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A44802 One of Antichrists voluntiers defeated, and the true light vindicated. In answer to a book called Ignis fatuus, published by one R.I. Wherein he vindicates Edward Dod and Samuell Smith (of the county of Salop) in their lyes, folly, and wickedness, and hath added more of his own, with divers of his false doctrines, lyes and slanders, &c. brought to light, and reproved: As that the law of the spirit of life, is imperfect, and not fit to be a Christian rule, and also, humane nature may be taken for the regenerate part of man, and the soul, &c. And likewise calls idolatry, civillity, and heathernish complements courtesie. His vindication made voyd, and his weapons broken, and he taken captive, and left with E.D. and S.S. among the slime pits of Siddim near Sodom, with his Ignis fatuus. / By F.H., a witnesse to the perfect law, of the spirit of life. Howgill, Francis, 1618-1669. 1660 (1660) Wing H3175; ESTC R16812 30,660 33

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ONE OF Antichrists Voluntiers DEFEATED AND THE True light vindicated IN Answer to a Book called Ignis fatuus Published by one R. I. Wherein he vindicates Edward Dod and Samuell Smith of the County of Salop in their lyes folly and wickedness and hath added more of his own with divers of his false doctrines lyes and slanders c. brought to light and reproved As That the Law of the Spirit of life is imperfect and not fit to be a Christian Rule and also humane Nature may be taken for the regenerate part of man and the Soul c. And likewise calls Idolatry Civillity and heathenish complements Courtesie His Vindication made voyd and his weapons broken and he taken Captive and left with E. D. and S. S. among the slime pits of Siddim near Sodom with his Ignis fatuus By F. H. a witnesse to the perfect Law of the Spirit of Life The wicked are estranged from the womb they goe astray assoone as they be borne speaking lies LONDON Printed for Thomas Simmons at the Bull and Mouth near Aldersgate 1660. ONE OF ANTICHRISTS VOLUNTIERS DEFEATED AND THE TRUE LIGHT VINDICATED AMongstall the opposers of the truth that yet hath appeared among the black army of the old Dragon who like the Philistims hath alwayes defied Israels God and also their camp through their ostentation and boasting and with their clamorous loud cryes in the ears of the people like Rabshekah to dishearten and dismay Israel none hath appeared more out-ragious and virulent then one who subscribes himselfe R. I. who in vindication of his brethren in iniquity Edward Dod drunkard and Samuel Smith an unprofitable talker otherwise called a Minister at Cresige who hath preached that which he calls the Gospel there divers years and yet sees no fruit at all and yet this impudent R. I. whom I beleeve to be another dreamer like him for his language do manifest him to belong to mistery Babilon the great City the mother of Harlots he saith One may minister and preach the Gospel and the people not be profited at all as Samuel Smith hath done at Cresige And he saith farther that they are barren professors yet saith R. I. that S. S. need not be abashed at it And for instance he saith Was Pauls preaching of less credit because there were many Runnagates in the end shewed themselves hypocrites yet this comparison will not excuse S. S. neither E. D. nor R. I. who would cover them with an old patched Cloak some peices he hath scraped up out of Aesop's Fables a book full of lies and altogether compacted and patched up of fictions and some out of Ovid Seneca Heathens in their own account the like frivolous stories and Plato and Diogenes they must serve for a covering if it will to the two former opposers of truth but stay R. I. Did Paul stay seven years in any place and saw no fruit And though there were many unbeleevers among the Jews notwithstanding the publication of the word and the miracles of Christ yet some beleeved and though the Apostles and Ministers of Christ laboured in the work of the Lord yet some beleeved and clave unto them but there is no fruit at Cresige at all but they are barren professors as R. I. saith but if this will not serve take another of R. I. his arguments That God sends his word sometimes for the hardning of people and upon this account S. S. teaching and Ministry must be kept in credit A sad thing for the people of Cresige that they should hire a man for seven years together and pay him wages for hardning of their hearts and for counting them barren professors yet I judge S. S. E. D. R. I. counted them fruitful and abounding in zeale and fervency to God when they came into the meeting of the Quakers some ringing Pans some Candlesticks and Frying pans and throwing water like people void of understanding and saith this R. I. these yeelded a better sound then the Quakers So that thou may see what will not this R. I. vindicate and what wickednesse as can be acted and spoken here they may look for a shelter rather then they shall want a Guardian as Pictures images crosses cuffs ribons lace and such other like things invented by the Devil to draw people from serving and worshipping the living God R. I. will patronize them all being brought forth and when they are not brought forth he will reach forth his hand to help to elevate iniquity and to under-prop the Devils kingdom which is exalted in the children of disobedience as all along may be seen in his Fabulous Scrole called Ignis Fatuus when like his two brethren before him he goes about to vindicate Idolatry Images Hirelings Mass-houses Cuffs and Ribons Tithes Flattering Titles and vain Customs and Popish practices Pride Persecution and lying all those things he pleads for and hath used many vain arguments and false interpretations of Scripture so that the two former it may truly be said they have done wickedly but this R. I. exceeds them all who is so stout hearted against the truth and power of God that whatsoever he can invent in his corrupt heart against it and gathers up the rest of the Priests lies that they have vomited up before and cast in the face of truth and tenders them as good proof and some Scriptures perverted with Aesop's Fables and Ovid and Diogenes stories and upon such materials he hath framed his book called Ignus Fatuus which he hath writ in vindication of E. D. his book called A pair of Spectacles for a dark-sighted Quaker and S. S. Malice striped and whipt three Pamphlets whole Title will discover what the substance of their matter is and whose work they drive on so that I need not say much some of them vindicating persecution and incouraging the rude behaviour of the people another mocking at innocency and scorneth them who trembles at the word of the Lord and last of all R. I. who hath made a Fortresse for both the other and hath cast up a heap of confused darknesse to guard his brethren he mocks at the light within and calls it Ignis Fatuus and the law which is light which God hath promised to write in his peoples hearts this he calls an imperfect thing and therefore to be ruled and not fit to be a rule of the Saints as may be seen in the 55 page of his book and so ha●h spoken contrary to the Spirit and Scripture of truth Prov 6. and the law of the Lord which is the law that endureth for ever this saith R. I. is imperfect and the letter or law without written is perfect and is a standard as R. I. saith for all controversies then if it be so perfect and so fit to decide all controversies why doth R. I. borrow his proofs and raise his arguments from Aesop's Fables Ovids stories Plato and Diogenes discourses and to omit Seneca because R. I. saith Ambrose hath
puft up in his fleshly mind I said unto E. D. that Christ was the seed of David according to the flesh and according to the Spirit the son of God And furthermore said and new saith that Christ is glorified in a spiritual body and incorruptible body and so by incorruptible body and spiritual body according to R. I. his dark understanding must also be understood humane nature and again humane nature may be understood of the soul O dark and fortish man what art thou like to confute who saith the humane nature may be taken for the soul and also it may be taken for flesh and also it may be taken for the regenerate part and thus like a blind man hath lost all aime thou runnest rambling up and down in every by-path but how should thou doe otherwise seeing thou hast denyed that Spirit that doth not erre and also would have all others to deny it and saith that none may lay claime to it although God hath promised it to give the spirit of truth to lead his people into all truth and if into all truth then out of all error but this doctrine of Christ comes too neer perfection for R. I to own which is a doctrine so offensive to him that he cannot endure to hear of it or that ought should be perfect and therefore he hath condemned the law of the spirit of life and saith it is imperfect as may be seen in the 55 page of his book and if flesh and the regenerate part of man and the soul may all be understood by humane nature then they are all one and then the soul is humane and earthly but the soul is spiritual and immortal and flesh and blood inherits not the kingdome of God and the regenerate part is that which is begotten and brought forth by the immortal word of life and that which is born of the spirit is spirit and so the ignorance of this man is made manifest and so R. I. may take his lye home unto himselfe as that F. H. denyes the reall body of Christ for F. H. hath said and now saith againe and that according to knowledge that Christ hath an incorruptible body and a glorious body and a spiritual body and in this body is Christ glorified with the Father and humane nature is no where taken for a spiritual and incorruptible body in the Scriptures account as this R. I. and his blind tribe doth imagine and yet the flesh of Christ is owned and the word that was made flesh the Saints know and doth feed on by which they are nourished up into everlasting life and so I say unto thee as I did to E. D. when thou writes again speak plainly if by humane nature thou intend a carnal body or the same flesh thou art on thou would devide the flesh of Christ from his Spirit would devide Christ Christ is not divided and thus he goes quarrelling on and heaps lye upon lye and saith that F. H. saith Christ hath no real body but his mystical body which thing is thy own and never affirmed by me either in word or writing and so repent of thy lyes and for shame call in thy Book least the judgements and plagues of God be multiplyed upon thee And further saith R. I. How do the Quakers condemn themselves when they so proudly boast themselves as the Pharisees did to be clear from sin who needs not Christs righteousness for their justification how then can they say that Christs righteousness is their justification when they are so righteous in their own eyes for Christ hath not promised to justifie any but those that confess their sins Answ. We have confest our sins and also departed from them and not like you feigned hypocrites who are confessing from year to year with your feigned lips and your hearts never turned to the Lord from iniquity and takes the name of Christs righteousnesse to be a cloak to cover your iniquity withall and we do not say that we have no need of Christs righteousnesse for our justification for if we should say so we should be lyars like thy self for we have need of Christs righteousnesse for he is our life who is called The Lord our righteousness he is our justifier and who art thou that condemns any but the false accuser of the brethren for Christs righteousnesse is our covering and we are not righteous in our own eyes but in the eyes of him who hath made us so and we never said that we have not sinned and so we have not made God a lyar as this vile slanderer would make men beleeve through his false aspertions for we say we were once darknesse but now are we light in the Lord and he who is our light and life is our justification and righteousnesse and his blood cleanseth from all sin and the power of God keepeth us that the evil one toucheth us not and yet all boasting is excluded And the further R. I. goes on the lower he sinks towards the bottomlesse pit and there we shall find him at last before we have done with his book and speaks out of thick darknesse like a man that never saw the Sun who hath altogether taken up his dwelling place in Deaths Region and as though that were the Land of his nativity and thou shalt see Reader by what ensues R. I. saith Though it be said He that commits sin is of the Devill not that the Devill can claime him for his own or that he is in his possession but he is captivated of the Devill and everpowered And for his proof he brings Peter was cryed up to be a Saint and at that same time when he was cryed up to be a Saint Christ called Peter a devill and that must be understood a Saint had sinned Answer He that is captivated by the Devil hath gone from the power of God and he that commits sin doth the Devils work and he may claime him for his workman and he that is overpowered is brought into captivity and he that carryes into captivity hath the Captive in his possession as it is written his servants you are to whom you obey and he that commits sin is the servant of sin And these black confused distinctions R. I. maketh to make people beleeve that they are Saints of God when they are the Devils captives and that they are in the possession of Christ who yet doe the works of the Devill who is an enemy to Christ and thou knows no more of a Saint then thou knows of a devill who saith that Peter at the same time that Christ called him a Saint called him a devil for thou must know that Matthew recorded many things it may be in one Chapter which was acted and done and spoken in many dayes and weeks for when Peter confessed Christ to be the Son of God he was in the faith and Christ said flesh and blood had not revealed that to him but at this time had spoken little