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A67845	A snake in the grass, caught and crusht, or, A third and last epistle to a now furious deacon in the Church of England, the Reverend Mr. George Keith with some remarks on my former epistles to him, especially that against plunging in baptism / by Trepidantium Malleus.	Trepidantium Malleus.; Keith, George, 1639?-1716.	1700 (1700)	Wing Y87; ESTC R25218	11,121	25

A SNAKE in the GRASS Caught and Crusht OR A Third and Last Epistle to a now furious DEACON in the Church of England The REVEREND Mr. George Keith WITH Some Remarks on my former Epistles to him especially That against Plunging in Baptism 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Pythagoras By Trepidantium Malleus LONDON Printed for John Marshal at the Sign of the Bible in Grace-Church-Street 1700. A Third and Last Epistle to Mr. George Keith Reverend Sir WHEN Men Dethrone their Judgments and Reason and put their Humours and Passions in their Place no wonder if they run as a Coach and Horses that have lost their Guide or Charioteer here and there every where and no where Such cannot only castrate Authors but make Legions for Histories and like Pioneers of Rome call for Fire from Heaven but fetch it from Hell This you will grant some Bapts have lately done vulgarly Anabaptists They have employ'd a Socinian to Argue and a worse to Rave this Fire all the Water in which such are plung'd cannot quench But no wonder when D. Russel was not ashamed to put Blessed Calvin in such a Hue and Dress as if an incatnate Devil and put not only Castellio that rank Arminian that call'd Solomon's Canticles a prophane Book but Servetus himself that call'd the Trinity a Cerberus in such glorious Array as if a terrestrial Angel for this was he burnt not for being an Anabaptist Felix quem faciunt I am charg'd with a Notion never known before That Baptizo signifies not once to Plunge in all the New Testament tho so many Criticks say the contrary 1. These Criticks say with me and others the Word signifies other ways of washing too So Leigh who is instar omnium and cites for me Mat. 3.11 What say you to this Bapts now if you leave them in one thing why not I in another 2. Bernardus non videt omnia They were fallible Men. Rhegius the famous Man of France whose Life Clark in his blundering way hath written found out the right Construction of Ovid. Nam vos mutastis illas Tho so many Generations before mistook it M. Mead discover'd the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to be the Doctrine not of Divels as we read but Mediators call'd by Hesiod and others Demons That the Genitive was not of the Efficient but Matter All now yield to this true Discovery tho' New I might name New Discoveries as in Philology Divinity so in Philosophy particularly the Ingenious Esquire Boyl 3. Yet this Discovery was not mine I gave another the Honour of it who since I find had it from other Authors before his time I confess I was the first Man that gave 'em the Name of Bapts which no doubt will continue The Blood of Beasts offer'd in Sacrifice and the Water of Purification was by Pouring or Sprinkling not by Plunging or Dipping John therefore that came in with his Baptism cannot be supposed to have any Baptism but what harmonized with the Jewish ones we find also not only in the Law but the Prophets glorious things mention'd of Gospel Times from this Practice Isa 2.15 So shall he Sprinkle many Nations Ezek. 36.25 Then will I Sprinke clean Water upon you and you shall be clean Look we farther when the Gospel was Planted and all fulfill'd how all is exprest Tim. 3.5 6. They were said to be saved by the washing of Regeneration how shed as Acts 2.17 Pouring of the Spirit proves all I am of his Mind who said Baptizing in Enon was so far from proving Plunging That it disproves it They therefore left Bathabara says he because the Waters were Deep and not so fit for Baptism and came to Enou for the Rivulets there were fit for Baptism but not Plunging Reverend Sir I am much importun'd to Write you a Third Epistle about your Sermons at Turners Hall and G. Church lately Printed but I long refus'd 1. Because I have often appear'd for you but I am Answer'd that matters not This is not ad Idem 2. Because I think I have done it already I find but little you have said about the Liturgy Ceremonies and Episcopacy but what I have Answer'd in my Apology in my Letters to Mr. Lasly and Friendly Epistle to you I pray look on all once again You approved then of what I did How came you so soon chang'd It would be an Abuse clapt on my Readers to deceive them of their Time and Money to transcribe what they know I then wrote 3. Because I think some things in the Sermons are too triflng and unfit for an Answer as your Gloss on these Words He that breaketh one of the least of these Commandments shall be called the least in the Kingdom of God So the Rushing of many Waters and other Places brought for your Confusions in your Liturgy To Cite for Episcopacy Psalm 45.16 Isaiah 60.17 Is such playing with God I dare not do it with Mr. Keith somewhat like the Exposition you gave of that Text. The dead cannot praise thee Those that be dead in Sin in your Loyal Sermon Printed five Years since I was Sir your Herrer in G Church in the Afternoon when I came there I saw the Reader with his Spectacles on his Nose and both with Eyes close to the Book thus reading Prayers to his God No Eyes nor Hands lift up to Heaven in any praying Posture but both as nail'd to the Book for fear of not reading right as if the Poor Man had not lost only the Power of Godliness but the uery Form of it too Many Ignorant Prophane Men in Prayer that never send their Hearts to Heaven send their Eyes and Hands ●twards it Mr. Keath let you and I talk privately for it would not be safe to ask you openly whether you can believe That the great God the Blessed Jesus the Holy Spirit ●ever sent qualify'd Men for their Work for unqualify'd ones run before they are sent to read other Mens Prayers to God Were it not for some Penal Laws yet in force against Dissenters I should go near to say That for such a one to read other Mens Prayers to God is not only as Scandalous but ten times more so than to read other Mens Sermons to the People When the Apostle tells the Church the Gifts God gave Men Tongues Interpretation of Tongues Prophesying Interpretations c. Never mention'd he the poor poor pittiful poor Gift of Reading When the Jewish Church was in its Swadling-Clouts and fed with Milk taught by many Ceremonies God made every one of them himself not they yet then there were no Forms no Liturgies for the Priests to read or People to hear when they came together As weak as they were they were not so weak Who dares now impose under the Gospel-Dispensation when the Church is become a Man and much more as of the Grace so of the Gifts of the Spirit is now poured out You pleading up Conformity unhappily chose this Text the best to caution us against it

as is commonly said Have we one High-Priest c. Go then to the Church of Rome What Church could Zacary or Elizabeth if they separated go into c. My Old Friend but new Enemy you have a Male many Males in your Flock ability of speaking aptly to God by Prayer and to the People by Counsel in Sacraments and other Ministerial Administrations Offer not to the Lord a corrupt Thing for he is a great King Offer it to thy Governour see whether he would accept it Should Ingeniou● Mr. Keith make a Speech to K. William and in the close pray for his welfare would he be pleas'd to see him take out a Book and read another Mans Speech and Prayer before him VVould you could you read the Liturgy in your Family Morning and Evening I believe not You generally approve not of the lazy Creatures that do tho they may plead that Ignorance you cannot If not tell me Sir at parting Can you imagin God is well pleased with that lazy careless VVorship of yours in his own House That you or not only most serious Men but sober Men cannot be pleased with in their own Is this to stir up the Gift of God in thee Dare you to offer to the Lord that which cost you nothing If you do create me any Trouble for my Plainness as some think you will I plead you are the Aggressor I onely the Defendant I am against any Dissenters beginning with you if you with us I pray give us leave to Reply and vindicate our Cause against your Charge if not to be plain we will take it If you are set already on Persecution do your worst I only say of my self The VVill of the Lord be done Tho you closed your Sermon I heard without one VVord of Prayer to God I will not end my VVork so with you who as I am inform'd every where Preach against all Dissenters The Lord rebuke thee And now Mr. Deacon let me know your Office and how you come by it A Deacons Work is to take care of the Poor Have you left the Word of God to serve Tables A Deacon to Preach to Baptize and give only one Element in the Lord's Supper is not a Creature of God's making but Mans or To Ordain to Preach and not permit to do it without a License after what shall we call it You may go up and down with your Prayer-Book to Baptize and so regenerate more then we Non-cons can do by all our preaching For when you have mumbled out a few VVords and Baptized a Child he is regenerated and born of the Spirit immediatly and if he die before he hath committed any actual Sin he is undoubtedly saved Since we are all guilty of Schism in our Meetings when you were not so at Turners-Hall because you had the Bishop's leave as you pleaded Do you think if the Bishop gave us leave to do as we do we were clear of the odious Crime of Schism you and your Fraternity charge on us If we be in danger of going to Hell for Schismaticks will he not have so much pity on our Souls to speak one word to save us from endless Misery VVere you a Catechist as you say what Catechism taught you then or who were the Children or younger sort so taught You chose a Text rais'd Doctrines made Uses as others do to my Knowledge This Plea was the most Non-sensical Harangue I ever heard from Mr. Keith When you talk of the Ignorance of some Scottish Presbyterians I pray remember Thousands of the Sons of the Church What get you by such Stories as these you talk of Of a Scottish Presbyterian that Catechis'd a young Man in the Church Q. Who made Man A. God Q. Who made Woman A. I cannot tell that is not in my Catechisme Q. Who made the Deel Devil A. I cannot tell Minist God made him A. Did he I think it was the worst Days mork that ever he did Do not such Ignorant Cattle abound every where Seeing you and many of your Communion often urge Mr. Baxter's Authority or Opinion against us I pray you consider How in his English Nonconformity a large Book written since the Revolution he tells us what manner of Saints be in your Church He says a certain Doctor of Physick gave an Account That Eight Hundred Persons in such a time dyed of the French Pox in London Now said the Brisk Old Gentleman if Enquiry were made I doubt not there could not be found Eight of those Eight Hundred but what were of your Church except some good honest Women who got it of their Husbands of that Communion He that pretended to give an Answer to that Book Wrote like one who understood not Five Pages in it But what a Noise is hear Mr. Baxter said this and Mr. Baxter granted that What then It may be a foul a very foul Error for all that Mr. Baxter was neither yours nor ours He disown'd himself to be a Presbyterian we thank him You that talk so much oh the excellency of Peace and Union but will not part with Ceremonies for it Consider the Story Mr. Alsop told Dr. Stillingfleet almost Twenty Years since They were like that Gentleman who pretended to be at Deaths-Door for a Coy Lady that refus'd him but she being importun'd by his Friends to accept the Gentleman and save his Life said let him then Clip his Whiskers He being told this reply'd I will not part with one Hair of my Face for any Lady in the Land King Charles pleas'd himself with the Story and its Application and said Mr. A. gave a true Character of the Men he described You see Sir I am not yet in the Number of your Defamers I dare not say if George Keith and not William Pen had taken the Chair when George Fox dyed we had never heard of George Kieth the Reformed Quaker I believe Dr. Hicks and Mr. Lashly two strenuous Advocates for the Church of England have reconcil'd you to Liturgies Ceremonies ●nd Episcopacy They who call you Aesop forget what a Wise Man Aesop was and who said He hath made us and not we our selves With out a Complement I know I yet Love you and value you for those acomplishments God hath blest you with you are a Man of Thought and if it plea●●d you to Visit as before you should be as Welcom● to me as ever without harping on any unpleasant String but seeing you refuse this and love not a Dissenter I only say I am sorry I have lost so good so Ingenious a Friend to serve whom I wolud yet ride or go far Give over Preaching up every where Conformity to the vain Traditions of Men or censuring the best of Churches But Cry aloud spare not Lift up your Voice like a Trumpet shew to the lasy Prelates and Priests their Transgresions and to the Drunken Swearing Whoring Members and Communicants of the so Call'd Church of Eegland their Sins I never doubted but among you on the one Hand and the Anabaptists on the other are found some as God like men as are in the World and pray you may be in the Number I hate the least thought of doubting any Mans Integrity or State for his Opinion in these Matters I dare not say such a Man wrongs his Conscience Sins against his Light I did not when I read or rather say'd without Book the Liturgy or attended on it Neithe● may Mr. Keith as far as I know The Searcher of Hearts knows from what Principles he Acts and what ends he propounds to himself He now knows or may know and Men and Angels shall know another Day Blessed is the Name and Memory of Humble Bp. Vsher Devout Bp. Hall Holy Dr. Connot and others and Zealous Dr. Hornick of whom I know extraordinary instances of Converse with Heaven May the Name and Memory of my Dear Old Friend Mr. Keith be blessed also Some ask us may a Man be saved in the Church of England Yes what need then of Nonconformity I ask May a man live on Barly-Bread and Water Yes What need then of good Meat and good Drink May a Man live and go up and down London streets Winter and Summer naked above the Wast Yes A Jacobite did it several Years what need then of a shift or Coat about these Parts May a Man be in a House with them that Dye with the Itch Small Pox or Plague it self and yet live Yes what need then leaving that House Need enough tho the Separation were call'd Schism and forbidden by the civil Magistrate with penal Laws I suppose you will quickly hear from others If from Mr. Owen I pitty you Consider I pray you what he hath done above most Men about Ordination by Presbyters not Bishops As many Reformed Quakers have gon back again on the News of your Conformity so I doubt more will Are you to be made a Biship Have you not been already Consecrated in a Dream I would rather you were s 〈…〉 times then once otherwise M 〈…〉 know the Story Bp. Latimer mentions in one of his Sermons of a Bishop that thundered when he saw one of the Bells want a Clapper one pointed to the Pulpit there is a Bell that hath been without a Clapper for two years past provide one there Mind not great Sir Toys and Trifles with the neglect of the great Matters of the Law The good words you have for the Papists do the Dissenters a kindness under your keen Censures of them Grotius had not one good Word for Calvin gets up all the little Stories he could agginst him a● Judica● prout 〈…〉 mas odisti amas odisti prout libet c. Nay toucheth him as to his Morals when learned Papist have been his Compurgators here as Mr. Baxter hath learnedly and unexceptionally proved in his Key for Catholicks yet he had many a good word for the Catholicks for so he always call'd the Papists at last he says That Humour or a spirit of opposition or words of the same import made some charge them with Idolatry when they were no more guilty of it then the Jews in looking towards the Ark and about Transubstantiacion he talks of Transelementation Grotius Appendix Are not such good Sons of the Church of England which in her Homilies and Liturgy charges the Church of Rome with Idolatry FINIS

made so light of Sin c. And deluded so many Thousands and I am bold to say it without the breath of Charity if you were not converted since you never were cdnverted at all 4. Was it proper so much to value your self for your Catholick Charity and yet be so severe on a sudden on the best Reformed Churches Well Sir when you are a Bishop or a Beneficed-Man if Persecution came again I will never live in your Dioces nor in your Parish You tell us Timothy was a Bishop I pray how many thousands or Hundreds by the Year had my Lord Bishop Was Timothy's Dioces as large as the Bishop of Londons c. In Ephesus most of them were Pagans was he the Bishop of these too he Drank too little Wine and preached too often in season and out of season to be a Bishop These take Care of Mint and Cummin not of the weighty matters of the Law Sir if your Zeal for your new gawdy Spouse in all her Trinklets be such that there can be no Intimacy I pray you there may be no Enmity Preach Repentance Faith and Gospel Obedience and if it pleased you to decline such Frequent and sever lashing others the Quakers themselves as well as us in the Pulpit consider at your leasure whether it be not best Excuse my not following you at large not only for the reasons before named my Referring you to my Apology and first Frinedly Epistle to you but to be plain it would be a burden too heavy for my Shoulders to bear the Expence of all the Impresions of all my Books were I not of late more concise then once I may be larger in time perhaps you may hear from more then one you change often and yet Confident still Are the Dissenters indeed the Cause of the Prophaness of your Church by not complaining in the Spiritual Court They would be angry should we tell them why we do ii not what Man was ever Excommunicated for Drunkeness Whoredoms Swearing or other sinns in the two last Reigns or to this day tho under a good King Seek to win the Quakers by kindness and mention not their private Concerns in the Pulper which I ever hated to make a Place of Controversies and Contention I am brought to this work with very great difficulty I desired fitter and greater Men to appear They refus'd charging you with former Disputes against the Trinity c. and yet declareing you ever were sound in the Faith so that say they you are if this be true a Sound Quaker or unsound one if you will still The importunity of my Friends hath prevail'd with me to this Third and Last Epistle to you I pray you as a Wise Man give over your weak Pleas for your Ceremonies as that the Saints in the Revelations appeared in white Why have you not Crowns on your Heads and Palms in your Hands too If the Surplice makes you look like Saints above what do the Black Gowns under make you like So that if this Ceromony represents any thing It is the Hypocrite who is a Saint without and a Devil inside or such a Whited Wall as Paul named the High Priest o● whom he say'd God shall smite thee on the mouth L me ask you at parting some plain Questions How wicked a thing is it to excommundcate or swear to read a Writ of excommunication if occasion be against some of the best of Men for Toys and Trifles When the Fox was set to keep the Geese King Charles the Second a Papist to protect your Church you know what was done by Men that perhaps would smile to hear any talk seriously of Christ and the Life to come What if Anabapristry had gotten the Ascendant were in its Zenith were it unlawfull to withdraw or separate if it had the stamp of Authority If Presbytery were so Could Mr. Lashly and other Episcoparians comply what becomes of your Plea about the Jewish Church if not How odious was it to tell the World what Encouragement you had to come among Dissenters which to my certain knowledge was a mistake what London Noncon Ministers ever visited you my self excepted Tell me plainly and like a Man why not a Crosse in the brest at Prayer with those good C●ristians as you call them of the Roman Church as well as one in the Forehead in Baptism with our Ceremony-Mongers in your Church Why not Holy-Water to signifie the Sprinkling of the Blood of Jesus as well as a Surplice or Sacrum Pallium to signifie Purity Or would you conform to these if the Law require them If you say No why not as well as to those you conform too If you say Yes what end is there of these Fooleris or vain additions to the Divine Law Is this to stand fast in the Liberty wherewith Christ hath set us free If you say as I hear you do a Surplice is no more than a Gown what Man should you go to your Table or a Place nor so sweet with it This would be accounted a Prophanation of the Holy Garment Dare you take Ignorant Scandalous Sponsers in Baptism to make them perfidious by a Humane Law Or to say over the Graves of the greatest Atheist Heretick or Debauch you hope he is gone to Heaven Did you ever read Acts 20.28 That you talk of Ephesus having a Diocesan Or know you no better an Evangelist but to make him a Prelate Answer what others and my self have said of these Matters Do you not with a Blush look on your late Ordination in a Chamber without one word of Prayer to God or Counsel to you But what was in the service-Service-Book The Bishops generally do their Work more solemnly and gravely Was it thought any thing good enough for you If Cross kneeling or other Ceremonies were lawful but not necessary as you all say How dare you impose them on us that think them sinful Read Rom. 14. Baptism shall not be administred if the Parents consent not to the Cross The Lords Supper shall not be administred to the best of Men all their days if they cannot kneel Answer this to God another Day if you can You impose on Christ as well as us to dedicate a Child by a Humane Superstitious Signe to him If a Book of Sports or any other wicked Paper were to be read would you not seek for a Distinction to bribe Conscience for Conscience may be so What will you do on the 30th of January c. In your Shop of false Hearts and Faces too A disjointed Fabrick Put Preferment in the other Scale Is it proper to Invite any Men into a dangerous Pest-House by telling them they may live there He that consorts with Pelicans cannot but smell of the Wilderness c. Was it not expedient bottoming you Bursiness on 1 Luke 6. To have consider'd the difference between the Jewish Church and Christian How far the first was National tho' I acknowledge I own it not to be so in that Sense