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A50679	An antidote against the venom of Quakerism, or, Some observations, on a little pamphlet, stiled, The Christianity of the people commonly called Quakers by John Meriton ...	Meriton, John, 1666-1717.	1699 (1699)	Wing M1816; ESTC R11247	24,688	49

are Sanctified have perfect Unity perfect Knowledge perfect 〈◊〉 And Will. Penn in his Truth Ex●li●d c. as the Authors of a Book Entituled A brief Discovery c. takes notice laughs at the Church of England for confessing themselves Sinners or praying to God for Mercy Alas poor Souls saith Penn are not you 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Mercy upon us miserable Sinners there is no Health in us from Seven to Seventy This Doctrine of Sinless Perfection being the approved Doctrine of the Quakers and that in Opposition to all Professors of the Christian Faith there is no Reason why they should believe Remission of Sin Redemption and Justification by the Righteousness and Merits of Jesus Christ because they themselves pretend to be Perfect as God yea as Perfect and Free from Sin Quest Do you believe and own the Divine 〈◊〉 of Jesus Christ in his Church Answ Yes verily we sincerely believe and own Christ not only as He is the Light of the World enlightning every Man coming into i● 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 c. OBSERVATION 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 Observe then how they believe the Kingly Office of Christ For that examine whether they do not attribute that to G. Fox their first Apostle which is due to Christ Himself alone See Tyranny and Hypocrisie detected p. 19. where Solomon Eccles thus celebrates G. Fox viz. Blessed be the Man that came out of the North blessed be the Womb that bear him and the Breast that gave him Suck And ib. see there a Letter written by 〈◊〉 Coale a Quaker from Barbadoes to G. Fox 24. Day 12 Month 1658. which is justified by W. Penn in his Judas and the Jews p. 44. 45 46. viz. Dear G. Fox who art the Father of many Nations whose Life hath reached thro' us thy Children even to the Isles afar off to the begetting of many again to a lively Hope for which Generations to come shall call thee Blessed whose Being and Habitation is in the Power of the Highest in which thou rule and governest in Righteousness and thy Kingdom is established in P●●●e and the Encrease thereof is without end Now by these Expressions as Edw. P●ye in his Antichrist in Spirit Unmasked well observes whether the Scepter be not wrested out of Christ's Hand and given to G. Fox let the Reader judge by considering the several Parts of it 1 st Then observe he doth expresly ascribe to him a Kingdom Thy Kingdom c. and thou Rulest and Governest must not then such a one be an Actual King 2 dly He describes the Subjects of this Kingdom who those are you may with some Assurance venture to guess viz. Josiah Coale and the rest of the Ancient Society of Quakers to whom the Life of G. Fox hath reached thro' such Illustrious Children even to the Isles afar off to the begetting them again to a lively Hope and these are great in Numbers and therefore he calls him the Father of many Nations 3 dly As Mr. Paye says he tells us what kind of Power and Authority it is in which this King Rules and Governs namely In the Power of the Highest viz. a Spiritual and Divine Power not like that of the Kingdoms of Men. 4 thly You have here the Stability of this Kingdom Thy Kingdom is established in Peace 5 thly You have the Extent of this Kingdom also namely The Encrease thereof is without end it is a Boundless Kingdom Lastly Take notice of the Excellency of this Kingdom which is such and Fox this King's Happiness so great that not only the present Age but Generations to come shall call him Blessed From hence judge if G. Fox is not Invested and Throned in Christ's Kingly Office They have then no Reason to take it ill if we call G. Fox the King of the Quakers since it plainly appears from the Testimony of Josiah Coale an Eminent Teacher of theirs and vindicated as above quoted by Will. Penn and approved of by their Second Day Meeting that he is so even as Christ is King of the Christians but possibly it may be objected That it is Christ in G. Fox that hath this Regal or Kingly Power as G. Whitehead asserts in his Innocency against Envy p. 18. we might have then reasonably expected that it would have been so expressed Meanings are not to be understood but by Words and as for Words none can be plainer and more expressive which W. Penn affirms to be no Blasphemy but harmless and Innocent See further Tyranny and Hypocrisie detected p. 45. as also Judas and the Jews p. 85. where you have this Saying of King George repeated Friends altho' I have not told it you I do now declare it I have Power to bind and to loose whom I please And who can deny it since he hath deprived Christ of His Kingly Office and assumed it to Himself But I do still expect the Quakers will say as G. Whitehead in his Innocency against Envy p. 18. plainly intimates it is not G. Fox but the Light or Christ within him that Assumes this Kingly Power but it will then follow that every Quaker is a King because every Quaker has the Light within which Light must be obeyed since all Power in Heaven and Earth is committed to it See Smith's Primer p. 13. also Josiah Coale's Works p. 93. See G. Fox Jun. p. 50. whom you may observe to speak plain and home to the Point viz. I the Light will fall upon you and grinde you to Pouder All who will not own me the Light in you And I will make you know that I the Light am the true Eternal God which created all things and that by me the Light all things are upheld and that there is not another besides me that can save Now Reader compare these Quotations with this their late Profession now under Consideration and then judge whether the Quakers do really own the Kingly Office of Christ For whereas they pretend to be obedient to the Laws of Christ our Lord and His Ordinances are they not both by their Doctrine and Practices made Void Contemned and Rejected as will further hereafter appear But to proceed 2 dly Let us now see how they own Christ's Priestly Office For who as above can believe that they really own the Priestly Office of Christ when they deny his Humanity as owned by all Orthodox Christians To which I shall add these Reasons with some little Mixture of Matter of Fact to let the Reader see that notwithstanding their Plausible Pretences they must be thought to deny the Priestly Office of Christ For First If they deny the Person or Humanity of Christ as above shewed they cannot own Christ's Priestly

Office tho' the Scripture tells us of one Mediator betwixt God and Man the Man Christ Jesus 1 Tim. 2. 5. the Quakers tell you that Christ was never seen with Carnal Eyes nor heard with Carnal Ears Woolrich's Declaration to the Baptists p. 13. But did not the Jews that Crucified him see him Yes no doubt they did What then is their Meaning Why their Meaning is that was not Christ that the Jews Saw and Crucified that was but the Outward Garment which the Quakers can never call Christ See Pennington's Question to Professors p. 33. As a Confirmation of this they teach That Christ hath no Body but his Church See Josiah Coale's Works p. 332. It appears then from hence that they deny the Mediator the Man Christ Jesus Nay further if they deny the Blood of the Sacrifice which Christ our High Priest offered upon the Cross it must then be granted that they deny the Priestly Office of Christ and that they do scornfully Contemn the Blood of Christ I have already shown how then can they own Christ s Priestly Office Neither indeed according to their Principles is it at all requisite they should own this or stand in need of a Mediator for if they are Perfect as see G. Fox's Great Mystery p. 282. and without Sin ib. 101 and 231. and are come to the end of Faith as Lawson says in his Untaught Teacher p. 10. and if Edw. Burrough in his Works says true p. 33. That God doth not accept any where there is any Failing or who do not fulfil the Law and answer every Demand of Justice and if Will. Penn's Assertion be true That Justification is from the Actual performing and keeping God's Righteous Statutes see his Sandy Foundation p. 25. then what need have they of the Mediatory Office of Christ Without any further Enlargement this may suffice to satisfie any Impartial Reader that the Quakers do not own the Priestly Office of Christ But then Thirdly Do they own his Prophetick Office Yes verily says the Quakers we believe and own him to be Prophet to and over his Church and People and we are to hear him in all things But pray observe how can this be when they so plainly deny His Humane Body as above shewed The Scripture indeed tell us That we are obliged to hear this Prophet Christ speaking to us as in Acts 3. 23. Him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever He shall say unto you And it shall come to pass that every Soul which will not hear that Prophet shall be destroyed from among the People This is He that God the Father from Heaven testified of Mat. 17. 5. saying This is my Beloved Son hear ye him And the Quakers seem to join issue with us in this Matter saying in their Pamphlet p. 6. We are to hear him in all things but notwithstanding this Profession they neither do nor will hear Him no their Christ within which is that which they are obliged to give ear to tells them other things than our Outward Christ or Prophet does For Instance our Prophet Christ frequently preached from the Scriptures Matth. 21. 42. For saith he Did ye never read in the Scriptures the Stone that was set at nought by you Builders the same is become the Head of the Corner Matth 22. 19. Ye do err not knowing the Scriptures John 5. 39. Search the Scriptures c. And what was more frequent than for our Lord Christ to preach from the Scriptures and to convince his Adversaries by them But the Quakers reject this Way For when one Matthew Caffyn had affirmed That the Scripture was the Touchstone to try Spirits withal Lawson's Untaught Teacher p. 14. his Answer was this That is another Lie the Scripture is not the Trier of Spirits And whereas Matthew Caffyn affirm'd ibid. p. 15. That the Law without Man is that which convinces Man of Sin He answers That is another Lie See Saul's Errand to Damascus p. 7. Where you may find that it was objected to the Quakers that they had said Whoever took a Place of Scripture and made a Sermon of it or from it was a Conjurer and his Preaching was Conjuration To which G. Fox answered All that do study to raise a Living Thing out of a Dead to raise the Spirit out of the Letter are Conjurers and their Teaching is from Conjuration which is not spoken from the Mouth of the Lord. Thus do the Quakers oppose the Teachings of Christ's Prophetick Office And further that the Quakers deny the Prophetick Office of Christ is even demonstrable by their denying his Gospel Ordinances which leads me to the Examination of the next Head in their Pamphlet p. 6. Quest Do yo believe or own Baptism as essential to Christianity or necessary to Salvation and for the Ingrafting us into Christ and His Church Answ 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 Head and for Dipping or Sprinkling Infants or young Children we find no Precept or Precedent in Holy Scripture for the Practice thereof and Ergo we cannot think our not believing it essential or necessary to Salvation or making Christians a sufficient Argument to prove us no Christians c. p. 6 7. OBSERVATION By this their Answer they 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 by this their Confession it is evident enough that they make void and abolish the Sacred Ordinance of the Outward Baptism by Water Whether Infants are to partake of this Outward Ordinance is not my Business here to prove but whether Outward Baptism by Water is the Sacred Ordinance of Christ as necessary to be believ'd and saving or Inward Baptism i. e. the Washing or Cleansing of the Heart or an Inward Conversion to God Let them first own the Outward Baptism by Water as our Saviour's Baptism then they may expect a Proof of our Practice in admitting Infants to be made Partakers of this Ordinance but this they utterly reject and disown and for the Proof of it observe that we have Christ's own Command his own Example and the Practice of the Apostles for it the Words of our Saviour by way of a Command to His Apostles are plain Matth. 28. 19. Go and teach all Nations or as the Original has it Go and disciple all Nations Baptizing or Washing them