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A50679	An antidote against the venom of Quakerism, or, Some observations, on a little pamphlet, stiled, The Christianity of the people commonly called Quakers by John Meriton ...	Meriton, John, 1666-1717.	1699 (1699)	Wing M1816; ESTC R11247	24,688	49

Institution and Promise of Christ Acts 2. 38. Repent and be Baptized every one of you in the Name of Jesus Christ for the Remission of Sins and ye shall receive the Gift of the Holy Ghost How dare then any People or Society of Men slight or reject it He that despised Moses's Law died without Mercy of how much sorer Punishment suppose ye shall he be thought worthy who have trodden under foot the Institution of the Son of God and count it an indifferent or an Unholy thing doing despight to it inventing contemptible Names for it and even ridiculing the Administration of it Whether such ought to be called Christians I leave the unbyass'd Reader to judge and so proceed to the next Question p. 8. Quest Do you believe or own the Lord's Supper either as a Sign of the Love that Christians ought to have among themselves or as a Seal of the Saints Communion and Commemoration of Christ's Death for us or as Figurative of Christ's Body and Blood Spiritually receiv'd by Faith Answ The Supper of the Lord we Own and renderly Consider in a Twofold Sense 1. In the Figure 2. In the Substance 1. That our Lord Jesus Christ at his Supper with his Disciples did eat the Passover which was for the Fulfilling and Consummation of the Feasts under the Law see Luk. 22. And at this Supper he did Take and Minister Bread and the Cup to his Disciples for there was no Transubstantiation saying This do in Remembrance of me And said the Apostle As ●●st as ye shall eat this Bread and drink this Cup ye shew the Lord's Death till he come 1 Cor. 11. After this they did more clearly know his coming and Christ after the Spirit Jesus Christ in them 2 Cor. 13. 5. and 5. 16. 2. And Christ said to his Disciples I will not drink henceforth of this Fruit of the Vine until the Day I drink it new with you in my Fathers Kingdom Matth. 26. 29. And likewise of the Bread I will not any more eat thereof until it be fulfilled in the Kingdom of God Luk. 22. 16. And he further said I appoint unto you a Kingdom as my Father hath ap●ointed to me that ye may eat and drink at ●y Table in my Kingdom c. Luk. 22. 29 30. ●n these things we believe he spoke Mysteriously and that every Member of his Spiritual Church doth daily Spiritually partake of ●is Body and Blood by Faith c. OBSERVATION The Reader may here discern how by their deceivable Words and manifold Corruptions of the Scriptures these Horrid Impostors set themselves at work to Evade and make Null the Holy Ordinance of the Lord's Supper as Instituted and Administred in Bread and Wine which they deny to be now a standing Ordinance in the Church of Christ and to be practic'd by Christians The Supper of the Lord they own but how Not as now to be continued and preached for the breaking of Bread and drinking of Wine which we are commanded to do in remembrance of our Saviour's Body broken and Blood shed for us was but a Temporary Command and was to be continued no longer than till he came again As oft as ye shall eat this Bread and drink this Cup ye shew the Lord's Death till he come 1 Cor. 11. v. 26. but say they Christ is come already in them Ergo this Ordinance is not to be continued p. 9. After this they did more clearly know his coming and Christ after the Spirit Jesus Christ in them They interpret this passage of Scripture not of Christ's Outward and Personal coming at the Resurrection which as Hymeneus and Philetus 2 Tim. 2. 18. they say is past already but of that which is inwardly performed by the Spiritual Resurrection of Christ or the Light in their Hearts And they say that the Institution of the Lord's Supper was only to continue till that inward Coming or Forming of Christ in their Hearts which they have obtained as they blindly presume therefore they throw off the outward Supper But I would ask them Was not Christ formed in the Hearts of the Apostles to whom Christ gave his Holy Supper as much as in the Hearts of any of the best Quakers now in the World Was he not come Spiritually to Paul after his Conversion And before his Command above Quoted of continuing the practice of the Lord's Supper till his coming See A Discourse of Water-Baptism by the Author of the Snake c. p. 48. As also the Answer to Will Penn's Key p. 93 94 95 96. And did not the Apostles and the Primitive Christians partake of this Ordinance even after the Holy Spirit that Christ promised to send was come which they call the Second coming of Christ That they did so appears from Acts 2. 42 46. And they continued stedfastly in the Apostles Doctrine and Fellowship and in breaking of Bread and in Prayers And they continuing daily with one aecord in the Temple and breaking Bread Acts 20. 7. And the Disciples came together to break Bread And that the Second coming of Christ so called by them is not that coming here meant is further evident in that St. Paul and the Primitive Christians did not believe the giving forth of the Spirit to be the Second coming of Christ because it is plain they Believed and Expected him to come in a Personal Glorious and Visible manner Phil. 3. 20. We look for the Saviour who shall change our Vile Bodies and make them like his own Glorious Body That being one thing which will be done at that which we call Christ's Second coming And this his Second Personal coming St. Paul and and the Christians did look for because they were told Acts 1. 11. That the same Jesus should so come in like manner visible in his Body of Flesh and Bones as ye have seen him go in Heaven and as Christ himself shewed his Disciples Matt. 24. that his coming should be Glorious and Visible and St. John in Rev. 1. 7. saith long after the Spirit and Comforter was come Behold he cometh every Eye shall see him and they that Pierced him shall Mourn 1 Thess 4. 6. For the Lord himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout with the noise of the Arch-Angel and the Trump of God c. This may suffice not only to clear these Texts of their corrupt Perversions but also to Confirm and Satisfie the Reader of the Continuance or Perpetuity of this Sacred Ordinance of the Lord's Supper in his Church till his coming again in his Person to Judge the World And as to those other Texts 1 Cor. 10. 15 16 17. Rev. 20. Prov. 9. 4 5 Jo. 6. Pag. 10. not to mention that of St. Matth. 26. v. 29. Luk. 22. 16. 23. 30. in their Ninth Pag. which they offer to the View of the World I cannot discern or imagine to what end and purpose this is done unless it be to amuse the Reader abuse the Scriptures or Confute themselves I make

all I have said on this Head as well as to shew you how inconsistent Will. Penn is with himself see his Serious Apology p. 146. That the outward Person which Suffered at Jerusalem was properly the Son of God we utterly deny Quest Do you believe and expect Salvation and Justification by the Righteousness and Merits of Jesus Christ or by your own Righteousness and Works Answ By Jesus Christ his Righteousness Merits and Works God is not indebted to us for our Deservings but we to him for his Free Grace in Christ Jesus whereby we are Saved thro' Faith in him not of our selves and by his Grace enabled truly and acceptably to Serve and Follow him he is our All in All who works all in us that is well-pleasing to God OBSERVATION Now to unfold their meaning herein as is said before let us hear what their Approved Authors say I shall begin with Geo. Whitehead who in his Light and Life c. p. 16 blames us for laying so much stress upon the shedding of Christ's Blood p. 38. The Quakers says he see no need of directing Men to Jesus Christ or his Blood as it was outwardly shed at Jerusalem for Justification c. And p. 55. Where doth the Scripture say that the shedding of Christ 's Blood outwardly was the Meritorious Cause of Man's Salvation And in p. 64. It is false Doctrine to lay the Meritorious Cause or Stress of Justification upon the shedding of that Blood let out by the Spear And says Will. Penn in Conjunction with his Brother Whitehead in his Serious Apology p. 148. This indeed we deny viz. Justification by the Righteousness which Christ hath fulfilled in his own Person for us wholly without us And boldly affirm it in the Name of the Lord to be the Doctrine of Devils and an Arm of the Sea of Corruption which does now Deluge the whole World And says Geo. Whitehead in his Counterfeit Convert p. 17. 18. Printed 1694. That it is the Light and Life within in which is the immediate and efficient Cause of Man's Salvation and as for the Sufferings and Death of Christ in the Fresh they do but instrumentally Contribute thereunto And agreeable hereunto see Isaac Pennington's Questions to Professors c. p. 25. where there is this Question put Can outward Blood cleanse the Conscience c. Which tho' by way of Interrogation is a very plain and manifest denial of the efficacy of the Blood of Christ shed upon the Cross for Man's Salvation Again Thomas Lawson a thorow-pac'd Quaker in his Untaught Teacher p. 4. Printed 1655. tells you That you must not look for Salvation from any Means without For when his Opponent had urged that the Means that leads to Salvation is without Man he answers For all thy Profession thou art got no further than the Pope who talk of a Christ without Means of Salvation without as thou dost p. 5. Thou art a Foolish Builder seeking a Way to Salvation without thee If this be not the Mystery of Iniquity I know not what may be called so When you have thus compared them then Reader judge of the Sincerity of their Profession for as they thus undervalue the Righteousness and Merits of Jesus Christ purchasing Salvation for us so do they set up extol and magnifie their own Righteousness and Works like to their Brethren in the Church of Rome as will be made appear in the next Observation only in this they exceed all the Meritorious Boasts of those their Kindred in affirming that their Sufferings are Greater and more Unjust than the Sufferings in the Days of Christ His Apostles and Martyrs See Burrough's Works p. 273. Quest Do you believe Remission of Sin and Redemption thro' the Sufferings Death and Blood of Christ Answ Yes thro' Faith in Him as He suffer'd and died for all Men and gave Himself a Ransom for all and his Blood being shed for the Remission of Sins c. OBSERVATION Here their Profession seems to be very Orthodox but observe if we will give Credit to their Ancient and Approved Authors who pretended they wrote from the Mouth of the Lord it is still but Paint and Deceit for Remission of Sins or Redemption thro' the Sufferings or Righteousness of another is not by them believed See the Works of their Prophet and Son of Thunder and Consolation Edw. Burroughs p. 33. God doth not accept any where there is any Failing or who do not fulfil the Law and answer every Demand of Justice This Reader were there no other Instance confutes their Plausible Pretence to Justification and Remission of Sin by the Righteousness and Merits of Christ But for your further Satisfaction see W. Penn's Sandy Foundation p. 25. Justification of Persons is not from the Imputation of another's Righteousness but from the Actual Performing and Keeping God's Righteous Statutes Again see his Serious Apol. p. 148. Justification by the Righteousness of another or which is fulfilled for us in his own Person we boldly affirm in the Name of the Lord to be the Doctrine of Devils and an Arm of the Sea of Corruption which does now deluge the whole World Again once more see his Sandy Found p. 25 30. It is a great Abomination to say That he Christ having satisfied for our Sins we may be Justified by the Imputation of his perfect Righteousness and yet they tell you in this Pamphlet That he Died for our Sins and Rose again for our Justification when as ib. p. 31. W. Penn saith The Consequences of such a Doctrine i. e. Imputative Righteousness is both Irreligious and Irrational Again in his Serious Apol. p. 148. he tells you That Death came by Actual Sin not Imputative therefore Justification unto Life came by Actual Righteousness not Imputative Here Reader as G. Keith has well observ'd in his Abstract you may observe how far this contradicts his late Doctrine of Justification in his Primitive Christianity and late Creeds And why indeed should they believe Remission of Sins and Redemption thro' Christ's Sufferings and Justification by his Righteousness when as they believe themselves to be Perfect as God and Free from Sin First Perfect as God see G. Fox's Great Mystery p. 282. One said Surely they cannot be Perfect here or hereafter in Equality but only in Quality Fox answers Christ makes no Distinction in his Words but saith Be ye Perfect even as your Heavenly Father is Perfect and as He is so are We and that which is Perfect as He is Perfect is in Equality with the same thing which is of God and from God 2 dly They profess to be free from Sin as you may see in G. Fox's Great Myst p. 101. It is the Doctrine of Devils that preacheth that 〈◊〉 shall have Sin and be in a Warfare so long 〈◊〉 they be on Earth And p. 231. he says A●● who come to Christ the Second Adam they come to Perfection in the Life of God out of the First Adam p. 271. For who