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           Mr.
           George
           Keith's
           REASONS
           FOR
           Renouncing
           Quakerism
           ,
           And
           Entring
           into
           COMMUNION
           WITH
           THE
           Church
           of
           England
           .
           WITH
           Other
           Remarkable
           Occurrences
           that
           will
           be
           Acceptable
           to
           all
           Orthodox
           Christians
           ,
           of
           every
           Persuasion
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           the
           Booksellers
           of
           London
           and
           Westminster
           ,
           1700.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           Mr.
           George
           Keith
           's
           REASONS
           FOR
           Renouncing
           Quakerism
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           BY
           vertue
           of
           an
           Evangelical
           Precept
           ,
           it
           is
           an
           incumbent
           Duty
           on
           every
           Convert
           to
           endeavour
           the
           strengthening
           of
           his
           Brethren
           in
           the
           Faith
           of
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           and
           to
           Reduce
           all
           those
           that
           by
           any
           indirect
           Offices
           ,
           or
           for
           want
           of
           regular
           Instructions
           have
           wandered
           out
           of
           the
           strait
           ways
           of
           Peace
           ,
           Truth
           and
           Holiness
           ,
           into
           the
           crooked
           Mazes
           of
           Sin
           ,
           Schism
           and
           Heresie
           ,
           to
           the
           hazard
           of
           their
           eternal
           Interests
           .
           How
           much
           I
           have
           concerned
           my self
           in
           the
           Discharge
           of
           this
           Duty
           ,
           is
           legible
           to
           all
           that
           have
           either
           had
           the
           Justice
           or
           Curiosity
           to
           inform
           themselves
           about
           it
           ;
           for
           as
           soon
           as
           it
           pleased
           God
           to
           open
           the
           Eyes
           of
           my
           Understanding
           ,
           and
           shew
           me
           the
           Error
           of
           my
           own
           ways
           ,
           I
           industriously
           set
           my self
           upon
           the
           good
           Work
           of
           Reclaiming
           others
           ,
           and
           have
           cause
           to
           bless
           his
           holy
           Name
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           not
           altogether
           laboured
           in
           vain
           ,
           but
           have
           been
           an
           Instrument
           in
           the
           Hand
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           convince
           some
           of
           the
           necessity
           they
           were
           under
           of
           ●enouncing
           their
           Errors
           and
           Delusions
           ,
           and
           return●●g
           to
           the
           Lord
           their
           God
           in
           Truth
           and
           Sincerity
           .
           
           In
           this
           attempt
           it
           is
           notoriously
           known
           also
           ,
           what
           Injuries
           ,
           Contempts
           ,
           Slanders
           ,
           and
           ill
           ▪
           Usages
           I
           have
           encountred
           both
           beyond
           Sea
           and
           in
           England
           from
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           with
           whom
           I
           have
           inoffensively
           associated
           above
           Thirty
           Years
           :
           And
           that
           for
           no
           other
           Reason
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           endeavoured
           by
           all
           the
           fair
           ,
           candid
           ,
           and
           honest
           ways
           imaginable
           ,
           to
           convince
           them
           that
           they
           lived
           in
           many
           
             gross
             Errors
          
           and
           Heresies
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           ought
           to
           make
           some
           compensation
           for
           the
           Evils
           and
           Errors
           they
           were
           guilty
           of
           ,
           by
           a
           speedy
           return
           
             to
             the
             Truth
             as
             it
             is
             in
             Jesus
             ,
          
           and
           by
           an
           unfeigned
           Repentance
           for
           all
           the
           Evils
           they
           had
           been
           guilty
           of
           ,
           in
           seducing
           so
           many
           well-meaning
           Souls
           into
           Principles
           and
           Practices
           ,
           that
           border
           upon
           Death
           and
           Destruction
           .
        
         
           It
           would
           be
           altogether
           needless
           in
           this
           Discourse
           to
           enumerate
           the
           several
           steps
           I
           made
           in
           order
           to
           the
           Conviction
           and
           Conversion
           of
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           and
           to
           shew
           all
           the
           Arts
           their
           Chiefs
           employ'd
           to
           frustrate
           my
           good
           Intentions
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           up
           their
           own
           Reputations
           with
           their
           Party
           ,
           since
           I
           have
           already
           published
           the
           whole
           Proceedings
           ●n
           Four
           Narratives
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           have
           as
           yet
           made
           no
           satisfactory
           Answer
           ,
           and
           therefore
           shall
           only
           now
           ,
           having
           totally
           renounced
           all
           their
           Errors
           ▪
           deserted
           their
           Meetings
           ,
           and
           by
           Imposition
           of
           Holy
           Hands
           entred
           upon
           the
           Ministery
           in
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           ,
           answer
           some
           Objections
           and
           Calumnies
           that
           the
           Quakers
           have
           made
           upon
           my
           Change
           ,
           and
           shew
           the
           Reasons
           for
           which
           I
           left
           them
           :
           In
           both
           which
           I
           hope
           to
           acquit
           my self
           with
           so
           much
           Justice
           ,
           though
           I
           have
           no
           hope
           to
           stop
           the
           Mouths
           of
           those
           clamorous
           Persons
           ,
           that
           are
           become
           my
           Enemies
           for
           telling
           them
           the
           Truth
           ;
           yet
           to
           satisfie
           all
           that
           are
           honestly
           and
           soberly
           inquisitive
           into
           the
           Motives
           and
           Reasons
           ,
           that
           caused
           me
           to
           leave
           the
           Society
           of
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           and
           embrace
           the
           Doctrine
           and
           Discipline
           of
           th●
           
             Church
             of
             Engla●d
          
           .
        
         
         
           The
           first
           quarrel
           that
           of
           late
           they
           seemed
           to
           have
           against
           me
           ,
           was
           ,
           that
           in
           exposing
           their
           Principles
           in
           publick
           Audiences
           ,
           and
           in
           my
           Printed
           Narratives
           I
           had
           dealt
           unjustly
           ;
           and
           this
           false
           Report
           they
           have
           been
           exceedingly
           industrious
           to
           divulge
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           possess
           them
           of
           their
           own
           Way
           ,
           but
           any
           others
           they
           could
           influence
           into
           an
           ill
           Opinion
           of
           me
           ,
           for
           falsly
           quoting
           their
           Authors
           ;
           and
           thereupon
           ,
           without
           any
           kind
           of
           Proof
           ,
           call
           me
           
             Lyar
             ,
             False
             and
             Treacherous
             Man
             ,
             Deceitful
             and
             Malicious
             ,
          
           all
           which
           Names
           return
           upon
           themselves
           ,
           since
           I
           have
           printed
           a
           Certificate
           in
           my
           third
           Narrative
           ,
           under
           the
           Hands
           of
           some
           eminent
           and
           judicious
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           whom
           I
           procured
           to
           hear
           and
           examine
           all
           my
           Quotations
           ,
           that
           fully
           vindicates
           my
           Innocency
           in
           that
           particular
           :
           which
           being
           well
           considered
           ,
           I
           have
           reason
           to
           expect
           a
           more
           favourable
           Censure
           in
           relation
           to
           their
           other
           Calumny
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           That
           the
           ground
           of
           my
           Contests
           with
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           was
           out
           of
           meer
           Prejudice
           and
           Revenge
           arising
           from
           their
           ill
           treatment
           of
           me
           ,
           and
           not
           out
           of
           Zeal
           and
           Love
           to
           the
           Truth
           of
           Christianity
           ;
           whereas
           nothing
           could
           be
           suggested
           more
           False
           and
           Scandalous
           ;
           for
           the
           only
           motive
           that
           I
           had
           to
           oppose
           the
           spreading
           Gangrene
           of
           their
           
             vile
             Errors
          
           ,
           which
           have
           already
           leavened
           many
           Thousands
           in
           these
           Nations
           ,
           and
           if
           not
           prevented
           will
           corrupt
           many
           more
           ,
           was
           purely
           out
           of
           
             Zeal
             for
             the
             Cause
             of
             God
             and
             his
             true
             Religion
             ,
          
           and
           not
           out
           of
           any
           
             private
             Pique
          
           I
           had
           with
           any
           of
           them
           ;
           of
           which
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           given
           no
           Evidence
           ,
           so
           my
           Conscience
           bears
           witness
           to
           my
           Innocency
           .
           Seeing
           then
           my
           Charges
           are
           just
           against
           them
           ,
           as
           is
           proved
           in
           all
           my
           Narratives
           ;
           and
           their
           Clamours
           and
           Accusations
           against
           me
           are
           wholly
           false
           and
           scandalous
           ,
           the
           Crime
           will
           be
           laid
           at
           their
           own
           Door
           in
           calling
           Names
           ,
           and
           I
           shall
           bear
           their
           Revilings
           with
           greater
           Patience
           ,
           since
           't
           is
           universally
           
           known
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           the
           way
           they
           commonly
           treat
           all
           Persons
           how
           Innocent
           and
           well-deserving
           so
           ever
           ,
           that
           touch
           them
           in
           the
           tender
           part
           ,
           and
           oppose
           their
           Errors
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           Proverb
           may
           be
           fitly
           applied
           to
           them
           ,
           
             That
             their
             Tongue
             is
             no
             Slander
             .
          
        
         
           But
           the
           great
           Argument
           that
           they
           make
           of
           my
           Insincerity
           ,
           is
           ,
           my
           having
           been
           formerly
           so
           long
           among
           them
           ,
           and
           yet
           never
           till
           of
           late
           pretended
           to
           know
           that
           they
           held
           such
           
             gross
             Errors
          
           as
           I
           now
           accuse
           them
           of
           .
           That
           I
           have
           been
           a
           Quaker
           long
           ,
           I
           acknowledge
           ,
           and
           am
           of
           Opinion
           ,
           that
           none
           are
           sorry
           that
           I
           was
           so
           once
           ,
           but
           they
           that
           are
           angry
           that
           I
           did
           not
           continue
           so
           always
           ,
           let
           them
           make
           what
           Reflexions
           they
           please
           upon
           my
           Weakness
           ,
           and
           want
           of
           Consideration
           ,
           in
           continuing
           among
           a
           Society
           of
           People
           ,
           whose
           Principles
           ▪
           I
           was
           so
           much
           a
           stranger
           to
           .
           I
           confess
           my
           Weakness
           ,
           and
           am
           ashamed
           to
           think
           that
           I
           have
           been
           so
           long
           deceived
           by
           them
           ;
           but
           yet
           this
           is
           no
           impeachment
           of
           my
           Sincerity
           ,
           unless
           knowing
           them
           Guilty
           ,
           I
           had
           connived
           at
           it
           ,
           flattered
           them
           in
           it
           ,
           or
           d●fended
           their
           Errors
           contrary
           to
           my
           Conviction
           ;
           or
           against
           the
           Light
           of
           my
           own
           Conscience
           had
           encouraged
           them
           to
           Perseverance
           .
           But
           in
           this
           I
           am
           no
           way
           culpable
           ;
           for
           though
           I
           know
           some
           of
           them
           were
           Ignorant
           and
           Vnsound
           ,
           I
           did
           not
           dissemble
           with
           them
           ,
           or
           cloak
           the
           matter
           ;
           but
           upon
           all
           occasions
           check'd
           and
           reprov'd
           them
           ,
           as
           will
           ere
           long
           be
           shewn
           in
           several
           Instances
           .
           Yet
           I
           was
           wholly
           unsensible
           that
           either
           
             George
             Whitehead
             ,
             William
             Penn
          
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           of
           their
           chief●st
           Teachers
           had
           been
           guilty
           of
           these
           Errors
           ,
           having
           read
           but
           few
           of
           their
           Books
           ,
           and
           them
           but
           slightly
           too
           ;
           and
           when
           I
           found
           any
           thing
           that
           I
           disliked
           ,
           a
           
             blind
             Affection
          
           swayed
           me
           to
           an
           over-charitable
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           I
           imputed
           lesser
           Faults
           rather
           to
           their
           Inadvertency
           than
           their
           deliberate
           Judgment
           ,
           until
           they
           sided
           with
           my
           Adversaries
           in
           Pensilvania
           ,
           and
           then
           it
           grew
           to
           
           Rupture
           ,
           and
           I
           withstood
           them
           to
           their
           Faces
           .
        
         
           Another
           Objection
           that
           they
           raise
           against
           me
           ,
           is
           That
           the
           things
           which
           I
           now
           call
           
             Vile
             Errors
          
           ,
           and
           Heresies
           in
           them
           ,
           I
           had
           formerly
           Defended
           ,
           and
           declared
           ,
           that
           in
           so
           doing
           I
           had
           a
           
             Divine
             Sense
             and
             Acceptance
          
           ;
           to
           which
           I
           answer
           ,
           First
           ,
           by
           utterly
           denying
           that
           ever
           I
           defended
           them
           in
           those
           
             Vile
             Errors
          
           which
           oppose
           the
           
             four
             great
             Fundamental
             Doctrines
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
          
           which
           I
           have
           since
           charged
           them
           with
           ,
           or
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           any
           other
           Article
           of
           the
           
             Christian
             Faith
          
           properly
           so
           called
           ,
           or
           distinguished
           .
           Those
           things
           wherein
           I
           defended
           them
           ,
           were
           only
           stating
           the
           Matter
           fairly
           ,
           between
           them
           and
           their
           Opponents
           in
           several
           Cases
           ,
           wherein
           I
           thought
           them
           unduly
           charged
           ;
           partly
           in
           the
           undue
           Use
           and
           Application
           of
           places
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           to
           prove
           certain
           Truths
           ,
           and
           partly
           in
           too
           much
           aggravating
           and
           widening
           through
           my
           too
           great
           Heat
           and
           
             preposterous
             Zeal
          
           ,
           and
           being
           too
           Biggotly
           affected
           ,
           though
           ignorantly
           to
           that
           Party
           who
           call
           all
           others
           Sects
           and
           Sectaries
           ,
           and
           themselves
           the
           Church
           ,
           yet
           are
           certainly
           more
           Biggoted
           into
           a
           Sect
           ,
           and
           more
           implicitely
           led
           by
           Sect-Masters
           ,
           than
           any
           People
           in
           Christendom
           that
           I
           know
           of
           .
           And
           lastly
           ,
           I
           have
           acknowledged
           ,
           and
           lamented
           my
           
             Sinful
             Ignorance
          
           and
           Rashness
           ,
           in
           my
           former
           opposing
           any
           
             Divine
             Institution
          
           ,
           or
           reflecting
           in
           my
           Books
           upon
           any
           particular
           Persons
           ,
           or
           
             Religious
             Societies
          
           .
           And
           to
           argue
           a
           little
           with
           my
           Adversaries
           ,
           who
           object
           ,
           That
           I
           have
           formerly
           defended
           the
           
             Quakers
             Principles
          
           ,
           I
           would
           fain
           know
           
             what
             Principles
             they
             mean
          
           ?
           Whether
           they
           relate
           to
           the
           Fundamentals
           of
           Religion
           ;
           if
           so
           ,
           let
           them
           name
           them
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           give
           the
           World
           Satisfaction
           by
           confessing
           my
           Fault
           ,
           or
           justifie
           my self
           where
           I
           am
           falsly
           accused
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           through
           Humane
           Infirmity
           ,
           Weakness
           ,
           or
           Ignorance
           ,
           (
           for
           
             humanum
             est
             Errari
             ,
             Labi
             ,
             Decipi
          
           )
           I
           have
           misunderstood
           any
           thing
           ,
           which
           by
           a
           more
           diligent
           Examination
           and
           Application
           to
           
           the
           
             Holy
             Scriptures
          
           I
           have
           discoverd
           afterwards
           to
           be
           a
           misapprehension
           ;
           this
           will
           be
           no
           proof
           of
           my
           Insincerity
           ,
           or
           that
           I
           am
           
             an
             Apostate
             ,
             gone
             from
             all
             Divine
             Sense
             and
             Tenderness
             ,
             lost
             my
             good
             Condition
             ,
             without
             any
             inward
             Feeling
          
           ;
           for
           these
           are
           the
           lovely
           Epithets
           they
           bestow
           upon
           me
           .
        
         
           But
           are
           not
           these
           Qaakers
           uncharitable
           Men
           ?
           Can
           a
           mistake
           in
           some
           things
           render
           a
           Man
           Universally
           mistaken
           in
           all
           things
           ?
           Because
           some
           are
           beguiled
           with
           Shews
           and
           Shadows
           of
           Reason
           ▪
           Is
           there
           therefore
           no
           such
           thing
           as
           true
           and
           sound
           Reason
           in
           the
           World
           ?
           Because
           St.
           Paul
           once
           thought
           he
           ought
           to
           do
           many
           things
           against
           the
           Name
           of
           Jesus
           ,
           must
           his
           Conversion
           ,
           be
           call'd
           an
           Argument
           of
           his
           Insincerity
           ?
           Must
           he
           be
           thought
           an
           unsound
           Christian
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           once
           a
           Jew
           ,
           and
           continue
           a
           Persecutor
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Blind
             leader
             of
             the
             Blind
          
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           being
           call'd
           an
           Apostate
           from
           the
           Principles
           which
           he
           imbibed
           in
           the
           days
           of
           Ignorance
           ?
           Away
           with
           these
           ridiculous
           Notions
           ,
           which
           are
           but
           the
           
             Evasions
             ,
             Quiblings
          
           ,
           and
           Shiftings
           of
           the
           Party
           ,
           which
           by
           muddying
           the
           Water
           ,
           hope
           to
           escape
           undetected
           .
           Why
           will
           they
           not
           be
           try'd
           by
           their
           own
           Rule
           ,
           and
           allow
           that
           Liberty
           to
           others
           ,
           that
           they
           exercise
           among
           themselves
           ?
           Have
           not
           some
           of
           the
           most
           Eminent
           among
           them
           been
           egregiously
           deceived
           ,
           and
           taken
           their
           Fanciful
           Imaginations
           for
           
             Divine
             Lights
          
           ?
           Their
           Consciences
           will
           tell
           them
           ,
           what
           particular
           Persons
           of
           great
           Note
           among
           them
           I
           could
           name
           ,
           that
           have
           been
           scandalously
           mistaken
           by
           their
           own
           Confession
           ▪
           and
           took
           things
           upon
           Trust
           for
           
             Divine
             Breathings
          
           ,
           that
           upon
           better
           Examination
           proved
           to
           be
           
             Infamovs
             Delusions
          
           .
        
         
           Did
           not
           some
           of
           the
           most
           celebrated
           Quakers
           ,
           nay
           ,
           even
           their
           Preachers
           ,
           follow
           the
           
             Blasphemous
             ,
             Enthusiastick
             Delusions
          
           and
           
             Waking
             Dreams
          
           of
           
             James
             Naylor
          
           ,
           and
           
             John
             Perrot
          
           ?
           Was
           it
           not
           one
           of
           their
           great
           Preachers
           ,
           
             Samuel
             Cater
          
           by
           Name
           ,
           now
           living
           ,
           that
           lead
           James
           Naylor's
           Horse
           by
           the
           Bridle
           ,
           
           when
           he
           Rid
           Triumphantly
           into
           Bristol
           .
           Was
           that
           a
           
             Divine
             Sense
          
           in
           
             George
             Fox
          
           ,
           who
           said
           his
           Marriage
           with
           
             Widow
             Fell
          
           ,
           was
           a
           Figure
           of
           the
           Church
           coming
           out
           of
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Figure
           might
           be
           compleat
           ,
           those
           that
           credited
           that
           Deceit
           ,
           concluded
           her
           to
           be
           with
           Child
           ,
           though
           she
           was
           past
           Sixty
           Years
           of
           Age
           ,
           and
           therefore
           accounted
           it
           Miraculous
           .
           Other
           considerable
           Instances
           might
           be
           given
           of
           their
           extravagantly
           Wild
           ,
           and
           Frenetick
           Delusions
           ,
           than
           I
           thank
           God
           can
           be
           charg'd
           upon
           me
           ;
           for
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           Mistakes
           and
           Errors
           I
           lay
           under
           ,
           yet
           as
           to
           the
           main
           ,
           I
           bless
           God
           ,
           I
           was
           preserved
           .
           But
           what
           a
           sad
           and
           scandalous
           Inference
           does
           this
           way
           of
           Arguing
           cast
           upon
           themselves
           ,
           who
           generally
           in
           their
           Books
           ,
           Father
           all
           their
           
             Vilest
             Errors
          
           and
           Heresies
           upon
           the
           
             Spirit
             of
             Truth
          
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Notion
           they
           have
           of
           the
           Spirit
           dwelling
           in
           them
           ▪
           by
           which
           means
           they
           Hedge
           up
           their
           way
           ,
           and
           Baricado
           up
           themselves
           against
           all
           discoveries
           and
           acknowledgments
           of
           their
           Errors
           ;
           because
           they
           think
           they
           are
           guided
           by
           the
           Spirit
           ;
           and
           are
           sure
           they
           possess
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           because
           they
           think
           so
           ,
           otherwise
           by
           their
           own
           arguing
           they
           must
           be
           Apostates
           .
           When
           a
           Man
           turns
           from
           Error
           to
           Truth
           ,
           must
           he
           be
           call'd
           an
           Apostate
           ?
           When
           a
           Man
           through
           humane
           Infirmity
           ,
           slides
           into
           Mistaken
           Notions
           ,
           without
           denying
           or
           opposing
           any
           Article
           of
           the
           
             Christian
             Faith
          
           ,
           can
           this
           be
           call'd
           Apostacy
           ?
           Surely
           ,
           in
           the
           Judgment
           of
           any
           sober
           and
           unprejudiced
           Party
           it
           cannot
           ;
           and
           therefore
           their
           censuring
           me
           ,
           is
           unchristian
           as
           well
           as
           uncharitable
           ,
           since
           I
           have
           only
           renounced
           the
           Errors
           ,
           I
           was
           tainted
           with
           
             whilst
             I
             lived
             and
             convers'd
             among
             them
          
           ;
           as
           for
           their
           Herisies
           I
           was
           never
           ,
           I
           bless
           God
           ,
           corrupten
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           As
           Idle
           ,
           Impertinent
           ,
           and
           Vain
           ,
           is
           their
           arguing
           ,
           that
           't
           was
           very
           unlikely
           ,
           that
           living
           thirty
           years
           among
           them
           ,
           I
           could
           be
           Ignorant
           of
           their
           Principles
           :
           Which
           is
           a
           Fallacy
           in
           Terms
           ▪
           for
           as
           they
           
           are
           
             a
             Body
             of
             People
          
           ,
           how
           could
           I
           ,
           or
           any
           Body
           else
           ,
           know
           their
           Principles
           ,
           when
           't
           is
           known
           to
           all
           the
           World
           they
           have
           none
           ,
           and
           are
           profess'd
           Enemies
           to
           
             All
             Creeds
          
           ,
           and
           
             Confessions
             of
             Faith
          
           owned
           by
           all
           their
           Members
           ,
           without
           which
           't
           is
           impossible
           (
           without
           a
           Miracle
           )
           to
           know
           what
           their
           Principles
           are
           ;
           for
           to
           this
           day
           never
           any
           
             Confession
             of
             Faith
          
           has
           been
           universally
           received
           by
           them
           ;
           but
           some
           are
           of
           one
           Opinion
           ,
           some
           of
           others
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           affirm'd
           to
           Day
           for
           Truth
           ,
           is
           denied
           to
           Morrow
           :
           A
           Weather-Cock
           is
           not
           more
           variable
           in
           its
           Motion
           ,
           than
           the
           Quakers
           are
           dexterous
           in
           shifting
           their
           Opinions
           ,
           through
           all
           the
           parts
           of
           the
           Compass
           .
           They
           are
           now
           more
           enraged
           against
           me
           than
           ever
           ,
           and
           call
           me
           
             the
             Epitome
             and
             very
             common
             place
             of
             all
             their
             Preceding
             Adversaries
             ,
          
           with
           other
           vile
           and
           abusive
           Names
           ,
           which
           is
           but
           acting
           like
           themselves
           ,
           and
           spewing
           out
           the
           Venom
           of
           their
           Hearts
           against
           me
           ;
           from
           the
           Infection
           of
           which
           I
           pray
           God
           preserve
           me
           and
           all
           Christian
           People
           ;
           and
           that
           if
           it
           please
           God
           ,
           he
           may
           give
           them
           a
           Sense
           of
           their
           great
           Sin
           of
           uncharitableness
           towards
           me
           ,
           and
           true
           Repentance
           and
           forgiveness
           of
           it
           ,
           who
           hate
           me
           ,
           and
           count
           me
           their
           Enemy
           ,
           for
           endeavouring
           to
           do
           them
           good
           ,
           and
           seeking
           sincerely
           to
           reduce
           them
           from
           their
           Errors
           to
           the
           Truth
           ;
           the
           Success
           of
           which
           my
           sincere
           Labour
           ,
           I
           commit
           to
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           with
           whom
           I
           leave
           my
           Righteous
           Cause
           ,
           and
           in
           whose
           Mercy
           I
           trust
           through
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           preserve
           me
           in
           Soul
           and
           Body
           ,
           from
           being
           a
           Sacrifice
           to
           their
           Fury
           and
           Rage
           .
           I
           know
           their
           way
           of
           Extolling
           themselves
           ,
           as
           the
           only
           People
           of
           God
           ,
           discoverers
           of
           Truth
           ,
           vilifying
           all
           others
           as
           unfound
           and
           mistaken
           ,
           that
           have
           no
           such
           high
           Pretences
           ,
           whilst
           it
           's
           a
           crying
           Sin
           ,
           that
           so
           many
           false
           Teachers
           should
           be
           suffer'd
           ,
           that
           speak
           Lyes
           in
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           pretending
           the
           same
           immediate
           Message
           and
           Authority
           that
           the
           true
           Prophets
           had
           ,
           when
           they
           can
           give
           no
           Proof
           of
           it
           ;
           but
           
           many
           undeniable
           Proofs
           can
           be
           given
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           as
           particularly
           their
           Antichristian
           Errors
           publish'd
           in
           their
           Books
           ,
           wherein
           they
           Lye
           for
           Conscience
           sake
           ,
           and
           Entitle
           their
           Errors
           and
           Blasphemies
           to
           the
           holy
           Spirit
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           The
           last
           Objection
           that
           they
           raise
           against
           ●e
           ,
           &
           is
           assign'd
           as
           a
           Reason
           for
           refusing
           to
           dispute
           with
           me
           at
           Turners's-Hall
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           none
           of
           the
           Quakers
           that
           are
           at
           Unity
           with
           them
           do
           acknowledge
           ,
           or
           regard
           me
           .
           Now
           ,
           to
           confute
           their
           Allegation
           ,
           and
           to
           prove
           it
           all
           of
           a
           Piece
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           their
           Suggestions
           ,
           I
           am
           obliged
           to
           acquaint
           the
           Reader
           ,
           That
           as
           an
           Evidence
           of
           my
           owning
           the
           
             Ch.
             of
             England
          
           to
           be
           a
           Branch
           of
           the
           
             True
             Catholick
             Church
             of
             Christ
          
           ,
           I
           did
           with
           great
           Inward
           Peace
           and
           Satisfaction
           ,
           I
           bless
           God
           ,
           Receive
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           ,
           by
           the
           Ministry
           of
           Dr.
           Bedford
           ,
           at
           his
           Church
           in
           
             Buttolph-Lane
             ,
             London
          
           ,
           with
           others
           of
           that
           Congregation
           ,
           the
           first
           Lords
           Day
           in
           the
           Month
           of
           February
           ,
           1699
           ,
           and
           since
           again
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           place
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           Person
           ,
           the
           first
           Lords
           Day
           in
           March
           ,
           1699
           ;
           and
           to
           let
           the
           Quakers
           know
           ,
           that
           my
           Example
           has
           influenced
           others
           ,
           the
           same
           day
           
             Robert
             Bridgman
          
           ,
           and
           
             Margaret
             Everard
          
           ,
           and
           some
           other
           of
           my
           Friends
           ,
           which
           formerly
           were
           Quakers
           ,
           and
           in
           great
           Repute
           among
           that
           People
           ,
           whom
           God
           in
           Mercy
           has
           lately
           enlightened
           to
           see
           their
           former
           Error
           ,
           and
           Renounce
           it
           ,
           did
           receive
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           in
           Huntington
           ,
           and
           have
           declared
           ,
           That
           they
           received
           it
           with
           great
           inward
           Peace
           and
           Satisfaction
           .
           In
           a
           Letter
           since
           of
           a
           later
           date
           ,
           I
           am
           imform'd
           ,
           That
           Ten
           of
           my
           Friends
           in
           
             Huntington
             ,
             Godmanchester
          
           ,
           and
           thereabouts
           ,
           who
           were
           formerly
           Quakers
           ,
           &
           of
           good
           Reputation
           ,
           do
           all
           now
           go
           to
           Church
           there
           ;
           and
           that
           
             Margaret
             Everard
          
           has
           had
           her
           youngest
           Son
           ,
           and
           three
           Daughters
           baptized
           lately
           .
           By
           Letters
           from
           Bedford
           ,
           I
           have
           an
           Account
           ,
           that
           some
           that
           had
           been
           Quakers
           ,
           both
           in
           that
           Town
           and
           Country
           ,
           are
           gone
           off
           from
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           and
           go
           to
           
           Church
           ,
           particularly
           
             W.
             Ma●her
          
           and
           his
           Wife
           ▪
           Also
           at
           Reading
           ,
           divers
           who
           were
           formerly
           Quakers
           ,
           and
           were
           so
           Educated
           ,
           have
           gone
           to
           Church
           ,
           and
           were
           Baptized
           ,
           and
           that
           others
           have
           brought
           their
           Children
           to
           be
           Baptized
           .
           Here
           in
           London
           ,
           divers
           of
           both
           Sexes
           ,
           who
           were
           Educated
           under
           the
           Profession
           of
           Quakers
           ,
           have
           been
           lately
           Baptized
           ,
           and
           go
           to
           Church
           ,
           one
           of
           whom
           is
           my
           youngest
           Daughter
           ,
           my
           Elder
           having
           been
           Baptized
           above
           a
           year
           ago
           .
           So
           that
           to
           my
           certain
           Knowledge
           ,
           above
           
             forty
             Persons
          
           within
           a
           few
           Months
           past
           ,
           are
           come
           off
           from
           Quakerism
           ,
           and
           brought
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           gives
           a
           good
           ground
           to
           hope
           ,
           that
           many
           more
           will
           follow
           :
           Which
           God
           in
           his
           great
           Mercy
           grant
           ,
           and
           prosper
           my
           Sincere
           ,
           tho'
           mean
           Indeavours
           and
           Labours
           ,
           and
           other
           his
           Servants
           ,
           whom
           he
           has
           made
           Instrumental
           in
           this
           Work
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Success
           he
           has
           been
           pleas'd
           to
           give
           us
           therein
           ,
           
             All
             Glory
             ,
             Honour
             ,
             and
             Praise
             be
             given
             to
             his
             most
             Holy
             Name
             ,
             through
             Jesus
             Christ
             our
             Lord
             ,
          
           Amen
           .
        
         
           And
           whereas
           my
           Adversaries
           ,
           
             George
             Whitehead
          
           ,
           and
           other
           Quaking
           Preachers
           ,
           have
           given
           it
           as
           a
           Reason
           why
           they
           would
           not
           meet
           me
           at
           
             Turner's-Hall
             ▪
          
           was
           ,
           because
           they
           know
           none
           who
           had
           been
           in
           Unity
           with
           them
           since
           I
           came
           into
           England
           ,
           who
           did
           own
           me
           ,
           or
           were
           in
           danger
           to
           be
           brought
           off
           from
           them
           ;
           that
           Objection
           to
           their
           own
           Knowledge
           and
           full
           Conviction
           ,
           is
           now
           quite
           removed
           ;
           for
           both
           
             Robert
             Bridgman
          
           ,
           and
           
             M.
             Everard
          
           ,
           besides
           :
           divers
           others
           that
           might
           be
           named
           ,
           were
           not
           only
           ,
           in
           Vnity
           with
           them
           since
           my
           Arrival
           in
           ▪
           England
           ,
           but
           in
           great
           Repute
           among
           them
           :
           
             Robert
             Bridgman
          
           having
           not
           only
           been
           a
           Member
           of
           their
           Mens
           Meeting
           in
           London
           ;
           but
           one
           that
           was
           en●rusted
           with
           receiving
           and
           distributing
           the
           Money
           ▪
           Collected
           for
           their
           Poor
           in
           the
           City
           of
           
             London
             .
             Margaret
             Everard
          
           has
           for
           many
           years
           ,
           till
           very
           lately
           ,
           been
           received
           ,
           and
           well
           owned
           ,
           as
           a
           
             Speaker
             among
             them
             ,
             both
             in
             City
             and
             Country
             .
          
           And
           it
           ,
           
           is
           most
           certain
           ,
           That
           the
           Quakers
           refusing
           to
           meet
           ▪
           and
           dispute
           with
           me
           in
           Defence
           of
           their
           own
           Principles
           at
           Turner's-Hall
           ,
           has
           been
           a
           great
           Means
           to
           let
           many
           of
           those
           formerly
           in
           Unity
           with
           them
           ,
           see
           their
           
             Sandy
             Foundation
          
           ,
           and
           the
           badness
           of
           their
           Cause
           ;
           and
           will
           yet
           be
           a
           further
           Means
           to
           give
           many
           others
           the
           like
           Discovery
           ,
           who
           are
           dissatisfied
           with
           their
           not
           appearing
           ,
           either
           to
           vindicate
           their
           Books
           ,
           and
           Authors
           ,
           or
           to
           acknowledge
           the
           great
           Errors
           contained
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           Retract
           them
           .
           They
           are
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           brought
           to
           a
           very
           
             Pinching
             Dilemma
          
           ;
           for
           if
           they
           dare
           not
           appear
           to
           answer
           the
           change
           of
           
             Error
             ,
             Heresie
          
           ,
           and
           even
           Blasphemy
           ,
           that
           is
           brought
           against
           them
           ,
           but
           invent
           frivolous
           Discourses
           to
           excuse
           themselves
           ,
           the
           People
           will
           soon
           perceive
           their
           Cause
           is
           bad
           ,
           that
           stands
           in
           need
           of
           such
           weak
           Props
           to
           support
           it
           .
           One
           Pretence
           for
           their
           non-appearance
           was
           ,
           That
           they
           might
           not
           offend
           that
           Authority
           that
           had
           indulged
           them
           with
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           make
           little
           other
           use
           of
           it
           ,
           than
           to
           Rail
           against
           that
           Religion
           and
           Church
           whereof
           the
           King
           himself
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           of
           his
           Subjects
           are
           Members
           ,
           and
           to
           call
           me
           and
           my
           Friends
           for
           owning
           that
           Church
           ,
           and
           coming
           into
           Communion
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           Relinquishing
           the
           Errors
           condemned
           by
           it
           ,
           Apostates
           ,
           and
           Runagado's
           .
        
         
           For
           his
           Insinuating
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           Envy
           increasing
           in
           me
           ,
           that
           has
           led
           me
           into
           a
           disturbance
           of
           Mind
           ,
           which
           in
           its
           Course
           resembles
           the
           returns
           of
           a
           delirious
           Affliction
           ,
           and
           that
           has
           caus'd
           me
           to
           give
           them
           so
           much
           Disquiet
           ;
           I
           think
           it
           not
           worth
           an
           Answer
           ,
           and
           therefore
           shall
           leave
           it
           as
           an
           Instance
           of
           their
           
             Scornful
             ,
             Proud
          
           ,
           and
           Haughty
           ,
           as
           well
           Vncharitable
           ,
           and
           Vnchristian
           Tempers
           .
           They
           reckon
           me
           their
           Enemy
           ,
           because
           I
           tell
           them
           the
           Truth
           ,
           and
           labour
           to
           Rescue
           them
           out
           of
           the
           Snares
           of
           Satan
           :
           But
           since
           God
           has
           been
           pleas'd
           to
           prosper
           this
           Work
           in
           my
           Hand
           ,
           both
           in
           America
           and
           England
           ,
           none
           of
           their
           malicious
           Insinuations
           
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           stop
           my
           Progress
           in
           this
           Duty
           ,
           
             to
             contend
             earnestly
             for
             the
             Faith
             of
             Christ
             which
             was
             once
             delivered
             to
             the
             Saints
             ,
          
           and
           which
           the
           Quakers
           labour
           to
           Destroy
           .
        
         
           Having
           thus
           answered
           their
           Objections
           ;
           and
           being
           now
           by
           Imposition
           of
           Holy
           Hands
           ,
           
             Ordain'd
             a
             Minister
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           not
           be
           thought
           to
           desert
           the
           Quakers
           out
           of
           any
           Personal
           Disgust
           ,
           or
           for
           Worldly
           Interest
           ;
           but
           purely
           out
           of
           the
           Dissatisfaction
           of
           my
           Conscience
           ,
           because
           
             they
             had
             forsaken
             God
             ,
             and
             Renounced
             the
             Principles
             of
             Christian
             Religion
          
           :
           And
           that
           I
           durst
           not
           on
           the
           Peril
           of
           my
           Eternal
           Salvation
           ,
           associate
           longer
           with
           them
           ,
           lest
           being
           tainted
           with
           their
           Erors
           ,
           I
           should
           be
           obnoxious
           to
           their
           Punishment
           :
           I
           shall
           in
           the
           next
           place
           give
           you
           some
           of
           my
           Reasons
           ,
           that
           engaged
           me
           to
           Abandon
           Quakerism
           ,
           and
           to
           embrace
           Christianity
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           
             Doctrine
             and
             Discipline
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             of
          
           England
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           first
           Reason
           I
           assign
           for
           leaving
           Quakerism
           ,
           is
           because
           they
           are
           at
           such
           great
           Vncertainties
           in
           what
           they
           profess
           ,
           that
           no
           Man
           can
           have
           any
           assurance
           where
           to
           bottom
           ,
           or
           whether
           that
           which
           they
           own
           to
           day
           ,
           will
           be
           allow'd
           to
           be
           Truth
           to
           Morrow
           .
           They
           are
           constant
           in
           nothing
           but
           in
           Contradiction
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           Reason
           enough
           for
           them
           to
           Disbelieve
           any
           Position
           ,
           and
           with
           all
           their
           Force
           and
           Powers
           to
           oppose
           it
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           not
           the
           ●onour
           of
           their
           Invention
           ,
           and
           became
           Current
           by
           the
           Stamp
           of
           their
           own
           Authority
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           were
           not
           for
           their
           Habits
           ,
           they
           would
           be
           all
           taken
           for
           Mahometans
           ,
           by
           refusing
           to
           believe
           ,
           or
           act
           like
           Christians
           .
           All
           other
           Religious
           Societies
           have
           their
           Confessions
           of
           Faith
           ,
           under
           some
           Appellation
           or
           other
           ,
           by
           which
           Men
           may
           know
           what
           they
           believe
           ;
           but
           the
           Quakers
           are
           such
           Lattitudinarians
           ,
           that
           if
           a
           Stranger
           should
           ask
           what
           they
           were
           ,
           he
           could
           receive
           no
           other
           Answer
           ,
           than
           
             that
             they
             are
             what
             other
             Men
             are
             not
          
           ;
           but
           such
           as
           in
           
             Humour
             ,
             Gesture
             ,
             Garb
             ,
             Mein●
             ,
          
           and
           Pedantick
           ,
           Canting
           
           Nonsence
           ,
           are
           Antipodes
           to
           all
           the
           World
           ;
           of
           which
           nothing
           is
           a
           greater
           instance
           ,
           than
           carrying
           dead
           Men
           to
           their
           Graves
           with
           their
           Heads
           foremost
           :
           And
           if
           enquiry
           should
           be
           made
           what
           Faith
           they
           profess
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           answered
           ,
           that
           no
           Body
           knows
           ,
           nor
           themselves
           neither
           ;
           and
           their
           Meeting-Houses
           might
           be
           Dedicated
           
             to
             the
             unknown
             God.
          
           
        
         
           A
           second
           Reason
           is
           ,
           That
           if
           their
           Principles
           may
           be
           collected
           out
           of
           the
           Books
           they
           publish
           ,
           they
           are
           too
           
             Erroneous
             ,
             Heretical
          
           and
           Blasphemous
           for
           any
           good
           Christian
           to
           comply
           with
           ;
           some
           of
           which
           I
           shall
           recite
           in
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           and
           refer
           you
           in
           the
           Margin
           to
           such
           Places
           in
           my
           Narratives
           where
           the
           Quotations
           are
           proved
           beyond
           contradiction
           .
           Now
           the
           first
           thing
           I
           shall
           charge
           the
           Quakers
           with
           ,
           is
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Scriptures
          
           ,
           according
           the
           Dictate
           of
           their
           greatest
           Teachers
           ,
           
             are
             not
             the
             Word
             of
             God.
          
           This
           Notion
           is
           so
           common
           among
           all
           their
           Authors
           ,
           and
           so
           frequent
           in
           the
           Mouths
           of
           their
           Proselites
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           almost
           lost
           labour
           to
           prove
           it
           upon
           them
           .
           One
           of
           their
           famed
           Authors
           is
           so
           angry
           with
           his
           Opponent
           ,
           for
           affirming
           
             that
             the
             Scriptures
             are
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
          
           that
           he
           charges
           him
           with
           Blasphemy
           *
           for
           Asserting
           it
           ,
           and
           by
           consequence
           makes
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Protestant
           Churches
           to
           be
           guilty
           of
           that
           direful
           Imputation
           .
           Nor
           is
           this
           Doctrine
           of
           theirs
           a
           strife
           about
           Words
           ;
           but
           the
           Foundation
           of
           their
           Deism
           ,
           and
           a
           handle
           for
           the
           Overthrowing
           Christianity
           ;
           and
           therefore
           the
           Quakers
           have
           very
           lately
           Reprinted
           William
           Penn's
           Discourse
           concerning
           the
           General
           Rule
           of
           Faith
           and
           Practice
           ,
           who
           brings
           Fourteen
           Arguments
           to
           prove
           that
           the
           Scriptures
           are
           not
           the
           General
           Rule
           of
           Faith
           and
           Practice
           ;
           in
           Three
           of
           which
           Arguments
           he
           accuses
           them
           of
           
             Imperfection
             ,
             Vncertainty
          
           and
           Obscurity
           :
           And
           this
           is
           a
           most
           dangerous
           Heresie
           ;
           for
           by
           this
           Principle
           they
           are
           not
           obliged
           to
           believe
           one
           intire
           Doctrine
           in
           the
           Apostles
           
           Creed
           ,
           as
           indeed
           I
           could
           easily
           prove
           they
           do
           not
           .
           
             George
             Fox
          
           does
           not
           only
           deny
           the
           Scriptures
           to
           be
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           *
           ,
           but
           gives
           them
           contemptible
           Names
           ,
           as
           Ink
           and
           Paper
           ,
           Dust
           ,
           and
           Serpent
           Meat
           .
           But
           that
           the
           Scriptures
           are
           
             the
             Word
             of
             God
          
           is
           clear
           from
           abundant
           of
           Places
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           .
           
             Our
             Gospel
             came
             unto
             you
          
           ,
           said
           Paul
           to
           the
           
             Thessalonians
             ,
             not
             in
             Word
             only
          
           ;
           by
           Word
           here
           is
           meant
           Doctrine
           .
           Isai
           .
           28.13
           .
           
             The
             word
             of
             the
             Lord
             was
             made
             unto
             them
             Precept
             upon
             Precept
             ,
             Line
             upon
             Line
          
           ;
           here
           the
           Precepts
           and
           written
           Lines
           of
           the
           Prophets
           are
           called
           
             the
             Word
             of
             the
             Lord
          
           ;
           and
           John
           15.25
           .
           it
           is
           called
           the
           
             written
             Word
          
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           short
           Sentence
           written
           in
           one
           of
           the
           Psalms
           .
           And
           when
           Paul
           bid
           Timothy
           preach
           the
           Word
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           justly
           thought
           that
           he
           would
           have
           him
           only
           preach
           the
           Inward
           Word
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           Word
           he
           meant
           
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Gospel
          
           ;
           and
           all
           that
           the
           Quakers
           say
           against
           this
           received
           Truth
           ,
           is
           but
           mere
           trifling
           ,
           and
           humouring
           their
           Spirit
           of
           Contradiction
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           stroke
           the
           Quakers
           make
           towards
           the
           Destruction
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           is
           ,
           against
           the
           Divinity
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           to
           this
           purpose
           
             William
             Penn
          
           in
           a
           Controversie
           between
           himself
           and
           some
           Presbyterian
           Ministers
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           where
           the
           Question
           was
           ,
           whither
           he
           that
           suffered
           Death
           without
           the
           Gates
           of
           Jerusalem
           was
           not
           ,
           and
           is
           ,
           properly
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           
             William
             Penn
          
           in
           his
           Book
           called
           a
           
             Serious
             Apology
          
           ,
           p.
           146.
           saith
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Outward
             Person
             which
             suffered
             was
             properly
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             we
             utterly
             deny
             .
          
           With
           the
           like
           Confidence
           G.W.
           assaults
           the
           Humanity
           of
           Christ
           ,
           in
           pos
           〈…〉
           tively
           denying
           that
           Christ
           consisted
           of
           Flesh
           and
           Bones
           ,
           in
           those
           words
           :
           
             I
             distinguish
          
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           
             between
             consisting
             and
             having
             ,
             Christ
             had
             Flesh
             and
             Bones
             but
             did
             not
             consist
             of
             them
             :
             as
             a
             Man
             has
             a
             Coat
             or
             Garment
             ,
             but
             does
             not
             consist
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             that
             outward
             Person
             that
             suffered
             at
          
           Jerusalem
           
             was
             Christ
             by
             a
             Metoning
             of
             the
             the
             thing
             containing
             for
             the
             thing
             contained
             .
          
           
           But
           all
           Sound
           and
           Orthodox
           Christians
           say
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           that
           Christ
           is
           both
           God
           and
           Man
           ,
           having
           his
           Godhead
           and
           Manhood
           so
           united
           as
           to
           constitute
           
             one
             Christ
          
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           miraculous
           and
           extraordinary
           Vnion
           ,
           that
           no
           other
           Creatures
           neither
           Angels
           nor
           Men
           are
           dignified
           with
           !
           And
           though
           Christ
           as
           Man
           was
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           miraculously
           conceived
           and
           born
           in
           time
           ;
           and
           also
           as
           God
           ,
           was
           by
           a
           Generation
           from
           all
           Eternity
           ,
           yet
           he
           is
           but
           one
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           because
           of
           the
           personal
           Union
           of
           the
           Godhead
           with
           his
           Manhood
           ,
           
             both
             as
             God
             and
             Man
             ,
             is
             properly
             the
             Son
             of
             God.
          
           The
           Excuse
           the
           Quakers
           make
           ,
           that
           Christ
           did
           not
           meerly
           consist
           of
           Flesh
           ,
           Blood
           and
           Bones
           ,
           signifies
           nothing
           ;
           for
           none
           ever
           affirm'd
           any
           such
           thing
           :
           Whatsoever
           has
           Parts
           consists
           of
           those
           Parts
           ,
           Incompleatly
           of
           one
           or
           more
           Parts
           ,
           Compleatly
           of
           them
           all
           .
           The
           Foundation
           of
           the
           Quakers
           great
           Error
           on
           this
           Head
           ,
           lieth
           here
           ,
           That
           because
           Christ
           was
           before
           the
           Body
           was
           ,
           therefore
           that
           Body
           is
           no
           part
           of
           him
           ,
           which
           is
           easily
           answered
           thus
           :
           Christ
           was
           before
           that
           Body
           was
           ,
           but
           he
           was
           not
           compleatly
           and
           in
           all
           respects
           ,
           fitted
           to
           be
           the
           Anointed
           Saviour
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           until
           the
           
             Word
             was
             made
             Flesh
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           till
           the
           Word
           did
           take
           our
           Flesh
           and
           whole
           Nature
           into
           a
           personal
           Union
           with
           him
           ,
           which
           was
           necessary
           to
           the
           compleat
           Performance
           of
           his
           Mediatory
           Offices
           ,
           of
           King
           ,
           Priest
           and
           Prophet
           ,
           and
           especially
           of
           his
           Priestly
           Office.
           
        
         
           The
           next
           thing
           I
           charge
           as
           abominable
           Blasphemy
           upon
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           especially
           G.F.
           and
           
             .
             G
             .
             W
          
           is
           for
           affirming
           ,
           
             That
             Christ's
             coming
             in
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             his
             Suffering
             without
             us
             in
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             his
             outward
             Flesh
             and
             Blood
             was
             a
             Figure
             ,
             and
             but
             a
             Figure
             of
             Christ
             of
             what
             he
             suffered
             in
             us
             ,
             and
             his
             Blood
             shed
             in
             us
             .
          
           Thus
           as
           the
           Quakers
           reason
           why
           they
           cast
           off
           outward
           Baptism
           and
           the
           
             Lords
             Supper
          
           ,
           is
           ,
           because
           the
           Substance
           is
           revealed
           in
           them
           ,
           whereof
           they
           were
           Figures
           ;
           so
           for
           the
           same
           Reason
           
           they
           think
           Christ's
           Death
           at
           Jerusalem
           is
           not
           to
           be
           minded
           nor
           Preach'd
           ,
           because
           
             it
             was
             but
             a
             Figure
             of
             Christ's
             Suffering
             in
             them
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           the
           use
           and
           remembrance
           of
           it
           ceaseth
           ;
           and
           if
           this
           is
           not
           horrid
           Blasphemy
           ,
           certainly
           there
           is
           no
           such
           thing
           in
           the
           World.
           This
           was
           generally
           their
           manner
           of
           Preaching
           and
           Writing
           at
           their
           first
           appearance
           ;
           to
           tell
           People
           that
           Christ
           was
           Begotten
           in
           them
           ,
           Born
           in
           them
           ,
           
             Crucified
             Dead
          
           and
           
             Buried
             ,
             Risen
          
           and
           Ascended
           into
           Heaven
           
             within
             them
          
           ,
           and
           that
           every
           one
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           eternal
           Salvation
           ,
           must
           learn
           to
           know
           Christ
           thus
           Begotten
           and
           Born
           in
           them
           ,
           &c.
           and
           this
           
             inward
             Conception
          
           and
           Birth
           of
           Christ
           they
           made
           the
           greatest
           Mystery
           and
           Reality
           ,
           whereof
           Christ
           as
           born
           in
           the
           Flesh
           was
           the
           
             Figure
             ,
             and
             a
             facile
             Representation
          
           (
           to
           use
           William
           Penn's
           Phrase
           )
           
             of
             what
             is
             to
             be
             transacted
             in
             us
             ,
          
           and
           thus
           they
           represented
           the
           Work
           of
           Regeneration
           to
           be
           a
           greater
           Mystery
           than
           
             God
             manifested
             in
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             viz.
          
           in
           that
           Body
           of
           Flesh
           that
           was
           born
           at
           Bethlehem
           .
           By
           this
           high
           sublime
           Doctrine
           ,
           which
           many
           admired
           because
           they
           did
           not
           understand
           it
           ,
           they
           gave
           forth
           to
           be
           given
           by
           
             immediate
             Revelation
             from
             Heaven
          
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           plain
           Cheat
           and
           a
           horrid
           Lye
           ,
           for
           the
           whole
           was
           nothing
           but
           what
           
             George
             Fox
          
           had
           gleaned
           from
           some
           old
           Ranters
           and
           Familists
           ,
           who
           had
           it
           long
           before
           him
           .
           They
           also
           mightily
           magnified
           themselves
           ,
           and
           Rail'd
           against
           all
           others
           as
           Dark
           ,
           Ignorant
           ,
           Sots
           ,
           Deceivers
           and
           Antichrists
           ,
           that
           would
           not
           receive
           this
           new-fangled
           Notion
           ,
           which
           they
           learned
           from
           Ranters
           and
           Familists
           .
           And
           tho
           while
           I
           was
           with
           them
           .
           I
           was
           not
           altogether
           Ignorant
           that
           they
           used
           such
           Phrases
           of
           Speech
           ;
           yet
           I
           thought
           they
           understood
           it
           only
           by
           way
           of
           Allegory
           and
           
             Methaphor
             ,
             as
             Origen
             ,
             Austin
             ,
          
           and
           other
           Greek
           and
           Latin
           Fathers
           did
           ,
           and
           which
           I
           my self
           have
           partly
           used
           in
           some
           of
           my
           former
           Books
           ,
           only
           by
           way
           of
           Allegory
           and
           Metaphor
           ;
           but
           when
           after
           all
           their
           Shifting
           ,
           Doubling
           and
           Prevaricating
           ,
           I
           found
           
           they
           intended
           this
           Doctrine
           should
           be
           understood
           among
           their
           Proselites
           ,
           as
           indeed
           it
           is
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           literal
           Interpretation
           ,
           I
           did
           my
           utmost
           to
           oppose
           the
           growth
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           drew
           the
           Envy
           of
           their
           Preachers
           upon
           my self
           .
        
         
           And
           since
           I
           have
           taken
           the
           liberty
           to
           charge
           them
           with
           Blasphemy
           upon
           this
           Head
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           incert
           a
           Blasphemous
           Letter
           in
           this
           brief
           Discourse
           ,
           for
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           the
           Readers
           that
           cannot
           compass
           it
           in
           a
           larger
           Volume
           .
           The
           Letter
           was
           written
           by
           
             John
             Audland
          
           ,
           a
           Preacher
           among
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           to
           
             George
             Fox
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Original
           was
           shewed
           at
           the
           Third
           *
           meeting
           at
           Turners-Hall
           ,
           whereof
           the
           following
           is
           a
           true
           Copy
           ,
           Spelt
           and
           Pointed
           according
           to
           the
           Original
           .
        
         
           
             
               DEare
               and
               Presious
               one
               in
               wheme
               my
               life
               is
               bound
               up
               and
               my
               strenth
               in
               thee
               stands
               ,
               by
               thy
               Breathings
               I
               am
               nourished
               and
               Refreshed
               :
               and
               by
               thee
               my
               strenth
               is
               Renewed
               :
               Blessed
               art
               thou
               for
               evermore
               :
               and
               blessed
               are
               all
               they
               that
               enjoy
               thee
               :
               Life
               and
               strenth
               comes
               from
               thee
               holy
               one
               :
               and
               thow
               art
               the
               blessed
               of
               the
               Lord
               for
               ever
               more
               ,
               dear
               dear
               reach
               unto
               mee
               that
               I
               may
               be
               strenthened
               ,
               to
               stand
               in
               the
               mighty
               power
               and
               dread
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               for
               the
               farvisle
               is
               very
               great
               ,
               my
               travel
               and
               burthen
               was
               never
               so
               as
               now
               since
               I
               saw
               thee
               :
               but
               daily
               doe
               I
               find
               thy
               presence
               with
               me
               ,
               which
               doth
               exceedingly
               preserve
               me
               ;
               for
               I
               cannot
               reane
               but
               in
               thy
               presence
               and
               power
               :
               pray
               for
               me
               that
               I
               may
               stand
               in
               thy
               dread
               for
               evermore
               :
               dear
               my
               dear
               Brother
               
                 John
                 Cam
              
               hath
               been
               exceedingly
               sicke
               and
               he
               is
               very
               weak
               I
               can
               say
               little
               of
               his
               Recovery
               as
               yet
               his
               wife
               is
               with
               him
               she
               is
               dear
               and
               preciously
               kept
               ;
               their
               dear
               love
               is
               to
               thee
               ,
               chreach
               through
               all
               thy
               mighty
               power
               to
               him
               this
               bearer
               can
               declare
               to
               thee
               of
               the
               work
               this
               way
               :
               
                 Jo
                 :
                 Wilkinson
                 and
                 Jo
                 :
                 Storey
              
               is
               heare
               ,
               their
               love
               is
               dearly
               to
               thee
               :
               deare
               harte
               there
               is
               one
               
               thing
               that
               lies
               upon
               mee
               :
               I
               shall
               lay
               it
               before
               thee
               :
               as
               touching
               my
               coming
               into
               Wiltshire
               :
               I
               was
               there
               at
               
                 Justice
                 Stoks
              
               house
               :
               and
               his
               Familey
               is
               all
               prety
               loving
               and
               convinced
               :
               and
               he
               is
               a
               sober
               wise
               Man
               and
               there
               is
               honesty
               in
               him
               which
               will
               stand
               :
               and
               there
               is
               a
               
                 pretey
                 people
              
               that
               way
               :
               it
               hath
               laid
               upon
               me
               exceedingly
               these
               three
               days
               of
               thy
               being
               at
               that
               place
               :
               I
               know
               not
               such
               another
               place
               in
               all
               the
               Countrey
               ▪
               for
               thee
               :
               dear
               :
               I
               was
               much
               wounded
               to
               know
               that
               thou
               was
               in
               such
               a
               rude
               place
               and
               suffers
               so
               amongst
               them
               :
               and
               this
               was
               I
               moved
               to
               lay
               before
               thee
               :
               and
               great
               is
               my
               desire
               that
               it
               may
               be
               soe
               :
               the
               place
               is
               about
               20
               Miles
               from
               Brestol
               in
               Wiltshire
               one
               Mile
               from
               Chipenam
               a
               markete
               towne
               
                 Justice
                 :
                 Stoks
              
               house
               
                 Jo
                 Cam
              
               tould
               me
               that
               the
               Justice
               he
               was
               with
               was
               a
               very
               loveing
               
                 and
                 pretey
                 man
              
               :
               this
               bearer
               was
               there
               he
               can
               declare
               to
               thee
               more
               :
               but
               oh
               that
               thou
               weare
               but
               at
               that
               place
               I
               mention
               :
               it
               is
               free
               and
               suteable
               for
               Frends
               coming
               to
               thee
               :
               it
               lies
               much
               upon
               me
               :
               and
               if
               thou
               find
               Moveings
               strike
               over
               thither
               I
               shall
               say
               no
               more
               of
               it
               :
               the
               worke
               is
               great
               heare
               away
               pray
               for
               us
               all
               that
               in
               thy
               power
               we
               may
               abide
               for
               ever
               more
               :
               I
               am
               thyne
               begoten
               and
               nurished
               by
               thee
               and
               in
               thy
               power
               am
               I
               preserved
               glory
               unto
               thee
               holy
               one
               so
               Ever
               :
            
             
               
                 John
                 Audland
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           When
           this
           Letter
           was
           read
           the
           Audience
           was
           struck
           with
           admiration
           ,
           and
           generally
           signified
           their
           great
           Abhorrence
           of
           the
           Blasphemy
           and
           Idolatry
           that
           was
           contain'd
           in
           it
           to
           
             George
             Fox
          
           :
           And
           I
           question
           not
           but
           it
           will
           have
           the
           same
           effect
           upon
           every
           good
           Christian
           Reader
           .
           The
           Quakers
           ,
           who
           are
           an
           Infallible
           People
           in
           every
           thing
           but
           speaking
           Sence
           and
           writing
           English
           ,
           and
           never
           acknowledge
           themselves
           guilty
           of
           any
           Fault
           ,
           excused
           
           
           Audland's
           Letter
           ,
           by
           saying
           these
           words
           were
           not
           intended
           to
           
             George
             Fox
          
           ,
           but
           to
           Christ
           or
           the
           Life
           in
           
             George
             Fox
          
           ,
           which
           some
           think
           is
           a
           greater
           offence
           than
           the
           other
           .
           The
           like
           excuse
           
             George
             Fox
          
           made
           for
           a
           Woman
           Quaker
           ,
           that
           in
           a
           Quakers
           Meeting
           call'd
           
             George
             Fox
             the
             Holy
             One
             of
             Israel
             :
          
           And
           the
           same
           Apology
           was
           made
           for
           those
           Quakers
           that
           sung
           Hosanna
           to
           
             James
             Naylor
          
           at
           his
           Procession
           into
           Bristol
           .
           But
           these
           Shifts
           and
           Quiblings
           does
           not
           hinder
           the
           Practices
           from
           being
           abominable
           Idolatry
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           the
           same
           excuses
           that
           the
           Heathens
           give
           for
           Worshipping
           of
           Idols
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           not
           the
           Idol
           but
           the
           Divine
           Power
           that
           was
           in
           it
           ,
           which
           they
           Worshipped
           .
        
         
           I
           charge
           
             George
             Whitehead
          
           and
           
             William
             Penn
          
           ,
           who
           are
           two
           of
           the
           Leaders
           of
           the
           Quakers
           that
           cause
           them
           to
           Erre
           ,
           with
           downwright
           Heresie
           ,
           in
           
             denying
             Christ
             to
             be
             God
             coequal
             with
             the
             Father
          
           *
           ,
           and
           for
           affirming
           ,
           
             That
             if
             Christ
             was
             Cocreator
             with
             the
             Father
             ,
             then
             there
             were
             two
             Gods.
          
           Also
           for
           denying
           
             the
             Existence
             of
             a
             Christ
             without
             us
             ,
          
           after
           their
           Socratical
           way
           of
           Writing
           ;
           in
           these
           words
           .
           
             What
             Scripture
             Proof
             is
             there
             that
             Christ
             subsisteth
             outwardly
             Bodily
             ,
             without
             us
             at
             God's
             Right-hand
             ?
             and
             where
             is
             God's
             Right-hand
             ,
             is
             it
             visible
             or
             invisible
             ,
             within
             us
             or
             without
             us
             only
             ?
             and
             is
             Christ
             a
             Saviour
             ,
             as
             an
             outward
             bodily
             Existence
             or
             Person
             without
             us
             ,
             distinct
             from
             God
             ,
             and
             on
             that
             consideration
             to
             be
             worshipped
             as
             God
             ,
             Yea
             or
             Nay
             ?
          
           This
           way
           of
           Talking
           and
           Writing
           is
           the
           peculiar
           knack
           of
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           who
           have
           more
           Shifts
           and
           Subterfuges
           to
           cloak
           their
           Heresies
           than
           any
           of
           the
           Ignation
           Tribe
           .
           In
           writing
           about
           Justification
           by
           the
           Blood
           of
           Christ
           ,
           the
           same
           Authors
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           express
           words
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           say
           ,
           
             That
             't
             is
             a
             Confusion
             ,
             a
             Labyrinth
             and
             Vncertainty
             ,
             to
             be
             directed
             to
             Christ
             for
             Justification
             and
             Salvation
             ,
             both
             as
             he
             suffer'd
             at
          
           Jerusalem
           ,
           
             and
             as
             he
             Rose
             again
             and
             is
             Ascended
             into
             Heaven
             above
             the
             Clouds
             and
             Firmaments
          
           ;
           and
           to
           fill
           up
           the
           Measure
           of
           their
           just
           
           Condemnation
           ,
           
             Solomon
             Eccles
          
           has
           published
           it
           in
           Print
           *
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Blood
             of
             Christ
          
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           Justification
           ,
           
             is
             of
             no
             more
             efficacy
             than
             the
             Blood
             of
             another
             Saint
          
           ;
           and
           certainly
           if
           ever
           Comparisons
           were
           Odious
           ,
           this
           Quakeristical
           Absurdity
           is
           intolerable
           .
           All
           their
           Writings
           are
           stuffed
           with
           such
           inexplicable
           and
           unintelligible
           Phrases
           ,
           and
           wild
           Notions
           ,
           that
           they
           seem
           rather
           intended
           to
           puzzle
           and
           distract
           than
           inlighten
           a
           Reader
           ;
           and
           notwithstanding
           all
           their
           fallacious
           Pretences
           of
           being
           an
           
             innocent
             ,
             plain
             ,
             simple
             People
             ,
             that
             are
             most
             affected
             with
             Scripture
             Language
          
           ;
           yet
           they
           are
           as
           far
           from
           it
           as
           Light
           from
           Darkness
           ,
           for
           in
           truth
           no
           Society
           of
           Men
           that
           are
           called
           Christians
           ,
           no
           not
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           it self
           ,
           have
           so
           much
           deviated
           from
           Scripture
           Language
           ,
           and
           Scripture
           Doctrine
           and
           Sence
           ,
           as
           the
           Quakers
           have
           done
           ▪
           And
           as
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Pride
           and
           vain
           Glory
           does
           always
           abound
           in
           worthless
           Minds
           ,
           as
           empty
           Vessels
           and
           shallow
           Brooks
           are
           known
           to
           yield
           the
           loudest
           sound
           ,
           so
           the
           Quakers
           are
           always
           filling
           the
           World
           with
           their
           own
           Commendations
           ,
           as
           if
           there
           were
           no
           good
           ,
           wise
           ,
           nor
           vertuous
           Men
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           but
           what
           were
           enclosed
           within
           the
           narrow
           confines
           of
           a
           
             Quaking
             Conventicle
          
           ,
           whereas
           in
           truth
           the
           readiest
           way
           to
           know
           them
           rightly
           ,
           is
           read
           them
           in
           the
           reverse
           of
           the
           Characters
           they
           give
           themselves
           .
        
         
           The
           Quakers
           also
           say
           ,
           
             that
             we
             are
             not
             Justified
             by
             the
             Blood
             of
             Christ
             outwardly
             shed
             ,
          
           which
           is
           a
           piece
           of
           Divinity
           more
           fit
           for
           Bedlam
           than
           any
           sober
           Society
           of
           People
           ,
           *
           but
           as
           if
           this
           was
           not
           sufficient
           to
           Stigmatize
           them
           ,
           with
           the
           approbius
           Name
           of
           Obstinate
           ,
           or
           Blind
           Hereticks
           ,
           they
           are
           pleas'd
           ▪
           to
           add
           also
           ,
           
             That
             we
             are
             not
             Sanctified
             by
             that
             Blood
             ▪
             of
             Christ
             that
             was
             shed
             without
             the
             Gates
             of
          
           Jerusalem
           ,
           
             but
             by
             an
             inward
             Blood
             ,
             whose
             Power
             and
             Vertue
             is
             unknown
             to
             any
             but
             the
             Quakers
          
           ;
           and
           if
           these
           are
           not
           bold
           Strokes
           against
           the
           whole
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Bible
           ,
           and
           the
           Declarations
           and
           Confessions
           of
           
           the
           whole
           Christian
           World
           ,
           you
           may
           add
           to
           these
           another
           of
           their
           Tennets
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           *
           
             That
             the
             Body
             that
             dieth
             never
             riseth
             again
             ,
          
           which
           is
           expresly
           opposite
           ,
           and
           contradictory
           ,
           to
           many
           places
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           especially
           in
           Acts
           the
           26th
           ,
           
             That
             Christ
             should
             suffer
             ,
             and
             should
             be
             the
             first
             that
             should
             be
             raised
             from
             the
             Dead
             .
          
           In
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           World
           where
           the
           Quakers
           have
           spread
           themselves
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           Universal
           Neglect
           among
           them
           ,
           of
           
             Preaching
             Christ
             Crucified
             ,
             and
             concerning
             Faith
             in
             him
          
           ;
           Preaching
           only
           the
           Light
           within
           ,
           and
           Christ
           within
           :
           And
           when
           I
           began
           to
           preach
           up
           the
           Fundamental
           Principles
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           among
           them
           ,
           they
           stood
           up
           against
           me
           ,
           and
           charg'd
           me
           with
           preaching
           up
           new
           Doctrines
           ,
           and
           one
           appeal'd
           to
           the
           Monthly
           Meeting
           ,
           whether
           they
           ever
           heard
           of
           such
           Doctrines
           preach'd
           in
           the
           Quakers
           Meetings
           ,
           directing
           them
           
             to
             Faith
             in
             a
             Christ
             without
             them
             .
          
           I
           Reverence
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           that
           I
           became
           a
           Quakers
           ;
           but
           if
           I
           had
           known
           they
           had
           had
           such
           Errors
           among
           them
           ,
           
             I
             would
             as
             soon
             have
             put
             my
             Head
             into
             the
             Fire
             ,
             as
             have
             associated
             with
             them
          
           ▪
        
         
           They
           were
           so
           assiduous
           in
           maintaining
           their
           own
           Erroneous
           Principles
           ,
           that
           they
           did
           all
           they
           could
           to
           prevent
           me
           from
           opposing
           them
           ,
           by
           reporting
           that
           I
           was
           a
           
             False
             Teacher
          
           ,
           and
           accused
           me
           for
           setting
           up
           thre
           Heterodox
           Principles
           .
           *
           The
           first
           was
           ,
           
             That
             Christ's
             Body
             rose
             out
             of
             the
             Grave
             ,
          
           and
           they
           affirm'd
           ,
           
             it
             never
             did
          
           ,
           and
           dared
           me
           to
           give
           an
           Instance
           ,
           that
           one
           English
           Quaker
           was
           of
           my
           Opinion
           .
        
         
           The
           Second
           Accusation
           was
           ,
           
             that
             I
             had
             said
             ,
             That
             it
             was
             lawful
             to
             pray
             to
             Jesus
             Christ
             Crucified
             .
          
           And
           in
           this
           also
           challeng'd
           me
           to
           name
           one
           
             Quaker
             that
             I
             ever
             heard
             pray
             to
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           when
           the
           1
           Cor.
           1.2
           .
           was
           read
           .
           
             To
             all
             that
             call
             upon
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             both
             their
             Lord
             and
             ours
             .
          
           The
           Quakers
           answer'd
           ,
           That
           Paul
           
             was
             as
             Dark
             ,
             and
             as
             Ignorant
             as
          
           George
           Keith
           is
           ;
           adding
           ,
           
             for
             our
             part
             we
             know
             better
             .
          
        
         
         
           The
           third
           piece
           of
           False
           Doctrine
           they
           accused
           me
           of
           ,
           was
           ,
           for
           saying
           ,
           
             That
             the
             best
             Saints
             had
             need
             to
             come
             always
             to
             God
             by
             the
             Mediator
             ,
             the
             Man
             Christ
             Jesus
             .
          
           This
           they
           inveighed
           against
           as
           a
           gross
           Error
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
             they
             would
             come
             to
             God
             without
             him
          
           ;
           this
           sort
           of
           Doctrine
           is
           to
           be
           found
           in
           William
           Shewen's
           Book
           ,
           a
           Quaker
           in
           great
           esteem
           among
           them
           .
        
         
           For
           these
           things
           they
           Excommunicated
           me
           first
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           presented
           me
           by
           a
           
             Grand
             Jury
          
           ,
           at
           Philadelphia
           in
           Pensilvania
           ,
           and
           they
           would
           have
           found
           me
           guilty
           of
           Death
           ,
           (
           though
           I
           was
           wholy
           Innocent
           of
           indeavouring
           to
           change
           the
           Government
           ,
           which
           they
           accused
           me
           of
           )
           if
           the
           Government
           had
           not
           been
           taken
           out
           of
           their
           Hands
           ,
           and
           I
           discharg'd
           from
           that
           false
           and
           malicious
           Accusation
           by
           Governour
           Fletcher
           .
        
         
           
             George
             Whitehead
          
           ,
           and
           
             William
             Penn
          
           ,
           *
           by
           Allegorizing
           Plain
           and
           Positive
           Texts
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           overthrow
           the
           Belief
           of
           Christ's
           Birth
           ,
           his
           
             Death
             ,
             Resurrection
             ,
             Ascension
          
           ,
           and
           
             coming
             to
             Judgment
          
           ,
           and
           by
           this
           Artifice
           ,
           has
           left
           us
           no
           Scripture
           to
           prove
           that
           the
           Death
           of
           Christ
           was
           any
           benefit
           to
           us
           ;
           and
           as
           to
           Christ's
           coming
           to
           Judgment
           ,
           Whitehead
           says
           in
           an
           Answer
           to
           
             R.
             Gordon
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             look
             till
             his
             Eyes
             dropt
             out
             ,
             before
             he
             should
             see
             ,
             Christ
             appear
             again
             outwardly
             in
             a
             Bodily
             Existence
             .
          
           After
           this
           having
           read
           over
           my
           Books
           ,
           they
           drew
           up
           ten
           Articles
           against
           me
           ,
           charging
           me
           with
           false
           Doctrine
           in
           ten
           Particulars
           ▪
           and
           
             John
             Humphrey
          
           says
           in
           his
           first
           Letter
           ,
           that
           he
           perceives
           by
           those
           Articles
           ,
           
             That
             my
             Faith
             relished
             too
             much
             of
             Carnality
             ,
             a
             carnal
             Body
             of
             Christ
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             a
             carnal
             Election
             and
             Reprobation
             ,
             a
             carnal
             Justification
             and
             Adoption
             ,
             a
             carnal
             Day
             of
             Judgment
             and
             Resurrection
             beyond
             the
             Grave
             .
             I
             am
             grieved
             ,
             
               says
               he
            
             ,
             to
             hear
             some
             say
             ,
             they
             did
             expect
             to
             be
             justified
             by
             that
             Blood
             of
             Christ
             that
             was
             shed
             at
             Jerusalem
             .
             Is
             not
             this
             to
             be
             carnally
             Minded
             ?
          
           
             William
             Baily
          
           ,
           who
           was
           a
           great
           Preacher
           
           among
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           and
           whose
           Books
           *
           they
           have
           Re-printed
           ,
           says
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Apostle
             Preached
             Christ
             the
             word
             nigh
             in
             the
             Heart
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Mouth
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Ingrafted
             Word
             ,
             is
             able
             to
             save
             the
             Soul.
             He
             did
             not
             preach
             a
             Visible
             Christ
             with
             Flesh
             and
             Bones
             ,
             as
             some
             others
             do
             .
             So
             he
             taught
             them
             to
             pray
             ,
             
               Our
               Father
            
             ,
             not
             to
             look
             at
             his
             Person
             ,
             and
             to
             pray
             to
             him
             as
             a
             Person
             without
             them
             ,
             but
             within
             them
             .
          
        
         
           Where
           we
           may
           observe
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           were
           not
           to
           pray
           to
           him
           as
           a
           Person
           without
           them
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           Reason
           they
           are
           not
           to
           believe
           in
           him
           as
           a
           Person
           without
           them
           ;
           but
           Christ
           not
           only
           consider'd
           as
           the
           Word
           ,
           who
           is
           Omnipresent
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           Men
           and
           Things
           ,
           but
           as
           made
           Flesh
           ,
           and
           having
           taken
           the
           true
           Nature
           of
           Man
           into
           a
           Personal
           Union
           therewith
           ,
           and
           replenishing
           the
           same
           with
           the
           fullness
           of
           the
           Godhead
           ,
           and
           with
           all
           fullness
           of
           Grace
           and
           Truth
           ,
           
             is
             the
             Object
             of
             the
             Christian
             Worship
             ,
          
           together
           with
           the
           Father
           ,
           and
           the
           holy
           Spirit
           ,
           dwelling
           and
           residing
           in
           him
           .
        
         
           But
           of
           all
           this
           Antichristian
           Quaking
           Crew
           ,
           none
           have
           discovered
           more
           Indignity
           and
           Hatred
           to
           the
           Blessed
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ,
           than
           
             William
             Shewen
          
           ,
           in
           a
           Book
           ,
           call'd
           ,
           
             A
             small
             Treatise
             concerning
             evil
             Thoughts
             ,
          
           p.
           37.
           being
           about
           to
           conclude
           a
           Paragraph
           ,
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             Not
             to
             Jesus
             the
             Son
             of
          
           Abraham
           ,
           David
           ,
           and
           Mary
           ,
           
             Saint
             ,
             or
             Angel
             ,
             but
             to
             God
             the
             Father
             ,
             all
             Worship
             ,
             Honour
             and
             Glory
             is
             to
             be
             given
             .
          
           A
           Mahometan
           would
           have
           expressed
           greater
           Reverence
           to
           Christ
           than
           this
           Quaker
           has
           done
           ;
           but
           what
           can
           be
           expected
           from
           such
           People
           as
           
             deny
             the
             Lord
             that
             bought
             them
             ,
             and
             count
             the
             Blood
             of
             Jesus
             as
             unprofitable
             to
             Mankind
             .
          
           And
           whether
           these
           are
           not
           sufficient
           Reasons
           for
           leaving
           People
           of
           such
           Principles
           ,
           I
           leave
           the
           World
           to
           judge
           .
        
         
           
             William
             Smith
          
           ,
           a
           great
           Man
           among
           them
           when
           he
           was
           alive
           ,
           in
           his
           Primmer
           ,
           Printed
           at
           London
           ,
           1668
           ,
           Asks
           this
           Question
           ,
           p.
           8.
           
           Child
           ,
           but
           how
           may
           I
           know
           which
           are
           the
           True
           ,
           and
           which
           are
           
           the
           False
           Teachers
           ,
           seeing
           Words
           may
           be
           the
           same
           ?
           and
           makes
           Childs
           the
           Father
           thus
           instruct
           the
           Child
           :
           
             Why
             ,
             they
             that
             are
             false
             Preach
             Christ
             without
             ,
             and
             bid
             People
             believe
             in
             him
             as
             he
             is
             in
             Heaven
             above
             ;
             but
             they
             that
             are
             true
             Ministers
             ,
             they
             Preach
             Christ
             within
             ,
             and
             direct
             People
             to
             wait
             to
             feel
             him
             in
             themselves
             ;
             and
             so
             to
             believe
             in
             him
             as
             he
             makes
             himself
             manifest
             in
             them
             .
          
           And
           having
           given
           this
           as
           an
           infallible
           Sign
           of
           a
           Quaker
           ,
           he
           makes
           the
           Child
           ask
           ;
           but
           must
           I
           not
           try
           all
           things
           by
           the
           Scriptures
           ?
           and
           the
           Father
           answers
           ,
           
             Nay
             ,
             for
             the
             Scriptures
             were
             given
             forth
             by
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             the
             Spirit
             that
             tries
             whether
             the
             things
             be
             true
             or
             false
             ,
             good
             or
             evil
             .
          
        
         
           Here
           is
           another
           piece
           of
           the
           Old
           Serpents
           Subtilty
           ;
           for
           since
           the
           Spirit
           must
           try
           all
           things
           ,
           they
           laying
           a
           claim
           to
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           have
           invested
           themselves
           with
           a
           pretence
           ,
           to
           make
           their
           own
           Sentiments
           of
           greater
           Authority
           than
           the
           Sacred
           Scriptures
           :
           Which
           is
           another
           good
           Reason
           for
           leaving
           them
           that
           deny
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           to
           be
           the
           Test
           of
           Christian
           Doctrines
           ;
           and
           though
           we
           are
           commanded
           to
           
             Search
             the
             Scriptures
          
           ,
           discharge
           us
           from
           doing
           it
           .
        
         
           Through
           the
           Pride
           of
           their
           Hearts
           the
           Quakers
           pretend
           to
           
             Infallibility
             ,
             and
             a
             sinless
             Perfection
             in
             this
             Life
          
           *
           ,
           vilifying
           all
           those
           that
           deny
           them
           this
           Prerogative
           ,
           as
           under
           the
           Curse
           ,
           in
           another
           Spirit
           than
           Christ
           ,
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           and
           Apostles
           were
           in
           ,
           that
           gave
           forth
           the
           Scripture
           .
           And
           
             George
             Whitehead
          
           affirms
           ▪
           
             Those
             that
             Ministers
             that
             want
             Infallibity
             have
             not
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             ,
             but
             are
             out
             of
             the
             Truth
             ,
             and
             their
             Ministry
             is
             deceiful
             .
          
           And
           this
           they
           as
           confidently
           and
           proudly
           affirm
           as
           the
           Pope
           himself
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           denied
           by
           all
           
             Oxthodox
             Christians
          
           ,
           as
           repugnant
           to
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           who
           yet
           grant
           that
           all
           the
           Faithful
           are
           infallibly
           led
           into
           all
           Truths
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           
           by
           the
           infallible
           Spirit
           in
           the
           use
           of
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           which
           contain
           the
           infallible
           Truths
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           But
           as
           this
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Quakers
           is
           contradictory
           to
           Scripture
           ,
           which
           brands
           all
           with
           the
           Infamous
           Character
           of
           Lyars
           that
           pretend
           to
           it
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           seldom
           claim'd
           ,
           but
           by
           those
           that
           are
           farthest
           from
           it
           ,
           as
           is
           manifest
           among
           the
           Quakers
           ;
           who
           though
           they
           pretend
           to
           be
           guided
           by
           an
           
             infallible
             Spirit
          
           ,
           't
           is
           apparent
           that
           many
           of
           them
           are
           under
           great
           Delusions
           and
           Errors
           concerning
           the
           great
           Truths
           of
           the
           Evangelical
           Dispensation
           ,
           as
           has
           been
           proved
           by
           the
           foregoing
           Instances
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           as
           to
           their
           pretence
           to
           
             Sinless
             perfection
          
           ,
           he
           that
           makes
           a
           Scrutiny
           into
           their
           Morals
           ,
           will
           scarce
           find
           them
           such
           a
           Church
           as
           is
           without
           Spot
           or
           Wrinkle
           ,
           but
           are
           as
           far
           from
           that
           Perfection
           which
           they
           boast
           to
           have
           attained
           to
           ,
           as
           any
           other
           sort
           of
           People
           that
           pretend
           to
           any
           exactitude
           in
           their
           Conversation
           ;
           and
           as
           to
           their
           Principles
           't
           is
           certain
           that
           
             George
             Fox
          
           their
           Quondam
           Metropolitan
           ,
           
             Edward
             Burroughs
             ,
             Francis
             Hougil
             ,
             Richard
             Hubberthorn
             ,
          
           and
           some
           of
           their
           greatest
           Saints
           ,
           lived
           in
           great
           Ignorance
           ,
           Error
           and
           Unbelief
           ,
           in
           divers
           great
           Fundamentals
           of
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           ,
           and
           in
           great
           uncharitableness
           toward
           such
           as
           differ'd
           from
           them
           .
           The
           same
           humour
           of
           Self-conceit
           that
           began
           with
           this
           People
           ,
           still
           continues
           among
           them
           ,
           and
           G.W.
           laughs
           at
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           who
           are
           always
           from
           Seven
           Years
           of
           Age
           to
           Seventy
           ,
           
             Praying
             ,
             Lord
             have
             mercy
             upon
             us
             miserable
             Sinners
             .
          
           Is
           not
           this
           a
           plain
           Evidence
           of
           the
           intollerable
           Pride
           that
           reigns
           among
           the
           Quakers
           concerning
           their
           Sinless
           perfection
           ,
           who
           despise
           not
           only
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           but
           all
           other
           Christian
           Churches
           throughout
           the
           World
           ,
           who
           pray
           for
           Forgiveness
           of
           Sins
           ,
           tho'
           when
           Christ
           taught
           his
           Disciples
           to
           pray
           for
           their
           Daily-bread
           ,
           he
           enjoined
           them
           also
           to
           pray
           for
           the
           Forgiveness
           of
           their
           Sins
           .
           Must
           not
           the
           Diseased
           come
           to
           the
           Physician
           till
           they
           are
           cured
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           feel
           the
           
           Burden
           of
           Sin
           
             pray
             to
             be
             Eas'd
          
           ?
           How
           arrogantly
           does
           
             George
             Whitehead
          
           charge
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           for
           Confessing
           and
           not
           Forsaking
           their
           Sins
           .
           How
           can
           he
           more
           prove
           his
           Charge
           against
           them
           ,
           than
           against
           his
           own
           Society
           ,
           or
           himself
           .
           Many
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           among
           other
           Protestants
           ,
           may
           compare
           with
           the
           best
           of
           Quakers
           for
           Holiness
           of
           Life
           ,
           and
           far
           exceed
           them
           in
           many
           Vertues
           ,
           especially
           in
           Sobriety
           and
           Humility
           .
           But
           pray
           tell
           me
           ,
           you
           Self-conceited
           Quakers
           ,
           are
           not
           they
           better
           employ'd
           who
           
             confess
             their
             Sins
          
           ,
           and
           yet
           through
           humane
           Frailty
           find
           they
           Relapse
           into
           some
           Sins
           than
           such
           proud
           Pharisees
           as
           you
           are
           ,
           that
           neither
           
             Confess
             nor
             forsake
             your
             Sins
          
           ,
           but
           employ
           your Selves
           in
           Railing
           against
           them
           that
           do
           .
           They
           that
           Confess
           their
           Sins
           shew
           a
           Desire
           ,
           and
           pray
           for
           ability
           to
           forsake
           them
           ,
           whilst
           those
           that
           say
           
             they
             have
             no
             Sin
             ,
             deceive
             themselves
          
           into
           such
           a
           Security
           ,
           as
           is
           the
           ready
           Road
           to
           Damnation
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           great
           Article
           of
           Faith
           which
           they
           deny
           ,
           and
           Fight
           against
           is
           ,
           
             the
             Resurrection
             of
             the
             Body
          
           ;
           but
           because
           the
           denying
           this
           in
           plain
           terms
           ,
           they
           think
           would
           make
           them
           be
           despised
           ,
           among
           all
           the
           various
           Professors
           of
           
             Christianity
             ,
             William
             Penn
          
           being
           urged
           to
           Answer
           the
           Proofs
           that
           were
           brought
           from
           the
           1
           Cor.
           15.
           says
           in
           his
           Rejoinder
           ,
           
             That
             let
             the
             whole
             Chapter
             be
             considered
             ,
             and
             we
             shall
             find
             no
             such
             thing
             as
             to
             imply
             a
             Bodily
             Resurrection
             ,
             but
             a
             change
             from
             Earthly
             Mindedness
             ,
             to
             a
             renewed
             State
             to
             God
             ,
             thro'
             the
             Operation
             of
             the
             Spirit
             .
          
           Which
           shews
           us
           how
           they
           deceive
           the
           unwary
           Readers
           ;
           who
           would
           make
           them
           believe
           they
           own
           the
           
             Resurrection
             of
             the
             Body
          
           according
           to
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           yet
           mean
           nothing
           thereby
           but
           Regeneration
           ,
           or
           the
           New
           Birth
           in
           time
           ,
           before
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           mortal
           Body
           .
           And
           seeing
           this
           is
           the
           Resurrection
           they
           own
           ,
           and
           no
           other
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           cited
           by
           
             George
             Whitehead
          
           ,
           one
           of
           them
           being
           
           Matthew
           22.30
           ,
           31
           ,
           32.
           
             in
             the
             Resurrection
             they
             neither
             Marry
             ,
             nor
             give
             in
             Marriage
          
           ;
           might
           not
           one
           ask
           them
           ,
           whether
           they
           don't
           commit
           a
           hainous
           Crime
           ,
           who
           Marry
           ,
           and
           continue
           in
           a
           Married
           State
           ,
           after
           they
           have
           attained
           to
           this
           Resurrection
           ?
           And
           whether
           their
           Quondam
           Brother
           
             Thomas
             Case
          
           ,
           did
           not
           act
           more
           Agreeably
           to
           his
           Principles
           ,
           who
           turned
           away
           his
           Wife
           after
           he
           reckon'd
           he
           was
           come
           to
           the
           Resurrection
           ;
           and
           whom
           I
           heard
           say
           ,
           
             all
             Marriage
             was
             of
             the
             Devil
          
           ;
           and
           many
           know
           that
           it
           was
           his
           Principle
           ;
           but
           whether
           he
           did
           not
           supply
           that
           Defect
           by
           a
           more
           fashionable
           method
           ,
           Quere
           .
        
         
           The
           Quakers
           also
           deny
           the
           last
           Judgment
           ,
           as
           is
           plain
           from
           
             George
             Whitehead
          
           in
           his
           Light
           and
           Life
           ,
           ●
           .
           40.41
           .
           who
           there
           contending
           with
           W.B.
           about
           Christ's
           outward
           coming
           in
           his
           Glorified
           Body
           to
           Judge
           the
           Quick
           and
           the
           Dead
           ,
           answer'd
           to
           the
           ●everal
           Scriptures
           that
           W.B.
           brought
           for
           Christ's
           outward
           coming
           at
           the
           end
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           carries
           them
           all
           to
           his
           
             Inward
             coming
             already
             fulfilled
          
           ;
           and
           whereas
           it
           is
           said
           in
           the
           1
           Thess
           .
           4.5
           .
           
             That
             we
             which
             are
             alive
             ,
             and
             remain
             unto
             the
             coming
             of
             the
             Lord
             :
          
           He
           asks
           the
           Question
           after
           his
           way
           of
           Eluding
           positive
           Proofs
           ,
           
             Whether
             they
             did
             live
             and
             remain
             to
             a
             personal
             coming
             of
             Christ
             in
             the
             Clouds
             ,
          
           Yea
           or
           Nay
           ?
           
             Or
             whether
             it
             can
             be
             reasonably
             thought
             to
             be
             a
             Coming
             that
             is
             not
             yet
             ,
             nor
             that
             they
             ●ived
             and
             remained
             unto
             ?
          
           Which
           is
           so
           gross
           and
           absurd
           an
           Insinuation
           ,
           that
           it
           renders
           St.
           Paul
           to
           have
           spoken
           an
           Untruth
           ,
           even
           by
           Divine
           Inspiration
           ,
           when
           the
           Apostle
           said
           ,
           
             This
             we
             say
             unto
             you
             by
             the
             Word
             of
             Lord
             ,
          
           but
           they
           according
           to
           their
           common
           way
           of
           Shifting
           and
           Excusing
           themselves
           ,
           say
           ,
           
             these
             were
             but
             Queries
          
           ,
           tho'
           the
           impor●ance
           of
           those
           Queries
           imply
           a
           positive
           Denial
           ,
           ●nd
           so
           will
           be
           taken
           in
           the
           sense
           of
           all
           Mankind
           ●hat
           read
           them
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           evident
           in
           several
           pla●es
           in
           his
           printed
           Books
           ,
           besides
           what
           is
           here
           al●edged
           ,
           that
           he
           does
           deny
           that
           Christ
           would
           come
           
           to
           Judge
           the
           World
           in
           natural
           and
           passible
           Flesh
           ,
           and
           not
           only
           so
           ,
           
             but
             that
             he
             would
             not
             come
             in
             the
             same
             substance
             of
             that
             Body
             he
             had
             on
             Earth
             ,
             which
             was
             a
             mortal
             and
             passible
             Body
             ,
             of
             the
             same
             Nature
             with
             ours
          
           ;
           for
           he
           makes
           it
           most
           absurd
           ;
           that
           an
           Earthly
           Body
           ,
           and
           an
           Heavenly
           Body
           ,
           can
           be
           the
           same
           Substance
           ,
           and
           so
           denies
           Christ's
           being
           now
           in
           Heaven
           without
           us
           ,
           in
           that
           Body
           which
           rose
           from
           the
           Grave
           ,
           or
           his
           coming
           without
           us
           from
           Heaven
           in
           that
           Body
           to
           Judgment
           ;
           for
           there
           is
           no
           place
           of
           Scripture
           of
           the
           many
           that
           are
           justly
           brought
           by
           Orthodox
           Christians
           ,
           to
           prove
           Christ's
           coming
           without
           us
           ,
           in
           his
           glorified
           Body
           to
           Judge
           the
           World
           at
           the
           great
           Day
           of
           Judgement
           ;
           but
           some
           of
           their
           Teachers
           have
           turned
           altogether
           to
           his
           
             inward
             Coming
          
           ,
           which
           they
           say
           they
           Witness
           already
           fullfilled
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           look
           for
           no
           other
           coming
           .
        
         
           To
           which
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           add
           ,
           That
           
             they
             deny
             the
             Vse
             of
             Baptism
             ,
             and
             the
             Sacrament
             of
             the
             Lord's
             Supper
          
           ;
           which
           be
           pleas'd
           to
           take
           in
           their
           own
           words
           ,
           in
           a
           Book
           call'd
           ,
           
             Some
             Principles
             of
             the
             Elect
             People
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             scorn
             call'd
          
           Quakers
           p.
           75.
           
        
         
           
             The
             Baptism
          
           ,
           say
           they
           ,
           
             that
             we
             own
             ,
             is
             the
             Baptism
             of
             Christ
             with
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             and
             with
             Fire
             ,
             but
             we
             deny
             all
             other
             ;
             for
             there
             is
             but
             one
             Lord
             ,
             one
             Faith
             ,
             one
             Baptism
             ,
             one
             God
             and
             Father
             of
             all
             .
             They
             that
             would
             have
             one
             Baptism
             outward
             and
             another
             inward
             ,
             would
             have
             two
             Baptisms
             ,
             when
             the
             Scripture
             saith
             the
             Baptism
             is
             but
             one
             ,
             and
             whosoever
             hath
             the
             Baptism
             outward
             are
             the
             same
             they
             are
             before
             ,
             but
             the
             Baptism
             of
             Christ
             makes
             a
             new
             Creature
             .
          
           —
           
             And
             now
             I
             see
             the
             other
             to
             be
             but
             a
             formal
             Imitation
             ,
             the
             Invention
             of
             Man
             ,
             and
             a
             meer
             Delusion
             .
          
        
         
           And
           speaking
           of
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           they
           say
           ,
           
             It
             is
             but
             feeding
             upon
             the
             Husk
             and
             Shell
             which
             ,
             is
             Carnal
             ;
             for
             the
             Bread
             which
             the
             World
             breaks
             is
             Carnal
             and
             ●atural
             ,
             and
             only
             feeds
             the
             outward
             Carnal
             Body
             ,
             
             and
             goeth
             into
             the
             Belly
             ,
             and
             so
             passeth
             out
             into
             the
             Dunghill
             ;
             and
             so
             likewise
             the
             Cup
             which
             they
             drink
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             Communion
             and
             Fellowship
             of
             the
             World
             passeth
             away
             ;
             but
             this
             is
             no
             Nourishment
             of
             the
             Soul
             ,
             but
             still
             the
             Soul
             lies
             in
             Death
             ,
             and
             here
             is
             no
             Communion
             but
             Natural
             ,
             Outward
             and
             Carnal
             ,
             of
             several
             Minds
             ,
             and
             Hearts
             full
             of
             Filthiness
             and
             Vncleanness
             ,
             which
          
           Is
           the
           Table
           of
           Devils
           ,
           
             eating
             and
             drinking
             their
             own
             Damnation
             ,
             not
             discerning
             the
             Lord's
             Body
             ,
             which
             is
             Spiritual
             ,
             and
             cannot
             be
             discerned
             by
             the
             Natural
             Man.
             
          
        
         
           
             William
             Penn
          
           in
           his
           
             Reasons
             against
             Railing
          
           ,
           p.
           108.
           affirms
           ,
           
             That
             Circumcision
             is
             as
             much
             in
             force
             as
             Water
             Baptism
             ,
             and
             the
             Paschal
             Lamb
             as
             Bread
             and
             Wine
             ,
             they
             were
             both
             Shadows
             ,
             and
             both
             Elementary
             and
             Perishable
             .
             And
             we
             can
             testifie
             from
             the
             same
             Spirit
             by
             which
          
           Paul
           renounced
           
             Circumcision
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             to
             be
             rejected
             ,
             as
             not
             now
             required
             ;
             neither
             have
             they
             since
             the
             false
             Church
             espoused
             and
             exalted
             them
             ,
             ever
             been
             taken
             up
             afresh
             by
             God's
             Command
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             leading
             of
             his
             eternal
             Spirit
             ;
             and
             the
             Lord
             will
             appear
             to
             gather
             his
             People
             out
             of
             them
             ,
             but
             never
             to
             establish
             or
             keep
             People
             in
             them
             .
          
        
         
           What
           a
           sad
           and
           fearful
           Delusion
           are
           the
           Quakers
           under
           ,
           who
           call
           the
           Institutions
           of
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           ,
           and
           which
           are
           expresly
           enjoined
           to
           be
           continued
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           by
           such
           hard
           Names
           ;
           which
           is
           but
           spitting
           their
           Venom
           in
           the
           Face
           of
           the
           Institutor
           .
           Some
           of
           the
           Quakers
           when
           they
           heard
           me
           defend
           the
           Sacraments
           ,
           said
           ,
           
             George
             ,
             since
             thou
             art
             for
             Outward
             Baptism
             and
             the
             Supper
             ,
             why
             dost
             not
             practice
             it
          
           ?
           To
           which
           I
           answered
           ,
           because
           I
           had
           no
           lawful
           Call
           to
           Baptize
           others
           ,
           and
           as
           to
           my self
           I
           was
           satisfied
           with
           the
           Baptism
           I
           received
           in
           my
           Infancy
           ,
           being
           born
           of
           Christian
           Parents
           ;
           for
           I
           believe
           that
           Baptism
           being
           a
           Seal
           of
           God's
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           ,
           does
           as
           truly
           belong
           to
           the
           Infant
           Children
           of
           Believers
           under
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           as
           Circumcision
           did
           to
           Infant
           
           Children
           of
           Believers
           under
           the
           Old
           Testament
           .
        
         
           Next
           as
           concerning
           the
           
             Lord's
             Supper
          
           ,
           after
           it
           pleased
           God
           to
           convince
           me
           that
           it
           was
           and
           is
           an
           Institution
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           let
           me
           see
           my
           Sin
           and
           Errour
           in
           rejecting
           it
           ;
           for
           which
           I
           have
           been
           humbled
           before
           God
           ,
           sincerely
           and
           heartily
           asking
           him
           forgiveness
           ,
           and
           which
           I
           hope
           God
           for
           his
           Blessed
           Son's
           sake
           has
           given
           me
           :
           I
           had
           for
           a
           considerable
           time
           some
           Hesitations
           about
           the
           Lawful
           and
           Due
           Administrator
           ,
           and
           being
           clearly
           satisfied
           in
           all
           my
           Scruples
           in
           that
           particular
           ,
           I
           delaid
           receiving
           it
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           others
           ,
           lest
           my
           forwardness
           should
           give
           them
           Offence
           ,
           in
           thinking
           I
           did
           it
           without
           such
           a
           religious
           Consideration
           and
           Preparation
           ,
           as
           was
           requisite
           before
           Receiving
           those
           Holy
           Mysteries
           .
           That
           through
           Mercy
           being
           also
           much
           removed
           ,
           I
           became
           uneasie
           to
           delay
           that
           longer
           which
           I
           was
           convinced
           was
           my
           indispensable
           Duty
           ,
           and
           declared
           I
           would
           receive
           it
           at
           the
           first
           opportunity
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           did
           receive
           it
           as
           has
           been
           before
           related
           :
           And
           heartily
           wish
           ,
           that
           all
           others
           who
           are
           under
           the
           same
           Delusions
           and
           Prejudices
           ,
           in
           which
           I
           too
           long
           continued
           ,
           would
           follow
           my
           Example
           ,
           and
           be
           made
           partakers
           of
           the
           same
           inward
           Peace
           and
           Satisfaction
           ,
           which
           through
           Mercy
           I
           enjoy
           in
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           To
           conclude
           :
           Another
           Reason
           why
           I
           deserted
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           was
           ,
           because
           I
           am
           able
           ,
           through
           Mercy
           ,
           to
           prove
           ,
           That
           
             they
             do
             not
             believe
             One
             Article
             of
             the
             Apostle's
             Creed
             ,
          
           in
           the
           true
           Sense
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           all
           Orthodox
           Christians
           in
           the
           whole
           World
           ;
           and
           that
           all
           their
           Teachers
           pretences
           to
           Infallibility
           ,
           and
           extraordinary
           Prophetical
           Inspirations
           ,
           are
           all
           Artifice
           and
           Delusion
           ;
           which
           joined
           to
           the
           
             Errors
             ,
             Heresies
          
           and
           Blasphemy
           already
           mentioned
           ,
           will
           sufficiently
           justifie
           my
           leaving
           them
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           what
           remains
           in
           this
           short
           account
           of
           my
           Change
           ,
           is
           to
           give
           you
           the
           Reasons
           ,
           why
           among
           all
           the
           Pretenders
           to
           the
           best
           reformed
           Church
           ,
           I
           have
           at
           last
           enter'd
           into
           Communion
           with
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           ,
           in
           which
           I
           shall
           use
           all
           the
           Brevity
           imaginable
           .
           Now
           as
           nothing
           so
           much
           concerned
           me
           as
           the
           
             Salvation
             of
             my
             Soul
          
           ,
           and
           in
           order
           to
           that
           the
           
             choice
             of
             my
             Religion
          
           ,
           so
           I
           exerted
           all
           my
           Care
           in
           examining
           things
           conducing
           to
           it
           ,
           that
           I
           might
           be
           able
           to
           give
           account
           to
           others
           ,
           and
           have
           satisfaction
           in
           my self
           ,
           that
           my
           Religion
           was
           not
           the
           Effect
           of
           Chance
           ,
           but
           espoused
           upon
           a
           deliberate
           and
           
             well-advised
             Choice
          
           ,
           which
           I
           take
           to
           be
           the
           regular
           Method
           towards
           a
           Settlement
           .
           Men
           may
           indeed
           be
           Confident
           ,
           but
           can
           never
           be
           Certain
           without
           Knowledge
           ,
           a
           diligent
           Examination
           of
           the
           ▪
           Things
           proposed
           to
           their
           Consideration
           :
           And
           this
           made
           me
           more
           in
           love
           with
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           that
           does
           not
           require
           a
           blind
           Obedience
           ;
           but
           is
           contented
           her
           Doctrines
           should
           be
           examined
           by
           the
           clearest
           Light
           ,
           in
           which
           I
           could
           largely
           expatiate
           in
           her
           Commendation
           ,
           and
           the
           Reproof
           of
           others
           that
           withhold
           the
           means
           of
           Instruction
           from
           their
           Members
           ,
           and
           boast
           of
           an
           absolute
           Infallibility
           which
           they
           have
           no
           pretence
           to
           ;
           but
           I
           hasten
           to
           the
           Reasons
           that
           obliged
           me
           to
           close
           with
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           first
           was
           ,
           because
           in
           Purity
           of
           Doctrine
           and
           Discipline
           the
           comes
           nearest
           to
           the
           Pattern
           of
           
             Primitive
             Christianity
          
           .
           ●
           She
           retains
           the
           
             Three
             Creeds
          
           ,
           and
           does
           not
           reject
           the
           first
           
             General
             Councils
          
           ,
           and
           administers
           the
           Sacraments
           according
           to
           the
           Divine
           Prescription
           .
           All
           her
           Children
           pray
           in
           a
           Tongue
           they
           understand
           ,
           and
           only
           to
           God
           through
           Jesus
           Christ
           ▪
           This
           Church
           presses
           Men
           to
           
             Piety
             ,
             Loyalty
             ,
             Humility
          
           and
           Charity
           ,
           and
           earnestly
           
           desires
           the
           Salvation
           of
           Mankind
           .
           She
           Preaches
           up
           the
           Excellency
           of
           
             Good
             Works
          
           ,
           but
           places
           her
           hope
           in
           the
           Mercy
           of
           God
           and
           the
           Mercy
           of
           his
           Son
           ,
           and
           every
           one
           that
           lives
           up
           to
           the
           Principles
           of
           this
           Religion
           are
           Safe
           and
           Happy
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Because
           in
           the
           main
           Articles
           of
           Faith
           the
           whole
           Church
           is
           of
           one
           mind
           ,
           and
           have
           as
           much
           
             Unity
             in
             Faith
          
           among
           them
           ,
           as
           they
           had
           in
           the
           first
           Churches
           planted
           by
           the
           Apostles
           themselves
           :
           And
           their
           Differences
           are
           in
           lesser
           and
           secondary
           things
           ,
           which
           have
           no
           relation
           to
           the
           Primitive
           Doctrines
           of
           Christian
           Religion
           :
           Which
           who
           ever
           opposes
           they
           disown
           him
           ,
           and
           look
           upon
           as
           in
           a
           Faction
           against
           the
           Church
           ;
           which
           is
           not
           thereby
           broken
           ,
           nor
           the
           Unity
           of
           its
           Faith
           destroyed
           :
           For
           though
           some
           Men
           have
           preached
           strange
           Doctrines
           ,
           and
           drawn
           Disciples
           after
           them
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           no
           more
           than
           they
           did
           in
           Apostles
           days
           )
           yet
           they
           have
           not
           prevailed
           against
           this
           Church
           ,
           nor
           overturned
           its
           Faith
           :
           And
           if
           some
           looser
           Part
           of
           the
           People
           have
           been
           carried
           away
           ,
           yet
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           like
           an
           unmovable
           Rock
           ,
           still
           persists
           in
           as
           great
           Unity
           as
           was
           antiently
           in
           any
           of
           the
           
             Apostolical
             Churches
          
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           abundantly
           sufficient
           to
           invite
           us
           to
           Conformity
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           Perseverance
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           Another
           Reason
           that
           induced
           me
           to
           embrace
           the
           Religion
           professed
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           was
           ,
           Because
           she
           maintains
           
           the
           Scriptures
           to
           be
           
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             Rule
             of
             Faith
             ,
             the
             Judge
             of
             Controversies
             ,
             and
             the
             Guide
             of
             Humane
             Life
          
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           we
           consult
           our
           Reasons
           ,
           use
           our
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           mind
           our
           Rule
           ,
           we
           cannot
           miscarry
           .
           To
           this
           Rule
           St.
           Paul
           sends
           Timothy
           for
           Instruction
           ,
           and
           commands
           him
           
             to
             give
             attendance
             to
             Reading
             ,
             viz.
          
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           
             which
             he
             had
             known
             from
             a
             Child
             ,
             and
             which
             were
             able
             to
             make
             him
             wise
             to
             Salvation
             through
             Faith
             which
             is
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             :
             They
             being
             given
             by
             Inspiration
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             even
             a
             Man
             of
             God
          
           (
           like
           the
           antient
           Prophets
           )
           
             might
             be
             perfected
             ,
             and
             throughly
             furnished
             unto
             all
             good
             Works
             ,
          
           for
           every
           part
           of
           his
           Employment
           .
           St.
           Paul
           directs
           him
           to
           these
           Holy
           Writings
           ,
           as
           a
           means
           to
           preserve
           him
           in
           the
           Christian
           Belief
           ,
           ver
           .
           14.
           
           
             But
             continue
             thou
             in
             the
             things
             which
             thou
             hast
             le●●ned
             ,
             and
             hast
             been
             assured
             of
             ,
             knowing
             of
             whom
             thou
             hast
             learned
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             from
             a
             Child
             thou
             hast
             learned
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           What
           we
           have
           learned
           from
           them
           ,
           we
           are
           assured
           of
           ,
           we
           know
           from
           whom
           they
           come
           ,
           and
           are
           certain
           we
           are
           taught
           of
           God
           when
           we
           read
           these
           holy
           Books
           :
           But
           cannot
           be
           assured
           of
           any
           other
           Tradition
           or
           pretended
           
             Revelation
             of
             the
             Spirit
          
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ought
           to
           continue
           stedfast
           in
           our
           adherence
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           both
           to
           suspect
           those
           who
           would
           draw
           us
           from
           this
           hold
           ,
           and
           stick
           to
           those
           Guides
           who
           bid
           us
           stick
           to
           this
           ,
           and
           
             prove
             all
             things
             by
             it
          
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           evident
           that
           they
           have
           no
           mind
           to
           deceive
           us
           ;
           but
           do
           ,
           in
           effect
           ,
           bid
           us
           
             believe
             God
          
           and
           follow
           
             his
             Directions
          
           ,
           and
           rely
           upon
           
           
             his
             Authority
          
           :
           Who
           cannot
           mislead
           us
           ;
           and
           will
           not
           suffer
           us
           to
           be
           misled
           ,
           
             if
             we
             continue
             in
             the
             things
             which
             we
             have
             learned
             out
             of
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             .
          
        
         
           For
           taking
           them
           to
           be
           our
           Rule
           ,
           we
           shall
           neither
           admit
           any
           thing
           which
           is
           contrary
           to
           that
           Rule
           ;
           nor
           shall
           we
           take
           any
           thing
           to
           be
           an
           essential
           part
           of
           the
           
             Christian
             Faith
          
           which
           is
           not
           there
           delivered
           unto
           us
           ,
           For
           it
           is
           not
           consistent
           with
           the
           Notions
           we
           have
           of
           God's
           Infinite
           Goodness
           and
           Wisdom
           ,
           to
           believe
           he
           would
           give
           us
           a
           Rule
           which
           is
           defective
           in
           necessary
           things
           .
           No
           ,
           he
           hath
           abundantly
           provided
           here
           for
           our
           Instruction
           ,
           in
           all
           such
           Matters
           :
           And
           as
           we
           ought
           to
           refuse
           that
           which
           contradicts
           any
           part
           of
           these
           
             holy
             Books
          
           ,
           so
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           think
           it
           necessary
           that
           we
           should
           entertain
           any
           thing
           which
           they
           do
           not
           teach
           us
           :
           And
           teach
           us
           plainly
           and
           evidently
           ;
           for
           in
           all
           necessary
           things
           they
           are
           very
           clear
           and
           perspicuous
           ,
           else
           they
           could
           not
           be
           a
           Rule
           unto
           us
           ,
           but
           we
           must
           seek
           for
           some
           other
           ▪
           The
           
             Apostles
             Creed
          
           ,
           for
           instance
           (
           which
           the
           Antients
           call
           the
           immovable
           Rule
           of
           Faith
           ,
           a
           short
           Summary
           of
           Christian
           Faith
           ,
           beyond
           which
           ,
           as
           they
           speak
           ▪
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           seek
           for
           Faith
           )
           together
           with
           the
           
             Nice
             Creed
          
           and
           
           Athanasius's
           ,
           which
           expound
           the
           
             Apostles
             ,
             Ought
             throughly
             to
             be
             received
             and
             believed
             ;
             for
             that
             they
             may
             be
             proved
             by
             most
             certain
             Warrants
             of
             Holy
             Scriptures
             .
             But
             whatsoever
             is
             not
             read
             therein
             ,
             nor
             may
             be
             proved
             thereby
             ,
             is
             not
             to
             required
             of
             any
             Man
             ,
             that
             it
             should
             be
             believed
             a●
             
             an
             Article
             of
             Faith
             ,
             or
             be
             thought
             requisite
             or
             necessary
             to
             Salvation
             .
          
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           in
           its
           Sixth
           and
           
             Eighth
             Articles
          
           ,
           unto
           which
           let
           us
           strictly
           keep
           ,
           if
           we
           would
           not
           be
           carried
           to
           and
           fro
           uncertainly
           ,
           with
           the
           Blasts
           of
           vain
           Doctrines
           ,
           which
           have
           no
           
             certain
             Warrant
          
           in
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           therefore
           are
           not
           to
           be
           Received
           ;
           or
           are
           contrary
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           therefore
           are
           to
           be
           Rejected
           .
           Here
           we
           must
           fix
           ,
           and
           believe
           that
           here
           we
           are
           safe
           :
           For
           the
           Scriptures
           want
           nothing
           to
           compleat
           us
           in
           Christian
           Wisdom
           ;
           which
           they
           do
           not
           wrap
           up
           in
           Obscurity
           ,
           but
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           is
           needful
           ,
           give
           us
           a
           clear
           understanding
           of
           the
           Doctrines
           of
           Faith.
           And
           make
           us
           understand
           withal
           ,
           if
           we
           please
           to
           consider
           them
           ,
           that
           having
           laid
           our
           ▪
           Foundation
           well
           ,
           in
           a
           firm
           Belief
           of
           those
           great
           and
           necessary
           things
           ,
           which
           out
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           are
           summed
           up
           in
           the
           Creeds
           before
           named
           ;
           we
           need
           not
           trouble
           our selves
           about
           other
           Matters
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           so
           evident
           ;
           but
           make
           it
           our
           whole
           Business
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           to
           raise
           the
           solid
           Superstructure
           of
           a
           
             Holy
             Life
          
           ,
           upon
           the
           Foundation
           of
           Faith
           in
           Christ
           .
        
         
           The
           last
           Reason
           I
           shall
           mention
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           this
           Church
           has
           not
           suited
           her
           Doctrines
           to
           advance
           any
           secular
           Interests
           ;
           but
           her
           Religion
           is
           Heavenly
           in
           its
           Principle
           ,
           and
           Pure
           in
           its
           Aim
           ,
           disdaining
           to
           stoop
           to
           mean
           Arts
           for
           Wealth
           and
           Worldly
           Dignities
           .
           Religion
           
           was
           designed
           as
           the
           greatest
           Blessing
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           Christian
           was
           a
           great
           Lover
           of
           humane
           Race
           ;
           in
           conformity
           to
           whose
           blessed
           Example
           this
           
             Holy
             Church
          
           cancels
           none
           of
           our
           Obligations
           to
           God
           or
           Man
           ,
           but
           teacheth
           the
           absolute
           Necessity
           of
           Contrition
           ,
           and
           Repentance
           ,
           and
           Mortification
           of
           our
           Lusts
           ,
           to
           Obey
           our
           Superiors
           ,
           to
           Love
           God
           and
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           to
           follow
           
             Justice
             ,
             Mercy
          
           and
           Peaceableness
           :
           To
           be
           Charitable
           to
           the
           
             Poor
             ,
             and
             to
             do
             to
             all
             Men
             as
             we
             would
             they
             should
             do
             by
             us
             :
          
           To
           use
           no
           Craft
           or
           Equivocations
           ,
           but
           to
           be
           Sincere
           in
           all
           our
           Actions
           and
           Professions
           ;
           to
           live
           in
           
             Kindness
             ,
             Civility
          
           ,
           and
           under
           the
           firmest
           Obligation
           to
           a
           true
           and
           lasting
           Friendship
           .
           And
           if
           any
           of
           the
           Quakers
           think
           fit
           to
           oppose
           these
           Doctrines
           ,
           they
           may
           promise
           themselves
           an
           Answer
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A51023-e90
           
             *
             Nar.
             4
             p.
             22.
             
          
           
             *
             Nar.
             4.
             p.
             24.
             
          
           
             *
             Nar
             4.
             p.
             67.
             
          
           
             *
             Nar.
             1.
             p.
             14
             ,
             15
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             *
             Nar.
             1.
             p.
             27.
             
          
           
             *
             Nar.
             1.
             p.
             33.
             
          
           
             *
             Nar.
             1.
             p.
             34.
             
          
           
             *
             Nar.
             1.
             p.
             38.
             
             &
             39.
             
          
           
             *
             Nar.
             1.
             p.
             38.
             
             &
             40.
             
          
           
             *
             Nar.
             3.
             p.
             3.4
             .
          
           
             *
             Nar.
             4.
             p.
             1
             ,
             2.