           ,
           would
           it
           be
           accounted
           necessary
           by
           you
           to
           Preach
           Remission
           and
           forgiveness
           of
           sins
           through
           
             that
             man
             ,
          
           and
           that
           one
           Sacrifice
           of
           his
           Crucified
           body
           ;
           and
           the
           hope
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           from
           the
           dead
           unto
           eternal
           life
           through
           faith
           in
           that
           man
           ,
           even
           the
           same
           Jesus
           whom
           the
           
             Jews
          
           Crucified
           ,
           and
           whom
           God
           raised
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           is
           both
           
             Lord
             and
             Chrst
             ,
          
           and
           that
           there
           is
           no
           other
           Saviour
           ,
           and
           no
           other
           Salvation
           ,
           but
           through
           faith
           in
           that
           
             man
             ,
          
           and
           no
           other
           ground
           of
           hope
           or
           confidence
           of
           ever
           being
           saved
           ,
           but
           through
           that
           sacrifice
           already
           offered
           
           up
           ,
           and
           that
           perfect
           obedience
           by
           
             him
          
           already
           performed
           to
           the
           will
           of
           the
           Father
           ?
           What
           you
           would
           Preach
           to
           such
           is
           manifest
           by
           your
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           by
           such
           like
           words
           from
           among
           you
           ,
           
             that
             you
             would
             Preach
             to
             the
             Indians
             ,
             nothing
             but
             what
             they
             knew
             already
             :
          
           However
           ,
           to
           
             him
          
           the
           man
           Christ
           Jesus
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           testified
           ,
           as
           Saviour
           ,
           and
           through
           
             him
          
           they
           preached
           Remission
           of
           sins
           ,
           and
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           dead
           ,
           To
           the
           
             unbelieving
             Greeks
             ,
          
           with
           whom
           the
           Testimony
           of
           
             Moses
          
           and
           the
           
             Prophets
          
           had
           no
           credit
           ;
           and
           so
           they
           Preached
           to
           them
           what
           they
           knew
           not
           before
           ,
           strange
           (
           Gods
           say
           )
           they
           ,
           
             one
             Jesus
             that
             was
             dead
             ,
             whom
             they
             preached
             to
             be
             alive
             ,
          
           and
           Remission
           of
           sins
           &
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           dead
           through
           faith
           in
           him
           ;
           
             May
             we
             know
          
           (
           say
           they
           )
           
             what
             this
             new
             Doctrine
             thou
             preachest
             is
             ?
          
           In
           the
           18.
           pag.
           thou
           expressest
           thy self
           thus
           ,
           —
           
             This
             man
             thinks
             that
             he
             is
             gotten
             beyond
             reason
             in
             his
             Paradoxes
             ;
             every
             rational
             man
             may
             see
             his
             darkness
             herein
             ,
             to
             conclude
             ,
             the
             believer
             in
             warfare
             ,
             and
             imperfections
             in
             the
             body
             ,
             and
             in
             Victory
             in
             perfection
             in
             Christ
             ,
             which
             is
             all
             one
             as
             to
             say
             ,
             he
             is
             in
             Christ
             and
             out
             of
             Christ
             ,
             perfect
             and
             imperfect
             at
             the
             same
             instant
             .
          
           —
           I
           answer
           ,
           there
           are
           
             Scripture
             Paradoxes
          
           relating
           to
           the
           Mystery
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           which
           mans
           wisdom
           and
           reason
           which
           is
           foolishness
           with
           God
           ,
           cannot
           comprehend
           ;
           hence
           to
           the
           wise
           
             Greeks
             ,
             Philosophers
             and
             Stoicks
             ,
          
           the
           Preaching
           of
           Jesus
           and
           the
           Resurrection
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           day
           in
           which
           God
           will
           judge
           the
           World
           by
           that
           man
           ,
           whereof
           he
           hath
           given
           assurance
           unto
           all
           men
           in
           that
           he
           hath
           raised
           him
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           this
           Doctrine
           those
           
             wise
             rational
             men
          
           counted
           Paradoxes
           gotten
           beyond
           reason
           ;
           saying
           of
           
             Paul
             ,
             what
             will
             this
             babler
             say
             ?
             he
             sets
             forth
             strange
             Gods
             ;
             because
             he
             preached
             to
             them
             Jesus
             and
             the
             Resurrection
             .
          
           But
           I
           do
           acknowledge
           that
           among
           those
           Paradoxes
           ,
           this
           is
           one
           ;
           a
           believer
           lives
           at
           one
           and
           the
           same
           time
           in
           a
           twofold
           state
           :
           by
           faith
           he
           is
           a
           
             man
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             in
             him
             he
             is
             compleat
             ,
          
           while
           according
           to
           sense
           ,
           he
           is
           
             a
             man
             in
             the
             flesh
             ,
          
           subject
           to
           infirmities
           and
           death
           ;
           
             in
             the
             body
             he
             hath
             a
             Law
             of
             sin
             ,
             in
             the
             Lord
             he
             hath
             put
             it
             off
             ;
          
           as
           he
           walks
           by
           faith
           he
           is
           in
           rest
           ,
           victory
           and
           perfection
           ;
           as
           he
           walks
           by
           sight
           he
           is
           in
           labours
           ,
           warfare
           and
           imperfections
           :
           hence
           the
           Apostle
           testifieth
           8
           
             Rom.
             23.
             we
             who
             have
             received
             the
             fruits
             of
             the
             spirit
             ,
             even
             we
             our selves
             groan
             within
             ourselves
             ,
             waiting
             for
             the
             Redemption
             of
             our
             body
             ;
             for
             we
             are
             saved
             by
             hope
             ;
             but
             hope
             that
             is
             seen
             is
             not
             hope
             ;
             for
             what
             a
             man
             sees
             ,
             why
             doth
             he
             yet
             hope
             for
             ?
             but
             if
             we
             hope
             for
             that
             we
             see
             not
             ,
             then
             do
             we
             with
             patience
             wait
             for
             it
             ;
             likewise
             ,
             the
             spirit
             also
             helpeth
             our
             infirmities
             :
             hence
             also
             faith
             is
             the
             substance
             of
             things
             hoped
             
             for
             ,
             the
             evidence
             of
             things
             not
             seen
             ;
          
           Thus
           the
           Believer
           is
           in
           a
           state
           of
           hope
           and
           faith
           ,
           having
           received
           but
           the
           earnest
           of
           the
           inheritance
           ,
           not
           the
           full
           fruition
           ,
           not
           as
           if
           already
           perfected
           ,
           is
           daily
           pressing
           forward
           to
           that
           which
           is
           before
           ,
           in
           groans
           ,
           and
           infirmities
           in
           the
           body
           ,
           waiting
           the
           Redemption
           thereof
           ;
           to
           which
           if
           this
           man
           hath
           already
           attained
           ,
           the
           end
           of
           faith
           and
           hope
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           dead
           ,
           where
           they
           are
           as
           the
           Angels
           ,
           neither
           Marrying
           nor
           giving
           in
           Marriage
           ;
           why
           is
           he
           then
           like
           unto
           us
           mortals
           ,
           marrying
           ,
           and
           giving
           in
           marriage
           ,
           eating
           ,
           and
           drinking
           ,
           and
           not
           above
           sickness
           and
           death
           ?
           But
           these
           presumptuous
           spirits
           that
           dare
           thus
           intrude
           into
           things
           they
           have
           not
           seen
           ,
           
             not
             holding
             the
             head
             ,
          
           so
           boasting
           of
           things
           above
           their
           measure
           ,
           are
           reproved
           by
           the
           wise
           
             Solomon
             30.
             
             Prov.
             12
             There
             is
             a
             Generation
             that
             are
             pure
             in
             their
             own
             eyes
             ,
             and
             yet
             is
             not
             washed
             from
             their
             filthiness
             :
          
           whilst
           thou
           pleads
           for
           a
           being
           perfected
           in
           the
           self
           ,
           hadst
           thou
           not
           been
           a
           Servant
           to
           corruption
           ,
           thou
           hadst
           not
           brought
           forth
           such
           a
           piece
           of
           work
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           10.
           pag.
           thou
           writes
           thus
           —
           
             thus
             for
          
           R.
           G.
           
             hath
             shewn
             himself
             one
             while
             like
             a
             Quaker
          
           (
           so
           called
           )
           
             having
             gotten
             many
             of
             their
             words
             ,
             another
             while
             like
             a
             Presbyterian
             or
             Independent
             .
          
           In
           answer
           to
           this
           I
           am
           to
           let
           thee
           know
           ,
           that
           even
           in
           that
           wherein
           thou
           acknowledges
           I
           have
           shown
           my self
           like
           a
           
             Quaker
             ,
          
           I
           have
           therein
           testified
           to
           what
           partly
           and
           in
           my
           measure
           I
           received
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           witnessed
           through
           and
           under
           the
           Ministry
           of
           those
           thou
           calls
           
             Presbyterian
          
           or
           
             Independent
             .
          
        
         
           And
           whereas
           thou
           reproachest
           other
           Persons
           whom
           thou
           names
           in
           that
           10.
           p.
           as
           
             Apostates
             ,
          
           in
           departing
           from
           your
           company
           ;
           that
           charge
           cannot
           be
           fastned
           upon
           them
           ,
           while
           they
           departed
           from
           among
           you
           ,
           because
           they
           saw
           and
           knew
           that
           you
           were
           departed
           from
           the
           faith
           
             as
             it
             was
             once
             delivered
             to
             the
             Saints
             ;
          
           are
           the
           
             Protestants
          
           really
           
             Apostates
          
           in
           departing
           from
           the
           
             Papists
             ,
          
           whom
           they
           saw
           and
           knew
           to
           be
           departed
           from
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           
             Apostles
             ,
          
           though
           the
           Papists
           clamoured
           after
           them
           as
           
             Apostates
             ?
          
           no
           more
           are
           they
           such
           in
           departing
           from
           you
           upon
           this
           account
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           my self
           ,
           notwithstanding
           of
           all
           that
           I
           have
           met
           with
           from
           among
           you
           (
           not
           fit
           to
           be
           mentioned
           among
           sober
           men
           )
           I
           am
           not
           therefore
           ashamed
           in
           that
           I
           have
           owned
           and
           confessed
           ,
           
             the
             Son
             of
             man
             before
             men
             ;
          
           knowing
           that
           as
           those
           of
           old
           who
           believed
           not
           in
           him
           ,
           reproached
           him
           ,
           
             with
             his
             Trade
             ,
             A
             Carpenter
             ,
             with
             his
             Countrey
             ,
             a
             Galelean
             ;
             with
             his
             Doctrine
             ,
             a
             blasphemer
             ,
             with
             his
             Company
             ,
             a
             Companion
             of
             
             Publicans
             and
             sinners
             ;
          
           So
           they
           of
           his
           Houshold
           can
           look
           for
           no
           less
           from
           you
           now
           ,
           who
           oppose
           a
           
             Testimony
          
           both
           to
           his
           Person
           and
           Doctrine
           ;
           who
           while
           you
           disown
           and
           reject
           such
           as
           have
           testified
           unto
           
             him
          
           for
           their
           
             Testimonies
          
           sake
           ,
           you
           manifest
           your selves
           to
           be
           acting
           over
           again
           what
           was
           done
           of
           old
           in
           the
           like
           case
           ,
           9.
           
           
             John
             22.
             for
             the
             Jews
             had
             agreed
             already
             that
             if
             any
             man
             did
             confess
             that
             he
             was
             Christ
             ,
             he
             should
             be
             put
             out
             of
             the
             Synagogue
             .
          
        
         
           
             R.
             G.
             
          
        
      
       
         
           THE
           CONCLVSION
           .
        
         
           THus
           having
           answered
           those
           objections
           ,
           and
           taken
           off
           that
           disguise
           of
           confusion
           and
           contradiction
           that
           these
           
             four
             men
          
           have
           brought
           against
           
             my
             Testimony
             to
             the
             true
             Saviour
             ;
          
           what
           I
           therein
           asserted
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           That
           
             the
             man
             Christ
             Jesus
             of
             Nazareth
             ,
          
           is
           the
           true
           Christ
           ,
           and
           our
           only
           Saviour
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           hath
           by
           his
           intire
           obedience
           to
           his
           Fathers
           will
           in
           his
           own
           Crucified
           body
           ,
           by
           that
           one
           Sacrifice
           thereof
           ,
           once
           offered
           for
           sins
           ,
           as
           the
           only
           propitiation
           and
           attonement
           whom
           God
           set
           forth
           ,
           already
           purchased
           Redemption
           ,
           Righteousness
           and
           Justification
           with
           God
           for
           sinners
           ;
           To
           be
           revealed
           by
           his
           Spirit
           within
           ,
           where
           by
           the
           effect
           and
           benefit
           thereof
           is
           witnessed
           ,
           known
           and
           felt
           within
           ,
           by
           all
           such
           to
           whom
           this
           word
           of
           Reconciliation
           being
           preached
           ,
           through
           faith
           
             in
             him
          
           receive
           that
           attonement
           ,
           so
           already
           done
           and
           perfected
           ,
           as
           the
           ground
           of
           their
           faith
           and
           hope
           ,
           for
           the
           Remission
           of
           their
           sins
           ,
           and
           of
           eternal
           life
           by
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           dead
           :
           I
           say
           this
           blessed
           truth
           published
           by
           the
           
             Apostles
             ,
          
           &
           testified
           unto
           by
           me
           ,
           stands
           above
           all
           the
           weapons
           and
           darts
           ,
           cavils
           and
           exceptions
           ,
           formed
           ,
           shot
           and
           objected
           again
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           truth
           ,
           against
           which
           ,
           neither
           Devils
           nor
           men
           ,
           Principalities
           nor
           Powers
           of
           darkness
           shall
           ever
           prevail
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           I
           would
           have
           you
           who
           have
           thus
           hastily
           thrust
           your selves
           forth
           against
           
             my
             Testimony
             ,
          
           (
           if
           yet
           you
           may
           be
           in
           all
           meekness
           and
           love
           advised
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           reckon
           it
           not
           below
           you
           ,
           a
           poor
           begarly
           ,
           carnal
           thing
           )
           re-examine
           this
           your
           work
           by
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           truth
           ;
           for
           know
           you
           assuredly
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           believes
           not
           the
           Record
           that
           God
           hath
           given
           of
           his
           Son
           ,
           hath
           made
           God
           a
           Lyar
           :
           And
           this
           is
           the
           Record
           that
           
             John
          
           who
           was
           sent
           of
           God
           to
           point
           him
           out
           ,
           did
           bear
           of
           him
           ,
           1.
           
           
             John
             19.
             &c.
             he
             confessed
             ,
             I
             am
             not
             be
             ,
             the
             Christ
             ,
          
           but
           seeing
           Jesus
           coming
           unto
           him
           (
           Mark
           that
           ,
           not
           meekness
           ,
           humility
           ,
           a
           light
           or
           
           manifestation
           of
           Christ
           in
           himself
           as
           in
           him
           )
           said
           
             Behold
             the
             Lamb
             of
             God
             which
             takes
             away
             the
             sin
             of
             the
             world
             ;
             this
             is
             he
             of
             whom
             I
             said
             after
             me
             cometh
             a
             MAN
          
           (
           Mark
           that
           ,
           the
           Lamb
           of
           God
           pointed
           out
           by
           
             John
             ,
          
           which
           takes
           away
           the
           sin
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           was
           and
           is
           a
           
             MAN.
          
           )
           
             which
             is
             preferred
             before
             me
             ;
             he
             that
             sent
             me
             to
             Baptize
             ,
             said
             unto
             me
             ,
             upon
             whom
             thou
             shall
             see
             the
             Spirit
             descending
             ,
             the
             same
             is
             he
             ;
          
           and
           this
           was
           an
           outward
           seeing
           (
           with
           his
           bodily
           eyes
           )
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           in
           the
           form
           of
           a
           Dove
           descending
           and
           remaining
           on
           the
           man
           Christ
           Jesus
           :
           
             and
             I
             saw
          
           (
           saith
           
             John
          
           )
           and
           bare
           Record
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           :
           And
           this
           is
           he
           whom
           the
           Apostles
           saw
           after
           his
           being
           risen
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           and
           of
           whom
           they
           all
           testified
           ,
           and
           believed
           in
           ,
           as
           the
           true
           Christ
           ,
           mans
           only
           true
           Saviour
           and
           mediator
           ,
           whom
           God
           sent
           forth
           to
           be
           a
           propitiation
           for
           our
           sins
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           the
           Saviour
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           the
           will
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           believe
           in
           him
           whom
           he
           hath
           thus
           sent
           into
           the
           World
           ;
           And
           this
           is
           
             HE
             ,
          
           the
           Son
           of
           
             David
             ,
          
           the
           Son
           of
           man
           ,
           the
           only
           begotten
           son
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           whom
           I
           have
           testified
           ,
           as
           the
           true
           Christ
           ,
           wherein
           you
           have
           taken
           upon
           you
           to
           oppose
           me
           ;
           whom
           nevertheless
           I
           do
           beseech
           and
           intreat
           ,
           to
           consider
           seriously
           (
           for
           this
           is
           a
           weighty
           matter
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           him
           ,
           
             the
             Son
             of
             man
             ,
             the
             man
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
          
           a
           Testimony
           unto
           whom
           as
           Saviour
           you
           have
           dared
           to
           oppose
           )
           the
           words
           of
           our
           Lord
           ,
           8.
           
           
             John
          
           14.
           (
           if
           his
           words
           ,
           who
           spoke
           as
           never
           man
           spake
           hath
           any
           weight
           with
           you
           )
           
             If
             you
             will
             not
             believe
             that
             I
             am
             be
             ,
             you
             shall
             die
             in
             your
             sins
             .
          
           However
           ,
           if
           notwithstanding
           of
           this
           my
           labour
           of
           love
           in
           setting
           your
           work
           before
           you
           ,
           that
           if
           it
           it
           were
           possible
           you
           might
           repent
           of
           this
           your
           joynt
           enterprize
           against
           the
           Person
           of
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           you
           shall
           still
           continue
           your
           opposition
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           blessed
           Gospel
           preached
           by
           
             his
             Holy
             Apostles
             ,
          
           and
           left
           by
           them
           to
           us
           upon
           Record
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           truth
           ,
           and
           testified
           unto
           by
           me
           ,
           and
           shall
           cast
           up
           more
           reproach
           against
           me
           for
           the
           truth
           sake
           ,
           I
           can
           and
           do
           in
           my
           heart
           say
           ,
           
             the
             Lord
             lay
             it
             not
             to
             your
             charge
             ;
          
           Only
           let
           me
           also
           tell
           you
           ,
           your
           labour
           will
           be
           but
           in
           vain
           :
           Read
           4.
           
           
             Acts
          
           25.
           compared
           with
           the
           2.
           
           
             Psal
             .
             Why
             do
             the
             Heathen
             rage
             ,
             and
             the
             people
             imagine
             vain
             things
             ,
             against
             the
             Lord
             and
             his
             Christ
             ?
             for
             of
             a
             truth
             against
             the
             Holy
             Child
             Jesus
             whom
             God
             anointed
             ,
             both
          
           Herod
           
             and
          
           Pontius
           Pilate
           ,
           
             with
             the
             Gentiles
             and
             people
             of
          
           Israel
           
             were
             gathered
             together
             ;
             But
             the
             Lord
             hath
             set
             his
             King
             upon
             the
             holy
             hill
             of
             Sion
             ,
             and
             hath
             declared
             his
             decree
             ,
             and
             hath
             said
             unto
             him
          
           (
           as
           never
           before
           nor
           ever
           since
           to
           or
           of
           any
           man
           )
           
             thou
             art
             my
             Son
             ,
             this
             day
             have
             I
             begotten
             thee
             .
          
        
         
           That
           I
           may
           finish
           this
           Discourse
           I
           shall
           only
           leave
           these
           two
           considerations
           
           with
           
             the
             Reader
             ,
          
           as
           being
           what
           I
           intended
           in
           
             my
             Testimony
             .
          
           First
           ,
           cheat
           not
           thy
           own
           Soul
           by
           professing
           in
           words
           the
           
             Prophets
          
           and
           
             Apostles
          
           Testimony
           to
           the
           
             man
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
          
           as
           the
           true
           Christ
           ,
           and
           our
           only
           Saviour
           ,
           and
           to
           Redemption
           through
           his
           bloud
           ,
           while
           thou
           art
           not
           in
           any
           measure
           a
           partaker
           of
           that
           living
           faith
           ,
           and
           lively
           hope
           ,
           these
           Holy
           men
           lived
           and
           dyed
           in
           :
           An
           Historical
           bare
           assent
           to
           those
           truths
           ,
           with
           an
           hypocritical
           extolling
           of
           the
           Person
           of
           Christ
           in
           his
           sufferings
           ,
           mediation
           ,
           and
           offices
           ,
           as
           personally
           without
           thee
           ,
           will
           not
           avail
           thee
           ,
           in
           the
           day
           of
           the
           appearance
           of
           
             the
             Son
             of
             man
             ,
          
           while
           thou
           hast
           not
           through
           a
           
             living
          
           saith
           (
           being
           thereby
           ingrafted
           in
           him
           the
           true
           Vine
           )
           a
           real
           ,
           substantial
           evidence
           within
           thy self
           ,
           that
           thou
           art
           in
           some
           measure
           a
           partaker
           of
           his
           Divine
           nature
           ,
           by
           the
           workings
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           within
           thee
           ;
           which
           whilst
           thou
           slights
           and
           rejects
           ,
           notwithstanding
           of
           thy
           pretences
           to
           his
           death
           and
           sufferings
           ,
           Redemption
           and
           Righteousness
           ,
           thou
           wilt
           find
           it
           verified
           on
           thee
           ,
           
             that
             the
             hope
             of
             the
             hypocrite
             shall
             perish
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           whatsoever
           Spirit
           in
           or
           through
           any
           man
           (
           though
           even
           an
           Angel
           from
           Heaven
           )
           shall
           point
           you
           ,
           to
           any
           other
           name
           or
           thing
           ,
           within
           or
           without
           ,
           then
           to
           
             him
          
           the
           
             man
             Christ
             Jesus
          
           even
           that
           
             same
             Jesus
          
           whom
           the
           
             Jews
          
           Crucified
           ,
           to
           be
           
             he
          
           the
           Lords
           Christ
           our
           only
           Saviour
           ;
           or
           shall
           preach
           an
           obedience
           to
           be
           done
           and
           performed
           in
           our
           bodies
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           spirit
           of
           God
           within
           us
           ,
           as
           a
           ransome
           ,
           a
           Sacrifice
           ,
           an
           attonement
           and
           bloud
           of
           the
           Cross
           ,
           to
           be
           offered
           up
           to
           God
           for
           our
           sins
           ,
           through
           which
           Redemption
           is
           to
           be
           purchased
           ,
           Reconcilation
           made
           with
           God
           ,
           the
           Law
           fulfilled
           ,
           the
           Curse
           and
           condemnation
           thereof
           taken
           away
           ,
           and
           Justification
           for
           Remission
           of
           sins
           procured
           as
           the
           ground
           ,
           bottom
           and
           cause
           of
           our
           faith
           hope
           &
           confidence
           in
           God
           for
           Salvation
           and
           eternal
           life
           ,
           I
           say
           
             Believe
             him
             not
             :
          
           For
           this
           spirit
           is
           no
           other
           then
           a
           denyer
           of
           the
           true
           Christ
           ,
           and
           of
           Redemption
           through
           faith
           in
           him
           ;
           setting
           up
           another
           Christ
           ▪
           another
           Mediatour
           ,
           then
           him
           the
           man
           Christ
           Jesus
           ,
           whom
           the
           holy
           men
           of
           old
           believed
           in
           ;
           and
           another
           attonement
           ,
           propitiation
           and
           bloud
           ,
           than
           that
           one
           sacrifice
           of
           his
           Crucified
           body
           and
           the
           bloud
           of
           his
           Cross
           testified
           of
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           ;
           as
           already
           offered
           up
           for
           sins
           once
           for
           all
           ;
           preaching
           him
           in
           and
           through
           all
           these
           only
           as
           an
           example
           ,
           and
           as
           a
           good
           man
           dying
           without
           cause
           by
           the
           hands
           of
           wicked
           men
           ;
           that
           we
           following
           him
           (
           the
           light
           in
           our
           Consciences
           )
           in
           all
           his
           Righteousness
           ,
           might
           also
           come
           to
           God
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           by
           an
           obedience
           of
           works
           ,
           That
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           
             without
             a
             Mediatour
             :
          
           the
           dreadful
           consequence
           of
           which
           Doctrine
           I
           
           tremble
           to
           think
           on
           .
           I
           shall
           leave
           these
           Scriptures
           to
           be
           weighed
           and
           examined
           by
           such
           as
           are
           intangled
           in
           this
           snare
           ,
           if
           their
           Authority
           have
           any
           room
           in
           them
           ,
           1
           
             Gal.
             6.
             7
             ,
             8.
             9.
             
             I
             marvell
             that
             you
             are
             so
             soon
             removed
             from
             him
             that
             called
             you
             into
             the
             grace
             of
             Christ
             ,
             unto
             another
             Gospel
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             another
             ;
             but
             there
             be
             some
             that
             trouble
             you
             ,
             and
             would
             pervert
             the
             Gospel
             of
             Christ
             .
             But
             though
             we
             ,
             or
             an
             Angel
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             preach
             any
             other
             Gospel
             then
             that
             which
             we
             have
             preached
             unto
             you
             ;
             then
             that
             ye
             have
             received
             ,
             Let
             him
             be
             accursed
             .
          
           And
           this
           is
           the
           Gospel
           they
           preached
           ,
           Rom.
           5.
           15
           ,
           19.
           
           
             As
             by
             one
             MANS
             disobedience
             many
             were
             made
             sinners
             ,
             so
             by
             the
             obedience
             of
             one
             MAN
             Christ
             Jesus
             ▪
             shall
             many
             be
             made
             Righteous
             ,
          
           1
           Cor.
           15.
           21
           ,
           
             For
             since
             by
             MAN
             came
             death
             ,
             by
             MAN
             also
             came
             the
             Resurrection
             of
             the
             dead
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .