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A30024	The Christian ministry of the Church of England vindicated and distinguished from the antichristian ministry of the Quakers containing a brief reply to a false and foolish libel stiled A letter to the clergy of the diocess of Norfolk and Suffolk, &c., by a nameless author ... wherein his folly is detected, his lies confuted ... / by a member of the Church of England, Francis Bugg.	Bugg, Francis, 1640-1724?	1699 (1699)	Wing B5369; ESTC R35451	20,522	32

but that I may so far as I can safely pursue the Method directed to by this obscure Author I shall now proceed to distinguish between the Doctrine of the Christian Ministers of the Church of England and the Doctrine of the Quakers out of their Books and so vindicate the one and reject the other The Tree is known says he by its Fruit. The Clergy's Doctrine They preach Faith in the Crucified Jesus who was Born of the Virgin Mary and with St. Peter they agree who said Mat. 16.16 in Answer to the Question which Christ put to his Disciples v. 13. Whom do Men say that I the Son of Man am Thou art said Peter Christ the Son of the Living God They agree also with St. Peter Acts 5.30 31. The God of our Fathers raised up Jesus whom ye slew and hanged on a Tree Him has God exalted with his Right Hand to be a Prince and a Saviour for to give Repentance to Israel and Forgiveness of Sins They preach and believe according to St. John's Gospel John 5.22 For the Father judgeth no Man but hath committed all Judgment unto the Son V. 27. And have given him Authority to execute Judgment also because he is the Son of Man And they Believe and Teach all other necessary Truths out of the Holy Scriptures and have many Witnesses that their Doctrine tend to all who receive the Truth in the Love of it to open their Hearts and are thereby turned from Darkness to the Light of the Glorious Gospel and from Sathan's Power Reign and Government to the Power Providence and Protection of God Almighty in order to receive Forgiveness of Sins thro' a Sincere and Hearty Repentance and an Humble Confession and beging Pardon of the same for the sake of Christ our alone Mediator and Advocate and thro' Faith in his Name All this they Preach and Teach according to the Holy Scriptures tho' I grant that where it is not mixed with Faith in the Hearers there is no profiting to such nor were they profited by the Sermons of Christ or his Apostles who did not believe tho' they might receive the Lord's Supper as Judas did and be Baptized as Simon Magus was So that the Ministry is not to be blamed in that such as resist the Truth and rebel against it are not profited The Quakers Doctrine They Teach that the Person that suffer'd at Jerusalem was not properly the Son of God That he was only a Vail a Garment a Vessel c. which they can never call Christ That the Name Christ belongs to every believing Quaker as well as to the Head That all Power in Heaven and Earth is committed to the Light Within and for this they quote John 5.22 They Teach that the Son of Man was before the Incarnation That they cannot pray for the Priests but for their Destruction That the Ministers that Preach Christ without and bid People believe in him as he is in Heaven above are false Ministers They teach likewise that the Light in them is Christ and that this Christ doth offer up himself in them a Sacrifice to God by which the Wrath and Justice of God is appeased They teach that the very Christ of God is Within them and that in them he doth Intercede for them They teach that upon and for these Reasons there is not that need of Publishing or Preaching the Literal Knowledge of Christ for say they the Historical Knowledge of Christ is believed by all sorts pretending to Christianity His Death His Miracles His Rising His Ascending into Heaven See Quakerism Exposed c. p. 55. Sheet to the Parliament 1693. and my other Books set forth these Proofs out of the Quakers most noted Authors only I here abstract for it is to shew the Tendency of their Doctrine and wherein it differs from the Christian Religion The Clergy's Doctrine They teach according to St. Paul Phil. 2.10 That God hath highly exalted Christ and given him a Name above every Name They teach that His Sufferings were Meritorious and that the Sufferings of the Martyrs was the Seed of the Church They teach that the Holy Scriptures are the Word of God and Rule of Faith and Practice to Mankind and of greater Authority than any other Book They Preach out of it to the People according to the usual Custom of the Church both Jewish and Christian having the Example of Christ himself Luke 4. And as his Custom was he went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath-Day and stood up for to read and there was delivered unto him the Book of the Prophet Isaiah and when he opened the Book he found the place where it was written c. See also 1 Chron. 34.18 19 35. Nehem. 8.1 2. Ezra 1.10 11. They Teach and Practice the Commands of Christ Matth. 28.19 20. Go ye therefore and teach all Nations Baptizing c. Luke 22.19 20. Do this in Remembrance of me When they pray they say after this manner according to Christ's Precept and Command Matth. 6. Our Father c. Forgive us c. They Teach Subjection to Magistrates according to Matth. 22.21 Tit. 3.1 1 Pet. 2.13 14 17. Rom. 13.1 2 3. Wives to their Husbands according to Eph. 5.22 1 Pet. 3.1 Col. 3.18 Tit. 2.5 Gen. 3.16 Numb 30. And all other Christian Duties and this I take to be a Proof of their Ministry The Quakers Doctrine They teach that the Name Christ belongs to every Believer as well as to the Head utterly denying the Person that suffered to be the Son of God They teach that the Sufferings of the Quakers in this Age are Greater and more Unjust than in the Days of Christ and his Apostles and Martyrs or any time since They teach that the Scriptures are not the Word of God nor Rule of Faith and Practice and that it is Conjuration to Preach out of them and that they are Death Dust Serpents Meat Beastly Ware They question whether Moses or Hermes was the first Author of them and teach that what good Men spake was ill expressed what wise Men spake was ill applied and that what the true Prophets spake was false and what the false Prophets spake was true at least some of all these four Instances which tend to overthrow the Divine Authority of the Scriptures See their Book The Quakers Refuge fixed c. p. 17. They also teach that what they Speak or Write from the Spirit of Truth is of greater Authority than the Bible They teach that no Command in Scripture is any further obliging to them than they are convinced by their Light Within of their Duty of Obedience and thereupon throw off Baptism the Lord's Supper affirming in Penn's Reason against Railing c. p. 108 109. that Circumcision is as much in force as Water Baptism and the Paschal Lamb as Bread and Wine I do Renounce says he and in him all the Quakers and can testifie from the same Spirit by which Paul renounced Circumcision that they are rejected

the Vail that vailed it There was plainly He and the Body in which He came There was the Outward Vessel and the Inward Life This we certainly know and can never call the Bodily Garment Christ but that which appeared and dwelt in the Body Again see W. Bayly's Work p. 300 307. quoted at large in my Book The Quakers set in their true Light c. p. 43. Whereas W. Penn denies the Person that suffer'd at Jerusalem to be the Son of God as above-quoted and Is Pennington tells you they can never call him Christ only something that was within him c. this W. Bayly he makes the same Distinction and therefore to shew that these Quaker-Teachers deny the Lord that bought them and bring in damnable Heresies I shall in Two or Three Instances shew Mat. 16.13 Whom do Men say that I the Son of Man am v. 16. Thou art Christ the Son of the Living God V. 17. Blessed art thou Simon Bar-jona for Flesh and Blood hath not revealed it unto thee but my Father which is in Heaven Read also Acts 5.30 31. The God of our Fathers raised up Jesus whom ye slew and hang'd on a Tree him hath God exalted with his Right Hand to be a Prince and a Saviour for to give Repentance to Israel and Forgiveness of Sins Cap. 2. V. 36. Therefore let all the House of Israel know assuredly that God hath made that same Jesus whom ye slew and hang'd on a Tree both Lord and Christ Now I would ask the Quakers whether their Light within which they call Christ was ever hang'd on a Tree run thro' with a Spear c. Thus much then to shew that the Quakers are the very Men that deny the Lord that bought them and that have brought in Damnable Heresies who by their Slights and cunning Craftiness lye in wait to deceive and the way to keep their People blind is to prepossess them against the Scriptures which I think they have more than sufficiently done by calling them Death Dust Serpents Meat Beastly Ware and the like Contemptuous Names For should they read St. Luke 2. and the Evangelists thorowly and the Acts of the Holy Apostles and their Epistles they would soon find that the Person that suffered on the Tree of the Cross at Jerusalem was the Son of God and the Saviour of the World in Opposition to the Doctrine of all Jews Mahometans Deists and Quakers And thus I conclude this Head referring the Reader to my Pilgrim's Progress c. p. 150 to 174. Finally I heartily recommend to the well-disposed amongst the Hearers of the Quakers the frequent reading of the Holy Scriptures and other good Books for their Information and Instruction For as Ignorance cannot be the Mother of Christian Devotion neither will it be any Excuse in the great Day of Account especially when we consider the Means of Knowledge is so plentiful in this our Christian Nation Wherefore read 2 Thes 1.8 How that God will take Vengeance on them that know him not at well as on them that obey not the Gospel of out Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and the Prophet Isaiah 27.11 complained saying It is a People of no Understanding therefore he that made them will have no Mercy on them and he that formed them will shew them no Favour c. How then should this encourage you to read some other Books besides those of your Friends What if your Teachers frown on you And what if they set your Fathers and Mothers your Wives and Children against you First Do your Duty to God and next to your several Relations But you that are Masters of Families God expects more of you than of others He hath made Man chief Ruler in his Family and put all in Subjection to him Sarah was a good Woman she obeyed her Husband and call'd him Lord And Num. 30. his Sovereignty over his Family is Confirmed and Ratified by the Apostles but your Teachers have set your Wives at Liberty from this Duty so that I know whenever you turn your Faces to Sionward and begin to embrace the Articles of the Christian Faith to read Books wrote against the Quakers to consider and see whether it is so as is reported I say when any of you come thus to examine and see for your selves you will have hard Work but then you that have good Wives they will be as Solomon says Prov. 12.4 As a Crown to your Heads Yea as both Shield and Buckler against all your Enemies But if otherwise she 'll be as Rottenness to your Bones which causeth a Stink and Noisom Smell She 'll not only watch for your Halting but be glad to discover all your Humane Frailties or any Personal Fault she can find and all to gratifie your Leaders who then will turn your Implacable Enemies But still keep you steddy and do your part and God will clear your Innocency but this let me advise too as one that has gone before you you must cast down your Crowns and be willing to be accounted as the Dung of the Earth and as the Offscouring of all things and that where your Mercinary Teachers can prevail you shall not have a Friend left you upon the Earth But for your Encouragement in this your Progress the Bible is full of Instructions and many other Books to which I refer you and I pray God to discover to you the Slights and cunning Craftiness of your Teachers whereby they lye in wait to deceive that so you may shun their Snare and escape their Net and fly for your Lives and come forth of Babylon to the Land of Canaan which flows with many good things which you neither know nor are yet acquainted with F. B. The Christian Ministry of the Church of England Vindicated and Distinguished from the Antichristian Ministry of the Quakers according to that Text Ye shall know them by their Fruits I Have seen a Printed Sheet by a nameless Author stiled A Letter to the Clergy c. by a pretended Member of the Church of England and also observed how universally it is spread far and near in all Towns where-ever I came and how industriously it is as well dispersed as espoused by the Quakers and as I am told read in their Meetings which is more than ever they did a Chapter in the Bible Thus do they like the Revolting Israelites worship the Works of their own Hands and dance about this their carved Idol as they did about the Golden Calf Exod. 32. And as when I first saw it I took it to be a Project of the Quakers forming so I do still and that not only by the Doctrine therein taught the Dialect therein used but knowing they can do any thing that may serve a turn Subscribe Certificates never handed by the Persons themselves Alter Add to and Take from any Matter whether of the Dead or Living either in Printing or Reprinting for their main Business and whole Study is to deceive the Nation and to