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A43115	The Quaker converted; or the experimental knowledg of Jesus Christ crucified, in opposition to the principles of the Quakers, declared in a narrative of the conversion of one in Hartfordshire, who was for some years of their faith and principle, and inclined unto them. The manner how he was wrought off from them by the Lord. And several dealings of Christ with his spirit afterwards. With some things annexed for detection of their errors and delusions, and prevention of the growth thereof. Written by himself in his own words and phrases. Likewise an epistle dedicatory by W. Haworth, minister of the gospel at Hartford.	Dimsdale, William.; Haworth, William.	1690 (1690)	Wing H1196A; ESTC R43046	28,241	35

Satisfaction from Rom. 6. most eminent for this thing By which thing I was pretty easily turned from this thing but in my Search met with that Passage Rom. 3.25 Whom God hath set forth to be a Propitiation through Faith in his Blood to declare his Righteousness for the Remission of Sins that are past From whence I did apprehend that Christ died for the Remission of my Sins which I had committed before He did manifest his Love to me but afterwards I was to work for Life and for Salvation and to keep all his Commandments or else Hell would be my Portion And being taken in the same Snare of Sin as I was before Convictions grew Strong upon me my Burthen grew heavy upon me Insomuch that I did say at length Christ was of no Advantage of no prosit to me if he had never died it had been as well with me Under which troubles I was a great while until the Lord gave me light into two Scriptures which did in some measure relieve me which are these Rom. 10.9 That If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in thy Heart that God hath raised Him from the Dead thou shalt be saved Heb. 10.14 For by one Offering He hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified And being able to see a Sanctification by being justified by the Death of Christ and viewing the Word ever I had much relief yet was I not at quiet having not settlement of Spirit but had Reasonings lay in the Bottom of my Heart in this manner If I might not go on in Sin and when I did not go on in Sin my Works did not make any thing for my Justification for I was Justified without them then what use were they for or for what end And the Lord gave me light into Four Things which did greatly settle me which are these First It was for the Glory of God in my Generation and for the Honour and Praise of his Name which hath begotten a lively Hope in me through Jesus Christ Secondly To manifest my Love to Jesus Christ which gave his Life a Ransom for me For how should I make it appear that I love Him but by keeping his Commandments Thirdly To convince the World of Sin by my refraining from that which is evil Fourthly It is my Duty as I am a Son to God in Jesus Christ to keep his Commandments and to obey and do his Will from whence I had settlement in my Spirit having Joy and Peace with God through Jesus Christ seeing a Beauty in Death now more than in Life often-times because then I should be freed from the Corruption of my Flesh and be at rest with the Lord. It being near Eighteen Months since I had the view of the Love of God in Jesus Christ After which time I was desirous to have some Discourse with some that I judged honest Men that I might see whether there was a Difference between them and me and accordingly had retaining to my self most part of my Experiences After which I returned for the most part to my former Life keeping little Company yet aiming to grow in the knowledg of the Mysteries of God in Jesus Christ Having after this manner been carried on by the Will of God having known two Faiths two Joys two Peaces and two sorts of Hope perhaps it may be thought requisite to speak something as touching the difference between them For satisfaction therefore I will insert some few things by way of Question and Answer Quest Was that Light by which I was convinced of Sin and by Obedience thereunto thought I should be brought into the Image of Christ and in that Righteousness be accepted with God and delivered from the Wrath to come Was it the Light of the Spirit of Christ Yea or Nay Answ Nay if I may judg of the Tree by the Fruit. Quest What Light is it then Answ The same with that which the Heathens had by Nature Sixteen Hundred Years since mentioned Rom. 2.14 Quest How know I that since they lived so many Years before my time Answ Because it chiesty pointed unto the same things which are recorded that they did namely the things contained in the Law Quest What things did I see or what things did I apprehend by that Light which now I see are false things Answ Three things I shall Name at the present First I did apprehend by the Light within that the Motions the Desires which arose in me to Evil were no Sin if I did not consent to Act according to them Secondly That the Doctrine of Christ making Satisfaction for all my Sins was a Doctrine tending to Loosness Thirdly I thought by the Righteousness in which I lived wrought in me by the Light which I thought was Christ himself I then Judged I should be saved at the Day of Judgment Quest What do I now apprehend by the Light of the Spirit which is now in me as concerning the First of these Three Answ I apprehend that every Motion and Desire arising in me to Evil tho not consented to nor put into Action is a Sin against God because it doth spring from the Corruption of Mine own Flesh and from the Root of Bitterness dwelling in this Body wherefore if this Body be mine then is that which dwelleth in it mine Quest What do I apprehend concerning the Second Answ To this I say Far be it from me that I should say That Christ being offered once for all should be a thing tending to Looseness having found by Experience Faith in this Doctrine is the only Spring from whence true Christian-Works do flow For so soon as ever the Lord gave me light into that Doctrine and seeing a Glorious view of Christ that very moment was my Soul drawn out in Love to serve the Lord and to keep his Commandments From whence my Faith is That whoever counteth it a Doctrine tending to that purpose they never truly knew the Want of a Saviour For how irrational a thing would it be if I was a Slave in Turkey or in some other barbarous Nation out of which Servile Work I could by no means nor art deliver my Self and in the midst of my Bondage a Nobleman of mine own Countrey of his own Free and Voluntary will ransom'd me home would it not engage my Soul to love the Man that redeemed me out of Bondage much more being delivered by Faith out of Bondage and Slavery from the Devil And how should we manifest our love to Christ but by keeping his Commandments Quest What do I apprehend as to the Third thing Answ If I had never known another Righteousness than that which I attained unto or could attain unto by that Light and Power which worked in me before Conversion I must have expected my Portion in the Lake of Fire and Brimstone to be tormented Day and Night for ever For in the greatest of my Purity and the highest Degree of Perfection there were

that He is our Righteousness not only giveth Righteousness but He is our Righteousness by Imputation The Doctrine of Imputation of Christ's Righteousness though W. Pen in his Serious Apology pag. 148. blasphemously calls it A Doctrine of Devils is very rational to them that are taught of God 1. If the Guilt of Adam's first Transgression was ours by Imputation which cannot be denied from Rom. 5.12 In whom all have finned If that first Sin so many thousand Years since why not the Righteousness of Christ sixteen hundred Years since If that to all his Seed and Children why not this to Christ's Seed and Children 2. If Christ Jesus had the Guilt of Sin really charged upon him and imputed when as He had no Sin inherent what else is to be understood by that 2 Cor. 5. ult He was made Sin If as some would have it only the punishment of Sin in being offered and sacrificed Punishment hath always respect to Sin otherwise it is not poena but must change its Name then the Guilt of the Sin of his People must be imputed to him And this was plainly sigured in the Sacrifices under the Law when all the Sins of Israel were confessed over the Heads of the Beasts and so offered and slain If this be true why not then Christ's Righteousness to become ours the same way viz. by Imputation 3. Was not Christ the Second Adam and so a common Head and Representative Now what such an one doth is as much as if they did it that are represented Christ was a Surety Heb. 7.22 Why then his Paiment is ours what he had did and suffered was not so much for Himself as for his Members Fifthly There is much difference betwixt this Righteousness of Christ and that which the Apostle Paul calls his own in Phil. 3.9 in which he saith he would not be found in the Day of Judgment to be justified by in the sight of God There be makes a plain difference betwixt those two Righteousnesses viz. his own which he calls the Righteousness of the Law and that which is through the Faith of Christ which he calls the Righteousness of God 1. Our own Righteousness is within us inhering in our Souls It consists in those Gifts and Vertues that the Spirit of God works in our Minds and we express these outwardly in the observation of the Moral Law in our walkings amongst Men Now that this is properly our own Righteousness though it is effected by the Spirit in us 1. See how the Scripture speaks of it Faith is called your Faith and Love is called your Love Col. 1.4 In Deut. 6.25 It shall be our Righteousness if we keep his Commandments Job 27.6 My Righteousness I hold fast and will not let it go Matth. 5.20 Except your Righteousness exceed c. 2. Our Souls are the Subjects of this Righteousness it is really in our Minds therefore ours 3. We put forth the Actions wherein this Righteousness consists both Internal and External Is it not we that believe and we that repent though the Spirit works Faith in us God is said to work in us to will Phil. 2. yet we will to do yet we act and we perform Are not we said to pray though the Spirit works Prayer in our hearts 4. Was not Adam's grace which was concreated with him properly his own Yes surely Then this is our own Righteousness though wrought in us by the Spirit But that Righteousness of Faith by which we are justified is wholly without us in the Person of Christ It was wrought out Six Hundred Years since And not one Act either of our Bodies or Minds contributes any thing to it our Faith is no part of it only by Faith we receive and view and apprehend that which justifies us And whereas it is said Abraham believed and it was accounted to him for Righteousness Not the Action of bebelieving but that which he rested upon by Faith justified and was his Righteousness One then is Christ's personal Obedience the other is our personal Obedience one that which Christ wrought the other that which we work one is given of God from Heaven and rests upon Faith the other is here upon Earth by Works Our Righteousness is but the Righteousness of meer Man the other the Righteousness of Him that was God as well as Man otherwise we ought not to trust unto it for Cursed is every one that trusteth in the Arm of Flesh One is perfect and compleat the other is faulty imperfect incompleat as to degree 6. This Righteousness thus opened is marvellously well-pleasing to the Father Mat. 3. This is my Beloved Son in whom I am well-pleased This is spoke of Christ as Mediator representing all his People the Father looks through Him at all his Members and is well-pleased with them The Father's Love from Christ the Son is diffused to all the Elect this Voice came for our sakes Ephes 5.2 An Offering and a Sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling Savour The Father's Heart is at rest in this it perfumes all the Church with its Odour 2 Cor. 5. ult it is called the Righteousness of God i. e. the Righteousness which he approves highly of because the Righteousness which he in his infinite Wisdom contrived and the Righteousness of his own Son that is of the same Nature with the Father in this our Persons are accepted Ephes 1.6 We are accepted in the Beloved and our Prayers and Works 1 Pet. 2.5 Spiritual Sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ Heb. 11.4 By Faith Abel offered a more acceptable Sacrifice and without this it 's not possible to please God This Righteousness we have to offer to Sinners in the preaching of the Gospel and by preaching it thus we do not make void but establish the Law We see by this how we are saved by the Law viz. Christ keeping it for us by a Covenant of Works Christ being made under the Law He fulfilled it Here is a sweet Harmony between Law and Gospel now they kiss each other in Christ so far from being one against the other The poor heavy laden Soul will thankfully receive this Righteousness and rejoice and glory in it the Sick this Cordial the starved Prodigal this which is Bread indeed But the proud Pharisee the Self-righteous One the rich Justiciary he that is whole The Quaker goes about to make his own Righteousness to stand and will not submit to this but despiseth it and what will be the issue but to wonder and perish Give me leave to say That want of inculcating these things in our Ministry hath been the cause that so many have been led away with the Error of the Quakers and that Professors are not out of danger till they be made more skilful in the Word of Righteousness Who sees not by reading these following Lines but this young Lad may now engage without any peril any Quaker in England in Discourse I likewise humbly entreat that our Brethren would use