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The Christianity of the people called Quakers asserted, by George Keith: in answer to a sheet, called, A serious call to the Quakers, &c. Attested by eight priests of the Church of England ... and affirmed by George Keith, or the new sworn deacon.
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Field, John, 1652-1723.
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Christ whom the Apostles preached that died for our Sins and rose again for our Justification is ascended and gone into Heaven is that alone Son of God and that his Body was Crucified and Buried did not see Corruption that the People called Quakers own G. K. saith farther Truth 's Defence p. 228. I grant neither our Souls nor our Vertues merit Heaven nor Redemption as Merit signifieth Equality But seeing God hath counted our Souls so dear as to give so great a Price for them as the Blood of his dear Son they may at least be said to have some Dignity or Worth which is to say Merit in them otherwise God would never have given so great a Ransom for them if the Souls of Men in respect of their Nature and Being had not been of great Value which is all I understand by the word Merit as used by any of us Concerning Baptism and the Lord's Supper G. K. saith of their Two Sacraments called Baptism and the Supper G. K's Prseb and Ind. visit Chuhches As for the Term or Word Sacrament it is no where to be found in all the English Translations of the Bible received among Protestants neither is there any Word either in the Hebrew or Greek that doth properly answer unto it unless they will Translate the Greek Word that signifieth Mystery to signifie a Sacrament as the old Latin hath it in Eph. 5.32 Hoc est magnum Sacramentum i. e. This is a great Sacrament For which our English Translation readeth more properly This is a great Mystery But if Sacrament signifie Mystery then there must be as many Sacraments as Mysteries p. 179. As for Infants-Baptism and Sprinkling a Child of Eight Days or more or less on the Forehead and call it Baptism it hath no footing in all the Scripture neither of Precept nor Practice as will easily appear by considering the places of Scripture they cite for it as Heb. 9.10 to 22. Gen. 17.9 we find neither Command nor Practice in all the Scripture nor was the Practice of Baptizing Infants in use for an Hundred Years and more after the Apostles days among Professors of Christianity Ibid. p. 182. And as for Water-Baptism in General We say It did only properly belong to John's Ministry and Dispensation and is expresly contra-distinguished from the Baptism of Christ both by John and also by Christ himself And if any were Raised up by the Lord as John was and could prove and instruct their being sent to Baptize with Water as he was these to whom they should be sent ought gladly to Receive it but to do it by bare Imitation or a meer pretended Call which they cannot prove to be either Mediate or Immediate is great Presumption yea Superstition and to call that a Command of God which he hath given them no Command to Practice ☜ is to set up the Precepts of Men in the Room of God's Commandments as the Pharisees did of old and is a taking of his Name in vain for which he will not hold them Guiltless And they can never prove by all their Art and Skill that Water-Baptism is Commanded by Christ Mat. 28.18 19. ☜ For all God's Commands and Precepts especially of Publick Institution relating to the Church are express in so many express Words and are not left to be gathered by uncertain and doubtful Consequences p. 183. When God sent John to Baptize with Water Water was expressed but in the Apostle's Commission to Baptize no mention is made of Water nor no words of institution commanded to be used p. 185. We grant that Christ had an outward Supper with his Disciples when he did eat the Paschal Lamb with them and this was a real Supper and not like that which ye now use that is neither Substantial Supper nor Dinner being only a little Crumb of Bread scarce so big as a Nut and a Spoonful of Wine or two which hath little outward Substance and no Inward and Spiritual Signification unto you your Supper is a meer Shadow and none of Christ's Supper nor of his Institution With much more Concerning the Resurrection In the said Sheet it 's said They that is the Quakers deny the Resurrection of the Body after Death G. K. saith G. K 's Serious Appeal p. 9. By W. Penn's words it is clear to prove the contrary of a Carnal Resurrection G. K. also saith Presb. and Ind. visib Churches p. 227. 228. That they i. e. the Quakers Deny the Resurrection of the Dead This is also a most false Charge which they can never prove But because we deny their Carnal Conceptions of the Resurrection and hold us to Scripture-words which is most safe therefore they have so be-lyed us And for the more Satisfaction of the Reader I refer him to a little Book called The Principles of Truth published by some noted Men of the Quakers in which Book it is expresly Affirmed That we to wit the Quakers believe That the same Body which is laid down shall be Raised up at the Resurrection of the Dead as much as a Natural Body can be the same with a Spiritual Body or an Earthly Body can be the same with a Heavenly Body according to the Scripture's Testimony It is sown Natural but raised Spiritual and the Glory of the Heavenly is one and the Glory of the Earthly is another and this may satisfie any sober Inquirer And Paul writing concerning the Resurrection of the Dead saith That is not first which is Spiritual but that which is Natural or Animal and afterward that which is Spiritual 1 Cor. 15.46 And vers 49. As we have born the Image of the Earthly we shall bear the Image of the Heavenly Concerning that called the Sabbath The Posts also saith Ser. Call They the Quakers do allow doing Servile Work on the Lord's-Day G. K. saith Presb. and Ind. visib Churches p. 190. 191. Concerning that ye call your Christian-Sabbath which ye say is the First Day of the Week but ye bring no sober Proof for any such Change and the Scriptures ye cite say no such thing as Gen. 2.2 3. Rev. 1.10 Exod. 20.8 10. Mat. 5.17 For that outward Sabbath that was enjoyned unto them was a Sign and Figure And when the pure Gospel and Christian Dispensation did take place all these Figurative and Shadowy Sabbaths were changed to the Substance and that Substance or Body is Christ according to Col. 2.17 With much more on this Head And now hear G. K. farther in his Preface to his Serious Appeal Concerning the Quakers Preface to Serious Appeal It never yet hath been proved nor ever will be i. e. That the Religion professed by the sincere and ' faithful People called in scorn Quakers is either Paganism or any other thing than real Christianity Concerning the Quakers Preachers and Publishers of their Doctrine G. K. saith Serious Appeal p. 7. The People called Quakers and these most generally owned by them
The Christianity of the People called Quakers Asserted by George Keith In ANSWER to a Sheet called A Serious Call to the Quakers c. Attested by Eight Priests of the Church of England called Dr. Isham Rector of St. Buttolphs-Bishopsgate Dr. Wincop Rector of St. Mary Abb-Church Dr. Bedford Rector of St. George Buttolph-Lane Mr. Altham M. A. Rector of St. Andrew Undershaft Mr. Bradford M. A. Rector of St. Mary-le-bow Mr. Whitfield M. A. Rect. of St. Mart. at Ludgate Mr. Butler M. A. Rector of St. Mary Aldermanbury Mr. Adams M. A. Rector of St. Alban Woodstreet And Affirmed by George Keith or the New Sworn Deacon It 's a marvelous thing that these Men have no other way to oppugn the Quakers but by gross and horrid Lyes and false Calumnies and meer Abuses like unto the ways that ever the worst of the Adversaries of Truth have used against the True Witnesses of it saith G. K. in his Presb. and Indep Visible Churches p. 222 230. But It never yet hath been proved nor ever will That the Religion professed by the sincere and faithful People called in scorn Quakers is either Paganism or any other thing than Real Christianity saith G. K. in his Preface to his Serious Appeal MEeting with a Sheet Intituled A Serious Call wherein are several Quotations already replyed unto in a late Book Intituled The Creed-Forgers detected c. Yet seeing they are said to be Attested by the Eight Priests aforesaid and Affirmed by George Keith Exactly to Agree with the Books out of which they are taken as Cited in the Margent We therefore have examined these following and find he is mistaken and so are his Brethren the eight Priests aforesaid as those that will examine his 4th 6th 20th 21st Quotations may find but we know as to G. K. it 's not the first false Affirmation he hath made both before and since his Ordination and to gratifie his new Brethren and to shew his Enmity is licking up and casting forth again those things against us many of which were cast upon us before ever he was called a Quaker although he was about 30 Years or more amongst us and hath not yet granted that he was Erroneous in any of the Articles of Faith commonly called the Simpliciter Credenda for he saith in his Antichrists and Sadduces p. 43. Antichrist and Sadd. p. 43. I know no Principles I now hold but I am able to prove I have held them ever since I came among the People called Quakers as touching all the Articles of Faith commonly called the Simpliciter Credenda Ibid. p. 42. And indeed the greatest Mistakes that I find I have been under were my misunderstanding these places of Scripture Matth. 28.19 and 1 Cor. 11.26 For saith he I remain Constant to my former Principles Retract p. 41. with respect to these great Doctrines of the Christian Faith I do therefore saith G. K. Serious Appeal p. 6 7. make this Solemn Appeal to the more Sober Impartial and Judicious People to whose hands this may come whether Cotton Mather is not extremely uncharitable and possessed as G. K. is with a Spirit of Prejudice and envious Zeal to use R. Baxter's Phrase against the Quakers in General and me in Particular as guilty of manifold Heresies Blasphemies and strong Delusions to the rendering us no Christians in the lowest Degree or Rank while I suppose he hath some Charity to some in the Church of Rome called Papists and to Lutherans Arminians and divers others that differ widely from him yet agree in the aforesaid Fundamentals when we hold the same Fundamentals of Christian Doctrine and Faith notwithstanding C. Mather's strong Asseverations or G. K's we may now say against us as if we denied almost all or most of the Fundamental Articles of the Christian and Protestant Faith yet he shall never be able to prove it That we are guilty of this his so extremely rash and uncharitable Charge either as in respect of the Body of that People called in Scorn Quakers or in respect of any particular Writers or Publishers of our Doctrines and Principles and Preachers amongst us Ibid. p. 7. And it sufficeth me and we may say us and I hope doth to many others that according to the best knowledge I have of the People called Quakers and these most generally owned by them as Preachers and Publishers of their Faith of unquestioned esteem amongst them and worthy of double Honour as many such there are I know none that are guilty of any one of such Heresies and Blasphemies as he accuseth them And I think I should know and do know these called Quakers and their Principles Writ 1692. having been Conversant with them in publick Meetings as well as in private Discourses with the most noted and esteemed among them for about Twenty Eight Years past and that in many Places of the World in Europe and for these divers Years in America And now concerning Infallibility We affirm said G. K. p. 7. That the Spirit of God in us and all Believers in every Discovery it gives is Infallible yet we have never judged our selves absolutely Infallible nor did we ever place or fix an absolute Infallibility upon any Man but on the contrary that the Dictates and Leadings of God's Spirit in us Truth 's Defence P. 65. are Infallible and have a direct tendency to Lead Guide and Move us Infallibly And if G. K. now thinks it 's a vile monstrous Error for any to speak and write from God and Christ Immediately and Infallibly and that those that have only gotten the words and have not the Spirit of God and Christ are not under the Curse and in another Spirit than the Apostles were in let him See Serious Call And if he doth not Why doth he quote G. F. and esteem it a vile Error Note G. K. did whilst among the Quakers vindicate these very Persons in the same Doctrines which he now calls Vile Errors and thereby renders himself Insincere in pretending to be ignorant of them for his saying viz. And Thou and You all that Speak and Write and not from God Immediately and Infallibly as the Apostles did and Prophets and Christ but only have gotten the words You are all under the Curse in another Spirit Ravened from the Spirit that was in the Apostles If this be a vile and monstrous Error will and doth he Assert the contrary viz. That all that only have gotten the Words but are in another Spirit than Christ the Prophets and Apostles were in do all Write and Speak from God Immediately and Infallibly and are not under the Curse nor ravened from the Spirit that was in the Apostles If so and this be now his Doctrine he is changed from what he was when a Quaker when he Vindicated their Doctrines in the Name of the Lord and when he held as the Quakers still do all the Doctrines and Principles of the Christian Faith