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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77927	The innocency of the Christian Quakers manifested, and the truth of their principles and doctrine cleared and defended from the loud (but false) clamours, base insinuations and wicked slanders of James Barry. / Published for the general satisfaction and benefit of all, who simply desire to know and embrace the truth.	Burnyeat, John, 1631-1690.; Strettell, Amos.; Barry, James.	1688 (1688)	Wing B5967; ESTC R170925	24,109	32

and enter into Heaven we leave for thee to prove and make good from the Scriptures of Truth being our selves satisfied in believing what the Apostle saith 1 Cor. 15.36 37. when he answers the Fools Question saying that which thou sowest is not quickned except it dye And that which thou sowest thou sowest not that Body that shall be c. and further saith vers 44. It is sown a Natural Body it is raised a Spiritual Body c. and in the same chap. saith further vers 50. Now this I say Brethren that Flesh and Blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God neither doth Corruption inherit Incorruption Thus we laid it down and looking upon James Barry's asserting that it must be the Fleshly Body which must die and see Corruption for these are his words we did believe he contradicted the Apostle in so saying and also Christ himself who said that the Children of the Resurrection were equal unto the Angels c. Luke 20.36 and therefore did we offer to dispute with him in the vindication of our Faith as to this Principle The second Errour he charged upon us was That the Quakers deny that Men are justified and saved by the alone Righteousness of Jesus Christ imputed without the Concurrence of inherent Righteousness And in another Paper condemns us of Errour for believing that the active and passive Righteousness of Jesus Christ is not the only Righteousness as imputed to us by God without any mixture of Righteousness inherent in us by the which Sinners must be justified and eternally saved We answered That we do own Righteousness to be imputed of God and Gods Imputation thereof to be a Blessing and Happiness unto man but do not believe that Sinners shall be justified and saved by the Imputation only of the active and passive Righteousnes of Christ without us without any Righteousness wrought in us by the Spirit of Grace which comes by Jesus Christ Let all people that are of understanding hearts seriously consider this which he calls an Errour and charges upon the Quakers for such an Errour as that he will prove us grand Hereticks herein c. for allowing any mixture of Righteousness inherent in us that is cleaving to or abiding in One might think he had never read the Scriptures thus to exclude the work of Grace in the heart Did not the Apostle say Eph. 2.5 By Grace ye are saved and vers 8. again By Grace ye are saved through Faith not of your selves it is the Gift of God. And was not this Grace a Spiritual Gift and was it not to be in their hearts did not the Apostle say Let the Word of God dwell richly in you And were they not to sing with Grace in the heart Coll. 3.16 and was not Christ in them the Hope of Glory chap. 1.27 and did not Christ say Joh. 3.3 Except a man be born again or from above he cannot see the Kingdom of God. And vers 5. Except a man be born of Water and of the Spirit he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God For that which is born of the Flesh is Flesh and that which is born of the Spirit is Spirit as v. 6. From all which it is evident that none can enter the Kingdom of God without this Regeneration and being born again And how can this New Birth be without the work of the Spirit of Christ in the heart and how can this work of Regeneration be wrought and no inherent Righteousness or how can it be that a man may be born of the Spirit or from above and have no Righteousness abiding in him and without this work of Regeneration and new Birth you see Christ saith he cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven This being rightly understood let James Barry tell us what manner of Justification and Salvation that is which he means that is without any mixture of Righteousness wrought in a man by the Spirit of Grace or abiding in him for he saith By the alone Righteousness active and passive of Christ imputed without any mixture of Righteousness inherent must Sinners be justified and eternally saved But it is evident from Christs Words that by this eternal Salvation of James Barry's a man cannot enter the Kingdom of God for they are not prepared for it Behold Christ saith John ●5 I am the Vine ye are the Branches abide in me and I in you and vers 5. he that abideth in me and I in him the same bringeth forth much fruit without me ye can do nothing Now can it be possible that any should be in Christ and Christ in them and yet no Righteousness inherent that is ●●icking to or abiding in them and yet they as branches bearing fruit and if they do not bear Fruit they are to be taken away then not saved and justified if they be taken away and if they bear Fruit Christ is in them and they in him Then if it be so Righteousness is inherent both by sticking to and abiding in So let James Barry make out how any can be in Christ and Christ in them and no Righteousness inherent or otherwise how any can be fruitful and consequently justified and saved and Christ not in them and they in him seeing Christ saith it cannot be and vers 6. you may see the end of all that abides not in Christ as withered branches cut off they are gathered for the fire So that they that abide not in Christ bear no Fruit and are neither justified nor saved agreeing with the very Parable Christ speaks Matth. 9.17 Neither do men put New Wine into Old Bottles else the Bottles break and the Wine runneth out and the Bottles perish c. which plainly demonstrates there must be an inward work of renewing for it is not the Old that must enter therefore the Apostle saith 2 Cor. 5.17 If any man be in Christ he is a new Creature and in 1 Cor. 5.7 the Apostle exhorts them to purge out the old Leaven that they might be a new Lump c. and in Gal. 6.15 the Apostle having spoken before of the effects of the Cross of Christ tells them that in Christ Jesus neither Circumcision nor Vncircumcision availeth any thing but a new Creature So that we may see the Apostle who believed his Masters Doctrine pressed to have it answered by witnessing the old man put off which was corrupt according to the deceitful Lusts and to be renewed in the Spirit of their minds c. Ephes 4.22 23. and in Coll. 3.9.10 There you may see that the Apostle tells them they had put off the old man with his Deeds and had put on the new which was renewed in Knowledge after the Image of him who had created him and was not this new Man Christ or at least the bringings forth of his Power in them for the Apostle saith Rom. 13.14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ c. and Coll. 2.6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord so walk ye in