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A65873	The light and life of Christ within and the extent and efficacy thereof demonstrated. And the Quakers principles justified by the scriptures of truth, the doctrine of Christ and his Apostles, from the false and blasphemous constructions put upon them by William Burnet, in his book, stiled, The captial principles of the people called Quakers : herein the rest of the Baptists that own him may see, his antichristian spirit and doctrines detected ... / by ... G. Whitehead.	Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.	1668 (1668)	Wing W1941; ESTC R20094	56,660	72

as W. B. hath done pag. 24. Yet though we do oppose his imaginations and confusion concerning Christ neither his ascension into the Heavens and also far above all Heavens and Clouds nor yet his coming the second time without sin to Salvation do we in the least deny or oppose knowing in measure the effect of his appearance and coming to wit Salvation as they did of old that in Faith looked for his coming the second time without sin unto Salvation wherein their Faith and Hope and expectations were not made void but fulfilled and answered and as to that 1 Thes. 4.17 which W. B. brings to prove that Christ shall come in the latter end of the World from Heaven above the Clouds Now in vers 15. it 's said that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord. Now I ask if they did live and remain to a personal coming of Christ in the Clouds yea or nay or can it be reasonably thought to be a coming that is not yet that they lived and remained unto and further John in Rev. 1. said Behold he cometh with Clouds he also when he was in the Spirit saw him that was the first and the last and in the midst of the seven Golden Candlesticks he saw one like unto the Son of man whose eyes were as a flame of fire out of whose mouth went a sharp two-edged Sword whose Countenance was as the Sun shining in his strength who laid his right hand vpon John Now did John see him with carnal eyes or was this coming such as you expect outwardly Moreover Christ said the Son of man shall come in the Glory of his Father with his Angels and then he shall reward every man according to his work Verily I say unto you there be some standing here which shall not tast of death till they see the Son of man coming in his Kingdom Math. 16.27 28. Luke 9.26 27. Now what is that Glory of the Father in which his coming is is it visible to the carnal eye And when was that coming to be is it now to be looked for outwardly But farther we do acknowledge the several comings of Christ according to the Scriptures both that in the Flesh and that in the Spirit which is manifest in several degrees as there is a growing from Glory to Glory But three comings of Christ not only that in the flesh at Jerusalem and that in the Spirit but also another coming in the flesh yet to be expected we do not read of but a second coming without sin unto Salvation wch in the Apostles dayes was look'd for Again that the dead in Christ shall rise first we own to be an effect of Christs coming and know that there is a dying in Christ a being Baptized into his Death before a coming forth or rising in the likeness of his Resurrection and if we be dead with him we shall also live with him 2 Tim. 2.11 and Paul to the Colossians said For ye are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God But now to know these states what 't is to dye with Christ to be conformable unto his Death and to partake of the Power of his Resurrection these things are hid from that eye and expectation which is carnal and only known to them that are come to the Mystery of Faith in a pure Conscience and to know that Power by which the Faith of the operation of God is known and the work and effects of it But at these things blind and ignorant contenders may carp and cavel till they be more blind and plunged in gross darkness and unbeleif Bapt. I would know where the Spirit in so many words is called the key Answ. It seems as if he would be very exact in keeping to the words of Scripture when he calls for a proof of that in so many words which he dare not deny the matter of and sayes it may be a good comparison so it appears he was presently checked and saith he would not be found to carp at any thing that may agree with sound Doctrin though he has carped at many things that are sound and now do's he not deserve to be tried by his own rule and ask'd where he proves that he is justified by the shedding of the Blood that was let out by the spear in so many words and where in so many words that Blood shed without the gats of Jerusalem is the means of Salvation as in Pag. 28. whereas if that be his Justifier and Saviour where is it 't is not in being pag. 40. so then his Saviour it appears is not to be found whereas the Blood of Christ which justifieth purgeth the Conscience cleanseth from all sin and wherein he washeth them that follow him is still in being cleansing and washing being a real act and spiritual work in every true Beleiver that walks in the Light whereby the Blood of Christ is known 1 John 1.7 Bapt. I do much wonder where that Word or Doctrine was coyned that they so often teach and exhort that is to turn to the Light within P. 28. Answ. Why art thou so positive against it then W. B. to oppose that thou knowest not whence it rose But this Light within has sufficiently manifested thy darkness and ignorance of Scriptures which so plainly witness to the Light within but thou confessest the Scriptures are a Mystery and if you are not careful to compare Scripture with Scripture you may soon miss and split your selves p. 30. Indeed thou hast egregiously missed and split thy self against the Light within and how then is the Scripture thy rule and how is it known it seems thou seest no farther then comparing the Scripture with Scripture like the hireling Priests that deny revelation and immediate teaching instead of having recourse to the Spirit that gave them forth and opens them it being the Key that opens the Mysteries of God as thou hast granted before P. 28. Again touching the Grace of God that hath appeared to all men Tit. 2.11 W. B. gives his meaning upon it in these words viz. The word all is often taken restrictively and may intend all that have heard it and such to whom it appears to be Grace Thus you may see how he can turn plain Scripture with his meanings to serve his own end as if he should say it appears to all to whom it does appear or where it s said Christ dyed for all and tasted death for every man he dyed but for all that he dyed for or for every man for whom he tasted Death What gross absurdity and nonsence is this he has put upon plain Scripture and how has he set himself and his meanings to be Judge over the Scriptures when at other times he would make us believe the Scripture is his best and most perfect rule but here denies the general extent of the Grace of God so plainly and frequently owned in Scripture without any such restriction or exception as

have been silent which has stood a witness against the persecuting spirit by which many of our Friends have deeply suffered for their Testimony both by Imprisonments Banishments and many to death whereas we have not observed that you Baptists will suffer much who are so ready to creep out write and cavel against us now in a time of respite and quietness which shews the baseness of your spirits thus to bespatter an innocent People and how ignoble such of you are though there are some few that are of a better spirit than thus to bespatter us as this peevish W. B. hath done who I suppose will suffer but little for his Christ which he has to seek above the Clouds whilst he opposeth the Light within which should preserve and bear up through sufferings But suppose the Baptists Teachers were all so valiant and noble as that they should all be Prisoners and confined must their people therefore not meet but let their Testimony fall and give their Enemies the day Seeing meeting in Silence is reckoned such a great crime and yet Meditation is granted to be a Duty but not in Meetings but alone It appears that W. B. hath not a dependency upon the Spirit of Truth within in Meetings to receive his instruction thence but he must have his matter compil'd and patcht up aforehand as his matter seems to imply like the Priests of the times And as for his stories and tattles in pag. 23. touching several of our Friends whereby he goes maliciously to render us odious some things therein are falshoods and others wherein some of our Friends have been signs to the World as Solomon Eccles and others we have answered over and over heretofore and the truth of S. E. his Sign hath appeared against the nakedness of such dark Professors and Priests as he witnessed against and herein has but racked up such stuff as the persecuting Priests have against us and yet he confesseth Esay did go naked for a Sign to Egypt yet all the Prophets actions are not for our example to follow p. 14. To which I say What then shall be judge in this case for here it appears the Scripture is not the rule contrary to his former assertion Bapt. Now the Quakers would be so far from directing men to go to the material Temple that they make it but a vain thing to look to Jerusalem to the antitype of that Temple viz. to Jesus Christ as he was there crucified or to that Blood that was there shed for justification P. 24. Answ. The Quakers see no need of directing men to the Type for the Antitype viz. neither to the outward Temple nor yet to Jerusalem either to Jesus Christ or his Blood knowing that neither the righteousness of Faith nor the word of it doth so direct Rom. 10. And is it the Baptists Doctrine to direct men to the material Temple and Jeruselem the Type for the Antitype what nonsence and darkness is this And where do the Scriptures say the Blood was there shed for Justification and that men must be directed to Jerusalem to it whereas that Blood shed is not in being P. 40. but the true Apostle directed them to the Light which is so much opposed by the Baptists to walk in the Light for the Blood of Jesus Christ to cleanse them from all sin 1 Joh. 1. And he dyed for our sins but rose again for our Justification which Resurrection surely was after the shedding the Blood outwardly But more of this matter hereafter and of W. B. his ignorance and nonsence about the Blood Bapt. They do deny that man Christ or that God-man that was born in Bethlehem of the Virgin Mary P. 25. Answ. We never denyed the man Christ nor that he took upon him flesh or was born of the Virgin according to the flesh nor did we ever deny Christ to be the Saviour but as for those expressions God-man being born of Mary we do not find them in the Scriptures nor do we read that Mary was the Mother of God but in the Popes Canons Articles c. Though W. B. has pretended the Scipture to be his rule as if he would be exact in squaring his work thereby here his work is besides rule Again he saith Christ was seen with a carnal eye and his Voice heard with a carnal eare P. 25 28 29. Whereas Christ said he that seeth me seeth my Father also now dare he say that God is such a visible object as may be seen by a carnal eye surely nothing is obvious to the carnal eye but that which is carnal or outward but so is not the Invisible But indeed if the body that Christ took upon him in the Virgin and which was after crucified put to death was God for he tells of God-man being born of the Virgin then this would make God visible and to dye when that body was put to death which were no less then blasphemy whereas God was manifest in flesh Christ came in the flesh 1 Tim. 3. 1 Joh. 4. and so did bear the name Christ as he was in the flesh Bapt. If that God Christ and Spirit that have their residence in the Heavens above the Clouds is looked upon by the Quakers to be but an imaginary God Christ c. P. 25. the Christ that is without and in the Heavens c. P. 26. But whither he now seeth that looketh to another God and Christ that is not to be found above the Clouds P. 27. Answ. That God Christ and Spirit the Quakers own is no other but the true God and Christ even that God that cannot be confined circulated nor limited to a place of residence seeing the Heaven of Heavens cannot contain him and that Christ which ascended up far above al Heavens that he might fill all things who is God over all blessed for ever And this God Christ and the Spirit the Quakers did not find above the Clouds where the Baptist imagins at such a distance for they never ascended thither to seek their residence above the Clouds where the Baptist tells of finding God and Christ though they were never there themselves to find him and it seems they are like to be without both while they are telling of finding God and Christ above the clouds where they cannot come But we are sure the righteousness of Faith does not say Who shall ascend to fetch Christ down from Heaven but the Word is nigh thee and we also know having found him whom our souls love that he that dwelleth on high and inhabiteth Eternity doth also dwell with such as are poor and of a contrite Spirit and tremble at his Word though they be scoffed at derided by such of you Baptists whose understandings are clouded from the knowledge of the true God and Christ whom one while you tell of finding above the clouds in the Heavens without another while of directing men to Jerusalem to the Antitype and to that Blood that was there shed