in the unity of Essence Refuted The Sword of the Lord drawn c. p. 5. Your imagined God beyond the Stars and your carnal Christ is utterly denied and testified against by the light to say that Christ is God and Man in one person is a Lye A Question to Professors c. p. 20 27 33. To whom do the Names Jesus and Christ chiefly and in the first place belong do they belong to the body which was took by him or to him who took the body Is not the Suâ—stance the Life the Anointing called Christ whereâ—ver it is found doth not the Name Christ belong to the whole body and every member in the body as well as to the dead Now the Scriptures do expresly distinguish between Christ and the Garment which he wore between him that came and the body in which he came between the substance which was vailed and the vail that vailed it Lo I come a body hast thou prepared me there is plainly he and the body in which he came there is the outward vessâ—l and the inward life this we certainly know and can be â—er call the bodiâ—y â—arment Christ but that which appeared and dwelt in the body c. Thus do they deny Christ which the Apostles preached saying Acts 5.30 35. The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom ye slew and hanged on a tree him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour for to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins Acts 2.36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God hath made the same Jesus whom ye crucified both Lord and Christ c. The Christians Faith WE believe and confess there is but one God only whose being only is simple spiritual eternal invisible immutable infinite and incomprehensible And that the Holy Scripture teacheth us that in that one simple divine being there be three persons subsisting the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost the Father to wit the first cause in order and the beginning of all things the Son his everlasting word the Holy Ghost his vertue power and efficacy the Son begotten of the Father from everlasting the Holy Ghost from everlasting proceeding from the Father and the Son these 3 persons are not confounded but distinct and yet not divided but of one and the same essence eternity power and equality and to conclude we allow of that which those four ancient Councils have determined and we detest all other Sects and Heresies condemned by those holy Doctors St. Athanasius St. Hillary St. Cyril and St. Ambrose Now if the Light only be Christ and as they say they can never call the Body Christ then are the Apostles found false Witnesses and the Quakers acquit Judas and the Jews for they never did hang the Light or Spirit upon a Tree they never Crucified the Light see Quakerism withering and Christianity reviving c. p. 15 to 30 for more of this Will. Bayley's Works p. 300 307. He being asked What Body Christ hath and where is it seeing its said to be at the Right hand of God he replies saying A Body hast thou prepared me mark the distinction thou me and a body This me that spake in the body was the Christ Again p. 307. For they his Disciples loved his person for the sake of the frame and quality of the Spir t that dwelt in him or else what was his person to them mâ—re than another person but for the sake of that which dwelt in him they loved him The Christ Qua. and his Dev. Test p. 98. The Se-pent is a Spirit now nothing can bruise the head of the Serpent but something that is Spiritual as the Serpent is but if that body of Christ were the seed then could he not bruise the Serpents head in all because the body of Christ is not so much as in any one And consequently the seed of the promise is an holy principle of Light and Life that being received into the heart bruiseth the Serpents head And because the Seed which cannot be that body is the Câ—â—ist as saith the Scripture the Séed is one and that Séed is Christ Touching the Scriptures Geo. Whitehead's Serious Apology p. 46. That which is spoken from the spirit of Truth in any is of as great Authority as the Scriptures and Chapters are and greater G. W. s Ishmael p. 10. That which is written is the Letter which is death and killeth Saul's Errand to Dam. c. p. 7. All that do study to raise a living thing out of a dead to raise the Spirit out of the Letter are Conjurers the Letter of the Scripture is death and killeth Several Petitions answered p. 30. If ever you own the Prophets Christ and the Apostles you will own our Writings which are given forth by the same power and spirit Truths Defence p. 2 102. You might have as well condemned the Scriptures to the fire as our Writings for our giving forth Papers and Printed Books it is from the immediate eternal Spirit of God The Quakers Refuge fixed c. p. 17. Whether the first Penman of the Scriptures was Moses or Hermes or whether both these are not one or whether there are not many words contained in the Scriptures which were not spoken by Inspiration of the Holy Spirit whether some words were not spoken by the Grand Impostor some by wicked men some by wise men ill applied some by good men ill expressed some by false Prophets and yet true some by true Prophets and yet false c. Davids Enemies discovered c. per G. Whitehead and Christopher Atkinson p. 7. And these the Apostles do not call the Letter the Rule and the four Books Matthew Mark Luke and John the New Testament and Gospel as thou and thy generation the Priests do and thy Ministry is in the Letter which killeth News coming up c. per G. Fox p. 14. Your Original is carnal Hebrew Greek and Latin and your word is carnal the letter and the light is carnal the letter and your Baptism is carnal and your Sacrament is carnal and their Communion is carnal A little Bread and Wine so dust is the Serpents meat their original is but dust which is but the letter which is death their Church is dust so the Serpent feed upon dust and their Gospel is dust Matthew Mark Luke and John which is but the letter Touching Ordinances P. 34. A voice and a word to all you Deceivers who deceive the people and Blasphemers who utter forth your Blasphemy and Hypocrisy that tell people of a Sacrament and tell them it is the Ordinance of God blush blush and tremble before the Lord God Almighty you who live in the Witchery and bewitch the people c. Burroughs Works about Water Baptism p. 518. We do utterly deny and do say it is no Ordinance of God but it is an Institution of the Whore of Rome and England received it by a popish Institution
and your practice of it is Idolatry and no part of the Worship of God p. 51. have you been bewitched from the obâ—dience of the truth within to obey the Letter without Will. Smiths Primmer c. p. 36. Quest How is it concerning these things called Ordinances as Baptism and Bread and Wine Answ As to those things they arose from the Popâ—s Invention who hath had power in the night of Apostacy and hath set up his dâ—viâ—es which are yet continued in England tho he seemingly is denied and the whole practice of those things as they use them had their Institution by the Pope and were never so ordained of Christ Quest How may I know when Christ is truly preached Answ They that are false Ministers preach Christ without and bid people believe in him as he is in heav n abâ—ve but they that are Christs Ministers preach Christ within See my Sheet to the Parliament p. 5. A Musick Lecture c. p. 25. For where they are I was in Performances in Ordinances in Family Duties in Hearing in Reading in Fasting but when I came to bâ—nd my mind to that of God in me then I began to learn to be a Fool insomuch that I durst not give thanks for the victuals that were set before me Concerning Election and Reprobation Truths Defence c. p. 92. We Quakers are elected to Salvation we have the witness within us praised be God who hath elected and chosen us before the foundation of the world but thou the Priest art ordained of old for Condemnation and for Perdition among the ungodly ones and art a Reprobate one that hates Christ and art blind Reader I have at large proved out of their Books that all Ministers that sprinkle Children with Water all that preach Christ without as he is in Heaven above at the right hand of God all that take a Text and preach out of the Scriptures all that either receive or pay Tythes as at large in my Second Summons c. p. 7 8. And now I am willing to give you the Quakers Faith and Perswasion concerning them as in their Book A brief Discovery of a threefold Estate c. p. 7 8. with the same Title set thus over their heads viz. Of the false Ministry The Priests of the world are 1. Conjurers raising dead Doctrine out of the letter which is death raising death out of death notable Conjurers 2. Thieves and Robbers 3. Antichrists the Priests of Baal cannot shew any Scripture for their heathenish ways and beastial worships 4. Witches blind Guides 5. Devils the Serpent is head in them 6. Liers the Commission and Call of Baals Priests come from Oxford and Cambridge A poysonous-fountain the Sir Symons of the age run to Oxford and Cambridge they run with Simon These are not Ministers of Christ but Stewards of the Devils Magazines Dissemblers and Liers 7. A viperous and serpentine generation going about to murder the Child Jesus hâ—lding a worm-eaten beastly form 8. Blasphemers yea of the Devil fearful Blasphemers 9. Scarlet coloured Beasts a Harlot full of abomination and filthiness 10. Babilons Merchants selling beastly ware for a large price the Letter which is dâ—st and death the day is coming when these Idol Merchants these costly Sermon-makers shall cry c. 11. Whited Walls prosessing nothing but poysonous stuff 12. Ravenous Wolves 13. Greedy Dogs really they are Blood Hounds still hunting and gasping after their prey like the mouth of Hell barking and raging like Sodomites 14. Eminent and ambitious Pharisees of the Devil wo wâ— wo was the portion of those Pharisees then and wo wo wâ— is the portion of these Pharisees now and wo and misery is the portion of the Upholders whether King or Parliament of that treacherous and decâ—itful generation The Guide mistaken c. per W. Pen p. 18 And whilst the idle germundizing Priests of England run away with 1500000l a year under presence of being Gods Ministers and that no sort of people have been so uâ—iversally thrâ—ugh ages the banc of soul â—nd body of the Universe as that abominable Tribe for whom the Theatre of Gods mâ—st dreadful vengeance is reservâ—d to act their eternal Tragedies â—pon c. About Goâ—ernors and Government Burrows Works c. p. 442. We believe that all Governors and Rulers ought to be accountable to the people and to the next succeeding Rulers for all their actions which may be inquired into upon occasion and that the chiefest of the Rulers be subject under the Law and punishable by it if they be Transgressors as well as the poorest of the people p. 507. But as for this people the Quakers they are raised of the Lord and established by him even contrary to all men and they have given their power only to God and they cannot give their power to any mortal men to stand or fall to any outward Authority and to that they cannot seek p. 501. We stand Witnesses against Parliaments Councels Judges and Justices who make and execute Laws in their wills ever the consciences of men to punish for conscience sake to such Laws Customs Courts or arbitrary usurped Dominion â— cannot yeild obedience p. 621. Nay their the Quakers Kingdom is from above and they reject the countenance of the Beasts authority and they reject any confidence that the Dragon and unjust power can repose in them p. 53. For we say the Quakers are gathered up into the life which the holy men of God lived in and are faln from the world and its ways and nature p. 50. for even the Father bears witness of us and therefore our witness is true p. 52. A running to the powers of the earth what have your Ministers lost the Lord to be your strength that you must flee for help to men must they mâ—ke â—aws to estaâ—lish you and set you up is not this the Where that rode upon the Beast and that the Beast carried And p. 524. to the Parliament thus viz. You do but cause people to drink of the Whores Cup and you are but them which carry the Whore viz. the false Church and this is plain dealing to tell you the truth c. reprinted by the order and approbation of G. Whitehead and others Anno 1672. For more of this see Geo. Fox to the Councel of Officers p. 7. Oh what a sincerity was once in the Nation what a dirty unto thing it would have been to have heard talk of a Hoâ—se of Lords Edw. Burroughs Advice to the Parliament c. It was through Ignorance that the people subjected themselves to hereditary Government or to the Government standing in a single person successively and our Nation hath been under the bonds of slavery in this respest c. See Fox's Papers to the Presbyterians p. 8 9. All Kings and Emperors have sprung up in the night since the days of the Apostles among the Antichrists There was no King owned among the true Christians but only among the Apostates since Christs
THE QUAKERS Set in their true Light In order to give the Nations A Clear SIGHT Of what they hold concerning Jesus of Nazareth the Scriptures Water Baptism the Lords Supper Magistracy Ministry Laws and Government HISTORICALLY COLLECTED Out of their most approved Authors which are their best Construing books from the year of their Rise 1650 to the year of their Progress 1696. By Francis Bugg Senior But evil men and Seducers shall wax worse and worse deceiving and being deceived For as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses so do these also resist the truth Men of corrupt minds reprobate concerning the faith whose mouths must be stopped who subvert whole housholds but they shall proceed no farther for their folly shall be made manifest unto all men 2 Tim. 3.8 9 13. Titus 3.11 LONDON Printed for the Author and are to be Sold by C. Brome at the Gun at the West End of St. Pauls and J. Guillim Bookseller in Bishopsgate-street 1696. TO THE RIGHT REVEREND HENRY L. Bishop of London My Lord I Humbly conceive it my duty to discover to your Lordship what I apprehend may be of dangerous consequence either to Church or State And this emboldens me to offer the ensuing discourse to your Lordships pious consideration I must humbly confess 't is a great presumption upon your Honours Patience and Patronage But that which amongst other things gives me encouragement hereunto and which I hape may plead my excuse at least extenuate my offence is the Quakers frequent Dedications and Presentations of their Books to the King Lords and Commons and other Magistrates from year to year one Sessions of Parliament after another for thirty or forty years together beseeching begging and craving their aid support and authority whilst in their Books to their Disciples they utterly disclaim any such seeking to outward authority But instead thereof when not suiting their Interest they 'll Impeach and Condemn their proceeding as Antichristian and Arraign Try and Condemn the Learned Protestant Clergy as inconsistent to Christianity Thus like the Camelion they can turn themselves into all colours their Books being of two sorts carrying two different faces And it was by this method that the Arians of old deceived the Emperor Constantius who at last made Laws in their behalf against the Orthodox And that this is no new Artifice your Lordship may observe from the book of Exodus that notwithstanding Moses was divinely inspired and gifted witb Miracles to confirm his Commission yet the Magicians by their Magick Act and cunning Intreagues came very near him in shew likewise Simon Magus Acts 8. by his Sorcery and Juggling Tricks so bewitched the Samaritans that they gave great heed to all he said And History sufficiently informs us what hard work the Protestants had to confute the Papists whose Books were like the Quakers of two sorts professing in one sort what they utterly rejected in the other sort And this made Bishop Jewel in his Defence to the Apology c. propose to his Reader viz. Good Reader if thou wilt examine our doings I beseech thee search and prove what hath been wrote on both sides and do not suffer thy self by shews and shifts to be beguiled for what man will seem to deal so uprightly as a Juggler he will strike up his sleeves make bare his arms and open his hands and fingers and bid thee behold And thou wilt think him to be a good plain man and marvel thou shouldst possibly be deceived and yet indeed his whole design is nothing but to deceive thee and the more simply and plainly he would seem to deal so much the more he will deceive thee otherwise he were no Juggler c. And to this agrees that notable saying of Ireneaeus in his third Book against Hereticks viz. Whilst Heretick speak like the faithful they not only mean otherwise than what they say â—â—â— clean contrary And by their Tenents full of Blasphemy they destroy the Souls of those who with their fair words suck in the poyson of their foul opinions And no marvel saith St. Paul for Satan himself is transformed into an Angel of Light therefore it is no great thâ—ng if his Ministers also be transformed as the Ministers of Righteousness whose end shall be according to their works 2 Cor. 13.14 And my Lord being sensible of the Quakers method not only of their unwâ—â—y'd sollicitation of the Members of Parliament both Lords and Commons for many years but also in sending their Books into all Counties Shires Cities Towns and Villages in England and Wales as well as parts beyond the Seas I thought it my duty to let the World know their principles from their Printed Books For as simple as they look and as innocent as they seem to appear for deep subtilty they outstrip both Jew and Jesuit and notwithstanding their many and great pretences to meeknesâ— charity and long-suffering there is not a more uncharitable and censâ—◠〈◊〉 people under heaven I am My Lord Your Lordship 's most humble and obedient Servant Fr. Bugg An Apologetical Introduction to the History of the Rise Growth and Progress of QUAKERISM Friendly Reader IF Athanasius made an Apology for his writing against the Arians and other of late for their exposing the errors of the Socinians nay if the Church of England thought herself oblig'd to Apologize in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth for writing against the errors of the Papists 't is but reasonable for me to think myself under the same Obligation for writing against the dangerous errors of the Quakers for surely there has not appeared a more compleat Monster upon the Stage since the days of Simon Magus than George Fox was in his day nor did Simon Magus more applaud himself nor more of his Followers adore him nor take greater care to continue the Memory of him than the Quakers have done of G. Fox witness the reprint of his Labours his Travels his Miracles and Wonders Insomuch that what many Ages have perplexed the Church withal singly we are assaulted with at once as if the scattered Limbs of Heresy had rallied and reinforced themselves for a fresh Battle I have seen Muggleton's Transcendent Spiritual Treatise c. and I cannot find that he holds pace with George Fox in his Books Truths Defence c. Sauls Errand c. A Threefold Estate of Antichrist c. and divers other Books wrote formerly and which they â—â—ill own commend and recommend to their Disciples as Books wrote by divine Authority yea from the Eternal Spirit and Power of God see Sect. the XVI Nay in many things Muggleton and the Quakers seem to be Twins For Muggleton says 't is not lawful to fight with a Sword of Steel so say the Quakers at least until they get power into their hands as in Pensilvania where they can both fight with a Carnal Sword fine imprison and persecute their Brethren as the Trial of G. Keith and others sets forth at large Muggleton denies the Blessed Trinity
time in the same City used Sorcery and bewitched the people of Samaria giving out that himself was some great one to whom they all gave heed from the least to the greatest saying this man is the great power of God And said Justin Martyr Many adored him as the supream God they gave heed to him they believed and obeyed what he taught they placed their hope and confidence in him See Pool 's Synopsis of the Criticks p. 1462. for more of this nature And Erasmus in his paraphrase upon that place saith A man there was among the Samaritans called Simon a deceiver of the people and a practiser of delusions who before Philip came there practised in that City Magick Art and by his counterfeit Miracles had made the Samaritans fond of him who by means of such falshood and deceit avaunted himself before the simple and plain people boasting that he was an excellent Prophet unto whom the Samaritans from the highest to the lowest gave good heed but nothing had he done in Jesus name and therefore they as a people astonished at such monstrous sights said This fellow is Gods own right hand which is called Mighty Many a day had he been with them and long had he made them with his Sorcery to dote upon him and therefore when he had once gotten himself a name with them of great estimation many one believed him in all that he taught c. And besides as History saith Simon Magus was an early Blasphemer of the Blessed Trinity a slighter of the Scriptures and a denyer of the Law of Moses from all which four things are observable 1. That Simon Magus gave out of himself that he was some great man that he wrought counterfeit Miracles in his own Name and never in the name of Jesus of Nazareth 2. That all the Samaritans gave heed to him from the least to the greatest believing all he taught saying This man is the great power of God 3. That he got himself a name of great estimation to be an 〈◊〉 Prophet they at last adored him as the Supreme God 4. That he was a slighter of the Scripture and a denyer of the Law of Moses a blasphemer of the blessed Trinity c. Now how far G. Fox is of kin to Simon Magus will appear in the next Section for the tree must be known by the fruit men do not gather Grapes of Thorns nor Figs of Thistles this is a true measuring Line being laid to Scripture Rule SECT III. 1. THat Geo. Fox gave out of himself that he was some great one 2. That he wrought Counterfeit Miracles and never in the name of Iesus For proof of the first of these read his Journal p. 31. Being asked whether he was sanctified answered Yes for he was in the Paradice of God ibid. The power of God thundered said George amongst them And they the worlds people did fly like chaff before the wind p. 60. So that it was a dreadful thing unto them when it was told them the man in the Leathern Breeches is come Again p. 55. A woman said that an Angel or Spirit came into Beverly Church and spake the wonderful things of God to the astonishment of all that were there and when it had done it passed away and no man knew whence it came nor whither it went c. This G. Fox owned himself to be the man and left the relation under his own hand which must be to magnifie himself Again p. 47. Then did I see said Geo. Fox the heavens opened p. 45. Whilest I was yet in the house of Correction said G. F. there came unto me a Troop saying As I was sitting in the Steeple-house said the Troop hearing the Priest the voice of the Lord came unto me saying dost thou not know that my servant G. F. is in prison go to him for direction so I said G. F. spake to his condition and his understanding was opened Again p. 67. I call'd the Accuser Judas and said Judas 's end should be his and that was the word of the Lord and of Christ thro me to him and shortly after he hang'd himself Again p. 74. Then said Fra. Howgill of me this man G. F. speaks with authority and not like the Scribes Again p. 63. Now I sat on a Hay-stack and spake nothing for some hours the professors being desirous to hear me speak asked when I would begin and when I would speak One present bid them wait and told them that the people waited upon Christ a long while before he spake Again p. 278. At Leith in Ireland the Inn-keeper told me that the Council had granted forth Warrants to apprehend me to whom I said What do you tell me G. F. of their Warrants against me if there were a Cart-load of them I do not heed them Again p. 431. The takers and payers of Tythes must be testified against in the Lords power Again p. 438. Many friends were imprisoned at London and other places for opening their Shop-wndows on Holydays and Fast-days which friends could not but do for we were redeemed out of days by Christ Jesus c. Thus Reader I have given thee a small sample of G. Fox's own words of himself in his Journal shewing that himself was some great one I am next coming to his Books for another sample and when you have them compare them to Simon Magus touching that particular and see which outstrips and exceeds each other in magnifying themselves The Tryal of G. Fox at Lancaster Assize p. 21. And before I came to the Bar I was moved to pray and the thundering voice answered I have glorified thee and will glorifie thee again And I was filled so full of Glory that my head and ears were filled full of it And when the Judges came up they appeared all as dead men under me c. Alluding to Christ John 12.28 16.14 and 17.1 News coming up c. Written from the mouth of the Lord from one who is naked and stands naked before the Lord cloathed with Righteousness whose name is not known in the world risen up out of the North which was prophesied of but now it is fulfilled G. Fox Several Petitions Answered p. 60. My name is covered from the world and the world knows not me nor my name Saul s Errand to Damascus c. He that hath the same spirit that raised up Jesus Christ from the dead is equal with God A Battledoor c. Introd All Languages are to me no more than dust who was before Languages were c. Alike to James Parnell one of his Disciples The Watcher c. p. 37. But to the end of all disputes and arguments I am come for before they was I am See W. P.'s Christ Qua. and Dev. Test p. 96. And you will find both Fox and Parnell call themselves Christ in W. Pen's sense And that in W. Pen's sense he that suffered at Jerusalem was no more Christ than they i. e. G. Fox and Ja.
Parnell for Fox said he was before Abraham in that he said he was before Languages were Parnell was before Abraham in that he was before Arguments were for between Abram and Lots Heardsmen there were Arguments And for the Humanity of Christ the Quakers deny it as clearly as the Socinians deny his Godhead read Sect. the xviii thus I hope I have proved the first part of the Paragraph And now to the second which is that G. Fox works counterfeit maricles and not in the Name of Jesus Christ for proof of this see his Journal p. 170 171 30 370 373 503. and there you will find G. F. spake to a woman and the Lord he says raise her up in 171 I find there is two miracles and which to take I cannot tell but one of these two it must be viz. A Woman married a Man in Debt and she went distracted sent for G. Fox he spake to her she mended The other was two men fighting whom G. F. being a stout man parted but neither in the Name of Jesus In p. 167. he tells us of many Miracles the Quakers wrought but mentions not where nor upon whom Likewise Cley Pool had a fit of the Stone and G. F. laid his hand on him and afterwards he mended One in Maryland said to be a Parliament Man tho I am informed there is no Parliament there and that spoils this Miracle healed In short they are all feigned counterfeit Miracles and none done as Erasmus well observes of Simon Magus in the Name of Jesus of Nazareth But to read the story of Jo. Isays broken Neck 't would make a melancholy man laugh oh G. F. stand by him and pity him and his Family Well to work went G. F. and throws away his Gloves and Stick saying I got to him assoon as I could I took hold of his hair I took his head in both my hands and set my knees against the tree I raised his head mark Reader here was all I I I and my my not a word of Prayer not a word like the Apostle in the Name of Jesus be thou healed no what can Whitehead say to this is he not ashamed of their horrible delusions I have said enough to wise men and bray a Fool in the Mortar and they will not be wiser SECT IV. 2. AND the Foxonian Quakers gave héed unto G. Fox from the least to the greatest believing all he taught saying he is the power of God 1. That they gave heed to him in all he taught 't is demonstrable from divers reasons but for brevity sake I shall mention this viz. of all the Blasphemy that ever G. Fox spake or wrote never a Quaker of his Party ever condemned one passage but either justified it or if that could not be done then excuse it see W. Pen in his Book Judas and the Jews p. 44. Tho to do the dissenting Quakers justice who meet in Harp-lane they did by their Book An Answer to several passages c. p. 10. condemn G. F.'s words in the Battledoor as High Blasphemy and p. 6. said Geo. Whitehead as guilty of the aforesaid charge i. e. of being a contentious Scribbler of giving base names c. and in part of cloaking gross errors Indeed when I saw this come forth I was in hopes of a Reformation but alas this was no sooner come to my hand but I had another sent me which justifies G. Fox and G. Whitehead in all their abomination signed by Edw. Brush Waller Miers Tho. Cox Gilbert Laity Charles Bathurst Tho. Lower William Phillips Tho. Mincks John Vaughton Nath. Marks John Cooper Tim. Emmerton John Feild Michael Russel John Knight Hen. Goldney Will. Bingly Charles Marshall Will. Sanders Geo. Bowles John Tomkins Tho. Hutson John Evered Dan. Wharly So that when all these came out in the name of the rest I concluded the Foxonian Tribe from the highest to the lowest believed all G. F. taught how Blasphemous soever it was And now to the second part of the paragraph that they say he is the Power of God for proof of this see the third Table or Index to G. Fox's Journal under the Letter M for Miracles where 't is thus said Miracles wrought by the Power of God And when I turned to p. 370 371 where one of the profoundest Miracles he did is recorded and as a Miracle too there is nothing but I George Fox threw away my Stick and Gloves I I I c. If G. Whitehead say 't was the life of Christ in him I tell him No it must be G. Fox for the life of Christ in him need no Stick and Gloves from whence 't is plain they hold parallel with the poor deluded Samaritans calling G. Fox the power of God SECT V. 3. THat G. Fox got a name of great estimation to be an excellent Prophet until his Followers adored him as God The fifth part Christ Qua. disting p. 77. That G. Fox is blessed with honor ahove many Brethren and that thousands will stand by him in a heavenly record That his Life Reigns and is Spotless Innocent and still retains his Integrity whose Eternal honour and Blessed renown remain still yea his presence and the dropping of his tender words in the Lords love was my souls Nourishment c. for more of this see New Rome unm from p. 42 to 48. Yea so dreadful was G. F. 's name to the people beyond Sea that they published it to the world viz. That mentioning the name Geo. Fox did prick them to the heart c. See their book A true Account c. p. 42. The Quakers Challenge c. p. 6. Stand up Muggleton who calls thy book a Looking-glass for Geo. Fox whose name thou art not worthy to take into thy mouth who is a Prophet indeed and hath been faithful in the Lords business from the beginning This Sel. Eccles who wrote the Quakers Challenge is the Prophet who prophesied that John Story should die within one year being then very ill who lived 4 years after and as G. Fox said that neither himself nor his name was known see Sect. 3d. Yea a Prophet equallized with Christ a right Samaritan c. it was said of Christ he was in the world and the world knew him not so it may be said of this true Prophet whom John said he was not but thou shalt feel this Prophet i. e. G. F. one day as heavy as a Milstone upon thee and altho the world knows him not yet he is known Next see an Abstract of a Letter sent to Gâ—o Foâ—â— in his Life time from Barbadoes by Josiah Coâ—l one of their eminent Preachers dated the 21st 12th month 1658. and every word of it vindicated by William Pen in their book stiled Judas and the Jews c. p. 44. viz. Dear Geo. Fox who art the Father of many Nations whose life has reached thro us thy childen even to the Isles afar off to the begetting many again to a lively hope for which
Generations to come shall call thee Blessed whose being and habitation is in the power of the highest in which thou Rules and Governs in Righteousness and thy Kingdom is Established in Peace and the Encrease thereof is without end Next a Letter to G. Fox from John Audland out of the West of England somewhat abstracted c. Dear and pretious one in whom my life is bound up my strength in the stand by thy breathings I am nourished by thee my strength is renewed life and strength come from thee holy one daily do I find thy presence with me which doth exceedingly preserve me for I cannot raign but in thy presence and power pray for me that I may stand in thy dread for evermore I am thine begotten and nourished by thee and in thy power am I preserved glory unto thee holy one for ever c. See this Letter at large in The Discovery of the accursed thing enlarged c. p. See their book stiled This is to go only amongst Friends And thou oh North of England who art counted as desolate and barren and reckon'd the least of the Nation * Mich. 5.2 Matt. 2.6 Joh. 7 42. yet out of thee did the branch spring †Zech. 3.8 and star * Numb 24.17 19. arise which gives light to all the Regions round about In thee the Son of Righteousness appeared †Mal. 4.2 with healing c. and out of thee the terrors of the Lord proceeded which makes the earth to tremble and be removed out of thee Kings Priests and Prophets did come forth Lift up your voices blow the Trumpet sound an Alarum out of the holy mountain proclaim tbe acceptable year and the day of vengeance of our God gird on your sword on your loyns put on the tried Armor Note this is one of their books the worlds people is not to see it 's to go only amongst Friends ride on ride on my brethren and fellow soldiers make all plain before you make the heathen tremble and the uncircumcised fall by the sword spare none neither Ox nor Ass neither old nor young kill cut off destroy bath your sword in the blood of Amalek and all the Philistins and Egyptians hew Agag to pieces break down the Rocks cut down the Ceders make the Devils i. e. the Priests subject cast out the unclean spirit i. e. that pay or receive Tyths raise the dead shut up in Prison bring out of Prison cast in your Nets launch into the deep bind the tares in bundles cast them into the fire the good Angel i. e. G. Fox is come thrust in your Cicles reap the earth silence all Disputers and Diviners for ever triumph upon all the chaff the mire and dung for ever prepare your selves to battle for the Nation doth defie our God saying Who is the God of the Quakers A rebellious people that will not come under our Law c. and so on see New Rome unm c. p. 85. more at large And thus you see that as 't is written Acts 10.34 To him gave all the Prophets witness c. so you see that all the Quakers Prophets being 400 in number give witness to Geo. Fox and adore him as the Branch the Star the Sun of Righteousness whose being and habitation is in the power of the highest ruling in his Kingdom the increase of which is without end as say the Quakers his Idolatrous Adorers by which 't is clear he outstrips Simon Magus SECT VI. 4. THat G. Fox was a slighter of the Scriptures a denyer of the Law of Moses and ordinances of Iesus Christ and a Blasphemer of the Blessed Trinity News coming up c. p. 14. Your original is carnal Hebrew Greek and Latin and the light is carnal the Letter and your Baptism is carnal and their Sacrament is carnal and their Communion is carnal so dust is the Serpents meat their original is but dust which is the letter which is death so the Serpent feeds upon dust and their Gospel is dust Matthew Mark Luke and John which is the letter p. 34. A voice and a word to all you Deceivers who deceive the people and Blasphemers who utter forth your Blasphemy and Hypocrisy that tell people of a Sacrament and tell them it is the Ordinance of God blush blush and tremble before the Almighty for dreadful is he that will pour out his vengeance upon you who live in the Witchery and bewitch the people and these things i. e. Baptism and the Lords Supper that God never commanded are given forth by you who are brazened with deceit and no Witch must live in Israel i. e. no Priest The Quakers Refuge fixed c. p. 17. Whether the first Penman of the Scriptures was Moses or Hermes or whether both these are not one or whether there are not many words contained in the Scriptures which were not spoken by the Inspiration of the Holy Spirit whether some words were not spoken by the Grand Impostor some by wicked men some by wise men ill applied some by good men ill expressed some by false Prophets and yet true some by true Prophets and yet false c. Now this being proposed as doubtful overthrows the certainty and authority of the Scriptures for if what the true Prophets spake was false and what wise and good men spoke was either ill applied or ill expressed and what the false Prophets spoke be true what certainty is here this put to the Quakers practice in laying aside in their Families as well as in their Worship the use of the Ten Commandments Lords Prayer and the Apostles Creed together with what is above recited is plain that Geo. Fox and his Followers are Slighters of the Scriptures Now to the 3d part of the Paragraph viz. A Blasphemer of the Blessed Trinity one of his Sons books The Sandy Foundation shaken c. p. 10. No one substance can have three distinct subsistencies and preserve its own unity for granting them i. e. Trinitarians the most favourable definition every subsistence will have its own substance so that three distinct subsistences will require three distinct substances or beings consequently three Gods p. 16. The vulgar doctrine of satisfaction being dependent on the second person of the imagined Trinity refuted from Scripture c. says W. Pen but I say neither he nor all the Sons of Simon Magus are able to refute that Article of the true Christian Faith SECT VII I Am now coming to Ignatius Loyola the first Founder of the Jesuits and to shew that as G. Fox was one with Simon Magus in Doctrine yet in Discipline he very much resembles Ignatius Loyola and before I proceed I shall shew that I am not alone in this opinion and that from the judgment of two Learned Divines of the Church of England out of two books the one intituled The Good Old Way c. p. 121 122. But of all the Sects which are among us undoubtedly the Quakers have been