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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

Principle and Practice of the Quakers It is casting off the yoke of Christ but this I shall fully speak to in the latter part of Whitheads Pamphlet There are other dangerous Principles I might instance in as that of perfection by improving the light in us c. But I hope to every understanding sound heart these will demonstrate the inconsistency of these Principles lived and dyed in with salvation For as it is sound Doctrine That a drunkard cannot be saved because drunkennesse is a damning sin so if these be damning Principles as I am satisfied they are then he that lives and dyes in them cannot be saved These things I have thus freely declared not out of any desire to passe sentence upon the Quakers the Lord is witnesse but to warne saints and others who are not yet in their snares from having to doe with their Principles and also if possible to save some of them with feare pulling them out of the fire Jude 23. Now the last thing I have to doe is to reply to the Cavills of George Whithead where first I might gather up an heap of vile reproaches as Blinde Watchman deceiving fellow c. but I will not rake in such a dunghill it is their spirit and I leave him to the Lord to rebuke The first Page is full of bitter rayling all I shall say to it is that of James 3.6.8 The tongue is a fire an unruly evill full of deadly poyson The second Page speaks his Pen and Spirit dipt in the gall of Asps there is one cavill I would speake a word to and that is because I said It hath been upon my thoughts many yeares that a man living and dying in the Principles of the Quakers cannot be saved What I so long thought I then gave demonstrative grounds for and now more largely But Whithead sayes that because I said it had been upon my thoughts therefore it could not be of the Lord What an ignorant inference is this Are there not many pretious truths kept upon the thoughts of saints many yeares When David Prayed to God 1 Chron. 29.18 O Lord God keep this for ever in the imaginations of the thoughts of the heart of thy people Was it therefore not of God because it was upon their thoughts so long Or when Paul sayes 2 Cor. 9.5 I thought it necessary to exhort the Brethren therefore Pauls thoughts were not of the Lord but whether will not a cavilling spirit carry a man His Discourse of quaking is so fully answered in our reply to them formerly that I will not trouble the Reader nor my selfe further about it Page third to my saying That the Lord called to warn the people of the rage and infusion of Satan there is not a word of Answer but rayling I am not to render evill for evill He carps at an expression of mine from Ezek. 33.6 where alluding from the temporall to the eternall death you will see it was a very proper expression The sixth verse runs thus But if the Watch-man see the Sword come and blow not the Trumpet and the people be not warned if the Sword come and take any person from among them he is taken away in his iniquity but his blood will I require at the Watch-mans hand Now I said if it be matter of eternall life I will call for damnation at their hands sayes Gods the Watch-mans hands for damnation answers to the Phrase Blood when it is taken for eternall death Was there any cause of cavill here but the Leopard cannot change his spots nor the Quaker his rayling And for the Phrase calling for damnation is it not equivalent to that of requiring their blood upon this he falls into bitter rayling Page the fourth First after a passionate fit of rayling he affirmes That so much of light is in every man as will reveale Christ in them and save them that beleeve in it To which I answer That that light which is in every man is the reliques of the light of the first Creation first Covenant the covenant of works which can no way reveale Christ as the Mediator much lesse reveale Christ to be in them who have onely that naturall lights 1 Cor. 2.14 the Heathen who have the reliques of the Creation light have no Knowledge of Christ as Mediator so far is it from them to have Christ in them to some it is given to some it is not given Mat. 13.11 And for that saying that he is a light to enlighten the Heathen or Gentiles it is meant of a new Gospel light given forth in conversion not of their creation or first covenant light notwithstanding which the Apostle plainly affirms of them Eph. 2.11.12 that they were without Christ c. 2. He affirmes that they that beleeve in the light they have it will save them pag. 4. line 22. If he meane by the light in them Christ personall that 's horrid ignorance to say that Christ personall is in Heathens if of a created work of light that 's blasphemy that beleeving in a creature will save but whether soever they meane his ignorance in this point is grosse and is the root of many other Delusions 3. As to that of John 8.12 It is plainly meant of Christs Person as the Fountaine of Light I am the Light of the World that is I give the Knowledge of the Gospel to those in the world that beleeve in me as it is expounded John 12.46 I am come a light into the world that whosoever beleeveth in me should not abide in darkenesse It cannot be meant of the Created Light for then a man were to beleeve in his own light which is sinfull ignorance of the Gospel and nature of beleeving And for his quaery How can they follow Christ if there be not a light to enlighten their darkenesse I Answer Till Christ create a second Covenant-light the light of Faith upon the account of the covenant of grace they cannot follow Christ there are thousands in their state of darknes that cannot follow Christ for want of light Iohn 1.5 the darknes comprehended it not Page the fifth He falls to horrid rayling and then speaks to that assertion of mine That the Quakers meane by their light the light of natural conscience and answers it by denying it But I shall demonstrate that that is their plaine meaning though they would delude themselves and others with words just as the Paelagians who boldly affirmed they were as much for Grace as any who when it came to be sifted by Augustine it appeared they meant by grace onely the naturall ability God had given them and the Scriptures and thereupon were condemned by severall great Councells the Diospolitan and two Carthaginian Councells the Fathers of those times would not be put off with words And so they did in the Arrian businesse though Arrius pretended he was of the same mind with the Nicen Councell vide Hottings Hist. Sacr. cap. 4. pag. 174. I quote these things to