Book stiled ANTICHRIST IN FLESH UNMASKED c. p. 27 28 29 30. WE sincerely profess and declare in the sight of God and Men That we do faithfully believe and profess that the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament were given by Divine Inspiration And that the three Divine Witnesses in Heaven above * * Heaven above is a new word with them however this is not to be credited until they retract and by some publick Act condemn their old avowed Principles and ancient Errors which are in Print contrary hereunto as anon will more evidently appear namely the Father Son and Holy Ghost are one true and eternal God And the Divinity and Humanity or Manhood of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ the eternal Word of God And that in the fulness of time he took flesh being miraculously conceived by the Holy Ghost and born of the Virgin Mary and suffered the cruel death of the Cross as an universal Offering and Sacrifice both in his Body and Blood shed thereon for the Sins of the whole World And was buried and rose again the third day was seen in his ascending and passed into Heaven and Glory And that he ascended far above all Heavens that he might fill all things And that by his Suffering and Sacrifice he hath obtained eternal Redemption for us That we are not pardoned justified redeemed or saved by our own Righteousness Works Merits or Deservings but by the Righteousness Merits and Works of this our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ being both imparted and imputed to us We sincerely believe also that the Man Christ Jesus is the only Mediator between GOD and Man our Intercessor and Advocate with the Father And the Resurrection of the Dead and eternal Judgment c. ANIMADVERSION HEREVPON Now this with much more G. W. in the Quakers Name seems with much seriousness to avouch so that had they first by some manifest Act under the hand of six or more of their principal Leaders condemned their former Errors which are laid down in Print and as contrary to this Confession of G. W's as Light is to Darkness I should have thought that there had been a great Reformation in them and should have been glad thereof But until they first condemn what they have given forth in Print as their Principles and that as they have said by the eternal Spirit of GOD I nor any Man else have any ground to believe that G. W. is at all serious or conscientious in this his Confession of Faith but rather that he continues in his wonted course to carry two Faces in a Hood For Instance once for all If G. W. c. did really believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament were Holy and given by Divine Inspiration and that they are profitable for Doctrine why then do they not read them in their Meetings for the Worship of GOD But rather chuse to read the Epistles of Samuel Cater Robert Sandiland William Penn George Whitehead and others of their Tribe and therein give their own Writings the preheminence as that they have done to my own knowledg near 30 Years together For as it was our frequent practice to read the Epistles of G. Fox Steph. Crisp c. and that with great Devotion and Attention so on the other hand did I never know a Chapter in either the Old or New Testament read amongst us at any of our Meetings for the Worship of GOD with what Face then can G. W. thus appear and not blush And that it may further appear that G. W. is fallacious herein I shall recite part of one of their Epistles so sent and read in which there is not a word about the Incarnation of Christ's Death Sufferings Resurrection or Ascension or any thing of that tendency tho' it be large viz. 23 pages in Quarto two or three passages thereof I shall recite that so the Reader may perceive that they err in the object of their Faith And 2dly how they applaud their Hearers And 3dly what large Commission they give to kill cut destroy lay waste all the Heathen Philistines the Amalakites c. affirming That none know GOD but themselves So that it was no marvel they gave it such an obscure dark-lanthorn Title as This is only to go amongst Friends c. for indeed it was not able to abide the light no more than many others of their Epistles and Pamphlets are Well to the matter THIS IS ONLY TO GO AMONGST FRIENDS P. 19. And thou Oh North of England who art counted as desolate and barren and reckoned the least of the Nations yet out of THEE did the BRANCH spring and STAR arise which gives Light to all the Regions round about In THEE the SON OF RIGHTEOVSNESS appeared with wounding and with healing And out of THEE the Terrors of the LORD proceeded which makes the Earth to tremble and be removed out of thee KINGS Priests and Prophets did come forth c. ANIMADVERSIONS HEREVPON Reader observe that tho' what is here spoken if well meant and rightly applied respects Christ as prophesied of by Moses and the Prophets for said Luke Acts 10.43 To HIM gave all the Prophets witness that through HIS NAME that whosoever believeth in HIM shall receive Remission of Sins c. For read Numb 24.17 and there Christ is called the Star of Jacob viz. I shall see HIM but not now I shall behold HIM but not nigh there shall come a STAR out of Jacob and a Scepter shall rise out of Israel and shall smite the corners of Moab c. And ver 19. out of Jacob shall come HE that shall have dominion c. And Zech 3.8 For behold I will bring forth my Servant the BRANCH And cap. 6. ver 12. Behold the Man whose Name is the BRANCH And HE shall grow up out of HIS place And HE shall build the Temple of the LORD even HE shall build the Temple of the LORD And HE shall bear the Glory and shall sit and rule upon HIS Throne and HE shall be a Priest upon HIS Throne c. Again read Malachi 4.2 But unto you that fear my Name shall the Son of Righteousness arise with healing under HIS wings c. Thus I say if rightly applied and well meant these Sayings of theirs relating to the STAR the BRANCH the SON of RIGHTEOVSNESS c. alludes to Christ but Christ they could not mean for he did not come out of the North of England Neither can they prove that in Scripture the North of England is accounted desolate Neither can they prove by Scripture that the North of England out of which their great Prophet G. F. came is called Barren Neither can they prove by Scripture that the North of England is reckon'd the least of the Nations So that they did not mean Christ but their great Prophet George Fox as anon will more evidently appear in the mean time let me prove to them If they did allude to Christ
Spirit contrary to the Prophets contrary to the Apostles contrary to the Ancient Fathers and contrary to the Spirit Faith and Principle of the blessed Martyrs but such hath been the art of these Deluders that as they have undervalued Christ calling him a Garment a Vail a Figure c. So have they undervalued the Holy Scriptures by calling them Carnal Death Dust the Serpents Food and the like Antichristian names as anon I shall shew so that it will be hard to perswade their Disciples to read the Scriptures cited And if they do yet not to yield them that Authority which G.W. gives to their speaking by the Spirit who says That which is spoken from the Spirit of Truth in any is of as great Aurity as the Scriptures and Chapters are and greater c. Ser Apoll. p. 49. Oh the consequence of this monstrous opinion if HE that was born c. be not the Christ but a Garment a Vail a Figure c. Then why did not the Prophets foretell that a Virgin should conceive and bring forth a Garment That a Virgin should conceive and bring forth a Vail a Figure c. Oh monstrous So that it s no marvel that you do not pray in the Name of Christ beg pardon in the Name of Christ since you own Him only as a Garment which waxeth old or as a Figure c. Object But perhaps some of your own People may say is it indeed such a Christian duty to make Confession of our Sins to God and to beg Pardon for Jesus Christs sake If we indeed believed it a duty we would notwithstanding the practice of our Teachers who we know does not practice the same c. Answer I hope then there is some such Bereans still left how thin soever they be amongst you and for their sakes in my book The Quakers detected and their Errors confuted c. I laid down many precepts to which I refer you as also to the Scriptures in the Margin and if you read the Scriptures you shall not read one book from Genesis to the Revelations but you shall find some precept which may strengthen you in this your duty And that I may not leave this point without warrantable proof I will add to the Testimony of the Prophets and Practice of the Apostles and the Precept of Christ who has taught his Disciples and in them all that follow them in the same Faith to say Forgive us our Sins c. The Practice and Judgment of the blessed Martyrs who unanimously as a Cloud of Witnesses concur with the Judgment and Practice of the primitive Chistians And against the singular opinion and singular practice of your Ministers who though they pretend and make you believe they have a Spirit beyond all the Forefathers it is indeed being rightly interpreted a Spirit contrary to all the Forefathers of the Christian Race First then hear Dr. Robert Barnes viz. The whole Church prayeth LORD forgive us our Sins See his works p. 254. wherefore she hath spots and wrincles But by acknowledging them through the Merits of Christ her wrincles be scratched out c. Next hear what Martin Luther says touching this particular duty viz. But thou wilt say the Church is Holy the Fathers are Holy it is true notwithstanding See his Commentary upon Gall. p. 36. albeit the Church is Holy yet is she compelled to pray Forgive us our Trespasses so tho the Fathers are Holy yet are they saved through the Forgiveness of sins These two have given joint Testimony that 't is the Churches Duty nay she is compelled to confess and beg pardon of her Sins I come next to holy Bradfords practice that humble and constant Martyr of Jesus Christ in his Epistle to his London Friends which for the excellency of it I could willingly have recited the whole but brevity forces only an Abridgment viz. To all that profess the Gospel Fox's Acts Monuments p. 1176 1177. and true Doctrine of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in the City of London John Bradford an unworthy Servant of the LORD But with THEE is Mercifulness that thou mighst be worshipped Oh then be mercyful unto us that we might truly worship THEE help us for the Glory of thy Name be merciful unto our Sins for they are great Oh heal us and help us for thine Hoaour let not the wicked people say where is their GOD On this sort my right dearly beloved let us heartily bewail our Sins repent us of our former evil Life and heartily and earnestly purpose to amend our Lives in all things continually watch in Prayer diligently and reverently attend hear and read the Holy Scriptures By which you may perceive Firrst This holy mans humility acknowledgeth himself unworthy Secondly The like is not to be found in any of the Quakers former books His acknowledging his Sins Thirdly That he begged pardon for His Mercy sake Fourthly His holy Resolution and heavenly Exhortation And now to finish this Chapter I shall conclude in the words of Dr. Barnes whose Faith in Christ does as much differ from the Faith of and Principles of the Quakers as Light from Darkness See their 3d. and 4th Principle in the first Chapter For in Him which they call a bodily Garment and which they say they can never own to be Christ did this blessed Martyr at the Flames confess to be his LORD and Saviour also his practice of asking Pardon of Sin is directly contrary to their practice pray hear him Dr. R. Barnes his protestation which he made at the Stake concerning his Faith in Christ Jesus I am said he come hither to be burned as an Heretick and you shall hear my Belief Acts and Monuments p. 610. whereby you shall perceive what erronious opinions I hold and now hearken to my Faith I believe in the Holy and Blessed Trinity * I have often marvelled why the Quaker would not own the word Trinity but now I do not since they deny the 2d Person that created and made all the world I believe that without mans will or power Christ Jesus was conceived by the Holy Ghost and took Flesh of the Blessed Virgin Mary That he suffered Thirst Hunger Cold †Which he could not do as he was God but as he was man viz. the man Christ Jesus and other Passions of our bodies Sin excepted according to the saying of St. Peter I belive that this his Death and Passion was the sufficient Ransom for the Sins of all the world * Then surely he was more than a Garment or Vail or Figure and the Quakers saying they can never own this bodily Garment to be Christ as their phrase is t is as much as if they had said they do not own the Christ of GOD. And I believe that thorow his Death he overcame Sin Death and Hell And that there is no other satisfaction unto the Father but His Death and Passion only Mind this ye
Glory Honour Power Might Majesty and Dominion for evermore Amen Now Noble Berean whether Christian or Quaker for some such I hope their are in every Society If thou doubt or question the soundness of this recited Creed pray examine and read these following Scriptures for thy Information and Satisfaction Luke 2.10.11 Acts 5.30 31 32. and 10.39 to 40. Acts 1.9 Micah 5.2 Psal 2.7 and 16.10 Zeck 9.9 and 11 12 13. Mark 1.10 Acts 2.22 to 32. Numb 24.17.19 Duet 18.15 Isa 9.6 7. Luke 24.4.51 John 20.12 Matt. 28.2 Acts 3.13 to 32. and 4.10 11 12. Heb. 7.25 and 9.24 John 17.20 21. 1 John 2.1 2. And here thou wilt find that he that was born of the Virgin the Glorious Angels call'd Christ the Lord And you will find that the holy Apostles said him that you slew and hanged on a Tree him hath God exalted to be both a Prince and a Saviour yea and Christ the Lord whose Body was not of a Perishing Nature for it saw no Corruption And that all the Prophets gave witness to this Jesus Christ the Saviour of the World Now if on the contrary you find in the Quakers Creed that they believe and say that they cannot call him Christ who thus was born of the Virgin who was by wicked Men slain and hanged on a Tree if you find them to say his Body was of a perishing Nature and if you find as you may perceive p. 78 79. of this Treatise that the Quakers Prophets give witness to G. Fox instead of this Christ that they call him G. Fox the Branch the Star the Son of Righteousness and put the North of England for the Town of Bethlehem then maist thou have cause to think that their Notions invert the Faith and seek to overturn the Christian Religion Read Try and Judge The Quakers Creed I. A Question to the Professors p. 33. NOW the Scriptures do expresly distinguish between Christ and the Garment which he wore between him and the Body in which he came between the Substance which was vailed and the Vail which vailed it Lo I come a Body hast thou prepared me there is plainly he and the Body in which he came There was the outward Vessel and the inward Life this we certainly know and can never call the Bodily Garment Christ But that Heavenly Treasure which appeared and dwelt in the Body Remark Come into the Light and see if this Creed of theirs be not contrary to the Testimony of the Blessed and Glorious Angels Holy Apostles Blessed Martyrs and true Confessors for these 1600 Years here you may see if you will but come into the Light I mean to the holy Apostles Writings wherein they differ from all Christians they cannot call his Body Christ only a Garment a Vail a Vessel What! Did the Prophets fore-tell that a Virgin should conceive and bring forth a Garment Is this their Scripture Language they so often call for in Opposition to the Trinity and Sacraments Oh horrible Blasphemy But to this agrees John Whitehead's Doctrine in their Book The Quakers Refuge fixed c. p. 37 38. viz. Nothing which was Mortal was called Christ The Quakers Creed II. A Quest c. p. 22. IF I or any one else have felt the saving Arm of the Lord revealed in us If we have felt a measure of the same Life Power and Anointing revealed in our Vessels as was revealed in his Is it not of the same Nature Is it not the same thing Is not Christ the Seed And is not this Seed sown in the Heart Now if this Seed spring and grow up in me into a Spiritual shape and form Is not Christ then formed in me If I be ingrafted into and grow up in it Am not I ingrafted into Christ And do I not grow up in him And is not this the same Christ that took upon him the Body of Flesh and offered it without the Gates of Ierusalem Is there any more than one Or is there any other than he Is Christ devided is there one Christ within and another without Remark Come and see thou searching Berean and behold the Quakers Creed They cannot as in the first Branch of their Creed call him that was born of the Virgin Christ him that by wicked Hands was slain and hanged on a Tree Christ And no marvel if the same Christ that offered up that Body or Garment or Vail or Figure as they frame it be in them as they say it is even the very same that suffered Death at Jerusalem Oh horrible Blasphemy The Quakers Creed III. A Quest p. 20. TO whom do the Names and Titles of Iesus and Christ chiefly and in the first place belong Do they belong to the Body which was took by him or to him who took the Body For that which he took upon him was our Garment even the Flesh and Blood of our Nature which is of an Earthly perishing Nature And p. 27. Is not the Substance the Life the Anointing called Christ where-ever it is found doth not the Name belong to the whole Body and every Member in the Body as well as to the Head so that the Name is not given to the Vessel but to the Nature to the Heavenly Treasure to that which is of Him in the Vessel Remark From the Premises pray observe though they propose this Branch of their Creed by way of Query yet do but turn it and you shall observe the true and natural consequences of it is 1. That the Name Iesus and Christ do not so properly belong to the Body as to the Treasure in the Body here they seperate that which GOD hath for ever joyned together See their Book viz. The malice of the Independant Agent p. 23. Confusion and whereas they say that His Body was of an Earthly perishing Nature read Acts 2.27 and 13.35 and their Error soon appears And the Name Christ say they belongs to the whole Body as well as to the Head yea and to every Member of the Body so that they having the Light the Treasure the Life of Christ in them even the same that suffered Death at Jerusalem to be in them And the Name Christ not properly belonging to that Body which suffered Death at Jerusalem as aforesaid c. The Name by their Logick belongs to every believing Quaker so that there is as many Christs by their Doctrine as there is believing Quakers Oh horrible Blasphemy Read Matt. 24.24 The Quakers Creed IV. G. F.'s News coming up out of the North p. 14. 15. 34. A Word to all you Deceivers who deceive the People and Blasphemers who utter forth your Blasphemies and Hypocrisies that tell People of a Sacrament and tell them it is the ordinance of God Blush blush and tremble you who live in the Witchery and bewitch People Page 14. So Dust is the Serpents Meat their original is but Dust which is but the Letter which is Death their Church is Dust and their Gospel is
Christ and art blind Saul's Errand c. p. 8. He that hath the same Spirit that raised up Jesus Christ from the Dead is equal with God See also G. F.'s great Mystery p. 78 127. 283. where their being equal with God is not denied * Saul's Errand p. 14. but strongly implyed Christ is the substance of all Figures and his Flesh is a Figure All that do study to raise a living thing out of a Dead to raise the Spirit out of the Letter are Conjurers and draw Points and Reasons and so speak a Divination of their own Brain they are Conjurers and Diviners and their Teaching is from Conjuration which is not spoken from the Mouth of the Lord the Letter of the Scripture is carnal and the Letter is Death and killeth p. 7. And as for any being moved of the Lord to take away your Hour-Glass from you G. Fox's great Mistery p. 77. by the Eternal Power it is owned The Priests of the World are 1. Conjurers 2. A brief Discovery c. p. 7.8.9.10 Thieves and Robbers 3. Antichrists 4. Witches 5. Devils 6. Lyars 7 A Viperous and Serpentine Generation 8. Blasphemers 9. Scarlet coloured Beasts 10. Babylon's Merchants 11. Whited Walls and painted Sepulchres 12. Ravening Wolves 13. Greedy dumb Dogs 14. Eminent and Ambitious Pharisees Remark Come and see once more this dark dismal Antichristian and Uncharitable Creed of these deluded Souls the Contents of this sixth Branch thereof followeth viz 1. They like the Pharisees hold a sinless Perfection yea G. F. said he witnessed being come up to the Measure and Stature and Fulness of Christ 2. If ever we own Christ or his Apostles we must necessarily own them yea and their Writings too they being equivalent with the Apostles Writings 3. They affirm that as Quakers they are elected and chosen before the Foundation of the World And contrarywise they Sentence and Condemn their Opposer the Querist being of a contrary Opinion and as such without shewing any other Cause to be a Reprobate ordained of old for Condemnation and Perdition one that is Blind and a Hater of Christ 4 They do assert such as have the eternal Spirit to be equal with God which Spirit they say they themselves have and by it they give forth their Papers and Printed Books 5. They assert the Flesh or Body of Christ to be but a Figure which elsewhere they call'd a Garment and say they cannot call him Christ 6. They say the holy Scipture is Carnal Dust Death and Killeth and that studying therein is Conjuring 7. They Justifie Fellony under a pretence of being moved by the Spirit of God 8. It s lamentable to behold their Incharity in calling the publick Ministry without exception restriction or distinction Conjurers Thieves Robbers Antichrists Witches Devils Serpents Vipers Blasphemers Wolves Beasts Dogs c. Surely 't is needless to enlarge especially in an Epistle since their erroneous Creed is manifest and that by this time the Athenians and all wise Men who are not wilfully blind may know what to make of them for the Tree is known by the Fruit least I make the Porch bigger than the House Thus Courteous Reader I have as it were led thee by the Hand thro' the crooked Paths and by ways of the Quakers intrioate Wilderness and be wildred wild and unheard of extravagant Notions dangerous Errors and pernitious Principles Not to have thee in Love with them no that it is not my design but to beware of being Insured by them as I once was And thus much touching the Quakers Creed which is neither Nicean Athanasian nor Apostolical but I affirm it to he Antichristian Blasphemous Idolatrous if not a Compound of all Heresies For If as they write they do believe indeed Then I affirm this is their Creed Who can with safety them believe Who Write and Print the Simple to deceive Object But some may say its true their Creed is very well set forth from the words of their own printed Principles and you give them a fair opportunity to meet you to make their exceptions against what you charge upon them and their Principles yet this Method I presume they will not take but rather chuse to use their old Method of Printing thinking by their false glossing and Jugling tricks to cast a Mist over the Minds of the Simple as in their Answer to the Quak. unmask'd c. They think they have done and therefore I desire to know what Method is best to use when I come into their Company Answ What you say is very true they can write fair and plausable holding forth one thing to their People and another thing to the World See p. 78. to the end and by the Authority of their Yearly Meeting impose these Controversial Books upon their Countrey Friends I was the last Month at Melton-Mowbery The Quaker's Book-seller in George-yard in Leicester-shire where one Thomas Earl a Quaker dwells and he told me that Thomas Northcot sent him some Books wrote against me but he sent them back Tho. Northcot sends them to him again tells him his Commission viz that the Yearly Meetings Order was that two of a sort should be sent to every Meeting He returned them again and would not be imposed upon for which he is to be commended and all such manly Men. However by this we may observe that their own People begin to be weary of their Books and that the Press begins to be Burthensome notwithstanding their publick Purse c. Well but to the Method I know of no better Method to advise to And to use my self than what William Penn did once excellently chaulk out in his Book styled A Caveat against Popery c. which is first to shew the Papists their Errors as I have done the Quakers next to shew their double dealing viz. one thing to the World and are indeed another to themselves and their under Graduits all which I have set forth as the practice of the Quakers and lastly call them to recant and condemn them to their errors before he will either take their words for what they say or trouble himself more with them whose Methods I purpose to take pray here W. Penn to his late Friends the Papists p 5. Tho' to argue against a Tribe of Men who esteem all reason carnal and Scripture imperfect might rightly be judged a meer beating the Air. Yet to prevent those who may be deceived and if possibly to reclaim such as are and lastly to clear my own conscience most of all in my Eye c. Now how far my old Friends the Quakers resemhle Will. Penn's late Friends the Papists in accounting both Scripture and Reason both Carnal and imperfect I leave to the Judgment of all Christians who shall read their Creed and other passages in this Treatise which I have fairly quoted and kept to the sence of what they write Again p. 3. of his Caveat c. They are grown so complisant
its Nature and Properties Now the Query is WHICH was the appointed Saviour of the Father Which was the Anointed of the Father chiefly and in the first place WHETHER the BODY prepared or HE for whom the Body was prepared c By which 't is plain that they deny notwithstanding G. Whitehead's counterfeit Confession HIM that was born of the Virgin HIM that was pierced HIM that was Crucify'd and hang'd on a Tree and by wicked hands slain to be the Son of GOD the Saviour of the World whereby they declare themselves not to be of the Prophets and Apostles Creed read these Scriptures Zach. 9.9 11 12 13. Micah 5.2 Acts 2.22 23 36. 3.13 4.10 10.43 Luke 2.10 11 12 13. Mat. 2.5 6 7. and you will perceive the Faith of the Apostles and Evangelists and the Testimony of the blessed and glorious Angels to differ as much and as clearly from this Faith and Testimony of the Quakers as light from utter darkness c. But because G. W. in his recited Book makes such a serious Pretence to own the Man Christ Jesus his Death and Sufferings c. I may recite another Passage out of their great Doctor Is Penington's aforesaid Book p. 20. Quest 7. What is Christ's Flesh and Blood which we are to partake of Is it the Flesh and Blood of the Body which was prepared for and taken for HIM wherein HE tabernacled and appeared OR is it the Flesh and Blood of HIM who took tabernacled and appeared in the Body For that which HE took upon HIM was our Garment even the Flesh and Blood of our Nature which is of a perishing Nature c. Now what is more plain than that they deny the true Christ his Humanity yea his Merits Death and Sufferings especially if you add what is in pag. 33. said by this their Champion in defence of their Faith which is as followeth viz. Now the Scriptures do expresly distinguish between Christ and the Garment which HE wore between HIM that came and the BODY in which HE came between the Substance which was vailed and the Vail which vailed it there is plainly HE and the BODY in which HE came there was the outward Vessel and the inward Life This we certainly know and can never call the bodily garment Christ * Yes we believe you are all of that mind and shall until these and other of your pernicious Errors be publickly condemned notwithstanding G. W's Pretence to the contrary c. But having before spoken largely to this Point I shall at present pass it by desiring the Reader still to peruse the recited Epistle and to consider of it for that being directed TO GO ONLY AMONGST THE QVAKERS there you may see their inside for to them their Leaders and Captains as they stile themselves unbosom themselves telling the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth of what they believe if there be that sincerity in them which they pretend to And then you shall hear a loud noise of strange Acts great Miracles viz. the Prison doors opened the Dead raised unclean Spirits cast out Yea a wonderful noise of War of Leaders and Captains and Commanders mighty hewing cutting killing going into the Field to Battel as if all the World were now at an end and that they would drive all before them * And yet are themselves got now so close into their Holes Dens and lurking places where they lie skulking to deceive the simple as that 't is impossible to get them out into the Field c. But not a word as I have observed setting forth the Divine Authority of the Holy Scriptures not a word of the Humanity of Christ not a word in all the 23 Pages of the Incarnation Birth Sufferings Death Resurrection and Ascension of our LORD and Saviour Jesus Christ not a word of their hopes of being saved through the Imputation of Christ's Righteousness No how should they if they would speak their minds truly since they cannot call that BODY which suffered at Jerusalem CHRIST but a Garment a Vail a Figure And therefore what ever they pretend when they write publickly since when they write privately they write the contrary they are not to be believed for saith Ireneus in his third Book against Heresies viz. Whilst that Hereticks speak like the Faithful they not only mean otherwise than they say but clean contrary and by their Tenents full of Blasphemies they destroy the Souls of those who with their fair words suck in the poyson of their foul Opinions c. I have divers others of their Epistles by me as particularly Robert Sandilands * One of George Whitehead's Select Friends by way of Vision and Revelation Richard Huberthorn Josiah Coal both in Print and Manuscript which bears not the least Resemblance to what they now seemingly set forth as their Faith and Belief But the recited Epistle with their dark-lanthorn Title viz. THIS IS ONLY TO GO AMONGST FRIENDS is sufficient to set forth how they applaud and speak smooth things to their own People like the false Prophets of old who healed the Wound deceitfully who daubed with untempered Mortar and surely never was Mortar worse tempered than in this Epistle wherein Darkness is put for Light and Bitter for Sweet viz. the North of England for the Town of Bethlehem George Fox for Christ and almost all the Prophesies and Sayings of the holy Penmen inverted and turned into an affected Rhetorick and mystical Allegories as well as in many of their other Writings which both amuse and puff up their Hearers And as I have elsewhere herein observed make them believe that they are got into the Holy Land even spiritual Canaan when indeed they are but in the Borders of Egypt and posting to OLD ROME think themselves rich full wanting nothing when they are poor blind miserable and want all things through their mistaken Zeal and following the Dictates of their blind Guides who instead of setting forth the solid Principles of Religion have so leavened them into their Pharisaical lump that they have erred concerning the Faith of our Lord Jesus Christ who was born of the Virgin who suffered was dead and buried who rose again the third day and ascended up into Heaven above * This G. W. begins to confess too but when he says above according to his and their own Principles he means beneath viz. in their corrupt Bodies let him deny it if he can at the Right Hand of GOD where he sits in Majesty on High as our Advocate and Intercessor as the Second Person of the glorious Trinity And who will come in like manner as He was taken up which G. W. acknowledges was visibly seen to judge the Quick and Dead And then the Graves shall give up their Dead and there shall be a general Resurrection of the Bodies out of the Graves both of the just and unjust But alas All this and much more in this recited Epistle of theirs