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heart_n	harden_v	pharaoh_n	plague_n	2,988	5	10.1557	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85712	The Quaker's Jesus: or, The unswadling of that child James Nailor, which a wicked toleration hath midwiv'd into the world. Discovering the principles of the Quakers in general. In a narrative of the substance of his examination, and his disciples, as it was taken from their own mouthes, in their answer before the magistrates of the city of Bristol; also, of his examination in the painted chamber Westminster, and the management of it in Parliament, now published for the satisfaction of himself and some Christian friends. By William Grigge, (citizen of Bristol) who believes in that Jesus (and him alone for salvation) that was crucified at Jerusalem, above sixteen hundred years agoe.	Grigge, William.	1658 (1658)	Wing G2023; Thomason E942_2; ESTC R207579	61,372	85

and his Ordinances to say I was seduced by false Teachers Anabaptists and Quakers Fox and Nailor c. I confesse it will add to the number of the Seducers stripes but not take off theirs who are seduced When those poor deluded and seduced Souls shall crie to Christ their Judge for mercie may he not then say to them Did I not command that you should take heed what and how and whom you hear Did not I command you to hear my Servants whom I sent Did not my Servant the Apostle Paul give you a plain Scripture How can they preach savingly except they be sent May not Christ say Did I send or bid you hear Jesuites Seducers false Teachers Impostors Fox and Nailor and such like Friends look to it we shall be all in earnest then at that great day of account a Christian must have his why for his wherefore Walk therefore by rule yea and hear by rule too To the Law and to the Testimony if they speak not according to this word it s because there is no light in them And am I not to hear then as well as they to speak according to this word And now Friends being called by the Magistrates of this City as you will see in the ensuing discourse to bear witness against an unheard of Blasphemer James Nailor I shall not only give you an account of him and his Blasphemies his Examinations Sentence and deserved sufferings both at London and Bristol but of some of my own thoughts in my Journey to London Westminster where I witnest against him which thoughts though they somewhat sadden'd my Journey yet much sweetned my Soul and caused it to rejoyce That which much sadded me and oh that my heart could be more serious in bewailing it was that all which you will read of spoke or done by this Blasphemer and his Disciples was against the Lord Jesus Christ That which sweetned and much comforted my Soul was That though unworthy and the least of all Saints I can in some measure say It was against him who is my Lord Jesus my Lord and my God all against him that is mine that hath dearly bought me to be his THE EPISTLE Friends WHen I had composed the ensuing Narrative and had fairly transcribed it for the use of my self and Relations as some very well know Some Christian Friends who perused it know that I never intended the publishing of it and indeed being conscious to my own weakness and disability for such a work I need not be ambitious to be seen in the Presse It being also contrary to my judgement that men under the notion of gifted Brethren having not a call to nor indeed ability for it should so oft be seen in Presse and Pulpit considering what the Apostle speaks Who is sufficient for these things But the practice of this present age saith such is the high conceipt that impudence and ignorance hath of it self Who is not sufficient for these things And truly Brethren That which I shall speak to in reference to the occasion of this Narrative will not be by way of teaching for I dare not but only helping my self and others to lament the sad effects of Toleration falsly call'd liberty of Conscience which indeed long since was moved for by many and of late years too much yielded unto and in a Book called The Compassionate Samaritan it was desired That the Parliament would provide that private Congregations might have protection as well as publick And that all Statutes against Separatists might be repealed and that the Presse might be free for any that writes so he writes nothing scandalous or dangerous to the State you have in it never a So if they write any thing dangerous to Religion and scandalous to the Gospel Ah Brethren This liberty hath not been I suppose and he that speaks by supposition may sometimes speak truth Luk. 7.43 the least cause of all our divisions nay of all our blasphemies errors and heresies nay of all our loose principles and practices suitable thereunto at present amongst us all which is sadly to be bewailed and lamented by all that fear the Lord For although a rebaptized man is pleased in print to say They do but dream that say these are sad times So he speaking to the Presbyterian Ministers yet truly by his good leave there cannot be a Soul to whom Christ hath said in the voice of the Gospel Awake thou that sleepest but he being thus awakned must say That since England was delivered from Paganism and Popery there were never sadder times If Judgements and that spiritual upon a Nation may be a cause of sadness God now dealing with us as with Pharaoh who being not humbled but hardned under those plagues that were upon him and his people God threatens to send them all the worst and saddest plague of all upon his heart For I will at this time saith the Lord send all my plagues upon thine heart And as that godly discerning Divine Mr. Baxter certainly saith he such spiritual plagues as our eyes now behold are as evident notes of Gods heavy displeasure as men can expect to see on earth Brethren is not this sad And is it not sad that men should be so Jesuited as to take up such principles that unlesse God do mercifully step in and prevent will undermine and overthrow the Gospel Religion Reformation and all that is or should be dearer to us then our lives Are not these sad times and doth it not call for mourning and that if it were possible with teares of blood And is it not sad when some that were and would now be looked upon as high Professors above their Brethren and yet now receive that for a glorious light and true Doctrine which before they would have abhorr'd as heathenish as indeed it is insomuch that if a Christian should have said some years agoe that they would embrace such Doctrine they would have answered as Hazael did in another case What thinkest thou thy servant a Dogge And is it not sad then to consider how many packs there are in the Nation of these Creatures Yea see one thing more my Brethren which to me is very sad That many of those who enjoy ordinances in a reformation way walk no more holy and humble under them and thankfully for them then they do Truly all these are sad things But hath it not been our gifted Brethren whose pride to say no more hath led them to that boldness in Presse and Pulpit who have occasioned most of all this And good Friends Do not all that fear the Lord think and that truly that England will have cause to bewail the Toleration given and the liberty taken in this kind Alasse Brethren Is it enough to make a man a Minister that he can two or three houres in a week discourse well if it be well and speak Scripture-Language in which time many