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A81745	The Quakers vvisdom descendeth not from above or a brief vindication of a small tract, intituled, The Quakers folly made manifest to all men, as also of its authour, from the exceptions made against it, and aspersions cast upon him. In a pamphlet called The voice of wisdom, &c. published by George Whithead, Quaker. / By Tho. Danson, M.A. late fellow of Magd. Coll. Oxon. And now minister of the Gospel at Sandwich in Kent.	Danson, Thomas, d. 1694.	1659 (1659)	Wing D217; Thomason E2255_4; ESTC R210142	19,984	42

the Gosp●l-Ministers are not infallible As also 1 Thes 5.19 20 21. Which I improved Q. Folly p. 33. we may m●s●●ke in some things yet ordinarily we preach infallible Truths Hence the Church is called t●e Pillar and Ground of Truth 1 Tim. 3.15 Pillar non se●su a●c●i●●ctonico sed forensi as upon the Exchange in London are Pillars upon which hang Tables of Proclamations And Ground 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Seat of Tru●h or place of its residence and the gates of Hell shall no more prevail against the publication than the profession and practise of infall●ble Truths in the Church universal though they may against particular Ministers and Churches by damnable Heresies such as yours G.W. And as for your instance of the Scribes and Pharise ●s I answer that though the Spirit did not ●ccompany their Ministry when they spoke against Chr●●t yet h● d d accompany it when they taught the people to ●b e●v● such things as Christ enjoyn●d And this they d●d o●●●ntimes as I shewed Mat. 23.3 What they hi● you observe that observe and do Chr●st did then approve of their Doctrine in those things wherein he would have it practised And if so then the Spirit was in their Minist y and yet he was not in themselves for t●ey sa●● and did not i. e. practised not their own Doctrine Reader note that G.W. having answered after his fashion some o the a●guments in ●he Dispu●e he pretends also to reply to s●veral things which I wrote against R.H. but G. Whith●●●s replies are so ● j●ne that I need but desi●e you to compare them if you judge them worth your reading for I shall not stand to transcribe them with the places in my Book to which I shall refer you and I dare stand to your judgment G.W. p. 34. T. D. p. 35. G. W p. 35. T. D p. 36 37. G. W p. 37. T. D. p. 40 41. G W. p. 40. T.D. p. 44. Only four passages I shall bri●fly reply to T. D. The righteousness which God wo●ks in us is but finite as well as other effects p. 39 G.W. Ans And yet this Pr p. 37. hath owned that the righteousness wh●reof Christ is th● subject and that whereof he is the efficient are of one p●cies or kind then I say the righteou●ness which God e●f●cts in us is not finite but infinite for Christ is Gods righteousness and Christ is formed in us T.D. Reply A pitiful cavil The righteousness in Christ which I asserted to be of the same kind with that in us must be understood of the righteousness of Christs humane Natu●e John 1.16 of his fulnesse have we received Grace fo● Grace viz. As the essential and integral parts of the child answer to the Parents or as the Paper receives the impression of the stamp Christ indeed is Gods righteousn●ss in respect of Gods donation and acceptance of him for mans righteousnesse 1 Cor. 1.30 Who Christ of God is mad● unto us righteousness But the righteousness of the Divine Nature or Godhead is not our Justification No but the righteousness of Christs Humane Nature as it receives an infinite value from the Divine Nature to which the Humane is united in one person T D said the Spirit was not wont to be effectual without the Letter of the Word and gave instance Rom. 10.17 G.W. Ans He might as well have said the Apostles Ministry wa● not wont to be effectual for P●ul was not a Min●ster of the Letter or writing but of the Spirit or thing declared of 2 Cor. 3.6 Rom. 10.17 is against his principle for there is a difference between the Word and the Letter for the Word abideth for ever 1 Pet. 1.23 So doth not the Letter How would Pr. convince Heathens of Christ i● the Spirit be not effectual without the Letter T. D. Rep●y I had thought Paul had been a Minister of the Letter if you mean the writing for did not he minister as you phrase it many Epistles to the Churches and command the Letter to be read Col. 4.16 2 Cor. 3.7 intends that Paul did not only shew them their duty and the happin●ss to be had in Christ but his Ministry was a means of conveying strength to do it and putting them into an happy estate Your d stinction between Word and L●tter is frivolous the Letter abideth for ever in the s●n●e there intended ●●z in the impressions of it upon the hearts of the regenerate v. 2 3. 'T is not true of the new creature that he is bo●n to die To your fond Question I answer The Apo●tle makes preaching ordinarily necessary to the conversion of Heathens Rom. 10.14 How shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard Preaching without the Spirits efficacy brings but the Letter of the Word yet 't is as necessary by Gods ordination as plowing with the influence of the Heavens to make the earth bring forth T. D. The Gospel gives life upon imperfect obedience G.W. Ans And yet before he denied our good works to be a deserving cause of justification when now 't is so far deserving that the Gospel gives li●e upon it T. D. Reply Fair and softly goes a great way in a day G W. you make too much hast to have good speed to find out a contradiction where there is none I did not say that imperfect obedience deserves life though I did that the Gospel gives life upon it Thus your Catholick Brethren when J mes saies This man shall be blessed in his de●d Jam. 1.25 cry out here is a clear place to prove that we are blessed for our d●eds but alas they ma●k not the wariness of the Scripture phrase which is not for but in his deed Our deeds may be Arg●ments or Evidences of our blessed state but no deserv ng cause And hadst thou had any ingenuity thou woul●st have taken in the who●● period which was necessary to understand my meaning which was thus Thoug● the Law gives not life without perfect obedience the G●sp●l gives it upon imperfect obedience i. e. Thou●h the L●w exac●s per●ect personal obedience to Justification 〈◊〉 the Gosp●l does not but by believing we obtain int●●●st in Christs righteousness for that end T. D. David was not free from th● b●ing o● sin in this life but a sad instance of the power of it in real Saints and yet he is made a pattern to New-Testament-Saints Zach. 12.8 p. 48. G.W. Ans That Scripture proves his Doctrine false for the words are He that is f●e●●le among them shall be as David and the House o● Dav●d sh●ll be as God as the ●ngel of the Lord ●efore them So that David and the New-T●stament-Saints were free f●om sin for in God is no sin T. D. Reply The words are intended in the Letter of the H●●o●ch Fort●tude and S●rength which the people should have in ●he t●me of danger like to David's And of ●e ●ngelik● a●d Divine pitch of both which the Ruler● intend●d by the House of