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A54228	A testimony to the truth of God, as held by the people, called, Quakers being a short vindication of them, from the abuses and misrepresentations often put upon them by envious apostates, and mercenary adversaries.	Penn, William, 1644-1718.	1699 (1699)	Wing P1380; ESTC R220497	18,332	56

Letter whose Praise is therefore not of Men but of God And this Baptism Christ Preferred and Recommended at his Farewel to his Disciples in Reverence and Duty to whom to say nothing of the abuse of Water-Baptism we decline the use thereof Mark 1. 8. Luke 3. 16. John 1. 17. Acts 1. 5. Rom. 14. 17. Rom. 2. 28 29. 1 Cor. 1. 17. 2 Cor. 12. 9. VI. Concerning Breaking Bread c. BEcause we also disuse the Outward Ceremony of Breaking Bread and Drinking Wine which is commonly called the Lord's Supper we are therefore render'd Deniers and Contemners of the Lord's-Supper whereas the Inward and Spiritual Grace thereby signified viz. that Bread which came down from Heaven which Christ prefers to the Bread the Fathers eat in the Wilderness which did not keep them from Death and that Cup which he promised to drink a-new with his Disciples in his Father's Kingdom we not only Believe but Reverently Partake of to our unspeakable Comfort which is rightly and truly the Communion of the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ who said Except you eat the Flesh of the Son of Man and drink his Blood you have no Life in you John 6. 53 63. For 't is the Spirit that quickens the Flesh profits nothing It was also his Promise to all those that would open at his Knocks viz. That he would come in and Sup with them which Inward and Spiritual Coming we have both known and testified to feeling the blessed Effects thereof in our Souls and knowing the outward Breaking of Bread and Drinking of Wine in the way commonly Practised is no more than it is declared to be viz. An Outward and Visible Sign Why then should any contend about it and render us Unchristian for disusing what themselves allow to be but an Outward and Visible Sign And that none can reasonably believe to be an Essential Part of Religion as is the Bread from Heaven of which the Outward is at best but a Signification But the Wine that Christ promised to Drink with his Disciples anew is such an Essential that without it none have nor can have Eternal Life Mat. 26. 29. Mark 14. 25. John 6. 41 50 51 58 63. Rev. 3. 20. VII Concerning the Light of Christ BEcause we Assert the Sufficiency of the Light within it being the Light of Christ viz. That if Men live up to the Teaching thereof in all manner of Faithfulness and Obedience they shall not abide in Darkness but have the Light of Life and Salvation and the Blood of Christ shall cleanse them from all Sin Our Adversaries from thence conceive that we undervalue the Rule of Holy Scriptures and all outward Means as having no need thereof since we have such a Means and Rule within us and that this leaves us without any certain Rule and exposeth us to many Blasphemies c. Whereas the Light within or Christ by his Light inwardly Teaching was never taught by us in Opposition to or Contempt of any outward Means that God in his Wisdom and Providence affords us for our Edification and Comfort no more than did that blessed Apostle who said You need not that any Man teach you but as the same Anointing teacheth you all things and is Truth and is no Lye John 12. 46. 1 John 1. 6 7. 1 John 1. 2 27. VIII Concerning the Father the Word and the Spirit BEcause we have been very cautious in expressing our Faith concerning that great Mystery especially in such School Terms and Philosophical Distinctions as are Unscriptural if not Unsound the tendency whereof hath been to raise Frivolous Controversies and Animosities amongst Men we have by those that desire to lessen our Christian Reputation been represented as Deniers of the Trinity at large Whereas we ever believed and as constantly maintained the Truth of that blessed Holy Scripture Three that bear Record in Heaven the Father the Word and the Spirit and that these Three are One the which we both sincerely and reverently believe according to 1 John 5. 7. And this is sufficient for us to believe and know and hath a Tendency to Edification and Holiness when the contrary centers only in Imaginations and Strife and Persecution where it runs high and to Parties as may be Read in Bloody Characters in the Ecclesiastical Histories IX Concerning Works BEcause we make Evangelical Obedience a Condition to Salvation and Works by the Spirit wrought in us to be an Evidence of Faith and Holiness of Life to be both Necessary and Rewardable it hath been Insinuated against us as if we hoped to be saved by our own Works and so make them the Meritorious Cause of our Salvation and consequently Popish Whereas we know that it is not by Works of Righteousness that we can do but by his own free Grace is he pleased to accept of us through Faith in and Obedience to his Blessed Son the Lord Jesus Christ Heb. 5. 9. and 12. 14. X. Of Christ's being our Example BEcause in some Cases we have said the Lord Jesus was our great Example and that his Obedience to his Father doth not excuse ours but as by keeping his Commandments he abode in his Father's Love so must we follow his Example of Obedience to abide in his Love Some have been so ignorant or that which is worse as to venture to say for us or in our Name that we believe our Lord Jesus Christ was in all things but an Example Whereas we confess him to be so much more than an Example that we believe him to be our most acceptable Sacrifice to God his Father who for his Sake will look upon fallen Man that hath justly merited the Wrath of God upon his Return by Repentance Faith and Obedience as if he had never sinned at all 1 John 2. 12. Rom. 3. 26. and 10. 9 10. Heb. 5. 9. XI Concerning Freedom from Sin BEcause we have urged the Necessity of a perfect Freedom from Sin and a thorough Sanctification in Body Soul and Spirit whilst on this side the Grave by the Operation of the Holy and Perfect Spirit of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the Testimony of Holy Scripture we are made so Presumptious as to assert the fulness of all Perfection and Happiness to be attainable in this Life Whereas we are not only sensible of those humane Infirmities that attend us whilst clogged with Flesh and Blood but know that here we can only know in part and see in part The Perfection of Wisdom Glory and Happiness being reserved for another and better World John 8. 24 25. Heb. 13. 20 21. Heb. 6. XII Concerning Worship to God BEcause we say with the Apostle that Men ought to Pray Preach Sing c. with the Spirit and that without the Preparation and Assistance of it no Man can Rightly Worship God all Worship without it being Formal and Carnal From hence Ignorance or Envy suggests against us that if God will not compel us by his Spirit he must go without

Truth or Justice And because some that were convinced of God's Truth afterwards dishonoured their Profession thro' their Unfaithfulness to it and that some out of weakness perhaps may have improperly worded what they intended to say the whole Body of our Friends have been made Criminal and the Religion or Principles we profess have been condemned and represented to the World as Heresie and Blasphemy an Usage so unjust that doutless according to Lex Tallionis our Adversaries would think it intolerable to be so treated by us But as we desire not to render Evil for Evil our Great Bishop having taught us another Lesson and better Practices so we desire God Almighty to forgive our Causless Enemies for his Son's sake as we most freely and heartily forgive them Believing some may be zealously affected for their Educational Form of Religion and as zealous against us for our Separation and we are the more inclined to judge so because many of us were once in the same way and had such thoughts of those that were gone before us But it hath pleas'd the Father of Mercies to do by many of us as he did by Saul that Zealous though Mistaken Persecutor of the sincere Followers of Jesus Christ Acts 9. 3 4 5 6. For as we heard an unusual Inward but Powerful Voice so we also had a more inward clear and distinguishing Sight by the Illumination of that Light which was more than Natural and shined into our dark and sinful Hearts 2 Cor. 4. 6 7. Letting us see them as they really were in God's sight which naturally affected us with deep Sorrow and true Humiliation making us willing to be any thing he would have us be provided we might have some sense of his Love and Favour towards us And blessed be his Holy and Excellent Name we can without Vanity say generally speaking We were not disobedient to that Heavenly Vision Acts 26. 19. we had of Him our Selves the World and that Profession of Religion where we had our Education And since by that sight God gave us we saw he was Pure and Holy and that without Holiness none ever could or can see him to their Joy and that we were unfit to approach his holy Altar yea the whole World lay in Wickedness and that Profession of Religion where we had our Education was so far from having the Power of Godliness that for the most part it wanted the right Form from such therefore we had a Divine Authority to turn away 2 Tim. 3. 5. Which we did not in a vaunting Mind but with great Sorrow wanting to know where the Great Shepherd of the Sheep sed his Flock Can. 1. 7. For we desired to be not of those that turned aside from the Footsteps of the Flocks of the Companions Nor was it Affectation to Popularity Singularity or Novelty that induc'd us to a Separation but a fervent desire to know the Lord and the Work of his Translating Power upon our Souls being in earnest for Heaven tho' for it we lost all our Earthly Enjoyments Heb. 11. 14 15 16. In this solitary and seeking State it pleased the Lord to meet with us and gather us into Families or Religious Societies according to Psalm 58. 6. And tho' it hath been a dear Separation to us considering it cost us the loss at least of all things and the great Sufferings and Afflictions that have attended us in this despised Way which Men have call'd Heresie yet the Lord hath blessed us in it with the Enjoyment of his Blessed Presence to our unspeakable Joy and Comfort To conclude as it hath pleased the Lord to bless us in the way we have hitherto been helpt to walk in with that great Blessing which ushered in the Birth of our blessed Lord into the World viz. Glory to God Peace on Earth and good Will to Men So we earnestly desire the same upon all our Neighbours For though we may not be all of one Mind in some Doctrinal Parts of Religion we must