A just reprehension to John Norris of Newton St. Loe, for his unjust reflection on the Quakers in his book, entituled, Reflections upon the conduct of human life, &c together with his false representation of their principle of the light, in his postscript, wherein he opposes it to his notion of the divine ... ideal world, as he terms it, his confusion and self-contradiction therein manifested, and the doctrine and principle of the Quakers thereby cleared from his abuse ... / by Richard Vickris.
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           A
           Iust
           Reprehension
           TO
           JOHN
           NORRIS
           Of
           Newton
           St
           Loe
           ,
           FOR
           HIS
           Unjust
           REFLECTION
           on
           the
           QVAKERS
           ,
           In
           his
           Book
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           
             Reflections
             upon
             the
             Conduct
             of
             Human
             Life
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           Together
           with
           his
           False
           Representation
           of
           their
           Principle
           of
           the
           Light
           ,
           in
           his
           Postscript
           ,
           wherein
           he
           Opposes
           it
           to
           his
           Notion
           of
           the
           
             divine
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             or
             Ideal
             world
          
           ,
           as
           he
           terms
           it
           .
        
         
           His
           Confusion
           and
           Self-contradiction
           therein
           manifested
           ;
           and
           the
           Doctrine
           and
           Principle
           of
           the
           Quakers
           thereby
           cleared
           from
           his
           Abuse
           ;
           occasionally
           written
           by
           way
           of
           Letter
           ,
           with
           Advice
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           may
           serve
           for
           a
           better
           Information
           of
           the
           Quakers
           Principle
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           knowledge
           of
           his
           and
           this
           shall
           come
           .
        
         
           By
           
             Richard
             Vickris
          
           .
        
         
           Printed
           ,
           and
           Sold
           by
           
             T.
             S.
          
           at
           the
           Crooked-Billet
           ,
           in
           Holywell-Lane
           ,
           in
           Shoreditch
           ,
           1691.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           Just
           Reprehension
           to
           
             Iohn
             Norris
          
           of
           Newton
           St.
           Loe
           ,
           for
           his
           Unjust
           Reflection
           on
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           in
           his
           Book
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           
             Reflections
             upon
             the
             Conduct
             of
             Human
             Life
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Iohn
             Norris
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Need
           no
           Apology
           for
           this
           brief
           Reprehension
           ,
           if
           thou
           think'st
           I
           do
           Review
           the
           first
           page
           of
           thy
           Epistle
           Dedicatory
           ,
           (
           viz.
           )
           
             He
             that
             shall
             point
             out
             any
             of
             the
             Irregularites
             or
             Mistakes
             of
             the
             Conduct
             of
             Human
             Life
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             lookt
             upon
             as
             a
             universal
             Friend
             ,
             and
             promoter
             of
             the
             publick
             Happiness
             ;
             and
             the
             more
             severe
             he
             is
             in
             his
             Censure
             (
             provided
             it
             be
             true
             and
             well
             grounded
             )
             the
             more
             charitable
             he
             is
             in
             his
             undertaking
             ,
             and
             the
             more
             like
             to
             be
             serviceable
             in
             his
             performance
             .
          
        
         
           When
           first
           I
           perused
           thy
           Reflections
           upon
           the
           Conduct
           of
           Human
           Life
           ,
           with
           reference
           to
           the
           studdy
           of
           Learning
           and
           Knowledge
           ,
           I
           was
           and
           still
           am
           pleased
           with
           all
           that
           tends
           to
           the
           propagation
           of
           Original
           and
           necessary
           Truth
           ,
           but
           rejoyce
           where
           I
           find
           it
           spring
           from
           an
           upright
           mind
           ,
           pure
           intention
           ,
           and
           clean
           Vessel
           ;
           for
           whoso
           undertakes
           to
           reprehend
           the
           intelligible
           Conduct
           of
           Human
           Life
           ,
           ought
           first
           to
           purge
           himself
           from
           the
           Irregularities
           of
           his
           moral
           Conduct
           ,
           which
           doth
           cloud
           and
           darken
           his
           understanding
           .
        
         
           Howbeit
           ,
           I
           was
           so
           far
           from
           a
           Spirit
           of
           Detraction
           or
           Emulation
           ,
           that
           considering
           from
           whence
           it
           came
           ,
           I
           in
           some
           sort
           rejoyced
           in
           it
           so
           far
           as
           it
           was
           sound
           and
           true
           ,
           hoping
           and
           desiring
           that
           what
           was
           either
           clearly
           and
           rightly
           detected
           ,
           or
           equally
           and
           fairly
           recommended
           ,
           might
           gain
           upon
           the
           Understanding
           of
           such
           whose
           
           Education
           and
           Literature
           had
           either
           prejudiced
           ,
           or
           at
           best
           mistated
           and
           unfitted
           them
           for
           receiving
           the
           same
           Truth
           ,
           and
           divine
           Principle
           by
           meaner
           Instruments
           ,
           respecting
           worldly
           esteem
           ;
           which
           Principle
           hath
           been
           and
           is
           by
           many
           such
           faithful
           Witnesses
           plentifully
           born
           testimony
           to
           ,
           as
           well
           by
           doing
           as
           suffering
           ,
           by
           the
           supposed
           learned
           Rabbies
           of
           our
           day
           ,
           as
           also
           by
           Doctrine
           ,
           in
           Word
           and
           Writing
           ,
           though
           not
           altogether
           under
           some
           of
           thy
           Terms
           ,
           or
           pretended
           Phylosophical
           Notions
           ;
           yet
           according
           to
           the
           Demonstration
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           in
           words
           approved
           and
           chosen
           of
           God
           to
           make
           known
           himself
           by
           ,
           and
           taught
           us
           in
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           God
           having
           in
           his
           divine
           Wisdom
           in
           this
           Age
           ,
           as
           in
           former
           Ages
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           1.27
           ,
           28
           ,
           29.
           
           
             Chosen
             the
             foolish
             things
             of
             the
             world
             to
             Confound
             the
             Wise
             ;
             and
             the
             Weak
             things
             of
             the
             world
             to
             Confound
             the
             things
             that
             are
             mighty
             ,
             and
             base
             things
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             things
             that
             are
             despised
             hath
             God
             chosen
             ;
             yea
             ,
             things
             which
             are
             not
             ,
             to
             bring
             to
             naught
             things
             which
             are
             ,
             that
             no
             Flesh
             should
             glory
             in
             his
             presence
             .
          
           Agreeable
           to
           this
           is
           that
           divine
           acknowledgement
           of
           Christ
           Jesus
           to
           his
           Father
           ,
           Matth.
           1.11
           ,
           and
           25.
           
           
             I
             thank
             thee
             ,
             O
             Father
             ,
             Lord
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             ,
             that
             thou
             hast
             hid
             these
             things
             from
             the
             Wise
             and
             Prudent
             ,
             and
             hast
             revealed
             them
             unto
             Babes
             .
          
           Matth.
           18.10
           .
           
             Take
             heed
             that
             ye
             despise
             not
             one
             of
             these
             little
             Ones
          
           :
           I
           fear
           thou
           art
           guilty
           in
           this
           perticular
           ,
           viz.
           of
           despising
           the
           Testimony
           of
           God
           in
           this
           Age
           through
           the
           meanness
           of
           the
           Instruments
           ;
           Consider
           what
           is
           said
           ,
           Thes.
           10.4.8
           .
           
             He
             therefore
             that
             despiseth
             ,
             despiseth
             not
             man
             ,
             but
             God
             ,
             who
             hath
             also
             given
             unto
             us
             his
             holy
             Spirit
             .
          
           From
           the
           too
           apparent
           Reflection
           thou
           makes
           in
           the
           77th
           page
           of
           thy
           Book
           
             New
             Edition
          
           ,
           one
           might
           at
           first
           think
           ,
           that
           thou
           wert
           a
           great
           stranger
           to
           the
           Conversation
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           and
           more
           especially
           to
           their
           Writings
           ,
           which
           had
           unwarily
           subjected
           thee
           to
           a
           rash
           and
           immature
           Censure
           ,
           in
           rendring
           them
           dark
           ,
           aukward
           ,
           untoward
           ,
           and
           unprincipled
           in
           the
           way
           of
           representing
           their
           Principle
           ,
           viz.
           the
           Light
           within
           ,
           thereby
           discrediting
           ,
           as
           thou
           sayest
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           noblest
           Theories
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           but
           the
           thing
           in
           it self
           ,
           rightly
           understood
           ,
           is
           true
           .
           I
           being
           under
           some
           dissatisfaction
           about
           these
           Expressions
           of
           thine
           ,
           took
           occasion
           to
           visit
           
             Ioseph
             Langton
          
           of
           Newton
           St
           Loe
           ,
           a
           person
           of
           my
           respect
           and
           acquaintance
           ,
           and
           near
           Neighbour
           of
           thine
           ,
           with
           whom
           I
           had
           some
           discourse
           about
           thy
           aforesaid
           Book
           ,
           and
           in
           perticular
           the
           
           above
           recited
           passage
           ,
           recommending
           to
           him
           
             Robert
             Barclay's
          
           Apology
           for
           the
           true
           Christian
           Divinity
           for
           thy
           perusal
           ,
           and
           having
           understood
           by
           him
           ,
           thou
           hadst
           been
           Conversant
           with
           it
           ,
           I
           confess
           it
           extreamly
           dampt
           me
           ,
           and
           gave
           occasion
           for
           other
           thoughts
           than
           a
           supposed
           Ignorance
           of
           the
           Persons
           ,
           and
           manner
           of
           their
           representing
           their
           Principle
           ,
           whom
           thou
           hadst
           thus
           evilly
           treated
           ,
           and
           exposed
           without
           reason
           or
           provocation
           as
           I
           know
           of
           ;
           and
           now
           I
           shall
           proceed
           to
           show
           thee
           wherein
           ,
           though
           I
           presume
           thou
           already
           knowest
           :
           
             Robert
             Barclay
          
           in
           his
           fifth
           and
           sixth
           Propositions
           treating
           of
           this
           universal
           and
           saving
           Light
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           page
           110.
           calls
           it
           
             supernatural
             Light
             and
             Grace
          
           ,
           quotes
           Iohn
           1.9
           .
           
             That
             was
             the
             true
             Light
             which
             lighteth
             every
             man
             that
             cometh
             into
             the
             World.
          
           Which
           place
           ,
           as
           he
           observes
           ,
           doth
           so
           clearly
           favour
           the
           Quakers
           Doctrine
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           called
           their
           Text
           ;
           hence
           he
           draws
           this
           necessary
           Conclusion
           ,
           That
           the
           Life
           that
           is
           in
           him
           ,
           viz.
           the
           Word
           Christ
           ,
           is
           the
           Light
           of
           Men
           ,
           Iohn
           1.4
           .
           In
           other
           places
           he
           calls
           it
           according
           to
           Divine
           Instruction
           ,
           The
           Seed
           sown
           in
           several
           sorts
           of
           Ground
           ,
           The
           Word
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           The
           Word
           of
           Faith
           ,
           The
           Implanted
           or
           Ingrafted
           Word
           which
           is
           able
           to
           save
           the
           Soul
           ;
           quoting
           
             Cyrillus
             Alexandrinus
             ,
             Clemens
             Alexandrinus
             ,
             Augustine
             ,
             Buchanan
             ,
          
           &c.
           in
           confirmation
           of
           this
           Doctrine
           ,
           as
           thou
           mayst
           see
           at
           large
           ,
           whereby
           it
           appears
           ,
           whatever
           thou
           art
           ,
           he
           was
           so
           far
           from
           the
           Ambition
           of
           being
           thought
           the
           first
           promulgator
           of
           that
           heavenly
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Universallity
           and
           Sufficiency
           of
           this
           Light
           within
           for
           Salvation
           ,
           that
           he
           rejoyces
           to
           meet
           with
           it
           ,
           imbracing
           it
           where-ever
           he
           finds
           it
           ,
           improves
           the
           interest
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           instead
           of
           calumniating
           its
           Votaries
           ,
           represents
           it
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           Cleared
           from
           the
           Rust
           of
           darker
           Ages
           ,
           and
           advantaged
           with
           the
           Confessions
           and
           Testimonies
           of
           purer
           Primitive
           Times
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           I
           Enquire
           ,
           what
           are
           the
           Dark
           ,
           aukward
           and
           untoward
           Expressions
           ,
           and
           unprincipled
           way
           of
           representing
           this
           Principle
           that
           thou
           alledgest
           the
           Quakers
           are
           guilty
           of
           ?
           are
           any
           of
           these
           here
           quoted
           out
           of
           the
           afore-mentioned
           Author
           part
           thereof
           ?
           or
           in
           what
           other
           Book
           or
           Writing
           of
           the
           Quakers
           may
           they
           be
           found
           ?
        
         
           I
           shall
           now
           farther
           say
           ,
           that
           this
           
             Divine
             Word
          
           ,
           Light
           ,
           Grace
           and
           Truth
           ,
           or
           whatever
           else
           it
           hath
           been
           called
           by
           its
           Followers
           
           through
           divine
           instruction
           in
           any
           age
           ,
           is
           a
           wise
           and
           understanding
           Spirit
           ,
           Holy
           ,
           &c.
           according
           as
           't
           is
           written
           in
           the
           Book
           of
           Wisdom
           ,
           Chap.
           7.
           
           
             In
             all
             Ages
             entring
             into
             holy
             Souls
             ,
             maketh
             them
             Friends
             of
             God
             and
             Prophets
             .
          
           And
           in
           Chap.
           4.
           vers
           .
           4.
           
           It
           s
           said
           ,
           
             Into
             a
             malicious
             Soul
             Wisdom
             will
             not
             enter
             ,
             nor
             dwell
             in
             the
             Body
             that
             is
             subject
             unto
             Sin
             ;
             for
             the
             holy
             Spirit
             of
             Discipline
             will
             flie
             Deceit
             ,
             and
             remove
             from
             Thoughts
             that
             are
             without
             understanding
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             abide
             when
             Vnrighteousness
             cometh
             in
             ;
             for
             Wisdom
             is
             a
             loving
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             acquit
             a
             Blasphemer
             of
             his
             Words
             ,
             for
             God
             is
             witness
             of
             his
             Reins
             ,
             and
             a
             true
             beholder
             of
             his
             Heart
             ,
             and
             a
             hearer
             of
             his
             Tongue
             .
          
           Vers.
           8.
           
           
             Therefore
             he
             that
             speaketh
             unrighteous
             things
             can't
             be
             hid
             ,
             neither
             shall
             Vengeance
             when
             it
             punisheth
             pass
             by
             him
             .
          
           Now
           seeing
           these
           Sayings
           are
           true
           and
           righteous
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           is
           possible
           to
           profess
           this
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Divine
           Word
           ,
           Light
           ,
           Grace
           ,
           Spirit
           of
           Wisdom
           and
           Truth
           ,
           and
           the
           Teachings
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           possess
           it
           nor
           be
           learned
           of
           it
           ,
           nor
           led
           by
           it
           ,
           but
           whilst
           preaching
           of
           it
           to
           others
           ,
           but
           a
           Cast
           away
           :
           I
           advise
           thee
           to
           consider
           in
           what
           ground
           and
           nature
           thou
           yet
           stand'st
           and
           liv'st
           in
           ,
           and
           what
           Spirit
           lives
           and
           rules
           in
           thee
           :
           hath
           not
           Unrighteousness
           entred
           in
           through
           Self-love
           and
           Esteem
           ,
           which
           blinds
           the
           Eye
           ,
           and
           causeth
           the
           Tongue
           to
           speak
           unrighteous
           things
           ?
           Is
           not Self
           exalted
           to
           sit
           in
           the
           Temple
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           God
           in
           thee
           ?
           And
           art
           thou
           not
           decking
           thy self
           with
           thy
           corrupt
           wisdom
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           forbidden
           Fruit
           ,
           and
           will
           prove
           folly
           in
           the
           end
           ?
           Be
           not
           high-minded
           ,
           but
           fear
           ,
           so
           shalt
           thou
           learn
           the
           Ways
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           walk
           therein
           safely
           ,
           and
           have
           unity
           and
           fellowship
           with
           the
           Saints
           in
           Light
           ,
           not
           in
           the
           talk
           and
           profession
           of
           it
           only
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           high
           ;
           for
           with
           the
           Heart
           man
           must
           believe
           ,
           before
           with
           his
           Mouth
           Confession
           is
           made
           unto
           Salvation
           .
        
         
           Who
           knows
           this
           Work
           ,
           can
           glorifie
           God
           ,
           and
           bear
           Testimony
           of
           his
           Son
           Christ
           Jesus
           ;
           and
           the
           work
           he
           hath
           done
           in
           his
           earthen
           vessel
           ,
           which
           none
           else
           could
           do
           ,
           viz.
           of
           Sanctification
           &
           Redemption
           through
           the
           Truth
           ,
           whose
           Word
           is
           Truth
           ,
           whereof
           he
           hath
           made
           many
           living
           Witnesses
           to
           the
           Praise
           of
           his
           Name
           ,
           whose
           own
           Works
           praise
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           joy
           of
           the
           upright
           for
           evermore
           .
           And
           this
           is
           better
           and
           beyond
           all
           the
           high
           Notions
           ,
           and
           Self-conceited
           Imaginations
           from
           the
           wisdom
           that
           is
           below
           ,
           and
           who
           is
           brought
           to
           this
           estate
           ,
           and
           abide
           therein
           ,
           walking
           in
           Wisdom's
           Path
           ,
           dare
           not
           speak
           unrighteous
           things
           ,
           knowing
           he
           cannot
           be
           hid
           ,
           nor
           be
           
           a
           Blasphemer
           of
           his
           words
           ;
           for
           God
           is
           witness
           of
           his
           Reins
           ,
           and
           a
           true
           beholder
           of
           his
           Heart
           ;
           know
           therefore
           ,
           it
           s
           not
           a
           light
           thing
           to
           speak
           Evil
           of
           things
           one
           understands
           not
           ;
           read
           2
           Pet.
           2.
           vers
           .
           12.
           and
           Iude
           10.
           much
           less
           wilfully
           to
           blast
           the
           Fame
           of
           God's
           Name
           and
           Work
           in
           the
           Earth
           ,
           in
           and
           by
           his
           People
           ,
           because
           they
           agree
           not
           with
           man's
           ways
           and
           conceited
           wise
           Notions
           ,
           which
           God's
           wisdom
           from
           above
           ever
           did
           ,
           and
           will
           confound
           ;
           and
           how
           greatly
           thou
           art
           found
           gulty
           in
           this
           perticular
           ,
           by
           the
           following
           Reflections
           on
           thy
           Postscript
           may
           appear
           :
           And
           so
           I
           conclude
           this
           part
           ,
           having
           discharged
           my self
           to
           thee
           on
           the
           afore-mentioned
           occasion
           .
        
         
           Since
           my
           first
           perusal
           of
           thy
           Book
           ,
           I
           have
           lately
           met
           with
           thy
           Postscript
           ,
           whereby
           I
           perceive
           thou
           art
           zealous
           of
           being
           esteemed
           a
           Proselite
           to
           the
           Quakers
           Doctrine
           ;
           I
           am
           ready
           to
           believe
           thy
           above
           recited
           Ignominious
           Reflection
           ,
           was
           calculated
           to
           obviate
           such
           an
           Imputation
           ,
           which
           perhaps
           thou
           thought
           would
           be
           as
           little
           honour
           to
           thee
           ,
           as
           they
           may
           justly
           conclude
           thy
           Pretentions
           to
           their
           Principle
           would
           be
           a
           Credit
           to
           it
           ;
           for
           they
           desire
           no
           such
           Proselites
           who
           affects
           not
           their
           Principle
           for
           its
           own
           sake
           ,
           but
           for
           some
           worldly
           Honour
           and
           Esteem
           they
           hope
           to
           get
           by
           it
           ;
           Therefore
           though
           theirs
           ,
           if
           rightly
           understood
           ,
           be
           true
           ,
           as
           thou
           confessest
           thy self
           ,
           page
           77.
           and
           that
           it
           is
           such
           Quakerism
           as
           makes
           a
           good
           part
           of
           St
           Iohn's
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           St
           Austin's
           Works
           ;
           and
           according
           to
           thy
           Postscript
           ,
           if
           the
           Quakers
           understood
           their
           own
           Notion
           ,
           it
           would
           not
           very
           much
           differ
           from
           thine
           ,
           which
           I
           take
           to
           imply
           a
           sort
           of
           Confession
           to
           their
           Principle
           ;
           for
           Truth
           and
           Error
           are
           opposite
           ,
           the
           Defect
           it
           seems
           must
           lie
           somewhere
           ,
           and
           that
           according
           to
           thy
           Judgment
           must
           be
           the
           Quakers
           Ignorance
           ,
           how
           to
           explain
           their
           Notion
           of
           the
           Light
           ,
           and
           into
           what
           Principles
           to
           resolve
           it
           ;
           but
           seeing
           this
           would
           imply
           a
           Difference
           only
           in
           Terminis
           ,
           and
           so
           not
           reach
           thy
           Case
           ,
           like
           one
           that
           forgets
           what
           he
           had
           said
           last
           ,
           thou
           proceeds
           to
           magnifie
           the
           difference
           to
           set
           thee
           far
           enough
           from
           being
           reputed
           a
           Proselite
           ,
           which
           to
           avoid
           them
           needed
           a
           greater
           Discrimination
           ;
           This
           I
           take
           to
           be
           the
           Design
           of
           thy
           Postscript
           ,
           where
           thou
           undertakes
           to
           explain
           the
           Quakers
           Principle
           ,
           by
           thy
           Suppositions
           &
           false
           Distinctions
           the
           better
           to
           set
           off
           &
           expose
           thine
           ,
           by
           rendring
           it
           the
           more
           novel
           to
           this
           age
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           avoid
           symbolizing
           with
           the
           Quakers
           in
           thy
           notion
           of
           the
           Divine
           Light
           ;
           how
           unfairly
           and
           unsincerely
           ,
           as
           also
           confusedly
           ,
           with
           respect
           both
           to
           their
           and
           thy
           own
           Principle
           
           thou
           hast
           dealt
           herein
           ,
           is
           my
           present
           design
           to
           manifest
           ;
           whoso
           undertakes
           to
           Confute
           the
           Principles
           of
           any
           People
           ,
           ought
           to
           take
           them
           up
           and
           state
           them
           rightly
           ,
           and
           honestly
           ,
           according
           as
           they
           are
           believed
           and
           owned
           by
           themselves
           ,
           quoting
           their
           own
           Words
           and
           Authors
           ,
           and
           not
           barely
           as
           he
           conceives
           and
           imagines
           them
           to
           be
           ,
           as
           suiting
           his
           design
           :
           Otherwise
           he
           is
           unjust
           ,
           and
           quarrels
           with
           his
           own
           Shadow
           ,
           and
           is
           like
           a
           man
           that
           beats
           the
           Air
           ,
           which
           in
           thy
           Postscript
           thou
           art
           found
           doing
           ;
           for
           first
           thou
           sayst
           ,
           The
           Quakers
           
             usually
             talk
             of
             this
             Light
             within
             ,
             as
             of
             some
             Divine
             Communication
             and
             manifestation
             (
             only
             :
             )
          
           How
           does
           this
           appear
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           thou
           quotes
           no
           Author
           for
           it
           ,
           I
           apprehend
           thou
           intendest
           hereby
           ,
           or
           else
           thy
           assertion
           has
           little
           weight
           or
           matter
           in
           it
           ,
           viz.
           that
           the
           Quakers
           own
           the
           Light
           within
           to
           be
           an
           accident
           ,
           and
           not
           a
           substantial
           inherent
           Principle
           of
           Divine
           Excellency
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           great
           mistake
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           to
           be
           feared
           a
           wilful
           one
           too
           ,
           seeing
           't
           is
           generally
           known
           ,
           and
           thou
           confessest
           it
           too
           ,
           that
           they
           quote
           the
           Testimony
           of
           Iohn
           the
           Evangelist
           for
           their
           Principle
           ,
           as
           thou
           hast
           done
           for
           thine
           ,
           they
           believing
           according
           thereunto
           ,
           Chap
           1.
           vers
           .
           4.
           
           
             In
             him
             was
             Life
             ,
             and
             the
             Life
             was
             the
             Light
             of
             Men
          
           :
           And
           if
           the
           Life
           of
           the
           Word
           be
           the
           Light
           of
           men
           ,
           then
           surely
           the
           Quakers
           cannot
           be
           supposed
           to
           believe
           it
           any
           thing
           less
           than
           a
           Real
           Spiritual
           Substance
           ,
           which
           the
           Soul
           of
           man
           is
           capable
           to
           feel
           and
           apprehend
           ;
           
             For
             all
             things
             were
             made
             by
             him
             ,
             and
             without
             him
             was
             not
             any
             thing
             made
             that
             was
             made
             ,
          
           John
           1.3
           .
           Thus
           thy
           first
           distinction
           falls
           to
           the
           ground
           :
           Thy
           second
           is
           as
           insignificant
           ,
           and
           like
           an
           Arrow
           shot
           at
           Random
           ,
           lights
           on
           thy
           own
           head
           ,
           being
           attended
           with
           some
           Contradiction
           to
           thy
           former
           ,
           viz.
           Thou
           sayest
           ,
           The
           Quakers
           
             represent
             this
             Light
             within
             as
             a
             sort
             of
             extraordinary
             Inspiration
          
           :
           Where
           learnt
           thou
           this
           ?
           Before
           it
           was
           a
           Divine
           Communication
           and
           Manifestation
           only
           ;
           and
           now
           an
           Extraordinary
           Inspiration
           .
           Thou
           wouldst
           have
           done
           well
           to
           have
           let
           the
           Quakers
           Principle
           alone
           till
           thou
           hadst
           learnt
           it
           better
           ,
           and
           more
           honestly
           to
           represent
           it
           :
           Is
           not
           Extraordinary
           more
           than
           Common
           ,
           or
           Communication
           and
           manifestation
           (
           only
           ?
           )
           Have
           not
           the
           Quakers
           declared
           the
           Light
           to
           be
           Universal
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Divine
           ,
           in
           its
           gift
           and
           manifestation
           to
           the
           Sons
           of
           men
           ?
           It
           is
           certainly
           true
           they
           have
           ,
           and
           yet
           I
           deny
           not
           but
           such
           who
           apply
           their
           minds
           in
           Obedience
           to
           the
           teachings
           of
           this
           Light
           and
           heavenly
           Gift
           ,
           may
           be
           made
           partakers
           of
           more
           ,
           viz.
           extraordinary
           Gifts
           
           and
           Graces
           by
           the
           Inspiration
           of
           the
           same
           Spirit
           ,
           &c.
           
           If
           for
           this
           they
           have
           the
           Name
           of
           Enthusiasts
           given
           them
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Section
           of
           thy
           Postscript
           ;
           Though
           it
           be
           in
           Derision
           ,
           they
           will
           rejoyce
           in
           it
           ,
           for
           it
           shall
           be
           as
           an
           Ornament
           of
           Grace
           to
           their
           Head
           ,
           and
           Chains
           about
           their
           Neck
           .
           Again
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           Section
           thou
           sayst
           ,
           I
           suppose
           it
           ,
           viz.
           
             The
             Light
             within
             to
             be
             a
             man's
             natural
             and
             ordinary
             way
             of
             understanding
             .
          
           And
           just
           before
           thou
           made
           it
           to
           be
           the
           very
           Essence
           and
           Substance
           of
           the
           Deity
           ,
           which
           are
           thy
           own
           express
           words
           ;
           see
           thy
           Confusion
           and
           Self-contradiction
           ;
           by
           these
           Words
           ,
           (
           viz.
           )
           a
           man's
           natural
           and
           ordinary
           way
           of
           understanding
           ,
           I
           take
           thee
           to
           intend
           the
           same
           thing
           as
           in
           page
           77.
           where
           thou
           call'st
           it
           Reason
           and
           Conscience
           ;
           and
           yet
           at
           the
           same
           time
           call'st
           it
           ,
           
             The
             divine
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             and
             Region
             of
             Truth
             ,
             in
             which
             are
             hid
             all
             the
             Treasures
             of
             Wisdom
             and
             Knowledge
             ,
             the
             great
             and
             universal
             Oracle
             lodged
             in
             every
             man's
             Breast
             ,
             whereof
             the
             ancient
             Vrim
             and
             Thummim
             was
             an
             express
             Type
             or
             Emblem
             .
          
           Here
           thou
           Debasest
           and
           Confoundest
           thy
           Principle
           ,
           making
           it
           to
           be
           a
           part
           of
           man's
           Nature
           ,
           whereas
           the
           Principle
           or
           divine
           Light
           ,
           as
           held
           by
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           is
           a
           distinct
           thing
           from
           man's
           Soul
           ,
           Reason
           ,
           or
           natural
           Conscience
           ,
           viz.
           a
           more
           excellent
           Spirit
           and
           Principle
           .
           And
           herein
           I
           confess
           is
           a
           
             material
             Difference
          
           betwixt
           thy
           principle
           of
           Light
           ,
           and
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           as
           thou
           hast
           exprest
           it
           ;
           sure
           I
           am
           it
           is
           a
           great
           Error
           to
           render
           the
           Divine
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           by
           which
           all
           things
           were
           made
           ,
           and
           are
           upheld
           ,
           to
           be
           no
           higher
           a
           Principle
           than
           man's
           Reason
           and
           Conscience
           ,
           or
           natural
           and
           ordinary
           way
           of
           understanding
           ,
           which
           reason
           is
           a
           property
           Essential
           to
           him
           as
           Man.
           I
           confess
           ,
           to
           know
           the
           things
           of
           a
           man
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           Scripture
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           2.9
           ,
           10
           ,
           11.
           
           
             But
             as
             it
             is
             written
             ,
             Eye
             hath
             not
             seen
             ,
             nor
             Ear
             heard
             ,
             neither
             have
             entred
             into
             the
             Heart
             of
             man
             the
             things
             that
             God
             hath
             prepared
             for
             them
             that
             love
             him
             ,
             but
             God
             hath
             revealed
             them
             unto
             us
             by
             his
             Spirit
             ;
             for
             the
             Spirit
             searcheth
             all
             things
             ,
             yea
             ,
             the
             Deep
             things
             of
             God
             :
             for
             what
             man
             knows
             the
             things
             of
             a
             man
             save
             the
             Spirit
             of
             a
             man
             that
             is
             in
             him
             ,
             even
             so
             the
             things
             of
             God
             knoweth
             no
             man
             but
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God.
          
           Again
           ,
           Mat.
           11.27
           .
           
             Neither
             knoweth
             any
             man
             the
             Father
             ,
             save
             the
             Son
             ,
             and
             he
             to
             whom
             the
             Son
             will
             reveal
             him
             .
          
           By
           which
           it
           manifestly
           appears
           ,
           that
           the
           true
           knowledge
           of
           God
           and
           Spiritual
           things
           are
           attained
           by
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           which
           is
           superior
           to
           man's
           rational
           Principle
           or
           natural
           Conscience
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           defiled
           ,
           and
           corrupted
           ,
           as
           't
           is
           said
           expresly
           of
           the
           Impure
           ,
           that
           even
           their
           Mind
           and
           Conscience
           is
           defiled
           ,
           Tit.
           1.15
           .
        
         
         
           In
           thy
           
             third
             Sestion
          
           ,
           thou
           com'st
           in
           with
           (
           a
           
             Salvo
             Errore
          
           )
           
             If
             I
             mistake
             not
             )
             the
          
           Quakers
           
             confine
             their
             Light
             within
             to
             some
             certain
             Objects
             ,
             namely
             Morral
             and
             Spiritual
             Truths
             ,
             in
             order
             only
             to
             the
             direction
             of
             Practice
             .
          
           How
           shouldst
           thou
           do
           otherwise
           but
           mistake
           the
           Principles
           of
           others
           ,
           seeing
           thou
           art
           so
           confused
           about
           thine
           own
           ?
           however
           ,
           I
           must
           tell
           thee
           it
           s
           no
           small
           Fault
           at
           such
           an
           uncertainty
           to
           Expose
           peoples
           Principles
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           an
           abuse
           to
           say
           the
           Quakers
           confine
           the
           Light
           within
           :
           It
           is
           Divine
           ,
           Supernatural
           and
           Uncircumscribeable
           ,
           in
           it
           are
           hid
           all
           the
           Treasures
           of
           Wisdom
           and
           Knowledge
           ;
           where
           have
           the
           Quakers
           taught
           otherwise
           ?
           Have
           they
           not
           testified
           and
           declared
           the
           Light
           and
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Truth
           are
           one
           and
           the
           same
           in
           Being
           ,
           which
           will
           guide
           into
           all
           Truth
           ,
           Iohn
           16.13
           .
           The
           Quakers
           believe
           this
           divine
           Light
           to
           be
           the
           quickness
           of
           their
           understandings
           to
           know
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           wills
           to
           love
           ,
           and
           practical
           Truth
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           assists
           the
           natural
           Faculties
           of
           the
           Soul
           in
           the
           attainments
           of
           necessary
           Arts
           and
           Sciences
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           capacitate
           it
           to
           know
           and
           practise
           Morral
           and
           Spiritual
           Truths
           .
           Thou
           mayst
           read
           what
           the
           Author
           to
           the
           Book
           of
           Wisdom
           says
           on
           this
           subject
           ,
           in
           the
           9th
           and
           10th
           Chapters
           .
        
         
           And
           whereas
           thou
           sayst
           ,
           The
           Quakers
           
             make
             the
             Light
             within
             a
             Supplement
             to
             Scripture
             ,
             which
             they
             say
             is
             not
             sufficient
             without
             it
             ,
             nor
             indeed
             any
             more
             than
             a
             meer
             dead
             Letter
             .
          
        
         
           I
           Answer
           ;
           These
           words
           
             Supplement
             to
             Scripture
          
           are
           thy
           own
           ,
           not
           ours
           ,
           and
           this
           seems
           to
           be
           a
           Composition
           of
           thy
           own
           notion
           of
           the
           Quakers
           Faith
           concerning
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           without
           any
           quotation
           of
           their
           Words
           or
           Writings
           ,
           and
           as
           't
           is
           an
           objection
           is
           built
           upon
           thy
           mistake
           .
           In
           thy
           former
           Section
           ,
           viz.
           The
           Quakers
           
             represent
             this
             Light
             within
             as
             a
             sort
             of
             extraordinary
             Inspiration
          
           ;
           Which
           hath
           been
           already
           answered
           ,
           proving
           the
           Universallity
           of
           the
           Divine
           Light
           in
           man
           ,
           which
           considered
           ,
           there
           's
           no
           just
           cause
           for
           this
           as
           an
           Objection
           against
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           assigning
           the
           Scriptures
           to
           be
           insufficient
           without
           the
           Light
           ,
           because
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           cannot
           occur
           to
           the
           understanding
           without
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           formal
           reason
           thereof
           is
           its
           presence
           and
           manifestation
           .
           The
           Quakers
           believe
           that
           Christ
           Jesus
           by
           his
           divine
           Light
           within
           ,
           doth
           in
           these
           days
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Days
           of
           his
           Flesh
           ,
           expound
           ,
           fulfil
           and
           open
           to
           the
           true
           Believers
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           which
           according
           to
           the
           Apostle's
           exhortation
           to
           Timothy
           ,
           Chap.
           2.3
           ,
           15.
           
           
             Are
             able
             to
             make
             wise
             unto
             Salvation
          
           
           (
           note
           )
           THROUGH
           FAITH
           
             which
             is
             in
             Christ
             Iesus
          
           .
           The
           word
           Supplement
           in
           this
           sense
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           will
           be
           found
           no
           Error
           ,
           but
           according
           to
           thy
           Construction
           of
           the
           Quakers
           representing
           the
           Light
           within
           as
           a
           
             sort
             of
             extraordinary
             Inspiration
          
           ,
           Sect
           2.
           
           
             Or
             special
             priviledge
             of
             a
             certain
             order
             of
             men
             their
             own
             party
             ,
          
           as
           in
           Sect.
           4.
           
           And
           then
           making
           them
           to
           say
           the
           
             Scriptures
             with
             relation
             only
             to
             the
             Direction
             of
             Practice
             ,
          
           as
           thy
           Lines
           import
           ,
           Sect.
           3.
           are
           not
           sufficient
           without
           it
           ,
           
             nor
             indeed
             any
             more
             than
             a
             meer
             dead
             Letter
             ,
          
           is
           to
           render
           the
           Quakers
           not
           only
           singular
           and
           Erronious
           in
           their
           Principle
           of
           the
           Light
           ,
           (
           which
           shall
           be
           more
           duly
           observed
           in
           its
           place
           )
           but
           also
           Contemptuous
           of
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           as
           useless
           and
           insufficient
           to
           all
           but
           themselves
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           great
           and
           hainous
           abuse
           of
           a
           Society
           of
           People
           ,
           without
           cause
           and
           provocation
           ,
           and
           contrary
           to
           their
           publick
           and
           known
           Assertions
           ,
           both
           by
           Word
           and
           Writing
           ,
           who
           believe
           according
           to
           the
           same
           Apostle
           to
           Timothy
           ,
           Chap.
           2.3.16
           ,
           17.
           
           
             That
             all
             Scripture
             given
             by
             Inspiration
             of
             God
             ,
             is
             profitable
             for
             Doctrine
             ,
             for
             Reproof
             ,
             for
             Correction
             ,
             for
             Instruction
             in
             Righteousness
             ,
             that
             the
             man
             of
             God
             may
             be
             Perfect
             ,
             throughly
             furnished
             unto
             all
             good
             Works
             .
          
           And
           this
           shall
           suffice
           for
           an
           Answer
           to
           thy
           
             third
             Section
          
           .
        
         
           The
           fourth
           is
           a
           down-right
           falsity
           (
           viz.
           )
           The
           Quakers
           
             make
             their
             Light
             within
             a
             special
             Priviledge
             of
             a
             certain
             Order
             of
             men
             their
             own
             party
             ,
             not
             indeed
             as
             to
             the
             possibility
             ,
             yet
             they
             do
             as
             to
             the
             act
             making
             none
             but
             those
             of
             their
             own
             way
             to
             be
             actually
             inlightned
             by
             it
             .
          
        
         
           This
           is
           so
           abundantly
           Confuted
           by
           the
           Writings
           in
           general
           of
           those
           People
           ,
           more
           perticularly
           in
           the
           afore-recited
           Book
           of
           Robert
           Barclay's
           ,
           which
           considering
           thou
           hast
           read
           ,
           I
           am
           the
           more
           amazed
           at
           thy
           Assertion
           :
           They
           say
           all
           are
           actually
           inlightned
           by
           it
           ,
           all
           are
           Called
           ,
           but
           all
           have
           not
           obeyed
           ,
           according
           to
           these
           Scriptures
           ,
           Micah
           6.8
           .
           
             He
             hath
             shewed
             thee
             ,
             O
             man
             ,
             what
             is
             Good
             ,
             and
             what
             doth
             the
             Lord
             require
             of
             thee
             ,
             but
             to
             do
             Iustly
             ,
             and
             to
             love
             Mercy
             ,
             and
             to
             walk
             Humbly
             with
             thy
             God
             ,
          
           1
           John
           9.3.19
           .
           1
           Cor.
           13.7
           .
           Tit.
           2.11
           .
           &c.
           Thy
           distinction
           of
           a
           possibility
           ,
           and
           not
           actually
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           Divine
           Illumination
           of
           this
           Principle
           ,
           is
           trivial
           ,
           though
           not
           with
           respect
           to
           Salvation
           by
           it
           :
           The
           Capacity
           or
           Possibility
           is
           not
           ,
           nor
           can
           be
           in
           man
           abstract
           from
           the
           actual
           Illuminating
           Power
           and
           Spirit
           ,
           no
           more
           than
           seeing
           if
           the
           light
           be
           seperate
           from
           the
           Eye
           ;
           The
           Quakers
           have
           ,
           and
           still
           do
           declare
           ,
           that
           Christ
           Jesus
           ,
           the
           Light
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           is
           the
           universal
           free
           Gift
           of
           God
           ,
           for
           
           the
           benefit
           of
           all
           men
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           their
           Salvation
           ;
           and
           is
           not
           this
           Common
           yet
           Special
           priviledge
           ,
           because
           dearly
           purchased
           and
           freely
           bestowed
           on
           lost
           man
           ,
           that
           thou
           mayst
           not
           want
           occasion
           to
           traduce
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           thou
           hast
           so
           much
           over-done
           it
           in
           this
           Section
           ,
           as
           to
           contradict
           thy self
           in
           the
           fifth
           ;
           as
           for
           instance
           ,
           Sect.
           4.
           to
           be
           actaully
           inlightned
           according
           to
           thy
           Principle
           ,
           is
           no
           special
           priviledge
           ,
           but
           the
           common
           and
           universal
           benefit
           of
           all
           men
           ,
           yea
           ,
           of
           all
           the
           intelligent
           Creation
           ,
           who
           all
           see
           and
           understand
           in
           this
           Light
           of
           God
           ,
           without
           which
           there
           would
           be
           neither
           Truth
           nor
           Understanding
           :
           On
           the
           contrary
           ,
           Postscript
           Sect.
           5.
           thou
           sayst
           ,
           Thy
           Light
           does
           not
           formally
           enlighten
           or
           instruct
           thee
           ,
           but
           when
           thou
           carefully
           attends
           to
           and
           consults
           it
           ,
           and
           read
           what
           is
           written
           in
           those
           Divine
           Ideal
           Characters
           :
           The
           like
           Doctrine
           thou
           hast
           ,
           pag.
           71.
           of
           thy
           Book
           ,
           Sect.
           5.
           and
           6.
           where
           treating
           of
           thy
           
             double
             illumination
             of
             thy
             divine
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           viz.
           
             Fundamentally
             and
             Potentially
             ,
             or
             else
             effectually
             or
             actually
             ,
             in
             the
             former
             sense
          
           (
           thou
           sayest
           )
           
             he
             inlightens
             every
             man
             in
             the
             latter
             ,
             only
             those
             who
             duly
             consult
             him
             ,
             and
             attend
             to
             him
             .
          
           See
           what
           Contradiction
           thy
           strained
           Notions
           run
           thee
           into
           one
           while
           to
           be
           actually
           enlightned
           ,
           is
           the
           Common
           and
           Universal
           benefit
           of
           all
           men
           ;
           another
           while
           only
           of
           those
           who
           Consult
           it
           ,
           and
           attend
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           all
           to
           avoid
           being
           thought
           to
           Symbolize
           with
           the
           Quakers
           in
           thy
           notion
           of
           the
           Divine
           Light
           ;
           thy
           Distinction
           of
           Potentially
           and
           Actually
           can
           have
           no
           more
           in
           it
           than
           the
           Difference
           in
           the
           subject
           ,
           the
           one
           universal
           act
           of
           the
           Word
           or
           Light
           ,
           enlightning
           every
           man
           ,
           comprehends
           both
           ;
           these
           are
           but
           new
           invented
           terms
           to
           express
           the
           most
           ancient
           ,
           and
           more
           Divinely
           ,
           and
           better
           revealed
           Truths
           of
           the
           Gospel
           :
           Thy
           fifth
           I
           take
           in
           the
           first
           part
           of
           it
           to
           be
           the
           same
           in
           substance
           with
           thy
           first
           ,
           Differing
           in
           form
           of
           expressions
           ,
           viz.
           
             The
             Quakers
             by
             their
             Light
             within
             understand
             some
             Determinate
             formed
             dictate
             or
             proposition
             expresly
             or
             possitively
             directing
             or
             instructing
             them
             to
             do
             so
             or
             so
          
           ;
           as
           in
           thy
           first
           thou
           call'st
           it
           ,
           
             some
             divine
             Communication
             or
             Manifestation
             ONLY
             .
          
           Where
           didst
           thou
           learn
           this
           definition
           of
           the
           Quakers
           Faith
           and
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Light
           within
           ?
           The
           Quakers
           believe
           the
           Light
           of
           Christ
           within
           to
           be
           God's
           divine
           Oracle
           of
           Wisdom
           in
           the
           Soul
           ,
           the
           former
           Dictater
           ,
           and
           determiner
           of
           heavenly
           Propositions
           ,
           their
           Directing
           and
           Instructing
           what
           to
           choose
           ,
           and
           what
           to
           refuse
           ,
           as
           the
           original
           Cause
           of
           the
           knowledge
           and
           love
           of
           Truth
           ,
           which
           are
           its
           proper
           effects
           .
           Now
           wherein
           is
           
           the
           Quakers
           Light
           ,
           as
           thou
           term'st
           it
           ,
           Inferiour
           to
           that
           which
           thou
           call'st
           thine
           ,
           except
           in
           the
           Differing
           Character
           thou
           givest
           it
           ?
           they
           own
           the
           Real
           and
           Substantial
           Truth
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Life
           of
           the
           Word
           ,
           the
           Light
           of
           men
           ,
           as
           Christ
           said
           of
           himself
           ,
           
             I
             am
             the
             Way
             ,
             the
             Truth
             and
             the
             Life
          
           :
           That
           this
           divine
           Light
           which
           is
           the
           Light
           of
           men
           ,
           is
           always
           in
           some
           degree
           and
           measure
           present
           in
           the
           Soul
           ,
           by
           which
           it
           is
           upheld
           either
           in
           God's
           love
           or
           anger
           ,
           the
           Quakers
           believe
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           him
           we
           live
           ,
           move
           and
           have
           our
           being
           ,
           though
           with
           respect
           to
           operation
           after
           a
           different
           manner
           and
           measure
           ,
           and
           passing
           the
           understanding
           of
           man.
           And
           whereas
           thou
           sayest
           ,
           
             Thy
             Light
             is
             only
             the
             essential
             Truth
             of
             God
          
           :
           This
           is
           a
           high
           presumption
           ,
           about
           which
           I
           have
           already
           shewed
           thy
           Confusion
           in
           other
           places
           ,
           calling
           it
           Reason
           and
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           a
           man's
           natural
           and
           ordinary
           way
           of
           understanding
           ;
           consider
           Mat.
           6.22.23
           .
           
             The
             Light
             of
             the
             Body
             is
             the
             Eye
             ;
             if
             therefore
             thy
             Eye
             be
             single
             ,
             thy
             whole
             Body
             shall
             be
             full
             of
             Light
             :
             but
             if
             thine
             Eye
             be
             evil
             ,
             thy
             whole
             Body
             shall
             be
             full
             of
             Darkness
             ;
             if
             therefore
             the
             Light
             that
             is
             in
             thee
             be
             Darkness
             ,
             how
             great
             is
             that
             Darkness
             ?
          
           So
           may
           I
           say
           ,
           if
           that
           Doctrine
           &
           Principle
           thou
           recommendest
           to
           the
           World
           for
           Truth
           &
           Excellency
           ,
           be
           erronious
           and
           faulty
           ,
           how
           great
           is
           that
           Error
           and
           Fault
           ?
           Again
           ,
           thou
           sayest
           ,
           
             Thy
             Light
             is
             always
             present
             to
             thy
             understanding
             ,
             and
             Intimately
             united
             with
             it
             still
             ,
          
           Sect.
           5.
           
           Which
           in
           thy
           sense
           of
           the
           Light
           ,
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           thy
           Soul
           is
           never
           without
           thy
           Reason
           and
           Conscience
           ;
           I
           wish
           they
           were
           both
           reformed
           ,
           that
           thou
           mayst
           be
           no
           more
           guilty
           of
           these
           and
           such
           like
           false
           Aspersions
           ;
           That
           the
           Light
           ,
           as
           supposing
           it
           to
           be
           what
           really
           it
           is
           ,
           viz.
           a
           Distinct
           Principle
           from
           the
           Soul
           is
           always
           present
           to
           the
           understanding
           ,
           which
           implies
           its
           operation
           upon
           the
           natural
           Capacity
           ,
           or
           Organ
           ,
           the
           ordinary
           means
           of
           knowing
           ,
           I
           conceive
           is
           more
           then
           can
           be
           safely
           or
           experimentally
           said
           ,
           because
           the
           Organ
           may
           be
           hurt
           ,
           and
           the
           understanding
           in
           that
           sense
           interrupted
           ,
           and
           consequently
           no
           fit
           Medium
           or
           Receptacle
           either
           for
           the
           Soul
           or
           its
           Light
           :
           besides
           ,
           the
           Soul
           may
           be
           absent
           from
           the
           natural
           understanding
           ,
           by
           the
           interposition
           of
           Spiritual
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Natural
           causes
           ,
           and
           yet
           present
           with
           the
           Light
           in
           its
           spiritual
           way
           of
           understanding
           :
           But
           to
           say
           as
           thou
           dost
           ,
           that
           
             Thy
             Light
             is
             only
             the
             Essential
             Truth
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             is
             always
             present
             to
             thy
             understanding
             ,
             and
             intimately
             united
             with
             it
             ,
             and
             yet
             that
             it
             does
             not
             formally
             inlighten
             or
             instruct
             it
             ,
             but
             when
             carefully
             attended
             to
             and
             consulted
          
           ;
           seems
           to
           discover
           a
           Contradiction
           in
           it self
           ,
           
           and
           to
           the
           formal
           Reason
           of
           its
           Being
           ,
           and
           Presence
           ,
           and
           Sufficiency
           in
           the
           one
           act
           of
           the
           same
           Principle
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           the
           state
           and
           nature
           of
           Intimate
           Union
           ;
           for
           how
           can
           any
           thing
           be
           intimately
           united
           to
           its
           Principle
           ,
           and
           not
           partake
           of
           its
           Nature
           and
           Influences
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           reason
           and
           manner
           of
           its
           union
           ?
           And
           how
           can
           this
           be
           ,
           and
           not
           carefully
           attended
           to
           and
           consulted
           ?
           is
           not
           this
           manifest
           Confusion
           ?
           That
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           Light
           does
           enlighten
           and
           instruct
           all
           in
           some
           sense
           and
           degree
           ,
           is
           sufficiently
           proved
           by
           Scripture
           ;
           By
           thy
           word
           
             formally
             enlighten
          
           ,
           I
           apprehend
           thou
           intendest
           the
           operative
           Exercise
           ,
           as
           in
           page
           17.
           and
           as
           here
           applied
           to
           ,
           Light
           signifies
           no
           more
           than
           actually
           to
           enlighten
           ,
           
             ex
             parte
             objecti
          
           ;
           I
           grant
           such
           as
           do
           not
           carefully
           attend
           to
           and
           consult
           this
           Divine
           Light
           ,
           does
           not
           witness
           the
           increases
           of
           it
           unto
           the
           Redemption
           and
           Salvation
           of
           their
           Souls
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           the
           Path
           of
           the
           Just
           that
           is
           as
           the
           shining
           Light
           ,
           that
           shineth
           more
           and
           more
           unto
           the
           perfect
           day
           ;
           if
           the
           Light
           ,
           as
           thou
           asserts
           ,
           doth
           not
           formally
           enlighten
           or
           instruct
           ,
           but
           when
           carefully
           attended
           to
           and
           consulted
           ,
           how
           then
           should
           it
           quicken
           and
           raise
           the
           Soul
           from
           Death
           to
           Life
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           multiplied
           Experience
           of
           holy
           David
           ?
           And
           how
           doth
           God
           speak
           once
           ,
           yea
           ,
           twice
           ,
           yet
           man
           perceiveth
           it
           not
           ?
           Iob
           33.14
           ,
           15
           ,
           16
           ,
           17.
           
           
             In
             a
             Dream
             ,
             in
             a
             Vision
             of
             the
             Night
             ,
             when
             deep
             Sleep
             falleth
             upon
             men
             ,
             in
             slumbring
             upon
             the
             Bed
             ,
             then
             he
             openeth
             the
             Ears
             of
             Men
             ,
             and
             sealeth
             their
             Instruction
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             withdraw
             man
             from
             his
             purpose
             ,
             and
             hide
             Pride
             from
             man.
          
           Again
           ,
           in
           Isa.
           65.
           
           
             I
             am
             sought
             of
             them
             that
             asked
             not
             for
             me
             ,
             I
             am
             found
             of
             them
             that
             sought
             me
             not
             :
             I
             said
             ,
             Behold
             me
             ,
             behold
             me
             ,
             to
             a
             Nation
             that
             was
             not
             called
             by
             my
             Name
             .
          
           How
           frequently
           doth
           the
           Lord
           complain
           by
           his
           Prophets
           of
           his
           Calling
           to
           his
           people
           to
           return
           and
           Repent
           ,
           but
           they
           would
           not
           answer
           .
           Note
           ,
           the
           Call
           of
           God
           is
           not
           without
           Instruction
           ;
           read
           Micah
           6.8
           .
           and
           Prov.
           1.
           from
           20.
           to
           the
           end
           .
           And
           see
           what
           Wisdom
           does
           also
           in
           Nehemiah
           ,
           how
           they
           rebelled
           against
           God
           ,
           notwithstanding
           he
           gave
           his
           good
           Spirit
           to
           Instruct
           them
           .
           The
           Testimony
           of
           Iohn
           the
           Evangelist
           ,
           the
           5th
           and
           21st
           .
           Eph.
           2.1
           .
           4
           ,
           5.
           
           
             You
             hath
             he
             quickned
             ,
             who
             were
             Dead
             in
             Trespasses
             and
             Sins
             ;
             but
             God
             who
             is
             rich
             in
             Mercy
             for
             his
             great
             love
             wherewith
             he
             hath
             loved
             us
             ,
             even
             when
             we
             were
             dead
             in
             Sins
             ,
             hath
             quickned
             us
             together
             in
             Christ
             ,
             by
             Grace
             ye
             are
             saved
             .
          
           2
           Cor.
           4.6
           ,
           7.
           
           
             God
             who
             commanded
             Light
             to
             shine
             out
             of
             Darkness
             ,
             hath
             shined
             in
             our
             Hearts
             ,
             to
             give
             us
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             
             knowledge
             of
             the
             Glory
             of
             God
             in
             the
             face
             of
             Iesus
             Christ
             ;
             but
             we
             have
             this
             Treasure
             in
             earthen
             Vessels
             ,
             that
             the
             excellency
             of
             the
             Power
             may
             be
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             not
             us
             .
          
           These
           and
           many
           other
           Texts
           abundantly
           prove
           that
           God
           quickens
           and
           enlightens
           man
           ,
           before
           man
           can
           turn
           unto
           him
           :
           Thy
           sixth
           and
           last
           Section
           ,
           I
           take
           to
           be
           an
           extravagant
           noise
           and
           bluster
           against
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           to
           supply
           the
           want
           of
           real
           matter
           of
           Objection
           ;
           what
           means
           else
           so
           great
           and
           general
           Reflections
           ,
           without
           offering
           any
           Proof
           ,
           or
           reducing
           it
           to
           a
           perticular
           Charge
           ,
           to
           say
           the
           Quakers
           do
           not
           offer
           any
           rational
           or
           intelligible
           account
           of
           their
           
             Light
             within
          
           proves
           nothing
           ;
           to
           tell
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           thou
           dost
           ,
           they
           Cant
           in
           some
           loose
           &
           general
           Expressions
           about
           the
           Light
           ,
           does
           little
           else
           but
           impose
           upon
           trust
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           beg
           Credit
           ,
           whilst
           thou
           mentions
           not
           what
           those
           loose
           and
           general
           Expressions
           are
           ;
           but
           to
           say
           they
           Confirm
           them
           by
           the
           authority
           of
           St
           
           Iohn's
           Gospel
           ,
           is
           in
           some
           sort
           to
           contradict
           thy
           assertion
           ,
           for
           so
           to
           confirm
           them
           ,
           argues
           they
           agree
           to
           what
           is
           there
           taught
           ,
           and
           if
           so
           ,
           as
           is
           most
           certainly
           true
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Quakers
           do
           adhere
           to
           those
           divine
           Words
           and
           Expressions
           ;
           it
           looks
           like
           too
           much
           prophaneness
           ,
           to
           account
           them
           loose
           and
           Canting
           ;
           and
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           Quakers
           understand
           neither
           the
           Light
           which
           they
           profess
           ,
           nor
           St
           
           Iohn's
           Gospel
           ,
           is
           an
           Evil
           presumption
           ,
           and
           what
           if
           I
           say
           Blasphemy
           ,
           against
           some
           that
           dwell
           in
           Heaven
           .
           As
           for
           thy
           terms
           ,
           viz.
           Omniformity
           of
           the
           Ideal
           world
           ,
           they
           may
           be
           either
           thy
           own
           ,
           or
           some
           borrowed
           Invention
           ,
           which
           not
           being
           taught
           them
           by
           the
           holy
           Spirit
           and
           divine
           Testimony
           thereof
           in
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           the
           Quakers
           reject
           the
           more
           ,
           seeing
           it
           is
           such
           an
           Idol
           ,
           that
           although
           they
           sincerely
           confess
           and
           believe
           in
           the
           Light
           ,
           according
           to
           
           Iohn's
           Gospel
           ,
           they
           shall
           not
           be
           allowed
           to
           understand
           either
           ,
           without
           bowing
           thereto
           ;
           What
           art
           thou
           O
           man
           ,
           that
           boasteth
           thy self
           ?
           art
           thou
           wiser
           than
           thy
           Maker
           ?
           whose
           Wisdom
           hath
           brought
           forth
           and
           taught
           his
           People
           these
           expressions
           ;
           Canst
           thou
           by
           searching
           find
           out
           God
           ,
           or
           the
           Almighty
           unto
           perfection
           ?
           I
           tell
           thee
           nay
           ,
           but
           God
           will
           Confound
           thy
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           bring
           to
           naught
           thy
           understanding
           ,
           wherein
           it
           is
           exalted
           ;
           for
           he
           hath
           Determined
           to
           stain
           the
           Pride
           of
           all
           Flesh
           ,
           the
           Mouth
           of
           the
           Lord
           hath
           spoken
           it
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           written
           for
           the
           clearing
           of
           Truth
           's
           Testimony
           from
           the
           Rubbish
           thou
           hast
           cast
           thereon
           ,
           in
           good
           Will
           to
           all
           ,
           and
           desiring
           thy
           Soul's
           welfare
           .
        
         
           By
           R.
           V.
           
        
         
           THE
           END
           .