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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43115	The Quaker converted; or the experimental knowledg of Jesus Christ crucified, in opposition to the principles of the Quakers, declared in a narrative of the conversion of one in Hartfordshire, who was for some years of their faith and principle, and inclined unto them. The manner how he was wrought off from them by the Lord. And several dealings of Christ with his spirit afterwards. With some things annexed for detection of their errors and delusions, and prevention of the growth thereof. Written by himself in his own words and phrases. Likewise an epistle dedicatory by W. Haworth, minister of the gospel at Hartford.	Dimsdale, William.; Haworth, William.	1690 (1690)	Wing H1196A; ESTC R43046	28,241	35

Satisfaction from Rom. 6. most eminent for this thing By which thing I was pretty easily turned from this thing but in my Search met with that Passage Rom. 3.25 Whom God hath set forth to be a Propitiation through Faith in his Blood to declare his Righteousness for the Remission of Sins that are past From whence I did apprehend that Christ died for the Remission of my Sins which I had committed before He did manifest his Love to me but afterwards I was to work for Life and for Salvation and to keep all his Commandments or else Hell would be my Portion And being taken in the same Snare of Sin as I was before Convictions grew Strong upon me my Burthen grew heavy upon me Insomuch that I did say at length Christ was of no Advantage of no prosit to me if he had never died it had been as well with me Under which troubles I was a great while until the Lord gave me light into two Scriptures which did in some measure relieve me which are these Rom. 10.9 That If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in thy Heart that God hath raised Him from the Dead thou shalt be saved Heb. 10.14 For by one Offering He hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified And being able to see a Sanctification by being justified by the Death of Christ and viewing the Word ever I had much relief yet was I not at quiet having not settlement of Spirit but had Reasonings lay in the Bottom of my Heart in this manner If I might not go on in Sin and when I did not go on in Sin my Works did not make any thing for my Justification for I was Justified without them then what use were they for or for what end And the Lord gave me light into Four Things which did greatly settle me which are these First It was for the Glory of God in my Generation and for the Honour and Praise of his Name which hath begotten a lively Hope in me through Jesus Christ Secondly To manifest my Love to Jesus Christ which gave his Life a Ransom for me For how should I make it appear that I love Him but by keeping his Commandments Thirdly To convince the World of Sin by my refraining from that which is evil Fourthly It is my Duty as I am a Son to God in Jesus Christ to keep his Commandments and to obey and do his Will from whence I had settlement in my Spirit having Joy and Peace with God through Jesus Christ seeing a Beauty in Death now more than in Life often-times because then I should be freed from the Corruption of my Flesh and be at rest with the Lord. It being near Eighteen Months since I had the view of the Love of God in Jesus Christ After which time I was desirous to have some Discourse with some that I judged honest Men that I might see whether there was a Difference between them and me and accordingly had retaining to my self most part of my Experiences After which I returned for the most part to my former Life keeping little Company yet aiming to grow in the knowledg of the Mysteries of God in Jesus Christ Having after this manner been carried on by the Will of God having known two Faiths two Joys two Peaces and two sorts of Hope perhaps it may be thought requisite to speak something as touching the difference between them For satisfaction therefore I will insert some few things by way of Question and Answer Quest Was that Light by which I was convinced of Sin and by Obedience thereunto thought I should be brought into the Image of Christ and in that Righteousness be accepted with God and delivered from the Wrath to come Was it the Light of the Spirit of Christ Yea or Nay Answ Nay if I may judg of the Tree by the Fruit. Quest What Light is it then Answ The same with that which the Heathens had by Nature Sixteen Hundred Years since mentioned Rom. 2.14 Quest How know I that since they lived so many Years before my time Answ Because it chiesty pointed unto the same things which are recorded that they did namely the things contained in the Law Quest What things did I see or what things did I apprehend by that Light which now I see are false things Answ Three things I shall Name at the present First I did apprehend by the Light within that the Motions the Desires which arose in me to Evil were no Sin if I did not consent to Act according to them Secondly That the Doctrine of Christ making Satisfaction for all my Sins was a Doctrine tending to Loosness Thirdly I thought by the Righteousness in which I lived wrought in me by the Light which I thought was Christ himself I then Judged I should be saved at the Day of Judgment Quest What do I now apprehend by the Light of the Spirit which is now in me as concerning the First of these Three Answ I apprehend that every Motion and Desire arising in me to Evil tho not consented to nor put into Action is a Sin against God because it doth spring from the Corruption of Mine own Flesh and from the Root of Bitterness dwelling in this Body wherefore if this Body be mine then is that which dwelleth in it mine Quest What do I apprehend concerning the Second Answ To this I say Far be it from me that I should say That Christ being offered once for all should be a thing tending to Looseness having found by Experience Faith in this Doctrine is the only Spring from whence true Christian-Works do flow For so soon as ever the Lord gave me light into that Doctrine and seeing a Glorious view of Christ that very moment was my Soul drawn out in Love to serve the Lord and to keep his Commandments From whence my Faith is That whoever counteth it a Doctrine tending to that purpose they never truly knew the Want of a Saviour For how irrational a thing would it be if I was a Slave in Turkey or in some other barbarous Nation out of which Servile Work I could by no means nor art deliver my Self and in the midst of my Bondage a Nobleman of mine own Countrey of his own Free and Voluntary will ransom'd me home would it not engage my Soul to love the Man that redeemed me out of Bondage much more being delivered by Faith out of Bondage and Slavery from the Devil And how should we manifest our love to Christ but by keeping his Commandments Quest What do I apprehend as to the Third thing Answ If I had never known another Righteousness than that which I attained unto or could attain unto by that Light and Power which worked in me before Conversion I must have expected my Portion in the Lake of Fire and Brimstone to be tormented Day and Night for ever For in the greatest of my Purity and the highest Degree of Perfection there were

how this came to pass And it was thus answered That I being obedient to the Light which worked in me had fulfilled the whole Will of God having regard to that in Jeremiah 31 and 33. I will put my Law in their inward Parts and write them in their Minds And having fulfilled this Law I judged my Condition happy having Joy and Peace and Comfort in my Spirit as to God judging my Condition to agree with the Scripture About this time the Person before-named grounded his Discourse on Isa 55. and did run over the greatest part of that Chapter but in the 7th Verse these words Let the Wicked forsake his Way and the unrighteous Man his Thoughts Which thing did reach my Condition having had some struglings in my Spirit concerning this thing for I thought that the Motions in me to Evil were only the Temptations of the Devil But having now found many places in Scripture to this purpose that they were Sin The places forenamed for one Mat. 5.27 28. 13.44 7.12 22.37 38. Rom. 7.14 For we know that the Law is Spiritual which did convince me that the Motions the Desires that arose in me to Evil were Sin against God though not consented to because they did spring from my Flesh Being convinced of this as a Sin I expected to be delivered from it as I had been from other Sins before but I found it otherwise for it was with me then according to that Passage in Rom. 7.9 When the Commandment came Sin revived and I died for the more I looked upon it the more I saw and the more I strove against it the more did it work in me and I began to be in sore trouble being taken in it many a time But I considered with my self Hath not the Lord promised to make us free from Sin and is He not faithful will He not not perform Yea surely before I die if I am obedient to Him But it was ordered by the Providence of God that I did bear in mind the words of the said Mr. Haworth from John 5.40 And ye will not come unto me that ye might have Life In the carrying on which Discourse he put forth several Questions of this Nature Thou that hast the Riches of this World couldst thou not relieve thy poor Neighbours more than thou hast done And thou that hast sworn mightest not thon have sworn fewer times than thou hast done And thou that hast kept evil Company mightest not thou have refrained from them more than thou hast done These with several more And I applied this to my self When I said the Lord will make me free if I am obedient to Him could I not be more obedient than I have been could I not think of other things to prevent those Thoughts and Desires arising in me And I was speechless as to that but to heal up my self in this thing I would be wiser I would take better heed for the time to come but e're two or three days to an end I was taken in the same Desires again yet did I comfort my self in this also hoping that I should overcome it before I died before my departure out of this Life But then it arose in me When should the departure out of this Life be and I had no ground for any thing but that it might be the very next hour after I had broken the Commandment of the Lord. Then did my Burden become exceeding heavy finding no deliverance then I down on my Knees before the Lord many a time in Prayer to Him with Sighs and Groans and Tears beseeching Him for Power to withstand this Evil that I was taken in so many times but I found no deliverance nor power that was given me though I prayed earnestly and in several ways as in Prayer learn'd by the Letter viz. the Lord's Prayer Mat. 6. and I prayed in or by the Spirit as I thought and to Christ in me and to Christ in the Heavens according to that God who silleth Heaven and Earth Thus for several Weeks was I in this trouble making my Condition known to no one because I would not be perswaded to any thing but did wholly rely upon the inward Instructions of the Lord. Thus did my Hope perish my Burden increased Destruction was set before me seeing no deliverance any manner of way so that I might say in some measure The Snares of Death did compass me about and the Pains of Hell took hold on my Soul having nothing to say for my self but the Lord might justly punish me because I could not say but I might have been more obedient than I had been When I reflected upon my self I might have thought of things to prevent those Desires more than I had done and this dwelt with me Who knows but the Lord had delivered me if I had always thought to the utmost of my Power on Thoughts which were good to prevent those evil Desires in me After all this when I was One and Twenty Years of Age and somewhat more being alone bemoaning my Condition what would become of me the Lord cast these words into my Heart Christ died for me And in the meditation of them the Lord gave me light into them opening mine Understanding to see that it was in my place in my room in my very stead and set it before me by this thing Suppose I was a Murderer in this Kingdom of England and by the Law condemned to Death and was carried to the place of Execution and was at the point of Death and a Friend unknown to me of his own free Will offered himself being no way guilty of the Fact to die for me to bear the Penalty of the Law in my room his Life went for my Life and I went free Then was I as one afrighted or in a maze to behold the wonderful Love of God and the change which was with my Soul in a moment in the turning of an hand from Sorrow to Joy from a burdened State to a free from Death to Life from Hell to Heaven even in a moment saying in my Spirit Who would but love such a Lord as this But e're a quarter of an hour to an end it was clouded again for the Devil had two Cards yet to play which were Objections against the Doctrine of Christ making Satisfaction for all my Sins both past present and to come and now he came with Power to drive me into them they are these Loosness and Despair But first upon the Subject of Loosness Rom. 6.1 Shall we continue in Sin that Grace may abound For if I am justified by looking unto the Sufferings of Christ for all my Sins and to be saved thereby then may I take my swing in Sin and go on in my Course To be satisfied in this I betook my self to search the Scriptures if the Servants of the Lord in Days past did so and found that they did no such thing but did always reprove for it having much