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A34858 Gentle correction for the high flown backslider, or, A soft answer to turn away strife being a general answer (in few words) to some queries, and defamations thrown out by the furious spirit in some of the people called Quakers against the rationalls : with motives for their return to the witnesses that leadeth out of self into eternity / by him of whom the world is not worthy, known by the name of Roger Crabb. Crab, Roger, 1621?-1680. 1659 (1659) Wing C6737; ESTC R5017 2,360 6

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Gentle Correction FOR The High-flown Backslider OR A Soft Answer to turn away strife BEING A General Answer in few words to some Queries and Defamations thrown out by the furious Spirit in some of the People called Quakers against the Rationalls With Motives for their return to the Witnesses that leadeth out of Self into ETERNITY By him of whom the World is not worthy known by the name of Roger Crabb 〈◊〉 O back-sliding Children saith the Lord for I am married unto you and I will take you one of a City and two of a family and I will bring you to Zion Jer. 3. LONDON Printed by J. B. 1659. A generall answer in few words to some Queries propounded by Georg Salter one of the people called Quakers to the consideration of the Rationallists and in particular to Roger Crabb FRiend it seems in my Letter I appear in thy eye in much confusion And thou sayest I confute my self and my own principles And therein thou sayest true For to the eye that beholds confusion in another and lives in it himself to him I appear confused Also to him that lives in self I appear selfish and to him that lives in darknesse I appear as in the Clouds to him that is a murderer I appear as a murderer to him that lives in theft I appear as a thief and to him that lives in Adultery I appear as in Adultery And thou sayest I have confuted my self in setting up two powers and thou sayest true to him that lives under two powers I appear in two powers And to them that live in confusion I appear in confusion and all in true love to the pure Seed that is in Captivity and see it not that I by coming to them into Captivity might redeem them out of Captivity Therefore know this my friend whosoever thou art that thou canst not be-ly me for what thou imagin in the outward of me that I am without the Gate where all imaginations are And distinctions of names terms and forms and every earththing that will throw down other and set up it self in these few lines to the single eye there is a full Answer to all gain-saying ROGER CRABB The Tryal of Spirits O You my friends called Quakers Is the time of your tryal come have you measured such out as must be measured ●●ck to you again Must Caper-na-i-ham appear now above Mount 〈…〉 ah O you my friends Why is self too subtile for you Is not that self that reigns in some of you in furious out-rage and lying and false accusing Have not I prepared a body and brought it forth sounding out your plause and justification and according to my order he vindicated you with that wisdom and subtilty that I have prepared in him for the work of vindicating you against the world But now I having found you acting those things at one time which your Ministery condemns at another therefore I brought this body to try you and to let you see where you are and he has tried six of you and five of you are found lyars and false accusars four of you were found the last meeting at Wendover in lies and false accusations fury and rage and uttered from their own mouths That they had not patience to hear him speak their names are as followeth John Rance Fran●●● Rance Nicholas Noy Samuel Trone living at Wickham the 〈◊〉 is one John Sands a Smiths man of Uxbridge This I have charged them with and if they or any that belongs to them will ●ndertake to clear them I will prepare and bring that body which they call Roger Crabb to give them a meeting to make good the charge for although I granted them that he was guilt● as a body of flesh of my whole Law yet I do justify him that he stands clear before men and that no body of flesh on earth can ●ccuse him for any transgression no more then he can accuse himself and all bodies of flesh unto whom the Law was given O consider my dear friends Is this the honesty and righteousnesse that you have so much contended and suffered for that you must be beholding to walls and locks and strong bolts made by Art and the eys of people to keep it for you Have you not yet attained to that that will keep you pure in all temptati●●● which is able to keep you from thieving though you are attained in secret in the midst of all the treasure of the earth If vertue reigns King in you no fear can enter you nor no bur●●●● oppresse you no quarrelling or violence possess you for here is nothing but peace and love towards all which casts out all fear and jealousie Roger Crab● A Motive MY friends called Quakers Is the day now come which I have spoken of by the mouth of my Prophets that I will try you and prove you by a people that is not in self but in your imagination to be as your own thoughts are evil so do they appear to you therefore if there be any of the life that did create all pure in the beginning let it now begin in you to create all anew that the eye may see the dark clouds which yet remains of the old worlds sight for is not this the same in you that was in them even the old cursed unclean evil imaginations by which they did give forth all those railing accusations calling you whores and rogues blasphemers and deceivers and what were you not in their sights the evil eye being their sight therefore I command you to return quickly to that which you have wa●●●● others to turn to that in these things you may judge your selves and fall down quickly lest I arise as a Lyon to the prey and ren● you and shew your naked in parts to all that passe by these are to John Raince and to those in the same spirit J. ● Serious contemplation on the innocent estate of the dispised Rationalists ILlustrious souls more brighter then the morn Oh! how dark mortals greet you still with scorn Admiring at your homely sack-cloth dresse Hearbs Roots and every vegetable mess On which you live and are more healthy far Then Canibals that feed on lushious fare But how will you be their Aeternal wonder When you appear Bonarges Sons of thunder When you appear in Elohims strong power To throw down every formatt Babels-Tower And rend them all in pieces great and small From the high Quaker to ' th Episcopal Antichrist is out-witted so by you Down comes his Kingdom and the Devills too J. ● The end