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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89410	An answer to George Keith's libel. Against a catechism published by Francis Makemie. : To which is added, by way of postscript. A brief narrative of a late difference among the Quakers, begun at Philadelphia.	Makemie, Francis, 1658-1708.; Keith, George, 1639?-1716.; Mather, Increase, 1639-1723.	1694 (1694)	Wing M307; ESTC W24940	61,656	129

Holy-Ghost who are One GOD is Great and Glorious and ought to be Reverently conceived expressed in Scripture words which the Holy-Ghost hath Taught but not in words of Mans Wisdom Page Ninth Tenth In mentioning the Offices of Christ being Three Viz. Prophet Priest and King he should have mentioned how that not only without us he did perform these Offices and now is both Priest and King in Heaven whither he is ascended but that also within us Viz. All true Believers in him he is both Prophet and King and Priest also who offereth up their Prayers unto God and by whom they have access unto God beside that Christ is not only King Priest and Prophet over his Church but Bishop Shepherd Physitian Captain and Husband c. as the Scripture declareth And that he saith Christ revealeth the Will of God to us by His Word and Spirit in Page 10. He delivereth this matter very barely and obscurely for he does not tell people where they may find the Spirit of God he doth not instruct them That the Spirit of God is in them to teach them and open the Scriptures unto them And tho' he delivereth diverse things in his Catechism concerning the New Covenant yet he neglecteth a Principal matter belonging to the same Viz. That God hath Promised in his New Covenant to teach His People Himself and to dwell in them and walk in them and that they shall be his Temple c. Page 10 11. Although he mention the death and Sacrifice of Christ for sinners yet he doth not well that he doth not hold forth that Christ died for all and tasted Death for every man as the Scripture expresly declareth which is a most great and weighty testimony of Gods universal Love for sinners Page Eleventh Tho' he say The Holy Spirit worketh faith in us and Uniteth us to Christ yet he doth this very barely and obscurely yea in contradiction to his and his Brethrens Doctrine who say all inward Divine Revelation and Inspiration is ceased since the Apostles Days if so then the Holy Spirit hath ceased to work or operate on mens hearts for his operation is not in the dark or in a blind and insensible manner but in Light and Demonstration sensibly and clearly revealing his power in them opening the eyes of their understanding and thence it is that the Spirit of God is called in Scripture the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation and that Spirit worketh in true Beleivers Page Eleventh That he calleth Regeneration a New and Spiritual Birth by the Spirit of God is true but this Contradicteth His and His Brethrens Doctrine who say they have no infallible Spirit and all Divine Revelation is ceased and that there is no immediate communion with God or his Spirit which is False Doctrine and contrary to Scripture and the Saints Experience who know that as they are Born of Gods Spirit so they are sensibly Fed and Nourished by the Spirit of God and Suck the Breasts of their Heavenly Mother Jerusalem from above and feel themselves embraced by the same as sensibly as the Child feeleth the Mothers Embraces and see and behold Her Beauty hear her voice and Language and all this is Spiritually and Inwardly known and witnessed in all True Believers Again that he saith True Believers are United to Christ is true and very comfortable but is in contradiction to His and his Brethrens Doctrine who say it is Blasphemy to affirm that Christ is really in the Saints for if he be not really in them by himself they cannot be United to him for true Union requireth the near presence of the things United one to another as the Body cannot be United to the Soul if the Soul be not really in the Body and all true Believers are United to Christ in Heaven by their being United to the measure of him in themselves as the Members of the Body are United to the Head by being United to a measure of the same Life and Spirit in them that is in the Head Page Eleven Twelve He defineth Effectual Calling to be A powerful call of God whereby he calls and draws sinners out of Sin into Grace which as it is true so is in contradiction to him and his Brethren who say All inward calling and speaking of God is ceased and there is no other Voice or Word of God but the Scriptures and yet he confesseth all have not that Effectual Calling who have the Scriptures Again he concradicteth by saying that God calleth and draweth sinners out of sin unto Grace and yet in Page Twelve saith All are still sinners And in Page Thirty saith The Godly cannot keep Gods commands perfectly And His Brethrens Doctrine is that the Saints sin in every Though Word and Deed. Page Fifteen He saith Justification and Adoption are acts of God without us and make only a Relative change but no real change and are compleated at once And in Page Sixteen He saith Justification Adoption and Sanctification once had can never be wanted all which are False and hurtful Assertions and contrary to Scripture for Gods Justifying Believers is his speaking peace to them in their Consciences and Absolving them from Condemnation as a Judge absolveth or cleareth an Accused Person and surely that is within and if not within he should have told where without if he mean in Heaven thi● can be no assurance nor comfort to any unless it be revealed and done also within in mens hearts Again that God maketh any men to be his Children without a Re●change is most absurd is not Faith and Regeneration a real change and none are made the children of God but by Faith and Regeneration and again to say that Sanctification and Justification cannot be lost is mo●… absurd and serveth to flatter people i● great sins yea the greatest as if they were still Saints for according to this False Doctrine David remained a Saint and perfectly Justified when he committed Murder and Adultery and at this rate the worst of men may be Saints while such but the Scripture saith No Murderer nor Unrighteous Person can Inherit the Kingdom of God but they must be washed c. But if they still remain Saints after Murder they may inherit Gods Kingdom for all the Saints are in measure in Gods Kingdom Page Twenty-four Concerning the Sabbath he expresly Contradicteth the Scripture which expresly enjoyned the seventh Day to be kept and not indifferently one of seven Page Twenty-six He most grosly wrongeth and most falsely accuseth the People of God called in scorn Quakers saying that the Quakers and all Profane Persons are enemies to a Sabbath but it is no new nor strange thing that Gods People is numbred with Transgressors of the greatest sort seeing Christ our Lord and Head was so used by men high in an outward Profession and the people called Quakers own Christ to be the True Spiritual Sabbath or Rest of all True Believers the substance and thing signified by the

with Papists wh●… assert Justification to be the making of one Just and so Confound it with Sanctification which the Spir●… of God makes to be distinct Acts tho' always unseparable As to Adoption in its nature it is God Numbering us among his Children a taking us from among the Children of Satan and Giving us a Right to all the Priviledges of Gods Children pray where is the falshood and danger in asserting they are Acts of God without us bringing Believers into 〈◊〉 new Relation unto God Christ and the Holy Spirit to whom they are Enemies and Strangers by Nature seeing at the same time we firmly believe that there is no Relative Change wrought by God on any Sinner in Justification or Adoption without a real saving inward gracious and universal Change upon the whole man by Sanctification which are as different by the Language of the Apostle Paul as Sanctification and Glorification is Rom. 8. And none are Justified or Adopted but Sanctified also all which is asserted in my Catechism if Keith's contentious Cavelling and Carping Spirit had allowed him to take notice thereof for none of us hold that God makes any his people or children without a real gracious Change as Pen and Keith would inviduously and falsely Calumniate us and our universally known Doctrine fairly published to the World and yet that renewing work is not properly Justification but Sanctification which is a gradual work whereby the Old man of sin and corruption is Crucyfyed and the New man of Grace Righteousness or Holiness is rrnewed and put on more and more and though Keith would make Peace of Conscience to be the Essence and Nature of Justification yet all Reformed Divines with the Apostle Paul make it a concomitant or rather a consequent Blessing to our Justification Rom 5.1 Being Justified by Faith we have Peace with God And whoever denied Regeneration to work a real change which my Catechism plainly asserts And that Justification Adoption and Sanctification may be Lost is not only the Doctrine of Quakers but of Pelagians Papists and Arminians too though Keith and Barclay own that some may Arrive to such a pitch and measure that they cannot Fall away now this measure must either be higher than Justification Sanctification or Regeneration or they contradict themselves in opposing Free Grace and denying the Perseverance of the Saints in Grace with most discouraging and comfortless arguments to Believers which imply many gross absurdities and concerning this Head Mr. John Brown our Country man in confutation of Barclay layes down our unanimous Doctrine and first animadverts all that we hold the Perseverance of none but such as are Regenerated and how false and absurd were it to say a Sinner Regenerated or made a Child of God to Day and yet be a Child of the Devil to morrow made meet for Heaven and yet go to Hell Pardoned and yet Damned 2. We do not hold a special and inevitable necessity of Perseverance though unwilling and lying in Sin as Enemies would insinuate to the prejudice of Truth as Quakers often have done 3. We do not maintain a Perseverance depending on the will of man but on the gracious Covenant The Everlasting Purpose of God the Unchangeableness of his Love and Efficaciousness of Christ's Death 4 That a Believer may fall away Back-slide and Depart from God by many degrees as 1 From Duty as Hearing Reading Praving Praising c. 2 Into Grievous Sins as Noah David Soloman and Peter 3 Inro great Doubts and Fears af●out their State 4 From Degrees of Grace as ●rom a Strong unto a Weakness of Faith ●heir Zeal for God and Religion may grow very cold they may fall from their First Love they may fall from their former measure of Fear And 5 they may Fall from the Truth of the Gospel from the Doctrine of Our Lord Jesus and embrace many gross and dangerous Errors and Believe a ●ye 6 They may fall from the Accidentals of their Gracious State as Sense of Favour Assurance of Gods Love Strength of Habits Measures of Comfort is oft times and may be remitted and lost And yet in the last place we Believe mentain and hold There can be no Total and Final Apostacy and Defection from a Regenerate State or the Essence and Habits of all Grace and this is not only our Doctrine but the Doctrine of all our Reformed Churches tho' K's Invidious Malice is most commonly set against the Reformed Church of Scotland verifying the Ancient and common saying Omnis Apostate sua Secte osor And every serious soul may easily conceive how comfortless and discouraging the Doctrine of Quakers must needs be to all Regenerated and Believing Souls if after Regeneration being in Covenant with God Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise Redeemed with the Blood of Jesus they may yet be Damned in the End this and many more are the Absurdities that attend this Ancient Pelagian and Arminian Error as 1 Is it not inconsistent with that Puffing up Doctrine of their Perfection they could never yet demonstrate from instances 2. It is inconsistent with the Immutability of Gods Love for whom He Loves He Loves unto the end for his Gracious purposes are Unalterable and his Will Irresistible Isa 4.1.31 They that wait on the Lord shall renew their Strength they shall mount up with Wings as Eagles they shall run and not be weary and they shall walk and not be Faint 3 It is inconsistent with the Stability of the Covenant that is well ordered in all things and sure and all its Mercies are sure Mercies hence called frequently an Everlasting Covenant Jer. 32 40. And I will I make an Everlasting Covenant with them and I will not turn away from them to do them Good but I will put my Eear in their Heart that they shall not depart from me And all Objecting Instances from Scripture must implye no Saving Faith or true Regeneration or their Fall was neither Final nor Total 4. It is inconsistent with the Faithfulness of Christs undertaking to God the Father in the Covenant of Redemption it destroys the Efficacy of His Death Let any Read Christs Prayer to God the Father in John 17. And he may soon be satisfyed there was a Select Number given unto Christ to redeem and Ransome 24. And Father I will that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am And he prays 15. And that God would keep them from the Evil. And he has engaged to God the Father that none that the Father bad given him should be Lost otherwise Christ might be Charged with Unfaithfulness And such as deny the Perseverance of the Saints must be ignorant of what Christ has done for the consirmation of the Gracious State of Believers 1 His Redeeming them from all the Demands of Divine Justice with his Precious Blood 2 Redeeming them from the power of Satan 3 From the Dominion of sin 4 He is gone to prepare a Place for them 5 He makes