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A75767	Davids enemies discovered. VVho of him make songs, but without the Spirit and without understanding, as the drunkard did which he declares of in Psal. 69.12. Or, a true discovery of that custome and forme which the priests of this generation would make an ordinance of, to blind the eyes of the simple, as this priest Clapham: in his 6 arguments, which is here answered, / by us who suffer for the truth, whose names according to the flesh are [brace] Christopher Atkinson. George Whitehead. Also a brief reply unto Frederick Woodall's three principles and resolves; and with replies to his answers, to several queries propounded to him, that to the simple the truth may be cleared, from one who for the captivated seeds sake suffers now in outward bonds in Norwitch Castle, whose name in the flesh is Richard Hubberthorne.	Atkinson, Christopher.; Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.; Hubberthorn, Richard, 1628-1662.	1655 (1655)	Wing A4126; Thomason E830_10; ESTC R202144	16,205	23

which wo is unto Luke 6. 25. and not brought to the time of mourning and therefore farre from the day of salvation and the saints joy and there your singing is carnal and for condemnation and out of the true worship It hath been a duty practised not onely in the times of the law but by the people of God under the Gospell under the law we have the songs of Moses Deborah and Barack of David the sweet singer of Israel of Solomon who composed to the number of 1005 songs of Asaph and Heman and Habakuk c. Under the Gospell we read of the songs of many Simon Zachary of Christ and his Apostles singing an Himne after the Lords supper Mat. 26. 30. according as was the custome among the Jews who used to sing some of Davids Psalms the night wherein the passover was eaten as those who are skilld in their Customes write we read of Paul and Silas Acts 16. singing in prison also of the practice of the church of Corinth 1 Cor. 14. singing Psalms and in primitive before Antichristian Appostacy which was commonly practised as Phil. Tert. Just Martin Chrysost. testifie yea the very Heathens took notice of this practice and did write of it Pliny in his letter to Trojan the Emperour writes of the Christian Himnes Antelucanos morning psalms songs early in the morning will I praise thee c. Neither Moses nor Habbakuk who was servants of God nor any of the people of God did ever call singing a custome or practice neither did they ever give a company of silly blind people other mens conditions in time and meeter to sing but though Moses sang yet he knew the work of the Lord in his deliverance out of Egypt for which he praysed God but the work of the Lord is not known to thee and thy generation who draw people from the Light of Christ within and calls it naturall which doth enlighten every one that comes into the world and this is that which brings to witness their conditions who spoke forth Scripture and this is it which brings to witness salvation and redemption wherein the saints rejoyce and thou that calls this naturall doest not know the work of the Lord nor his redemption and there thy singing is without understanding and thou knowes for not what thou sings nor they that spook the scriptures did never compell a company of poor people who are dead in trespasses and sins to observe duties or outward observations as thou doest but saith Christ my kingdome comes not by observations but my kingdome is within Luke 17. 21. neither did ever any of the holy men of God go and hire with a people at such a place and toke such a sum of money of them for preaching neither did they go to a company of blind people and give them Davids conditions to sing in meeter as thou and thy generation do who say Let us sing to the praise and glory of God O Lord I am not pufft in mind I have no scornfull eye when thy are pufft in mind and scorns them that are brought to witness Davids and Habbakuks condition as quaking and trembling Hab. 3. 16. Psal. 2. 11. Jer. 5. 22. and in scorn calls them Quakers and they that sang after the Lords suppers did not call a little bread and wine the Lords supper or a Sacrament as thou doest which thou hast no scripture for and the Lords supper thou art not come to who act such things nor the bread of life didst thou ever tast of but thy singing and prayers and prayses is in the death and them thou bids sing to the prayse and glory of God who are dead in trespasses and sins when the dead cannot prayse God but the living neither can they that go down into the pit prayse him for praises are not comely in the mouth of the wicked and there thou art and Egypt is thy figure a Land of darknesse where Pharaoh rules and Moses thou art not come to and how can thou sing Moses song who art yet in Egypt but death rules in thee which hath passed over all men from Adam untill Moses and to maintain thy singing thou brings dead men as Pliny and other heathens like thy self who knowes not God nor his worship but would rest and pervert the scriptures to maintain thee in thy Customs and outward observations which thou hast no scripture for and makes a custome and trade of other mens conditions which thou hast nothing to do with as to cause people to sing lyes as when David roared they sing and where he trembled they sing and where he saith he watered his couch with tears they sing and say they do so and there thou art a leader that causes people to erre If this suffice not know there is expresse scripture command as well as examples and prophesies for this duty of singing of Psalms and that not only in the old but also in the new Testament Ephes. 5. 18 19. where the Apostle alluding to the Custome that drunkards have when they are filled with wine they have their songs so when Christians are filled with the wine of the spirit they should have their Psalmes Himnes and spirituall songs the Hebrews had 3 words whereby they divided Davids Psalms shurim tehillim mismorem to which three words here used by the Apostle Psalmes himnes and spirituall songs as we see Col. 3. 16. admonishing one another in Psalms and so James 5. 13. If any be afflicted let him pray if any be merry let him sing Psalmes it s spoken generally if any or whosoever is merry let him sing not that it is unlawfull to sing at other times for then it might be inferred it s not lawfull to pray but when one is sad mirth is the most prayer season in other places we read of singing when sad as David often and Christ a little before his suffering when his heart was sorrowfull and and Silas in prison Paul Thus you have express command for this duty The Apostle nor any of the holy men of God did ever command the world as thou doest to sing Psalmes neither did he ever give the world an example to make rimes of other mens conditions and sing them in meeter and though the Apostle saith to the Ephesians speaking to your selves in Psalmes and Himnes and spirituall songs singing and making mellody in your hearts to the Lord and such like to the Colossians yet this was not to the world but to the saints and faithfull Brethren Coll. 1. 2. neither did the Apostle bid the saints sing other mens prayers and cryes and complaints and lamentations as thou and thy generation do who bid people sing to the prayse and glory of God where David said thine arrows stick fast in me neither is there any rest in my bones my wounds stink and are corrupt I am troubled I am bowed down greatly I go mourning all the day long Psal. 38.

which is not worth mentioning with them comprehended and seen with the light to be all acted in thy filthy reason and Inventions which are stuffed up with so many lies and wresting Scriptures as thou art here disproved in So let shame cover thy face and deceive people no longer with thy dreames and lying divinations and customes and outward observations which thou hast no scripture for which here is plainly laid open to them who are not altogether blind therefore make no more Merchandise of peole through thy covetousnesse nor take peoples mony any more to maintain thee in thy deceits and filthiness but make restitution to them whom thou hast deceived and led in blindness and give them their money again which dishonestly thou hast taken upon them of whom thou hast made Merchandize for the sword of the Lord is drawn against thee and that generation thou art in and wo and misery is the end of your songs and your joy and your profession of God and Christ who are found acting those things he and all the holy men of God witnessed against The day of your trouble and torment and misery is coming upon you Wo wo to you pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture saith the Lord wo to you hippocrites and dissemblers who are acting in their stepps the prophets Christ and his appostles witnessed against and are filling up the measure of your fathers Iniquities ye false prophets and scribes and pharisees therefore stop your mouthes in the dust and never say you are Ministers of Christ and his Embassadours for your bottome and foundation is seen and tryed and your Customes traditions and practises are with the light condemned and humane is all your worship there who draw near unto God with your mouthes and lipps and your hearts farre from him every ones heart after his own gain and filthy lucre who teach for doctrines the traditions of men and there you keep poor people in blindnesse and makes a prey upon them and tell them of outward ordinances and duties and customes as this Priest Clapham wherein he is disapproved in his Arguments and his folly made manifest and so shall all yours who are of his generation who live in pride and covetousness and act those things ye have no scripture for who lead captive silly women laden with sins and iniquities led away with divers lusts everlearning never able to come to the knowledge of the truth but you shall proceed no further for your folly shall be made manifest to all men From us who are sufferers for the testimony of Jesus whose names according to the flesh is Christopher Atkinson George Whitehead Something in answer to the High Priest's Paper wherein he layes down 3 Principles and severall Resolves as he calls them wherein he goes about to resolve people that the light of Christ in the conscience and that which doth enlighten every one that comes into the world which light is Christ is natural and so to resolve them that Johns testimony of Christ is not true as it is written in John 1. 9. and doth deny Christs words to be true who saith he is the Light of the world John 8. 12. John 3. 19 20 21. and in John 12. 46. But in the light of Christ he is seen and comprehended yea the depth of his subtlety and confusion is here unfolded and his Paper answered from the light of Christ which he calls naturall but by it he is proved to be naturall and not to discern the things of God though he pronfesse himself to be a Minister but here his works are brought to the light and he by it is proved to be no Minister of Ghrist but a hater of the light as John 3. 19 20 21. The Priests 1 Principle THere are two Adams from whom all men are out of whose Loynes all men do come the 1 Adam is a Fountain of all Naturall good the 2 of that which is Spirituall and thou brings Scripture to prove it 1 Cor. 15. 2 22. Ephes. 5. 30. Gen. 2. 33. 1 Cor. 15. 45 46. Answer Art thou a teacher in England and is this the principles of thy doctrine to teach people that all men come out of the Loynes of the 2 Adams without distinction and that the first Adam is the fountain of all naturall good here in the presence of the Living God I declare thee and thy principle to be false for the first man is of the earth earthly the second is the Lord from heaven from whom is the fountain of all good out of the loyns of the first thou proceeds but not from the second and thy principle proceeds from thy ear●hly wisdome which is in the fall and cursed and here again thou may read thy principle with shame and confusion of face and repent before the Lord cut thee off as a deceiver who teaches for doctrine thy one conditions The Priests 2 Principall In thy second Principall thou speaks of two seeds and that the first Adam was not the looser of mankind but his seed and the 2 Adam was not the restorer of mankind as so but as his seed Answer I answer here thou art twining like the serpent to blind the eyes of people with thy lyes and doth cross the Scripture which thou thy selfe brings in the former principle 1 Cor. 15. 22. which saith as in Adam all dy so in Christ shall all be made alive and here thou denies Christ to be the restorer of mankind and here thou art dark and blind and preaches and writes against the end for which Christ came into the world but restauration by Christ we do witnesse and life from the dead and the seed of the promise we witness brought out of captivity by Christ and all who come to witness the same shall deny thee who denies Christ to be the restorer of mankinde The Priests 3 Principall In thy third Principall thou sayest the grace of life none is partaker of but the seed Answer Here thou crossest the Scriptures which saith the grace of God which brings salvation hath appeared unto all men and some turn his grace into wantonness and walke despitefully against the spirit of grace Titus 2 12. and that is not the seed which turns it into wantonness and walkes deceitfully against it for that is the seed which by grace is taught to deny all ungodliness and worldly lusts but it hath appeared to those who abuse it as thou dost who put forth these principles and here thy principles is found lies as thy Resolves are which follow thy Principles The Priests Resolves Now to resolve people that the light of Christ in the conscience is a naturall light thou sayest that the writing upon the heart of Gentiles is not new Covenant written but old so not of grace and Life but nature Answer I answer here thou resolves them falsely for the workes of the Law being written in their hearts this is not naturall which