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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96387	A charitable essay, in order to allay the outrage of a contentious apostate inverting his error (from true Christian faith and charity) upon him, in his book, falsly stiled, New Rome unmask'd, &c.	Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.	1693 (1693)	Wing W1903; ESTC R233852	12,571	8

1. If to the Body or Flesh he took then the Body was above and more excellent than his Soul and the Flesh above the Spirit 2. And if so then the Son of God either was not or was not Christ before he took the Body Oh! horrible Ignorance How now F. B. Why did not thy Minister stop thee from running into such Socinianism Whither art thou run in thy Opposition and Creed-making to render the Quakers horrible Blasphemers As to J. P.'s words chiefly objected That we cannot call the Bodily Garment Christ The word Garment I take to be only a figurative manner of speaking as the word Vail which is his Flesh is Heb. 10.20 An Ingenious Man would allow him his own meaning as he explains it namely That we cannot call the Body which he took upon him chiefly and in the first place Jesus Christ It not being first nor the intire Christ because he was the Son of God and consequently Christ before he took upon him that Body even when God created all things by Jesus Christ 2. A Question Creed 2. If any have felt the saving Arm of the Lord a measure of the same Life Power and Anointing revealed in us and in our Vessels as was in his Is it not of the same Nature c. Is not Christ the Seed If this Seed grow up in me is not Christ then formed in me If I be ingrafted into and grow in it am not I ingrafted into Christ Is not this the same Christ that took upon him a Body of Flesh and offered it without the Gates of Jerusalem To all which we say Yea Is there any more Christ's than one Or is there any other than he Is Christ divided Is there one Christ within another without To all which we say Nay Our Adversary concluding his Remark hereupon That if the same Christ that offered up that Body be IN them as they say even the very same that suffered Death at Jerusalem then he cries out Oh! horrible Blasphemy Pray then observe this Opposer's contrary Creed e converso 1. That a measure of the same Life Power and Anointing revealed in us as was in Christ is not of the same Nature what pure Nonsense is this 2. That Christ is not the Seed or that Christ is not formed in them that are ingrafted into him and grow up in him 3. That this Seed Christ into which true Believers are ingrafted is not the same Christ that took on him the Body of Flesh and offer'd it without the Gates of Jerusalem Oh horrible Ignorance the Seed Christ is but one and the same indivisible Christ 4. That there 's more Christ's than one there 's one without another within another than him that took the Body that suffered at Jerusalem or that Christ is divided Oh horrible Antichristianism thus to oppose and deny Christ within the Word of Faith ingrafted and consequently Christ's coming in Spirit as not the same Christ that came and suffered in the Flesh contrary to the express Testimonies of the holy Prophets and Apostles and of Christ himself which are for the one Seed the one Lord Jesus Christ as both in the Flesh and in the Spirit the word of Faith the ingrafted word who is not divided even the same Christ that suffered in the Flesh being spiritually in true Believers read Joh. 17.23 26. I in them and they in me c. Whence I argue If it was the same Jesus Christ that offered up the Body that said these words I in them and they in me then the same Jesus Christ is in true Believers But it was the same Jesus Christ c. Creed 3. To whom do the Names and Ti●●● 〈…〉 and in the first place belong Do they belong to the 〈◊〉 which was took by him or to him who took 〈◊〉 Body c. They belong chiefly and in the 〈◊〉 place to him the Son of God who took 〈◊〉 Body in J. P.'s Sense But this Creed ma●● F. B. objects viz. That the natural consequence of 〈◊〉 is 1. That the Names Jesus and Christ do no●● properly belong to the Body as to the Treas●● in the Body That here they separate that which 〈◊〉 hath for ever joyned together False by the 〈◊〉 we may distinguish where we do not separat●● Then do but turn these Questions cited into F. ● contrary sense in opposition to that of J. P. and 't is this viz. That the Names and Titles JESVS and CHRIST do not CHIEF●Y and in● FIRST PLACE belong to him i. e. the So●● God who took the Body but chiefly and in the 〈◊〉 place to the Body which he took upon him which 〈◊〉 prepared for him Behold this Creed-mak●● Creed How Unchristian in it self and A 〈◊〉 christian in its natural consequence suppo●●● Jesus Christ the Son of God was not in being ●●fore his Incarnation Oh horrible Antichr●●anism against which I propose these Ar●ments 1. If Jesus Christ was before he took the 〈◊〉 or Flesh then the Names Jesus and Christ 〈◊〉 chiefly and in the first place belong to Him that t●● the Body but Jesus Christ was before he 〈◊〉 the Body therefore c. The first Prop●●tion is unquestionable for the second I far●●●● argue 2. If the Son of God was before he took 〈◊〉 Body then Jesus Christ was before he took 〈◊〉 Body but the Son of God was before he took 〈◊〉 Body therefore Jesus Christ was before he 〈◊〉 the Body or came in the Flesh The first par●● not to be doubted That the Son of God was 〈◊〉 Anointed of God the Christ of God the Savi●● the second Part is evident that the Son of 〈◊〉 was before he took the Body because God n●●● the Worlds by his Son Heb. 1.2 3. If God created all things by Jesus Ch●●● then Jesus Christ was before he took the Bo●●● but God created all things by Jesus Chr●●● therefore c. See Eph●s ● 9 4. If that Spiritual Rock which all Israel di●●● of was Christ then Christ was before he took Body but that Spiritual Rock which all 〈◊〉 drank of was Christ 1 Cor. 10.4 And 〈◊〉 esteemed the Reproaches of Christ gre●● Riches than the Treasures of Aegypt Heb. 11. ●● Therefore Christ was in M●ses's days Christ was before Abraham was Jo. 8.58 His g●●● 〈◊〉 have been from of old from everlasting Mica 5.2 〈◊〉 also Heb. 7.3 Therefore Christ was before 〈◊〉 took Flesh or was born of the Virgin Mary 〈◊〉 general Consequence deducible from 〈◊〉 Premises is That the Names Jesus and Christ ●esty and primarily belong to him that took the ●●dy though sometimes given to each and to ●●th The Creed-maker further objects viz. They 〈◊〉 That his Body was of an Earthly perishing Na●●●e But what are they that so say He hath ●●e notoriously wronged the People called Qua●●s by imposing a false Creed upon them Where do they say That Christ's B●dy either ●s or is of an earthly perishing Nature I utterly ●ny the Charge and F. B. also to

both living and the dead in Christ which the righteous God takes notice of Only F. B. I may remind thee That thy Stories against me As an ill Instrument to set Man and Wife at variance and in breaking a Match p. 60. are both utterly false and the Match pretended was not of my breaking as I can easily evince As also thy Consequence That G. W. has out-done the boldest Jesuits that ever thou read of And even in thy Title Page terming me a Chief Cardinal In both whereof it appears thou makst no Conscience of defaming and scandalizing me and others to 〈…〉 than 't was to render thee an Informer as also in thy charging me with being a Deceiver of the People p. 33 34. On a Supposition from T. R.'s Account that thou voluntarily paid thy Fine before Distress when 't was after according to thy Certificate p. 34. But suppose his Account was a Mistake as to such Circumstance of time of payment and I mistaken too in such Supposition hadst thou no better Character for him than Lying Lawyer nor for me than Deceiver of the People Which I placed not on a necessity from God as is falsly pretended but on a Supposition nor was it Matter of Doctrin does it follow that I am therefore a Deceiver of the People How does that appear from the true state of the Case And upon what Proposition and Argument I 'll suppose one for thee He that has been mistaken in a Supposition about a Circumstance of time is a Deceiver of the People but G. W. has been so mistaken Ergo and then I must deny the major or first Proposition and can produce sufficient Exceptions to invalid the Argument I have not room here closely to pursue the Dilemma upon thee for thy temporizing Retraction and Excuse of thy being not ●f the same Mind thou wast in in 1686. concerning us in the beginning and that thou hadst then better Thoughts of us respecting our beginning than now thou hast and that by reason thereof thou wast in an Error also granting thou wast mistaken in thy charitable Opinion of us and in the greater Error c. p. 12 13 14. Which feigned Retraction being in opposition to thy own plain declared Testimonies both before and since thy Conformity will not excuse thee from Self-condemnation nor from Sinning against Light and Conviction in thy temporizing Backsliding And now F. B. as concerning thy Proposal to G. W. c. To prove what we have said or retract what we cannot of our Principles which we hold and which thou chargest and rechargest on us as thou say'st according to E Burrough's Proposition than to let thee have a Months notice thereof any four six or ten of our ablest Captains 't is ablest Preachers 〈◊〉 thy Epistle to Bereans p. 12. and that in Mild●● hall too as thou boastingly challengest and t●● wilt take the like number of MEN on thy side 〈◊〉 if we refuse this then 't is in thy purpose to trou● thy self no more after this manner chap. 12. p. 7● and chap. 1. p. 1 2. and Postscript p. 89. p. ● Answ This we look upon as a conceited pro●● Boasting as well as unequal Challenge on t●● part and therefore refuse it and we are 〈◊〉 bound to dance after thy Pipe nor to run af●● thee to Milden-hall to wait upon thee Wheth●● thou wilt keep to thy parpose to trouble 〈◊〉 self no more after this manner or break thy P●●mise look thou to that if thou think'st th●● hast any Reputation to lose We reject thy ●●ceited boasting Challenge 1. Because it supp●seth ●y self such a qualified Person as E●● made his Propositions unto which was for 〈◊〉 Meeting of a few of the ablest Priests and Pro●●sors which thou attemptest no proof for 〈◊〉 self being one of them and thy own Self-c●ceit can be no proof thereof to us 2. Nor that the number intended on thy 〈◊〉 are of the ablest Priests and Professors the●● fore thy Challenge suits not thy instance Nor dost thou produce any Deputation from 〈◊〉 Church Bishops or Clergy of England that th●● will own and stand by thy Books against us 〈◊〉 intrust thee and thy number of Men to cont●●vert Matters of Religion on their behalf 〈◊〉 Deputation might justly be expected thou shou●●est have produced considering how lofty 〈◊〉 sulting and extensive thy Challenge is and 〈◊〉 it tends to affect a People and their Professio● we having also many foul Abuses and Perversi●● to charge against thy Books and not at all ●●merous or doubtful of dealing with thee c. 〈◊〉 a Christian way if the Lord should require 〈◊〉 remembring how thou wilt accept G. W.'s th●● Charges p. 31. But we are not under thy 〈◊〉 risdiction Command or Summons either as M●●● or Christians By a Servant of Jesus Christ G. WHITEHEAD VVE whose Names are hereunto subscribed do in Behalf of the Peo●●● commonly called Quakers Certifie all Per●●s that are or may be concerned That 〈◊〉 Francis Bugg in his late great Book stiled ●●w Rome hath most injuriously and falsly accu●●● and charged the said People and their Mini●●ers as followeth viz. I. With Denying Christ Jesus who was born of 〈◊〉 Virgin Mary who suffered without the Gates 〈◊〉 Jerusalem rose again and ascended into Hea●●n c. and that they believe and say That they ●●nos call HIM Christ chap. 3. p. 16. and Epi●●e to Bereans p. 2. II. That the Quaker's Prophets give Witness to 〈◊〉 For INSTEAD of this Christ that they call ●m G. F. the Branch the Star the Son of Righ●●usness and put the North of England for the ●●wn of Bethlehem Epistle to the Ber●●●s and 〈◊〉 81. III. That they i. e. the Quakers say His Body viz. Christ's Body was of an earthly perishing Nature Epist ibid Remark on Creed 3. IV. That they say The HOLY SCRIPTVRE is Carnal Dust Death and Killeth c. Epist ibid. on Cr. 6. and p. 78. And to aggravate Matters against the Quakers F. B. most unjustly and maliciously affirms their Creed to be Antichristian Blasphemous Idolatrous if not a Compound of all Heresies Epist ibid on Cr. 6. Whereupon we do in the Holy Fear of Almighty God and in Behalf of the said People Declare and Testifie That all these and all other his Accusations of the same kind or depending thereupon are utterly false wicked and malicious and never so believed so said nor so affirmed by Vs as charged against Vs but contrary to our Persuasion Principle and Profession ●●gned in London the 3d. day of the 2d Month called April 1693. Tho. Green James Parke Sam. Waldenfield John 〈◊〉 Benjamin Antrobus Iohn Butcher Gilbert Laity Theodor Eccleston John Bowater Richard Needham William Robinson Francis Etteridge FINIS