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A44837 The antipathy betwixt flesh and spirit in answer to several accusations against the people called Quakers / by Richard Hubberthorne. Hubberthorn, Richard, 1628-1662. 1656 (1656) Wing H3221; ESTC R6706 7,403 10

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THE ANTIPATHY BETWIXT FLESH and SPIRIT IN ANSWER TO SEVERAL ACCUSATIONS Against the People called QUAKERS By Richard Hubberthorne London Printed for Giles Calvert at the Black Spread-Eagle neer the West end of Pauls 1656. The distance between Flesh and Spirit c. THis is the word of the Lord to all people as I am moved of the Lord to clear the scandals and false accusations cast upon the righteous seed and as the seed of God in all generations hath suffered reproaches from the world so now the same seed where it is brought forth suffers by this generation of evil doers and is afflicted and tormented and shamefully accused now in England whom you call Quakers and you say we deny all the Ordinances of Christ and you say we do not honour the Magistrates nor are subject unto authority but are disturbers and breakers of the peace which is false The first Accusation You say we deny Repentance Answ. And this is false for Repentance is the gift of God and this gift we have received and his free Grace which teacheth us to deny all ungodliness and worldly lusts Tit. 2. 12. And by Repentance have forsaken sin as it was discovered to us by the light of Christ which he hath enlightned us withall and so the mercies of God we have found according to his promise and are sent of the Lord to preach Repentance to all people who would have all men come to repentance and to the acknowledgement of the truth that they might be saved 2 Tim. 2. 25. And with the word of the Lord as they are moved of the Lord do many go now with this Doctrine into your Streets into your Markets into your Synagogues and into your Cities to call you to repentance before the wrath of the Lord come upon you both sons and daughters now are sent to preach this doctrine amongst you from the Lord and for obeying the Lord herein are they reviled by you and persecuted and falsly accused and this is left for a testimony against you from the Lord and shal bear witness against you The second Accusation is That we deny baptism Answ. The baptism of Christ we own which all the Saints were baptized into which was by one Spirit into one body as in 1 Cor. 12. 13. and by this baptism we do witness the washing away of sin not onely the washing away the filth of the flesh but the answer of a good conscience towards God But sprinkling of Infants we deny which there is no Scripture for And all you who from your imiginations do imitate Iohns baptisme and so go into the water and say You are believers and have right to the Ordinances of Christ but you to be believers we deny who are not yet come to Repentance and your water-baptism which is but an imitation from the Letter for the Lord never sent you forth nor commanded you neither to preach nor baptize as they did whom you go about to imitate who are not yet come to repentance nor to the first Principle of the Doctrine of Christ not to own the light of Christ in your consciences which should exercise them and lead you to wait upon God and lead you to repentance and the faith of believers you know not for the mystery of faith is held in a pure conscience 1 Tim. 3. 9. which you cannot witness which hates the Light of Christ which should exercise your consciences and so your mindes and consciences is defiled and with that minde you talk of faith and of the Ordinances of Christ and of water-baptism which serveth unto us for a figure as the Apostle saith 1 Pet. 3. 21. And Jesus Christ was baptized by Iohn by water that he might fulfill all righteousness Mat. 3. 15. And Iohn was a Prophet and Christ is the end of the Prophets and Iohns baptism was but a figure for he said He did but baptize with water but Christ is the end of all figures types and shadows and did fulfil them for he fulfilled all Righteousness and Iohns Ministery and Iohns Baptism and he that fulfilled all Righteousness the same baptizeth which Iohn did bear witness unto and all men came unto him John 3. 16. but hee baptized none with waeer but this is a mystery to thy dark minde which knows not the baptism of Christ nor Iohns Doct●ine nor Jesus Christ the true light which enlightneth every one that cometh into the world which Iohn bare witness unto Ioh. 1. 9. but goes to hold up the types and figures which Christ came to fulfill and so denyest Christ to be come in the Flesh to fulfill all Righteousness and so thou art an Antichrist who holds up the figures which Christ came to fulfill and so thou denies the Scriptures and Christ who said he came to fulfill all Righteousnesse and the Saints baptism thou art ignorant of which is by one Spirit into one Body 1 Cor. 12. 13. And Paul who was a Minister of Christ and preached the Gospell did bring many into this baptism and he was not sent to baptize with water but to preach the Gospell and all the Churches which he preached unto came to witness Christs Baptisme with the Holy Ghost and with Fire by one Spirit into one Body and was baptized into Christ who was the Head of the Body Rom. 6. 3. and by this baptism we are thus washed from all filthiness of Flesh and Spirit but your imitated baptisme of Water we deny who live in your filthiness of Flesh and Spirit whose mindes and Consciences are defiled but the baptism of Christ we own which purifies our Consciences from dead works and keeps our minds undefiled by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost Tit. 3. 5. The third Accusation is That we deny the Sacrament which is an Ordinance of Christ Answ. For the word Sacrament there is no such Scripture which speaks of a Sacrament therefore we do deny you and your Sacrament and your bread and wine which is carnall and feeds the carnall which must die and your Communion is in that which is carnal in the creatures and Drunkards and Swearers have fellowship together with you in those things and all Lyars Covetous ones Prophane and Idolatrous ones eats of the bread and drinks of the cup and sits at the Table which is the Table of devills and this is your Sacrament which stands without in carnal bread wine and feeds the carnal which oppresseth murders the seed of God within you you say Christ hath left that as an Ordinance for you to practise which is false which we deny but the Supper of the Lord we own The Cup of blessing which we bless is it not the Communion of the blood of Christ and the bread which we break is it not the Communion of the body of Christ for we being many are one bread for we are all partakers of that one bread 1 Cor. 10 16 17 21 22. And this is the bread