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A77227	The Quakers quaking principles examined and refuted in a briefe answer to some erroneous tenets held forth by James Naylor in his answers unto Mr Baxter, and some others that have publikely opposed that blacke spirit in the deluded Quakers. Wherein is also included a serious admonition, how wee ought to behave our selves towards the ministers of the gospell, in respect of communicating unto them; and for giving to the poore, so as the Gospell requires: and to beware of covetousnesse, and the effects thereof, least wee be left of God, and delivered up unto strong delusions, and a blasphemous spirit instead of the spirit of God. The heads of the whole discourse are also premised. / Written by Ellis Bradshavve.	Bradshaw, Ellis.	1656 (1656)	Wing B4147; Thomason E869_1; ESTC R207737	57,239	71

were knowne in the Christian world by giving heed unto seducing spirits and doctrines of Devills speaking lyes through hypocrisie having their consciences seared as with an hott Iron By which it is evident that it is the last dayes In which saith the Apostle perilous times should come c. noting them out unto us by almost twenty Epithets which are all of them verified in the Papists and the Quakers for what one commeth short in the other compleateth And wee may still expect that evill men and doctrines shall wax worse and worse deceiving and being deceived see 2 Tim 3. Chap And that there shall come false Christs and false Prophets and shall shew great signes and wonders so that if it were possible they should deceive even the very Elect Mat 24.23 24 25 26 27 28. Admonition These things considered wee ought to be seriously admonished and perswaded hereby to take heede unto our selves that wee be not deceived by these seducing spirits these false Christs and false Prophets Behold saith our Saviour I have told you before Wherefore if they shall say unto you behold he is in the desert goe not forth behold he is in the secret chambers beleeve it not For as the lightning c. I say therefore if the Quakers tell us loe here is Christ or loe there nay if they shall prevaile so farre as the Lord knoweth how farre hee will suffer them as it may be to shew great signes and wonders yet let not us be deceived Behold hee hath told us before that wee might be forewarned and forearmed So that wee are inexcusable if wee be deceived And therefore that wee might not be deceived with these seducing spirits and doctrines of Devills Let us take admonition from the Spirit of God and not thinke our selves so steadfast and immoveable as that wee may not be deluded for even the Elect themselves may be so farre lead away with the errour of the wicked as to fall from their owne proper steadfastnesse though not totally nor finally see 2 Pet 3.17 18. And first then let us take heed least these seducing spirits provoke and stirre us up to a dislike of and enmitie against the Ministers of God for this is the first step that leadeth them to delusion but let us love and honour them as Embassadours of Christ and let this love be without dissimulation not in word and tongue onely meerely complementall but indeed and in truth and let it be exprest upon all occasions especially who ever it be that teacheth us and that administreth unto us spirituall things let us see and take care that they doe not want of our carnall things For according as wee sowe liberally or sparingly in these respects the same shall we reape from the hand of God Let not the Quabers deceive us in these respects God is not mocked And let us not account it as a matter of indifferency for it is our dutie and therefore it is called communicating To doe good and to communicate forget not for with such sacrifice God is well pleased and let him that is taught in the Word communicate to him that teacheth in all good things Now communicating is distinguishable from distribution or giving to the poore because of the poore wee receive nothing in recompence but from the Lord onely neither doe wee expect it Whereas in case of communicating wee receive one good thing for another yea and that many times more valuable than all the carnall things that we can communicate So that we ought not to account it as a worke of charitie but as a worke of pietie and dutie unto God for the Ministers are his substitutes or Receivers And therefore wee ought as the Apostle Injoyned Every first day of the weeke to put apart by it selfe as the Lord hath increased us and give it in to the Churches treasurie that there need be no trouble in gathering of it and that to be disposed to the Ministrie and to the poore as may be thought most needfull and convenient by faithfull men I have heard of an English Lawyer of late yeares who was so conscientious of his dutie to God in this respect that he put apart every tenth shilling that he got with his practise and disposed of it for pious and charitable uses as hee found occasion and hee so increased that he grew very rich and honourable and so lived and dyed in great esteeme And I doubt will rise up in Judgement to the condemnation of many carnall and worldly professors that make no conscience of their duty unto God and their faithfull Ministers nor to the poore neither in these respects And I much feare that the people of God themselves are much blame-worthy and neglective of their duty in these respects And that it tendeth greatly to the hinderance of the Gospell and the disparagement of their profession besides their owne detriment which is very great as I could largely instance but this is a subject deserves a whole Treatise Onely this Item I desire wee might remember that if the Scripture be true hee that in these respects soweth sparingly doth and must receive but sparingly if he be a Christian and that both spiritualls and temporalls from the hand of God and hee that soweth liberally doth and shall and may certainly expect to reape aboundantly from the hand of God both for this life and the life to come The which is easie to confirme from many testimonies in sacred Scripture besides many examples that might be produced from experience amongst us to wit of many professors of great estates going to decay that are provident enough for things of this life if not too covetous And the reason is because the Lord doth not blesse them in what they goe about but bloweth upon their designes and labours and estates And it is but just and according to his Word For professors ought to be as lights to the world and so to let their light shine that they might see their good workes and glorifie their father which is in heaven and as they excell in other graces so they ought to excell in this grace also And to exemplifie true Christianitie and obedience and subjection to the Gospell of Christ in every duty both to God and men that so they might also be blessed of God and increased accordingly that so they may witnesse the truth and veritie of his promises and blessings pronounced in Scripture in such a case And for further satisfaction that it is a duty which God requires at our hands Consider with mee these Scriptures and Reasons and promises also 1. If wee must communicate to those that teach us in the Word in all good things Conseq That there is no exemption of any good thing wherewith the Lord hath blessed and increased us Rea For all is a generall word and includes every good thing Instance According to that Text Serve the Lord with all thine heart and with the first-fruits of all thine increase So shall