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           TRUTH
           Further
           Clear'd
           from
           MISTAKES
           .
        
         
           BEING
           Two
           Chapters
           out
           of
           the
           Book
           ENTITULED
           ,
           
             Primitive
             Christianity
             Reviv'd
          
           :
           Plainly
           acknowledging
           the
           Benefit
           accruing
           by
           the
           Death
           and
           Sufferings
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           for
           the
           Salvation
           of
           Mankind
           .
        
         
           TOGETHER
           WITH
           A
           Comparison
           of
           the
           Principles
           of
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           and
           the
           Perversions
           of
           their
           Opposers
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           Postscript
           .
        
         
           By
           
             W.
             P.
          
           
        
         
           Dublin
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1698.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           OCcasion
           having
           been
           given
           us
           we
           never
           sought
           ,
           we
           continue
           to
           improve
           it
           to
           the
           further
           Explanation
           and
           Defence
           of
           our
           so
           much
           abused
           Profession
           ,
           that
           if
           possible
           People
           may
           see
           ,
           at
           least
           the
           more
           Sober
           and
           Candid
           ,
           That
           we
           are
           not
           at
           that
           distance
           from
           
             Truth
             ,
             nor
             so
             Heterodox
             in
             our
             Principles
             ,
          
           as
           we
           have
           been
           ,
           by
           too
           many
           ,
           either
           hastily
           or
           interestedly
           Represented
           ;
           but
           that
           indeed
           we
           hold
           the
           
             Great
             Truths
             of
             Christianity
             according
             to
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             ,
          
           and
           that
           the
           Realities
           of
           Religion
           are
           the
           Mark
           we
           press
           after
           ,
           and
           to
           disabuse
           and
           awaken
           People
           from
           their
           false
           Hopes
           and
           carnal
           Securities
           ,
           under
           which
           they
           are
           too
           apt
           to
           indulge
           themselves
           ,
           to
           their
           
             Irreparable
             Loss
          
           ,
           that
           by
           our
           setting
           
             Christian
             Doctrine
             in
             a
             true
             Light
             ,
          
           and
           receiving
           and
           pressing
           the
           
           Necessity
           of
           a
           better
           Practice
           :
           They
           may
           see
           the
           Obligation
           they
           are
           under
           to
           redeem
           their
           precious
           time
           they
           have
           lost
           ,
           by
           a
           more
           careful
           Employment
           of
           that
           which
           remains
           to
           a
           better
           purpose
           .
           This
           has
           occasioned
           Us
           to
           Re-print
           
             the
             8th
             .
             and
             9th
             .
             Chapters
             of
             Primitive
             Christianity
             ,
          
           being
           willing
           to
           Speak
           in
           the
           Language
           of
           what
           has
           been
           already
           made
           Publick
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           seen
           ,
           We
           neither
           Change
           (
           tho
           for
           the
           better
           is
           always
           commendable
           )
           nor
           Write
           otherwise
           now
           then
           before
           to
           serve
           a
           present
           Turn
           ;
           
             In
             which
             and
             a
             Postscript
             ,
             comparing
             our
             Principles
             ,
          
           with
           our
           Opposers
           usual
           Perversions
           ,
           the
           Ingenious
           Reader
           may
           easily
           discern
           how
           Ill
           We
           have
           been
           Treated
           ,
           and
           what
           Hardships
           We
           have
           laboured
           under
           ,
           through
           the
           Prejudice
           of
           some
           ,
           and
           the
           Unreasonable
           Credulity
           of
           others
           ;
           and
           do
           Us
           the
           Justice
           to
           believe
           that
           We
           are
           
             a
             People
             in
             Earnest
             for
             Heaven
             ,
          
           and
           in
           that
           way
           our
           Blessed
           Lord
           hath
           trod
           for
           Us
           to
           Glory
           ,
           
             For
             no
             Cross
             no
             Crown
          
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           VIII
           .
        
         
           Sect.
           1.
           
           
             Doctrine
             of
          
           Satisfaction
           and
           Justification
           
             Owned
             and
             Worded
             according
             to
          
           Scripture
           .
           Sect.
           2.
           
           
             What
             Constructions
             we
             can't
             believe
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             which
             is
             an
             abuse
             of
             them
             .
          
           Sect.
           3.
           
           
             Christ
             Owned
             a
             Sacrifice
             and
             a
             Mediator
             .
          
           Sect.
           4.
           
           Justification
           Two-fold
           ,
           
             from
             the
             Guilt
             of
             Sin
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             Power
             and
             Pollution
             of
             it
             .
          
           Sect.
           5.
           
           
             Exhortation
             to
             the
             Reader
             upon
             the
             whole
             .
          
        
         
           Obj.
           1.
           
           
             THough
             there
             be
             ma-many
             good
             things
             said
             ,
             how
             Christ
             appears
             and
             works
             in
             a
             Soul
             ,
             to
             Awaken
             ,
             Convince
             and
             Convert
             it
             ;
             yet
             you
             seem
             not
             
             particular
             enough
             about
             the
             Death
             and
             Sufferings
             of
             Christ
             :
             And
             it
             is
             generally
             Rumour'd
             and
             Charged
             upon
             you
             by
             your
             Adversaries
             ,
             that
             you
             have
             little
             reverence
             to
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Christ's
             Satisfaction
             to
             God
             for
             our
             Sins
             ,
             and
             that
             you
             do
             not
             Believe
             ,
             That
             the
          
           Active
           and
           Passive
           
             Obedience
             of
             Christ
             ,
             when
             He
             was
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             is
             the
          
           alone
           
             ground
             of
             a
             Sinners
             Justification
             before
             God.
             
          
        
         
           Answ
           .
           §
           .
           1.
           
           The
           Doctrine
           of
           Satisfaction
           and
           Justification
           ,
           truly
           understood
           ,
           are
           placed
           in
           so
           strict
           an
           Union
           ,
           that
           the
           one
           is
           a
           necessary
           Consequence
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           what
           we
           say
           of
           them
           ,
           is
           what
           agrees
           with
           the
           suffrage
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           most
           part
           in
           the
           terms
           of
           it
           ;
           always
           believing
           ,
           that
           in
           Points
           where
           there
           arises
           any
           difficulty
           ,
           be
           it
           from
           the
           
           Obscurity
           of
           Expression
           ,
           Mis-translation
           ,
           or
           the
           Dust
           raised
           by
           the
           Heats
           of
           Partial
           Writers
           ,
           or
           
             Nice
             Criticks
          
           ,
           it
           is
           ever
           best
           to
           keep
           close
           to
           the
           Text
           ,
           and
           maintain
           Charity
           in
           the
           rest
           .
           I
           shall
           first
           speak
           Negatively
           ,
           what
           we
           do
           not
           own
           ,
           which
           perhaps
           hath
           given
           occasion
           to
           those
           who
           have
           been
           more
           Hasty
           then
           Wise
           ,
           to
           judge
           us
           defective
           in
           our
           Belief
           of
           the
           Efficacy
           of
           the
           Death
           and
           Sufferings
           of
           Christ
           to
           Justification
           :
           As
           ,
        
         
           §
           .
           2.
           
           First
           ,
           We
           cannot
           Believe
           that
           Christ
           is
           the
           Cause
           ,
           but
           the
           Effect
           of
           God's
           Love
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Testimony
           of
           the
           Beloved
           Disciple
           John
           ,
           Chap.
           3.
           
           
             God
             hath
             so
             loved
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             given
             his
             only
             Begotten
             Son
             into
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             whosoever
             believeth
             on
             him
             should
             not
             perish
             ,
             but
             have
             Everlasting
             Life
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           We
           cannot
           say
           ,
           God
           
             could
             not
          
           have
           taken
           another
           way
           to
           have
           saved
           Sinners
           ,
           than
           by
           the
           Death
           
           and
           Sufferings
           of
           his
           Son
           ,
           to
           satisfie
           his
           Justice
           ,
           or
           that
           Christ's
           Death
           and
           sufferings
           were
           a
           strict
           and
           rigid
           Satisfaction
           for
           that
           Eternal
           Death
           and
           Misery
           due
           to
           a
           Man
           for
           Sin
           and
           Transgression
           :
           For
           such
           a
           Notion
           were
           to
           make
           God's
           Mercy
           little
           concerned
           in
           Man's
           Salvation
           ;
           and
           indeed
           we
           are
           at
           too
           great
           a
           distance
           from
           his
           Infinite
           Wisdom
           and
           Power
           ,
           to
           judge
           of
           the
           Liberty
           and
           Necessity
           of
           his
           Actings
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           We
           cannot
           say
           Jesus
           Christ
           was
           the
           
             greatest
             Sinner
          
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           (
           because
           he
           bore
           our
           Sins
           on
           his
           Cross
           ,
           or
           because
           he
           was
           made
           Sin
           for
           us
           ,
           who
           knew
           no
           Sin
           )
           an
           Expression
           of
           great
           levity
           and
           unsoundness
           ,
           yet
           often
           said
           by
           great
           Preachers
           and
           Professors
           of
           Religion
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           We
           cannot
           Believe
           that
           Christ's
           Death
           and
           Sufferings
           so
           satisfies
           God
           ,
           or
           justifies
           Men
           ,
           as
           that
           they
           are
           thereby
           Accepted
           of
           God
           :
           They
           are
           indeed
           thereby
           put
           into
           a
           state
           capable
           of
           being
           accepted
           of
           God
           ,
           
           and
           through
           the
           Obedience
           of
           Faith
           and
           Sanctification
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           are
           in
           a
           state
           of
           Acceptance
           :
           For
           we
           can
           never
           think
           a
           Man
           justified
           before
           God
           ,
           while
           Self-condemned
           ;
           or
           that
           any
           Man
           can
           be
           in
           Christ
           ,
           who
           is
           not
           a
           New
           Creature
           ,
           or
           that
           God
           looks
           upon
           Men
           otherwise
           then
           they
           are
           .
           We
           think
           it
           a
           state
           of
           Presumption
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           Salvation
           ,
           to
           call
           
             Jesus
             ,
             Lord
          
           !
           and
           not
           by
           the
           Work
           of
           the
           
             Holy
             Ghost
             .
             Master
          
           !
           And
           he
           not
           yet
           
             Master
             of
             our
             Affections
             :
             Saviour
             !
          
           And
           they
           not
           saved
           by
           him
           from
           their
           
             Sins
             :
             Redeemer
          
           !
           And
           yet
           they
           not
           redeemed
           by
           him
           from
           their
           
             Passion
             ,
             Pride
             ,
             Covetousness
             ,
             Wantonness
             ,
             Vanity
             ,
             Honours
             ,
             vain
             Friendships
             ,
          
           and
           Glory
           of
           this
           World
           :
           Which
           were
           to
           deceive
           themselves
           :
           for
           God
           will
           not
           be
           mocked
           ,
           such
           as
           Men
           sow
           ,
           such
           must
           they
           reap
           .
           And
           though
           Christ
           did
           Die
           for
           us
           ,
           yet
           we
           must
           ,
           by
           the
           Assistance
           of
           his
           Grace
           ,
           
             work
             out
             our
             Salvation
             with
             fear
             and
             trembling
             :
          
           As
           he
           Died
           for
           Sin
           ,
           so
           we
           
           must
           Die
           to
           Sin
           ,
           or
           we
           cannot
           be
           said
           to
           be
           saved
           by
           the
           Death
           and
           Sufferings
           of
           Christ
           ,
           or
           throughly
           justified
           and
           accepted
           with
           God.
           Thus
           far
           Negatively
           .
           Now
           ,
           Possitively
           ,
           what
           we
           own
           as
           to
           Justification
           .
        
         
           §
           .
           3.
           
           We
           do
           Believe
           ,
           that
           Jesus
           Christ
           was
           our
           Holy
           Sacrifice
           ,
           and
           Attonement
           ,
           and
           Prepiriation
           ;
           that
           he
           bore
           our
           Iniquities
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           his
           Stripes
           we
           were
           healed
           of
           the
           Wounds
           Adam
           gave
           us
           in
           his
           Fall
           ;
           and
           that
           God
           is
           just
           in
           forgiving
           true
           Penitents
           upon
           the
           Credit
           of
           that
           Holy
           Offering
           ,
           Christ
           made
           of
           himself
           to
           God
           for
           us
           ;
           and
           that
           what
           he
           did
           and
           suffer'd
           ,
           satisfied
           and
           pleased
           God
           ,
           and
           was
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           fallen
           Man
           that
           had
           displeased
           God
           :
           And
           that
           through
           the
           Offering
           up
           of
           himself
           once
           for
           all
           ,
           through
           the
           Eternal
           Spirit
           ,
           he
           hath
           for
           Ever
           perfected
           those
           (
           in
           all
           times
           )
           that
           are
           sanctified
           ,
           
             who
             walk
             not
             after
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             but
             after
             the
             Spirit
             .
             Rom.
          
           8.
           1.
           
           Mark
           that
           .
        
         
         
           §
           .
           4.
           
           In
           short
           ,
           Justification
           consists
           of
           two
           parts
           ,
           or
           hath
           a
           two-fold
           Consideration
           ,
           viz.
           Justification
           from
           the
           Guilt
           of
           Sin
           ,
           and
           Justification
           from
           the
           Power
           and
           Pollution
           of
           Sin
           ,
           and
           in
           this
           Sence
           Justification
           gives
           Man
           a
           full
           and
           clear
           Acceptance
           before
           God.
           For
           want
           of
           this
           latter
           part
           ,
           it
           is
           that
           so
           many
           Souls
           Religiously
           inclin'd
           ,
           are
           often
           under
           Doubts
           ,
           Scruples
           and
           Despondencies
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           that
           their
           Teachers
           tell
           them
           of
           the
           Extent
           and
           Efficacy
           of
           the
           first
           part
           of
           Justification
           .
           And
           it
           is
           too
           general
           an
           Unhappiness
           among
           the
           Professors
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           apt
           to
           cloak
           their
           own
           
             Active
             and
             Passive
             Disobedience
          
           with
           the
           
             Active
             and
             Passive
             Obedience
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           The
           first
           part
           of
           Justification
           we
           do
           reverently
           and
           humbly
           acknowledge
           is
           only
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           the
           Death
           and
           Sufferings
           of
           Christ
           ;
           nothing
           we
           can
           do
           ,
           
             though
             by
             the
             Operation
             of
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             ,
          
           being
           able
           to
           Cancel
           Old
           Debts
           ,
           
           or
           wipe
           out
           Old
           Scores
           :
           It
           is
           the
           Power
           and
           Efficacy
           of
           that
           Propitiatory
           Offering
           ,
           upon
           Faith
           and
           Repentance
           ,
           that
           justifies
           us
           from
           the
           Sins
           that
           are
           past
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           the
           Power
           of
           Christ's
           Spirit
           in
           our
           Hearts
           that
           purifies
           and
           makes
           us
           acceptable
           before
           God.
           For
           till
           the
           Heart
           of
           Man
           is
           purged
           from
           Sin
           ,
           God
           will
           never
           accept
           of
           it
           .
           He
           Reproves
           ,
           Rebukes
           and
           Condemns
           those
           that
           entertain
           Sin
           there
           ,
           and
           therefore
           such
           cannot
           be
           said
           to
           be
           in
           a
           Justified
           State
           ;
           Condemnation
           and
           Justification
           being
           Contraries
           :
           So
           that
           they
           that
           hold
           themselves
           in
           a
           Justified
           State
           by
           the
           Active
           and
           Passive
           Obedience
           of
           Christ
           ,
           while
           they
           are
           not
           Actively
           and
           Passively
           Obedient
           to
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           Jusus
           ,
           are
           under
           a
           strong
           and
           
             dangerous
             Delusion
          
           ;
           and
           for
           crying
           out
           against
           this
           Sin-pleasing
           Imagination
           ,
           not
           to
           say
           Doctrine
           ,
           we
           are
           Staged
           and
           Reproached
           as
           Denicrs
           and
           Despisers
           of
           the
           Death
           and
           Sufferings
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
           But
           be
           it
           
           known
           to
           such
           ,
           they
           add
           to
           Christ's
           Sufferings
           ,
           and
           Crucifie
           to
           themselves
           afresh
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           trample
           the
           Blood
           of
           the
           Covenant
           under
           their
           Feet
           ,
           that
           walk
           unholily
           under
           a
           Profession
           of
           Justification
           ;
           for
           God
           will
           not
           acquit
           the
           Guilty
           ,
           nor
           Justifie
           the
           Disobedient
           and
           Unfaithful
           .
           Such
           deceive
           themselves
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           Great
           and
           Final
           Judgment
           their
           Sentence
           will
           not
           be
           ,
           Come
           ye
           Blessed
           ,
           because
           it
           cannot
           be
           said
           to
           them
           ,
           
             Well
             done
             Good
             and
             Faithful
          
           ,
           for
           they
           cannot
           be
           so
           esteemed
           that
           live
           and
           die
           in
           a
           Reproveable
           and
           Condemnable
           State
           ;
           but
           ,
           Go
           ye
           Cursed
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           §
           .
           5.
           
           Wherefore
           ,
           O
           my
           Reader
           !
           Rest
           not
           thy self
           wholly
           satisfied
           with
           what
           Christ
           has
           done
           for
           thee
           in
           his
           Blessed
           Person
           without
           Thee
           ,
           but
           press
           to
           know
           his
           Power
           and
           Kingdom
           
             within
             thee
          
           ,
           that
           the
           
             strong
             Man
          
           ,
           that
           has
           too
           long
           kept
           thy
           House
           ,
           may
           be
           bound
           ,
           and
           his
           Goods
           spoiled
           ;
           
           his
           Works
           destroyed
           ,
           and
           Sin
           ended
           ;
           according
           to
           the
           1
           John
           3.
           7.
           
           
             For
             which
             end
          
           ,
           says
           that
           Beloved
           Disciple
           ,
           
             Christ
             was
             manifested
          
           ,
           that
           all
           things
           may
           become
           New
           ;
           
             New
             Heavens
             ,
             and
             New
             Earth
             ,
             in
             which
             Righteousness
             dwells
             .
          
           Thus
           thou
           wilt
           come
           to
           glorifie
           God
           in
           thy
           Body
           ,
           and
           in
           thy
           Spirit
           ,
           which
           are
           his
           ;
           and
           live
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           thy self
           .
           Thy
           Love
           ,
           Joy
           ,
           Worship
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           ;
           thy
           Life
           ,
           Conversation
           ,
           and
           Practice
           ;
           thy
           Study
           ,
           Meditation
           ,
           and
           Devotion
           ,
           will
           be
           Spiritual
           :
           For
           the
           Father
           and
           the
           Son
           will
           make
           their
           abode
           with
           thee
           ,
           and
           Christ
           will
           manifest
           himself
           to
           thee
           ;
           for
           the
           Secrets
           of
           the
           Lord
           are
           with
           them
           that
           fear
           him
           .
           And
           an
           holy
           Unction
           or
           Anointing
           have
           all
           those
           ,
           which
           leads
           them
           
             into
             all
             truth
          
           ,
           and
           they
           need
           not
           the
           Teachings
           of
           Men
           :
           They
           are
           better
           Taught
           ,
           being
           Instructed
           by
           the
           
             Divine
             Oracle
          
           ;
           no
           bare
           Hear-say
           ,
           or
           Traditional
           Christians
           ,
           but
           fresh
           and
           living
           Witnesses
           :
           Those
           
           that
           have
           seen
           with
           their
           
             own
             Eyes
          
           ,
           and
           heard
           with
           their
           
             own
             Ears
          
           ,
           and
           have
           handled
           with
           their
           
             own
             Hands
          
           the
           Word
           of
           Life
           ,
           in
           the
           divers
           Operations
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           their
           Souls
           Salvation
           .
           In
           this
           they
           Meet
           ,
           in
           this
           they
           Preach
           ,
           and
           in
           this
           they
           Pray
           and
           Praise
           :
           Behold
           the
           New
           Covenant
           fulfilled
           ,
           the
           Church
           and
           Worship
           of
           Christ
           ,
           the
           Great
           Anointed
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Great
           Anointing
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           his
           Holy
           ,
           High
           Priesthood
           and
           Offices
           in
           his
           Church
           !
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           IX
           .
        
         
           Sect.
           1.
           
           
             A
             Confession
             to
             Christ
             and
             his
             Work
             ,
             both
             in
             Doing
             and
             Suffering
             .
          
           Sect.
           2.
           
           
             That
             ought
             not
             to
             make
             void
             our
             Belief
             and
             Testimony
             of
             his
             Inward
             and
             Spiritual
             Appearance
             in
             the
             Soul.
          
           Sect.
           3.
           
           
             What
             our
             Testimony
             is
             in
             the
             latter
             respect
             :
             That
             't
             is
             impossible
             to
             be
             saved
             by
             Christ
             Without
             us
             ,
             while
             we
             reject
             his
             Work
             and
             Power
             Within
             us
             .
          
           Sect.
           4.
           
           
             The
             Dispensation
             of
             Grace
             ,
             in
             its
             Nature
             and
             Extent
             .
          
           Sect.
           5.
           
           
             A
             further
             Acknowledgment
             to
             the
             Death
             and
             Sufferings
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           Sect.
           6.
           
           
             The
             Conclusion
             ,
             shewing
             our
             Adversaries
             Unreasonableness
             .
          
        
         
           §
           .
           1.
           
           AND
           lest
           any
           should
           say
           we
           are
           Equivocal
           in
           our
           Expressions
           ,
           and
           
             Allegorize
             away
          
           Christ's
           Appearance
           in
           the
           Flesh
           ;
           meaning
           only
           thereby
           ,
           our
           own
           Flesh
           ,
           
           and
           that
           as
           often
           as
           we
           mention
           him
           ,
           we
           mean
           only
           a
           Mystery
           ,
           or
           a
           
             Mystical
             Sense
          
           of
           him
           ,
           be
           it
           as
           to
           his
           
             Coming
             ,
             Birth
             ,
             Miracles
             ,
             Sufferings
             ,
             Death
             ,
             Resurection
             ,
             Ascension
             ,
             Mediation
          
           and
           Judgment
           ;
           I
           would
           yet
           add
           ,
           to
           preserve
           the
           well-disposed
           from
           being
           stagger'd
           by
           such
           Suggestions
           ,
           and
           to
           inform
           and
           reclaim
           such
           as
           are
           under
           the
           Power
           and
           Prejudice
           of
           them
           ,
           That
           ,
           we
           do
           ,
           we
           Bless
           God
           ,
           Religiously
           Believe
           and
           Confess
           ,
           to
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           the
           Father
           ,
           and
           the
           Honour
           of
           his
           Dear
           and
           Beloved
           Son
           ,
           that
           ,
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             took
             our
             Nature
             upon
             him
             ,
             and
             was
             like
             unto
             us
             in
             all
             things
             ,
             Sin
             excepted
             ;
             That
             he
             was
             Born
             of
             the
             Virgin
          
           Mary
           ,
           
             and
             Suffered
             under
          
           Pontius
           Pilate
           ,
           the
           Roman
           
             Governour
             ,
             Crucified
             ,
             Dead
             ,
             and
             Buried
             in
             the
             Sepulchre
             of
          
           Joseph
           of
           Arimathea
           ;
           
             Rose
             again
             the
             Third
             Day
             ,
             and
             Ascended
             into
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             sits
             on
             the
             Right
             Hand
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             the
             Power
             and
             Majesty
             of
             his
             Father
             ,
             who
             will
             one
             Day
             Judge
             the
             World
             by
             him
             ,
             even
             that
             Blessed
             Man
             ,
             
             CHRIST
             JESUS
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             Works
             .
          
        
         
           §
           .
           2.
           
           But
           because
           we
           so
           Believe
           ,
           must
           we
           not
           Believe
           what
           Christ
           said
           ,
           
             He
             that
             is
             with
             you
             shall
             be
             in
             you
             ,
          
           John
           14.
           
           
             I
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             they
             in
             me
             ,
          
           &c.
           Chap.
           17.
           
           
             When
             it
             pleased
             God
             to
             reveal
             his
             Son
             in
             me
             ,
          
           &c.
           Gal.
           1.
           
           
             The
             Mystery
             hid
             from
             Ages
             ,
             is
             Christ
             in
             the
          
           Gentiles
           
             the
             hope
             of
             Glory
          
           ,
           Col.
           1.
           
           
             Unless
             Christ
             be
             in
             you
             ,
             ye
             are
             Reprobates
             ?
          
           2
           Cor.
           13.
           
           Or
           must
           we
           be
           industriously
           represented
           Deniers
           of
           Christ's
           Coming
           in
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           and
           the
           Holy
           Ends
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           all
           the
           Parts
           and
           Branches
           of
           his
           Doing
           and
           Suffering
           ,
           because
           we
           Believe
           ,
           and
           press
           the
           Necessity
           of
           Believing
           ,
           Receiving
           and
           Obeying
           his
           Inward
           and
           Spiritual
           Appearance
           and
           Manifestation
           of
           himself
           ,
           through
           his
           Light
           ,
           Grace
           and
           Spirit
           in
           the
           Hearts
           and
           Consciences
           of
           Men
           and
           Women
           ,
           to
           Reprove
           ,
           Convict
           ,
           Convert
           and
           Change
           them
           ?
           This
           we
           esteem
           hard
           and
           unrighteous
           
           Measure
           ;
           nor
           would
           our
           warm
           and
           sharp
           Adversaries
           be
           so
           dealt
           with
           by
           others
           :
           But
           to
           do
           as
           they
           would
           be
           done
           to
           ,
           is
           too
           often
           no
           part
           of
           their
           Practice
           ,
           whatever
           it
           be
           of
           their
           Profession
           .
        
         
           §
           .
           3.
           
           Yet
           we
           are
           very
           ready
           to
           declare
           to
           the
           whole
           World
           ,
           that
           we
           cannot
           think
           Men
           and
           Women
           
             can
             be
             saved
          
           by
           their
           Belief
           of
           the
           one
           
             without
             the
             Sense
             and
             Experience
             of
             the
             other
          
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           what
           we
           oppose
           ,
           and
           not
           his
           Blessed
           Manifestation
           in
           the
           Flesh
           .
           We
           say
           that
           he
           then
           overcame
           our
           Common
           Enemy
           ,
           soiled
           him
           in
           the
           open
           Field
           ,
           and
           in
           our
           Nature
           triumphed
           over
           him
           that
           had
           overcome
           and
           triumphed
           over
           it
           in
           our
           Forefather
           Adam
           ,
           and
           his
           Posterity
           ;
           and
           that
           as
           truly
           as
           Christ
           overcame
           him
           in
           our
           Nature
           ,
           in
           his
           own
           Person
           ,
           so
           ,
           
             by
             his
             Divine
             Grace
          
           being
           received
           and
           obeyed
           by
           us
           ,
           he
           overcomes
           him
           in
           us
           :
           That
           is
           ,
           he
           detects
           the
           Enemy
           by
           his
           Light
           in
           the
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           enables
           
           the
           Creature
           to
           resist
           him
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           Fiery
           Darts
           ,
           and
           finally
           ,
           so
           to
           Fight
           the
           Good
           Fight
           of
           Faith
           ,
           as
           to
           overcome
           him
           ,
           and
           lay
           hold
           on
           Eternal
           Life
           .
        
         
           §
           .
           4.
           
           And
           this
           is
           the
           Dispensation
           of
           Grace
           ,
           which
           we
           declare
           ,
           
             has
             appeared
             to
             all
          
           ,
           more
           or
           less
           ;
           teaching
           those
           that
           will
           receive
           it
           ,
           
             to
             deny
             ungodliness
             and
             wordly
             lust
             ,
             and
             to
             live
             soberly
             ,
             righteously
             ,
             and
             godly
             in
             this
             present
             World
             ;
             looking
             for
          
           (
           which
           none
           else
           can
           justly
           do
           )
           
             the
             blessed
             Hope
             ,
             and
             glorious
             Appearing
             of
             the
             Great
             God
             ,
             and
             our
             Saviour
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Tit.
           2.
           11
           ,
           12
           ,
           13.
           
           And
           as
           from
           the
           Teachings
           ,
           and
           Experience
           ,
           and
           Motion
           of
           this
           Grace
           ,
           we
           minister
           to
           others
           ,
           so
           the
           very
           drift
           of
           our
           Ministry
           is
           to
           turn
           Peoples
           Minds
           to
           this
           Grace
           in
           themselves
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           all
           ,
           up
           and
           be
           doing
           ,
           
             even
             the
             good
             and
             acceptable
             Will
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             work
             out
             their
             Salvation
             with
             fear
             and
             trembling
             ,
             and
             make
             their
             High
             and
             
             Heavenly
             Calling
             and
             Election
             sure
          
           ;
           which
           none
           else
           can
           do
           ,
           whatever
           be
           their
           
             Profession
             ,
             Church
          
           and
           
             Character
             :
             For
             such
             as
             Men
             sow
             they
             must
             reap
             ;
             and
             his
             Servants
             we
             are
             ,
             whom
             we
             obey
             .
             Regeneration
          
           we
           must
           know
           ,
           or
           we
           cannot
           be
           Children
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           Heirs
           of
           Eternal
           Glory
           :
           And
           to
           be
           Born
           again
           ,
           
             an
             other
          
           Spirit
           and
           Principle
           must
           
             prevail
             ,
             leaven
             ,
             season
          
           ,
           and
           govern
           us
           ,
           than
           either
           the
           Spirit
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           or
           our
           own
           depraved
           Spirits
           ;
           and
           this
           can
           be
           no
           other
           Spirit
           than
           that
           which
           dwelt
           in
           Christ
           ,
           for
           unless
           that
           dwell
           in
           us
           ,
           we
           can
           be
           none
           of
           his
           ,
           Rom.
           8.
           9.
           
           And
           this
           Spirit
           begins
           in
           Conviction
           ,
           and
           ends
           in
           Conversion
           and
           Perseverance
           :
           And
           the
           one
           follows
           the
           other
           ;
           Conversion
           being
           the
           Consequence
           of
           
             Convictions
             obey'd
          
           ,
           and
           Perseverance
           a
           natural
           Fruit
           of
           Conversion
           ,
           and
           being
           Born
           of
           God
           ;
           for
           such
           Sin
           not
           ,
           because
           the
           Seed
           of
           God
           abides
           in
           them
           ,
           John
           3.
           7
           ,
           8.
           but
           through
           Faithfulness
           ,
           continue
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           and
           
           obtain
           the
           Promise
           ,
           even
           Everlasting
           Life
           .
        
         
           §
           .
           5.
           
           But
           let
           my
           Reader
           take
           this
           along
           with
           him
           ,
           that
           we
           do
           acknowledge
           that
           Christ
           ,
           through
           his
           Holy
           Doing
           and
           Suffering
           (
           for
           being
           a
           Son
           he
           learned
           Obedience
           )
           has
           obtained
           Mercy
           of
           God
           his
           Father
           for
           Mankind
           ;
           and
           that
           his
           Obedience
           has
           an
           Influence
           to
           our
           Salvation
           ,
           in
           all
           the
           Parts
           and
           Branches
           of
           it
           ;
           since
           thereby
           he
           became
           a
           Conqueror
           ,
           and
           
             led
             Captivity
             Captive
             ,
             and
             obtained
             Gifts
             for
             Men
             with
             divers
             Great
             and
             Precious
             Promises
             ,
             that
             thereby
             we
             might
             be
             partakers
             of
             the
             Divine
             Nature
             ,
             having
          
           (
           first
           )
           
             escaped
             the
             Corruption
             that
             is
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             through
             Lust
             .
             I
          
           say
           we
           do
           Believe
           and
           Confess
           that
           the
           Active
           and
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           of
           Christ
           Jesus
           affects
           our
           Salvation
           throughout
           ,
           as
           well
           from
           the
           Power
           and
           Pollution
           of
           Sir
           ,
           as
           from
           the
           Guilt
           ,
           He
           being
           a
           Conqueror
           as
           well
           as
           a
           Sacrifice
           ,
           and
           both
           ,
           through
           Suffering
           :
           
           Yet
           ,
           they
           that
           reject
           his
           Divine
           Gift
           ,
           so
           obtained
           ,
           and
           which
           he
           has
           given
           to
           them
           ,
           by
           which
           to
           see
           their
           Sin
           ,
           and
           the
           sinfulness
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           repent
           and
           turn
           away
           from
           it
           ,
           and
           do
           so
           no
           more
           ;
           and
           to
           wait
           upon
           God
           for
           daily
           strength
           to
           resist
           the
           Fiery
           Darts
           of
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           Comforted
           through
           the
           Obedience
           of
           Faith
           in
           and
           to
           this
           Divine
           Grace
           of
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           such
           do
           not
           please
           God
           ,
           believe
           truly
           in
           God
           ;
           nor
           are
           they
           in
           a
           state
           of
           true
           Christianity
           and
           Salvation
           .
           Woman
           ,
           said
           Christ
           ,
           to
           the
           Samaritan
           ,
           at
           the
           Well
           ,
           
             hadst
             thou
             known
             the
             Gift
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             who
             it
             is
             that
             speaketh
             to
             thee
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           People
           know
           not
           Christ
           ,
           and
           God
           ,
           whom
           to
           know
           is
           Life
           Eternal
           ,
           John
           17.
           because
           they
           are
           Ignorant
           of
           the
           Gift
           of
           God
           ,
           viz.
           a
           measure
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           that
           is
           given
           to
           every
           one
           to
           profit
           with
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           12.
           7.
           which
           reveals
           Christ
           and
           God
           to
           the
           Soul.
           Flesh
           and
           Blood
           cannot
           do
           it
           ;
           Oxford
           and
           Cambridge
           cannot
           do
           it
           ;
           Tongues
           
           and
           Philosophy
           cannot
           do
           it
           ;
           for
           they
           that
           
             by
             Wisdom
          
           knew
           not
           God
           ,
           had
           these
           things
           for
           their
           Wisdom
           :
           They
           were
           strong
           ,
           deep
           and
           accurate
           in
           them
           ;
           but
           alas
           ,
           they
           were
           clouded
           ,
           puft
           up
           ,
           and
           set
           farther
           off
           from
           the
           Inward
           and
           Saving
           Knowledge
           of
           God
           ,
           because
           they
           sought
           for
           it
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           thought
           to
           find
           God
           there
           .
           But
           the
           
             Key
             of
             David
          
           is
           an
           other
           thing
           ,
           which
           shuts
           and
           no
           Man
           opens
           ,
           and
           opens
           and
           no
           Man
           shuts
           ;
           and
           this
           Key
           have
           all
           they
           that
           receive
           the
           
             Gift
             of
             God
          
           into
           their
           Hearts
           ;
           and
           it
           opens
           to
           them
           ,
           the
           Knowledge
           of
           God
           and
           themselves
           ,
           and
           gives
           them
           a
           quite
           
             other
             Sight
             ,
             Taste
          
           and
           Judgment
           of
           things
           ,
           than
           their
           Educational
           or
           Traditional
           Knowledge
           afforded
           them
           .
           This
           is
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           
             New
             Creation
          
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           thus
           it
           is
           we
           come
           to
           be
           New
           Creatures
           :
           And
           we
           are
           bound
           to
           declare
           there
           is
           no
           other
           way
           ,
           besides
           this
           ,
           by
           which
           People
           can
           come
           into
           Christ
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           true
           Christians
           ,
           or
           receive
           the
           Advantage
           
           that
           comes
           by
           the
           Death
           and
           Sufferings
           of
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
           Wherefore
           we
           say
           ,
           and
           upon
           good
           Authority
           ,
           even
           that
           of
           our
           
             own
             Experience
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           that
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           Truth
           ,
           Christ
           will
           prove
           
             no
             Saving
             Sacrifice
          
           for
           them
           that
           refuse
           him
           for
           their
           Example
           .
           They
           that
           reject
           the
           Gift
           ,
           do
           deny
           the
           Giver
           ,
           instead
           of
           themselves
           daily
           ,
           for
           the
           Givers
           sake
           .
           O
           that
           People
           were
           wise
           !
           that
           they
           would
           consider
           their
           latter
           End
           ,
           and
           the
           things
           that
           make
           for
           the
           Peace
           thereof
           !
           Why
           should
           they
           perish
           in
           a
           vain
           hope
           of
           Life
           ,
           
             while
             Death
             Reigns
          
           ?
           Of
           living
           with
           God
           ,
           who
           live
           not
           to
           him
           ,
           nor
           walk
           with
           him
           ?
           Awake
           ,
           thou
           that
           sleepest
           in
           thy
           Sin
           ,
           or
           at
           best
           ,
           in
           thy
           Self-righteousness
           ;
           Awake
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           and
           Christ
           shall
           give
           thee
           Life
           !
           For
           he
           is
           the
           
             Lord
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             the
             quickening
             Spirit
             ,
          
           that
           quickens
           us
           ,
           by
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           if
           we
           do
           not
           ,
           resist
           it
           and
           quench
           it
           ,
           by
           our
           Disobedience
           ;
           but
           receive
           ,
           love
           and
           
           obey
           it
           ,
           in
           all
           the
           Holy
           Leadings
           and
           Teachings
           of
           it
           ,
           Rom.
           8.
           14
           ,
           15.
           
           To
           which
           Holy
           Spirit
           I
           commend
           my
           Reader
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           the
           better
           see
           where
           he
           is
           ,
           and
           also
           come
           to
           the
           true
           Belief
           and
           Advantage
           of
           the
           Doings
           and
           Sufferings
           of
           our
           Dear
           and
           Blessed
           Lord
           and
           Saviour
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           who
           saves
           from
           the
           
             Power
             and
             Pollution
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Guilt
           of
           Sin
           ,
           all
           those
           that
           
             hear
             his
             knocks
             ,
             and
             open
             the
             Door
             of
             their
             Hearts
          
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           come
           in
           and
           work
           a
           real
           and
           through
           Reformation
           in
           and
           for
           them
           .
           And
           so
           the
           
             Benefit
             ,
             Virtue
          
           and
           Essicacy
           of
           his
           Doings
           and
           Sufferings
           without
           us
           ,
           will
           come
           to
           be
           livingly
           applied
           and
           felt
           ,
           and
           fellowship
           with
           Christ
           in
           his
           Death
           and
           Sufferings
           known
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ;
           which
           ,
           those
           that
           live
           in
           that
           which
           made
           him
           suffer
           ,
           know
           not
           ,
           tho'
           they
           profess
           to
           be
           saved
           by
           his
           Death
           and
           Sufferings
           .
           Much
           more
           might
           be
           said
           as
           to
           this
           matter
           ,
           but
           I
           must
           be
           brief
           .
        
         
         
           §
           .
           6.
           
           To
           conclude
           this
           Chapter
           ,
           we
           wonder
           not
           that
           we
           should
           be
           mistaken
           ,
           mis-construed
           and
           mis-represented
           ,
           in
           what
           we
           believe
           and
           do
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           since
           our
           Betters
           have
           been
           so
           treated
           in
           the
           Primitive
           Times
           ;
           nor
           indeed
           is
           it
           only
           about
           Doctrines
           of
           Religion
           ,
           for
           our
           Practice
           in
           Worship
           and
           Discipline
           have
           had
           the
           same
           Success
           :
           But
           this
           is
           what
           I
           earnestly
           desire
           ,
           that
           however
           bold
           People
           are
           pleased
           to
           make
           with
           us
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           deceive
           themselves
           in
           the
           great
           things
           of
           their
           own
           Salvation
           :
           That
           while
           they
           would
           seem
           to
           own
           all
           to
           Christ
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           found
           disowned
           of
           Christ
           in
           the
           last
           Day
           .
           Read
           the
           7th
           of
           Matthew
           ;
           it
           is
           ,
           he
           that
           hears
           Christ
           ,
           the
           great
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           does
           what
           he
           enjoyns
           ,
           what
           he
           commands
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           Blessed
           Example
           ,
           recommends
           ,
           that
           is
           a
           
             Wise
             Builder
          
           ,
           that
           has
           founded
           his
           House
           well
           ,
           and
           built
           with
           good
           Materials
           ,
           and
           whose
           House
           will
           stand
           the
           last
           shake
           and
           Judgement
           .
           
           For
           which
           cause
           we
           are
           often
           plain
           ,
           close
           and
           earnest
           with
           People
           ,
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           Christ
           came
           not
           to
           save
           them
           in
           ,
           but
           
             from
             their
             Sins
          
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           that
           think
           to
           discharge
           and
           release
           themselves
           of
           his
           Yoke
           and
           Burden
           ,
           his
           Cross
           and
           Example
           ,
           and
           secure
           themselves
           ,
           and
           Complement
           Christ
           with
           his
           having
           done
           all
           for
           them
           ,
           while
           he
           has
           wrought
           
             little
             or
             nothing
             in
             them
          
           ,
           nor
           they
           parted
           with
           any
           thing
           for
           the
           love
           of
           him
           ,
           will
           finally
           awake
           in
           a
           dreadful
           surprize
           ,
           at
           the
           sound
           of
           the
           last
           Trumpet
           ,
           and
           at
           this
           sad
           and
           irrevokeable
           Sentence
           ,
           
             Depart
             from
             me
             ,
             ye
             Workers
             of
             Iniquity
             ,
             I
             know
             you
             not
             :
          
           Which
           terrible
           End
           ,
           may
           all
           timely
           avoid
           ,
           by
           hearkening
           to
           Wisdom's
           Voice
           ,
           and
           turning
           at
           her
           Reproof
           ,
           that
           she
           may
           lead
           them
           in
           the
           Ways
           of
           Righteousness
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           Paths
           of
           Judgment
           ,
           that
           their
           Souls
           may
           come
           to
           inherit
           Substance
           ;
           even
           
             durable
             Riches
             and
             Righteousness
          
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           the
           Father
           ,
           World
           without
           end
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           QUAKERS
           PRINCIPLES
           ,
           AND
           THEIR
           
             Adversaries
             Perversions
          
           .
        
         
           
           
             Quakers
             Principles
             .
          
           
             I.
             BEcause
             in
             Honour
             to
             the
             Spirit
             of
             GOD
             (
             which
             gave
             forth
             the
             Scriptures
             )
             we
             assert
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             to
             be
             the
             First
             and
             
               Great
               Rule
            
             of
             Christians
             ,
             as
             that
             by
             which
             
               GOD
               is
               Worshiped
               ,
               Conscience
               is
               Convinc'd
               ,
               Sin
               Detected
               ,
               Duty
               Manifested
               ,
               Scriptures
               Unfolded
               and
               Explained
            
             ;
             and
             consequently
             a
             Rule
             for
             Believeing
             and
             Understanding
             the
             Scriptures
             themselves
             :
             Tho'
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             we
             Reverently
             Believe
             the
             Scriptures
             by
             the
             Divine
             Authority
             of
             that
             holy
             SPIRIT
             which
             gave
             them
             forth
             ;
             and
             do
             declare
             and
             fully
             believe
             them
             to
             be
             what
             they
             say
             of
             themselves
             ,
             viz.
             
               A
               Declaration
               of
               those
               things
               most
               surely
               believed
               by
               the
               Primitive
               Christians
               ,
            
             and
             that
             they
             came
             by
             
               Inspiration
               ,
               holy
               Men
               of
               GOD
               speaking
               as
               they
               were
               moved
               by
               the
               holy
               Ghost
               ,
               and
               are
               profitable
               for
               Doctrine
               ,
               Reproof
               ,
               Correction
               ,
               Instruction
               in
               Righteousness
               ,
               that
               
               the
               Man
               of
               GOD
               perfect
               ,
               and
               throughly
               furnished
               to
               all
               good
               Works
               .
            
             Joh.
             4.
             24.
             
             John
             16.
             8.
             
             Ephes
             .
             5.
             13.
             
             Joh.
             14.
             26.
             2.
             
             Tim.
             3.
             16.
             
          
           
             II.
             From
             our
             great
             Caution
             and
             Tenderness
             in
             Expressing
             our Selves
             in
             matters
             of
             Faith
             ,
             as
             particularly
             about
             the
             Trinity
             ,
             in
             other
             Terms
             than
             those
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             hath
             used
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             
               There
               are
               Three
               that
               bear
               Record
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               the
               FATHER
               ,
               the
               WORD
               ,
               and
               the
               SPIRIT
               ,
               and
               these
               Three
               are
               One
            
             ;
             which
             we
             sincerely
             and
             reverently
             believe
             to
             be
             so
             .
             —
             1
             John
             5.
             7.
             
          
           
             III.
             Because
             we
             believe
             and
             declare
             the
             Necessity
             of
             an
             
               Inward
               Principle
            
             ,
             to
             Enlighten
             our
             Minds
             and
             Cure
             our
             Hearts
             of
             the
             Maladies
             that
             Sin
             has
             brought
             upon
             us
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             Salvation
             here
             ,
             and
             to
             escape
             from
             the
             
             Wrath
             to
             come
             .
             
               —
               Ephes
            
             .
             2.
             8.
             
             Tit.
             2.
             11
             ,
             12.
             
             Acts
             15.
             11.
             
             John
             1.
             9.
             1
             
             John
             1.
             7.
             
          
           
             IV.
             Because
             we
             say
             ,
             That
             GOD
             is
             Light
             ,
             and
             CHRIST
             is
             Light
             ,
             and
             that
             GOD
             is
             in
             CHRIST
             ,
             and
             that
             CHRIST
             by
             his
             Light
             
               Lighteth
               every
               Man
               that
               cometh
               into
               the
               World
            
             ;
             and
             dwelleth
             with
             them
             that
             obey
             him
             in
             his
             Inward
             and
             Spiritual
             Manifestation
             ,
             according
             to
             1
             John
             1.
             5.
             
             John
             8.
             12.
             and
             1.
             9.
             and
             1.
             1.
             10.
             and
             1.
             1.
             20.
             
          
           
             V.
             From
             our
             Asserting
             ,
             That
             CHRIST
             
               lighteth
               Wicked
            
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             
               Good
               Men
            
             ,
             because
             he
             is
             said
             to
             be
             that
             
               True
               Light
               which
               lighteth
               every
               Man
               that
               cometh
               into
               the
               World
               ,
            
             according
             to
             John
             1.
             9.
             
          
           
           
             VI.
             Because
             we
             say
             ,
             That
             this
             
               Light
               of
               Christ
            
             is
             sufficient
             to
             Save
             and
             Preserve
             all
             from
             Sin
             ,
             that
             Walk
             up
             to
             the
             Discovery
             and
             Leadings
             of
             it
             ,
             2
             Cor.
             4.
             6
             ,
             7.
             1
             
             John
             1.
             7.
             
             John
             8.
             12.
             
             Ephes
             .
             5.
             13.
             
          
           
             VII
             .
             When
             we
             speak
             of
             
               Christ's
               being
               glorified
               with
               the
               Father
               before
               the
               World
               began
            
             ;
             oras
             he
             is
             now
             by
             his
             Spirit
             in
             the
             Hearts
             of
             his
             People
             ;
             and
             that
             
               as
               such
            
             he
             was
             never
             visible
             to
             
               Wicked
               Men
            
             ,
             John
             17.
             5.
             1
             
             Joh.
             3.
             6.
             
          
           
             VIII
             .
             Because
             the
             Tendency
             of
             our
             Ministry
             and
             Testimony
             is
             to
             press
             People
             to
             the
             Guidance
             of
             that
             Inward
             and
             
               Spiritual
               Appearance
               of
               Christ
               to
               Men
               ,
            
             by
             his
             Light
             and
             Grace
             in
             their
             hearts
             ,
             as
             that
             without
             which
             there
             can
             be
             no
             sight
             ,
             sense
             ,
             or
             sorrow
             
             for
             Sin
             to
             Amendment
             of
             Life
             ,
             which
             is
             absolutely
             requisite
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             a
             Just
             and
             Saving
             Application
             of
             the
             Benefit
             which
             God
             intended
             to
             Men
             by
             the
             Death
             and
             Sufferings
             of
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             :
             And
             because
             we
             often
             press
             this
             ,
             in
             opposition
             to
             that
             Sin
             pleasing-Doctrine
             ,
             of
             
               being
               who
               by
               Justified
               by
               the
               Merits
               of
               Christ
               ,
               whilst
               Men
               live
               in
               the
               Wickedness
               and
               Pollutions
               of
               this
               World.
            
             Eph.
             5.
             13.
             
             Tit.
             2.
             11.
             2
             
             Thes
             .
             2.
             13.
             1
             
             Pet.
             1.
             2.
             1
             
             Cor.
             2.
             11.
             
             Rom.
             8.
             9
             ,
             14.
             
             Tit.
             3.
             3.
             to
             vers
             .
             9.
             2
             
             Cor.
             4.
             6.
             
          
           
             IX
             .
             From
             our
             Denying
             a
             
               Ridgid
               Satisfaction
            
             ,
             as
             that
             GOD
             
               could
               not
               possibly
               save
               Men
               any
               other
               way
               ,
            
             than
             by
             Condemning
             and
             Punishing
             his
             Beloved
             Son
             in
             whom
             he
             was
             well-pleased
             ,
             thereby
             making
             Christ
             the
             Cause
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             Effect
             of
             the
             Father's
             Love
             ,
             for
             the
             Sins
             of
             the
             
             World
             :
             And
             because
             we
             cannot
             believe
             he
             hath
             so
             satisfied
             his
             Father
             for
             Sins
             past
             ,
             present
             and
             to
             come
             ,
             as
             to
             look
             upon
             Man
             to
             be
             
               holy
               in
               Christ
            
             ,
             whilst
             
               unholy
               in
               himself
            
             ;
             or
             to
             be
             
               in
               Christ
            
             ,
             while
             he
             is
             not
             a
             
               New
               Creature
            
             ,
             the
             
               Dangerous
               Security
            
             too
             many
             are
             under
             .
             —
             1
             Joh.
             4.
             9
             ,
             10.
             
             John
             3
             ,
             16
             ,
             17.
             1
             
             John
             3.
             8.
             
             John
             3.
             3.
             
             Mat.
             7.
             21.
             2
             
             Cor.
             5.
             17.
             
             Gal.
             6.
             15.
             
          
           
             X.
             Because
             we
             say
             Men
             cannot
             be
             Justified
             by
             
               what
               Christ
               has
               done
               or
               suffered
               for
               them
               ,
               whilst
               condemned
            
             by
             his
             Light
             in
             themselves
             ;
             or
             
               forgiven
               in
               his
               Blood
               ,
               whilst
               disobedient
               to
               his
               Spirit
            
             ;
             and
             that
             to
             compleat
             Justification
             ,
             we
             are
             to
             feel
             an
             
               Inward
               Acceptance
            
             with
             GOD
             through
             the
             
               Sanctification
               of
               the
               Spirit
               of
               his
               Son
               ,
            
             as
             that
             without
             which
             Remission
             of
             Sin
             cannot
             be
             obtained
             .
             —
             1
             John
             3.
             19
             ,
             20
             ,
             21.
             
             Rom.
             8.
             13
             ,
             14.
             
             Joh.
             3.
             19
             ,
             20.
             
             Rom.
             8.
             2
             ,
             16.
             
             Gal.
             6.
             8.
             2.
             
             Thess
             .
             2.
             13.
             
          
           
           
             XI
             .
             Because
             we
             make
             
               Evangelical
               Obedience
               a
               Condition
               to
               Salvation
               ,
            
             and
             works
             by
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             an
             Evidence
             of
             Faith
             ,
             and
             a
             holy
             Life
             ,
             both
             Necessary
             and
             
               Rewardable
               .
            
             —
             Tit.
             3.
             from
             vers
             .
             3.
             to
             9.
             
             Tit.
             2.
             14.
             
             Jam.
             2.
             22.
             
          
           
             XII
             .
             When
             we
             say
             that
             
               in
               some
               respects
            
             Christ
             was
             not
             our
             Sacrifice
             but
             Example
             ,
             and
             that
             
               his
               Obedience
            
             to
             his
             Father
             doth
             not
             
               Excuse
               ours
            
             ;
             but
             as
             he
             abode
             in
             his
             Father's
             Love
             ,
             by
             
               Keeping
               his
               Commandments
            
             ,
             we
             must
             follow
             his
             Blessed
             Example
             .
             
               —
               John
            
             15.
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             XIII
             .
             From
             our
             pleading
             for
             
               a
               Purification
               and
               Perfection
               from
               Sin
               ,
            
             (
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Testimony
             of
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             )
             on
             this
             side
             the
             Grave
             ,
             
               through
               the
               pure
               Workings
               of
               the
               Holy
               and
               Perfect
               Spirit
               of
               our
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               .
               —
            
             Mat.
             5.
             48.
             
             
             Mat.
             19.
             21.
             2
             
             Cor.
             13.
             11.
             
             Col.
             1.
             28.
             
             Tit.
             2.
             14.
             1
             
             Pet.
             1.
             22
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             XIV
             .
             Because
             we
             say
             with
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             That
             Men
             ought
             to
             
               Pray
               ,
               Preach
            
             ,
             and
             
               Sing
               with
               the
               Spirit
            
             ,
             and
             that
             no
             Man
             can
             Rightly
             worship
             GOD
             ,
             without
             the
             Preparation
             by
             ,
             and
             Assistance
             of
             his
             holy
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             that
             we
             ought
             to
             wait
             to
             feel
             It
             for
             that
             end
             ,
             and
             that
             other
             Worship
             is
             Formal
             and
             
               Carnal
               .
            
             —
             Rom.
             8.
             26.
             1
             
             Cor.
             14.
             15.
             
             Prov.
             16.
             1.
             
             Luk.
             24.
             49.
             
             Acts
             1.
             4.
             
             Acts
             2.
             1.
             
             Psal
             .
             39
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             XV.
             From
             our
             denying
             the
             Resurrection
             of
             the
             
               same
               Natural
            
             and
             
               Corruptable
               Body
            
             ,
             and
             declining
             to
             be
             Inquisitive
             and
             Critical
             ,
             about
             
               what
               Body
            
             we
             shall
             rise
             with
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Caution
             of
             the
             Apostle
             therein
             ,
             leaving
             it
             to
             the
             Lord
             to
             give
             us
             a
             Body
             as
             
               pleaseth
               him
            
             .
             1
             Cor.
             chap.
             15.
             2
             
             Cor.
             5.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
           
        
         
           
           
             Their
             Adversaries
             Perversions
             .
          
           
             OUr
             Adversaries
             are
             pleased
             to
             make
             us
             
               to
               deny
            
             and
             undervalue
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             as
             Not
             to
             he
             a
             Rule
             
               in
               any
               Respect
            
             ,
             tho'
             our
             Books
             plentifully
             shew
             we
             confess
             them
             to
             be
             the
             
               Next
               and
               Secondary
               Rule
               to
               the
               holy
               SPIRIT
               ,
            
             and
             that
             we
             ever
             chuse
             to
             express
             our
             Belief
             of
             Christian
             Faith
             and
             Doctrine
             in
             the
             Terms
             thereof
             .
             They
             also
             say
             ,
             We
             prefer
             our
             own
             Books
             before
             them
             ,
             while
             we
             
               Love
               ,
               Honour
            
             and
             
               use
               Them
               above
               all
               the
               Books
               in
               the
               World
               ,
            
             and
             refuse
             to
             express
             matters
             of
             Faith
             in
             other
             Terms
             than
             what
             are
             Expresly
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             or
             so
             agreeable
             as
             to
             leave
             no
             just
             ground
             for
             any
             doubt
             of
             our
             Respect
             and
             Regard
             to
             them
             .
          
           
           
             Such
             as
             desire
             to
             lessen
             the
             Credit
             of
             our
             Perswasion
             with
             sober
             People
             ,
             Represent
             us
             to
             deny
             the
             Trinity
             
               at
               large
            
             ,
             and
             in
             
               every
               sense
            
             ,
             tho'
             we
             only
             reject
             
               School-Terms
               ,
               and
               Philosophical
               Definitions
            
             ,
             as
             Unscriptural
             ,
             if
             not
             Unsound
             ,
             and
             as
             having
             a
             Tendency
             to
             
               Fruitless
               Controversie
            
             ,
             instead
             of
             Edification
             and
             Holiness
             among
             Christians
             .
          
           
             We
             have
             been
             Uncharitably
             Represented
             by
             some
             ,
             as
             if
             we
             denied
             All
             outward
             Means
             ,
             or
             Contradicted
             our selves
             in
             the
             Use
             of
             them
             ;
             which
             they
             may
             as
             well
             charge
             against
             the
             Apostle
             John
             ,
             in
             Asserting
             
             the
             Sufficiency
             of
             the
             Anointing
             .
          
           
             People
             have
             been
             told
             by
             our
             Adversaries
             ,
             That
             we
             believe
             every
             Man
             has
             
               Whole
               GOD
            
             and
             
               Whole
               CHRIST
               in
               him
            
             ,
             and
             consequently
             so
             many
             Gods
             and
             so
             many
             Christs
             :
             Tho'
             we
             Assert
             no
             more
             ,
             but
             the
             very
             Language
             of
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             ,
             in
             the
             Scriptures
             of
             Truth
             ,
             and
             mean
             no
             more
             by
             it
             ,
             than
             that
             Christ
             by
             his
             Light
             and
             Spirit
             dwelleth
             in
             the
             hearts
             of
             his
             People
             .
          
           
             It
             has
             been
             inferred
             that
             we
             hold
             that
             Christ
             is
             in
             and
             to
             
               Wicked
               Men
            
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             
               in
               and
               to
               his
               Saints
            
             ;
             tho'
             he
             is
             a
             Condemner
             to
             the
             One
             ,
             and
             a
             Comforter
             to
             the
             other
             .
          
           
           
             Our
             Opposers
             will
             have
             it
             ,
             That
             
               all
               who
               have
               this
               Light
            
             ,
             must
             consequently
             be
             Good
             Men
             ,
             whether
             they
             Obey
             it
             or
             no
             ,
             or
             else
             the
             Light
             is
             Insufficient
             .
          
           
             Some
             are
             not
             ashamed
             to
             tell
             the
             World
             in
             our
             Name
             ,
             That
             
               Christ
               was
               never
               visible
            
             as
             to
             
               his
               Bodily
               Appearance
            
             ,
             and
             consequently
             that
             we
             deny
             his
             
               Coming
               in
               the
               Flesh
            
             above
             sixteen
             hundred
             years
             ago
             ,
             tho'
             his
             coming
             then
             is
             
               an
               Article
               of
               our
               Christian
               Belief
               .
            
          
           
             We
             are
             represented
             to
             Deny
             or
             Undervalue
             the
             
               Coming
               of
               Christ
               without
            
             us
             ,
             and
             the
             Force
             and
             Efficacy
             of
             his
             Death
             and
             Sufferings
             ,
             as
             a
             
               Propitiation
               for
               the
               Sins
               of
               the
               whole
               World
            
             ;
             tho'
             we
             only
             Deny
             the
             Benefit
             thereof
             to
             such
             ,
             who
             by
             
               Living
               in
               Sin
               ,
               
               instead
               of
               Dying
               to
               Sin
               ,
            
             and
             Pleasing
             ;
             instead
             of
             
               Denying
               themselves
            
             ,
             to
             please
             GOD
             ,
             
               Deprive
               Themselves
            
             thereof
             .
          
           
             Some
             unworthily
             conclude
             
               we
               disown
               Christ
               as
               a
               Satisfactory
               Sacrifice
               ,
            
             in
             
               his
               Death
               and
               Sufferings
            
             ;
             and
             as
             if
             we
             did
             not
             believe
             he
             died
             for
             the
             Sins
             of
             the
             
               Whole
               World
            
             ,
             or
             that
             he
             
               Carried
               away
               Sin
               ,
               and
               Sealed
               Redemption
               in
               his
               Blood
               ,
               to
               as
               many
               as
               Rightly
               Believe
            
             ;
             and
             that
             we
             expect
             both
             to
             
             be
             Forgiven
             and
             Accepted
             of
             GOD
             ,
             not
             for
             
               his
               sake
               ,
               but
               our
               own
               Works
               :
            
             Which
             Suggestions
             we
             utterly
             detest
             and
             disown
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             inferred
             against
             us
             ,
             
               That
               we
               deny
               Justification
               at
               all
               in
               any
               sense
               ,
               by
               the
               Death
               and
               Sufferings
               of
               the
               Propitiatory
               Sacrifice
               of
               Christ
               ,
               for
               the
               Sins
               of
               the
               whole
               World
               :
            
             Than
             which
             nothing
             can
             be
             more
             
               Uncharitable
               ,
               Untrue
            
             ,
             or
             Unjust
             ;
             Since
             we
             
               Never
               did
               ,
               nor
               can
            
             believe
             the
             Remission
             of
             Sins
             in
             
               any
               other
               Name
            
             ,
             than
             that
             of
             our
             
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
            
             ,
             who
             through
             the
             Eternal
             Spirit
             offered
             himself
             up
             once
             for
             all
             ,
             an
             Holy
             and
             Acceptable
             Sacrifice
             to
             GOD.
             
          
           
           
             Our
             Opposers
             would
             make
             People
             believe
             ,
             
               we
               hope
               to
               be
               sav'd
               by
               our
               own
               Works
               ,
            
             and
             not
             by
             Grace
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Gift
             of
             GOD
             ,
             and
             so
             make
             them
             the
             
               Meritorious
               Cause
            
             of
             our
             Salvation
             ,
             and
             consequently
             Papists
             .
          
           
             They
             will
             have
             us
             to
             mean
             ,
             and
             venture
             to
             say
             for
             us
             ,
             that
             we
             believe
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             to
             be
             
               in
               all
               things
               but
            
             an
             Example
             ,
             and
             
               in
               no
               rerespect
            
             our
             Sacrifice
             .
          
           
             We
             are
             made
             so
             presumptious
             as
             to
             assert
             the
             FULNESS
             of
             all
             Perfection
             and
             Happiness
             attainable
             in
             this
             Life
             .
          
           
           
             Ignorance
             or
             Envy
             suggests
             against
             us
             ,
             That
             if
             GOD
             will
             not
             compel
             us
             by
             his
             Spirit
             ,
             he
             must
             go
             without
             his
             Worship
             .
          
           
             We
             are
             made
             to
             
               Deny
               the
               Resurrection
               of
               any
               Body
               ,
            
             however
             Spiritual
             or
             Glorified
             ,
             and
             even
             of
             
               Eternal
               Rewards
            
             too
             ;
             Which
             if
             True
             ,
             we
             are
             of
             all
             People
             the
             most
             miserable
             .
          
           
           
        
      
       
         
         
           THus
           ,
           Sober
           Reader
           ,
           thou
           hast
           some
           Taste
           of
           the
           Usage
           we
           have
           received
           in
           a
           more
           abundant
           manner
           at
           their
           hands
           ,
           who
           have
           Undertaken
           to
           give
           an
           Account
           of
           our
           Belief
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           it
           has
           been
           very
           hard
           for
           People
           to
           see
           us
           ,
           through
           those
           Disguises
           that
           
             Interest
             ,
             Ignorance
          
           ,
           or
           Malice
           hath
           put
           upon
           us
           .
           But
           't
           is
           our
           desire
           ,
           for
           thy
           own
           Good
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           our
           Defence
           ,
           that
           GOD
           would
           please
           ,
           by
           the
           Light
           of
           his
           dear
           Son
           ,
           to
           give
           thee
           a
           Clear
           and
           
             Effectual
             Sight
          
           of
           the
           Dispensation
           of
           his
           Heavenly
           Truth
           in
           the
           Inward
           Parts
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           blessed
           us
           withal
           ,
           Viz.
           
             the
             Revelation
             and
             Setting
             up
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             CHRIST
             in
             the
             Hearts
             and
             Souls
             of
             the
             Sons
             of
             Men
             ,
          
           where
           Sin
           and
           Self
           have
           so
           much
           and
           so
           long
           Prevailed
           ,
           that
           thou
           mayest
           come
           to
           be
           a
           Witness
           of
           us
           Goodness
           ,
           and
           thy
           Soul
           with
           ours
           ,
           
             Admire
             ,
             Adore
          
           ,
           and
           for
           ever
           
           Praise
           his
           most
           Glorious
           and
           Everlasting
           NAME
           ,
           through
           his
           dear
           and
           Well-Beloved
           SON
           ,
           and
           our
           REDEEMER
           ,
           for
           He
           is
           Worthy
           ,
           Worthy
           ,
           Worthy
           ,
           World
           without
           End.
           
        
         
           
             Dublin
             ,
             
               the
               26th
               of
               the
               3d
               Month
               ,
               1698.
               
            
          
           
             WILLIAM
             PENN
             .
          
        
         
           THE
           END
           .