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A30047 Something in answer to the allegation of the Quakers in their printed case presented to the House of Commons, Decemb. 1693 Bugg, Francis, 1640-1724? 1693 (1693) Wing B5397; ESTC R26564 6,334 10

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Something in ANSWER TO THE Allegations of the QUAKERS IN THEIR Printed CASE presented to the House of Commons Decemb. 1693. The INTRODUCTION HAVING seen one of your Papers wherein you pray'd That your Word may be taken instead of an Oath and humbly intreat them tenderly to demonstrate their Christian Charity reminding them that being merciful they may obtain mercy c. I know it is written The merciful shall obtain mercy and consequently the charitable shall be charitably dealt by but contrariwise what shall the unmerciful and uncharitable meet with and that you are those very Men your Principles and Doctrine laid down by your most Authentick Authors have mo●e then sufficiently manifested You know your Books are of two sorts the one to the World or the Worlds People the other to go only amongst your Disciples directed to be read in your Meetings In the first you frequently pretend to Charity Tenderness and Meekness this I call your Light side this you turn to the Parliament the other I call your Dark side which is so deformed that you are loath to have it viewed And yet by the last I mean by your uncharitable Names and reproachful Term● you have added more to your Flock then by your former for whoever believes that the Publick Ministers the Sacraments the Scriptures and P●otestant Religion to be what you say them to be are mad if they do not reject them all and turn Quakers especially if they also believe you to be what you say your selves to be viz. the only People of God And thereupon I shall recite some few Passages out of your Books wrote by your chief Ministers particularly G. Fox and Edw. Burroughs two great Prophets in O. C's time the memorable Works of the last you have reprinted in Folio and on the Title Page publish'd him to be A true Prophet a Son of Thunder a faithful Servant of God c. And the Works of the other some say are ready to appear in the World I shall not now recite the Prophesies of G. Fox in his Book stiled News coming up out of the North p. 20. nor E. Burrough's in his Works p. 203 244. but rather those Passages relating to Scripture Ordinances Publick Ministry and Parliaments with some few Observations and Queries In which I shall deal first fairly in citing and modestly in my Observations and Queries so that I hope there will not be a hard word in the whole Sheet unless it be your own And in regard you pretend to write by an Infallible Spirit equivolent to Scripture I hope you will not find fault with your own nor me I hope for calling a Spade a Spade But if you do 't is all one I am resolved God assisting to go on concluding that 't is as laudable for me to vindicate the Christian Religion in print as for you in print to undermine it and if it were possible to overthrow it but of this I will not be my own Judge but appeal to every Christian Reader and before ten or twelve impartial Men offer to produce every Book and Page which I quote Thus much by way of Introduction THEIR CONTEMPT OF SCRIPTURE AND ORDINANCES NEws coming up out of the North c. p. 14. Their Original is carnal and th●ir Communion is carnal a little Bread and Wine so Dust is the Serpent meat their Original is but Dust which is but the Letter which is Death so the Serpent feeds upon Dust and their Gospel is Dust Matthew Mark Luke and John which is the Letter Page 34. A voice and a word to all you Deceivers who deceive the People and Blasphemers who utter forth your Blasphemy and Hypocrisie that tell People of a Sacrament and tell them it is the Ordinance of God Blush blush and tremble you who live in the witchery and bewitch the People Truths Defence c. p. 101. The Letter which killeth is dangerous and the Ministers of the Letter are Ministers of Death to you it is dangerous to read or speak of it Saul 's Errand c. p. 7. All that do study to raise a living thing out of a dead to raise the Spirit out of the Letter are Conjurers and their preaching is from Conjuration which is not spoken from the mouth of the Lord. David 's Enemies discovered c. p. 7. And these i. e. Quakers do not call the Letter the Rule and the four Books Matthew Mark Luke and John the New Testament and Gospel as thou i. e. Publick Minister and thy Generation do thy Ministry is in the Letter which killeth Geo. Whitehead Christoph Atkinson Several Petitions answered c. p. 30. But if ever you own the Prophets Christ or the Apostles you will own our Writings which are given forth by the same Spirit and Power Truths Defence c. p. 2 104. You might have as well condemned the Scriptures to the fire as our Books for our giving forth Papers or printed Books it is from the immediate Eternal Spirit of God Edw. Burrough 's Works p. 518. about Water-Baptism and the Sacrament hear him what he says viz. We do utterly deny and do say it is no Ordinance of God but is an Institution of the Whore of Rome and England received it by a Popish Institution and your Practice of it is Idolatry and no part of the Worship of God William Smith's Primer c. p. 36. Quest How is it concerning these things called Ordinances as Baptism and Bread and Wine Answ As to those things they arose from the Pope's Invention who hath had power in the night of Apostacy and hath set up his Devices which are yet continued in England though he seemingly is denied and the whole practice of those things as they use them had their Institution by the Pope and were never so ordained of Christ Edw. Burrough 's Works p. 51. Herein have you been bewitched from the obedience of the Truth within to obey the Letter without See p. 58. for more of this nature Observation and Query Let the Reader observe and see what grounds of Hope you can possibly have to be so tenderly and charitably received and imbraced who thus contemn the Scripture prophane the Ordinances of Jesus Christ and exalt your own Writings yea make void the Sufferings of the Martyrs and reject the Practice of the Churches of Christ in all Ages who received the Sacrament and were Baptized and yet had the Spirit as much as you can pretend to have So that as you confess your selves you were raised contrary to all men so are your Principles and Practices contrary to all the Churches of Christ since the Apostles days And thereupon I Query Query 1. Why do you not first Retract and Condemn these erronious Books if you be now of another mind if not with what Face can you appear to begg the Favour of such whose Christian Principles you are undermining THEIR CONTEMPT OF THE PUBLICK MINISTRY A Brief Discovery c. p. 7 8 9 10. The Priests