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A96387	A charitable essay, in order to allay the outrage of a contentious apostate inverting his error (from true Christian faith and charity) upon him, in his book, falsly stiled, New Rome unmask'd, &c.	Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.	1693 (1693)	Wing W1903; ESTC R233852	12,571	8

both living and the dead in Christ which the righteous God takes notice of Only F. B. I may remind thee That thy Stories against me As an ill Instrument to set Man and Wife at variance and in breaking a Match p. 60. are both utterly false and the Match pretended was not of my breaking as I can easily evince As also thy Consequence That G. W. has out-done the boldest Jesuits that ever thou read of And even in thy Title Page terming me a Chief Cardinal In both whereof it appears thou makst no Conscience of defaming and scandalizing me and others to 〈…〉 than 't was to render thee an Informer as also in thy charging me with being a Deceiver of the People p. 33 34. On a Supposition from T. R.'s Account that thou voluntarily paid thy Fine before Distress when 't was after according to thy Certificate p. 34. But suppose his Account was a Mistake as to such Circumstance of time of payment and I mistaken too in such Supposition hadst thou no better Character for him than Lying Lawyer nor for me than Deceiver of the People Which I placed not on a necessity from God as is falsly pretended but on a Supposition nor was it Matter of Doctrin does it follow that I am therefore a Deceiver of the People How does that appear from the true state of the Case And upon what Proposition and Argument I 'll suppose one for thee He that has been mistaken in a Supposition about a Circumstance of time is a Deceiver of the People but G. W. has been so mistaken Ergo and then I must deny the major or first Proposition and can produce sufficient Exceptions to invalid the Argument I have not room here closely to pursue the Dilemma upon thee for thy temporizing Retraction and Excuse of thy being not ●f the same Mind thou wast in in 1686. concerning us in the beginning and that thou hadst then better Thoughts of us respecting our beginning than now thou hast and that by reason thereof thou wast in an Error also granting thou wast mistaken in thy charitable Opinion of us and in the greater Error c. p. 12 13 14. Which feigned Retraction being in opposition to thy own plain declared Testimonies both before and since thy Conformity will not excuse thee from Self-condemnation nor from Sinning against Light and Conviction in thy temporizing Backsliding And now F. B. as concerning thy Proposal to G. W. c. To prove what we have said or retract what we cannot of our Principles which we hold and which thou chargest and rechargest on us as thou say'st according to E Burrough's Proposition than to let thee have a Months notice thereof any four six or ten of our ablest Captains 't is ablest Preachers 〈◊〉 thy Epistle to Bereans p. 12. and that in Mild●● hall too as thou boastingly challengest and t●● wilt take the like number of MEN on thy side 〈◊〉 if we refuse this then 't is in thy purpose to trou● thy self no more after this manner chap. 12. p. 7● and chap. 1. p. 1 2. and Postscript p. 89. p. ● Answ This we look upon as a conceited pro●● Boasting as well as unequal Challenge on t●● part and therefore refuse it and we are 〈◊〉 bound to dance after thy Pipe nor to run af●● thee to Milden-hall to wait upon thee Wheth●● thou wilt keep to thy parpose to trouble 〈◊〉 self no more after this manner or break thy P●●mise look thou to that if thou think'st th●● hast any Reputation to lose We reject thy ●●ceited boasting Challenge 1. Because it supp●seth ●y self such a qualified Person as E●● made his Propositions unto which was for 〈◊〉 Meeting of a few of the ablest Priests and Pro●●sors which thou attemptest no proof for 〈◊〉 self being one of them and thy own Self-c●ceit can be no proof thereof to us 2. Nor that the number intended on thy 〈◊〉 are of the ablest Priests and Professors the●● fore thy Challenge suits not thy instance Nor dost thou produce any Deputation from 〈◊〉 Church Bishops or Clergy of England that th●● will own and stand by thy Books against us 〈◊〉 intrust thee and thy number of Men to cont●●vert Matters of Religion on their behalf 〈◊〉 Deputation might justly be expected thou shou●●est have produced considering how lofty 〈◊〉 sulting and extensive thy Challenge is and 〈◊〉 it tends to affect a People and their Professio● we having also many foul Abuses and Perversi●● to charge against thy Books and not at all ●●merous or doubtful of dealing with thee c. 〈◊〉 a Christian way if the Lord should require 〈◊〉 remembring how thou wilt accept G. W.'s th●● Charges p. 31. But we are not under thy 〈◊〉 risdiction Command or Summons either as M●●● or Christians By a Servant of Jesus Christ G. WHITEHEAD VVE whose Names are hereunto subscribed do in Behalf of the Peo●●● commonly called Quakers Certifie all Per●●s that are or may be concerned That 〈◊〉 Francis Bugg in his late great Book stiled ●●w Rome hath most injuriously and falsly accu●●● and charged the said People and their Mini●●ers as followeth viz. I. With Denying Christ Jesus who was born of 〈◊〉 Virgin Mary who suffered without the Gates 〈◊〉 Jerusalem rose again and ascended into Hea●●n c. and that they believe and say That they ●●nos call HIM Christ chap. 3. p. 16. and Epi●●e to Bereans p. 2. II. That the Quaker's Prophets give Witness to 〈◊〉 For INSTEAD of this Christ that they call ●m G. F. the Branch the Star the Son of Righ●●usness and put the North of England for the ●●wn of Bethlehem Epistle to the Ber●●●s and 〈◊〉 81. III. That they i. e. the Quakers say His Body viz. Christ's Body was of an earthly perishing Nature Epist ibid Remark on Creed 3. IV. That they say The HOLY SCRIPTVRE is Carnal Dust Death and Killeth c. Epist ibid. on Cr. 6. and p. 78. And to aggravate Matters against the Quakers F. B. most unjustly and maliciously affirms their Creed to be Antichristian Blasphemous Idolatrous if not a Compound of all Heresies Epist ibid on Cr. 6. Whereupon we do in the Holy Fear of Almighty God and in Behalf of the said People Declare and Testifie That all these and all other his Accusations of the same kind or depending thereupon are utterly false wicked and malicious and never so believed so said nor so affirmed by Vs as charged against Vs but contrary to our Persuasion Principle and Profession ●●gned in London the 3d. day of the 2d Month called April 1693. Tho. Green James Parke Sam. Waldenfield John 〈◊〉 Benjamin Antrobus Iohn Butcher Gilbert Laity Theodor Eccleston John Bowater Richard Needham William Robinson Francis Etteridge FINIS

A Charitable Essay IN Order to allay the Outrage of a Contentious Apostate inverting his Error from true Christian Faith and Charity upon him in his Book falsly Stiled New Rome Vnmask'd c. Thy Backslidings shall reprove thee Jer. 2.19 IN the first place let it be Noted that Francis Bugg in his Epistle Dedicatory to Sir H. N. in his late Book falsly Stiled New Rome Vnmask'd and her Foundation shaken doth thus Apologize viz. I have adventured to spend some Leisurable Hours to set forth to the World some Reasons why it is no Apostacy from the Christian Faith to separate from the Quakers Be pleased therefore that under your Name and Patronage they may appear as a Covert to vail their Imperfections for defective they must needs be in many respects first for that I am not indued with that Spirit the Apostles had Pray Observe here his Reasons against the Quakers so called must needs be very lame and defective indeed in many respects because they proceed not from the Spirit of Christ being that very Spirit the Holy Apostles and all true Christians had and have according to their several measures and degrees thereof but it appears F. B. is not indued therewith but with another a contrary Spirit from whence all his lame defective Reasons and bitter Reproaches against us proceed whence we may Argue 1. He that has not the Spirit of Christ is none of his Rom. 8.9 but F. B. has not the Spirit of Christ he is not indued with it therefore he is none of Christ's consequently no true Christian 2. He that for some time was in measure indued with the Spirit of Christ and afterwards so he forfeits and loses such his Induement or 〈◊〉 therein he is an Apostate from Christ and 〈◊〉 Spirit but F. B. was for some time so ind●●● with the Spirit of Christ and afterward hath backslidden and turned from the same Spirit pa●● therefore he is an Apostate from Christ and 〈◊〉 Spirit I suppose the First Proposition no ●●tional Christian Man will deny the Second 〈◊〉 Commendations of the People called Quak●● their Doctrin and Ministry As a dispensation of 〈◊〉 love of God sent as a visitation to Mankind 〈◊〉 Christian Society Love unfeigned and blessed E●● as in the beginning and for many Years c. w●●● accordingly he has highly commended both 〈◊〉 fore and since his Conformity in his Two Bo●● one Entitled De Christiana Libertate Ch. 1. 〈◊〉 2. Printed Anno 1682. The other The Qui●●detected p. 3. Printed 1686. about Two Y●●● after his Conformity to the Church of Engl●●● so that he must needs have been indued with 〈◊〉 Spirit of Christ whilst he felt his Blessing 〈◊〉 Presence among us but now he has lost tha● duement he is not now indued with the Spir● Christ which the Apostles had but since t●● a bitter Enemy to us and Railer in Print age● us therefore he is an Apostate not only 〈◊〉 the People called Quakers but from Christ 〈◊〉 his Spirit He proceeds in his Apology 〈◊〉 sufficient to grapple with such Scholars as are some be Chieftains of the Quakers Answ However ●1 F. B. art so plentifully accomplish'd with ●y and Scorn and so puft up with Pride and ●●tempt against us that thou knowest how to 〈◊〉 Scoff Flout Disdain Detract and Per●● such Rhetorick thy Bottle and Bundle is ●lenish'd withal But 't were far more reputa●● for thee to study to be Quiet and mind thy 〈◊〉 Business than to busie thy self in Defaming 〈◊〉 Reproaching others Thou hast accused us with a Crooked Creed ●ch thou callest the Qu●kers Creed made up of 〈◊〉 Articles or Six Creeds rather which thou ●●derest contrary to what 's either Apostolical or ●istian chiefly concerning Jesus Christ and the 〈◊〉 Scriptures falsly insinuating our denial there●● as in thy Epistle to the Bereans ch 3. p. 16. 〈◊〉 I must tell thee ' ti such a Creed as I never 〈◊〉 before to be termed a Creed 't is a Creed 〈◊〉 thy own modelling of thy own forming as ●●reed of thy own construing and of thy own ●●demning also as Anti-Apostolical Anti-Chri●●n Blasphemous and what not c. Thy 〈◊〉 and chief Charge of our not owning Him that 〈◊〉 Born of the Virgin Mary to be Christ or that 〈◊〉 Quakers cannot call HIM Christ and far●●r that the Quakers deny the same Christ Jesus ch 〈◊〉 all which being Notorious Falshoods thou 〈◊〉 deduced from Three Articles or Creeds ●●u hast formed as the Quaker's out of Isaac ●●nington's Questions to the Professors so thou art ●ome such a Learned Creed-maker that thou ●●st make Questions Creeds or turn particu●●● Questions into a general Creed and then ●●ke thy false Construction and thereupon Cry 〈◊〉 Oh! Horrible Blasphemy And therefore the ●●trary sense of every Article alledged against 〈◊〉 Quakers may be rationally and justly invert●●● upon thee as thy Sense and Creed 1. In the First Article or Creed thou Ob●●est and wouldst impose on the Quakers that 〈◊〉 Scriptures do expresly distinguish between CHRIST and the BODY in which he came be●een the SVBSTANCE which was Vailed and 〈◊〉 VAIL c. Lo I come a Body hast thou pre●red me There is plainly HE and the BODY which he came there was the outward Vessel 〈◊〉 the inward Life c. This being by F. B. ●demned as contrary to the Testimony of the ●rious Angels the holy Apostles blessed ●rtyrs and true Confessors for above these Christ for whom the Body was prepared 't was not Christ that came in the Flesh or Body there 's no such distinction in Scripture as between Christ and the Body the Vail and the Substance the outward Vessel and the INWARD LIFE Then behold this Creed-maker's Creed how contrary to plain Scripture-phrase and distinction it is viz. The Body of Jesus Mat. 27.58 Christ come in the Flesh 1 Joh. 4.2 3. who calls his Body this Temple Joh. 2.19 21. and the Apostle calls his Flesh the Vail Heb. 10.20 Lo I come a Body hast thou prepared me Psal 40.7 Heb. 10. Was not this I and Me Christ the Son of God And how plain is the distinction And Dr. Barns himself even as F. B. cites him p. 19. has the same distinction in his Creed or Belief That Jesus Christ who was conceived by the Holy Ghost TOOK Flesh o● the blessed Virgin Mary Very true who took Flesh of the Virgin 'T was Jesus Christ therefore Jesus Christ was before Yet we 'll readily grant that though the Names Jesus and Christ chiefly and in the first place belong to him that took the Body or Flesh as J. P. explains his meaning yet the Names Jesus and Christ were given to both his Body and Soul joyntly and severally in a Synecdochical way of speaking It was Christ that dyed but how As concerning the Flesh 1 Pet. 3.18 For his Divine Life never dyed nor did the Soul of the Messiah ever die But to which chiefly and primarily were the Names Jesus and Christ given