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An abstract by way of index of some very unsound and some other very antichristian passages collected out of G. Whitehead's and W. Penns books, plainly contradicting their late creeds one signed by W. Penn at Dublin in Ireland on which the B. of Cork hath made some seasonable remarks, another signed by G.W., called A few positions of the sincere belief and Christian
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most mysterious which was the Introduction to the Mystery and those transactions counted most difficult that were by the Divine Wisdom of God ordained as so many facile Representations of what was to be accomplished in Man 11. In short it is to exclude the true Mystery of Godliness which is Christ manifested in his Children 12. One outward thing cannot be the proper Figure of another nor is it the way of Holy Scripture so to teach the outward Lamb shews forth the inward c. 13. The Seed promised is Inward and Spiritual and is Christ as he is the Divine Word of Light and Life that was in the beginning with God and was and is God over all blessed for ever 14. To deny the Locality of Heaven and Hell not very offensive and that it looks too Carnal indeed Mahometan viz. to assert it 15. Christ's Satisfaction totally excluded 16. That Holy Person Born at Nazareth but it should be at Bethlem and Jesus born at Nazareth and so T. E. has it in his Truth defended p. 161. was instrumentally a Saviour 17. Is the joy of the Antients now in Glory imperfect or are they in Heaven but by halves but why must the Felicity of the Soul depend upon that of the Body Is it not to make the Soul a kind of a Widow to be without its beloved Body a better sort of Purgatory 18. If a thing can be the same and notwithstanding changed for shame let us never make so much stir against the Doctrine of Transubstantiation for the absurdity of it is rather out-done than equalled by this Carnal Resurrection 19. It 's sown a Natural Body it 's raised a Spiritual Body c. I do utterly deny that this Text is concerned in the Resurrection of Man's Carnal Body at all but the States of Men under the First and Second Adam Men are sown into the World Natural but they are raised Spiritually through him who is the Resurrection and the Life and so they are Sons of the Second Adam c. 20. What was a Commandment to any Servant of God in old times is not to us that such are not Commandments to us unless required by the same Spirit a-new 21. And indeed says W. P. this we deny viz. Justification by the Righteousness which Christ hath fulfilled in his own Person for us wholly without us and boldly affirm it in the Name of the Lord to be the Doctrine of Devils and an Arm of the Sea of Corruption which does now deluge the whole World 22. That Christ offers himself in his Children in the Nature of a mediating Sacrifice 23. W. Penn's serious Apology p. 148. Death came by actual Sin not imputative therefore Justification unto Life came by actual Righteousness not imputative Note Reader how far this contradicts his late Doctrine of Justification in his Primitive Christianity and late verbal Testimonies and in his late Creed published at Dublin in Ireland Some Additional Passages Collected out of 2 Books of G. W. Divinity of Christ by G. W. p. 55. 56. THomas Vincent a Presbyt Minister is brought in by G W. saying Tho' God separately cannot satisfie because he cannot suffer and Man separately cannot satisfie because the Satisfaction wou'd not be of infinite value yet as God-man he satisfied to whom G. W. thus answers who is it that God cannot satisfie Is it himself Can he not satisfie or please himself Is he ever divided or displeased with himself Is this any less than Blasphemy Let but the indifferent judge in this case Note Reader how he thus argues against the satisfaction of Christ to Divine Justice and renders the sound Argument for it used by all Orthodox Christians no less than Blasphemy Again pag. 56. whereas T. V. had affirmed that Christ as God could not suffer he answereth as to his saying that God cannot suffer is in one sense not true though he intended as to Death yet the Spirit of God hath suffered and hath been grieved by Man's transgressions and for this he cites Isai 63. 10. Amos 2. 13. Hosea 11. 8. 9. Psal 95. Gen. 6. 6. Psal 78. 40. Isaiah 1. and 7. 13. and Isa 43. 24. 25. and he concludes so then surely God could satisfie himself seeing it was for his own sake that be blotted out transgressions and here the infinite value ransom and satisfaction was in himself and what patience forbearance long-suffering and forgiveness as was signified by Christ and testified of by his outward Suffering and Death was really in Being in God before and in the fulness of time a signal testimony thereof given to Man to induce him to receive the free Love and Grace of God and Life and Salvation in the Son of his Love Here Note Reader first that whereas all Orthodox Christians understand all these places cited by him here and other the like places of God or the Spirit of God being grieved by Men's sins God's suffering his repenting being grieved being pressed being wearied with Men's Sins metaphorically but not literally as where the Scripture speaketh of God's Mouth Eyes Ears Hands and Feet and soles of his Feet that it is only metaphorically in condescension to humane capacity and frailty and not that God hath really any such bodily Parts or Members G. W. contrary both to Scripture and true Reason and all Orthodox Christians by perverting the Scripture will needs have it that God or the Spirit of God did and doth really suffer by Men's Sins without a metaphor for the dispute betwixt T. V. and G. W. here is about the real suffering of God and not a metaphorical suffering for it was needful that Christ did really suffer for Men's Sins even as really as Men suffer and that both in his Soul and Body in order to which suffering it was needful that Christ should be Man because as God he could not suffer as T. V. argued and tho' Christ God-man suffered yet he did not suffer in his Godhead at all or as God but only in his Manhood and as Man and his being God gave the infinite value to his Sufferings as Man and seeing G. W. expounds all the above-mentioned places strictly and not metaphorically by the same reason he is obliged to turn Muggletonian and expound all the places of Scripture that mention God's Mouth Heart Eyes Ears Hands Feet strictly and literally without any metaphorical sense yea his Notion that God suffers really and not metaphorically is as absurd as that of Muggleton and necessarily infers Muggletonisme 2. That he makes this satisfaction to Divine Justice to be altogether in God and Christ's Humanity or Manhood as he was Born of the Virgin to have no hand or share in and yet elsewhere he renders it absurd that God satisfied God see above number 2. 3. That he makes God's Forgiveness to be signified by Christ and testified of by his outward Suffering and Death in the quotation above given but not that it
AN ABSTRACT by way of INDEX of some very sound and some other Antichristian Passages Collected out of G. Whitehead's and W. Penn's Books plainly contradicting their late Creeds one Signed by W. Penn at Dublin in Ireland on which the B. of Cork hath made some seasonable Remarks another Signed by G. W. called a few Positions of the sincere Belief and Christian Doctrine of the People called Quakers both Printed this present Year 1698. First out of George Whitehead's Books JEsus Christ God Man not Scripture Language 2. Christ did satisfie as both God and Man say the Presbyterians c. Which says G. Whitehead is all one as to say God satisfied God 3. Christ's outward appearance not to be looked for again 4. That Christ existeth outwardly Bodily without us at God's Right Hand what Scripture Proof hath he for these words 5. His second coming in the Flesh we do not read of 6. Christ whose Person is above the Clouds and a Christ within but how provest thou two such Christs says G. W. 7. Faith in Christ without Men contrary to the Apostles Doctrine 8. The Blood of Christ's Humanity the Apostle doth not tell us of Christ's Blood is Spiritual 9. That which is spoken from the Spirit of Truth is of greater Authority than the Scriptures 10. They do not pray for pardon of their Sins 11. Christ's coming in the Flesh but a Figure or Example a saying of R. Hubb justified by G. W. 12. The shedding of Christ's Blood without so much stress laid upon blamed by G. W. 13. The Flesh and Body which Christ took was not Christ 14. The word Co-creator with the Father Blasphemy c. and yet in the Quakers plainness the same G. W. owns Christ the Son and the Father to be Co-workers p. 24. 15. Christ or the Spirit in his People the Beams of Christ without us nonsence 16. The Quakers see no need of directing Men to Jesus Christ or his Blood as it was outwardly shed at Jerusalem for Justification c. 17. We are not justified by the shedding of Christ's Blood that was let out by the Spear 18. Because that Blood is not in being 19. A short Dialogue between G. W. and W. B. c. about Christ's Body and Blood whether in Heaven without us and opposed by G. W. 20. The Blood of the Covenant Spiritual and Inward 21. Christ's Blood which was outwardly shed not more or another than that of the Childrens 22. Not the Antitype or Substance signified by the Blood of Beasts shed under the Law 23. To look to Christ Crucified at Jerusalem and in Heaven and to be revealed in us by his Spirit is a contradiction says G. W. 24. Christ's Body of Flesh visibly to come again not Scripture words 25. The Personal being of Christ without us like the Anthropomorphites and Muggletonians conceit 26. Christ remote in Person in his Body of Flesh not Scripture words 27. Christ's Soul and Body not created 28. The Light within sufficient to Salvation without any thing else viz. without the Man Christ Jesus and Faith in him 29. God satisfied himself the infinite value Ransom was in himself c. 30. Infinite Righteousness effected in us 31. The Name of Jesus Christ belongs to every Member of the Body but not so amply as to Christ the Head say the Ministers among the Quakers 32. The Resurrection of the Body that Dieth Calvin c. mistaken see also p. 359. 360. 33. The deceased Saints look not for the Resurrection of their dead Bodies 34. Bodily Eyes to be made Spiritual strange Doctrine 35. They that are turned to the Light ought solely to depend on it 36. Faith in Christ within opposed to Faith in Christ without us and T. Hicks blamed by G. W. for expecting to be saved by Jesus as a Person without him 37. G. W.'s Paraphrase upon Phil. 3. is he shall change the Body of our lowness or humility or our suffering Body comprehends the whole suffering Estate of the Church 38. The Resurrection of the Just is not only from Sin but to an arising out of a suffering Estate into Glory thus he expounds Philip. 3. 21. 39. The stress of Man's Duty is in obeying the Light Within 40. Christ was very God-man that the Manhood suffered G. W. calls it confusion and contradiction to say that God did not suffer and where are these Terms in Scripture 41. Where do the Scriptures say that the shedding of Christ's Blood outwardly was the meritorious cause of Salvation 42. The shedding of that Blood to lay the meritorious cause or stress of Justification upon is false Doctrine 43. A very blind and ignorant Man that reckons Bodies Celestial and Bodies Terrestrial all one in Matter and Substance p. 69. 44. Christ in us offereth up himself a living Sacrifice to God for us by which the Wrath of God is appeased to us vindicated by G. W. Quotations out of W. Penn's Books 1. THat the outward Person that suffered was properly the Son of God we utterly deny 2. Christ Co-essential and Co-eternal with his Father c. of being made Man of his dying rising and ascending into Heaven c. confused Babble and by rote canting by paths of vain Tradition and Invention results of Factious and corrupted Councils says W. P. 3. That Christ took upon him our Sins and has satisfied the Justice of the Father he makes 12 Queries 1 Query whether Christ suffered as God or as Man if as God he makes 6 Queries and 2 Queries if as Man and 3 Queries if as God and Man and all this to oppose Christ's satisfaction any of these ways 4. Thus says W. P. having endeavoured an enervation of his four Fundamentals which are set down at large in the aforesaid Book from p. 21. to p. 30. which the impartial Reader may judge whether they deserve an enervation or confuration or not 5. If there be any other Christ than he that is crucified within he is a false Christ a Passage cited out of G. F.'s great Mystery vindicated by W. P. 6. No need of Preaching what is not to be again says W. P. so then by this the Life Death and Sufferings Resurrection and Ascension of Christ needs not to be Preached and a great deal in the Bible is to be laid aside according to this Maxim of W. P. 7. Faith in the History of Christ's outward Manifestation a deadly Poyson these Latter Ages has been infected with 8. Moral Men are to be reckoned Christians what is Christ but Meekness Justice c. 9. Regeneration a greater Mystery than the Manifestation of the Son of God in the Flesh and that but supposed with three if's to be a Mystery 10. Christ in the Gentiles a greater Mystery than Christ as he was made manifest in the Flesh It 's strange that should be counted