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A50262	Of the Quakers despising the holy scriptures As appears in their preachers printed books, as follows; collected in the fear of the Lord, for no other end, but to move the Quakers to get all their errors retracted, and to caution all others against them.	Mather, W. (William), fl. 1695.	1700 (1700)	Wing M1285B; ESTC R217892	4,761	1

Come and behold a thing most true The Quakers how they do pursue With Daggers Points GOD's holy Word It to destroy with one Accord Lo how it breaks their Daggers keen And makes those Monsters to be seen True and Righteous are THY Judgments LORD GOD ALMIGHTY Who will not Fear THEE and Reverence THY WORD The Third Edition Corrected with some Additions This Note is in this Impression here placed and added at the Request of Mr. John Pennyman who in his private Fast Jan. 30. 1650. was converted from his vain Conversation only and Alone by reading of the Scriptures which may be seen more at large in the Book of his Life p. 2 3 4. Of the Quakers Despising the Holy Scriptures As appears in their Preachers printed BOOKS as follows Collected in the fear of the LORD for no other end but to move the QUAKERS to get all their Errors retracted and to Caution all others against them BY calling the Scriptures the Rule and the Word says George Fox their first and great Apostle have all Men run into their Senses into Confusion 1 G. Fox's Gr. Myst p. 18.68.75.246.302 IT 's Blasphemy to say the Letter is the Word of God it is the Devil that contends for the Scriptures to be the Word of God 2 G. Fox Myst p. 246. Lawson 's untaught Teacher p. 2. IN NO SENSE can the Scriptures properly be called The Word of God 3 J. Naylor's Answ to the Jews p 22.25 TO say that the Scriptures is the Word of Truth is a Lye 4 John Whitehead 's and R. Ruckhill●s Quaker Refuge p. 17. THEY are blind Sots and evil Beasts that say the Scriptures are the Written Word of God And that thou callest the Word in the Scripture which is Death and killeth c. GOD does not speak in the Scripture LET shame cover the Faces of those rotten filthy Dreamers that say the Scriptures are a Means whereby Faith is wrought 5 G. Whitehead c. Ishmael c. p. 12. c. HOW can or dare any to say without the highest Blasphemy that the Scripture is the Word of GOD 6 Geo. Bishop 's Mene Tekel p. 22. WE Quakers meet not to read the Scriptures 7 R. Barclay 's Works p. 12. FOR they are imperfect Copies 8 W. Penn 's Invalidity of J. Faldo 's Vindication p. 77. WHICH Transcriptions and Translations were they never so certain and entirely answering to their first original Copies yet are not capable to be to all Men any other than a Lesbian Rule or a Nose of Wax 9 Samuel Fisher 's Works p. 752. THE Scriptures not the Saints Rule 10 Idem p. 460. W. Penn 's Inv. p. 69. WHETHER Moses or Hermes was the first Pen-man of them and whether both these are not one or whether there are not many words contained in the Scriptures which were not spoken by Inspiration of the Holy Ghost whether some Words were not spoken by the Grand Impostor some by wicked Men some by wise Men ill applied some by good Men ill expressed some by false Prophets and yet true some by true Prophets and yet false 11 John Whitehead c. above p. 17. Qr. HOW it may be known assuredly uncontrolably and infallibly that the Scripture is at all of GOD and not a cunning devised Fable and Invention of Men 12 S. Fisher 's Addit Append. p. 21. YET the Scriptures are much like the shadow of the true rule 13 W. Penn 's Spirit of Truth vin p. 38. BEING Parables to all the World but are no Parable to us Quakers 14 Ja. Parnel 's Shield of Truth p. 10. c. FOR not a Jot or Tittle of them can be understood without Immediate Revelation 15 W. Penn 's Inval. p. 43.47 IT was not a Bible but Christ that the Saints Preached to bring People to Repentance 16 Truth vindicated by John Petman and Jasper Bat p. 45. HE that saith the Letter is Light is in Darkness and Blindness and is a Deceiver seeking the Living among the Dead 17 James Parnel 's Shield c. p. 10. c. THE cursed Serpent is in the Letter * Geo. Fox 's Truth Def. p. 102. which is Earthly and Carnal Death Beastly Ware Ink and Paper so Dust is the Serpents Meat their original is Dust Hebrew Greek and Latin which is the Letter So these Serpents feed upon Dust which feed upon these carnal Things and their Gospel is Dust Matthew Mark Luke and John which is the Letter which killeth 18 G. Fox Saul 's Errand p. 7. and his News out of the North p. 14. and his Truth Def. p. 14.45 102. SO that Faith in the History of Christ's outward Manifestation has been a deadly Poyson these latter Ages has been infected with 19 W. Penn 's Quakerism a new nick Name c. p. 6. c. THE Scriptures are the attire of the Whore or false Church which brings none to know God and Christ 20 Fran. Howgil 's Works p. 211. and S. Crisp 's Prim. p. 23. BUT the Gospel that we Quakers Preach we neither received of Man nor from Man but by Immediate Revelation 21 R. Barckley 's Works p. 13. WE are taught of Gods Spirit immediately without Means Tool or Instrument 22 L. Richardson to Bennet p. 42. printed 1664. and Step. Crisp 's Sermons p. 13. 1694. THE Law written in our Hearts which to us is an Absolute Rule 23 Truth vind by J. Petman c. ●…bove p. 45. Therefore we are not to obey any Command in Scripture before the Spirit in us not our own Spirits first move thereto no not to Prayer and giving God Thanks with our Hats off before Dinner or Family Prayer or catechizing Children or Servants 24 Ed. Burrough 's Works p. 47. Is Penington's Exam. p. 81. John Petm c. above p. 31. FOR the Scriptures are not the Saints Rule of knowing God and liv●ng unto him 25 Christ Atkinson Sword of the Lord drawn c. p. 2. THE Spirit is our only and alone Rule 26 Ed. Burrough everlasting Gospel p. 47.18 OF Faith Guide of Life and Judge of Controversies 27 W. Penn 's Inv. p. 69. c. NOTHING else must teach in our Meetings nothing else judge c. Not to trust Paul nor Peter who err'd but the Spirit cannot err 28 Is Penington Examin p. 85. THE which infallible Spirit or Light that every Man hath being turned to it will without the Scriptures lead all Men out of Delusion 29 G. Fox Myst p. 168 AND we affirm that our giving forth Papers or printed Books it is from the Immediate Eternal Spirit of God 30 G. Fox and R. Hubberthorn 's Truth defen p. 104. SO that what is spoken from the Spirit of Truth in any is of as great Authority as the Scriptures and Chapters are and GREATER 31 W. Penn and G.

Whitehead 's Serious Apology p. 49. G. W. Truth Def. p. 7. WHICH Spirit is the Light that every Man is born with 32 G. Fox Myst p. 20. 209. AND this Light we take to be the Grace of God which taught Christ's Apostles to deny Ungodliness T it 2. 11. Because our learned Preacher W. Penn says there is no Natural Light in Man and that it 's Natural to Man to have a Supernatural Light 33 W. Penn 's Primitive Christianity p. 15.30 AND tho our Opposers say that the Light we were born with is only some natural Reason or Understanding common to all Men both Jews and Gentiles yet we believe them not for we hold it sufficient if obeyed to Salvation without any thing else 34 G. Whitehead 's Antidote p. 28. Heresie and Hatred by G. K. p. 1. AND tho our Opposers blame us for denying the Scriptures to be our Rule yet we make use of the Scriptures to answer them not that we make them our Rule and Touchstone instead of the Spirit 35 Geo. Whitehead 's Apostate Incend p. 14. AND now our Opposers have found that our printed Books agree not with the Scriptures we tell them A. Lie viz. That we have always readily offered and submitted our Words and Writings to the Testimony of H. Scripture 36 G. Whitehead 's Switch p. 229. YET we would not meet * See G. Keith's Four Narratives G. K. in publick these Four Years because he saith he will prove us fallible Men which we cannot bear though we grant that Samuel Elijah Elisha and others had failings but what is that to us 37 Geo. Whitehead 's Switch p. 497. FOR we can now otherwise word the Matter tho our Intentions be the same as we have done in our new Confessions of Faith but our Opposers think we are not sincere while we cloak the Errors in our Books 38 Geo. Whitehead 's counterfeit Convert p. 72. AND our Opposers see that our new Creeds are quite contrary to our ancient Books and continue blaming us when we tell them viz. our Principles are now no other than what they were when we were first a People 39 Joseph Wyeth's Primitive Christianity with other Books of their Heresies that might be mentioned THUS their Preachers can keep none in Ignorance except their Hearers Objection If any say this Man has not given full Quotations out of our Books though he may have given the Sense of them Answer My designed Method says W. Penn is not the common Road of printing my Adversaries Words at large on all Occasions c. Serious Apol. p. 79. ☞ Note that whereas the Quakers finding that Christ is called the word of GOD in Scripture therefore they will not allow the Holy Scriptures to be called the Word of GOD nor the Sermons truly preached from it though the Quakers frequently called their own Writings The word of GOD and the word of the LORD † G. Fox Vials of Wrath c. p. 7.1654 p. 9. and p. 12. and in The way to the Kingdom printed 1655. p. 14. and in his several Papers c. p. 62. Then 1. I ask them how some of Old made the word of GOD of none effect Mark 7. 13. They could not so use Christ 2. How the Corinthians corrupted the word of GOD 2 Cor. 2.17 3 dly How the Devil could take the word of GOD out of Peoples Hearts Luke 8.11 Lastly I desire such Quakers as have Eyes to see whither their Teachers Books agree with the Holy Scriptures or no and let them well consider Matt. 6.23 If therefore the Light that is in thee be Darkness how great is that Darkness W. Mather of Bedford who was a Quaker above Forty Years but is now returned to Christianity The Quakers did not only write and speak contemptuously of the Scriptures formerly but also one of their Ancient Friends viz. M. Tucker did actually and publickly burn the BIBLE against Breadstreet Church She was Servant to Mr. Rayman a Barber who then lived in that Street and now lives in Queenstreet in Cheapside who has often testified the Truth of this Relation Note Reader the Printed Sheet published by some Quakers but without any Name called The great Calumny of the Quakers despising the Holy Scriptures is throughout impudently Fallacious first in charging the Quotations taken out of the Quakers Books to be unjustly perverted and confusedly curtailed and crouded which yet are most truly and fairly given and represented excepting some small Errata of the Print now corrected 2dly In their giving Quotations out of their own Books curtailed on purpose to hide their Errors 3dly In passing by the most offensive and scandalous Quotations given out of the Quakers Books without any reply either to justifie or blame them 4thly They still deny the Scriptures to be the Word of GOD and rule of Faith and assert the Quakers Infallibility LONDON Reprinted for B. Aylmer at the Three Pidgeons in Cornhill and C. Br●… at the Gun at the West End of St. Paul's Church-yard 1700.