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A90391	An examination of the grounds or causes, which are said to induce the court of Boston in New-England to make that order or law of banishment upon pain of death against the Quakers; as also of the grounds and considerations by them produced to manifest the warrantableness and justness both of their making and executing the same, which they now stand deeply engaged to defend, having already thereupon put two of them to death. As also of some further grounds for justifying of the same, in an appendix to John Norton's book ... whereto he is said to be appointed by the General Court. And likewise of the arguments briefly hinted in that which is called, A true relation of the proceedings against the Quakers, &c. Whereunto somewhat is added about the authority and government which Christ excluded out of his Church ... By Isaac Penington, the younger.	Penington, Isaac, 1616-1679.	1660 (1660)	Wing P1166; Thomason E1020_5; ESTC R203130	87,615	103

in the blood or prayer or watchfulness to keep the garment pure c. nor growth in the life And this we are not ashamed to profess that we are pressing after and some have already attained very far even to be made perfect as pertaining to the conscience being so ingrafted into Christ the power of God so planted into the likeness of his death and resurrection so encompassed with the walls and bulwarks of salvation as that they feel no condemnation for sin but a continual justification of the life being taught led and inabled to walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit Rom. 8.1 From what they bave said concerning this opinion of perfection as they call it they draw an argument against their other doctrines in these words Such fundamentals of Christianity are overthrown by this one opinion of theirs and how more by all their other doctrines Ans To which I shall say this if their grounds and proofs against any other doctrines of the Quakers be no more weighty and demonstrative then those they have here brought forth against the doctrine of perfection they may spare entertaining prejudices against them and condemning them and in the first place weigh them in a more equall ballance than they have done this And I dare appeal to any naked unbyassed spirit who shall fairly consider what is above written whether the doctrine of perfection be such an hideous error as they have represented it Nay whether it be not a precious truth of the Gospel of Christ and a great incouragement to him who shall follow the command of Christ who saith be ye perfect to believe that in the way of faith and obedience he may be wrought up to such an estate by the free grace mercy love and power of God Yea let me add this word more he that feeleth the everlasting arme working one sin out of his heart cannot but believe that the same arme can work out all and pluck up every plant which the heavenly father hath not planted which hope and beliefe causeth him with joy to follow this arme through the regeneration But if I did believe there were no perfecting the worke of redemption in this life but I must still in part be a slave to Satan still crying out of the body of sin and death and never have my heart purified for the holy one to inhabit in but remaine in part unconverted unchanged unregenerated unsanctified Oh how heavily should I go on I am sure it would be as a weight upon my spirit in resisting of sin and Satan This is not the glad tidings of the everlasting Gospel but sad news from the borders of death whith would keep the creature not only in the bonds of death but without hope of deliverance in this life and refer the hope to that day wherein there is no more working out of redemption but the eternall judgement of the tree as it fals Now having after this manner proved that the doctrines of the Quakers are destructive to the fundamental truths of religion they lay down their argument whereupon they conclude that it is lawful for them nay their duty to put them to death in these words Now the commandement of God is plain that he that presumes to speak lies in the name of the Lord and turns people out of the way which the Lord hath commanded to walk in such an one must not live but be put to death Zech. 13.3 Deut. 13.6 and 18.20 Answ 1. By what hath been said against them it is not manifest that they have spoken lies in the name of the Lord. Nay if they themselves who thus charge them could but soberly and mildly with a Christian spirit weigh the thing would it not rather appear that they in thus falsly charging them and managing such untrue and unrighteous arguments against them have spoken lies both concerning them and against the Lord and his truth And as for turning men out of the way that cannot be justly charged on them who turn men to Christ the living way and deliver the same message the Apostles did that God is light and in him is no darkness at all who point them to that place where God hath said this light is to be found which is the heart where God writes the new Covenant and the Laws thereof Heb. 8. where the word of faith is nigh Rom. 10. surely they that direct hither do not turne men out of the way But they that point men to guess at the meanings of Scriptures and to gather knowledge and form rules to themselves out of it by their own natural wit and understanding which can never reach the mysteries of the kingdome of God and which God hides the true knowledge of the Scriptures from these are those that turn men out of the way For they that rightly understand the Scriptures must first receive a measure of the spirit to understand it with even as they that wrote any part thereof did first receive a measure of the spirit to write it by 2. It is not manifest by these places quoted that the Governours of New-England have received authority from the Lord to put the Quakers to death if their doctrines were such as they accuse them to be That of Deut. 13.6 is a manifest case concerning one that should tempt to the following of other Gods of the Gods of the people round about nigh or far off in such a case the offender was to be stoned to death v. 10. but is this appliable to cases of doctrine That of Deut. 18.20 gives a clear note how the Prophet may be known that speaks a lie in the name of the Lord and what kind of lie it is for which he is to be put to death ver 22. but it doth not say that every man in the common-wealth of Israel that holdeth any doctrine contrary to what some of them might call the fundamental doctrines of the Law should be put to death That of Zech. 13.3 is a prophesy not a command and is not to be understood in mans wisdome nor to be fulfilled in mans will It were better to wait for the true openings of prophesies in the spirit than to let the carnal part loose to gather somewhat out of them for the satisfying of the flesh and making its thirst after the blood of Gods lambs appear more plausible I would but put this question to your consciences in the sight of God whether in a conscientious submission to the will of God in this scripture ye put them to death or whether from this scripture ye seek a shelter and cover for the thing having already done it or fully purposed to do it So that the case is not here the same with any of the cases mentioned in those scriptures for if some of their doctrines were lies which ye have been very far from proving yet it was not for such kind of lies that death was appointed in the common-wealth of Israel And yet

of the Lord of what comes forth in his name And who walk thus walk not in the faith nor in the order of the Gospel which doth not suddenly reject any thing but first throughly tries both doctrines and spirits whether they be of God or no. He that rejects that which is of God cannot thrive or prosper in his spirit and he that tries in the hastiness of the flesh and not in the patience and meekness of the spirit is in great danger of rejecting what ever of God appears But can they not enjoy there own liberty and walk in the order of the Gospel and mannage the sword of the spirit against errors and spiritual enemies according to the order of the Gospel which is mighty through God to cut down the flesh unless they get the Magistrates sword to cut down every appearance of truth and every person holding forth any truth but what they themselves shall own Cannot the spirit of God lead into further truth than they were led into when they went into New-England and may not the Lord take his own time to discover it to them and to lead them into it So that when first it appears it may be hid from them and will nothing serve them but the Magistrates sword to cut it down so soon as ever it appears Did not the Bishops of England think theirs to be the Gospel order and cryed against the non-conformists that they could not live peaceably for them but they disturbed the order of the Church and drew mens minds from matters of faith and edification Surely the desire of such a kind of peace as may stop the breaking forth of light to the people of God for their further leading out of Babylon is not good This is rather a fleshly case than true peace which the Lord hath not allotted to his people but they are to wait for the pouring down of his spirit and the opening of the deep mysteries of his life in the latter daies and to try what comes forth in his name whether it be of him or no that they may not lose the good as it breaks forth nor be deceived with the evil as it gets into and appears in the shape and likeness of the good Now the drift of the argument lies in this that this liberty they cannot enjoy without a non-tolleration of others Tolleration of any but themselves and their own way disturbs their peace their faith their order Answ The true liberty the true faith the true order of the Gospel was enjoyed formerly without this power of suppressing others by carnal weapons and violent Lawes Yea this power of suppressing others and of compelling to a way of Religion and Worship came up with Antichrist and that power which came up with Antichrist is not of Christ The Dragon gave his power to the beast Rev. 13.4 and another beast riseth up with horns like a Lamb ver 11. and this Beast compelleth ver 12. Mark the beast which appeared with horns like a Lamb as if it had Christs power and maketh fire to come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men and who can deny these to be of God that can do such things this very beast compelleth or causeth to worship as ver 12 So this beast which appears like a Lamb joines with the first beast whom it had set up under another appearance and both compel to the worshipping of an Image of the truth of such an image of the truth as they think good to advance and so from the truth it self And he that will not be deceived with their image with their likeness with that which they call the truth and way of God or order of the Gospel and so shall refuse to bow thereto he shall not he permitted either to buy or sell ver 16 17. There is no living as men within their bounds unless they will bow to their image But the true Lamb doth not compel but calls to wait on the Fathers drawings till the Father by his spirit make willing And though by the Lamb Kings Reign and Princes decree justice Pro. 8.15 yet they never had any commission from him to force men to that way of Religion and worship to which the Spirit of the Lord alone can make them willing nor to fall upon them because they were unwilling This is from the Dragon where ever it is found This then is the great matter of controversie you account it your liberty not to tollerate and here stands your peace and Religion which was a liberty the true Christians never had and you cannot with patience hear any to testifie against you and so ye now fall upon any that come to witness against you even as ye your selves once suffered when ye were witnesses But how can ye manifest that God shall reveal no truth but what he reveals to you or if he do that ye have liberty not to tollerate it or the persons that hold it forth Wherefore consider seriously whether this be a right liberty ye have aimed at for if your aim hath been at a liberty which is not granted of God at such a liberty as will not stand with the liberty of his spirit in his people no marvail though ye have run into indirect means to attain it and so from step to step have been led to the utmost degree of violence and persecution and being engaged in it are now forced to seek for arguments to maintain it This argument is further enforced by proposing the inconsiderableness of the Quakers suffering of a non-tolleration compared with a manifest and greatest hazard of a tolleration unto the country Their absence from hence is no detriment to them their presence here threatens no less than the ruine of all to us c. Answ As for outward detriment the Quakers do not consider that in cases of this nature but that in them which is born of God hearing and receiving his command presently obeys waiting for his presence and power to carry through and doth not at all mind the hardships to be met with But the inward detriment arising from disobedience to God is very great even the loss of his sweet presence life and power at present besides the utter hazard of the soul for that which draweth back from obedience to the spirit of the Lord the Lord hath no pleasure in they have known the terrors of the Lord to the disobedient therefore they may not please men in forbearing to go where he sends them nor standing in his counsel and power do they fear them which can kill the body but they exceedingly dread the death and losse of their Souls and him who hath the power thereof And as for their presence threatning the ruin of all to you that 's but a miss apprehension It may indeed be ruine to that part in you which is wise and strong without the presence of the life of God but the elect which is built upon the rock cannot be

sixty dayes as vers 6. or forty two months as Chap. 11.2 And she was accordingly gone out of sight insomuch as the Serpent could find her no more but went to make war with the remnant of her seed which keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ Revel 11.17 2. That the true Church cannot come out of the Wilderness till the time of her abobe there the set time appointed by God be ended nor then neither but by the outstretched arm of the Lord Psa 102.13 She may mourn over her desolate Wilderness state but she cannot fly out of it without the help of the wings of the same Eagle which were given her to fly into it The Lord must pitty the dust of Sion and by his everlasting strength and compassion raise up the tabernacle of David which is fallen down or it can be restored no more vers 16. Revel 21.3 3. That the state of the people of God all this time of the true Churches absence hath been a state of captivity The seed hath been in bondage in Egypt the dark Land in Babylon the Land of confusion for such all the Church buildings order and government have been in compare with the true order and government of the Church by the Spirit which was known and enjoyed by the people of God before this her flight where they have been mourning under their chains of darkness and lamenting over their mother for Zion hath been laid wast and Jerusalem the holy City hath been troden under foot by the Gentiles to whom the outward Court was given when God took down his building and secured his Temple Altar and the worshippers therein Rev. 11.2 And in this state God finds his people when he comes to overthrow her to bring death and mourning and famine and fire upon her Rev. 18.8 and to redeem them for then the voice goes forth from the spirit of the Lord to the spirits of his people Come out of her my people that ye be not partakers of her sins c. ver 4. Why were the people of God in her till now yea till the very hour of her judgment and are many of them in great danger of staying there even till they feel her plagues They that sit down in any Church-building taking it for Sion before Gods season of building his Sion sit down but in Babylon it is no other though they who have drunk of the false womans cup new mixed for them and so are inchanted a fresh into some new fine-painted bed of her fornication cannot believe it to be so 4. That when God redeems his people out of Babylon he brings them not immediately unto Sion not immediately into a built City but into the wilderness where the Church lies unbuilt where they are prepared and fitted for the holy Land and circumcised in spirit before their entrance There is a long travel from Babylon to Zion wherein the hasty spirit the rough spirit the exalted spirit the murmuring spirit the self-will self-worship self-wisdom knowledge and righteousness all which are of great price in Babylon is cut down and the spirit broken emptyed made poor deeply humbled and so prepared for Gods holy Hill When a Babylonish building or way of worship is discovered man would fain have another ready to put in the place of it so soon as it is pulled down Thus mans wisdome would order it but the Lord will not have it so but there must be a season of desolation of stripping of nakedness of being uncloathed of all the purple and scarlet dye of Babylon Rev. 17.4 a pulling off the ornaments of all the knowledge worship ordinances duties experiences c. which are held and practised out of the pure life And in this state of misery and fore distress the Lord laies the foundation of the new heavens and of the new earth in the spirits of his people which when it is finished then at length he saith to Zion Thou my people Isa 51.16 Observe therefore the error of the reformations since the Apostacy They have been still building too fast and not waiting on God to be hewn and squared and fitted for his building The reformed Churches have still been built of stones before they were made ready for the building They have not waited their time of preparation in the wilderness nor have they waited for Gods building them up into a Temple nor for the time and season wherein it is Gods pleasure to build So that though they did well in seperating from that which was corrupt and manifestly evil yet they did not well in making hast into another way of their own forming but should have waited for Gods manifestation of the good and for his leading of them by his spirit into it And by this means it hath come to passe that though there hath been a pure thing often stirring towards reformation yet by an over forward hastening to build the good hath been quenched and the evil hath again under a new cover or form of worship overgrown it and then hath been ready to revile and persecute the good in others but this the eye which is overtaken with the appearing beauty of its building having concluded it to be according to the will of God revealed in the Scriptures cannot discern 5. That when Zion is rebuilt when the Church its heaven is again stretched forth wherein she was seated before she fled into the Wilderness Rev. 12.1 those that are Gods faithful witnesses into whom his spirit of life hath entred and whom he hath caused to stand upon their feet shall ascend up to heaven in a cloud which their very enemies shall behold Rev. 11.12 And this was done in the time of a great Earth-quake wherein the tenth part of the City fell ver 13. The shaking at this time is very great in this Nation let men mark what will be the issue and observe whether notwithstanding all the seeming contrarieties the Lord God do not so order it as to bring a considerable part of Babylon down and of the powers that uphold her The people of God all this time of Antichrists reign have been a suffering people The tender-hearted every where whose souls could only bow to the Lord who could not receive doctrines from men or fall into worships and practises at the will of man have lain open to Church-censures as they call them and to the Magistrates indignation under the names of Hereticks Blasphemers Seducers and disturbers of the peace both of Church and state and indeed so far as any have tasted of the true light and power of Christ and have been called forth by him to be his witnesses they could not but be disturbers of the carnal peace and security of the Antichristian congregations against whom they witnessed When the true Church fled into the Wilderness the Serpent cast a flood after her she was reproached and blasphemed for an Harlot a Strumpet one that was not the Lambs wife as she

the laws of the one were written outwardly in tables of stone the laws of the other were to be written in the heart That is the book wherein the laws of the new covenant were promised to be written and there they are to be read So that he that will read and obey the Laws of the covenant of life must look for them in that book wherein God hath promised to write them for though in other books he may read some outward descriptions of the thing yet here alone can he read the thing it self Christ is the way the truth and the life What is a Christians rule is not the way of God his rule is not Gods truth his rule and is not the truth in Jesus where it is taught and to be heard and to be received even as it is in Jesus Ephes 4.21 Is not he the King the Priest the Prophet the Sacrifice the Altar the way to God the truth of God the life it self the living path out of Death yea all in all to the believer whose eye is opened to behold him The Scriptures testifie of Christ but they are not Christ they also testifie of truth and are a true testimony but the truth it self is in Jesus who by his living spirit writes it in the heart which he hath made living And so a Christians life is in the Spirit if we live in the Spirit let us also walk in the Spirit Gal. 5.25 The whole life and course of a Christian is in the volumn of that book as the Lord opens the leaves of it in him The gift of God the measure of faith given him by God that 's his rule that 's his rule of knowledge of prophesying of obedience Heb. 11. Rom. 1.4 and 12.6 if he keep there if he walk according to the proportion of it he errs not but out of the faith in the the error in all he knows in all he believes in all he does The new Creature that which God hath new created in the heart in which life breaths and nothing but life breaths which is taught by God and true to God from its very infancy that 's his rule whereby he is to walk the Apostle expresly calls it so Gal. 6.15 16. That which is begotten by God is a Son and the Son as he is begotten by the breath of the Spirit so he is preserved and led by the same breath and such as are so led are Sons and none else for it is not reading of Scriptures and gathering rules out thence that makes a Son but the receiving of the spirit and the being led by the Spirit Rom. 8.14 15. And being the whole worship of the Gospel is in the Spirit there is a necessity of receiving that in the first place and then in it the soul learns to know and wait for its breathings and movings and follows on towards the Lord in them The Spirit cannot be with-held from breathing on that which he hath begotten and that breath is a guide a rule a way to that which it breatheth upon Now this is most manifest even from the Scriptures themselves they expresly calling Christ the way the truth c. the new creature the rule the faith grace or gift given to be the rule testifying the heart to be that which God hath chosen to write his laws in but where do they call themselves a perfect rule of faith and obedience They are they saith Christ which testifie of me and ye will not come to me that ye might have life I●● 5.39 40. Life cannot be received from the Scriptures but only from Christ the fountain thereof no more can the Scriptures give the rule but point to the fountain of the same life where alone the rule of life as the life it self can be received The Scriptures cannot ingraft into Christ nor give a living rule to him that is ingrafted but he that hath heard the Testimony of the Scriptures concerning Christ and hath come to him must abide in him and wait on him for the writing of the law of the Spirit of life in his heart and this will be his rule from the law of sin and death even unto the land of life Now if men have mistaken in the night of darkness and put the Scriptures out of their place even into the place of the Spirit and so have become Ministers not of the Spirit but of the letter whereas the Apostles were made able Ministers of the new Testament not of the letter but of the Spirit 2 Cor. 3.6 Let them not be offended at the Spirit of God for teaching us otherwise nor at us for learning as the Spirit of God hath taught us the Scriptures also testifying that this is the rule but no where setting up themselves for the rule And it is the same Spirit which would now fix men in the Scriptures to keep men from Christ the living rule and only way to life eternal as formerly kept men by traditions from the Scriptures though it is hard for them who are intangled in this deceit to see it Now for the proof of these things thus barely here charged the reader is referred to Mr. Norton's as they stile him Tractate against the Quakers Concerning the validity whereof I refer the Reader to Francis Howgils Answer thereto wishing him to read both in the fear and dread of the Almighty waiting for his counsel to guide him in the true discerning which of them savours of mans wisdome and which of them writes from acquaintance with the truth it self In which Answer of his he recites such errors of that Norton as would make a great sound against the Quakers if any such could justly be charged upon them I shall mention only two or three of them viz That God is a distinct Subsistence from the Son and Spirit and That the Son is a distinct Subsistence from the Father and the Spirit and because it is said the Father shall give you another Comforter this another he saith is intelligible of the Essence Are there then three distinct infinite Essences or Beings That the Spirit of God without the Letter is no Spirit He was before the Letter he was never limited to the Letter he will be after the Letter and he is what he is without the Letter That Christs words John 17.21 give an uncertain sound where have any of the Quakers cast such a blemish upon any portion of Scripture Surely this man had more need to seek to have his own vessel cleansed than to accuse others of Errors or Blasphemy And if he have no other way to overthrow them than by maintaining such kind of things as these against them he will never get victory over them any other wayes than by the outward sword but by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of his testimony and not loving their lives unto the death they will easily overcome all such kind of Champions 4. The fourth and last instance which they give of the

destructiveness of their Doctrine to the fundamental Truths of Religion is That opinion of theirs of being perfectly pure and without sin which say they tends to overthrow the whole Gospel and the very vitals of Christianity for they that have no sin have no need of Christ or of his satisfaction or blood to cleanse them nor of Faith Repentance c. Answ That the Lord God is able perfectly to redeem from sin in this life that he can cast out the strong man cleanse the house and make it fit for himself to dwell in that he can finish transgression and sin in the heart and bring in everlasting righteousness that he can tread down Satan under the feet of his Saints and make them more than Conquerors over him this they confess they steadily believe But that every one that is turned to the light of the Spirit of Christ in his heart is presently advanced to this state they never held forth but that the way is long the travail hard the enemies and difficulties many and that there is need of much Faith hope patience repentance watchfulness against temptations c. before the life in them arive at such a pitch Yet for all this saith Christ to his Disciples Be ye perfect directing them to aim at such a thing and the Apostle saith Let us go on unto perfection and Christ gave a Ministry for the perfecting of the Saints and they do not doubt but that he that begins the work can perfect it even in this life and so deliver them out of the hands of sin Satan and all their spiritual enemies as that they may serve God without fear of them any more in holiness and righteousness before him all the dayes of their lives Now how is this Doctrine or how is this People because of their believing and holding forth this Doctrine guilty of all this great and heavy charge that is laid upon them here as that they have no need of Christ his satisfaction his blood nor of faith repentance growing in grace Gods Word and Ordinances nor of watchfulness and prayer c. Let us consider the thing a litttle further First The Doctrine of Perfection if it should be granted to deny all this yet cannot be supposed to deny the need thereof until the state of Perfection be attained Nay they that truly believe that such a state is attainable cannot deny the use of those things which are proper to lead to that state but will conscientiously apply themselves thereto and press all others thereto who desire to attain that state And they that have either heard them speak or read their Writings with any equality of mind may abundantly testifie for them against the unrighteousness and injury of this charge Their life lies in Christ their peace in his satisfaction for them and in a sensible feeling of his blood sprinkled in their consciences to cleanse them from sin and by that faith which is Gods gift they feel and wait further to feel the righteousness of Christ imputed to them for justification And as for being perfectly just in themselves it is a very unrighteous charge upon them for their justice and righteousness is in Christ for ever and not of themselves but in the denyal and crucifying of self are they made partakers of it which is bestowed by the free grace mercy and power of him who hath mercy on them and not by any willing or running of theirs And as for Repentance they feel the need of it and find a godly sorrow wrought in them and a bitter mourning over him whom they once pierced and still pierce so far as they hearken to the Tempter and follow the motions and lusts of the transgressing nature And they do both watch and pray against sin and feel what a bitter thing it is to have the watch so slackened whereby the temptation prevails which would lead to sin And as for purifying themselves dayly and putting off the old man and putting on the new it is that which their hearts delight to be continually exercised about and all this with an hope that it may be effected that the vessel may be made holy to the Lord a fit spiritual Temple for him to dwell in that he may display his life glory power and pure presence in them But if the belief that this may be attained in the way wherein God leadeth them towards it and an hope to attain it with an acknowledgment of it so far as it is attained I say if this make them guilty of so great a charge then they are indeed guilty for they cannot but believe it wait for it hope for it and acknowledge it so far as they feel it wrought in them But how can this possibly make them guilty of denying these things seeing the exercise of these things not only standeth with but is increased by such a belief and hope Secondly The state of Perfection it self doth not exclude these things in such a way as this charge seems to intimate For in the state of perfection the blood is not laid aside as useless but remains to keep pure for ever It is the blood of the everlasting Covenant Heb. 13.20 both the Covenant and the Blood last for ever and are useful even to them that are perfect And there is need and use of the Faith in the Blood to believe the preservation As the Covenant it self lasts so that which lets into and keeps in the Covenant lasts also That which unites and ties the soul to Christ the life abides in the soul for ever even as the union it self abides And there is a growing in the life even where the heart is purified from sin even as Christ did grow and wax strong in spirit for a state of perfection doth not exclude degrees And so there is also need of watching against temptations in a perfect state for Adam was perfect and yet he needed a watch and Christ was perfectly pure and without sin and yet he did both watch and pray So that if any were brought to the state of a perfect man even unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ which the Ministry was given to bring all the Saints unto Eph. 4.11 12 13. if any were taught and enabled so to walke in the light as to be cleansed by the blood from all sin and to have such fellowship with the Father and the Son as might make their joy full 1 Joh. 1.3 4 7. If any were brought to that state of glory as to be chast Virgins 2. Cor. 11.2 without spot or wrinkle of the flesh but holy and without blemish Ephes 5.27 If any should be made perfect in every good work to do his will which was a thing the Apostle prayed for Heb. 13.21 If any should have so put off the old man and have put on the wedding garment as to be made ready and fit to be marryed to the Lamb Rev. 19.7 Yet this would not exclude faith