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The innocent cleared and the guilty made manifest being a reply to a printed paper ... titled, Apostacy of the people called Quakers from the faith once delivered to the saints, subscribed by Francis Houlcroft and Joseph Oddey ... also a testimony of the universal love of God in Jesus Christ ... / by a servant of truth ... Samuel Cater.
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Cater, Samuel, d. 1711.
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Odious and this thou knowest we can prove to thy Face and shalâ— dâ— it if the Lâ—râ— give â—s an Opportunity And now read what is said in the Holy Scriptures of Christ which thou nor all the cunning Crafts-men that the old Serpent makes use of to with-stand the Universal Appearance of God's Grace and Light to all men in this the Day of his Love can do Joh. 1.4 In him is Life and the Life was the Light of Men Vers 9. Which was sent to bear witness of that Light that was the True Light that lighteth every Man that cometh into the World which is spoken of Christ 2 Cor. 4.6 God that commanded the Light to shine out of Darkness hath shined in our Hearts to give the Light of the Knowledge of the Glory of God in the Face of Iesus and this is the True God and Christ that we believe in and turn People unto who hath shined by the Power and Coming of his Heavenly and Divine Light into our Hearts and Souls whereby he hath made us to inherit Comfort whereby we see the Scripture is fulfilled The People that sate in Darkness have seen a Great Light and those that sate in the Regions and Shadow of Death unto them Light is sprung up Mat. 4.16 whereby we see the fulfilling of the Prophet Isaiah's Prophecy Isa 60.19 The Sun shall be no more thy Light by Day nor for Brightness shall the Moon give Light unto thee but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting Light and thy God thy Glory and this Light is the Way that the Holy Men of God travailed in though thee and thy Fore-fathers know it not saith Solomon The Path of the Just is as the shining Light c. Prov. chap. 4. ver 18. Isa chap. 2. ver 5. O House of Jacob come ye and let us walk in the Light of the Lord and Christ saith I am the Way and there is none comes to the Father but by me who saith also I am the Light of the World and this is the Way that the true Ministers of Christ turned People unto and were made Ministers of Acts 26.23 to open their Eyes to turn them from Darkness to Light c. that by it they might see their Way out of Sin and Evil and to know their Feet guided in the Way of Peace Luke 1.79 which Light and Truth was that which the Prophets prayed for Psalm 43.3 O send out thy Light and thy Truth let them lead me let them bring me unto thy Holy Hill and to thy Tabernacle Psalm 36.19 For with thee is the Foundation of Life in thy Light shall we see Light And now thou that makest it thy Business to cry out against the Quakers Light whose Light is God and Christ and the Truth and Way to Life to so many as walk therein and are guided thereby for this I can say and my Conscience beareth me witness that I never preached nor declared any other Light to be the Way of Life then the true God and Jesus Christ which the Scriptures of Truth largely witness to be so as I have here proved and thou that say'st this God and Christ that lighteth all Men that the Quakers preach is a God that neither you nor your Fathers have known whereby you have manifested your gross Darkness and Ignorance both of the true God and Jesus Christ whom to know is Life Eternal and if I should say no more of this thy railing envious Piece of Confusion which thou and thy Brother Oddey have sent abroad you are largely made manifest to be in that State which you say the Quakers are in who preach another God another Jesus and are of another Spirit then what the Prophets and Apostles were of who said God is Light and Christ is the true Light that lighteth every Man that cometh into the World and this the God that thou say'st neither you nor your Fathers have known and I do tell you that I do believe that you speak Truth in that and do judge you out of your own Mouthes to be in their Steps that crucified Christ of whom he said These Things they do because they know not the Father nor me And this I can truly say notwithstanding all your railing Words and unsavoury Speeches concerning me I desire that the Lord may give you Repentance of your Abuses offered against Christ and his Appearance that so you may come to have the Benefit of his Request unto his Father Father forgive them for they know not what they do for I hope your Envy manifested against us and the Truth which we profess is more out of Ignorance then Wilfulness which if so I desâ—re the Lord may open your Eyes that you may come to see what you are doing of Page 3. thou say'st That thou offeredst to prove that the Quakers preached another Jesus and had received another Spirit and another Gospel then what was preached by the Apostles Rep. We acknowledge thou said'st so then and now tellest us as much in thy Book but thou didst not go about to prove it then neither hast thou done it now so that it is sooner said then proved and thy pittiful Shift to evaâ—e the proving of what thou hast promised is already in Print which was to ask us whether we owned the true Christ yea or nay to which then I did freely confess and have mâ—re largely now confest my Faith and Belief and Hope of Salvation to be in the true God and Jesus Christ whereby it appears thy Accusation against me and the rest of my Brethren is false and that you are the Men that preach another Gospel and are out of the Faith that was once delivered unto the Saints whose Faith stood in the Light and Power of God which was and is the Author of the true Faith and the Finisher in all those that continue therein which Faith gives Victory over the World and gives Power and Courage to follow the Lord as faithfully and confess Christ as openly in Times of Suffering and Persecution as in Times of the greatest Freedom and Liberty which Faith hath been made manifest by our Fruits to be in and amongst us ever since we have been a People whereby it appears that good Daniel's Spirit is revealed in amongst us who would not so much as shut his Windows to shun Persecution but prayed as openly as he did at other Times Page 3. thou say'st One of the Quakers said to a Friend of thine that the Body of Christ consumed in the Grave as others do And Francis why didst not thou set down the Name of that One thou speakest of whereby we might have known who it had been for until thou dost I do charge it upon thee as a false Accusation as knowing it to be none of us that said so neither doth it agree with our Principles and thou knowest that I have confessed otherwise in Print to thy Shame Again page 3. F. H. saith Although I have
mind what one of you one Henry Bostock an Apostate said to me God forbid that I should own such a God that hath Hands and Feet F. H. saith towards the latter end of this page There is but one living and true God Everlasting Without Body Parts or Passions c. F. H. pag. 11. towards the latter end That we never said that any Children before they were born or any else were in a state of Damnation till with Dives they lift up their Eyes in Hell J. O. pag. 16. lin 3. I speak of Children before they be born the same Scripture that prove them to be guilty of Original Sin proves them to be Children of Wrath and under Condemnation F. H. pag. 13. lin 13. My Friends may know for some time my Reading that Word no other then what is in the English Bible J. O. pag. 14. lin 14. I forgot not wholely the Contention with Mr. Houldcraft about the altering of the Reading from what it is ordinarily in our English Bibles Their Controversie stated here is little else but Fictions Which we have plainly made appear behold their Contradictions The Truth of what is here declared wee 'l certainly Maintain And turn your Cursed Forgeries upon your Backs again Shall Impudence with open Face thus act and not be blamed Who have thus with such foul Disgrace God's Glorious Light defamed Shall Forgeries be counted Zeal or Lyes upon us fall No no the Power of God we feel to Triumph over All Jacob Bakeâ— Here followeth a Testimony against the False Doctrines asserted by these Men who say that Children before they are born are Vessels of Wrath and under Condemnation because of their Fathers Sin which Judgment of theirs is here detected by the Scriptures of Truth and the contrary proved and their wresting the Scriptures discovered THis is the Testimony that God Almighty hath put into my Heart to bear with many more Brethren That God who is rich in Mercy and desires not that any should perish but that all might turn from the Evil of their Wayes and live that the Day of his Power is now in this our Day Age and Generation dawned and broken forth which John saw in the Vision of the Almighty when he was in the Spirit by which the Things of God were revealed unto him who said Rev. 14.6 I saw an Angel fly in the midst of Heaven having the Everlasting Gospel to preach unto them that dwell upon the Earth and to every Nation and Kindred and Tongue and People which Time is now come in which the Lord's Power and Holy Spirit moves upon our Hearts to preach the Word of Reconciliation unto all men which is according to the ancient Testimony of the Servants of God and Ministers of Christ which went before us whereby it appears according to the Scriptures of Truth that the Gospel which we preach is the same that was begun to be preached by the Lord Jesus and was confirmed by them that heard him 1 Tim. 3.4 For this is acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour who would have all men to be saved and come to the Knowledge of the Truth And this is the Gospel that the True Ministers now preach which is Glad-tidings unto all that are in their Sins That there is Mercy with the Lord for them all that they may be saved For Christ is come a Light into the World that whosoever believes in him should not perish And The Grace of God that brings Salvation appears unto all men to teach them to deny Vngodliness and whosoever bows to the Teachings of it shall be saved And as Christ stood up in the great Day of the Feast saying If any Man thirst let him come unto me and drink whereby it appears that God's Love is unto all Men and blessed be the Lord there is a Remnant whom God by the Light of his dear Son that shineth in our Hearts he hath brought us to see the same and hath inlarged our Hearts by Faith in his Power to publish Peace by Jesus Christ unto all Men whereby the VVords of Christ are fulfilled Joh. 3.14 As Moses lifted up the Serpent in the Wilderness so must the Son of Man be lifted up whereby the Folly of these Men is made manifest and their false Doctrines detected who would tye up the Love of God in Jesus Christ to but a few a certain Number of People now see Numb 21.9 whether that Serpent of Brass that Christ speaks of that was set upon a Pole was only for one or two Tribes of Israel to be healed by as these Men vainly imagine concerning the Love of God now manifested in Christ which they say is but for a few if so that was not a true Figure of the Love of God in Christ or there is a Shortness in Christ the Substance of performing to and for Man that which figured it out if these Mens Doctrines be true for it came to pass that if a Serpent had bit any Man when he beheld the Serpent of Brass he lived Now these Men will readily grant that all are bit or stung by the old Enemy of Man the Serpent that beguiled Eve in the Beginning but they have not so much Faith as to believe that there is Vertue enough in Christ to cure us all or if there be it is not intended for all let such Teachers hold their Tongues that are out of the Faith that was and is delivered unto the Saints and Ministers of Christ for they give an uncertain Sound and are but like sounding Brass and tinkling Cymbals who make a Din in Peoples Ears but do not reach to the VVitness of God in the Hearts and Consciences of Men and VVomen who have not received that Commission that Christ gave unto his Disciples Mark 16.15 who bad his Disciples go and preach the Gospel unto every Creature which Gospel was Glad Tidings to the poor and the opening of the Prison Doors to them that were bound and Light to them that sate in Darkness and in a word to give Knowledge of Salvation and of a Physician that hath Virtue in him to cure all Diseases that come upon Mans Heart and Soul because of Sin and this is freely tendered unto all Men that will believe in him and look unto him And now whereas these Men make a Noise about a State of Children being under Condemnation because of their Fathers Sins which Saying of theirs is altogether contrary to the Scriptures of Truth Jer. 31.30 And concerning Children Christ saith Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven and further saith Whosoever receiveth not the Kingdom as a little Child he shall in no Wise enter therein which Words do plainly imply Children to be in an innocent State and free from Sin and Evil for the Scripture saith Nothing that defileth can enter into God's Kingdom But J. O. having a Desire to prove Children Sinners before they are born he brings iâ— Eph. 2.3 Among whom also we all had our