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The Christianity of the people called Quakers asserted, by George Keith: in answer to a sheet, called, A serious call to the Quakers, &c. Attested by eight priests of the Church of England ... and affirmed by George Keith, or the new sworn deacon.
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Field, John, 1652-1723.
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Concerning the Scriptures ' Geo. Fox says as quoted The Scriptures are not Infallible nor Divine but Humane Note 〈◊〉 there are no such words in the place Cited altho' it is elsewhere notwithstanding the Attestation of the three Doctors and five Masters of Art and Rectors and G. K's Affirmation to the Truth as Cited However hear G. K. G. K 's Truth 's Defence p. 53. I Answer That not only the Old Testament but even the Writings or Letter of the New Testament may be called a Killing Letter to those that remain alienated from the Spirit that quickens even as Origen hath formerly Taught in his Commentary on Leviticus Not only saith he in the Old Testament is found the Killing Letter there is also in the New Testament the Letter which Killeth him who doth not spiritually attend unto the things which are spoken Now if any go from the Spirit that only makes the true Gospel Administration and set up the Letter or Writing of the Apostles in the room of the same these Writings of the Apostles do eventually become a killing Letter no less than that of the Law and can no more give Life or make Perfect than the outward Law could Ibid. 59. The Translations of the Scripture the which Translations are commonly called Scripture have divers Additions which Men have added without any pretence to Divine Inspiration The Letter or External Form of the Writing is not properly the Word of God 54. By the Word of God in the Scriptures is not understood the Letter but Christ 49. Thus far G. K. And will he now say Only the bare Writing or Characters consisting of Ink and Paper is properly the Word of God 47. and are Infallible Divine and not Humane If G. K. will now so assert let him Concerning Christ's Coming to Iudgment Is quoted G. W. as followeth Call What is the Glory of the Father in which Christ's Coming is Is it visible to the carnal Eye and ' where is that Coming to be Is it now to be looked for outwardly G. K. saith G K 's Rector Cor. p. 16. I do seriously and truly tell thee as I faithfully believe that Christ did locally Ascend upwards into the Heavens whence also he shall Descend at the time of the Restitution of all things And if G. K. hath Retracted this the Quakers see no cause to Retract nor yet to affirm that Christ's Coming is Visible to the carnal Eye Concerning Heaven and Hell Call There is none have a Glory and Heaven but within them And in Answer to this and what W. Penn saith hear G. K. saith Rector Cor. p. 14. This is no great Riddle nor Paradox to the least Child of the New Jerusalem Paul indeed was before in Heaven and so is every Regenerate Man Note If every Regenerate Man is in Heaven then he hath a Heaven within him or hath a Peace and Joy in him from Christ. at present Concerning doing Servile Work on the Lord's Day and the Moral Law We might wave till G. K. brought plain and express Scripture and proved by plain and express Scripture and in express Scripture Terms that the doing of any Servile Work on the 1st Day of the Week called here the Lord's Day is forbid and by express Scripture proves the 1st Day of the Week and none of the other Days is called the Lord's Day and that Christ is not the Life of a Christian or the true Christians Life and doth by express Scripture and in plain and express Scripture Terms prove that it 's an Article of Faith or Doctrine in common to be believed but he may expect some Quotations to that Head and seeing in this Sheet use is made of a Quotation out of an Appeal as it 's said out of a Quakers Book concerning the Church of England's Ministry we refer the Reader to a Sheet Intituled Mr. Geo. Keith's Account of a National Church and the Ministry of the Church of England and to the Animadversions thereon and also to the Book Intituled The Portraiture of Mr. Geo. Keith wherein it doth appear what Account G. K. gives concerning the Ministry of the Church of England and the Dissenting Ministry and let him now if he will own or deny them to be Heretical and Antichristian so far as they reflect upon the Persons of our Opposers and most Heretical From the foregoing and following Quotations it will appear what G. K's Belief was and the Quakers is concerning the Ten Articles 1st Concerning Infallibility G. K. saith G. K 's Truth 's Defence p 64. How unreasonable this Consequence is I leave unto sober Men to Judge as to Conclude because Men are * It 's supposed this should be Fallible Infallible that therefore the Dictate and Light of God's Spirit in Men is Fallible also Was not Peter Fallible in some Cases Yea Did not he fail sorely as well as G. K. when he denied his Master Doth it therefore follow that the Dictate or Light of God's Spirit in him was Fallible To say that they have no Infallible Spirit the plain English of which is that the Spirit of God and ' God himself is Fallible saith G. K. in his Presb. and Ind. Visible Churches p. 47. Concerning the Holy Scriptures and their being the Only Rule of Faith and Practice or to try Spirits c. G. K. saith Truth 's Defence p. 65. It 's no Repugnancy that one and the same thing be Superiour and Inferiour in different Respects and as it respecteth different Subjects But there is no necessity to understand the Dictate and Light of God's Spirit in divers Men to be Superiour and Inferiour when it Examines and is Examined for one equal may be a Measure or Rule to another yea one thing may be said to be a Rule unto it self according to that common Maxim or Principle Linea recta est norma sui Obliqui i. e. A right Line is a Rule of it self and also of that which is Crooked The Power of God is the Rule For none know truly the Scriptures p. 68. but they who know the Power of God and therefore that Power which is Life Light and Spirit is the more Principal and Original Rule Concerning the Trinity G. K. saith G. K 's Serious App. p. 2. The only Exception we have is against that Unscriptural Term or Phrase of Three Persons or a Trinity ' of Persons And therefore let all Men know G. K's Presb and Ind. visib Churches p. 58. to whose hand this may come That the People called Quakers never denied but on the contrary faithfully believed and do still faithfully believe whatever is Recorded in the holy Scriptures of that great Mystery to wit That God is One and that the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost is that One Only True and Living God the Creator and Upholder of all Concerning Christ and his Blood G. K. saith Ibid. p. 58. The Lord Jesus
Christ whom the Apostles preached that died for our Sins and rose again for our Justification is ascended and gone into Heaven is that alone Son of God and that his Body was Crucified and Buried did not see Corruption that the People called Quakers own G. K. saith farther Truth 's Defence p. 228. I grant neither our Souls nor our Vertues merit Heaven nor Redemption as Merit signifieth Equality But seeing God hath counted our Souls so dear as to give so great a Price for them as the Blood of his dear Son they may at least be said to have some Dignity or Worth which is to say Merit in them otherwise God would never have given so great a Ransom for them if the Souls of Men in respect of their Nature and Being had not been of great Value which is all I understand by the word Merit as used by any of us Concerning Baptism and the Lord's Supper G. K. saith of their Two Sacraments called Baptism and the Supper G. K's Prseb and Ind. visit Chuhches As for the Term or Word Sacrament it is no where to be found in all the English Translations of the Bible received among Protestants neither is there any Word either in the Hebrew or Greek that doth properly answer unto it unless they will Translate the Greek Word that signifieth Mystery to signifie a Sacrament as the old Latin hath it in Eph. 5.32 Hoc est magnum Sacramentum i. e. This is a great Sacrament For which our English Translation readeth more properly This is a great Mystery But if Sacrament signifie Mystery then there must be as many Sacraments as Mysteries p. 179. As for Infants-Baptism and Sprinkling a Child of Eight Days or more or less on the Forehead and call it Baptism it hath no footing in all the Scripture neither of Precept nor Practice as will easily appear by considering the places of Scripture they cite for it as Heb. 9.10 to 22. Gen. 17.9 we find neither Command nor Practice in all the Scripture nor was the Practice of Baptizing Infants in use for an Hundred Years and more after the Apostles days among Professors of Christianity Ibid. p. 182. And as for Water-Baptism in General We say It did only properly belong to John's Ministry and Dispensation and is expresly contra-distinguished from the Baptism of Christ both by John and also by Christ himself And if any were Raised up by the Lord as John was and could prove and instruct their being sent to Baptize with Water as he was these to whom they should be sent ought gladly to Receive it but to do it by bare Imitation or a meer pretended Call which they cannot prove to be either Mediate or Immediate is great Presumption yea Superstition and to call that a Command of God which he hath given them no Command to Practice ☜ is to set up the Precepts of Men in the Room of God's Commandments as the Pharisees did of old and is a taking of his Name in vain for which he will not hold them Guiltless And they can never prove by all their Art and Skill that Water-Baptism is Commanded by Christ Mat. 28.18 19. ☜ For all God's Commands and Precepts especially of Publick Institution relating to the Church are express in so many express Words and are not left to be gathered by uncertain and doubtful Consequences p. 183. When God sent John to Baptize with Water Water was expressed but in the Apostle's Commission to Baptize no mention is made of Water nor no words of institution commanded to be used p. 185. We grant that Christ had an outward Supper with his Disciples when he did eat the Paschal Lamb with them and this was a real Supper and not like that which ye now use that is neither Substantial Supper nor Dinner being only a little Crumb of Bread scarce so big as a Nut and a Spoonful of Wine or two which hath little outward Substance and no Inward and Spiritual Signification unto you your Supper is a meer Shadow and none of Christ's Supper nor of his Institution With much more Concerning the Resurrection In the said Sheet it 's said They that is the Quakers deny the Resurrection of the Body after Death G. K. saith G. K 's Serious Appeal p. 9. By W. Penn's words it is clear to prove the contrary of a Carnal Resurrection G. K. also saith Presb. and Ind. visib Churches p. 227. 228. That they i. e. the Quakers Deny the Resurrection of the Dead This is also a most false Charge which they can never prove But because we deny their Carnal Conceptions of the Resurrection and hold us to Scripture-words which is most safe therefore they have so be-lyed us And for the more Satisfaction of the Reader I refer him to a little Book called The Principles of Truth published by some noted Men of the Quakers in which Book it is expresly Affirmed That we to wit the Quakers believe That the same Body which is laid down shall be Raised up at the Resurrection of the Dead as much as a Natural Body can be the same with a Spiritual Body or an Earthly Body can be the same with a Heavenly Body according to the Scripture's Testimony It is sown Natural but raised Spiritual and the Glory of the Heavenly is one and the Glory of the Earthly is another and this may satisfie any sober Inquirer And Paul writing concerning the Resurrection of the Dead saith That is not first which is Spiritual but that which is Natural or Animal and afterward that which is Spiritual 1 Cor. 15.46 And vers 49. As we have born the Image of the Earthly we shall bear the Image of the Heavenly Concerning that called the Sabbath The Posts also saith Ser. Call They the Quakers do allow doing Servile Work on the Lord's-Day G. K. saith Presb. and Ind. visib Churches p. 190. 191. Concerning that ye call your Christian-Sabbath which ye say is the First Day of the Week but ye bring no sober Proof for any such Change and the Scriptures ye cite say no such thing as Gen. 2.2 3. Rev. 1.10 Exod. 20.8 10. Mat. 5.17 For that outward Sabbath that was enjoyned unto them was a Sign and Figure And when the pure Gospel and Christian Dispensation did take place all these Figurative and Shadowy Sabbaths were changed to the Substance and that Substance or Body is Christ according to Col. 2.17 With much more on this Head And now hear G. K. farther in his Preface to his Serious Appeal Concerning the Quakers Preface to Serious Appeal It never yet hath been proved nor ever will be i. e. That the Religion professed by the sincere and ' faithful People called in scorn Quakers is either Paganism or any other thing than real Christianity Concerning the Quakers Preachers and Publishers of their Doctrine G. K. saith Serious Appeal p. 7. The People called Quakers and these most generally owned by them