Primitive Christianity revived in the faith and practice of the people called Quakers written, in testimony to the present dispensation of God, through them, to the world, that prejudices may be removed, the simple informed, the well-enclined encouraged, and the truth and its innocent Friends, rightly represented / by William Penn.
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             Primitive Christianity revived in the faith and practice of the people called Quakers written, in testimony to the present dispensation of God, through them, to the world, that prejudices may be removed, the simple informed, the well-enclined encouraged, and the truth and its innocent Friends, rightly represented / by William Penn.
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             Primitive
             Christianity
          
           REVIVED
           IN
           THE
           
             Faith
             and
             Practice
          
           Of
           the
           PEOPLE
           called
           QUAKERS
           .
           Written
           ,
           in
           Testimony
           to
           the
           present
           Dispensation
           of
           God
           ,
           
             through
             Them
          
           ,
           to
           the
           World
           :
           That
           Prejudices
           may
           be
           removed
           ,
           the
           Simple
           informed
           ,
           the
           Well-enclined
           Encouraged
           ,
           and
           the
           Truth
           and
           its
           Innocent
           
             Friends
             Rightly
          
           Represented
           .
        
         
           By
           William
           Penn.
           
        
         
           This
           People
           have
           I
           formed
           for
           my self
           :
           They
           shall
           shew
           forth
           my
           Praise
           ,
           
             Isa
             .
             43.
             21.
             
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           and
           Sold
           by
           
             T.
             Sowle
          
           ,
           near
           the
           Meeting-house
           in
           White-Hart-Court
           in
           Gracious-Street
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           Bible
           in
           Leaden-Hall-Street
           near
           the
           Market
           ,
           1696.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           EPISTLE
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           BY
           this
           short
           Ens●●ing
           Treatise
           ,
           〈…〉
           perceive
           the
           Subject
           ,
           of
           it
           ,
           
             viz.
             The
             Light
             of
             Christ
             in
             Man
             ,
             as
             the
             Manifestation
             of
             Gods
             Love
             ,
             for
             Mans
             Happiness
             .
          
           Now
           ,
           for
           as
           much
           as
           this
           is
           the
           
           Peculiar
           Testimony
           and
           Characteristick
           of
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           ;
           their
           great
           Fundamental
           in
           Religion
           :
           That
           by
           which
           they
           have
           been
           distinguished
           from
           other
           Professors
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           in
           their
           Time
           ,
           and
           to
           which
           they
           refer
           all
           People
           about
           Faith
           ,
           Worship
           ,
           and
           Practice
           ,
           both
           in
           their
           Ministry
           and
           Writings
           :
           That
           as
           the
           Fingers
           shute
           out
           of
           the
           Hand
           ,
           and
           the
           Branches
           from
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           Tree
           ,
           so
           ,
           true
           Religion
           ,
           
           in
           all
           the
           Parts
           and
           Articles
           of
           it
           ,
           Springs
           from
           this
           Divine
           Principle
           in
           Man
           :
           And
           because
           the
           Prejudices
           of
           some
           are
           very
           great
           against
           this
           People
           and
           their
           Way
           ;
           and
           that
           others
           ,
           who
           Love
           their
           Seriousness
           and
           commend
           their
           good
           Life
           ,
           are
           yet
           ,
           through
           Mistakes
           ,
           or
           want
           of
           Inquiry
           ,
           under
           Jealousie
           of
           their
           Vnsoundness
           in
           some
           Points
           of
           Faith
           ;
           and
           that
           there
           are
           not
           a
           few
           in
           all
           Perswasions
           which
           desire
           earnestly
           
           to
           know
           and
           enjoy
           God
           in
           that
           sensible
           Manner
           this
           People
           speak
           of
           ,
           and
           who
           seem
           to
           long
           after
           a
           State
           of
           Holiness
           and
           Acceptance
           with
           God
           ;
           but
           are
           under
           Doubts
           and
           Dispondings
           of
           attaining
           it
           ,
           from
           the
           want
           they
           find
           in
           themselves
           of
           inward
           Power
           to
           enable
           them
           ,
           and
           are
           unacquainted
           with
           this
           Efficacious
           Agent
           ,
           which
           God
           hath
           given
           and
           appointed
           for
           their
           Supply
           ▪
        
         
           For
           these
           Reasons
           and
           Motives
           know
           ,
           Reader
           ,
           I
           
           
             and
             so
             often
             trod
             upon
             and
             treated
             as
             the
             Off-scouring
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             are
             the
             People
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             Children
             of
             the
             most
             High.
          
           Bear
           with
           me
           Reader
           ,
           I
           know
           what
           I
           say
           ,
           and
           am
           not
           high
           minded
           but
           fear
           .
           For
           I
           write
           with
           Humility
           towards
           God
           ,
           though
           with
           Confidence
           towards
           thee
           .
           Not
           that
           thou
           shouldst
           believe
           upon
           my
           Authority
           nothing
           less
           ,
           for
           that
           's
           not
           Act
           upon
           Knowledge
           but
           Trust
           :
           But
           that
           thou
           
           shouldst
           try
           and
           prove
           what
           I
           write
           :
           For
           that
           is
           all
           I
           ask
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           all
           I
           need
           ,
           for
           thy
           Conviction
           and
           my
           own
           Justification
           :
           The
           whole
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           being
           but
           a
           spiritual
           Experiment
           upon
           the
           Soul
           ,
           and
           therefore
           seeks
           for
           no
           implicite
           Credit
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           Self-evident
           to
           them
           that
           will
           uprightly
           try
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           when
           thou
           ,
           Reader
           ,
           shalt
           come
           to
           be
           acquainted
           with
           this
           Principle
           ,
           and
           the
           plain
           and
           happy
           
           Teachings
           of
           it
           ,
           thou
           wilt
           ,
           with
           us
           ,
           admire
           thou
           shouldst
           live
           so
           long
           a
           Stranger
           to
           that
           which
           was
           so
           near
           thee
           ,
           and
           as
           much
           wonder
           that
           other
           Folks
           should
           be
           so
           blind
           as
           not
           to
           see
           it
           ,
           as
           formerly
           thou
           thoughtest
           us
           singular
           for
           obeying
           it
           .
           The
           Day
           ,
           I
           believe
           ,
           is
           at
           hand
           ,
           that
           will
           declare
           this
           with
           an
           uncontroulable
           Authority
           ,
           because
           it
           will
           be
           with
           an
           unquestionable
           Evidence
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           done
           ,
           Reader
           ,
           
           with
           this
           Preface
           ,
           when
           I
           have
           told
           thee
           .
           First
           ,
           That
           I
           have
           stated
           the
           Principle
           ,
           and
           opened
           ,
           as
           God
           has
           enabled
           me
           ,
           the
           Nature
           and
           Virtue
           of
           it
           in
           Religion
           :
           Wherein
           the
           
             common
             Doctrines
          
           and
           Articles
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           are
           delivered
           and
           improved
           ;
           and
           in
           which
           ,
           I
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           express
           my self
           in
           Plain
           and
           Proper
           Terms
           ,
           and
           not
           in
           
             Figurative
             ,
             Allegorical
          
           ,
           or
           Doubtful
           Phrases
           ;
           that
           so
           I
           may
           leave
           
             no
             room
          
           for
           
           an
           Equivocal
           or
           Double
           Sence
           ;
           but
           that
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Subject
           I
           treat
           upon
           ,
           may
           appear
           Easily
           and
           Evidently
           to
           every
           common
           Vnderstanding
           .
           Next
           ,
           I
           have
           confirmed
           what
           I
           have
           writ
           ,
           by
           Scripture
           ,
           Reason
           and
           the
           Effects
           of
           it
           ,
           upon
           so
           great
           a
           People
           ;
           whose
           uniform
           ,
           concurrence
           in
           the
           Experience
           and
           Practice
           thereof
           ,
           through
           all
           Times
           and
           Sufferings
           ,
           since
           a
           People
           ,
           challenge
           the
           Notice
           and
           Regard
           of
           every
           serious
           
           Reader
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           I
           have
           written
           briefly
           ,
           that
           so
           it
           might
           be
           every
           ones
           Mony
           and
           Reading
           :
           And
           ,
           much
           in
           a
           little
           is
           best
           ,
           when
           we
           see
           daily
           that
           the
           Richer
           People
           grow
           ,
           the
           less
           Mony
           or
           Time
           they
           have
           for
           God
           ,
           and
           Religion
           :
           And
           perhaps
           ,
           those
           that
           would
           not
           buy
           a
           large
           Book
           ,
           may
           find
           in
           their
           Hearts
           to
           give
           away
           some
           of
           these
           ,
           for
           their
           Neighbours
           Good
           ,
           being
           little
           and
           Cheap
           .
           Be
           serious
           ,
           Reader
           ,
           be
           Impartial
           
           and
           then
           be
           as
           Inquisitive
           as
           thou
           canst
           ;
           and
           that
           for
           thine
           own
           Soul
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Credit
           of
           this
           most
           misunderstood
           and
           abused
           People
           :
           And
           the
           God
           and
           Father
           of
           Lights
           and
           Spirits
           ,
           so
           bless
           thine
           ,
           in
           the
           Perusal
           of
           this
           short
           Treatise
           ,
           that
           thou
           mayst
           receive
           real
           Benefit
           by
           it
           ,
           to
           his
           Glory
           and
           thine
           own
           Comfort
           :
           Which
           is
           the
           Desire
           and
           End
           of
           him
           that
           wrote
           it
           ;
           who
           is
           ,
           
           in
           the
           Bonds
           of
           Christian
           Charity
           ,
           very
           much
           and
           very
           ardently
        
         
           
             Thy
             Real
             Friend
             .
             William
             Penn.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           I.
           
        
         
           Sect.
           1.
           
           Their
           Fundamental
           Principle
           .
           Sect.
           2.
           
           The
           Nature
           of
           it
           .
           Sect.
           3.
           
           Called
           by
           several
           Names
           .
           Sect.
           4.
           
           They
           refer
           all
           to
           this
           ,
           as
           to
           Faith
           ,
           and
           Practice
           ,
           Ministry
           and
           Worship
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
               .
               1.
               
               THat
               which
               the
               People
               called
            
             Quakers
             
               lay
               down
               ,
               as
               a
               main
            
             Fundamental
             
               in
               Religion
               is
               this
            
             ,
             That
             God
             ,
             through
             Christ
             ,
             hath
             placed
             a
             Principle
             in
             every
             
             Man
             ,
             to
             inform
             him
             of
             his
             Duty
             and
             to
             enable
             him
             to
             do
             it
             ;
             and
             that
             those
             that
             live
             up
             to
             this
             Principle
             ,
             are
             the
             People
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             live
             in
             Disobedience
             to
             it
             ,
             are
             not
             God's
             People
             ,
             what
             ever
             Name
             they
             may
             bear
             ,
             or
             Profession
             they
             may
             make
             
               of
               Religion
               .
               This
               is
               their
            
             Ancient
             ,
             First
             and
             Standing
             
               Testimony
               :
               With
               this
               they
               began
               ,
               and
               this
               they
               bore
               ,
               and
               do
               bare
               to
               the
               World.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             2.
             
             By
             this
             Principle
             they
             understand
             something
             that
             is
             Divine
             ,
             and
             though
             in
             Man
             ,
             
               yet
               not
               of
               Man
            
             ,
             but
             of
             God
             ;
             that
             came
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             leads
             to
             him
             all
             those
             that
             will
             be
             lead
             by
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             3.
             
             There
             are
             divers
             ways
             of
             speaking
             ,
             they
             have
             been
             led
             to
             use
             ,
             by
             which
             they
             declare
             and
             express
             what
             this
             Principle
             is
             ,
             about
             which
             I
             think
             fit
             to
             Precaution
             the
             Reader
             .
             viz.
             They
             call
             it
             
               the
               Light
               of
               Christ
               within
               Man
               ,
            
             
             or
             
               Light
               within
            
             ,
             which
             is
             their
             Ancient
             and
             most
             General
             and
             Familiar
             Phrase
             ;
             also
             the
             a
             Manifestation
             b
             
               or
               Appearance
               of
               Christ
            
             c
             the
             d
             
               Witness
               of
               God
               ,
               the
            
             e
             
               Seed
               of
               God
               ,
               the
            
             f
             
               Seed
               of
               the
               Kingdom
            
             ,
             g
             
               Wisdom
               ,
               the
            
             h
             
               Word
               in
               the
               Heart
               ,
               the
               Grace
            
             i
             
               that
               appears
               to
               all
               men
               ,
               the
            
             k
             
               Spirit
               given
               to
               every
               Man
               to
               profit
               with
               ,
               the
            
             l
             
               Truth
               in
               the
               inward
               Parts
               .
               The
            
             m
             
               spiritual
               Leaven
               that
               Leavens
               the
               whole
               Lump
               of
               Man
               :
            
             Which
             are
             many
             of
             them
             Figurative
             Expressions
             ,
             but
             all
             of
             them
             such
             as
             the
             
               Holy
               Ghost
            
             hath
             used
             ,
             and
             which
             will
             be
             used
             in
             this
             Treatise
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             most
             frequently
             in
             the
             Writings
             and
             Ministry
             of
             this
             People
             .
             But
             that
             this
             Variety
             and
             Manner
             of
             Expression
             ,
             may
             not
             occasion
             any
             Misapprehension
             or
             Confusion
             
             in
             the
             Understanding
             of
             the
             Reader
             ,
             I
             would
             have
             him
             know
             ,
             that
             they
             always
             mean
             by
             those
             Terms
             or
             Denominations
             ,
             not
             an
             other
             ,
             but
             the
             
               same
               Principle
            
             ,
             before
             mentioned
             :
             Which
             ,
             as
             I
             said
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             in
             Man
             ,
             is
             not
             of
             Man
             ,
             but
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             therefore
             Divine
             :
             And
             one
             in
             it self
             ,
             though
             diversly
             expressed
             by
             the
             Holy
             Men
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             various
             Manifestations
             and
             Operations
             thereof
             .
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             4.
             
             It
             is
             to
             This
             Principle
             of
             
               Light
               ,
               Life
            
             and
             Grace
             ,
             that
             this
             People
             refer
             all
             :
             For
             they
             say
             it
             is
             the
             great
             Agent
             in
             Religion
             ;
             That
             ,
             without
             which
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             Conviction
             ,
             so
             no
             Conversion
             ,
             
             or
             Regeneration
             ;
             and
             consequently
             no
             entring
             into
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God.
             That
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             there
             can
             be
             no
             true
             sight
             of
             Sin
             ,
             nor
             sorrow
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             therefore
             no
             forsaking
             or
             overcoming
             of
             it
             ,
             or
             Remission
             or
             Justification
             from
             it
             .
             A
             necessary
             
             and
             powerful
             Principle
             indeed
             ,
             when
             neither
             Sanctification
             ,
             nor
             Justification
             can
             be
             had
             without
             it
             .
             In
             short
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             becoming
             Virtuous
             ,
             Holy
             and
             Good
             without
             this
             Principle
             ;
             no
             acceptance
             with
             God
             ,
             nor
             Peace
             of
             Soul
             ,
             but
             through
             it
             .
             But
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             that
             the
             Reason
             of
             so
             much
             Irreligion
             among
             Christians
             ,
             so
             much
             Superstition
             ,
             instead
             of
             Devotion
             ,
             and
             so
             much
             Profession
             without
             Injoyment
             ,
             and
             so
             little
             Heart-Reformation
             ,
             is
             because
             People
             ,
             in
             Religion
             ,
             Over-look
             this
             Principle
             ,
             and
             leave
             it
             behind
             them
             .
          
           
             They
             will
             be
             Religious
             without
             it
             ,
             and
             Christians
             without
             it
             ;
             though
             this
             be
             the
             only
             means
             of
             making
             them
             so
             indeed
             :
             So
             natural
             it
             is
             to
             Man
             ,
             in
             his
             degenerate
             Estate
             ,
             to
             prefer
             Sacrifice
             before
             Obedience
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             Prayers
             go
             for
             Practice
             ,
             and
             so
             flatter
             himself
             to
             Hope
             ,
             by
             Ceremonial
             and
             Bodily
             Services
             ,
             to
             excuse
             himself
             with
             God
             ,
             from
             
             the
             stricter
             Discipline
             of
             this
             Principle
             in
             the
             Soul
             ;
             which
             leads
             Man
             to
             take
             up
             the
             Cross
             ,
             deny
             self
             ,
             and
             do
             that
             which
             God
             requires
             of
             him
             :
             And
             that
             is
             every
             Mans
             true
             Religion
             ,
             and
             every
             such
             Man
             is
             truly
             Religious
             :
             That
             is
             ,
             he
             is
             
               Holy
               ,
               Humble
               ,
               Patient
               ,
               Meek
               ,
               Merciful
               ,
               Just
               ,
               Kind
            
             and
             Charitable
             ;
             which
             ,
             they
             say
             ,
             no
             Man
             can
             make
             himself
             ;
             but
             that
             this
             Principle
             will
             make
             all
             them
             so
             ,
             that
             will
             embrace
             the
             Convictions
             ,
             and
             Teachings
             of
             it
             ;
             being
             the
             Root
             of
             all
             true
             Religion
             in
             Man
             ,
             and
             the
             Good-Seed
             ,
             from
             whence
             all
             Good
             Fruits
             proceed
             .
             To
             summ
             up
             ,
             what
             they
             say
             upon
             the
             Nature
             and
             Virtue
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             Contents
             of
             that
             which
             follows
             ,
             they
             declare
             that
             this
             Principle
             ,
             is
             ,
             First
             ,
             Divine
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             Vniversal
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             Efficacious
             :
             In
             that
             it
             gives
             Man.
             
          
           
             First
             ,
             The
             Knowledge
             of
             God
             and
             of
             himself
             ,
             
               and
               therein
               a
               sight
               of
               his
            
             Duty
             ,
             and
             Disobedience
             
               to
               it
            
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             It
             begets
             a
             true
             Sence
             and
             
             Sorrow
             for
             Sin
             ,
             
               in
               those
               that
               seriously
               regard
               the
               Convictions
               of
               it
               .
            
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             It
             enables
             them
             to
             forsake
             Sin
             and
             Sanctifies
             from
             it
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             It
             applies
             Gods
             Mercies
             in
             Christ
             for
             the
             forgiveness
             of
             Sins
             that
             are
             past
             ,
             unto
             Justification
             ,
             upon
             such
             Sincere
             Repentance
             and
             Obedience
             .
          
           
             
               Fifthly
               ,
               It
               gives
               the
               Faithful
               Perseverance
               unto
               a
               Perfect
               Man
               ,
               and
               the
               Assurance
               of
               Blessedness
               World
               without
               End.
            
             To
             the
             Truth
             of
             all
             which
             ,
             they
             call
             in
             a
             Threefold
             Evidence
             :
             First
             ,
             The
             Scriptures
             ,
             which
             give
             an
             ample
             Witness
             ,
             especially
             those
             of
             the
             New
             and
             better
             Testament
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             The
             Reasonableness
             of
             it
             in
             it self
             .
             And
             Lastly
             ,
             A
             
               General
               Experience
            
             ,
             in
             great
             Measure
             :
             But
             particularly
             
               their
               Own
            
             ,
             made
             credible
             by
             the
             good
             Fruits
             they
             have
             brought
             forth
             ,
             and
             the
             Answer
             God
             has
             given
             to
             their
             Ministry
             :
             Which
             ,
             to
             impartial
             Observers
             ,
             have
             commended
             the
             Principle
             ,
             and
             gives
             me
             Occasion
             to
             abstract
             their
             History
             ,
             
             in
             divers
             Particulars
             ,
             for
             a
             Conclusion
             to
             this
             little
             Treatise
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           II.
           
        
         
           Sect.
           1.
           
           The
           Evidence
           of
           Scripture
           for
           that
           Principle
           ,
           John
           1.
           4
           ,
           9.
           
           Sect.
           2.
           
           It
           s
           Divinity
           .
           Sect.
           3.
           
           All
           things
           created
           by
           it
           .
           Sect.
           4.
           
           What
           it
           is
           to
           Man
           ,
           as
           to
           Salvation
           .
        
         
           
             §
             .
             1.
             
             I
             Shall
             begin
             with
             the
             Evidence
             of
             the
             blessed
             Scriptures
             of
             Truth
             for
             this
             
               Divine
               Principle
            
             ,
             and
             that
             under
             the
             Name
             of
             
             Light
             ,
             the
             first
             and
             most
             common
             Word
             ,
             used
             by
             them
             ,
             to
             express
             and
             denominate
             this
             Principle
             by
             ;
             as
             well
             as
             most
             apt
             and
             proper
             in
             this
             dark
             State
             of
             the
             World.
             
          
           
             John
             1.
             1.
             
             In
             the
             beginning
             was
             the
             Word
             ,
             and
             the
             Word
             was
             with
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Word
             
               was
               God.
            
             
          
           
             Ver.
             3.
             
             All
             things
             were
             made
             
               by
               him
            
             ;
          
           
             Ver.
             4.
             
             In
             him
             was
             Life
             ,
             and
             
               that
               Life
            
             was
             the
             Light
             of
             Men.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             9.
             
             That
             was
             the
             
               true
               Light
               ,
               which
               Lighteth
               every
            
             Man
             that
             cometh
             into
             the
             World.
             
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             2.
             
             I
             have
             begun
             with
             him
             ,
             that
             begun
             his
             History
             with
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             Creation
             of
             God
             ;
             the
             most
             beloved
             Disciple
             ,
             and
             longest
             Liver
             of
             all
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             he
             ,
             that
             for
             his
             excelling
             Knowledge
             and
             Wisdom
             in
             heavenly
             Things
             ,
             is
             justly
             entituled
             ,
             
               John
               the
               Divine
            
             .
             He
             tells
             us
             ,
             first
             ,
             what
             he
             was
             in
             
             the
             Beginning
             ,
             viz.
             The
             
               Word
               .
               
                 In
                 the
                 beginning
                 was
                 the
                 Word
              
            
             .
          
           
             And
             though
             that
             shews
             what
             the
             Word
             must
             be
             ,
             yet
             he
             adds
             and
             explains
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Word
               was
               with
               God
               ,
               and
               was
               God
            
             ;
             lest
             any
             should
             doubt
             of
             the
             Divinity
             of
             the
             Word
             ,
             or
             have
             lower
             Thoughts
             of
             him
             than
             he
             deserved
             .
             The
             Word
             ,
             then
             ,
             is
             Divine
             ;
             and
             an
             apt
             Term
             it
             is
             that
             the
             Evangelist
             stiles
             him
             by
             ,
             since
             it
             is
             so
             great
             an
             Expression
             of
             the
             Wisdom
             and
             Power
             of
             God
             to
             Men.
             
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             3.
             
             
               All
               things
               were
               made
               by
               him
               .
            
             If
             so
             ,
             he
             wants
             no
             Power
             .
             And
             if
             we
             were
             made
             by
             him
             ,
             we
             must
             be
             new
             made
             by
             him
             too
             ,
             or
             we
             can
             never
             enjoy
             God.
             His
             Power
             shews
             his
             Dignity
             ,
             and
             that
             nothing
             can
             be
             too
             hard
             for
             such
             a
             sufficiency
             as
             made
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             without
             which
             nothing
             was
             made
             that
             was
             made
             .
             As
             Man's
             Maker
             must
             be
             his
             Husband
             ,
             so
             his
             Creator
             must
             be
             his
             Redeemer
             also
             .
          
           
        
         
           
             §
             .
             4.
             
             
               In
               him
               was
               Life
               ,
               and
               the
               Life
               was
               the
               Light
               of
               Men.
            
             This
             is
             
               ou●
               Point
            
             .
             The
             Evangelist
             first
             begins
             with
             the
             Nature
             and
             Being
             of
             the
             Word
             :
             From
             thence
             he
             descends
             to
             the
             Works
             of
             the
             Word
             :
             And
             lastly
             ,
             then
             he
             tells
             us
             what
             the
             Word
             is
             with
             respect
             to
             Man
             ,
             above
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Creation
             ,
             
               viz.
               The
               Word
               was
               Life
               ,
               and
               the
               Life
               was
               the
               Light
               of
               Men.
            
             The
             Relation
             must
             be
             very
             near
             and
             intimate
             ,
             when
             the
             very
             Life
             of
             the
             Word
             
               (
               that
               was
               with
               God
               ,
               and
               was
               God
               )
            
             is
             the
             
               Light
               of
               Men
            
             :
             As
             if
             Man
             were
             next
             to
             the
             Word
             ,
             and
             above
             all
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             Works
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             not
             said
             so
             of
             any
             other
             Creature
             .
          
           
             Man
             cannot
             want
             Light
             then
             ;
             no
             not
             a
             
               Divine
               Light
            
             :
             For
             if
             this
             be
             not
             Divine
             ,
             that
             is
             the
             Life
             of
             the
             Divine
             Word
             ,
             there
             can
             be
             no
             such
             thing
             at
             all
             as
             Divine
             or
             Supernatural
             Light
             and
             Life
             .
             And
             the
             Text
             does
             not
             only
             prove
             the
             Divinity
             of
             the
             Light
             ,
             but
             the
             Vniversality
             of
             it
             also
             ,
             
             because
             the
             Man
             mentioned
             in
             it
             ,
             is
             Mankind
             :
             Which
             is
             yet
             more
             distinctly
             express'd
             in
             the
             9th
             
               verse
               ,
               That
               was
               the
               True
               Light
               ,
               which
               lighteth
               every
               Man
               that
               cometh
               into
               the
               World.
            
             Implying
             ,
             that
             he
             that
             lighteth
             not
             Mankind
             is
             not
             that
             
               True
               Light
            
             ;
             and
             therefore
             John
             was
             not
             that
             Light
             ,
             but
             bore
             witness
             of
             him
             that
             was
             ,
             who
             
               lighted
               every
               Man
            
             ;
             to
             wit
             ,
             the
             Word
             that
             took
             Flesh
             :
             So
             that
             both
             the
             
               Divine
               Nature
            
             ,
             and
             Vniversality
             of
             the
             Light
             of
             Christ
             within
             ,
             are
             confirmed
             together
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           III.
           
        
         
           Sect.
           1.
           
           How
           this
           Scripture
           is
           wrested
           .
           Sect.
           2.
           
           That
           't
           is
           a
           Natural
           Light.
           Sect.
           3.
           
           That
           it
           Lighteth
           not
           all
           .
           Sect.
           4.
           
           That
           't
           is
           only
           the
           Doctrine
           and
           Life
           of
           Christ
           when
           in
           Flesh
           all
           answer'd
           ,
           and
           its
           Divinity
           and
           Universality
           proved
           .
        
         
           
             §
             .
             1.
             
             BUt
             though
             there
             be
             no
             Passage
             or
             Proposition
             
             to
             be
             found
             in
             Holy
             Scripture
             ,
             in
             which
             Mankind
             is
             more
             Interested
             ,
             or
             that
             is
             more
             clearly
             laid
             down
             by
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             than
             this
             I
             have
             produced
             ,
             yet
             hardly
             hath
             any
             place
             been
             more
             industriously
             wrested
             from
             its
             true
             and
             plain
             Sence
             :
             Especially
             since
             this
             People
             have
             laid
             any
             Stress
             upon
             it
             ,
             in
             Defence
             of
             their
             Testimony
             of
             the
             
               Light
               within
            
             .
             Some
             will
             have
             it
             to
             be
             but
             a
             Natural
             Light
             ,
             or
             a
             
               Part
               of
               Man's
               Nature
            
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             the
             
               very
               Life
            
             of
             the
             Word
             by
             which
             the
             World
             was
             made
             ;
             and
             wrapt
             within
             those
             Verses
             which
             only
             concern
             his
             
               Eternal
               Power
               and
               Godhead
            
             .
             But
             ,
             because
             I
             would
             be
             understood
             ,
             and
             treat
             of
             things
             with
             all
             plainness
             ,
             I
             will
             open
             the
             Terms
             of
             the
             Objection
             as
             well
             as
             I
             can
             ,
             and
             then
             give
             my
             Answer
             to
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             2.
             
             If
             by
             Natural
             be
             meant
             a
             Created
             thing
             ,
             as
             Man
             is
             ,
             or
             any
             thing
             that
             is
             requisite
             to
             the
             Composition
             
             of
             Man
             ,
             I
             deny
             it
             :
             The
             Text
             is
             expresly
             against
             it
             ;
             and
             says
             ,
             the
             Light
             with
             which
             Man
             is
             lighted
             ,
             is
             the
             
               Life
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               which
               was
               with
               God
               and
               was
               God.
            
             But
             if
             by
             Natural
             is
             only
             intended
             ,
             that
             the
             Light
             comes
             along
             with
             us
             into
             the
             World
             ;
             or
             that
             we
             have
             it
             as
             sure
             as
             we
             are
             Born
             ,
             or
             have
             Nature
             ;
             and
             is
             the
             Light
             of
             our
             Nature
             ,
             of
             our
             Minds
             ,
             and
             Understandings
             ,
             and
             is
             not
             the
             result
             of
             any
             Revelation
             from
             without
             ,
             as
             by
             Angels
             or
             Men
             ;
             then
             we
             mean
             and
             intend
             the
             same
             thing
             .
             For
             it
             is
             Natural
             to
             Man
             to
             have
             a
             Supernatural
             Light
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             Creature
             ,
             to
             be
             lighted
             by
             an
             uncreated
             Light
             ,
             as
             is
             the
             Life
             of
             the
             
               Creating
               Word
            
             .
             And
             did
             People
             but
             consider
             the
             Constitution
             of
             Man
             ,
             it
             would
             conduce
             much
             to
             preserve
             or
             deliver
             them
             from
             any
             Dilemma
             upon
             this
             account
             .
             For
             Man
             can
             no
             more
             be
             a
             light
             to
             his
             Mind
             then
             he
             is
             to
             his
             Body
             :
             He
             has
             the
             Capacity
             of
             seeing
             Objects
             
             when
             he
             has
             the
             help
             of
             Light
             ,
             but
             cannot
             be
             a
             Light
             to
             himself
             by
             which
             to
             See
             them
             .
             Wherefore
             as
             the
             Sun
             in
             the
             Firmament
             is
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             gives
             us
             discerning
             in
             our
             Temporal
             Affairs
             ;
             so
             the
             Life
             of
             the
             Word
             is
             the
             glorious
             Light
             and
             Sun
             of
             the
             Soul
             :
             Our
             
               Intellectual
               Luminary
            
             ,
             that
             informs
             our
             Mind
             and
             give
             us
             true
             Judgment
             and
             Distinction
             about
             those
             things
             that
             more
             immediately
             concern
             our
             Better
             ,
             Inward
             ,
             and
             Eternal
             Man.
             
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             3.
             
             But
             others
             will
             have
             this
             Text
             read
             thus
             ,
             Not
             that
             the
             Word
             enlightens
             all
             Mankind
             ,
             
               but
               that
               all
               who
               are
               Enlightned
               ,
               are
               Enlightned
               by
               him
               ,
            
             thereby
             not
             only
             narrowing
             and
             abusing
             the
             Text
             ,
             but
             rendring
             God
             Partial
             ,
             and
             so
             severe
             to
             his
             Creatures
             ,
             as
             to
             leave
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             World
             in
             Darkness
             ,
             without
             the
             means
             or
             opportunity
             of
             Salvation
             ;
             though
             we
             are
             assured
             from
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             That
             
               all
               have
               
               Light
            
             a
             ,
             that
             b
             
               Christ
               is
               the
               Light
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               that
            
             c
             
               he
               dyed
               for
               all
            
             ;
             yea
             ,
             the
             d
             
               Vngodly
               ,
               and
               that
               God
               desires
               not
               the
            
             e
             
               Death
               of
               any
               ,
               but
               rather
               that
               all
               should
               repent
               and
               come
               to
               the
               Knowledge
               of
               Truth
               and
               be
               saved
               ;
               and
            
             f
             
               that
               the
               Grace
               of
               God
               has
               appeared
               to
               all
               Men
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             4.
             
             There
             is
             a
             Third
             Sort
             that
             will
             needs
             have
             it
             understood
             ,
             not
             of
             any
             Illumination
             by
             a
             Divine
             Light
             or
             Spirit
             in
             Man
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             Doctrine
             Christ
             Preached
             and
             the
             Life
             and
             Example
             he
             Lived
             ,
             and
             led
             in
             the
             World
             ;
             and
             which
             yet
             neither
             reach'd
             the
             thousandth
             Part
             of
             Mankind
             ,
             nor
             can
             consist
             with
             what
             the
             Apostle
             John
             intends
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             his
             History
             ,
             which
             wholly
             relates
             to
             what
             Christ
             was
             before
             he
             took
             Flesh
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             ,
             what
             he
             is
             to
             the
             Soul
             ,
             by
             his
             
               immediate
               Inshinings
            
             and
             Influences
             :
             'T
             is
             most
             true
             ,
             
             Christ
             was
             ,
             in
             a
             Sence
             ,
             the
             
               Light
               of
               the
               World
            
             in
             that
             very
             Appearance
             ,
             and
             shined
             forth
             by
             his
             
               heavenly
               Doctrine
            
             ,
             many
             admirable
             Miracles
             ,
             and
             his
             
               Self-denying
               Life
            
             ,
             and
             Death
             :
             But
             still
             that
             hinders
             not
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             was
             and
             
               is
               That
               Spiritual
               Light
            
             ,
             which
             shineth
             ,
             more
             or
             less
             ,
             in
             the
             Hearts
             ,
             of
             the
             Sons
             and
             Daughters
             of
             Men.
             For
             as
             he
             was
             a
             Light
             in
             his
             Life
             and
             Conversation
             ,
             he
             was
             only
             a
             Light
             in
             a
             more
             excellent
             Sence
             ,
             then
             he
             spoke
             of
             to
             his
             Disciples
             ,
             when
             he
             said
             ,
             
               Ye
               are
               the
               Lights
               of
               the
               World.
            
             But
             Christ
             the
             Word
             enlightned
             them
             ,
             and
             enlightens
             us
             ,
             and
             enlightens
             all
             Men
             that
             come
             into
             the
             World
             ;
             which
             he
             could
             not
             be
             said
             to
             do
             ,
             if
             we
             only
             regard
             his
             Personal
             and
             Outward
             Appearance
             :
             For
             in
             that
             Sence
             it
             is
             long
             ,
             since
             he
             was
             that
             Light
             ,
             but
             in
             this
             ,
             he
             is
             continually
             so
             .
             In
             that
             respect
             he
             is
             Remote
             ,
             but
             in
             this
             Sence
             he
             is
             Present
             and
             Immediate
             ,
             else
             we
             should
             render
             the
             Text
             ,
             
               That
               was
               
               the
               True
               Light
               which
               did
               lighten
               ,
            
             instead
             of
             which
             
               Lighteth
               every
               Man
               that
               cometh
               into
               the
               World.
            
             And
             that
             the
             Evangelist
             might
             be
             so
             understood
             as
             we
             speak
             ,
             he
             refers
             to
             this
             as
             an
             Evidence
             of
             His
             being
             the
             Messiah
             ,
             and
             not
             John
             ;
             for
             whom
             many
             People
             had
             much
             Reverence
             ;
             for
             ,
             verse
             8.
             he
             saith
             of
             
               John
               ,
               He
               was
               not
               That
               Light
               ,
               but
               was
               sent
               to
               bear
               Witness
               of
               That
               Light
               :
            
             Now
             comes
             his
             Proof
             and
             our
             Testimony
             ,
             
               That
               was
               the
               True
               Light
               ,
               which
               lighteth
               Every
               Man
               that
               cometh
               into
               the
               World
            
             ;
             which
             was
             not
             John
             ,
             nor
             any
             else
             ,
             but
             the
             
               Word
               that
               was
               with
               God
               ,
               and
               was
               God.
            
             The
             Evangelist
             did
             not
             describe
             him
             by
             his
             Fasting
             Forty
             Days
             ,
             Preaching
             so
             many
             Sermons
             ,
             Working
             so
             many
             Miracles
             ,
             and
             Living
             so
             Holy
             a
             Life
             ;
             and
             ,
             after
             all
             ,
             so
             patiently
             Suffering
             Death
             (
             which
             yet
             Christ
             did
             )
             thereby
             to
             prove
             him
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             World
             ;
             but
             ,
             says
             the
             Evangelist
             ,
             
               That
               was
               the
               True
               Light
               ,
               the
               Word
               in
               Flesh
               the
               Messiah
               ,
            
             
             and
             not
             John
             ,
             or
             any
             else
             ,
             
               which
               lighteth
               Every
               Man
               that
               cometh
               into
               the
               World.
            
             So
             that
             Christ
             is
             manifested
             and
             distinguished
             by
             giving
             Light
             :
             And
             indeed
             so
             are
             all
             his
             Followers
             from
             other
             People
             ,
             by
             receiving
             and
             obeying
             it
             .
             There
             are
             many
             other
             Scriptures
             ,
             of
             both
             Testaments
             ,
             that
             refer
             to
             the
             Light
             within
             ;
             either
             expresly
             ,
             or
             implicitely
             ;
             which
             ,
             for
             Brevity's
             sake
             ,
             I
             shall
             wave
             reciting
             ,
             but
             the
             Reader
             will
             find
             some
             Directions
             in
             the
             Margent
             ,
             
             which
             will
             guide
             him
             to
             them
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           IV.
           
        
         
           Sect.
           1.
           
           The
           Virtue
           of
           the
           Light
           within
           ;
           It
           gives
           discerning
           .
           Sect.
           2.
           
           It
           manifests
           God.
           Sect.
           3.
           
           It
           give
           Life
           to
           the
           Soul.
           Sect.
           4.
           
           It
           is
           the
           Apostolical
           Message
           .
           Sect.
           5.
           
           Objection
           Answered
           about
           two
           Lights
           .
           Sect.
           6.
           
           About
           Natural
           and
           Spiritual
           Light
           :
           Not
           two
           Darknesses
           within
           ,
           therefore
           not
           two
           Lights
           within
           ,
           Sect.
           7.
           
           The
           Apostle
           John
           answers
           the
           Objection
           fully
           :
           The
           Light
           the
           same
           ,
           1
           John
           2.
           8
           ,
           9.
           
        
         
         
           
             §
             .
             1.
             
             THe
             Third
             thing
             ,
             is
             the
             Virtue
             and
             Efficacy
             of
             this
             Light
             for
             the
             end
             for
             which
             God
             hath
             given
             it
             ,
             
               viz.
               To
               lead
               and
               guide
               the
               Soul
               of
               Man
               to
               Blessedness
               .
            
             In
             order
             to
             which
             ,
             the
             first
             thing
             it
             does
             in
             and
             for
             Man
             ,
             is
             to
             give
             him
             a
             True
             Sight
             or
             Discerning
             of
             himself
             :
             What
             he
             is
             ,
             and
             what
             he
             does
             ;
             that
             he
             may
             see
             and
             know
             his
             own
             Condition
             ,
             and
             what
             Judgment
             to
             make
             of
             himself
             ,
             with
             respect
             to
             Religion
             and
             a
             future
             Estate
             :
             Of
             which
             ,
             let
             us
             hear
             what
             the
             Word
             himself
             saith
             ,
             that
             cannot
             Err
             ,
             as
             John
             relates
             it
             ,
             
               Chap.
               3.
               20
               ,
               21.
               
               For
               every
               one
               that
               doeth
               Evil
               ,
               hateth
               the
               Light
               ,
               neither
               
               cometh
               to
               the
               Light
               ,
               least
               his
               deeds
               should
               be
               Reproved
               .
               But
               he
               that
               doeth
               Truth
               cometh
               to
               the
               Light
               ,
               that
               his
               deeds
               may
               be
               made
               Manifest
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               wrought
               in
               God.
            
             A
             most
             pregnant
             Instance
             of
             the
             Virtue
             and
             Authority
             of
             the
             Light.
             First
             ,
             It
             is
             that
             which
             Men
             ought
             to
             examine
             themselves
             by
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             It
             gives
             a
             
               true
               Discerning
            
             betwixt
             Good
             and
             Bad
             ,
             
               what
               is
               of
               God
               ,
               from
               what
               is
               not
               of
               God.
            
             And
             Lastly
             ,
             It
             is
             a
             Judge
             ,
             and
             condemneth
             or
             acquitteth
             ,
             reproveth
             or
             comforteth
             the
             Soul
             of
             Man
             ,
             as
             he
             rejects
             or
             obeys
             it
             .
             That
             must
             needs
             be
             Divine
             and
             Efficacious
             ,
             which
             is
             able
             to
             discover
             to
             Man
             ,
             what
             is
             of
             God
             ,
             from
             what
             is
             not
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             which
             gives
             him
             a
             Distinct
             Knowledge
             ,
             in
             himself
             ,
             of
             what
             is
             wrought
             in
             God
             ,
             from
             what
             is
             not
             wrought
             in
             God.
             By
             which
             it
             appears
             ,
             that
             this
             Place
             does
             not
             only
             regard
             the
             discovery
             of
             Man
             and
             his
             Works
             ;
             but
             ,
             in
             some
             Measure
             ,
             
               it
               manifesteth
               God
               ,
               and
               his
               Works
               also
               ,
            
             which
             is
             yet
             something
             
             higher
             ;
             for
             as
             much
             as
             it
             gives
             the
             obedient
             Man
             a
             discovery
             of
             what
             is
             wrought
             or
             performed
             by
             
               God's
               Power
               ,
               and
               after
               his
               Will
               ,
            
             from
             what
             is
             the
             meer
             Workings
             of
             the
             Creature
             of
             himself
             .
             If
             it
             could
             not
             manifest
             God
             ,
             it
             could
             not
             tell
             Man
             what
             was
             God's
             Mind
             ,
             nor
             give
             him
             such
             a
             grounded
             Sense
             and
             Discerning
             of
             the
             Rise
             ,
             Nature
             ,
             and
             Tendency
             of
             the
             Workings
             of
             his
             mind
             or
             Inward
             Man
             ,
             as
             is
             both
             expressed
             and
             abundantly
             implied
             in
             this
             Passage
             of
             our
             Saviour
             .
             And
             if
             it
             reveals
             God
             ,
             to
             be
             sure
             it
             manifests
             Christ
             ,
             that
             flows
             and
             comes
             from
             God.
             Who
             then
             would
             oppose
             or
             slight
             this
             blessed
             Light
             ?
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             2.
             
             But
             that
             this
             Light
             doth
             manifest
             God
             ,
             is
             yet
             Evident
             from
             
               Rom.
               1.
               19.
               
               Because
               that
               which
               may
               be
               known
               of
               (
               God
               )
               is
               manifest
               in
               Men
               ,
               for
               God
               hath
               shewed
               it
               unto
               them
               .
            
             An
             universal
             Proposition
             ;
             and
             we
             have
             the
             Apostles
             Word
             for
             it
             ,
             who
             was
             
               One
               of
               a
               Thousand
            
             ,
             and
             inspired
             
               on
               
               purpose
            
             to
             tell
             us
             the
             Truth
             :
             Let
             it
             then
             have
             its
             due
             weight
             with
             us
             .
             If
             that
             which
             may
             be
             known
             of
             God
             is
             manifest
             in
             Men
             ,
             the
             People
             called
             Quakers
             cannot
             ,
             certainly
             ,
             be
             out
             of
             the
             Way
             in
             Preaching
             up
             the
             
               Light
               within
            
             ,
             without
             which
             ,
             nothing
             can
             be
             manifested
             to
             the
             mind
             of
             Man
             ;
             as
             saith
             the
             same
             Apostle
             to
             the
             Ephesians
             ,
             Eph.
             5.
             13.
             
             
               Whatsoever
               doth
               make
               manifest
               is
               Light.
            
             Well
             then
             may
             they
             call
             this
             Light
             within
             a
             Manifestation
             or
             
               Appearance
               of
               God
            
             ,
             that
             sheweth
             in
             and
             to
             Man
             all
             that
             may
             be
             known
             of
             God.
             A
             passage
             much
             like
             unto
             this
             ,
             is
             that
             of
             the
             Prophet
             Micah
             ,
             Chap.
             6.
             8.
             
             
               God
               hath
               shewed
               thee
               ,
               O
               Man
               ,
               what
               is
               good
               ;
               and
               what
               doth
               the
               Lord
               require
               of
               thee
               ,
               but
               to
               do
               justly
               ,
               and
               to
               love
               Mercy
               ,
               and
               to
               walk
               humbly
               with
               thy
               God
               ?
            
             God
             hath
             
               shewed
               Thee
               ,
               O
               Man
            
             !
             It
             is
             very
             Emphatical
             .
             But
             how
             hath
             He
             shewed
             him
             ?
             Why
             by
             his
             
               Light
               in
               the
               Conscience
            
             ,
             which
             the
             
               wicked
               Rebel
               against
            
             ,
             Job
             24.
             13.
             
             Who
             ,
             for
             that
             
             Cause
             ,
             
               know
               not
               the
               ways
               ,
               nor
               abide
               in
               the
               Paths
               thereof
               :
               For
               its
               way
               are
               ways
               of
               Pleasantness
               ,
               and
               all
               its
               Paths
               are
               Peace
               ,
            
             to
             them
             that
             obey
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             3.
             
             But
             the
             Light
             giveth
             the
             
               Light
               of
               Life
            
             ,
             which
             is
             
               Eternal
               Life
            
             to
             them
             that
             receive
             and
             obey
             it
             .
             Thus
             says
             the
             blessed
             Saviour
             of
             the
             World.
             
             
               I
               am
               the
               Light
               of
               the
               VVorld
               ,
               he
               that
               follweth
               me
               shall
               not
               abide
               in
               Darkness
               ,
               but
               shall
               have
               the
               Light
               of
               Life
               .
            
             Now
             he
             is
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             VVorld
             ,
             because
             he
             lighteth
             every
             Man
             that
             cometh
             into
             the
             VVorld
             ;
             and
             they
             that
             obey
             that
             Light
             obey
             him
             ,
             and
             therefore
             have
             the
             Light
             of
             Life
             .
             That
             is
             ,
             the
             Light
             becomes
             
               Eternal
               Life
            
             to
             the
             Soul
             :
             That
             as
             it
             is
             the
             Life
             of
             the
             VVord
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Light
             in
             Man
             ,
             so
             it
             becomes
             the
             Life
             in
             Man
             through
             his
             Obedience
             to
             it
             ,
             as
             his
             
               Heavenly
               Light.
            
             
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             4.
             
             Furthermore
             ,
             this
             Light
             was
             the
             very
             Ground
             of
             the
             
               Apostolical
               
               Message
            
             ,
             as
             the
             Beloved
             Disciple
             assures
             us
             .
             
               This
               then
               is
               the
               Message
            
             ,
             
             
               which
               we
               have
               heard
               of
               him
               ,
               and
               declare
               unto
               you
               ,
               that
               God
               is
               Light
               ,
               and
               in
               him
               is
               no
               Darkness
               at
               all
               :
               If
               we
               say
               we
               have
               Fellowship
               with
               him
               ,
               and
               walk
               in
               Darkness
               ,
               we
               Lye
               and
               do
               not
               the
               Truth
               :
               But
               if
               we
               walk
               in
               the
               Light
               ,
               as
               he
               is
               in
               the
               Light
               ,
               we
               have
               Fellowship
               one
               with
               another
               ,
               and
               the
               Blood
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               cleanseth
               us
               from
               all
               Sin.
            
             VVhich
             is
             so
             comprehensive
             of
             the
             Virtue
             and
             Excellency
             of
             the
             Light
             ,
             in
             reference
             to
             Man
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             little
             need
             that
             more
             should
             be
             said
             upon
             it
             ;
             for
             as
             much
             as
             ,
             First
             ,
             It
             reveals
             God
             ,
             and
             that
             God
             himself
             is
             Light.
             Secondly
             ,
             It
             discovers
             Darkness
             from
             Light
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             is
             no
             fellowship
             between
             them
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             That
             Man
             ought
             to
             walk
             in
             the
             Light.
             Fourthly
             ,
             That
             it
             is
             the
             VVay
             to
             obtain
             forgiveness
             of
             Sin
             ,
             and
             Sanctification
             from
             it
             .
             Fifthly
             ,
             That
             it
             is
             the
             Means
             to
             have
             Peace
             
             and
             Fellowship
             with
             God
             and
             his
             People
             ;
             his
             true
             Church
             ,
             redeemed
             from
             the
             Pollutions
             of
             the
             VVorld
             .
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             5.
             
             Some
             perhaps
             may
             Object
             ,
             as
             indeed
             it
             hath
             been
             ,
             more
             than
             once
             ,
             objected
             upon
             us
             ,
             
               That
               this
               is
               another
               Light
               ,
               not
               that
               Light
               wherewith
               every
               Man
               is
               enlightned
               .
            
             But
             the
             same
             Apostle
             ,
             in
             his
             Evangelical
             History
             ,
             tells
             us
             ,
             that
             
               in
               the
               VVord
               was
               Life
               ,
               and
               the
               Life
               was
               the
               Light
               of
               Men
               ,
               and
               that
               that
               very
               Light
               ,
            
             that
             was
             the
             Life
             of
             the
             VVord
             ,
             was
             the
             
               True
               Light
            
             which
             lighteth
             
               every
               Man
            
             that
             cometh
             into
             the
             VVorld
             ,
             John
             1.
             4
             ,
             9.
             
             VVhere
             is
             there
             as
             plain
             a
             Text
             to
             be
             found
             against
             the
             sufficiency
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Universality
             of
             the
             Light
             within
             ;
             or
             a
             plainer
             for
             any
             Article
             of
             Faith
             in
             the
             whole
             Book
             of
             God.
             Had
             the
             
               Beloved
               Disciple
            
             intended
             Two
             Lights
             ,
             in
             his
             Evangelical
             History
             ,
             and
             his
             Epistles
             ,
             to
             be
             sure
             he
             would
             have
             noted
             to
             us
             his
             Distinction
             :
             But
             we
             read
             of
             none
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Properties
             ascribed
             in
             each
             Writing
             ,
             
             we
             have
             ●eason
             to
             conclude
             he
             meant
             the
             same
             .
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             6.
             
             But
             if
             any
             shall
             yet
             Object
             ,
             
               That
               this
               is
               to
               be
               understood
               of
               a
               Spiritual
               Light
               ,
               and
               that
               ours
               is
               but
               a
               Natural
               one
               .
            
             I
             shall
             desire
             them
             to
             do
             two
             things
             .
             1st
             To
             prove
             that
             a
             Natural
             Light
             ,
             as
             they
             phrase
             it
             ,
             doth
             manifest
             God
             ,
             other
             then
             as
             I
             have
             before
             explained
             and
             allowed
             ;
             Since
             whatever
             is
             part
             of
             Man
             ,
             in
             his
             Constitution
             ,
             but
             especially
             in
             his
             Degeneracy
             from
             God
             ,
             is
             so
             far
             from
             Yielding
             him
             the
             knowledge
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             it
             cannot
             rightly
             Reprove
             or
             Discover
             that
             which
             offends
             him
             ,
             without
             the
             Light
             we
             speak
             of
             :
             And
             it
             is
             Granted
             ,
             that
             what
             we
             call
             Divine
             ,
             and
             some
             ,
             Mistakenly
             ,
             call
             Natural
             Light
             ,
             can
             do
             both
             .
             2dly
             If
             this
             Light
             be
             Natural
             ,
             Notwithstanding
             it
             doth
             manifest
             our
             Duty
             ,
             and
             Reprove
             our
             Disobedience
             to
             God
             ,
             they
             would
             do
             well
             to
             assign
             us
             some
             Certain
             Medium
             ,
             or
             Way
             ,
             whereby
             we
             may
             truly
             discern
             ,
             and
             distinguish
             
             between
             the
             Manifestations
             and
             Reproofs
             of
             the
             Natural
             Light
             within
             ,
             from
             those
             of
             the
             Divine
             Light
             within
             ,
             since
             they
             Allow
             the
             Manifestation
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             Reproof
             of
             Evil
             ,
             as
             well
             to
             the
             one
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             other
             .
             Let
             them
             give
             us
             but
             one
             Scripture
             that
             distinguishes
             between
             a
             Natural
             and
             a
             
               Spiritual
               Light
               within
            
             .
             They
             may
             ,
             with
             as
             much
             Reason
             ,
             talk
             of
             a
             
               Natural
               and
               Spiritual
               Darkness
               within
            
             .
             'T
             is
             true
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             natural
             proper
             darkness
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             the
             Night
             of
             the
             outward
             World
             ;
             and
             there
             is
             a
             Spiritual
             darkness
             ,
             viz.
             The
             clouded
             and
             
               benighted
               Vnderstandings
            
             of
             Men
             ,
             through
             disobedience
             to
             the
             Light
             and
             Spirit
             of
             God
             :
             But
             let
             them
             Assign
             us
             a
             Third
             ,
             if
             they
             can
             .
             People
             Use
             ,
             indeed
             ,
             to
             say
             ,
             improperly
             ,
             of
             Blind
             men
             ,
             they
             are
             dark
             ,
             we
             may
             Call
             a
             Natural
             or
             Idiot
             so
             ,
             if
             we
             will
             :
             But
             where
             is
             there
             another
             darkness
             of
             the
             Understanding
             ,
             in
             the
             things
             of
             God
             ?
             If
             they
             can
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             find
             that
             ,
             In
             and
             about
             
             the
             things
             of
             God
             ,
             they
             do
             something
             .
          
           
             Christ
             distinguished
             not
             between
             Darkness
             and
             Darkness
             ,
             or
             Light
             and
             Light
             ,
             in
             any
             such
             sence
             ;
             nor
             did
             any
             of
             his
             Disciples
             :
             Yet
             both
             have
             frequently
             spoken
             of
             Darkness
             and
             Light.
             VVhat
             difference
             ,
             pray
             ,
             doth
             the
             Scripture
             put
             between
             Spiritual
             Darkness
             and
             Darkness
             ,
             mentioned
             in
             these
             Places
             ,
             
               Luke
               1.
               7
               ,
               9.
               
               Mat.
               4.
               16.
               
               John
               1.
               5.
               
               John
               3.
               19.
               
               John
               8.
               12
               ,
               31
               ,
               46.
               1
               
               Thess
               .
               5.
               4.
               1
               
               John
               1.
               6.
               
               Acts.
               26.
               18.
               
               Rom.
               13.
               12.
               2
               
               Cor.
               6.
               14
               ,
               22.
               
               Eph.
               5.
               8.
               
               Col.
            
             1.
             13.
             
             Upon
             the
             strictest
             Comparison
             of
             them
             I
             find
             none
             .
             It
             is
             all
             one
             Spiritual
             Darkness
             .
             Neither
             is
             there
             so
             much
             as
             one
             Scripture
             that
             affords
             us
             a
             Distinction
             between
             
               Light
               within
               ,
               and
               Light
               within
            
             ;
             or
             that
             there
             are
             really
             
               Two
               Lights
            
             from
             God
             ,
             in
             Man
             ,
             that
             regard
             Religion
             .
             Peruse
             
               Mat.
               4.
               16.
               
               Luke
               2.
               32.
               
               Chap.
               15.
               8.
               
               John
               1.
               4
               ,
               5
               ,
               7
               ,
               8
               ,
               9.
               
               Chap.
               3.
               19
               ,
               20
               ,
               21.
               
               Chap.
               8.
               12.
               
               Acts
               26.
               18.
               
               Rom.
               
               13.
               12.
               2
               
               Cor.
               4.
               6.
               
               Chap.
               6.
               14.
               
               Eph.
               5.
               8
               ,
               13.
               
               Col.
               1.
               12.
               1
               
               Thess
               .
               5.
               5.
               1
               
               Tim.
               6.
               16.
               1
               
               Pet.
               2.
               9.
               1
               
               John
               1.
               5
               ,
               7.
               
               Chap.
               2.
               8.
               
               Rev.
               21.
               23
               ,
               24.
               
               Chap.
            
             22.
             5.
             
             And
             we
             believe
             the
             greatest
             Opposer
             ,
             to
             our
             Assertion
             ,
             will
             not
             be
             able
             to
             sever
             Light
             from
             Light
             ,
             or
             find
             out
             
               two
               Lights
               within
            
             ,
             in
             the
             Passages
             here
             mentioned
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             ,
             to
             direct
             Man
             in
             his
             Duty
             to
             God
             and
             his
             Neighbour
             :
             And
             if
             he
             cannot
             ,
             pray
             let
             him
             forbear
             his
             
               mean
               Thoughts
               and
               VVords
            
             of
             the
             
               Light
               of
               Christ
               within
               Man
            
             ,
             as
             Man's
             Guide
             in
             Duty
             to
             God
             and
             Man.
             For
             as
             he
             must
             yield
             to
             us
             ,
             that
             the
             Light
             Manifesteth
             Evil
             ,
             and
             Reproveth
             for
             it
             ,
             so
             doth
             Christ
             himself
             teach
             us
             of
             the
             Light
             ,
             
               John
               3.
               20.
               
               For
               every
               one
               that
               doth
               Evil
               hateth
               the
               Light
               ,
               neither
               cometh
               unto
               the
               Light
               ,
               lest
               his
               Deeds
               should
               be
               reproved
               .
            
             And
             the
             Apostle
             Paul
             plainly
             saith
             ,
             
               Eph.
               5.
               13.
               
               But
               all
               things
               that
               are
               reproved
               are
               made
               manifest
               by
               the
               Light
            
             ;
             therefore
             there
             are
             not
             two
             distinct
             Lights
             
             within
             ,
             but
             one
             and
             the
             same
             
               Manifesting
               ,
               Reproving
            
             ,
             and
             Teaching
             Light
             within
             .
             And
             this
             the
             Apostle
             John
             in
             his
             first
             Epistle
             makes
             plain
             ,
             beyond
             all
             Exception
             ,
             to
             all
             Considerate
             People
             :
             First
             ,
             In
             that
             he
             calls
             God
             ,
             Light
             ,
             Chap.
             1.
             5.
             
             Secondly
             ,
             In
             that
             he
             puts
             no
             Medium
             ,
             or
             Third
             thing
             between
             that
             Light
             ,
             and
             Darkness
             ,
             Verse
             6.
             
             
               If
               we
               say
               ,
               we
               have
               Fellowship
               with
               him
               ,
               and
               walk
               in
               Darkness
               ,
               we
               Lye
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             Intimating
             ,
             that
             Men
             must
             walk
             either
             in
             Light
             or
             Darkness
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             a
             Third
             ,
             or
             other
             State
             or
             Region
             .
             I
             am
             sure
             ,
             that
             which
             manifests
             and
             reproves
             Darkness
             
               cannot
               be
               Darkness
            
             .
             This
             all
             Men
             must
             confess
             .
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             7.
             
             And
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             Apostle
             John
             would
             have
             anticipated
             their
             Objection
             ,
             
               viz.
               'T
               is
               true
               ,
               your
               Light
               within
               reproves
               for
               Evil
               ,
               but
               it
               is
               not
               therefore
               the
               Divine
               Light
               ,
               which
               leads
               into
               higher
               things
               ,
               and
               which
               comes
               by
               the
               Gospel
            
             ;
             he
             thus
             expresseth
             himself
             ,
             1
             
               John
               Ch.
               2.
               8
               ,
               9.
               
               The
               Darkness
               is
               
               and
               the
               true
               Light
               now
               shineth
               .
               He
               that
               saith
               he
               is
               in
               the
               Light
               ,
               and
               hateth
               his
               Brother
               ,
               is
               in
               Darkness
               even
               until
               now
            
             ;
             which
             is
             not
             another
             Light
             then
             that
             mentioned
             before
             ,
             Chap.
             1.
             
             For
             as
             Light
             is
             put
             there
             ,
             in
             Opposition
             to
             Darkness
             ,
             so
             Light
             here
             ,
             is
             put
             
               in
               Opposition
            
             to
             Darkness
             .
             And
             as
             the
             Darkness
             is
             the
             same
             ,
             so
             must
             the
             Light
             be
             the
             same
             .
             Wherefore
             we
             may
             plainly
             see
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             
               not
               another
               Light
            
             ,
             then
             that
             which
             reproves
             a
             Man
             for
             
               hating
               his
               Brother
            
             ,
             which
             brings
             a
             Man
             
               into
               Fellowship
               with
               God
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               Blood
               of
               cleansing
               ,
            
             as
             the
             next
             Verse
             speaks
             :
             Therefore
             that
             Light
             which
             reproveth
             a
             Man
             for
             hating
             his
             Brother
             ,
             
               is
               of
               a
               Divine
               and
               Efficacious
               Nature
               .
            
             In
             short
             ,
             That
             Light
             which
             is
             opposite
             to
             ,
             and
             reproves
             Spiritual
             Darkness
             ,
             in
             Man
             and
             Woman
             ,
             is
             a
             Spiritual
             Light
             ;
             but
             such
             a
             Light
             is
             that
             which
             we
             Confess
             ,
             Testifie
             to
             ,
             and
             Maintain
             :
             Therefore
             it
             is
             a
             
               Spiritual
               Light.
            
             It
             is
             also
             worth
             our
             Notice
             ,
             that
             the
             Apostle
             
             useth
             the
             same
             Manner
             of
             Expression
             here
             ,
             Chap.
             2.
             8.
             
             The
             
               True
               Light
            
             shineth
             ,
             that
             he
             doth
             in
             his
             Evangelical
             History
             ,
             Chap.
             1.
             9.
             
             That
             was
             the
             
               True
               Light
            
             ;
             intimating
             the
             same
             Divine
             Word
             ,
             or
             True
             Light
             now
             shineth
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             is
             the
             same
             
               True
               Light
            
             in
             his
             account
             ,
             that
             reproveth
             such
             as
             
               hate
               their
               Brethren
            
             :
             Consequently
             ,
             that
             Light
             that
             so
             reproveth
             them
             ,
             is
             the
             True
             Light.
             And
             strange
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             Christ
             and
             his
             Disciples
             ,
             but
             especially
             his
             beloved
             One
             ,
             should
             so
             often
             make
             that
             very
             Light
             ,
             which
             stoops
             to
             the
             lowest
             step
             of
             Immorality
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             reproof
             of
             the
             grossest
             Evil
             ,
             to
             be
             no
             other
             than
             the
             same
             Divine
             Light
             ,
             in
             a
             farther
             degree
             of
             Manifestation
             ,
             which
             brings
             such
             as
             follow
             it
             to
             the
             
               Light
               of
               Life
            
             ,
             to
             the
             
               Blood
               of
               Cleansing
            
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             
               fellowship
               with
               God
               and
               one
               with
               another
               .
            
             Nay
             ,
             not
             only
             so
             ,
             but
             the
             Apostle
             makes
             a
             Mans
             being
             a
             
               Child
               of
               God
            
             ,
             to
             depend
             upon
             his
             Answering
             of
             this
             Light
             in
             a
             palpable
             and
             common
             
             Case
             ,
             
               viz.
               not
               hating
               of
               his
               Brother
               :
            
             And
             that
             yet
             any
             should
             shut
             their
             Eyes
             so
             fast
             against
             beholding
             the
             Virtue
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             to
             conclude
             it
             a
             
               Natural
               and
               Insufficient
               Light
            
             ,
             is
             both
             Vnscriptural
             and
             Vnreasonable
             .
             Shall
             we
             slight
             it
             because
             we
             come
             so
             easily
             by
             it
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             so
             Familiar
             and
             Domestick
             to
             us
             ?
             Or
             make
             its
             being
             so
             common
             an
             Argument
             to
             undervalue
             so
             Inestimable
             a
             Mercy
             ?
             What
             is
             more
             common
             than
             Light
             and
             Air
             ,
             and
             Water
             ?
             And
             should
             we
             therefore
             contemn
             them
             ,
             or
             prize
             them
             ?
             Prize
             them
             certainly
             ,
             as
             what
             we
             cannot
             live
             ,
             nor
             live
             comfortably
             ,
             without
             .
             The
             more
             general
             the
             Mercy
             is
             ,
             the
             greater
             ,
             and
             therefore
             the
             greater
             Obligation
             upon
             Man
             to
             live
             humbly
             and
             thankfully
             for
             it
             .
             And
             to
             those
             alone
             that
             do
             so
             ,
             are
             its
             Divine
             Secrets
             revealed
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           V.
           
        
         
           Sect.
           1.
           
           The
           Light
           ,
           the
           same
           with
           the
           Spirit
           .
           It
           is
           of
           God
           ;
           proved
           by
           its
           Properties
           .
           Sect.
           2.
           
           The
           Properties
           of
           the
           Spirit
           compared
           with
           those
           of
           the
           Light.
           Sect.
           3.
           
           The
           Light
           and
           Grace
           flow
           from
           the
           same
           Principle
           ,
           proved
           by
           their
           agreeing
           Properties
           .
           Sect.
           4.
           
           An
           Objection
           Answer'd
           .
           Sect.
           
           5.
           
           Difference
           in
           Manifestation
           ,
           or
           Operation
           ,
           especially
           in
           Gospel-Times
           ,
           but
           not
           in
           Principle
           ;
           Illustrated
           .
        
         
           
             Obj.
             
               BUt
               some
               may
               say
            
             ,
             we
             could
             willingly
             allow
             to
             the
             Spirit
             and
             Grace
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             seemed
             to
             be
             the
             peculiar
             Blessing
             of
             the
             New
             and
             Second
             Covenant
             ,
             and
             the
             Fruit
             of
             the
             coming
             of
             Christ
             ,
             all
             that
             which
             you
             ascribe
             to
             the
             
               Light
               within
            
             ;
             but
             except
             it
             appeared
             to
             us
             that
             this
             Light
             were
             the
             same
             in
             Nature
             with
             the
             
               Spirit
               and
               Grace
            
             of
             God
             ,
             we
             cannot
             easily
             bring
             our selves
             to
             believe
             what
             you
             say
             in
             favour
             of
             the
             Light
             within
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
             This
             Objection
             ,
             at
             first
             look
             ,
             seems
             to
             carry
             weight
             with
             it
             :
             But
             ,
             upon
             a
             just
             and
             serious
             Review
             ,
             it
             will
             appear
             to
             have
             more
             Words
             than
             Matter
             ,
             Show
             than
             Substance
             :
             Yet
             
             because
             it
             gives
             occasion
             to
             solve
             scruples
             ,
             that
             may
             be
             flung
             in
             the
             way
             of
             the
             Simple
             ,
             I
             shall
             attend
             it
             throughout
             .
             I
             say
             then
             ,
             if
             it
             appear
             that
             the
             Property
             's
             ascribed
             to
             the
             
               Light
               within
            
             ,
             are
             the
             same
             with
             those
             that
             are
             given
             to
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             and
             Grace
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             that
             those
             several
             Terms
             or
             Epithytes
             ,
             are
             only
             to
             express
             the
             divers
             Manifestations
             or
             Operations
             of
             one
             and
             the
             
               same
               Principle
            
             ,
             then
             it
             will
             not
             ,
             it
             cannot
             be
             denied
             ,
             but
             this
             Light
             within
             ,
             is
             Divine
             and
             Efficacious
             ,
             as
             we
             have
             Asserted
             it
             .
             Now
             that
             it
             is
             of
             the
             same
             Nature
             with
             the
             Spirit
             and
             Grace
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             tends
             to
             the
             same
             End
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             bring
             People
             to
             God
             ;
             let
             the
             Properties
             of
             the
             Light
             be
             compar'd
             with
             those
             of
             the
             Spirit
             and
             Grace
             of
             God.
             I
             say
             ,
             they
             are
             the
             same
             ,
             in
             that
             ,
             First
             ,
             The
             Light
             proceeds
             from
             the
             
               one
               Word
            
             ,
             and
             
               one
               Life
            
             of
             that
             
               one
               Word
            
             ,
             
             which
             was
             with
             God
             and
             was
             God.
             
             Secondly
             ,
             It
             is
             
             Vniversal
             ,
             it
             lighteth
             every
             Man.
             Thirdly
             ,
             
               It
               giveth
               the
               Knowledge
               of
               God
               and
               Fellowship
               with
            
             him
             ,
             
               Rom.
               1.
               19.
               
               John
               3.
               21.
               1
               
               John
            
             1.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
             Fourthly
             ,
             It
             
               manifesteth
               and
               reproveth
               Evil
            
             ,
             John
             3.
             20.
             
             Eph.
             5.
             13.
             
             Fifthly
             ,
             
               It
               is
               made
               the
               Rule
               and
               Guide
               of
               Christian
               Walking
               ,
            
             Psalm
             43.
             3.
             
             
               John
               8.
               12.
               
               Eph.
            
             5.
             13
             ,
             15.
             
             Sixthly
             ,
             
               It
               is
               the
               Path
            
             for
             Gods
             People
             to
             go
             in
             ,
             
               Psalm
               119.
               105.
               
               Prov.
               4.
               18.
               
               Isa
               .
               2.
               5.
               1
               
               John
               1.
               7.
               
               Rev.
               24.
               23.
               and
               the
               Nations
               of
               them
               that
               are
               saved
               shall
               walk
               in
               the
               Light
               of
               the
               (
               Lamb.
               )
            
             Lastly
             ,
             It
             is
             the
             Armour
             of
             the
             Children
             of
             God
             against
             Satan
             ,
             Psalm
             27.
             1.
             
             
               The
               Lord
               is
               my
               Light
               ,
               whom
               shall
               I
               fear
               ,
            
             Rom.
             13.
             12.
             
             
               Let
               us
               put
               on
               the
               Armour
               of
               Light.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             2.
             
             Now
             let
             all
             this
             be
             compar'd
             with
             the
             Properties
             of
             the
             
               Holy
               Spirit
            
             ,
             and
             their
             Agreement
             will
             be
             very
             manifest
             .
             First
             ,
             
               It
               proceedeth
               from
               God
            
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             Rom.
             6.
             11.
             
             Secondly
             ,
             It
             is
             Vniversal
             .
             
             It
             strove
             with
             the
             Old
             World
             ,
             Gen.
             6.
             3.
             
             Then
             to
             be
             sure
             with
             the
             new
             One
             :
             
               Every
               one
               hath
               a
               measure
               of
               it
               given
               to
               profit
               withal
               ,
            
             1
             Cor.
             12.
             7.
             
             Thirdly
             ,
             
               It
               revealeth
               God
            
             ,
             Job
             32.
             8.
             1
             
             Cor.
             2.
             10
             ,
             11.
             
             Fourthly
             ,
             
               It
               reproveth
               Sin
            
             ,
             John
             16.
             8.
             
             Fifthly
             ,
             
               It
               is
               a
               Rule
               and
               Guide
               for
               the
               Childten
               of
               God
               to
               walk
               by
               ,
            
             Rom.
             8.
             14.
             
             Sixthly
             ,
             It
             is
             also
             the
             Path
             they
             are
             to
             walk
             in
             ,
             
               Rom.
               8.
               1.
               
               Gal.
               5.
               15.
               
               Walk
               in
               the
               Spirit
               .
            
             Lastly
             ,
             This
             is
             not
             all
             ,
             it
             is
             likewise
             the
             
               Spiritual
               Weapon
            
             of
             a
             true
             Christian
             ,
             
               Eph.
               6.
               17.
               
               Take
               the
               Sword
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               Word
               of
               God.
            
             After
             this
             ,
             I
             hope
             none
             will
             deny
             that
             this
             Light
             
               and
               this
            
             Spirit
             must
             be
             of
             
               one
               and
               the
               same
            
             Nature
             ,
             that
             work
             
               one
               and
               the
               same
               Effect
            
             ,
             and
             tend
             evidently
             to
             
               one
               and
               the
               same
               Holy
               End.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             3.
             
             And
             what
             is
             said
             of
             the
             Light
             and
             Spirit
             ,
             may
             also
             ,
             very
             well
             be
             said
             of
             the
             Light
             and
             Grace
             of
             God
             ;
             
             in
             that
             ,
             First
             ,
             The
             Grace
             floweth
             from
             Christ
             the
             Word
             that
             took
             Flesh
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Light
             ;
             
             for
             as
             in
             him
             was
             Life
             ,
             and
             that
             Life
             the
             Light
             of
             Men
             ,
             so
             he
             was
             
               full
               of
               Grace
               and
               Truth
               ,
               and
               of
               his
               fulness
               have
               all
               we
               received
               ,
               and
               Grace
               for
               Grace
               .
            
             Secondly
             ,
             It
             is
             Vniversal
             ;
             both
             from
             this
             Text
             ,
             and
             what
             the
             Apostle
             to
             Titus
             teacheth
             ;
             
             
               For
               the
               Grace
               of
               God
               that
               bringeth
               Salvation
               ,
               hath
               appeared
               to
               all
               Men.
            
             Thirdly
             ,
             It
             
               manifesteth
               Evil
            
             ,
             for
             if
             it
             teaches
             to
             deny
             Ungodliness
             and
             worldly
             Lusts
             ,
             it
             must
             needs
             detect
             them
             ,
             and
             so
             says
             the
             Text.
             Fourthly
             ,
             
               It
               revealeth
               Godliness
               ,
               and
               consequently
               it
               must
               manifest
               God.
            
             Fifthly
             ,
             
               It
               is
               an
               Instructor
               and
               Guide
            
             ;
             for
             ,
             says
             the
             
               Apostle
               ,
               It
               teaches
               to
               deny
               Vngodliness
               and
               worldly
               Lusts
               ,
               and
               to
               live
               Soberly
               ,
               Righteously
               and
               Godly
               in
               this
               present
               World
               ,
               and
               herein
               is
               a
               Rule
               of
               Life
               ,
            
             Tit.
             2.
             11
             ,
             12.
             
             
             Sixthly
             ,
             
               It
               is
               to
               all
               that
               receive
               it
               ,
               all
               that
               they
               can
               need
               or
               desire
               ,
            
             2
             Cor.
             12.
             9.
             
             
               My
               Grace
               is
               sufficient
               for
               thee
               .
            
             An
             
               high
               Testimony
            
             ,
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             to
             the
             Power
             of
             this
             Teaching
             and
             Saving
             Grace
             ,
             under
             the
             strongest
             Temptations
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               §
               .
               4.
               
               Obj.
            
             But
             there
             is
             little
             mention
             made
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             none
             of
             the
             Grace
             ,
             before
             Christs
             coming
             ,
             and
             therefore
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             as
             spoken
             of
             in
             the
             Writings
             of
             the
             New
             Testament
             ,
             and
             especially
             the
             Grace
             ,
             must
             be
             another
             ,
             and
             a
             nobler
             thing
             than
             the
             Light
             within
             .
          
           
             Ans
             .
             By
             no
             means
             another
             Thing
             ,
             but
             another
             Name
             ,
             from
             
               another
               Manifestation
            
             or
             Operation
             ,
             of
             the
             same
             Principle
             .
             It
             is
             called
             Light
             from
             the
             
               Distinction
               and
               Discerning
            
             it
             gives
             .
             
               Let
               there
               be
               Light
               ,
               and
               there
               was
               Light
               ,
            
             said
             God
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             Old
             World
             ;
             so
             there
             is
             first
             Light
             in
             the
             
             beginning
             of
             the
             New
             Creation
             of
             God
             in
             Man.
             It
             is
             called
             Spirit
             ,
             because
             it
             
               giveth
               Life
               ,
               Sense
               ,
               Motion
               ,
            
             and
             Vigour
             :
             And
             it
             is
             as
             often
             mentioned
             in
             the
             Writings
             of
             the
             Old
             as
             New
             Testament
             ;
             which
             every
             Reader
             may
             see
             ,
             if
             he
             will
             but
             please
             to
             look
             into
             his
             Scripture
             -
             Concordance
             .
             Thus
             
               Gods
               Spirit
               strove
            
             ,
             with
             the
             
               Old
               World
            
             ,
             Gen.
             6.
             3.
             and
             with
             Israel
             ,
             in
             the
             VVilderness
             ,
             Neh.
             9.
             30.
             and
             David
             ask'd
             ,
             in
             the
             Agony
             of
             his
             Soul
             ,
             
               Whither
               shall
               I
               go
               from
               thy
               Spirit
               ?
            
             Psalm
             139.
             7.
             and
             the
             Prophets
             often
             felt
             it
             .
             It
             is
             stiled
             Grace
             ,
             not
             from
             its
             being
             another
             Principle
             ,
             but
             because
             it
             was
             a
             
               fuller
               Dispensation
            
             of
             the
             Virtue
             and
             Power
             of
             the
             Same
             Divine
             Principle
             :
             And
             that
             being
             purely
             God's
             Favour
             and
             Mercy
             ,
             and
             not
             Mans
             Merit
             ,
             is
             aptly
             and
             deservedly
             called
             the
             
               Grace
               ,
               Favour
            
             or
             Goodwill
             of
             God
             to
             undeserving
             Man.
             The
             Wind
             does
             not
             always
             blow
             fresh
             ,
             nor
             Heaven
             send
             down
             its
             Rain
             freely
             ,
             
             nor
             the
             Sun
             shine
             forth
             clearly
             ;
             shall
             we
             therefore
             say
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             of
             the
             
               same
               kind
            
             of
             Wind
             ,
             Rain
             or
             Light
             ,
             when
             it
             Blows
             ,
             Rains
             or
             Shines
             but
             a
             little
             ,
             as
             when
             it
             Blows
             ,
             Rains
             or
             Shines
             much
             ?
             It
             is
             certainly
             the
             same
             in
             Nature
             and
             Kind
             ;
             and
             so
             is
             this
             blessed
             Principle
             ,
             under
             all
             its
             several
             Dispensations
             ,
             Manifestations
             and
             Operations
             ,
             for
             the
             Benefit
             of
             Mans
             Soul
             ,
             ever
             since
             th●
             World
             began
             .
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             5.
             
             But
             this
             is
             most
             
               freely
               ,
               humbly
            
             and
             thankfully
             acknowledged
             by
             us
             ,
             that
             the
             Dispensation
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             was
             the
             
               clearest
               ,
               fullest
            
             ,
             and
             noblest
             of
             all
             other
             ;
             
               both
               with
               regard
            
             to
             the
             coming
             of
             Christ
             in
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             being
             our
             one
             Holy
             Offering
             to
             God
             for
             Sin
             ,
             through
             the
             Eternal
             Spirit
             ;
             and
             the
             breaking
             forth
             of
             his
             Light
             ,
             the
             Effusion
             of
             his
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             Appearance
             of
             his
             Grace
             ,
             in
             and
             to
             Man
             ,
             in
             a
             
               more
               excellent
               manner
            
             ,
             after
             his
             
             Ascention
             .
             For
             though
             it
             was
             not
             another
             Light
             ,
             or
             Spirit
             ,
             then
             that
             which
             he
             had
             given
             to
             Man
             in
             former
             Ages
             ,
             yet
             it
             was
             another
             and
             
               greater
               Measure
            
             ;
             and
             that
             is
             the
             Priviledge
             of
             the
             Gospel
             above
             former
             Dispensations
             .
             What
             before
             shined
             but
             dimly
             ,
             shines
             since
             with
             
               great
               Glory
            
             .
             Then
             it
             appeared
             but
             darkly
             ,
             
             now
             with
             
               open
               Face
            
             .
             Types
             ,
             Figures
             and
             Shadows
             Vailed
             ,
             and
             made
             its
             appearances
             look
             low
             and
             faint
             ;
             but
             in
             the
             Gospel
             Time
             ,
             the
             Vail
             is
             Rent
             ,
             
             and
             the
             Hidden
             Glory
             manifest
             .
             It
             was
             under
             the
             Law
             but
             as
             a
             Dew
             ,
             or
             small
             Rain
             ,
             but
             under
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             said
             to
             be
             poured
             out
             upon
             Men.
             According
             to
             that
             Gracious
             and
             Notable
             Promise
             of
             God
             ,
             by
             the
             Prophet
             Joel
             ,
             
             
               In
               the
               latter
               Days
               ,
               I
               will
               pour
               out
               of
               my
               Spirit
               upon
               all
               Flesh
               .
            
             Thus
             we
             say
             ,
             when
             
             it
             Rains
             plentifully
             ,
             look
             how
             it
             pours
             .
             So
             God
             Augments
             his
             Light
             ,
             Grace
             and
             Spirit
             to
             these
             latter
             Days
             .
             They
             shall
             not
             have
             it
             sparingly
             ,
             and
             by
             small
             Drops
             ,
             but
             
               fully
               and
               freely
            
             ,
             and
             overflowingly
             too
             .
             And
             thus
             Peter
             ,
             that
             deep
             and
             excellent
             Apostle
             ,
             applies
             that
             Promise
             in
             Joel
             ,
             on
             the
             Day
             of
             Pentecost
             ,
             as
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             accomplishment
             of
             it
             .
             This
             is
             Grace
             ,
             and
             Favour
             ,
             and
             Goodness
             indeed
             .
             And
             therefore
             well
             may
             this
             Brighter
             Illumination
             ,
             and
             Greater
             Effusion
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             be
             called
             Grace
             ;
             for
             as
             the
             coming
             of
             the
             Son
             excelled
             that
             of
             the
             Servant
             ,
             so
             did
             the
             Manifestation
             of
             the
             Light
             and
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             since
             the
             coming
             of
             Christ
             ,
             excell
             that
             of
             the
             foregoing
             Dispensations
             ;
             yet
             ever
             sufficient
             to
             Salvation
             to
             all
             those
             that
             walked
             in
             it
             .
             This
             is
             our
             Sence
             of
             the
             
               Light
               ,
               Spirit
            
             ,
             and
             Grace
             of
             God
             :
             And
             by
             what
             is
             said
             ,
             it
             is
             evident
             they
             are
             one
             and
             the
             
               same
               Principle
            
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             that
             has
             Light
             ,
             need
             
             not
             want
             the
             Spirit
             or
             Grace
             of
             God
             ,
             if
             he
             will
             but
             receive
             it
             ,
             in
             the
             Love
             of
             it
             :
             For
             the
             very
             Principle
             that
             is
             Light
             to
             show
             him
             ,
             is
             also
             Spirit
             ,
             to
             quicken
             him
             ,
             and
             Grace
             ,
             to
             Teach
             ,
             Help
             ,
             and
             Comfort
             him
             .
             It
             is
             sufficient
             in
             all
             Circumstances
             of
             Life
             to
             them
             that
             diligently
             Mind
             and
             obey
             it
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           VI.
           
        
         
           Sect.
           1.
           
           An
           Objection
           Answer'd
           .
           All
           are
           not
           good
           ,
           though
           all
           are
           Lighted
           .
           Sect.
           2.
           
           Another
           Objection
           Answer'd
           ,
           that
           Gospel
           Truths
           were
           known
           before
           Christ's
           coming
           .
           Sect.
           3.
           
           Another
           .
           The
           Gentiles
           had
           the
           same
           Light
           ,
           tho'
           not
           with
           those
           Advantages
           :
           
           Prov'd
           from
           Scripture
           .
        
         
           
             §
             .
             1.
             
             Obj.
             BVt
             some
             may
             yet
             say
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             as
             you
             declare
             ,
             how
             comes
             it
             ,
             that
             all
             who
             are
             enlightned
             are
             not
             so
             good
             as
             they
             should
             be
             ;
             or
             ,
             as
             you
             say
             ,
             this
             would
             make
             them
             ?
          
           
             Answ
             .
             Because
             People
             don't
             receive
             and
             obey
             it
             .
             All
             Men
             have
             Reason
             ,
             but
             all
             Men
             are
             not
             Reasonable
             .
             Is
             it
             the
             fault
             of
             the
             Grain
             ,
             in
             the
             Garnary
             that
             it
             yields
             no
             increase
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             Talent
             in
             the
             Napkin
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             not
             improved
             ?
             It
             is
             plain
             a
             Talent
             was
             given
             ;
             and
             as
             plain
             that
             it
             was
             improveable
             ;
             both
             because
             the
             like
             Talents
             were
             actually
             improved
             by
             others
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Just
             Judge
             expected
             his
             Talent
             with
             Advantage
             ,
             which
             else
             ,
             to
             be
             sure
             ,
             he
             would
             never
             have
             done
             .
             Now
             when
             our
             Objecters
             will
             tell
             us
             ,
             whose
             fault
             it
             was
             the
             Talent
             was
             not
             improved
             ,
             we
             shall
             be
             ready
             to
             tell
             them
             ,
             why
             the
             
             unprofitable
             Servant
             was
             not
             so
             good
             ,
             as
             he
             should
             have
             been
             .
             The
             Blind
             must
             not
             blame
             the
             Sun
             ,
             nor
             Sinners
             tax
             the
             Grace
             of
             Insufficiency
             .
             'T
             is
             Sin
             that
             darkens
             the
             Eye
             ,
             and
             hardens
             the
             Heart
             ,
             and
             that
             hinders
             good
             things
             from
             the
             Sons
             of
             Men.
             
               If
               we
               do
               his
               Will
               ,
               we
               shall
               know
               of
               his
               Divine
               Doctrine
               ,
            
             so
             Christ
             tells
             us
             .
             Men
             ,
             not
             living
             to
             what
             they
             know
             ,
             cannot
             blame
             God
             ,
             that
             they
             know
             no
             more
             .
             The
             unfruitfulness
             is
             in
             us
             ,
             not
             in
             the
             Talent
             .
             'T
             were
             well
             indeed
             ,
             that
             this
             were
             laid
             to
             Heart
             .
             But
             ,
             alas
             !
             Men
             are
             too
             apt
             to
             follow
             their
             sensual
             Appetites
             ,
             rather
             then
             their
             reasonable
             Mind
             ,
             which
             renders
             them
             Brutal
             instead
             of
             Rational
             .
             For
             the
             Reasonable
             part
             of
             a
             Man
             ,
             is
             his
             spiritual
             part
             ,
             and
             that
             guided
             by
             the
             Divine
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             or
             Word
             ,
             which
             Tertullian
             interprets
             Reason
             in
             the
             most
             excellent
             Sence
             ,
             makes
             Man
             
               truly
               Reasonable
            
             ,
             and
             then
             it
             is
             that
             Man
             comes
             to
             offer
             up
             himself
             to
             God
             a
             reasonable
             Sacrifice
             .
             Then
             a
             
               Man
               indeed
            
             ;
             a
             
               compleat
               
               Man
            
             :
             Such
             a
             Man
             as
             
               God
               made
            
             ,
             when
             he
             made
             Man
             in
             his
             
               own
               Image
            
             ,
             and
             gave
             him
             Paradice
             for
             his
             Habitation
             .
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             2.
             
             Obj.
             
               But
               some
               yet
               Object
            
             ,
             If
             Mankind
             had
             always
             this
             Principle
             ,
             how
             comes
             it
             that
             Gospel
             Truths
             were
             not
             so
             fully
             known
             before
             the
             coming
             of
             Christ
             to
             those
             that
             were
             obedient
             to
             it
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
             Because
             a
             Child
             is
             not
             a
             grown
             Man
             ,
             nor
             the
             Beginning
             the
             End
             ;
             and
             yet
             He
             that
             is
             the
             Beginning
             ,
             is
             also
             the
             End
             :
             The
             Principle
             is
             the
             same
             ,
             though
             not
             the
             Manifestation
             .
             As
             the
             VVorld
             has
             many
             Steps
             and
             Periods
             of
             Time
             towards
             its
             End
             ,
             so
             hath
             Man
             to
             his
             Perfection
             .
             They
             that
             are
             faithful
             to
             what
             they
             know
             of
             the
             Dispensation
             of
             their
             own
             Day
             ,
             shall
             hear
             the
             Happy
             welcome
             of
             
               well
               done
               good
               and
               faithful
               Servant
               .
            
             And
             yet
             many
             of
             God's
             People
             in
             those
             Days
             had
             a
             Prospect
             of
             the
             Glory
             of
             the
             latter
             Times
             ,
             the
             Improvement
             of
             Religion
             ,
             the
             Happiness
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             God.
             
          
           
           
             This
             we
             see
             in
             the
             Prophesie
             of
             Jacob
             and
             Moses
             ,
             
             concerning
             the
             Restoration
             of
             Israel
             ,
             
             by
             Christ
             .
             So
             David
             in
             many
             of
             his
             excellent
             Psalms
             ,
             expressing
             most
             sensible
             and
             extraordinary
             Injoyments
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Prophesies
             .
             Particularly
             his
             2
             ,
             15
             ,
             18
             ,
             22
             ,
             23
             ,
             25
             ,
             27
             ,
             32
             ,
             36
             ,
             37
             ,
             42
             ,
             43
             ,
             45
             ,
             51
             ,
             84
             ,
             &c.
             
             The
             Prophets
             are
             full
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             for
             that
             Reason
             have
             their
             Name
             ;
             particularly
             Isaiah
             ,
             Chap.
             2.
             9
             ,
             11
             ,
             25
             ,
             28
             ,
             32
             ,
             35
             ,
             42
             ,
             49
             ,
             50
             ,
             51
             ,
             52
             ,
             53
             ,
             54
             ,
             59
             ,
             60
             ,
             61
             ,
             63
             ,
             65
             ,
             66.
             
             Jeremiah
             ,
             also
             Chap.
             23
             ,
             30
             ,
             31
             ,
             33.
             
             Ezekiel
             ,
             Chap.
             20
             ,
             34
             ,
             36
             ,
             37.
             
             Daniel
             Chap.
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12.
             
             Hosea
             ,
             Chap.
             1
             ,
             3.
             
             Joel
             ,
             Chap.
             2
             ,
             3.
             
             Amos
             ,
             Chap.
             9.
             
             Micah
             ,
             Chap.
             4
             ,
             5.
             
             Zachariah
             ,
             Chap.
             6
             ,
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             11
             ,
             13
             ,
             14.
             
             Malachy
             ,
             Chap.
             3
             ,
             4.
             
             This
             was
             not
             another
             Principle
             ,
             though
             another
             Manifestation
             of
             the
             same
             Principle
             ,
             nor
             what
             is
             common
             ,
             but
             particular
             and
             extraordinary
             in
             the
             Reason
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             the
             same
             Spirit
             that
             came
             
             upon
             Moses
             ,
             which
             came
             upon
             John
             the
             Baptist
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             also
             the
             same
             Spirit
             that
             came
             ,
             upon
             Gideon
             ,
             and
             Sampson
             ,
             that
             fell
             upon
             Peter
             and
             Paul
             ;
             but
             it
             was
             not
             the
             same
             Dispensation
             of
             that
             Spirit
             .
             It
             hath
             been
             the
             Way
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             visit
             and
             appear
             to
             Men
             according
             to
             their
             States
             and
             Conditions
             ,
             and
             as
             they
             have
             been
             prepared
             to
             receive
             him
             ,
             be
             it
             more
             outwardly
             or
             inwardly
             ,
             sensibly
             or
             spiritually
             .
             There
             is
             no
             Capacity
             too
             low
             or
             too
             high
             for
             this
             Divine
             Principle
             :
             For
             as
             it
             made
             and
             knows
             all
             ,
             so
             it
             reaches
             to
             all
             People
             .
             It
             extends
             to
             the
             meanest
             ,
             and
             the
             highest
             cannot
             subsist
             without
             it
             .
             Which
             made
             David
             break
             forth
             in
             his
             Expostulations
             with
             God
             ,
             
               Whither
               shall
               I
               go
               from
               thy
               Spirit
               ,
               or
               whither
               shall
               I
               flee
               from
               thy
               Presence
               ?
            
             Psalm
             139.
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10.
             
             Implying
             it
             was
             
               every
               where
            
             ,
             though
             not
             every
             where
             ,
             nor
             at
             every
             time
             alike
             .
             If
             I
             go
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             to
             Hell
             ,
             or
             
               beyond
               the
               Seas
               ,
               even
               there
               shall
               thy
               Hand
               lead
               me
               ,
               and
               thy
               Right
               
               Hand
               shall
               hold
               me
               .
            
             That
             is
             ,
             there
             will
             this
             Divine
             Word
             ,
             this
             Light
             of
             Men
             ,
             this
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             find
             me
             ,
             lead
             me
             ,
             help
             me
             and
             comfort
             me
             .
             For
             it
             is
             with
             me
             where
             ever
             I
             am
             ,
             and
             where
             ever
             I
             go
             ,
             in
             one
             respect
             or
             other
             ;
             
               Prov.
               6.
               22.
               
               When
               thou
               goest
               ,
               it
               shall
               lead
               thee
               ;
               when
               thou
               sleepest
               ,
               it
               shall
               keep
               thee
               ;
               and
               when
               thou
               awakest
               ,
               it
               shall
               talk
               with
               thee
               :
            
             And
             I
             can
             no
             more
             get
             rid
             of
             it
             ,
             if
             I
             would
             then
             of
             my self
             or
             my
             own
             Nature
             ;
             so
             present
             it
             is
             with
             me
             ,
             and
             so
             close
             it
             sticks
             unto
             me
             .
             
               Isa
               .
               43.
               2.
               
               When
               thou
               passest
               through
               the
               Waters
               ,
               I
               will
               be
               with
               thee
               ;
               and
               through
               the
               Rivers
               ,
               they
               shall
               not
               overflow
               thee
               ;
               when
               thou
               walkest
               through
               the
               Fire
               ,
               thou
               shalt
               not
               be
               burnt
               ,
               neither
               shall
               the
               Flame
               kindle
               upon
               thee
               .
               David
            
             knew
             it
             ,
             and
             therefore
             had
             a
             great
             value
             for
             it
             .
             
               In
               thy
               Light
               shall
               we
               see
               Light
               ,
            
             or
             we
             shall
             be
             enlightned
             by
             thy
             Light.
             
               Thou
               wilt
               Light
               my
               Candle
            
             ,
             
             
               the
               Lord
               my
               God
            
             ,
             
             
               will
               lighten
               my
               Darkness
            
             .
          
           
           
             Again
             ,
             
               The
               Lord
               is
               my
               Light
            
             ,
             
             
               whom
               shall
               I
               fear
            
             .
             It
             was
             his
             Armour
             against
             all
             Danger
             .
             It
             took
             Fear
             away
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             was
             undaunted
             ,
             because
             he
             was
             safe
             in
             the
             way
             of
             it
             .
             Of
             the
             same
             blessed
             Word
             he
             says
             elsewhere
             ,
             
               It
               is
               a
               Lamp
               unto
               my
               Feet
               ,
               and
               a
               Lanthorn
               to
               my
               Paths
               .
            
             In
             short
             ,
             a
             Light
             to
             him
             in
             his
             way
             to
             Blessedness
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               §
               .
               3.
               
               Obj.
            
             But
             if
             the
             Jews
             had
             this
             Light
             it
             does
             not
             follow
             that
             the
             Gentiles
             had
             it
             also
             ;
             but
             by
             your
             Doctrine
             all
             have
             it
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
             Yes
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             the
             Glory
             of
             this
             Doctrine
             which
             we
             profess
             ,
             that
             Gods
             Love
             is
             therein
             held
             forth
             to
             All.
             And
             besides
             the
             Texts
             cited
             in
             general
             ,
             and
             that
             are
             as
             Full
             and
             Positive
             as
             can
             be
             exprest
             ,
             the
             Apostle
             is
             very
             Particular
             in
             the
             second
             Chapter
             of
             his
             Epistle
             to
             the
             
               Romans
               ,
               That
               the
               Gentiles
               having
               not
               the
               Law
               did
               by
               Nature
               the
               things
               contained
               in
               the
               Law
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               were
               a
               Law
               unto
               
               themselves
               .
            
             That
             is
             ,
             they
             had
             not
             an
             outward
             Law
             ,
             circumstanced
             as
             the
             Jews
             had
             ;
             but
             
               they
               had
               the
               Works
               of
               the
               Law
               written
               in
               their
               Hearts
            
             and
             therefore
             might
             well
             be
             a
             Law
             to
             themselves
             ,
             that
             had
             the
             Law
             
               in
               themselves
            
             .
             And
             so
             had
             the
             Jews
             too
             ,
             but
             then
             they
             had
             greater
             outward
             helps
             to
             quicken
             their
             Obedience
             to
             it
             ;
             such
             as
             God
             afforded
             not
             unto
             any
             other
             Nation
             :
             And
             therefore
             the
             Obedience
             of
             the
             Gentiles
             or
             Vncircumcision
             is
             said
             to
             be
             by
             Nature
             ,
             or
             Naturally
             ,
             because
             it
             was
             without
             those
             Additional
             ,
             External
             ,
             and
             extraordinary
             Ministries
             and
             Helps
             which
             the
             Jews
             had
             to
             provoke
             them
             to
             their
             Duty
             .
             Which
             is
             so
             far
             from
             lessening
             the
             obedient
             Gentiles
             ,
             that
             it
             exalts
             them
             in
             the
             Apostles
             Judgment
             ;
             because
             though
             they
             had
             less
             Advantages
             then
             the
             Jews
             ,
             yet
             the
             
               Work
               of
               the
               Law
               written
               in
               their
               Hearts
            
             was
             made
             so
             much
             the
             more
             evident
             by
             the
             good
             Life
             they
             lived
             in
             the
             World.
             He
             adds
             ,
             
               their
               
               Consciences
               bearing
               Witness
            
             (
             or
             as
             it
             may
             be
             rendred
             ,
             witnessing
             with
             them
             )
             
               and
               their
               Thoughts
               ,
               mean
               while
               ,
               accusing
               or
               else
               excusing
               one
               another
               ,
               in
               the
               Day
               when
               God
               shall
               judge
               the
               secrets
               of
               all
               Hearts
               by
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               according
               to
               my
               Gospel
               .
            
             Which
             presents
             us
             with
             four
             things
             to
             our
             Point
             ,
             and
             worth
             our
             serious
             Reflection
             .
             First
             ,
             That
             the
             Gentiles
             had
             the
             Law
             written
             in
             their
             Hearts
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             That
             their
             Conscience
             was
             an
             allowed
             Witness
             or
             Evidence
             about
             Duty
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             That
             the
             Judgment
             made
             thereby
             shall
             be
             confirmed
             by
             the
             Apostles
             Gospel
             at
             the
             great
             Day
             ,
             and
             therefore
             Valid
             and
             Irreversible
             .
             Fourthly
             ,
             That
             this
             could
             not
             be
             ,
             if
             the
             Light
             of
             this
             Conscience
             were
             not
             a
             Divine
             and
             Sufficient
             Light
             :
             For
             Conscience
             ,
             truly
             speaking
             ,
             is
             no
             other
             then
             the
             
               Sence
               a
               Man
               hath
               ,
               or
               Judgement
               he
               maketh
               of
               his
               Duty
               to
               God
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Vnderstanding
               God
               gives
               him
               of
               his
               Will.
            
             And
             that
             no
             ill
             ,
             but
             a
             true
             and
             scriptural
             Use
             may
             be
             
             made
             of
             this
             Word
             Conscience
             ,
             I
             limit
             it
             to
             Duty
             ,
             and
             that
             ,
             to
             a
             Virtuous
             and
             Holy
             Life
             as
             the
             Apostle
             evidently
             doth
             ,
             about
             which
             we
             cannot
             miss
             ,
             or
             dispute
             ,
             read
             verse
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             and
             9.
             
             It
             was
             to
             that
             therefore
             the
             Apostles
             of
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             desired
             to
             be
             made
             manifest
             ,
             for
             they
             dared
             to
             stand
             the
             Judgment
             of
             Conscience
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             Doctrine
             they
             preach'd
             and
             prest
             upon
             Men.
             The
             Beloved
             Disciple
             also
             makes
             it
             a
             Judge
             of
             Man's
             present
             and
             future
             State
             ,
             under
             the
             Term
             
               Heart
               ,
               For
               if
               our
               Heart
               condemn
               us
               ,
               God
               is
               greater
               then
               our
               Heart
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               knoweth
               all
               things
               .
               Beloved
               ,
               if
               our
               Heart
               condemn
               us
               not
               ,
               then
               have
               we
               Confidence
               towards
               God.
            
             Plain
             and
             strong
             Words
             :
             And
             what
             were
             they
             about
             ,
             but
             whether
             we
             Love
             ,
             God
             ,
             in
             Deed
             and
             in
             Truth
             :
             And
             how
             must
             that
             appear
             ?
             VVhy
             in
             
               keeping
               his
               Commandments
            
             ,
             which
             is
             living
             up
             to
             what
             we
             know
             .
             And
             if
             any
             desire
             to
             satisfie
             themselves
             farther
             of
             the
             
             Divinity
             of
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
             let
             them
             read
             
               Plato
               ,
               Seneca
               ,
               Plutarch
               ,
               Epictetus
               ,
               Marcus
               Aurelius
               Antoninus
               ,
            
             and
             the
             like
             Gentile
             VVriters
             .
             They
             will
             also
             find
             many
             of
             their
             sayings
             ,
             collected
             in
             the
             first
             Part
             of
             a
             Book
             called
             the
             
               Christian
               Quaker
            
             ,
             and
             compared
             with
             the
             Testimonies
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             not
             for
             their
             Authority
             ,
             but
             agreeableness
             .
             In
             them
             they
             may
             discern
             many
             Excellent
             Truths
             ,
             and
             taste
             great
             Love
             and
             Devotion
             to
             Virtue
             :
             A
             fruit
             that
             grows
             upon
             no
             Tree
             ,
             but
             that
             of
             Life
             in
             no
             Age
             or
             Nation
             .
             Some
             of
             the
             most
             Eminent
             VVriters
             of
             the
             first
             Ages
             ,
             such
             as
             
               Justin
               Martyr
               ,
               Origen
               ,
               Clemens
               Alexandrinus
               ,
            
             &c.
             bore
             them
             great
             Respect
             ,
             and
             thought
             it
             no
             lessening
             to
             the
             Reputation
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             defended
             in
             many
             Gentile
             Authors
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             that
             they
             used
             and
             urged
             them
             ,
             to
             engage
             their
             Followers
             to
             the
             Faith
             ,
             as
             Paul
             did
             the
             Athenians
             with
             their
             
               own
               Poets
            
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           VII
           .
        
         
           Sect.
           1.
           
           An
           Objection
           Answer'd
           about
           the
           various
           Dispensations
           of
           God
           :
           The
           Principle
           the
           same
           .
           Sect.
           2.
           
           God's
           Work
           of
           a
           Piece
           ,
           and
           Truth
           the
           same
           under
           divers
           Shapes
           .
           Sect.
           3.
           
           The
           Reason
           of
           the
           prevalency
           of
           Idolatry
           .
           Sect.
           4.
           
           The
           Quakers
           Testimony
           the
           best
           Antidote
           against
           it
           ,
           viz.
           walking
           by
           a
           Divine
           
           Principle
           in
           Man.
           Sect.
           5.
           
           It
           was
           God's
           End
           in
           all
           his
           Manifestations
           that
           Man
           might
           be
           God's
           Image
           and
           Delight
           .
        
         
           
             §
             .
             1.
             
             Obj.
             
               BUt
               it
               may
               be
               said
            
             ,
             If
             it
             were
             one
             Principle
             ,
             why
             so
             many
             Modes
             and
             Shapes
             of
             Religion
             ,
             since
             the
             World
             began
             ?
             For
             the
             
               Patriarchal
               ,
               Mosaical
               and
               Christian
            
             ,
             have
             their
             great
             differences
             ;
             to
             say
             nothing
             of
             what
             has
             befallen
             the
             Christian
             ,
             since
             the
             Publication
             of
             it
             to
             the
             World.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
             I
             know
             not
             properly
             they
             may
             be
             called
             divers
             Religions
             ,
             that
             assert
             the
             true
             God
             for
             the
             Object
             of
             Worship
             ;
             the
             Lord
             
               Jesus
               Christ
            
             ,
             for
             the
             
               only
               Saviour
            
             ;
             and
             the
             Light
             ,
             or
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             ,
             for
             the
             great
             Agent
             and
             Means
             of
             Man's
             Conversion
             and
             Eternal
             Felicity
             ,
             any
             more
             than
             
             Infancy
             ,
             Youth
             ,
             and
             Manhood
             make
             
               three
               Men
            
             ,
             instead
             of
             
               three
               growths
            
             or
             periods
             of
             Time
             ,
             of
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Man.
             But
             passing
             that
             ,
             the
             many
             Modes
             or
             Ways
             of
             Gods
             appearing
             to
             Men
             ,
             arise
             ,
             as
             hath
             been
             said
             ,
             from
             the
             divers
             States
             of
             Men
             ,
             in
             all
             which
             ,
             it
             seems
             to
             have
             been
             his
             main
             design
             to
             prevent
             Idolatry
             and
             Vice
             ,
             by
             directing
             their
             Minds
             to
             the
             
               true
               Object
            
             of
             Worship
             ,
             and
             pressing
             Virtue
             and
             Holiness
             .
             So
             that
             though
             mediately
             he
             spoke
             to
             the
             Patriarchs
             ,
             mostly
             by
             Angels
             in
             the
             fashion
             of
             Men
             ,
             and
             by
             them
             to
             their
             Families
             ,
             over
             and
             above
             the
             Illumination
             in
             themselves
             ;
             so
             the
             Prophets
             ,
             for
             the
             most
             Part
             ,
             by
             the
             Revelation
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             
               in
               them
            
             ,
             and
             
               by
               them
            
             to
             the
             Jews
             :
             And
             since
             the
             Gospel
             Dispensation
             ,
             by
             his
             Son
             ,
             both
             Externally
             ,
             
               by
               his
               coming
               in
               the
               Flesh
               ,
            
             and
             Internally
             ,
             by
             his
             
               spiritual
               Appearance
               in
               the
               Soul
            
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             the
             
               great
               Light
               of
               the
               World
            
             :
             Yet
             all
             its
             flowings
             mediately
             through
             others
             ,
             has
             still
             been
             
             from
             the
             same
             Principle
             ,
             co-operating
             with
             the
             Manifestation
             of
             it
             immediately
             in
             Man
             's
             own
             Particular
             .
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             2.
             
             This
             is
             of
             great
             weight
             ,
             for
             our
             Information
             and
             Incouragement
             ,
             that
             God's
             Work
             ,
             in
             reference
             to
             Man
             ,
             is
             
               all
               of
               a
               Piece
            
             ,
             and
             ,
             in
             it self
             ,
             lies
             in
             a
             narrow
             Compass
             ,
             and
             that
             his
             Eye
             has
             ever
             been
             upon
             the
             
               same
               thing
            
             in
             all
             his
             Dispensations
             ,
             viz.
             to
             make
             
               Men
               truly
               Good
            
             ,
             by
             planting
             his
             Holy
             Awe
             and
             Fear
             in
             their
             Hearts
             :
             Though
             he
             has
             condescended
             ,
             for
             the
             hardness
             and
             darkness
             of
             Men's
             Hearts
             ,
             to
             approach
             and
             spell
             out
             his
             Holy
             Mind
             to
             them
             ,
             by
             low
             and
             carnal
             ways
             ,
             as
             they
             may
             appear
             to
             our
             more
             Enlightned
             Understandings
             :
             Suffering
             Truth
             to
             put
             on
             divers
             sorts
             of
             Garments
             ,
             the
             better
             to
             reach
             to
             the
             low
             State
             of
             Men
             ,
             to
             engage
             them
             from
             false
             Gods
             and
             ill
             Lives
             ;
             seeing
             them
             sunk
             so
             much
             below
             their
             nobler
             Part
             ,
             and
             what
             he
             made
             them
             ,
             that
             ,
             like
             brute
             Beasts
             ,
             they
             knew
             not
             their
             own
             Strength
             and
             Excellency
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             §
             .
             3.
             
             And
             if
             we
             do
             but
             well
             consider
             the
             Reason
             of
             the
             Prevalency
             of
             Idolatry
             ,
             
             upon
             the
             Earlier
             and
             Darker
             Times
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             
             of
             which
             the
             Scripture
             is
             very
             particular
             ,
             
             we
             shall
             find
             that
             it
             ariseth
             from
             this
             ;
             
             that
             it
             is
             more
             Sensual
             ,
             
             and
             therefore
             calculated
             to
             please
             the
             Sences
             of
             Men
             ;
             being
             more
             Outward
             or
             Visible
             ,
             or
             more
             in
             their
             own
             Power
             to
             perform
             then
             one
             more
             spiritual
             in
             its
             Object
             .
             For
             as
             their
             gods
             were
             the
             Workmanship
             of
             Mens
             Hands
             ,
             they
             could
             not
             prefer
             them
             ,
             that
             being
             the
             Argument
             which
             did
             most
             of
             all
             gaul
             their
             Worshippers
             ,
             and
             what
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             for
             that
             reason
             ,
             they
             were
             most
             willing
             to
             forget
             .
             But
             their
             Incidency
             to
             Idolatry
             ,
             and
             the
             Advantages
             it
             had
             upon
             the
             true
             Religion
             with
             them
             ,
             plainly
             came
             from
             this
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             more
             outward
             and
             sensual
             :
             They
             could
             see
             the
             Object
             of
             their
             
             Devotion
             ,
             and
             had
             it
             in
             their
             Power
             to
             Address
             it
             when
             they
             would
             .
             It
             was
             more
             fashionable
             too
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             better
             accommodated
             to
             their
             Dark
             and
             too
             Brutal
             State.
             And
             therefore
             it
             was
             that
             God
             ,
             by
             many
             Afflictions
             ,
             and
             greater
             Deliverances
             ,
             brought
             forth
             a
             People
             ,
             to
             endear
             himself
             to
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             remember
             the
             Hand
             that
             saved
             them
             ,
             and
             Worship
             him
             ,
             and
             him
             only
             ;
             in
             order
             to
             root
             up
             Idolatry
             ,
             and
             plant
             the
             
               Knowledge
               ,
               and
               fear
               of
               him
               in
               their
               Minds
               ,
            
             for
             an
             Example
             to
             other
             Nations
             .
             VVhoever
             reads
             Deuteronomy
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             summary
             of
             the
             other
             four
             Books
             of
             Moses
             ,
             will
             find
             the
             frequent
             and
             earnest
             Care
             and
             concern
             of
             that
             good
             Man
             for
             Israel
             ,
             about
             this
             very
             Point
             ;
             and
             how
             often
             that
             People
             slipt
             and
             laps'd
             ,
             notwithstanding
             God's
             Love
             ,
             Care
             and
             Patience
             over
             them
             ,
             into
             the
             Idolatrous
             Customs
             of
             the
             Nations
             about
             them
             .
             Divers
             other
             Scriptures
             inform
             us
             also
             ,
             especially
             those
             of
             the
             
             Prophets
             ,
             Isaiah
             44.
             and
             45.
             
             Psalms
             37.
             and
             115.
             and
             Jer.
             10.
             where
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             Confutes
             and
             Rebukes
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             mocks
             their
             Idols
             with
             a
             sort
             of
             Holy
             Disdain
             .
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             4.
             
             Now
             that
             which
             is
             farthest
             from
             Idolatry
             ,
             and
             the
             best
             Antidote
             against
             it
             ,
             is
             the
             Principle
             we
             have
             laid
             down
             ,
             and
             the
             more
             Peoples
             Minds
             are
             turned
             and
             brought
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             resolve
             their
             Faith
             ,
             VVorship
             and
             Obedience
             into
             the
             Holy
             Illuminations
             and
             Power
             of
             it
             ,
             the
             nearer
             they
             grow
             to
             the
             end
             of
             their
             Creation
             ,
             and
             consequently
             to
             their
             Creator
             .
             They
             are
             more
             spiritually
             qualified
             ,
             and
             become
             better
             fitted
             to
             VVorship
             God
             as
             he
             is
             :
             VVho
             ,
             as
             we
             are
             told
             ,
             by
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             
               Is
               a
               Spirit
               and
               will
               be
               Worshipped
               in
               Spirit
               and
               in
               Truth
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               are
               such
               sort
               of
               Worshippers
               which
               God
               seeketh
               to
               worship
               him
               ,
               in
               this
               Gospel
               Day
               .
               The
               hour
               cometh
               ,
            
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               and
               now
               is
            
             .
             That
             is
             ,
             some
             now
             do
             so
             ,
             but
             more
             shall
             .
             A
             plain
             
             Assertion
             in
             present
             ,
             and
             a
             Promise
             and
             Prophesie
             of
             the
             encrease
             of
             such
             VVorshippers
             in
             future
             .
             VVhich
             shows
             a
             Change
             intended
             from
             a
             Ceremonial
             VVorship
             ,
             and
             State
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             a
             Spiritual
             One.
             Thus
             the
             Text
             ;
             
               But
               the
               time
               cometh
               ,
               and
               now
               is
               ,
               when
               the
               true
               Worshippers
               shall
               Worship
               the
               Father
               in
               the
               Spirit
               and
               in
               the
               Truth
               .
            
             VVhich
             is
             as
             much
             as
             to
             say
             ,
             when
             the
             VVorship
             of
             God
             shall
             be
             
               more
               Inward
            
             than
             Outward
             ,
             and
             so
             
               more
               suitable
            
             to
             the
             Nature
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             nobler
             Part
             of
             Man
             ,
             his
             Inside
             ,
             or
             his
             
               inward
               and
               better
               Man
            
             :
             For
             so
             those
             blessed
             VVords
             import
             ,
             
               in
               Spirit
               and
               in
               Truth
               .
               In
               the
               Spirit
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             
               through
               the
               Power
            
             of
             the
             Spirit
             .
             
               In
               the
               Truth
            
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             in
             Realities
             ,
             not
             in
             Shadows
             ,
             Ceremonies
             ,
             or
             Formalities
             ,
             but
             in
             Sincerity
             with
             and
             in
             Life
             ,
             being
             divinely
             prepared
             and
             animated
             ;
             which
             brings
             Man
             not
             only
             to
             offer
             up
             Right
             VVorship
             ,
             but
             also
             into
             
               Intimate
               Communion
               and
               Fellowship
               with
               God
               ,
               who
               is
               a
               Spirit
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             §
             .
             5.
             
             And
             if
             it
             be
             duly
             weighed
             it
             will
             appear
             ,
             that
             God
             ,
             in
             all
             his
             Manifestations
             of
             himself
             ,
             hath
             still
             come
             nearer
             and
             nearer
             to
             the
             Insides
             of
             Men
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             reach
             to
             their
             Understandings
             ,
             and
             open
             their
             Hearts
             ,
             and
             give
             them
             a
             plainer
             and
             nearer
             Acquaintance
             with
             himself
             in
             Spirit
             :
             And
             then
             it
             is
             that
             Man
             must
             seek
             and
             find
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             God
             for
             his
             Eternal
             Happiness
             .
             Indeed
             ,
             all
             things
             that
             are
             made
             show
             forth
             the
             Power
             and
             Wisdom
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             his
             Goodness
             too
             to
             Mankind
             ;
             and
             therefore
             many
             Men
             urge
             the
             Creation
             to
             silence
             Atheistical
             Objections
             :
             But
             though
             all
             those
             things
             show
             a
             God
             ,
             yet
             Man
             does
             it
             ,
             above
             all
             the
             Rest
             .
             He
             is
             the
             
               precious
               Stone
            
             of
             the
             Ring
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             
               glorious
               Jewel
            
             of
             the
             Globe
             ;
             to
             whose
             reasonable
             Use
             ,
             Service
             ,
             and
             Satisfaction
             ,
             the
             whole
             seems
             to
             be
             made
             and
             dedicated
             .
             
               But
               God's
               Delight
            
             (
             by
             whom
             Man
             was
             made
             ,
             we
             are
             told
             by
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             )
             
               is
               in
               the
               habitable
               Parts
               
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               with
               the
               Sons
               of
               Men
               ,
            
             Prov.
             8.
             31.
             
             And
             with
             those
             that
             are
             contrite
             in
             Spirit
             ,
             Isa
             .
             66.
             1.
             
             And
             why
             is
             Man
             his
             Delight
             ,
             but
             because
             Man
             only
             ,
             of
             all
             his
             Works
             ,
             was
             his
             Likeness
             .
             This
             is
             the
             
               intimate
               Relation
            
             of
             Man
             to
             God
             :
             Somewhat
             nearer
             than
             ordinary
             ;
             for
             of
             all
             other
             Beings
             Man
             only
             had
             the
             Honour
             of
             being
             his
             Image
             ;
             and
             by
             his
             Resemblance
             to
             God
             ,
             as
             I
             may
             say
             ,
             came
             his
             Kindred
             with
             God
             and
             Knowledge
             of
             him
             .
             So
             that
             the
             nearest
             and
             best
             way
             for
             Man
             to
             know
             God
             ,
             and
             be
             acquainted
             with
             him
             ,
             is
             to
             seek
             him
             in
             himself
             ,
             in
             his
             Image
             ;
             and
             as
             he
             finds
             that
             ,
             he
             comes
             to
             find
             and
             know
             God.
             Now
             Man
             may
             be
             said
             to
             be
             God's
             Image
             in
             a
             double
             Respect
             .
             First
             ,
             As
             he
             is
             of
             an
             Immortal
             Nature
             ;
             and
             next
             ,
             as
             that
             Nature
             is
             Endued
             with
             those
             Excellencies
             in
             small
             ,
             and
             proportionable
             to
             a
             Creatures
             Capacity
             ,
             that
             are
             by
             Nature
             Infinitely
             and
             Incomparably
             in
             his
             Creator
             .
             
             For
             Instance
             ,
             
               Wisdom
               ,
               Justice
               ,
               Mercy
               ,
               Holiness
               ,
               Patience
               ,
            
             and
             the
             like
             .
             As
             Man
             becomes
             Holy
             ,
             Just
             ,
             Merciful
             ,
             Patient
             ,
             &c.
             
             By
             the
             Copy
             He
             will
             know
             the
             Original
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Workmanship
             in
             himself
             ,
             he
             will
             be
             acquainted
             with
             the
             Holy
             Workman
             .
             
             This
             Reader
             is
             the
             Regeneration
             and
             
               New
               Creature
            
             we
             press
             ,
             
               and
               according
               to
               this
               Rule
               ,
               we
               say
               ,
               Men
               ought
               to
               be
               Religious
               ,
               and
               Walk
               in
               this
               World.
            
             Man
             ,
             as
             I
             said
             just
             now
             ,
             is
             a
             Composition
             of
             both
             Worlds
             ;
             his
             Body
             is
             of
             this
             ,
             his
             Soul
             of
             the
             other
             World.
             The
             Body
             is
             as
             the
             Temple
             of
             the
             Soul
             ,
             the
             Soul
             the
             Temple
             of
             the
             Word
             ,
             and
             the
             Word
             ,
             the
             
               Great
               Temple
            
             and
             Manifestation
             of
             God.
             By
             the
             Body
             the
             Soul
             looks
             into
             and
             beholds
             this
             World
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Word
             it
             beholds
             God
             the
             World
             that
             is
             without
             End.
             Much
             might
             be
             said
             of
             this
             Order
             of
             things
             ,
             and
             their
             respective
             Excellencies
             ,
             but
             I
             must
             be
             Brief
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           VIII
           .
        
         
           Sect.
           1.
           
           Doctrine
           of
           Satisfaction
           and
           Justification
           Owned
           and
           Worded
           according
           to
           Scripture
           .
           Sect
           ▪
           2.
           
           What
           Constructions
           we
           can't
           believe
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           which
           is
           an
           abuse
           of
           them
           .
           Sect.
           3.
           
           Christ
           Owned
           a
           Sacrifice
           and
           a
           Mediator
           .
           Sect.
           4.
           
           Justification
           Twofold
           ,
           from
           the
           Guilt
           of
           
           Sin
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           Power
           and
           Pollution
           of
           it
           .
           Sect.
           5.
           
           Exhortation
           to
           the
           Reader
           upon
           the
           whole
           .
        
         
           Obj.
           1.
           
           THough
           there
           be
           many
           good
           things
           said
           ,
           how
           Christ
           appears
           and
           works
           in
           a
           Soul
           ,
           to
           Awaken
           ,
           Convince
           and
           Convert
           it
           ;
           yet
           you
           seem
           not
           particular
           enough
           about
           the
           Death
           and
           Sufferings
           of
           Christ
           :
           And
           it
           is
           generally
           Rumour'd
           and
           Charged
           upon
           you
           by
           your
           Adversaries
           ,
           that
           you
           have
           little
           reverence
           to
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Christ's
           Satisfaction
           to
           God
           for
           our
           Sins
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           do
           not
           Believe
           ,
           That
           the
           Active
           and
           Passive
           Obedience
           of
           Christ
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           is
           the
           alone
           ground
           of
           a
           Sinners
           Justification
           before
           God.
           
        
         
           
             Answ
             .
             §
             .
             1.
             
             The
             Doctrine
             of
             Satisfaction
             and
             Justification
             ,
             truly
             understood
             ,
             are
             placed
             in
             so
             strict
             an
             Union
             ,
             that
             the
             one
             is
             a
             necessary
             Consequence
             
             of
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             what
             we
             say
             of
             them
             ,
             is
             what
             agrees
             with
             the
             suffrage
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             most
             part
             in
             the
             terms
             of
             it
             ;
             always
             believing
             ,
             that
             in
             Points
             where
             there
             arises
             any
             difficulty
             ,
             be
             it
             from
             the
             Obscurity
             of
             Expression
             ,
             Mis-translation
             ,
             or
             the
             Dust
             raised
             by
             the
             Heats
             of
             Partial
             Writers
             ,
             or
             
               Nice
               Criticks
            
             ,
             it
             is
             ever
             best
             to
             keep
             close
             to
             the
             Text
             ,
             and
             maintain
             Charity
             in
             the
             rest
             .
             I
             shall
             first
             speak
             Negatively
             ,
             what
             we
             do
             not
             own
             ,
             which
             perhaps
             hath
             given
             occasion
             to
             those
             who
             have
             been
             more
             Hasty
             than
             Wise
             ,
             to
             judge
             us
             defective
             in
             our
             Belief
             of
             the
             Efficacy
             of
             the
             Death
             and
             Sufferings
             of
             Christ
             to
             Justification
             :
             As
             ,
          
        
         
           
             
               §
               .
               2.
               
               First
               ,
               We
               cannot
               Believe
               that
               Christ
               is
               the
            
             Cause
             ,
             
               but
               the
            
             Effect
             
               of
               God's
               Love
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Testimony
               of
               the
               Beloved
               Disciple
            
             John
             ,
             Chap.
             3.
             
             God
             hath
             so
             loved
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             given
             his
             only
             Begotten
             Son
             into
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             whosoever
             believeth
             on
             him
             
             should
             not
             perish
             ,
             but
             have
             Everlasting
             Life
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             We
             cannot
             say
             ,
             God
             
               could
               not
            
             have
             taken
             another
             way
             to
             have
             saved
             Sinners
             ,
             than
             by
             the
             Death
             and
             Sufferings
             of
             his
             Son
             ,
             to
             satisfie
             his
             Justice
             ,
             or
             that
             Christ's
             Death
             and
             Sufferings
             were
             a
             strict
             and
             rigid
             Satisfaction
             for
             that
             Eternal
             Death
             and
             Misery
             due
             to
             Man
             for
             Sin
             and
             Transgression
             :
             For
             such
             a
             Notion
             were
             to
             make
             God's
             Mercy
             little
             concerned
             in
             Man's
             Salvation
             ;
             and
             indeed
             we
             are
             at
             too
             great
             a
             distance
             from
             his
             Infinite
             Wisdom
             and
             Power
             ,
             to
             judge
             of
             the
             Liberty
             or
             Necessity
             of
             his
             Actings
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             We
             cannot
             say
             Jesus
             Christ
             was
             the
             
               greatest
               Sinner
            
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             (
             because
             he
             bore
             our
             Sins
             on
             his
             Cross
             ,
             or
             because
             he
             was
             made
             Sin
             for
             us
             ,
             who
             knew
             no
             Sin
             )
             an
             Expression
             of
             great
             levity
             and
             unsoundness
             ,
             yet
             often
             said
             by
             great
             Preachers
             and
             Professors
             of
             Religion
             .
          
           
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             We
             cannot
             Believe
             that
             Christ's
             Death
             and
             Sufferings
             so
             satisfies
             God
             ,
             or
             justifies
             Men
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             are
             thereby
             Accepted
             of
             God
             :
             They
             are
             indeed
             thereby
             put
             into
             a
             state
             capable
             of
             being
             accepted
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             through
             the
             Obedience
             of
             Faith
             and
             Sanctification
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             are
             in
             a
             state
             of
             Acceptance
             :
             For
             we
             can
             never
             think
             a
             Man
             justified
             before
             God
             ,
             while
             Self-condemned
             ;
             or
             that
             any
             Man
             can
             be
             in
             Christ
             ,
             who
             is
             not
             a
             New
             Creature
             ,
             or
             that
             God
             looks
             upon
             Men
             otherwise
             than
             they
             are
             .
             We
             think
             it
             a
             state
             of
             Presumption
             ,
             and
             not
             of
             Salvation
             ,
             to
             call
             
               Jesus
               ,
               Lord
            
             !
             and
             not
             by
             the
             Work
             of
             the
             
               Holy
               Ghost
               .
               Master
            
             !
             And
             he
             not
             yet
             
               Master
               of
               our
               Affections
               :
               Saviour
               !
            
             And
             they
             not
             saved
             by
             him
             from
             their
             
               Sins
               :
               Redeemer
            
             !
             And
             yet
             they
             not
             redeemed
             by
             him
             from
             their
             
               Passion
               ,
               Pride
               ,
               Covetousness
               ,
               Wantonness
               ,
               Vanity
               ,
               Honours
               ,
               vain
               Friendships
               ,
            
             and
             Glory
             of
             this
             World
             :
             Which
             were
             to
             deceive
             themselves
             ;
             for
             God
             
             will
             not
             be
             mocked
             ,
             such
             as
             Men
             sow
             ,
             such
             they
             must
             reap
             .
             And
             though
             Christ
             did
             Die
             for
             us
             ,
             yet
             we
             must
             ,
             by
             the
             Assistance
             of
             his
             Grace
             ,
             
               work
               out
               our
               Salvation
               with
               fear
               and
               trembling
               :
            
             As
             he
             Died
             for
             Sin
             ,
             so
             we
             must
             Die
             to
             Sin
             ,
             or
             we
             cannot
             be
             said
             to
             be
             saved
             by
             the
             Death
             and
             Sufferings
             of
             Christ
             ,
             or
             throughly
             justified
             and
             accepted
             with
             God.
             Thus
             far
             Negatively
             .
             Now
             ,
             Possitively
             ,
             what
             we
             own
             as
             to
             Justification
             .
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             3.
             
             We
             do
             Believe
             ,
             That
             Jesus
             Christ
             was
             our
             Holy
             Sacrifice
             ,
             and
             Attonement
             ,
             and
             Propitiation
             ;
             that
             he
             bore
             our
             Iniquities
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             his
             Stripes
             we
             were
             healed
             of
             the
             Wounds
             Adam
             gave
             us
             in
             his
             Fall
             ;
             and
             that
             God
             is
             just
             in
             forgiving
             true
             Penitents
             upon
             the
             Credit
             of
             that
             Holy
             Offering
             ,
             Christ
             made
             of
             himself
             to
             God
             for
             us
             ;
             and
             that
             what
             he
             did
             and
             suffer'd
             ,
             satisfied
             and
             pleased
             God
             ,
             and
             was
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             fallen
             Man
             that
             had
             displeased
             God
             :
             And
             that
             through
             the
             Offering
             up
             of
             himself
             
             once
             for
             all
             ,
             through
             the
             Eternal
             Spirit
             ,
             he
             hath
             for
             Ever
             perfected
             those
             (
             in
             all
             times
             )
             that
             are
             sanctified
             ,
             
               who
               walk
               not
               after
               the
               Flesh
               ,
               but
               after
               the
               Spirit
               .
               Rom.
            
             8.
             1.
             
             Mark
             that
             .
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             4.
             
             In
             short
             ,
             Justification
             consists
             of
             two
             parts
             ,
             or
             hath
             a
             twofold
             Consideration
             ,
             viz.
             Justification
             from
             the
             Guilt
             of
             Sin
             ,
             and
             Justification
             from
             the
             Power
             and
             Pollution
             of
             Sin
             ,
             and
             in
             this
             Sense
             Justification
             gives
             Man
             a
             full
             and
             clear
             Acceptance
             before
             God.
             For
             want
             of
             this
             latter
             part
             ,
             it
             is
             that
             so
             many
             Souls
             Religiously
             inclin'd
             ,
             are
             often
             under
             Doubts
             ,
             Scruples
             and
             Dependencies
             ,
             notwithstanding
             all
             that
             their
             Teachers
             tell
             them
             of
             the
             Extent
             and
             Efficacy
             of
             the
             first
             part
             of
             Justification
             .
             And
             it
             is
             too
             general
             an
             Unhappiness
             among
             the
             Professors
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             apt
             to
             cloak
             their
             own
             
               Active
               and
               Passive
               Disobedience
            
             with
             the
             
               Active
               and
               Passive
               Obedience
               of
               Christ
               .
            
             The
             first
             part
             of
             Justification
             we
             do
             reverently
             and
             humbly
             acknowledge
             is
             
             only
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             the
             Death
             and
             Sufferings
             of
             Christ
             ;
             nothing
             we
             can
             do
             ,
             
               though
               by
               the
               Operation
               of
               the
               Holy
               Spirit
               ,
            
             being
             able
             to
             cancel
             Old
             Debts
             ,
             or
             wipe
             out
             Old
             Scores
             :
             It
             is
             the
             Power
             and
             Efficacy
             of
             that
             Propitiatory
             Offering
             ,
             upon
             Faith
             and
             Repentance
             ,
             that
             justifies
             us
             from
             the
             Sins
             that
             are
             past
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             the
             Power
             of
             Christ's
             Spirit
             in
             our
             Hearts
             that
             purifies
             and
             makes
             us
             acceptable
             before
             God.
             For
             till
             the
             Heart
             of
             Man
             is
             purged
             from
             Sin
             ,
             God
             will
             never
             accept
             of
             it
             .
             He
             Reproves
             ,
             Rebukes
             and
             Condemns
             those
             that
             entertain
             Sin
             there
             ,
             and
             therefore
             such
             cannot
             be
             said
             to
             be
             in
             a
             Justified
             State
             ;
             Condemnation
             and
             Justification
             being
             Contraries
             :
             So
             that
             they
             that
             hold
             themselves
             in
             a
             Justified
             State
             by
             the
             Active
             and
             Passive
             Obedience
             of
             Christ
             ,
             while
             they
             are
             not
             Actively
             and
             Passively
             Obedient
             to
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             are
             under
             a
             strong
             and
             
               dangerous
               Delusion
            
             ;
             and
             for
             crying
             out
             against
             this
             Sin-pleasing
             Imagination
             ,
             
             not
             to
             say
             Doctrine
             ,
             we
             are
             Staged
             and
             Reproached
             as
             Deniers
             and
             Despisers
             of
             the
             Death
             and
             Sufferings
             of
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
             But
             be
             it
             known
             to
             such
             ,
             they
             add
             to
             Christ's
             Sufferings
             ,
             and
             Crucifie
             to
             themselves
             afresh
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             trample
             the
             Blood
             of
             the
             Covenant
             under
             their
             Feet
             ,
             that
             walk
             unholily
             under
             a
             Profession
             of
             Justification
             ;
             for
             God
             will
             not
             acquit
             the
             Guilty
             ,
             nor
             justifie
             the
             Disobedient
             and
             Unfaithful
             .
             Such
             deceive
             themselves
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             Great
             and
             Final
             Judgment
             their
             Sentence
             will
             not
             be
             ,
             Come
             ye
             Blessed
             ,
             because
             it
             cannot
             be
             said
             to
             them
             ,
             
               Well
               done
               Good
               and
               Faithful
            
             ,
             for
             they
             cannot
             be
             so
             esteemed
             that
             live
             and
             die
             in
             a
             Reproveable
             and
             Condemnable
             State
             ;
             but
             ,
             Go
             ye
             Cursed
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             5.
             
             Wherefore
             ,
             O
             my
             Reader
             !
             Rest
             not
             thy self
             wholly
             satisfied
             with
             what
             Christ
             has
             done
             for
             thee
             in
             his
             Blessed
             Person
             without
             Thee
             ,
             but
             press
             to
             know
             his
             Power
             and
             Kingdom
             
             
               within
               thee
            
             ,
             that
             the
             
               strong
               Man
            
             ,
             that
             has
             too
             long
             kept
             thy
             House
             ,
             may
             be
             bound
             ,
             and
             his
             Goods
             spoiled
             ;
             his
             Works
             destroyed
             ,
             and
             Sin
             ended
             ;
             according
             to
             the
             1
             
               John
               3.
               7.
               
               For
               which
               end
               ,
            
             says
             that
             Beloved
             Disciple
             ,
             
               Christ
               was
               manifested
            
             ,
             that
             all
             things
             may
             become
             New
             ;
             
               New
               Heavens
               ,
               and
               New
               Earth
               ,
               in
               which
               Righteousness
               dwells
               .
            
             Thus
             thou
             wilt
             come
             to
             glorifie
             God
             in
             thy
             Body
             ,
             and
             in
             thy
             Spirit
             ,
             which
             are
             his
             ;
             and
             live
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             thy self
             .
             Thy
             Love
             ,
             Joy
             ,
             Worship
             ,
             and
             Obedience
             ;
             thy
             Life
             ,
             Conversation
             ,
             and
             Practice
             ;
             thy
             Study
             ,
             Meditation
             ,
             and
             Devotion
             ,
             will
             be
             Spiritual
             :
             For
             the
             Father
             and
             the
             Son
             will
             make
             their
             abode
             with
             thee
             ,
             and
             Christ
             will
             manifest
             himself
             to
             thee
             ;
             for
             the
             Secrets
             of
             the
             Lord
             are
             with
             them
             that
             fear
             him
             .
             And
             an
             holy
             Vnction
             or
             Anointing
             have
             all
             those
             ,
             which
             leads
             them
             
               into
               all
               truth
            
             ,
             and
             they
             need
             not
             the
             Teachings
             of
             Men
             :
             They
             are
             better
             Taught
             ,
             being
             Instructed
             
             by
             the
             
               Divine
               Oracle
            
             ;
             no
             bare
             Hear-say
             ,
             or
             Traditional
             Christians
             ,
             but
             fresh
             and
             living
             Witnesses
             :
             Those
             that
             have
             seen
             with
             their
             
               own
               Eyes
            
             ,
             and
             heard
             with
             their
             
               own
               Ears
            
             ,
             and
             have
             handled
             with
             their
             
               own
               Hands
            
             ,
             the
             Word
             of
             Life
             ,
             in
             the
             divers
             Operations
             of
             it
             ,
             to
             their
             Souls
             Salvation
             .
             In
             this
             they
             Meet
             ,
             in
             this
             they
             Preach
             ,
             and
             in
             this
             they
             Pray
             and
             Praise
             :
             Behold
             the
             New
             Covenant
             fulfilled
             ,
             the
             Church
             and
             Worship
             of
             Christ
             ,
             the
             Great
             Anointed
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Great
             Anointing
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             his
             Holy
             ,
             High
             Priesthood
             and
             Offices
             in
             his
             Church
             !
          
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           IX
           .
        
         
           Sect.
           1.
           
           A
           Confession
           to
           Christ
           and
           his
           Work
           ,
           both
           in
           Doing
           and
           Suffering
           .
           Sect.
           2.
           
           That
           ought
           not
           to
           make
           void
           our
           Belief
           and
           Testimony
           of
           his
           Inward
           and
           Spiritual
           Appearance
           in
           the
           Soul.
           Sect.
           3.
           
           What
           our
           Testimony
           is
           in
           the
           latter
           respect
           :
           That
           't
           is
           impossible
           to
           be
           Saved
           by
           
           Christ
           Without
           us
           ,
           while
           we
           reject
           his
           Work
           and
           Power
           Within
           us
           .
           Sect.
           4.
           
           The
           Dispensation
           of
           Grace
           ,
           in
           its
           Nature
           and
           Extent
           .
           Sect.
           5.
           
           A
           further
           Acknowledgment
           to
           the
           Death
           and
           Sufferings
           of
           Christ
           .
           Sect.
           6.
           
           The
           Conclusion
           ,
           shewing
           our
           Adversaries
           Vnreasonableness
           .
        
         
           
             §
             .
             1.
             
             AND
             lest
             any
             should
             say
             we
             are
             Equivocal
             in
             our
             Expressions
             ,
             and
             
               Allegorize
               away
            
             Christ's
             Appearance
             in
             the
             Flesh
             ;
             meaning
             only
             thereby
             ,
             our
             own
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             that
             as
             often
             as
             we
             mention
             him
             ,
             
             we
             mean
             only
             a
             Mystery
             ,
             or
             a
             
               Mystical
               Sense
            
             of
             him
             ,
             be
             it
             as
             to
             his
             
               Coming
               ,
               Birth
               ,
               Miracles
               ,
               Sufferings
               ,
               Death
               ,
               Resurrection
               ,
               Ascention
               ,
               Mediation
            
             and
             Judgment
             ;
             I
             would
             yet
             add
             ,
             to
             preserve
             the
             well-disposed
             from
             being
             stagger'd
             by
             such
             Suggestions
             ,
             and
             to
             inform
             and
             reclaim
             such
             as
             are
             under
             the
             Power
             and
             Prejudice
             of
             them
             ,
             That
             ,
             we
             do
             ,
             we
             Bless
             God
             ,
             Religiously
             Believe
             and
             Confess
             ,
             to
             the
             Glory
             of
             God
             the
             Father
             ,
             and
             the
             Honour
             of
             his
             Dear
             and
             Beloved
             Son
             ,
             that
             ,
             
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               took
               our
               Nature
               upon
               him
               ,
               and
               was
               like
               unto
               us
               in
               all
               things
               ,
               Sin
               excepted
               ;
               That
               he
               was
               Born
               of
               the
               Virgin
            
             Mary
             ,
             
               and
               Suffered
               under
            
             Pontius
             Pilate
             ,
             the
             Roman
             
               Governour
               ,
               Crucified
               ,
               Dead
               ,
               and
               Buried
               in
               the
               Sepulchre
               of
            
             Joseph
             of
             Arimathea
             ;
             
               Rose
               again
               the
               Third
               Day
               ,
               and
               Ascended
               into
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               sits
               on
               the
               Right
               Hand
               of
               God
               ,
               in
               the
               Power
               and
               Majesty
               of
               his
               Father
               ,
               who
               will
               one
               Day
               Judge
               the
               World
               by
               him
               ,
               even
               that
               Blessed
               Man
               ,
               Christ
               Jesus
               ,
               according
               to
               their
               Works
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             §
             .
             2.
             
             But
             because
             we
             so
             Believe
             ,
             must
             we
             not
             Believe
             what
             Christ
             said
             ,
             
               He
               that
               is
               with
               you
               shall
               be
               in
               you
               ,
            
             John
             14.
             
             
               I
               in
               them
               ,
               and
               they
               in
               me
               ,
            
             &c.
             Chap.
             17.
             
             
               When
               it
               pleased
               God
               to
               reveal
               his
               Son
               in
               me
               ,
            
             &c.
             Gal.
             1.
             
             
               The
               Mystery
               hid
               from
               Ages
               ,
               is
               Christ
               in
               the
            
             Gentiles
             
               the
               hope
               of
               Glory
            
             ,
             Col.
             1.
             
             
               Vnless
               Christ
               be
               in
               you
               ,
               ye
               are
               Reprobates
               ?
            
             2
             Cor.
             13.
             
             Or
             must
             we
             be
             industriously
             represented
             Deniers
             of
             Christ's
             Coming
             in
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             the
             Holy
             Ends
             of
             it
             ,
             in
             all
             the
             Parts
             and
             Branches
             of
             his
             Doing
             and
             Suffering
             ,
             because
             we
             Believe
             ,
             and
             press
             the
             Necessity
             of
             Believing
             ,
             Receiving
             and
             Obeying
             his
             Inward
             and
             Spiritual
             Appearance
             and
             Manifestation
             of
             himself
             ,
             through
             his
             Light
             ,
             Grace
             and
             Spirit
             in
             the
             Hears
             and
             Consciences
             of
             Men
             and
             Women
             ,
             to
             Reprove
             ,
             Convict
             ,
             Convert
             and
             Change
             them
             ?
             This
             we
             esteem
             hard
             and
             unrighteous
             Measure
             ;
             nor
             would
             our
             warm
             and
             sharp
             Adversaries
             be
             so
             dealt
             with
             by
             others
             :
             But
             to
             do
             as
             they
             would
             be
             
             done
             to
             ,
             is
             too
             often
             no
             part
             of
             their
             Practice
             ,
             whatever
             it
             be
             of
             their
             Profession
             .
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             3.
             
             Yet
             we
             are
             very
             ready
             to
             declare
             to
             the
             whole
             World
             ,
             that
             we
             cannot
             think
             Men
             and
             Women
             
               can
               be
               saved
            
             by
             their
             Belief
             of
             the
             one
             
               without
               the
               Sense
               and
               Experience
               of
               the
               other
            
             ;
             and
             that
             is
             what
             we
             oppose
             ,
             and
             not
             his
             Blessed
             Manifestation
             in
             the
             Flesh
             .
             We
             say
             that
             he
             then
             overcame
             our
             Common
             Enemy
             ,
             foil'd
             him
             in
             the
             open
             Field
             ,
             and
             in
             our
             Nature
             ,
             triumphed
             over
             him
             that
             had
             overcome
             and
             triumphed
             over
             it
             in
             our
             Forefather
             Adam
             ,
             and
             his
             Posterity
             ;
             and
             that
             as
             truly
             as
             Christ
             overcame
             him
             in
             our
             Nature
             ,
             in
             his
             own
             Person
             ,
             so
             ,
             
               by
               his
               Divine
               Grace
            
             being
             received
             and
             obeyed
             by
             us
             ,
             he
             overcomes
             him
             in
             us
             :
             That
             is
             ,
             he
             detects
             the
             Enemy
             by
             his
             Light
             in
             the
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             enables
             the
             Creature
             to
             resist
             him
             ,
             and
             all
             his
             Fiery
             Darts
             ,
             and
             finally
             ,
             so
             to
             Fight
             the
             Good
             Fight
             of
             Faith
             ,
             as
             to
             overcome
             him
             ,
             and
             lay
             hold
             on
             Eternal
             Life
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             §
             .
             4.
             
             And
             this
             is
             the
             Dispensation
             of
             Grace
             ,
             which
             we
             declare
             ,
             
               has
               appeared
               to
               all
            
             ,
             more
             or
             less
             ,
             teaching
             those
             that
             will
             receive
             it
             ,
             
               to
               deny
               ungodliness
               and
               worldly
               lusts
               ,
               and
               to
               live
               soberly
               ,
               righteously
               ,
               and
               godly
               in
               this
               present
               World
               ;
               looking
               for
            
             (
             which
             none
             else
             can
             justly
             do
             )
             
               the
               blessed
               Hope
               ,
               and
               glorious
               Appearing
               of
               the
               Great
               God
               ,
               and
               our
               Saviour
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             Tit.
             2.
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             13.
             
             And
             as
             from
             the
             Teachings
             ,
             and
             Experience
             ,
             and
             Motion
             of
             this
             Grace
             ,
             we
             minister
             to
             others
             ,
             so
             the
             very
             drift
             of
             our
             Ministry
             is
             to
             turn
             Peoples
             Minds
             to
             this
             Grace
             in
             themselves
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             all
             ,
             up
             and
             be
             doing
             ,
             
               even
               the
               good
               and
               acceptable
               Will
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               work
               out
               their
               Salvation
               with
               fear
               and
               trembling
               ,
               and
               make
               their
               High
               and
               Heavenly
               Calling
               and
               Election
               sure
            
             ;
             which
             none
             else
             can
             do
             ,
             whatever
             be
             their
             
               Profession
               ,
               Church
            
             and
             
               Character
               :
               For
               such
               as
               Men
               sow
               they
               must
               reap
               ;
               and
               his
               Servants
               we
               are
               whom
               we
               obey
               .
               Regeneration
            
             we
             must
             know
             ,
             or
             we
             
             cannot
             be
             Children
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             Heirs
             of
             Eternal
             Glory
             :
             And
             to
             be
             Born
             again
             ,
             an
             other
             Spirit
             and
             Principle
             must
             
               prevail
               ,
               leaven
               ,
               season
            
             ,
             and
             govern
             us
             ,
             then
             either
             the
             Spirit
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             or
             our
             own
             depraved
             Spirits
             ;
             and
             this
             can
             be
             no
             other
             Spirit
             than
             that
             which
             dwelt
             in
             Christ
             ,
             for
             unless
             that
             dwell
             in
             us
             ,
             we
             can
             be
             none
             of
             his
             ,
             Rom.
             8.
             9.
             
             And
             this
             Spirit
             begins
             in
             Conviction
             ,
             and
             ends
             in
             Conversion
             and
             Perseverance
             :
             And
             the
             one
             follows
             the
             other
             ;
             Conversion
             being
             the
             Consequence
             of
             
               Convictions
               obey'd
            
             ,
             and
             Perseverance
             a
             natural
             Fruit
             of
             Conversion
             ,
             and
             being
             Born
             of
             God
             ;
             for
             such
             Sin
             not
             ,
             because
             the
             Seed
             of
             God
             abides
             in
             them
             ,
             John
             3.
             7
             ,
             8.
             but
             through
             Faithfulness
             ,
             continue
             to
             the
             end
             ,
             and
             obtain
             the
             Promise
             ,
             even
             Everlasting
             Life
             .
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             5.
             
             But
             let
             my
             Reader
             take
             this
             along
             with
             him
             ,
             that
             we
             do
             acknowledge
             that
             Christ
             ,
             through
             his
             Holy
             Doing
             and
             Suffering
             (
             for
             being
             a
             Son
             he
             learned
             Obedience
             )
             has
             obtained
             
             Mercy
             of
             God
             his
             Father
             for
             Mankind
             ;
             and
             that
             his
             Obedience
             has
             an
             Influence
             to
             our
             Salvation
             ,
             in
             all
             the
             Parts
             and
             Branches
             of
             it
             ;
             since
             thereby
             he
             became
             a
             Conqueror
             ,
             and
             
               led
               Captivity
               Captive
               ,
               and
               obtained
               Gifts
               for
               Men
               ,
               with
               divers
               Great
               and
               Precious
               Promises
               ,
               that
               thereby
               we
               might
               be
               partakers
               of
               the
               Divine
               Nature
               ,
               having
            
             (
             first
             )
             
               escaped
               the
               Corruption
               that
               is
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               through
               Lust
               .
            
             I
             say
             we
             do
             Believe
             and
             Confess
             that
             the
             Active
             and
             
               Passive
               Obedience
            
             of
             Christ
             Jesus
             affects
             our
             Salvation
             throughout
             ,
             as
             well
             from
             the
             Power
             and
             Pollution
             of
             Sin
             ,
             as
             from
             the
             Guilt
             ,
             He
             being
             a
             Conqueror
             as
             well
             as
             a
             Sacrifice
             ,
             and
             both
             through
             Suffering
             :
             Yet
             ,
             they
             that
             reject
             his
             Divine
             Gift
             ,
             so
             obtained
             ,
             and
             which
             he
             has
             given
             to
             them
             ,
             by
             which
             to
             see
             their
             Sin
             ,
             and
             the
             sinfulness
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             to
             repent
             and
             turn
             away
             from
             it
             ,
             and
             do
             so
             no
             more
             ;
             and
             to
             wait
             upon
             God
             for
             daily
             strength
             to
             resist
             the
             Fiery
             Darts
             of
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             
             Comforted
             through
             the
             Obedience
             of
             Faith
             in
             and
             to
             this
             Divine
             Grace
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             such
             do
             not
             please
             God
             ,
             believe
             truly
             in
             God
             ;
             nor
             are
             they
             in
             a
             state
             of
             true
             Christianity
             and
             Salvation
             .
             Woman
             ,
             said
             Christ
             ,
             to
             the
             Samaritan
             ,
             at
             the
             Well
             ,
             
               hadst
               thou
               known
               the
               Gift
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               who
               it
               is
               that
               speaketh
               to
               thee
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             People
             know
             not
             Christ
             ,
             and
             God
             ,
             whom
             to
             know
             is
             Life
             Eternal
             ,
             John
             17.
             because
             they
             are
             Ignorant
             of
             the
             Gift
             of
             God
             ,
             viz.
             a
             measure
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             that
             is
             given
             to
             every
             one
             to
             profit
             with
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             12.
             7.
             which
             reveals
             Christ
             and
             God
             to
             the
             Soul.
             Flesh
             and
             Blood
             cannot
             do
             it
             ,
             Oxford
             and
             Cambridge
             cannot
             do
             it
             ,
             Tongues
             and
             Philosophy
             cannot
             do
             it
             ;
             for
             they
             that
             
               by
               Wisdom
            
             knew
             not
             God
             ,
             had
             these
             things
             for
             their
             Wisdom
             :
             They
             were
             strong
             ,
             deep
             and
             accurate
             in
             them
             ;
             but
             alas
             ,
             they
             were
             clouded
             ,
             puft
             up
             ,
             and
             set
             farther
             off
             from
             the
             Inward
             and
             Saving
             Knowledge
             of
             God
             ,
             because
             they
             sought
             for
             it
             in
             
             them
             ,
             and
             thought
             to
             find
             God
             there
             .
             But
             the
             
               Key
               of
               David
            
             is
             an
             other
             thing
             ,
             which
             shuts
             and
             no
             Man
             opens
             ,
             and
             opens
             and
             no
             Man
             shuts
             ;
             and
             this
             Key
             have
             all
             they
             that
             receive
             the
             
               Gift
               of
               God
            
             into
             their
             Hearts
             ;
             and
             it
             opens
             to
             them
             ,
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             God
             and
             themselves
             ,
             and
             gives
             them
             a
             quite
             
               other
               Sight
               ,
               Taste
            
             and
             Judgment
             of
             things
             ,
             than
             their
             Educational
             or
             Traditional
             Knowledge
             afforded
             them
             .
             This
             is
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             
               New
               Creation
            
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             thus
             it
             is
             we
             come
             to
             be
             New
             Creatures
             :
             And
             we
             are
             bold
             to
             declare
             there
             is
             no
             other
             way
             ,
             besides
             this
             ,
             by
             which
             People
             can
             come
             into
             Christ
             ,
             or
             to
             be
             true
             Christians
             ,
             or
             receive
             the
             Advantage
             that
             comes
             by
             the
             Death
             and
             Sufferings
             of
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
             Wherefore
             we
             say
             ,
             and
             upon
             good
             Authority
             ,
             even
             that
             of
             our
             
               own
               Experience
            
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             that
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             of
             Truth
             ,
             Christ
             will
             prove
             
               no
               Saving
               Sacrifice
            
             for
             them
             ,
             that
             refuse
             him
             for
             their
             Example
             .
             They
             that
             
             reject
             the
             Gift
             ,
             do
             deny
             the
             Giver
             ,
             instead
             of
             themselves
             daily
             ,
             for
             the
             Givers
             sake
             .
             O
             that
             People
             were
             wise
             !
             that
             they
             would
             consider
             their
             latter
             End
             ,
             and
             the
             things
             that
             make
             for
             the
             Peace
             thereof
             !
             Why
             should
             they
             perish
             in
             a
             vain
             hope
             of
             Life
             ,
             
               while
               Death
               Reigns
            
             ?
             Of
             living
             with
             God
             ,
             who
             live
             not
             to
             him
             ,
             nor
             walk
             with
             him
             ?
             Awake
             ,
             thou
             that
             sleepest
             in
             thy
             Sin
             ,
             or
             at
             best
             ,
             in
             thy
             Self-righteousness
             ;
             Awake
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             and
             Christ
             shall
             give
             thee
             Life
             !
             For
             he
             is
             the
             
               Lord
               from
               Heaven
               ,
               the
               quickening
               Spirit
               ,
            
             that
             quickens
             us
             ,
             by
             his
             Spirit
             ,
             if
             we
             do
             not
             ,
             resist
             it
             and
             quench
             it
             ,
             by
             our
             Disobedience
             ;
             but
             receive
             ,
             love
             and
             obey
             it
             ,
             in
             all
             the
             Holy
             Leadings
             and
             Teachings
             of
             it
             ,
             Rom.
             8.
             14
             ,
             15.
             
             To
             which
             Holy
             Spirit
             I
             commend
             my
             Reader
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             the
             better
             see
             where
             he
             is
             ,
             and
             also
             come
             to
             the
             true
             Belief
             and
             Advantage
             of
             the
             Doings
             and
             Sufferings
             of
             our
             Dear
             and
             Blessed
             Lord
             and
             Saviour
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             who
             saves
             from
             the
             
               Power
               
               and
               Pollution
            
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Guilt
             of
             Sin
             ,
             all
             those
             that
             
               hear
               his
               knocks
               ,
               and
               open
               the
               Door
               of
               their
               Hearts
            
             to
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             come
             in
             and
             work
             a
             real
             and
             through
             Reformation
             in
             and
             for
             them
             :
             And
             so
             the
             
               Benefit
               ,
               Virtue
            
             and
             Efficacy
             of
             his
             Doings
             and
             Sufferings
             without
             us
             ,
             will
             come
             to
             be
             livingly
             applied
             and
             felt
             ,
             and
             Fellowship
             with
             Christ
             in
             his
             Death
             and
             Sufferings
             known
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Apostle
             ;
             which
             ,
             those
             that
             live
             in
             that
             which
             made
             him
             suffer
             ,
             know
             not
             ,
             tho'
             they
             profess
             to
             be
             saved
             by
             his
             Death
             and
             Sufferings
             .
             Much
             more
             might
             be
             said
             as
             to
             this
             matter
             ,
             but
             I
             must
             be
             brief
             .
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             6.
             
             To
             conclude
             this
             Chapter
             ,
             we
             wonder
             not
             that
             we
             should
             be
             mistaken
             ,
             mis-construed
             and
             mis-represented
             ,
             in
             what
             we
             believe
             and
             do
             to
             Salvation
             ,
             since
             our
             Betters
             have
             been
             so
             treated
             in
             the
             Primitive
             Times
             ;
             nor
             indeed
             is
             it
             only
             about
             Doctrines
             of
             Religion
             ,
             for
             our
             Practice
             in
             Worship
             and
             Discipline
             have
             
             had
             the
             same
             Success
             :
             But
             this
             is
             what
             I
             earnestly
             desire
             ,
             that
             however
             bold
             People
             are
             pleased
             to
             make
             with
             us
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             deceive
             themselves
             in
             the
             great
             things
             of
             their
             own
             Salvation
             :
             That
             while
             they
             would
             seem
             to
             own
             all
             to
             Christ
             ,
             they
             are
             not
             found
             disowned
             of
             Christ
             in
             the
             last
             Day
             .
             Read
             the
             7th
             of
             Matthew
             ;
             it
             is
             he
             that
             hears
             Christ
             ,
             the
             great
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             does
             what
             he
             enjoins
             ,
             what
             he
             commands
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             Blessed
             Example
             ,
             recommends
             ,
             that
             is
             a
             
               Wise
               Builder
            
             ,
             that
             has
             founded
             his
             House
             well
             ,
             and
             built
             with
             good
             Materials
             ,
             and
             whose
             House
             will
             stand
             the
             last
             shake
             and
             Judgment
             .
             For
             which
             cause
             we
             are
             often
             plain
             ,
             close
             and
             earnest
             with
             People
             ,
             to
             consider
             ,
             that
             Christ
             came
             not
             to
             save
             them
             in
             ,
             but
             
               from
               their
               Sins
            
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             that
             think
             to
             discharge
             and
             release
             themselves
             of
             his
             Yoke
             and
             Burden
             ,
             his
             Cross
             and
             Example
             ,
             and
             secure
             themselves
             ,
             and
             Complement
             Christ
             with
             his
             having
             done
             all
             for
             
             them
             ,
             while
             he
             has
             wrought
             
               little
               or
               nothing
               in
               them
            
             ,
             nor
             they
             parted
             with
             any
             thing
             for
             the
             love
             of
             him
             ,
             will
             finally
             awake
             in
             a
             dreadful
             surprize
             ,
             at
             the
             sound
             of
             the
             last
             Trumpet
             ,
             and
             at
             this
             sad
             and
             irrevokeable
             Sentence
             ,
             
               Depart
               from
               me
               ,
               ye
               Workers
               of
               Iniquity
               ,
               I
               know
               you
               not
               :
            
             Which
             terrible
             End
             ,
             may
             all
             timely
             avoid
             ,
             by
             hearkening
             to
             Wisdom's
             Voice
             ,
             and
             turning
             at
             her
             Reproof
             ,
             that
             she
             may
             lead
             them
             in
             the
             Ways
             of
             Righteousness
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             Paths
             of
             Judgment
             ,
             that
             their
             Souls
             may
             come
             to
             inherit
             Substance
             ;
             even
             
               durable
               Riches
               and
               Righteousness
            
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             the
             Father
             ,
             World
             without
             end
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           X.
           
        
         
           Sect.
           1.
           
           Of
           the
           true
           Worship
           of
           God
           in
           what
           it
           stands
           .
           Sect.
           2.
           
           Of
           the
           true
           Ministry
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           by
           Inspiration
           .
           Sect.
           3.
           
           The
           Scripture
           plain
           in
           that
           Case
           .
           Sect.
           4.
           
           Christ's
           Ministers
           ,
           True
           Witnesses
           ,
           they
           speak
           what
           they
           know
           ,
           not
           by
           Report
           .
           Sect.
           5.
           
           Christ's
           Ministers
           they
           affirm
           ,
           
           Preach
           freely
           ,
           't
           is
           one
           of
           their
           Marks
           .
        
         
           
             §
             .
             1.
             
             AS
             the
             Lord
             wrought
             effectually
             ,
             by
             his
             Divine
             Grace
             ,
             in
             the
             Hearts
             of
             this
             People
             ,
             so
             he
             thereby
             brought
             them
             to
             a
             
               Divine
               Worship
               and
               Ministry
            
             ;
             Christ's
             words
             they
             came
             to
             Experience
             ,
             
               viz.
               That
               God
               was
               a
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               would
               therefore
               be
               worshipped
               in
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Truth
               ,
               and
               that
               such
               Worshippers
               the
               Father
               would
               seek
               to
               worship
               him
               .
            
             For
             ,
             bowing
             to
             the
             Convictions
             of
             the
             Spirit
             in
             themselves
             ,
             in
             their
             daily
             course
             of
             living
             ,
             by
             which
             they
             were
             taught
             to
             eschew
             that
             which
             was
             made
             manifest
             to
             them
             to
             be
             evil
             ,
             and
             to
             do
             that
             which
             was
             good
             ,
             they
             ,
             in
             their
             Assembling
             together
             ,
             sate
             down
             ,
             and
             waited
             for
             the
             Preparation
             of
             this
             Holy
             Spirit
             ,
             both
             to
             let
             them
             see
             their
             States
             and
             Conditions
             before
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             to
             worship
             him
             acceptably
             ;
             and
             
             as
             they
             were
             sensible
             of
             Wants
             ,
             or
             Shortness
             ,
             or
             Infirmities
             ,
             so
             in
             the
             secret
             of
             their
             own
             Hearts
             ,
             Prayer
             would
             spring
             to
             God
             ,
             through
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             to
             help
             ,
             assist
             and
             supply
             them
             :
             But
             they
             did
             not
             dare
             to
             
               wake
               their
               Beloved
               before
               his
               time
               ;
               or
               approach
               the
               Throne
               of
               the
               King
               of
               Glory
               ,
               till
               he
               held
               out
               his
               Scepter
               ;
               or
               take
               thought
               what
               they
               should
               say
               ,
            
             or
             after
             their
             own
             or
             other
             Mens
             studied
             
               Words
               and
               Forms
            
             ,
             for
             this
             were
             to
             Offer
             
               strange
               Fire
            
             ;
             to
             pray
             ,
             but
             not
             by
             the
             Spirit
             ;
             to
             ask
             ,
             but
             not
             in
             the
             Name
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             in
             the
             Power
             of
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             who
             pray'd
             as
             well
             as
             that
             he
             spoke
             like
             one
             having
             Authority
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             Power
             ,
             a
             Divine
             Energy
             and
             Force
             to
             reach
             and
             pierce
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             which
             he
             gives
             to
             all
             that
             obey
             his
             Light
             ,
             Grace
             and
             Spirit
             ,
             in
             their
             solemn
             Waitings
             upon
             him
             .
             So
             that
             't
             is
             this
             Peoples
             Principle
             ,
             that
             
               Fire
               must
               come
               from
               Heaven
            
             ;
             Life
             and
             Power
             from
             God
             to
             enable
             the
             Soul
             to
             pour
             out
             it self
             acceptably
             
             before
             him
             .
             And
             when
             a
             
               Coal
               from
               his
               holy
               Altar
               ,
               touches
               our
               Lips
               ,
            
             then
             can
             we
             Pray
             and
             Praise
             him
             as
             we
             ought
             to
             do
             .
             And
             as
             this
             is
             our
             Principle
             ,
             and
             that
             according
             to
             Scripture
             ,
             so
             is
             it
             ,
             Blessed
             be
             God
             ,
             our
             Experience
             and
             Practice
             :
             And
             therefore
             it
             is
             we
             are
             separated
             from
             the
             Worships
             of
             Men
             ,
             under
             their
             several
             Forms
             ,
             because
             they
             do
             not
             found
             it
             in
             the
             Operation
             ,
             Motion
             and
             Assistance
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             ,
             but
             the
             Appointment
             ,
             Invention
             and
             Framing
             of
             Man
             ,
             both
             as
             to
             Matter
             ,
             Words
             and
             Time.
             We
             do
             not
             dissent
             in
             our
             own
             Wills
             ,
             and
             we
             dare
             not
             comply
             against
             His
             that
             has
             called
             us
             ,
             and
             brought
             us
             to
             his
             own
             Spiritual
             Worship
             ;
             in
             Obedience
             to
             whom
             we
             are
             what
             we
             are
             ,
             in
             our
             Separation
             from
             the
             divers
             Ways
             of
             Worship
             in
             the
             World.
             
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             2.
             
             And
             as
             our
             Worship
             stands
             in
             the
             Operation
             of
             the
             Spirit
             and
             Truth
             in
             our
             inward
             Parts
             ,
             as
             before
             expressed
             ,
             so
             does
             our
             Ministry
             .
             For
             
             as
             the
             Holy
             Testimonies
             of
             the
             Servants
             of
             God
             of
             Old
             ,
             were
             from
             the
             Operation
             of
             his
             Blessed
             Spirit
             ,
             so
             must
             those
             of
             his
             Servants
             be
             in
             every
             Age
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             has
             not
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             for
             its
             Spring
             and
             Source
             ,
             is
             of
             Man
             ,
             and
             not
             Christ
             .
             Christian
             Ministers
             are
             to
             minister
             
               what
               they
               receive
            
             :
             This
             is
             Scripture
             ;
             now
             that
             which
             we
             receive
             ,
             is
             not
             our
             own
             ,
             less
             another
             Mans
             ,
             but
             the
             Lord's
             :
             So
             that
             we
             are
             not
             only
             not
             to
             Steal
             from
             our
             Neighbours
             ,
             but
             we
             are
             not
             to
             Study
             and
             speak
             our
             
               own
               words
            
             .
             If
             we
             are
             not
             to
             study
             what
             we
             are
             to
             say
             before
             Magistrates
             for
             our selves
             ,
             less
             are
             we
             to
             study
             what
             we
             are
             to
             say
             
               for
               and
               from
            
             God
             to
             the
             People
             .
             We
             are
             to
             minister
             ,
             
               as
               the
               Oracles
               of
               God
            
             ;
             if
             so
             ,
             then
             must
             we
             receive
             
               from
               Christ
            
             ,
             God's
             Great
             Oracle
             ,
             what
             we
             are
             to
             minister
             .
             And
             if
             we
             are
             to
             minister
             what
             we
             receive
             ,
             then
             not
             what
             we
             Study
             ,
             Collect
             ,
             and
             beat
             out
             of
             our
             own
             Brains
             ,
             for
             that
             is
             not
             the
             Mind
             of
             Christ
             ,
             but
             our
             Imaginations
             ,
             
             and
             this
             will
             not
             Profit
             the
             People
             .
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             3.
             
             This
             was
             recommended
             to
             the
             Corinthians
             by
             the
             Apostle
             
               Paul
               ,
               1
               Cor.
            
             14.
             that
             they
             should
             speak
             
               as
               they
               were
               moved
            
             or
             
               as
               any
               thing
               was
               revealed
               to
               them
               ,
               by
               the
               Spirit
               ,
            
             for
             the
             Edification
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
             for
             says
             he
             ,
             
               Ye
               may
               all
               Prophecy
            
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             ye
             may
             all
             Preach
             to
             Edification
             ,
             
               as
               any
               thing
               is
               revealed
               to
               you
               ,
            
             for
             the
             Good
             of
             others
             ,
             
               and
               as
               the
               Spirit
               giveth
               Vtterance
               .
            
             And
             if
             the
             Spirit
             must
             give
             Christ's
             Ministers
             their
             Utterance
             ,
             then
             those
             that
             are
             his
             ,
             are
             careful
             not
             to
             utter
             any
             thing
             in
             his
             Name
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             without
             his
             Spirit
             ;
             and
             by
             good
             Consequence
             ,
             they
             that
             go
             before
             the
             true
             Guide
             ,
             and
             utter
             words
             without
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             the
             Mind
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             are
             none
             of
             Christ's
             Ministers
             :
             Such
             certainly
             run
             and
             God
             has
             not
             sent
             them
             ,
             and
             they
             cannot
             Profit
             the
             People
             .
             And
             indeed
             ,
             how
             should
             they
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             impossible
             that
             meer
             Man
             ,
             with
             all
             his
             Parts
             ,
             Arts
             and
             
             Acquirements
             ,
             
               can
               turn
               People
               from
               Darkness
               to
               Light
               ,
               and
               from
               the
               Power
               of
               Satan
               to
               God
               ,
            
             which
             is
             the
             very
             End
             and
             Work
             of
             the
             Gospel-Ministry
             .
             It
             must
             be
             Inspired
             Men
             ,
             Men
             Gifted
             by
             God
             ,
             taught
             and
             influenced
             by
             his
             Heavenly
             Spirit
             ,
             that
             can
             be
             qualified
             for
             so
             great
             ,
             so
             inward
             ,
             and
             so
             Spiritual
             a
             Work.
             
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             4.
             
             Ministers
             of
             Christ
             are
             his
             Witnesses
             ,
             and
             the
             Credit
             of
             a
             Witness
             is
             ,
             that
             he
             has
             
               heard
               ,
               seen
            
             or
             handled
             :
             And
             thus
             the
             Beloved
             Disciple
             states
             the
             Truth
             and
             Authority
             of
             their
             Mission
             and
             
               Ministry
               ;
               1
               John
               1.
               1
               ,
               3.
               
               That
               which
               we
               have
               heard
               ,
               which
               we
               have
               seen
               with
               our
               Eyes
               ,
               which
               we
               have
               looked
               upon
               and
               our
               hands
               have
               handled
               ,
               that
               declare
               we
               unto
               you
               ,
               that
               your
               Fellowship
               may
               be
               with
               us
               ,
               and
               truly
               our
               Fellowship
               is
               with
               the
               Father
               ,
               and
               with
               his
               Son
               Jesus
               Christ
               .
            
             I
             say
             ,
             If
             Christ's
             Ministers
             are
             his
             Witnesses
             ,
             they
             must
             know
             what
             they
             speak
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             they
             must
             have
             experienced
             ,
             and
             past
             through
             those
             States
             and
             Conditions
             ,
             
             they
             Preach
             of
             ,
             and
             practically
             know
             those
             Truths
             they
             declare
             of
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             or
             they
             come
             not
             in
             by
             the
             Door
             ,
             but
             over
             the
             Wall
             ,
             and
             are
             Thieves
             and
             Robbers
             .
             He
             that
             has
             the
             Key
             of
             David
             comes
             in
             at
             the
             Door
             ,
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             and
             has
             his
             Admission
             and
             Approbation
             from
             him
             ,
             anointed
             by
             him
             ,
             the
             alone
             
               High
               Priest
            
             of
             the
             Gospel-Dispensation
             .
             He
             it
             is
             that
             breaths
             ,
             and
             
               lays
               his
               hands
            
             upon
             his
             own
             Ministers
             ,
             he
             anoints
             them
             ,
             and
             recruits
             their
             Cruice
             ,
             and
             renews
             their
             Horn
             with
             Oyl
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             have
             it
             fresh
             and
             fresh
             ,
             for
             every
             Occasion
             and
             Service
             he
             calls
             them
             to
             ,
             and
             engages
             them
             in
             .
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             5.
             
             Nor
             is
             this
             all
             ,
             
               but
               as
               they
               Receive
               freely
               ,
               freely
               they
               Give
               :
            
             They
             do
             not
             Teach
             for
             Hire
             ,
             Divine
             for
             Mony
             ,
             nor
             Preach
             for
             Gifts
             or
             Rewards
             .
             It
             was
             Christ's
             Holy
             Command
             to
             his
             Ministers
             to
             give
             freely
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             our
             Practice
             .
             And
             truly
             we
             cannot
             but
             admire
             that
             this
             should
             be
             made
             a
             Fault
             ,
             and
             that
             Preaching
             for
             Hire
             
             should
             not
             be
             seen
             to
             be
             one
             ;
             yea
             a
             Mark
             of
             False
             Prophets
             ,
             when
             it
             has
             been
             so
             frequently
             and
             severely
             cried
             out
             upon
             ,
             by
             the
             True
             Prophets
             of
             God
             in
             former
             times
             .
             I
             would
             not
             be
             Uncharitable
             ,
             but
             the
             Guilty
             are
             desired
             to
             call
             to
             mind
             ,
             who
             it
             was
             that
             offered
             Mony
             to
             be
             made
             a
             Minister
             ,
             and
             what
             it
             was
             for
             ;
             if
             not
             to
             get
             Mony
             and
             make
             a
             Trade
             or
             Livelihood
             by
             it
             ;
             and
             what
             answer
             he
             met
             with
             from
             the
             Apostle
             
               Peter
               ,
               Acts
            
             8.
             18
             ,
             19
             ,
             20.
             
             The
             Lord
             Touch
             the
             Hearts
             of
             those
             that
             are
             giving
             Mony
             to
             be
             made
             Ministers
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             live
             by
             their
             Preaching
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             see
             what
             ground
             it
             is
             they
             build
             upon
             ,
             and
             repent
             ,
             and
             turn
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             find
             Mercy
             ,
             and
             become
             living
             Witnesses
             of
             his
             Power
             and
             Goodness
             in
             their
             own
             Souls
             ;
             so
             may
             they
             be
             enabled
             to
             tell
             others
             
               What
               God
               has
               done
               for
               them
               ,
            
             which
             is
             the
             Root
             and
             Ground
             of
             the
             true
             Ministry
             ;
             and
             this
             Ministry
             it
             is
             that
             God
             does
             Bless
             .
             I
             could
             say
             much
             
             on
             this
             Subject
             ,
             but
             let
             what
             has
             been
             said
             suffice
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             only
             I
             cannot
             but
             observe
             ,
             that
             where
             any
             Religion
             has
             a
             strong
             Temptation
             of
             Gain
             to
             induce
             Men
             to
             be
             Ministers
             ,
             there
             is
             great
             Danger
             of
             their
             running
             faster
             to
             that
             Calling
             ,
             than
             becomes
             a
             true
             Gospel-Minister
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               §
               .
               1.
               
               Object
            
             .
             But
             does
             not
             this
             sort
             of
             Ministry
             ,
             and
             Worship
             ,
             tend
             to
             make
             People
             careless
             ,
             and
             Spiritual
             Pride
             in
             others
             ,
             may
             it
             not
             give
             an
             occasion
             to
             great
             Mischief
             and
             Irreligion
             ?
          
           
             Answ
             .
             By
             no
             means
             ;
             For
             when
             People
             are
             of
             Age
             ,
             They
             ,
             of
             right
             ,
             expect
             their
             Inheritances
             ;
             and
             the
             End
             of
             all
             Words
             is
             to
             bring
             People
             to
             the
             Great
             VVord
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             Promise
             of
             God
             is
             Accomplished
             ,
             
               They
               shall
               be
               all
               taught
               of
               me
               ,
            
             
             
               from
               the
               least
               to
               the
               greatest
               ,
               and
               in
               Righteousness
            
             (
             pray
             mark
             that
             )
             
               they
               shall
               be
               Established
               ,
               and
               great
               shall
               be
               their
               Peace
               .
            
             To
             this
             ,
             of
             the
             Evangelical
             Prophet
             ,
             the
             
             beloved
             Disciple
             agrees
             ,
             and
             which
             is
             a
             full
             Answer
             to
             the
             Objection
             ;
             
               These
               things
               have
               I
               written
               unto
               you
               ,
               concerning
               them
               that
               Seduce
               you
               :
            
             
             
               But
               the
               Anointing
               ,
               which
               ye
               have
               received
               of
               him
               ,
               abideth
               
                 in
                 you
              
               ,
               and
               ye
               
                 need
                 not
              
               that
               any
               Man
               teach
               you
               ,
               but
               as
               the
               same
               Anointing
               teacheth
               you
               ,
               of
               all
               things
               ,
               and
               is
               Truth
               ,
               and
               is
               no
               Lye
               :
               And
               even
               as
               it
               hath
               taught
               you
               ,
               
                 ye
                 shall
                 abide
                 in
                 him
              
               .
            
             In
             which
             Three
             things
             are
             observable
             .
             1st
             ,
             That
             he
             writ
             his
             Epistle
             upon
             an
             extraordinary
             Occasion
             ,
             viz.
             to
             prevent
             their
             
               Delusion
               .
               2dly
            
             .
             That
             he
             asserts
             a
             nearer
             and
             superior
             Minister
             than
             himself
             ,
             
               viz.
               The
               
                 Anointing
                 or
                 Grace
              
            
             they
             had
             received
             ;
             and
             that
             not
             only
             in
             that
             particular
             Exigency
             ,
             but
             in
             
               all
               Cases
            
             that
             might
             attend
             them
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             That
             if
             they
             did
             but
             take
             heed
             to
             the
             Teachings
             of
             it
             ,
             they
             would
             have
             no
             need
             of
             Man's
             Directions
             ,
             or
             fear
             of
             his
             Seducings
             .
             At
             least
             of
             
               no
               Ministry
               
               that
               comes
               not
               from
               the
               Power
               of
               the
               Anointing
               :
            
             Though
             I
             rather
             take
             the
             Apostle
             in
             the
             highest
             Sence
             of
             the
             Words
             ,
             2
             Thess
             .
             4.
             9.
             
             Thus
             also
             the
             Apostle
             Paul
             to
             the
             
               Thessalonians
               .
               But
               as
               touching
               Brotherly
               Love
               ,
               ye
               need
               not
               that
               I
               write
               unto
               you
               :
               For
               ye
               your selves
               are
               
                 Taught
                 of
                 God
              
               to
               Love
               one
               another
               .
            
             But
             Helps
             are
             useful
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             Blessing
             ,
             if
             from
             God
             ,
             such
             was
             John
             the
             Baptists
             ;
             but
             remember
             he
             pointed
             all
             to
             Christ
             ,
             
               John
               1.
               26.
               
               Lo
               the
               Lamb
               of
               God!
               I
               Baptize
               you
               with
               VVater
               ,
               but
               he
               shall
               Baptize
               you
               with
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               and
               with
               Fire
               ,
            
             Mat.
             3.
             11.
             
             And
             so
             the
             true
             Ministry
             does
             .
             And
             while
             People
             are
             Sensual
             ,
             and
             under
             such
             an
             Eclipse
             ,
             by
             the
             Interposition
             of
             Sin
             and
             Satan
             ,
             God
             is
             pleased
             to
             send
             forth
             his
             Inlightning
             Servants
             to
             awaken
             and
             turn
             them
             
               from
               the
               Darkness
               to
               the
               Light
               in
               themselves
               ,
            
             that
             ,
             through
             Obedience
             to
             it
             ,
             they
             may
             come
             to
             be
             
               Children
               of
               the
               Light
            
             ,
             John
             12.
             36
             ,
             and
             have
             their
             fellowship
             
             one
             with
             another
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             an
             Inheritance
             ,
             at
             last
             ,
             with
             the
             Saints
             in
             Light
             for
             ever
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             it
             is
             the
             Way
             God
             has
             taken
             to
             Call
             and
             Gather
             People
             ,
             so
             a
             Living
             and
             
               Holy
               Ministry
            
             is
             of
             great
             advantage
             ,
             to
             
               VVatch
               over
            
             ,
             and
             
               Build
               up
            
             the
             Young
             ,
             and
             Comfort
             and
             Establish
             the
             feeble
             and
             simple
             Ones
             .
             But
             still
             I
             say
             ,
             the
             
               more
               Inward
            
             ,
             the
             
               less
               Outward
            
             :
             The
             more
             People
             come
             to
             be
             taught
             Immediately
             of
             God
             ,
             by
             the
             Light
             of
             his
             Word
             and
             Spirit
             in
             their
             Hearts
             ,
             the
             less
             need
             of
             outward
             means
             ,
             read
             Isa
             .
             16.
             19
             ,
             20.
             which
             is
             held
             by
             all
             to
             be
             a
             Gospel
             Promise
             ,
             and
             the
             Sun
             and
             Moon
             there
             ,
             as
             general
             understood
             to
             mean
             the
             external
             Means
             in
             the
             Church
             .
             Compare
             them
             with
             
               John
               1.
               13.
               
               Rom.
               1.
               19.
               1
               
               Cor.
               2.
               11
               ,
               15.
               1
               
               Thes
               .
               4.
               9.
               1
               
               John
               2.
               20
               ,
               27.
               
               Rev.
            
             21.
             22
             ,
             23
             ,
             24.
             
             All
             which
             points
             at
             what
             we
             assert
             of
             the
             sufficiency
             and
             glorious
             Priviledge
             of
             Inward
             and
             Spiritual
             Teachings
             .
             And
             most
             certainly
             ,
             as
             
             Men
             
               Grow
               in
               Grace
               ,
               and
               know
               the
               Anointing
            
             of
             the
             Word
             in
             themselves
             ,
             the
             Dispensation
             will
             be
             less
             in
             Words
             (
             though
             in
             Words
             )
             and
             more
             in
             Life
             ;
             and
             Preaching
             will
             ,
             in
             great
             Measure
             ,
             be
             turned
             into
             Praising
             ,
             and
             the
             Worship
             of
             God
             ,
             more
             into
             
               Walking
               with
            
             ,
             than
             Talking
             of
             God
             :
             For
             that
             is
             
               VVorship
               indeed
            
             ,
             that
             Bows
             to
             his
             Will
             at
             all
             Times
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             Places
             :
             The
             truest
             ,
             the
             highest
             Worship
             Man
             is
             capable
             of
             in
             this
             World.
             And
             it
             is
             that
             Conformity
             that
             gives
             Communion
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             no
             fellowship
             with
             God
             ,
             no
             Light
             of
             his
             Countenance
             to
             be
             enjoyed
             ,
             no
             Peace
             and
             Assurance
             to
             be
             had
             ,
             further
             than
             there
             is
             Obedience
             to
             his
             Will
             ,
             and
             a
             Faithfulness
             to
             his
             Word
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Manifestation
             of
             the
             Light
             thereof
             in
             the
             Heart
             .
          
           
             I
             say
             ,
             this
             is
             the
             truest
             and
             highest
             State
             of
             Worship
             ;
             for
             
               Set
               Days
               and
               Places
            
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             Solemnity
             of
             them
             ,
             were
             most
             in
             Request
             
               in
               the
            
             weakest
             Dispensation
             .
             
               Altars
               ,
               Ark
            
             ,
             
             and
             
               Temples
               ,
               Sabbaths
            
             and
             Festivals
             ,
             &c.
             are
             not
             to
             be
             found
             in
             the
             Writings
             of
             the
             New
             Testament
             .
             There
             ,
             every
             Day
             's
             alike
             ,
             and
             every
             Place
             is
             alike
             ;
             
             but
             if
             there
             were
             a
             Dedication
             ,
             
               let
               it
               be
               to
               the
               Lord.
            
             Thus
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             but
             he
             plainly
             shews
             a
             State
             beyond
             it
             ,
             
               for
               to
               Live
            
             (
             with
             him
             )
             
               was
               Christ
               ,
               and
               to
               Dye
               was
               Gain
            
             ;
             for
             the
             Life
             he
             Lived
             ,
             
               was
               by
               the
               Faith
               of
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               therefore
               it
               was
               not
               he
               that
               Lived
               ,
               but
               
                 Christ
                 that
                 Lived
                 in
                 him
              
            
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             that
             
               Ruled
               ,
               Conducted
            
             ,
             and
             
               bore
               Sway
            
             in
             him
             ;
             which
             is
             the
             
               true
               Christian
               Life
            
             ;
             the
             
               Supersensual
               Life
            
             ;
             the
             
               Life
               of
               Conversion
            
             and
             Regeneration
             ;
             to
             which
             all
             the
             Dispensations
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             Ministry
             of
             his
             Servants
             have
             ever
             tended
             ,
             as
             the
             Consummation
             of
             God's
             Work
             for
             Man's
             Happiness
             .
             Here
             every
             Man
             's
             a
             Temple
             ,
             and
             every
             Family
             a
             Church
             ,
             and
             every
             Place
             ,
             is
             a
             Meeting-Place
             ,
             and
             every
             Visit
             a
             Meeting
             .
             And
             yet
             
             a
             little
             while
             and
             it
             shall
             be
             so
             yet
             more
             and
             more
             ;
             and
             a
             People
             the
             Lord
             is
             now
             Preparing
             to
             enter
             into
             this
             Sabbath
             or
             Degree
             of
             Rest
             .
          
           
             Not
             that
             we
             would
             be
             thought
             to
             
               undervalue
               Publick
            
             and
             Solemn
             Meetings
             :
             We
             have
             them
             all
             over
             the
             Nations
             where
             the
             Lord
             has
             called
             us
             .
             Yea
             ,
             tho'
             but
             Two
             or
             Three
             of
             us
             be
             in
             a
             Corner
             of
             a
             County
             ;
             we
             meet
             ,
             as
             the
             Apostle
             Exhorted
             the
             Saints
             of
             his
             time
             ,
             and
             Reproved
             such
             as
             Neglected
             to
             Assemble
             themselves
             .
             But
             yet
             shew
             we
             unto
             thee
             ,
             O
             Reader
             ,
             a
             
               more
               excellent
               Way
            
             of
             Worship
             :
             For
             many
             may
             come
             to
             those
             Meetings
             ,
             and
             go
             away
             
               Carnal
               ,
               Dead
            
             ,
             and
             Dry
             ;
             but
             the
             Worshippers
             
               in
               Spirit
            
             and
             
               in
               Truth
            
             ,
             whose
             Hearts
             Bow
             ,
             whose
             Minds
             Adore
             the
             Eternal
             God
             ,
             
               that
               is
               a
               Spirit
            
             ,
             in
             and
             by
             his
             Spirit
             ,
             such
             as
             conform
             to
             his
             Will
             ,
             and
             walk
             with
             him
             in
             a
             Spiritual
             Life
             ,
             they
             are
             the
             
               True
               ,
               Constant
               ,
               Living
            
             ,
             and
             
               Acceptable
               Worshippers
            
             ;
             whether
             it
             be
             in
             Meetings
             or
             out
             of
             Meetings
             ;
             
             And
             as
             with
             such
             ,
             all
             outward
             Assemblies
             are
             greatly
             Comfortable
             ,
             so
             also
             do
             we
             meet
             for
             a
             Publick
             Testimony
             of
             Religion
             and
             Worship
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             Edification
             and
             Encouragement
             of
             those
             that
             are
             yet
             Young
             in
             the
             Truth
             ,
             and
             to
             Call
             and
             Gather
             others
             to
             the
             knowledge
             of
             it
             ,
             who
             are
             yet
             going
             astray
             ;
             and
             Blessed
             be
             God
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             in
             vain
             ,
             since
             many
             are
             thereby
             added
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             that
             we
             hope
             and
             believe
             shall
             be
             Saved
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           XI
           .
        
         
           Sect.
           1.
           
           Against
           Tythes
           .
           Sect.
           2.
           
           Against
           all
           Swearing
           .
           Sect.
           3.
           
           Against
           War
           among
           Christians
           .
           Sect.
           4.
           
           Against
           Salutation
           of
           the
           Times
           .
           Sect.
           5.
           
           And
           for
           Plainness
           of
           Speech
           .
           Sect.
           6.
           
           Against
           mixt
           Marriages
           .
           Sect.
           7.
           
           And
           for
           plainness
           in
           Apparel
           ,
           &c.
           no
           Sports
           and
           Pastimes
           
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           this
           World.
           Sect.
           8.
           
           Of
           Observing
           Days
           .
           Sect.
           9.
           
           Of
           Care
           of
           Poor
           ,
           Peace
           and
           Conversation
           .
        
         
           
             §
             .
             1.
             
             AND
             as
             God
             has
             been
             pleased
             to
             call
             us
             from
             an
             Human
             Ministry
             ,
             so
             we
             cannot
             for
             Conscience-sake
             Support
             and
             Maintain
             it
             ,
             and
             upon
             that
             Score
             ,
             and
             not
             out
             of
             Humour
             or
             Covetousness
             ,
             we
             refuse
             to
             pay
             Tithes
             ,
             or
             such-like
             pretended
             Dues
             ,
             concerning
             which
             ,
             many
             Books
             have
             been
             writ
             in
             our
             Defence
             :
             We
             cannot
             Support
             what
             we
             cannot
             Approve
             ,
             but
             have
             a
             Testimony
             against
             ;
             for
             thereby
             we
             should
             be
             found
             Inconsistent
             with
             our selves
             .
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             2.
             
             We
             dare
             not
             Swear
             ,
             because
             Christ
             forbids
             it
             ,
             Mat.
             5.
             34
             ,
             37.
             and
             James
             ,
             his
             true
             follower
             .
             It
             is
             Needless
             as
             well
             as
             Evil
             ,
             for
             the
             reason
             of
             
             Swearing
             ,
             being
             Vntruth
             ,
             that
             Men's
             
               Yea
               was
               not
               Yea
            
             ,
             Swearing
             was
             used
             to
             awe
             Men
             to
             Truth
             Speaking
             ,
             and
             to
             give
             others
             Satisfaction
             ,
             that
             what
             was
             Sworn
             ,
             was
             true
             .
             But
             the
             true
             Christians
             ,
             
               Yea
               ,
               being
               Yea
            
             ,
             the
             end
             of
             an
             Oath
             is
             answered
             ,
             and
             therefore
             the
             use
             of
             it
             is
             
               Needless
               ,
               Superfluous
               ,
               and
               cometh
               of
            
             Evil.
             The
             Apostle
             James
             Taught
             the
             same
             Doctrine
             ,
             and
             the
             Primitive
             Christians
             Practised
             it
             ,
             as
             may
             be
             seen
             in
             the
             Book
             of
             Martyrs
             ;
             as
             also
             the
             earliest
             and
             best
             of
             the
             Reformers
             .
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             3.
             
             We
             also
             believe
             ,
             that
             
               War
               ought
               to
               cease
            
             ,
             among
             the
             followers
             of
             the
             Lamb
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             who
             taught
             his
             Disciples
             to
             
               forgive
               and
               love
               their
               Enemies
            
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             War
             against
             them
             ,
             and
             kill
             them
             ;
             and
             that
             therefore
             the
             Weapons
             of
             his
             true
             Followers
             are
             not
             Carnal
             but
             Spiritual
             ;
             yet
             mighty
             ,
             through
             God
             ,
             to
             cut
             down
             Sin
             and
             Wickedness
             ,
             and
             Dethrone
             him
             that
             is
             the
             Author
             thereof
             .
             And
             as
             this
             is
             the
             most
             Christian
             ,
             so
             the
             most
             
             Rational
             Way
             ;
             Love
             and
             Perswasion
             having
             more
             Force
             than
             Weapons
             of
             War.
             Nor
             would
             the
             worst
             of
             Men
             easily
             be
             brought
             to
             hurt
             those
             that
             they
             really
             think
             love
             them
             .
             'T
             is
             that
             Love
             and
             Patience
             must
             in
             the
             end
             have
             the
             Victory
             .
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             4.
             
             We
             dare
             not
             give
             worldly
             Honour
             ,
             or
             use
             the
             Frequent
             and
             
               Modish
               Salutations
            
             of
             the
             Times
             ,
             seeing
             plainly
             ,
             that
             
               Vanity
               ,
               Pride
            
             and
             Ostentation
             belong
             to
             them
             .
             Christ
             also
             forbid
             them
             in
             his
             Day
             ,
             and
             made
             the
             Love
             of
             them
             a
             Mark
             of
             Declension
             from
             the
             Simplicity
             of
             purer
             times
             ;
             and
             his
             Disciples
             ,
             and
             their
             Followers
             ,
             were
             observed
             to
             have
             obeyed
             their
             Masters
             Precept
             .
             It
             is
             not
             to
             Distinguish
             our selves
             a
             Party
             ,
             or
             out
             of
             
               Pride
               ,
               Ill-breeding
            
             or
             Humour
             ,
             but
             in
             Obedience
             to
             the
             Sight
             and
             Sence
             we
             have
             received
             from
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             ,
             of
             the
             
               evil
               Rise
            
             and
             Tendency
             thereof
             .
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             5.
             
             For
             the
             same
             Reason
             we
             have
             returned
             to
             the
             first
             Plainness
             of
             
             Speech
             ,
             
               viz.
               Thou
            
             and
             Thee
             ,
             to
             a
             single
             Person
             ;
             which
             tho'
             Men
             give
             no
             other
             to
             God
             ,
             they
             will
             hardly
             endure
             it
             from
             us
             .
             It
             has
             been
             a
             great
             Test
             upon
             Pride
             ,
             and
             shewn
             the
             Blind
             and
             
               weak
               Insides
            
             of
             many
             .
             This
             also
             is
             out
             of
             
               pure
               Conscience
            
             ,
             whatever
             People
             may
             think
             or
             say
             of
             us
             for
             it
             .
             We
             may
             be
             Despised
             ,
             and
             have
             been
             so
             often
             ,
             yea
             ,
             very
             evilly
             Entreated
             ,
             but
             we
             are
             now
             better
             known
             ,
             and
             People
             better
             Informed
             .
             In
             short
             ,
             't
             is
             also
             both
             Scripture
             and
             Grammar
             ,
             and
             we
             have
             Propriety
             of
             Speech
             for
             it
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Peace
             in
             it
             ,
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             6.
             
             We
             cannot
             allow
             of
             
               mix'd
               Marriages
            
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             joyn
             with
             such
             as
             are
             not
             of
             our
             Society
             ;
             but
             Oppose
             and
             Disown
             them
             ,
             if
             at
             any
             time
             any
             of
             our
             Profession
             so
             grosly
             err
             from
             the
             Rule
             of
             their
             Communion
             ;
             yet
             Restore
             them
             upon
             sincere
             Repentance
             ,
             but
             not
             disjoyn
             them
             .
             The
             Book
             I
             writ
             of
             the
             Rise
             and
             Progress
             of
             the
             People
             called
             Quakers
             ,
             is
             more
             full
             and
             express
             herein
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             §
             .
             7.
             
             
               Plainness
               in
               Apparel
               and
               Furniture
            
             ,
             is
             another
             Testimony
             peculiar
             to
             us
             ,
             in
             the
             degree
             we
             have
             bore
             it
             to
             the
             World
             :
             As
             also
             ,
             
               few
               Words
            
             ,
             and
             being
             
               at
               a
               Word
            
             .
             Likewise
             Temperance
             in
             Food
             ,
             and
             Abstinence
             from
             the
             Recreations
             and
             Pastimes
             of
             the
             World
             :
             All
             which
             we
             have
             been
             taught
             ,
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             to
             be
             according
             to
             Godliness
             ;
             and
             therefore
             we
             have
             long
             exhorted
             all
             that
             their
             
               Moderation
               may
               be
               known
               unto
               all
               Men
               ,
               for
               that
               the
               Lord
               was
               at
               hand
               ,
            
             to
             enter
             into
             Judgment
             with
             us
             for
             every
             Intemperance
             or
             Excess
             ;
             and
             herein
             we
             hope
             we
             have
             been
             no
             ill
             Examples
             ,
             or
             Scandal
             unto
             any
             that
             have
             a
             due
             Consideration
             of
             things
             .
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             8.
             
             We
             cannot
             in
             Conscience
             to
             God
             ,
             observe
             
               Holy
               days
            
             (
             so
             called
             )
             the
             Publick
             Fasts
             and
             Feasts
             ,
             because
             of
             their
             Human
             Institution
             and
             Ordination
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             have
             not
             a
             Divine
             
             Warrant
             ,
             but
             are
             appointed
             in
             the
             Will
             of
             Man.
             
          
        
         
           
             §
             .
             9.
             
             Lastly
             ,
             We
             have
             been
             lead
             ,
             by
             this
             Good
             Spirit
             of
             our
             Lord
             
               Jesus
               Christ
            
             ,
             of
             which
             I
             have
             treated
             in
             this
             Discourse
             ,
             according
             to
             Primitive
             Practice
             ,
             to
             have
             a
             
               due
               Care
            
             over
             one
             another
             ,
             for
             the
             Preservation
             of
             the
             whole
             Society
             ,
             in
             a
             Conversation
             suitable
             to
             their
             Holy
             Profession
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             In
             respect
             to
             a
             strict
             Walking
             both
             towards
             those
             that
             are
             Without
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             are
             Within
             ;
             that
             their
             Conversation
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             Walking
             in
             and
             towards
             the
             Church
             ,
             may
             be
             blameless
             .
             That
             as
             they
             may
             be
             Strict
             in
             the
             one
             ,
             so
             they
             may
             be
             Faithful
             in
             the
             other
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             That
             Collections
             be
             made
             to
             supply
             the
             Wants
             of
             the
             Poor
             ,
             and
             that
             care
             be
             taken
             of
             Widows
             and
             Orphans
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             are
             helpless
             ,
             as
             well
             in
             Council
             as
             about
             Subsistance
             .
          
           
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             That
             all
             such
             as
             are
             intended
             to
             Marry
             ,
             if
             they
             have
             Parents
             ,
             or
             are
             under
             the
             Direction
             of
             Guardians
             or
             Trustees
             ,
             are
             obliged
             ,
             First
             ,
             to
             declare
             to
             them
             their
             Intention
             ,
             and
             have
             their
             Consent
             before
             they
             propose
             it
             to
             one
             another
             ,
             and
             the
             Meeting
             they
             relate
             to
             ,
             who
             are
             
               also
               careful
            
             to
             examine
             their
             Clearness
             ,
             and
             being
             satisfied
             with
             it
             ,
             They
             are
             by
             them
             allowed
             to
             Solemnize
             their
             Marriage
             in
             a
             Publick
             Select
             Meeting
             ,
             for
             that
             Purpose
             Appointed
             ,
             and
             not
             otherwise
             :
             Whereby
             all
             Clandestine
             and
             Indirect
             Marriages
             are
             prevented
             among
             us
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             And
             to
             the
             end
             that
             this
             
               Good
               Order
            
             may
             be
             observed
             ,
             for
             the
             Comfort
             and
             Edification
             of
             the
             whole
             Society
             ,
             in
             the
             Ways
             of
             Truth
             and
             
               Soberness
               ;
               Select
            
             Meetings
             ,
             of
             Care
             and
             Business
             ,
             are
             fix'd
             in
             all
             Parts
             ,
             where
             we
             Inhabit
             ,
             which
             are
             held
             Monthly
             ,
             and
             which
             Resolve
             into
             Quarterly
             Meetings
             ,
             and
             those
             into
             one
             Yearly
             Meeting
             ,
             for
             our
             better
             
             Communication
             one
             with
             another
             ,
             in
             those
             things
             that
             maintain
             Piety
             and
             Charity
             ;
             that
             God
             ,
             who
             by
             his
             Grace
             ,
             has
             called
             us
             to
             be
             a
             People
             to
             his
             Praise
             ,
             may
             have
             it
             from
             us
             ,
             through
             his
             Beloved
             Son
             ,
             and
             our
             Ever-blessed
             and
             Only
             Redeemer
             ,
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             for
             He
             is
             
               Worthy
               ,
               Worthy
            
             ,
             Now
             ,
             and
             Ever
             ;
             Amen
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           Thus
           ,
           Reader
           ,
           thou
           hast
           the
           Character
           of
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           in
           their
           
             Doctrine
             ,
             Worship
             ,
             Ministry
             ,
             Practice
          
           and
           Discipline
           :
           Compare
           it
           with
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           Primitive
           Example
           ,
           and
           we
           hope
           thou
           wilt
           find
           ,
           that
           this
           short
           Discourse
           ,
           hath
           ,
           in
           good
           measure
           ,
           Answered
           the
           Title
           of
           it
           ,
           viz.
           
             Primitive
             Christianity
             Revived
             ,
             in
             the
             Principles
             and
             Practice
             of
             the
             People
             called
          
           Quakers
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
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           and
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           ,
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           Meeting-House
           in
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           ,
           in
           Gracious-Street
           .
           And
           at
           the
           Bible
           in
           Leaden-Hall-Street
           ,
           near
           the
           Market
           ,
           1697.
           
        
         
           SAmuel
           Fisher's
           Works
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           in
           Folio
           .
        
         
           The
           Works
           of
           the
           Long
           ,
           Mournful
           ,
           and
           Sorrowful
           Distressed
           Isaac
           Penington's
           ,
           Folio
           .
        
         
           William
           Bayly
           
             's
             Works
          
           ,
           Quarto
           .
        
         
           The
           Works
           of
           that
           Memorable
           aud
           Ancient
           Servant
           of
           Christ
           
             Stephen
             Crisp
          
           ;
           containing
           also
           a
           Journal
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           giving
           an
           Account
           of
           his
           Convincement
           ,
           Travels
           ,
           Labours
           ,
           and
           Sufferings
           in
           ,
           and
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           the
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           the
           several
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           and
           Faithful
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           of
           that
           suffering
           Servant
           of
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           ,
           and
           patient
           Follower
           of
           the
           Lamb
           ,
           
             Humphry
             Smith
          
           .
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           2
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           6
           d.
           
        
         
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           certain
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           and
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           of
           Divine
           Consolation
           ,
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           ,
           and
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           ;
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           by
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           Long-suffering
           Servant
           of
           Christ
           ,
           
             William
             Bennit
          
           .
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           1
           s.
           8
           d.
           
        
         
           The
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           of
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           Righteous
           Revived
           ,
           being
           a
           brief
           Collection
           of
           the
           Books
           and
           Written
           Epistles
           of
           
             John
             Camm
          
           and
           
             John
             Audland
          
           :
           Together
           with
           several
           Testimonies
           relating
           to
           those
           two
           Faithful
           Labourers
           .
           Price
           Bound
           2
           s.
           
        
         
           Truth
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           by
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           Faithful
           Testimony
           and
           Writings
           of
           the
           Innocent
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           and
           Handmaid
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           
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             Bathurst
          
           ,
           Deceased
           .
           Price
           Bound
           1
           s.
           
        
         
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           and
           the
           Lord's
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           ,
           Snbstantially
           Asserted
           ;
           being
           an
           Apology
           in
           behalf
           of
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           concerning
           those
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           Heads
           .
           By
           
             Robert
             Barclay
          
           .
           Price
           Bound
           1
           s.
           
        
         
           A
           Catechism
           and
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           of
           Faith.
           By
           
             R.
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           .
           Price
           Bound
           9
           d.
           
        
         
           No
           Cross
           ,
           No
           Crown
           .
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           Discourse
           shewing
           the
           Nature
           and
           Discipline
           of
           the
           Holy
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           of
           Christ
           .
           By
           
             W.
             Penn.
          
           In
           Two
           Parts
           .
           The
           Fifth
           Edition
           .
           Price
           3
           s.
           
        
         
           An
           Address
           to
           Protestants
           of
           all
           Perswasions
           ;
           more
           especially
           the
           Magistracy
           and
           Clergy
           ,
           for
           the
           Promotion
           of
           Virtue
           and
           Charity
           .
           In
           Two
           Parts
           .
           By
           
             W.
             Penn
          
           ,
           a
           Protestant
           .
           
           The
           Second
           Edition
           ,
           Corrected
           and
           Enlarged
           .
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           1
           s.
           6
           d.
           
        
         
           An
           Account
           of
           W.
           Penn's
           Travails
           in
           Holland
           and
           Germany
           ,
           for
           the
           Service
           of
           the
           Gospel
           of
           Christ
           ;
           by
           way
           of
           Journal
           .
           Containing
           also
           divers
           Letters
           and
           Epistles
           writ
           to
           several
           Great
           and
           Eminent
           Persons
           whilst
           there
           .
           The
           Second
           Impression
           ,
           Corrected
           by
           the
           Author
           's
           own
           Copy
           ,
           with
           some
           Answers
           not
           before
           Printed
           .
           Price
           Bound
           2
           s.
           
        
         
           A
           Brief
           Account
           of
           the
           Rise
           and
           Progress
           of
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           in
           which
           their
           Fundamental
           Principle
           ,
           Doctrines
           ,
           Worship
           ,
           Ministry
           and
           Discipline
           are
           plainly
           Declared
           ,
           to
           prevent
           the
           Mistakes
           and
           Perversions
           that
           Ignorance
           and
           Prejudice
           may
           make
           to
           abuse
           the
           Credulous
           .
           With
           a
           Summary
           Relation
           of
           the
           former
           Dispensations
           of
           God
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           Introduction
           .
           By
           
             W.
             Penn.
          
           Price
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           1
           s.
           
        
         
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           to
           Christendom
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           By
           
             W.
             Penn.
          
           Price
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           of
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           and
           Heavenly
           Doctrines
           ,
           Demonstrated
           in
           sundry
           Declarations
           on
           Variety
           of
           Subjects
           .
           Preached
           at
           the
           Quakers
           Meetings
           in
           London
           ,
           by
           Mr.
           
             W.
             Penn
          
           ,
           Mr.
           
             G.
             Whitehead
          
           ,
           Mr.
           
             S.
             Waldenfield
          
           ,
           Mr.
           
             B.
             Coole
          
           ,
           Taken
           in
           Short-hand
           as
           it
           was
           delivered
           by
           them
           ;
           aud
           now
           Faithfully
           Transcribed
           and
           Published
           for
           the
           Information
           of
           those
           who
           by
           reason
           of
           Ignorance
           may
           have
           received
           a
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           against
           them
           .
           By
           a
           Lover
           of
           that
           People
           .
           Price
           1
           s.
           6
           d.
           
        
         
           Primitive
           Christianity
           Revived
           ,
           in
           the
           Faith
           and
           Practice
           of
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           .
           Written
           ,
           in
           Testimony
           to
           the
           present
           Dispensation
           of
           God
           ,
           through
           them
           to
           the
           World
           :
           That
           Prejudices
           may
           be
           Removed
           ,
           the
           Simple
           Informed
           ,
           the
           Well-enclined
           Encouraged
           ,
           and
           the
           Truth
           and
           its
           Innocent
           Friends
           Rightly
           Represented
           .
           By
           
             W.
             Penn.
          
           Price
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           s.
           
        
         
           Rabshakeh
           Rebuked
           ,
           and
           his
           Railing
           Accusations
           Refuted
           ;
           containing
           ,
           I.
           Some
           Reflections
           upon
           a
           late
           Sheet
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           
             An
             Essay
             towards
             the
             allaying
             of
          
           George
           Fox
           
             his
             Spirit
          
           ;
           by
           way
           of
           Introduction
           .
           II.
           A
           Reply
           to
           a
           later
           Book
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           
             A
             Discovery
             of
             the
             Accursed
             Thing
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           
           Enlarged
           :
           both
           written
           by
           
             Thomas
             Crispe
          
           .
           III.
           A
           Display
           of
           some
           ,
           amongst
           many
           ,
           of
           his
           Self-contradictions
           and
           Tautologies
           ;
           by
           way
           of
           Conclusion
           .
           By
           
             E.
             P.
          
           Price
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           d.
           
        
         
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           Diurnal
           Speculum
           ;
           containing
           ,
           I.
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           plain
           and
           easie
           Method
           to
           find
           out
           those
           things
           that
           are
           most
           useful
           to
           be
           known
           Yearly
           :
           And
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           serve
           as
           an
           Almanack
           for
           Thirty
           Years
           ;
           and
           many
           other
           things
           suitable
           to
           the
           Matter
           ,
           &c.
           
           II.
           An
           Explanation
           of
           Weights
           ,
           Money
           ,
           and
           Measures
           ,
           both
           Scriptural
           and
           Usual
           ,
           with
           sundry
           Tables
           depending
           thereon
           ,
           &c.
           
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           Remarks
           on
           England
           ;
           or
           a
           Brief
           Account
           of
           every
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           ,
           with
           the
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           ,
           and
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           ,
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           therein
           ,
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           consisting
           of
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           ,
           explained
           by
           divers
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           in
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           particulars
           not
           extant
           ;
           as
           by
           the
           Contents
           does
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           at
           large
           appear
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           by
           
             J.
             B.
          
           Price
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           d.
           
        
         
           The
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           of
           the
           Martyrs
           revived
           ,
           in
           a
           brief
           Compendious
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           of
           the
           most
           Remarkable
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           and
           Living
           Testimonies
           of
           the
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           all
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           .
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           and
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           of
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           of
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           in
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           .
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           Papists
           ;
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           and
           MASS
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           ;
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           bringing
           in
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           Images
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           Tythes
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           of
           the
           Cruelties
           they
           acted
           after
           the
           Pope
           got
           up
           ,
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           worse
           than
           the
           Turk
           and
           
             Heathen
             :
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             Rome
          
           proving
           like
           Old.
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           the
           People
           of
           England
           Worshipped
           before
           they
           were
           Christians
           .
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           Lazarus
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           Antichrist
           Unvailed
           ,
           by
           the
           Finger
           of
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           Power
           ;
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           his
           Visage
           Discovered
           by
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           Jesus
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           of
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           in
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           Quakers
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           in
           the
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           ,
           
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             Markham
          
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           Subscribed
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           to
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           and
           a
           Converted
           Estate
           ;
           and
           between
           the
           Profession
           of
           the
           Truth
           ,
           and
           the
           Possession
           thereof
           ;
           with
           the
           Comfort
           and
           Sweetness
           to
           the
           Soul
           it
           affordeth
           .
           With
           a
           few
           Words
           of
           good
           Counsel
           and
           wholesome
           Advice
           to
           both
           Parents
           and
           their
           Children
           .
           Price
           ▪
           2
           d.
           
        
         
           The
           Connterfeit
           Convert
           ,
           a
           Scandal
           to
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           his
           unjustly
           opposing
           Quakerism
           to
           Christianity
           justly
           reprehended
           .
           
           And
           the
           True
           Christ
           ,
           and
           Scriptures
           confessed
           by
           the
           Quakers
           .
           In
           Opposition
           to
           Two
           Scandalous
           Books
           falsly
           stiled
           .
           I.
           
             Quakerism
             Withered
             ,
             and
             Christianity
             Reviving
             .
          
           II.
           
             Animadversions
             on
          
           G.
           Whitehead
           
             's
             Book
          
           ,
           Innocency
           Triumphant
           .
           Price
           Stich'd
           6
           p.
           
        
         
           An
           Invitation
           ,
           from
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           ,
           to
           all
           that
           are
           a
           Thirst
           ,
           to
           come
           and
           Drink
           of
           the
           Waters
           of
           Life
           freely
           ,
           which
           proceed
           from
           the
           Fountain
           of
           Eternal
           Life
           :
           shewing
           how
           all
           may
           come
           ,
           that
           are
           willing
           ,
           to
           Drink
           thereof
           to
           their
           full
           Satisfaction
           ;
           whereby
           they
           may
           attain
           unto
           perfect
           Health
           and
           Salvation
           of
           their
           Souls
           for
           ever
           in
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
           And
           also
           ,
           shewing
           what
           it
           is
           that
           hindereth
           People
           from
           being
           truly
           a
           Thirst
           after
           the
           Waters
           of
           Life
           ;
           and
           from
           coming
           to
           Drink
           thereof
           ;
           with
           the
           destructive
           Quality
           of
           that
           which
           hindreth
           ;
           and
           how
           it
           may
           be
           avoided
           .
           Concluded
           ,
           with
           a
           Word
           to
           all
           Singers
           ,
           upon
           a
           Religious
           or
           Spiritual
           Account
           .
           Written
           by
           one
           ,
           who
           hath
           for
           a
           long
           time
           been
           deeply
           Distressed
           with
           Thirst
           after
           the
           Water
           of
           Life
           ;
           but
           ,
           through
           Mercy
           ,
           hath
           Obtained
           Satisfaction
           thereby
           :
           Known
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           ,
           
             Henry
             Mollineux
          
           .
           Price
           Bound
           1
           s.
           
        
         
           The
           Spiritual
           Guide
           ,
           which
           dis-intangles
           the
           Soul
           ,
           and
           brings
           it
           by
           the
           inward
           Way
           ,
           to
           the
           getting
           of
           perfect
           Contemplation
           ,
           and
           the
           Rich
           Treasure
           of
           Internal
           Peace
           .
           Written
           by
           Dr.
           
             Michael
             de
             Molinos
          
           ,
           Priest
           .
           Translated
           from
           the
           Italian
           Copy
           .
           Price
           Bound
           9
           d.
           
        
         
           An
           Essay
           towards
           the
           Present
           and
           Future
           Peace
           of
           Europe
           ,
           by
           the
           Establishment
           of
           an
           European
           Dyet
           ,
           Parliament
           ,
           or
           Estates
           .
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           Stich'd
           2
           d.
           
        
         
           
             Spira
             Respirans
          
           ;
           or
           the
           Way
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Heaven
           by
           the
           Gates
           of
           Hell
           ;
           in
           an
           Extraordinary
           Example
           .
           By
           Person
           brought
           to
           the
           depths
           of
           Despair
           and
           Anguish
           ,
           recovered
           by
           the
           mighty
           Grace
           and
           Power
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           rais'●
           to
           the
           heights
           of
           Assurance
           and
           Joy.
           Wherein
           are
           som●
           uncommon
           Considerations
           concerning
           the
           manner
           of
           Salvation
           and
           Damnation
           ,
           Life
           and
           Death
           ,
           Happiness
           an
           Miser●
           With
           some
           Fundamental
           Arguments
           for
           the
           Immortality
           the
           Soul.
           Price
           Stitch'd
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           d.
           
        
         
         
           AN
           Epistle
           to
           Friends
           ;
           briefly
           Commemorating
           the
           Gracious
           Dealings
           of
           the
           Lord
           with
           them
           ;
           and
           warning
           them
           to
           beware
           of
           that
           Spirit
           of
           Contention
           and
           Division
           which
           hath
           appeared
           of
           late
           in
           
             George
             Keith
          
           ,
           and
           some
           few
           others
           that
           join
           with
           him
           ,
           who
           have
           made
           a
           Breach
           and
           Separation
           from
           Friends
           in
           some
           Parts
           of
           America
           .
           By
           
             Thomas
             Ellwood
          
           .
           Price
           Stitch'd
           6
           d.
           
        
         
           The
           State
           of
           the
           Case
           ,
           briefly
           but
           impartially
           given
           ,
           betwixt
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           in
           Pennsylvania
           ,
           &c.
           in
           America
           ,
           who
           remain
           in
           Unity
           ;
           and
           
             George
             Keith
          
           ,
           with
           some
           few
           Seduced
           by
           him
           into
           a
           Separation
           from
           them
           .
           As
           also
           a
           just
           Vindication
           of
           my Self
           from
           the
           Reproaches
           and
           Abuses
           of
           those
           Backsliders
           .
           By
           
             Samuel
             Jennings
          
           .
           Price
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           6
           d.
           
        
         
           A
           Further
           Discovery
           of
           that
           Spirit
           of
           Contention
           and
           Division
           which
           hath
           of
           late
           appeared
           in
           
             George
             Keith
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           Being
           a
           Reply
           to
           two
           late
           Printed
           Pieces
           of
           his
           ,
           the
           one
           ●ntituled
           ,
           
             A
             Loving
             Epistle
          
           ,
           &c.
           The
           other
           ,
           
             A
             Seasona●le
             .
             Information
          
           ,
           &c.
           Wherein
           his
           Cavils
           are
           answered
           ,
           is
           Falshood
           is
           laid
           open
           ,
           and
           the
           Guilt
           and
           Blame
           of
           the
           ●each
           and
           Separation
           in
           America
           ;
           and
           of
           the
           Reproach
           he
           ●ath
           brought
           upon
           Truth
           and
           Friends
           ,
           by
           his
           late
           Printed
           ●ooke
           are
           fixed
           faster
           on
           him
           .
           Written
           by
           way
           of
           Epistle
           ,
           〈◊〉
           Recommended
           as
           a
           further
           Warning
           to
           all
           Friends
           .
           〈◊〉
           
             Thomas
             Ellwood
          
           .
           Price
           Stitch'd
           1
           s.
           
        
         
           Truth
           Defended
           ,
           and
           the
           Friends
           thereof
           Cleared
           ,
           from
           〈◊〉
           false
           Charges
           ,
           soul
           Reproaches
           ,
           and
           envious
           Cavils
           ,
           〈◊〉
           upon
           .
           It
           and
           Them
           ,
           by
           
             George
             Keith
          
           (
           an
           Apostate
           〈◊〉
           them
           )
           in
           two
           Books
           by
           him
           lately
           Published
           ;
           the
           〈◊〉
           being
           called
           ,
           
             A
             True
             Copy
             of
             a
             Paper
             given
             into
             the
             Year-Meeting
             of
             the
             People
             called
          
           Quakers
           ,
           &c.
           
           The
           other
           ,
           
             The
             ●●etended
             Yearly
             Meeting
             of
             the
          
           Quakers
           ,
           
             their
             Nameless
          
           〈◊〉
           
             of
             Excommunication
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           Both
           which
           Books
           are
           here●●●nswered
           ,
           and
           his
           Malice
           ,
           Injustice
           ,
           and
           Folly
           ,
           Exposed
           ,
           〈◊〉
           
             Thomas
             Ellwood
          
           .
           Price
           Stitch'd
           1
           s.
           
        
         
           An
           Apostate
           Exposed
           :
           Or
           ,
           
             George
             Keith
          
           contradicting
           ●●self
           and
           his
           Brother
           Bradford
           ;
           wherein
           their
           Testi●●ny
           to
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           of
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           ●●●pposed
           to
           G.
           K's
           late
           Pamphlet
           ,
           Stiled
           ,
           
             Gross
             ,
             Error
             ●ypocrisie
             Detected
          
           .
           By
           
             John
             Penington
          
           ,
           Price
           Stitch'd
           3
           d.
           
        
         
         
           A
           Modest
           Account
           from
           Pennsylvania
           of
           the
           Principa●
           Differences
           in
           Point
           of
           Doctrine
           ,
           between
           
             George
             Keith
          
           ,
           and
           those
           of
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           from
           whom
           he
           separated
           ;
           shewing
           his
           great
           Declension
           ,
           and
           Inconsistency
           with
           himself
           therein
           ,
           Recommended
           to
           the
           Serious
           Consideration
           of
           those
           who
           are
           turned
           aside
           ,
           and
           joined
           in
           his
           Schism
           .
           Price
           Stitch'd
           4
           d.
           
        
         
           The
           People
           called
           Quakers
           cleared
           by
           
             George
             Keith
          
           ,
           from
           the
           false
           Doctrines
           charged
           upon
           them
           by
           G.
           Keith
           ;
           and
           his
           Self-Contradictions
           laid
           open
           in
           the
           ensuing
           Citations
           out
           of
           his
           Books
           .
           By
           
             John
             Penington
          
           .
           Price
           Stitch'd
           4
           d.
           
        
         
           More
           Work
           for
           
             George
             Keith
          
           :
           Being
           George
           Keith's
           Vindication
           of
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           as
           well
           in
           his
           Part
           of
           the
           Dispute
           held
           at
           Wheelers-Street
           ,
           the
           Sixteenth
           Day
           of
           the
           Eighth
           Month
           ,
           1674.
           
           As
           in
           his
           Treatise
           against
           
             Thomas
             Hicks
          
           ,
           and
           other
           Baptists
           ,
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           their
           Confederate
           Brethren
           ,
           at
           the
           Barbican
           Dispute
           ,
           held
           at
           London
           the
           twenty
           eighth
           of
           the
           Sixth
           Month
           ,
           1674.
           
           Price
           Stitch'd
           4
           d.
           
        
         
           The
           Quakers
           cleared
           from
           being
           Apostates
           :
           Or
           ,
           the
           Hammerer
           Defeated
           ,
           and
           proved
           an
           Impostor
           .
           Being
           an
           Answer
           to
           a
           Scurrilous
           Pamphlet
           ,
           falsly
           Intituled
           ,
           
             William
             Penn
             and
             the
          
           Quakers
           
             either
             Apostates
             or
             Impostors
          
           ,
           subscribed
           
             Trepidantium
             Malleus
          
           .
           With
           a
           Postscript
           ,
           containing
           some
           Reflections
           on
           a
           Pamphlet
           ,
           Intituled
           ,
           
             The
             Spirit
             of
          
           Quakerism
           ,
           
             and
             the
             Danger
             of
             their
          
           Divine
           Revelation
           
             laid
             open
             .
             By
             B.
             C.
          
           Price
           Stitch'd
           6
           d.
           
        
         
           An
           Answer
           to
           George
           ,
           Keith's
           Narrative
           of
           his
           Proceedings
           at
           Turners-Hall
           ,
           on
           the
           eleventh
           of
           the
           Month
           called
           June
           ,
           1696.
           
           Wherein
           his
           Charges
           against
           divers
           of
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           (
           both
           in
           that
           ,
           and
           in
           another
           Book
           of
           his
           ,
           called
           ,
           
             Gross
             Error
             and
             Hypocrisie
             Detected
          
           )
           are
           fairly
           Considered
           ,
           Examined
           ,
           and
           Refuted
           .
           By
           
             Thomas
             Ellwood
          
           .
           Price
           1
           s.
           6
           d.
           
        
         
           Keith
           against
           Keith
           :
           Or
           some
           more
           of
           
             George
             Keith's
          
           Contradictions
           and
           Absurdities
           ,
           collected
           out
           of
           his
           own
           Books
           (
           not
           yet
           Retracted
           )
           upon
           a
           Review
           .
           Together
           with
           a
           Reply
           to
           George
           Keith's
           Late
           Book
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           
             The
             Antichrists
             and
             Sadduces
             detected
             among
             a
             sort
             of
          
           Quakers
           ,
           
             &c.
             By
             John
             Penington
          
           .
           Price
           Stitch'd
           9
           d.
           
        
         
         
           Some
           Brief
           Observations
           upon
           George
           Keith's
           Earnest
           Expostulation
           ,
           contained
           in
           a
           Postscript
           to
           a
           late
           Book
           of
           his
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           
             The
             Antichrists
             and
             Sadduces
             Detected
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           Offered
           to
           the
           Perusal
           of
           such
           as
           the
           said
           Expostulation
           was
           Recommended
           to
           .
           By
           
             E.
             P.
          
           Price
           Stitch'd
           2
           d.
           
        
         
           A
           Modest
           Detection
           of
           George
           Keith's
           (
           miscalled
           )
           Just
           Vindication
           of
           his
           Earnest
           Expostulation
           :
           Published
           by
           him
           as
           a
           pretended
           Answer
           to
           a
           Late
           Book
           of
           Mine
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           
             Some
             Brief
             Observations
          
           ,
           &c.
           By
           
             E.
             P.
          
           Price
           Stitch'd
           4
           d.
           
        
         
           A
           Few
           Queries
           relating
           to
           the
           Practice
           of
           Physick
           ,
           with
           Remarks
           upon
           some
           of
           them
           .
           Modestly
           proposed
           to
           the
           serious
           Consideration
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           their
           Information
           how
           their
           Lives
           and
           Healths
           ,
           (
           which
           are
           so
           necessary
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ought
           to
           be
           dear
           to
           them
           )
           may
           be
           ●●ter
           preserved
           .
           By
           
             H.
             Chamberlen
          
           ,
           Physician
           in
           Or●●●ary
           to
           the
           Late
           King
           Charles
           the
           Second
           .
           Price
           ●●und
           1
           s.
           
        
         
           The
           Writing
           Scholar's
           Companion
           :
           Or
           ,
           Infallible
           ●ules
           for
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           True
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           with
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           and
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           from
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           and
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           of
           the
           English
           Tongue
           .
           Comprehending
           in
           a
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           Plain
           ,
           and
           Exact
           Method
           ,
           whatever
           is
           necessary
           to
           be
           observed
           in
           Writing
           True
           English
           .
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           .
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           for
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           of
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           as
           Writing
           true
           English
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           generally
           esteemed
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           Recommended
           especially
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           Youth
           of
           both
           sexes
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           Taught
           in
           Schools
           .
           Price
           Bound
           1●●
        
         
           The
           Good
           House-wife
           made
           a
           Doctor
           :
           Or
           ,
           Health's
           choice
           and
           Sure
           Friend
           .
           Being
           a
           plain
           way
           of
           Nature's
           〈◊〉
           prescribing
           ,
           to
           prevent
           and
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           most
           Diseases
           in●●ent
           to
           Men
           ,
           Women
           ,
           and
           Children
           ,
           by
           Diet
           and
           Kitchin-Physick
           only
           .
           With
           some
           Remarks
           on
           the
           Practice
           of
           Physick
           and
           Chymistry
           .
           By
           
             Thomas
             Tryon
          
           ,
           Student
           in
           Physick
           .
           The
           Second
           Edition
           .
           To
           which
           is
           added
           some
           Observations
           on
           the
           Tedious
           Methods
           of
           Unskilful
           ●hi●●●gio●s
           ;
           with
           Cheap
           and
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           Remedies
           .
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           the
           same
           Author
           .
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           Bound
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           s.
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           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A54196-e840
           
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             Joh.
             1.
             9.
             
          
           
             b
             Rom.
             1.
             19.
             
             Tit.
             3.
             4.
             
          
           
             c
             Act.
             17.
             28.
             2
             
             Pet.
             4.
             
          
           
             d
             Rom.
             8.
             16.
             1
             
             John
             5.
             10
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
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             1
             Pet.
             1.
             23.
             1.
             
             Jo.
             3.
             9.
             
          
           
             f
             Mat.
             13.
             19
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             g
             Prov.
             1.
             20
             ,
             21
             ,
             22
             ,
             23.
             
             Ch.
             8.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             h
             Deut.
             30.
             12.
             
             Rom.
             10.
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8.
             
             Psal
             .
             119.
             10.
             
          
           
             i
             Tit.
             2.
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             k
             1
             Cor.
             1.
             7.
             
          
           
             l
             Psalm
             51.
             6.
             
             Isa
             .
             26.
             2.
             
             John
             14.
             6.
             
          
           
             m
             Mat.
             13.
             33.
             
          
           
             John
             3.
             5.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A54196-e2560
           
             a
             Joh.
             1.
             4
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             b
             Ch
             :
             8.
             12.
             
          
           
             c
             Rom.
             5.
             6.
             
          
           
             d
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             15.
             
          
           
             e
             1
             Tim.
             2.
             4.
             
          
           
             f
             Tit.
             2.
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Job
             .
             18.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
             Ch.
             21.
             17.
             
             Ch.
             25.
             3.
             
             Ch.
             38.
             5.
             
             Psalm
             18.
             28.
             
             Psalm
             27.
             1.
             
             Psalm
             34.
             5.
             
             Psalm
             36.
             9.
             
             Psal
             .
             118.
             27.
             
             Psalm
             119.
             105.
             
             Prov.
             13.
             9.
             
             Ch.
             20.
             20
             ,
             27.
             
             Ch.
             24.
             20.
             and
             Isa
             .
             2.
             5.
             
             Ch.
             8.
             20.
             
             Ch.
             42.
             6.
             
             Ch.
             49.
             6.
             1
             
             Pet
             2.
             9.
             1
             
             John
             2.
             8.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A54196-e3380
           
             John
             8.
             12.
             
          
           
             1
             John
             1.
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A54196-e5230
           
             John
             1.
             4.
             
          
           
             John
             1.
             9.
             
          
           
             John
             1.
             4
             ,
             9
             ,
             14
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             Tit.
             2.
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             3.
             18.
             
          
           
             John
             1.
             5
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             Joel
             2.
             28.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A54196-e7050
           
             Gen.
             49.
             10.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             18.
             15
             ,
             18.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             34.
             9.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             18.
             28.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             27.
             1.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             2.
             7.
             unto
             the
             17.
             
          
           
             1
             John
             3.21
             ,
             22
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A54196-e8800
           
             Gen.
             31.
             
             Ch.
             35.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             20.
             —
          
           
             Levit.
             21.
             —
          
           
             Deut.
             29.
             
             Ch.
             30.
             31.
             32.
             
             Chap.
             
          
           
             Josh
             .
             22.
             23
             ,
             24.
             
             Chap.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             6.
             15
             ,
             16.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A54196-e12660
           
             Isa
             .
             54.
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             1
             John
             2.
             26
             ,
             27.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             14.
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             17.
             1
             
             Cor.
             8.
             6.
             
             Col.
             2.
             16.
             17.
             
             Phil.
             1.
             21.
             
             Gal.
             2.
             20.