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           A
           Brief
           ANSWER
           TO
           A
           False
           and
           Foolish
           LIBELL
           ,
           CALLED
           ,
           
             The
             QVAKERS
             Opinions
          
           ,
           For
           their
           sakes
           that
           Writ
           it
           and
           Read
           it
           .
        
         
           By
           
             W.
             P.
          
           
        
         
           
             
               Being
               Defamed
               ,
               we
               Entreat
            
             ,
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             4.
             13.
             
          
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1678.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           
             Sober
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           THe
           end
           of
           Controversie
           with
           good
           men
           ,
           is
           the
           Advancement
           of
           the
           Truth
           ;
           with
           ill
           men
           ,
           of
           themselves
           and
           their
           base
           Interests
           ;
           in
           all
           which
           God
           is
           Judge
           ,
           who
           judgeth
           righteously
           ,
           and
           will
           reward
           every
           one
           according
           to
           their
           works
           ,
           nor
           doth
           his
           Judgment
           slumber
           .
        
         
           Most
           Parties
           in
           Europe
           boast
           themselves
           of
           being
           Christians
           ,
           an
           excellent
           Character
           indeed
           ;
           but
           the
           worst
           is
           ,
           there
           is
           little
           more
           then
           a
           Boast
           in
           it
           .
           I
           am
           not
           incharitable
           ;
           I
           have
           first
           judged
           my self
           .
           Let
           none
           deceive
           themselves
           .
           To
           be
           like
           Christ
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           a
           Christian
           ,
           and
           not
           else
           ;
           and
           Christians
           are
           in
           Concord
           ;
           for
           Christ
           is
           not
           divided
           ,
           neither
           is
           that
           Body
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           is
           truly
           Head
           ,
           at
           Variance
           ;
           how
           much
           Discord
           ,
           so
           much
           Degeneracy
           from
           God
           ;
           for
           he
           is
           one
           ,
           and
           so
           are
           those
           that
           are
           born
           of
           him
           ;
           the
           Children
           of
           God
           are
           not
           divided
           ,
           because
           one
           and
           the
           same
           holy
           Spirit
           leads
           them
           .
        
         
           That
           which
           is
           the
           Guide
           of
           one
           ,
           is
           the
           Guide
           of
           all
           ;
           and
           by
           this
           shall
           it
           be
           known
           who
           are
           Gods
           Children
           ,
           if
           they
           bring
           forth
           the
           Fruits
           of
           his
           divine
           Spirit
           ,
           which
           ,
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           are
           these
           ,
           Love
           ,
           Joy
           ,
           Peace
           ,
           Long-suffering
           ,
           Gentleness
           ,
           Goodness
           ,
           Faith
           ,
           Meekness
           ,
           Temperance
           ,
           against
           such
           there
           is
           no
           Law.
           And
           they
           ,
           sayes
           he
           ,
           that
           are
           Christs
           have
           crucified
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           with
           the
           Affections
           and
           Lusts
           ;
           this
           only
           will
           avail
           in
           the
           great
           Judgment
           of
           the
           Lord.
           Therefore
           I
           beseech
           all
           vain
           Contenders
           to
           consider
           of
           their
           own
           Standing
           ,
           what
           their
           Work
           is
           ,
           who
           Employes
           them
           ,
           and
           what
           their
           Wages
           will
           be
           .
        
         
           Tell
           me
           thou
           vain
           Disputer
           and
           Vitious
           Liver
           ,
           what
           is
           Religion
           without
           Holy
           Love
           ?
           what
           is
           Faith
           without
           Good
           Works
           ?
           what
           is
           Worship
           without
           
           Godly
           Fear
           and
           Christianity
           ,
           without
           true
           Self-denyal
           ?
           it
           is
           not
           he
           that
           cryes
           ,
           
             Lord
             ,
             Lord
          
           ,
           but
           
             he
             that
             does
             the
             Will
             of
             my
             Father
             ,
          
           said
           Christ
           ,
           
             shall
             be
             accepted
          
           .
           There
           is
           a
           great
           talk
           of
           mans
           Laps
           in
           Adam
           ,
           and
           Restoration
           in
           Christ
           ,
           but
           they
           serve
           only
           for
           a
           sound
           with
           too
           many
           :
           For
           did
           people
           sincerely
           believe
           that
           they
           are
           fallen
           from
           true
           Love
           ,
           Meekness
           ,
           Patience
           ,
           Humility
           ,
           Mercy
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           Purity
           ,
           &c.
           and
           did
           they
           but
           consider
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           not
           restored
           to
           those
           Heavenly
           Qualifications
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           live
           in
           fleshly
           lusts
           of
           one
           sort
           or
           other
           ,
           some
           in
           Voluptuousness
           ,
           others
           in
           Envy
           ;
           and
           therefore
           not
           really
           restored
           or
           redeemed
           by
           Christ
           ,
           nor
           truly
           in
           a
           state
           of
           Salvation
           ,
           but
           in
           peril
           of
           eternal
           Misery
           ,
           certainly
           they
           would
           not
           pass
           away
           their
           little
           span
           of
           precious
           time
           in
           so
           much
           worldly
           Pleasure
           ,
           neglect
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           Carelesness
           of
           the
           other
           World
           ,
           if
           they
           have
           any
           the
           least
           hope
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Reader
           ,
           the
           Petulancy
           of
           some
           Adversary
           or
           other
           has
           given
           occasion
           for
           this
           little
           Treatise
           :
           The
           design
           of
           which
           is
           both
           to
           reprove
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           hinder
           others
           from
           being
           abused
           by
           him
           ,
           that
           so
           the
           Innocency
           of
           a
           People
           ,
           whom
           God
           hath
           raised
           by
           his
           own
           Power
           and
           Wisdom
           to
           glorify
           him
           in
           their
           Bodies
           Souls
           and
           Spirits
           (
           which
           are
           his
           )
           may
           be
           delivered
           from
           the
           mistakes
           of
           his
           Ignorance
           ,
           and
           the
           reflections
           of
           his
           Malice
           .
        
         
           And
           truly
           ,
           my
           servent
           Prayers
           to
           Almighty
           God
           are
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           yet
           more
           and
           more
           send
           forth
           his
           Light
           and
           his
           Truth
           to
           inform
           the
           Understandings
           ,
           and
           overcome
           the
           Hearts
           of
           all
           People
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           experimentally
           know
           the
           Redemption
           of
           their
           Sou's
           from
           the
           prevalency
           of
           Sin
           ,
           and
           the
           power
           of
           the
           God
           of
           this
           World's
           Lusts
           by
           the
           Blood
           of
           Jesus
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           Lamb
           of
           God
           that
           takes
           away
           the
           Sin
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           then
           shall
           Love
           ,
           Faith
           and
           Holiness
           encrease
           ,
           and
           all
           Unrighteousness
           come
           to
           an
           End
           ,
        
         
           Amen
           .
        
         
           
             W.
             P.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           AN
           ANSWER
           TO
           A
           False
           and
           Foolish
           Libel
           ,
           CALLED
           ,
           
             The
             QVAKERS
             Opinions
          
           .
        
         
           
             OPINION
             I.
             
          
           
             THe
             Quakers
             
               deny
               the
               Authority
               of
               holy
               Scriptures
               ,
               as
               the
               Rule
               of
               Faith
               and
               Practice
               unto
            
             Christians
             .
          
           
             Answer
             ,
             This
             we
             flatly
             deny
             ,
             and
             charge
             our
             Adversary
             to
             make
             it
             good
             
               in
               terminis
            
             ,
             in
             so
             many
             words
             ,
             or
             retract
             his
             Charge
             .
             For
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             Scripture
             is
             the
             Spirit
             ‖
             
               and
               Power
               of
               God
            
             ,
             which
             we
             say
             is
             our
             Rule
             and
             Guide
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             the
             Rule
             of
             the
             holy
             Men
             of
             God
             both
             before
             the
             Scriptures
             were
             written
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             spoke
             and
             writ
             them
             .
             And
             
             to
             say
             we
             deny
             it
             to
             be
             our
             Rule
             ,
             is
             to
             say
             we
             deny
             our
             own
             Principle
             ,
             for
             owning
             of
             which
             you
             are
             angry
             with
             us
             .
             Moses
             is
             taken
             on
             all
             hands
             to
             have
             been
             the
             first
             Penman
             of
             Sacred
             Story
             ,
             and
             that
             we
             cannot
             rise
             higher
             then
             his
             time
             for
             Scripture
             ,
             consequently
             then
             the
             Scripture
             must
             take
             date
             ;
             but
             who
             will
             deny
             that
             Abel
             had
             a
             Rule
             to
             worship
             God
             by
             ,
             Enoch
             to
             walk
             with
             God
             by
             ,
             Noah
             to
             preach
             by
             ,
             
               Abraham
               ,
               Isaac
            
             and
             Jacob
             to
             believe
             by
             ?
             if
             they
             had
             none
             ,
             say
             so
             ;
             if
             they
             had
             ,
             what
             was
             it
             ,
             if
             not
             the
             
               Spirit
               of
               Truth
               and
               Holiness
            
             ,
             that
             strove
             with
             the
             old
             World
             ,
             but
             was
             resisted
             ?
             And
             if
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             was
             the
             Rule
             of
             
               Faith
               ,
               Worship
            
             and
             Practice
             then
             ,
             have
             we
             got
             another
             Rule
             in
             the
             room
             of
             it
             now
             ?
             No
             such
             matter
             ;
             those
             that
             loved
             &
             feared
             God
             in
             all
             Ages
             were
             ruled
             and
             guided
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ;
             &
             though
             many
             Helpers
             have
             been
             afforded
             men
             by
             the
             Father
             of
             Mercies
             and
             Lights
             ,
             yet
             still
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Truth
             is
             the
             great
             Rule
             in
             and
             through
             them
             all
             .
             This
             is
             the
             Rule
             of
             all
             Rules
             ,
             as
             God
             is
             the
             Light
             of
             all
             Lights
             ;
             yea
             ,
             this
             is
             that
             Rule
             of
             the
             New
             Creature
             ;
             for
             the
             walking
             of
             the
             true
             Christian
             is
             in
             and
             after
             the
             Spirit
             ;
             yea
             ,
             't
             is
             the
             Mark
             of
             being
             a
             Child
             of
             God
             to
             be
             led
             and
             guided
             
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             this
             is
             the
             Scripture's
             Testimony
             .
             There
             is
             no
             Condemnation
             to
             those
             that
             walk
             not
             after
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             but
             after
             the
             Spirit
             ;
             and
             as
             many
             as
             are
             led
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             are
             the
             Sons
             of
             God.
             The
             Argument
             is
             plain
             ,
             and
             altogether
             as
             unanswerable
             ;
             
               That
               which
               is
               to
            
             lead
             
               Christians
               ,
               is
               to
            
             rule
             Christians
             ;
             but
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Truth
             
               is
               to
            
             LEAD
             CHRISTIANS
             ,
             
               consequently
               the
            
             SPIRIT
             OF
             TRUTH
             
               is
               to
            
             RULE
             CHRISTIANS
             .
             So
             that
             to
             deny
             that
             the
             
               Spirit
               of
               Truth
            
             is
             the
             
               Guide
               and
               Rule
            
             of
             Christians
             ,
             is
             to
             gainsay
             the
             Testimony
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             the
             very
             Tenure
             and
             Nature
             of
             the
             second
             ,
             new
             and
             everlasting
             
               Covenant
               of
               Life
            
             and
             Salvation
             ;
             for
             in
             that
             state
             the
             
             
               Law
               is
               writ
               in
               the
               Heart
               ,
               and
               the
               Fear
               and
            
             Spirit
             
               put
               in
               the
            
             inward
             Part
             ;
             and
             what
             for
             ,
             if
             not
             to
             rule
             and
             guide
             the
             Soul
             in
             the
             Path
             of
             Life
             ?
          
           
             To
             conclude
             ,
             As
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Truth
             revealed
             to
             the
             Prophets
             things
             to
             come
             ,
             and
             was
             a
             Rule
             to
             them
             in
             discerning
             ,
             receiving
             ,
             
             declaring
             and
             writing
             those
             things
             ,
             so
             is
             the
             same
             Spirit
             of
             Truth
             the
             Rule
             and
             guide
             to
             all
             God's
             People
             in
             their
             reading
             and
             understanding
             of
             them
             now
             written
             ?
             and
             blessed
             are
             they
             that
             read
             with
             a
             good
             Understanding
             .
          
           
             And
             that
             the
             Simplicity
             of
             none
             may
             be
             abused
             ,
             we
             declare
             ,
             as
             we
             have
             frequently
             done
             ,
             that
             the
             Scriptures
             of
             Truth
             were
             
               given
               forth
               by
               the
               holy
               men
               of
               God
               ,
               as
               they
               were
               moved
               by
               the
            
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             are
             a
             Rule
             ,
             yea
             ,
             an
             Excellent
             Rule
             for
             
               Instruction
               ,
               Reproof
            
             and
             Doctrine
             ,
             and
             
             all
             true
             Christians
             ought
             to
             embrace
             and
             practice
             the
             holy
             Mind
             and
             
               Will
               of
               God
            
             thereby
             declared
             .
             And
             they
             are
             those
             that
             truly
             and
             substantially
             deny
             
             
               the
               Scriptures
            
             ,
             who
             in
             Words
             own
             them
             ,
             but
             in
             Works
             deny
             them
             ,
             and
             in
             their
             Conversations
             walk
             not
             according
             to
             the
             godly
             Rules
             therein
             contained
             ;
             such
             are
             
               Whoremongers
               ,
               Fornicators
            
             ,
             
             
               Drunkards
               ,
               Lyars
               ,
               Back-biters
               ,
               Slanderers
               ,
            
             such
             as
             the
             Author
             or
             Authors
             of
             this
             Impious
             
               Libel
               ,
               Envious
               Persons
               ,
               Rioters
               ,
               Sporters
               ,
               Vain
               Persons
               ,
               Lovers
               of
               Pleasures
            
             more
             then
             Lovers
             of
             God
             :
             These
             and
             such
             like
             are
             they
             that
             deny
             the
             Authority
             of
             holy
             Scripture
             ;
             yet
             as
             the
             Devil
             used
             Scripture
             against
             Christ
             ,
             so
             do
             his
             Children
             use
             Scripture
             at
             this
             day
             against
             the
             Disciples
             of
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           
             OPINION
             II.
             
          
           
             The
             Quakers
             deny
             the
             Resurrection
             of
             the
             Body
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
             The
             Quakers
             deny
             no
             Resurrection
             ,
             
             that
             is
             according
             to
             Scripture
             ;
             we
             own
             the
             Resurrection
             both
             of
             the
             Just
             and
             Unjust
             ;
             and
             that
             our
             Adversaries
             shall
             know
             one
             day
             to
             their
             Confusion
             ,
             if
             they
             repent
             not
             .
             And
             as
             the
             Charge
             is
             laid
             down
             ,
             we
             literally
             deny
             it
             ,
             and
             require
             our
             Adversaries
             to
             prove
             it
             :
             for
             we
             declare
             to
             all
             people
             ,
             we
             own
             the
             Resurrection
             of
             the
             Body
             
             according
             to
             the
             Pleasure
             of
             God
             :
             and
             every
             Seed
             shall
             have
             its
             own
             Body
             ;
             and
             Wo
             to
             the
             Wicked
             in
             that
             day
             .
          
        
         
           
             OPINION
             III.
             
          
           
             The
             Quakers
             deny
             the
             Person
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
             If
             by
             Person
             of
             Christ
             is
             meant
             the
             Man
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             we
             deny
             the
             Charge
             ;
             for
             there
             is
             
             no
             other
             Name
             given
             under
             Heaven
             ,
             by
             which
             Salvation
             can
             be
             obtained
             .
             'T
             is
             Christ
             alone
             that
             hath
             brought
             Life
             and
             Immortality
             to
             light
             :
             he
             is
             the
             Propitiation
             ,
             the
             Mediator
             and
             Intercessor
             ;
             and
             by
             him
             only
             can
             man
             come
             to
             God
             :
             and
             no
             man
             can
             come
             to
             him
             but
             such
             as
             come
             to
             his
             Spirit
             in
             their
             own
             Hearts
             .
             And
             such
             as
             have
             not
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             dwelling
             in
             them
             ,
             are
             none
             of
             his
             .
             And
             these
             are
             they
             that
             deny
             Christ
             ,
             that
             deny
             his
             Cross
             ,
             break
             his
             Law
             ,
             and
             live
             not
             according
             to
             his
             Example
             ,
             who
             is
             meek
             and
             lowly
             ,
             pure
             and
             undefiled
             ,
             and
             separated
             from
             all
             Sinners
             .
             So
             that
             the
             Antichrists
             of
             our
             dayes
             are
             those
             that
             
             live
             according
             to
             the
             Lusts
             of
             the
             Eye
             ,
             the
             Lusts
             of
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             Pride
             of
             Life
             ,
             without
             God
             
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             without
             a
             sense
             of
             God
             upon
             their
             Hearts
             :
             but
             their
             Minds
             run
             after
             the
             
             things
             that
             are
             seen
             ,
             which
             are
             temporal
             ,
             neglecting
             the
             things
             that
             are
             eternal
             .
             And
             though
             
             such
             may
             profess
             Christ
             in
             words
             ,
             yet
             it
             shall
             be
             said
             unto
             them
             in
             the
             great
             Day
             of
             Account
             ,
             
               Depart
               from
               me
               ye
               that
               work
               Iniquity
               .
            
          
           
             I
             would
             have
             our
             foolish
             and
             envious
             Adversaries
             look
             at
             home
             ,
             and
             prepare
             for
             the
             Day
             of
             their
             Account
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             leave
             off
             their
             Envy
             and
             Bitterness
             ,
             and
             mind
             God's
             Fear
             ,
             which
             will
             teach
             them
             to
             be
             meek
             and
             loving
             ,
             sober
             and
             vertuous
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             provide
             for
             their
             Latter-end
             :
             For
             pure
             Religion
             
             stands
             not
             in
             accusing
             and
             slandering
             ,
             reviling
             and
             persecuting
             ,
             but
             in
             keeping
             unspotted
             of
             the
             
             World
             ;
             for
             they
             who
             are
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             are
             not
             of
             Christ
             ;
             they
             who
             love
             the
             Pride
             ,
             Pleasures
             ,
             Honours
             and
             Lusts
             of
             this
             World
             
               deny
               Christ
            
             ,
             they
             are
             the
             Antichrists
             indeed
             ;
             for
             Christ
             saith
             ,
             I
             am
             not
             of
             this
             World
             ,
             neither
             is
             my
             Kingdom
             of
             this
             World
             ,
             nor
             are
             his
             Followers
             of
             this
             World
             ,
             therefore
             it
             is
             the
             World
             hates
             them
             ;
             but
             not
             under
             the
             Name
             of
             Christ's
             Disciples
             ,
             Christians
             or
             Children
             of
             God
             ,
             by
             no
             means
             ;
             for
             such
             the
             World
             nominally
             owns
             ;
             but
             as
             Hereticks
             ;
             
             Blasphemers
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             which
             hath
             alwayes
             been
             the
             Devil's
             Policy
             :
             For
             the
             Woolf
             with
             the
             Sheeps-skin
             on
             him
             ,
             has
             in
             every
             Age
             been
             worrying
             the
             Sheep
             that
             hath
             been
             covered
             with
             the
             Wolf's-skin
             ;
             such
             have
             called
             Light
             Darkness
             ,
             and
             Darkness
             Light.
             
          
        
         
           
             OPINION
             IV.
             
          
           
             The
             Quakers
             hold
             ,
             that
             the
             Light
             in
             every
             man
             is
             a
             sufficient
             Guide
             unto
             Salvation
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
             This
             is
             unfairly
             laid
             down
             ;
             but
             we
             say
             ,
             that
             the
             Light
             of
             Christ
             in
             every
             man
             is
             a
             sufficient
             Guide
             to
             Salvation
             ;
             and
             who
             dares
             deny
             it
             ?
             
               I
               am
            
             
             
               the
               Light
               of
               the
               World
            
             ,
             faith
             Christ
             ,
             
               they
               that
               follow
               me
               shall
               not
               walk
               in
               Darkness
               ,
               but
               have
               the
               Light
               of
               Life
               .
            
             And
             saith
             
               John
               ,
               If
               we
               walk
               in
               the
               Light
               ,
            
             
             
               the
               Blood
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               shall
               cleanse
               us
               from
               all
               Unrighteousness
               .
            
             And
             it
             was
             the
             Doctrine
             in
             old
             time
             ,
             
               The
               Path
               of
               the
               Just
               is
               as
               the
               shining
               Light
               ,
            
             
             
               that
               shines
               more
               and
               more
               unto
               the
               perfect
               Day
               .
            
             And
             the
             Prophet
             Isaiah
             prophetically
             writes
             of
             the
             latter
             dayes
             thus
             ,
             
               Come
               ,
               let
               us
               walk
               in
               the
               Light
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
            
             and
             by
             the
             same
             Prophet
             saith
             the
             
             Lord
             ,
             
               I
               will
               give
               thee
            
             (
             Christ
             )
             
               for
               a
               Light
               to
               the
            
             Gentiles
             ,
             
               that
               thou
               may'st
               be
               my
               Salvation
               to
               the
            
             
             
               ends
               of
               the
               Earth
            
             .
             And
             the
             Apostle
             Paul
             had
             that
             good
             Opinion
             of
             the
             Light
             ,
             that
             he
             advised
             the
             Saints
             of
             old
             ,
             
               to
               put
               on
               the
               Armour
               of
               Light
               ,
               that
            
             
             
               they
               might
               walk
               honestly
               as
               in
               the
               day
               ,
               not
               in
               Rioting
               and
               Drunkenness
               ,
               not
               in
               Chambering
               and
               Wantonness
               ,
               not
               in
               Strife
               and
               Envy
               ;
               but
               put
               ye
               on
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               and
               make
               not
               Provision
               for
               the
               Flesh
               ,
               to
               fulfil
               the
               Lusts
               thereof
               .
            
             And
             it
             is
             nothing
             else
             ,
             but
             the
             old
             Jewish
             Darkness
             ,
             that
             
             spurns
             against
             the
             Light
             of
             Christ
             in
             our
             day
             :
             for
             the
             same
             Spirit
             that
             rejected
             that
             Light
             ,
             Grace
             and
             Truth
             ,
             with
             which
             he
             was
             filled
             in
             the
             day
             of
             
             his
             Bodily
             Appearance
             ,
             is
             the
             same
             that
             resists
             and
             sleights
             that
             Light
             ,
             Truth
             and
             Grace
             ,
             which
             from
             his
             Fulness
             is
             distributed
             to
             the
             Children
             of
             men
             ;
             but
             as
             it
             was
             then
             ,
             so
             it
             is
             now
             the
             Condemnation
             
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             Light
             is
             come
             into
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             that
             men
             love
             Darkness
             rather
             then
             Light
             ,
             and
             the
             Reason
             is
             plain
             ,
             because
             their
             Deeds
             are
             Evil.
             Every
             thing
             loves
             its
             like
             .
          
        
         
           
             OPINION
             V.
             
          
           
             They
             hold
             that
             Perfection
             is
             attainable
             in
             this
             Life
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
             This
             also
             is
             not
             fairly
             laid
             down
             ,
             being
             without
             distinction
             ;
             and
             did
             not
             Compassion
             to
             the
             well-minded
             incline
             me
             to
             deliver
             our
             Judgment
             in
             these
             matters
             ,
             I
             would
             have
             put
             our
             Adversary
             upon
             the
             proof
             of
             his
             Assertions
             ,
             without
             giving
             him
             the
             least
             help
             by
             a
             sight
             of
             our
             true
             Principles
             ,
             till
             he
             had
             first
             seen
             and
             acknowledged
             his
             own
             Ignorance
             and
             Inadvertency
             .
             We
             own
             Perfection
             according
             to
             the
             Scriptures
             ;
             
               Walk
               thou
               before
               me
            
             ,
             said
             God
             to
             Abraham
             ,
             and
             
             
               be
               thou
               perfect
            
             :
             who
             dare
             quibble
             this
             into
             an
             Imperfection
             ?
             or
             who
             dare
             charge
             God
             with
             commanding
             
             what
             was
             impossible
             to
             be
             done
             ?
             Noah
             
               was
               a
               just
               man
               ,
               and
               perfect
            
             in
             his
             Generation
             ,
             and
             
             Noah
             walked
             with
             God
             ;
             so
             did
             
               Enoch
               .
               Job
            
             also
             
               was
               a
               perfect
               man
               ,
               and
               upright
               ,
               one
               that
               feared
               God
               and
               eschewed
               evil
               .
            
             This
             Christ
             exhorted
             his
             Disciples
             to
             ,
             
               Be
               ye
               therefore
            
             PERFECT
             
               even
               as
               your
               Father
               which
               is
               in
               Heaven
               is
               perfect
               .
            
             This
             also
             the
             Apostle
             Paul
             prayes
             for
             ,
             
               That
               they
               might
            
             
             
               be
               sanctified
            
             THROUGHOUT
             ,
             
               in
               Body
               ,
               Soul
               and
               Spirit
               .
            
             Again
             thus
             ,
             
               And
               the
               very
               God
               of
               Peace
               sanctifie
               you
            
             WHOLELY
             ;
             
               and
               I
               pray
               God
               your
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               Soul
               ,
               and
               Body
               be
               preserved
            
             BLAMELESS
             
               unto
               the
               Coming
               of
               our
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               .
            
             Yet
             further
             ,
             
               Till
               we
               all
               come
               in
               the
               Unity
            
             
             
               of
               the
               Faith
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Knowledge
               of
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               unto
               a
            
             PERFECT
             man.
             Again
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Man
               of
               God
               may
               be
            
             PERFECT
             .
             And
             to
             the
             Hebrews
             saith
             the
             Author
             of
             that
             Epistle
             ,
             
               Let
               us
            
             
             
               go
               on
               to
            
             PERFECTION
             ;
             and
             once
             more
             in
             the
             same
             Epistle
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               The
               God
               of
               Peace
               make
               you
            
             PERFECT
             
               in
               every
               good
               Work
               to
               do
               his
               Will.
            
             This
             also
             was
             the
             Apostle
             
             Peter's
             Prayer
             for
             the
             holy
             Strangers
             scattered
             throughout
             
               Pontus
               ,
               Gall●tia
               ,
               Cappadocia
               ,
               Asia
            
             and
             
               Bythinia
               ,
               The
               God
               of
            
             
             
               all
               Grace
               ,
               who
               hath
               called
               us
               into
               his
               eternal
               Glory
               by
               Christ
               Jesus
               ,
               make
               you
            
             PERFECT
             .
             I
             will
             conclude
             with
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Beloved
             Disciple
             ,
             that
             lay
             in
             his
             Lord's
             Bosome
             ,
             and
             can
             give
             a
             better
             account
             of
             his
             Mind
             and
             Doctrine
             then
             any
             of
             our
             Adversaries
             can
             do
             ,
             thus
             ,
             
               If
               we
               walk
               in
               the
            
             
             
               Light
               as
               (
               God
               )
               is
               in
               the
               Light
               ,
               we
               have
               fellowship
               one
               with
               another
               ,
               and
               the
               Blood
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               his
               Son
               cleanseth
               us
               from
               all
               Sin.
            
             Again
             ,
             
               I
               write
            
             
             
               unto
               you
               Young
               Men
               ,
               because
               ye
               have
            
             OVERCOME
             
               the
               Wicked
               One.
            
             Again
             ,
             Whosoever
             
             
               abideth
               in
               Christ
            
             ,
             SINNETH
             
               not
               ;
               whosoever
               is
               born
               of
               God
               ,
               doth
            
             NOT
             COMMIT
             SIN
             ;
             
               for
               
               his
               Seed
               remaineth
               in
               him
               ,
               and
               hē
            
             CANNOT
             SIN
             ,
             
             
               because
               he
               is
               born
               of
               God.
            
             Again
             ,
             
               If
               we
               love
               one
               another
               ,
               God
               dwelleth
               in
               us
               ,
               and
               his
               Love
               is
            
             PERFECTED
             
               in
               us
               ;
               God
               is
               Love
               ,
               and
               he
               that
               dwelleth
               in
               Love
               dwelleth
               in
               God
               ,
               and
               God
               in
               him
               :
               Herein
               is
               our
               Love
               made
            
             PERFECT
             ,
             
               that
               we
               have
               Boldness
               in
               the
               day
               of
               Judgment
               ,
               because
               as
               he
               is
               ,
               so
               ARE
               WE
               in
               this
               World.
            
             What
             say
             Rioters
             and
             Envious
             Persons
             to
             this
             ,
             such
             as
             revile
             ,
             waste
             and
             destroy
             their
             Neighbours
             for
             the
             Exercise
             of
             a
             peaceable
             Conscience
             ?
             Doth
             the
             Love
             of
             God
             abide
             in
             them
             ?
             are
             they
             like
             unto
             the
             God
             of
             Love
             in
             this
             World
             ?
             can
             they
             hope
             for
             his
             Mercies
             in
             that
             World
             which
             is
             to
             come
             ,
             who
             are
             cruel
             and
             abusive
             to
             their
             honest
             Neighbours
             in
             this
             ?
             But
             more
             of
             that
             another
             time
             .
             Yet
             again
             ,
             Whosoever
             is
             born
             of
             God
             
               overcometh
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               sinneth
               not
            
             ;
             but
             he
             that
             is
             begotten
             
             of
             God
             keepeth
             himself
             
               that
               the
               Wicked
               One
               toucheth
               him
               not
               .
            
             What
             think
             the
             Enemies
             of
             Perfection
             to
             this
             ?
          
           
             To
             Conclude
             ,
             They
             that
             deny
             Perfection
             from
             Sin
             ,
             deny
             the
             End
             of
             Christ's
             Coming
             ,
             if
             this
             
             beloved
             Disciple
             may
             be
             Judge
             ;
             for
             saith
             he
             ,
             Christ
             was
             manifested
             
               to
               take
               away
               our
               Sins
            
             ;
             and
             whosoever
             abideth
             in
             him
             ,
             sinneth
             not
             :
             for
             this
             purpose
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             was
             manifested
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             destroy
             the
             Works
             of
             the
             Devil
             ;
             and
             whatsoever
             is
             born
             of
             God
             ,
             
               doth
               not
               commit
               Sin.
            
             And
             without
             Offence
             let
             me
             say
             ,
             Our
             Adversaries
             may
             better
             employ
             themselves
             ,
             then
             to
             turn
             Advocates
             for
             the
             Devil
             and
             his
             Kingdom
             ,
             as
             they
             seem
             to
             do
             ,
             by
             charging
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Perfection
             upon
             the
             Quakers
             as
             an
             
               Evil
               Opinion
            
             ;
             for
             no
             man
             in
             his
             Wits
             can
             believe
             they
             intend
             us
             any
             Reputation
             or
             Credit
             when
             they
             set
             the
             Mark
             of
             Perfection
             upon
             our
             Creed
             .
             But
             is
             it
             not
             a
             great
             shame
             that
             men
             ,
             who
             profess
             themselves
             to
             be
             Christians
             ,
             the
             Disciples
             of
             that
             self-denying
             Jesus
             ,
             should
             make
             their
             Lord's
             Office
             our
             Reproach
             ,
             and
             the
             End
             of
             his
             blessed
             Coming
             a
             Mark
             of
             Heresie
             ?
             Why
             ,
             Was
             he
             sent
             but
             to
             save
             ?
             and
             how
             does
             he
             save
             ,
             if
             people
             must
             necessarily
             live
             in
             Sin
             ,
             that
             eternally
             loseth
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             save
             them
             from
             which
             he
             is
             come
             ?
             
               And
               
               thou
               shalt
               call
               his
               Name
               Jesus
               ,
            
             said
             the
             Angel
             ,
             
               because
               he
               shall
               save
               his
               People
               from
               their
               Sins
               .
            
             Alas
             
             what
             have
             Men
             to
             be
             saved
             from
             ,
             if
             not
             from
             sin
             ?
             for
             sin
             set
             aside
             ,
             man
             is
             good
             ,
             and
             all
             his
             good
             ;
             if
             then
             sin
             loses
             men
             Heaven
             and
             Happiness
             ,
             men
             must
             be
             saved
             from
             it
             ,
             on
             they
             will
             be
             eternally
             lost
             ;
             for
             in
             that
             state
             Christ
             will
             profit
             them
             nothing
             .
             
               
                 To
                 the
                 Quotations
                 I
                 shall
                 make
                 a
                 brief
                 Return
                 .
              
            
          
           
             The
             first
             Quotation
             ;
             G.
             Whitehead
             
               saith
               ,
               That
               the
               Light
               within
               must
               be
               God
               ,
               because
               to
               deny
               it
               so
               to
               be
               ,
               is
               to
               deny
               the
               Omnipresence
               of
               God.
               
            
          
           
             To
             what
             is
             here
             alledged
             ,
             this
             brought
             to
             disrepute
             our
             Holy
             Religion
             ,
             I
             answer
             ,
             That
             this
             Adversary
             has
             not
             told
             us
             whether
             they
             were
             words
             spoken
             or
             written
             :
             if
             spoken
             ,
             where
             be
             the
             Witnesses
             ?
             if
             written
             ,
             where
             is
             the
             Book
             or
             Paper
             ?
             However
             ,
             the
             words
             are
             not
             
             indefensible
             ;
             
               For
               God
               is
               Light
               ,
               and
               in
               him
               is
               no
               Darkness
               at
               all
            
             ;
             and
             he
             is
             Omnipresent
             ,
             therefore
             in
             man
             :
             and
             in
             him
             we
             live
             ,
             move
             and
             have
             our
             being
             ,
             yea
             ,
             more
             especially
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             he
             that
             
             searcheth
             the
             Heart
             ,
             and
             tryeth
             the
             Reins
             ,
             and
             that
             telleth
             unto
             man
             his
             Thoughts
             .
             Upon
             whom
             ,
             said
             one
             of
             old
             ,
             doth
             not
             his
             Light
             arise
             ?
          
           
             To
             the
             second
             Quotation
             ,
             viz.
             
               It
               is
               damnable
               Heresie
               to
               deny
               the
               worshipping
               the
               Measure
               of
               Light
               in
               every
               man.
               And
               that
               the
               Spirit
               which
               God
               breathed
               in
            
             Adam
             ,
             
               was
               not
               Man's
               Spirit
               ,
               but
               another
               ;
               the
               Breath
               of
               our
               Nostrils
               ,
               the
               Anointed
               Lord
               ;
               this
               is
               that
               true
               Light
               which
               lighteth
               every
               man
               that
               comes
               into
               the
               World
               :
            
             see
             Rob.
             West's
             Book
             ,
             called
             ,
             
               Damnable
               Heresies
               discovered
            
             ,
             p.
             6.
             
          
           
             I
             answer
             ,
             1st
             ,
             That
             I
             have
             not
             the
             Book
             cited
             ,
             or
             cannot
             find
             ,
             2dly
             ,
             That
             the
             Man
             is
             not
             entirely
             in
             Society
             with
             us
             ,
             but
             there
             has
             been
             some
             Dissatisfaction
             in
             the
             Minds
             of
             our
             Friends
             about
             him
             in
             several
             respects
             ,
             and
             particularly
             this
             Book
             was
             not
             received
             or
             printed
             by
             us
             .
             Yet
             lastly
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             but
             many
             good
             
             things
             may
             be
             in
             it
             ;
             but
             if
             in
             any
             thing
             it
             be
             unsound
             ,
             it
             will
             not
             lie
             at
             our
             Door
             :
             nor
             do
             I
             believe
             that
             the
             Passage
             it self
             may
             not
             be
             vindicated
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             Authority
             of
             Reason
             ,
             Scripture
             and
             the
             Consent
             of
             Ancient
             and
             Modern
             Authors
             .
             I
             will
             only
             say
             ,
             that
             every
             Appearance
             of
             God
             is
             God
             ;
             the
             Light
             that
             comes
             from
             God
             is
             God
             ;
             for
             God
             is
             Light
             ,
             and
             God
             cannot
             be
             divided
             from
             himself
             ,
             and
             the
             word
             Measure
             of
             Light
             relates
             to
             our
             capacity
             ,
             that
             receive
             and
             know
             only
             by
             Measure
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             God
             ,
             who
             ,
             properly
             speaking
             ,
             is
             immeasurable
             .
             And
             true
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             Breath
             God
             breathed
             into
             
             Adam
             was
             Divine
             ,
             if
             the
             learned
             Rabbies
             Commentators
             on
             that
             Scripture
             be
             of
             any
             credit
             ,
             as
             may
             be
             seen
             in
             my
             Rejoynder
             to
             
               Iohn
               Faldo
            
             ;
             for
             a
             meer
             humane
             Soul
             could
             not
             make
             Adam
             live
             to
             God
             ,
             much
             less
             make
             him
             the
             Image
             of
             his
             Creator
             .
             And
             if
             it
             was
             the
             Divine
             Life
             ,
             I
             hope
             none
             will
             question
             if
             that
             Life
             be
             Christ
             ,
             who
             says
             expresly
             of
             himself
             ,
             I
             am
             the
             Way
             ,
             the
             Truth
             ,
             and
             the
             Life
             ;
             who
             also
             says
             ,
             I
             am
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             World
             ;
             and
             this
             is
             
             Iohn's
             Testimony
             ,
             In
             the
             Word
             (
             that
             made
             all
             things
             )
             was
             Life
             ,
             and
             that
             Life
             is
             the
             Light
             of
             men
             ;
             and
             his
             (
             says
             he
             )
             is
             that
             true
             Light
             which
             enlightens
             every
             man
             that
             comes
             into
             the
             World.
             So
             much
             to
             that
             Passage
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             third
             Quotation
             ,
             out
             of
             
               G.
               Fox
            
             and
             R.
             Hubberthorn's
             Book
             ,
             called
             ,
             
               Truth
               's
               Defence
            
             ,
             pag.
             101.
             
             I
             answer
             .
          
           
             1st
             ,
             That
             the
             Quoter
             has
             wrong'd
             the
             Passage
             ,
             and
             falsified
             the
             Book
             ;
             for
             there
             is
             that
             quoted
             which
             is
             not
             there
             .
             The
             words
             are
             these
             ,
             as
             given
             by
             our
             Adversary
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             
               G.
               F.
            
             and
             
               R.
               H.
               We
               do
               deny
               the
               Scriptures
               to
               be
               the
               word
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               also
               to
               be
               a
               Standing
               Rule
               ;
               and
               that
               it
               is
               dangerous
               for
               ignorant
               People
               to
               read
               them
               :
            
             see
             Fox
             and
             Hubberthorn
             ,
             in
             
               Truth
               's
               Defence
            
             ,
             pag.
             101.
             
          
           
             I
             answer
             ,
             All
             these
             words
             
               [
               We
               do
               deny
               the
               Scriptures
               to
               be
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               also
               to
               be
               a
               standing
               Rule
               ]
            
             are
             not
             to
             be
             found
             there
             ,
             they
             are
             added
             ;
             which
             is
             a
             great
             piece
             of
             injustice
             ;
             for
             the
             last
             part
             ,
             which
             lies
             as
             if
             we
             would
             deny
             that
             ignorant
             people
             should
             read
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             hear
             the
             words
             themselves
             :
          
           
             
               Query
               .
               The
               Priest
               asks
               ,
               
                 Whether
                 the
                 Scripture
                 being
                 carnal
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 the
                 Letter
                 killing
                 ,
                 as
                 you
              
               (
               Quakers
               )
               
                 say
                 ,
                 we
                 may
                 read
                 them
                 without
                 Danger
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             To
             this
             
               G.
               Fox
            
             and
             
               R.
               Hubberthorn
            
             answer
             :
          
           
             
               The
               Letter
               which
               killeth
               is
               dangerous
               ;
               for
               thou
               takest
               it
               her
               to
               
                 war
                 with
                 against
                 the
                 Saints
                 with
                 thy
                 carnal
                 Mind
                 and
                 Expositions
              
               —
               Again
               thus
               ,
               Here
               you
               read
               with
               Dānger
               ,
               who
               speak
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               
                 speak
                 a
                 Lye
              
               ;
               and
               its
               dangerous
               to
               read
               that
               and
               make
               a
               Trade
               of
               that
               which
               the
               Prophets
               ,
               Christ
               and
               the
               Apostles
               spoke
               forth
               freely
               ;
               and
               you
               wrest
               the
               Scriptures
               to
               your
               Destruction
               ;
               
                 and
                 to
                 you
                 't
                 is
                 dangerous
                 to
                 read
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
          
           
             Now
             let
             all
             people
             of
             Cander
             ,
             yea
             ,
             common
             Sense
             judge
             ,
             if
             this
             sort
             of
             reading
             and
             using
             the
             Scripture
             be
             not
             dangerous
             :
             thus
             the
             Pharisees
             and
             Iews
             used
             the
             Scripture
             against
             Christ
             .
             But
             does
             this
             give
             ground
             to
             our
             Adversary
             to
             say
             ,
             We
             hold
             it
             dangerous
             for
             ignorant
             people
             to
             read
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             because
             we
             say
             that
             a
             Covetous
             ,
             Persecuting
             or
             Malicious
             End
             or
             Use
             of
             Scripture
             is
             dangerous
             ?
             O
             the
             perversion
             that
             is
             made
             of
             the
             words
             and
             sense
             of
             this
             passage
             !
             the
             Lord
             forgive
             him
             or
             them
             that
             deal
             thus
             with
             us
             .
             Hear
             what
             the
             same
             page
             says
             ,
             But
             I
             say
             ,
             
               Blessed
               is
               he
               that
               doth
               read
               and
               doth
               understand
               .
            
             This
             I
             have
             else
             where
             observed
             more
             at
             large
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             fourth
             Passage
             ,
             viz.
             That
             J.
             N.
             in
             answer
             to
             the
             Iews
             says
             ,
             
               It
               is
               the
               Devil
               that
               contends
               for
               the
               Scriptures
               to
               be
               the
               Word
               of
               God.
               
            
          
           
             I
             can
             say
             the
             less
             because
             I
             have
             not
             the
             Book
             out
             of
             which
             it
             is
             pretended
             to
             be
             quoted
             .
             But
             certain
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             Devil
             ,
             that
             loves
             not
             the
             very
             Form
             of
             Godliness
             ,
             but
             to
             exalt
             it
             against
             the
             Power
             ,
             and
             shelter
             himself
             for
             a
             Saint
             ,
             has
             more
             then
             once
             on
             the
             same
             score
             pleaded
             for
             the
             scripture
             against
             Christ
             ,
             and
             the
             letter
             against
             the
             spirit
             ;
             not
             that
             he
             loveth
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             or
             that
             the
             Scripture
             opposeth
             either
             Christ
             or
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             hath
             subtilly
             used
             the
             very
             Scripture
             ,
             as
             little
             as
             he
             loves
             it
             ,
             both
             to
             tempt
             and
             oppose
             even
             Christ
             himself
             .
             This
             is
             plain
             in
             his
             tempting
             Christ
             in
             Scripture-Language
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Persecutions
             of
             the
             Iews
             both
             against
             Christ
             
             and
             his
             Disciples
             ,
             for
             which
             they
             urged
             Scripture
             ;
             
             they
             relyed
             upon
             them
             for
             Life
             eternal
             ,
             and
             not
             upon
             Christ
             ;
             him
             they
             set
             at
             nought
             then
             ,
             as
             
             much
             as
             the
             false
             Christians
             sleight
             his
             Light
             now
             .
             And
             it
             was
             Christ's
             Complaint
             then
             ,
             
               In
               them
               you
               think
            
             (
             said
             he
             )
             
               to
               have
               eternal
               Life
               ,
               but
               you
               will
               not
               come
               unto
               me
               that
               you
               may
               have
               Life
               .
            
             Thus
             the
             outward
             Iew
             set
             up
             the
             scripture
             against
             Christ
             in
             the
             flesh
             ,
             and
             thus
             the
             outward
             Christian
             sets
             up
             the
             scripture
             against
             Christ
             in
             the
             spirit
             ,
             or
             in
             his
             spiritual
             appearance
             in
             the
             soul
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             a
             man
             runs
             the
             hazard
             of
             being
             proclamed
             a
             Blasphemer
             that
             speaks
             but
             of
             Christ
             within
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             express
             Scripture
             ;
             and
             of
             being
             stigmatized
             for
             an
             Heretick
             that
             calls
             Christ
             only
             that
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             whom
             only
             that
             Name
             is
             given
             in
             the
             Evangelical
             Writings
             ,
             though
             at
             the
             same
             time
             a
             man
             confess
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             to
             be
             given
             forth
             by
             Divine
             Inspiration
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             are
             the
             Words
             of
             God.
             That
             the
             Word
             is
             his
             Name
             John
             will
             be
             our
             Warrant
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             his
             History
             ;
             
             and
             that
             his
             Name
             is
             called
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             Iohn
             also
             affirms
             in
             his
             Revelation
             .
             I
             will
             end
             with
             this
             ,
             that
             Luke
             the
             Evangelist
             in
             his
             Dedication
             of
             his
             
             History
             to
             his
             excellent
             Theophilus
             ,
             now
             part
             of
             the
             sacred
             Scripture
             ,
             calls
             it
             ,
             
               A
               Declaration
               of
               those
               things
               that
               were
               most
               surely
               believed
               among
               them
               ,
            
             and
             not
             the
             Word
             of
             God.
             We
             take
             him
             for
             our
             Pattern
             ;
             when
             he
             is
             confuted
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             time
             enough
             for
             us
             to
             confess
             our
             Mistake
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             fifth
             Quotation
             ,
             viz.
             that
             
               G.
               Fox
            
             says
             ,
             
               The
               Soul
               is
               part
               of
               God
               ,
               of
               his
               Being
               ,
               without
               Beginning
               ,
               and
               Infinite
               ,
            
             Gr.
             Mystery
             ,
             p.
             68
             ,
             9●
             ,
             29.
             
             I
             answer
             briefly
             :
          
           
             That
             
               G.
               F.
            
             speaks
             of
             the
             Divine
             Soul
             ,
             or
             Life
             of
             Man
             ,
             that
             comes
             from
             God
             ,
             by
             which
             Man
             liveth
             to
             God
             ,
             so
             Augustine
             calls
             it
             ,
             
               anima
               animae
            
             ,
             the
             Soul
             of
             the
             Soul
             ,
             or
             Life
             of
             man's
             Soul
             ;
             so
             
               Rabbi
               Nunchmanni
            
             and
             Hiskuni
             ,
             in
             the
             Comment
             of
             
               Paulus
               Fagius
            
             take
             it
             ,
             saying
             ,
             it
             s
             of
             the
             Being
             of
             God
             ,
             his
             own
             Breath
             .
             This
             is
             without
             Beginning
             ,
             respecting
             God
             ,
             and
             Infinite
             ;
             or
             without
             End
             ,
             respecting
             Man.
             Where
             is
             the
             Heresie
             of
             this
             ?
          
           
           
             To
             the
             sixth
             Quotation
             out
             of
             the
             Works
             of
             G
             F.
             junior
             ,
             
               viz.
               We
               own
               the
               Scriptures
               as
               a
               true
               Declaration
               of
               the
               Saints
               Conditions
               .
            
          
           
             I
             answer
             ,
             The
             Allegation
             is
             frivolous
             on
             the
             side
             of
             our
             Adversary
             ;
             for
             he
             doth
             not
             deny
             what
             G.
             F.
             asserts
             ,
             nor
             does
             G.
             F.
             deny
             but
             that
             there
             are
             many
             Scriptures
             which
             are
             
               Promissary
               ,
               Threatning
            
             and
             Prophetick
             ;
             does
             our
             owning
             the
             Scriptures
             to
             be
             an
             account
             of
             the
             Experiences
             of
             the
             Saints
             of
             God
             of
             old
             time
             ,
             exclude
             any
             farther
             Character
             ?
             or
             say
             that
             they
             are
             no
             more
             ?
             What!
             have
             people
             lost
             their
             senses
             ,
             or
             must
             any
             thing
             serve
             to
             blemish
             Quakers
             ;
             What
             Injustice
             is
             here
             ?
             For
             shame
             do
             as
             you
             would
             be
             done
             by
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             seventh
             Passage
             ,
             alledged
             out
             of
             Geo.
             Whitehead's
             Apology
             ,
             pag.
             49.
             viz.
             
               That
               what
               is
               spoken
               from
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Truth
               in
               any
               is
               of
               as
               great
               Authority
               as
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               yea
               and
               greater
               .
            
          
           
             I
             answer
             in
             G.
             W's
             own
             words
             ,
             which
             are
             these
             ,
             
               That
               which
               was
               spoken
               from
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Truth
               in
               any
               is
               of
               as
               great
               Authority
               as
               the
               Scriptures
               or
               Chapters
               are
               ,
               and
               greater
               ,
               as
               proceeding
               immediately
               from
               that
               Spirit
               ,
               as
               Christ's
               words
               were
               of
               greater
               Authority
               when
               he
               spoke
               then
               the
               Pharisees
               reading
               the
               Letter
               ;
               and
               they
               and
               their
               speaking
               we
               deny
               :
               thi●
               ▪
               ●ays
               he
               ,
               was
               my
               Answer
               .
            
          
           
             Now
             I
             appeal
             to
             the
             just
             Witness
             of
             God
             in
             every
             Conscience
             ,
             if
             this
             Adversary
             was
             not
             very
             disingenuous
             to
             take
             no
             notice
             of
             this
             Distinction
             :
             for
             ,
             in
             short
             ,
             two
             things
             are
             in
             our
             Friend's
             words
             ;
             first
             ,
             That
             what
             comes
             from
             the
             same
             Spirit
             of
             Truth
             ,
             is
             of
             the
             same
             Authority
             ;
             and
             who
             denies
             that
             ?
             no
             body
             that
             is
             in
             his
             senses
             .
             Next
             ,
             That
             what
             is
             spoken
             by
             the
             immediate
             Motion
             ,
             Life
             and
             Power
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             is
             of
             more
             Authority
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             Force
             and
             Efficacy
             to
             move
             ,
             quicken
             ,
             enliven
             or
             operate
             upon
             the
             Hearers
             )
             then
             the
             bare
             reading
             of
             a
             Chapter
             in
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             especially
             by
             such
             as
             the
             Pharisees
             were
             ,
             as
             a
             Letter
             cannot
             give
             that
             Impression
             which
             we
             may
             justly
             suppose
             the
             lively
             Presence
             ,
             Mind
             and
             Voice
             of
             the
             Person
             that
             writ
             it
             might
             .
             
             But
             the
             End
             of
             our
             Adversary
             plainly
             is
             this
             ,
             to
             make
             us
             undervalue
             the
             Truth
             of
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             to
             debase
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             Scripture
             with
             relation
             to
             its
             Verity
             ;
             as
             if
             what
             was
             said
             now
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Truth
             in
             any
             godly
             Man
             ,
             were
             more
             true
             then
             that
             which
             was
             spoken
             by
             the
             same
             Spirit
             in
             former
             ages
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             gross
             suggestion
             .
             The
             difference
             lying
             in
             these
             two
             things
             ;
             ●st
             ,
             Whether
             Christ's
             words
             ,
             spoken
             by
             his
             own
             Mouth
             ,
             were
             not
             of
             greater
             force
             ,
             vigour
             and
             authority
             to
             influence
             or
             quicken
             an
             Auditory
             ,
             then
             the
             same
             words
             written
             and
             now
             read
             .
             2dly
             ,
             Whether
             the
             words
             of
             Christ
             ,
             when
             spoken
             by
             his
             own
             Mouth
             ,
             were
             not
             of
             more
             Life
             and
             Authority
             then
             the
             Scriptures
             read
             by
             the
             Pharisees
             .
             The
             first
             is
             true
             ,
             and
             much
             more
             the
             last
             :
             let
             this
             Adversary
             then
             be
             ashamed
             of
             his
             Injustice
             .
             Christ
             said
             of
             the
             words
             that
             he
             spoke
             ,
             
               The
               words
            
             
             
               that
               I
               speak
               ,
               they
               are
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               they
               are
               Life
            
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             〈◊〉
             they
             proceeded
             from
             his
             gracious
             Lips
             ,
             and
             as
             they
             were
             uttered
             from
             that
             Divine
             Power
             ,
             Glory
             and
             Authority
             which
             dwelt
             in
             him
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             eighth
             Quotation
             ,
             That
             
               Richard
               Stubbs
            
             a
             Quaker
             should
             say
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Christ
               born
               of
               the
               Virgin
               ,
               and
               that
               dyed
               at
            
             Jerusalem
             ,
             
               was
               a
               False
               Christ
               ,
               and
               an
               Antichrist
               .
            
          
           
             I
             answer
             ,
             There
             was
             never
             any
             such
             man
             a
             Quaker
             that
             I
             know
             of
             ,
             nor
             did
             ever
             any
             owned
             by
             us
             utter
             so
             horrid
             a
             Blasphemy
             ;
             we
             detest
             allsuch
             Impiety
             :
             besides
             ,
             the
             story
             I
             suppose
             came
             out
             of
             an
             idle
             Pamphlet
             ,
             printed
             about
             seven
             years
             since
             by
             a
             foolish
             Person
             in
             London
             ,
             to
             get
             Money
             ;
             a
             Fiction
             like
             to
             that
             of
             the
             
               Island
               of
               Pines
            
             ,
             &c.
             
             But
             if
             true
             ,
             where
             's
             the
             Witnesses
             ?
             shall
             the
             SAY-SO
             or
             
               Authority
               of
               an
               Enemy
            
             prevail
             ?
             what
             must
             any
             stuff
             serve
             to
             bedirt
             the
             Quakers
             ,
             no
             matter
             what
             ,
             nor
             from
             whom
             ?
             There
             is
             a
             Righteous
             God
             that
             will
             have
             the
             Judgment
             of
             these
             things
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             nineth
             Passage
             cited
             out
             of
             
               G.
               F's
               Great
               Mystery
            
             ,
             pag.
             206.
             
               viz.
               If
               there
               be
               any
               other
               Christ
               then
               he
               that
               is
               crucified
               within
               ,
               he
               is
               a
               False
               Christ
               .
            
          
           
             I
             answer
             ,
             I
             have
             not
             the
             Book
             by
             me
             ,
             but
             I
             will
             stand
             by
             the
             
             Passage
             ;
             for
             either
             there
             is
             no
             such
             thing
             as
             a
             Christ
             within
             ,
             or
             if
             there
             be
             ,
             there
             must
             be
             two
             Christs
             ;
             or
             lastly
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             same
             Christ
             that
             suffered
             without
             ,
             which
             is
             also
             crucified
             by
             sin
             within
             .
             Now
             I
             leave
             our
             Adversary
             to
             chuse
             which
             of
             these
             three
             he
             will
             accept
             of
             .
             Is
             there
             no
             Christ
             within
             ?
             or
             is
             there
             two
             Christs
             ,
             one
             within
             ,
             and
             another
             without
             ?
             or
             is
             there
             but
             one
             Christ
             both
             without
             and
             within
             ?
             chuse
             him
             whether
             .
             But
             I
             would
             tell
             our
             Adversary
             ,
             that
             a
             Christ
             was
             revealed
             in
             Paul
             ,
             and
             forming
             in
             the
             Hearts
             of
             the
             Galatians
             ,
             and
             was
             in
             
             the
             holy
             Antients
             the
             Hope
             of
             Glory
             ,
             and
             so
             he
             is
             in
             his
             People
             in
             this
             day
             ,
             blessed
             be
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Lord.
             Yea
             ,
             't
             was
             the
             Apostolical
             Exhortation
             .
             
               Examine
               your selves
               ,
               whether
               ye
               be
               in
               the
            
             
             
               Faith
               ,
               prove
               your
               own
               selves
               :
               know
               ye
               not
               your
               own
               selves
               ,
               how
               that
               Jesus
               Christ
               is
               in
               you
               ,
               except
               ye
               be
               Reprobates
               .
            
             So
             that
             such
             as
             deny
             Christ
             within
             are
             out
             of
             the
             Apostolical
             Faith
             ,
             and
             Reprobates
             .
             It
             was
             both
             Christ's
             Promise
             and
             Prayer
             ;
             for
             sayes
             he
             to
             his
             Disciples
             ,
             Let
             not
             your
             Hearts
             be
             
             troubled
             ;
             ye
             believe
             in
             God
             ,
             believe
             also
             in
             me
             .
             I
             will
             not
             leave
             you
             comfortless
             ,
             I
             will
             come
             to
             you
             ,
             I
             will
             come
             again
             .
             Yet
             a
             little
             while
             and
             the
             World
             seeth
             me
             no
             more
             ,
             but
             ye
             see
             me
             :
             Because
             I
             live
             ,
             ye
             shall
             live
             also
             :
             At
             that
             day
             ye
             shall
             know
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             in
             my
             Father
             ,
             and
             you
             in
             me
             ,
             and
             I
             in
             you
             .
             That
             Christ
             prayed
             for
             this
             Fellowship
             is
             as
             clear
             ;
             Neither
             pray
             I
             for
             these
             alone
             ,
             
             but
             for
             them
             also
             which
             shall
             believe
             on
             me
             through
             their
             word
             ;
             that
             they
             all
             may
             be
             one
             ,
             as
             thou
             Father
             art
             in
             me
             ,
             and
             I
             in
             thee
             ,
             that
             they
             also
             may
             be
             one
             in
             us
             ,
             that
             the
             World
             may
             believe
             that
             thou
             hast
             sent
             me
             :
             and
             the
             Glory
             which
             thou
             gavest
             me
             I
             have
             given
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             one
             even
             as
             we
             are
             one
             .
             I
             IN
             THEM
             ,
             and
             they
             in
             me
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             made
             perfect
             in
             one
             :
             And
             that
             the
             World
             may
             know
             ,
             that
             thou
             hast
             sent
             me
             ,
             and
             hast
             loved
             them
             ,
             as
             thou
             hast
             loved
             me
             .
             O
             Righteous
             Father
             !
             the
             World
             hath
             not
             known
             
             thee
             ,
             but
             I
             have
             known
             thee
             ,
             and
             these
             have
             known
             that
             thou
             hast
             sent
             me
             ;
             and
             I
             have
             declared
             unto
             them
             thy
             Name
             ,
             and
             will
             declare
             it
             ,
             that
             the
             Love
             wherewith
             thou
             hast
             loved
             me
             ,
             may
             be
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             I
             IN
             THEM
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             the
             Blessedness
             of
             the
             Righteous
             ,
             even
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             the
             true
             Disciples
             of
             Jesus
             ,
             that
             forsake
             all
             for
             his
             Name
             ,
             that
             take
             up
             his
             Cross
             daily
             to
             their
             
             vain
             Affections
             and
             Lusts
             ,
             and
             boldly
             confess
             him
             before
             all
             men
             by
             a
             Life
             of
             true
             Self
             denyal
             .
             O
             that
             all
             people
             would
             receive
             him
             into
             their
             hearts
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             into
             their
             Love
             &
             Affection
             .
             :
             Behold
             he
             stands
             at
             the
             Door
             and
             knocks
             ;
             shut
             not
             thy
             Door
             upon
             him
             ;
             let
             him
             in
             ,
             entertain
             him
             in
             thy
             Soul
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             wash
             thee
             &
             cleanse
             thee
             by
             his
             own
             spirit
             ,
             &
             by
             his
             own
             water
             ,
             &
             by
             his
             own
             blood
             ,
             that
             bear
             witness
             for
             him
             on
             Earth
             ,
             and
             these
             three
             are
             but
             one
             ;
             
             then
             shall
             the
             Love
             of
             God
             abound
             in
             thy
             Soul
             towards
             God
             and
             towards
             thy
             Neighbour
             ;
             this
             is
             Christianity
             indeed
             :
             and
             the
             truth
             is
             ,
             't
             is
             want
             of
             Christ
             being
             known
             more
             within
             people
             ,
             to
             purge
             their
             Hearts
             ,
             and
             purifie
             their
             Consciences
             ,
             that
             so
             much
             Vanity
             &
             Ungodlines
             are
             to
             be
             found
             among
             Christians
             :
             People
             can
             let
             the
             Devil
             be
             within
             them
             ,
             but
             they
             will
             not
             allow
             Christ
             to
             be
             within
             them
             .
             But
             I
             would
             ask
             them
             and
             you
             ,
             How
             the
             strong
             Man
             of
             Sin
             must
             be
             bound
             ,
             that
             
             keeps
             the
             House
             (
             the
             Heart
             )
             and
             his
             Works
             destroyed
             ,
             if
             Christ
             ,
             the
             stronger
             then
             he
             ,
             have
             not
             entrance
             and
             sway
             in
             the
             Conscience
             ?
             for
             this
             know
             ,
             that
             
               from
               within
               proceed
               Evil
               Thoughts
            
             ,
             
             
               Murders
               ,
               Adulteries
               ,
               Fornication
               ,
               Thefts
               ,
               False
               Witness
               ,
               Blasphemies
            
             ;
             these
             and
             such
             like
             are
             the
             things
             which
             defile
             the
             Man.
             Now
             ,
             who
             shall
             purge
             this
             Heart
             ,
             and
             with
             what
             ?
             Must
             not
             Christ
             do
             it
             ,
             
               he
               that
               baptizes
               with
               Fire
               and
               with
               the
            
             
             
               holy
               Ghost
               ,
               whose
               Fan
               is
               in
               his
               Hand
               ,
               and
               who
               will
               
               thorowly
               purge
               his
               Floor
               ?
            
             This
             was
             
             John's
             record
             ,
             that
             was
             sent
             of
             God
             for
             that
             End.
             Now
             let
             those
             that
             call
             themselves
             Christians
             ,
             consider
             seriously
             and
             in
             the
             Fear
             of
             God
             ,
             if
             their
             Floors
             ,
             
               their
               Hearts
            
             ,
             be
             purged
             ,
             if
             the
             Dirt
             and
             Chaff
             be
             swept
             away
             ,
             if
             Christ's
             Baptism
             of
             Fire
             has
             burnt
             up
             their
             Vain
             Thoughts
             ,
             Lusts
             and
             Affections
             ,
             or
             not
             ;
             for
             by
             Fire
             will
             God
             plead
             with
             all
             flesh
             .
             And
             let
             such
             consider
             ,
             if
             they
             have
             been
             yet
             baptiz'd
             with
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             ,
             that
             makes
             people
             alive
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             whether
             they
             live
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             meditate
             in
             his
             pure
             Law
             ;
             or
             rather
             if
             they
             be
             not
             carnally-minded
             ,
             which
             is
             Death
             ,
             let
             them
             see
             if
             Pride
             don't
             profess
             Christianity
             ,
             &
             if
             
               Wantonness
               ,
               Vanity
               ,
               Covetousness
               ,
               Passion
               ,
               Envy
               ,
               Wrath
               ,
               Malice
               ,
               and
               such
               like
               don't
               make
               Profession
               of
               Religion
               ,
               read
               ,
               pray
               ,
               preach
               ,
               go
               to
               Church
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               :
            
             I
             say
             ,
             in
             the
             Fear
             of
             Almighty
             God
             ,
             let
             all
             that
             profess
             him
             and
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             examine
             themselves
             ,
             and
             prove
             themselves
             ,
             
               whether
               Jesus
               Christ
               live
               in
               them
               and
               rule
               in
               them
               ,
               or
               another
               Nature
               ,
               Principle
               and
               Spirit
               ;
               for
               God
               will
               not
               be
               mocked
               ,
               such
               as
               men
               sow
               such
               must
               they
               reap
               in
               the
               terrible
               Day
               of
               Judgment
               .
            
          
           
             To
             the
             tenth
             Quotation
             ,
             out
             of
             G.
             F's
             
               Way
               to
               the
               Kingdom
            
             ,
             viz.
             
               That
               the
               four
               Books
               of
            
             Matthew
             ,
             Mark
             ,
             Luke
             and
             John
             
               are
               not
               the
               Gospel
            
             .
          
           
             I
             answer
             ,
             If
             this
             be
             a
             piece
             of
             Heresie
             ,
             we
             have
             good
             Company
             ;
             for
             
               Paul
               ,
               Ignatius
               ,
               Justine
               Martyr
               ,
               Origen
               ,
               Chrisostom
               ,
            
             and
             some
             of
             our
             English
             Martyrs
             
             are
             of
             this
             Mind
             .
             Paul
             sayes
             ,
             The
             Gospel
             is
             the
             
               Power
               of
               God
            
             ;
             but
             it
             were
             Blasphemy
             with
             a
             witness
             to
             call
             these
             four
             Narratives
             or
             Declarations
             ,
             the
             Power
             of
             God
             ;
             in
             which
             there
             are
             the
             Sayings
             and
             Actions
             of
             the
             Devil
             and
             Wicked
             Jews
             and
             Persecutors
             recorded
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Expressions
             and
             Deeds
             of
             Christ
             and
             his
             Disciples
             .
          
           
             Ignatius
             ,
             in
             his
             Epistle
             to
             the
             Philadelphians
             ,
             calleth
             it
             very
             near
             to
             
             Paul's
             Expression
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               The
               Perfection
               of
               Incorruption
            
             ,
             which
             these
             four
             Books
             are
             not
             ,
             that
             are
             composed
             of
             Paper
             and
             Letters
             ,
             containing
             meer
             reports
             and
             Records
             ,
             though
             never
             so
             true
             ;
             or
             the
             Consequence
             would
             be
             ,
             
             that
             the
             Writings
             of
             the
             Prophets
             (
             because
             Ignatius
             saith
             in
             the
             same
             Epistle
             ,
             
               that
               the
               Prophets
               have
               anounced
               and
               declared
               the
               Gospel
               )
            
             are
             the
             Gospel
             in
             our
             Adversaries
             account
             ,
             if
             he
             receives
             Ignatius
             ,
             that
             lived
             soon
             after
             .
             But
             it
             s
             clear
             that
             our
             Adversaries
             refuse
             the
             Prophets
             Writings
             that
             Title
             ,
             and
             do
             not
             give
             it
             even
             to
             the
             Apostolical
             Epistles
             ,
             yet
             are
             displeased
             with
             our
             Tenderness
             in
             not
             stiling
             these
             four
             Books
             or
             Histories
             the
             Gospel
             .
          
           
             When
             
               Justin
               Martyr
            
             speaks
             of
             those
             four
             Books
             ,
             especially
             when
             he
             citeth
             out
             of
             them
             
               the
               mocking
               of
               Christ
            
             ,
             prophesied
             of
             in
             the
             Psalms
             ,
             and
             of
             Christ's
             Silence
             to
             Pilate
             ,
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             &
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               it
               is
               written
               and
               expressed
            
             ,
             not
             in
             the
             Four
             Evangelists
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             Four
             Evangelia
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             Writings
             of
             the
             Four
             Evangelists
             ,
             as
             they
             do
             commonly
             now
             ;
             but
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             in
             the
             Records
             or
             History
             of
             his
             (
             Christ's
             )
             Apostles
             :
             Yea
             ,
             he
             is
             so
             far
             from
             calling
             the
             Books
             of
             Scriptures
             either
             the
             Law
             or
             Gospel
             ,
             that
             he
             saith
             ,
             Christ
             Jesus
             is
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               the
               eternal
               Law
               and
               the
               New
               Testament
               ,
               which
               according
               to
               the
               Prophecy
               should
               come
               forth
               to
               the
               universal
               World.
               
            
          
           
             Chrysostom
             not
             only
             refused
             an
             Oath
             ,
             but
             denyed
             those
             four
             Books
             to
             be
             the
             Evangile
             or
             Gospel
             ,
             
             though
             he
             refused
             not
             to
             call
             them
             ,
             The
             Writings
             of
             the
             four
             Evangelists
             .
             So
             said
             
               William
               Thorp
            
             ,
             as
             may
             be
             seen
             in
             the
             
               Book
               of
               Martyrs
            
             .
             
             Besides
             ,
             the
             Gospel
             is
             called
             ,
             
               A
               Mystery
               hid
               from
               Ages
               and
               Generations
               ,
            
             which
             four
             Books
             were
             
             not
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             still
             hid
             from
             all
             Envious
             ,
             Proud
             ,
             Lustful
             ,
             Vain
             and
             Evil-minded
             People
             .
          
           
             To
             Conclude
             ;
             The
             Bible
             it self
             declares
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             but
             
               is
               not
               that
               Gospel
            
             ;
             it
             declares
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             but
             
               is
               not
               that
               Spirit
            
             ;
             it
             declares
             of
             the
             Light
             ,
             but
             
               is
               not
               that
               Light
            
             ;
             and
             it
             declares
             of
             the
             Eternal
             Power
             and
             Word
             ,
             but
             
               it
               is
               not
               that
               Eternal
               Word
               and
               Power
               of
               God
               :
            
             neither
             is
             the
             Light
             ,
             Power
             and
             Spirit
             in
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             though
             they
             were
             in
             those
             that
             gave
             them
             forth
             ,
             and
             live
             and
             abide
             forever
             in
             him
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             Fulness
             
             of
             all
             Wisdom
             ,
             Life
             and
             Truth
             ,
             who
             is
             Lord
             and
             Author
             of
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             given
             forth
             by
             divine
             Inspiration
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             last
             Citation
             and
             Exception
             ,
             viz.
             that
             G.
             F.
             sayes
             ,
             
               That
               we
               ought
               not
               to
               pray
               to
               God
               to
               give
               us
               a
               sight
               of
               our
               Sins
               .
            
          
           
             I
             answer
             ,
             That
             this
             Adversary
             misgives
             his
             words
             ,
             and
             suggests
             by
             those
             he
             cites
             another
             thing
             then
             is
             plainly
             and
             honestly
             intended
             by
             G.
             F.
             in
             his
             own
             words
             ;
             they
             are
             these
             ,
             
               And
               to
               you
               that
               tempt
               God
               and
               say
               ,
               The
               Lord
               give
               us
               a
               sight
               of
               our
               Sins
            
             ;
             mark
             ,
             he
             speaks
             to
             those
             that
             tempt
             God
             ,
             and
             let
             me
             add
             ,
             mock
             God
             too
             ;
             for
             to
             such
             he
             speaks
             ,
             as
             what
             follows
             declares
             ,
             viz.
             
             
               Priests
               and
               People
               (
               sayes
               G.
               F.
               )
               does
               not
               the
               Light
               which
               Christ
               hath
               enlightned
               you
               with
               ,
               let
               you
               see
               your
               Sin
               ?
               that
               Lying
               and
               Swearing
               ,
               Cursed
               Speaking
               ,
               Theft
               ,
               Murder
               ,
               Whoredom
               ,
               Covetousness
               ,
               Pride
               ,
               Lust
               and
               Pleasures
               ,
               all
               these
               things
               to
               be
               the
               Works
               of
               the
               Flesh
               and
               Fruits
               of
               Darkness
               ?
               Mark
               now
               ,
               this
               Light
               within
               you
               lets
               you
               see
               it
               ,
               so
               you
               need
               not
               tempt
               God
               to
               give
               you
               a
               Sight
               of
               your
               Sins
               ;
               for
               ye
               know
               enough
               ,
               and
               waiting
               in
               the
               Light
               ,
               Power
               and
               Strength
               will
               be
               given
               to
               you
               .
            
          
           
             Now
             ,
             let
             the
             Impartial
             judge
             if
             the
             Consequence
             of
             these
             words
             be
             ,
             
               That
               we
               must
               not
               pray
               to
               God
               to
               give
               us
               a
               sight
               of
               our
               Sins
               that
               we
               don't
               see
               ,
            
             which
             must
             be
             our
             Enemies
             suggestion
             or
             nothing
             ,
             or
             not
             rather
             ,
             that
             we
             should
             not
             tempt
             and
             mock
             God
             
               by
               praying
               for
               a
               sight
               of
               our
               sins
               ,
               whilest
               we
               see
               ,
               and
               that
               there
               is
               not
               a
               forsaking
               of
               the
               sins
               that
               we
               do
               already
               see
               .
            
             I
             ask
             ,
             Does
             it
             follow
             ,
             that
             because
             we
             should
             not
             tempt
             or
             mock
             God
             in
             praying
             for
             a
             sight
             of
             the
             sins
             we
             have
             a
             sight
             of
             ,
             and
             yet
             don't
             forsake
             ,
             that
             therefore
             we
             must
             not
             pray
             to
             God
             for
             a
             sight
             of
             those
             sins
             that
             we
             have
             no
             sight
             of
             ,
             having
             first
             renounced
             those
             we
             have
             had
             a
             sight
             of
             ?
             Well
             ,
             the
             Lord
             keep
             our
             Lives
             out
             of
             the
             Power
             of
             a
             Jury
             that
             would
             take
             this
             Latitude
             of
             Construction
             .
          
           
             The
             following
             words
             of
             that
             good
             man
             are
             these
             ,
             and
             very
             savoury
             and
             Christian
             they
             are
             ;
             
               For
               they
               that
               wait
               upon
               the
               Lord
               ,
               their
               strength
               shall
               be
               renewed
               (
               but
               for
               what
               ,
               if
               not
               to
            
             
             forsake
             sin
             ,
             and
             serve
             the
             Lord
             God
             )
             
               and
               living
               in
               the
               Light
               ,
               and
               walking
               up
               to
               God
               ,
               it
               will
               bring
               you
               to
               true
               Hunger
               and
               Thirst
               after
               Righteousness
               ,
               that
               you
               may
               receive
               the
               Blessing
               from
               God
               ,
               and
               give
               over
               tempting
               of
               God
               to
               give
               you
               a
               sight
               of
               your
               sins
               .
               And
               why
               ?
               because
               you
               see
               more
               then
               you
               forsake
               ;
            
             forsake
             what
             you
             see
             ,
             before
             you
             pray
             for
             more
             sight
             ;
             for
             all
             such
             Prayer
             in
             such
             Disobedience
             is
             a
             meer
             Mockery
             ,
             and
             God
             will
             not
             be
             mocked
             :
             and
             be
             
             it
             known
             to
             all
             ,
             that
             God
             has
             determined
             not
             to
             hear
             the
             Prayers
             of
             the
             Wicked
             ;
             for
             they
             are
             ,
             sayes
             the
             Prophet
             ,
             an
             Abomination
             unto
             him
             .
             This
             yet
             appears
             to
             be
             his
             sense
             by
             the
             following
             Paragraph
             ;
             
               And
               to
               all
               ye
               that
               say
               ,
               God
               give
               us
               Grace
               and
               we
               shall
               refrain
               from
               our
               Sin
               ;
               there
               ye
               have
               got
               a
               tempting
               customary
               word
               ;
               for
               the
               free
               Grace
               of
               God
               has
               appeared
               to
               all
               men
               ,
               and
               this
               is
               the
               Grace
               which
               shews
               you
               Ungodliness
               and
               Worldly
               Lusts
               :
               Now
               ,
               thou
               that
               livest
               in
               Ungodliness
               ,
               Lying
               ,
               and
               Swearing
               ,
               and
               Theft
               ,
               and
               Murder
               ,
               and
               Drunkenness
               ,
               and
               Filthy
               Pleasures
               ,
               and
               lusting
               after
               the
               World
               ,
               thou
               art
               he
               that
               turns
               the
               free
               Grace
               of
               God
               into
               Wantonness
               ,
               and
               casts
               his
               Laws
               behind
               thy
               back
               ,
               and
               walkest
               despightfully
               against
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Grace
               .
               Oh
               vain
               man
               !
               yet
               thou
               canst
               say
               ,
               God
               is
               merciful
               ,
               and
               live
               in
               thy
               Wickedness
               ,
               passing
               on
               thy
               time
               without
               the
               Fear
               of
               God
               ,
               sporting
               thy self
               in
               thy
               Wickedness
               .
            
          
           
             What
             think
             you
             now
             ?
             Does
             this
             man
             say
             ,
             the
             people
             ought
             not
             to
             pray
             for
             a
             sight
             of
             their
             sins
             ,
             which
             they
             see
             not
             in
             order
             to
             Repentance
             ,
             or
             can
             he
             mean
             so
             ?
             let
             Candor
             speak
             .
             For
             that
             I
             said
             before
             must
             be
             the
             meaning
             of
             this
             Adversary
             ,
             or
             he
             means
             nothing
             ,
             because
             in
             the
             other
             sense
             all
             must
             grant
             that
             men
             ought
             not
             to
             tempt
             ,
             provoke
             and
             mock
             God
             by
             praying
             for
             a
             fight
             ,
             when
             they
             have
             it
             and
             don
             't
             use
             it
             .
             What
             then
             is
             the
             Conclusion
             of
             this
             Matter
             ?
             why
             plainly
             this
             ,
             that
             from
             G.
             F.
             saying
             ,
             that
             
               those
               who
               say
               the
               Lord
               give
               us
               a
               sight
               of
               our
               sins
               ,
               that
               have
               a
               sight
               of
               them
               already
               and
               forsake
               them
               not
               ,
               do
               therein
               tempt
               God
               :
            
             This
             Enemy
             of
             ours
             ,
             makes
             no
             scruple
             of
             Conscience
             to
             infer
             and
             conclude
             that
             G.
             F.
             
             says
             ,
             that
             
               we
               ought
               not
               to
               pray
               to
               God
               to
               give
               us
               a
               sight
               of
               our
               sins
               at
               all
               ,
            
             without
             any
             regard
             to
             the
             Distinction
             of
             having
             the
             sight
             already
             ,
             be
             it
             that
             such
             have
             forsaken
             what
             God
             has
             given
             them
             a
             sight
             of
             ,
             or
             that
             they
             have
             Sins
             they
             have
             yet
             no
             sight
             of
             ,
             yet
             G.
             F.
             says
             ,
             we
             must
             not
             pray
             for
             a
             sight
             of
             our
             sins
             ,
             if
             this
             Adversary
             may
             be
             credited
             .
             Well
             ,
             the
             Lord
             God
             Almighty
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             Searcher
             of
             all
             Hearts
             ,
             knows
             the
             end
             of
             this
             Person
             in
             writing
             and
             spreading
             these
             Calumnies
             and
             Perversions
             ,
             and
             with
             him
             I
             leave
             him
             and
             his
             Work
             ,
             but
             so
             ,
             as
             that
             I
             sincerely
             desire
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             have
             a
             sight
             of
             his
             sin
             against
             God
             and
             an
             harmless
             People
             ,
             if
             he
             acts
             ignorantly
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             may
             sincerely
             repent
             ,
             and
             find
             Mercy
             with
             the
             Lord
             ,
             if
             he
             acts
             maliciously
             ,
             before
             he
             goes
             bence
             and
             be
             no
             more
             seen
             ;
             for
             it
             s
             not
             a
             sleight
             thing
             to
             mischarge
             ,
             and
             that
             so
             peremptorily
             too
             ,
             an
             entire
             People
             ,
             about
             matters
             of
             the
             World
             that
             is
             without
             end
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             conclude
             this
             Defence
             with
             these
             three
             things
             ,
             the
             first
             is
             ,
             that
             most
             of
             the
             Opinions
             he
             calls
             ours
             are
             not
             so
             evinced
             ,
             or
             so
             much
             as
             attempted
             to
             be
             proved
             by
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             Libel
             against
             us
             .
             2dly
             ,
             Those
             that
             are
             endeavoured
             to
             be
             fastened
             on
             us
             ,
             have
             not
             their
             due
             proof
             ,
             one
             Person
             it
             may
             be
             is
             produced
             to
             make
             good
             a
             Charge
             against
             a
             Body
             of
             People
             ;
             would
             our
             Adversaries
             be
             thus
             used
             ?
             would
             they
             be
             concluded
             by
             the
             Word
             or
             Act
             of
             any
             one
             Member
             of
             their
             numerous
             Communion
             ?
             certainly
             no
             :
             Besides
             ,
             the
             Proofs
             that
             are
             brought
             ,
             are
             some
             lame
             ,
             others
             perverted
             ,
             and
             some
             forged
             ,
             which
             looks
             very
             dishonourable
             on
             the
             part
             of
             our
             Accuser
             ,
             first
             to
             mis-charge
             ,
             then
             mis-cite
             ,
             and
             lastly
             wrack
             words
             ,
             well
             intended
             ,
             to
             extort
             ,
             if
             possible
             ,
             a
             Consession
             of
             guilt
             :
             but
             the
             truth
             is
             ,
             Error
             can
             only
             be
             maintained
             by
             Error
             ,
             and
             therefore
             there
             is
             no
             wonder
             in
             the
             case
             .
             This
             is
             the
             Usage
             we
             have
             mostly
             met
             with
             
             put
             thanks
             be
             to
             God
             we
             are
             neither
             surprized
             nor
             unqrepared
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             I
             do
             hereby
             offer
             a
             fair
             and
             free
             Conference
             with
             the
             Author
             or
             Authors
             of
             the
             Libel
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             that
             can
             soberly
             pretend
             to
             a
             Conscientious
             Dissatisfaction
             about
             our
             Faith
             or
             Practice
             ,
             at
             such
             time
             as
             shall
             be
             mutually
             agreed
             upon
             to
             be
             convenient
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             I
             offer
             ,
             not
             out
             of
             Vanity
             or
             Oftentation
             ,
             but
             in
             Duty
             to
             God
             my
             great
             Lord
             and
             Master
             ,
             and
             in
             good
             will
             to
             all
             such
             Persons
             ;
             and
             did
             not
             these
             Considerations
             prevail
             ,
             and
             carry
             me
             to
             this
             Condescention
             ,
             my
             manifold
             Affairs
             and
             the
             many
             and
             large
             Books
             I
             have
             already
             writ
             on
             occasion
             of
             these
             and
             the
             like
             Imputations
             ,
             would
             have
             disswaded
             me
             from
             any
             fresh
             undertaking
             of
             this
             nature
             ,
             and
             sufficiently
             guarded
             me
             against
             all
             Reflections
             upon
             my
             Silence
             .
          
           
             
               I
               am
               a
               Friend
               to
               Mankind
               William
               Penn.
               
            
          
        
         
           THE
           END
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A54109-e340
           
             ‖
             This
             was
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             
               Luther
               ,
               Zwinglius
               ,
               Calvin
               ,
               Oecolampadius
               ,
               Beza
            
             and
             Marlorat
             abroad
             ;
             and
             of
             
               W.
               Tindal
               ,
               D.
               Barns
               ,
               John
               Frith
               ,
               John
               Bradford
               ,
               J.
               Woodman
               ,
               Philpot
               ,
               Fox
               ,
               Jewel
               ,
               Whittiker
               ,
               &c.
            
             at
             home
             ,
             that
             the
             Scriptures
             Authority
             to
             us
             stood
             in
             the
             inward
             Testimony
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God.
             See
             my
             
               Quakerism
               a
               New
               Nick-Name
               for
               Old
               Christianity
               ,
            
             and
             my
             Rejoynder
             in
             defence
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             from
             pag.
             24.
             to
             pag.
             101.
             and
             from
             pag.
             31.
             to
             pag.
             186.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             6.
             15.
             
             Rom.
             1.
             14.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             35.
             33
             ,
             34.
             
             Hebr.
             8.
             13.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             15
             ,
             16
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             Chap.
             3.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             5.
             19
             ,
             20
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
             Luke
             20.
             35
             ,
             36
             ,
             37
             ,
             38.
             
             Joh.
             11.
             25.
             1
             
             Cor.
             15.
             34
             ,
             35
             ,
             36
             ,
             37
             ,
             38.
             
             Rev.
             20.
             5.
             
          
           
             Acts
             4.
             12.
             2
             
             Tim.
             1.
             10.
             
             Rom.
             3.
             25.
             1
             
             John
             2.
             2.
             1
             
             Tim.
             2.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
             Heb.
             8.
             6.
             
             Chap.
             12.
             24.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             34.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             7.
             25.
             
          
           
             1
             John
             2.
             16.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             7.
             23.
             
          
           
             James
             1.
             27.
             
             John
             8.
             23.
             
             Chap.
             15.
             18
             ,
             19.
             
             Chap.
             18.
             36.
             
             Mat.
             5.
             11.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             4.
             10
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             John
             8.
             12.
             
          
           
             1
             John
             1.
             7.
             
          
           
             Proverbs
             4.
             18.
             
             Isa
             .
             2.
             5.
             
          
           
             Chap.
             49.
             6.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             13.
             12
             ,
             13.
             14.
             
          
           
             John
             9.
             14
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             12.
             7.
             
          
           
             John
             ●
             .
             19.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             17.
             1.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             5.
             22.
             
             &
             6.
             9.
             
             Job
             1.
             1.
             
             Matthew
             5.
             48.
             
          
           
             1
             Thessal
             .
             5.
             23.
             
             Ephes
             .
             4.
             13.
             
          
           
             1
             Timoth.
             3.
             17.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             6.
             1.
             
             &
             13.
             21.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             5.
             10.
             
          
           
             1
             John
             1.
             7.
             
          
           
             Chap.
             2.
             13.
             
          
           
             Chap.
             3.
             9.
             
          
           
             Chap.
             4.
             12
             ,
             16
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             Chap
             5.
             4
             ,
             18.
             
          
           
             Chap.
             3.
             ver
             .
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             1.
             21.
             
          
           
             1
             John
             1.
             5.
             
             Acts
             17.
             27
             ,
             28.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             23.
             23
             ,
             24.
             
             Iob
             25.
             3.
             
          
           
             Genesis
             2.
             7.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             4.
             6
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             5.
             9.
             and
             19.
             7.
             
             &
             5.
             39
             ,
             40.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             1.
             1.
             
             Revel
             .
             19.
             13.
             
          
           
             Luke
             chap.
             1.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             6.
             63.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             1.
             16.
             
             &
             4.
             19.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             13.
             4.
             
          
           
             John
             14.
             1
             ,
             3
             ,
             18
             ,
             19
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             Chap.
             16.
             20
             ,
             21
             ,
             22
             ,
             23
             ,
             25
             ,
             26.
             
          
           
             Matthew
             10.
             38.
             
             Chap
             16.
             24.
             
             Mark
             8.
             34.
             
             Luke
             9.
             23.
             
             Revelat.
             3.
             20.
             
          
           
             1
             John
             5.
             8.
             
          
           
             Matthew
             12.
             29.
             
          
           
             Chap.
             15.
             19
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             Chap.
             3.
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             1.
             16.
             
          
           
             Ephes
             .
             6.
             19.
             
             &
             3.
             3.
             
          
           
             Col.
             1.
             26.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             1.
             11.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             109.
             7.
             
             Prov.
             28.
             9.
             
             Isa
             .
             1.
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15.