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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

there is a great difference between Christ's offering up himself by the Eternal Spirit a Lamb without Spot to God and the Acts of wicked Men inflicted upon him as 't is said by wicked hands they put him to death The Merit Deserving Dignity or Worth is placed upon Christ's Obedience in offering up himself and humbling himself to the Death of the Cross for Man's Redemption as intimated in the consequence Wherefore God hath highly exalted him Phil. 2. 9. Therefore the Merit or Deserving was not placed upon the Soldier 's Act of thrusting the Spear into his side and letting out his Blood thereby after he had given up the Ghost John 19. 33 34. But upon the Obedience of the Son of God even unto the Death of the Cross as that most acceptable Sacrifice for the Sins of the World Christ's deserving such high Exaltation into Dominion and Glory through his Obedience in Suffering was for the bringing many Sons to Glory Heb. 2. 10. consequently That in following him we might be received into Glory as they who Suffer with him shall be glorified together Rom. 8. 17. and this no ways interferes with nor varies from Our Sincere Belief of Salvation and Justification by Jesus Christ his Righteousness Merits and Works and not by our own Christ as our Mediator and the one Offering has obtained Justification Remission and Pardon of Sins and Eternal Redemption for us which he makes us partakers of by his Work of Righteousness and Sanctification in us so that both Christ's Obedience Deservings and Dignity without us and his works within us are concerned in our Salvation and Justification which his Light and Spirit Leads us to the living Knowledge and Experience of as We sincerely obey and follow the same for the Apostle describes both the washing Sanctification and Justification of true Converts to be in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God 1 Cor. 6. 11. Therefore I hope it will be no reproach to W. P. or any else to be in conjunction with G. W. in this point as he is accused p. 14. namely That our Justification and Salvation is not Effected wholly without us as if there were no need of the Spirit 's work within us for our Regeneration and Sanctification all which is Christ's work being done by his Spirit and Power which consequently does no ways lessen his Dignity Glory and Honour wherewith he was crowned through the Suffering of Death that he might bring many Sons after him unto Glory Heb. 2. 9. Again the Rector quotes G. Whitehead in Counterfeit Convert printed 1694. p. 17 18. That it is the Light and Life within in which is the Immediate and Efficient cause of Man's Salvation And as for the Sufferings and Death of Christ in the Flesh they do but instrumentally contribute thereunto The Rector to abuse me Partially cites me in this place as if I ascribed Salvation to a Light and Life within without Christ or not to Christ for what else could he design in bringing this Quotation to confront or oppose our Confession before cited to Salvation by Jesus Christ And where do I say in which i. e. in the Light and Life within is the Immediate and Efficient cause of Man's Salvation as if I should say something in the Light and Life of Christ were the Immediate cause of Man's Salvation and not the Light and Life of Christ it self this Rector would fain make me speak Non-sence as well as Blasphemy But by our confessing to the Light and Life of Christ within as the Immediate and Efficient cause of Man's Salvation from Sin and Condemnation we do neither divide Christ nor make two Christs nor yet by confessing his Suffering and Death in the Flesh as a means of God's appointment instrumentally to contribute thereunto He being The Mediator of the New Covenant that by means of Death for the Redemption of the Transgressions that were under the first Testament or Covenant they which are called might receive the Promise of Eternal Inheritance Heb. 9. 15. and as it was by means of Christ that true Christians believe in God who raised him up from the Dead and gave him Glory and Honour that their Faith and Hope might be in God 1 Pet. 1. 20 21. So if Christ our Mediator be the Means the Cause and Great Instrument of our Faith and Salvation and his Death the Means of our Redemption and Remission of Sins in his Blood It can be no dishonour to him to confess his Sufferings and Death in the Flesh instrumentally to contribute to our Salvation and that Christ himself by his Light and Life in us is the Immediate and Efficient cause thereof thereby fulfilling and confirming in us the blessed and holy Design and Ends of his Sufferings and Death for us I am not ashamed of my Testimony for Christ in this matter and give it here more truly than my Adversary has done out of the place quoted out of Counterfeit Convert p. 18. viz. That Christ the Promised Seed through Death was to bruise under and destroy him that had the Power of Death viz. The Devil yet he effectually doth it by his divine Power Light and Life as the Immediate and Efficient cause of Man's Salvation wherein we still confess his Sufferings and Death in the Flesh instrumentally to contribute thereunto Christ Jesus as the Promised Seed who came of a Woman made under the Law bruised the Serpent's Head both without us and within us without us through his Sufferings and Death by his divine Testimony Word and Power within us by his Divine Life Light Word or Seed Spirit and Power which is all but one Christ himself not two Christs nor to be divided Else how could we be born again of Incorruptible Seed Or how doth that Seed remain in him that 's born again And is not that Seed Christ And is not the Word of Faith Christ in Spirit See 1 Pet. 1. 23. 1 John 3. 9. Rom. 10. 6 7 8. Now where 's the Venom charged in all this Doctrine When true and full Recitations are given of our Words how plain does the Truth thereof appear But when our Adversaries give their perverted minced and false Citations thereof to traduce us as Venomous in Doctrine as this angry Rector has frowardly and frequently done How cloudy do they make them and us look But Truth will work thorow and over all this dust and cloudy stuff they cast upon us To what he quotes against Tho. Lawson his Untaught Teacher printed 1655. p. 4 5. Against looking for Salvation from a means without and seeking a way to Salvation without p. 15. I have not the Book quoted but am apt to think T. L's unfairly or not fully cited in this place let the Rector produce a fair and full Recitation However I really believe upon our Principle that T. L. meant no other than that as Salvation from Sin is an Inward and Spiritual Work of Christ Men must expect and wait

Yes verily we believe and own Christ not only as he is the Light of the World enlightning every Man coming into it but also that he is given for a Leader and for a Commander And that he is both King Priest and Prophet to and over his Church and People He is the Minister of the Sanctuary which the Lord Pitched and not Man and we are to hear him in all things On this the Rector observes viz. This Profession of theirs if Sincere would indeed comprehend a great part of the Christian Religion but if the above Quotations be true they will give you just cause to suspect them even in this p. 19. By this our Profession is granted as comprehensive of a great part of Christian Religion and our Sincerity therein is known to God who judgeth Righteously and we may not submit it to this Person 's Prejudice or unjust Judgment and Quotations wherein his Falseness and Partiality are in a great measure already detected And what he now quotes against our said Profession out of Tyranny and Hypocrisie detected p. 19. of S. E's declaring G. F. Blessed be the Man that came out of the North c. And a Letter said to be writ by Josiah Coale from Barbadoes to G. F. in 1658. which this Person saith is Justified by W. Penn in his Judas and the Jews p. 44 45 46. We have heard often of this Letter of J. C's and of W. P's Vindication thereof but I find no Reply from this Rector to Refute W. P. therein nor yet any Proof therefrom of our Insincerity in what we profess as aforesaid for our believing the Divine Offices of Jesus Christ in and over his Church for though G. F. was truly esteemed among us as a Faithful Minister of Christ and a Father in him unto many in the Faith and an Heir of Christ's Kingdom yet this was never to Wrest the Scepter out of Christ's Hand as is falsly insinuated by this Rector and his Author Edward Pay a Teacher of the Anabaptists whose Authority is quoted against us p. 19 20. See what hard Shifts this Man is put to for Authority against us for all his Learning I may refer him in this Case to my Answer to Edward Pay Entituled The Contemned Quaker and his Christian Religion defended p. 81 82. Wherein I tell him that his Charge is very high against two Persons deceased who I believe ended their Days in Peace and that I have cause to question whether the said Letter be truly and intirely copied or cited from the Original and what Persons that are no Parties nor Adversaries to us will attest thine to be a true and intire Copy according to Josiah Coale's original Letter c. I doubt not but I can clear that Honest Man Josiah Coale from giving any Blasphemous Titles as charged and that from his own printed Testimonies and G. F. also from receiving such by his known publick Christian Profession and Confession unto Christ Jesus both as God and Man according to the Holy Scriptures And concerning the other Pamphlet Tyranny and Hypocrisie also quoted by this Rector against us it is a Malicious Libel without the Author's Name yet so far given credit unto against us to asperse and traduce us though fully answered long ago by W. P. c Thus hard put to it is this Rector to find and rake up Matter against our Christian Profession of Christ his Divine Offices c. And therefore 1st His calling G. F. the King of the Quakers p. 20 21. is a Scornful Falshood that 's none of our Profession but that Jesus Christ is our King Priest and Prophet who is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords 2. As also his accusing G. F. with depriving Christ of his Kingly Office and assuming it to himself p. 21. is another notorious Falshood and Calumny for he was a Minister or Servant of Jesus Christ and so he owned himself to be consequently unjustly charg'd with depriving Christ of his Kingly Office and assuming it to himself Neither did I ever say or intend any such thing of G. F. though I am here quoted in Innocency against Envy p. 18. as plainly intimating It is not G. F. but the Light or Christ within him that assumes this Kingly Power p. 21. I do not know that I used these words or plainly intimated this in behalf of G. F. nor needed I so excuse him from that which he was never justly chargeable with as depriving Christ of his Kingly Office or assuming the same to himself Neither was it proper or pertinent for me to say That the Light or Christ within assumes this Kingly Power p. 21. 'T is Christ's Right to Rule and Reign both as King and Law-giver and his being in us by his Light and Spirit does not lessen his Power Dignity or Glory he hath in himself And it follows not that because Christ who is King is in us That every Quaker is a King because every Quaker has the Light within as this Priest argues p. 21. I wish he would speak more Reverently of the Light within and of Christ within which if he obeys not will be his Condemnation it 's they that obey Christ the Light and suffer with him that shall Reign with him and not every one in whom Christ or his Light appears for too many Rebel against the Light and will not that Christ should Reign over them What he quotes against G. F. Jun. p. 50. speaking in the Name of the Light is answered in the other Examination and no disowning but a real owning of Christ's Kingly Office as he is the Light and Judge of the World The Rector insinuating against us A Denial of the Priestly Office of Christ and also his Humanity p. 22. is as false as the rest of his Calumnies Where did ever we deny Christ as the one Mediator betwixt God and Man even the Man Christ Jesus 1 Tim. 2. 5. How often have we confess'd him as such His saying the Quakers tells you that Christ was never seen with Carnal Eyes c. quoting H. Woolrich's Declaration to the Baptists p. 13. I have not that Declaration but it has been answered that he meant the True Christ is not seen Savingly with Carnal Eyes nor though the Jews saw his Body or Person outwardly they did not see him Spiritually and Savingly as his Disciples did who saw his Glory as of the only Begotten of the Father full of Grace and Truth Christ saith He that seeth me seeth my Father also in which sence of seeing he was never so seen with Carnal Eyes no more than the Father was Again 't is objected against us That we teach that Christ has no Body but his Church quoting Jos. Coale's Works p. 332. This is falsly charged both against us and falsly cited against Josiah Coale for first We do not so Teach 2. Though J. C. confesseth the Church to be the Body of Christ in the place quoted he also confesseth Christ's glorious Body

like unto which his Body the Church shall be fashioned saying That Affliction did still attend these Members of Christ's Body and that this Body i. e. the Church though not free as yet from suffering Afflictions yet shall be fashioned like to his glorious Body J. C ' s p. 332. So that he owned Christ to have a glorious Body above that of his Members Therefore it appears neither from hence nor yet from this Rector's unjust Charge or false Quotation that the Quakers deny the Mediator the Man Christ Jesus as he falsly saith much less that they do Scornfully Contemn the Blood of Christ p. 23. as they are grosly Calumniated and Slandered What he cites against E. B. and W. P. p. 23 24. is answered in the foregoing Examination And as to Christ's Prophetick Office we are satisfied that we own it more than these our Adversaries in that we believe we ought to hear him in all things by his Light Word and Spirit in our Hearts for which they so much slight and contemn us opposing his Immediate Revelation Teaching and Ministry in these days and confining his present Ministry to the Scriptures in opposition to his Light and Immediate Teaching in Man for though Christ did frequently preach from Scriptures yet his Preaching was with Power and Efficacy he had power both to open the Scriptures and the Understandings of them that heard him in opening them and also so to touch their Hearts that they said Did not our Hearts burn within us while he spoke unto us Which Mens meer literal Preaching cannot do nor work those Effects We are to hear Christ in all things him that speaketh from Heaven but saith the Rector they i. e. the Quakers neither do nor will hear him no their Christ within which they are obliged to tells them other things than our outward Christ or Prophet does p. 24. What an Ignorant and Scornful Reflection and Abuse is this as if either we owned another Christ within than the true Christ and Prophet whom we are to hear which is a false Insinuation or else that Christ as within and Christ as without is not one and the same Christ which is false also neither is Christ divided though he be both without and within And where proves this Rector that the Scripture is the Touch-stone to try Spirits withal wherein he takes part with Mat. Caffin the Anabaptist Preacher his affirming the same against the Quakers p. 25. Christ said Have Salt in your selves and discerning of Spirits was the Gift of the Spirit without which none can truly understand or make use of the Scripture If Tho. Lawson said The Scripture is not the Tryer of Spirits as 't is alledged against us p. 25. I find no Scripture produced to prove this Erroneous Christ is the Great Judge and Tryer of Spirits who searches and tryes the Heart and the Reines and it is by his Light and Spirit that Spirits must be tryed and judged not by the Carnal but by the Spiritual Man And what the Rector again cites out of p. 7. against studying to raise a living thing out of a dead and the Spirit out of the Letter c. was never intended to oppose the Teaching of Christ's Prophetick Office for his Office never allowed any such Study Neither do the Quakers deny Christ's Gospel Ordinances which are really such and by him perpetuated Here the Rector imposes upon us and his Allegations fall short of proof And our not continuing under a Literal and Shadowy Dispensation of Types and Figures carnal Ordinances and outward Element but under a Spiritual Ministry is rather an Indication of our owning Christ's Offices his Gospel his Ministry or Dispensation than any refusing to hear him who speaketh from Heaven by his Holy Spirit Light and Grace in Mens Hearts What seems most materially objected hitherto in the Rector's Antidote being answered I may take notice of some Passages hereafter farther to shew what he falsly deems Venom of Quakerism according to his Title and Observations against our Profession Quest. Do you believe or own Baptism as Essential to Christianity or necessary to Salvation and for the ingrafting us into Christ and his Church Our answer is We believe and are fully perswaded That Baptism which is Essential to Christianity and the Saving Baptism or the Cause without which none can be true Christians or Saved is the Inward or Spiritual Washing of Regeneration by the Word of Life This is the Saving Baptism into Christ and his Church which produceth the Answer of a good Conscience towards God of which the outward was a Figure 1 Pet. 3. 21. This is that One Baptism of Christ by One Spirit into that One Body whereof Christ is the Head As to Dipping or Sprinkling Infants or young Children we find no Precept or President in Holy Scripture for the Practice thereof and therefore we cannot think our not-believing it Essential or necessary to Salvation or making Christians a sufficient Argument to prove us no Christians unless it can be proved that none are Saved without it and that all are Saved that have it Considering also what 's positively affirmed in the 39 Articles as in the sixth Article That whatsoever is not read in the Holy Scriptures nor may be proved thereby is not to be required of any Man that it should be believed as an Article of the Faith or be thought requisite or necessary to Salvation And in the 20th Article That the Church ought not to decree or enforce any thing against or besides Holy Writ to be believed for necessity of Salvation And in Article 21 That things ordained by General Councils as necessary to Salvation have neither Strength nor Authority unless that they be taken out of Holy Scripture On the first part of this Profession the Rector makes this Observation against us viz. By this their Answer they i. e. the Quakers do not Insinuate to but plainly tell the World what Baptism it is that is essentially necessary to Salvation or making Christians that is the Inward or Spiritual Washing of Regeneration by the Word of Life the Washing or Cleansing of the Heart or an Inward Conversion to God p. 26 27. And herein we plainly tell the World the plain Truth according to Holy Scripture And what Venom is in this pray Had not this Rector need to be severely corrected for opposing this Doctrine as Venomous and making the outward Baptism by Water the Saving Baptism and not the Inward and Spiritual As if all the World of Mankind were in a State of Damnation who are not so outwardly Baptized with Water or could be no Christians nor Saved if they be not so Baptized or Rantized as he would have them this is like Dip or Damn Oh! uncharitable and unchristian Doctrine Has Salvation by Grace been preached so long among us and must it now be placed on Works or on such a superficial Work as that of outward Baptism Sprinkling Dipping or Plunging Persons in Water But

for it to be wrought within them by the Spirit and Power of Christ who is the great means and cause thereof so that if any seek the way and means of Salvation only without them and neglect Christ's Appearance and Light in them they miss their way though He who is the Great means obtained Eternal Redemption and Salvation without them and alone did tread the Wine-press which we believe and therefore the Rector's conclusions are false against us 1. That They i. e. the Quakers undervalue the Righteousness and Merits of Jesus Christ purchasing Salvation for us 2. That they Extol and Magnifie their own Righteousness and Works like to their Brethren in the Church of Rome p. 15. 3. That they exceed all the meritorious Boasts of those their Kindred in affirming that their Sufferings are Greater and more unjust than the Sufferings in the days of Christ c. I positively deny and Testifie against these Accusations as Notorious Calumnies to traduce and abuse the People called Quakers contrary to our Principle and Profession of Jesus Christ and that Glory Dignity and Preheminence we sincerely ascribe to him his Righteousness Merits Works and Sufferings And that 't is by his Grace through Faith we are saved not of our selves 't is the Gift of God not of Works lest any Man should Boast Ephes. 2. Our Confession of Remission of Sin and Redemption thro' the Sufferings Death and Blood of Christ and Faith in him c. Tho' this the Rector confesses seems to be very Orthodox yet he 'll needs have it still but Paint and Deceit p. 16. Thus uncharitable and incredulous he is of our plain and sincere Profession falsly inferring For Remission or Redemption through the Sufferings or Righteousness of another is not by them i. e. Quakers believed Which is false 't was none of the Question or Controversie between us and our former Opposers the Imputarians for what the Rector observes out of F. B's Works p. 33. already answered in the other Examination and W. P's Sandy Foundation p. 25 30 31. and Serious Apology p. 148. though very brokenly and partially as well as impertinently cited by the Rector p. 16 17. Yet 't is no ways intended to disbelieve or deny Remission of Sins or Redemption thro' the Sufferings or Righteousness of Christ Jesus But to refuse a Justification of impure and unsanctified Persons by an Imputative Righteousness according to W. P's Title of that part of the Controversie Sandy Foundation p. 24. or a justifying the Wicked and condemning the Just which they that do are Abomination to the Lord Prov. 17. 15. p. 24. Ibid. which is not to deny the real and true Imputation of Christ's Righteousness to them that are Sanctified and by Faith have a true Interest in Christ as partakers of his Righteousness and Holiness His Imputations or Reckonings being all True and Righteous if he reckons or esteems a Man Just he is really so I do not see that W. P. contradicts this Doctrine of Justification in his Primitive Christianity c. by his former opposing Justification of Impure Unsanctified or Impenitent Persons by an undue Imputation of anothers Righteousness which in that State they have no share in Who is that Blessed Man to whom God imputeth Righteousness c Rom. 4. 6 7 8. but the Man in whose Spirit is no Guile Psal. 32. 6. The Rector doubtless thinks he has put a learned and binding Question upon us viz. Why indeed should they believe Remission of Sins and Redemption through Christ's Sufferings and Justification by his Righteousness when as they believe themselves to be perfect as God and free from Sin p. 17. Answer 1st Where do we say all this of our selves as that we believe our selves to be perfect as God I would have the Rector produce plain Proof that we say this of our selves 2dly That Perfection of Freedom from Sin which we believe attainable in Christ it is not of our selves nor by our selves attain'd We do not pretend to make our selves Perfect or Free from Sin but by the Power and Work of Christ and his Righteousness by a true Faith in him who is manifest to take away and destroy Sin the work of the Devil and to save us from Sin 3dly Now suppose any true Believers in Christ Jesus his Name and Power should call to others and say Come and I 'll tell you what the Lord hath done for my Soul he hath redeemed my Soul he has taken away my Sins and blotted out my Transgressions and received me Graciously And thereupon such a learned Rector as this should Gainsay his Christian Experience by such a Question as this Why indeed should you believe your Soul is redeemed and your Sins are taken away and blotted out through Christ his Righteousness c. when you thus believe your self to be free from Sin To which he might easily Answer I did not make my self so I magnifie the Grace of God in Christ Jesus towards me what I am I am by the Grace of God The rest against preaching for Sin to continue term of Life p. 18. is opened in the Examination before And the Rector is sadly out and wants Rectifying in his affirming This Doctrine of Sinless Perfection being the approved Doctrine of the Quakers to be in Opposition to all Professors of the Christian Faith p. 18. The Man 's Egregiously out and mistaken in this last part The Doctrine of Sinless Perfection in Christ is a true Christian Doctrine and approved of by all true Believers who are in the Faith of Christ and Professers of the same such Perfection was both commanded and Promised of God and Preached by Christ and his faithful Ministry and effected by Christ in his true Believers and Followers who abide in him He that abideth in him Sinneth not I may here give a full recital of the Question and our Answer upon which the Rector has made his said Observations to prove the same still but Paint and Deceit which is proved to be but his own false Judgment Quest. Do you believe Remission of Sin and Redemption through the Sufferings Death and Blood of Christ Answ. Yes through Faith in Him as he suffered and dyed for all Men gave himself a Ransom for all and his Blood so Shed for the Remission of Sins so all they who sincerely believe and obey him receive the Benefits blessed Effects and Fruits of his Suffering and Dying for them They by Faith in his Name receive and partake of that Eternal Redemption which he hath obtained for us who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from All Iniquity He died for our Sins and rose again for our Justification And if we walk in the Light as he i. e. God is in the Light we have Fellowship one with another And the Blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all Sin 1 John 1. 7. Quest. Do you believe and own the Divine Offices of Jesus Christ in his Church Our Answer is