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B02800 Dulcedo ex acerbis. Sound doctrine from the errors contained in Mr. Keith's sermons and apologies. / By a member of the Church of England. O D M T. 1700 (1700) Wing D2517A; ESTC R174771 37,276 25

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and arguing against it as taking it for granted that the Quakers make of it the same as he doth himself and allow no distinction between it and the other This he saith pag. 11. whereas the first Covenant and the Righteousness of it could never be fulfilled by all the Wit and Power comes from the Light of Nature without that by Grace in Christ And the Quakers Practice shews that this is but a Cavil For they not only pretend to more Light than all men have before they are enlightned that is to say to more than any Man hath from Nature but think that they are the People Joh 12. 2. which hath engrossed Wisdom and God's Spirit to themselves and teach that all men must come to their Light to be saved Whereby it appears they make of their Light within much more than of the Light of Nature and than Mr. Keith would make us believe they take it for What their own Light really is I will not determine But it is a great Mistake to allow no more to that which they call the Light within than to the Light of Nature For the Point is not whether the Light they actually have be that they pretend to have but if that Light which they call by the Name of Light within be that which they say it is viz. above the outward Word And what is the falsity or the right or the wrong of their Pretences to Truth and to us more than is that of so many other Sects which we take no Notice of that we should be concerned against it for Mr. Keith But his End is not so much the detecting of Errors and Lyes as to make a Noise to be taken notice of so any thing serves his Turn to build a Quarrel upon a great Part of his Sermon being all upon himself having so little of his Text that except he and his Church be the Text he preach'd upon we may very well call it a Text without a Sermon a Sermon without a Text whereof the Application is to be made from Matth. 19. 27. Such is this worthy Divine's good Conversation in Christ 33. Should he not as a Divine have treated exprosesso of a good Conversation What St. Peter means by it and that it ought to be as in the presence of God like that of the old Seers or Believers Elijah 1 Kings 17. 1. Enoch Gen. 5. 24. Noah Ch. 6. 9. and others Heavenly or in Heaven Phil. 3. 20. and not upon Earthly things V. 19. as becometh the Gospel Ch. 1. 27. which forbids Preachers to go from one Sect to another or from a Poor Benefice or Parish to a better but to be contented with what such Sect can afford Luk. 10. 7. and bids them to bear the Cross Matth. 10. 38. or to put their Will and Mind in the Sufferings of Christ not into Honour and Praise Joh. 5. 44. and to Fight and help others to stand Fight and overcome the Nations Rev. 2. 26. that is those Lusts rise and War in their Members Jam. 4. 1. and carry the Soul Captive and to put off the old Man that they may put on the New and become a New Creature Eph. 4. 23 24. Nothing but the new Creature and the Regeneration which makes such avail in Christ Gal. 6. 15. and to Fight and overcome to Sanctify Purify and evacuate by Faith the Heart of all that fills it is saith Paul 1 Thess 4. 3. the Will of God what he requireth of us and would have Preachers to teach Avoiding foolish Questions which gender nothing but Strifes 2 Tim. 2. 23. yet of all this very little or nothing in Keith's Sermons but disputes and contention which Create a Confusion and every evil Work Jam. 3. 16. for outward Ceremonies and about the outward word Regenerating of Souls to wit of such an outward and superficial new Birth as is that which Mr. Keith is acquainted with of late What will avail his Hearers and others at the last day to know his Learned Reasons for a set form of Prayers and all the Formalities of the now Church of England 34. Surely a Man may serve God work Righteousness overcome and be regenerated without changing or turning or going from Sect to Sect and thereby be accepted with God as Cornelius Act. 10. 35. and so be of the true Church and of the true Religion in any Sect or Nation And I am full perswaded Mr. Keith had done as well in point of Conversation to stay amongst the Quakers or amongst those other Sects which he was a Member of before he turned Quaker And to let his Light so shine amongst them that they might see and imitate his good Works Matth. 5. 16. as to plead for Baalim that is for the Lords Bishops and the dead and outward word against the Living Spirit which they maintain hath ceased since the Primitive Christians as Dr. Hicks his Sermon at St. Marys in Oxford and the Vicar of Westham's before My Lord of London Printed with approbation of Superiors shew they do as to Print pag. 10 and 11. that the Word or Light within whatsoever worth or force they may ascribe unto it doth not teach the Mystery of the Incarnation for instance to the Wise men without the help of Scripture and as to curry favour with Men in hope of getting an equivalent to that which maketh the Priests Heart glad Judg. 18. 18. 20. for St. Paul did not do so when he Preached the Spirit 2 Cor. 3. 6. and hath left him a Warrant for Preaching quite otherwise Gal. 1. 8. Pray if it be not lawful for the Members of your Church to rejoyn themselves to Rome because it enjoyns many gross errors in its Worship as you alledge in your third Sermon pag. 25. is it not lawful for those who see the same in your Church to keep where and as they are 25. If an enlightned Conscience be the only good Conscience for he makes Light pag. 6. the best ingredient of it it seems he hath himself had no good Conscience hitherto before this last Turn of his for he was not enlightned till then as he confesseth pag. 14. where he saith but now with a good Conscience being farther I bless God enlightned I have declared for and joyned in Communion with her the Church of England And I see not which way he can pretend otherwise for in a Treatise of his called Help in time of need in the 54. pag. he saith the word of command from the Lord which filled me with Heavenly Joy and Comfort came to me the 30th day of the 10th Month called December saying shew to the People of Scotland several particulars seen there which he now unsaith And in 78 79. pages of the same he saith further and now whether ye will hear or whether ye will forbear I declare unto you in the Name in the Power and in the Authority of the Living God that the day that 's the coming of the Lord in the