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where_o he_o not_o only_o make_v the_o scripture_n a_o rule_n but_o the_o rule_n yea_o so_o far_o the_o rule_n that_o he_o try_v judge_n and_o condemn_v the_o priest_n by_o the_o express_a word_n of_o scripture_n as_o uncertain_a and_o corrupt_a as_o they_o render_v they_o before_o but_o as_o sam._n fisher_n say_v of_o the_o priest_n so_o pray_v observe_v g_o w_n be_v round_n wheeling_n &_o whiâ—lings_n for_o in_o his_o book_n tit._n ishmael_n etc._n etc._n p._n 3.10_o hereafter_o the_o scripture_n of_o the_o bible_n be_v carnal_a the_o letter_n be_v death_n and_o kill_v yet_o he_o call_v his_o own_o write_n the_o light_n and_o life_n of_o christ_n etc._n etc._n but_o to_o face_n about_o again_o he_o tell_v we_o they_o prefer_v the_o holy_a scripture_n before_o all_o book_n in_o the_o world_n but_o then_o round_o he_o go_v again_o say_v that_o which_o be_v speak_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o truth_n be_v of_o as_o great_a authority_n as_o the_o scripture_n be_v &_o great_a etc._n etc._n and_n that_o their_o write_n be_v give_v forth_o by_o the_o eternal_a spirit_n of_o god_n but_o round_o again_o comâ—s_v george_n with_o a_o back_n stroke_n and_o in_o qrs._n plainness_n p._n 71._o he_o say_v our_o intention_n and_o principle_n never_o be_v to_o bring_v our_o book_n in_o comparison_n with_o the_o scripture_n o_o confuse_a confidence_n and_o self-contradiction_n chap._n viii_o of_o magistracy_n and_o government_n although_o i_o have_v plenty_n of_o instance_n before_o i_o to_o cite_v out_o of_o my_o old_a friend_n book_n i_o shall_v begin_v with_o my_o neighbour_n sam._n jenings_n book_n call_v the_o state_n of_o the_o case_n p._n 73._o where_o he_o say_v magistracy_n and_o government_n we_o always_o own_v to_o be_v the_o
spiritual_a etc._n etc._n of_o this_o false_a doctrine_n g._n k._n complain_v to_o the_o quarterly_o meet_v at_o philadelphia_n but_o no_o answer_n can_v he_o have_v nor_o no_o blame_n nor_o condemnation_n must_v pass_v against_o their_o brother_n j._n humphrey_n for_o this_o false_a doctrine_n though_o its_o near_a six_o year_n since_o these_o letter_n be_v write_v well_o reader_n this_o be_v a_o taste_n of_o the_o doctrine_n and_o faith_n of_o our_o delaware_n quaker_n though_o as_o i_o say_v before_o we_o hear_v the_o contrary_a doctrine_n be_v now_o preach_v in_o london_n and_o thou_o may_v expect_v to_o find_v much_o more_o such_o like_a false_a doctrine_n clash_n and_o contradiction_n in_o the_o ensue_a treatise_n and_o i_o shall_v have_v be_v glad_a if_o i_o can_v be_v easy_a without_o detect_v the_o same_o but_o i_o have_v now_o do_v it_o and_o have_v it_o may_v be_v the_o last_o i_o shall_v be_v concern_v in_o and_o whatever_o maâ—â—e_a my_o lot_n for_o this_o i_o be_o content_a know_v my_o intention_n &_o proceed_v herein_o to_o be_v honest_a and_o sincere_a amen_n d._n l._n the_o content_v the_o introduction_n page_n 1_o chap._n 1._o the_o dis-harmony_n clash_n and_o contradiction_n of_o the_o quaker_n in_o both_o their_o ancient_a and_o late_a write_n p._n 4._o chap._n 2._o of_o opposition_n at_o unity_n p._n 46._o chap._n 3._o a_o short_a summary_n of_o citation_n from_o the_o quaker_n book_n show_v that_o they_o deny_v jesus_n of_o nazareth_n to_o be_v the_o christ_n p._n 52._o chap._n 4._o of_o call_v name_n for_o religion_n p._n 55._o chap._n 5._o of_o prophecy_n p._n 59_o chap._n 6._o of_o infallible_a discern_v p_o 61._o chap._n 7._o of_o the_o scripture_n p._n 68_o chap._n 8._o of_o magistracy_n and_o government_n p_o 77._o chap._n 9_o o_o persecution_n and_o prosecution_n p_o 81._o chap_n 10._o friend_n suffering_n to_o be_v record_v by_o london_n meet_v p._n 91._o chap._n 11._o of_o swear_v p._n 97._o chap._n 12._o of_o fight_v swear_v and_o pay_v tithe_n p._n 202._o chap._n 13._o of_o miracle_n p._n 810_o chap._n 14._o of_o life_n and_o doctrine_n p._n 113._o chap._n 15._o sabbath_n day_n wheel_v turn_v round_o p._n 118._o a_o appendix_n p._n 121_o of_o in_o alliâ—lity_n p._n 129_o oâ—_n temporize_v p._n 130_o concern_v papist_n p._n 134._o a_o postscript_n by_o way_n of_o question_n to_o the_o leader_n of_o my_o old_a friend_n p._n 137._o a_o proposition_n to_o meet_v our_o adversary_n in_o a_o public_a meeting_n concern_v the_o matter_n contain_v in_o this_o book_n p._n 140._o a_o copy_n of_o a_o letter_n send_v to_o the_o author_n by_o a_o person_n of_o note_n p._n 142._o intoduction_n experience_n show_v that_o the_o quaker_n have_v always_o be_v exceed_v clamorons_a against_o those_o who_o have_v oppose_v any_o of_o their_o doctrine_n especial_o in_o those_o book_n who_o author_n be_v dead_a and_o yet_o notwithstanding_o no_o christian_a professor_n be_v moâ—e_n guilty_a than_o themselves_o not_o only_o of_o condemn_v doctrine_n of_o person_n that_o be_v dead_a as_o diver_n of_o their_o book_n testify_v but_o also_o guilty_a of_o censure_v person_n too_o after_o their_o decease_n especial_o such_o as_o have_v be_v their_o opposer_n for_o this_o take_v one_o example_n from_o w_n penn_n viz._n reason_n against_o raiâ—ing_n p._n 163._o tho._n hicks_n complain_v of_o e._n burrough_n for_o give_v ill_a name_n to_o p._n bennit_n for_o ask_v question_n of_o the_o quaker_n w._n p._n make_v thomas_n hicks_n this_o reply_n viz._n it_o be_v wicked_a with_o a_o witness_n and_o like_o a_o most_o irreligions_n miscreant_n indeed_o god_n be_v my_o record_n this_o day_n i_o will_v not_o to_o inherit_v more_o world_n than_o there_o be_v star_n in_o the_o firmament_n have_v so_o violate_v the_o law_n of_o charity_n against_o the_o most_o violent_a of_o our_o decease_a opposer_n ungodly_a traducer_n who_o envy_n no_o doubt_n have_v fire_n enough_o in_o it_o to_o burn_v this_o good_a man_n bone_n etc._n etc._n note_v at_o what_o a_o rate_n he_o go_v on_o consider_v the_o cause_n more_o like_a a_o domineer_a ranter_n than_o a_o meek_a and_o humble_a quaker_n see_v himself_o be_v real_o guilty_a of_o censure_v and_o inveigh_v at_o â—_o perrot_n one_o of_o there_o decease_a opposer_n as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o his_o book_n call_v judas_n and_o the_o jew_n and_o yet_o i_o know_v not_o that_o he_o get_v so_o much_o by_o so_o do_v as_o to_o pay_v one_o debt_n and_o much_o less_o so_o many_o world_n as_o there_o be_v star_n in_o the_o firmament_n but_o have_v not_o the_o book_n at_o hand_n to_o cite_v particular_n i_o will_v set_v down_o what_o john_n â—aylâ—_n and_o jo._n feild_n brethren_n of_o w._n p_o say_v of_o the_o say_v perrot_n after_o his_o decease_n p._n 9_o of_o their_o love_a invitation_n viz._n j._n perrot_n say_v they_o become_v a_o troubler_n and_o opposer_n and_o lose_v the_o unity_n of_o friend_n in_o general_a and_o so_o be_v cut_v off_o from_o the_o vine_n christ_n and_o die_v miserable_o be_v in_o debt_n as_o the_o say_v see_v now_o here_o they_o censure_v one_o of_o there_o decease_a opposer_n to_o damnation_n behold_v the_o self-condemnation_n of_o these_o man_n &_o their_o want_n of_o charity_n to_o the_o decease_a where_o have_v any_o of_o their_o opposer_n be_v so_o uncharitable_a to_o any_o of_o they_o after_o death_n especial_o but_o my_o present_a business_n be_v not_o at_o all_o about_o the_o dead_a neither_o about_o man_n nor_o thing_n that_o be_v dead_a but_o against_o confuse_a doctrine_n now_o live_v viz._n own_v patronise_v and_o justify_v by_o man_n now_o live_v as_o witness_v the_o late_a general_a account_n give_v in_o the_o city_n merurcy_n or_o news_n book_n by_o the_o 24_o quaker_n at_o london_n and_o w._n bayly_n p._n 568._o oppose_v some_o doctrine_n of_o a_o quaker_n who_o be_v dead_a say_v as_o for_o that_o which_o be_v dead_a i_o have_v little_a to_o say_v one_o way_n or_o other_o i_o look_v not_o say_v he_o at_o the_o person_n of_o any_o live_n or_o dead_a in_o that_o respect_n but_o it_o be_v that_o that_o live_v that_o make_v the_o difference_n and_o just_o as_o w_n bayly_n say_v so_o it_o be_v for_o those_o citation_n follow_v be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o those_o now_o live_v though_o some_o of_o the_o first_o author_n be_v dead_a and_o my_o care_n have_v be_v to_o cite_v the_o passage_n so_o large_a as_o to_o deliver_v the_o plain_a and_o full_a sense_n and_o meaning_n of_o their_o author_n to_o all_o intelligent_a reader_n as_o they_o will_v find_v who_o please_v to_o examine_v and_o compare_v the_o same_o impartial_o but_o if_o through_o my_o distance_n from_o the_o press_n some_o error_n or_o escape_n shall_v pass_v uncorrected_a i_o desire_v the_o candid_a reader_n excuse_v or_o pardon_n see_v none_o be_v design_v last_o whereas_o some_o preacher_n of_o late_a to_o eyâ—se_v such_o confuse_a doctrine_n as_o follow_v tell_v the_o people_n that_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o find_v seem_v contradiction_n in_o the_o scripture_n and_o why_o then_o may_v it_o not_o be_v so_o in_o our_o friend_n book_n to_o which_o i_o say_v they_o themselves_o in_o their_o book_n give_v the_o reason_n why_o it_o be_v so_o with_o the_o scripture_n which_o reason_n can_v hold_v as_o to_o their_o book_n for_o w._n penn_n take_v up_o several_a page_n in_o his_o rejoynder_n to_o show_v to_o j._n faldo_n the_o uncertainty_n of_o the_o scripture_n bring_v reason_n to_o prove_v they_o not_o the_o same_o as_o give_v forth_o but_o alter_v and_o corruptud_n so_o joan_n whitehead_n to_o the_o same_o effect_n in_o refuge_n fix_v also_o g._n whitehead_n in_o divers_a book_n and_o s._n fisher_n at_o large_a in_o rusticus_n etc._n etc._n all_o which_o shall_v be_v show_v hereafter_o now_o this_o can_v be_v allege_v of_o their_o book_n because_o we_o have_v the_o first_o impression_n of_o they_o and_o therefore_o they_o can_v be_v alter_v or_o corrupt_v so_o that_o this_o be_v too_o short_a a_o cover_n for_o this_o mystry_n of_o confusion_n which_o i_o desire_v all_o sober_a reader_n well_o to_o note_n have_v thus_o premise_v shall_v now_o proceed_v to_o note_v some_o of_o the_o contradiction_n and_o clash_n of_o the_o quaker_n as_o i_o find_v they_o set_v down_o in_o their_o ancient_a and_o latter_a write_n with_o some_o observation_n on_o the_o same_o chap._n i._n the_o dis-harmony_n clash_n and_o contradiction_n of_o the_o quaker_n in_o both_o their_o ancient_a and_o latter_a write_n numb_a i._o sanâ—y_o foundat_fw-la p._n 13._o w._n p._n say_v since_o the_o father_n be_v god_n and_o the_o son_n be_v god_n &_o the_o spirit_n 〈…〉_o unless_o the_o father_n 〈◊〉_d and_o holy_a ghost_n be_v 3_o distirct_a nothing_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d must_v be_v â—â—eâ—_n distinct_a s._n â—â—â—ances_n &_o
never_o call_v the_o bodily_a garment_n christ._n quaker_n plainness_n p._n 23._o g._n w._n say_v the_o mere_a body_n of_o jesus_n be_v not_o the_o entire_a christ_n yet_o the_o name_n christ_n be_v sometime_o give_v to_o the_o body_n though_o not_o so_o proper_o as_o to_o the_o whole_a man_n christ._n note_v though_o g.w._n here_o grant_v the_o scripture_n sometime_o call_v the_o body_n christ_n yet_o he_o will_v neither_o call_v it_o christ_n nor_o own_o it_o to_o be_v so_o much_o as_o any_o part_n of_o christ_n but_o as_o a_o garment_n if_o he_o be_v of_o his_o brother_n i._n p_o be_v say_v numb_a 49._o if._n pennington_n p_o 20_o that_o which_o he_o christ_n take_v upon_o he_o be_v our_o garment_n even_o the_o flâ—sh_n and_o blood_n of_o our_o nature_n which_o be_v of_o a_o earthly_a perish_a nature_n g._n w_n be_v answ_o to_o w._n harworth_n that_o flesh_n see_v no_o corruption_n but_o be_v raise_v from_o the_o dead_a note_v the_o contradiction_n for_o g_o w._n here_o deny_v that_o it_o corrupt_a or_o perish_v now_o lest_o my_o old_a friend_n shall_v say_v that_o i_o be_o so_o hard_o pinch_v to_o make_v they_o contradict_v themselves_o as_o that_o if_o i_o shall_v find_v in_o their_o book_n that_o they_o say_v four_o penny_n at_o one_o time_n and_o a_o groat_n at_o another_o that_o i_o will_v go_v near_o to_o make_v a_o contradiction_n of_o it_o therefore_o â—_z give_v a_o short_a hint_n of_o what_o g._n w._n call_v contradiction_n in_o their_o opposer_n book_n in_o christ_n ascend_v p._n 58._o he_o bring_v john_n newman_n to_o conttadict_v himself_o thus_o the_o scripture_n principal_o call_v the_o word_n the_o word_n that_o god_n have_v speak_v by_o his_o holy_a prophet_n bless_a son_n and_o apostles_n now_o this_o may_v be_v call_v false_a doctrine_n but_o i_o profess_v they_o have_v better_a eye_n than_o i_o that_o can_v see_v it_o to_o be_v a_o contradiction_n pray_v judge_v if_o this_o be_v any_o more_o than_o to_o say_v four_o penny_n in_o one_o place_n &_o a_o groat_n in_o another_o again_o p._n 60._o he_o bring_v j._n n._n to_o contradict_v himself_o thus_o the_o scripture_n proper_o &_o principal_o call_v the_o word_n the_o will_n and_o mind_n of_o god_n contain_v in_o the_o scripture_n note_v here_o j._n n._n in_o one_o sentence_n explain_v his_o meaning_n in_o the_o other_o but_o how_o it_o be_v a_o contradiction_n i_o leave_v to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o impartial_a and_o whether_o g._n w._n numb_a here_o be_v not_o hard_o pinch_v to_o find_v contradiction_n and_o yet_o many_o more_o such_o thing_n he_o cite_v for_o contradiction_n in_o that_o and_o several_a other_o of_o his_o book_n too_o large_a to_o insert_v here_o to_o which_o i_o refer_v the_o reader_n with_o request_n to_o take_v notice_n what_o i_o may_v venture_v to_o call_v contradiction_n by_o g._n w_n be_v rule_n shall_v i_o show_v myself_o so_o silly_a as_o to_o follow_v his_o example_n numb_a 50._o a_o book_n entit_fw-fr this_o to_o go_v among_o friend_n by_o w._n smith_n p._n 17._o as_o for_o g._n fox_n say_v he_o the_o lord_n god_n have_v exalt_v he_o &_o his_o glory_n rest_v upon_o he_o not_o set_v up_o a_o man_n or_o throw_v down_o a_o man_n but_o in_o all_o thing_n give_v the_o power_n pre-eminence_n and_o endearedness_n to_o the_o vessâ—_fw-it fiâ—ed_v with_o the_o excellency_n of_o that_o treasure_n w._n bayleys_n work_v p._n 307._o for_o they_o his_o disciple_n love_v his_o person_n for_o the_o sake_n of_o the_o frame_n and_o quality_n of_o the_o spirit_n that_o dwell_v in_o he_o or_o else_o what_o be_v his_o person_n be_v mean_a and_o contemptible_a to_o they_o more_o than_o another_o person_n qu._n to_o which_o of_o these_o do_v they_o give_v the_o preference_n to_o the_o person_n of_o christ_n or_o vessel_n of_o g._n fox_n numb_a 51._o great_a mystr_n p._n 246._o priest_n say_v god_n the_o father_n never_o take_v upon_o he_o humane_a nature_n g._n f._n answer_n that_o be_v contrary_a to_o scripture_n who_o say_v god_n be_v in_o christ_n reconcile_n the_o world_n to_o himself_o and_o be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o great_a mystry_n god_n manifest_a in_o the_o flesh_n sword_n of_o the_o lord_n draw_v pag._n 5._o whereas_o you_o say_v this_o christ_n be_v god_n and_o man_n in_o one_o person_n it_o be_v a_o lie_n note_v in_o one_o he_o be_v so_o far_o from_o deny_v god_n and_o man_n in_o one_o persâ—n_n that_o he_o hold_v not_o only_a god_n the_o son_n to_o have_v take_v man_n nature_n but_o god_n the_o father_n also_o o_o confuse_a divinity_n numb_a 52._o reas_n agt._fw-la rail_a p._n 20._o in_o the_o fullness_n oâ—_n time_n he_o châ—ist_n manifest_v himself_o in_o a_o more_o familiar_a manner_n to_o mankind_n in_o order_n to_o which_o he_o prepare_a aâ—_n as_o holy_a body_n in_o which_o he_o preach_v his_o everlasting_a gospel_n mark_n a_o holy_a body_n t._n musgroves_n doctrine_n preach_v about_o delaware_n in_o the_o year_n 1695._o that_o christ_n as_o to_o his_o manhood_n account_v himself_o not_o 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