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sin_n	forgive_v	pray_v	trespass_n	3,167	5	11.1087	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30032	New Rome unmask'd and her foundation shaken by a farther discovery of the grand errors, deep hypocrisies, popish practices, and pernitious principles of the teachers and leaders of the people call'd Quakers : containing also a brief answer to three books wrote by G. Whitehead, one of her chief cardinals ... against Fran. Bugg ... : as also a brief narrative between the said G. Whitehead and Fran. Bugg ... / by Francis Bugg.	Bugg, Francis, 1640-1724?	1692 (1692)	Wing B5378; ESTC R34387	122,825	141

Spirit contrary to the Prophets contrary to the Apostles contrary to the Ancient Fathers and contrary to the Spirit Faith and Principle of the blessed Martyrs but such hath been the art of these Deluders that as they have undervalued Christ calling him a Garment a Vail a Figure c. So have they undervalued the Holy Scriptures by calling them Carnal Death Dust the Serpents Food and the like Antichristian names as anon I shall shew so that it will be hard to perswade their Disciples to read the Scriptures cited And if they do yet not to yield them that Authority which G.W. gives to their speaking by the Spirit who says That which is spoken from the Spirit of Truth in any is of as great Aurity as the Scriptures and Chapters are and greater c. Ser Apoll. p. 49. Oh the consequence of this monstrous opinion if HE that was born c. be not the Christ but a Garment a Vail a Figure c. Then why did not the Prophets foretell that a Virgin should conceive and bring forth a Garment That a Virgin should conceive and bring forth a Vail a Figure c. Oh monstrous So that it s no marvel that you do not pray in the Name of Christ beg pardon in the Name of Christ since you own Him only as a Garment which waxeth old or as a Figure c. Object But perhaps some of your own People may say is it indeed such a Christian duty to make Confession of our Sins to God and to beg Pardon for Jesus Christs sake If we indeed believed it a duty we would notwithstanding the practice of our Teachers who we know does not practice the same c. Answer I hope then there is some such Bereans still left how thin soever they be amongst you and for their sakes in my book The Quakers detected and their Errors confuted c. I laid down many precepts to which I refer you as also to the Scriptures in the Margin and if you read the Scriptures you shall not read one book from Genesis to the Revelations but you shall find some precept which may strengthen you in this your duty And that I may not leave this point without warrantable proof I will add to the Testimony of the Prophets and Practice of the Apostles and the Precept of Christ who has taught his Disciples and in them all that follow them in the same Faith to say Forgive us our Sins c. The Practice and Judgment of the blessed Martyrs who unanimously as a Cloud of Witnesses concur with the Judgment and Practice of the primitive Chistians And against the singular opinion and singular practice of your Ministers who though they pretend and make you believe they have a Spirit beyond all the Forefathers it is indeed being rightly interpreted a Spirit contrary to all the Forefathers of the Christian Race First then hear Dr. Robert Barnes viz. The whole Church prayeth LORD forgive us our Sins See his works p. 254. wherefore she hath spots and wrincles But by acknowledging them through the Merits of Christ her wrincles be scratched out c. Next hear what Martin Luther says touching this particular duty viz. But thou wilt say the Church is Holy the Fathers are Holy it is true notwithstanding See his Commentary upon Gall. p. 36. albeit the Church is Holy yet is she compelled to pray Forgive us our Trespasses so tho the Fathers are Holy yet are they saved through the Forgiveness of sins These two have given joint Testimony that 't is the Churches Duty nay she is compelled to confess and beg pardon of her Sins I come next to holy Bradfords practice that humble and constant Martyr of Jesus Christ in his Epistle to his London Friends which for the excellency of it I could willingly have recited the whole but brevity forces only an Abridgment viz. To all that profess the Gospel Fox's Acts Monuments p. 1176 1177. and true Doctrine of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in the City of London John Bradford an unworthy Servant of the LORD But with THEE is Mercifulness that thou mighst be worshipped Oh then be mercyful unto us that we might truly worship THEE help us for the Glory of thy Name be merciful unto our Sins for they are great Oh heal us and help us for thine Hoaour let not the wicked people say where is their GOD On this sort my right dearly beloved let us heartily bewail our Sins repent us of our former evil Life and heartily and earnestly purpose to amend our Lives in all things continually watch in Prayer diligently and reverently attend hear and read the Holy Scriptures By which you may perceive Firrst This holy mans humility acknowledgeth himself unworthy Secondly The like is not to be found in any of the Quakers former books His acknowledging his Sins Thirdly That he begged pardon for His Mercy sake Fourthly His holy Resolution and heavenly Exhortation And now to finish this Chapter I shall conclude in the words of Dr. Barnes whose Faith in Christ does as much differ from the Faith of and Principles of the Quakers as Light from Darkness See their 3d. and 4th Principle in the first Chapter For in Him which they call a bodily Garment and which they say they can never own to be Christ did this blessed Martyr at the Flames confess to be his LORD and Saviour also his practice of asking Pardon of Sin is directly contrary to their practice pray hear him Dr. R. Barnes his protestation which he made at the Stake concerning his Faith in Christ Jesus I am said he come hither to be burned as an Heretick and you shall hear my Belief Acts and Monuments p. 610. whereby you shall perceive what erronious opinions I hold and now hearken to my Faith I believe in the Holy and Blessed Trinity * I have often marvelled why the Quaker would not own the word Trinity but now I do not since they deny the 2d Person that created and made all the world I believe that without mans will or power Christ Jesus was conceived by the Holy Ghost and took Flesh of the Blessed Virgin Mary That he suffered Thirst Hunger Cold † Which he could not do as he was God but as he was man viz. the man Christ Jesus and other Passions of our bodies Sin excepted according to the saying of St. Peter I belive that this his Death and Passion was the sufficient Ransom for the Sins of all the world * Then surely he was more than a Garment or Vail or Figure and the Quakers saying they can never own this bodily Garment to be Christ as their phrase is t is as much as if they had said they do not own the Christ of GOD. And I believe that thorow his Death he overcame Sin Death and Hell And that there is no other satisfaction unto the Father but His Death and Passion only Mind this ye

Pharisees who think to be saved by your own deservings as all do who do not own Christ to be their Saviour And that no works of man did deserve any thing of GOD but only Christs Passion touching our Justification For I know said this Humble Martyr that the best works that ever I did is impure and unperfect † Read your books observe your Ministers see if their Spirit be not contrary to all the Forefathers And with this he cast abroad his Hands and prayed to GOD for Christ's sake to forgive him his Sins as saith the Historian Thus gentle Reader have I shewed that the Doctrine Principles Faith and Practice of the Quakers is contrary to the Doctrine Principles Faith and Practice of the Apostles Primitive Christians Saints Martyrs and Holy Confessors of the Catholick Faith from Moses to this day both concerning the Humanity of Christ and praying and confessing our Sins to God and begging Pardon for Christs sake which is another reason and a good one too why the forsaking the Quakers is no Apostacy from the Christian Faith c. CHAP. IV. Sheweth that the forsaking the Quakers is no Apostacy from the Articles of the Christian Faith I Am now come to shew what they mean when they talk of Christ being in them as by their books are manifest and if they will not own their books which they have said are given forth by the immediate and eternal Spirit of GOD then let them first condemn the books of Geo. Fox Is Pennington and most of their eminent Writers and declare themselves fully that they are of another mind and that they own Christ according to the Angels Testimony and the Apostles and Martyrs Testimony or else we shall conclude they are as erroneous as their books set forth c. Pray hear Is Penington in his book stiled Quest to the Professors c. p. 27. viz. The Name Christ belongs to the whole Body as well as to the HEAD and to every Member of the Body The Name is not given to the VESSEL but to the NATVRE to the Heavenly TREASVRE to that which is of Him in the Vessel c. Now Reader mark what the consequence of this blasphemous Doctrine is which says that the Name CHRIST belongs to every Believer as well and as amply as to CHRIST the Head who is GOD blessed for evermore Here you see the Consequence first of their not owning HIM that was born of the Virgin Mary to be the Christ for if they cannot call HIM so they cannot own HIM to be so See your 2d and 3d Principle in the first Chapter of this Treatise c. c. but only a Figure a Vail a Vessel a Garment c. see p. 33. And 2dly in assuming to themselves the Name in that Christ the heavenly Nature is in them Thus have they magnified themselves equal with Christ and I will prove that they thus mean by the very words of their great Apostle G. Fox in their Book Intituled Sauls Errand to Damascus c. p. 8. Saul's Errand p. 8. viz. HE THAT HATH THE SAME SPIRIT WHICH RAISED VP JESVS CHRIST IS EQUAL WITH GOD. Now then if it be so as so they do believe it to be for first they say they have the eternal infallible Spirit of GOD in them from which they speak write act give forth their Orders for Womens Meetings * See my Book de Chr. Lib. c. from p. 36. to 72. where your whole Authority for your Womens Meeting is set down and their Original and all from G. Fox and your yearly Meetings sole Authority and not one verse of Scripture brought to strengthen their Rise Foundation and setting up c. Indeed John Fiddyman a Quaker did deny to have any other Spirit than what Christians own in common and to give him his due refused to own G. Fox's Books and I hope more will follow as they come to see their Errors c. c. Then I do demand what hinders them from deserving the Name Christ as well as HE that was born of the Virgin that suffered cold hunger was smote with the palms of their hands c. since they cannot call him Christ I say if they have the same Spirit the same Treasure in them which raised up Jesus Christ and are thereby equal with GOD as they say they are What hinders but that we may have as many Christs as Quakers at least as many as the Quakers have Preachers For some of their Hearers I do believe are more modest than to entertain these Luciferian thoughts tho' indeed they do not know how far they are Baptized into this erroneous and pernicious Principle c. And as I have by the 2d Chapter proved That they deny Christ and undervalue his Death and Suffering so have I in the beginning of this Chapter proved That they account the Name Christ do's belong to every believing Quaker then by magnifying themselves under pretence of Christ being in them in that degree they pretend to that they claim Equality with Oh Dreadful In the next place I am come to shew how they extol their own Writings and how they have thrown Contempt upon the Scriptures and that also out of their own Books which is a Consequence of the forementioned Errors First They say they have a Spirit given to them beyond all the Forefathers and they know who are Saints who are Devils and who are Apostates See their first Principle the Mother of the rest c. without speaking ever a word c. which none but GOD and such as are equal to HIM can do c. Secondly None need to give them Discerning or Judgment they being by Christ always and at all times and on all occasions therewith infallibly furnished Thirdly (a) Saul's Errand pag. 8. He that hath the same Spirit which raised up Jesus CHRIST is equal with GOD. Fourthly The (b) G Fox to the King and Parliament pag. 18. Quakers knew their Election before the World began Fifthly We say the Quakers are elected to Salvation we have the Witness in us Praises be to the glorious LORD GOD for ever Truth 's Defence p. 92. who hath elected and chosen us before the foundation of the World Quakers Challenge p. 3. The Quakers are in the Truth and none but they You might as well have condemned the Scriptures to the Fire Truth 's Defence pag. 2 104. as our Books and Queries for our giving forth Papers and printed Books it is from the immediate eternal Spirit of GOD. A brief Discovery of the threefold Estate of Antichrist p. 15. All teaching by Christ is to bring to perfection even to the measure stature and fulness of Christ this the Scripture witnesses and I witness this Scripture fulfilled in me G. F. The aforesaid Assertions Positions and Tenents being so erronious blasphemous and pernicious to the Christian Religion I think them so obvious that they need not any further