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A65874	The nature of Christianity in the true light asserted in opposition to antichristianism, darkness, confusion, & sin-pleasing doctrines : being a looking glass for sin-pleasing professors of all sorts / written upon particular occasion herein signified, by a servant of Christ, G. Whitehead.	Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.	1671 (1671)	Wing W1942; ESTC R39132	54,802	75

art yet a Stranger to R. G. Vnwilling to be manifested in the Light not telling us what that further influence and service was more then being a bare Example pag. 11. Answ. Jesus Christ in the dayes of his Suffering was not alone in his Testimony but as he said I and my Father c. and I can of mine own self do nothing He was endu'd with Power from on High whereby h●s Coming Offering and Testimony had a divine Influence upon the hearts of them that knew and receiv'd him and still hath And they who attain to the Blood of Sprinkling to have their Consciences thereby sprinkled and purged from dead works and to eat of the Flesh and drink of the Blood of the Son of Man do truly experience the End of his coming who hath given his ●lesh for the Life of the World and Himself a Ransom for all for a Testimony in due time which things are Mysteries hid from all Hypocrites and such who are dead in their sins R. G. Which of all the Prophets or Apostles ever so wrote of a Ransom an Attonement a Propitiation a Price of our Redemption as of a Work to be done in us as it was in Christ or that in these Christ was an Example to us that they might be over again effected in us And which of all those Holy Men ever so wrote of a Believer's being brought through the Ministration of Death Condemnation and Wrath after the Example of the Man Christ c pag. 12. Answ. Thou hast perverted our words by adding as it was in Christ and hast also shew'd thy wonderful Darkness for though we do not suffer in all Points after the same manner that Christ did yet it follows not that he was not a real Example of Obedience and Humility in his Suffering But how contradictory to thy own confession hast thou reasoned which is That Reconciliation Justification and Redemption are to be made e●fectual by the workings of his Spirit in all who through Faith receive the Attonement And did not the Prophet say to the Lord Thou hast wrought all our Works in us Isa. 26. And because the Chastizement of our Peace was upon Christ does it therefore follow That we must never be chastiz'd This is like thy doctrine Redemption was in Christ therefore not to be done in us Christ passed through Death therefore we must not be crucified nor perfectly dead to sin in this Life Is not this the very tendency or sum of much of thy Doctrine But is it not Sin and its Enmity within which Christ came to redeem and reconcile man from Thou art yet in Death far from being redeem'd or thus reconcil'd who hast not known the Ministration of Death Condemnation and Wrath but questionest the Believers passing through it though it be a plain Truth that they did and many do so pass they passed from Death to Life and through the Law became dead unto the Law And did not the Commandment which was ordain'd to Life work Death in the Apostle Paul who also knew the Terrors of the Lord But thou hast in thy Imaginations fram'd up a more easie way to Heaven or Redemption c. then through the Ministration of Judgment through which Sion is redeem'd and her Converts with Righteousness or of Death and Condemnation which in its time is glorious which is fulfilled where the Righteousness of the Law is fulfilled within even in them that walk not after the Flesh but after the Spirit R. G. This new-coyn'd M●stery of Faith in the Light in your Conscience or within you as your Saviour ●nd Obedience thereunto to be done and perfected in your bodies c. pag. 12. Answ. It s evident that the true Light and Perf●ction by it and in it were ever oppos'd by Darkness and its Children which cannot comprehend the Light of Christ within And this is Darkness to be felt that scornfully calls Faith in the Light a New-coyn'd Mystery But Jesus Christ the true Light that enlightens every man gave a better Testimony of the Light when he said Believe in the Light that ye may be Children of the Light Joh. 12.35 36. And so did his Ministers in these words God who commanded the Light to shine out of Darkness hath shined in our hearts to give the Light of the Knowledge of the Glory of God in the Face of Jesus Christ 2 Cor. 4.6 And if we walk in the Light as he is in the ●ight we have Fel●owship one with another and the Blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin 1 John 2.7 And the Anointing which ye have receiv'd of him abideth in you and even as it hath taught you ye shall abide in him verse 27. See also 2 Pet. 1.19 and Rom. 2.7 10 13 14 15 16. And hath not the Grace of God which brings Salvation appear'd unto all men Titus 2.11 See how manifestly this man hath oppos'd both Christ and his Apostles plain Testimonies which are on the behalf of his Light within and B●lief in it and Obedience to it in order to Perfection Cleansing from all Sin or a perfecting Holiness in the Fear of God Are these New-coyn'd Mysteries Nay they are Gospel Truths which stand against the Devil and his Darkness R. G. We who since we believ'd receiv'd that Attonement shall after our bodily death be rais'd from the Grave and be made Partakers of that Salvation which through Faith and Hope we wait for while in the Body pag. 13. Answ. Thou puttest Salvation at a great distance shewing thy self yet in the Grave of Corruption Is this thy meaning of Salvation that thou hopest and waitest for while in the body to be rais'd from the Grave after thy bodily death What strange Nonsensical Language is this And was this the Salvation that Christ's second Appearance was lookt for to effect Heb. 9.28 If thou livest and diest in thy Sins and be'st not saved from them nor rais'd out of them here thy Resurrection will be miserable and thy State sad hereafter even that of the Unjust which is to Condemnation R. G. It pleased the Lord to bruise him he was he hath left out we did esteem him smitten of God the Chastizements of our Peace were upon him then he adds This man should thus answer the Prophet Isaiah Is that divine Justice to take Vengeance on Wound Smite bruise the Innocent and let the Guilty go free Answ. The Prophet said he was despis'd and we esteem'd him not surely he hath born our Griefs and carried our Sorrows yet we did esteem him Stricken Smitten of God and Afflicted but he was wounded for our Transgressions c. Isa. 53.3 4 5. There are still those that reject and dis-esteem Christ and that esteem him smitten or plagued of God and even to have under-gone the Wrath and Vengeance of his Father in their stead to acquit them from Punishment though they live and dye in their Sins not expecting Salvation till after their Decease Whereas

Rome have given a better definition of Justification then R. Gordon hath and in words at least shown a better esteem of the works of Grace and of the Spirit of God then he hath done which Works are above those of self and surely the Apostle James did not exclude the Works of Faith which are done by the aid of the Spirit of God from Justification when he said But wilt thou know oh vain man that Faith without Works is dead and was not our Father Abraham justified by works when he had offered Isaac his Son upon the Alter Jam. 2.20 21. Now was this an old Popish Trick or the old Law-working spirit as he calls it No sure it was before the Law was written and it was the Spirit of Faith by which Abraham obey'd God for Abraham believ'd and it was imputed to him for Righteousness and he was called the Friend of God Gal. 3.6 Jam. 2 23. And they that are of Faith are of Abraham and Partakers of the Righteousness of Faith wherein they are justified and accepted of God Now if I be exclaimed against herein for P●pery I must say That wherein Papists hold any Truth though in unrighteousness I must not therefore deny it If the Pope and the Devil also confess there is a God and a Christ must I therefore deny it or be counted a Papist Nay I must speak the Truth in Righteousness however I be villified and scorned for it Again Our asserting the Righteousness of the Elect Seed rais'd in us and Obedience of Faith therein for Justification and Acceptance with God This doth neither deny nor oppose the Sacrifice of the crucified Body of the man Christ Jesus nor yet blot out of our hearts either the Name or Remembrance of him who is the great Propitiation for sin as unjustly the Elect Seed and its Righteousness within is accus'd p. 23. For the Appearance of Christ within and his Manifestation in Spirit doth neither deny nor oppose his Manifestation or Suffering in the Flesh but rather answereth and fulfilleth the Intent and End thereof for the outward Manifestation of the Son of God in the likeness of sinful Flesh as it did condemn sin in the Flesh so his inward Manifestation in Spirit doth destroy sin worketh Justification and Redemption in them who obey his Light within for he is the Author of Eternal Salvation to as many as obey him and it is through the Obedience of the Spirit that the soul is purified unto unfained Love c. And if ye through the Spirit do mortifie the deeds of the Body ye shall live so here is Righteousness Redemption and Salvation receiv'd in Christ the Light through obedience to his Light within however this be slightly stiled A Law-working spirit and falsly judged A Principle agreeing with all the false Religions in the World by this Antinomian Presbyterian Independant R.G. p. 24. who thus further preacheth as in the Name of the man Christ Jesus Receive the Attonement be ye Reconciled to God Believe and be saved the Man Christ Jesus having already slain the Enmity in himself the power of Sin and Death and the Law for us And thus he is our Saviour c. To which I say These Exhortations Receive 〈◊〉 Attonement which is the Peace be ye Reconcil'd to God Believe c. imply some Qualification and Good must be wrought in men before they be in Peace in a reconcil'd or justify'd Estate But how agrees this with those doctrines which wholly exclude the works Qualification and Good wrought in us by the Spirit of God and all Obedience done by the aid of the Spirit from Justification Reconciliation c. it being done at once as he saith by the Sacrifice of the crucified Body of the Man Christ whom he saith hath slain the Enmity in himself the power of Sin Death and the Law for us and thus saith he he is our Saviour to wit when no good is wrought in us by any Light or Spirit whatsoever so then is follows its only our Priest's Belief that all this is already done how much void of Good and full of Evil soever we be of our selves this R.G. hath prescrib'd an easie way to Heaven a broad way for Hypocrites to sooth and flatter themselves up in their sins but a way that is never like to lead them to Heaven though Christ bore the sin of many and suffer'd for the unjust even when in the Flesh and through suffering did both triumph over the Law of Ordinances and Shaddows which was the Enmity he slew or abolished Eph. 2.15 For he had no sin nor enmity nor power of it in himself to slay seeing by the eternal Spirit he offer'd up himself without Spot to God by all which though he by his Innocency condemn'd sin in the flesh and in himself became a Conqueror and Triumpher through Sufferings yet if R. G. and others come not to experience of the enmity and power of sin and death slain in themselves they are not actually reconciled nor sav'd by Christ neither yet freed from the condemnation of the Law nor Judgment of the Son of God who hath all Judgment given to him and Power to execute Judgment because he is the Son of Man but where he is receiv'd as a Saviour he saveth from Sin Death and Enmity in man and redeemeth from all Iniquity For for that end he gave himself It s not enough to say he hath slain the enmity in himself and the power of sin for Hypocrites make that a Cloak for the continuance of sin and enmity in themselves who know no Good wrought in them by any light or spirit whatsoever And such are the Corrupters of the Earth Destroyers of Souls Deceivers of the Simple and Perverters of the right Wayes of God such think themselves secure and safe in their sins while they Unscripturally and Antichristianly oppose the Work and Light of Christ within as not being of a justifying Nature to the Obedient and so they falsly apply reckon and impute Christ's Righteousness to themselves while they are actually rebellious against his Light within and I see no better tendency that R. G's work hath it being strictly examin'd and compar'd however therein he covers himself with a pretended applause and extolling of the Dignity and Suffering of Christ's Person but they that are sav'd and redeem'd from sin and enmity by him can say with the Prophet I will mention the Loving kindness and Praises of the Lord for he said Surely they are my People Children that will not Lye so he was their Saviour Mark So he was their Saviour as having sav'd them from Sin Iniquity and Falshood such are the People that are sav'd by the Lord who are Children that will not Lye in whom Deceit and Enmity is slain by the Power and spiritual Appearance of Christ Jesus within though I grant in general that he is the Saviour of all men as he affords them Preservation by his Power as Men and Creatures in

though denoting a time past doth denote or signifie the imperfect time or perfect yea or nay and whether it signifieth the action perfectly done ended compleated as thou insinuatest that our Reconciliation was then d●ne sixteen hundred years ago Will not the Boyes of the Gammar School tell thee that that it is in imperfect time and signifieth the Action begun but not ended or perfected And God was in Christ reconciling men to himself ever since the Fall in all Ages both before and since Christ suffer'd in the outward having given them or put in them the Word of Reconciliation by which they who became renew'd thereby were reconcil'd and justified in all Ages But according to R. G's doctrine no men were justified nor reconciled until Christ suffer'd Death in the outward because then and not till then was Reconciliation and Justification wrought done c. And here in thy 15th page I take notice of another piece of thy Self-confusion and Contradiction as that thou say'st Our Reconciliation and Justification was fully done perfected accomplish'd at Christ's Death without us and is not to be done or wrought over again in any man And yet in Contradiction thou say'st To make our Reconciliation effectual in every man we are as a Qualification on our part c. requir'd invited to be reconcil'd to God Then according to thee it must be made effectual in men and yet thou deny'st that it is to be made or wrought within any men it being already fully done And if it was fully done before was it not effectual before Or if it be not effectual till it be made so in us was it not in-effectual before And if it was in-effectual it was not fully done What Confusion and Contradiction Effectual in-effectual all done wrought yet not made effectual we reconcil'd to God yet as a Qualification on our part we are to be reconcil'd Pag. 16. Thou chargest me with a Self-contradiction because I said The full and perfect Redemption was in Christ while we were Enemies But herein thou show'st thy self weak for I say still Our full and perfect Redemption was in him while we were Enemies so was our full and perfect Sanctification Wisdom Righteousness yet it followeth not that we are Redeem'd Sanctified Wise and Righteous till as it is in him so it be receiv'd by us for it is the receiving it that giveth us the denomination of Redeemed Sanctified Wise Righteous as the Cloth becometh colour'd by receiving the Colour and not otherwise Pag. 17. That the Works and Fruits of the Spirit as Humility Meekness c. are reckon'd by us as the Ransom the Price the Mediaton the Saviour is a most false and unjust Charge nor do our Friend's words give thee the least ground for it As for W.B. he said Humility Meekness was a Mediator to asswage and stop Wrath in the Enmity-Seed but he said not it was our Mediator betwixt God and Vs So thou canst not be excus'd from being a gross and unjust Perverter of his words And if any have called Christ the Humility it is not more then Paul said That he to wit Christ was made unto us Wisdom Righteousness Sanctification c. and when Christ is call'd Humility Righteousness are not understood those particular Effects and Fruits of the Spirit but that original primative Righteousness Verity Humility Truth and Goodness c. that is Christ as he is God the fountain goodness truth righteousness c. Pag. 18. Because Christ is call'd the One Offering and that be once offer'd up ●is Body c. Thou wouldst exclude him as in us from being one Offering but herein thy work is vain for Christ Jesus is the one Offering still and though he offer'd up his Body outwardly but once upon the Cross yet he remains still an Offering for us within us For he is a Priest forever and every Priest hath somewhat to offer and he is both the Offering and the Priest who liveth forever to make intercession for us That thou alledgest of our Testimonies as dissagreeing is false nor hast thou ought to prove it but to corrupt G. W's words by a deceitful interlining of them as alledging on him That he calls it a blasphememous opposing the omnipotency of God c. To assert any such necessary respect our Redemption hath to the Death of Christ which last words are thine not the words of G. W. Pag. 21. Thou cry'st out on it as strange Doctrine that I said The Apostles preach'd Christ in the form of a Man yet they preach'd him also and that more generally a Light to the Gentiles Then thou ask'st Was he not a real Man Answ. Yea he was a real man and is and it is a most false and unjust Charge That we neither confess nor preach him as a man and that thou askest Tell us plainly what is become of that Man I say he remains to judge thee for thy Lyes and false Accusations against the Innocent and as for his Body that thou queriest he hath his Body which is Spiritual and Heavenly and Glorious to which our low body is to be made conform and the Body of Christ is but one yet having many Members and this Answer is given not to gratifie thy bad spirit but for the Truth 's sake and for a service to the Simple-hearted And that thou deny'st That that was Christ that took on him the form of a Man and was manifest in Flesh Do'st thou not herein plainly deny the true Christ For did not he even Jesus Christ take on him the form of a Servant according to plain Scripture Did he not come in the Flesh and if he came in it was he not in it and if he was in it was he not manifest in it And if thou deny'st him come in the Flesh art not thou an Antichrist Thou say'st Not he manifest in that Body but thou art the Son of God p. 19. Oh blasphemous and contradictory to thy self Do'st thou not expresly say in thy Testimony pa. 38. That he is a Christ near us wrap'd up in our very flesh and blood the Seed of the Woman meaning in that Flesh he appear'd in outwardly And that thou deny'st that he that was manifest in that Body was the Son of God Do'st thou not plainly deny his divinity Was he not the Son of God before he took Flesh in the Virgin 's Womb Pag. 21. Thou bely'st me that I said The Apostles preach'd one way of Appearance of Christ to the Jews and another to the Gentiles whereas I said He was preach'd a Light more generally both to Jews and Gentiles and the Apostles preach'd him as within men 2 Cor 13.5 Know ye not how that Jesus Christ is in you That thou challenge it that one said Christ was never seen with any carnal Eye thou hast no more ground then to challenge Himself who said He who hath seen me hath seen the Father and yet he said to the Jews who saw the outward Body