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A89830	The boaster bared, and his armour put off, without a conquest, by the quaking principle. In an answer to Enoch Hovvets, called Quaking principles dasht in pieces. / Written by James Nayler.	Naylor, James, 1617?-1660.	1655 (1655)	Wing N266; Thomason E835_12; ESTC R202980	14,097	15

THE Boaster bared AND HIS ARMOUR Put off without a Conquest by the QUAKING PRINCIPLE IN AN ANSWER TO ENOCH HOWETS CALLED Quaking Principles dasht in pieces Written by James Nayler LONDON Printed for G. Calvert and are to be sold at his shop at the Black Spread Eagle neer the West end of Pauls 1655. THE Boaster bared And his Armor put off without a Conquest by the quaking Principle IN An Answer to ENOCH HOWETS called Quaking Principles dasht in pieces THat Principle which caused Moses David Daniel the prophets holy men of God to quake tremble hath been often struck at by a Principle of Darkness which knows not the Word at which the Saints Trembled Isa 66.5 and this alwayes under a pretence of Truth saying let God be Glorified but it never could be dashed in pieces though many weapons have been formed against it which are carnall and out of the truth And it is the same now as wil appear by this which thou Enoch Howet hast written wherein thou wilt be found in the same ground of opposition gathering up false accusations to cast on the the truth where it is manifested and being blind thou thinks thou dost God service therein that the Scripture may be fulfilled upon this Generation who are gathered as the sand of the Sea for multitude Mat. 24.6 against the despised people of God And the seven-Heads thou hast lifted up against the Truth with the many horns arising from thence pushing at the Saints with many lies which heads thou callest our mistakes but six of them as thou hast discribed them are thy own mistakes if not thy malitious slanders as wil appear upon tryall when with truth they come to be weighed to which thou adds many lyes to make up thy number Before thou comes to the seven heads thou begins an oration The God of the whole earth is now about to declare his glory to the Gentiles and the Kindoms of this World are about to become the lords and his Christs I Answer Many such as thou in a vain minde have long fed your selves with what wil be but for the present lives in your own wils and pleasures and are not subject to the Kingdom of Christ Luke 17.21 nor that way in which he raigned when he was upon earth which the litterall knowledg could never owne and whilest we fed with you upon these vain words without knowledg and life we were beloved of you being of this world with you but now being come to the knowledg of the Lord by the name of I am and seeing his glory having denyed the glory of the world in our selves and others to own Christs Kingdom wherein he reigned above the worlds pleasures now you hate us and out of all forms are you gathered against us 2 Cor. 4.8 c and on every side are we beset but not destroyed neither can thy boasting words dash in pieces that principle wherein we stand and when thou hast made way with thy fair speeches then thou begins to push with thy horns wherein is the names of Blasphemy casting out thy lyes saying that we call the God of this world that blinds the eyes a God of light and all this darkness spiritualness and that we can hardly endure what is written but run to unwritten notions c. whenas we own no Light but that which God hath made to shine out of darkness wherein he hath shined in our hearts to give the knowledg of himself 2 Cor. 4.6 which is the light of Christ and thou that calls this the God of this world or an unwritten notion makes it appear thou hast not the light in thee nor the Testimony of Jesus And thus being not born of the truth thou serves the Land of thy Nativity as thou sayest with false accusations and calling Christ thy Master wil not hide thee for such works he never owned Now thy first head thou sets up to oppose us with is that we slight the Written Word To which I answer If thou means the Scriptures I say thy accusation is false for the Scripture we own which testifies of the Word which Word was in Spirit and spiritually discovered in them that spake forth the Scripture before they spake it or writ it in Letters which Word we witness in spirit according to Scripture Gal. 1.11 12.15 16 17. 2 Cor. 3.6 discovered in us spiritually which thou denies to set up a litterall discovery 2 Cor. 13.15 to the 7. verse of the 4. chap. And the Vaile being untaken away by turning to the Lord which is that spirit thou canst not see the Gospell Light nor the end of the Scriptures which were given to lead to the spiritual light and Word that gave them forth where the life eternall is which they who think it to be in the letter without deny it in spirit as the Jews did and thou dost and thou that denies this end of the Scriptures art he that denies the Word to set up the Letter in his place and calls it by his Name who is the word before the Letter was which we dare not do which the Letter doth not Now if thou calls this slighting of the Word then did not the Saints also slight it before us who called what they writ a Declaration of the Word 1 Ioh. 1.22.3 Luke 1.1 And it s called the words of Ieromiah to whom the word of the Lord came a cleare distinction between the invisible Word that came to him in spirit and the visible writings declared from that word for the words were many but the Word is but one from whom these words were spoken Ier. 1.1 2. And thou goes on in thy Book often repeating It is written it is written Iohn 1. i. Rev. 19 i3 now it is written that God is the Word and Christ his name is called the word of God but where is it written that the Letter is the Word or of a written word And now it wil appear who owns what is written and who adds to it or would take from it prove what thou sayest with plaine Scripture then thou maist boast of its written thou holds out ignorance of the Scriptures to be the ground of error which if thou meanest litterall knowledg I deny what thou sayest for many such as thou knows the history but ers from the life for it is the ignoronce of the Spirit and power that the Scriptures declare of that 's the ground of error without which knowledg puffs but up to oppose the life and power and for thy rancking us amongst the Papists and saying we perswade you to the uselesness of the Scriptures calling subtile devils and the like these are but lying slanders to make us odious and on thy head shal they fall for the Devil is known by his works a lyar and false accuser he was and so he is as it is written and his subtilty he uses to uphold his Kngdom of sin and not to pul it down

and in that work thou art found in thy book by his subtilty pleading for sin against perfection for respect of persons his own kingdome and whereas thou chargest us with lust envie pride idolatry luxury and uncleanness I say these are thy own we deny them and that spirit that acts them else we should not be so hated by those that live in them Thou saist your soundation is laid upon the doctrin of the Apostles Prophets If thou means that spirit that was in them that foundation I own but if thou meanst the Letter then where had thy foundation been hadst thou never seen the Letter and that foundation I judge which stands in the visible to be none of Abrahams foundation which was laid before the Letter was 2 Cor. 4 18. Heb. 8 i0 11. Iohn 16.18 and thou tells of the Scripture being the bridle that checks lust But thou that knows nothing nearer then the letter to bridle and check lust thou knows not the law of the New Covenant written in the heart nor the Spirit of Christ that reproves the world of sin but without book without bridle and it s no strange thing that such should plead for a being for sin whileft they live who have no bridle for lust but when the Bible is in their hands unless thou meanest that keeping it in the house wil do it and how that bridle thou tels of hath kept thee and many more it is evident by your practise The words you have but not the life it seems thou hadst forgot thy bridle when thou wrote this book else thou durst not have vented so many lyes and false accusations against the truth which they that are checkt by that spirit that spake what is in the Letter bears witness against Thou saist if wisdom to salvation be contained in the Scriptures and if the Scriptures are the means of comfort and hope c. But why dost thou not speak plain that salvation is in the Letter contained and that the Letter is the means of comfort and hope it seems thou dares not positively say it is and therefore puts in if thou dares not wholly exclude Christ thou wilt allow him a name in the thing though thou give the power to the Letter for to say salvation wisdom is contained in the Letter and that the Letter is the ●eans of comfort is not this to deny Christ and the Letter too where is it so written Thy places thou makest use of wil not prove it without adding or wresting and to prove that the Letter is so thou brings that of Dan. 10.21 where the Angel when he would comfort Daniel said I will shew thee what is written in the Scriptures where it plainly appears that Daniel for all his wisdom could not know what was the life and comfort declared of in the Letter without the Spirit shewed it to him and here thou hast wel proved the life wisdom salvation and means of comfort to be contained in the spirit its opening which before thou saidst was contained in the Scriptures and thus whilest thou art about to dash in pieces the quakers principles thy potsheards are clashing one against another Thou saidst thy expectation is from the Scriptures but where findes thou it so written the Saints expectation is from God Is the Scriptures thy God And then to cover thy self thou sayst thou makes not the Scriptures thy sole cause of knowledg I answer That 's the sole cause of knowledg wherein is contained the wisdom to salvation and which is the means of comfort which thou hast ascribed to the Letter and now this cover wil not hide thee Thou sayest it is able in the hand of the eternall Teacher to make wise to salvation the man of God but thou hadst done wel to have given thy judgment clearly whether thou thinkest the Eternall Teacher can make wise to salvation without it or the man of God can be saved without the Letter Thou saies the Scripture proves the work of the New Birth but is it so written Shew me that place the new Birth was before the Letter and does the latter prove the former It is written the Spirituall Man proves and judgeth all things but not the litterall and here thou come not with 1 Cor. 2 i0.i5 it is written this is but imagined and this is thy first mistake against us and now thou comes to the second head which thou calls our mistake and that is our speaking to that vvithin I answer This only of thy seaven we own as it is laid down and thou that knows not that within to speak to 1 Pet. 3.19 knows not his Ministry that preaches to the spirits in Prison nor that quickned in thee that death hath passed over but art stil dead in sins and trespessas and knows not the seed of Abraham to which the promise is which is not after the flesh nor of the flesh which seed Christ takes upon him to renew the Image of God And whereas thou deniest it to be Gods language and calls it Satans Language I answer 1 Cor. 2.4 2 Cor. 4 2. Iohn 5.25 What language spake the Apostles when they spake in demonstration of spirit and commended themselves to that in every mans Conscience in the sight of God and what is that dead that must hear the voice of the son of God and live what is the inward man and the outward man if there be nothing in man to speak to and what was that which Christ spake to in Peter when he said 2 Cor. 4.16 Mat. 16.18.23 Upon thee will I build my Church and presently after get thee behind me Satan was this all one thing in Peter or was it to him alone as he was a Creature and herein thou declares thy self to be an unbeliever for he that believeth hath the witness in himself i Ioh. 5.10 which witness thou knows not in thee And saith the Apostle my Conscience also bearing me witness in the sight of God I lye not And what eyes was Paul to open in the Gentiles Acts 26.19 was it not an eye within Or was he but only to preach to men outwardly blind here thou hast manifested thy selfe to be a blind guide who hast not a witness of God in thee thou knowest of to exercise thy Conscience towards God and man therefore the devil hath h s wil in thee lying slandering and false accusing calling the inward man in the Saints Satan or some of his Legions 2 Cor. 4 i6 Now to thy third head That we deny the use of reason or consideration in matters of God I answer If thou meanest carnall or naturall reason I say it knows not nor discerns the things of God and we deny to consult with flesh and blood to know the things of God and shew where that is written 1 Cor. 2.14 Gal. 1 i6 Iude 10. that natural Reason is to be considered with about the things of God but if thou sayest thou

as the rest if they had not their particular Calls Art not thou now he that hath lost Scripture and thy Reason too which thou slanders us withall All that are not blinde like thee may see thee Thou goes on lying all along saying that we desire to overthrow the writings of the Spirit of God and to shake off all rules and thou brings Mr. Pope to witness thy filthy slanders but hast not thou cast off Christs rule and the writings of the Spirit too in lying and calling Pope Master which Christ forbids Chandler And thou sayes none ever promised so much liberty to themselves as we do and tels of Chandler as being our head formerly who is one that we never knew suppose that he did own the truth in shew wilt thou slander all the eleven for Iudas here thou shewest but thy envie and foolishness to slander those that abide in the Truth for one that falls from it stop thy mouth and be ashamed of thy lyes Is this thy religion that knows nothing in thee to bridle thy tongue and guide thee in the truth thy refuge of lyes must be swept away and the Truth cleared Thy sixt head is That we deny honor to men To which I answer If thou meanst such honor as stands in the Lord wherein every one is bound to honor one another without respect of persons or if thou meanest subjects to the power of God in whomsoever it is without respect of persons as to Magistracie c. Or if thou meanest Old Age without respect of persons or parents or Masters in the Lord such honor as God requires this we own and practise both in doing and suffering and thy slander cannot reach us herein but if it be that honor that stands in the pride or riches or respect of persons we deny it and thee in it and do see thee in Hamons condition who vvould have the seed of God to bovv to thedevils pride but vve have not so learned Christ God is no respect or of persons Christ is no respecter of persons and they that are in the faith of Christ are no respecters of persons and thou that art read thy self in the Scriptures wert thou not blind thou should'st see the devil reproved and resisted with it is written 2 Sam. 14.14 Rom. 2.11 Acts 10.34 Luke 4.7.8 Math. 22.16 Iohn 5.44 Iam. 2.1 to the 10. Iob. 32.21.22 Est 3. These and many more places might be added to them Iob. 32.21.22 which all forbid respect of persons Now all may see how thou regards what is written but for thy own ends thou perverter of Scriptures stop thy mouth for shame or shew me one Scripture that commands me to honor any for their pride or riches til then all the examples of the world is nothing to me I follow Christ and his commands and not the traditions of men good or bad And whereas thou brings that command Levit. 19.32 Thou shalt-rise up before the hoary bead c. But how is that command fulfilled when gray haires must bow down to pride in young ones or else such as thou wilt accuse them to commit a sad offence against what is written hast thou not brought this against thy self and now who is the Conjurer or famillar Spirit thou tels on but thou who by alledging Scriptures wouldest lead contrary to Scriptures the commands of Christ his practise wherin the Scriptures condemns thee And whereas thou wouldest possess people that we have Familiar Spirits and are wizards because we wil not bow to mens persons who are proud and rich O thou Serpent How dost thou cast out thy venom against that seed that would never bow to thee Had Christ a Familiar Spirit who would not bow to the Prince of this World who would allow him no share in its Glory if hee did not Had Mordecai a Familiar Spirit who would not bow to the Devil in Haman who else would kil him and all that seed Or was he a wizard because thou sayes they that are wizards use not to bow or honor mens persons Was Elihu a wizard Or had the Aposile and they that he wrote to Familiar Spirits O thou Blasphemer Thou shalt now know that thou hast spoken against the Holy Ghost Iames. 2. And I charge thee and all thy proud generation to prove ever any who required bowing to their own persons or persecured hated and accused for not so doing but such who had the spirit of the Devill and the same spirit that tempted Christ to it tempts his Saints to it And now see how thou be-lyes what is written neither can the Saints weakness prove Gods commands nor our obedience to them no more than Davids Adultery or Iosephs swearing by the life of Pharoah though thy brood who loves such things take liberty by them and so wrests the Scriptures to their own destruction Thou goes on in thy blasphemy and saist thou art sure that these two are both sins a like viz. being a wizard and not bowing to men or honouring mens persons for so is thy meaning or else thou touches not us then must needs follow that Christ Mordicai and Elihu committed that sin and the Apostles exhorts to that sin when he saith my brethren have not the faith of Christ in respect of persons for if you do respect persons you commit sin and transgress the Law which Law thou wouldest bring to prove respect of persons And here thy spirit is tryed to be contrary to the Apostles for he brings the Law to sorbid respect of persons Iames 2. and thou would'st wrest it to prove it Iames. 2. and this is the Spirt of Satan for that Law which saith honor thy Father c. saith thou shalt not bow to any creature c. And herein thou canst not accuse us but thou must accuse Christ and the Saints that followed him And why dost thou ●o often bring that word Master unless thou intends to bring the practise of Ahrahams servant to disprove the express Command of Christ Mat. 23. which if thou dost deale plainly for I know that command is much in the way of Priests and proud Teachers and when thou hast pressed respect of persons and calling Master and such things though Masters and Servants we deny not Then thou sayest though these things wil vanish away in the day of restoration yet abide in them til that day What art thou affraid that we should come too soon into the practise and command of Christ It seems thou art convinced the Kingdome of thy Father must down but thou wilt set too thy shoulder to uphold it as long as thou canst All that are not blind may see whose work thou art doing and saist thou though forms and ordinances shall cease and Churches as thou calls them yet let us worship in them til Christ come which if thou meanest Christs comming to his in spirit then its plain thou hast not received him who art stil in these things