strange Addition and Parenthesis is this that in effect denies him to be Christ that was manifest in that Body of his I ask if it be not true Language to say that Christ was manifest in the Flesh seeing that every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the Flesh mark that is not of God but is the spirit of Antichrist R. G. And to him as Saviour and to this Way of his Appearance in Believers throâ—gh Faith by his Spirit for Salvation and Remission of sins through him I have in plain words testified and you have oppos'd p. 22. Answ. Nay thou hast rather oppos'd it and not we for we own that God our Saviour according to his Mercies sav'd us by the washing of Regeneration and renewing of the holy Ghost Tit. 3.4 5 6. But thou thinkest Reconciliation Justification Redemption and Salvation are all compleated perfected and done at once by the crucified Body without but now it must be by his Appearance in Bâ—lievers through Faith by his Spirit See thy manifest Contradiction viz. A perfect Justification and Redemption of Sinners without them when no good is wrought in them contra But now it must be done by Christ's Appearance in Believers through Faith by his Spirit As also thou grantest that his appearing the second time is without sin to Salvation But when thinkest thou that must be is it in this life or hereafter Thou sayest that after the bodily death you shall be rais'd out of the Grave and made Partakers of that Salvatioâ— pag. 13. 'T is strange the Salvation of Sinners yea of the whole World as thy word is should be compleated at once above sixteen hundred Years since from whence thou shouldst look upon us whom thou revilest and condemnest to be in as good a state as thy self as yet to be so long after Death look'd for how long is not known to thee or dost thou look for Christ as the Son of Mary to appear outwardly in a bodily Existence to save thee according to thy words pag. 30 if thou dost thou mayst look until thy eyes drop out before thou wilt see such an Appearance of him THE Second Part Further asserting The Nature of Christianity c. WHereas G. K. did truly assert that the works of the Law excluded by the Apostle from Justification is when the Law is done without Life or Spirit the first Covenant or Law coming before the Seed be rais'd so the Works not done in Christ the Seed do not justifie and that the Righteousness by Faith is when the Law is perform'd in us by the Works of the Spirit Righteousness in the Elect Seed c. To this R. Gordon answers These are strange Vnscriptural Expressions in effect renewing again the old Popish Trick And further saith Scriptures do indiffinitely exclude all Works wrought in us or by us as the Ground and Cause of our Justification with God c. Also addeth That which requireth Works to be wrought in us as the ground of our Righteousness and Justification though wrought in and through the Spirit of God whether by obedience to a Law without us or in us before the Seed be raised or in the elect Seed is a Law of Works still This Doctrine is no other then the old Law-working spirit he saith pag. 23. Reply The Ignorance of this scornful man between the righteousness of the Law as immitated by Self and the Righteousness of Faith and so between Death and Life how obvious is it and how manifestly contrary to Scripture hath he here excluded all Work wrought in us even those of the Spirit and of the elect Seed from Justification Thus laying all the stress upon a suppos'd Purchase without or on the Suffering of Christ's Body without in opposition to his Works within as if the Seed of God and its Work in his Children had lost the Dignity it had in Christ's Person Oh sad doctrine and what gross Antinomianism and liberty in sin would this man lead People into In answer to whom I say That God sent his Son in the likeness of sinful Flesh and for sin condemned sin in the Flesh that the Righteousness of the Law might be fulfill'd in us who walk not after the Flesh but after the Spirit Rom. 8.3 4. Now is not Christ fulfilling the Righteousness or Justness of the Law in us unto Justification it being both for the removing of sin which he hath already condemn'd and to make us Righteous And further the Apostle saith The Unrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdom of God and such were some of you but ye are washed bâ—t ye are justified in the Name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God Mark that Was this any Popish Trick in the Apostle to assert the Operation of the Spirit of God within for Justification 1 Cor. 6.9 10 11. And was not this in the Name of the Lord Jesus who is the Elect the promis'd Seed It appears this man is a Stranger both to the elect Seed which abides in him that is born of God and to the Righteousness thereof And why doth he so Scoff at plain words of Truth concerning the Seed being rais'd and the Righteousness and Works thereof which are those of the Spirit those of Faith and the Law thereof But that a contrary seed to wit that of the Serpent shows its dominion in him and such as he is who like the old Antinomians and Lybertines exclude the Works of the Spirit and of the Elect Seed from Justification caâ—â—ing it an old Law-working spirit as the Antinomians use to do And what is his then but an old Devil-working spirit For can any be justifâ—ed or made Righteous without the work â—f the Spirit or Seed of God within Is not the Seed sown to bring forth the Fruits of Righteousness And do not the Heavens drop down and the Lord rain down Righteousness that the Earth may open and bring forth Salvation and that Righteousness may spring up together Isa. 45.8 But you Sin-pleasing-Preachers have neither sown in Tears have not gone forth Weeping bearing pretious Seed nor reaped the Fruit thereof Your fallow ground is not plow'd up your Earth doth not open either to receive or bring forth Righteousness in the seed or fruit thereof your Earth is hard and barren Sin and Unrighteousness dwells in it whereby you have caus'd the Heavens to be as Brass and the Earth as Iron Again To oppose the Righteousness of the Elect Seed and Works of the Spirit within as unto Justification this R. G. scornfully tells us That in plainer words they of Rome thus express that the Apostle excludes from Justification works which we our selves do by our strength without the help of the Grace of God not those Works we do by the aid of the Spirit Now if he hath truly represented what they of Rome say in this case I must needs say However they may hold that and other Truths in Unrighteousness that they of
to them Now though plenteous Redemption Salvation and Peace were in being in Christ for us while Enemies and that God commended his Love towards us in that while we were Sinners Christ died for us vers 8. which doth explain the intent of the words If when we were Enemies we were reconcil'd to God by the death of his Son c. yet it is not the nature of Reconciliation for men to be Enemies to God I appeal to the Conscience of both R.G. and all other Professors Whether Enmity and Reconciliation do not differ And whether while Persons are at enmity they be then actually reconcil'd Though while we were Enemies we were reconcil'd by the death of his Son intentionally on God's Terms but not actually in our selves till the Enmity was slain in us as God with reference to his Purpose speaks to Abraham I have made thee a Father of many Nations before he was actually so made For Paul in the following words saith God who quickeneth the Dead calleth those things which be not as though they were Rom. 4.17 And also Zacharias being filled with the Holy Ghost he Prophesied saying Blessed be the Lord God of Israel for he hath visited and redeemed his People Luke 1.67 68. and to the end of the chapter Now though this Redeemed be spoken of as a thing done yet it was spoken of in the Prophesie of Christ the Horn of Salvation whose Salvation is Deliverance and Preservation out of the hands of our Enemies that we may serve him without fear in Holiness and Righteousness before him all the dayes of our life This was not witnessed when the Enemy rul'd and no good was wrought in us Further If Reconciliation and Redemption had been actually finish'd without us when no good was wrought in us what needed the Apostle so earnestly beseech and pray them in Christ's stead to be reconciled to God 2 Cor. 5.20 They might have said that is done and complated already Or to say Tbat Jesus Christ gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all Iniquity and purifie unto himself a peculiar People c Tit. 2.14 They might have said we are redeem'd at once already without us while no good is wrought in us What needst thou to tell us of redeeming from all Iniquity or of being purified We do not expect any such thing while we live here and yet we are redeemed justified and perfect in Christ. This is according to R. G's Doctrine and Sense but the Apostle's Sense is contrary as where he saith You that were sometimes alienated and Enemies in your minds by wicked works yet now hath he reconciled in the Body of his Flâ—sh through Death to present you Holy and Vnblameable and Vnreprovable in his sight if ye continue in the Faith grounded and seâ—tled Col. 1.21 22 23. Mark here the nature and tendency of a reconcil'd stateâ— and how it differs from that of Enemies in the mind as you were sometimes Enemies yet now reconciled viz. Ye Saints and faithful Brethren in Christ which are at Coloss chap. 1.2 But the mind of him that is an Enemy in his mind is not reconcil'd to God or his Truth Drunkards Swearers and Ranters are not in a reconcil'd State nor justified State neither is God reconcil'd to them nor in Union with them Again The words Purchased and Redemption are us'd by R. G. in an Unscriptural Sense while he doth so nonsensically render it as God man having purchased all of God without and so justified man when no good is wrought in him by the Spirit of God and as if Christ's Works without were the previous purchasing cause of the Love of God and also states man's Justification and Redemption as only without and preceeding the work of the Spirit within whereas redeeming from all Iniquity and Bondage under which man was sold is not wrought without the opperation of the Spirit of God within but it is a Work to be fulfilled within where Sin and Bondage have ruled and being Washed Sanctified and Justified by the Spirit are plac'd in their proper order 1 Cor. 6.11 Sanctified being plac'd before Justified And the Apostle Paul saith You are seal'd with the Holy Spirit of Promise which is the earnest of our Inheritance note that until the Redemption of the purchased Possession unto the Praise of his Glory Eph. 1.13.14 So mark here The Holy Spirit of Promise was the Earnest of their Inheritance until the Redemption c. And grieve not the Holy Spirit whereby you are sâ—aled until the Day of Redemption Eph. 4.30 But with R. G. the Day of his Redemption was long since over many years before he was Born he was redeemed and justified above Sixteen Hundred Years ago but then he must suppose or conceit himself an Elect person before that or else the whole World is as much justified as he See how plainly these Scriptures refute R. G. as also God purchased his Church with his own Blood Acts 20.28 So his chosen People were a purchas'd Possession God was in Christ reconciling the World unto himself but the Saints who are hiâ— Friends are actually reconcil'd he hath fulfill'd it in them And now because those terms in Scripture relating to Christ and his Works are mis-understood and pâ—rverted by many Professors and Priests as this man hath done I shall state them with the natural and simple sense thereof as followeth viz. Jesus a Saviour who saveth from sin of whom it was said by the Angel Thou shalt call his Name Jesus for he shall save his People from their sins Mat. 1.21 Christ is Anointed for he was anointed with Power from on High Propitiation a Sacrifice well-pleasing which is to purge away sin and in Scripture sence to make nigh to God and which imports Forgiveness Reconciliation Favour Mercy Kindness c. as Propitious is favouable merciful c. Sacrifice an Oblation or Offering which is to Consecrate or make Holy Reconciliation an Agreement a Peace-making between them that have been Friends and afterwards Foes a setting at One. Covenant an Accord Agreement a Contract a Treaty a Condition c. Attonement Peace Quietness c. between them that are reconcil'd or in mutual Friendship Redemption a Ransoming Buying again Rescuing or Recovering such as were under Bondage or sold under Slavery Salvation a Saving Preserving or a making Safe from the hand of an Enemy Destroyer or Oppressor c. Imputation an Ascribing Attributing to laying to the Charge of or an Accounting Reckoning or Thinking Justification a making Righteous Just Upright Vertuous Good Perfect c. and also an Adjudging Pronouncing and Sentencing one that is made Righteous to be so Now if Professors come not to feel and experience these things or works of Christ fulfill'd within them they are but meer empty Professors and Talkers of them without the true Life and Power of Christianity and true Religion Certain Scriptures touching the Saviour Redeemer Redemption and Salvation c. Thou shalt know
though denoting a time past doth denote or signifie the imperfect time or perfect yea or nay and whether it signifieth the action perfectly done ended compleated as thou insinuatest that our Reconciliation was then dâ—ne sixteen hundred years ago Will not the Boyes of the Gammar School tell thee that that it is in imperfect time and signifieth the Action begun but not ended or perfected And God was in Christ reconciling men to himself ever since the Fall in all Ages both before and since Christ suffer'd in the outward having given them or put in them the Word of Reconciliation by which they who became renew'd thereby were reconcil'd and justified in all Ages But according to R. G's doctrine no men were justified nor reconciled until Christ suffer'd Death in the outward because then and not till then was Reconciliation and Justification wrought done c. And here in thy 15th page I take notice of another piece of thy Self-confusion and Contradiction as that thou say'st Our Reconciliation and Justification was fully done perfected accomplish'd at Christ's Death without us and is not to be done or wrought over again in any man And yet in Contradiction thou say'st To make our Reconciliation effectual in every man we are as a Qualification on our part c. requir'd invited to be reconcil'd to God Then according to thee it must be made effectual in men and yet thou deny'st that it is to be made or wrought within any men it being already fully done And if it was fully done before was it not effectual before Or if it be not effectual till it be made so in us was it not in-effectual before And if it was in-effectual it was not fully done What Confusion and Contradiction Effectual in-effectual all done wrought yet not made effectual we reconcil'd to God yet as a Qualification on our part we are to be reconcil'd Pag. 16. Thou chargest me with a Self-contradiction because I said The full and perfect Redemption was in Christ while we were Enemies But herein thou show'st thy self weak for I say still Our full and perfect Redemption was in him while we were Enemies so was our full and perfect Sanctification Wisdom Righteousness yet it followeth not that we are Redeem'd Sanctified Wise and Righteous till as it is in him so it be receiv'd by us for it is the receiving it that giveth us the denomination of Redeemed Sanctified Wise Righteous as the Cloth becometh colour'd by receiving the Colour and not otherwise Pag. 17. That the Works and Fruits of the Spirit as Humility Meekness c. are reckon'd by us as the Ransom the Price the Mediaton the Saviour is a most false and unjust Charge nor do our Friend's words give thee the least ground for it As for W.B. he said Humility Meekness was a Mediator to asswage and stop Wrath in the Enmity-Seed but he said not it was our Mediator betwixt God and Vs So thou canst not be excus'd from being a gross and unjust Perverter of his words And if any have called Christ the Humility it is not more then Paul said That he to wit Christ was made unto us Wisdom Righteousness Sanctification c. and when Christ is call'd Humility Righteousness are not understood those particular Effects and Fruits of the Spirit but that original primative Righteousness Verity Humility Truth and Goodness c. that is Christ as he is God the fountain goodness truth righteousness c. Pag. 18. Because Christ is call'd the One Offering and that be once offer'd up â—is Body c. Thou wouldst exclude him as in us from being one Offering but herein thy work is vain for Christ Jesus is the one Offering still and though he offer'd up his Body outwardly but once upon the Cross yet he remains still an Offering for us within us For he is a Priest forever and every Priest hath somewhat to offer and he is both the Offering and the Priest who liveth forever to make intercession for us That thou alledgest of our Testimonies as dissagreeing is false nor hast thou ought to prove it but to corrupt G. W's words by a deceitful interlining of them as alledging on him That he calls it a blasphememous opposing the omnipotency of God c. To assert any such necessary respect our Redemption hath to the Death of Christ which last words are thine not the words of G. W. Pag. 21. Thou cry'st out on it as strange Doctrine that I said The Apostles preach'd Christ in the form of a Man yet they preach'd him also and that more generally a Light to the Gentiles Then thou ask'st Was he not a real Man Answ. Yea he was a real man and is and it is a most false and unjust Charge That we neither confess nor preach him as a man and that thou askest Tell us plainly what is become of that Man I say he remains to judge thee for thy Lyes and false Accusations against the Innocent and as for his Body that thou queriest he hath his Body which is Spiritual and Heavenly and Glorious to which our low body is to be made conform and the Body of Christ is but one yet having many Members and this Answer is given not to gratifie thy bad spirit but for the Truth 's sake and for a service to the Simple-hearted And that thou deny'st That that was Christ that took on him the form of a Man and was manifest in Flesh Do'st thou not herein plainly deny the true Christ For did not he even Jesus Christ take on him the form of a Servant according to plain Scripture Did he not come in the Flesh and if he came in it was he not in it and if he was in it was he not manifest in it And if thou deny'st him come in the Flesh art not thou an Antichrist Thou say'st Not he manifest in that Body but thou art the Son of God p. 19. Oh blasphemous and contradictory to thy self Do'st thou not expresly say in thy Testimony pa. 38. That he is a Christ near us wrap'd up in our very flesh and blood the Seed of the Woman meaning in that Flesh he appear'd in outwardly And that thou deny'st that he that was manifest in that Body was the Son of God Do'st thou not plainly deny his divinity Was he not the Son of God before he took Flesh in the Virgin 's Womb Pag. 21. Thou bely'st me that I said The Apostles preach'd one way of Appearance of Christ to the Jews and another to the Gentiles whereas I said He was preach'd a Light more generally both to Jews and Gentiles and the Apostles preach'd him as within men 2 Cor 13.5 Know ye not how that Jesus Christ is in you That thou challenge it that one said Christ was never seen with any carnal Eye thou hast no more ground then to challenge Himself who said He who hath seen me hath seen the Father and yet he said to the Jews who saw the outward Body
walking in Rest Victory and Perfection yet in himself in his body he hath a Law of sin he is in the Earth in Warfare and Imperfections pag. 16. testim 12. That Redemption c. and all things are wrought purchas'd c. for us without the help of any thing to be wrought in us pag. 3 4 5 20. testim 13. That Christ did break through fulfil and satisfie stirred up Wrath in God which he saith would hold me captive in Death intending that thereby they might be acquitted and justified and so escape with their Imperfections and Sins past present and to come pag. 19 20. testim pag. 15. 2 d Book 14. That to Question if it could be an Answer of divine Justice to take Vengeance on the Innocent and let the Guilty go free with their sins past present and to come and then from this to ask How can God then in justice execute Wrath on any for sin This R. G. counteth an arguing against God p. 14. 2 d Book 15. That the Law Sin and Death were charged upon Christ's crucified Body and that he buried them in his Grave and thus abolished sin out of the sight of God pag. 39. test And that therein he vanquish'd and buried in his Grave all the powers that were against us p. 26. test 16. His Argument for Imperfection or against Perfection in this Life is Marrying Sickness Mortality c. as in his 2 d Book and Part to G. W. 17. He insinuates as if what Christ did and suffer'd without us was the previous procuring purchasing Cause of the Love of God to us while Sinners pag. 22. 2 d Book 18. That he that was manifest in that Body born of the Virgin Mary and within us is not the true Christ Jesus the Son of the Living God pag. 19. 2 d Book Also most of these aforesaid corrupt Doctrines are repeâ—ted over again in his 2d Book Some of R. G's Lyes and false Accusations against us 1. That we deny the Mystery of God in the Flesh of Christ as a matter of any necessity to us as to Râ—demption Reconciliatâ—on and Justificaâ—ion pag. 5. testim 2. That we hold our Justification to be without respect to the true Christ and our only Saviour Jesus Christ of Nazareth and without respeâ—t to what Christ did for us in his Body without us pag. 5. testim 3. That we make Christ to be no better then the Priest and Levite only looking upon us and passing by leaving us an Example wherein if in pâ—rfect Obedience we follow'd him we should live and so departed leaving us undone as he found us to cure redeem and reconcile our selves to God by obediâ—nce to the Light plac'd in our Consciences convincing us of sin pag 15. testim 4. That our Doctrine asserts another Christ another Saviour then him Jesus Christ of Nazareth pag. 17. 5. That according to our Doctrine Redemption is only of the Seed within that lies under condemnation p. 24. test p 4. 2 d book 6. That we make our selves equal with Christ pag. 36. test 7. That we reckon it a poor low thing to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth as our only Saviour pag. 40. testim 8. That we suppose our selves to find access to the Glory of the Father without this man Christ Jesus our Mediator p. 41. test 9. That we have trod under foot the Son of God and counted the Blood of the Covenant an unholy thing as the Blood of any ordinary Man or Beast p. 24. testim And in his second Book 10. That Christianity it self in its very Foundation is struck at by us and deny'd Preface and that some among us bring in damnable Errors to pervert the Faith of some 11. That the nâ—w present glorified existence of that Body or Man Christ that suffer'd at Jerusalem is deny'd by some Teachers among â—s pag. 2. 12. That the full and compleat Salvation is only a Salvation from sin within False for it is both from sin and all the effects and consequences of it within and without pag. 4. 13. That according to G. F. the Soul needeth no Salvation as being infinite without beginning a part of God which G.F. speaketh not all these things of the soul of man but of the Breath or Spirit of Life that made Adam a living soul that is the Soul or Life of the soul pag. 5. 14. That it agreeth with the Doctrine published by G. F. That the Life in Man and Beast is God and all in us is God denying the real individual Existences of Angels Saints Devils or wicked men in Eternity pag. 27. 2 d book a most gross Slander for all that is in men is not God neither that which defileth nor any part of man that is or can be defiled nor deny we either the real or particular Beeings of Angels Saints Devils or wicked men in Eternity as most wickedly he doth scandalize us 15. That it is not allowed to our Friends to question and examine the doctrine deliver'd to them by the antient Friends of the Ministry pag. 8. 16. That Christ in offering up himself is an imperfect insufficient Propitiation pag. 16. 17. He insinuateth That we hold that the Works wrought in us by the spirit are the Ransom the Attonement the propitiatory Sacrifice and ground of our hâ—pe for eternal Life p. 17. 12. 18. That the man Christ Jesus of Nazareth to be the true and only Christ G. K. doth not confess pag. 19. 19. He alledgeth That our Friends have put some out of their Synagogues for openly confessing Christ calling them Pharisees and in a vain and evil mind thus bespeaking G. K. is it because he was hanged upon a Tree that thou art asham'd to own him as Saviour c or rather art thou affraid to confess him because of the Pharisees pag. 20. 20. That according to G. K. the first and second Covenant are in effect one and the same pag. 24. 21. That G. K. is against the holy Law of God p. 25. False is he or we against it because we say it is writ in the heart and doth bind unto obedience as is written there and that the obedience only acceptable unto God is that which is given in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the Letter 22. That thâ—re is a Light in every man as he cometh into the world by natural Generation that is saving pag. 28. 23. That we would preach to the Indians nothing but what they knew already pag. 43. G.R. for these thy lyes and thy many gross abuses against the Truth and its Witnesses the Righteous God will rebuke and judge thee Note Some other Friends who are R. G's Country-men have a further reserve against him whereby he may be further discover'd in his false Colours Turnings Twininâ—s Hypocrisies Shiftings Self-contradictions as he shall again further appear against the Truth and them concerned in it G. K. Ingenious Reader KNowing that the Errors of the Press ought not to be imputed to the Author thou art desir'd to correct these as here directed Page Line Error Corrected 4 3 divinity dignity  4 dignity divinity 8 Mar. pro ito prope ito note 10 5 souls blood 14 18 fest fect 16 11 particulars particles 17 29 would could 19 29 are you art thou 20 9 Law Love 22 1 are is 27 9 dare do  33 to know must know 29 13 as yet and yet 34 22 dele of  35 9 our Priests your priestly 38 7 et let  33 one sentence is printed twice dele the latter 41 22 imaginary imaginarily  32 existent existence 56 14 Ep phraditus Epaphraditus 58 4 mistake mis-state 65 1 dele that  71 19 hold me hold men   the word Blaspemy in the Margent place opposite to these words viz. Arguing against God THE END Mica 5.2 * Propitio ex pro pio non impâ—o Propiti us ex pro ito Eph. 3.5 * He now hopes and waits for Salvation after the bodily death see his Sottishness and Confusion at other times it was perfectly wrought at once without or else purchas'd he knows not which at Jerusalem but now he hope for it after his bodily death Ah! the Hypocrites hope shall perish Note Note * Why did he not call Mary the Mother of God as Papists do which to be sure is not Scripture Language Job 36.26 Psa. 1â—9 6 7 8 9 c. * The Sun and its Light being under Limitation so is not the Light of the Son of God Job 10.14 * Such as the Presbâ—ters and Independants suppose Christ to have made in our stead bâ— undergoing vinâ—ictive Justice at the Hand of his Father as they vainly imagine Note Deceit Blasphemy