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A50258	An instrument from that little stone cut out of the mountain without hands, to help to break in pieces, that great image which Daniel mentions, Ch. 2. whose feet was part iron and part clay. Or, A few queries written to satisfie the chief preacher in the independent church in Bedford, who desired the author to write unto him, what proofs he had for a woman's speaking in the church He being concerned that so many of his hearers should leave him to go to hear Margaretti Everard declare what God had done for her soul, the 17th day of June last at my dwelling in Bedford. Published for the information of all professors in religion, that are part strong and part weak (as the feet of the said image) ... That they may no longer (like the harden'd Jews) expect another grace or saviour, (that is) a restranining grace that shall force them out of their sins. Poor hearts! who has taught you, that God will except of forc'd love, when men doth not esteem such love each to other. By William Mather, ... .	Mather, W. (William), fl. 1695.	1694 (1694)	Wing M1284B; ESTC R221849	8,977	11

Can any man now preach better Doctrine and was it not a woman that published Christ's Resurrection 22. Did not Luther affirm That every good Christian not only Men but even Women also is a Preacher 23. How darest thou preach against pride when most of you seek as much as you can to promote pride for do not you uncover your heads bow and bend oftener to a fine long Tower or Top-knot than to God Doth not such worshipping Images make the proud hearts more puff't up with pride making those Idols deck themselves the finer next time if they can that they may be the more worshipped and bowed unto You calling men frequently Sir Sir at every turn to flatter them though mean in the world and the women Mistresses to flatter when you have read Joh. 5 44. How can you believe that receive honour one of another and against flattering Titles Job 32.21 22. 1 Thess 2.5 And to call no man Master that is not really your Master But you can twist these Doctrines of Christ to serve self-interest as you do that Doctrine of not swearing at all Matth. 5.34 James 5.12 and others being out of the true Faith that 's without respect of persons James 2.1 2. 24. Was Franciscus Lambertus in the right or no who writes But above all things be carefull thou follow not the manner of Hypocrites who have written almost more by word what they are to say as if they were to repeat some Verses upon a Theatre have learned all their Preachings as they do that act Tragedies or Plays and afterwards when they are in the place of Prophesying pray the Lord to direct their Tongues but in the mean time shutting up the way of the holy Spirit they determine to say nothing but what they have written O unhappy kind of Prophets yea and truly cursed which depend not upon God's Spirit but upon their own Writings or Meditations Why prayest thou to the Lord thou false Prophet to give thee his holy Spirit by which thou mayest speak things profitable and yet thou repellest the Spirit Why preferrest thou thy Meditation or Study to the Spirit of God otherwise why committest thou not thy self to the Spirit Again saith he The Sheep of Christ seeketh nothing but the Voice of Christ which he knoweth by the Holy Spirit wherewith he is fill'd he regards not learning Tongues or Languages † To make a Minister for that avails not or any outward thing so as therefore to believe this or that to be the Voice of Christ his true Shepherd he knoweth that there is need of no other thing but the Testimony of God's Spirit c. Tract 5. Prophecy Chap. 3.24 And doth not Dr. Everard an Independent write the only method that holy Men of old observed was to speak as they were moved by the Holy Spirit 25. Whether or no are not such Teachers gross Hypocrites that at the end of their Worship say to their Hearers I commit you to God's Grace when they intend no such thing for if their Hearers chuse God's Grace in themselves for their chief Guide and only Teacher and by the help thereof come to forsake the Devil and all his Works the Pride and Vanity of this wicked World throwing by those hellish Towers from the Womens Heads These vain Teachers will be the first that will mock them and it may be tell them you are going to be a Quaker and that they think is the odiousest name they can give them little considering what these Teachers forced poor Men and Women calling them Godfathers and Godmothers to Promise and Vow for Infants that they shall forsake the Devil and the Pomps and Vanities of this wicked World which brings to a state of perfection and yet these Teachers will deny that Perfection is attainable on this side the Grave contrary to Scripture Matth. 5.48 and 11.29 30. Joh. 1.8 Gen. 6.9 1 Joh. 5.3 and 1.10.8.5 and 2.4 and 36. Rev. 22.14 Eph. 4.11 12 13. 26. Is it not great Hypocrisy in thee to bid thy Hearers when thou art in thy Pulpit To cleanse their Souls from Sin and out of thy Pulpit say to me We must sin every day as long as we live And also to tell them in thy Pulpit for Doctrine The reason why so many die in sin eternally is because they will and at other times tell them That a certain number of Souls are elected and the rest reprobated to Eternity before they have done Good or Evil is not this Mystery Babylon in one of her sinest dresses Alas none are reprobated before they have acted much Evil nor are Infants that know not Love Rom. 4.15 and 5.13 as full of Sin as a Toad is full of Poyson as a Member of thy Church said in my hearing The Election is in Christ the true Seed and all that joyns to him are entring into the Election and continuing faithfull comes to be chosen The reprobate Seed is the Devil who rules in the Hearts of wicked People that obey not Christ's Grace in them so by a continual Resistance of the Reprooss of God's Grace comes to be in a reprobate State 27. Has not many poor Souls been almost or quite distracted about your Sin-pleading Notions and the frothy Lives of too many of you but most chiefly about a Notion you are said to hold That God bids men believe and be saved and not gives power to do so And have you not said to such poor bewildered Souls Your Distraction is in order to the work of God upon your Souls fear not if you die you shall go to Heaven for once in Grace ever in Grace contrary to these Scriptures Ezek. 18.26 Joh. 15.6 Rom. 11.20 1 Cor. 9.27 2 Pet. 1.10 Heb. 3.12 13. and 4. 11. and 6. 4 5 6. and 12.15 2 Tim. 4.3 and 4.10 and 2.17 18. 1 Tim. 1.18 19. and 4.1 1 Thess 3 5. 2 Pet. 2.14.13.18.22 And remember how by your judging young Whit●man late of Cardington you brought into distraction See somewhat thereof in p. 218. of the 4th Edition of the Young-man's Companion 28. Has not those of thy Church lost Christian Charity that said as I am informed that if the Quakers should have one Meeting in your Meeting-house I once desiring it one day when you might spare it They should never after think to go into it again Fie fie pray no more for the Conversion of the Jews and Turks what would you have them to convert to For what can they expect from you that has so little Love for your Fellow-Christians that truly worship the same God as you say you do owning Christ Jesus a Patron of Meekness and Lowliness and that his Followers should be so But for brevity sake I shall now pass by several of your Actings yet to a little mind you of your want of good example in bringing Boys with you to the Meeting and let them play at the Door in Sermon-time by making of Noises throwing Hats at each other with thy