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Gospel truths scripturally asserted in answer to Joseph Hallett's twenty seven queries by John Gannacliff and Joseph Nott.
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Gannacliff, John.; Nott, Joseph, d. 1699.
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and manifest God's forbearance in order to reconcile Mankind and obtain Redemption for all 6. And did not Christ dye for all Men tasted Death for every Man Qu. 9. Whether Christ has not a Body in Heaven now And whether he continues not to be a Man as well as God still Answ Yea to both we do believe that Christ has a Body and that he is in Heaven and that he continues to be the Heavenly Man as well as God still Glorified with the same Glory that he had with the Father before the World was according as he Prayed John 17. 5. Qu. 10. Whether Christ doth not now Intercede with the Father for Holy Souls in Heaven And if so what this Intercession is Answ This Query appears Unlearned and Unscriptural where does the Scripture say that Christ doth now Intercede for Holy Souls in Heaven and for what end Though he be in Heaven Intercessor and Mediator for Mankind or Souls on Earth Now this we do believe that there is one Mediator between God and Man the Man Christ Jesus for the Apostle speaking concerning Christ saith He is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him seeing he ever Liveth to make Intercession for them Heb. 7. 25. Christ doth not only make Intercession for Sinners that their Sins may be forgiven them but for them also that are delivered from Sin that they may be preserved out of Sin and that they may be where he is as is evident from Christ's Words for he saith I pray not that thou shouldâ—st take them out of the World but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil And he farther saith Father I will that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am that they may behold my Glory which thou hast given me John 17. 15. 24. And this is the Intercession which Christ makes for his People which is according to the Will of God Qu. 11. Whether Christ will not at the last Day at the Dissolution of the World come to Judge the whole World appearing in his Manhood pronouncing the Wicked Accursed and the Holy Blessed Answ The Lord Jesus Christ will Judge the World in Righteousness and reward every Man according to his Works the Wicked Accursed the Righteous Blessed Acts 10. 42. He commanded us to wit Christ to testifie that it was He that was Ordained of God to be Judge both of Quick and Dead because he hath appointed a Day in which he will Judge the World in Righteousness by that Man of which he hath given Assurance to all Men in that he hath raised him from the Dead See Acts the 17. and 31. And we have this Assurance and do believe that at the last Day the Man Christ shall come in his Glory to Judge all People according to his own Testimony for he saith When the Son of Man shall come in his Glory and all the holy Angels with him Then shall he set upon the Throne of his Glory and before him shall be Gathered all Nations and he shall Separate them one from another as a Shepherd divideth his Sheep from the Goates and he shall set the Sheep on his Right hand but the Goates on the Left Then shall the King say unto them on his Right Hand Come ye Blessed of my Father Inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the Foundation of the World And then shall he say also unto them on the Left Hand Depart from me ye Cursed into Everlasting Fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels Matth. 25. 31 32 33 34 41. Qu. 12. Whether the Rule according to which the Judge will proceed in Judging of Persons at that Day will be the Light within or the Gospel of Christ Answ This Query is unlearned and unscriptural the Gospel of Christ and his Light within are inseparable and not divided According to which Gospel and Light he will Judge the Secrets of Men yea the whole World in Righteousness The Gospel of Christ thou seemest to be Ignorant of who art Ignorant of the Light and Spirit of which Paul said he was made an able Minister not of the Letter but of the Spirit which gives Life And the Gospel is the Power of God to Salvation and Life and Immortality is brought to Light by the Gospel and we who have received it can Bles the Lord for it And Christ saith This is the Condemnation of the World that Light is come into the World But Men Love Darkness rather then Light because their deeds are Evil. Qu. 13. Whether now in the times of the Gospel there ought not to be a Mininistry that is whether some particular Persons ought not to be appointed and set apart solemnly for the Preaching of the Gospel and the Administration of Baptisme and the Lord's Supper And whether such Ministers ought not to have an Allowed Maintenance from the People Ans Here are several Questions in cluded in this Query To the first Yea there is and Ought to be a Gospel Ministry in this Gospel-Day 2. Such Ministry as is appointed and called by Christ 3. To Preach the Gospel 4. Such a Ministry may be without having a Commission to Baptize with Water any more then Paul had 5. Not Commissionated to Administer the Lords Supper in the Sign and Figure but to turn People to Christ Jesus that he may Administer it in the Substance that is the Bread of Life and Cup of Blessing at his Table in his Kingdom which is the Substance 6. Such Ministers Preach the Gospel freely not for either set or forced Maintenance and yet to have their necessities freely relieved when in Want Ministers of Christ we own that Turn People from Darkness to Light and from Satans Power to the Power of God which is the Gospel and none can preach the Doctrine of Faith Grace Conversion and Spirit truly without the Light of Christ which shineth in the Heart and giveth the knowledge of them and the true Ministers and Gospel they received was not of man nor by man but by the Revelation of Jesus Christ They received it freely and preach'd it freely We do not read that they agreed with any People for a settle'd Maintenance as is now practiced and they were careful not to make the Gospel chargeable to any and wrought with their Hands many times to avoid it a thing you were never brought up unto neither did they make a Merchandize of the Word as many of you do of their Words So you may see what Ministers such are who are seeking their Gain from their Quarter Qu. 14. Whether it be lawful now in these Gospel-times for Women to Speak or Preach in publick Assemblies for the publick Instruction of others Answ Yea for Women divinely Inspired when called thereunto and we do believe that it is as Lawful now for Women to Preach as it was in former Ages there were Prophetesses both in the time of the Law and Prophets and in the Apostles dayes for
and rose again for their Justification And it is Christ that died or rather that is risen again and because he lives we live also And God hath chosen us to Salvation through Sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the Truth 2 Thes 2. 13. And is not this Work to be known within of the Spirit and Faith of Christ read Rom. 10 6 7 8 9 10. But thou dost not seem to love to hear of Christ and his Light within which Paul preached and said Know you not that Christ is in you except you be Reprobates This was the Mystery hid from Ages and Generations Christ within the Hope of Glory Qu. 23. Whether the way of serving of God that the Quakers use be the Way to Heaven And if it be the Way whether it be the only Way Answ The Way we profess and own is the Way to Heaven which is Christ the Way the Truth and the Life in whom our acceptance is Neither is there Salvation by any other Name And the Worship which he set up we practise which is in Spirit and Truth and that this is the right Way and the true Worship yea the only way to Heaven we have great assurance the Lord manifesting his presence in the midst of us which is his Seal of approbation and we have known and do know an Overcoming and Victory over the World by our Faith which stands in the Power of God which Paul exhorted the Believers unto that their Faith might not stand in the Wisdom of Words but in the Power of God and God is the Author and Finisher of our Faith and the Day of God's Power is known which hath made us a willing People and for the Word of our Testimony we have not neither do we love our Lives to the Death but far be it from us to limit the Holy One for in every Nation he that fears God and works Righteousness is accepted of him But can a man be said truly to fear God and work Righteousness without having regard to this inward Law by which the Gentiles are said to have attained to the Righteousness which is of Faith and they doing the things contained in the Law shewed the Effect of the Law written in their Hearts their Consciences also bearing Witness and their Thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another At the Day saith Paul when God shall Judg the Secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to the Gospel Rom. 2. 15 16. This was the Gospel that great Apostle to the Gentiles preached the Law in the Heart the New Covenant Jer. 31. 32. Heb. 8. 9 10. This is the Covenant I will make with the House of Israel after those days I will put my Laws into their Minds and in their Hearts will I write them and I will be to them a God and they shall be to me a People and they shall not teach every man his Neighbour and every man his Brother saying Know the Lord for all shall know me from the least to the greatest So that we believe as the Scripture testifies God hath been always good to such as are of an Upright Heart though under various Professions and Ministrations and of this some have had experience before the Way of Truth was clearly made known to us as hath been since made manifest through the refreshment from the presence of the Father And our desire is for thee and for all Men that you would receive him that is Christ in his Light with which he hath lightned you and all men and thereby you will receive Power to become the Sons of God And take heed of grieving the good Spirit of God as the Apostle Exhorts Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God whereby you are sealed unto the Day of Redemption And this I say farther take heed of Opposing this Work for it is of God and shall stand Goa's Foundation stands sure 1 Peter 2. 6. Wherefore it is contained in the Scripture Behold I lay in Sion a Chief Corner-Stone Elect Precious and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded unto you therefore that believe he is pretious but unto them which are disobedient the Stone which the Builders Disallowed the same is made the Head of the Corner and a Stone of Stumbling and a Rock of Offence even to them that Stumble at the Word being disobedient Mark such as Stumble at the Word he is a Stone of Stumbling unto them And the Word is near in the Mouth and in the Heart This is the Word of Faith which we Preach Rom. 10. 8. Having Answered thy Three and Twenty Questions by Scripture-proofs we proceed to Answer the other four put forth by Thee Qu. 1. Whether when a Man at any time Speaks to a single Person it be unlawful for him to use the Word You Ans It seems thou art offended at the Word Thee and Thou but was it not the Language of Christ and the Holy Men of God both to Superiour and Inferiour as is sufficiently Manifested in the Scripture And it seems strange that thou or any Man Learned in the Tongues should put forth such a Question knowing there is to be an Agreement in the number both in Hebrew Greek and Latin as our Translation makes apparent and why are Children taught Singular and Plural Number by the Grammer Rules but that it is absolutely necessary in the Latin Tongue as well as in other Tongues and without it thou knowest cannot be true so the Word You to one is improper it is as proper for a Man to use the Word Thee unto a Thousand Men as it is for him to use the Word You unto One for Thou is in the Singular Number but You is in the Plural So that for to use the Word You unto One it is nonsence For One is but one and the Word You signifies to more then one and it is also contrary unto the Holy Scriptures of Truth to use the Word You unto one and therefore it is unlawful for Christ said Thou unto Peter and Peter said Thou unto Christ several times in the 21. Chap. of John and it s the common Language throughout all the Scriptures of Truth to use the Word Thee or Thou unto one and we desire all People to take notice of it for the Lord used to Speak the Word Thee or Thou when he Spake unto any particular of his People and his People used to speak Thee or Thou unto the Lord and one unto another And People do use the Word Thee and Thou unto the Lord in their Prayers and we do greatly admire that People should count that Language which they give unto the Lord is not good enough for themselves For some have been very angry with us when we have used the simple proper Language as the Word Thee or Thou unto one O blush and be ye ashamed and bow before the Lord all ye proud ones that think scorn to receive that Language unto your selves that you give