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A57315	A true prospect for the bishops, priests & deacons and all other within the jurisdiction of the Church of England who are professors of the common prayer, through which they may see how far they are short in faith, principle and practice of divers sound truths therin specified : also the proper right of the Quakers to divers good things therein vindicated and pleaded for ... / published by Ambrose Rigg.	Rigge, Ambrose, 1635?-1705.	1663 (1663)	Wing R1499; ESTC R25100	19,344	24

and then they will suddenly see whether of these ought by law and right reason to be upheld and countenanced In the Collect for the 6th Sunday after Epaphany Wherein they desire God to make them his sons and heirs of eternal life and that they having this hope may purifie themselves even as he is pure c. This is a good desire indeed and that which the Lord hath granted to many at this day who are now the sons of God and heirs of life but who are made more objects of the worlds wrath then such even by them who are praying for the same condition in words though their works shews them to be more like the sons of Belial in whose steps they tread who are far from being pure as God is pure neither I do think they ever believe they shall though they pray for the same but are not these the principles which the Quakers have been condemned for owning and counted Hereticks for professing which is now the publick Praiers of this Nation established by law all which as they are taken out of the Scripture we both have practised since we were a people and do at this day if they had never been written in the Common praier book Object But if it be objected that these are not principles but good desires and godly Prayers Answ That cannot be a good desire nor a godly praier wherein the thing desired cannot be beleived to be obtained for whatsoever is not of faith is sin Rom. 14. 23. and therefore the Quakers cannot own them who turns the truth of God in these foregoing lines into a lye and sin and worships they know not what as it is too too manifest and therefore the Quakers pleads the general issue of all these things which I hope there is not a rational man who reads the aforegoing passages with understanding but will bring in their verdict for them and against the faithless prayers of these times yet nevertheless these men cannot handsomly denie but all the aforesaid Collects either is or ought to be the substance of things hoped for and if they will not own them to be principles they must own them conditions attainable to the children of God or else why do they pray for them and if so then they must either own the Quakers Doctrine or deny that part of the Common-Praier which may be proved by the Scripture and is taken out of the Scripture and so vindicate none but that part which is neither taken out of the Scripture nor can be proved by the Scripture which they are most ready to do and alwaies have done though it is of no strength nor authority nor ought to be forced upon any as necessarie to salvation as may appear by the 6th Article of their own Canons and also by the 20. and 21. Articles of the same So whether the Quakers are to be condemned for vindicating that part of the Common-Prayer which is taken out of the Scripture which hath strength and authoritie in it or the Priests for vindicating that part of the Common-Praier which is not taken out of the Scripture nor can be proved thereby is left to the verdict of every judicious man Here followeth several perticulars of the Priests practise which is not taken out of the Scripture nor can be proved thereby which the Quakers judges of no strength nor authority neither ought to be forced upon any as necessary to salvation as may appear by the 21. Article of the book of Cannons 1. First their sprinkling Infants with water and signing them with the signe of the Cross in their foreheads is not taken out of the Scripture nor cannot be proved thereby therefore it is of no strength nor authority 2. Having Godfathers and Godmothers standing at the Font is not taken out of the Scripture nor cannot be proved thereby therefore of no force 3. Their saying that people must have a body of sin as long as they live cannot be proved by the Scripture nor is not taken out of the Scripture therefore is an error in all the beleivers thereof 4. Their saying that none can keep the commands of God is not taken out of the scripture nor can be proved by the scripture herein they shew they are led by the spirit of error 5. Their abstaining from slesh in the time called Lent is not taken out of the scripture nor can be proved thereby 6. To read and Preach in a Tippet-hood or surplice is not taken out of the scripture nor can be proved thereby 7. To keep so many daies in a year from working calling them Holy daies and therein tollerating drunkenness wantonness and plaies and vice is not taken out of the Scripture nor can be proved thereby 8. To take a Text of scripture and raise so many arguments and doctrines reasons and uses from it is not taken out of the scripture nor can be proved thereby 9. To erect an Altar in their Church and to bow so many times thereunto is not taken out of the scripture nor can be proved thereby 10. To give bread and wine to people kneeling twice a year is not taken out of the Scripture nor can be proved thereby 11. To have ten shillings more or less as they can get for a Funeral sermon as they call it is not taken out of the Scripture nor cannot be proved thereby 12. To cause women to come into the Steeple-house in a white cloath and to have money for speaking words over them after child birth is not taken out of the scripture nor can be proved thereby 13. To have a Sexton to ring the bells three times before their service is not taken out of the scripture nor can be proved thereby 14. To take so much a year of every Parish for preaching or reading is not taken out of the scripture nor can be proved thereby 15. To take Tythes and offerings of people for the aforesaid work yea of those for which they do no work cannot be proved by the Scripture So all the particulars and many more which now are and have been used practised by the teachers of this generation which they have no ground in the scripture for which hath been set up in the night of Apostacy from the life and spirit of God by the false Prophets and Antechrists which entred into the world above 1600. years ago being prophesied of by Christ Matt. 7. 15. 16. 17. by their fruits he then said they should be known comparing them to thorns and thistles of which men cannot gather grapes nor figs as appears at this day for neither of these can be gathered of these false Prophets of our age and are they not inwardly ravening wolves according to Christs words for if any come to receive and follow the light of Gods spirit within to guide them such they seeks to devour with all their strength though outwardly they will cover themselves with the same words as appears by the aforesaid Treatise that they may