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A39574	Rusticus ad academicos in exercitationibus expostulatoriis, apologeticis quatuor The rustick's alarm to the rabbies, or, The country correcting the university and clergy, and ... contesting for the truth ... : in four apologeticall and expostulatory exercitations : wherein is contained, as well a general account to all enquirers, as a general answer to all opposers of the most truly catholike and most truly Christ-like Chistians [sic] called Quakers, and of the true divinity of their doctrine : by way of entire entercourse held in special with four of the clergies chieftanes, viz, John Owen ... Tho. Danson ... John Tombes ... Rich. Baxter ... by Samuel Fisher ...	Fisher, Samuel, 1605-1665.; Owen, John, 1616-1683.; Danson, Thomas, d. 1694.; Tombes, John, 1603?-1676.; Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.	1660 (1660)	Wing F1056; Wing F1050_PARTIAL; Wing F1046_PARTIAL; ESTC R16970	1,147,274	931

Slaughter and Eternal Slavery for you not to Try their Talk First Who tell it you for Truth that there is now no Guidance of Christs Own Ministers by Christs Own Infallible Spirit They that Teach that their own Teaching is but Falible may easily draw all their Implicit Followers together with themselves into the Ditch Secondly Talk for Liberty of Conscience while they are under the Lash of others and for Persecution as soon as they can Climb to be Lords over all Thirdly That Affirm Christ's Righteousness Wrought in his Saints Persons by his Power and Spirit Serving to Sanctifie them too to fit them for Heaven to be of no other worth and worth no better Name and worse they cannot give it then that of unclean Dung Losse and Filthy Rags which Doctrine is Necessarily Deducible from T. D's Writing against the Quakers who yet sayes David even while Guilty of Adultery and Murder was not in a Condemned but in a Justified Estate Fourthly That where and while God Tenders Salvation Openly and Universally to All Men He Secretly Intends it but Particularly only to a Few Fifthly That that Light the Quakers Testify to which in Truth is no other then the True Light which the Life is which their own Rule of Scripture sayes John 1.9 Enlightens every man that cometh into the World Enlightens not every one but very few And is an Horrible Figment of the Quakers an Imaginary Christ as to Salvation in all Divine Matters Darkness Blindness it self and many more sayings of that sort under which they Scorn it as J. O. does and other Divines viz. R. B. and J. T. little lesse Sixthly 1. That the Letter of the Scripture is the only Sure Foundation and Rule of all Faith 2. That the said Letter is Variable and Varied and yet 3. That A thing that is Variable can be no Rule neither which is one of the many Rounds the Rabbies Run in Seventhly That Preaching of Perfect Purging and full Freedom from Sin in this world is a Doctrine of Devills so T. D. and Punishable With Prisons and other Paines so I. O. that there 's no Purgatory for purging away the Remnants of it as the Pope Falsly sayes there is in the world to come neither which Perfection of Holiness so far as to deny of all Unholiness and Salvation of Souls from Sinning is the meer End of Christs coming Matth. 1.21 the end of all Ministry that 's of his giving Eph. 4.11 12 13. the end of all the Apostles Writing willings of men to walk in the Light 2 Cor. 7 1. 1 Iohn 1.6 7 8. 1 Iohn 2.1 and of all true Faith or Beleiving 1 Pet. 1.5 And as it 's no Treachery in us to you nor others nor yet in you and us and all men to our selves to Try what 's Truth before we Trust Take and Talk for it much more Obtrude it as that Truth which must Subpaena as so be believed by Ali So it 's no lesse then time for us to Ask and put it to the Question among you Sith both cannot be so who are so Contradictory and if they be Right wee l own our selves to be wrong when once they prove it whether those who in Christs Name Minister the abovesaid Messes for Truth or the Qua. who in their Ministry Minister the very contrary and no less then the Infallible Truth it self be Christs Ministers So having in my time Born my Testimony as a Friend to the Truth against such as Tread and Trample it under Feet and A●k'● an Answer from that of God in All Consciences to which I Appeal to Judg between the Clergy and the Quakers who are in Truth I Sit down Satisfied in my Own Conscience in the Sight of God holding Love to All Mens Persons and Warr with nothing but Mens Wicked Works not knowing whether this may be the Last Time of Asking After which as to this way of Appearing in Print against the Pervertures of the Parish Priesthood I may for ought I know for Ever possibly hold my Peace Sam. Fisher. A Lamentation over Lost-Souls With a Word of Warning to All Kings Princes Parliaments Powers And People to Beware of Such Priests a● Uphold the Devils Kingdome by Pleading Contrary to the Scriptures of Truth A Continuance of Iniquity for Term of this Life A Necessity of Mens Transgressing of Gods Law while they Li●e in the World Or have any Abode in the Body IN th' Snare You Are Dear Souls I truly Know it And Wot I't Not yet there is That doth Shew it For First that 's Worst You are Beset with Sin Next Those are Foes without for That 's With in Who Preach yea Teach Yee cannot Live with out it Who Hint Live In 't yet shall Yee Live ne'r Doubt it Such Watchmen Catch men in Sins Snares not Out By Such how Much to take Sin lies at Scout Y●u In its Gin You 'l know when th' Light is Heeded Know'● Now and How Christ Iesus is not Needed To Win from Sin if in it Souls can Thrive To Save from th' Grave if there Souls are Alive I Trow You 'l Know You Cannot Live in Sin When All Dy Shall who Live and Dy there in Wherefore before you Live You ought t' Eschew it Then Must I Trust even whilst you Live or Rue it Read This for 't is a Ridd●e else in th' Light Heart Read for th' Head herein obtains no Sight It s Wis-dom Is too Dim this Depth to Enter Vn lesse you Guesse by th' Spirit which Dives to th' Center Give Ore no More your selves with Vain Hopes Cherish For Lie and Die in Sin who doth doth Perish But Lay Away all Weights Sins which be set you Abandon And shake off such Priests as Let you And Shun that Run you may with Saints that Race Which Brings with Wings from Sin to th' Holy Place To th' Place where Grace is Perfect Holy Sion The Mount where Count upon 't there comes no Lyon Nor Man that Can work Evil where the Pure In Heart leave Part Alone and their Right 's Sure For While You Stile those Saints who plead for Evil And Them Christ's Members who still Serve the Devil Nor Leave but Cleave to Them the Light ye Flee And Sure ye Pure as Christ is cannot Be. For Hire They Tire You out with Talk ●ut Know Their Words are Swords which will Souls Over throw Their Eyes toward Lyes are set Truth They Be spatter Time Serving Swerving still from God They Scatter They Sooth speak Smooth Charm Dawb Sow Pillowes Flatter Cry Peace where Peace is Not So ends this Matter Sam Fisher. A List of some of the Typographicall Mistakes THough in I. O's blind judgement it seems to Border on Atheism to say the same Fate as to Mistakes hath attended the Hebrew and Greek Text of Scripture in it's Transcribing as hath done other Books yet it seems to me upon that but Running Review I have yet taken thereof that the

by and not so Particular as to place as any of those are which Falsly call themselves Catholike and yet are not only Thousands of Years Younger then this but also Contained as even all Christendom it self is in some Narrow Corner of the World into the Whole of which the Light hath gone out and brought forth Fruit to the begetting of that General or Catholike Assembly and Church of the First Born whose Names are Written in Heaven to which as the Hebrews then Heb. 10. so the Quakers now are come Then let all those Religions who now Renounce it as meerly New and Nothing beware lest they Reject Gods Councel which is his Light in their own Consciences against themselves to their own Perdition This is that True Religion which where it is not all Outward Observation of what God Himself Requires is now as under the Law it was but Irreligion and Iniquity in the Account of God This is the Good Way Jer. 6. The Antient Paths which Israel ever busied in many lesser matters of Tith Mint Annis Cummin neglecting the Weighty the Main would never be perswaded by Her Prophets to walk therein Which way and who so walk in it are the True Way and Holy Seed which as the Substance of the Oak or Flourishing Tree of Religion when the Leaf of all Outward Form shall Fall off and Perish shall Stand and abide for ever This Way is He who is the Way Truth and Life and This is the Church and People of God who Walk in him of both whom though they seem to the Blind Seers to come after all other wayes and people it may be said in Reference to them all as John said of the same This is he who cometh from Above and is Above All who cometh after me yet is prefered before me for he was before me whose Seed or Church which is One As He said before Abraham was I Am may say of all outward Priesthoods and their Churches before any of these were I am Be ye therefore O All ye Powers of the Earth Tender of Touching the Tender Lambs of Him who is the Antient of dayes by whom the Judgement is now Set and the Books are Opening I know while Satan that Old Serpent is Alive his Antient wonted Work will not be Dead of moving you by his Ministers whom be Transforms as the Ministers of Christ and Righteousness to make Havock of both that Despised Ministry and that Little Flook of Christ that hear his Voice But be ye Advised if not by us yet at least by Gamaliels good Councell Acts 5.38 in your Councells who said to them then as I to you whom I wish not to Afflict any for the Quakers sakes but to take heed of Afflicting them at the wills of others whom they Torment and Trouble with nothing but as they think at least with too much Truth Refrain from these Men and let them alone for if this their Councell and their Work be of Men it will come to nought but if it be of God ye cannot overthrow it lest happily ye be found to fight against God And its hard for you to kick against the Pricks No Powers nor people did ever Harden themselves against God and Prosper Subtile Sanballats Tale-bearing Tobiah's and Haughty Hamans who never had that Honour from the Honest Mordecaies or Seed of the Jewes they Hungred after being themselves that Seed of Evil doers which are never to be Renowned were ever Insinuating to Kings and Rulers against the Saints in all Ages as a certain odde People Dispersed about the Provinces and Kingdoms whose Lawes are Diverse from all People neither keep they the Kings Lawes but intend to Rebel Est. 3.8 9. Neb. 4.2 6.6 So that it cannot be for the Kings profit to suffer them and so Sugge●ting as those Ministers who though they Swear to the Kings Supremacy in all Ecclesiastical as well as Civil Cases yet in Effect take themselves to be Supream Directivè in point of appointing what 's the Faith what is Heresy who Hereticks owning the Magistrates as Supream only Correctivè in point of punishing Hereticks when they have Censured Sentenced them as such do at this day That if it please the King they may be Destroyed Yet I say to Thee O King and to All thy Councells and Subordinate Powers as Ye Tender your Internal External and Eternal Welfare proceed not upon Account of their Proposition of it to you to Persecution of that Seed which it 's so much for the Kings Profit to Suffer to Live quietly under Him that ye cannot Prosper to any purpose but must rather Perish in all your other Purposes for their sakes while your hands are Stretched out against them and till ye come to let them stand Peaceably by you at least while you have your own if yet ye will not stand as one with them in their Right Religion And if ye mean more lastingly to enjoy your Own Formes of it which are not Everlasting as the other is be not found Fighters against the Power of Godlinesse where it appears for that hastens the Fall of the Formes before it which else would be longer Liv'd then so they will be But if you build anything at all that shall stand much longer then while ye are Building it return to him who not long since Smote you or else his Hand will be Stretched out against you still and begin upon the Right Basis the Light and Spirit which leads only into that Life and Divine Nature the Letter talks on What ever Forms of Government Civil or Ecclesiastical Grow not up from the Ground of that True Righteousnes Peace and Joy in a Holy Spirit in which and not in words shewes Forms nor Observations Christs Kingdom Stands which is now at hand must give way to it as that comes on no Building of man being able to stand where the Lord begins to shew his Building Esdr. 2.10.54 And though the Builders think they make as sure work as Those Isa. 8.8 9 10 c. That say in the Pride and Stoutness of their Heart the Bricks are fallen down but we will build with Hewen Stone the Sicamores are cut down but we will change them into Cedars Yet they shall Build but I will Throw down saith the Lord Yea every House that is not so Built is not on the Real Rock but the Slippery Sands and when the Rain Descends the Floods Arise the Storms and Winds begin to Blow and Beat upon the house it will Fall and Great will be the Fall thereof According to the Liberty by you yet lent us who are in their desires sold not only for Bondmen and Bondwomen for then we should the better Bear it but even as very Sheep for the Slaughter It 's no Treason to you for us to Reason with them and with You about them by Reason of whom so many Souls are made to Perish and 't is no lesse then to betray your own Souls to