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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44841	The Quakers house built upon the rock Christ Wherein neither their doctrines, principles, nor practices can be confounded, not disproved; being neither damnable, nor pernitious. As Samuel Hammond hath falsly affirmed in his book called, The Quakers house built upon the sand: or, a discovery of the damnablenes of their pernitious doctrins, in his answer to G.W. which to prove, he lays down seven grounds of delusion, and five arguments of damnable doctrine. But in this answer his seven grounds is proved false in themselves, ...; and his five arguments is proved to be his own false positions, ... as first, he lays down false positions, and then proves them false; and then boasts, as if he had proved our doctrines or principles false: the truth of which is herein clearly made manifest, and wherein he falsly accuseth us, he is justly guilty himselfe. Also the ten fundamentall principles or doctrines of the hireling priest-hood, ... By a servant to the Church of Christ, ... Richard Hubberthorne. ...	Hubberthorn, Richard, 1628-1662.	1659 (1659)	Wing H3227A; ESTC R221606	34,515	47

unto God Againe Samuel Hammond brings five Arguments to demonstrate our Principles and Doctrines to be damnable and its impossible for us to be saved living and dying in them First Justification by Inherent Righteousnesse a damnable Doctrine Second The not owning the Imputed Righteousnesse of Christ as the matter and formall cause of our justification Third 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 Fourth To take men off from going to the fulnes of Christ at the right hand of God for teaching and send them to look to the light within them Fifth The casting off all the known Ordinances of Christ Ans. As to all those above mentioned we have not holden any particular of them forth as our Doctrine or Principles in these words in which he hath charged them against us But as to the first this we hold that Christ is our Righteousnesse and that we are justified freely by his Grace through Faith that is in him and by it is made Heires according to the hope of Eternall life Pit 3. 7 and that Christ in us is the hope of Glory which hath been hid from Ages and Generations but now is made manifest and from that manifestation of him in us doe we witnesse him to be our Righteousnesse Justification and Life from the Dead And this is our Principle and Doctrine which to us is saving and not damnable and we living and dying in this shall never be condemned Pr. And as to the second where he charges us not to own the imputed Righteousnesse of Christ as the matter and formall cause of our justification Ans. It is a false charge against us for we never denyed any righteousnesse of Christ imputed unto us neither did we ever hold forth any matter or cause of our justification but Christ and his Righteousnesse But if Sam Hammond might in the devised words of his own wisedome set downe Doctrines and Principles for us then our Doctrines and Principles would be damnable and there were no possibility of salvation living and dying in them and so it is easie for him to set down a forme of unsound words and then confute them and falsly charge them upon us and say we hold damnable Doctrine but as we abide in him in whom we have beleeved we shall not enter into condemnation but every Tongue that riseth up against us will God condemn Pr. As to the Priests third Argument which is 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 which saith he is a damnable Doctrine and for proofe instances the Perfect Pharisee pag. 10. 11. where A. P. hath said Christ reconciles God and Man by the renewing of the Image of God in Man Ans. Now as to the first we never said that our reconciliation to God was wrought by our improving or for our improving the light within And as for Christ to renew the Image of God in us that is the work that the Father hath given him to doe and so far as the Image of God by Christ is renewed in any so far are they reconciled to God and this reconciliation of the Creature to God we never held to be by nor for our improving the light neither was it by nor for our works of righteousnesse but by Christ according to the Scriptures and the Apostles testimony 2 Cor. 5 17. therefore if any man be in Christ he is a new creature old things are past away behold all things are become new And all things are of God who hath reconciled us to himselfe by Jesus Christ and hath given to us the ministery of reconciliation To wit that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himselfe not imputing their trespasses unto them and hath committed unto us the Word of reconciliation c. now here the Apostle doth not exclude the renewing of the Image of God nor the new creature a● 〈◊〉 ●nd th●se 〈◊〉 in England 〈◊〉 For by their Do●●rin● they would have such a 〈…〉 ciliation that they 〈◊〉 never be changed nor renewed to God but the old man wi●h his deeds reconciled to God and would have Christs righteousnesse to be theirs and themselves reck●ed to be Saints while they are the servants of sin But the Apostle saith While they were the servants of sin they were fr●e from righteousnesse Rom. 6 20. but saith he being mad free from sin and become servants to God you have your fruits unto hol●nesse and the end everlasting l●fe But this Doct●ine and Scripture of the Apostle by the Priests is denyed that any can be free from sin But the Apostle twice in that Chapter tells them that they are made free from sin as ver. 18. and ver. 22. and as the reconciliation to God was wrought by the death on the Crosse the Image of God was renewed in them For saith the Apostle Having abolish●d in his fl●sh the enmity even the law of commandements tou●●ined is ordinances for to make in himselfe of twaine one new man so maki●g peace And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cr●sse having slaine the enmity thereby Ephes. 3 15 16. here the renewing of the Image of God was ●till mentioned in the work of reconciliation but of this the Priests of this generation cannot endure to heare that the Image of God should be renewed or that being servants to God they are made free from sin For where thi● Image is renewed all their Pride and Covetousnesse false wa●es and worships whereby they keep people in their sins and from knowing the new Creature or from expecting the renewing of the Image of God in them is testified against For the end of their Preaching and Printing is to keep people from the Knowledge of Christ within the light within the word with●n the renewing of the Image of God within 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 righteousnesse of Christ within And it is manifest 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 know little of this within because there is so little 〈◊〉 i● 〈◊〉 ●●●th in the world as F●uits unto God And 〈◊〉 God 〈◊〉 revealed th●se things to any whereby they bring forth the Fruits of righteousnesse 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the sight of men for a witnesse against them then they Preach and Print against such and charges lyes against them as Hammond hath done against us in telling us of the works of the Law and our own righteousnesse and of reconciliacion by improving the light within which we did never make the cause of our justification nor remission of sins but say that without blood there is no remission and likewise that without Christs life and light and the renewing of the Ima●e of God there is no salvation Now therefore that all people may be satisfied that we doe not hold that by any thing that we doe nor for any thing that we have done are we saved or rec●nciled to God