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A49315 A letter from an English reformed Quaker, to his friend in Scotland of the same perswasion: with the answer and reply thereto. J. L.; G. H. aut 1700 (1700) Wing L33; ESTC R213945 4,424 8

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A LETTER FROM An English Reformed Quaker To his Friend in Scotland of the same Perswasion With the Answer and Reply thereto MY Friends I once shewed my self bent and couragious for your Principles yea not only so but counted you the only Apostles of our Land But being now by the grace of God convinced of your evil Practices Diabolical Opinions and Erronious Ways I cannot but in Conscience tell you the reasons why I now leave and depart from your Society and am convinced that no well grounded person in the Principles of Religion and even those of your own Faction will discommend me therefore after a serious and impartial tryal of these few following Reasons But multiplicity of words being vanity I proceed to the thing intended And it is this First Whether or not do ye owne the Scriptures to be the Word of God Ye say ye do owne them to be such yet notwithstanding whereof ye deny part of them But Secondly Ye are worse than the Papists For we cannot charge them with such a defection from the Scripture as we can charge you with for ye owne part of your Translation and other Part thereof ye deny notwithstanding of the curse that is pronounced against Adders to the Scriptures or Parers therefrom which saith Cursed is he that addeth or taketh from the Scriptures for his name shall be taken out of the Book of Life But the Papists they owne their whole Translation and addeth nothing thereto nor pareth nothing therefrom yet that part of the Scriptures which ye owne ye altogether misconstruct and take it in as literal a sense as if the Scriptures were not at all myste●●ous But if we take them in so literal a sense they shall seem contradictory the one part thereof to the other As for example when our Saviour was accused and mocked by the high Priests and Elders he answered nothing and when he was beat in the high Priests Hall he checked his smiters saying If I have spoken evil bear witness of the evil but if well why smitest thou me Which places conform to the Literal sense thereof seem contradictory as aforesaid Secondly I shall treat upon brotherly love as the first part of your misconstructions instituted by our Saviour himself in that 5 Chapter of that Epistle of St. Paul directed to the Ephesians Verse 2. Which saith Walk in love even as I have loved you But I understand not what sort of love this can be of yours that suppose a man should beat you scandalize your honest name and reputation defraud you of your goods and seek to invade your persons yet ye will not at all reprove him whereas God himself expresly commanded the contrary saying Leviticus 19. 17. Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour and not suffer sin upon him and Christs own Warrand for reproof in the above-cited place But the right Interpretation of brotherly love is before ye avenge your self of your Neighbour rather suffer a double injury remitting your Cause to God who saith St. Paul Rom. 12. 19. Vengeance is mine and I will repay it Thirdly Quaeritur Whether or not ye deny the two Sacraments I know by my own Experience that ye do so I shall begin with the First viz. Baptism which serves 10. For washing and purifying us from our sins Mat. 28. 19. 20. A Sign and Seal for ingrafting us into Christ Gal. 3. 27. And Christs own Warrand for it saying Go ye thorow all Nations Baptizing them in the Name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost Fo●●thly Ye deny also the Lords Supper therefore I shall speak a little to that Point likewise which is this viz. We have Christs own Warrand for it 1 Cor. 11. 23 24 25 26. which saith That the same night wherein he was betrayed he took bread and after he had given thanks brake it and said Take ye eat ye this is my body which is broken for you this do in remembrance of me After the same manner also he took the Cup when he had supped saying This Cup is the New Testament in my blood which is shed for the sins of many this do ye as oft as ye drink it in remembrance of me c. Fifthly What say ye anent not giving Thanks for your daily Food Christ was not of your mind for he gave Thanks when he brake Bread as is expresly set down in the above-cited place I would only ask you whether you merit any such thing at Gods hands or not If ye do not then consequently ye are the most ungrateful people in the World who will not so much as give God thanks for your sustenance Sitxhly What say ye anent Womens Preaching I find one express Word to the contrary 1 Timothy 2. 11. 12. Suffer not a Woman to Teach but to be in silence and learn with all submission c. As likewise ye suffer all Persons to Preach although never so Illiterat Whereas the contrair is exprest in Deut. 17. chap. 9. 11 12 and 13. verses As also the Word of GOD is to be preached by those that are sufficiently Gifted Seventhly Ye deny giving Honour to any Person But Jacob was not of your Opinion when he met with Isaac he embraced and saluted him and fell on his neck and kissed him Gen. 33. chap. and verse 4. Now my Friends Ye see how I have numbered up some few Errors out of many but I content my self with those few which may be ●●fficient if God will to reclaim you from your Errors recall you from your Apostasie and as if it were to give Divorce to that evil Spirit which hath too long possessed you for if ye continue in that Diabolical opinion of yours I can liken you to no other thing than Wolves in Lambs Skins Monsters that destroys all that is Sacred both in Heaven and Earth and tears all in order to Salvation Therfore ye should try the Spirit whether it be of God or of Belial I would we were all of one mind and that God would break in upon your hard and stony hearts and sow the good seed of the Word therein that ye may turn unto him But if ye will not turn while the voice is calling Turn ye turn ye why will ye die But continue in your perverse ways God that made you will not save you but cast you out of his sight for ever Therefore my Friends prevent that ●ourse by speedy repentance and say with holy Job If I have done iniquity I will do it no more Sir I rest Your most humble Servant J. L. Answers to that Letter presented by some of the Clergy against us Friend YE talk that ye once was a Man bent upon our Principles and counted us as ye say your selves the only Apostles of our Land and ye say that ye cannot but depart from our Society upon the account of some few alledged Errors of our Profession which thou hast Summed up in a Sheet of Paper and in the Conclusion of it thou tells