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           ENTHUSIASM
           Above
           ATHEISM
           :
           Or
           ,
           Divine
           Inspiration
           and
           
             Immediate
             Illumination
          
           [
           by
           God
           Himself
           ]
           Asserted
           .
           And
           the
           Children
           of
           Light
           Vindicated
           :
           In
           Answer
           to
           a
           Book
           ,
           entituled
           ,
           
             The
             Danger
             of
          
           Enthusiasm
           Discovered
           .
        
         
           By
           George
           Whitehead
           .
        
         
           
             Job
             32.
             8.
             
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             Spirit
             in
             man
             ,
             and
             the
             Inspiration
             of
             the
             Almighty
             giveth
             them
             Understanding
             .
          
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1674.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           AN
           Introductory
           Epistle
           .
        
         
           
             Serious
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           IT
           is
           not
           for
           Disputation
           or
           Contention
           sake
           that
           we
           thus
           appear
           in
           this
           Controversie
           ,
           but
           singly
           for
           the
           Truth
           's
           sake
           ,
           and
           the
           Information
           of
           the
           Honest-Hearted
           ,
           who
           are
           enquiring
           after
           God's
           Way
           of
           discovering
           himself
           to
           the
           Soul
           :
           And
           that
           they
           may
           not
           be
           stumbled
           by
           those
           Groundless
           ,
           Blind
           and
           Confused
           Assaults
           that
           some
           ambitious
           and
           scornful
           Minds
           do
           make
           against
           God's
           Immediate
           Way
           of
           Illuminating
           ,
           Inspiring
           and
           Teaching
           his
           People
           ,
           who
           obey
           and
           follow
           that
           True
           Light
           which
           lighteth
           every
           man
           that
           cometh
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           even
           in
           an
           Immediate
           Way
           in
           some
           degree
           ,
           which
           we
           assert
           in
           Opposition
           to
           meer
           man's
           Teaching
           ,
           and
           to
           that
           dark
           and
           unlearned
           State
           ,
           wherein
           People
           have
           been
           kept
           ever
           learning
           under
           Humane
           Traditions
           and
           Un-sent
           Teachers
           ;
           for
           this
           we
           are
           mis-represented
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           as
           opposing
           God's
           Teaching
           by
           Instruments
           ,
           or
           
           true
           Ministers
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           gross
           Perversion
           ;
           for
           though
           we
           have
           often
           cal'd
           people
           to
           cease
           from
           man
           &
           mans
           teaching
           (
           who
           speaks
           Divinations
           of
           his
           own
           Brain
           ,
           and
           not
           from
           the
           Mouth
           of
           the
           Lord
           )
           that
           they
           might
           wait
           upon
           God
           to
           be
           taught
           ;
           yet
           not
           to
           cease
           from
           or
           reject
           Christ's
           Ministers
           ,
           or
           his
           speaking
           by
           them
           ;
           but
           have
           owned
           Christ's
           Teaching
           both
           immediately
           &
           instrumentally
           ,
           as
           he
           pleaseth
           ,
           by
           his
           Light
           and
           Testimony
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           bring
           man
           to
           God
           ,
           who
           is
           Light
           ,
           and
           the
           All-sufficient
           Teacher
           :
           it
           being
           written
           in
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           That
           they
           shall
           be
           ALL
           TAUGHT
           OF
           GOD
           ,
           which
           is
           his
           very
           Way
           and
           Method
           of
           drawing
           men
           to
           his
           Son.
           
           
        
         
           But
           our
           Opposer
           of
           Embusiasm
           (
           as
           he
           stiles
           our
           owning
           Immediate
           Illumination
           or
           Inspiration
           ,
           without
           man's
           Teaching
           )
           he
           confines
           Immediate
           Revelation
           from
           Christ
           to
           the
           first
           Promulgators
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           saith
           ,
           
             God's
             ordinary
             Way
             and
             Method
             of
             trans-mitting
             the
             Knowledge
             and
             Faith
             of
             the
             Gospel
          
           
           
             downwards
             to
             others
             successively
             was
             by
             such
             mens
             teaching
             it
             to
             others
             ,
             as
             had
             themselves
             learned
             it
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             or
             others
             that
             taught
             the
             same
             Doctrine
             .
          
        
         
           Herein
           he
           talks
           like
           a
           Papist
           ,
           however
           he
           is
           pleas'd
           to
           revile
           us
           with
           Incivilities
           ,
           and
           toc
           ompare
           us
           to
           Orders
           among
           the
           
           
           Papists
           :
           But
           this
           his
           Method
           of
           transmitting
           the
           Knowledge
           of
           the
           Faith
           successively
           in
           Opposition
           to
           immediate
           Illumination
           and
           Inspiration
           ,
           we
           can
           no
           more
           allow
           of
           as
           any
           real
           Proof
           of
           this
           man's
           Ministers
           being
           truly
           called
           and
           authorized
           to
           preach
           (
           nor
           yet
           that
           he
           and
           his
           Fraternity
           have
           this
           way
           received
           the
           Knowledge
           of
           true
           Faith
           ,
           which
           stands
           in
           the
           immediate
           Power
           of
           God
           )
           then
           we
           can
           own
           the
           Pope
           to
           be
           
           Peter's
           Successor
           .
           Surely
           the
           Virtues
           and
           Fruits
           of
           God's
           Spirit
           ,
           which
           are
           necessary
           to
           the
           true
           Ministry
           ,
           are
           not
           successively
           derived
           to
           them
           by
           outward
           Tradition
           :
           Besides
           ,
           the
           successive
           transmitting
           the
           Apostles
           Doctrine
           to
           Posterities
           ,
           doth
           no
           more
           prove
           the
           Priests
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Gospel
           (
           as
           he
           calls
           them
           )
           then
           it
           proves
           the
           Quakers
           or
           any
           others
           
           (
           who
           have
           the
           same
           Doctrine
           )
           such
           Ministers
           .
        
         
           It
           s
           true
           ,
           that
           
             Timothy
             ,
             Titus
          
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           who
           had
           Gifts
           in
           them
           for
           the
           Ministry
           ,
           were
           approved
           by
           Paul
           and
           others
           of
           the
           primitive
           Elders
           for
           the
           VVork
           ;
           
           but
           this
           is
           no
           Proof
           that
           this
           Opposer's
           Ministers
           are
           either
           so
           gifted
           or
           approved
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           we
           run
           them
           backward
           to
           prove
           their
           Race
           and
           Call
           successively
           ,
           it
           s
           most
           likely
           to
           stop
           and
           center
           in
           the
           Pope
           ,
           if
           they
           will
           persist
           
           in
           denying
           an
           immediate
           Mission
           or
           Illumination
           from
           God
           as
           their
           VVarrant
           .
        
         
           VVhilst
           this
           Anti-Enthusiast
           construeth
           Christ's
           enlightening
           every
           man
           that
           cometh
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           Jo.
           1.
           9.
           to
           be
           
             only
             with
             natural
             Light
             ,
             a
             created
             Light
             ,
          
           
           unto
           which
           he
           opposeth
           Gospel-Light
           and
           the
           Faith
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           he
           is
           inconsistent
           with
           himself
           ,
           in
           granting
           ,
           that
           by
           
             this
             Light
          
           (
           which
           he
           also
           calleth
           
             the
             Faculty
             of
             Reason
             &
             Understanding
             )
             man
             may
             know
             that
             there
             is
             a
             God
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             is
             to
             be
             worshipped
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             may
             possibly
             be
             a
             Light
             sufficient
             to
             direct
             the
          
           Heathen
           
             to
             as
             much
             as
             God
             expects
             from
             them
          
           ;
           As
           also
           ,
           that
           
             most
             of
             the
             Precepts
             of
             the
             Gospel
             are
             desirable
             in
          
           
           themselves
           ,
           viz.
           
             to
             love
             and
             worship
             God
             ;
             to
             Repent
             of
             that
             which
             hath
             been
             ill
             done
             ;
             to
             be
             Sober
             ,
             Chaste
             and
             Temperate
             ;
             to
             do
             to
             others
             as
             we
             would
             be
             done
             to
             our selves
             ,
             in
             Point
             of
             Equity
             ,
             Fidelity
             and
             Charity
             ;
             to
             be
             Humble
             and
             Meek
             ,
             Patient
             and
             Contented
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             &c.
             and
             these
             with
             theer
             certain
             Relation
             to
             a
             future
             happy
             State.
             And
             that
             there
             is
             no
             man
             that
             acts
             according
             to
             the
             best
             Reason
             of
             his
             Mind
             ,
             but
             would
             chuse
          
           
           
             these
             things
             ,
             &c.
          
           
        
         
           Observe
           ,
           Serious
           Reader
           ,
           here
           ,
           that
           this
           
           universal
           Light
           of
           Christ
           in
           man
           ,
           which
           he
           calls
           Reason
           ,
           directs
           men
           to
           chuse
           those
           Precepts
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           which
           tend
           to
           their
           future
           happy
           State
           ;
           and
           why
           then
           he
           should
           deem
           this
           Light
           (
           wherewith
           Christ
           enlighteneth
           all
           men
           )
           but
           natural
           and
           created
           ?
           we
           see
           neither
           Reason
           nor
           Scripture-Proof
           from
           him
           ,
           that
           there
           should
           be
           two
           such
           inward
           Lights
           ,
           as
           a
           Gospel-Light
           peculiar
           only
           to
           some
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Created
             Light
          
           ,
           common
           to
           all
           ,
           that
           directs
           man
           to
           chuse
           those
           Preceprs
           of
           the
           Gospel
           which
           tend
           to
           a
           future
           Happiness
           (
           no
           more
           then
           he
           shews
           for
           two
           kinds
           of
           inward
           Darkness
           )
           This
           Distinction
           appears
           both
           Unscriptural
           and
           Contradictory
           ;
           and
           the
           most
           gross
           Contradiction
           ,
           to
           render
           this
           Universal
           Light
           as
           not
           sufficient
           to
           direct
           men
           to
           believe
           in
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           when
           it
           
           shews
           those
           weighty
           Precepts
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           which
           tend
           to
           a
           future
           happy
           State.
           
        
         
           Again
           ,
           Our
           Antagonist
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           were
           set
           upon
           it
           ,
           to
           divert
           peoples
           Minds
           from
           this
           inward
           Light
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           from
           attending
           thereto
           for
           God's
           immediate
           Teaching
           ,
           he
           perverts
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           where
           on
           2
           Pet.
           1.
           19.
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Mind
             of
             God
             touching
             Salvation
             ,
             before
             and
             under
             the
             old
          
           
           
             Covenant
             ,
             was
             but
             obscurely
             made
             known
             by
             dark
             
             Prophecies
             ,
             which
             are
             therefore
             said
             to
             be
             a
             Light
             shining
             in
             a
             dark
             Place
             .
          
        
         
           Which
           is
           ,
           as
           if
           in
           the
           Dayes
           of
           the
           Gospel
           and
           New
           Covenant
           the
           Apostle
           Peter
           directed
           Believers
           back
           to
           those
           dark
           Prophecies
           under
           the
           Old
           ,
           to
           take
           heed
           thereunto
           ,
           as
           unto
           a
           Light
           shining
           in
           a
           dark
           Place
           ;
           or
           as
           to
           read
           his
           words
           after
           this
           man's
           sense
           thus
           ,
           viz.
           
             We
             have
             also
             more
             sure
             Dark
             Prophecies
             under
             the
             Old
             Covenant
             ,
             whereunto
             ye
             do
             well
             that
             ye
             take
             heed
          
           (
           And
           what
           then
           is
           not
           so
           sure
           as
           they
           ?
           )
           Whereas
           it
           was
           that
           living
           Word
           or
           Light
           of
           Christ
           in
           them
           ,
           whereunto
           they
           did
           well
           to
           take
           heed
           ,
           as
           unto
           a
           Light
           shining
           in
           a
           dark
           place
           ,
           until
           the
           Day
           dawned
           ,
           and
           the
           Day
           Star
           arose
           in
           their
           Hearts
           :
           This
           inward
           Light
           ,
           though
           for
           a
           time
           it
           shineth
           as
           in
           a
           dark
           place
           in
           man
           ,
           yet
           it
           leads
           them
           that
           believe
           and
           follow
           it
           to
           the
           Day
           of
           Christ
           ,
           who
           is
           called
           the
           
             Bright
             and
             Morning-Star
          
           ,
           and
           who
           is
           the
           only
           Way
           and
           Rule
           to
           all
           the
           Children
           of
           the
           Light.
           
        
         
           But
           this
           Writer
           ,
           as
           but
           a
           meer
           Literal
           Professor
           ,
           and
           Traditional
           Out-side
           Christian
           inveyes
           against
           those
           that
           (
           he
           saith
           )
           
             have
             vented
             high
             Speculations
             ,
             and
             almost
             or
          
           
           
             altogether
             unintelligible
             Notions
             ,
             and
             new-coyned
             Phraises
             &
             Expressions
             concerning
             the
             Work
             
             of
             God
             in
             the
             Soul
             ,
             and
             of
             Union
             with
             Christ
             ,
             and
             Communion
             with
             God
             ,
             of
             living
             by
             Faith
             ,
             and
             walking
             in
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             that
             these
             have
             been
             accounted
             Evangelical
             Preachers
             :
          
           And
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             That
             this
             Way
             obtained
             a
             great
             Reputation
             among
             a
             great
             many
             of
          
           Christian
           
             Professors
             ,
             and
             that
             many
             Persons
             have
             been
             tempted
             hereby
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           Here
           the
           serious
           Readers
           may
           take
           a
           View
           of
           the
           man's
           Ignorance
           and
           Scorn
           ,
           thus
           to
           sleight
           and
           contemn
           those
           Serious
           and
           Seriptural
           Expressions
           ,
           of
           the
           Work
           of
           God
           in
           the
           Soul
           ,
           Union
           with
           Christ
           ,
           Communion
           with
           God
           ,
           living
           by
           Faith
           ,
           and
           walking
           in
           the
           Spirit
           ;
           such
           Phrases
           as
           these
           he
           counts
           unintelligible
           ,
           and
           new-coyned
           :
           You
           may
           easily
           perceive
           what
           little
           Understanding
           he
           hath
           in
           the
           Mysteries
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           how
           much
           void
           of
           the
           true
           and
           spiritual
           Speculation
           concerning
           the
           Dispensation
           of
           the
           New
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           Spiritual
           Condition
           of
           true
           Christians
           therein
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           This
           Opposer
           concludes
           ,
           
             That
             if
             we
             do
             not
             make
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Christ
             in
             the
             Scriptures
             the
             adequate
             Rule
             of
             the
             Motions
             and
             Inclinations
             of
             our
          
           
           
             Minds
             ,
             and
             Actions
             of
             our
             Lives
             ,
             whereby
             to
             know
             when
             they
             are
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             when
             not
             ;
             
             we
             have
             then
             no
             certain
             Rule
             to
             go
             by
             ,
             but
             are
             continually
             liable
             to
             most
             Horrible
             Mistakes
             .
          
        
         
           See
           here
           how
           he
           hath
           shut
           out
           all
           Divine
           Light
           ,
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           God's
           immediate
           Teaching
           ,
           both
           from
           being
           in
           us
           ,
           and
           from
           being
           any
           certain
           Rule
           (
           though
           we
           do
           not
           oppose
           what
           the
           Spirit
           teacheth
           ,
           to
           Christ's
           Doctrine
           ;
           for
           the
           Spirit
           teacheth
           the
           same
           immediately
           )
           Yet
           what
           is
           it
           but
           to
           promote
           Atheism
           ,
           to
           exclude
           God
           ,
           and
           Christ
           ,
           and
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           Light
           within
           ,
           as
           no
           certain
           Rule
           ,
           and
           to
           exalt
           the
           Scriptures
           above
           them
           all
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           the
           Scriptures
           that
           high
           Epithete
           which
           no
           where
           they
           give
           themselves
           ,
           as
           ,
           
             Adequate
             Rule
             of
             Inward
             Motions
             and
             Inclinations
          
           ;
           Whereas
           the
           inward
           Light
           of
           Christ
           ,
           which
           makes
           manifest
           all
           things
           that
           are
           reproved
           ,
           is
           therefore
           the
           most
           suitable
           Rule
           to
           try
           inward
           Motions
           ;
           for
           unto
           this
           Light
           he
           that
           doth
           Truth
           cometh
           ,
           that
           his
           Deeds
           may
           be
           manifest
           that
           they
           are
           wrought
           in
           God
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           the
           same
           Light
           that
           reproveth
           the
           Evil
           Deeds
           of
           those
           that
           hate
           it
           ,
           see
           John
           3.
           19
           ,
           20
           ,
           21.
           
           It
           is
           not
           two
           kinds
           of
           inward
           Lights
           ,
           one
           Natural
           ,
           and
           another
           Spiritual
           .
        
         
           The
           kind
           of
           Language
           which
           this
           Writer
           treats
           us
           withal
           and
           applyes
           to
           us
           ,
           is
           such
           censorious
           ,
           harsh
           and
           scornful
           Stuff
           as
           follows
           ,
           
           viz.
           
             Enthusiasts
             ,
             call'd
          
           Quakers
           ;
           
             Narrowness
             ,
             Austerities
             &
             Incivilities
             ;
             Deceived
             ;
             Proudly
             exalt
             ,
             and
             justifie
             your selves
             ;
             Great
             Absurdities
             ;
             Your
             great
             Talk
             of
             your
             Light
             within
             ;
             abused
             that
             1
             st
             Chapter
             of
          
           John
           ,
           vers
           .
           9.
           
           
             Your
             Enthusiastical
             Notion
             (
             viz.
          
           touching
           the
           Light
           of
           Christ
           within
           )
           
             You
             stumble
             ;
             Your
             Wild
             Notion
             of
             men's
             being
             guided
             by
             the
             Internal
             Teachings
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             without
             Outward
             Teaching
             ;
             Your
             bold
             and
             confident
             Assertion
             ,
             Enlightened
             ;
             not
             in
             your
             pretended
             Way
             ,
             a
             very
             ill
             Mind
             ;
             False
             Accusers
          
           ;
           Romish
           
             Factors
             :
             You
             Dissemble
             ;
             Tergiversation
             and
             Shuffling
             ;
             Pretences
             for
             a
             Blind
             ;
             Your
          
           Enthusiasm
           ;
           Enthusiastical
           
             Fancies
             ;
             Your
             Spiritualizing
             Baptism
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord's
             Supper
          
           ;
           *
           
             Your
             invented
             Mystery
             of
             the
             Redemption
             of
             the
             Seed
          
           ‖
           
             in
             men
             ;
             Your
             New
             Notions
             and
             Speculations
             of
             your
             being
             taught
             only
             by
             the
             Light
             within
             ;
             No
             Light
             in
             you
             ;
             Desperate
             Error
             ;
             New
             Mystical
             Notions
             ;
             Taught
             of
             God
             immediately
             ;
             These
             Dreams
             ,
             Fancies
             and
             High
             Conceits
             ;
             You
             have
             cryed
             down
             the
             Bravery
             and
             Pride
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             which
             others
             retain
             ;
             Voluntary
             Humility
             ;
             Vainly
             Pust
             Up
             ;
             A
             
             Rough
             Garment
             to
             deceive
             ;
             Ravening
             Wolves
             Your
             own
             Conceits
             ;
             Inward
             Pride
             ;
             Over-valuing
             your selves
             ;
             Groundless
             Confidence
             ;
             Strangely
             deluded
             ;
             Your
             Whimsi●s
             and
             Phantasies
             bring
             a
             Scandal
             upon
             the
          
           Christian
           
             Religion
             ,
             to
             encourage
          
           Romish
           
             Agents
             ;
             Your
             Newaffected
             Modes
             and
             Phrases
             did
             insensibly
             lead
             you
             from
             one
             Noval
             Conceit
             to
             another
             ,
             until
             you
             have
             exceeded
             all
             Bounds
             of
             Sobriety
             ,
             and
             become
             perfectly
             Drunk
             ;
             Your
             New
             Taken-up
             Way
             not
             Spiritual
             ,
             but
             Carnal
             ;
             More
             Self-conceited
             ,
             Proud
             and
             Disdainful
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           With
           more
           such
           hard
           Language
           and
           manifest
           Untruths
           (
           together
           with
           plain
           Contradictions
           )
           hath
           this
           Opposer
           of
           Immediate
           Illumination
           treated
           us
           ;
           for
           which
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           the
           Lord
           grant
           him
           Repentance
           and
           Forgiveness
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           Information
           of
           his
           Name
           ,
           and
           what
           an
           uncertain
           Temporizer
           he
           hath
           been
           in
           his
           latter
           years
           about
           Religion
           ;
           but
           understanding
           that
           in
           former
           times
           he
           has
           had
           a
           Sincerity
           in
           him
           ,
           &
           believing
           that
           he
           hath
           sought
           after
           Good
           Things
           and
           more
           Spiritual
           Matters
           formerly
           then
           now
           ,
           we
           forbear
           publishing
           his
           Name
           at
           present
           (
           seeing
           he
           was
           not
           willing
           to
           it
           himself
           )
           desiring
           that
           he
           may
           secretly
           consider
           these
           things
           ,
           and
           this
           following
           Answer
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Lord
           may
           give
           him
           Understanding
           ,
           to
           acknowledge
           his
           Truth
           :
           
           For
           ,
           God
           knows
           ,
           we
           would
           not
           have
           him
           dye
           under
           the
           Guilt
           of
           his
           Apostacy
           ,
           and
           Iniquity
           he
           hath
           brought
           upon
           him
           by
           his
           Groundless
           and
           Fruitless
           Opposition
           against
           God's
           Truth
           and
           People
           .
        
         
           The
           Substance
           of
           the
           following
           Answer
           was
           written
           soon
           after
           his
           Book
           came
           out
           ,
           but
           the
           Accomplishment
           and
           Publication
           was
           hindred
           by
           other
           Matters
           of
           more
           Weight
           interposing
           .
        
         
           I
           desire
           the
           Reader
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           one
           Instance
           that
           makes
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           against
           our
           Opposer
           (
           on
           the
           behalf
           of
           God's
           immediate
           —
           Mission
           ,
           Inspiration
           and
           Teaching
           )
           out
           of
           the
           
             Book
             of
             Martyrs
          
           ,
           namely
           ,
           
             J.
             Huss
          
           ,
           on
           the
           behalf
           of
           
             Joh.
             Wickliff
          
           ,
           
           gives
           this
           Testimony
           ,
           speaking
           of
           Preachers
           invisibly
           sent
           of
           God
           ;
           &
           that
           invisible
           sending
           of
           God
           is
           much
           better
           then
           the
           sending
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           private
           Law
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           Instruction
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           is
           written
           in
           the
           Heart
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Private
           Law
           is
           much
           more
           worthy
           then
           the
           Publick
           :
           this
           he
           speaks
           of
           Augustine
           in
           his
           Sixty
           Fifth
           Book
           of
           Question
           unto
           Orosius
           ,
           and
           further
           addeth
           ,
           
             For
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             is
             a
             Law
             ,
             and
             they
             which
             are
             moved
             by
             the
             
             Spirit
             of
             God
             are
             led
             by
             the
             Law
             *
             of
             God
             ;
             And
             who
             is
             he
             that
             can
             worthily
             Resist
             against
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ?
             Whosoever
             therefore
             is
             led
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             albeit
             his
             Bishop
             doth
             say
             him
             Nay
             ,
             let
             him
             go
             freely
             ;
             for
             the
             Law
             is
             not
             appointed
             for
             the
             Just
             Man
             :
             Where
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             is
             ,
             there
             is
             Liberty
             ;
             and
             if
             ye
             be
             led
             by
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             ye
             are
             not
             under
             the
             Law.
             
          
           From
           whence
           he
           infers
           thus
           ,
           viz.
           
           
             Behold
             ,
             here
             it
             is
             affirmed
             ,
             that
             the
             sending
             by
             God
             through
             Inspiration
             is
             not
             bound
             under
             the
             Bondage
             of
             the
             Law
             ;
             for
             that
             Law
             is
             more
             worthy
             then
             the
             publick
             Law
             :
             Secondly
             ,
             That
             the
             Law
             is
             made
             for
             Transgressors
             and
             Offenders
             ,
             and
             not
             for
             the
             Just
             :
             Thirdly
             ,
             That
             whosoever
             is
             led
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             although
             his
             Bishop
             stand
             against
             him
             ,
             he
             may
             proceed
             unto
             a
             better
             Life
             .
             Whereby
             it
             is
             evident
             ,
             that
             a
             Deacon
             or
             Priest
             disposed
             to
             preach
             ,
             and
             being
             led
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             may
             freely
             preach
             the
             Gospel
             of
             Christ
             ,
             without
             the
             Spiritual
             Licence
             of
             his
             Bishop
             :
             it
             is
             evident
             for
             so
             much
             as
             it
             is
             good
             that
             a
             Deacon
             or
             Priest
             do
             live
             well
             ,
             and
             preach
             fruitfully
             ,
             Ergo
             ,
             he
             may
             proceed
             from
             Idleness
             unto
             the
             Labour
             &
             Office
             of
             Preaching
             ,
             and
             so
             unto
             a
             better
             Life
             .
          
        
         
         
           See
           here
           how
           plainly
           these
           things
           make
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           against
           our
           Opposer
           ,
           and
           his
           Gainsaying
           the
           Immediateness
           of
           Christ's
           saving
           Illumination
           ,
           &
           the
           sending
           the
           Spirit
           to
           guide
           all
           Christians
           by
           its
           immediate
           Motions
           ,
           wherein
           his
           Opposition
           
           tends
           to
           Atheism
           ,
           and
           to
           reject
           the
           Saving
           Knowledge
           of
           God
           and
           Christ
           ;
           for
           that
           which
           may
           be
           known
           of
           God
           is
           manifest
           in
           man
           :
           And
           the
           true
           and
           living
           Knowledge
           of
           him
           is
           by
           the
           Revelation
           of
           his
           Son
           ,
           the
           Enjoyment
           of
           whose
           immediate
           Power
           and
           Presence
           is
           beyond
           all
           Outward
           Teaching
           ,
           Words
           or
           Expressions
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           It
           manifestly
           tends
           to
           Atheism
           to
           conclude
           ,
           that
           no
           Divine
           or
           Saving
           Illumination
           is
           immediately
           conveyed
           to
           man's
           Soul
           by
           his
           Maker
           but
           only
           by
           such
           mediums
           ,
           as
           the
           Scriptures
           or
           Man's
           Teaching
           ;
           for
           then
           what
           is
           Man
           ?
           and
           in
           what
           Capacity
           is
           his
           Soul
           before
           he
           either
           know
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           or
           have
           man's
           Teaching
           ?
           or
           if
           there
           be
           nothing
           of
           a
           Divine
           Nature
           ,
           Life
           or
           Light
           in
           men
           immediately
           from
           God
           ,
           who
           have
           not
           those
           Outward
           Means
           ,
           how
           are
           their
           Souls
           Immortal
           ,
           and
           capable
           of
           Future
           Rewards
           ?
           And
           what
           better
           then
           a
           Beast
           doth
           it
           render
           man
           (
           as
           to
           a
           future
           Condition
           )
           to
           suppose
           he
           hath
           no
           Divine
           Life
           and
           Illumination
           from
           his
           Maker
           ,
           
           but
           only
           that
           all
           must
           be
           infused
           into
           him
           Instrumentally
           ,
           through
           his
           natural
           Organs
           or
           Sense
           ?
           And
           how
           should
           he
           receive
           a
           Gospel-Ministry
           or
           Advantage
           by
           it
           ,
           if
           he
           have
           no
           Gospel-Light
           in
           him
           ,
           before
           conveyed
           to
           his
           Soul
           immediately
           by
           his
           Maker
           himself
           ?
        
         
           To
           conclude
           this
           Introduction
           ,
           let
           these
           Positions
           be
           seriously
           considered
           :
        
         
           First
           ,
           to
           Deny
           the
           True
           God
           ,
           who
           is
           Light
           ,
           is
           Atheism
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           Deny
           his
           Immediate
           Light
           in
           Man
           ,
           is
           to
           deny
           the
           
           True
           God.
           
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           To
           oppose
           that
           which
           gives
           the
           Knowledge
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           Glory
           in
           the
           Face
           of
           his
           Son
           (
           and
           therefore
           to
           be
           without
           his
           Knowledge
           )
           is
           Atheism
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           oppose
           God's
           Immediate
           Illumination
           ,
           or
           In
           shining
           Light
           in
           man
           ,
           is
           to
           Oppose
           that
           which
           would
           give
           him
           the
           Knowledge
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           
           be
           void
           of
           his
           Knowledge
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           To
           Deny
           the
           Immortality
           of
           the
           Soul
           is
           Atheism
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           deny
           the
           Immediateness
           of
           his
           Divine
           Life
           [
           which
           is
           Light
           ]
           in
           the
           Soul
           ,
           by
           which
           it
           immortally
           subsists
           ,
           is
           to
           Deny
           the
           Soul's
           Immortality
           .
        
         
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           And
           to
           go
           about
           to
           stop
           the
           Mouth
           of
           God
           from
           teaching
           his
           People
           Immediately
           ,
           is
           the
           very
           Way
           to
           introduce
           and
           set
           up
           Atheism
           .
        
         
           Because
           of
           this
           Anti-Enthusiast
           ,
           his
           opposing
           the
           Immediateness
           of
           Divine
           Light
           ,
           Teaching
           ,
           and
           Illumination
           of
           God's
           Omni
           presence
           ,
           and
           his
           immediate
           Life
           in
           the
           Soul
           (
           without
           which
           the
           Soul
           cannot
           Immortally
           subsist
           ,
           either
           in
           a
           State
           of
           Happiness
           ,
           or
           as
           to
           its
           own
           Being
           )
           I
           therefore
           conclude
           him
           ,
           and
           all
           who
           are
           of
           his
           Opinion
           ,
           to
           be
           therein
           guilty
           of
           Atheism
           ;
           which
           I
           desire
           the
           Lord
           to
           give
           him
           and
           them
           a
           Sence
           of
           unto
           Repentance
           ,
           and
           the
           Acknowledgment
           of
           the
           True
           and
           Living
           God
           ,
           and
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           and
           his
           Light
           within
           unto
           Salvation
           .
        
         
           
             From
             a
             Lover
             of
             Souls
             ,
             
               G.
               W.
            
             
          
           
             London
             ,
             
               the
               22th
               of
               the
               5th
               Moneth
               ,
               1674.
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           ENTHUSIASM
           Above
           ATHEISM
           :
           OR
           
             Divine
             Inspiration
          
           and
           
             Immediate
             Illumination
          
           by
           God
           himself
           Asserted
           .
        
         
           
             Sect.
             I.
             
          
           
             
               Divine
               Inspiration
               and
               Immediate
               Illumination
               Asserted
               .
            
          
           
             BY
             his
             Title
             
               [
               The
               Danger
               of
               Enthusiasm
            
             ]
             We
             must
             understand
             
               [
               The
               Danger
               of
               Immediate
               Illumination
               from
               God
               ,
               or
               God's
               Immediate
               Teaching
               ,
               the
               Spirit
               's
               Immediate
               Direction
               and
               Working
               ,
               Immediate
               Revelation
               and
               Inward
               Teaching
               of
               God's
               Spirit
               or
               the
               Light
               within
               ,
               the
               Spirit
               's
               teaching
               Men
               Immediately
               
               by
               Internal
               Illumination
               &
               Operation
               ,
               &c.
               ]
            
             According
             to
             his
             own
             Explication
             :
             
             See
             
               Danger
               of
               Enthus
            
             .
             pag.
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             16
             ,
             40
             ,
             46.
             
             &
             60.
             
             So
             that
             he
             should
             have
             stil'd
             his
             Book
             [
             The
             Danger
             of
             divine
             Inspiration
             ]
             &
             then
             his
             Blindness
             would
             more
             plainly
             have
             appeared
             ,
             then
             by
             that
             hard
             Word
             
               [
               Enthusiasm
            
             ]
             which
             we
             are
             not
             to
             understand
             in
             this
             Controversie
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Heathen's
             Acceptation
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             In●pired
             by
             their
             Gods
             ,
             nor
             as
             their
             Infused
             Oracles
             ,
             received
             and
             taught
             by
             their
             Idolatrous
             Priests
             or
             Sacrificers
             ;
             for
             these
             we
             never
             owned
             in
             Principle
             nor
             in
             Practice
             ;
             but
             
               [
               Enthusiasm
            
             ]
             taken
             simply
             ,
             as
             a
             divine
             Inspiration
             or
             Breathing
             into
             by
             a
             Deity
             ,
             we
             do
             assert
             and
             contend
             for
             in
             the
             best
             Acceptation
             .
             However
             the
             Word
             hath
             been
             used
             in
             Scorn
             &
             Contempt
             by
             Popes
             and
             their
             Agents
             ,
             against
             Men
             professing
             divine
             and
             immediate
             Inspiration
             ,
             who
             have
             opposed
             the
             Apostatized
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             and
             the
             Pope's
             limiting
             People
             to
             believe
             &
             worship
             by
             Tradition
             .
          
           
             His
             accusing
             the
             Quakers
             with
             being
             guilty
             of
             changing
             God's
             Method
             of
             bringing
             Men
          
           
           
             Salvation
             ,
             is
             as
             false
             as
             his
             Title
             contemptuously
             applyed
             against
             us
             ,
             For
             our
             asserting
             divine
             Inspiration
             and
             the
             Sufficiency
             of
             the
             Spirit
             's
             Teaching
             ,
             and
             that
             Men
             ought
             to
             wait
             upon
             God's
             divine
             Illumination
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             all
             taught
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             he
             hath
             promised
             :
             This
             can
             be
             no
             changing
             of
             God's
             Method
             ;
             but
             in
             Order
             to
             the
             fulfilling
             of
             his
             own
             Promise
             ,
             which
             is
             God's
             Way
             and
             Method
             ,
             That
             all
             his
             Children
             shall
             be
             taught
             of
             him
             .
             
               The
               old
               beaten
               Path
               of
               the
            
             Christian
             Doctrine
             ,
             p.
             9.
             leads
             us
             to
             God's
             Immediate
             Teaching
             ,
             which
             they
             that
             oppose
             ,
             are
             all
             out
             of
             the
             Chr●stian
             .
             Doctrine
             ,
             and
             Enemies
             to
             it
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             
               E.
               Burroughs
            
             his
             saying
             ,
             His
             pure
             Spirit
             is
             put
             into
             the
             inward
             Parts
             to
             be
             the
             Rule
             and
             
               Guide
               of
            
             Life
             in
             all
             things
             ;
             and
             only
             by
             the
             Teaching
             of
             the
             Eternal
             Spirit
             ,
             is
             the
             living
             God
             known
             in
             the
             Creature
             ,
             &c.
             And
             W.
             Penn's
             saying
             ,
             that
             our
             Belief
             concerning
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             is
             that
             inward
             Testimony
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             received
             from
             the
             holy
             Light
             within
             us
             ,
             to
             the
             Truth
             of
             those
             Sayings
             ;
             wherefore
             the
             Scriptures
             are
             so
             far
             from
             being
             the
             great
             Rule
             of
             Faith
             and
             Practice
             ,
             that
             the
             Light
             of
             Christ
             within
             is
             both
             our
             Warrant
             and
             Rule
             for
             Faith
             in
             and
             Obedience
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             And
             is
             this
             either
             contrary
             to
             God's
             Method
             ,
             or
             quite
             different
             from
             his
             Way
             ,
             as
             this
             Man
             
             grounds
             his
             Objections
             ,
             let
             the
             spiritually
             minded
             judge
             ,
             how
             he
             hath
             opposed
             the
             very
             Tenour
             of
             the
             New
             Covenant
             ,
             and
             God's
             Promise
             therein
             ;
             namely
             ,
             his
             Spirit
             put
             into
             the
             inward
             Parts
             ,
             which
             should
             guide
             into
             all
             Truth
             :
             And
             this
             Opposer
             himself
             confesseth
             ,
             That
             Christians
             
               are
               said
               to
               be
               one
               Spirit
               with
               Christ
               ;
               and
               by
               this
               Spirit
               and
               Temper
               ,
               when
               given
               us
               ,
               we
               know
               that
               we
               dwell
               in
               him
               ,
               &
               he
               in
               us
               ;
               and
               if
               any
               Man
               have
               not
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Christ
               in
               some
               Measure
               ,
               he
               is
               none
               of
               his
               ,
            
             p.
             119.
             
             This
             is
             the
             Man
             that
             undertakes
             to
             overthrow
             Enthusiasm
             ,
             and
             doth
             not
             own
             God's
             Immediate
             Enlightning
             &
             Teaching
             in
             these
             Dayes
             ;
             but
             counts
             it
             contrary
             to
             his
             Way
             and
             Method
             ;
             but
             now
             it
             is
             by
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             that
             we
             know
             that
             we
             dwell
             in
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             in
             us
             ;
             and
             he
             that
             hath
             not
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             ,
             is
             none
             of
             his
             :
             See
             how
             the
             Man
             hath
             broke
             the
             Neck
             of
             his
             own
             Cause
             ;
             and
             surely
             ,
             if
             God
             dwell
             in
             us
             ,
             and
             we
             in
             him
             ;
             and
             his
             Spirit
             be
             our
             Rule
             to
             know
             this
             ,
             he
             must
             not
             be
             limited
             to
             Silence
             ,
             or
             to
             a
             being
             mute
             from
             immediately
             teaching
             those
             who
             are
             confessed
             to
             be
             made
             one
             Spirit
             with
             him
             :
             And
             what
             gross
             Ignorance
             is
             it
             to
             limit
             God's
             Teaching
             or
             Saving
             Illumination
             to
             a
             Mediate
             or
             Instrumental
             Way
             of
             Man's
             Teaching
             ,
             as
             this
             Man
             doth
             ,
             in
             his
             denying
             an
             Immediate
             
             Way
             of
             Saving
             Illumination
             ,
             p.
             47.
             which
             is
             all
             one
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             should
             tell
             us
             ,
             that
             though
             God
             dwell
             and
             walk
             in
             his
             People
             ,
             yet
             still
             they
             are
             either
             Strangers
             to
             him
             ,
             or
             else
             he
             is
             silent
             from
             speaking
             to
             them
             ,
             except
             when
             they
             hear
             outward
             Preaching
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             what
             is
             this
             but
             to
             limit
             the
             Holy
             One
             ,
             &
             set
             him
             and
             his
             People
             at
             a
             Distance
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             his
             Tabernacle
             ,
             and
             he
             dwells
             and
             walks
             in
             them
             ?
          
           
             
               That
               God
               ,
               Christ
               ,
               the
               holy
               Spirit
               ,
               do
               by
               Immediate
               Illumination
               of
               our
               Minds
               ,
               and
               without
               external
               Teaching
               by
               Scriptures
               or
               by
               Men
               ,
               shew
               us
               ,
               or
               reveal
               to
               us
               ,
               what
               we
               ought
               to
               do
               ;
               and
               that
               the
               Children
               of
               God
               are
               taught
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               need
               not
               any
               other
               Teacher
               ,
               p.
               13
               ,
               14.
               
            
          
           
             This
             he
             excepts
             against
             ,
             as
             
               quite
               different
               from
               God's
               Method
               and
               VVay
            
             ;
             wherein
             he
             hath
             opposed
             plain
             Scripture
             Testimony
             ;
             
               They
               shall
               all
               be
               taught
               of
               God
               ;
               they
               shall
               not
               teach
               every
               Man
               his
               Neighbour
               ,
               &c.
               
               But
               the
               Anointing
               which
               ye
               have
               received
               abideth
               in
               you
               ;
               and
               ye
               need
               no
               Man
               to
               teach
               you
               ,
               but
               as
               the
               same
               Anointing
               teacheth
               you
               of
               all
               things
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             We
             do
             therefore
             assert
             the
             Sufficiency
             of
             this
             Divine
             Illumination
             or
             Heavenly
             Unction
             ,
             as
             being
             of
             it self
             able
             to
             shew
             and
             reveal
             to
             us
             what
             we
             ought
             
             to
             believe
             and
             do
             in
             all
             things
             ;
             for
             that
             it
             was
             sufficient
             ,
             both
             to
             make
             true
             Prophets
             and
             Preachers
             ,
             and
             to
             inable
             the
             Holy
             Men
             of
             God
             to
             give
             forth
             what
             they
             spake
             ,
             as
             they
             were
             moved
             by
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             :
             And
             without
             the
             Inspiration
             of
             the
             Almighty
             men
             cannot
             truly
             understand
             the
             Scriptures
             ;
             yet
             we
             do
             not
             confine
             the
             Holy
             One
             only
             to
             Inward
             Teaching
             ,
             or
             an
             Immediate
             Way
             ;
             though
             the
             Sufficiency
             thereof
             to
             them
             that
             are
             turned
             to
             it
             ,
             we
             do
             assert
             ;
             yet
             by
             this
             Divine
             Inspiration
             or
             Immediate
             Teaching
             God
             hath
             been
             and
             is
             pleased
             to
             call
             out
             Instruments
             to
             testifie
             and
             preach
             forth
             what
             their
             Eyes
             have
             seen
             ,
             and
             Ears
             heard
             ,
             and
             Hands
             handled
             of
             the
             Word
             of
             Life
             ,
             even
             the
             same
             VVord
             of
             Life
             which
             they
             have
             received
             ;
             and
             this
             only
             is
             the
             effectual
             and
             powerful
             Preaching
             ,
             which
             flows
             from
             the
             VVord
             of
             Life
             or
             divine
             Unction
             within
             ,
             and
             not
             that
             which
             comes
             only
             by
             Tradition
             ,
             Reading
             and
             Hear-say
             ,
             without
             the
             Spirit
             's
             Guidance
             .
             And
             therefore
             while
             we
             own
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             and
             outward
             Teaching
             ,
             as
             proceeding
             from
             divine
             Illumination
             and
             the
             immediate
             Unction
             within
             ,
             and
             as
             a
             Proof
             of
             the
             Sufficiency
             thereof
             ,
             the
             Man
             wrongs
             us
             ,
             in
             his
             endeavouring
             to
             begeta
             Suspicion
             of
             us
             ,
             as
             if
             we
             had
             
               an
               aking
               Tooth
            
             against
             
             outward
             Teaching
             ,
             of
             
               as
               if
               the
               VVork
               and
               Office
               of
               the
               Gospel-Ministry
               it self
               were
               the
               Eye-Sore
               to
               us
            
             ;
             as
             also
             
               with
               dissembling
               the
               Matter
               ,
               heaping
               Contradictions
               ,
               with
               Tergiversation
               and
               Shuffling
               ,
            
             p.
             83
             ,
             &
             92
             ,
             &
             94.
             
             And
             why
             so
             ?
             but
             
               because
               we
               teach
               People
               ,
               give
               forth
               Books
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             VVhile
             yet
             it
             is
             our
             Judgment
             ,
             
               That
               Men
               may
               be
               sufficiently
               taught
               of
               God
               himself
               by
               his
               Light
               and
               Spirit
               within
               ,
               now
               under
               the
               New
               Covenant
               ,
            
             p.
             93.
             
             But
             how
             proves
             he
             this
             either
             a
             Dissembling
             or
             Contradiction
             ,
             when
             we
             do
             not
             pretend
             to
             preach
             ,
             teach
             or
             write
             without
             God's
             Teaching
             and
             Aid
             ,
             wherein
             we
             proclaim
             the
             Sufficiency
             thereof
             ,
             exciting
             Men
             to
             turn
             from
             Darkness
             to
             the
             Light
             ,
             and
             from
             Satan's
             Power
             to
             God
             ;
             for
             Power
             ,
             Life
             ,
             Spirit
             ,
             Illumination
             and
             Teaching
             immediately
             ,
             as
             he
             hath
             taught
             us
             ;
             which
             is
             no
             more
             Contradiction
             then
             was
             in
             the
             Prophets
             ,
             Christ
             or
             Apostles
             ,
             who
             preached
             and
             proclaimed
             the
             same
             thing
             ,
             as
             that
             all
             God's
             People
             and
             Children
             should
             be
             taught
             of
             him
             ;
             and
             the
             Anointing
             which
             they
             had
             received
             from
             the
             Holy
             One
             should
             teach
             them
             so
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             need
             no
             Man
             to
             teach
             them
             ,
             but
             as
             the
             same
             Anointing
             taught
             them
             of
             all
             things
             (
             a
             plain
             Proof
             of
             its
             Sufficiency
             )
          
           
           
             His
             supposing
             ,
             that
             we
             direct
             Men
             to
             
               a
               Natural
               Light
               in
               them
            
             ,
             p.
             15.
             is
             not
             true
             ,
             but
             contrary
             to
             his
             own
             Citation
             before
             of
             our
             VVords
             ,
             
               That
               God's
               pure
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               the
               Light
               of
               Christ
               within
               us
               ,
               as
               both
               our
               VVarrant
               a●d
               Rule
               for
               Faith
               ,
               and
               Obedience
               to
               the
               Scriptures
            
             ;
             which
             therefore
             cannot
             be
             
               a
               Natural
               Light
            
             in
             them
             .
          
           
             He
             grants
             that
             Jesus
             Christ
             himself
             revealed
             the
             Gospel
             to
             his
             Apostles
             ;
             and
             after
             his
             Ascension
             ,
             he
             ,
             by
             sending
             them
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             ,
             immediately
             inspired
             them
             with
             the
             clear
             Knowledge
             and
             Understanding
             of
             it
             :
             But
             for
             us
             to
             assert
             Immediate
             Inspiration
             ,
             and
             the
             sole
             Sufficiency
             thereof
             ,
             he
             deems
             now
             
               a
               changing
               of
               Gods
               Method
            
             ,
             which
             he
             confines
             to
             
               Man's
               Teaching
               and
               the
               Scriptures
            
             ;
             and
             yet
             in
             plain
             Contradiction
             to
             himself
             ,
             he
             is
             made
             to
             confess
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Scriptures
               attribute
               it
            
             (
             viz.
             the
             saving
             Work
             of
             Grace
             )
             
               to
               God
               ,
               to
               Christ
               ,
               to
               the
               Holy
               Spirit
               ,
            
             p.
             18.
             
             And
             further
             saith
             ,
             
               Indeed
               the
               VVork
               of
               Grace
               in
               Men
               is
               most
               properly
               attributed
               to
               God
               ,
               to
               Christ
               ,
               because
               he
               is
               the
               principal
               Cause
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               but
               subordinate
               ;
               yet
               the
               Effect
               is
               some
               times
               attributed
               to
               subordinate
               and
               second
               Causes
               also
               ,
               though
               less
               properly
               ,
            
             p.
             19.
             
             So
             that
             we
             ,
             in
             attributing
             the
             saving
             VVork
             of
             Grace
             in
             men
             to
             God
             ,
             to
             Christ
             ,
             we
             take
             
             the
             most
             proper
             VVay
             and
             Method
             ;
             how
             then
             is
             this
             contrary
             to
             God's
             Way
             and
             Method
             ?
             And
             our
             referring
             Men
             to
             his
             inward
             Light
             ,
             to
             be
             immediately
             taught
             by
             him
             ,
             doth
             both
             shew
             our
             owning
             his
             making
             Use
             of
             Instruments
             and
             outward
             Teaching
             ,
             in
             order
             thereto
             ,
             and
             as
             subordinate
             ;
             as
             also
             ,
             that
             they
             shall
             be
             sufficiently
             taught
             of
             God
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             come
             unto
             him
             to
             depend
             upon
             his
             Teaching
             ,
             as
             his
             Instruments
             are
             in
             their
             Ministry
             :
             And
             this
             man
             hath
             confessed
             
               a
               Concurrence
               of
               the
               Operation
               of
               his
               Grace
               and
               good
               Spirit
               ,
               together
               with
               the
               rational
               Evidence
               of
               the
               Truth
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               to
               perswade
               Men
               ,
            
             p.
             15.
             
             And
             is
             not
             this
             Grace
             and
             good
             Spirit
             Immediate
             ,
             when
             it
             operates
             in
             the
             Hearts
             ?
             &
             though
             God
             is
             pleas'd
             to
             make
             Use
             of
             Instruments
             for
             the
             Help
             and
             Advantage
             of
             the
             weak
             ,
             it
             follows
             not
             ,
             that
             either
             there
             shall
             be
             alwayes
             need
             of
             such
             a
             mediate
             Way
             of
             Help
             ,
             or
             that
             he
             will
             not
             immediately
             teach
             and
             operate
             in
             these
             Dayes
             ;
             for
             that
             were
             still
             to
             limit
             him
             and
             his
             People
             to
             a
             Distance
             one
             from
             another
             ;
             whereas
             it
             is
             confessed
             ,
             
               That
               the
               VVork
               of
               Grace
               in
               M●n
               is
               most
               properly
               attributed
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               less
               properly
               to
               subordinate
               and
               second
               Causes
               :
            
             But
             saith
             this
             man
             ,
             
               The
               Holy
               Spirit
               works
               the
               saving
               Change
               in
               Men
               still
               ,
               by
               the
               VVord
               
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               as
               communicated
               to
               Men's
               Minds
               by
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               or
               by
               Men's
               Teaching
               the
               same
               Doctrine
               which
               is
               contained
               in
               the
               Scriptures
               .
            
             And
             this
             in
             Opposition
             to
             our
             Way
             (
             as
             he
             calls
             it
             )
             of
             God's
             own
             Immediate
             Working
             ,
             p.
             16.
             where
             observe
             :
             First
             ,
             He
             limits
             the
             Spirit
             's
             inward
             Work
             ,
             either
             to
             the
             Scriptures
             or
             mens
             Teaching
             ,
             which
             excludes
             all
             that
             have
             not
             the
             Scriptures
             or
             mens
             Teaching
             ,
             from
             the
             saving
             Work
             or
             Change
             in
             them
             ;
             and
             confines
             all
             God's
             People
             ,
             as
             Children
             under
             Tutors
             and
             Governours
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             alwayes
             learning
             ;
             and
             then
             when
             shall
             they
             know
             the
             Truth
             ?
             And
             of
             whom
             do
             their
             Teachers
             learn
             ,
             and
             receive
             the
             Understanding
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             ?
             2dly
             ,
             To
             his
             saying
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Doctrine
               contain'd
               in
               them
               is
               the
               Rule
               of
               Faith
               and
               Practice
               :
            
             He
             should
             rather
             have
             said
             ,
             A
             RULE
             subordinate
             to
             the
             great
             Rule
             of
             Faith
             and
             Practice
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             that
             divine
             Light
             which
             was
             the
             true
             Prophets
             and
             Apostles
             Rule
             ,
             in
             giving
             forth
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             &
             is
             now
             the
             true
             Believers
             Rule
             ,
             in
             truly
             believing
             ,
             understanding
             and
             obeying
             the
             wholesom
             Doctrine
             contained
             in
             them
             ,
             which
             none
             truly
             own
             ,
             but
             they
             who
             believe
             in
             the
             Light
             ,
             and
             follow
             and
             walk
             in
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             which
             the
             
             Doctrine
             of
             Christ
             and
             his
             Apostles
             directs
             men
             to
             .
          
           
             His
             accusing
             us
             
               with
               opposing
               mens
               being
               enlightened
               and
               taught
               by
               Christ
               ,
               to
               their
               being
               taught
               by
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
            
             is
             not
             true
             ,
             unless
             he
             intended
             the
             Scriptures
             without
             Christ's
             Light
             within
             ;
             for
             we
             assert
             his
             immediate
             Illumination
             and
             Teaching
             ,
             in
             Opposition
             to
             mens
             preferring
             the
             Scriptures
             before
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             excluding
             its
             immediate
             Teaching
             in
             these
             Dayes
             :
             we
             do
             not
             oppose
             Christ's
             Enlightning
             men
             to
             the
             true
             Knowledge
             or
             Understanding
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             which
             proceeded
             thence
             .
          
           
             His
             rendering
             the
             Spirit
             and
             the
             Word
             
               two
               several
               Causes
               that
               produce
               the
               same
               Effect
               ,
            
             viz.
             God's
             Working
             savingly
             upon
             men
             ,
             and
             his
             calling
             the
             immortal
             Seed
             of
             the
             Word
             ,
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             23.
             
             
               The
               Sword
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               God's
               great
               Instrument
               or
               Means
               ,
               by
               which
               the
               Spirit
               doth
               its
               Work
               upon
               Men
            
             (
             meaning
             the
             Scriptures
             )
             p.
             18
             ,
             19.
             
             In
             these
             is
             he
             greatly
             mistaken
             :
             For
             ,
             first
             ,
             The
             Spirit
             and
             the
             Word
             are
             no
             such
             differing
             Causes
             ;
             for
             they
             are
             one
             ;
             and
             the
             immortal
             Word
             was
             before
             the
             Scriptures
             .
             2dly
             ,
             This
             Spirit
             or
             living
             Word
             doth
             work
             upon
             men
             ,
             both
             with
             and
             without
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             as
             it
             pleaseth
             :
             Howbeit
             ,
             the
             Spirit
             
             is
             immediate
             in
             its
             inward
             Manifestations
             and
             Discoveries
             ,
             and
             is
             only
             God's
             Gift
             .
          
           
             And
             while
             this
             man
             hath
             granted
             ,
             
               That
               Christ
               is
               God
               ,
               and
               God
               every
               where
               present
               ,
               and
               so
               in
               all
               Men
               ,
            
             p.
             20.
             
             He
             must
             grant
             an
             Immediateness
             ,
             both
             of
             his
             Presence
             ,
             Light
             and
             Teaching
             in
             Man
             ,
             or
             else
             he
             allows
             man
             no
             Preheminence
             above
             a
             Beast
             ,
             and
             endeavours
             to
             limit
             God
             to
             Silence
             in
             man
             ,
             unless
             when
             he
             hears
             outward
             Teaching
             or
             Scripture
             ,
             which
             cannot
             profit
             him
             without
             God's
             immediate
             Teaching
             and
             inward
             Speaking
             .
          
           
             His
             accusing
             us
             
               with
               jumbling
               about
               Christ's
               being
               in
               all
               Men
               ,
            
             and
             saying
             ,
             that
             
               in
               Respect
               of
               his
               vertual
               Presence
               as
               Mediator
               ,
               as
               when
               he
               rules
               and
               operates
               in
               Men's
               Hearts
               by
               his
               Authority
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               Evangelical
               Law
               ;
               in
               this
               Sense
               he
               is
               not
               in
               all
               Men
               ,
            
             p.
             20
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
             And
             when
             did
             we
             ever
             say
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             in
             this
             Sense
             in
             all
             men
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             
               as
               ruling
            
             ,
             &c.
             or
             to
             dwell
             in
             the
             Hearts
             of
             all
             men
             by
             Faith
             ?
             But
             while
             't
             is
             granted
             ,
             that
             as
             God
             Christ
             is
             every
             where
             present
             ,
             and
             so
             in
             all
             men
             ;
             it
             's
             granted
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             in
             all
             men
             in
             some
             Sense
             ,
             and
             his
             Presence
             is
             immediate
             ;
             and
             though
             he
             does
             not
             rule
             in
             wicked
             mens
             Hearts
             by
             his
             Evangelical
             Law
             and
             dwells
             not
             by
             Faith
             in
             the
             Hearts
             of
             Unbelievers
             ;
             yet
             by
             his
             Light
             he
             reproves
             them
             for
             Sin
             often
             ,
             and
             immediately
             in
             their
             Consciences
             ,
             and
             his
             immediate
             
             Reproofs
             daily
             persue
             the
             Transgressors
             ,
             who
             rebell
             against
             his
             Light
             ;
             and
             there
             is
             both
             Vertue
             and
             Power
             in
             his
             Presence
             ,
             immediately
             to
             torment
             the
             Wicked
             ,
             and
             refresh
             the
             Righteous
             ;
             therefore
             he
             is
             not
             alwayes
             confined
             to
             speak
             by
             the
             
               Instrumentality
               and
               Agency
               of
               second
               Causes
               ,
            
             as
             this
             Opposer
             darkly
             imagins
             ,
             who
             neither
             rightly
             knows
             our
             Principle
             to
             state
             it
             ,
             nor
             doth
             clearly
             state
             his
             own
             ;
             but
             runs
             into
             a
             Multitude
             of
             Tautologies
             ,
             and
             Repetitions
             ,
             and
             Contradictions
             ,
             that
             a
             Body
             hath
             something
             to
             do
             to
             find
             out
             the
             Matter
             he
             drives
             at
             ,
             though
             one
             search
             his
             Book
             with
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             Care
             ,
             Memory
             and
             Perspicuity
             ;
             as
             for
             Instance
             ;
             He
             confesseth
             both
             the
             
               Work
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               Christ
               dwelling
               in
               the
               Heart
               ,
               and
               a
               being
               made
               one
               Spir●●
               with
               him
            
             ;
             as
             also
             to
             a
             
               super-natural
               Revelation
               and
               Illumination
               in
               the
               Way
               of
               Salvation
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Presence
               of
               God
               every
               where
               ,
               and
               in
               all
               Men
            
             ;
             and
             yet
             opposeth
             the
             immediate
             Operation
             of
             Christ
             in
             men
             ,
             but
             saith
             ,
             
               He
               doth
               not
               teach
               Men
               now
               immediately
               in
               Person
               ,
            
             p.
             21.
             
             *
             And
             who
             saith
             he
             doth
             ?
             But
             if
             he
             teach
             men
             immediately
             in
             Spirit
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             sure
             he
             doth
             his
             own
             
             who
             hear
             his
             Voice
             ,
             it
             's
             sufficient
             .
             And
             this
             man
             confesseth
             in
             Rev.
             2
             ,
             3.
             
             
               That
               it
               is
               seven
               Times
               said
               ,
               He
               that
               hath
               an
               Ear
               ,
               let
               him
               hear
               what
               the
               Spirit
               saith
               to
               the
               Churches
               ;
               as
               every
               Man
               in
               the
               VVorld
               hath
               ,
               that
               is
               not
               deaf
            
             ;
             as
             also
             He
             adds
             ,
             
               That
               when
               it
            
             (
             the
             Doctrine
             )
             
               is
               communicated
               to
               them
               by
               VVriting
               ,
               as
               where
               it
               is
               so
               by
               Preaching
            
             ;
             yea
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               I
               had
               almost
               said
               or
               by
            
             *
             
               immediate
               Revela●ion
            
             ,
             p.
             28.
             
             Reader
             ,
             observe
             here
             how
             uncertain
             ,
             variable
             and
             unstable
             this
             man
             is
             in
             his
             own
             Judgment
             and
             Principle
             ;
             for
             one
             while
             he
             opposeth
             
               immediate
               Revelation
               or
               Enthusiasm
            
             ,
             as
             none
             of
             God's
             Way
             or
             Method
             now
             ;
             another
             while
             he
             does
             assent
             to
             the
             hearing
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             or
             receiving
             its
             Doctrine
             by
             immediate
             Revelation
             ;
             and
             so
             then
             the
             Controversie
             he
             seems
             to
             place
             ,
             not
             so
             much
             upon
             immediate
             Revelation
             ,
             as
             the
             Belief
             ,
             Obedience
             or
             Disobedience
             of
             the
             Doctrine
             and
             those
             Revelations
             ,
             which
             he
             confesseth
             ,
             
               'T
               is
               possible
               Men
               may
               have
               from
               God
               ,
               as
            
             Balaam
             
               had
               ,
               and
            
             Judas
             
               and
               other
               Workers
               of
               Iniquity
               ,
               that
               prophesied
               and
               cast
               out
               Devils
               in
               Christ's
               Name
               ,
               had
               ,
            
             p.
             28.
             
             But
             now
             you
             who
             deny
             immediate
             Revelation
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             in
             these
             Dayes
             ;
             do
             ye
             not
             therein
             render
             the
             Church
             inferior
             to
             
             
               Balaam
               ,
               Judas
            
             ,
             and
             those
             Workers
             of
             Iniquity
             ;
             nay
             ,
             I
             may
             add
             to
             Adam
             after
             the
             Fall
             ,
             who
             heard
             the
             Voice
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             to
             Cain
             ,
             to
             whom
             also
             God
             spoak
             :
             And
             I
             cannot
             understand
             how
             this
             Man
             can
             really
             own
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Christ
             and
             the
             Apostles
             to
             be
             
               a
               Rule
            
             ,
             much
             less
             
               the
               Rule
            
             of
             Faith
             and
             Christian
             Practice
             ,
             as
             he
             asserts
             ,
             p.
             22.
             while
             he
             saith
             ,
             That
             
               Christ
               Jesus
               doth
               not
               savingly
               enlighten
               all
               thos
               ,
               who
               yet
               are
               savingly
               illuminated
               ,
               neither
               by
               natural
               Light
               ,
               nor
               by
               super-natural
               Revelation
               in
               an
            
             IMMEDIATE
             Way
             ;
             and
             addeth
             ,
             
               Then
               it
               follows
               that
               such
               are
               enlightened
               by
               supernatural
               Revelation
               ,
            
             MEDIATELY
             
               or
               instrument
               .
               ●●
            
             ,
             p.
             47.
             
          
           
             Note
             here
             ,
             Reader
             ,
             that
             he
             pretends
             to
             own
             super-natural
             Revelation
             ,
             but
             not
             in
             a
             immediate
             Way
             ,
             and
             a
             being
             savingly
             illuminated
             ,
             but
             not
             immediately
             ;
             and
             yet
             pretends
             to
             own
             that
             Doctrine
             of
             Christ
             and
             his
             Apostles
             ,
             which
             directs
             both
             to
             God's
             Teaching
             ,
             and
             Hearing
             ,
             and
             learning
             of
             the
             Father
             ,
             and
             coming
             to
             Christ
             for
             Life
             ,
             hearing
             what
             the
             Spirit
             saith
             ,
             and
             to
             wait
             for
             the
             Revelation
             of
             Christ
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             to
             look
             for
             the
             Appearance
             of
             the
             great
             God
             the
             Father
             ,
             whom
             no
             Man
             knows
             but
             the
             Son
             ,
             and
             he
             to
             whom
             the
             Son
             will
             reveal
             him
             :
             And
             therefore
             this
             man's
             denying
             ,
             
             that
             Christ
             Jesus
             doth
             savingly
             enlighten
             ,
             or
             afford
             super-natural
             Revelation
             in
             an
             immediate
             Way
             ,
             hath
             at
             once
             excluded
             and
             denyed
             both
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             God
             and
             Christ
             :
             and
             this
             is
             the
             very
             Way
             to
             bring
             in
             Atheism
             ;
             for
             what
             shall
             assure
             us
             either
             of
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             God
             ,
             Christ
             ,
             Scripture
             or
             true
             Preaching
             ,
             if
             immediate
             Illumination
             be
             denyed
             us
             ?
             And
             yet
             this
             man
             (
             to
             his
             own
             Confutation
             )
             pretends
             ,
             
               not
               to
               exclude
               the
               concurrent
               Operation
               of
               God's
               Spirit
               upon
               the
               Heart
               ,
            
             p.
             18.
             
             But
             how
             should
             we
             believe
             ,
             that
             he
             really
             owns
             the
             Christian
             Doctrine
             ,
             contained
             in
             Scriptures
             ,
             to
             be
             any
             Rule
             at
             all
             ,
             either
             of
             his
             Faith
             or
             Practice
             ,
             while
             he
             opposeth
             the
             very
             thing
             which
             it
             directs
             us
             to
             ,
             viz.
             The
             New
             Covenant
             ,
             the
             Spirit
             's
             Teaching
             ,
             immediate
             Illumination
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             Sect.
             II.
             
          
           
             
               Of
               the
               Divine
               Unction
               ,
               Light
               ,
               New
               Covenant
               and
               Use
               of
               the
               Ministry
               .
            
          
           
             ANd
             this
             Opposer
             will
             have
             his
             Sense
             and
             Meaning
             upon
             some
             plain
             Scriptures
             ,
             contrary
             to
             their
             very
             Import
             ;
             as
             upon
             1
             Joh.
             2.
             20.
             
             
               But
               ye
               have
               an
               Unction
               from
               the
               Holy
               One
               ,
               and
               ye
               know
               all
               things
               .
            
             And
             again
             ,
             ver
             .
             27.
             
             
               But
               the
               Anointing
               which
               ye
               have
               received
               of
               him
               ,
               abideth
               in
               you
               ;
               and
               ye
               need
               not
               that
               any
               man
               teach
               you
               ,
               but
               as
               the
               same
               Anointing
               teacheth
               you
               of
               all
               things
               ,
               and
               is
               Truth
               ,
               and
               is
               no
               Lye
               ;
               and
               even
               as
               it
               hath
               taught
               you
               ,
               ye
               shall
               abide
               in
               him
               :
            
             About
             this
             he
             appears
             very
             much
             puzled
             ,
             and
             cannot
             tell
             how
             to
             wind
             off
             the
             plain
             Words
             on
             the
             Behalf
             of
             the
             Anointing
             ,
             and
             its
             full
             and
             plentiful
             Teaching
             :
             And
             after
             he
             hath
             spoken
             doubtfully
             about
             the
             Sense
             of
             this
             Scripture
             ,
             he
             concludes
             our
             Notion
             of
             the
             holy
             Spirit
             's
             Teaching
             Men
             ,
             that
             live
             under
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             
               cannot
               be
               the
               Sense
               of
               it
            
             ;
             when
             the
             Words
             are
             plain
             ,
             
               Ye
               need
               not
               that
               anyman
               teach
               you
               ,
               but
               as
               the
               same
               Anointing
               teacheth
               
               you
               of
               all
               Things
               :
            
             Nor
             would
             this
             render
             the
             Design
             of
             John
             in
             this
             Epistle
             and
             other
             Writings
             
               needless
               ,
               p.
            
             64.
             while
             his
             Epistle
             and
             Writing
             proclaims
             the
             Sufficiency
             of
             the
             Anointing
             ,
             wherein
             he
             writes
             both
             to
             little
             Children
             ,
             young
             Men
             and
             Fathers
             ;
             and
             what
             he
             writes
             ,
             was
             ,
             as
             he
             had
             received
             from
             the
             Anointing
             ,
             and
             not
             meerly
             as
             
               Man's
               Teaching
            
             ,
             and
             argued
             no
             Defect
             in
             the
             Anointing
             at
             all
             ,
             but
             rather
             exalts
             it
             ,
             and
             tends
             to
             encourage
             others
             to
             continue
             in
             it
             ,
             to
             abide
             in
             the
             Truth
             ;
             it
             being
             confest
             ,
             
               That
               both
               the
               Apostles
               &
               other
               Believers
               were
               established
               in
               Christ
               ,
               by
               the
               Anointing
               of
               God
               upon
               them
               ,
            
             from
             2
             Cor.
             1.
             21
             ,
             22.
             
             As
             also
             ,
             That
             
               they
               were
               induced
               at
               the
               first
               to
               believe
               the
               Doctrine
               to
               be
               from
               God
               ,
               because
               they
               perceived
               the
               Anointing
               of
               God
               to
               be
               upon
               them
               that
               preached
               it
               ,
            
             p
             66
             ,
             67.
             
             So
             that
             here
             it
             is
             confest
             ,
             that
             Believers
             Establishment
             in
             Christ
             (
             both
             Preachers
             and
             Hearers
             )
             was
             by
             the
             Anointing
             of
             God
             upon
             them
             
               (
               as
               he
               which
               stablisheth
               us
               with
               you
               in
               Christ
               ,
               and
               hath
               anointed
               us
               ,
               is
               God
               )
            
             and
             that
             they
             were
             induced
             to
             believe
             the
             Doctrine
             to
             be
             from
             him
             ,
             because
             that
             they
             perceived
             that
             Anointing
             to
             be
             upon
             (
             or
             in
             )
             the
             Preachers
             :
             Surely
             then
             there
             was
             a
             spiritual
             Eye
             opened
             in
             them
             ,
             so
             to
             perceive
             .
             And
             this
             is
             our
             
             Method
             ,
             both
             for
             believing
             ,
             obeying
             ,
             and
             saving
             Men
             ,
             which
             one
             while
             this
             Man
             hath
             opposed
             ,
             as
             contrary
             to
             God's
             Way
             ;
             another
             while
             he
             confesseth
             to
             it
             ;
             but
             then
             he
             darkens
             the
             Matter
             again
             upon
             the
             Words
             ,
             Ye
             have
             an
             Unction
             from
             the
             Holy
             One
             ,
             and
             ye
             know
             all
             Things
             ;
             he
             gives
             this
             Meaning
             ,
             viz.
             
               Not
               that
               by
               this
               U●ction
               the
               commmon
            
             Christians
             
               were
               immediately
               inspired
               with
               the
               Knowledge
               of
               all
               Truths
               ;
               but
               that
               by
               it
               they
               were
               assured
               of
               the
               Truth
               of
               all
               things
               which
               the
               Apostles
               had
               taught
            
             ;
             and
             further
             adds
             ,
             
               It
               is
               not
               said
               ,
               that
               this
               Anointing
               did
               teach
               them
               all
               Things
               ,
               but
               that
               it
               did
               teach
               [
               of
               ]
               all
               Things
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               of
               or
               concerning
               the
               Truth
               of
               all
               Things
               ,
               to
               which
               it
               was
               a
               Witness
               or
               Evidence
               ,
            
             p.
             66
             ,
             67.
             
          
           
             He
             seems
             to
             lay
             a
             great
             stress
             here
             upon
             the
             Particle
             [
             Of
             ]
             as
             if
             the
             Anointing
             did
             only
             teach
             them
             Of
             ,
             or
             concerning
             those
             Doctrines
             which
             the
             Apostles
             preached
             ,
             but
             not
             the
             Doctrines
             themselves
             ;
             and
             then
             who
             taught
             the
             Apostles
             to
             preach
             ?
             Was
             it
             not
             the
             Anointing
             ?
             And
             did
             not
             several
             Gifts
             flow
             from
             one
             Spirit
             ?
             But
             the
             man
             overlooks
             the
             Words
             of
             the
             Apostle
             cited
             by
             him
             ,
             viz.
             
               Ye
               need
               not
               that
               any
               man
               teach
               you
               ,
               but
               as
               the
               same
               Anointing
               teacheth
               you
               :
            
             and
             did
             not
             this
             Anointing
             teach
             the
             Believers
             in
             
             the
             Apostles
             Absence
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             had
             not
             their
             Epistles
             read
             among
             them
             ?
             Or
             was
             it
             only
             a
             Witness
             or
             Evidence
             to
             what
             they
             spoke
             or
             preacht
             ?
             Or
             did
             it
             abide
             in
             them
             ,
             not
             to
             speak
             to
             them
             in
             the
             Absence
             of
             the
             Apostles
             and
             their
             Epistles
             ,
             but
             only
             in
             their
             Presence
             ?
             What
             a
             strange
             Limitation
             would
             this
             be
             ,
             that
             indeed
             endeavours
             to
             stop
             the
             Mouth
             of
             the
             Anointing
             ?
             And
             his
             denying
             ,
             that
             by
             this
             Unction
             the
             common
             Christians
             were
             immediately
             inspired
             with
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             all
             Truths
             ,
             leaves
             the
             Matter
             still
             doubtful
             on
             his
             Part
             ,
             and
             seems
             at
             least
             to
             be
             a
             Sense
             twarting
             the
             Apostles
             Words
             ,
             
               Ye
               have
               an
               Unction
               from
               the
               Holy
               One
               ,
               and
               ye
               know
               all
               Things
               .
            
             He
             should
             have
             told
             ,
             whether
             he
             believes
             that
             the
             common
             Christians
             (
             as
             he
             calls
             them
             )
             were
             inspired
             with
             any
             Truths
             necessary
             to
             Salvation
             ?
             If
             he
             denies
             this
             ,
             then
             he
             bids
             adieu
             to
             all
             divine
             and
             saving
             Knowledge
             ,
             as
             to
             those
             Christians
             :
             Whereas
             the
             same
             God
             that
             anointed
             the
             Apostles
             to
             preach
             ,
             and
             established
             them
             in
             Christ
             ,
             did
             both
             anoint
             and
             establish
             those
             Believers
             ,
             to
             whom
             they
             preached
             ;
             so
             ,
             their
             Ministry
             was
             effectual
             only
             through
             that
             Anointing
             ,
             which
             enabled
             them
             to
             preach
             ;
             And
             we
             never
             denyed
             the
             Apostles
             Preaching
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             direct
             men
             to
             that
             Anointing
             :
             
             All
             which
             still
             prefers
             the
             Anointing
             as
             the
             principal
             Means
             and
             Rule
             ,
             and
             owns
             true
             Preaching
             ,
             as
             in
             Subordination
             to
             it
             ;
             But
             does
             not
             therefore
             oppose
             or
             deny
             the
             Anointing's
             immediate
             Teaching
             ,
             or
             Sufficiency
             to
             save
             them
             that
             believe
             in
             ,
             and
             obey
             it
             :
             And
             because
             all
             are
             not
             converted
             ,
             or
             come
             to
             this
             divine
             Unction
             within
             ,
             or
             Dispensation
             of
             the
             New
             Covenant
             ;
             God
             hath
             been
             ,
             and
             is
             pleased
             to
             make
             Use
             of
             such
             effectual
             Means
             ,
             and
             to
             accommodate
             his
             divine
             Truth
             to
             mens
             low
             Capacities
             ,
             by
             Preaching
             and
             Demonstration
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             as
             may
             be
             for
             their
             Help
             and
             Advantage
             ,
             in
             order
             thereto
             :
             So
             that
             the
             Controversie
             is
             brought
             to
             this
             narow
             Compass
             ,
             viz.
             our
             present
             Opposer
             pretends
             to
             own
             super-natural
             Revelation
             and
             divine
             Illumination
             ;
             but
             
               not
               now
               in
               an
               immediate
               Way
               ,
            
             but
             only
             in
             a
             
               mediate
               Way
               of
               Preaching
               and
               Scripture
               .
            
          
           
             We
             own
             and
             assert
             divine
             Illumination
             and
             super-natural
             Revelation
             in
             an
             immediate
             Way
             ;
             as
             also
             ,
             that
             God
             is
             pleased
             to
             make
             Use
             of
             such
             mediate
             Wayes
             and
             Means
             ,
             as
             are
             attended
             with
             his
             Presence
             and
             divine
             Illumination
             ,
             without
             which
             no
             outward
             Means
             can
             be
             effectual
             ,
             or
             to
             any
             real
             Advantage
             to
             the
             Soul.
             
          
           
             This
             Opposer
             reckons
             that
             God
             operates
             
             now
             only
             in
             a
             mediate
             Way
             ;
             we
             own
             ,
             that
             God
             works
             both
             immediately
             and
             mediately
             ;
             as
             also
             we
             assert
             ,
             the
             sole
             Sufficiency
             of
             the
             Spirt's
             immediate
             Illumination
             and
             Teaching
             ,
             both
             as
             the
             Ground
             of
             the
             Effectual
             Ministry
             ,
             and
             of
             saving
             Knowledge
             to
             all
             that
             receive
             it
             ,
             and
             attend
             upon
             it
             .
             And
             this
             is
             the
             direct
             and
             
               proper
               Way
            
             and
             Method
             of
             God's
             bringing
             Men
             to
             Salvation
             ,
             as
             is
             assented
             to
             one
             while
             ;
             but
             another
             while
             ,
             saving
             Illumination
             in
             an
             immediate
             Way
             ,
             is
             denyed
             by
             this
             contradictory
             Opposer
             ,
             p.
             47.
             though
             in
             Contradiction
             to
             himself
             ,
             again
             he
             confesseth
             ,
             
               Christ
               is
               the
               Light
               of
               the
               World
               by
               
                 his
                 Spirit
              
               ,
               by
               his
               Word
               ,
               by
               his
               Works
               ,
               both
               miraculous
               and
               exemplary
               ,
               p
               ,
               48.
               
            
             whereby
             he
             hath
             granted
             Christ
             to
             be
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             both
             in
             an
             immediate
             &
             in
             a
             
               mediate
               Way
            
             :
             How
             then
             not
             in
             an
             immediate
             Way
             (
             manifest
             Confusion
             )
             And
             yet
             he
             charges
             us
             
               with
               abusing
               at
               unawares
               that
               first
               Chapter
               of
            
             John
             ,
             ver
             .
             9.
             
             And
             why
             so
             ?
             Because
             we
             own
             Christ
             to
             be
             that
             true
             Light
             that
             lighteth
             every
             Man
             that
             cometh
             into
             the
             World
             ,
             in
             an
             immediate
             Way
             ,
             which
             is
             no
             Abuse
             ;
             seeing
             ,
             1st
             ,
             the
             very
             Life
             that
             was
             iin
             hm
             is
             the
             Light
             of
             men
             :
             2dly
             ,
             He
             attempts
             not
             to
             prove
             that
             men
             universally
             are
             lighted
             in
             such
             mediate
             
             Wayes
             ,
             as
             he
             proposes
             ;
             as
             namely
             ,
             by
             the
             Scriptures
             outward
             Teaching
             ,
             Works
             and
             Example
             ,
             seeing
             all
             men
             have
             not
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             and
             but
             few
             knew
             Christ's
             Works
             and
             Example
             .
          
           
             His
             Accusation
             of
             
               impertinently
               alledging
               of
            
             Joel
             2.
             28
             ,
             29.
             cited
             by
             Peter
             ,
             Act.
             2.
             17.
             
             
               Behold
               the
               Dayes
               come
               ,
               saith
               the
               Lord
               ,
               that
               I
               will
               pour
               out
               my
               Spirit
               upon
               all
               Flesh
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             He
             convinceth
             us
             of
             no
             Impertinency
             herein
             ,
             while
             from
             hence
             we
             assert
             this
             pouring
             out
             of
             the
             Spirit
             to
             be
             immediate
             ;
             as
             ,
             
               I
               will
               pour
               out
               my
               Spirit
               ,
               saith
               the
               Lord
               :
            
             Is
             not
             this
             immediate
             (
             as
             done
             by
             himself
             ?
             )
             But
             saith
             he
             :
             
               It
               is
               not
               to
               direct
               every
               one
               what
               to
               believe
               and
               do
               without
               outward
               Teaching
               ;
               but
               to
               qualifie
               Persons
               extraordinarily
               for
               outward
               Teaching
               :
               It
               is
               to
               enable
               them
               to
               prophesie
               ,
               &c.
            
             p.
             49.
             
             Hereby
             he
             hath
             confessed
             some
             Persons
             to
             be
             extraordinarily
             qualified
             for
             outward
             Teaching
             and
             enabled
             to
             prophesie
             by
             the
             Pourings
             out
             of
             the
             Spirit
             :
             It
             seems
             he
             owns
             the
             Teachers
             &
             Prophets
             to
             be
             immediately
             taught
             ,
             but
             the
             Hearers
             may
             not
             ;
             so
             that
             from
             this
             Man's
             Method
             ,
             the
             Danger
             of
             Enthusiasm
             is
             not
             in
             the
             Enthusiasts
             themselves
             ,
             but
             in
             their
             ordinary
             Sort
             of
             Hearers
             or
             weak
             Christ●ans
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             counted
             ,
             whom
             he
             goes
             about
             to
             keep
             alwayes
             in
             that
             
             weak
             State
             ,
             ever
             learning
             ,
             and
             never
             allows
             them
             the
             Priviledge
             of
             their
             Teachers
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             be
             Teachers
             immediately
             illuminated
             and
             taught
             :
             And
             what
             is
             this
             ,
             but
             to
             maintain
             a
             Trade
             of
             Preaching
             ,
             that
             People
             may
             be
             alwayes
             paying
             ?
             which
             is
             not
             to
             desire
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             Lord's
             People
             were
             Prophets
             ;
             nor
             ,
             with
             Paul
             ,
             to
             pray
             ,
             that
             God
             would
             give
             them
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Wisdom
             and
             Revelation
             in
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             ,
             Ephes.
             1.
             17.
             nor
             to
             bring
             People
             to
             the
             divine
             Anointing
             within
             ,
             that
             is
             sufficient
             to
             teach
             them
             :
             Neither
             doth
             this
             man
             appear
             in
             the
             Apostle's
             Mind
             ,
             who
             said
             ,
             these
             things
             I
             write
             unto
             you
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             have
             Fellowship
             with
             us
             ;
             and
             truly
             ,
             our
             Fellowship
             is
             with
             the
             Father
             and
             the
             Son
             :
             Whereas
             this
             man's
             Method
             tends
             to
             keep
             the
             Hearers
             from
             this
             Fellowship
             ,
             which
             is
             in
             the
             divine
             immediate
             Light
             of
             God
             and
             Christ.
             
          
           
             He
             seems
             highly
             to
             commend
             God's
             Way
             and
             Method
             of
             Salvation
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             Plainness
             and
             Fulness
             of
             the
             
               Revelation
               thereof
               under
               the
               New
               Covenant
               ,
               by
               which
               it
               is
               fitted
               to
               every
               Capacity
               ,
               and
               the
               innate
               Goodness
               of
               the
               Laws
               thereof
               ,
               fitted
               to
               attract
               and
               draw
               mens
               Wills
               to
               accept
               ,
               embrace
               and
               chuse
               them
               .
            
             These
             sayes
             he
             ,
             
               Are
               the
               Things
               ,
               I
               conceive
               ,
               foretold
               in
               that
               Prophecy
               ,
            
             Jer.
             31.
             
             
               cited
               in
            
             Heb.
             8.
             
               under
               those
               Expressions
               of
               God's
               putting
               ,
               giving
               or
               conveying
               his
               Laws
               into
               the
               Mind
               ,
               and
               writing
               them
               in
               the
               Heart
               ;
               so
               that
               they
               shall
               not
               teach
               every
               Man
               his
               Neighbour
               ,
               and
               every
               man
               his
               Brother
               ,
               &c.
            
             p.
             81.
             
          
           
             A
             plain
             and
             ample
             Confession
             ,
             1st
             ,
             To
             the
             New
             Covenant
             and
             the
             innate
             Goodness
             of
             the
             Laws
             thereof
             :
             2dly
             ,
             To
             God's
             putting
             his
             Laws
             into
             the
             Mind
             ,
             and
             writing
             them
             in
             the
             Heart
             :
             2dly
             ,
             So
             that
             they
             shall
             not
             teach
             every
             man
             his
             Neighbour
             ,
             &
             every
             man
             his
             Brother
             .
             These
             are
             sufficient
             to
             overthrow
             all
             his
             Work
             against
             immediate
             Illumination
             ,
             immediate
             Teaching
             and
             Revelation
             and
             his
             confining
             God's
             Method
             of
             Salvation
             now
             to
             a
             mediate
             Way
             of
             Teaching
             and
             Illumination
             .
             To
             his
             Addition
             ,
             
               That
               it
               is
               not
               then
               said
               ,
               that
               they
               shall
               not
               be
               taught
               neither
               by
               Apostles
               ,
               Evangelists
               ,
               Pastors
               or
               Teachers
               ;
               but
               they
               shall
               not
               teach
               every
               man
               his
               Neighbour
               ,
               or
               every
               Man
               his
               Brother
               ,
            
             p.
             81.
             
             But
             who
             these
             Apostles
             ,
             Evangelists
             ,
             Pastors
             or
             Teachers
             are
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             have
             us
             alwayes
             depend
             upon
             for
             outward
             or
             mediate
             Teaching
             ,
             he
             does
             not
             shew
             us
             ;
             nor
             who
             they
             are
             that
             pretend
             to
             be
             such
             by
             Vertue
             of
             an
             immediate
             Call
             or
             extraordinary
             Qualification
             ,
             which
             he
             hath
             seemed
             to
             
             grant
             before
             (
             which
             surely
             comes
             not
             by
             Succession
             from
             men
             )
             He
             does
             not
             tell
             us
             who
             he
             means
             ,
             as
             thus
             called
             and
             qualified
             ,
             as
             the
             true
             Apostles
             ,
             Evangelists
             ,
             &c.
             were
             ,
             who
             were
             sent
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             endued
             with
             divine
             Vertue
             and
             immediate
             Gifts
             for
             their
             VVork
             ,
             which
             neither
             
               Baptist
               ,
               Independent
            
             nor
             
             Presbyterian-Preachers
             do
             now
             pretend
             to
             ,
             as
             heretofore
             ,
             when
             they
             bore
             the
             Reproach
             of
             extemporary
             Praying
             and
             Preaching
             by
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             for
             which
             they
             are
             yet
             reproached
             as
             Phanaticks
             ,
             though
             undeservedly
             .
          
           
             However
             this
             man's
             VVork
             appears
             very
             lame
             ,
             while
             he
             proclaims
             a
             mediate
             VVay
             of
             Teaching
             and
             Illumination
             by
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             
               Orall
               Tradition
            
             ,
             and
             by
             Apostles
             ,
             Evangelists
             ,
             &c.
             p.
             47
             ,
             73
             ,
             81.
             as
             God's
             Method
             unto
             Salvation
             ;
             and
             all
             this
             to
             oppose
             an
             
               immediate
               Way
            
             of
             Enlightning
             thereunto
             .
             Now
             suppose
             we
             should
             believe
             the
             former
             with
             him
             ,
             in
             Opposition
             to
             the
             latter
             ;
             yet
             still
             he
             leaves
             us
             in
             the
             dark
             ,
             and
             at
             a
             Loss
             ,
             in
             not
             directing
             us
             to
             those
             Apostles
             ,
             Evangelists
             ,
             Prophets
             ,
             Pastors
             and
             Teachers
             ,
             truly
             qualified
             and
             called
             ,
             as
             where
             ,
             or
             among
             what
             People
             they
             are
             :
             As
             if
             he
             should
             tell
             us
             ,
             that
             the
             VVay
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             is
             ,
             to
             follow
             certain
             Guides
             ;
             but
             not
             at
             all
             direct
             us
             where
             
             to
             find
             those
             Guides
             :
             But
             although
             we
             confess
             ,
             that
             God
             doth
             with
             Power
             endue
             and
             send
             forth
             his
             Messengers
             to
             preach
             the
             Gospel
             ;
             yet
             this
             no
             VVay
             doth
             oppose
             his
             immediate
             Illumination
             &
             Teaching
             of
             his
             People
             ,
             under
             the
             New
             Covenant
             ,
             but
             is
             a
             lively
             Proof
             and
             Testimony
             thereof
             ;
             seeing
             they
             are
             immediately
             illuminated
             and
             inspired
             for
             that
             Work
             ,
             and
             their
             Ministry
             received
             from
             the
             immediate
             Light
             and
             Teaching
             of
             God
             within
             ,
             tends
             to
             direct
             men
             to
             him
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             taught
             of
             him
             ;
             and
             therein
             are
             helpful
             to
             men
             :
             in
             order
             to
             turn
             them
             from
             Darkness
             to
             the
             Light
             ,
             which
             no
             wayes
             does
             imply
             any
             Defect
             in
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             but
             an
             Alienation
             in
             man's
             Mind
             ,
             till
             he
             be
             converted
             ;
             for
             there
             can
             be
             no
             Defect
             or
             Insufficiency
             n
             God
             ,
             because
             he
             maketh
             Use
             of
             apt
             Instruments
             ,
             suited
             to
             mens
             VVeakness
             ,
             and
             causeth
             his
             own
             VVorks
             to
             praise
             him
             ;
             for
             he
             will
             not
             have
             his
             VVorks
             idle
             and
             useless
             .
             Now
             the
             Difference
             between
             God's
             immediate
             Illumination
             or
             inward
             VVork
             of
             Power
             ,
             and
             his
             working
             instrumentally
             by
             Ministers
             or
             Preaching
             ,
             lyes
             here
             ;
             the
             one
             is
             the
             Cause
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             an
             Effect
             ;
             the
             one
             is
             the
             absolute
             VVay
             or
             Rule
             of
             knowing
             God
             ,
             and
             building
             up
             in
             his
             Knowledge
             ;
             the
             other
             a
             subordinate
             Help
             
             for
             Direction
             to
             that
             VVay
             and
             Rule
             :
             He
             who
             is
             the
             true
             Light
             lighteth
             every
             man
             that
             cometh
             into
             the
             VVorld
             :
             This
             is
             not
             said
             of
             his
             Ministers
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             sent
             to
             direct
             &
             turn
             men's
             Minds
             to
             the
             Light
             :
             
               I
               will
               pour
               out
               my
               Spirit
               upon
               all
               Flesh
               ,
               saith
               the
               Lord
               :
            
             But
             so
             is
             it
             not
             said
             of
             his
             Ministers
             ,
             though
             they
             direct
             to
             wait
             for
             it
             ,
             
               I
               will
               write
               my
               ,
               Laws
               in
               their
               Hearts
               saith
               the
               Lord
            
             ;
             but
             the
             doing
             of
             this
             is
             not
             asscribed
             to
             his
             Ministers
             ,
             though
             they
             bear
             witness
             therof
             :
             
               Ye
               have
               an
               Unction
               from
               the
               Holy
               One
            
             ;
             it
             is
             not
             said
             ,
             Ye
             have
             it
             from
             the
             Ministers
             .
             though
             it
             attend
             their
             Ministry
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             taught
             thereby
             ,
             and
             direct
             others
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             to
             abide
             in
             it
             :
             
               He
               that
               establisheth
               us
               with
               you
               in
               Christ
               ,
               and
               hath
               anointed
               us
               ,
               is
               God
               ,
               who
               also
               worketh
               all
               our
               Works
               in
               us
               :
            
             It
             is
             not
             said
             ,
             that
             his
             Ministers
             do
             so
             establish
             ,
             anoint
             and
             work
             all
             in
             us
             ,
             though
             they
             be
             instrumental
             in
             God's
             Hand
             ,
             to
             direct
             men
             to
             God
             and
             Christ
             (
             who
             is
             with
             them
             )
             in
             whom
             is
             Life
             and
             Salvation
             ,
             and
             from
             whom
             every
             good
             and
             perfect
             Gift
             comes
             ;
             and
             to
             whom
             be
             the
             Glory
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             man.
             
          
           
             From
             all
             which
             let
             it
             be
             seriously
             minded
             ;
          
           
             First
             ,
             The
             Eternal
             Word
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             true
             Light
             ,
             lighteth
             every
             man
             that
             cometh
             
             into
             the
             World
             ,
             in
             an
             immediate
             Way
             .
          
           
             2dly
             ,
             That
             the
             Promise
             or
             more
             plentiful
             Effusion
             or
             Pouring
             forth
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             is
             also
             from
             God
             himself
             ,
             and
             so
             in
             an
             immediate
             VVay
             to
             be
             made
             good
             and
             fulfilled
             unto
             them
             ,
             who
             walk
             in
             and
             obey
             that
             Measure
             or
             Degree
             of
             his
             divine
             Light
             or
             immediate
             Inshining
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             in
             their
             Consciences
             .
          
           
             3dly
             ,
             God
             also
             worketh
             savingly
             by
             his
             Spirit
             ,
             Light
             and
             Power
             ,
             in
             an
             immediate
             VVay
             ,
             in
             the
             Hearts
             of
             his
             People
             ,
             both
             by
             illuminating
             their
             Understanding
             ,
             opening
             their
             spiritual
             Eyes
             ,
             reviving
             their
             Souls
             ,
             and
             delivering
             them
             from
             under
             the
             Power
             of
             Darkness
             &
             Sin
             ,
             giving
             them
             Victory
             by
             Faith
             over
             Temptations
             ,
             leading
             them
             through
             the
             spiritual
             VVarfare
             and
             Travils
             ,
             and
             making
             them
             more
             then
             Conquerors
             ,
             in
             all
             which
             they
             have
             their
             Dependnece
             immediately
             upon
             God
             ,
             who
             is
             a
             present
             and
             immediate
             Help
             in
             Times
             of
             Trouble
             ,
             as
             all
             that
             truly
             wait
             upon
             him
             in
             his
             immediate
             Light
             and
             Discoveries
             ,
             do
             experience
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Sect
             III.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Prophecy
               and
               Testimony
               of
               the
               New
               Covenant
               and
               Gospel-Dispensation
               rescued
               from
               our
               Opposer's
               Perversions
               .
            
          
           
             BUt
             to
             that
             Prophecy
             ,
             They
             shall
             not
             teach
             every
             man
             his
             Neighbour
             ,
             and
             every
             Man
             his
             Brother
             ,
             &c.
             
             Jer.
             31.
             
             This
             Opposer
             saith
             ,
             
               Though
               the
               Phrase
               here
               used
               seem
               absolute
               in
               Sound
               ,
               yet
               it
               may
               well
               be
               understood
               in
               a
               comparative
               Sense
               ,
            
             bringing
             Instances
             ,
             with
             his
             restrictive
             Meanings
             upon
             Joh.
             6.
             26.
             
             Hos.
             6.
             6.
             
             Ephes.
             6.
             12.
             upon
             the
             Particle
             
               [
               Not
            
             ]
             as
             
               not
               so
               much
               ,
               not
               only
               ,
            
             wherein
             the
             plain
             Scripture
             is
             not
             his
             Rule
             ,
             but
             his
             Meaning
             unfairly
             added
             to
             limit
             this
             Prophecy
             ,
             besides
             the
             Extent
             of
             the
             VVords
             ;
             for
             saith
             he
             ,
             p.
             82.
             
             
               The
               Meaning
               may
               be
               ,
               that
               they
               shall
               not
               so
               much
               need
               to
               do
               it
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               teach
               every
               man
               under
               the
               second
               Covenant
               ,
               as
               under
               the
               first
            
             ;
             yet
             he
             would
             have
             them
             alwayes
             teaching
             and
             al
             was
             learning
             ,
             in
             a
             mediate
             VVay
             only
             .
             
               But
               indeed
            
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               the
               Words
               and
               Phrase
               used
               here
               ,
               seem
               to
               be
               a
               Strain
               of
               Elegancy
               oft
               used
               
               in
               Scriptures
               ,
               when
               to
               set
               forth
               the
               great
               Abundance
               and
               Plenty
               of
               Things
               ,
               Expressions
               are
               used
               improperly
               and
               hyperbolically
               ,
               in
               reference
               thereunto
               ,
               and
               〈…〉
               e
               not
               to
               be
               understood
               properly
               ,
               but
               figuratively
               .
            
          
           
             Observe
             here
             ,
             serious
             Reader
             ,
             that
             the
             plain
             Text
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             fore-telling
             God's
             writing
             his
             Laws
             in
             the
             Hearts
             of
             his
             People
             ,
             that
             they
             shall
             teach
             no
             more
             every
             man
             his
             Neighbour
             ,
             and
             every
             man
             his
             Brother
             ,
             saying
             ,
             know
             the
             Lord
             ,
             but
             all
             should
             know
             him
             :
             This
             he
             slightly
             turns
             off
             with
             this
             Meaning
             ,
             or
             
               [
               May
               be
            
             ]
             that
             they
             shall
             not
             
               so
               much
            
             need
             to
             teach
             every
             man
             his
             Neighbour
             ,
             saying
             ,
             know
             the
             Lord
             
               under
               the
               second
               Covenant
               as
               under
               the
               first
            
             ;
             yet
             implying
             ,
             that
             they
             shall
             still
             much
             need
             to
             say
             ,
             know
             the
             Lord
             under
             the
             New
             Covenant
             ,
             though
             not
             so
             much
             as
             under
             the
             Old
             :
             But
             how
             agrees
             this
             with
             the
             plain
             VVords
             ,
             
               I
               will
               be
               their
               God
               ,
               and
               they
               shall
               be
               my
               People
               ;
               and
               they
               shall
               no
               more
            
             [
             or
             they
             shall
             not
             ]
             
               teach
               every
               man
               his
               Neighbour
               ,
               and
               every
               man
               his
               Brother
               ,
               saying
               ,
               know
               the
               Lord
               ;
               for
               they
               shall
               all
               know
               me
               ,
               from
               the
               least
               to
               the
               greatest
               ?
            
             see
             
               Jer.
               31.
               33
               ,
               34.
               
               Heb.
            
             8.
             10
             ,
             11.
             
             But
             these
             Expressions
             ,
             the
             man
             reckons
             ,
             are
             used
             improperly
             and
             hyperbolically
             ;
             and
             what
             is
             his
             Rule
             for
             thus
             censuring
             the
             plain
             VVords
             of
             
             the
             Prophet
             and
             Apostle
             ,
             and
             reflecting
             upon
             them
             ,
             equally
             with
             us
             ,
             as
             improperly
             proposing
             God's
             Method
             and
             New
             Covenant
             Way
             ,
             to
             be
             his
             own
             immediate
             Teaching
             and
             Knowledge
             of
             himself
             ,
             wherein
             they
             shall
             not
             teach
             every
             man
             his
             Neighbour
             ;
             and
             yet
             in
             Contradiction
             to
             himself
             hath
             confessed
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Work
               of
               Grace
               in
               men
               is
               most
               properly
               attributed
               to
               God
               ,
               to
               Christ
               ,
               &c.
            
             p.
             19.
             
             His
             Instances
             for
             such
             limited
             Meanings
             upon
             several
             Hyperbolical
             Expressions
             (
             supposed
             )
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             if
             granted
             ,
             prove
             not
             these
             very
             Texts
             so
             improper
             or
             hyperbolical
             as
             he
             renders
             them
             ;
             and
             he
             evinceth
             not
             what
             his
             Rule
             is
             for
             thus
             rendering
             these
             particular
             Texts
             improper
             and
             hyperbolical
             ,
             which
             so
             plentifully
             make
             for
             God's
             immediate
             Way
             of
             Illumination
             ,
             Teaching
             and
             VVorking
             under
             the
             New
             Covenant
             :
             If
             he
             say
             ,
             other
             Instances
             of
             Scripture
             compared
             are
             his
             Rule
             herein
             ;
             I
             must
             deny
             that
             they
             prove
             these
             very
             Texts
             lyable
             to
             such
             an
             Exception
             or
             Limitation
             as
             he
             puts
             upon
             them
             :
             If
             he
             say
             that
             Reason
             is
             his
             Rule
             ,
             then
             he
             owns
             another
             Rule
             ,
             as
             Judge
             and
             Determiner
             of
             the
             Sense
             of
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             then
             the
             Scriptures
             themselves
             :
             But
             if
             he
             pretend
             the
             Spirit
             to
             be
             his
             Rule
             in
             this
             ,
             then
             the
             Scriptures
             are
             not
             :
             Howbeit
             ,
             the
             Spirit
             
             will
             not
             contradict
             its
             own
             Sayings
             in
             the
             Scriptures
             ;
             and
             we
             do
             not
             own
             his
             limited
             Sense
             ,
             Restriction
             ,
             or
             private
             Interpretation
             of
             such
             an
             eminent
             Prophecy
             ,
             as
             this
             of
             the
             New
             Covenant
             ;
             for
             no
             Prophecy
             of
             the
             Scripture
             is
             of
             any
             private
             Interpretation
             ;
             for
             the
             Prophecy
             came
             not
             in
             Old
             Time
             by
             the
             will
             of
             man
             ,
             but
             holy
             men
             of
             God
             spake
             as
             they
             were
             moved
             by
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             .
             And
             they
             who
             deny
             the
             immediate
             Illumination
             therof
             ,
             are
             not
             like
             ,
             truly
             to
             understand
             those
             Prophecies
             and
             Scriptures
             that
             proceeded
             thence
             .
          
           
             And
             to
             his
             asking
             ,
             
               Why
               we
               should
               so
               much
               as
               once
               imagine
               ,
               that
               th●se
               Words
               of
               the
               Prophet
               should
               foretell
               ,
               that
               under
               the
               New
               Covenant
               ,
               there
               should
               be
               no
               need
               of
               teaching
               by
               man's
               Ministry
               ,
               when
               the
               whole
               Current
               of
               the
               New
               Testament
               ,
               both
               in
               Precept
               and
               Example
               ,
               shew
               the
               contrary
               ,
            
             p.
             82
             ,
             83.
             
             Which
             is
             as
             much
             as
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             the
             whole
             Current
             of
             Scriptures
             of
             the
             New
             Testament
             shews
             ,
             that
             there
             will
             be
             need
             under
             the
             New
             Covenant
             of
             Teaching
             by
             
               man's
               Min●sty
            
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             allow
             the
             New
             Covenant
             no
             Preheminence
             above
             the
             Old
             ;
             for
             in
             the
             Time
             of
             the
             Old
             Covenant
             the
             Priests
             Lips
             were
             to
             preserve
             the
             Peoples
             Knowledge
             (
             which
             yet
             was
             not
             exclusive
             of
             all
             immediate
             
             Teaching
             )
             whereas
             in
             the
             Dispensation
             of
             the
             New
             ,
             Christ
             is
             both
             our
             King
             ,
             Priest
             and
             Prophet
             ,
             who
             is
             given
             for
             a
             Covenant
             unto
             the
             People
             ,
             for
             a
             Light
             unto
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             God's
             Salvation
             unto
             the
             Ends
             of
             the
             Earth
             :
             Therefore
             to
             conclude
             ,
             that
             there
             will
             be
             alwayes
             need
             of
             Teaching
             by
             man's
             Ministry
             under
             the
             New
             Covenant
             ,
             is
             contrary
             both
             to
             the
             Tenour
             of
             the
             New
             Covenant
             the
             Tendence
             and
             End
             of
             Christ's
             Ministry
             (
             Which
             was
             not
             of
             of
             man
             )
             and
             to
             
             John's
             plain
             Testimony
             ,
             
               Y●
               have
               an
               Unction
               from
               the
               Holy
               One
               ,
               and
               ye
               know
               all
               Things
               ;
               the
               Anointing
               which
               ye
               have
               recived
               of
               him
               ,
               abideth
               in
               you
               ,
               and
               ye
               need
               not
               that
               any
               man
               teach
               you
               ,
               but
               as
               the
               same
               Anointing
               teacheth
               you
               of
               all
               things
               ,
               and
               is
               Truth
               and
               is
               no
               Lye
               ;
               and
               even
               as
               it
               hath
               taught
               you
               ,
               ye
               shall
               abide
               in
               him
               .
            
             Mark
             here
             ,
             he
             sole
             Sufficiency
             and
             Absoluteness
             of
             the
             Anointing
             to
             those
             who
             walk
             in
             the
             Light
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             obey
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Sect.
             IV.
             
          
           
             
               Our
               Clearness
               from
               Error
               and
               Incongruity
               about
               the
               Light
               within
               ,
               and
               our
               Opposer
               justly
               chargeable
               with
               both
               .
            
          
           
             IT
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             we
             affirm
             the
             Light
             of
             Christ
             within
             to
             be
             
               an
               absolute
               Rule
            
             ,
             teaching
             men
             that
             follow
             it
             what
             they
             ought
             to
             know
             ,
             believe
             and
             do
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             is
             necessary
             to
             call
             upon
             Men
             to
             believe
             and
             obey
             it
             ,
             forasmuch
             as
             many
             do
             not
             :
             But
             I
             must
             look
             upon
             this
             man's
             Inference
             upon
             us
             in
             this
             Case
             
               [
               as
               supposing
               for
               Truth
               that
               which
               is
               a
               manifest
               ,
               gross
               ,
               and
               most
               dangerous
               and
               pernicious
               Error
               ]
            
             to
             be
             unjust
             ,
             viz.
             
               That
               we
               suppose
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               as
               well
               necessary
               to
               teach
               men
               by
               the
               Scriptures
               and
               by
               the
               Ministry
               to
               know
               and
               believe
               what
               is
               necessary
               to
               their
               Salvation
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               to
               perswade
               them
               to
               do
               what
               is
               necessary
               therete
               ,
            
             p.
             83
             ,
             84.
             
             Which
             falsly
             supposeth
             a
             Defect
             in
             the
             Light
             and
             in
             our
             Ministry
             ,
             directing
             thereto
             :
             Whereas
             the
             Light
             of
             Christ
             is
             able
             to
             teach
             men
             ,
             to
             know
             ,
             believe
             ,
             and
             do
             what
             is
             necessary
             to
             Salvation
             (
             and
             to
             open
             the
             Scriptures
             )
             as
             Christ
             said
             ,
             
             
               Believe
               in
               the
               Light
               ,
               that
               ye
               may
               be
               the
               Children
               of
               the
               Light.
            
             And
             how
             could
             they
             be
             such
             if
             the
             Light
             did
             not
             teach
             them
             ,
             both
             to
             know
             ,
             believe
             and
             practise
             what
             is
             necessary
             to
             Salvation
             ?
             yet
             that
             many
             men
             are
             not
             come
             into
             the
             Light
             ,
             though
             it
             shine
             in
             their
             Darkness
             ,
             is
             very
             plain
             ,
             while
             they
             rebel
             against
             the
             Light
             ,
             and
             know
             not
             the
             Wayes
             of
             it
             ,
             because
             they
             abide
             not
             in
             the
             Paths
             of
             it
             :
             But
             what
             is
             this
             to
             those
             who
             are
             come
             into
             the
             divine
             Light
             ,
             and
             holy
             Unction
             within
             ?
             As
             for
             his
             charging
             us
             with
             
               Incongruity
               of
               Opinion
               and
               Practice
               ,
               dissembling
               the
               Matter
               ,
               Tergiversatton
               and
               Shuffling
               ,
               Inconsistency
               of
               Pretences
               and
               Practices
               ,
               Pretences
               for
               a
               blind
               ,
               a
               perfect
               Piece
               of
            
             —
             p.
             93
             ,
             94
             ,
             95.
             
             What
             's
             now
             the
             Matter
             ,
             this
             man
             appears
             so
             envious
             and
             reviling
             ?
             where
             is
             the
             Incongruity
             ?
             but
             that
             men
             being
             
               taught
               of
               God
               himself
            
             by
             his
             Light
             and
             Spirit
             within
             ,
             now
             und●r
             the
             New
             Covenant
             ,
             
               need
               not
               be
               taught
               by
               men
            
             ;
             and
             yet
             for
             all
             that
             ,
             
               we
               take
               upon
               us
               to
               teach
               the
               People
               our selves
               ,
            
             p.
             93.
             
          
           
             Here
             is
             no
             more
             Incongruity
             then
             in
             God's
             Teaching
             ,
             both
             immediately
             and
             instrumentally
             ,
             in
             both
             which
             his
             own
             Power
             appears
             and
             operates
             :
             We
             take
             not
             upon
             us
             to
             teach
             People
             our selves
             ,
             nor
             to
             hold
             forth
             man's
             Ministry
             ;
             but
             Christ
             teacheth
             in
             us
             and
             by
             
             us
             (
             also
             shewing
             forth
             his
             own
             Praise
             in
             a
             Testimony
             )
             without
             him
             we
             can
             do
             nothing
             ,
             and
             hi●
             Presence
             goeth
             along
             with
             us
             in
             a
             living
             Ministry
             ,
             both
             to
             open
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             and
             to
             shew
             men
             their
             Duty
             ,
             both
             in
             believing
             and
             obeying
             what
             is
             necessary
             :
             and
             so
             our
             Gospel
             is
             not
             of
             man
             ,
             nor
             by
             man
             ,
             but
             from
             Christ
             ,
             and
             therefore
             not
             guilty
             of
             this
             man's
             unjust
             Imputation
             ,
             either
             of
             
               pernicious
               Error
               or
               Incongruity
            
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             being
             
               against
               all
               other
               mens
               Teaching
               but
               our
               own
               ,
            
             p.
             94.
             
             And
             yet
             
               for
               the
               Teaching
               of
               the
               Light
               within
               :
            
             Unto
             this
             I
             say
             ,
             we
             are
             satisfied
             that
             our
             Ministry
             is
             from
             God
             and
             his
             Light
             ,
             and
             have
             no
             Reason
             to
             have
             any
             mens
             Teaching
             whatsoever
             imposed
             upon
             us
             ,
             which
             does
             not
             flow
             from
             the
             Light
             ,
             nor
             from
             God's
             immediate
             Inspiration
             and
             Teaching
             ,
             which
             they
             opposing
             ,
             their
             Ministry
             is
             but
             of
             man
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Will
             of
             man.
             And
             therefore
             it
             is
             no
             Inconsistency
             in
             our
             Principle
             and
             Practice
             to
             confess
             to
             the
             Teaching
             of
             Christ's
             Light
             within
             ,
             and
             to
             teach
             others
             as
             that
             teacheth
             us
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             turn
             them
             to
             the
             Light
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             taught
             ,
             as
             we
             are
             ;
             and
             so
             to
             deny
             all
             
               meer
               mens
               Teaching
            
             ,
             who
             are
             not
             taught
             by
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             but
             gain-say
             God's
             immediate
             Teaching
             in
             these
             Dayes
             ,
             as
             this
             man
             doth
             ;
             
             who
             also
             falsly
             accuseth
             us
             with
             this
             Error
             ,
             viz.
             
               That
               God
               doth
               by
               a
               Light
               ,
               created
               in
               every
               man
               ,
               sufficiently
               teach
               them
               what
               they
               ought
               to
               believe
               and
               do
               ,
            
             p.
             87.
             
             But
             this
             is
             his
             Mistake
             and
             false
             Foundation
             ,
             on
             which
             much
             of
             his
             Structure
             is
             framed
             ;
             as
             also
             in
             p.
             15.
             &
             p.
             41
             ,
             42.
             he
             takes
             it
             for
             granted
             ,
             that
             't
             is
             but
             
               a
               natural
               Light
            
             in
             men
             that
             we
             direct
             them
             to
             ;
             but
             this
             is
             contradicted
             by
             himself
             ,
             in
             his
             confessing
             ,
             
               That
               it
               is
               God
               ,
               Christ
               ,
               the
               holy
               Spirit
               ,
               by
               immediate
               Illumination
               of
               our
               Minds
               ,
               that
               doth
               shew
               us
               what
               we
               ought
               to
               believe
               and
               do
               ;
               and
               that
               this
               is
               our
               Notior
               ,
            
             p.
             13.
             
             But
             his
             is
             ,
             
               not
               by
               God's
               immediate
               Teaching
               and
               Operation
               ,
            
             p.
             40.
             
             So
             ,
             be
             sure
             ,
             God
             was
             not
             with
             him
             ,
             in
             his
             Study
             ,
             as
             his
             Teacher
             ,
             in
             bringing
             forth
             his
             Book
             against
             God's
             immediate
             Teaching
             and
             Operation
             :
             And
             the
             man
             is
             grosly
             mistaken
             ,
             in
             concluding
             it
             to
             be
             a
             
               created
               ,
               natural
               Light
               in
               man
               ,
            
             whilst
             he
             confesseth
             ,
             
               We
               ground
               our selves
               much
               upon
            
             Joh.
             1.
             9.
             where
             it
             is
             said
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
               That
               was
               the
               true
               Light
               which
               lighteth
               every
               man
               that
               cometh
               into
               the
               World
               ,
            
             p.
             41.
             whereas
             that
             true
             Light
             was
             neither
             created
             nor
             natural
             ,
             as
             a
             Thing
             made
             ;
             for
             in
             him
             was
             Life
             ,
             and
             the
             Life
             was
             the
             Light
             of
             men
             ,
             Joh.
             1.
             4.
             
             This
             Life
             was
             not
             created
             nor
             natural
             in
             that
             Sense
             ,
             but
             supernatural
             and
             divine
             :
             However
             ,
             
             this
             man
             gives
             us
             his
             Sense
             of
             this
             Scripture
             cited
             ,
             viz.
             
               That
               Christ
               indeed
               as
               God
               ,
               Creator
               ,
               doth
               enlighten
               every
               man
               that
               comes
               into
               the
               World
               ,
               with
               the
               Faculty
               of
               Reason
               and
               Understanding
               ,
               by
               which
               he
               may
               know
               that
               there
               is
               a
               God
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               to
               be
               worshipped
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               is
               placable
               ,
               and
               the
               Difference
               between
               moral
               Good
               and
               Evil
               in
               many
               things
               ,
            
             p.
             42.
             
          
           
             
               And
               this
               he
               calls
               Natural
               Light
               ,
               supposing
               it
            
             sufficient
             to
             direct
             the
             Heathen
             to
             as
             much
             as
             God
             expects
             from
             them
             ;
             but
             not
             sufficient
             to
             direct
             those
             that
             live
             under
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             to
             believe
             ,
             and
             do
             what
             they
             are
             bound
             ,
             viz.
             To
             believe
             ,
             Jesus
             to
             be
             the
             Christ
             ,
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             Saviour
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             that
             upon
             Pain
             of
             Damnation
             ,
             p.
             42.
             
          
           
             Serious
             Reader
             ,
             Consider
             the
             Tendency
             and
             Import
             of
             these
             Things
             ;
             as
             ,
             first
             ,
             He
             grants
             ,
             that
             Christ
             enlightens
             every
             man
             that
             comes
             into
             the
             World
             with
             such
             a
             Light
             ,
             as
             that
             
               he
               may
               know
               that
               there
               is
               a
               God
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               to
               be
               worshipped
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               is
               placable
               :
            
             And
             2dly
             ,
             grants
             this
             ,
             
               a
               Light
               sufficient
               to
               direct
               the
            
             Heathen
             
               to
               as
               much
               as
               God
               expects
               from
               them
               .
            
             And
             is
             not
             this
             then
             in
             order
             to
             Salvation
             ?
             If
             they
             obey
             what
             God
             expects
             from
             them
             ,
             shall
             they
             not
             be
             saved
             ?
             See
             the
             man's
             Contradiction
             ,
             having
             before
             denyed
             ,
             
             that
             Christ
             lighteth
             every
             man
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             his
             Salvation
             without
             outward
             Teaching
             ;
             when
             here
             it
             is
             granted
             ,
             he
             enlightneth
             every
             man
             ,
             even
             the
             Heathen
             ,
             with
             a
             Light
             sufficient
             to
             direct
             them
             to
             as
             much
             as
             God
             expects
             from
             them
             :
             But
             3dly
             ,
             in
             calling
             this
             
               a
               natural
               ,
               created
               Light
            
             ,
             he
             egregiously
             errs
             ;
             for
             how
             should
             the
             Heathen
             or
             any
             man
             else
             ,
             know
             that
             there
             is
             a
             God
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             to
             be
             worshipped
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             is
             placable
             ,
             or
             be
             directed
             to
             as
             much
             as
             God
             expects
             from
             them
             ,
             by
             that
             which
             is
             natural
             and
             created
             ,
             when
             the
             Things
             of
             God
             are
             beyond
             the
             natural
             man's
             Reach
             and
             Understanding
             ,
             and
             only
             to
             be
             discerned
             spiritually
             ?
             4thly
             ,
             Whereas
             this
             man
             supposeth
             two
             such
             different
             Lights
             from
             Christ
             in
             man
             ,
             viz.
             the
             one
             which
             he
             calls
             the
             
               Faculty
               of
               Reason
               and
               Understanding
            
             in
             the
             Heathen
             ,
             sufficient
             to
             direct
             them
             in
             the
             Knowledge
             and
             Worship
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             as
             much
             as
             he
             expect
             from
             them
             ;
             and
             the
             other
             in
             them
             that
             live
             
               under
               the
               outward
               Preaching
               of
               the
               Gospel
            
             ;
             the
             first
             saving
             only
             to
             the
             Heathen
             ,
             the
             second
             only
             to
             the
             professed
             Christians
             ;
             the
             first
             sufficient
             to
             give
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             God
             and
             his
             Worship
             ,
             the
             second
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             and
             Salvation
             by
             him
             .
             I
             must
             deny
             his
             Distinction
             of
             two
             such
             Lights
             in
             men
             ,
             
             as
             unscriptural
             an
             unsound
             ;
             and
             I
             must
             tell
             him
             ,
             he
             hath
             brought
             us
             no
             Scripture-Proof
             to
             convince
             us
             thereof
             ,
             that
             there
             are
             two
             such
             different
             Lights
             in
             man
             ,
             thus
             limited
             or
             distinguished
             ,
             the
             one
             as
             from
             God
             to
             Heathens
             ,
             the
             other
             as
             from
             Christ
             to
             Christians
             ;
             and
             yet
             both
             directing
             to
             the
             same
             End
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             Salvation
             .
             This
             kind
             of
             mangled
             confus'd
             Work
             is
             fit
             to
             darken
             Peoples
             Minds
             from
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             God
             and
             Christ
             ,
             and
             Salvation
             ;
             whereas
             that
             first
             Chapter
             of
             John
             is
             plain
             ,
             without
             any
             such
             confused
             Distinction
             about
             the
             Light
             ,
             or
             Division
             between
             God
             and
             Christ
             ,
             as
             this
             man
             makes
             about
             the
             Light
             ;
             for
             there
             it
             is
             ,
             
               In
               him
               was
               Life
               ,
               and
               the
               Life
               was
               the
               Light
               of
               men
               ,
            
             ver
             .
             4.
             
             
               And
               that
               was
               the
               true
               Light
               that
               lighteth
               every
               man
               that
               cometh
               into
               the
               World
               ,
            
             ver
             .
             9.
             
             Mark
             here
             ,
             this
             Life
             or
             Light
             of
             Christ
             is
             but
             one
             and
             the
             same
             forever
             ,
             the
             Light
             of
             men
             throughout
             all
             Generations
             ;
             yea
             ,
             he
             was
             that
             true
             Light
             that
             lighteth
             every
             man
             that
             cometh
             into
             the
             VVorld
             ,
             whose
             Life
             or
             Light
             cannot
             (
             without
             Blasphemy
             )
             be
             deemed
             natural
             and
             created
             :
             Besides
             ,
             it
             appears
             gross
             Confusion
             and
             palpable
             Contradiction
             in
             this
             Opposer
             ,
             to
             conclude
             that
             Light
             not
             sufficient
             to
             direct
             men
             to
             believe
             Jesus
             to
             be
             Christ
             ,
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             Saviour
             of
             
             the
             VVorld
             ,
             which
             yet
             is
             sufficient
             to
             direct
             the
             Heathen
             to
             as
             much
             as
             God
             expects
             from
             them
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             moral
             Goodness
             ,
             to
             know
             and
             worship
             God
             ;
             and
             consequently
             ,
             to
             lead
             them
             to
             Salvation
             ;
             for
             in
             every
             Nation
             ,
             he
             that
             fears
             God
             and
             worketh
             Righteousness
             ,
             is
             accepted
             :
             Now
             how
             they
             should
             know
             and
             worship
             God
             ,
             and
             be
             saved
             ,
             without
             some
             living
             Knowledge
             and
             Belief
             of
             his
             Son
             ,
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             I
             cannot
             see
             nor
             understand
             ,
             since
             that
             by
             no
             other
             Name
             under
             Heaven
             can
             men
             be
             saved
             ;
             and
             he
             that
             believeth
             not
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             shall
             not
             see
             Life
             ,
             but
             the
             Wrath
             of
             God
             abides
             on
             him
             ,
             Joh.
             3.
             36.
             cited
             by
             this
             man
             ,
             who
             also
             confesseth
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             to
             be
             the
             Saviour
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             p.
             42.
             
             Again
             ,
             no
             man
             comes
             unto
             God
             ,
             but
             by
             his
             Son
             ,
             who
             is
             therefore
             universally
             held
             forth
             ,
             and
             given
             for
             a
             Light
             to
             the
             Heathen
             ,
             to
             be
             God's
             Salvation
             to
             the
             Ends
             of
             the
             Earth
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             the
             World's
             Sin
             that
             they
             believe
             not
             in
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             for
             this
             his
             Spirit
             reproves
             them
             .
             But
             since
             it
             is
             granted
             ,
             that
             the
             Heathen
             by
             that
             Light
             of
             Christ
             in
             them
             ,
             may
             know
             and
             worship
             God
             ,
             and
             practice
             good
             Morality
             ,
             and
             as
             much
             as
             God
             expects
             from
             them
             ;
             it
             s
             granted
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             godly
             ,
             and
             serve
             God
             by
             the
             Light
             in
             them
             :
             but
             how
             any
             should
             
             be
             godly
             Men
             &
             no
             Christians
             ,
             I
             must
             confess
             we
             are
             yet
             to
             seek
             ,
             and
             not
             like
             to
             have
             any
             Scripture-Proof
             thereof
             from
             our
             Opposer
             ,
             or
             any
             else
             of
             his
             Perswasion
             ;
             for
             it
             were
             as
             uncharitable
             to
             judge
             all
             void
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             who
             have
             not
             the
             Name
             Christian
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             untrue
             to
             reckon
             all
             Christians
             ,
             who
             have
             but
             the
             Name
             and
             Profession
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             seeing
             that
             it
             is
             not
             the
             Name
             or
             Profession
             outward
             that
             makes
             true
             Christians
             ,
             but
             the
             divine
             Life
             ,
             Power
             ,
             Unction
             and
             Possession
             of
             the
             Nature
             of
             Christianity
             inwardly
             ;
             as
             he
             is
             not
             a
             Jew
             that
             is
             one
             outward
             ,
             but
             he
             is
             a
             Jew
             that
             is
             one
             inward
             ;
             and
             Circumcision
             is
             that
             of
             the
             Heart
             in
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             the
             Letter
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             for
             this
             man's
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             ,
             that
             he
             has
             by
             
               Oral
               Tradition
            
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             reckons
             is
             derived
             down
             
               successively
               by
               outward
               Teaching
               without
               immediate
               Revelation
            
             or
             Illumination
             ,
             p.
             47
             ,
             84.
             
             It
             is
             no
             living
             or
             saving
             Knowledge
             ;
             &
             such
             Method
             as
             this
             man
             proposes
             for
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             (
             as
             in
             Opposition
             to
             his
             
               Immediate
               Enlightning
            
             )
             is
             not
             God's
             Means
             :
             He
             talks
             something
             like
             a
             Papist
             ;
             and
             his
             Work
             against
             immediate
             Illumination
             tends
             to
             divert
             peoples
             Minds
             from
             God's
             inward
             Illumination
             ,
             and
             and
             from
             waiting
             for
             the
             Revelation
             of
             his
             
             Son
             in
             them
             :
             And
             what
             is
             this
             ,
             but
             to
             lead
             People
             to
             be
             subjected
             under
             the
             Pope
             and
             Traditions
             ,
             although
             many
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             have
             confessed
             to
             the
             Truth
             of
             divine
             Illumination
             and
             immediate
             Inspiration
             more
             then
             this
             man
             hath
             done
             ,
             though
             in
             Practice
             ,
             she
             manifests
             her self
             to
             be
             both
             apostatized
             and
             estranged
             from
             the
             divine
             Light
             within
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             V.
             
          
           
             
               His
               silly
               Temporizing
               ,
               in
               espousing
               the
               Hireling
               Priests
               Quarrel
               against
               us
               .
            
          
           
             AS
             to
             his
             wishing
             ,
             
               That
               we
               did
               not
               give
               too
               much
               Occasion
               to
               suspect
               our
               Integrity
               ,
            
             accusing
             us
             with
             
               making
               sad
               Out-Cries
               aginst
               the
               publick
               Ministry
               ,
            
             
             
               one
               as
               well
               as
               another
               ,
               without
               Distinction
               :
               and
               that
               we
               seek
               to
               make
               them
               odious
               to
               the
               People
               for
               their
               taking
               Money
               of
               them
               ,
               as
               Rewaerd
               of
               their
               Labours
            
             ;
             and
             that
             we
             compare
             them
             with
             
               the
               false
               Prophets
               and
               bad
               Priests
               of
               old
               ,
            
             of
             whom
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             that
             the
             Priests
             preach
             for
             Hire
             ,
             and
             the
             Prophets
             divine
             for
             Money
             ;
             
             and
             then
             he
             alledges
             the
             
               Priests
               under
               the
               Law
               taking
               Money
               or
               Moneys
               worth
               ,
               as
               the
               Provision
               that
               God
               made
               for
               them
               ,
               which
               was
               Tythes
            
             ;
             and
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               when
               their
               Tythes
               were
               detained
               and
               kept
               back
               from
               them
               ,
               God
               accounted
               himself
               robbed
               .
            
          
           
             To
             all
             which
             I
             answer
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             great
             Reason
             to
             cry
             out
             against
             that
             Ministry
             and
             those
             Priests
             ,
             who
             preach
             for
             Hire
             ,
             Lucre
             ,
             Tythes
             ,
             or
             forced
             Maintenance
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             Practice
             of
             Christ's
             Ministers
             ,
             who
             as
             they
             did
             freely
             receive
             ,
             did
             freely
             give
             :
             And
             such
             as
             preach
             for
             Hire
             ,
             and
             force
             Maintenance
             ,
             suing
             men
             at
             Law
             for
             Tythes
             ,
             and
             imprison
             such
             as
             cannot
             for
             Conscience
             sake
             to
             Christ
             pay
             them
             Tythes
             :
             such
             Priests
             are
             unnatural
             and
             hard-hearted
             ,
             not
             at
             all
             like
             Christ's
             Ministers
             ,
             who
             coveted
             no
             man's
             Meat
             ,
             nor
             Drink
             ,
             nor
             Gold
             ,
             nor
             Silver
             ,
             nor
             Apparel
             ;
             but
             alas
             ,
             these
             covetous
             Priests
             trouble
             and
             cumber
             men
             in
             Courts
             for
             Tythes
             ,
             and
             cast
             men
             in
             Prisons
             and
             Holes
             ,
             to
             the
             Ruin
             of
             many
             poor
             Families
             ,
             and
             causing
             divers
             to
             suffer
             in
             Goals
             till
             Death
             ,
             as
             they
             have
             done
             divers
             times
             for
             a
             small
             value
             ;
             these
             Priests
             value
             their
             Tythe-Pigs
             ,
             &c.
             more
             then
             they
             do
             the
             Lives
             of
             innocent
             men
             :
             Oh
             unnatural
             ,
             inhuman
             Hard-heartedness
             and
             Cruelty
             itself
             ;
             and
             oh
             
             gross
             Hypocrisie
             ,
             for
             such
             as
             are
             guilty
             thereof
             ,
             to
             call
             themselves
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Gospel
             &
             Messengers
             of
             Christ
             ,
             who
             are
             thus
             unlike
             him
             and
             his
             Ministers
             !
             As
             for
             those
             that
             robbed
             God
             in
             Tythes
             and
             Offerings
             ;
             these
             were
             in
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Law
             and
             first
             Covenant
             ,
             when
             there
             was
             a
             Commandment
             from
             God
             for
             both
             ,
             and
             to
             bring
             the
             Tythes
             to
             the
             Store-house
             ,
             that
             the
             Fatherless
             ,
             
             Widdows
             and
             Strangers
             might
             be
             relieved
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Priests
             ;
             and
             they
             robbed
             God
             ,
             who
             did
             not
             bring
             their
             Tythes
             to
             the
             Store-house
             .
          
           
             But
             Christ
             Jesus
             the
             everlasting
             Priest
             ,
             is
             come
             ,
             and
             hath
             changed
             the
             Priesthood
             that
             took
             Tythes
             ,
             &
             made
             of
             Necessity
             a
             Change
             also
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             a
             disannulling
             of
             the
             Commandment
             :
             See
             
               Heb.
               Chap.
            
             7.
             
             But
             I
             shall
             say
             little
             here
             about
             this
             Oppression
             of
             Tythes
             ;
             let
             the
             Nation
             's
             long
             Experience
             thereof
             speak
             ,
             and
             I
             refer
             the
             Reader
             to
             these
             Treatises
             ,
             viz.
             
               A.
               P.
            
             his
             
               great
               Case
               of
               Tythes
            
             ,
             and
             F.
             Howgil's
             
               great
               Case
               of
               Tythes
            
             ;
             and
             so
             to
             consider
             the
             Rise
             and
             Continuance
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             And
             it
             is
             such
             Priests
             as
             this
             man
             himself
             declares
             against
             ,
             that
             we
             disown
             ;
             as
             namely
             ,
             such
             as
             are
             departed
             out
             of
             the
             Way
             and
             
             caused
             many
             to
             stumble
             ,
             whom
             the
             Lord
             hath
             made
             contemptible
             and
             base
             before
             the
             People
             ,
             who
             have
             not
             
             kept
             his
             Wayes
             ,
             but
             have
             been
             partial
             ,
             And
             so
             the
             false
             Prophets
             that
             have
             seen
             Vanity
             ,
             and
             divined
             Lyes
             ,
             saying
             ,
             Thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
             when
             God
             hath
             not
             spoken
             (
             and
             these
             are
             highly
             guilty
             thereof
             ,
             who
             now
             oppose
             God's
             immediate
             Inspeaking
             )
             and
             have
             done
             so
             to
             get
             Peoples
             Money
             by
             pleasing
             them
             ,
             in
             prophesying
             Peace
             to
             them
             ,
             when
             the
             true
             Prophets
             prophesied
             of
             Judgment
             ,
             and
             were
             persecuted
             for
             it
             ,
             Ezek.
             22.
             25
             ,
             28.
             
          
           
             But
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               'T
               is
               possible
               and
               too
               probable
               ,
               that
               there
               may
               be
               some
               ,
               who
               for
               Worldly
               and
               Fleshly
               .
               Respects
               may
            
             
             
               greatly
               fall
               short
               of
               a
               faithful
               Discharge
               of
               their
               Duty
               towards
               the
               Souls
               under
               their
               Charge
               :
               And
               if
               there
               be
               any
               ,
               that
               by
               daubing
               with
               untempered
               Mortar
               ,
               do
               betray
               them
               ;
               I
               am
               no
               Advocate
               for
               such
               ,
               they
               shall
               bear
               their
               Burthen
               .
            
             And
             yet
             he
             is
             an
             Advocate
             for
             the
             Tyth-taking
             Priests
             and
             Ministers
             ,
             who
             receive
             Money
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             as
             a
             Reward
             of
             their
             Labours
             :
             And
             thus
             he
             varies
             ,
             shuffles
             ,
             wheels
             about
             and
             insinuates
             ,
             like
             a
             man-pleaser
             and
             Temporizer
             ;
             one
             while
             he
             talk
             ,
             like
             an
             Anabaptist
             concerning
             the
             Light
             within
             as
             natural
             ,
             
             
             created
             ;
             and
             his
             tying
             up
             the
             Spirit
             's
             Baptism
             to
             its
             Effusion
             in
             miraculous
             Gifts
             :
             Another
             while
             ,
             like
             one
             turned
             back
             to
             the
             National
             Priests
             :
             Another
             
             while
             ,
             like
             a
             Papist
             ,
             or
             one
             popishly
             affected
             ,
             for
             Oral
             Tradition
             and
             a
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             derived
             successively
             by
             outward
             Teaching
             from
             the
             first
             Preachers
             :
             Another
             while
             he
             talks
             like
             one
             Atheistical
             ,
             in
             rendering
             that
             Light
             spoken
             of
             in
             
             Joh.
             1.
             9.
             
             (
             which
             lighteth
             every
             man
             that
             cometh
             into
             the
             World
             )
             but
             a
             natural
             Light
             and
             not
             sufficient
             for
             Salvation
             .
          
           
             But
             again
             ,
             to
             what
             he
             grants
             of
             the
             Corruption
             of
             some
             publick
             Ministers
             ,
             who
             are
             wordly
             and
             fleshly
             Daubers
             and
             Betrayers
             ,
             I
             shall
             grant
             to
             what
             he
             further
             adds
             ,
             
               That
               it
               is
               unreasonable
               and
               Unchristian
               to
               condemn
               the
               Righteous
               with
               the
               Wicked
               ,
               and
               to
               censure
               all
               for
               somes
               sake
               :
            
             This
             indeed
             were
             unchristian
             ,
             but
             unjustly
             cast
             upon
             us
             ,
             p.
             92.
             
             Howbeit
             ,
             I
             shall
             proffer
             him
             fairly
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             can
             shew
             us
             such
             Ministers
             ,
             as
             are
             Righteous
             ,
             men
             fearing
             God
             and
             hating
             Covetousness
             ,
             that
             teach
             the
             same
             Doctrine
             the
             Apostles
             taught
             ,
             which
             the
             Light
             of
             Christ
             within
             witnesseth
             to
             ,
             p.
             88.
             
             And
             that
             can
             prove
             their
             Call
             &
             Authority
             to
             preach
             ,
             to
             be
             from
             
             Christ
             ,
             and
             that
             approve
             themselves
             as
             his
             Ministers
             ,
             in
             all
             Humility
             and
             Faithfulness
             ,
             we
             shall
             own
             them
             ;
             but
             while
             we
             do
             not
             find
             such
             among
             the
             publick
             Parish
             Priests
             and
             Ministers
             ,
             who
             force
             Tythes
             and
             Hire
             from
             People
             ;
             we
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             blamed
             for
             our
             Separation
             from
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             VI.
             
          
           
             
               Our
               Opposer's
               Confusion
               and
               self-Contradictions
               collected
               and
               examined
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             Opposer
             of
             Enthusiasm
             hath
             run
             himself
             into
             manifest
             Contradictions
             ,
             whereof
             these
             following
             are
             some
             .
          
           
             He
             seems
             to
             plead
             for
             Christ's
             injoyning
             his
             Followers
             to
             be
             humble
             and
             lowly
             in
             Heart
             ,
             to
             esteem
             others
             better
             then
             themselves
             ,
             
               to
               speak
               Evil
               of
               no
               man
               ,
               in
               Meekness
               to
               instruct
               ,
            
             to
             overcome
             Evil
             with
             Good
             ,
             and
             
               not
               to
               judge
            
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             p.
             6.
             
          
           
             And
             yet
             in
             Contradiction
             to
             himself
             ,
             he
             takes
             upon
             him
             to
             judge
             and
             vilifie
             us
             ,
             to
             speak
             Evil
             of
             us
             ;
             yea
             ,
             to
             have
             been
             
               walking
               in
               Darkness
            
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             
               but
               carnal
            
             ,
             &c.
             p.
             9.
             
             Doth
             he
             not
             here
             judge
             ?
          
           
           
             That
             all
             the
             Children
             of
             God
             are
             taught
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             need
             not
             any
             other
             Teacher
             .
             This
             our
             Sense
             and
             Method
             he
             opposeth
             to
             God's
             Way
             ,
             
               as
               being
               quite
               different
            
             ,
             p.
             14.
             
             And
             saith
             ,
             that
             God's
             Way
             and
             Method
             of
             directing
             men
             what
             to
             believe
             and
             do
             ,
             
               is
               not
               by
               his
               immediate
               Teaching
               and
               Operation
               ,
            
             p.
             40.
             
          
           
             But
             in
             plain
             Contradiction
             to
             himself
             ,
             he
             confesseth
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Scripture
               attributes
               it
            
             (
             to
             wit
             ,
             the
             Work
             of
             saving
             Grace
             )
             
               to
               God
               ,
               to
               Christ
               ,
               to
               the
               holy
               Spirit
               ,
            
             p.
             18.
             and
             saith
             ,
             
               Indeed
               the
               Work
               of
               saving
               Grace
               in
               men
               is
               most
            
             PROPERLY
             
               attributed
               to
               God
               ,
               to
               Christ
               ,
            
             p.
             19.
             
          
           
             That
             the
             Light
             ,
             mentioned
             Joh.
             1.
             9.
             which
             lighteth
             every
             man
             that
             cometh
             into
             the
             World
             ,
             doth
             enlighten
             men
             by
             
               natural
               Light
            
             ;
             and
             that
             Christ
             ,
             as
             God
             ,
             doth
             enlighten
             every
             man
             that
             cometh
             into
             the
             World
             with
             the
             
               Faculty
               of
               Reason
            
             ,
             and
             affords
             no
             other
             Light
             to
             the
             Heathen
             ,
             then
             
               this
               natural
               Light
            
             ,
             as
             he
             calls
             it
             ,
             p.
             41
             ,
             42.
             
          
           
             Yet
             in
             plain
             Contradiction
             ,
             he
             grants
             ,
             That
             the
             Scripture
             speaks
             of
             
               Christ's
               being
               [
               in
               ]
               men
            
             ;
             and
             Christ
             and
             God
             
               every
               where
               present
            
             ,
             and
             
               se
               in
               all
               men
            
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             
               essential
               Presence
               of
               Christ
               ,
               as
               God
               ,
               is
               present
               to
               every
               man
               ,
            
             p.
             20
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
           
             Observe
             Reader
             ,
             how
             plainly
             he
             has
             broke
             the
             Neck
             of
             his
             Cause
             here
             :
             For
             if
             Christ
             ,
             as
             God
             ,
             be
             essentially
             present
             in
             all
             men
             ,
             and
             to
             every
             man
             ,
             and
             this
             God
             be
             Light
             ,
             then
             the
             Light
             that
             is
             in
             every
             man
             is
             not
             natural
             nor
             created
             ,
             as
             he
             hath
             affirmed
             the
             Light
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
               as
               God
            
             ,
             to
             be
             :
             And
             as
             for
             his
             Distinction
             between
             the
             
               essential
               Presence
            
             of
             Christ
             and
             his
             
               virtual
               Presence
            
             ,
             p.
             20
             ,
             21.
             it
             is
             unscriptural
             :
             Neither
             can
             we
             believe
             ,
             that
             the
             Presence
             of
             God
             and
             Christ
             are
             so
             distinguished
             or
             divided
             ,
             as
             this
             man
             implies
             ,
             viz.
             That
             
               God's
               essential
               Presence
               should
               be
               in
               all
               men
               ,
            
             and
             yet
             
               not
               Christ's
               virtual
               Presence
            
             :
             VVhat
             Scripture
             hath
             he
             for
             these
             Words
             ?
             Is
             there
             any
             Virtue
             in
             Christ's
             Presence
             ,
             that
             is
             not
             in
             God's
             Presence
             ?
             Is
             not
             the
             Father
             ,
             Son
             and
             Holy
             Spirit
             one
             Being
             ,
             though
             different
             as
             to
             Relation
             and
             Degrees
             of
             Manifestation
             ?
             But
             how
             plainly
             contradictory
             is
             it
             ,
             one
             while
             to
             confess
             Christ's
             being
             
               in
               men
               ,
               his
               essential
               Presence
               ,
               as
               God
               ,
               to
               be
               in
               all
               men
            
             ;
             and
             yet
             that
             
               his
               Light
               in
               the
               Heathen
            
             (
             or
             greatest
             Part
             of
             men
             )
             
               is
               natural
               and
               created
            
             .
             O
             monstrous
             Inconsistency
             !
          
           
             He
             affirms
             ,
             that
             the
             Form
             of
             Doctrine
             delivered
             to
             the
             Christians
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             
             was
             
               to
               be
               the
               Rule
               of
               Faith
               and
            
             Christian
             
               Practice
               ,
               to
               rule
               and
               govern
               themselves
               by
               ,
            
             p.
             22
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             And
             yet
             confesseth
             ,
             
               That
               those
               who
               are
               sincere
               ,
               make
               it
               their
               dayly
               Care
               and
               Endeavour
               ,
               to
               walk
               according
               to
               the
               Light
               and
               Guidance
               of
               that
               Rule
               that
               hath
               its
               Seat
               in
               their
               Conscience
               ,
            
             p.
             40.
             
          
           
             Observ.
             Here
             he
             has
             found
             another
             Rule
             then
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             the
             Light
             in
             the
             Conscience
             :
             Though
             it
             is
             true
             ,
             the
             Apostles
             Doctrine
             contains
             Rules
             ;
             but
             the
             Light
             within
             that
             gave
             it
             forth
             ,
             was
             
               The
               Rule
            
             ,
             the
             
               Chief
               or
               Highest
               Rule
            
             ,
             for
             Guidance
             and
             Power
             ,
             and
             that
             wherein
             was
             the
             Power
             of
             Rule
             and
             Government
             to
             all
             true
             Christians
             .
          
           
             He
             gives
             this
             Judgment
             against
             us
             ,
             viz.
             That
             in
             Truth
             
               there
               is
               no
               Light
               in
               us
               ,
               how
               much
               soever
               we
               vainly
               boast
               of
               it
               ,
            
             he
             sayes
             ,
             p.
             40.
             
          
           
             And
             yet
             hath
             confessed
             ,
             
               That
               the
               essential
               Presence
               of
               Christ
               ,
               as
               God
               ,
               is
               in
               all
               men
               ;
               and
               that
               Christ
               doth
               enlighten
               every
               man
               with
               a
               Faculty
               of
               Reason
               or
               natural
               Light
               :
            
             by
             which
             he
             hath
             acknowledged
             
               some
               Light
            
             to
             be
             in
             every
             man
             ,
             though
             it
             is
             true
             ,
             they
             that
             speak
             not
             according
             to
             the
             Word
             ,
             it
             is
             because
             there
             is
             
               no
               Morning
               in
               them
            
             ;
             yet
             it
             follows
             not
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             Light
             at
             all
             in
             
             them
             ;
             for
             there
             may
             be
             some
             Light
             in
             them
             before
             the
             Morning
             .
          
           
             Upon
             Joh.
             1.
             9.
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               that
               there
               is
               no
               such
               thing
               ,
               as
               that
               Christ
               so
               enlightens
               all
               men
            
             (
             as
             with
             what
             he
             ought
             to
             believe
             and
             do
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             his
             Salvation
             )
             
               without
               outward
               Teaching
               ,
               can
               be
               proved
               ,
            
             p.
             41.
             
          
           
             And
             yet
             confesseth
             ,
             That
             Christ
             indeed
             ,
             
               as
               God
               ,
               doth
               enlighten
               every
               man
               ,
            
             by
             which
             he
             may
             know
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             
               a
               God
            
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             to
             be
             worshipped
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             placable
             ;
             and
             that
             this
             may
             be
             
               a
               Light
               sufficient
            
             to
             direct
             the
             Heathen
             ,
             to
             do
             
               as
               much
               as
               God
               expects
               from
               them
               ,
               if
               they
               live
               up
               to
               it
               .
            
          
           
             But
             in
             Contradiction
             again
             ,
             He
             calls
             this
             
               a
               natural
               Light
               ,
               not
               sufficient
               ,
            
             &c.
             p.
             42.
             
          
           
             Observ.
             What!
             A
             Light
             sufficient
             to
             give
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             God
             and
             his
             Worship
             ,
             &
             that
             he
             is
             placable
             ,
             and
             to
             direct
             the
             Heathen
             to
             as
             much
             as
             he
             expects
             from
             them
             ,
             and
             yet
             not
             sufficient
             to
             enlighten
             men
             with
             a
             Knowledge
             of
             what
             they
             ought
             to
             believe
             and
             do
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             Salvation
             ?
             Is
             not
             this
             palpable
             Contradiction
             ,
             That
             
               Men
               may
               by
               the
            
             Light
             
               within
               be
               directed
               to
               acknowledge
               and
               worship
               God
               ,
               and
               to
               as
               much
               as
               he
               expects
               from
               them
            
             ;
             and
             yet
             
               not
               be
               saved
            
             ?
             These
             can
             never
             hold
             together
             any
             more
             then
             that
             the
             Light
             in
             the
             Heathen
             may
             be
             sufficient
             to
             direct
             them
             to
             
             
               as
               much
               as
               God
               expects
            
             ,
             and
             yet
             
               not
               to
               believe
               in
               his
               Son
            
             for
             Salvation
             ,
             according
             to
             pag.
             42.
             
             As
             if
             God
             did
             not
             require
             all
             men
             to
             believe
             in
             his
             Son
             ,
             when
             their
             not
             believing
             in
             him
             is
             the
             very
             thing
             for
             which
             his
             Spirit
             reproveth
             the
             World
             of
             Sin
             ;
             and
             he
             that
             believeth
             not
             in
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             is
             condemned
             
             already
             ,
             because
             he
             hath
             not
             believed
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             only
             begotten
             Son
             of
             God.
             And
             this
             is
             the
             Condemnation
             ,
             that
             Light
             is
             come
             into
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             men
             love
             Darkness
             rather
             then
             Light
             ,
             because
             their
             Deeds
             are
             Evil
             ,
             Joh.
             3.
             18
             ,
             19.
             
             So
             that
             it
             is
             evident
             ;
             That
             Light
             is
             come
             into
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             men
             may
             believe
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             escape
             Condemnation
             .
          
           
             Again
             ,
             he
             errs
             in
             saying
             ,
             Paul
             
               knew
               of
               no
               such
               Way
               to
               propagate
               the
               Faith
            
             (
             as
             
               immediate
               Revelation
            
             ,
             and
             inward
             Teaching
             of
             the
             
               Light
               within
            
             )
             after
             it
             was
             once
             set
             on
             foot
             in
             
               an
               extraordinary
               Way
            
             ,
             p.
             46.
             
          
           
             And
             this
             he
             hath
             contradicted
             ,
             in
             his
             confessing
             ,
             That
             the
             Work
             of
             Grace
             in
             men
             ,
             
               is
               most
               properly
               attributed
               to
               God
               ,
               to
               Christ
            
             ;
             and
             that
             
               the
               Scripture
               attributes
               it
            
             to
             God
             ,
             to
             Christ
             ,
             to
             the
             holy
             Spirit
             ,
             p.
             18.
             
             And
             also
             he
             had
             ,
             
               almost
               granted
               ,
               that
               the
               holy
               Spirit
               may
               be
               
               communicated
               to
               men
               by
               immediate
               Revelation
               ,
               p.
            
             28.
             
          
           
             Observ.
             So
             then
             God
             may
             and
             doth
             work
             by
             his
             immediate
             Power
             and
             Spirit
             ,
             for
             the
             begetting
             men
             into
             the
             true
             Faith
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             only
             this
             Spirit
             ,
             immediately
             attending
             true
             Ministers
             ,
             that
             maketh
             their
             Preaching
             effectual
             for
             the
             turning
             men
             to
             the
             Word
             of
             Faith
             in
             their
             Hearts
             .
          
           
             Whereas
             the
             Tenour
             and
             Stress
             of
             this
             man's
             Work
             is
             against
             Enthusiasm
             in
             the
             best
             sense
             ,
             even
             against
             being
             savingly
             illuminated
             
               in
               an
               immediate
               way
            
             ;
             and
             saith
             ,
             that
             the
             plentiful
             Effusion
             of
             the
             Spirit
             
               is
               far
               from
               giving
               any
               Countenance
               to
               our
               Opinion
               of
               the
               Spirit
               's
               being
               given
               to
               teach
               men
               immediately
               by
               internal
               Illumination
               ,
            
             pag.
             60.
             
             And
             on
             John
             16.
             13.
             he
             accounteth
             that
             this
             is
             not
             a
             Promise
             to
             guide
             
               all
               Christians
               by
               its
               immediate
               Motion
               ,
            
             but
             a
             Promise
             to
             his
             Apostles
             ,
             pag.
             61.
             
          
           
             And
             yet
             in
             Contradiction
             to
             himself
             in
             this
             ,
             and
             in
             Concession
             to
             the
             Truth
             ,
             he
             in
             words
             assents
             to
             the
             
               Operation
               of
               God's
               Grace
               and
               good
               Spirit
               ,
            
             pag.
             15.
             
             And
             that
             men
             are
             said
             in
             Scripture
             
               to
               be
               born
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               to
               be
               born
               of
               the
               immortal
               Seed
               of
               the
               Word
               ,
            
             pag.
             18
             ,
             19.
             
             But
             then
             he
             is
             nconsistent
             again
             ,
             in
             accounting
             these
             
               different
               Causes
            
             ,
             he
             hath
             also
             confessed
             
             the
             
               essential
               Presence
               of
               Christ
               as
               God
               ,
               to
               be
               in
               men
               ,
            
             p.
             20.
             
             And
             that
             in
             Revel
             .
             2.
             
             &
             Chap.
             3.
             it
             is
             seven
             times
             said
             ,
             He
             that
             hath
             an
             Ear
             let
             him
             hear
             what
             the
             
               Spirit
               saith
               to
               the
               Churches
            
             ,
             p.
             27.
             
             And
             that
             
               Christ's
               Ministers
               are
               Ministers
               of
               the
               New
               Testament
               ;
               not
               of
               the
               Letter
               ,
               but
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
            
             p.
             33.
             
             
               That
               he
               accompanies
               their
               Ministration
               with
               the
               Presence
               of
               his
               Grace
               and
               Power
               ,
            
             p.
             38.
             
             And
             also
             he
             asserts
             to
             
               the
               inward
               Assistance
               of
               his
               Spirit
               ,
            
             p.
             41.
             
             And
             saith
             ,
             
               It
               is
               the
               Spirit
               that
               beareth
               witness
               ,
               because
               the
               Spirit
               is
               Truth
               ,
            
             p.
             55.
             
             And
             on
             1
             Joh.
             2.
             
             Ye
             need
             not
             that
             any
             man
             teach
             you
             ,
             but
             as
             the
             same
             Anointing
             teacheth
             you
             ;
             he
             grants
             that
             the
             Apostle's
             Meaning
             must
             be
             ,
             
               That
               they
               needed
               not
               from
               him
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               man
               any
               teaching
               ,
               that
               could
               give
               them
               greater
               Assurance
               of
               any
               thing
               then
               that
               Anointing
               gave
               them
               of
               Jesus
               his
               being
               the
               Christ
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Truth
               of
               that
               Doctrine
               ;
               that
               Anointing
               being
               God's
               Witness
               from
               Heaven
               ,
            
             pag.
             68.
             
             And
             that
             the
             
               Spirit
               doubtless
               is
               not
               wanting
               to
               assist
               the
               sincere
               Endeavours
               of
               men
               ,
               in
               searching
               after
               the
               Sense
               of
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
            
             p.
             69.
             
          
           
             Howbeit
             ,
             for
             men
             to
             be
             guided
             by
             the
             
               internal
               Teachings
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               without
               outward
               Teaching
               ,
            
             this
             he
             calls
             
               our
               Wild
               Notion
            
             ;
             And
             yet
             citeth
             
               Rom.
               8.
               14.
               
               As
               many
               
               as
               are
               led
               by
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               ,
               they
               are
               the
               Sons
               of
               God
               ,
            
             p.
             71.
             
             And
             
               Gal.
               5.
               18.
               
               If
               ye
               are
               led
               by
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               ye
               are
               not
               under
               the
               Law
               ,
            
             p.
             73.
             
             And
             Paul
             exhorted
             ,
             
               Eph.
               2.
               
               Be
               filled
               with
               the
               Spirit
               ,
            
             in
             order
             to
             their
             speaking
             to
             themselves
             
               in
               Psalms
               ,
               and
               Hymns
               ,
               and
               spiritual
               Songs
               ,
            
             Ephes.
             5.
             18
             ,
             19.
             p.
             74.
             
             And
             he
             cites
             Acts
             26.
             17
             ,
             18.
             viz.
             
               Unto
               whom
               I
               now
               send
               thee
               ,
               to
               open
               their
               Eyes
               ,
               and
               to
               turn
               them
               from
               Darkness
               to
               Light
               ,
            
             p.
             85.
             
             Now
             I
             ask
             ;
             If
             this
             Darkness
             was
             not
             within
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             to
             be
             turned
             from
             ?
             And
             if
             this
             Light
             ,
             they
             were
             to
             be
             turned
             to
             ,
             was
             not
             also
             within
             in
             some
             Degree
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             an
             immediate
             VVay
             ?
             And
             also
             ,
             Did
             not
             the
             Apostle
             turn
             the
             Gentiles
             to
             the
             Light
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             receive
             Forgiveness
             of
             Sins
             ,
             and
             an
             Inheritance
             among
             them
             that
             are
             sanctified
             by
             Faith
             that
             is
             in
             Christ
             ?
          
           
             Further
             ,
             he
             confesseth
             to
             the
             Truth
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             
               If
               all
               good
            
             Christians
             
               then
               had
               been
               guided
               by
               an
               infallible
               Light
               within
               ,
               they
               would
               not
               have
               needed
               to
               have
               bin
               taught
               and
               re-taught
               what
               were
               the
               first
               Principles
               of
               the
               Oracles
               of
               God
               ,
               as
               some
               of
               them
               were
               ,
               Hebr.
            
             5.
             p.
             105.
             
             Is
             it
             not
             plain
             here
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             placed
             the
             Fault
             or
             Deficiency
             upon
             those
             that
             needed
             so
             to
             be
             taught
             ,
             as
             being
             
             awanting
             to
             themselves
             (
             not
             following
             the
             Infallible
             Light
             within
             )
             and
             not
             upon
             the
             Light
             it self
             ?
             but
             justified
             it
             as
             a
             sufficient
             Rule
             and
             Teacher
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             that
             are
             guided
             by
             it
             need
             not
             mens
             Teaching
             .
             And
             he
             also
             confesseth
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Humble
               God
               will
               teach
               ,
               and
               the
               Meek
               he
               will
               guide
               in
               Judgment
               ,
            
             Psal.
             25.
             
             And
             also
             ,
             that
             
               the
               Spirituality
               of
            
             Christians
             
               is
               such
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               Partakers
               of
               the
               spiritual
               and
               divine
               Nature
               ,
               or
               Likeness
               to
               Jesus
               Christ
               in
               Purity
               ,
               in
               Lowliness
               ,
               Humility
               ,
               Meckness
               ,
               and
               in
               Love
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               Charity
               to
               men
               ,
               in
               Peace
               and
               Gentleness
               ,
               in
               Contempt
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               &c.
               on
               the
               Account
               of
               which
               spiritual
               Qualifications
            
             Christians
             
               are
               said
               to
               be
               one
               Spirit
               with
               Christ
               ;
               and
               by
               this
               Spirit
               and
               Temper
               we
               know
               that
               we
               dwell
               in
               him
               ,
               and
               he
               in
               us
               ;
               and
               if
               any
               man
               have
               not
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Christ
               in
               some
               measure
               ,
               he
               is
               none
               of
               his
               ,
            
             pag.
             119.
             
             Is
             not
             this
             a
             plain
             Confession
             to
             the
             Immediateness
             of
             Christ's
             In-dwelling
             in
             us
             ?
             And
             does
             not
             he
             then
             teach
             us
             by
             himself
             immediately
             ?
             It
             is
             also
             confessed
             ,
             
               We
               are
               also
               exhorted
               in
               a
               due
               Sence
               of
               our
               own
               Weakness
               and
               Insufficiency
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               great
               Need
               we
               have
               of
               the
               constant
               Assistance
               of
               God's
               holy
               Spirit
               in
               all
               ,
               to
               make
               instant
               and
               important
               Supplication
               to
               God
               for
               it
               ,
            
             p.
             122.
             
             Here
             he
             
             plainly
             grants
             to
             the
             Necessity
             of
             Divine
             Inspiration
             and
             immediate
             Assistance
             of
             God's
             holy
             Spirit
             ;
             which
             plainly
             overthrows
             and
             confuteth
             the
             Body
             of
             his
             Work
             to
             the
             contrary
             .
          
           
             And
             further
             observe
             ,
             that
             in
             his
             Postscript
             he
             confesseth
             ,
             
               That
               he
               hath
               not
               so
               plainly
               represented
               the
               Nature
               of
               Faith
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               condition
               of
               the
               New
               Covenant
               ;
               and
               that
               he
               that
               Believes
               and
               considers
               Christs
               Doctrine
               ,
               must
               needs
               be
               under
               the
               Influence
               of
               the
               most
               powerful
               Motives
               to
               Repentance
               of
               a
               bad
               ,
               and
               lead
               a
               good
               Life
               :
               And
               that
               Faith
               works
               that
               Change
               in
               men
               ,
               by
               which
               they
               become
               new
               Creatures
               ,
               are
               born
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               sanctified
               ;
               and
               that
               it
               doth
               evidence
               to
               the
               Soul
               of
               things
               not
               seen
               ;
               and
               that
               a
               Believer
               is
               described
               by
               his
               coming
               to
               Christ
               ,
            
             John
             6.
             35.
             
             
               For
               mens
               coming
               to
               learn
               of
               him
               is
               the
               Effect
               of
               their
               believing
               him
               to
               be
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               ;
               and
               Believers
               are
               described
               by
               the
               Receiving
               of
               Christ
               ,
            
             John
             1.
             12.
             
             
               As
               many
               as
               received
               him
               ,
               to
               them
               he
               gave
               Power
               to
               become
               the
               Sons
               of
               God
               ,
               even
               to
               them
               that
               believe
               on
               his
               Name
               ;
               and
               that
               Believers
               are
               described
               by
               their
               trusting
               in
               Christ
               or
               relying
               on
               him
               ,
            
             Eph.
             1.
             12.
             p.
             135.
             
          
           
             Now
             mark
             ,
             serious
             Reader
             ,
             how
             he
             has
             confessed
             to
             the
             Truth
             of
             Believers
             coming
             
             to
             Christ
             to
             learn
             of
             him
             ,
             receiving
             Christ
             ,
             trusting
             in
             ,
             and
             relying
             on
             Christ
             :
             And
             what
             is
             this
             but
             a
             Confession
             to
             a
             Believer's
             immediate
             Enjoyment
             of
             Christ
             himself
             ,
             and
             his
             immediate
             Teaching
             and
             Assistance
             :
             For
             if
             men
             come
             to
             Christ
             ,
             to
             learn
             of
             him
             ,
             or
             be
             taught
             by
             Christ
             himself
             ;
             is
             not
             this
             immediate
             ,
             and
             the
             End
             of
             Outward
             Teaching
             ,
             to
             those
             that
             come
             to
             this
             Blessed
             Attainment
             :
             See
             how
             the
             man
             hath
             justified
             that
             Enthusiasm
             (
             as
             he
             calls
             it
             )
             which
             he
             he
             hath
             bestowed
             so
             much
             Pains
             against
             .
          
           
             Now
             Reader
             ,
             by
             this
             time
             thou
             mayst
             see
             where
             the
             Stress
             of
             the
             Controversie
             consists
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             is
             not
             about
             the
             word
             
               [
               Enthusiasm
            
             ]
             but
             about
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             God's
             Immediate
             Way
             of
             Enlightening
             &
             Working
             ;
             which
             this
             man
             in
             a
             Way
             of
             Opposition
             is
             pleased
             to
             term
             Enthusiasm
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Quakers
               ,
               Enthusiasts
            
             ,
             for
             owning
             that
             Doctrine
             .
          
           
             Some
             other
             more
             particular
             Fling
             sand
             Groundless
             Objections
             he
             has
             against
             us
             of
             less
             moment
             ,
             which
             I
             pass
             by
             as
             Trifles
             not
             deserving
             my
             Time
             and
             treating
             about
             .
          
           
             
               G.
               W.
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           Postscript
           by
           another
           Hand
           .
        
         
           ENthusiasm
           all
           along
           used
           by
           Plutarch
           in
           Discourse
           about
           
           Apollo's
           Nu●n
           or
           Prophetess
           ceasing
           to
           give
           Oracles
           in
           Verse
           ,
           and
           about
           the
           ceasing
           of
           Oracles
           ,
           which
           was
           in
           his
           time
           ,
           about
           Anno
           100.
           after
           the
           Apostle
           
           John's
           Decease
           ;
           this
           word
           Enthusiasm
           he
           uses
           to
           that
           Divination
           and
           Inspiration
           ,
           which
           the
           Heathen
           Oracles
           gave
           through
           their
           Priests
           .
        
         
           
             Clemens
             Alexandrinus
          
           writes
           ,
           that
           in
           his
           time
           ,
           which
           was
           almost
           200
           years
           of
           Christ
           ,
           Divine
           Inspiration
           was
           in
           their
           Assemblies
           :
           For
           in
           his
           3d
           Book
           of
           his
           Paedagogu●
           ,
           cap.
           11.
           thus
           he
           complains
           of
           some
           ,
           who
           did
           not
           abide
           in
           that
           which
           they
           had
           tasted
           in
           the
           Assembly
           ,
           nor
           walk
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           worthy
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           else
           dissembled
           it
           ;
           saith
           he
           ,
           These
           putting
           away
           the
           inspired
           Thing
           (
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           )
           of
           the
           Congregation
           ,
           after
           their
           Departure
           thence
           ,
           are
           like
           them
           with
           whom
           they
           converse
           ;
           or
           else
           they
           are
           found
           to
           be
           such
           as
           they
           were
           not
           thought
           to
           be
           .
        
         
           Eusebius
           ,
           lib.
           9.
           
           
             Eccl.
             Hist.
          
           saith
           ,
           Prophecying
           continued
           till
           
           Constantine's
           time
           ,
           which
           was
           above
           the
           300
           year
           .
           of
           Christ
           
           his
           words
           are
           these
           ,
           If
           any
           man
           inspired
           by
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           should
           speak
           unto
           the
           People
           ,
           they
           all
           with
           great
           Silence
           ,
           fixing
           their
           Eyes
           upon
           him
           ,
           gave
           such
           Attention
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           brought
           them
           some
           Errand
           from
           Heaven
           .
           See
           
             Jacob
             Acontius
          
           ,
           Satan's
           Stratagems
           ,
           p.
           128.
           
        
         
           The
           same
           
             Clem.
             Alex.
          
           saith
           ,
           Stromat
           .
           lib.
           5.
           
           Exod.
           33.
           
           Moses
           saith
           ,
           Shew
           me
           thy self
           ;
           evidently
           noting
           ,
           that
           God
           cannot
           be
           taught
           to
           men
           ,
           nor
           expressed
           by
           words
           to
           men
           ;
           but
           that
           he
           can
           only
           be
           known
           by
           that
           Power
           which
           is
           of
           himself
           .
        
         
           The
           same
           ,
           lib.
           2.
           cap
           4.
           
           Paedagog
           .
           saith
           ,
           Before
           sleep
           it
           is
           a
           holy
           thing
           to
           give
           Thanks
           to
           God
           ,
           as
           enjoying
           his
           Bounty
           and
           Favour
           ,
           so
           as
           we
           go
           to
           sleep
           divinely
           inspired
           .
        
         
           The
           word
           is
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           
             divinely
             ,
             inwardly
          
           ;
           for
           he
           is
           a
           Greek
           Writer
           .
           Of
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           contracted
           is
           made
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           whence
           comes
           the
           word
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           Enthusiasm
           ,
           not
           Enthysiasm
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Latin
           Dictionary
           ,
           of
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           which
           is
           another
           word
           signifying
           sacrificing
           .
           I
           have
           found
           where
           the
           Mistake
           is
           by
           s●arching
           the
           Greek
           ;
           so
           it
           must
           be
           written
           Enthusiasm
           .
        
         
           There
           was
           a
           Sect
           called
           Enthusiasts
           ,
           which
           Theodoret
           speaks
           of
           in
           his
           4
           Book
           of
           his
           
             Ecclesiastical
             History
          
           .
        
         
         
           The
           word
           in
           the
           Scripture
           is
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           theopneustos
           ;
           the
           Scripture
           is
           called
           so
           ,
           2
           Tim.
           3.
           16.
           
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           graphe
           theopneustos
           ,
           
             Scripture
             breathed
             of
             God
          
           ;
           scriptura
           a
           deo
           spirata
           .
        
         
           Spencer
           of
           Prophecy
           ,
           p.
           110.
           
           A
           Synod
           in
           Germany
           ,
           called
           on
           purpose
           against
           vulgar
           Prophecies
           ,
           declined
           it
           ,
           saying
           ,
           Yet
           no
           Church
           ,
           or
           Consistory
           ,
           or
           University
           had
           altogether
           rejected
           or
           condemn'd
           such
           kind
           of
           new
           Prophecys
           ;
           and
           why
           would
           we
           be
           first
           ?
        
         
           Cyprian
           .
           Epist.
           71.
           saith
           ,
           Many
           things
           are
           better
           revealed
           to
           several
           .
        
         
           
             Clemens
             Hom.
          
           a
           very
           ancient
           Book
           in
           the
           primitive
           Times
           ,
           sayes
           ,
           That
           Operation
           is
           more
           certain
           then
           Vision
           ,
           see
           p
           726
           ,
           728.
           
        
         
           See
           
             Book
             of
             Martyrs
          
           ,
           2
           volumn
           ,
           of
           the
           Prophecy
           of
           Huss
           ;
           and
           certain
           others
           in
           the
           History
           of
           Luther
           .
           3
           vol.
           of
           Dr.
           
             Sands
             ,
             John
             Rogers
          
           ,
           &c.
           
             John
             Fox
          
           himself
           touching
           the
           Lady
           
           Hennage's
           Recovery
           ;
           see
           his
           Life
           .
        
         
           Bishop
           Jewel
           fore-told
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           Bp.
           Ridley's
           Burning
           ,
           &
           his
           own
           Sickness
           ,
           &
           then
           the
           precise
           day
           of
           his
           death
           ;
           see
           his
           Life
           .
        
         
           THE
           END
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A65864-e130
           
             Joh.
             6.
             45.
             
          
           
             p.
             24.
             
          
           
             p.
             5.
             
          
           
             p.
             123.
             
          
           
             pa.
             24.
             
          
           
             p.
             15
             ,
             &
             41
             ,
             24
             ,
             33.
             
          
           
             pa.
             79.
             
          
           
             p.
             80.
             
          
           
             p.
             42.
             
          
           
             p.
             76.
             
          
           
             p.
             98.
             
          
           
             p.
             110.
             
          
           
             *
             So
             there
             is
             a
             Spiritual
             Baptism
             ;
             and
             an
             Eating
             and
             Drinking
             with
             Christ
             in
             his
             Kingdom
             .
          
           
             ‖
             See
             Isaiah
             53.
             10
             ,
             11.
             
             Psalm
             .
             22.
             30.
             
             Jo.
             6.
             39.
             
             Gal.
             3.
             16.
             
             &
             4.
             19.
             
          
           
             Act.
             Mon.
             v.
             1.
             f.
             593.
             
          
           
             *
             These
             are
             also
             said
             to
             be
             the
             Words
             of
             Pope
             Urban
             ,
             pleaded
             by
             
               Jo.
               Huss
            
             .
          
           
             P.
             47
             ,
             61.
             
          
           
             John
             1.
             4.
             9.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             4.
             6.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A65864-e1560
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ;
             affler
             numine
             ,
             
               an
               Inspiration
            
             .
             Entheatus
             ,
             numine
             afflatus
             ;
             〈…〉
             ,
             in
             quo
             Deus
             est
             ,
             ab
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             et
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Deus
             ,
             
               Divine
               inspir'd
               .
               See
               the
               Copious
               Dictionaries
               .
            
          
           
             *
             Where
             hath
             he
             a
             Scripture
             for
             God's
             Teaching
             
               in
               Person
            
             ?
             Unsavoury
             Expressions
             ,
             not
             according
             to
             sound
             Words
             .
          
           
             *
             He
             had
             almost
             said
             Truth
             .
          
           
             p.
             88
             ,
             89
             ,
             90
             ,
             91.
             
          
           
             Mal.
             3.
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             19.
             
             Deut.
             14.
             28
             ,
             29
             :
          
           
             p.
             90
             ,
             91.
             
          
           
             p.
             91.
             
          
           
             p.
             41
             ,
             86
             ,
             87.
             
          
           
             p.
             56.
             p.
             88
             ,
             89
             ,
             90
             ,
             123.
             p.
             47.
             84.
             
          
           
             p.
             41
             ,
             42.
             
          
           
             Note
             ,
             That
             mens
             not
             believing
             in
             the
             Sou
             ,
             and
             their
             rejecting
             his
             
               light
               within
            
             ,
             are
             equivalent
             ,
             &
             bothtend
             to
             the
             same
             End