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A47194 George Keith's vindication from the forgeries and abuses of T. Hick & W. Kiffin with the rest of his confederate brethren of the Barbican-Meeting held London the 28th of the 6th month, 1674. Keith, George, 1639?-1716. 1674 (1674) Wing K229; ESTC R29451 11,460 28

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Christ Jesus is the Fruit I speak according to plain Scripture which speaketh of Christ formed in the Saints so Christ formed in the Saints is the precious Fruit or Product which he himself as he is that Eternal and Divine Word bringeth forth in them But the Work of Sanctification is the Effect of Christ thus formed and not Christ himself unless we speak metonymically as when the Cause is sometimes called by the Name of the Effect as when Paul said That he to wit Christ is made unto us Wisdom Righteousness Sanctification c. Thus Reader having briefly cleared my self of T. H. his Forgeries and Abuses unjustly put upon me I shall conclude with giving thee a small Hint to let thee see that notwithstanding T. H's Pretence so much to Logick how weak he is therein and that is his Illogical and Unreasonable Conclusion that because G. F. saith A man by the Spirit may discern where the Seed is in Death and where it is not in Death and where the Soul is living and where it is in Death From this Thomas Hicks infers That according to G. F. there is no Distinction betwixt the Seed and the Soul but the Seed is the Soul Observe saith T. H. he speaks the same of the Seed he doth of the Soul Now let us improve this sort of T. H's Logick and by the very same way of Reasoning we may prove Thomas Hicks to be an Ass or a Horse as thus An Ass or a Horse is a Living Creature but Mortal and T. H. is a Living Creature but Mortal an Ass hath a Head a Nose Face and Ears and so hath T. Hicks an Ass can Eat Drink Sleep and so can T. Hicks here I speak the same of an Ass that I do of T. H. and so I may do of an Horse a Toad a Viper a Dog a Rat the Conclusion therefore is according to T. H's Logick that T. Hicks is an Ass a Horse c. But true Logick and indeed true Understanding as we are men teacheth us That it is not the Agreement of some but of all essential or necessary Attributes that make Two to be one and the same Thing Now though some things may be said in common both of the Soul and the Seed yet other things cannot As the Soul is Corruptible can and doth sin but the Seed of God is Incorruptible sinneth not nor can sin therefore the one is not the other But that the Seed is burthened or laden as a Cart with Sheaves by the Sinner will not prove That the Seed can sin for Christ Jesus bore our Sins and they were a Load and Burthen upon him who yet sinned not nor ever could sin Another Instance I shall give of his Weakness and Shallowness in another of his Reasonings against G. F. as where he thus reasoneth pag. 21. Dial. 3. But if every spiritual Substance be Infinit in it self as Fox concludeth then either there are no Angels or Angels are no spiritual Substances or if they be spiritual Substances they are no Creatures but Infinit in themselves and consequently as many Angels as there are so many Gods there must be But note Reader G. F. spoak but of a spiritual Substance in the singular Number Now if G. F. or any other should affirm that Nothing is purely a Spirit or spiritual Substance properly and strictly so consider'd simple without all Composition of Body but God only what hath T. Hicks to say against it why then it will follow that an Angel is not a spiritual Substance Well! But how will he prove that an Angel is a spiritual Substance I say strictly and properly consider'd that is to say That an Angel hath no sort of Body or Corporeity but is altogether Spirit without all sort of Body however subtil or spiritual Surely many Learned and Pious Men both ancient and modern hold that Angels and Souls of Men have some subtil or spiritual Body and so are not altogether simple uncompounded Beings but consisting of Spirit and Body But these Contemplations I confess are too high for T. Hicks's weak and shallow Brain George Keith THE END