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life_n	blood_n	flesh_n	meat_n	9,640	5	9.2298	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B06572	The Christianity of the people commonly called Quakers, asserted against the unjust charge of their being no Christians, upon several questions relating to these matters, wherein their Christian belief is questioned.	Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.	1693 (1693)	Wing W1914; ESTC R186518	3,976	18

And saith Christ The Bread of God is he that cometh down from Heaven and giveth Life unto the World I am that Bread of Life my Flesh is Meat indeed and my Blood is Drink indeed He that Eateth my Flesh and Drinketh my Blood dwelleth in me and I in him John 6. We believe that all who thus do truly partake of Christ by Faith are in true Communion and Love among themselves which they do want who are only in the outward Observation of Sign and Shadows Quest Do you own the Seals of the New Covenant Answ Yes as the New Covenant i● Spiritual so are the Seals thereof a● they may be termed proper to it and therefore we believe they stand not in any external Shadow Sign or Figure bu● in spirit and substance the Seals of the New Covenant which is inward and spiritual must needs be the Evidence Testimony and work of the Holy Spirit giving us assurance through Faith of our share and interest in that Covenant Se● what the Holy Scripture saith in this case see 2 Cor. 1.22 Who hath also sealed us and hath given us the earnest of th● spirit in our Hearts Ephes 1.13 After ●hat ye believed ye were sealed with the ●oly spirit of Promise And Ephes 4.30 And grieve not the holy spirit of God where●y ye are sealed unto the day of Redemp●ion Our Christian sense and belief in these Matters may be briefly summ'd up in ●hat follows viz. 1. We believe That the spiritual ap●earance and living enjoyment of Christ 〈◊〉 spirit is above all outward signs sha●ows or figures or a Remembrance on●y of him thereby And that Christ more ●learly discovers himself by his Spirit in ●he New Covenant than by any outward Representations in the Old or thereunto ●ppertaining 2. That the One Baptism of the Spirit ●s a Seal or Confirmation of the New Covenant to true Believers and of them ●n it and so is their spiritual Eating and Drinking with Him in his Kingdom a certain Assurance Seal or Evidence o● their Spiritual Communion with him and in him 3. As all outward shadows and figure were of a decreasing nature so there 〈◊〉 the substance thereof which they poin●ed at and wherein they ended thoug● the names given to the shadows wer● carried along to the substance also tha● it might the more plainly appear in Scripture how the shadows were fulfilled i● the substance Christ as in the Old Covenant there was outward Circumcision of the Flesh in the New there is th● inward Circumcision of the Spirit I● the Old there was divers Washings o● Baptisms Heb. 9.10 In the New the One Baptism of Christ in the Old the Feast of the outward Passeover kept with Unleavened Bread and other Feasts observed c. in the New Covenant Jesus Christ is our Passeover and the Feast is to be kept with Unleavened Bread of Sincerity and Truth and here the One Bread of Life is known and received 4. We do not read nor find in Scrip●ure that One outward Type or Sha●ow was a Type of another Type outward but always of the thing Typified ●r Shadowed forth which was the sub●tance and end of that Shadow or Type ●s may be shown at large if any under●ake to shew us any shadow or thing that ●s figurative in its own nature mention●d in Scripture which they suppose we ●annot shew the substance of under the ●ame Name or Title Quest Do you believe and own the Ho●● Scriptures contained in the Books of the Old and New Testament to be given by Divine Inspiration and to contain all Mat●ers of Doctrine and Testimony c. necessary to be believed and practiced in order ●o Salvation and Peace with God Answ Yes we do and by the assis●ance of the Grace and good Spirit of God which gives the true understan●ing of the mind of God and meaning Holy Scripture we alwaies desire to li●● in the Faith Knowledge and Practice them in all things appertaining to Li●● and Godliness Holy Scripture being gi●en by Divine Inspiration is profitable 〈◊〉 Doctrin Correction and Instruction th● the Man of God may be perfect th●…rowly furnished unto every good Wo●● able to make the Man of God wise u●●● salvation through Faith in Christ Jes●● Writ in behalf of the People of God c●●led QUAKERS by some of them