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A65885	The rector examined about his book scandalously stiled, An antidote against the venom of Quakerism, by John Meriton, who calls himself A.M. rector of Boughton in Norfolk : and his observations remarked, and the Christianity of the people commonly called Quakers, re-asserted and vindicated, from his perversions and aspersions / by George Whitehead.	Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.	1699 (1699)	Wing W1953; ESTC R20277	40,584	48

stand here which shall not tast of Death till they have seen the Kingdom of God come with Power The like in Luke 9. 27. All which shew the Kingdom Then near to come even in their days consequently the Saints partaking of the Blessing thereof was and is in their Life time wherein they partook even of the Spiritual Supper of the Lord the Spiritual Meat and Drink at Christ's Table in his Kingdom wherein the Substance and Fulness of all Types and Shadows consists and whereof every true Spiritual Christian is partaker By all which 't is Evident that there is just Cause to consider the Lord's Supper in the Substance and Mystery of Christ and that his Kingdom wherein the same is Spiritually received ought not to be put afar off nor true Believers excluded out of it until Christ's Last Coming at the End of the World and the Resurrection in the Great and Last Day Neither ought poor Souls to be left starving and famishing under Shadows and a barren Ministry until then for that can be no Glad Tidings or true Gospel to them therefore all had need to be careful and take heed that they don't famish their poor Souls by neglecting the Substance and feeding upon Shadows And that the Bread and the Cup which Christ gave at his Supper were a Figure or Typical was confessed by divers Eminent Martyrs as John Frith in his Reasons upon the Sacrament treating of Christ the Promised Seed saith Likewise the same Promise was made unto Moses the most meek and gentle Captain of the Israelites which did not only himself believe upon Christ which was so often promised but also did prefigurate him by divers Means both by the Manna which came down from Heaven and also by the Water wich issued out of the Rock for the refreshing the Bodies of his People Neither is it to be doubted but that both Manna and this Water had a Prophetical Mystery in them declareing the very self-same thing which the Bread and the Wine do now declare unto us in the Sacrament For thus saith St. Augustine Wbosoever did understand Christ in the Manna did eat the same Spiritual Food that we do but they which by that Manna sought only to fill their Bellies did eat thereof and are Dead On the Margent it is Manna the Water of the Rock a Figure of Christ's Body Bread and Wine a Figure likewise of Christ's Body 1 Cor 10. See 2 Vol. Martyrs p. 305. printed 1641. And Dr. Cranmer Arch-Bishop of Canterbury confesseth Christ's Speech i. e. This is my Body to be Figurative and quoting Ambrose in 1 Cor. 11. he calleth the Bread and the Cup Signs a Type Figure or Sign of the Blood of Christ and of his Benefit in his Disputations in Oxford Vol. 3. Mar. p. 59. And p. 54. Ibid. he saith The Flesh liveth by Bread but the Soul is inwardly Fed by Christ. And Dr. Ridley Bishop of London in his Disputation at Oxford saith And as one of the Fathers saith a Figure is in vain where the thing signified is present Ibid. p. 74. And p. 75 76. In Opposition to the Popish Doctrine of Transubstantiation he saith The sayings of the Fathers declare it to be a Figurative Speech as appeareth in Origen Tertullian Chrysostom in Opere Imperfecto Augustine Ambrose Basil Gregory Nazienzen Hilary and most plainly in Bertram The rest of the Rector's Observation relating to Baptism Bread and Wine pag. 37 38. is answered in the Just Examination of the Two Books of the Three Norfolk-Priests Quest. Do you believe and own the Holy Scriptures contained in the Books of the Old and New Testament to be given by Divine Inspiration and to contain all Matters of Doctrine and Testimony necessary to be believed and practis'd in order to Salvation and Peace with God Answ. Our Answer is Yes we do and by the assistance of the Grace and good Spirit of God which gives the true Understanding of the Mind of God and Meaning of Holy Scripture we always desire to live in the Faith Knowledge and Practice of them in all things appertaining to Life and Godliness Holy Scripture being given by Divine Inspiration is profitable for Doctrine Correction and Instruction that the Man of God may be perfect thorowly furnished unto every good Work able to make the Man of God Wise unto Salvation through Faith which is in Christ Jesus In the Observation made upon this our Profession the Rector is pleas'd to question the Sincerity thereof which he leaves to the World and the Reader to judge p. 39 42. But our Sincerity is known to the Lord to whom we commit our Cause And being prejudg'd by this pretended Rector we shall not leave it to him to be Judge over our Sincerity or Conscience towards God For being all along Prejudicate in his Observations he had need to be corrected for his Vncharitableness and Censoriousness The first Instance he gives to disprove our Sincerity is a Quotation of some Quakers out of the Quakers Refuge p. 17. against John Whitehead and Robert Ruckhill Whether the first Penman of the Scriptures was Moses or Hermes c. With other Questions which are answered over and over in divers of our Books and particularly in my late Examination entituled Truth and Innocency p. 57. wherein 't is made evident that those Questions did not arise from any Doubts or Scruples in the said John Whitehead or R. R. but in some others and therefore waved as not the Subject of R. R's Argument who recited them in the said Quakers Refuge Consequently very unjustly quoted against the Quakers to render them Insincere in the same Confession to the Truth of the Holy Scripture as given by Divine Inspiration What the Rector quotes against E. Burrough G. F. W. P. G. W. c. in p. 40 41 42. concerning the Scriptures and the Word of God c. is also answered in the said Examination p. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 and p. 58. I cannot but take notice how Credulous as well as Envious this Rector appears in repeating Fra. Bugg's Old Lie to defame us bidding the Reader See Lawson's Threefold Estate of Anti-christ p. 9. The Scripture is Dust and Death Beastly Wares c. p. 41. I would ask this Rector whether he has seen these very Words in the place quoted Or if he has ever read the said Lawson's Threefold State of Anti-christ If he says he has I 'm sure he is guilty of a notorious Lie in this Quotation for there is not a word of calling the Scripture Beastly Ware c. But Babylon's Merchants selling Beastly Ware for a large Price c. p. 9. And if he received this Quotation upon Credit from F. Bugg he is very Vnjust and Immoral therein in receiving and promoting such a Reproach against his Neighbours to defame them which Offence is justly Condemn'd by the righteous Law of God Another apparent Abuse I find against Samuel Fisher his Appendix p. 752. Printed 1679. by