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An anti-christian conspiracy detected, and Satan's champion defeated being a reply to an envious & scurrilous libel without any name to it, called, Work for a cooper : being also a vindication of my book, entituled, The antiquity of the Quakers ... / by me Thomas Wynne.
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succes l. 6. The Plow-man's Complaint Lord thou gavest us a Command of Truth in bidding us say Yea yea and Nay nay but Lord He Pope that calls himself thy Vicar on Earth hath broken the Commandment so makes a Law to compel men to Swear John Wickliff our famous Country-man in the time of Edward the 3d and Richard the 2d Book Mart. vol. 1. p 554. to 558 was accused among other things for maintaining That All Oaths made in any Bargain or Contract between man and man are unlawful William Thorp an eminent man of the Christian Church refused to swear upon a Bible Because said he a Book is nothing else but divers Creatures of which it is made Book Mart v. 1 p. 701. and such Swearing is ever Unlawful Elizabeth Young at her Examination in Queen Mary's days before the Catholick Inquisitors so called who coâ—manded her to Swear as followeth Dr. Martin Thou shalt be rack't inch-meal thou Tâ—aiterly Whore and Heretick but thou shalt Swear before a Judge before thou go Eliz. Young I understand not what an Oath is and therefore will take no such thing Dr. Martin She refused to Swear upon the four Evangelists Book Mart. vol 3. pag. 510.911 for I my self and Mr. Plussey have had her before us four times but we cannot bring her to swear Then said the Bishop Why wilt thou not swear before a Judge Eliz Young My Lord I will not Swear that this Hand is mine No said the Bishop and why Eliz. Young Christ saith that Whatsoever is more than Yea Yea or Nay Nay cometh of Evil. The Christian Protestants in the Valley of Piedmoâ—t who were cruelly tortured to Death by the Papists about the year 1655. one Article alledged against them was Marol Hist p. 217 218. That they believed it was not lawful to Swear any thing be it true or false Erasmus in his Commentaries on Matth. 5. James 5. plainly forbids All Swearing There are several Testimonies of John Husse Jerom of Prague William Swinderley Walter Brute William Sawtry William White who were famous men in their time that refused all Swearing Behold Reader how our Protestant Libeller is apostatized from the first reformed Protestants I might have quoted many others of the famous Fathers and worthy Protestant Reformers who gave their Testâ—mony against all Oaths And here 's a Superstructure built upon the good Foundation Christ Jesus and it s in vain for my present Opposer or any other to bring up Circumcision the Blood of Beasts or Oaths which were allowed in the first Covenant but disannulled and prohibited in the second for no other Foundation can be laid that will stand but that which is laid even Jesus Christ whose heavenly Spirit which doth enlighten everyone that comes into the World hath appeared in Power and great Glory which hath brought a Remnant so far in Obedience to his blessâ—d Command that they dare not Swear at all Had he any Ingenuity or Sense he had never been so silly as to think that Quaking and Trembling were enough to denominate a just or good man by Libeller pag 9 yet is so fond of the Conceit as if there were no other way possible to get to Heaven but this and might as well have affirmed that to be Surly and Churlish Ignorant and Singular Envious and Vnmannerly Dissembling and Hypocritical had been the only way to please God and the certain Character to know the Inspired and Heavenly-minded by Rep. Reader I shewed thee before how he had charged me in p. 4. of his Book with this Falsity of thinking that Quaking and Trembling was enough to prove a man's being beloved of God and now he renews the Charge though it be a Lye and accounts me silly for thinking that which I never did think nor had he ground to think I ever did he farther says I am so fond of the Conceit as if there were no other way possible to get to Heaven By this it seems he thinks to get some other way to Heaven which indeed is a Contradiction to his own Confession pag. 4. for he saith there That till he had mortified his Affections and Lusts he ought to work out his Salvation with Fear and Trembling A gross Contradiction Nay to contradict himself more grosly he adds That I might have as well affirmed that to be Surly and Churlish Ignorant and Singular Envious and Vnmannerly Dissembling and Hypocritical c. were the Way to Heaven What can be expected from such a wicked man as this who one while sayes That till he hath mortified his Affections and Lusts he ought to Fear and Tremble yet soon after in contradiction sayes It were as well for me to affirm Dissembling and Hypocrisie to be the way to Heaven and the certain Character to know the Heavenly-Minded and Inspired by Oh Impious and Wilful Man But before I close up this Chapter concerning Quaking and Trembling with tenders of pure Love I offer for further clearing of the Point these following Testimonies besides what I have hinted already Job 21.6 When I remember I am affraid and Trembling takes hold on my Flesh Psalm 2.11 Serve the Lord with Fear rejoyce with Trembling Psalm 55.5 Fearfulness and Trembling are come upon me and Horrour hath overwhelmed me Psalm 99.1 The Lord Reigns let the People Tremble Psalm 119.20 My Flesh Trembles for fear of thee and I am affraid of thy Judgments Jer. 5.22 Fear ye not me saith the Lord will ye not Tremble at my Presence Ezek. 12.18 Son of Man eat thy Bread with Quaking and drink thy Drink with Trembling These with many more I quoted in my Book called The Antiquity of the Quakers which in particular he meddled not with yet in the general contradicts them and says pag. 6. They are clearly for other Purposes and quite of other Meanings than I intend them for But if all were true that he hath said then I had missed it indeed but it s his only saying so for he hath yet not proved either other Purposes or Meanings they have Now if Quaking and Trembling were not to be known in the way to Heaven as he wickedly insinuates and that I might as well affirm Dissimulation and Hypocrisie to be the way then in vain was all the Quaking and Trembling of these â—oly Ancients and what hath he done less than Blaspheme in this his Assertion And let him and all his Adherents know that since mans unhappy fall Edens Garden is beset with a flaming Sword which guards the Tree of Life that none can come at it but through Death and this was the Sword which pierced the Bowels of all the holy Ancients and divided between the Joynts and the Maâ—row this was it that made Job to cry out His Bowels burned and his Bones were dryed up with Heat this was it that made David cry and roar untill his Skin was parched upon him yea untill he was become like a Kettle in the Smoke this was it that made Jeremiah
see the Unsoundness of this his Argument Then he goes on thus Then Isaac it seems was not beyond the possibility of a mistake Libeller p. 6. which Quakers affirm they are not subject to Rep. This is an absolute Forgery for the Quakers do not attribute to themselves any priviledge above others but as they are led and guided by the Unerring Spirit and Power of God within and because we have by true experience found it to be the only thing that keeps out of Mistakes we commend all others to the Guidance of it He tells That those People mentioned in the 9th of Ezra were the Quakers Meeting Libel p. 7. It s well he did not say at Holy VVell or Cayrwis Reply There 's nothing in all this that doth invalid my Testimony with any sober man that will read my Quotations but if I had said it had been at Hollywell or Caerwis then I had been like unto him But it seems the Quakers Meetings there do seem to trouble him but he tells nothing of other Meetings neither at Hollywell nor Caerwis viz. on their Sundayes at their Service time great Meetings of Men and Women with Fidlers to Revel and Roar Swear Dance and Sing yea the same up and down the Country and Morricedances WaxeÌ„s Enterludes Foot-ball Nine pins and Tennis c. And if my Adversary be William Jones as many say he is his Practice without wronging of him may certainly be brought under this Character and I would advise him if he do not think it scorn to take it not to think that God will be served with such Rejoycing As for his quoting the 6th Verse of Ezra 9. it makes much for me as any impartial Reader will find if he examine mine and his Ezra does most evidently acquit himself of the Charge for he arose and made all the Chief Priests and Levites to swear c. Hear him further he says Libel p. 7. That Ezra was a Quaker yet he dares not forsooth do what that Quaker did though but according to Law he would perswade us that all Quakers are guided by the same Spirit how then come they so much to disagree Ezra and all Israel did Swear but our Wise Man of Gotham is endued with a greater Light c. then most certain it is that these Israelites were no true Quakers nor these Quakers no true Israelites Rep. This still shews the man as ignorant of the two Dispensations viz. of the Law and Gospel as what he said before shewed him a Stranger to the two States and two Seeds spoken of already and as ignorantly he mentions a Disagreement between those Israelites who were true Quakers that swore then and these Israelites after the Spirit who are true Quakers but will not Swear now for those Israelites were under the Covenant of Circumcision made their Offerings with the Blood of Bulls and Goats c. and did it by God's Appointment and by the Assistance of God's Spirit but under the Gospel-Dispensation Christ Jesus disannulled all these he saith Swear not at all and the true Israel who are Quakers are guided by God's Eternal Spirit now not to swear at all and there 's no such disagreement between us and the Israelites of old as my Antogonist would fain insinuate and he might as well seek to bring us under all the Bondage of the first Priesthood as under that of Swearing for Christ hath as strictly forbidden Swearing as he did the rest of the Shadows and Ceremonies of the Levitical Priesthood as may appear plainly Mat. 5. It hath been said by them of old Thou shalt not Forswear thy self but shalt perform to the Lord thine Oaths This Text of it self is enough to prove all Swearing to be unlawful under the Gospel-Dispensation notwithstanding that under the Law an Oath was to end Strife yet Christ in his Prohibition did as perfectly forbid this as he did the other Points which he treated of in the same Chapter The common Objection is That he only Prohibited Vain Oaths Answ Thâ— words themselves fully import that it was the Oaths allowed of by the Israelites Patriarchs and Prophets for they were the Men which Christ Jesus quoteth which of old said Thou shalt not Forswear thy self but perform to the Lord thine Oaths Mark here was of old an Allowance to Swear and Perform But to all those that say That the Oaths there mentioned to be performed were Needless or Vain Oaths I answer The Oaths there to be performed were the Oaths which were to be sworn in Truth in Righteousness and in Judgment therefore certainly the Oaths before a Magistrate and not Vain Oaths for it would be Absurdity to say that Christ or the holy Ancients did impose vain Oaths to be performed therefore it was the Solemn Oathes before the Magistrate which is clearly proved by these and other Examples in that Chapter as one which Christ quoteâ— from the same Law Moses said he because of the Hardness of your Hearts gave a Bill of Divercement but I say unto you that he that puts away his Wife except for Adultery Mark here he make an Exception Except for Adultery Now if the Oaths beâ—ore-mentioned that he prohibited had been only vain Oaths he fore-seeing what Controversies would arise about them as well as about putting away Wives would cerâ—aâ—nly not have left his People in the dark in so important or weighty a Matter but would in this Case as well as in the other abovesaid have said Swear not at all Except when lawfully called before a Magistrate The Apostle is very positive James 5. Above all things Swear not neither by Heaven Earth nor any other Oath lest ye fall into Condemnation But because we are thought singular in this Point read the following Testimonies of Fathers and Protestants who denyed all Oaths as well as we Polycarpus who was said to have been Disciple to John one of the Apostles who at his Death was bid to Swear and Defie Christ c. he said Euseb Eccles Hist lib. 4. cap. 14. Fourscore years have I served him yet he never offended me in any thing Further said I am a Christian Peter Martyr a famous man was of his mind Apol. 2. pro Christianis ad auten pium oper pag. 63. Chrysostom on Gen. Hom. 15. He being a famous man in the Church saith A Christian must flee Oaths by all means Further he saith ' It is not lawful to Swear neither in a Just nor Unjust Thing for to Swear said he is of the Devil seeing Christ said Whatsoever is more than yea yea nay nay cometh of Evil. This Chrysostom was Overseer of the Church at Constantinople Augustine de Sermone Domini Serm. 28. It is not lawful for a Christian to Swear when an Oath is required of him Thâ— antient Waldenses who were Protestants denyed the taking any Oaths and Bishop Vsher took their part against Papists who were Swearers Vid. Baron ann 1310. Jo. Wald. adv Wickliff Wald de