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           THE
           SKIRMISHER
           DEFEATED
           AND
           TRUTH
           DEFENDED
           ;
           Being
           an
           ANSWER
           to
           a
           Pamphlet
           ,
           ENTITULED
           ,
           
             A
             Skirmish
             made
             upon
             Quakerism
             .
             By
          
           William
           Penn.
           
        
         
           Jam.
           3.
           13
           ,
           14
           ,
           16.
           
        
         
           Who
           is
           a
           Wise
           Man
           ,
           and
           endued
           with
           Knowledge
           amongst
           you
           ?
           let
           him
           shew
           out
           of
           a
           good
           Conversation
           his
           Works
           with
           Meekness
           of
           Wisdom
           :
           But
           if
           ye
           have
           bitter
           Envying
           and
           Strife
           in
           your
           Hearts
           ,
           glory
           not
           ,
           and
           Lye
           not
           against
           the
           Truth
           :
           For
           ,
           where
           Envying
           and
           Strife
           is
           ,
           there
           is
           Confusion
           ,
           and
           every
           Evil
           Work.
           
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           1676.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           Skirmisher
           Defeated
           AND
           Truth
           Defended
           ▪
           Being
           an
           Answer
           to
           a
           Pamphlet
           ,
           intituled
           ,
           A
           Skirmish
           made
           upon
           Quakerism
           .
        
         
           OF
           all
           the
           Evils
           that
           attend
           Controversie
           about
           Religion
           ,
           there
           is
           none
           more
           odious
           and
           provoking
           then
           that
           of
           Mistating
           Principles
           ,
           and
           giving
           That
           under
           mens
           Names
           to
           the
           World
           for
           their
           Doctrine
           and
           Judgment
           which
           they
           abhor
           to
           believe
           ,
           much
           more
           to
           assert
           and
           divulge
           to
           others
           .
           And
           this
           I
           hope
           I
           may
           without
           Offence
           add
           ,
           That
           to
           be
           Misrepresented
           hath
           mostly
           been
           the
           Lot
           of
           Truth
           in
           all
           Ages
           ,
           and
           her
           peculiar
           Difficulty
           and
           Suffering
           from
           the
           World
           :
           For
           ,
           no
           sooner
           has
           Almighty
           God
           blest
           Mankind
           with
           further
           Discoveries
           of
           his
           heavenly
           Will
           and
           divine
           Helps
           to
           perform
           it
           ,
           then
           some
           or
           other
           ,
           and
           those
           not
           a
           few
           ,
           have
           i●mediately
           opposed
           themselves
           to
           that
           Work
           ,
           and
           the
           Lovers
           and
           Abetters
           of
           it
           ;
           nor
           have
           those
           Adversaries
           been
           of
           the
           Rabble
           ,
           Men
           of
           no
           Letters
           ,
           Education
           or
           Pretence
           to
           Religion
           ,
           by
           no
           means
           ;
           much
           the
           contrary
           ,
           the
           Learned
           Crew
           ,
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           that
           great
           Corporation
           of
           Religion
           ;
           it
           hath
           been
           generally
           such
           ,
           the
           Chemarims
           ,
           men
           of
           the
           Black
           Robe
           ,
           that
           from
           a
           Pretence
           to
           greater
           Knowledge
           then
           others
           ,
           an
           Education
           in
           the
           Studies
           of
           Divinity
           ,
           a
           peculiar
           Warrant
           and
           Mission
           ,
           with
           the
           Countenance
           of
           Worldly
           Authority
           ,
           have
           
           used
           their
           Skill
           and
           employed
           their
           Abilities
           to
           traduce
           Truth
           ,
           and
           stigmatize
           her
           Followers
           ,
           exposing
           both
           to
           the
           Fury
           or
           Mockery
           of
           the
           World
           :
           tell
           me
           when
           this
           fell
           out
           otherwise
           ,
           and
           allow
           me
           Scripture
           Story
           but
           to
           be
           true
           and
           sacred
           .
        
         
           I
           pretend
           not
           now
           to
           write
           an
           History
           ,
           no
           not
           to
           epitomise
           that
           which
           is
           already
           writ
           ,
           nor
           need
           I
           ,
           for
           the
           Case
           is
           evident
           ;
           but
           because
           Examples
           are
           so
           ready
           ,
           I
           will
           instance
           in
           him
           that
           said
           ,
           
             I
             am
             the
             Way
             ,
             the
             Truth
             and
             the
             Life
             :
          
           One
           while
           the
           Scribes
           and
           Pharisees
           took
           hold
           of
           his
           Nonconformity
           to
           their
           Customs
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           was
           a
           
             Despiser
             of
          
           Moses
           ,
           
             a
             Breaker
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             one
             that
             made
             void
             the
             Traditions
             of
             the
             Fathers
             :
          
           Another
           while
           ,
           
             he
             was
             a
             Mean
             Fellow
             ,
             but
             a
             Carpenter's
             Son
          
           ;
           and
           what
           Man
           of
           Quality
           would
           follow
           him
           ?
           or
           who
           would
           make
           a
           Messiah
           of
           a
           Mechanick
           ?
           or
           a
           Saviour
           of
           so
           servil
           an
           Off-spring
           ?
           But
           when
           this
           would
           not
           do
           ,
           then
           he
           was
           a
           
             Samaritan
             ,
             and
             had
             a
             Devil
             ,
             and
             cast
             out
             Devils
             by
          
           Beelzebub
           
             the
             Prince
             of
             Devils
          
           ;
           thereby
           rendring
           his
           Person
           hateful
           to
           the
           Jews
           ,
           that
           refus'd
           all
           Commerce
           with
           the
           Samaritans
           ,
           and
           his
           Wonderful
           Works
           suspected
           of
           a
           Diabolical
           Power
           ,
           lest
           the
           People
           should
           believe
           in
           him
           :
           But
           this
           Trick
           failing
           ,
           and
           the
           People
           believing
           ,
           lest
           any
           of
           Note
           should
           be
           taken
           with
           him
           ,
           they
           ●ling
           out
           ,
           
             that
             he
             was
             a
             very
             Idiot
             ,
             one
             that
             knew
             not
             Letters
             ;
             and
             that
             none
             followed
             him
             but
             those
             that
             are
             cursed
             ,
             and
             know
             not
             the
             Law
             ,
          
           the
           Rabble
           ,
           the
           Vulgar
           and
           Illiterate
           People
           :
           But
           when
           this
           Stratagem
           succeeded
           not
           to
           lessen
           his
           Reputation
           ,
           and
           question
           his
           Pretences
           ,
           they
           bruted
           up
           and
           down
           ,
           that
           for
           all
           his
           pretended
           Perfection
           ,
           
             he
             was
             a
             Loose
             Person
             ,
             a
             Wine-bibber
             ,
             a
             Companion
             of
             Publicans
             and
             Sinners
             ,
          
           not
           fit
           to
           be
           the
           Leader
           of
           a
           Strict
           Sect
           ,
           nor
           qualified
           for
           so
           Glorious
           a
           Work
           as
           that
           of
           the
           Messiah's
           .
           God
           still
           blasting
           their
           Designs
           ,
           and
           the
           People
           flocking
           after
           him
           ,
           admiring
           his
           Doctrine
           ,
           his
           Authority
           ,
           his
           Wisdom
           and
           his
           Miracles
           ,
           the
           Jewish
           Council
           of
           Doctors
           and
           Rabbies
           roundly
           accuse
           him
           of
           Blasphemy
           ,
           and
           have
           the
           Confidence
           and
           Cruelty
           to
           seek
           his
           Life
           ▪
           telling
           Pilate
           ,
           that
           
             They
             have
             a
             Law
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             Law
             he
             ought
             to
             Dye
          
           ;
           but
           Pilate
           scrupling
           the
           Matter
           ,
           and
           finding
           their
           Proofs
           short
           ,
           faints
           in
           their
           Business
           ,
           which
           they
           perceiving
           ,
           
           with
           one
           loud
           Cry
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           a
           Dare
           to
           Pilate
           to
           deny
           them
           their
           Murderous
           Ends
           ,
           tell
           him
           ,
           
             He
             is
             an
             Enemy
             to
             Caesar
             ,
          
           hoping
           though
           Pilate
           would
           not
           concern
           himself
           with
           their
           Laws
           and
           Customs
           ,
           yet
           that
           being
           
           Caesar's
           Deputy
           and
           Officer
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           suffer
           any
           man
           to
           live
           that
           was
           a
           declared
           Enemy
           to
           
           Caesar's
           Government
           ;
           and
           they
           had
           their
           End.
           
        
         
           Nor
           did
           his
           Disciples
           fair
           better
           ,
           who
           were
           accounted
           
             Enemies
             to
             the
             Law
             &
             Scriptures
             ,
             Seducers
             ,
             Deceivers
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             Pestilent
             Fellows
             ,
             Sowers
             of
             Sedition
             ,
             Turners
             of
             the
             World
             upside
             down
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           But
           who
           were
           they
           that
           made
           this
           lamentable
           Opposition
           ?
           were
           they
           litterally
           Heathens
           ,
           or
           professedly
           Infidels
           ?
           no
           such
           matter
           ;
           for
           that
           might
           have
           in
           some
           sense
           extenuated
           the
           Crime
           ,
           at
           least
           have
           spoyl'd
           our
           Parallel
           ;
           but
           they
           were
           the
           
             Off●spring
             of
             Abraham
             ,
             ,
             Great
             Scripturians
             ,
             to
             whom
             pertain'd
             the
             Covenants
             ,
             Promises
             ,
             Adoption
             ,
          
           and
           if
           we
           will
           take
           their
           word
           for
           it
           ,
           
             Children
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             Bondage
             to
             none
          
           ;
           though
           it
           s
           not
           to
           be
           doubted
           but
           that
           they
           were
           by
           Nature
           Heathens
           ,
           and
           for
           all
           their
           great
           Profession
           Infidels
           in
           spirit
           ,
           and
           great
           Slaves
           to
           Sin
           ,
           and
           Children
           of
           the
           Evil
           One
           all
           this
           while
           .
           Now
           ,
           this
           has
           been
           our
           Case
           ,
           who
           are
           in
           Reproach
           called
           Quakers
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           first
           Place
           ,
           we
           must
           honestly
           and
           plainly
           confess
           before
           almighty
           God
           and
           all
           Men
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           been
           of
           the
           common
           Mass
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           had
           our
           Conversation
           in
           the
           times
           past
           ,
           in
           the
           Vanities
           ,
           Pleasures
           ,
           Sports
           and
           Lusts
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           living
           in
           some
           respect
           without
           God
           and
           Christ
           in
           the
           World
           (
           though
           under
           a
           Profession
           both
           of
           God
           and
           Christ
           ,
           as
           the
           most
           Part
           of
           Christendom
           (
           so
           called
           )
           do
           at
           this
           Day
           ;
           )
           and
           in
           this
           dead
           Estate
           to
           the
           living
           Sense
           and
           Enjoyment
           of
           God
           and
           Christ
           in
           our
           Souls
           ,
           the
           Lord
           visited
           us
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           own
           convincing
           and
           reproving
           Light
           ,
           Power
           and
           Spirit
           hath
           he
           awakned
           us
           ,
           and
           brought
           us
           to
           behold
           him
           ,
           whom
           we
           under
           all
           our
           Profession
           ,
           of
           Religion
           ,
           had
           more
           or
           less
           grieved
           and
           pierced
           with
           our
           vain
           Thoughts
           ,
           Idle
           Words
           ,
           and
           unholy
           Actions
           ,
           and
           to
           Sorrow
           with
           
             true
             godly
             Sorrow
          
           ,
           and
           be
           in
           
             unfeigned
             Bitterness
          
           ,
           as
           for
           our
           first
           born
           or
           our
           only
           Child
           ,
           the
           Lord
           thus
           redeeming
           us
           through
           his
           holy
           Rebukes
           and
           Judgments
           from
           an
           evil
           Conversation
           ,
           and
           converting
           us
           to
           himself
           by
           his
           own
           
           Righteous
           Law
           in
           our
           Hearts
           .
           And
           when
           it
           had
           pleased
           God
           thus
           to
           rouse
           us
           out
           of
           our
           carnal
           Security
           ,
           and
           fire
           our
           House
           of
           empty
           Profession
           about
           our
           Ears
           ,
           and
           open
           the
           Books
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           call
           us
           to
           Judgment
           ,
           kindling
           his
           holy
           Terrors
           in
           our
           Hearts
           ,
           because
           of
           our
           past
           Conversation
           ,
           that
           had
           been
           in
           the
           vain
           and
           sinful
           Fashions
           and
           Customs
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           calling
           God
           our
           Father
           ,
           and
           not
           born
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           Christ
           Lord
           ,
           and
           not
           by
           his
           holy
           Spirit
           ,
           neither
           had
           taken
           up
           his
           daily
           Cross
           ,
           to
           the
           slaying
           of
           our
           own
           Wills
           and
           carnal
           Affections
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           great
           Profession
           that
           we
           in
           Words
           made
           of
           him
           and
           the
           
             Christian
             Religion
          
           ,
           we
           came
           to
           see
           that
           true
           Christianity
           was
           another
           Thing
           then
           the
           World
           apprehended
           ,
           and
           that
           as
           he
           was
           no
           more
           a
           Jew
           that
           was
           one
           outward
           ,
           
             so
             neither
             was
             he
             a
          
           Christian
           
             that
             was
             one
             outward
             ,
             but
             he
             was
             a
             true
          
           Jew
           and
           Christian
           
             that
             was
             one
             inward
             ,
             whose
             Praise
             is
             not
             of
             Men
             ,
             but
             of
             God
          
           ;
           in
           this
           Zeal
           that
           God
           had
           begotten
           in
           us
           for
           his
           own
           living
           Way
           ,
           the
           spiritual
           Circumcision
           ,
           the
           right
           Christianity
           ,
           namely
           ,
           
             To
             be
             Christ
             like
             ,
             to
             do
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             in
             Earth
             as
             it
             is
             done
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             to
             live
             unspotted
             from
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             no
             more
             we
             to
             live
             ,
             rule
             and
             order
             ,
             but
             Christ
             ,
             that
             liveth
             in
             us
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             have
             eternal
             Life
             abiding
             in
             us
             .
          
           In
           this
           godly
           Zeal
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           for
           this
           pure
           and
           living
           Way
           ,
           we
           frequently
           testified
           to
           all
           People
           what
           God
           had
           done
           for
           us
           ,
           where
           he
           found
           us
           ,
           what
           he
           discovered
           to
           us
           ,
           what
           he
           condemned
           us
           for
           ,
           what
           he
           redeemed
           us
           from
           ,
           and
           what
           he
           had
           brought
           us
           to
           ,
           earnestly
           recommending
           the
           Light
           of
           Christ
           within
           ,
           that
           manifests
           the
           Mind
           of
           Christ
           unto
           them
           ,
           vehemently
           decrying
           the
           lifeless
           Profession
           they
           worship
           God
           ,
           the
           eternal
           Spirit
           in
           ,
           and
           shewing
           to
           them
           a
           more
           excellent
           Way
           ,
           because
           a
           more
           pure
           and
           spiritual
           Way
           ;
           manifesting
           to
           them
           how
           that
           they
           called
           Christ
           their
           Lord
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           obey
           him
           ,
           their
           Saviour
           ,
           and
           were
           not
           saved
           from
           Sin
           by
           him
           ;
           yea
           ,
           how
           they
           magnify'd
           him
           in
           the
           History
           ,
           and
           crucify'd
           him
           in
           the
           Mystery
           ,
           warning
           them
           of
           their
           carnal
           Faith
           ,
           Hope
           and
           Security
           they
           lived
           in
           ,
           which
           cleansed
           not
           their
           Consciences
           from
           dead
           Works
           ,
           nor
           overcome
           the
           vain
           and
           wicked
           Spirit
           of
           the
           VVorld
           ,
           particularly
           exhorting
           them
           to
           turn
           away
           from
           their
           hireling
           Teachers
           ,
           that
           
           had
           caused
           them
           to
           err
           ,
           who
           though
           they
           say'd
           ,
           
             Thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
          
           ,
           the
           Lord
           never
           spoke
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           God
           said
           of
           old
           ,
           such
           
             should
             not
             profit
             the
             People
          
           ,
           who
           fed
           and
           clothed
           themselves
           of
           the
           Flock
           ,
           but
           had
           no
           heavenly
           Bread
           ,
           no
           green
           Pastures
           ,
           no
           pure
           Fountain
           to
           feed
           and
           refresh
           the
           Flock
           with
           ;
           and
           that
           all
           should
           learn
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           teacheth
           his
           people
           himself
           by
           his
           own
           good
           Spirit
           in
           their
           inward
           Parts
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Tenure
           of
           his
           second
           and
           everlasting
           Covenant
           ,
           
             that
             they
             turn
             not
             again
             unto
             Folly.
             
          
        
         
           For
           this
           Testimony
           sake
           hath
           the
           Devil
           raged
           ,
           and
           plotted
           our
           Ruine
           ever
           since
           we
           have
           been
           a
           People
           ,
           now
           like
           a
           Lyon
           ,
           then
           like
           a
           Lamb
           ;
           one
           while
           in
           the
           Appearance
           of
           a
           Serpent
           ,
           another
           while
           in
           the
           Shape
           of
           a
           Dove
           ;
           but
           the
           Lord
           God
           Jehovah
           hath
           kept
           us
           hitherto
           ,
           none
           of
           his
           Weapons
           hath
           yet
           prospered
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           our
           Faith
           none
           even
           shall
           ;
           for
           our
           Confidence
           is
           in
           him
           whom
           the
           Winds
           and
           Seas
           obey
           .
        
         
           Sometimes
           they
           tell
           us
           of
           our
           Novelty
           ,
           as
           the
           Jews
           did
           Christ
           ;
           Abraham
           
             was
             before
             thee
          
           ,
           say
           the
           
             Jews
             ;
             Before
          
           Abraham
           
             was
             I
             am
          
           ,
           says
           Christ
           ;
           the
           Christians
           were
           counted
           Vpstarts
           both
           by
           Jews
           and
           Gentiles
           ,
           yet
           their
           Way
           ,
           
           and
           so
           ours
           ,
           the
           pure
           ,
           plain
           ,
           spiritual
           Religion
           &
           Worship
           was
           before
           Jew
           or
           Gentils
           were
           ;
           anon
           we
           are
           
             Ignorant
             ,
             Illiterate
             ,
             Mechanical
          
           ;
           by
           and
           by
           we
           are
           
             Subtil
             Jesuites
             ,
             Crafty
             Deceivers
          
           ;
           then
           Familists
           ,
           as
           quickly
           Papists
           ;
           by
           some
           counted
           
             Enemies
             to
          
           Caesar
           ,
           by
           others
           Temporizers
           ;
           our
           Visage
           is
           continually
           marr'd
           in
           the
           Eyes
           of
           the
           
             Outside
             Christians
          
           ,
           as
           was
           our
           blessed
           Lord
           and
           Masters
           in
           the
           Eyes
           of
           the
           
             Outside
             Jews
          
           ;
           for
           what
           can
           escape
           their
           Censure
           ;
           there
           is
           a
           Sort
           of
           Men
           nothing
           pleases
           ;
           one
           sayes
           we
           are
           Socinians
           ,
           owning
           Christ
           to
           be
           but
           
             meerrly
             a
             Man
          
           ;
           another
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           Sabellians
           and
           Valentinians
           ,
           and
           
             deny
             the
             Manhood
          
           of
           Christ
           ;
           starts
           up
           a
           third
           ,
           and
           sayes
           ,
           The
           Quakers
           
             expect
             to
             be
             justified
             by
             their
             own
             Works
          
           ;
           a
           fourth
           presently
           cryes
           out
           ,
           
             They
             will
             do
             nothing
             unless
             the
             Spirit
             move
             them
          
           (
           how
           are
           the
           Works
           ours
           then
           ?
           )
           some
           imprison
           us
           because
           
             for
             Conscience
             sake
             we
             cannot
             take
             up
             Arms
             ,
          
           others
           
             for
             Fear
             we
             should
          
           :
           Again
           ,
           our
           Plainness
           in
           Apparrel
           is
           concluded
           Singularity
           ;
           our
           proper
           Speech
           ,
           Rudeness
           ;
           our
           Scripture-Dialect
           ,
           
           Canting
           ;
           if
           we
           conscientiously
           refuse
           them
           our
           Hat
           ,
           't
           is
           Pride
           ;
           if
           out
           of
           pure
           Tenderness
           we
           cannot
           swear
           ,
           't
           is
           
             Contempt
             of
             Authority
          
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           deny
           to
           pay
           the
           Parson
           Tythes
           ,
           't
           is
           reputed
           Robbery
           ,
           though
           we
           have
           nothing
           for
           our
           Money
           of
           him
           :
           In
           fine
           ,
           our
           Silence
           goes
           for
           Sullenness
           ,
           our
           Sobriety
           for
           Morosity
           ,
           our
           Frugality
           for
           Covetousness
           ;
           and
           for
           our
           Doctrines
           ,
           they
           are
           only
           Antipodes
           to
           Truth
           ;
           for
           we
           are
           made
           to
           deny
           
             God
             ,
             Christ
             ,
             Spirit
             ,
             the
             Immortality
             of
             the
             Soul
          
           (
           yet
           that
           we
           hold
           our
           Souls
           to
           be
           God
           ,
           Christ
           and
           holy
           Spirit
           too
           )
           
             that
             we
             deny
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             Ministry
             ,
             Church-Ordinances
             ,
             Justification
             and
             Salvation
             by
             Christ
             ,
             the
             Resurrection
             ,
             Rewards
             and
             Punishments
          
           ;
           and
           which
           is
           yet
           further
           observable
           ,
           as
           it
           fared
           with
           or
           dearest
           Master
           and
           his
           Followers
           then
           .
           The
           
             Scribes
             ,
             Pharisees
             ,
             Saduces
             ,
             Galileans
             ,
          
           &c.
           ready
           just
           before
           to
           devour
           one
           another
           ,
           immediately
           united
           and
           combined
           to
           oppose
           ,
           traduce
           ,
           trap
           and
           ensnare
           them
           ;
           so
           has
           it
           fallen
           out
           with
           us
           ;
           for
           the
           Hand
           of
           every
           party
           hath
           been
           lifted
           up
           against
           us
           ;
           I
           scarcely
           know
           one
           that
           is
           under
           any
           considerable
           Notice
           in
           Christendom
           (
           however
           violent
           and
           irreconcilable
           among
           themselves
           )
           that
           hath
           refused
           that
           common
           League
           and
           Confederacy
           ,
           or
           that
           hath
           not
           by
           some
           or
           other
           of
           its
           principal
           Agents
           vigorously
           ,
           if
           not
           scornfully
           and
           persecutingly
           decry'd
           and
           oppos'd
           us
           ,
           yet
           are
           we
           alive
           and
           a
           people
           ,
           blessed
           be
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Lord
           ;
           this
           leads
           me
           to
           ask
           the
           Question
           ,
           why
           did
           they
           so
           use
           our
           blessed
           Lord
           and
           his
           Disciples
           ?
           the
           Answer
           is
           easie
           ,
           
             Because
             they
             saw
             him
             not
             ,
             they
             knew
             him
             not
             ,
             nor
             his
             Followers
             as
             they
             were
             ;
             they
             had
             lost
             their
             Divine
             Savour
             ,
          
           and
           professed
           the
           VVords
           and
           Sayings
           of
           Moses
           and
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           not
           in
           their
           Life
           and
           Spirit
           ;
           and
           I
           can
           give
           no
           other
           Reason
           why
           we
           are
           so
           little
           known
           to
           the
           World
           of
           Christians
           in
           our
           Age
           ,
           then
           that
           they
           hold
           generally
           the
           Christian
           profession
           out
           of
           the
           Christian
           Nature
           ,
           Life
           and
           Spirit
           ;
           for
           we
           are
           the
           most
           mis-understood
           and
           mistaken
           of
           people
           ,
           whence
           it
           follows
           ,
           that
           our
           Antagonists
           of
           every
           Party
           have
           charged
           us
           with
           Doctrines
           and
           Principles
           not
           of
           our
           owning
           ,
           but
           their
           own
           Mistaking
           ,
           if
           not
           Inventing
           ,
           which
           is
           worse
           ;
           't
           were
           too
           tedious
           to
           enumerate
           all
           their
           Attempts
           :
           there
           are
           not
           less
           ,
           I
           believe
           ,
           
           then
           One
           Hundred
           Books
           extant
           ,
           two
           thirds
           of
           the
           most
           of
           them
           are
           Imagination
           ,
           Romance
           ,
           Fiction
           ,
           and
           no
           Judgment
           or
           Doctrine
           of
           ours
           .
           This
           is
           Notorious
           by
           our
           Answers
           :
           and
           I
           hope
           every
           man's
           word
           is
           to
           be
           taken
           about
           what
           his
           own
           Faith
           is
           ,
           though
           not
           in
           the
           Proof
           of
           his
           Faith
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           True
           Faith.
           
        
         
           Of
           later
           Times
           ,
           two
           Persons
           have
           excelled
           in
           this
           Way
           of
           Opposing
           us
           ,
           
             Thomas
             Hicks
          
           and
           
             John
             Faldo
          
           ;
           they
           are
           both
           Answered
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           respective
           Tracts
           ;
           and
           their
           further
           Defence
           remaineth
           hitherto
           unattempted
           by
           any
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           with
           a
           Passage
           in
           my
           Answer
           to
           J.
           Faldo's
           first
           Book
           that
           this
           same
           
             I.
             C.
          
           stiled
           ,
           
             A
             Minister
             of
             the
             Gospel
          
           ,
           and
           a
           Skirmisher
           too
           ,
           offers
           at
           an
           Encounter
           .
           I
           question
           not
           his
           Courage
           so
           much
           as
           his
           Skill
           ;
           he
           shows
           Will
           enough
           ,
           but
           his
           Abilities
           fail
           him
           :
           I
           am
           willing
           to
           perswade
           my self
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           more
           Novice
           then
           Souldier
           in
           this
           War
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           is
           rather
           a
           Spurt
           of
           Heat
           ,
           then
           a
           Deliberate
           Action
           ;
           for
           ,
           Wise
           Men
           count
           their
           Cost
           ,
           Fools
           only
           invade
           without
           Force
           :
           I
           hope
           he
           will
           not
           be
           angry
           with
           me
           for
           this
           Opinion
           of
           him
           ;
           I
           am
           sure
           he
           ought
           not
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           a
           
             Minister
             of
             the
             Gospel
          
           ;
           I
           know
           not
           how
           he
           will
           take
           it
           as
           a
           Skirmisher
           ,
           an
           Employment
           of
           so
           different
           a
           Nature
           ;
           but
           certain
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           Mistake
           is
           more
           pardonable
           then
           Malice
           ,
           and
           Ignorance
           excusable
           then
           Fiction
           :
           I
           would
           not
           willingly
           fall
           upon
           him
           with
           those
           severe
           Terms
           ,
           and
           put
           him
           upon
           that
           Difficulty
           I
           have
           been
           constrained
           to
           treat
           others
           with
           ,
           and
           reduce
           them
           to
           ;
           I
           would
           chuse
           rather
           to
           inform
           then
           chide
           him
           ;
           only
           I
           must
           tell
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           fallen
           into
           the
           Road
           of
           as
           great
           and
           arch
           a
           Perverter
           of
           our
           Writings
           and
           Sayings
           ,
           as
           any
           Enemy
           that
           ever
           appear'd
           against
           us
           ,
           and
           improved
           his
           Mistake
           upon
           us
           ,
           by
           as
           many
           Foul
           ,
           Impious
           and
           Detestable
           Consequences
           (
           even
           to
           a
           Tautology
           )
           as
           that
           of
           any
           other
           Adversary
           hath
           done
           ,
           which
           would
           make
           one
           think
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           more
           of
           Design
           then
           Accident
           ,
           and
           Premeditation
           then
           Inadvertency
           in
           the
           Business
           .
           Be
           it
           as
           it
           will
           ,
           the
           Man
           pretends
           to
           be
           offended
           at
           me
           ,
           &
           endeavours
           to
           make
           others
           offended
           too
           ,
           'T
           is
           highly
           fit
           as
           a
           
           Christian-man
           ,
           that
           I
           do
           my
           best
           to
           remove
           the
           Reason
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           shall
           ,
           by
           the
           Help
           of
           Almighty
           God.
           
        
         
         
           First
           then
           ,
           I
           will
           set
           down
           that
           Passage
           of
           mine
           ,
           which
           he
           makes
           the
           Reason
           of
           writing
           his
           Pamphlet
           ,
           &
           annex
           some
           of
           the
           Consequences
           he
           draws
           from
           my
           words
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           would
           render
           them
           and
           me
           Odious
           to
           his
           Reader
           ,
           and
           then
           fall
           to
           my
           Defence
           ,
           which
           will
           not
           be
           difficult
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           not
           tedious
           to
           my
           ingenuous
           and
           inquiring
           Reader
           .
        
         
           No
           Command
           in
           the
           Scripture
           is
           any
           further
           obliging
           upon
           any
           man
           ,
           then
           as
           he
           finds
           a
           Conviction
           upon
           his
           Conscience
           —
           It
           is
           Conviction
           that
           can
           only
           oblige
           to
           Obedience
           —
           When
           any
           man
           is
           convinced
           ,
           that
           was
           commanded
           another
           ,
           is
           required
           of
           him
           ,
           then
           ,
           and
           not
           till
           then
           he
           is
           rightly
           authorized
           to
           perform
           it
           .
        
         
           These
           Parcels
           has
           he
           cull'd
           out
           of
           a
           Book
           of
           mine
           ,
           
           
             Quakerism
             a
             New
             Nick
             Name
             for
             Old
             Christianity
             ,
          
           I
           writ
           in
           Answer
           to
           John
           Faldo's
           Book
           entituled
           ,
           
             Quakerism
             No
             Christianity
          
           .
        
         
           Let
           's
           now
           see
           the
           Use
           he
           makes
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           what
           Language
           he
           makes
           them
           to
           speak
           .
        
         
           That
           this
           Position
           opens
           the
           Flood-gate
           to
           all
           Error
           ,
           Atheism
           ,
           Impiety
           and
           Wickedness
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           is
           the
           Overthrow
           of
           all
           Law
           and
           Government
           ,
           p.
           2
           That
           sins
           of
           Ignorance
           are
           no
           sins
           ;
           for
           all
           Conviction
           is
           by
           Knowledge
           —
           that
           this
           justifies
           Paul
           's
           Blasphemy
           and
           Persecution
           ,
           and
           gross
           sins
           against
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           because
           he
           did
           it
           ignorantly
           ,
           p.
           3.
           
           It
           justifies
           all
           Erronious
           Doctrines
           and
           Practical
           Misapprehensions
           ,
           and
           whatever
           Vices
           lie
           in
           the
           Vnderstandings
           of
           men
           —
           Penn's
           Position
           doth
           justifie
           the
           Irish
           Rebellion
           ,
           the
           French
           Massacre
           ,
           the
           Marian
           Persecution
           ,
           the
           Ten
           Persecutions
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Churches
           ,
           the
           Gunpowder
           Treason
           ,
           
             Judaism
             ,
             Mahometanism
             ,
             Paganism
             ,
             Popery
             ,
          
           and
           all
           Erroneous
           Sects
           and
           Parties
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           with
           all
           their
           False
           Principles
           and
           Practices
           .
           Christ
           saith
           ,
           
             It
             is
             Life
             Eternal
             to
             know
             God
             and
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
          
           John
           17.
           3.
           
           
           Penn's
           Position
           saith
           ,
           If
           you
           are
           ignorant
           and
           unconvinced
           ,
           no
           Law
           can
           lay
           hold
           on
           you
           ,
           if
           you
           be
           deluded
           ,
           and
           practise
           according
           to
           the
           Conviction
           of
           your
           deluded
           Mind
           you
           are
           warranted
           by
           the
           Command
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           do
           all
           center
           in
           Conviction
           ,
           
             p.
             4.
             
             Again
          
           ,
           If
           this
           Position
           
           be
           true
           ,
           then
           Conscience
           and
           Conviction
           is
           God
           ;
           and
           whatever
           Conscience
           sayes
           ,
           must
           be
           done
           ,
           be
           it
           right
           or
           wrong
           ;
           and
           it
           lies
           in
           the
           power
           of
           Conscience
           to
           make
           void
           all
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           do
           what
           it
           pleaseth
           —
           It
           will
           also
           follow
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           the
           most
           free
           from
           Sin
           who
           hath
           the
           most
           feared
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           ready
           Way
           to
           Obedience
           and
           Salvation
           ,
           is
           to
           debauch
           and
           sear
           the
           Conscience
           —
           If
           Conviction
           be
           the
           Ground
           of
           Obedience
           and
           the
           Authority
           of
           Scripture
           depend
           upon
           the
           Rectitude
           and
           Purity
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           then
           all
           Rational
           Laws
           ,
           Order
           and
           Government
           ,
           both
           divine
           and
           human
           ,
           are
           overturned
           ,
           and
           a
           stop
           is
           put
           to
           all
           Religion
           and
           Piety
           towards
           God
           ,
           to
           all
           Conscience
           ,
           Honesty
           and
           Charity
           towards
           Men
           —
           So
           Princes
           and
           Rulers
           may
           command
           and
           make
           never
           so
           good
           Laws
           ,
           Conscience
           may
           come
           and
           say
           ,
           I
           deny
           all
           these
           Laws
           ,
           and
           the
           Maker
           of
           them
           ;
           Children
           may
           refuse
           to
           obey
           Parents
           ;
           Servants
           ,
           Masters
           ,
           and
           Inferiour
           Superiours
           ;
           if
           Conscience
           shall
           be
           unconvinced
           ,
           and
           if
           it
           be
           deluded
           ,
           Subjects
           ,
           may
           murder
           their
           Princes
           ;
           Children
           ,
           their
           Parents
           ;
           Servants
           ,
           their
           Masters
           ;
           one
           Man
           ,
           another
           ;
           there
           can
           be
           no
           Law
           ,
           but
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           whatsoever
           Conscience
           sayes
           must
           stand
           ,
           p.
           5
           ,
           6
           —
           The
           Quakers
           Conscience
           sayes
           one
           Thing
           ,
           the
           Papists
           another
           ,
           the
           Pagans
           ,
           the
           Turks
           ,
           the
           Jews
           ,
           the
           Tyrants
           ,
           the
           Traytors
           ,
           the
           Hereticks
           ,
           the
           Worldlings
           ,
           the
           Hypocrites
           ,
           the
           Proud
           ,
           the
           Adulterers
           Conscience
           ,
           how
           many
           contrary
           Consciences
           are
           these
           ?
           how
           many
           Gods
           shall
           we
           have
           and
           contradictory
           Laws
           ,
           if
           Conscience
           and
           Conviction
           be
           the
           only
           Thing
           which
           obligeth
           to
           Duty
           ,
           
             p.
             6
             ,
             7.
             
             These
             with
             Abundance
             more
             of
             the
             like
             Nature
             are
             the
             Consequence
             he
             rather
             bestows
             upon
             ,
             then
             draws
             from
             my
             Words
             ,
             as
             particularly
             he
             hath
             laid
             them
             down
             ;
             pray
             hear
             his
             Farewel
             after
             such
             a
             violent
             and
             virulent
             Skirmish
             ,
          
           I
           would
           be
           glad
           to
           make
           the
           best
           of
           your
           Position
           ,
           but
           I
           must
           profess
           my
           Conscience
           and
           Conviction
           ,
           p.
           13
           ,
           I
           refer
           my self
           and
           what
           I
           have
           here
           writ
           to
           Impartial
           Censure
           ,
           warning
           and
           entreating
           all
           People
           ,
           as
           they
           love
           their
           Souls
           to
           take
           heed
           of
           Quakerism
           —
           Keep
           your
           Poyson
           to
           your self
           ,
           and
           none
           will
           perish
           by
           it
           but
           your self
           ;
           but
           if
           you
           will
           needs
           vend
           it
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           View
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           such
           at
           least
           as
           know
           the
           English
           Tongue
           ,
           set
           up
           a
           Position
           subverting
           all
           Religion
           ,
           Law
           and
           Government
           ,
           
           and
           levelling
           all
           holy
           and
           profitable
           Rules
           and
           Commands
           to
           Mens
           Lusts
           ,
           leaving
           no
           Man
           in
           the
           World
           under
           any
           Obligation
           ,
           or
           any
           Duty
           to
           God
           or
           Man
           ,
           further
           then
           he
           is
           convinced
           in
           his
           Conscience
           ;
           be
           it
           known
           to
           you
           ,
           that
           Jesus
           Christ
           hath
           his
           Servants
           abroad
           ,
           to
           bear
           Testimony
           for
           him
           against
           such
           
             GOD-BLASPHEMING
             AND
             SOUL-DAMNING
             ERRORS
          
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           repent
           not
           ,
           this
           that
           I
           have
           written
           shall
           rise
           up
           in
           Judgment
           against
           you
           ,
           and
           shall
           be
           an
           Aggravation
           of
           your
           Misery
           in
           that
           Day
           .
        
         
           Prepare
           to
           answer
           the
           righteous
           Judge
           ,
           if
           your
           Conscience
           be
           blinded
           and
           seared
           now
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           open
           and
           awaken
           then
           .
        
         
           This
           Reader
           concludes
           his
           two
           Sheets
           of
           Skirmish
           upon
           me
           :
           But
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           it
           ought
           to
           sound
           very
           strangely
           to
           my
           Reader
           ,
           
             that
             a
             man
             should
             profess
             Conscience
             and
             Conviction
             for
             this
             long
             Anathema
             against
             Conscience
             and
             Conviction
             :
          
           But
           by
           that
           time
           he
           is
           as
           well
           acquainted
           with
           these
           sort
           of
           men
           as
           I
           am
           ,
           he
           will
           leave
           off
           wondring
           that
           such
           men
           contradict
           themselves
           ;
           indeed
           they
           live
           by
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           shall
           I
           do
           or
           say
           to
           this
           Goliah
           ?
           Behold
           the
           Spoil
           of
           his
           Skirmish
           !
           He
           has
           invaded
           my
           Body
           and
           
             Soul
             ,
             Religion
          
           and
           Life
           ;
           these
           he
           thinks
           he
           leads
           away
           in
           Tryumph
           after
           him
           ;
           for
           I
           am
           (
           if
           he
           may
           be
           believed
           )
           by
           my
           Doctrine
           an
           Heretick
           ,
           a
           Blasphemer
           ,
           an
           Atheist
           ,
           a
           Traytor
           ,
           a
           Regicide
           ,
           a
           Paracide
           ,
           a
           Murderer
           of
           my
           Kindred
           and
           Neighbours
           ,
           a
           
             Destroyer
             of
             all
             Government
             Divine
             and
             human
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
             common
             Enemy
             to
             Mankind
             ,
             unfit
             for
             this
             World
             ,
             and
             for
             Heaven
             in
             the
             next
             ,
          
           unless
           I
           repent
           ,
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           very
           questionable
           to
           so
           dissolute
           and
           impious
           a
           Wretch
           ,
           as
           this
           pretended
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           in
           his
           Skirmish
           hath
           been
           pleased
           to
           render
           me
           ;
           what
           remains
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Dogs
           or
           the
           Lyons
           devour
           me
           ,
           the
           Rabble
           or
           Government
           sacrifice
           me
           ?
           I
           am
           only
           fit
           for
           Prey
           ,
           if
           this
           be
           true
           ;
           what
           now
           shall
           I
           do
           ,
           Revile
           him
           ?
           
             by
             no
             Means
          
           ;
           revenge
           my self
           by
           a
           bitter
           and
           invective
           Answer
           ?
           
             no
             such
             Matter
          
           ;
           but
           may
           not
           I
           be
           angry
           with
           him
           ?
           
             not
             a
             Jot
          
           ;
           what
           then
           ?
           
             Pity
             and
             Inform
             him
             ,
             though
             a
             Parson
          
           ;
           I
           think
           so
           too
           ;
           wherefore
           overlooking
           all
           such
           Provocations
           ,
           I
           begin
           and
           proceed
           in
           this
           Method
           .
        
         
         
           First
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           take
           it
           very
           ill
           ,
           in
           Case
           I
           were
           unsound
           in
           any
           one
           Doctrine
           ,
           not
           through
           Inadvertency
           ,
           but
           knowingly
           and
           premeditately
           ,
           that
           he
           without
           any
           further
           Search
           or
           unquestionable
           Proof
           ,
           should
           fault
           and
           impeach
           the
           Way
           I
           profess
           ,
           and
           upbraid
           an
           entire
           People
           with
           my
           Mistake
           ;
           I
           ask
           if
           this
           be
           the
           VVay
           to
           perswade
           me
           that
           he
           is
           a
           true
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           one
           that
           is
           zealous
           to
           promote
           the
           Commandments
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           in
           doing
           this
           hath
           broke
           That
           of
           loving
           his
           Neighbour
           as
           himself
           ,
           and
           doing
           unto
           others
           as
           he
           would
           have
           them
           do
           unto
           him
           ;
           
             William
             Penn
          
           holds
           a
           gross
           Error
           ,
           
             therefore
             the
             People
             call'd
          
           Quakers
           
             and
             the
             Way
             they
             profess
             must
             be
             skirmish'd
             upon
             with
             the
             foul
             Names
             of
             Murderers
             ,
             Rebels
             ,
             Traitors
             ,
             Atheists
             ,
             Heresie
             ,
             Blasphemy
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           What
           Part
           of
           Logick
           or
           Philosophy
           is
           this
           ?
           none
           I
           think
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           there
           is
           neither
           Law
           nor
           Gospel
           for
           it
           ;
           but
           't
           is
           too
           frequent
           with
           many
           to
           live
           in
           the
           Transgression
           of
           those
           Commandments
           they
           verbally
           admire
           ,
           even
           then
           when
           they
           are
           pleading
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           next
           Place
           ,
           I
           must
           needs
           observe
           to
           him
           his
           Disingenuity
           in
           telling
           me
           ,
           
             He
             would
             be
             glad
             to
             make
             the
             best
             of
             my
             Position
             ,
          
           after
           he
           had
           manifestly
           made
           the
           worst
           he
           could
           ,
           his
           two
           Sheets
           being
           stuft
           with
           the
           most
           abominable
           Consequences
           it
           had
           been
           possible
           for
           any
           Man
           to
           invent
           or
           aggravate
           against
           me
           ;
           this
           seems
           to
           be
           a
           Degree
           beyond
           Ignorance
           ,
           and
           looks
           very
           scurvily
           for
           a
           Man
           of
           his
           Function
           and
           Pretences
           ,
           Skirmishing
           laid
           aside
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           which
           weighs
           the
           most
           with
           me
           to
           suspect
           my
           present
           Adversary
           of
           unfair
           Dealing
           (
           to
           let
           such
           Words
           as
           Forgery
           slip
           for
           this
           Time
           )
           is
           his
           taking
           my
           Matter
           to
           Pieces
           ,
           clipping
           Sentences
           ,
           and
           dropping
           that
           by
           the
           Way
           ,
           which
           read
           with
           the
           rest
           would
           in
           my
           Apprehension
           have
           defended
           the
           Passage
           from
           the
           Possibility
           of
           any
           reasonable
           Exception
           .
           Shall
           four
           Lines
           and
           an
           half
           of
           a
           Book
           of
           above
           250
           Pages
           ,
           and
           those
           cull'd
           too
           out
           of
           three
           several
           Places
           ,
           reprobate
           the
           Book
           ,
           the
           Author
           ,
           his
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Body
           of
           People
           he
           relates
           to
           ?
           I
           hope
           he
           has
           so
           much
           Conscience
           and
           Conviction
           left
           upon
           second
           Thoughts
           (
           if
           for
           my
           sake
           he
           is
           not
           out
           of
           Charity
           with
           both
           )
           as
           to
           condemn
           this
           Sort
           of
           proceeding
           with
           us
           ;
           but
           
           perhaps
           he
           will
           tell
           me
           ,
           I
           make
           too
           much
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           but
           a
           Skirmish
           ;
           if
           so
           ,
           then
           no
           Battail
           or
           solid
           Encounter
           of
           both
           Armies
           ,
           and
           if
           not
           ,
           how
           come
           we
           and
           our
           Religion
           to
           be
           defeated
           ,
           and
           taken
           in
           his
           Apprehension
           ;
           doubtless
           this
           must
           go
           but
           for
           a
           Vapour
           ,
           and
           proves
           the
           Parson
           more
           a
           Man
           of
           his
           Words
           then
           of
           his
           Deeds
           .
        
         
           Nor
           is
           this
           all
           the
           Ground
           of
           my
           Jealousie
           ,
           for
           unless
           he
           had
           met
           with
           my
           Book
           by
           Accident
           ,
           and
           had
           cast
           his
           Eye
           only
           on
           those
           three
           Places
           ,
           not
           reading
           what
           went
           before
           ,
           came
           between
           ,
           or
           followed
           after
           ,
           (
           a
           thing
           scarcely
           possible
           )
           and
           upon
           that
           transcient
           Notice
           had
           sally'd
           forth
           ,
           and
           skirmish'd
           upon
           me
           (
           a
           Rashness
           no
           Man
           in
           his
           Wits
           would
           be
           guilty
           of
           )
           or
           that
           when
           he
           had
           fallen
           so
           patly
           on
           those
           three
           places
           ,
           he
           resolved
           to
           see
           no
           more
           for
           Fear
           of
           being
           better
           informed
           ,
           a
           Disingenuity
           greatly
           unbecoming
           a
           Man
           of
           his
           Pretensions
           ,
           it
           must
           and
           will
           follow
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           knowingly
           and
           on
           Purpose
           omit
           both
           giving
           his
           Reader
           the
           Reason
           of
           this
           Part
           of
           the
           Controversie
           between
           me
           and
           
             John
             Faldo
          
           ,
           and
           my
           Sense
           at
           large
           in
           Defense
           of
           our
           first
           Position
           ;
           which
           done
           ,
           would
           have
           sav'd
           him
           the
           Trouble
           and
           Danger
           of
           a
           Skirmish
           ,
           and
           me
           the
           present
           Pains
           of
           giving
           him
           this
           Repulse
           .
           And
           here
           I
           entreat
           the
           Readers
           Patience
           for
           a
           little
           Digression
           ,
           if
           yet
           it
           be
           one
           .
        
         
           
             John
             Faldo
          
           writes
           a
           Book
           call'd
           
             Quakerism
             No
             Christianity
          
           ;
           in
           it
           he
           charges
           the
           People
           call'd
           Quakers
           with
           several
           erroneous
           Principles
           ,
           whereof
           one
           is
           in
           general
           Terms
           ,
           
             That
             we
             deny
             the
             Scriptures
          
           ,
           upon
           this
           he
           bestows
           9
           Chapters
           .
           One
           of
           them
           is
           taken
           up
           with
           this
           Title
           ,
           
             That
             the
          
           Quakers
           
             affirm
             the
             Doctrines
             ,
             Commands
             ,
             Promises
             and
             holy
             Examples
             expressed
             in
             Scriptures
             ,
             as
             such
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             at
             all
             binding
             upon
             them
             .
          
           To
           this
           Book
           I
           return'd
           my
           Answer
           ,
           entituled
           ,
           
             Quakerism
             a
             New
             Nick
             Name
             for
             Old
             Christianity
          
           ;
           I
           follow
           him
           Chapter
           by
           Chapter
           in
           my
           Course
           ,
           I
           undertake
           him
           upon
           this
           Head.
           To
           prove
           his
           Charge
           he
           produces
           a
           Passage
           out
           of
           Edward
           Burrough's
           Writings
           ,
           much
           at
           the
           same
           Rate
           that
           this
           Adversary
           quotes
           me
           ,
           and
           such
           Harmony
           they
           hold
           ,
           that
           they
           fall
           both
           upon
           the
           same
           Construction
           of
           us
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           compared
           Notes
           ,
           or
           had
           abused
           us
           by
           Instinct
           .
           This
           I
           complain
           of
           in
           my
           
           Answer
           to
           
             J.
             F.
          
           how
           comes
           
             J.
             C.
          
           to
           make
           the
           same
           false
           Step
           ,
           and
           yet
           have
           read
           that
           Answer
           ;
           E.
           Burroughs's
           Words
           were
           these
           ,
           as
           cited
           by
           
             J.
             F.
             That
             is
             no
             Command
             of
             God
             to
             me
             ,
             what
             he
             commanded
             to
             another
             ;
             did
             any
             of
             the
             Saints
             which
             we
             read
             of
             act
             by
             the
             Command
             which
             was
             to
             another
             ,
             not
             having
             the
             Command
             to
             themselves
          
           —
           This
           
             J.
             F.
          
           improves
           at
           the
           same
           Rate
           that
           
             J.
             C.
          
           doth
           mine
           ,
           to
           wit
           ;
           
             That
             it
             opens
             a
             Way
             to
             all
             Lewdness
             and
             Impiety
             ,
             and
             hath
             all
             Iniquity
             in
             the
             Womb
             of
             it
             ,
          
           extending
           these
           Words
           to
           all
           Laws
           ,
           which
           (
           as
           I
           make
           appear
           in
           my
           Answer
           ,
           however
           overlookt
           by
           this
           Man
           )
           were
           limited
           by
           
             E.
             B.
          
           and
           me
           to
           
             Temporary
             and
             extraordinary
             Cases
          
           .
        
         
           Had
           
             J.
             F.
          
           been
           quiet
           here
           ,
           I
           could
           have
           hoped
           that
           he
           had
           both
           seen
           and
           sorrowed
           for
           his
           Mistake
           ;
           but
           he
           persists
           in
           his
           horrid
           Abuse
           of
           
             E.
             B.
          
           and
           begins
           at
           the
           same
           Rate
           with
           me
           for
           defending
           him
           ;
           This
           is
           in
           his
           Vindication
           of
           his
           former
           Book
           ,
           to
           which
           I
           Rejoyn
           at
           large
           in
           Defense
           of
           my
           Answer
           ,
           resume
           the
           Controversie
           entirely
           ,
           distinguish
           of
           his
           Fallacies
           and
           Misrepresentations
           ,
           and
           assert
           and
           maintain
           our
           own
           Principles
           ,
           confirming
           them
           with
           some
           Hundreds
           of
           reputed
           Authorities
           ,
           as
           well
           of
           former
           as
           more
           modern
           Ages
           .
           In
           this
           Discourse
           (
           hitherto
           unattempted
           by
           any
           )
           I
           make
           a
           further
           Defense
           of
           E.
           B's
           and
           my
           own
           Sense
           from
           J.
           F's
           Mis-construction
           ,
           which
           it
           had
           become
           this
           pretended
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           to
           have
           consulted
           ,
           before
           he
           had
           engaged
           himself
           upon
           so
           strange
           a
           Skirmish
           .
        
         
           That
           this
           Injury
           done
           me
           may
           more
           distinctly
           appear
           ,
           I
           shall
           here
           set
           down
           once
           more
           (
           I
           hope
           without
           Offence
           to
           the
           Reader
           )
           the
           present
           Parson's
           Text
           ,
           not
           his
           Sermon
           ,
           that
           's
           too
           tedious
           .
        
         
           —
           No
           Command
           in
           the
           Scripture
           is
           any
           further
           obliging
           upon
           any
           Man
           ,
           then
           as
           he
           finds
           a
           Conviction
           upon
           his
           Conscience
           —
           It
           is
           Conviction
           that
           can
           only
           oblige
           to
           Obedience
           —
           When
           any
           Man
           is
           convinced
           that
           what
           was
           commanded
           another
           is
           required
           of
           him
           ,
           then
           ,
           and
           not
           till
           then
           he
           is
           rightly
           authorized
           to
           perform
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           omit
           to
           mention
           his
           Comment
           ;
           but
           every
           Thing
           that
           is
           
           vicious
           ,
           prophane
           and
           diabolical
           he
           makes
           to
           follow
           upon
           those
           Premises
           .
        
         
           That
           my
           Reader
           may
           the
           better
           see
           whether
           my
           Matter
           and
           Design
           at
           large
           merits
           any
           such
           Constructions
           ,
           I
           chuse
           to
           insert
           ,
           and
           that
           as
           the
           best
           and
           briefest
           Way
           ,
           the
           5th
           Chapter
           of
           my
           Rejoynder
           to
           
             J.
             Faldo
          
           ,
           which
           contains
           his
           Charge
           and
           Proof
           ,
           my
           Answer
           (
           thus
           pared
           and
           patched
           by
           
             J.
             C.
          
           )
           his
           Reply
           ,
           and
           my
           Rejoynder
           ,
           as
           a
           more
           compleat
           Defence
           of
           E.
           B's
           and
           my
           Assertion
           against
           the
           vile
           Interpretations
           of
           
             J.
             Faldo
          
           ,
           so
           dexterously
           followed
           by
           
             J.
             C.
          
           and
           therefore
           equally
           fit
           for
           him
           .
        
         
           Here
           follows
           the
           5th
           Chapter
           of
           my
           Rejoynder
           to
           
             J.
             F.
          
           containing
           a
           Vindication
           of
           my
           Doctrine
           from
           any
           such
           Evil
           Consequences
           as
           are
           by
           
             I.
             C.
          
           charged
           upon
           it
           ,
           with
           this
           further
           Advertisement
           ,
           that
           the
           Reader
           observe
           ,
           that
           those
           Lines
           of
           Capital
           Letters
           are
           the
           Passages
           quoted
           by
           
             I.
             C.
          
           and
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           my
           Answer
           in
           the
           Common
           Letter
           ,
           with
           Comma's
           on
           the
           sides
           ,
           herein
           recited
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           ,
           is
           wilfully
           omitted
           by
           my
           Adversary
           :
           also
           the
           Reader
           is
           desired
           to
           consider
           of
           the
           Marginal
           Notes
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           will
           be
           help't
           to
           understand
           the
           Disingenuity
           of
           
             I.
             C.
          
           against
           me
           ,
           my
           Friends
           ,
           and
           our
           holy
           Profession
           .
        
         
           
           
             Of
             Scripture-Commands
             ,
             what
             are
             binding
             ,
             and
             what
             not
             .
             Our
             Adversary's
             Disingenuity
             observed
             .
          
           
             BUt
             however
             ,
             
             he
             has
             fail'd
             in
             his
             last
             Chapter
             ,
             doubtless
             he
             thinks
             he
             has
             done
             my
             Business
             in
             this
             ;
             he
             begins
             like
             himself
             .
          
           
             Rep.
             My
             Charge
             and
             Argument
             in
             this
             Chapter
             is
             ,
             The
             Quakers
             affirm
             the
             Doctrines
             ,
             Commands
             ,
             Promises
             ,
             holy
             Examples
             expressed
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             as
             such
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             at
             all
             binding
             to
             us
             ;
             such
             an
             Argument
             ,
             and
             so
             proved
             by
             me
             
               (
               mark
               Reader
            
             )
             as
             a
             Thousand
             Penns
             can
             never
             invalid
             it
             .
          
           
             Rejoyn
             .
             What
             can
             there
             be
             more
             conceited
             then
             this
             ?
             He
             must
             live
             very
             lonely
             and
             far
             from
             Neighbours
             ,
             that
             proclaims
             so
             much
             Praise
             to
             himself
             ,
             and
             have
             wonderful
             Confidence
             to
             bid
             Defiance
             so
             vainly
             to
             others
             .
          
           
             Reader
             ,
             I
             beseech
             thee
             ,
             for
             the
             Truth
             's
             sake
             ,
             on
             whose
             side
             soever
             thou
             shalt
             find
             it
             to
             be
             ,
             to
             examine
             with
             all
             Impartiallity
             his
             Charge
             ,
             our
             Answer
             ;
             his
             Reply
             ,
             and
             our
             Rejoynder
             :
             If
             his
             Honesty
             ,
             Reason
             and
             Justice
             hold
             any
             Proportion
             to
             his
             great
             Confidence
             ,
             we
             yield
             ;
             But
             if
             upon
             an
             impartial
             Consideration
             he
             shall
             be
             found
             to
             clip
             and
             pervert
             our
             Matter
             ,
             and
             to
             shuffle
             with
             us
             in
             his
             own
             ,
             once
             do
             a
             poor
             People
             Right
             ,
             in
             giving
             Judgment
             against
             this
             horrible
             Injustice
             .
          
           
             The
             Charge
             
               thou
               hast
               heard
               ;
               the
            
             Proof
             
               was
               this
            
             ,
             That
             is
             no
             Command
             of
             God
             to
             me
             ,
             
             what
             he
             commanded
             to
             another
             :
             Did
             any
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
             which
             we
             read
             of
             ,
             act
             by
             that
             Command
             which
             was
             to
             another
             ,
             not
             having
             the
             Command
             to
             themselve
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Now
             ,
             before
             I
             give
             my
             Answer
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             set
             down
             in
             my
             Book
             ,
             I
             shall
             insert
             his
             Quotation
             of
             my
             Answer
             .
          
           
             Rep
             ,
             To
             this
             saith
             P.
             I
             answer
             briefly
             and
             plainly
             ,
             and
             he
             is
             as
             good
             as
             his
             word
             .
             No
             Commands
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             in
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             
             are
             any
             further
             obliging
             upon
             any
             Man
             ,
             then
             as
             he
             finds
             a
             Conviction
             upon
             his
             Conscience
             ,
             otherwise
             men
             should
             be
             engaged
             without
             ,
             if
             not
             against
             Conviction
             ;
             a
             thing
             unreasonable
             in
             a
             Man.
             
          
           
           
             Rejoyn
             .
             He
             has
             a
             notable
             way
             of
             Contracting
             his
             Adversary's
             Answers
             ;
             I
             will
             set
             down
             what
             I
             writ
             ,
             faithfully
             ,
             plainly
             and
             briefly
             .
          
           
             
               Edward
               Burroughs's
               Expression
               may
               be
               taken
               two
               wayes
               ,
               and
               both
               safe
               enough
               to
               the
               Honour
               and
               Credit
               of
               the
               Scripture
               ,
               
               though
               not
               to
               the
               Charity
               or
               Honesty
               of
               
                 J.
                 Faldo
              
               .
               Now
               follows
               that
               part
               he
               cited
               .
               NO
               COMMAND
               IN
               THE
               SCRIPTURE
               IS
               ANY
               FURTHER
               OBLIGING
               UPON
               ANY
               MAN
               ,
               THEN
               AS
               HE
               FINDS
               A
               CONVICTION
               UPON
               HIS
               CONSCIENCE
               ,
               a
               otherwise
               Men
               should
               be
               engaged
               without
               ,
               if
               not
               against
               Conviction
               ,
               a
               thing
               Unreasonable
               in
               a
               Man
               ;
               Therefore
               the
               Apostle
               ,
               when
               he
               wrote
               to
               the
               Church
               exhorted
               them
               ,
               not
               to
               do
               those
               things
               whereof
               they
               were
               b
               ashamed
               ,
               to
               shun
               what
               was
               manifested
               to
               be
               Evil
               ;
               and
               affirms
               ,
               
                 that
                 whatever
                 might
                 be
                 known
                 of
                 God
                 was
                 manifested
                 within
                 ,
                 for
                 God
                 had
                 shown
                 is
                 unto
                 them
                 .
              
               c
               SO
               THAT
               CONVICTION
               CAN
               ONLY
               OBLIGE
               TO
               OBEDIENCE
               :
               and
               since
               what
               works
               that
               Conviction
               is
               the
               
                 manifesting
                 Light
                 ,
                 universal
                 Grace
                 ,
                 or
                 quickning
                 Spirit
                 in
                 the
                 Heart
                 of
                 Mankind
                 ,
              
               it
               follows
               ,
               that
               
                 the
                 principal
                 Ground
                 for
                 our
                 Faith
                 in
                 the
                 
                 Scriptures
                 ,
                 and
                 Reason
                 of
                 our
                 Obedience
                 to
                 the
                 holy
                 Precepts
                 therein
                 contained
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 Manifestation
                 ,
                 Conviction
                 and
                 secret
                 drawing
                 of
                 the
                 Light
                 or
                 Spirit
                 of
                 God
                 in
                 the
                 Conscience
                 :
              
               And
               thus
               E
               B's
               words
               are
               sound
               and
               scriptural
               ,
               for
               the
               Scriptures
               are
               chiefly
               believed
               to
               be
               true
               upon
               Conviction
               ,
               therefore
               every
               Practice
               therein
               ;
               AND
               WHEN
               ANY
               MAN
               IS
               CONVINCED
               ,
               THAT
               WHAT
               WAS
               COMMANDED
               ANOTHER
               ,
               IS
               REQUIRED
               OF
               HIM
               THEN
               ,
               AND
               NOT
               TILL
               THEN
               ,
               HE
               IS
               RIGHTLY
               AUTHORIZED
               TO
               PERFORM
               IT
               .
               Again
               ,
               Such
               Commands
               either
               relate
               to
               Ordinary
               or
               
                 Extraordinary
                 Cases
              
               ;
               d
               By
               
                 Ordinary
                 Cases
              
               I
               mean
               ,
               such
               as
               chiefly
               concern
               Faith
               and
               
                 holy
                 Life
              
               ,
               which
               are
               general
               ,
               permanent
               and
               indispensible
               ,
               and
               then
               I
               deny
               his
               Consequence
               .
               By
               
                 Extraordinary
                 Cases
              
               I
               understand
               Moses
               
                 's
                 going
                 to
              
               Pharaoh
               ,
               
                 the
                 Prophets
                 several
                 manneres
                 of
                 Appearance
                 to
                 the
                 Kings
                 ,
                 Priests
                 and
                 People
                 of
              
               Israel
               ,
               
                 with
                 other
                 Temporary
                 Commands
                 ,
                 relating
                 to
                 outward
                 services
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               c
               And
               so
               we
               say
               ,
               that
               what
               is
               commanded
               One
               Man
               ,
               
                 is
                 not
                 binding
                 ,
                 as
                 such
                 upon
                 another
                 :
              
               But
               when
               the
               Lord
               shall
               say
               ,
               
                 If
                 thou
                 sinnest
                 ,
                 thou
                 shalt
                 dye
                 ;
                 If
                 thou
                 keepest
                 my
                 Commands
                 ,
                 thou
                 shalt
                 ●ive
                 ;
                 Be
                 ye
                 holy
                 ,
                 for
                 I
                 the
                 
                 Lord
                 your
                 God
                 am
                 holy
                 ;
                 —
                 For
                 your selves
                 KNOW
                 YE
                 NOT
                 how
                 ye
                 ought
                 to
                 follow
                 us
                 ,
                 &
                 c
                 ?
              
               I
               say
               ,
               these
               Precepts
               and
               Examples
               are
               obliging
               upon
               all
               ;
               why
               ?
               because
               they
               more
               or
               less
               meet
               with
               a
               Conviction
               In
               the
               Consciences
               of
               all
               :
               For
               I
               am
               perswaded
               ,
               none
               that
               has
               a
               reasonable
               Soul
               ,
               who
               has
               not
               f
               out-lived
               his
               Day
               ,
               but
               would
               readily
               say
               ,
               These
               are
               true
               and
               weighty
               Sayings
               ;
               
                 For
                 Faith
                 in
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 holy
                 self-denying
                 Life
                 ,
                 are
                 necessary
                 both
                 to
                 Temporal
                 &
                 Eternal
                 Happiness
                 .
              
            
          
           
             It
             was
             ,
             Reader
             ,
             to
             this
             sober
             Answer
             he
             slung
             out
             his
             foregoing
             Rant
             ,
             and
             makes
             this
             following
             Comment
             and
             Reply
             ,
             Viz.
             says
             
               J.
               Faldo
            
             .
          
           
             Rep.
             They
             are
             no
             Commands
             unless
             we
             think
             so
             .
             'T
             is
             no
             sin
             to
             break
             all
             the
             Commands
             in
             the
             Bible
             ,
             if
             our
             Consciences
             can
             be
             so
             blind
             ,
             dead
             or
             hardened
             as
             not
             to
             tell
             us
             ,
             't
             is
             a
             sin
             .
             They
             who
             thought
             they
             did
             God
             good
             service
             in
             killing
             his
             Servants
             did
             not
             sin
             in
             the
             least
             ,
             because
             they
             were
             not
             convinced
             of
             a
             Command
             to
             the
             contrary
             .
             To
             vindicate
             my
             whole
             Chapter
             concerning
             the
             Scriptures
             .
             'T
             is
             a
             Principle
             that
             hath
             all
             g
             Iniquity
             in
             the
             Womb
             of
             it
             .
             Who
             can
             find
             Names
             for
             such
             Impious
             Principles
             ?
             Pen●
             hath
             opposed
             ,
             scorned
             the
             Truth
             ,
             vilified
             its
             Teachers
             and
             Defenders
             ,
             so
             as
             scarce
             never
             Man
             did
             ;
             vented
             the
             most
             pernicious
             Errors
             ,
             told
             abundance
             of
             those
             things
             that
             are
             known
             to
             himself
             to
             be
             False
             .
          
           
           
             
               Rejoyn
               .
               Reader
            
             ,
             This
             is
             all
             the
             Justice
             and
             Reason
             I
             can
             have
             from
             this
             
               pretended
               meek
               and
               suffering
               Nonconforming
               Parson
               .
            
             What
             would
             such
             men
             do
             ,
             had
             they
             as
             much
             Power
             as
             Anger
             ?
             But
             I
             shall
             leave
             him
             with
             his
             Pride
             &
             Passion
             Is
             there
             any
             thing
             more
             clear
             then
             that
             he
             extends
             the
             words
             of
             
               E.
               Burroughs
            
             to
             
               Ordinary
               Cases
            
             ,
             which
             were
             wholely
             writ
             about
             Extraordinary
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             takes
             no
             more
             notice
             of
             my
             Distinction
             ,
             then
             if
             there
             had
             been
             none
             made
             ?
             As
             if
             it
             had
             been
             formerly
             an
             equal
             Sin
             for
             any
             
               not
               to
               be
               Circumcised
            
             ,
             and
             to
             h
             
               Murder
               his
               Father
               or
               Prince
            
             ;
             or
             that
             there
             was
             the
             same
             Conviction
             universally
             upon
             the
             Consciences
             of
             all
             Men
             ,
             
               not
               to
               wear
               ●insey
               .
               Wolsey
               ,
            
             
             
               as
               to
               do
               by
               others
               as
               they
               would
               have
               others
               do
               to
               them
               .
            
          
           
             That
             what
             we
             say
             was
             E.
             Burroughs's
             Meaning
             his
             own
             Words
             undeniably
             prove
             :
             
               One
               ,
               sayes
               he
               ,
               was
               sent
               to
               i
               baptize
               ,
               and
               another
               to
               preach
               the
               Gospel
               :
            
             which
             were
             particular
             and
             extraordinary
             Commands
             .
             He
             clearly
             shuffles
             and
             evades
             the
             dint
             of
             my
             Answer
             ,
             &
             would
             run
             us
             within
             the
             Borders
             of
             Rantism
             .
             The
             k
             Question
             is
             not
             ,
             
               Are
               God's
               Commands
               no
               Commands
               ,
               unless
               we
               think
               so
               ,
               and
               therefore
               no
               sin
               to
               break
               all
               the
               Commands
               in
               the
               Bible
            
             (
             which
             is
             the
             Comment
             he
             bestows
             upon
             us
             )
             but
             whether
             
             this
             or
             that
             especial
             Injunction
             to
             any
             Particular
             Person
             or
             Persons
             ,
             to
             this
             or
             that
             peculiar
             End
             ,
             be
             warrantably
             immitable
             ,
             without
             sufficient
             Conviction
             and
             Commission
             :
             Must
             J.
             F.
             Baptize
             because
             John
             Baptized
             ?
             or
             turn
             Preacher
             because
             Peter
             was
             one
             ?
             
               E.
               B.
            
             only
             denyed
             Imitation
             of
             Ancient
             Times
             in
             Temporary
             and
             Shadowy
             Services
             ,
             and
             all
             those
             Preachings
             ,
             Prayings
             ,
             Ordinances
             and
             Churches
             ,
             that
             have
             not
             (
             as
             
               Peter
               Martyr
            
             well
             expresses
             it
             )
             
               the
               holy
               Spirit
               for
               th●ir
               Root
               .
            
             So
             that
             instead
             of
             his
             holding
             a
             Principle
             that
             hath
             all
             Iniquity
             in
             the
             Womb
             of
             it
             ,
             
               John
               Faldo
            
             first
             perverts
             his
             words
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             confute
             them
             both
             implyes
             a
             Denyal
             of
             the
             holy
             Spirit
             to
             be
             the
             only
             right
             Leader
             to
             the
             Performance
             of
             Gospel
             prayer
             ,
             Preaching
             and
             Ordinances
             ,
             and
             of
             gathering
             of
             Evangelical
             Churches
             ,
             and
             does
             as
             good
             as
             tell
             us
             ,
             that
             Gods
             Commandments
             are
             such
             to
             him
             ,
             not
             because
             of
             any
             Conviction
             in
             himself
             of
             the
             Justness
             of
             them
             ,
             but
             from
             the
             Testimony
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             which
             for
             all
             his
             high
             Boasts
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             is
             a
             State
             far
             beneath
             those
             
               noble
               Gentiles
            
             ,
             who
             
               not
               having
               an
               outward
               Law
               ,
               were
               a
               Law
               unto
               themselves
               ,
               having
               the
               Effect
               of
               it
               written
               in
               their
               Hearts
               ,
               their
               Conscience
               hearing
               witness
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             And
             this
             we
             may
             boldly
             say
             ,
             That
             
               such
               as
               ever
               acted
               from
               that
               inward
               Sense
               ,
               never
               thought
               they
               did
               God
               good
               Service
               in
               Killing
               his
               Servants
               ,
            
             whilst
             great
             Admirers
             of
             the
             Letter
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             and
             who
             ,
             as
             concerning
             this
             Commandment
             ,
             
               Thou
               shalt
               not
               Murder
            
             ,
             thought
             themselves
             most
             unblameable
             ,
             believed
             ,
             
               They
               did
               God
               good
               service
               in
               killing
               his
               Servants
               .
            
          
           
             Nor
             can
             I
             think
             it
             so
             great
             a
             Disgrace
             to
             our
             Cause
             ,
             that
             we
             ingenuously
             profess
             the
             Reason
             why
             we
             desire
             to
             fear
             God
             ,
             and
             keep
             his
             Commandments
             ,
             doing
             unto
             others
             as
             we
             would
             have
             them
             do
             unto
             us
             ,
             
               not
               so
               much
               to
               be
               from
               the
               Letter
               of
               the
               Scripture
               ,
               as
               the
               Convictions
               of
               the
               Eternal
               Light
               and
               Spirit
               of
               God
               in
               our
               Consciences
            
             ;
             as
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             unto
             
               John
               Faldo
            
             and
             Adherents
             ,
             who
             ground
             their
             Obedience
             upon
             his
             the
             Letter
             of
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             not
             upon
             such
             internal
             
             Convictions
             .
             What
             is
             it
             but
             to
             say
             ,
             They
             could
             
               Lye
               ,
               Swear
               ,
               Steal
               ,
               Kill
               ,
               &c.
            
             l
             
               without
               any
               Remorse
            
             ,
             did
             they
             not
             find
             such
             Injunctions
             and
             Prohibitions
             upon
             record
             ?
             A
             Consequence
             so
             detestable
             ,
             yet
             so
             natural
             to
             their
             Principles
             ,
             that
             if
             this
             render
             them
             not
             able
             Guides
             to
             the
             very
             Confines
             of
             Rantism
             and
             Atheism
             ,
             I
             shall
             gladly
             ask
             an
             Excuse
             for
             my
             Ignorance
             .
             But
             that
             I
             may
             l●ave
             nothing
             undone
             that
             may
             compleat
             the
             Satisfaction
             of
             every
             moderate
             Inquirer
             ,
             I
             shall
             further
             weigh
             and
             rejoyn
             to
             these
             words
             of
             his
             .
          
           
             They
             who
             thought
             they
             did
             God
             good
             Service
             in
             killing
             his
             Servants
             ,
             did
             not
             sin
             in
             the
             least
             ,
             because
             they
             were
             not
             convinced
             of
             a
             Command
             to
             the
             contrary
             ;
             nor
             the
             Idolaters
             in
             the
             case
             of
             Baal
             ,
             because
             they
             thought
             Baal
             to
             be
             a
             God
             indeed
             .
          
           
             Now
             ,
             Reader
             ,
             observe
             the
             Evasion
             :
             m
             This
             Passage
             relates
             not
             to
             Men's
             practising
             
               what
               God
               commands
            
             ,
             or
             our
             Tenderness
             in
             imitating
             other
             Saints
             without
             Commission
             ,
             for
             fear
             we
             should
             offer
             strang
             Fire
             ,
             which
             is
             our
             Question
             ;
             but
             their
             doing
             that
             which
             
               God
               never
               commanded
            
             ,
             yea
             ,
             
               which
               Mankind
               in
               all
               Ages
               hath
               adjudged
               impious
               ,
            
             and
             which
             to
             be
             sure
             ,
             his
             Holy
             Spirit
             ,
             that
             
               E.
               B.
            
             said
             :
             All
             men
             should
             wait
             to
             be
             convinced
             ,
             assisted
             and
             led
             by
             in
             fulfilling
             God's
             Commandments
             ,
             never
             moved
             any
             to
             .
             He
             unworthily
             draws
             a
             general
             Conclusion
             against
             us
             from
             meer
             particular
             Premises
             .
             It
             seems
             men
             are
             to
             act
             without
             ,
             if
             not
             against
             Conviction
             ,
             upon
             his
             principle
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             is
             the
             same
             thing
             with
             him
             ,
             to
             commit
             moral
             Enormities
             from
             an
             Hardned
             Heart
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             tender
             of
             taking
             up
             any
             external
             Practice
             ,
             or
             performing
             
             some
             Religious
             Duty
             ▪
             without
             the
             Convictions
             and
             Leadings
             of
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             .
             The
             Apostle
             said
             to
             such
             as
             had
             not
             as
             yet
             so
             full
             clearness
             as
             others
             ,
             
             That
             
               if
               any
               were
               otherwise
               minded
               ,
               God
               would
               reveal
               it
               .
            
             He
             did
             not
             injoyn
             them
             ,
             during
             that
             Scruple
             ,
             to
             believe
             or
             practise
             the
             thing
             doubted
             ;
             but
             therefore
             did
             Persecutors
             act
             inexcusably
             in
             their
             fiery
             Zeal
             ,
             because
             their
             blind
             Consciences
             checkt
             them
             not
             .
             Again
             ,
             If
             Blindness
             came
             from
             Education
             it
             is
             ●though
             Blindness
             still
             (
             and
             therefore
             it
             was
             basely
             done
             of
             
               I.
               Faldo
            
             to
             say
             in
             our
             Names
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             not
             Sin
             in
             the
             least
             ,
             &c.
             )
             more
             excusable
             :
             for
             in
             the
             Dayes
             of
             such
             Ignorance
             God
             winks
             :
             But
             if
             it
             be
             a
             n
             
               Blindness
               ,
               proceeding
               from
               long
               Disobedience
               and
               Rebellion
               against
               the
               Convictions
               and
               Strivings
               of
               the
               good
               Spirit
               of
               God
               ,
            
             as
             his
             word
             Hardned
             implies
             ,
             then
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             only
             very
             hainous
             in
             Gods
             Sight
             ,
             but
             those
             Persons
             can
             never
             be
             excus'd
             neither
             from
             great
             Guilt
             ,
             nor
             the
             Sense
             of
             it
             in
             themselves
             ,
             let
             them
             or
             
               I.
               F.
            
             talk
             never
             so
             much
             of
             Conscience
             .
          
           
             Besides
             ,
             the
             most
             Essential
             ,
             and
             Universally
             Necessary
             Commands
             of
             God
             were
             through
             all
             Ages
             confest
             to
             ;
             both
             before
             there
             was
             any
             of
             those
             Writings
             ,
             we
             rightly
             call
             the
             
               Scriptures
               of
               Truth
            
             ,
             from
             the
             
               Law
               of
               Nature
            
             ,
             as
             many
             stile
             it
             ,
             or
             rather
             ,
             the
             
               Law
               of
               God
               placed
               in
               Man's
               Nature
               ,
            
             and
             since
             ,
             where
             they
             have
             never
             been
             ;
             Therefore
             whatever
             
               particular
               hardned
               and
               seared
               Consciences
            
             may
             say
             ,
             we
             have
             the
             Consent
             of
             Mankind
             ,
             and
             their
             own
             Rebellion
             and
             Lewdness
             against
             them
             .
             But
             the
             Words
             of
             
               J.
               Faldo
            
             in
             plain
             terms
             import
             ,
             as
             if
             ,
             1st
             ,
             Men
             were
             not
             generally
             convinced
             of
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             the
             Moral
             Commands
             of
             God
             ;
             but
             that
             Men
             keep
             them
             because
             they
             are
             in
             the
             Bible
             only
             ;
             which
             runs
             against
             
             the
             Testimony
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             the
             Consent
             of
             Ages
             ,
             and
             the
             Writings
             and
             Judgment
             of
             the
             most
             Honest
             and
             Learn'd
             
               Protestants
               .
               2ly
            
             ,
             As
             if
             it
             were
             a
             like
             Evil
             ,
             Conscientiously
             to
             forbear
             Running
             ,
             Willing
             and
             Striving
             in
             Matters
             of
             Worship
             without
             the
             Spirit
             's
             Conduct
             ,
             and
             
               scared●y
               to
               plead
               for
               the
               Commission
               of
               Murder
               and
               Idolatry
               ,
            
             because
             Men
             of
             such
             Consciences
             bogle
             not
             at
             it
             (
             though
             that
             is
             more
             then
             
               J.
               F.
            
             can
             prove
             ,
             I
             mean
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             no
             Stroak
             or
             Remorse
             )
             3ly
             ,
             As
             if
             we
             could
             Worship
             ,
             Preach
             ,
             gather
             Churches
             ,
             and
             administer
             Gospel-Ordinances
             aright
             without
             the
             Spirit
             .
             4ly
             ,
             That
             he
             is
             not
             convinced
             by
             any
             other
             Testimony
             then
             the
             Scripture
             without
             ,
             of
             any
             Transgression
             against
             God's
             Law.
             5ly
             ,
             It
             supposes
             that
             if
             Men
             stay'd
             till
             the
             Spirit
             mov'd
             ,
             they
             should
             stay
             long
             enough
             (
             who
             vainly
             prate
             of
             Praying
             by
             the
             Spirit
             notwithstanding
             )
             never
             considering
             that
             the
             Spirit
             standeth
             ready
             to
             Reveal
             it self
             to
             their
             Assistance
             and
             Assurance
             who
             wait
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             the
             
               Children
               of
               God
               are
               led
               by
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               ,
            
             which
             being
             our
             Position
             ,
             had
             it
             but
             been
             weighed
             by
             this
             Adversary
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             (
             methinks
             )
             be
             so
             unjust
             in
             his
             Aggravations
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             true
             ,
             should
             we
             believe
             as
             he
             doth
             ,
             
               the
               Spirit
               is
               not
               to
               be
               waited
               for
               now
               adayes
               to
               lead
               us
               ,
            
             or
             that
             
               it
               is
               not
               ready
               to
               our
               Information
               ,
               when
               we
               wait
               for
               its
               Discoveries
               and
               Leadings
               ,
            
             our
             Assertion
             would
             look
             very
             absurd
             and
             loose
             ;
             for
             it
             were
             to
             let
             fall
             all
             Worship
             ,
             but
             not
             upon
             our
             own
             Principle
             ,
             as
             I
             said
             before
             ;
             for
             first
             ,
             all
             Worship
             to
             God
             ought
             to
             be
             performed
             by
             the
             Assistance
             of
             his
             holy
             Spirit
             ;
             for
             of
             our selves
             we
             can
             do
             nothing
             that
             is
             good
             :
             And
             secondly
             ,
             God's
             Spirit
             is
             ready
             to
             assist
             ,
             instruct
             and
             comfort
             those
             that
             wait
             diligently
             and
             patiently
             for
             it
             ;
             yea
             ,
             God
             hath
             given
             it
             to
             the
             Rebellious
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             judge
             them
             ,
             if
             it
             do
             not
             lead
             them
             .
             It
             is
             such
             Protestant
             Doctrine
             ,
             that
             I
             wonder
             Men
             should
             not
             know
             their
             admited
             Ancestors
             Faith
             when
             they
             meet
             it
             :
             Oh
             great
             Degeneration
             into
             Hardness
             &
             Ignorance
             !
             Lastly
             ,
             There
             is
             the
             same
             to
             be
             said
             against
             him
             that
             pretends
             to
             ground
             all
             upon
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             that
             he
             objects
             against
             us
             ,
             who
             plead
             for
             the
             Conviction
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             which
             the
             Instance
             of
             the
             
               Jews
               Murder
               of
               our
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
            
             unanswerably
             proves
             .
             There
             was
             a
             Law
             ,
             that
             
               Blasphemers
               should
               be
               
               put
               to
               Death
            
             ;
             by
             this
             Law
             they
             apprehended
             Jesus
             ,
             adjudged
             and
             got
             him
             to
             be
             executed
             :
             These
             Men
             above
             any
             Age
             exalted
             the
             Scriptures
             as
             the
             Only
             Rule
             .
             Where
             lyes
             the
             Mistake
             ?
             Not
             in
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             but
             in
             their
             blind
             and
             envious
             Application
             of
             it
             .
             Now
             I
             ask
             ,
             if
             the
             only
             Way
             for
             them
             to
             have
             come
             to
             the
             true
             Sense
             and
             Knowledge
             of
             him
             ,
             and
             escaped
             that
             Wicked
             Murder
             and
             the
             deplorable
             Consequences
             of
             it
             had
             not
             been
             
               to
               have
               waited
               upon
               God
               for
               the
            
             o
             
               Conviction
               ,
               Discoveries
               ,
               and
               Guidance
               of
               his
               holy
               Spirit
               ,
            
             since
             Flesh
             and
             Blood
             and
             the
             utmost
             Wit
             of
             Man
             ,
             with
             the
             Exactness
             of
             the
             meer
             Letter
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             could
             never
             give
             the
             certain
             discerning
             ,
             Knowledge
             and
             Savour
             of
             him
             unto
             that
             Generation
             ,
             whose
             very
             Words
             themselves
             were
             Spirit
             and
             Life
             ?
             It
             was
             by
             a
             Divine
             Touch
             ,
             Sense
             and
             Knowledge
             given
             from
             above
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             truly
             discern'd
             ,
             own'd
             and
             follow'd
             of
             those
             that
             believ'd
             in
             him
             ,
             and
             clear
             ved
             to
             him
             ;
             p
             therefore
             said
             Christ
             ,
             
               No
               man
               cometh
               to
               me
               but
               whom
               my
               Father
               draweth
               :
            
             Where
             was
             that
             Drawing
             but
             within
             .
             Again
             ,
             
               Simon
               Peter
               ,
               Flesh
               and
               Blood
               hath
               not
               revealed
            
             (
             what
             ?
             who
             I
             am
             )
             
               but
               my
               Father
               that
               is
               in
               Heaven
               .
            
             So
             that
             at
             last
             ,
             
               Men
               must
               come
               to
               this
               Spiritual
               Sense
               in
               themselves
               ,
               to
               understand
               and
               apply
               the
               very
               Commands
               of
               Scripture
            
             ;
             otherwise
             ,
             not
             Justice
             ,
             but
             detestable
             Murder
             may
             under
             the
             Name
             
             of
             it
             be
             confidently
             perpetrated
             ;
             Wherefore
             we
             Exhort
             all
             ,
             
               To
               have
               Recourse
               unto
               God's
               Spirit
               ,
            
             that
             illuminates
             certainly
             ,
             and
             gives
             to
             act
             unblameably
             ,
             
               by
               which
               the
               Scriptures
               are
               only
               understood
               as
               they
               should
               be
               ,
               &
               People
               brought
               into
               the
               Possession
               of
               that
               Life
               of
               Righteousness
               ,
               they
               plentifully
               declare
               of
               .
            
             Had
             it
             not
             been
             for
             this
             
               inward
               Discerning
            
             ,
             there
             had
             been
             no
             
               Ground
               for
               the
               Abolishment
               of
               the
               whole
            
             Jewish
             Service
             ,
             which
             followed
             some
             Years
             after
             Christ's
             Ascension
             .
             And
             it
             is
             the
             same
             Eternal
             Spirit
             that
             is
             the
             great
             Rule
             and
             Judge
             now
             ,
             which
             
               God
               promised
            
             more
             particularly
             
               to
               shed
               abroad
               in
               the
               latter
               Dayes
            
             ;
             and
             is
             the
             great
             inseparable
             Priviledge
             from
             the
             New
             and
             Everlasting
             Covenant
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             conclude
             ,
             Why
             should
             it
             seem
             so
             Heterodox
             in
             J.
             Faldo's
             Judgment
             ,
             since
             if
             Men
             believe
             the
             Scripture
             upon
             the
             Testimony
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             they
             practise
             it
             by
             the
             Knowledge
             and
             Power
             of
             the
             same
             ;
             How
             else
             could
             Paul
             have
             decry'd
             Jewish
             Ceremonies
             ;
             or
             we
             know
             ,
             what
             to
             take
             ,
             and
             what
             to
             leave
             ?
             Or
             why
             do
             we
             omit
             any
             Command
             therein
             mentioned
             ?
             
               They
               Circumcised
               ,
               therefore
               must
               I
               Circumcise
               ?
               They
               Baptized
               ,
               must
               I
               therefore
               Baptize
               ?
            
             with
             forty
             more
             particular
             Cases
             ,
             wherein
             nothing
             can
             secure
             any
             from
             the
             Imitation
             of
             them
             ,
             
               set
               Conviction
               or
               Spiritual
               Discerning
               aside
               .
            
             I
             will
             offer
             two
             or
             three
             Testimonies
             from
             approved
             Men
             in
             our
             Defence
             .
          
           
             William
             Tindal
             ,
             
               that
               ancient
               faithful
            
             Protestant
             Martyr
             ,
             whom
             J.
             Fox
             ,
             
               that
               writ
               the
               Books
               of
               Martyrs
               ,
               calls
               ,
            
             
             the
             English
             Apostle
             ,
             
               speaks
               thus
               ,
               That
            
             
               it
               is
               impossible
               to
               understand
               in
               the
               Scripture
               more
               then
               a
               Turk
               ,
               for
               whosoever
               
                 (
                 or
                 any
                 that
              
               )
               hath
               not
               the
               Law
               of
               God
               writ
               in
               his
               Heart
               to
               fulfil
               it
               .
            
             Again
             ,
             
               Without
               the
               Spirit
               it
               is
               impossible
               to
               understand
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               John
               Jewel
               ,
               Bishop
               of
               Salisbury
               ,
            
             in
             his
             excellent
             Book
             against
             the
             Papists
             ,
             writ
             above
             One
             Hundred
             Years
             ago
             ,
             
             says
             thus
             to
             our
             purpose
             ,
             
               The
               Spirit
               of
               God
               is
               bound
               neither
               to
               Sharpness
               of
               Wit
               ,
               nor
               to
               abundance
               of
               Learning
               :
               Oftentimes
               the
               Unlearned
               see
               that
               
               thing
               ,
               that
               the
               Learned
               cannot
               see
               .
            
             Christ
             saith
             ,
             
               
                 I
                 thank
                 thee
                 ,
                 O
                 Father
                 ,
                 Lord
                 of
                 Heaven
                 and
                 Earth
                 ,
                 that
                 thou
                 hast
                 hid
                 these
                 things
                 from
                 the
                 Wise
                 and
                 the
                 Politick
                 ,
                 and
                 hast
                 revealed
                 them
                 unto
                 the
                 Little
                 Ones
                 .
              
            
             Therefore
             Epiphanius
             saith
             ,
             
               
                 Only
                 to
                 the
                 Children
                 of
                 the
                 Holy
                 Ghost
                 all
                 the
                 Holy
                 Scriptures
                 are
                 plain
                 and
                 clear
                 .
              
            
             Again
             ,
             
               Flesh
               and
               Blood
               is
               not
               able
               to
               understand
               the
               Holy
               Will
               of
               God
               without
               SPECIAL
               Revelation
               .
            
             
               Therefore
               Christ
               gave
               Thanks
               unto
               his
               Father
               ,
               and
               likewise
               opened
               the
               Hearts
               of
               his
               Disciples
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               understand
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               
                 Without
                 this
                 special
                 Help
                 and
              
               PROMTING
               
                 of
                 God's
                 Holy
                 Spirit
              
               ,
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               is
               unto
               the
               Reader
               ,
               be
               he
               never
               so
               wise
               or
               well
               learned
               ,
               
                 as
                 the
                 Vision
                 of
                 a
                 sealed
                 Book
                 .
              
            
          
           
             Now
             unless
             Men
             are
             bound
             to
             do
             what
             they
             do
             not
             understand
             how
             to
             do
             ,
             then
             only
             are
             they
             to
             do
             them
             where
             they
             are
             Revealed
             or
             Discovered
             to
             them
             ,
             which
             being
             by
             the
             Spirit
             only
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             Doctrine
             ,
             the
             Testimony
             and
             Discoveries
             of
             the
             Spirit
             are
             requisite
             to
             our
             understanding
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             which
             implies
             and
             comprehends
             a
             Discriminating
             Knowledge
             or
             Certain
             Discerning
             of
             what
             we
             should
             practise
             from
             what
             is
             not
             obliging
             upon
             us
             to
             practise
             ,
             and
             consequently
             ,
             that
             we
             ought
             not
             to
             run
             head
             long
             without
             such
             knowledge
             .
          
           
             T.
             Collier
             ,
             
               an
               Ancient
               and
               Eminent
               Man
               among
               the
               Western-Separatists
               of
               our
               Nation
               ,
               writeth
               thus
               :
            
             
               For
               me
               to
               speak
               of
               God
               ,
               
               because
               another
               speaks
               of
               him
               ;
               and
               to
               be
               able
               to
               talk
               much
               of
               God
               as
               I
               read
               of
               him
               in
               Scripture
               ,
               
                 NOT
                 BEING
                 MADE
                 ONE
                 IN
                 THE
                 SAME
                 TRUTH
                 ,
              
               I
               see
               and
               speak
               
                 BUT
                 WHAT
                 ANOTHER
                 HATH
                 SPOKEN
              
               ;
               and
               so
               may
               speak
               truly
               sometimes
               of
               God
               ,
               but
               it
               is
               by
               Hear-say
               ,
               
                 ANOTHER
                 MAN's
                 TRUTH
                 ,
                 BUT
                 NOT
                 MINE
              
               ;
               so
               ,
               I
               doubt
               ,
               many
               a
               Soul
               
                 BOASTS
                 IN
                 ANOTHER
                 MAN's
                 LIGHT
              
               .
            
             —
             Again
             ,
             
               I
               see
               that
               external
               Actings
               according
               to
               a
               Rule
               without
               ,
               is
               nothing
               ,
               if
               not
               flowing
               from
               a
               Principle
               of
               Life
               and
               Love
               within
               .
            
             
               Which
               is
               more
               then
            
             E.
             B.
             
               said
               ,
               of
               whom
            
             J.
             Faldo
             
               (
               with
               unworthy
               Reflection
               and
               base
               Wrestings
               )
               hath
               said
               so
               much
               .
            
          
           
           
             Thus
             far
             goes
             my
             Rejoynder
             ,
             and
             I
             hope
             far
             enough
             to
             defeat
             our
             Skirmisher
             ,
             and
             rout
             all
             his
             false
             Consequences
             in
             the
             plain
             Field
             ;
             I
             will
             not
             abound
             in
             my
             own
             Sense
             ,
             but
             shall
             leave
             every
             impartial
             Reader
             to
             determine
             ,
             whether
             
               E.
               Burrough
            
             or
             
               W.
               Penn
            
             for
             him
             understood
             and
             intended
             those
             Passages
             to
             all
             the
             Commandments
             of
             God
             ,
             or
             those
             only
             that
             are
             of
             a
             pecu●iar
             and
             extraordinary
             Nature
             ,
             which
             are
             both
             by
             
               J.
               F.
            
             and
             
               J.
               C.
            
             so
             odiously
             relented
             and
             improved
             ,
             even
             to
             all
             Atheism
             and
             Impiety
             .
          
           
             But
             for
             further
             Satisfaction
             to
             my
             Reader
             and
             to
             compleat
             this
             Adversary's
             Defeat
             ,
             I
             will
             suppose
             him
             making
             this
             Acknowledgment
             and
             Objection
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             
               I
               grant
               that
               both
            
             J.
             F.
             
               and
               my self
               have
               unworthily
               wrong'd
            
             E.
             B
             
               's
               Words
               and
               Sense
               ,
               and
            
             W.
             Penn
             
               's
               too
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               main
               scope
               of
               the
               Controversie
               ,
               believing
               they
               intended
               what
               they
               said
               ,
               not
               of
               all
               the
               Commands
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               I
               am
               willing
               to
               let
               go
               the
               last
               of
               the
               three
               Passages
               I
               cite
               in
               my
               Pamphlet
               ,
            
             viz.
             
             
               When
               any
               Man
               is
               convinced
               that
               what
               was
               commanded
               another
               is
               required
               of
               him
               ,
               then
               ,
               and
               (
               not
               till
               then
               ,
               he
               is
               rightly
               authorized
               to
               perform
               it
               ,
               
                 believing
                 this
                 related
                 to
                 extraordinary
                 Cases
              
               ;
            
             
               but
               I
               am
               yet
               dissatisfied
               with
               the
               other
               two
               Passages
               still
               ,
            
             viz.
             
             
               No
               Command
               in
               the
               Scripture
               is
               any
               further
               obliging
               upon
               any
               Man
               ,
               then
               as
               he
               finds
               a
               Conviction
               upon
               his
               Conscience
               —
               It
               is
               Conviction
               that
               can
               only
               oblige
               to
               Obedience
               .
            
             
               I
               still
               believe
               that
               all
               those
               horrid
               Consequences
               I
               skirmisht
               him
               with
               ,
               are
               due
               to
               that
               Doctrine
               :
            
             What
             more
             can
             
               J.
               C.
            
             say
             for
             himself
             then
             this
             Objection
             imports
             ?
             I
             shall
             now
             defend
             my
             Words
             ,
             as
             he
             hath
             laid
             them
             down
             ,
             from
             any
             such
             Inferences
             as
             he
             has
             given
             in
             their
             Name
             .
          
           
             To
             make
             my
             Answer
             clear
             ,
             it
             is
             to
             be
             consider'd
             ;
             first
             ,
             
               What
               is
               that
               Conscience
               I
               mean
            
             ;
             next
             ,
             
               What
               the
               Conviction
               ,
               and
               by
               whom
               given
               ,
            
             which
             understood
             ,
             corrects
             his
             Folly
             (
             to
             say
             no
             worse
             )
             and
             ends
             the
             Debate
             with
             his
             Defeat
             .
          
           
             To
             say
             nothing
             here
             of
             the
             various
             Definitions
             that
             are
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             nor
             is
             it
             so
             proper
             ,
             for
             the
             Question
             is
             about
             what
             Conscience
             ,
             I
             shall
             keep
             to
             the
             Distinction
             in
             Scripture
             ;
             the
             
             Scripture
             mentions
             two
             Sorts
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             a
             Good
             and
             an
             evil
             Conscience
             ;
             the
             Question
             will
             be
             ,
             which
             I
             meant
             ;
             if
             the
             last
             ,
             as
             sayes
             
               J.
               C.
            
             I
             am
             gone
             ;
             if
             the
             former
             ,
             he
             is
             routed
             ;
             not
             the
             latter
             ,
             say
             I
             ,
             for
             two
             Reasons
             ,
             the
             one
             ,
             because
             a
             wicked
             seared
             Conscience
             ,
             as
             such
             ,
             rejects
             all
             Conviction
             ,
             the
             other
             ,
             because
             I
             have
             particularly
             declared
             against
             
               I.
               F.
            
             that
             spoke
             not
             of
             any
             such
             Conscience
             ;
             nay
             ,
             I
             have
             excepted
             and
             made
             Provision
             against
             any
             such
             Construction
             in
             my
             very
             Answer
             ;
             so
             to
             take
             and
             render
             me
             then
             is
             injurious
             .
             But
             if
             I
             meant
             it
             of
             a
             corrected
             ,
             rightly
             qualified
             Conscience
             ,
             such
             as
             the
             Apostle
             speaks
             of
             ,
             
               Rom.
               2.
               14
               ,
               15.
               that
               bear
               Witness
               in
               the
            
             Gentiles
             
               to
               the
               Work
               of
               the
               Law
               of
               God
               writ
               in
               their
               Hearts
               ,
            
             then
             it
             will
             follow
             ,
             that
             this
             Skirmisher
             is
             beside
             the
             Saddle
             ,
             and
             hath
             shouldered
             himself
             out
             of
             the
             Point
             .
          
           
             But
             next
             ,
             what
             is
             Conviction
             that
             obliegeth
             ?
             is
             it
             Imagination
             only
             ?
             or
             a
             
               Diabolical
               Suggestion
               to
               kill
               ,
               rob
               ,
               lye
               ,
               &c.
            
             as
             sayes
             
               I.
               C.
            
             no
             such
             Matter
             ,
             but
             a
             clear
             Understanding
             and
             sound
             Judgment
             ,
             and
             upon
             right
             Conclusions
             ,
             from
             the
             Manifestation
             of
             the
             Light
             ,
             Grace
             or
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             attends
             all
             People
             whose
             Day
             is
             not
             over
             for
             their
             Conviction
             and
             Conversion
             to
             God
             ;
             this
             I
             do
             verbally
             provide
             for
             in
             my
             Answer
             and
             Rejoynder
             to
             
               I.
               Faldo
            
             ,
             yet
             hath
             J.
             C.
             so
             strangely
             rendered
             both
             me
             and
             my
             Assertions
             therein
             ;
             certainly
             this
             Man
             is
             the
             greatest
             of
             Novie●s
             in
             our
             Controversie
             and
             Religion
             ,
             or
             incomparably
             base
             ;
             for
             either
             he
             supposeth
             that
             we
             do
             not
             hold
             ,
             
               That
               all
               Men
               are
               enlightned
               with
               a
               measure
               of
               saving
               Light
               so
               as
               that
               Men
               cannot
               plead
               ignorance
               of
               what
               is
               fit
               for
               them
               to
               do
               ,
            
             which
             is
             our
             known
             Principle
             ,
             and
             he
             confesseth
             it
             ,
             p.
             13.
             or
             that
             if
             he
             doth
             so
             know
             ,
             he
             must
             admit
             that
             this
             divine
             Light
             is
             idle
             and
             insufficient
             to
             convince
             People
             ;
             or
             lastly
             ,
             believing
             neither
             ,
             he
             doth
             very
             ill
             to
             tell
             the
             World
             in
             our
             Name
             ,
             that
             we
             make
             
               debauched
               and
               seared
               Consciences
               our
               Rules
               of
               Obedience
               to
               Salvation
               ,
            
             and
             subject
             the
             Laws
             of
             God
             and
             Man
             to
             the
             Acknowledgment
             of
             such
             depraved
             Consciences
             .
          
           
             Again
             ,
             
               where
               there
               is
               no
               Law
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               Transgression
               ,
            
             and
             where
             the
             Law
             is
             not
             known
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             Law
             ;
             now
             
               I.
               C.
            
             
             would
             have
             us
             believe
             ,
             p.
             8.
             
             &
             9.
             that
             the
             very
             Ten
             Commandments
             ,
             
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Sayings
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             Writings
             of
             his
             Apostles
             are
             so
             spiritual
             and
             mysterious
             ,
             that
             carnal
             Men
             ,
             as
             such
             ,
             cannot
             know
             them
             ,
             no
             not
             so
             much
             as
             to
             understand
             what
             God
             mans
             when
             he
             sayes
             ,
             
               Thou
               shalt
               not
               kill
            
             :
             Now
             if
             this
             Tale
             be
             true
             ,
             what
             's
             become
             of
             J.
             C.
             for
             if
             the
             Scrpiture
             sayes
             
               Where
               there
               is
               no
               Law
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               Transgression
               ,
            
             and
             Reason
             assures
             us
             ,
             
               that
               where
               a
               Law
               is
               not
               known
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               Law
               ,
            
             and
             that
             J.
             C.
             
               tells
               us
               ,
               that
               no
               Man
               that
               is
               not
               spiritual
               can
               know
               God's
               Law
               and
               Commands
               ,
               even
               when
               they
               are
               publisht
               ,
            
             and
             that
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             only
             gives
             the
             spiritual
             Knowledge
             of
             them
             ;
             will
             it
             not
             unavoidably
             follow
             ,
             
               That
               no
               Command
               obligeth
               without
               Conviction
               ,
            
             since
             no
             Command
             tyes
             without
             Knowledge
             ,
             
               which
               is
               Conviction
            
             ,
             sayes
             J.
             C.
             p.
             3.
             yet
             again
             the
             whole
             Bible
             J.
             C.
             receives
             for
             Truth
             ,
             either
             by
             Authority
             or
             Revelation
             ,
             both
             which
             Wayes
             require
             Conviction
             ;
             for
             if
             he
             goes
             upon
             the
             Foot
             of
             Authority
             ,
             he
             must
             be
             satisfied
             in
             his
             Conscience
             that
             those
             who
             writ
             ,
             divulged
             ,
             preserved
             and
             recommended
             it
             have
             not
             put
             any
             Trick
             or
             Abuse
             upon
             him
             ,
             which
             is
             Credit
             upon
             a
             Sort
             of
             Conviction
             ;
             if
             he
             embraceth
             the
             Bible
             upon
             the
             Revelation
             and
             Testimony
             of
             the
             Spirit
             in
             himself
             (
             the
             old
             Protestant
             Plea
             )
             that
             is
             not
             possible
             without
             Conviction
             ,
             for
             Evidence
             is
             Knowledge
             ,
             &
             Knowledge
             Conviction
             ;
             and
             if
             I
             must
             have
             the
             Conviction
             of
             God's
             Spirit
             for
             the
             whole
             ,
             I
             must
             have
             it
             for
             the
             Parts
             ;
             and
             therefore
             
               no
               Command
               in
               Scripture
               is
               any
               further
               obliging
               upon
               any
               Man
               then
               as
               he
               finds
               a
               Conviction
               upon
               his
               Conscience
            
             ;
             the
             contrary
             makes
             God
             a
             very
             hard
             Master
             ;
             for
             't
             is
             to
             ▪
             say
             ,
             that
             he
             reaps
             where
             he
             hath
             not
             sown
             ,
             that
             his
             Laws
             are
             not
             binding
             where
             they
             are
             not
             known
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             requires
             an
             Obedience
             without
             giving
             Men
             the
             Understanding
             of
             their
             Duty
             :
             again
             ,
             they
             are
             Christ's
             own
             Words
             ,
             
               I
               will
               send
               the
               Comforter
            
             ,
             
             or
             rather
             
               Advocate
               unto
               you
               ,
               and
               when
               he
               is
               come
               ,
               he
               will
               convince
               the
               World
               of
               Sin.
            
             I
             demand
             if
             the
             Conviction
             of
             the
             Spirit
             is
             not
             here
             made
             the
             Rule
             of
             Judgment
             and
             Practice
             .
             
             Again
             ,
             
               If
               I
               had
               not
               done
               among
               them
               the
               Works
               that
               
               none
               other
               man
               did
               ,
               they
               had
               not
               had
               Sin
            
             ;
             here
             Conviction
             goes
             before
             Sin
             ,
             and
             that
             makes
             Death
             follow
             Sin
             :
             
               For
               the
               Wrath
               of
               God
               is
               revealed
               from
               Heaven
               against
               all
               Vngodliness
               and
               Vnrighteousness
               of
               men
               ,
            
             
             
               who
               hold
               the
               Truth
               in
               Vnrighteousness
               ,
               because
               that
               which
               may
               be
               known
               of
               God
               is
               MANIFEST
               IN
               THEM
               ,
               for
               God
               hath
               SHEWED
               it
               unto
               them
               .
            
             So
             the
             Prophet
             ,
             
             
               He
               hath
               SHEWED
               unto
               thee
               O
               Man
               what
               is
               good
               .
               And
               upon
               whom
               doth
               not
               his
               Light
               arise
               ?
            
             
             
               In
               him
               was
               Life
               ,
               and
               the
               Life
               the
               Light
               of
               Men
               ;
               that
               was
               the
               true
               Light
               which
               LIGHTETH
               EVERY
               Man
               that
               cometh
               into
               the
               World.
               For
               it
               is
               a
               Shame
               to
               speak
               of
               those
               Things
               which
               are
               done
               of
               them
               in
               secret
            
             ;
             
             
               but
               ALL
               THINGS
               THAT
               ARE
               REPROVED
               are
               made
               MANIFEST
               by
               the
               Light.
               For
               the
               Grace
               of
               God
               that
               brings
               Salvation
               hath
               APPEARED
               unto
               ALL
               Men
               ,
               teaching
               us
               ,
               that
               denying
               Vngodliness
               and
               VVorldly
               Lusts
               we
               should
               live
               soberly
               ,
               righteously
               and
               godly
               in
               this
               present
               VVorld
               .
               For
               if
               our
               HEART
               condemn
               us
               ,
               God
               is
               greater
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               knoweth
               all
               Things
               ;
               Beloved
               ,
               if
               our
               HEART
               condemn
               us
               not
               ,
               then
               have
               we
               Confidence
               towards
               God
            
             ;
             which
             Passages
             prove
             an
             universal
             Principle
             ,
             not
             condemning
             without
             requiring
             ,
             nor
             requiring
             without
             manifesting
             and
             convincing
             ;
             therefore
             it
             is
             no
             God-blaspheming
             nor
             Soul-damning
             Error
             (
             as
             says
             J.
             C.
             
               p.
               14.
            
             )
             to
             affirm
             that
             there
             is
             no
             Obligation
             without
             Conviction
             ,
             nor
             Duty
             without
             Knowledge
             ;
             what
             would
             this
             Skirmisher
             mak
             Jews
             of
             us
             ,
             
             to
             act
             upon
             Zeal
             without
             Knowledge
             ?
             
             or
             Athenians
             ,
             to
             worship
             and
             dedicate
             Temples
             to
             an
             unknown
             God
             ?
             and
             lay
             it
             down
             for
             an
             Axiom
             of
             Divinity
             ,
             That
             Men
             stand
             oblig'd
             ,
             not
             only
             without
             ,
             but
             against
             Conviction
             ;
             is
             he
             not
             like
             to
             give
             a
             rare
             account
             of
             his
             Onset
             ,
             that
             mannages
             it
             at
             this
             Rate
             ?
             the
             poor
             Man
             has
             mist
             his
             Blow
             ,
             and
             is
             fallen
             down
             with
             striking
             at
             me
             ;
             this
             appears
             by
             his
             manifest
             Mistakes
             and
             gross
             Contradictions
             too
             ,
             his
             Mistakes
             I
             have
             already
             shown
             ;
             I
             shall
             
             now
             touch
             briefly
             upon
             his
             Contradictions
             ,
             wherein
             he
             is
             as
             kind
             as
             he
             was
             cruel
             ,
             and
             gives
             but
             all
             that
             he
             plundered
             from
             us
             ,
             and
             so
             ends
             the
             Skirmish
             .
             His
             first
             Contradiction
             is
             this
             .
          
           
             I
             grant
             you
             that
             no
             man
             stands
             bound
             to
             obey
             any
             Command
             ,
             which
             it
             is
             utterly
             impossible
             for
             him
             to
             know
             &
             be
             convinced
             of
             ;
             
             
               But
               doth
               this
               assoyl
               and
               clear
               him
               from
               yielding
               the
               Cause
               ?
            
             —
             But
             where
             nothing
             hinders
             a
             man
             from
             knowing
             his
             Duty
             ,
             but
             his
             own
             Neglect
             and
             wilful
             Carelesness
             ,
             and
             where
             a
             man
             shall
             by
             Sin
             debauch
             and
             sear
             his
             Conscience
             ,
             will
             you
             excuse
             this
             Man
             —
             If
             indeed
             the
             Case
             were
             so
             ,
             that
             no
             Conviction
             could
             be
             ,
             or
             none
             that
             I
             could
             any
             Way
             compass
             ,
             then
             I
             were
             in
             no
             Fault
             ,
             but
             where
             it
             is
             my
             Fault
             if
             I
             be
             unconvinced
             —
             in
             such
             Case
             God
             may
             justly
             charge
             me
             with
             the
             Omission
             of
             Duty
             ,
             and
             the
             Commission
             of
             Evil
             —
             and
             by
             granting
             this
             ,
             I
             assoy●
             and
             clear
             the
             Justice
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             No
             doubt
             in
             the
             least
             ,
             and
             a
             Seasonable
             Peccavi
             for
             what
             he
             has
             done
             ,
             for
             ,
             how
             wide
             is
             this
             off
             what
             I
             have
             said
             ,
             of
             which
             I.
             C.
             has
             said
             so
             very
             ill
             ?
             I
             say
             ,
             
               No
               Command
               is
               obliging
               without
               Conviction
            
             ;
             I.
             C.
             saith
             ,
             
               No
               Command
               is
               obliging
               without
               Conviction
               ,
               provided
               he
               doth
               not
               hinder
               his
               own
               Convincement
               .
            
             As
             if
             I
             stated
             it
             ,
             that
             
               Let
               men
               shut
               their
               Eyes
               ,
               stop
               their
               Ears
               ,
               rebel
               ,
               blaspheme
               ,
               give
               themselves
               up
               to
               all
               Superfluity
               of
               Naughtiness
               till
               Conscience
               is
               seared
               as
               with
               an
               hot
               Iron
               ,
               yet
               without
               the
               Conscience
               be
               convinced
               ,
               or
               that
               God
               by
               Force
               make
               it
               to
               see
               ,
               hear
               ,
               and
               be
               sensible
               whether
               it
               will
               or
               no
               ,
               men
               are
               not
               obliged
               by
               any
               of
               his
               Commands
            
             ;
             for
             this
             is
             the
             very
             Way
             he
             states
             the
             Case
             for
             me
             ,
             though
             I
             do
             so
             particularly
             provide
             against
             any
             such
             dissolute
             and
             infamous
             Pretences
             .
             This
             is
             so
             plain
             ,
             that
             when
             I
             say
             ,
             that
             Conviction
             only
             obliges
             to
             Obedience
             ,
             I
             add
             ,
             that
             what
             works
             the
             Conviction
             is
             the
             Manifesting
             Light.
             Universal
             Grace
             or
             Quickning
             Spirit
             in
             the
             Heart
             of
             Mankind
             ;
             so
             that
             let
             us
             now
             see
             the
             real
             Difference
             betwixt
             this
             
             Skirmisher's
             Grant
             at
             the
             End
             of
             the
             Day
             ,
             and
             what
             he
             so
             furiously
             flew
             upon
             in
             the
             Beginning
             .
             Saith
             he
             ,
             
               I
               am
               bound
               to
               obey
               no
               Command
               ,
               but
               what
               I
               am
               convinced
               of
               ,
               provided
               I
               do
               not
               neglect
               or
               reject
               the
               means
               of
               my
               Convincement
               .
            
             p.
             11.
             
             Say
             I
             ,
             
               No
               Command
               is
               further
               obliging
               upon
               me
               ,
               then
               as
               I
               find
               a
               Conviction
               in
               my
               Conscience
               by
               the
               Light
               ,
               Grace
               or
               Spirit
               of
               God
               ,
            
             unto
             which
             all
             men
             should
             have
             regard
             ;
             for
             that
             follows
             in
             my
             same
             Answer
             
             as
             an
             Explanation
             and
             Guard
             to
             that
             Assertion
             ,
             most
             unworthily
             neglected
             by
             my
             Adversary
             ,
             only
             to
             make
             Room
             for
             this
             vain
             and
             fruitless
             Skirmish
             .
             Now
             unless
             my
             Conviction
             by
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             ,
             be
             neglecting
             the
             means
             of
             Conviction
             as
             most
             undoubtedly
             it
             is
             not
             it
             being
             the
             only
             Way
             of
             true
             Conviction
             )
             what
             Iota
             of
             Difference
             is
             there
             between
             my
             Assertion
             ,
             and
             his
             Concession
             ?
             For
             Instance
             ,
             no
             man
             is
             bound
             to
             answer
             a
             Question
             he
             doth
             not
             hear
             ,
             say
             I
             ;
             no
             man
             is
             bound
             to
             answer
             a
             Question
             he
             does
             not
             hear
             ,
             
               if
               he
               did
               not
               stop
               his
               Ears
               ,
               or
               refuse
               to
               hear
               ,
            
             saith
             he
             ,
             as
             If
             I
             admitted
             ,
             
               that
               men
               might
               stop
               their
               Ears
               ,
               and
               yet
               be
               excusable
               ,
            
             which
             is
             to
             read
             my
             Assertion
             thus
             ,
             
               No
               man
               is
               bound
               to
               answer
               a
               Question
               that
               he
               will
               not
               hear
               ;
               and
               no
               Command
               is
               obliging
               upon
               a
               man
               that
               will
               not
               be
               convinced
               .
            
             The
             most
             contradictory
             to
             my
             Assertion
             that
             can
             well
             be
             ,
             especially
             when
             I
             neither
             lay
             the
             Obligation
             upon
             every
             Conviction
             ,
             but
             that
             only
             which
             comes
             from
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             of
             Truth
             ;
             that
             is
             alwayes
             present
             to
             convince
             all
             of
             their
             Duty
             ,
             nor
             subject
             that
             Conviction
             to
             the
             corrupt
             wills
             of
             Men.
             
          
           
             I
             shall
             here
             sum
             up
             all
             my
             Authorities
             into
             one
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             
               W.
               Perkins
            
             a
             famous
             man
             in
             his
             time
             ,
             whose
             Judgment
             may
             perhaps
             sway
             a
             little
             to
             correct
             the
             Etravagancy
             of
             this
             young
             Skirmisher
             .
          
           
             
               —
               
                 Such
                 Persons
                 as
                 have
                 not
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 heard
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 though
                 they
                 are
                 apt
                 and
                 sit
                 to
                 be
                 bound
                 in
                 Conscience
                 by
                 the
                 Gospel
                 in
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 they
                 are
                 the
                 Creatures
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 
                 yet
                 are
                 they
                 not
                 indeed
                 
                   actually
                   bound
                   ,
                   till
                   such
                   time
                   as
                   the
                   Gospel
                   be
                
                 REVEALED
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 the
                 least
                 means
                 of
                 Revelation
                 offered
                 .
                 Reason
                 I.
                 VVhatsoever
                 Doctrine
                 or
                 Law
                 doth
                 bind
                 Conscience
                 ,
                 
                   must
                   in
                   some
                   Part.
                
                 BE
                 KNOVVN
                 
                   by
                   Nature
                   or
                   by
                   Grace
                   ,
                   or
                   by
                   both
                
                 the
                 
                   Vnderstanding
                   must
                
                 FIRST
                 OF
                 ALL
                 CONCEIVE
                 
                   or
                   at
                   the
                   least
                   have
                   means
                   of
                   conceiving
                   fore
                   Conscience
                   can
                   constrain
                   ,
                
                 because
                 it
              
               ;
               BINDETH
               BY
               VIRTUE
               OF
               KNOVVN
               CONCLUSIONS
               
                 in
                 the
                 Mind
                 ,
                 therefore
                 things
                 that
                 are
                 ALTOGETHER
                 VNKNOWN
                 AND
                 VNCONCEIVED
                 OF
                 THE
                 VNDERSTANDING
                 
                 DO
                 NOT
                 BIND
                 IN
                 CONSCIENCE
                 .
                 Now
                 that
                 the
                 Gospel
                 is
                 unknown
                 of
                 many
                 I
                 have
                 already
                 proved
                 .
                 therefore
                 it
                 binds
                 them
                 not
                 in
                 Conscience
                 .
              
               II.
               Paul
               saith
               ,
               
                 Rom.
                 2.
                 12.
                 
                 They
                 which
                 sin
                 without
                 Law
                 ,
                 shall
                 be
                 condemned
                 without
                 Law.
              
               To
               this
               he
               brings
               
                 Augustine
                 ,
                 Tract
              
               .
               89.
               on
               John
               15.
               22.
               saying
               ,
               
                 that
                 the
              
               Gentiles
               
                 may
                 have
                 an
                 Excuse
                 for
                 not
                 believing
                 in
                 Christ
                 .
              
               Bish
               .
               Sanderson
               is
               of
               the
               same
               Judgment
               in
               his
               Oxford
               Lectures
               on
               Conscience
               .
            
          
           
             Now
             for
             his
             next
             Contradiction
             ,
             which
             is
             in
             ample
             manner
             thus
             .
          
           
             
               God
               and
            
             CONSCIENCE
             
               will
               never
               smite
               for
               meer
            
             (
             p.
             11.
             )
             
               and
               total
               Impossibilities
            
             ;
             what
             are
             they
             I.
             C.
             ?
             
               to
               obey
               a
               Command
               which
               it
               is
               utterly
               impossible
               to
               know
               or
               be
               convinced
               of
               :
            
             Very
             well
             ,
             enough
             of
             this
             before
             ;
             but
             what
             's
             the
             Matter
             with
             Conscience
             ?
             how
             comes
             this
             strange
             Advance
             of
             a
             suddain
             from
             the
             Bar
             to
             the
             Bench
             ?
             what
             ,
             a
             Regicide
             ,
             a
             Parricide
             ,
             a
             Murderer
             ,
             an
             Adulterer
             ,
             a
             Drunkard
             ,
             a
             Thief
             ,
             a
             Traytor
             ,
             a
             Tyrant
             ,
             a
             Blasphemer
             ,
             an
             Atheist
             ,
             and
             now
             a
             Judge
             ,
             and
             such
             a
             Judge
             too
             as
             takes
             Place
             next
             God
             himself
             in
             Judgment
             ;
             
               God
               and
            
             CONSCIENCE
             
               will
               never
               smite
            
             and
             condemn
             ,
             &c.
             O
             Powerful
             Conscience
             !
             and
             O
             Righteous
             Conscience
             too
             !
             what
             ,
             a
             just
             Judge
             at
             last
             !
             both
             able
             and
             equal
             ?
             certainly
             then
             it
             can
             be
             no
             Error
             to
             follow
             thy
             Dictates
             ,
             nor
             make
             thy
             Convictions
             the
             Measures
             of
             our
             Obedience
             ;
             but
             tell
             me
             O
             Conscience
             ,
             if
             Princes
             and
             Rulers
             make
             never
             so
             good
             Laws
             ,
             with
             thou
             come
             and
             say
             ,
             
               I
               deny
               all
               these
               Laws
               and
               the
               Makers
               of
               them
               ;
               Children
               may
               murder
               their
               Parents
               ;
               Subjects
               ,
               their
               Princes
               ;
               Servants
               ,
               their
               Masters
               ;
               one
               Man
               ,
               another
               ?
            
             p.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Dost
             thou
             require
             men
             to
             do
             all
             these
             Impieties
             
               underpain
               of
               Damnation
            
             ?
             if
             not
             ,
             go
             to
             
               I.
               C.
            
             for
             Satisfaction
             ;
             for
             he
             has
             grievously
             abused
             thee
             .
          
           
             In
             short
             ,
             Reader
             ,
             So
             perplext
             is
             the
             Man
             in
             his
             Skirmish
             ,
             that
             he
             seems
             to
             have
             scar'd
             no
             Body
             so
             much
             as
             himself
             ;
             he
             has
             frigtned
             himself
             with
             his
             own
             Bulbeggar
             ;
             and
             as
             it
             happens
             with
             young
             Hottspurs
             ,
             Conceit
             carries
             them
             on
             ,
             but
             leaves
             them
             in
             the
             Fray
             ,
             to
             get
             off
             as
             they
             can
             :
             so
             it
             has
             fallen
             out
             with
             
               I.
               C.
            
             he
             is
             in
             ,
             and
             he
             known
             not
             how
             to
             get
             out
             again
             .
          
           
             
               One
               while
               he
               appeals
               to
               God
               and
               Conscience
            
             ;
             If
             God
             and
             
             Conscience
             approve
             me
             ,
             
               p.
               2.
               here
               he
               makes
            
             Conscience
             
               the
               Rule
               of
               his
               Writing
               as
               well
               as
               God
               ;
               another
               while
               ,
            
             We
             may
             do
             the
             most
             horrid
             Crimes
             ,
             and
             yet
             Conscience
             stood
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             not
             only
             not
             smite
             us
             ,
             but
             approve
             us
             and
             praise
             us
             ,
             
               p.
               5.
               
               By
               and
               by
               ,
            
             God
             and
             CONSCIENCE
             will
             never
             smite
             and
             condemn
             for
             meer
             Impossibilities
             ;
             
               here
               again
               it
               is
               joyned
               with
               God
               in
               Righteous
               Judgment
               .
               p.
            
             11.
             
          
           
             Again
             ,
             If
             Conviction
             be
             the
             Ground
             of
             Obedience
             ,
             and
             the
             Authority
             of
             Scripture
             depend
             upon
             the
             Rectitude
             and
             Purity
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             then
             all
             rational
             Law
             ,
             Order
             and
             Government
             divine
             and
             human
             is
             overturned
             ,
             and
             a
             stop
             put
             to
             all
             Religion
             and
             Piety
             towards
             God
             ,
             to
             all
             Conscience
             ,
             Honesty
             and
             Charity
             toward
             Men.
             Let
             God
             command
             what
             he
             will
             ,
             Conscience
             may
             come
             and
             say
             ,
             I
             deny
             this
             Command
             and
             him
             that
             commandeth
             it
             ,
             p.
             5.
             
          
           
             I
             desire
             to
             know
             of
             this
             Man
             ,
             by
             what
             Trope
             or
             Figure
             it
             is
             that
             he
             makes
             adhering
             to
             Conscience
             the
             Way
             
               to
               overturn
               and
               stop
               Conscience
            
             :
             that
             's
             the
             first
             Case
             of
             Conscience
             I
             have
             to
             ask
             of
             him
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             is
             this
             ,
             how
             Conscience
             can
             be
             coupled
             with
             Honesty
             and
             Charity
             ,
             nay
             ,
             with
             God
             himself
             ,
             and
             yet
             have
             the
             Impudence
             to
             tell
             God
             ,
             
               I
               deny
               thy
               Command
               and
               thee
               too
            
             ;
             is
             not
             this
             strang
             Divinity
             ?
             surely
             this
             Man
             is
             but
             a
             Parson
             by
             the
             by
             ;
             for
             he
             violates
             the
             common
             Rules
             of
             Theology
             ,
             as
             their
             own
             Schools
             teach
             .
          
           
             But
             once
             more
             in
             Honour
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             her
             amends
             ,
             as
             he
             began
             with
             the
             leave
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             he
             ends
             ,
             if
             we
             will
             believe
             him
             ,
             with
             the
             Judgment
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             hear
             him
             .
          
           
             I
             would
             be
             glad
             to
             make
             the
             best
             I
             can
             of
             your
             Position
             ,
             but
             I
             must
             protest
             my
             Conscience
             and
             Conviction
             ;
             
               thus
               doth
               he
               make
               that
               his
               Guide
               his
               whole
               Pamphlet
               reprobates
               .
            
          
           
             The
             next
             Contradiction
             is
             this
             ,
             that
             Conscience
             is
             made
             by
             him
             to
             be
             killed
             with
             Sin
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             a
             just
             Principle
             ;
             and
             by
             and
             by
             he
             renders
             it
             the
             seared
             active
             Sinner
             ,
             p.
             5.
             
             One
             more
             ,
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             
               he
               tells
               us
               ,
               that
            
             he
             grants
             that
             without
             the
             Light
             within
             we
             could
             not
             at
             all
             come
             to
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             
               p.
               12.
               yet
            
             that
             the
             Light
             within
             gives
             the
             Drunkard
             leave
             to
             be
             drunk
             .
          
           
           
             Again
             ,
             The
             Light
             within
             ,
             which
             should
             be
             his
             GUIDE
             ,
             like
             a
             negligent
             drunken
             Coach-man
             sleeps
             ,
             and
             the
             Horses
             run
             wood
             ,
             or
             he
             drives
             into
             Pits
             and
             Bogs
             ;
             so
             doth
             the
             Light
             within
             take
             Part
             with
             the
             Flesh
             and
             Satan
             against
             you
             ,
             p.
             13.
             
          
           
             These
             Contradictions
             speak
             for
             themselves
             ,
             though
             against
             him
             ;
             the
             Reader
             may
             easily
             judge
             at
             what
             a
             Pass
             this
             Parson-skirmisher
             hath
             reduced
             himself
             ,
             that
             writes
             at
             this
             Randome
             Rate
             .
          
           
             
               But
               what
               further
               of
               his
               elaborate
               Studies
               in
               Divinity
               ?
               why
               this
               ,
            
             If
             Scripture
             go
             
               (
               sayes
               he
            
             )
             farewel
             God
             ,
             and
             Christ
             ,
             and
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             all
             Law
             ,
             and
             Rule
             ,
             p.
             13.
             
          
           
             Now
             God
             forbid
             that
             the
             Scriptures
             should
             go
             ;
             but
             since
             in
             telling
             a
             Fib
             of
             us
             (
             as
             if
             we
             slighted
             them
             )
             he
             has
             adventured
             such
             an
             Axiom
             abroad
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             I
             think
             fit
             thus
             to
             animadvert
             :
             Doth
             God
             ,
             Christ
             ,
             Heaven
             ,
             all
             Law
             and
             Rule
             depend
             upon
             Scripture
             ?
             strange
             Change
             !
             
               the
               Creator
               depends
               upon
               the
               Creature
               ;
               the
               Saviour
            
             upon
             his
             Message
             ;
             Heaven
             upon
             the
             History
             of
             it
             ?
             Ridiculous
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             blasphemous-Well
             ,
             but
             this
             is
             the
             worst
             Sense
             ;
             let
             us
             see
             if
             we
             can
             find
             the
             best
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             this
             ,
             
               Farewel
               to
               our
               Knowledge
               and
               Enjoyment
               of
               God
               ,
               Christ
               ,
               Heaven
               ,
               &c.
               if
               the
               Scriptures
               were
               lost
            
             ;
             but
             this
             is
             also
             Extravagant
             ,
             since
             God
             hath
             not
             so
             tyed
             up
             himself
             to
             Scripture
             ;
             the
             Scripture
             it self
             tells
             us
             of
             a
             Law
             writ
             in
             the
             Heart
             ,
             and
             that
             this
             is
             not
             an
             Inferiour
             State
             neither
             ,
             
             but
             that
             of
             the
             New
             and
             everlasting
             Covenant
             .
             Again
             was
             there
             no
             God
             ,
             Christ
             or
             Heaven
             ,
             Law
             or
             Rule
             before
             Scripture
             ?
             the
             contrary
             is
             notorious
             ,
             the
             World
             had
             enjoyed
             many
             Ages
             before
             the
             Scriptures
             were
             in
             Being
             ;
             Paradise
             needed
             them
             not
             ;
             and
             
               Abraham
               ,
               Isaac
            
             and
             Jacob
             had
             them
             not
             ;
             and
             can
             this
             Parson
             think
             there
             was
             no
             Knowledge
             of
             God
             ,
             Christ
             ,
             Heaven
             ,
             Law
             or
             Rule
             in
             those
             Ages
             ?
             wonderful
             !
             what
             cross
             Prospects
             doth
             this
             Man
             take
             of
             Religion
             !
             But
             what
             becomes
             of
             his
             spiritual
             Laws
             writ
             in
             Mans
             Nature
             ?
             p.
             8
             ,
             9.
             if
             all
             would
             be
             lost
             with
             the
             Scriptures
             (
             which
             God
             preserve
             )
             how
             cross
             is
             this
             to
             the
             Apostle's
             Sentence
             in
             this
             very
             Place
             ,
             
               Rom.
               2.
               
               For
               the
            
             Gentiles
             
               which
               have
               not
               the
               Law
               ,
               do
               by
               Nature
               the
               Things
               contained
               in
               the
               Law
               ,
               and
               are
               a
               Law
               unto
               themselves
               :
            
             it
             seems
             here
             was
             God
             ,
             Heaven
             ,
             Law
             &
             Rule
             without
             Scripture
             .
          
           
           
             Lastly
             ,
             He
             would
             needs
             have
             it
             ,
             
               That
               men
               may
               commit
               all
               sorts
               of
               Impiety
               upon
               Conviction
            
             ;
             see
             p.
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             10
             ,
             11.
             whereas
             all
             these
             Evils
             are
             committed
             against
             Conviction
             ,
             sayes
             every
             Orthodox
             Man
             ,
             be
             they
             Sins
             of
             
               Wilfulness
               ,
               Searedness
            
             or
             Ignorance
             ;
             for
             Wilfulness
             resists
             Conviction
             ;
             Scaredness
             overlayes
             ,
             smothers
             or
             kills
             it
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             possible
             ;
             and
             Ignorance
             is
             Darkness
             or
             Blindness
             ,
             which
             is
             just
             opposite
             to
             Conviction
             .
          
           
             Perhaps
             he
             thought
             any
             thing
             would
             do
             against
             the
             Quakers
             ,
             especially
             if
             Skirmish
             and
             Imprimatur
             began
             it
             ;
             but
             can
             he
             in
             his
             Conscience
             think
             (
             for
             now
             he
             tells
             us
             he
             hath
             one
             ,
             and
             he
             can
             appeal
             to
             it
             too
             )
             
               that
               the
               Light
               within
               helps
               to
               the
               Vnderstanding
               of
               Scripture
               ,
               and
               ought
               to
               be
               our
               Guide
            
             ;
             and
             yet
             that
             it
             should
             be
             a
             
               leud
               drunken
               ,
               fleshly
               ,
               satanical
               Principle
               ,
               and
               a
               Rebel
               against
               God
            
             that
             gave
             it
             for
             those
             excellent
             Ends
             
               of
               knowing
               Scripture
               ,
               and
               regulating
               our
               Conversation
               accordingly
               ?
            
             shall
             I
             return
             him
             his
             own
             Saying
             ?
             
               Quit
               talia
               fando
               temperet
               a
               lachrymis
               ?
            
             though
             we
             had
             all
             gone
             astray
             ,
             I
             ever
             thought
             our
             Guide
             had
             kept
             the
             Way
             ,
             and
             that
             should
             be
             our
             Condemnation
             ;
             but
             this
             Man
             teacheth
             other
             Doctrine
             ,
             namely
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Guide
               God
               hath
               given
               us
               leads
               to
               be
               drunk
               ,
               and
               takes
               Part
               with
               the
               Flesh
               and
               Satan
               against
               God.
            
             What
             follows
             ,
             but
             that
             every
             Man
             is
             discharged
             from
             adhering
             to
             such
             a
             Guide
             ,
             especially
             since
             the
             People
             in
             the
             Coach
             are
             not
             to
             be
             blamed
             ,
             if
             the
             Coach-man
             drive
             them
             into
             Pits
             or
             Bogs
             ;
             but
             seriously
             Parson
             is
             there
             no
             
               Soul
               damning
            
             or
             
               God
               blaspheming
               Error
            
             in
             this
             Doctrine
             ,
             that
             chargeth
             him
             with
             making
             so
             ill
             Provision
             for
             the
             Rule
             of
             Man's
             Life
             ;
             
               would'st
               not
               thou
               take
               a
               better
               Coachman
               ,
               left
               thy
               Horses
               ,
               with
               thy
               Wits
               should
               run
               wood
               ?
            
             And
             hath
             the
             Almighty
             so
             ill
             helped
             us
             with
             a
             Guide
             ,
             and
             yet
             denounceth
             so
             many
             heavy
             and
             eternal
             Punishments
             ,
             in
             case
             I
             miss
             my
             Way
             ?
             This
             false
             Step
             in
             Divinity
             drives
             me
             to
             observe
             three
             or
             four
             more
             ,
             and
             so
             conclude
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             is
             this
             ,
             
               That
               the
            
             Indians
             
               have
               no
               Knowledge
               of
               Good
               or
               Evil
            
             ;
             
             which
             besides
             that
             contradicts
             the
             Testimony
             of
             Travailers
             ,
             and
             the
             Judgment
             of
             all
             Learned
             Men
             ;
             and
             which
             is
             more
             ,
             the
             Scripture
             too
             ,
             that
             demanded
             of
             old
             ,
             
               Vpon
               whom
               does
               not
               his
               Light
               arise
               ?
            
             and
             tells
             us
             ,
             
               That
               every
               Man
               has
               a
               Measure
               of
               Light
               ,
            
             and
             
               that
               
               the
               Grace
               of
               God
               appeared
               to
               all
               Men
               ,
            
             the
             Par●on
             contradicts
             himself
             ;
             for
             he
             tells
             us
             of
             
               Laws
               of
               God
               writ
               in
               Man's
               Natures
               ,
            
             which
             includes
             Indians
             ,
             if
             Indians
             be
             Men.
             
          
           
             His
             next
             Error
             expressed
             or
             implyed
             by
             several
             places
             of
             his
             Pamphlet
             is
             ,
             
               That
               all
               men
               are
               not
               convinced
               ,
               reproved
               or
               condemned
               ,
            
             
             
               though
               they
               may
               have
               the
               Means
               of
               it
               .
            
             I
             affirm
             that
             all
             men
             are
             Convinced
             ,
             though
             they
             lay
             it
             not
             to
             heart
             ;
             for
             men
             see
             their
             Sin
             ,
             unless
             they
             have
             sinned
             their
             Sight
             away
             ,
             in
             case
             that
             can
             entirely
             be
             .
             
               God
               hath
               shewed
               unto
               thee
               O
               Man
               what
               is
               good
               :
            
             
             What
             Man
             is
             this
             ?
             the
             Iew
             ?
             yes
             ,
             and
             the
             Gentile
             too
             :
             
               O
               Man
            
             !
             that
             is
             ,
             Mankind
             ;
             and
             can
             man
             see
             the
             Good
             and
             not
             the
             Evil
             ,
             or
             can
             he
             see
             either
             and
             not
             be
             convinced
             ?
             
               Monstrum
               Horrendum
               Ingens
            
             :
             Pray
             how
             is
             man
             left
             without
             Excuse
             ,
             if
             God
             shows
             him
             not
             Good
             and
             Evil
             ?
             and
             can
             he
             see
             ,
             and
             not
             be
             convinced
             ?
             Sight
             is
             Conviction
             .
          
           
             But
             when
             all
             is
             done
             ,
             granting
             the
             Man
             his
             black
             Opinion
             of
             Conscience
             and
             Conviction
             ;
             what
             can
             he
             say
             of
             a
             
             Quaker's
             Conscience
             I
             cannot
             say
             of
             a
             Protestant's
             ?
             Will
             he
             beray
             his
             own
             Nest
             ,
             or
             mark
             his
             own
             Nose
             ?
             What
             other
             Argument
             used
             
               Luther
               ,
               Melancthon
               ,
               Zwinglius
               ,
               Calvin
            
             and
             
               Beza
               &c.
            
             abroad
             ;
             
               B.
               Hooper
               ,
               J.
               Bradford
               ,
               I.
               Philpot
               ,
               B.
               Iewel
               ,
               &c.
            
             at
             home
             ?
             for
             their
             Separation
             from
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             .
             Does
             not
             this
             man
             know
             ,
             that
             all
             those
             horried
             Consequences
             he
             has
             heapt
             upon
             my
             Assertion
             ,
             may
             be
             (
             and
             some
             of
             them
             have
             been
             )
             urged
             against
             the
             men
             named
             and
             their
             Followers
             by
             the
             
               Popish
               Church
            
             ,
             yea
             ,
             and
             by
             one
             another
             too
             ?
             Is
             this
             Man
             a
             Protestant
             ?
             Why
             not
             a
             
               Papist
               ?
               Answ
            
             .
             Because
             of
             Conscience
             and
             Conviction
             to
             the
             contrary
             ;
             
               Hold
               there
            
             ,
             sayes
             the
             Papist
             ,
             
               the
               Church
               is
               above
               a
               private
               Conscience
               ;
               and
               what
               know
               I
               but
               your
               Conscience
               will
               Lye
               ,
               Steal
               ,
               Rebel
               against
               the
               Government
               ,
               and
               at
               last
               Cut
               Throats
               .
            
             O
             by
             no
             means
             ,
             
               I.
               C.
            
             may
             say
             ,
             I
             am
             no
             such
             Man
             ,
             my
             Conscience
             teaches
             me
             better
             things
             :
             
               Never
               tell
               me
               of
               that
            
             ,
             sayes
             the
             Papist
             ,
             
               whilst
               you
               make
               Conscience
               and
               Conviction
               the
               Rule
               of
               your
               Actions
               towards
               the
               Church
               ,
               I
               have
               Cause
               to
               fear
               that
               will
               one
               time
               or
               other
               pretend
               a
               Conviction
               to
               follow
               all
               manner
               of
               Lusts
               ,
               to
               overturn
               Law
               and
               Government
               ,
               and
               to
               stop
               all
               Religion
               and
               Piety
               towards
               God
               ,
               all
               Conscience
               ,
               
               Honesty
               and
               Charity
               towards
               Men
               ,
            
             p.
             15.
             
             But
             God
             and
             Conscience
             approves
             me
             ,
             sayes
             
               I.
               C.
            
             p.
             2.
             
             I
             cannot
             believe
             more
             then
             I
             can
             believe
             ;
             nor
             do
             God
             and
             Conscience
             ever
             smite
             for
             meer
             Impossibilities
             ,
             p.
             11.
             and
             I
             must
             protest
             Conscience
             and
             Conviction
             for
             what
             I
             do
             ,
             p.
             13.
             
             And
             thus
             
               I.
               C.
            
             comes
             off
             with
             his
             Papist
             .
             Would
             one
             think
             then
             that
             this
             Man
             should
             fall
             so
             severely
             upon
             me
             for
             having
             any
             regard
             to
             Conscience
             and
             Conviction
             ?
             one
             would
             think
             he
             were
             beside
             himself
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Truth
             :
             But
             I
             am
             not
             without
             Hopes
             of
             his
             Information
             and
             Repentance
             ;
             till
             then
             I
             would
             advise
             the
             
               Imprimatur
               man
            
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             so
             Licentious
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             mean
             while
             ,
             it
             can
             do
             him
             no
             harm
             to
             meditate
             well
             upon
             this
             Passage
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             
               And
               he
               causes
               all
               ,
               both
               great
               and
               small
               ,
               rich
               and
               poor
               ,
               bond
               &
               free
               to
               receive
               a
               MARK
               in
               their
               Right
               Hands
               or
               in
               their
               For●heads
               ;
               and
               that
               no
               man
               might
               BVY
               or
               SELL
               ,
               save
               he
               that
               had
               the
               MARK
               or
               the
               NAME
               of
               the
               BEAST
               ,
            
             Rev.
             13.
             16
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             I
             shall
             conclude
             with
             the
             Judgment
             of
             B.
             
               Andrews
               ,
               W.
               Perkins
            
             and
             B.
             Wilkins
             upon
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             that
             shall
             be
             my
             Contribution
             to
             the
             Parson
             's
             better
             Proficiency
             in
             Divinity
             ;
             for
             I
             hear
             he
             is
             but
             Lately
             and
             by
             Accident
             of
             the
             Trade
             .
          
           
             
               Lan●
               .
               Andrews
               Bp.
               of
               Winton
               ,
               on
               the
               Commandments
               ,
            
             chap.
             6.
             saith
             ,
             
               In
               the
               WORST
               of
               Men
               ,
               when
               God
               puts
               the
               Bit
               in
               their
               Mouthes
               ,
               those
               
                 Sparks
                 (
                 viz.
              
               that
               he
               hath
               placed
               in
               man
               )
               will
               fly
               out
               .
            
             N.
             5.
             
             He
             calls
             Conscience
             ,
             
               God's
               Deputy
               or
               Vice-gerent
            
             .
          
           
             
               W.
               Perkins
               ,
               Treatise
               of
               Conscience
               ,
            
             in
             his
             Works
             Theological
             ,
             1
             vol.
             pag.
             517.
             
             Lond.
             1636.
             impress
             .
             
               Conscience
               is
               a
               part
               of
               the
               Understanding
               in
               all
               reasonable
               Creatures
               ,
               determining
               of
               their
               particular
               Actions
               ,
               either
               with
               them
               or
               against
               them
               .
               —
               Understanding
               hath
               two
               parts
               ,
               Theoretical
               &
               Practical
               ;
               under
               the
               latter
               is
               Conscience
               ,
               because
               his
               property
               is
               to
               judge
               of
               the
               Goodness
               or
               Badness
               of
               Things
               
               or
               Actions
               done
               —
               Reason
               of
               the
               Name
               of
               Conscience
               ,
               
               scire
               to
               know
               ,
               is
               of
               one
               Man
               alone
               by
               himself
               ;
               and
               conscire
               is
               when
               two
               at
               the
               least
               know
               some
               one
               secret
               thing
               ,
               either
               of
               them
               knowing
               it
               together
               with
               the
               other
               :
               Therefore
               the
               Name
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               or
               conscientia
               ,
               Conscience
               ,
               is
               that
               thing
               that
               combines
               two
               together
               ,
               and
               makes
               them
               Partners
               in
               the
               Knowledge
               of
               one
               and
               the
               same
               secret
               .
               —
               Man
               by
               a
               Gift
               given
               him
               of
               God
               knows
               ,
               
                 together
                 with
                 God
              
               ,
               the
               same
               things
               of
               himself
               :
               And
               this
               Gift
               is
               named
               Conscience
               .
               —
               It
               is
               (
               as
               it
               were
               )
               a
               
                 little
                 God
              
               ,
               
               
                 sitting
                 in
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 Mens
                 Hearts
                 ,
                 arreigning
                 them
                 in
                 this
                 Life
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 shall
                 be
                 at
                 the
                 Tribunal
                 of
                 God
                 in
                 the
                 last
                 Judgment
                 .
              
               —
               Power
               in
               the
               Soul
               ,
               the
               Property
               whereof
               is
               to
               take
               the
               Principles
               and
               Conclusions
               of
               the
               Mind
               ,
               and
               apply
               them
               ,
               and
               by
               applying
               ,
               either
               to
               Accuse
               or
               Excuse
               —
               I
               Conscience
               be
               lost
               ,
               it
               is
               only
               in
               respect
               of
               the
               use
               thereof
               ,
               as
               Reason
               in
               a
               Drunkard
               ,
               and
               not
               otherwise
               —
               Conscience
               is
               a
               Thing
               of
               a
               
                 divine
                 Nature
              
               ,
               
               and
               is
               a
               thing
               placed
               of
               God
               in
               the
               midst
               ,
               between
               him
               and
               Man
               ,
               as
               an
               
                 Arbitrator
                 ,
                 to
                 give
                 Sentence
                 and
                 to
                 pronounce
                 either
                 with
                 Man
                 or
                 against
                 Man
                 unto
                 God.
                 
              
            
          
           
             Bish
             .
             
             Wilkins's
             
               Real
               Character
            
             ,
             Definition
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             
               It
               s
               a
               Faculty
               whereby
               we
               apply
               general
               Principles
               to
               particular
               Cases
               ,
               being
               a
               practical
               Judgment
               or
               Memory
               ,
               relating
               to
               Matters
               of
               Duty
               .
               The
               Opposite
               to
               it
               ,
               
                 Unconscionableness
                 ,
                 Searedness
                 ,
                 Profligateness
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
          
           
             These
             Testimonies
             give
             great
             Honour
             to
             Conscience
             ,
             as
             the
             generallity
             of
             Professions
             give
             to
             the
             Men.
             By
             them
             it
             appears
             that
             Insensibility
             is
             not
             Conscience
             or
             Conviction
             ;
             and
             the
             Truth
             
             is
             ,
             unconscionable
             implyes
             that
             conscionable
             is
             
               reasonable
               ,
               just
            
             and
             good
             .
          
           
             For
             our
             Parts
             ,
             we
             believe
             that
             God
             has
             placed
             his
             Witness
             in
             every
             Soul
             ,
             Heart
             and
             Conscience
             ;
             and
             that
             all
             Mankind
             shall
             be
             Accused
             or
             Excused
             by
             it
             ;
             they
             that
             rebel
             against
             it
             ,
             to
             them
             shall
             it
             be
             a
             Never-Dying
             Worm
             ;
             to
             them
             that
             love
             and
             obey
             it
             ,
             an
             Everlasting
             Comforter
             .
          
           
             By
             this
             hath
             God
             awakened
             and
             redeemed
             us
             from
             a
             vain
             Conversation
             :
             T
             is
             his
             ancient
             Light
             and
             Spirit
             that
             strove
             with
             the
             old
             World
             ,
             and
             strive
             with
             this
             .
             To
             no
             other
             Spirit
             is
             our
             Testimony
             ,
             neither
             Conscience
             or
             Conviction
             ,
             then
             that
             which
             is
             according
             to
             the
             Nature
             of
             it
             .
             And
             as
             I
             can
             make
             my
             Appeal
             to
             the
             Neighbours
             of
             
               I.
               C.
            
             and
             all
             other
             People
             else-where
             ,
             if
             ever
             our
             Consciences
             or
             Convictions
             have
             led
             us
             to
             any
             such
             detestable
             Enormities
             ,
             as
             he
             charges
             upon
             our
             Doctrines
             and
             Principle
             ;
             and
             if
             we
             have
             not
             rather
             had
             our
             Conversation
             among
             them
             in
             
               all
               Gentleness
               ,
               Sobriety
            
             and
             Honesty
             ;
             so
             do
             I
             warn
             all
             ,
             to
             whom
             this
             comes
             ,
             that
             they
             judge
             us
             not
             with
             Unrighteous
             Judgment
             ,
             nor
             readily
             receive
             the
             Reports
             and
             Suggestions
             of
             prejudiced
             Men
             against
             us
             and
             our
             holy
             Way
             .
             It
             s
             no
             easie
             thing
             to
             Flesh
             and
             Blood
             ,
             for
             us
             to
             live
             uprightly
             in
             the
             Profession
             of
             it
             :
             meer
             Outside
             ,
             Historical
             Faith
             ,
             Large
             Shews
             ,
             much
             Talk
             for
             Religion
             ,
             will
             not
             do
             the
             Matter
             ,
             if
             the
             Heart
             remains
             unsubjected
             ,
             the
             affections
             unmortified
             ,
             and
             no
             Peace
             with
             God
             sealed
             to
             the
             Soul
             ;
             
               Depart
               from
               me
            
             ,
             will
             be
             the
             last
             dismal
             Sentence
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             my
             dear
             Country-men
             ,
             Grieve
             not
             God's
             Holy
             Spirit
             ;
             encline
             your
             Hearts
             to
             his
             pure
             Word
             ;
             't
             is
             nigh
             you
             (
             as
             
               Rom.
               10.
            
             )
             that
             you
             should
             obey
             it
             and
             do
             it
             ;
             it
             will
             reform
             and
             regenerate
             you
             ;
             it
             will
             create
             all
             things
             new
             ,
             from
             an
             Hard
             to
             a
             Broken
             Heart
             ,
             from
             a
             Vain
             to
             a
             Contrite
             Spirit
             ;
             new
             Affections
             ,
             new
             Desires
             ,
             new
             Love
             ,
             new
             Friendship
             ,
             new
             Words
             ,
             new
             Works
             ,
             new
             Customs
             and
             Fashions
             (
             not
             like
             the
             World's
             ,
             that
             shall
             pass
             away
             ,
             and
             Vexation
             of
             Spirit
             only
             remain
             in
             lieu
             of
             them
             forever
             )
             Then
             shall
             the
             Peace
             of
             God
             slow
             into
             your
             Souls
             as
             a
             River
             ,
             and
             nothing
             shall
             ever
             harm
             or
             make
             you
             afraid
             .
          
           
             Truly
             Friends
             ,
             a
             Vain
             ,
             Worldly
             ,
             Unwatchful
             Conversation
             
             unrepented
             of
             ,
             be
             your
             Profession
             and
             Church
             what
             〈◊〉
             will
             ,
             will
             one
             Day
             harm
             and
             make
             you
             afraid
             ;
             for
             God
             〈◊〉
             Reward
             all
             people
             according
             to
             their
             Works
             :
             at
             that
             〈◊〉
             Day
             it
             will
             not
             be
             Well
             Talkt
             ,
             or
             Well
             Profest
             ,
             but
             
               WE●●
               DONE
               ,
               good
               and
               faithful
               servants
            
             ;
             Why
             ?
             Because
             th●●
             have
             kept
             his
             holy
             Sayings
             ;
             Remember
             what
             Christ
             Jesus
             said
             (
             by
             whom
             God
             will
             judge
             the
             Secrets
             of
             all
             Hearts
             in
             the
             Day
             of
             Account
             )
             that
             
               for
               every
               Idle
               Word
               which
               Man
               speaketh
               ,
               shall
               he
               give
               an
               Account
               in
               the
               Day
               of
               Judgment
               .
            
          
           
             As
             one
             that
             knows
             the
             Terrors
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             I
             would
             perswade
             all
             men
             to
             turn
             to
             the
             living
             God
             ;
             
               For
               if
               the
               Righteous
               scarcely
               be
               saved
               ,
               where
               shall
               the
               Vngodly
               and
               Sinner
               appear
               ?
               for
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               God
               stands
               in
               Righteousness
               ,
               Peace
               and
               Joy
               in
               the
               holy
               Ghost
            
             ;
             and
             Sinners
             have
             nothing
             to
             do
             there
             :
             Neither
             think
             ,
             that
             you
             are
             saved
             by
             Christ
             from
             Wrath
             ,
             and
             not
             saved
             from
             Sin
             ;
             or
             that
             he
             has
             saved
             you
             from
             the
             Guilt
             ,
             though
             the
             Nature
             and
             Acts
             of
             Sin
             remain
             ;
             no
             such
             can
             walk
             with
             God
             here
             ;
             for
             they
             must
             be
             translated
             ,
             changed
             ,
             renewed
             ;
             muchless
             can
             they
             enjoy
             the
             Lord
             hereafter
             .
             Wherefore
             cast
             about
             ,
             and
             see
             how
             it
             is
             with
             you
             ;
             hearken
             while
             it
             is
             to
             day
             ;
             your
             faithful
             Monitor
             is
             in
             your
             own
             Bosom
             ,
             and
             Waits
             and
             Knocks
             to
             be
             let
             into
             your
             most
             inward
             Affection
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             be
             your
             Delight
             ,
             the
             prime
             Object
             of
             your
             Love
             ;
             and
             blessed
             are
             they
             that
             are
             not
             offended
             in
             him
             ,
             but
             believe
             in
             him
             ,
             and
             confess
             him
             before
             all
             men
             ;
             the
             
               Outside
               Jew
            
             despised
             him
             then
             ,
             the
             
               Outside
               Christian
            
             sleights
             him
             now
             ;
             but
             blessed
             be
             God
             ,
             this
             spiritual
             Appearance
             of
             Christ
             in
             the
             Soul
             ,
             to
             the
             Jews
             (
             the
             Professors
             )
             a
             Stumbling-block
             ,
             to
             the
             Greeks
             (
             the
             Wise
             Men
             )
             Foolishness
             ,
             is
             unto
             us
             ,
             who
             have
             believed
             therein
             ,
             the
             mighty
             power
             of
             God
             to
             our
             Salvation
             ;
             and
             the
             worst
             desire
             I
             have
             for
             you
             is
             ,
             That
             you
             also
             may
             sincerely
             believe
             ,
             and
             when
             Time
             with
             you
             shall
             be
             no
             more
             ,
             receive
             ,
             with
             all
             those
             that
             in
             the
             Self-denying
             Life
             of
             holy
             Jesus
             walk
             ,
             and
             saint
             not
             ,
             to
             the
             End
             of
             their
             Dayes
             ,
             Glory
             ,
             Honour
             and
             Eternal
             Life
             ,
             Amen
             .
          
           
             THE
             END
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A54213-e80
           
             D.
             Cave's
             prim
             .
             Christ
             .
          
           
             Quak
             New
             nick
             Name
             for
             Old
             Christ
             .
             pag.
             71
             ,
             72.
             
          
           
             pag.
             34.
             
          
           
             Ed.
             Bur.
             
          
           
             pa.
             34
             ,
             35.
             
          
           
             pag.
             71
             ,
             72
             ,
             73.
             
          
           
             a
             Ought
             any
             man
             to
             obey
             what
             he
             does
             not
             know
             ?
             and
             is
             not
             Knowledge
             Conviction
             ?
             I
             provoke
             him
             or
             any
             to
             give
             me
             a
             Scripture
             for
             that
             .
             But
             more
             of
             this
             anon
             ;
             observe
             what
             follows
             .
          
           
             b
             The
             Apostle
             here
             does
             plainly
             exhort
             them
             to
             make
             their
             Conviction
             on
             their
             Rule
             ;
             for
             there
             was
             something
             in
             them
             that
             brought
             shame
             over
             them
             for
             their
             Evil
             Deeds
             ,
             the
             true
             Light
             and
             Spirit
             ,
             that
             makes
             known
             what
             of
             God
             is
             to
             be
             known
             in
             man.
             
          
           
             c
             True
             still
             ;
             for
             Man
             can't
             see
             without
             Eyes
             ,
             nor
             act
             without
             Knowledge
             :
             But
             the
             Question
             is
             ,
             What
             Conviction
             this
             is
             ;
             the
             words
             prove
             that
             it
             is
             by
             the
             Light
             and
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ;
             then
             the
             feared
             Conscience
             and
             debancht
             Mind
             are
             
               I.
               C.
            
             speaketh
             of
             plainly
             excluded
             ;
             here
             I
             mention
             the
             Conviction
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             works
             it
             :
             What
             Countenance
             do
             either
             give
             
               I.
               C.
            
             tos
             heap
             those
             foul
             and
             Impiou
             Consequences
             upon
             me
             ?
          
           
             d
             This
             plain
             Distinction
             I
             made
             is
             left
             out
             by
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             the
             better
             have
             his
             Ends
             ,
             and
             Conceal
             the
             Injustice
             of
             his
             Work.
             
          
           
             c
             This
             is
             a
             direct
             Contradiction
             to
             his
             Inference
             and
             Allegation
             ,
             who
             would
             have
             me
             to
             hold
             ,
             that
             what
             is
             in
             any
             Case
             commanded
             one
             Man
             ,
             is
             not
             binding
             upon
             another
             ,
             when
             I
             limit
             it
             to
             Extraordinary
             Cases
             ,
             and
             just
             after
             say
             ,
             that
             the
             Moral
             Commands
             of
             God
             are
             obliging
             upon
             all
             ,
             How
             is
             it
             then
             that
             I
             deny
             the
             Ten
             Commandments
             to
             belong
             to
             all
             Men
             ,
             or
             that
             I
             hold
             ,
             men
             may
             Kill
             ,
             Steal
             ,
             &c.
             and
             not
             be
             cullpable
             ?
             O
             disingenuous
             man
             !
          
           
             f
             This
             
               Out
               living
               their
               Day
            
             plainly
             shows
             ,
             that
             I
             excluded
             seared
             Consciences
             ;
             how
             then
             do
             I
             make
             a
             seared
             Conscience
             my
             Rule
             of
             Obedience
             ,
             or
             the
             readiest
             Way
             to
             Salvation
             ?
          
           
             g
             Is
             not
             this
             the
             Language
             of
             
               I.
               C
            
             ?
             are
             they
             not
             Brethren
             in
             Abuse
             ?
          
           
             h
             Is
             not
             this
             a
             plain
             Distinction
             ?
             what
             could
             be
             plainer
             against
             any
             such
             Consequences
             as
             
               I.
               C.
            
             draws
             ,
             and
             to
             prove
             that
             I
             understood
             not
             what
             he
             renders
             me
             to
             have
             intended
             ?
          
           
             Levit.
             19.
             18
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             i
             How
             plentiful
             are
             the
             Evidences
             of
             our
             Innocency
             ;
             and
             how
             distinctly
             nay
             the
             Reader
             see
             that
             
               E.
               B.
            
             writ
             of
             Particular
             &
             Extraordinary
             Commands
             ?
          
           
             k
             Let
             me
             pray
             the
             Reader
             ,
             and
             prevail
             with
             him
             to
             dwell
             a
             while
             upon
             this
             Passage
             ,
             and
             do
             an
             Innocent
             Man
             ,
             yea
             ,
             an
             Abused
             People
             Justice
             ,
             Does
             this
             plead
             for
             
               Rantism
               ,
               Atheism
               ,
               Blasphemy
               ,
               Murder
               ,
               &c
            
             as
             
               I.
               C.
            
             tells
             us
             ?
          
           
             l
             This
             is
             the
             Tendency
             of
             his
             Doctrine
             ,
             who
             flyes
             out
             upon
             Conscience
             and
             Inward
             Conviction
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             the
             only
             great
             Enemies
             of
             his
             Salvation
             .
          
           
             m
             This
             notable
             Clause
             clears
             our
             Sense
             more
             particularly
             ,
             and
             gives
             a
             very
             plain
             Discovery
             of
             our
             Enemy's
             Disingenuity
             .
             We
             speak
             of
             Positive
             ,
             
               J.
               F.
            
             and
             
               I.
               C.
            
             conclude
             our
             Argument
             against
             all
             moral
             Commands
             ;
             these
             are
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Gospel
             all
             this
             while
             ,
             if
             they
             may
             be
             believed
             .
          
           
             Phil.
             3.
             15.
             
          
           
             n
             What
             sayes
             my
             Reader
             to
             this
             Passage
             and
             plain
             Provision
             ,
             made
             by
             me
             against
             blinded
             ,
             deluded
             and
             hardened
             Minds
             and
             Consciences
             ?
             Does
             this
             agree
             well
             with
             my
             present
             Adversary's
             swaggering
             Consequences
             ,
             especially
             that
             which
             makes
             me
             to
             deny
             sins
             of
             wilful
             Ignorance
             ?
             What
             Gospel
             can
             a
             Man
             so
             qualified
             be
             Minister
             of
             ?
          
           
             o
             This
             further
             proves
             what
             Conviction
             as
             well
             as
             what
             Commands
             I
             understood
             ;
             and
             ought
             to
             shame
             my
             Adversary
             ,
             if
             he
             has
             any
             Ingenuity
             in
             him
             ,
             for
             that
             ill
             Vse
             he
             has
             made
             of
             my
             words
             about
             Conscience
             and
             Conviction
             .
          
           
             p
             What
             sayes
             
               I.
               C.
            
             to
             this
             ?
             Is
             the
             Conscience
             and
             Conviction
             I
             make
             so
             necessary
             ,
             a
             blind
             ,
             dark
             ,
             scared
             Conscience
             ?
             Do
             I
             leave
             it
             there
             ?
             Is
             that
             the
             Language
             of
             my
             Doctrine
             ?
             Is
             it
             not
             a
             Conscience
             convinced
             and
             taught
             by
             God's
             holy
             spirit
             ?
             Let
             what
             follows
             and
             the
             Three
             Testimonies
             be
             weighed
             .
          
           
             W.
             Tindal's
             Works
             ,
             pag.
             319.
             p.
             80.
             
          
           
             B.
             Jew
             .
             contr
             .
             Hard.
             p.
             53●
             ,
             534.
             
          
           
             T.
             Coll.
             Works
             ,
             p.
             247.
             
          
           
             p.
             8.
             
             &
             9.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             16.
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             Chap.
             15.
             24.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             18.
             19.
             
          
           
             Mic.
             6.
             8.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             1.
             5.
             9.
             
          
           
             Ephe.
             5.
             12
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             3.
             20
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             10.
             2.
             
          
           
             Acts
             18.
             22
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             p.
             11.
             
          
           
             W.
             Perk.
             Works
             of
             Consc
             .
             p.
             512.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             8.
             
          
           
             p.
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             p.
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             Mic.
             6.
             8.
             
          
           
             p.
             518.
             
          
           
             p.
             519.
             
          
           
             Note
             .