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Gospel truths scripturally asserted in answer to Joseph Hallett's twenty seven queries by John Gannacliff and Joseph Nott.
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Gannacliff, John.; Nott, Joseph, d. 1699.
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Priviledge that doth attend those that walk therein for he saith God is Light and in him is no Darkness at all If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in Darkness we Lye and do not the Truth but 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 Son cleanseth us from all Sin 1 John 1. 5 6 7. Well then the Nations of them which are saved shall walk in the Light Rev. 21. 24. And the Lord sent the Apostle Paul to turn People from Darkness to Light Acts 26. 18. But what have the Watchmen of the Night the Merchants of Babylon been a doing these many Years Why they have laboured to keep People from the Light and Wo and Misery will be their Portion if they Repent not Qu. 4. Whether they believe any such thing as Original Sin that is Whether every Man is a Sinner and defilled from his very Birth Or whether Children when born into the World have their Natures depraved and corrupted by Sin Answ If by Original Sin be meant the first Sin of Adam there was such a Sin But all have not sinned after that similitude nor is every Man or Child a Sinner depraved and corrupted by Sin from his Natural Birth The Prophet Ezekiel saith This Proverb shall no more be used in Israel The Fathers have eaten sower Grapes and the Childrens Teeth are set on edge Behold saith the Lord all Souls are mine both the Soul of the Father and the Soul of the Son are mine the Soul that sinneth it shall dye Ezek. 18. 2 3 4 5. Jer. 31. 29 30. Shall we ascribe the Wages of Sin to those that never sinned Christ said Suffer little Children to come unto me and forbid them not for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven Matth. 19. 13 14. Mark 10. 13 14. And Christ saith Whosoever shall not receive the Kingdom of God as a little Child shall not enter therein Some were said to be sanctified from the Womb as John the Baptist the Prophet Jeremiah Chap. 1. 5. Before I formed thee in the Womb I knew thee and before thou camest out of the Womb I sanctified thee and ordained thee to be a Prophet unto the Nations But as to the General estate of Mankind the Apostle hath made known what man is by Nature dead in Sins and Trespasses and how man is saved 2 Ephes You hath he quickened who were dead in Trespasses and Sins Ephes 2. 1. And you who were dead in Sins and the Vncircumcision of your Flesh hath he Quickened together with him Forgiving you all your Trespasses 2 Ephes 5. When we were dead by Sins hath he quickened us together in Christ by whose Grace we are saved 2 Thes 2. 13. But we ought to give Thanks alwayes for you Brethren beloved of the Lord because God hath from the beginning chosen you to Salvation through Sanctification of the Spirit and Belief of the Truth Qu. 5. Whether the Soul or Spirit of a Man is Immortal Whether it will never dye Or Whether the Soul lives whilst the Body lies rotting in the Grave Answ Yea Immortal never Dyes but ever Lives which are all one The Querist might have spared such impertinant Reitterations Yea we believe and that really as the Body goeth to Dust so the Spirit returns to God that gave it for if in this Life we have hope only we are of all Men most Miserable Qu. 6. Whether the Bodies of the Saints shall be raised again by the Power of God out of their Graves at the last day Answ Yea Spiritual we believe according to Scripture the Resurrection of Just and Unjust and that each shall receive a reward according to things done in the Body The Righteous unto Everlasting Life and the Wicked unto Everlasting Condemnation Well but now we may say as the Apostle Paul said Awake to Righteousness aâ—d Sin not But yet some one may say How are the Dead Raised up and with what Bodys do they come Thou Fool that which thou sowest is not Quicâ—ened except it Dye and that which thou sowest thou sowest not that Body that shall be But God giveth it a Body as it hath pleased him and to every seed his own Body There are Coelestial Bodys and Bodys Terrestial but the Glory of the Coelestial is one and the Glory of the Terrestial is another There is a Natural Body and there is a Spiritual Body Aâ—d as â—ne have born the Image of the Earthly we shall also bear the Image of the Heavenly but this I say Flesh and Blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God neither doth Corruption Inherit Incorruption 1 Cor. 15 34 35 36 37 38 40 44 45 50. Qu. 7. Whether Christ that suffered without the Walls of Jerusalem was true God and also true Man I demand a full direct Answer to this Question and pray let there be no Equivocation or shiftings here Answ Yea Christ was true God and true Man tho' it was as Man that he suffers for the Divinity and Manhood of Christ see Matth. 1. 23. John 1. 1 2 3 4. Prov. 8. 22 23 24. to the enâ— Psal 33. 6. Coll. 1. 16 1â— Eph. 3. 9. Heb. 1. 2. Rom. 9. 5. Rev. 3 14. 1 John 5. 20. Psal 45. 6 7. Heb. 1. 9. Isa 9 6. 7. Chap. 32. 2. John 10. 29 and Chap. 14. 28. Rom. 1. 3 4. 1 Cor. 15. Chap. 3. 4 5 6 7 8 45 47. 1 Tim. 2. 5. Gal. 3. 20. Heb. 8. 6. chap. 9. 15. chap. 12. 24. And if the Querist will not believe us but think we Equivocate let him ask us no more Questions until he be more charitable Qu. 8. Whether Christ by his Holy Life and painful Death Satisfied the Justice of God that was offended by the Sin of Man and thereby merited Pardon of Sin and all other Mercies and Blessings for us Answ This Query appears not consistant in the matters implyed between satisfying offended Justice and Pardon of Sin or between a Strict payment and a forgiveness of the Debt Yet no doubt God was well pleased and so satisfied in his Dear Son Christ being the Son of his Love both in his Life Suffering and Death and all the Worth Merit Desert and Dignity thereof and truly ascribed unto Christ in Holy Scriptures for the universal good of Mankind we must needs own and highly esteem yet not as intended to acquit the Guilty nor to indemnifie Pardon or Justifie Persons in their Sins or without Faith in his Name true repentance and Conversion But that they may come under these conditions and receive Pardon thereupon Antiquery 1. How did Christ satisfy the offended Justice of the Father 2. Did he undergo vindicative Justice in the Offenders stead 3. Did he pay all the debt in Man's stead 4. And was it for all Mankind or for some only 5. Or did he not rather appease stay and suspend the Execution of Divine Vengeance and Wrath
Pure then Peaceable Gentle and Easie to be Intreated full of Mercy and good Fruits without Partiality and without Hypocrisie James 3. 17. And now whereas thou dost Intreat those that shall Answer these or the former Questions to prove their Opinions as they deliver them so Accordingly it is done And by these foregoing Answers thou mayst know what Ground and Foundation we have for what we hold If thou canst but see with the Spiritual Eye that God is the opener of And whereas thou sayest The great God by his Holy Spirit lead you into all Truth and deliver you from all Error We say this is that which our Souls desire and we should be glad if thou wast but as mindful of the Leadings of God's Spirit in thy own Heart as thou hast been in putting of us in Remembrance of it for then thou wouldest not be such a great Stranger unto the Right Way of the Lord as now thou appearest to be And therefore we do desire all that may Read or hear these Lines to be mindful of the Leadings of Gods Spirit in your own Hearts to wit the Spirit of Truth which Guideth into all Truth John 16. 13. Exon the 8th Month 1691. John Gannacliff Joseph Nott. Now having Answered Joseph Hallett's Twenty Seven Queries we shall propound some Queries for him or any of the Preachers among the Presbyterians to Answer Query 1. WHat was that Labour in the Gospel that them Women laboured with the Apostle Paul in Phil. 4. 3. if not preaching the Gospel And if Preaching the Gospel why then are we blamed for suffering Women to preach amongst us Qu. 2. What is that one Baptism that the Apostle Paul spoke of Ephs 4. 5. if not a Spiritual Baptism seeing he saith By one Spirit are we all baptized 1 Cor. 12. 13. Is not this the Baptism that is only essential to Salvation Qu. 3 What is that true Light which lighteth every man that cometh into the World John 1. 9. if not the Divine Life and Light of Christ And if it be the Light of Christ why then do so many call it a natural Light diabolical c Qu. 4. Whether the Grace of God that bringeth Salvation which hath appeared to all men Tit. 2. 11. be not saving And if it be saving why then do so many say That the saving Grace hath not appeared unto all men Qu. 5. Whether Christ be not the Word of God and the holy Scriptures a true Testimony of him seeing Christ saith They are they which testifie of me John 5. 39. And the Scripture calls Christ the Word of God John 1. 1. Rev. 19. 13. And if so why then do any blame us for saying Christ is the Word of God and not the Scriptures Qu. 6. Whether People ought not first to seek the Kingdom of God and his Righteousness seeing that Christ bids us do so Mat. 6. 33. And where must People seek it if not in their own Hearts seeing Christ saith The Kingdom of God is within you Luk. 17. 21. And whether Christ ought not to rule and reign in his Kingdom and to have the Government of the Hearts Minds and Affections of the Sons and Daughters of men And if it be granted that he ought why then are we blamed for Preaching of Christ within the Hope of our Glory Col. 1. 27. Qu. 7. Whether the Spirit of Truth be not the Spirit of Christ seeing he saith I am the Truth John 14. 6. And whether every Man and Woman ought not to be led and guided by the Spirit of Truth in their own Hearts seeing it guideth into all Truth chap. 16. 13. And that as many as are led by the Spirit of God they are the Sons of God Rom. 8. 14. Qu. 8. Whether People may not attain to the Knowledge of God by the Immediate Revelation of Jesus Christ now in our day seeing it is written They shall all know the Lord Jer. 31. 34. Heb. 8. 11. And if people may then where if not in their own Hearts seeing that which may be known of God is manifest within Rom. 1. 19. Qu. 9. Whether People ought not to wait to be set free from Sin by Jesus Christ seeing it is said He shall save his People from their Sins Mat. 1. 21. And Christ saith No man can serve two Masters chap. 6. 24. Qu. 10. Whether every true Worshiper ought not to worship God in Spirit and in Truth seeing Christ saith The true Worshipers shall worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth And whether there be any other true Way of Worship beside this seeing Christ farther saith God is a Spirit and they that Worship him must Worship him in Spirit and in Truth John 4. 23 24. Qu. 11. Whether the Apostles did not direct People unto this Inward Teacher See 2 Cor. 4. 6 7. Col. 1. 27. 2 Pet. 1. 19. 1 John 2. 27. And if they did why then do not many now in our day that profess themselves Ministers of Christ direct people unto this inward Teacher Qu. 12. Whether this inward Teacher the Spirit and Grace of God be not sufficient to teach People as they turn in their minds unto it and wait in silence for the Teachings of it although there may be no outward Teacher seeing the Apostles were taught by the Grace of God Tit. 2. 12. And John saith The 〈…〉 the same Ancinting teacheth you of all things 1 John 2. 27. And if it be sufficient why then are we blamed for waiting in silence for the teachings of it Qu. 13. Whether People must not walk in the Light of Jesus Christ wherewith they are lighted if they will have benefit by his Death seeing it is written If we walk in the Light the Blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all Sin 1. John 1. 7. Qu. 14. Where have you any Example from the holy Scriptures for the putting off the Hat to Man and to use the word Tou to one Qu. 15. Whether you have the Spirit of Christ or not seeing it s written If any man have not the Spirit of Christ he is none of his Rom. 8. 9. And whether you are fitted and prepared authorized and sent forth to preach the Gospel by the Spirit of the Lord And if not why then do you Preach seeing that â—hey which run and the Lord never sent them shall not profit the People at all Jer. 23. 24. So nâ—w we desire of Joseph Hallett or some of the before-mentioned People to give their Judgment of these things in their Answers John Gannacliff Joseph Nott. A few more Questions propounded according to Scripture for the said Joseph Hallett or any of the Preachers aforesaid to answer which are added by another Hand Query 1. WHâ—ther Joseph Hallett or you do believe that them Presbyterians in New-England were not guilty of Murther in Hanging them Innocent Persons called Quakers in the year 1658 and 1659 if not by what Law of God or the King did they it Qu. 2. Whether in those Acts of Cruelty to wit of Imprisoning Whipping Burning Cuting off Ears and Hanging they acted like Christ and according to his Doctrine or like the Devil who was a Murtherer from the bâ—ginning John 8. 44. Qu. 3. Whether the learned Jews were not Blind Leaders of the Blind and wit out a right understanding and who notwithstanding they had Scriptures and did they not so err that they killed the Prophets and Murthered the Son or God Mat 22 29. and 23 27. Acts 7. 52. Qu. 4. Whether the Scriptures are Rightly understood by the Spirit of God or by Humane Learning to wit Latine Greek and Hebrew Or whether by Humane Learning any man can or did ever attain to the Knowledge of the things of God seeing the Apostle says The World by Wisdom knew not God 1 Cor. 1. 21. Qu. 5. Whether Joseph Hallett or any of the rest of the Teachers of the Presbyterians do perform any act or part of Worship towards God without the assistance of the Spirit of God If they do are they not like the false Prophets Jer. 29. 9. And Will-Worshipers and found offering strange Fire Levit. 10. 1 2 3. THE END