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A26339	A sermon preach'd at St. Clement-Danes, the 29th of Septemb. 1700 occasion'd by the recantation of Mr. Clement Joynes, (lately a Quaker) / by J. Adams ...	Adams, John, 1662-1720.	1700 (1700)	Wing A487; ESTC R21388	15,699	30

Mystery p. 268. Again as to Their Infallibility Who witness these conditions that they were in that gave forth the Scriptures they witness Infallibility an Infallible Spirit Which is now Possessed and Witnessed among those called Quakers Glory to the Highest for ever Oh Horrid And a little after I say the Devil False Prophets Antichrists Deceivers which are the Names they give to all that differ from them or write against them none of these can witness an Infallible Spirit But being out of the Spirit that Christ the Prophets and the Apostles was in they are not Infallible as they were but with that they are all Judged out Gr. Myst p. 105. But of themsemselves they say again Our Giving forth Books and Printed Papers it is from the immediate Eternal Spirit of God to the shewing forth the Filthy Practices of the World's teachers Truths Def. p. 2. And George Fox speaking of other Preachers says they are Conjurers and Diviners and their teaching is from Conjuration which is spoke from the mouth of the Lord and the Lord is against all such and Who are of God are against all such Sauls Errand to Damas p. 7. Lastly Concerning Equality with God They that have the Spirit of God meaning themselves are equal with God He that is joyned to the Lord is one spirit there is Vnity and the Vnity stand in Equality it self F. Howgills Work p. 232. He that hath the same Spirit that raised up Jesus Christ is equal with God and the Saints have the same spirit in measure for Gods Spirit is but one Saul's Errand by G. F. p. 8. Which he confirms in another place the Assemblies Catechism says The Holy Ghost and Son was equal in Substance und Power and Glory with the Father What says he then all that have the Son and the Holy Ghost hath that which is Equal in Power and Glory with the Father G. Myst p. 248. These are some of the Errors which this Unhappy and Deluded People are led into I mention not their Blasphemies against the Holy Trinity and their Scorn and Contempt of the Civil Power but for a further account of these and other Errors recommend to your Perusal that Excellent Book called The Snake in the Grass with other Writings of the same Author upon this Subject Also what the Learned Mr Keith has published since His Retractations And now Brethren Who is there in all this Company whose Blood has not been chill'd with a Sudden damp of Horrour at the very Recital of so many dreadful Blasphemies and who is there that has so little fear of God or Love for his Neighbour as not to magnifie and adore His Great mercy to these Persons whom He has at length Truly enlighten'd by His Blessed Spirit Recover'd from Such Errors as without Repentance might have ended in Damnation and done so much so very much for their Souls And oh that we might Ever see that Happy day When the rest of our Country-men I am sorry I cannot say our fellow Christians shall Return to Sion and build up the Walls of Jerusalem which they have made Such Breaches in Acknowledge their dreadful Errors and Give God the Glory But this is a Blessing very little to be Expected because very little Deserv'd Alas it must be confest that the Sins of this Nation are too great for it to be delivered from so Heavy a Judgment and yet the very heaviness of it ought to move us to Repentance for this is greater in itself if rightly considered than Fire War or Plague can be for those destroy only our Estates or Lives and while they are doing so often make us Better But Delusion of this kind spreads with a silent yet deadly Infection to the utter destruction of many thousand Souls And withal this particular Evil is so deeply Rooted and of so Stubborn a Kind as being Compos'd of all the Heresies of Old and fixt and settled in those it possesses by Enthusiastick Retirements by working themselves into Bitter Agonies which they call being under An Exercise and by separating themselves by a Peculiar Language Habit and Behaviour all which Sowres at last into a Hatred and Contempt of the Rest of Mankind this I say is such a Spirit of delusion upon all these accounts as is not to be cast out of this Nation but by much Prayer and Fasting By humbling our Selves greatly before the Father of Mercies for our Own Sins and then interceeding with Him in all Tenderness and Charity for their Deluded Souls And this is all the Force these are all the Arms I desire should be Employ'd against them What I have said has not been with any design to Raise or Increase any Bitterness or to Stir up Any Persecution Against them but to Shew the Goodness of God in Recovering these Persons from Such a Bottomless Pit of Error and Darkness and to Prevent others from falling into the same And what I have quoted Remains still in their Books not Retracted but Rather Confirm'd by them they Having Solemnly Resolv'd to Stand by the Testimony of their Ancient Friends Yearly Ep. 1696. meaning the Doctrines of their first Teachers such as I have recited and yet at the Same Time they have bought up All the old Editions of such Books and have left out or alter'd several passages in their New ones See the Collect at the end of the Defence of the Snake Numb 4. and as to others strain'd and tortur'd the Words a thousand Ways as some Parents serve their Crooked Children to Conceal if Possible their Odious Deformity This may be seen in the Answer to Mr Keith's first Narrative and the Switch for the Snake and prov'd Against 'em fully in Satan disrob'd the Defence of the Snake and Mr Keith's Fourth Narrative Such is the misery and folly of the Pretence of Infallibility where-ever it obtains In the Council of Trent many were for giving up some of the Doctrines which they were sensible were directly Against the Holy Scriptures and this was in a likely way of Succeeding till the Popes Creatures began to Represent How much the Dignity and Authority of the Court of Rome must be hazarded and How they must forfeit for Ever their Darling Principle of Infallibility and then all was dash'd in a moment So much more are some men concern'd to Secure their Interest than to Confess their Errors and to Gratifie their Pride than to Obey their Consciences And indeed Considering the Errors which these poor People Hold their infallibility which we have been Speaking of their Contempt of the Scripture with the Boasts of their own Perfection which are the fundamental Errors of the Papists and also the Hindring of the Common People of their Perswasion from Reading the Books of Truths Enemies as they call all that write and speak against them the Equivocations and Reserves in their way of writing to which they Retire like retrenchments as oft as they are driven from one to another and the Odd Collection of the

A SERMON Preach'd at St. Clement-Danes the 29th of Septemb. 1700. Occasion'd by the Recantation of Mr. Clement Joynes lately a Quaker By J. ADAMS Chaplain in Ordinary to His MAJESTY Published at the Request of the Persons concerned and several others of that Parish LONDON Printed for D. Brown without Temple-Bar and Peter Buck in Fleetstreet 1700. THE RECANTATION OF Mr. CLEMENT JOYNES Read in the Parish Church of St. Clement Danes the 29th of Sept. 1700. Published by his Desire I Clement Joynes of this Parish upon mature Deliberation and full Conviction of the many and great Errours which I have faln into and zealously maintaind ' for near Seven Years past Declare and Acknowledge to this Congregation my hearty Repentance for the same humbly desiring to be Admitted again into the Communion of the Church of England establish'd by Law into which I was Baptiz'd and from which I have Rashly and Ignorantly departed I confess with Shame and Confusion that in the Year 1694 I was deluded by the Quakers and embrac'd with great fervency their Antichristian Heresies and Monstrous Principles till of late Examining 'em more carefully by the Assistance of God's Grace I discover'd their Falshood and Impiety and how directly contrary they were to the Holy Scriptures particularly in their Denying the LORD that Bought them by Disowning that Jesus who suffer'd on the Cross to be the Son of God Also for their Denying that his Human Body ascended into Heaven and throwing aside with scorn and contempt the Holy Sacraments of Baptism and the Lords Supper together with the Belief of the Resurrection of the Dead These with many Other Gross Errours which may be seen more at large in a late Book call'd The Quaker's Creed containing 13 Articles I acknowledge I did Embrace and Defend But do now utterly Detest Abhor and Renounce with all others inconsistent with the Doctrin of the Church of England whose 39 Articles I have carefully consider'd and do hereby Declare that I do own as the Summe and Substance of my Faith desiring to continue in the Communion of that Church while I Live and to Dye the Death of the faithful Members of it And whereas I did not only fall thus dread fully my self but labour'd with great dilligence to mislead several of my nearest Relations and Friends and did unhappily succeed in doing so I acknowledge with unfeigned sorrow this sad aggravation of my Crime promising solemnly in the Presence of God of which I desire you All to be Witnesses that I will faithfully endeavour to Reclaim every one of them and I bless my gracious God from the bottom of my heart that I have already Recover'd some who are now here present During my Doubts concerning the Quakers Doctrine I went to George Whitehead the Chief of them and Ask'd him with Respect and Humility to inform me upon what my Salvation did depend After some little Discourse but no Offence given or intended by me he spoke these Words with some Passion Repent speedily or else the Lord will confound thee Thou readest Enemies Books Young Man I caution thee not to take prejudice against any Friend for if thou dost the Lord will Confound thee and bring thee to nought And this is the Word of the Lord to thee But tho' I was thus Us'd and tho' I do heartily Abhor and Detest the aforesaid Errours yet I bless God that I have Charity for all those of my former Acquaintance among the Quakers and earnestly beg of You to join with me in my Prayers that it may please God to bring them into the Way of Truth and give them a right Knowledge of the only Redeemer Christ Jesus God and Man To Whom with the Father and Holy Spirit be all Honour and Glory both now and for evermore Amen A SERMON Preach'd at St. Clements Danes Psal 66.16 Come and Hear all ye that Fear God and I will declare what he hath done for my Soul THESE Words were the Choice of the Person whose Recantation you have heard in order to the setting forth farther the Sincerity of his Repentance and the greatness of the danger from which he has been deliver'd that others may be prepar'd to avoid the same and join with him in the praising of God accordingly Which design has so much of Justice and Goodness in it that as I am order'd to Comply with it by Authority so I willingly and gladly Obey And indeed the Words are very proper for this Purpose for not to insist upon the particular Occasion upon which the Psalmist might speak them they afford us a most excellent Example How any Person who has fall'n into great Errours either as to Faith or Practice and afterwards upon his sincere Repentance felt the Joys of Forgiveness and the blessed Transports of being restor'd to a good Conscience ought to behave himself both to his Neighbour and to his God This will appear if we consider them more particularly in this manner 1. The Persons whom the Psalmist appeals to All ye that fear God 2. The Publick Acknowledgments which he makes of God's mercy to him including also his own Unworthiness and his Earnestness with them to give him Attention Come and hear and I will declare 3. The Greatness of the Benefit which he had receiv'd under those Words What he hath done for my Soul Come and hear all Ye that fear God and I will declare what he hath done for my Soul 1. The first thing which deserves our consideration is the Persons to whom the Psalmist appeals All ye that fear God that is All of what Rank or Degree whatsoever that had a due Sense of Religion and Virtue that had a well-grounded and well-govern'd Zeal for God's Glory These were the Persons that were most likely to afford him Attention to be pleas'd with his being Reconcil'd to God and to join with him in his Praise and Thanksgiving As for those who do not fear God but are loose in their Belief and consequently loose in their Practice they wou'd have been so far from being pleas'd with any thing of this kind even in David himself that they wou'd rather have condemn'd or despis'd it For as such People know little what a good Conscience is so they cannot be much Concern'd at any others being restor'd to it and as they do not believe in God at all so what is it to them who is in the Right or the Wrong who persists in his Errours or who forsakes them Nay the latter is the more Offensive the more publickly 't is done Because when a Man acknowledges His Errours with Sorrow and Humility he seems to upbraid them for continuing obstinately in theirs If it be an Abomination to Fools as Solomon call those who are Impudent and Stubborn in their Wickedness to depart from Evil themselves 13 Prov. 19. Is it possible they shou'd be satisfy'd when others do so Or if such Wretches make a Mock of Sin will they not make a Mock of Repentance also