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A65873 The light and life of Christ within and the extent and efficacy thereof demonstrated. And the Quakers principles justified by the scriptures of truth, the doctrine of Christ and his Apostles, from the false and blasphemous constructions put upon them by William Burnet, in his book, stiled, The captial principles of the people called Quakers : herein the rest of the Baptists that own him may see, his antichristian spirit and doctrines detected ... / by ... G. Whitehead. Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723. 1668 (1668) Wing W1941; ESTC R20094 56,660 72

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he_o seem_v to_o infer_v from_o mat._n 3.6_o and_o as_o to_o w._n b_n exception_n against_o that_o passage_n in_o saul_n errand_n etc._n etc._n touch_v christ_n in_o his_o people_n be_v the_o substance_n of_o all_o figure_n type_n &_o shadow_n fulfil_v they_o in_o they_o and_o set_v they_o free_a from_o they_o but_o as_o he_o be_v hold_v forth_o in_o the_o scripture_n without_o he_o be_v their_o example_n upon_o which_o w._n b._n will_v observe_v that_o if_o christ_n do_v in_o his_o people_n fulfil_v the_o law_n and_o set_v they_o free_a from_o it_o than_o it_o be_v not_o what_o he_o do_v at_o jerusalem_n on_o the_o cross_n no_o more_o in_o that_o body_n then_o in_o another_o and_o then_o to_o confute_v this_o he_o say_v how_o false_a this_o be_v god_n in_o his_o due_a time_n will_v make_v manifest_a to_o their_o shame_n r._n we_o must_v then_o have_v better_a argument_n than_o w.b._n have_v produce_v for_o we_o have_v but_o his_o bare_a word_n to_o prove_v it_o false_a howbeit_o 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