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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89827	An answer to the booke called The perfect Pharisee under monkish holinesse: wherein is layd open, who they are that oppose the fundamentall principles of the doctrine of the Gospel, and the scripture practises, which the authors of that book would cast upon those they call Quakers, but are found to be themselves; who appear to be no ministers of the Gospel, but walke contrary to all that ever Christ sent forth in the scripture, scorning them who live the life of the scriptures, or are brought into the obedience of the same spirit. Published for no other end but to cleare the truth from the slanders of these men, who thereby goe about to deceive the simple, and keep them off from obedience to the truth. By one whom the world calls, James Nayler.	Naylor, James, 1617?-1660.	1654 (1654)	Wing N261; Thomason E735_2; ESTC R206955	29,772	36

I spoke of Adam being able to have stood in Gods power if he had not forsaken his power and consented to the wisedome of the Serpent which you wrest to his owne power but wickednesse shall be on the head of the wicked And you that say That Adam in the state of innocency was under the covenant of works make it appear to all that know Adams state that you never knew it for the Law wherein is the covenant of works was added after because of the transgression but being ignorant of the spirit by which these things are known you imagine of them in your carnall wisedome and as your Books leade you but Adams innocent estate you knew not For your ninth Position that no man that commits sinne or that is not perfectly holy can ever enter into the Kingdome of Heaven unlesse there be a Purgatory And you say James Nayler in his Booke before quoted pag. 26. puts it by way of quaerie I answer in pag. 26. there is not a word to that purpose as you have set downe but seeing you are mistaken in this as in many more things I shall help your mistake for the better informing of the Reader in pag. 25. which you intend the words of the quaere are these Whether any unperfect and uncleane one that lives in sin shall enter into the Kingdome of Heaven yea or zo And if not how shall one dying in sinne and where shall he be made perfect and cleane seeing the tree must lye ●s it falls and whether you own a Purgatory yea or no Now I shall appear to any one that is guided by a Principle of truth whether you have not wrested my words quite to another sence as though I said no man that hath sinned can ever enter into the Kingdome and as though I owned a Purgatory but you are so used to wrest the Scriptures being unlearned and so used to turne the truth into a lye by your serpents wisedome that you cannot cease from it and were it not that what is Printed that cannot be altered did witnesse against you it would not be beleeved that such as you professe your selves to be should so wholly give your selves to serve the Father of lyes but blessed be God who is laying open your deceipt whereby you have destroyed soules and in the pit you have digged you shall be taken but the simple shall escape your snares You say The blood of Christ is your Purgatory which cleanseth the soule from all sins yet as to personall actings very guilty and to prove it you quote 1 John 1. 7. but doth that Text say any are cleansed from sin while they personally act sin or the quite contrary who saith If we walk in the light as he is in the light we have fellowship one with another and the blood of Jesus Christ his Sonne cleanseth us from all sinne Now he that walks in the light doth not commit sin for sin is darkenesse but you that talke of being cleansed by the blood of Christ and yet live in sin counts the blood of Christ an unholy thing but you must pleade for your Fathers Kingdome and you are faithfull to him as appears in all this your Booke For your tenth Position No reall Saint but he that is perfect and perfectly holy in this life and doth not sin And you say it is Naylers designe in his Booke to prove this pag. 21. 22. I answer It seems there can be no greater offence with you then 1 Iohn 3. 8. to cry downe sin and to grow up to perfection though it is the very end for which Christ is manifest viz. To destroy the Col. 1. 28. works of the Devill and to present the Saints perfect to the Father as is plaine in Scripture And here you shew what Kingdome you are of who pleade so much against the end of Christs comming And in your 11. page you quote Gal. 3. 10. and saith there the Apostle clearely holds forth an universall impossibility to fulfill the righteousnesse of the Law when Christ saith Not one jot shall fall till all be fulfilled And the same Apostle saith Rom. 8. 3. 4. That God sent his owne Sonne that the righteousnesse of the Law might be fulfilled in us who walke not after the flesh but after the spirit And here you bely the Apostle and deny the end of Christs comming and pleade for continuing in sin and imperfection as is plaine in this you call your confutation wherein you wrest and twine the Scriptures to pleade for the Devills Kingdome and putting cleansing from sin and perfection afar off till after death in another world and all to make the commands of God and endeavours of the Saints and comming of Christ of no effect here but all must serve sin here and you set it downe as a strange thing that Richard Farnesworth should say That no uncleane thing can enter into the Kingdome of Heaven though it be plaine Scripture but you must appeare for now God is seperating the pretious from the vile the day is come For your eleventh Position that every man in the world hath a light within him sufficient to guide him to salvation without the helpe of any outward light or discovery I answer That Iesus Christ is the onely light and there is none besides him to guide to salvation and that he is the light of the whole world and was given of the Father for that end is plaine in the whole Scriptures The Prophets prophesied of him That he should be given for a light even to the Gentiles Iohn Baptist beares Isay 42 6. witnesse That he was not that light but came to beare witnesse to it and that was the true light that lightneth every one that commeth into the world Iohn 1 8. 9. Christ saith of himselfe I am the light of the world he that follows me shall not walke in darkenesse but shall have the light of life Iohn 8. 12. Again This is the condemnation that light is come into the world and men love darkenesse rather then light because their deeds are evill Iohn 3. 19. Now this light shines in darkenesse but Iohn 1. 4. 5. the darkenesse comprehends it not and here are you who calls this light a naturall light and denyes the words of Christ and the Prophets and would make them lyars like you and all the world shall witnesse against you that they have a light that lets them see when they sinne which if they did minde and obey woule leade out of sin to Christ and all who have obeyed it shall witnesse it and this light of Christ is perfect in its measure as it ariseth and needs no outward light or discovery And this is the cause why this light is so hated of the Devill and them that love their sins because the Devill can have no hold in any corner of the heart but this will discover him and no sinne can be committed but it checks for it till the

ones who takes that to your selves which belongs to God for he hath sayd You shall not bow downe nor worship any creasure And you who pretend justice who should judge without respect of persons you are found transgressors of the pure Law of God which respects no mans person and the Lord is against you who are transgressors of his pure Law for he that respects persons commits sin and the Lord will in no wise acquit the wicked and the Lord is against you who in stead of exec●ting Justice upon them who live in wickednesse which your streets abound with you draw your sword to punish them and to Prison them who are sent of the Lord to cry against these abominations you chuse Barraba● and Crucifie Jesus you prison the Saints of the most high God for speaking the Word of the Lord which you shall eternally witnesse whether you will heare or forbeare the word of the Lord shall stand and must not returne in vaine Weep and howle for the ●ise●y that is comming upon you the whirle winde of the Lord is gone forth and it will fall heavy upon the head of the wicked Ah woe is me my heart within me is broken to see the prophanesse of Priests and people Ah saith the Lord I will case me of mine adversaries and avenge me of mine enemies O returne returne this ●● the day of your visitation confesse and forsake your sins that you may finde mercy for if you goe on in the broad way it ●●ads to destruction and there are all the proud Priests acting in the generation which ever persecuted the righteous seed we have a cloud of witnesses which was persecuted of your generation Jeremiah was put in the stockes and in the dungeon for speaking the Word of the Lord. Daniel was cast into the Lyons den because he would not bow to the Image which the King had set up Mord●●ai was hated and all the seed of the Jews because he would not bow to proud Hammon The Apostles was put in the stockes and in the common Prison for speaking in the name of Jesus they were hayled out of the Synagogues and carried before Rulers for bearing witnesse to the substance Steven was stoned to death by an uncircumcised and stiffe-necked people All the holy men of God of whom the world was not worthy some of them were stoned some sawne asunder others put to cruell death and the Saints had tryalls of ●tuell mockings and scourgings yea of bonds and imprisonments and he who was the Heyre and substance of Law and Prophets blessed for ever he was called a blasphemer and mocked and put to death by the high Priests Scribes and Elders of the people and all those who was chosen out of the world was persecuted and hated because they were not of the world these are our cloud of witnesses glory to our God for evermore who hath counted ●s worthy to suffer for his name the reproach for Christ is greater riches then the treasures of Egypt Prayses prayses to our God fo● evermore weep and howle ye persecuters ye lyers ye slanderers for upon your generation shall all the righteous bloodshed be required your cloud of witnesses was persecuters and you fill up the measure of your Fathers iniquity Proud Hammon sought to slay Mordecai because he did not bow to him according to the Kings commandement for he had received the Law from God which seed will not bow to the Devill the chiefe Priest who were called of men Master and had the chiefest place in the Assemblies and stood praying and went in long Robes these called Christ a Blasphemer the chiefe Priests fought false witnesse against Christ in which generation are these five proud Priests who are found false witnesses calling truth error woe unto them as they have been witnesses together against the Lord in their Words and Writings so shall they be partakers together of the cup of fury from the hand of the Lord for they act as their Fore-fathers did the chiefe Priests gave large money to the souldiers to belye Christ that they might say his Disciples stole him away the chiefe Priests gave money to Judas to betray Christ and confessed It was the price of blood The Chiefe Priests sought to Kill Lazarus whom Christ had raysed from the dead because many through him did beleeve The chiefe Priests tooke councell against Christ how they might take him by subtilty and Kill him The Chiefe Priests put the Apostles in the common prison The Priest Amaziah bad the Prophet Amos depart and Prophesie no more at the Kings Chapell nor the Kings Court and told the King The Prophet of the Lord had conspired against him and that the Land was not able to beare all his Words Ames 7. The Chiefe Priests was the greatest enemies to Jesus Christ and Herod and Pilat was made friends at his death These are our Cloude of Witnesses and ye are the same now Priest and People where Christ is made manifest for the same Christ is persecuted now as was then by them who have the letter and the forme as they had then Where did you ever teade that Christ or the Saints persecuted or prisoned any but you fill up the measure of your Fathers iniquity and be you witnesses against your selves that you are in the cursed generation which Christ cryed woe unto How can ye escape the damnation of Hell The Lord our God is comming in power to render vengeance upon your heads ye blinde guides and proud hypocrites ye persecuters of the righteous seed your fruits make you manifest to be the seed of evil doers the Lord is comming to gather his people from your mouthes and to render vengeance upon you and all that uphold you Rejoyce ye righteous ones for Syons deliverance is at hand Prayses to our God for evermore Written from the spirit of the Lord by a Servant of the Lrrd whom the world calls a Quaker whose name in the Flesh is John Andland FINIS