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A45480	The Quakers house built upon the sand. Or, A discovery of the damnablenesse of their pernicious doctrines With a warning to the people of God, and all others that tender the salvation of their immortall soules, to build upon the rocke Christ Jesus, and his righteousnesse, to confirm the faith once delivered to the saints. In answer to a rayling pamphlet, lately put forth by George Whithead. This is published for the securing the saints, keeping others out of the snare, and (if possible) the reducing some of those that have been seduced by their destructive principles. By the unworthyest of the labourers in the Lords vineyard, and teacher to a church of Christ, Samuel Hammond.	Hammond, Samuel, d. 1665.	1658 (1658)	Wing H623A; ESTC R215874	18,572	28

is no such thing A Papist gives up himselfe to beleeve what the Pope beleeves because it is his maine Principle that the Pope cannot erre A Iew will not beleeve in Christ because it is his maine Principle he is not the Messias 4. God will deale with men for Eternity according to their living and dying in their maine Principles Now for the the demonstrating of it That many of the Quakers Principles are Damnable I shall propound these Arguments First Justification by Inherent Righteousnesse is a Damnable Doctrine but this is one of their maine Principles That this is their Principle is plain both from their Words and Writings see Perfect Pharisee pag. 10. and the reply to their Answer to it pag. 43. And this Book of Whitheads affirmes it plainly pag. 5. there he would prove That a mans acting of justice justifies him before God I shall answer his arguing when I come to speake to the Cavills in the Book onely now I quote it to shew that they affirme justification by Inherent Righteousnesse and so pag. 10. he slights the distinction of two righteousnesses one by the blood of Christ and the other by the spririt of Christ and brings all to the Righteousnesse within which sayes he is imputed to us Now to shew the destructivenesse of this Doctrine Iustification is Gods absolving of a sinner upon the account of a perfect satisfaction to justice imputed to the sinner through Beleeving For the proofe of this Scripture is abundant Rom 3.24.25.26 Rom. 4.5 Rom. 9.30 Rom. 10.3 now inherent righteousnesse cannot be a perfect satisfaction to justice it comes from a sinfull creature and so cannot be perfect Iob 14.5 every action hath sinfull circumstances and so cannot be perfect it sets up a righteousnesse of the Law which God hath excluded as to justification it brings in creature boasting it establishes a covenant of works it makes Christs satisfactory righteousnesse of no effect this broke the neck of many of the Iewes and will all that live and dye in that way Rom. 9.3 But Israel which followed after the Law of righteousnesse have not attained to the Law of righteousnesse Ver. 32. Wherefore because they sought in not by Faith but as it were by the workes of the Law for they stumbled at that stumbling stone Second Argument The not owning the imputed righteousnesse of Christ as the matter and formall cause of our justification is a damnable Doctrine but this is one of the maine Principles of the Quakers and that this is their Principle is proved by what is said in the former Argument and for further proofe of it they usually deride a righteousnesse without us which the imputed righteousnesse of Christ is See George Fox in his Errand to Damascus He that is borne of God is justified by Christ alone without imputation And of A. Hodgson I beleeve to be saved not by the righteousnesse of Christ imputed to me but by the righteousnesse of Christ inherent in me but that the imputed righteousnesse is without us I shall demonstrate in these following Propositions 1. That which is inherent in the Person of Christ at the right hand of God is without us but the obedience and satisfaction of Christ which is his righteousnesse is inherent in the Person of Christ at the right hand of God Rom. 8.33.34 2. As our sins are inherent in us and imputed to Christ so his righteousnesse is inherent in him and imputed to us 2 Cor. 5.21 3. The very Notion of Imputation which the Scripture is so full of speaks the righteousnes inherent in another and made ours by imputation Rom. 4.6 4. The nature of Faith carrying out to Christ for righteousnes speaks the righteousnes inherent in Christ and not in us Phil. 3.9 And that this imputed righteousnes is the matter and formall cause of our justification appears severall wayes as it is the righteousnes of God Rom. 10.3 as it is the righteousnes of Faith Phil 3.9 as it is the righteousnes without the Law Rom. 3.21 as it is the onely ground of pardon Rom. 3.25 And truely to speak my setled thoughts that the beleeving in the imputed righteousnes of Christ for justification it such a Foundation Principle that it is impossible to be saved with denying or totall neglecting of this which makes me have the same thoughts of the Socinian that I have of the Quaker Third Argument To make our reconciliation to God to be wrought by our improving the light within and the renewing of the Image of God in us is a damnable Doctrine but this is a maine Doctrine of the Quakers That this is their Principle look Perfect Pharisee pag. 10.11 and indeed it is the straine of all their Books hence it is that they never send men to the blood of Christ for reconciliation but to the light within Never tell them of pardon of sin through beleeving in the blood of Christ Now for the demonstrating the exceeding sinfulnes of that Doctrine take these following considerations 1. If the Scripture place it onely in the Blood of Christ then it is destructive to place it anywhere else 2 Cor. 5.19.21 Col. 1.21.22 Yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death Rom. 3.25 Eph. 2.16 that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by his crosse 2. The Types of the Old Testament all referred to blood in poynt of atonement Levit. 8.15 2 Chron. 29.24 3. Is not this plainly to make the creature the satisfier of divine justice by his obedience that which the Scripture never owns Fourt Argument To take men off from going to the fullnes of Christ at the right hand of God for teaching and send them to look to the light within thou which they say is in every man is a damnable Doctrine but this is a maine Doctrine of the Quakers reade Perfect Pharisee pag. 17.18 and indeed there is nothing more common in their Writings and Speakings then this reade it plaine in this Pamphlet of Whitheads pag. 6. line 13.16.17.18 Now that this is a damnable Doctrine I shall give many reasons 1. This is to forsake the fountaine of living waters and dig to themselves broken eisternes that can hold no water Jer. 2.13 2. The Scriptures sends us to the right hand of God to Christ not to Christ in us Col. 3.1 Heb. 12.2 neither doe I know any word of Scripture that bids us goe to the light in us though it should mean Christ in us that is the work of grace in us 3. That which they send to is the light that every man hath That an Indian hath it is their own expression Now to send to this to leade to perfection and also to neglect to goe to the Fountaine of Wisedome at the right hand of God is a very soule-destroying Principle but of this more in the Answer to Whitheads Cavills Fifthly Joyne with these a fifth The casting off all the known Ordinances of Christ is very destructive but this is a