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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30038	Quakerism withering and Christianity reviving, or, A brief reply to the Quakers pretended vindication in answer to a printed sheet deliver'd to the Parliament wherein their errors, both in fundamentals and circumstantials are further detected, and G. Whitehead further unmask'd / by an earnest contender for the Christian faith, Francis Bugg.	Bugg, Francis, 1640-1724?	1694 (1694)	Wing B5386; ESTC R23819	36,756	82

that neither himself nor his Name was known in the World had a new Name plac'd in his Throne was Crowned inherited all things Christ in him might say I am the way the truth and the life alluding to John 14.6 And Fourthly He that had the same Spirit which raised Jesus was equal with God Which Spirit he pretended to have 2. How Fox's Disciples ecchoed back Adorations which answered as Face answers Face in a Glass for he could not magnifie himself but his Proselytes were ready to cry Hosanna First Oh thou North of England desolate the least of the Nations barren c. yet out of thee did the Branch spring the Star arise the Son of Righteousness appear c. Alluding to Micah 5.2 Numb 24.17 Mal. 4.2 Zech 3.8 And Secondly That his Life reigned and was spotless his eternal Honour and blessed Renown c. Thirdly A Prophet indeed compared to Christ as not known in the World though made by him Fourthly Precious George the Father of Nations whose Kingdom is established in Peace the Encrease thereof without end Alluding to Isa 9.6 7. And Fifthly That they received Life and Strength from him preserved by him could not reign but in his power begotten and nourished by him c. Upon the whole matter as there were never greater Blasphemies spake by Man than by Fox so never greater Adorations given to such a Sect-master And yet G. W. and W. P. in their Book Judas and the Jews p. 44. Serious Search c. p. 58. Judgment Fixed c. p. 19 26. Innocency against Envy c. p. 18. have Justified or Excused every Passage except John Audland's Letter which when charged therewith by the Athenian Mercury June 11.1692 G.W. did deny it to be of J. A's writing But we have the Original Letter and able to make it appear by comparing Hands to be his Nor did G. F. deny it in his Life-time albeit an Abstract thereof was Printed and Reprinted c. The Third Charge against the Quakers That they deny the Scriptures by speaking contemptuously of them calling them Death Dust Serpent's Meat c. and that to Preach out of them is Conjuration The ARGUMENT THis is one of their Errors I charged on the Quakers in my Book New Rome unmask d c. Epist Cr. 6. and p. 78. This G.W. procured Twelve Witnesses to testifie in the Holy Fear of God and on the behalf of the Quakers That they never so believed so said nor so affirmed Which was such a notorious Lye and calling God to Record I took it to amount to an Oath on their own Proposals to Authority And not knowing a better way to manifest them I erected a Mock-Pillory and Tried them and found them guilty on their own Premises But the main matter now before me is To prove the Truth in that particular both in the cited Book New Rome c. and the Sheet delivered to the Parliament And in order to it I shall first recite their contemptuous Expressions of the Holy Scripture and then confute their Arguments which they bring to salve their Errour And lastly shew That they extol their own Writings above the Scriptures viz. Their Contempt of the Holy Scriptures News coming up out of the North c. p. 14. And 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 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 So the Serpent feeds upon Dust And their Gospel is Dust Matthew Mark Luke and John which is the Letter c. Saul 's Errand to Damascus 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 and draw Points and Reasons They are Conjurers and Diviners and their Teaching is from Conjuration which is not spoken from the Mouth of the Lord. The Letter of the Scripture is carnal and killeth c. G. F. David 's Enemies discovered c. p. 7. And these i. e. Quakers do not call the Letter the Rule and the Four Books Matthew Mark Luke and John the New Testament or Gospel as thou i. e. the Publick Minister and thy Generation do thy Ministry is in the Letter which killeth G. Whitehead and Ch. A. Truth 's Defence c. p. 2. 104. You might as well have condemned the Scriptures to the Fire as our Books and Papers For our giving forth Papers and Printed Books it is from the immediate eternal Spirit of God Burrough's Works c. p. 51. And herein you have been bewitched from the Obedience of the Truth within to obey the Letter without P. 47. That is no Command from God to me what he commands to another Neither did any of the Saints which we read of in Scripture act by the Command which was to another not having the Command to themselves The Quakers Refuge fixed upon c. p. 17. Whether the first Pen-man of the Scriptures was Moses or Hermes or whether both these or 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. Several Petitions answered c. p. 30. And whereas we are moved to write abroad shewing forth your Errors that if ever you own the Prophets Christ and the Apostles Writings ye will own them which are given forth by the same Power and Spirit c. A Brief Discovery of a three fold Estate c. p. 7. The Priests of the World are Conjurers raising dead Doctrines dead Reasons dead Uses dead Motives dead Tryals out of the Letter which is Death raising Death out of Death Notable Conjurers P. 9. Babylon's Merchants selling Beastly Wares The Letter which is Dust and Death Observations thereupon 1st Observe that they call the Holy Scripture Death Dust and Serpents-meat If they object they mean the Letter abstractly from the Spirit that 's but one of G. W's Juggles see their Paper against J. P. Aug. 10. 1670. viz. Whereas J. P. did bring to the Exchange several Books and Writings and amongst others the Holy Scriptures c. Surely he could not burn the Holy Spirit that gave them forth as they most wickedly suggested he would have burnt the Bible It seems they can call the Bible the Holy Scriptures when for a wicked design and Dust and Death and Serpents Meat when they speak their Judgment clearly 2dly That they are Conjurers that preach out of them Surely when they preach out of them they do not preach the Letter abstractly from the Holy Doctrine and Blessed Precepts therein contained but

the Doctrines contained in them in your esteem are blessed and holy and that is the reason why you are so tender and cautious of suffering any slight and contemptible Names and unsavory Expressions to be put upon them as Mens Edicts But as for the Scripture who knows says you whether Moses or Hermes was the first Pen-man or which part of Scripture was wrote so true that we may depend on it since what the Prophets wrote is false at least great part of it and thereupon you who are thus doubtful do not believe the Doctrine and Precepts to be holy And that doubtless is the Reason why you not only permit but your selves even the best of note amongst you call the Scripture by such unsavory Names and contemptible Expressions as Death Dust Serpents-meat Beastly ware c. Again by the care you take to spread your Books and Papers and not the Scriptures is self-evident that you do prefer your own Papers above the Scriptures See your Epist Renewed Advice to the Monthly and Quarterly Meetings in England and Wales for spreading Friends Books for Truths Service Anno 1693. Dear Friends HAving at several Yearly Meetings considered how all those Books printed for the Service of Truth might most effectually be spread for a general Service to Truth That the Printer send to his Country Correspondents c. 1. For Friends to have general notice what Books are printed c. 2. That they may send for what quantities they want 3. That the Printer may be encourag'd in printing for Friends 4. That one Book of a sort may be kept in each Monthly and Quarterly Meeting Dear Friends It 's advised that ye be careful in spreading all such Books writ in defence and for the service of Truth whether by way of Epistle Caution Warning Exhortation or Prophecy that we may not be negligent in promoting Truth Record this Epistle in your Quarterly Book and sometimes read it for remembrance and notice Signed on the behalf of the Meeting by B. B. OBSERVATION Pray note what Care Caution and Industry they use to spread their Books working by Policy like Moles under ground little taken notice of until they turn up the Foundation Here is not a Word of Death Dust or Serpents-meat Beastly Ware c. No no nor not a word of Scripture-Proof in either of these Epistles I was minded to put a Sample of their Books and Epistles they write each to the other to be read in their Meetings in one Column and what they write to the World to decoy in another Column shewing their Books to be of two sorts of two Stamps and to carry two Faces as G. W. hath confessed of W. Smith's Primer One reads as F. B. hath quoted another reads the contrary and so is their general way But I shall exceed what I at first intended See what Labour and Pains here is to spread disperse and send up and down their Books to all the Counties in England and Wales In the Yearly Epistle p. 2. they tell them That in Germany their Books are dispersed and Epistles recommended to Barbadoes Maryland Pensylvania Virginia Scotland Holland Ireland but not a word of recommending the Scripture No their Language and Practice sufficiently discover their Disesteem they have for it and their way manner and care to disperse their Erroneous Books should re-mind all good Christians and especially Pastours and Teachers to assist in spreading such Books as are and have been wrote to detect their Errors particularly Mr. Norris's Book and divers others I shall conclude this with shewing the Quakers way of charging their Disciples to read their Epistles c. Several Papers given forth for the spreading of Truth c. Viz. I charge you in the Presence of the Lord God to send this Epistle amongst all Friends and Brethren every where to be read in all Meetings to you all this is the Word of God Geo. Fox Thus like the Pharisees of old they are making void the Holy Scripture by their Traditional Pamphlets which they esteem and prefer before Scripture as appears by undeniable Demonstration both from their Words and Practices and which G. W's 12 Witnesses may now perceive fairly proved The Fourth Charge against the Quakers They deny the Ordinance of Jesus Christ as Baptism and the Lord's Supper THat they deny these two Ordinances their Practices as well as their Doctrine sufficiently declare Yet in regard G. W. p. 2. says As for Baptism and the Lord's Supper Scripturally considered in their several Dispensations in their Figure and Substance we confess and own This is false as their Books declare viz. E. Burrough 's Works c. p. 51. The Bread and Wine is visible and carnal We see them But a Carnal Figure of a Spiritual thing The Figure is declared against For Christ never since he was Sacrificed brake of the Bread or drank of the Cup with his Disciples p. 581. we do deny and do say it is no Ordinance of God neither was it ever commanded of him or practised by the Saints but is an Institution of the Whore of Rome and England received it by a Popish Institution and your Practice of it is Idolatry and not any part of the true Worship of God And as for your breaking Bread and drinking Wine we do utterly deny to be of God News coming up c. A Voice and a Word to all you Deceivers and Blasphemers who utter both your Blasphemy and Hypocrisie that tell People of a Sacrament and tell them 't is the Ordinance of God Blush blush and tremble you who live in the Witchery and bewitch the People c. To the like purpose see Smith's Primer p. 36. and the Musick Lecture c. p. 35. Where they are I was viz. In Performances in Ordinances in Family-Duties in Hearing in Reading in Prayers and Fasting but when I came to bend my Mind to that of God in me I durst not give God Thanks for the Victuals set before me c. Observe Here is E. B. G. Fox Sol. Eccles all great Prophets and W. Smith one of their Ministers who testifie both by Word and Doctrine as well as the whole People by Practice that it is no Ordinance of God but an Institution of the Whore of Rome no part of God's Worship but absolute Idolatry and that such as tell People of a Sacrament are not only Witches but Deceivers and Blasphemers and ought not only to Blush but Tremble c. And that though they had been in the Observation yet Quakerism hath so alter'd their Judgment as they confess they have laid them aside But still for the Quakers thus to charge the Church of England with a Popish Institution Idolatry c. and yet seek to them for Favour and a kind Acceptation 't is preposterous So that I might well say How could you have the Face to seek for Relief till you retract these Errors As to your Exception against Sprinkling and seeming thereby to allow of Dipping

some part of those holy Truths therein contained and yet this preaching is by their Doctrine Conjuration and Witchcraft c. 3dly You may perceive that G. W. and the Quakers do not call the four Books of Matthew Mark Luke and John either the New Testament of Jesus Christ or the Gospel and why His Brother Fox says 't is Dust Death and Serpents-Meat Yet to serve another turn Ellwood writing against W. R. in his Antidote p. 81 82. calls the Writings of the Evangelists The New Testament Scriptures of Truth c. Oh the Deceit and Self-contradiction of these Babel-Builders 4thly You may see they bring their own Nonsence in competition with the holy Scripture and New Testament Nay I shall prove by their Practice that they prefer their own Pamphlets before the Scripture and that beyond all their Glosses to the contrary 5thly That such as obey the Scriptures are bewitched from the Truth And therefore say they That is no Command from God to me what he commanded the Saints of old recorded in Scripture for alas what is the Scripture but a little Dust Death carnal Letter Husk Beastly Ware and they that preach out of it Conjurers notable Conjurers Babylon's Merchants yea Witches Devils Gormandizing Priests c 6thly They insinuate by way of Query That 't is doubtful whether Moses or Hermes was the first Pen-man of Holy Writ or whether either or neither and so confound the Scriptures as to overthrow its Divine Authority suggesting that what is true the False-Prophets wrote and what is false the True-Prophets wrote and what is ill expressed and ill applied Wise and Good Men wrote and by a Natural Invertion all the rest by Wicked Men and the Grand Impostor And I think they by this time have made room for the Atheists and Papists This I must confess is such a cunning Stratagem of Satan and his Instruments as the boldest Jesuit that ever I read of never attempted the like And for more of it I refer to New Rome unmask'd c. p. 23. And by this time I hope G. W's Witnesses are convicted sufficiently and for time to come will not say the Quakers never said affirmed or believed that the holy Scriptures are Death Dust and Serpents-Meat c. But notwithstanding all this and much more that might be quoted of this nature yet G. W. boldly imposes upon the World that though they call the Scripture Dust Death and Serpents-meat yet they do not call the holy Scripture so see their pretended Vindication c. p. 2. Essay c. p. 5 8. but say The holy Precepts and Doctrines they own And from thence they 'r called says G.W. holy Scriptures I grant it is for that very reason that the Christians call them Holy Scriptures But on the other hand I do positively affirm That it is for that very Reason that the Quakers call them Dust Death Serpents-meat Beastly Ware c. And this I will prove by the Practice of each sort viz. by both the Practice of the Christians and the Practice of the Quakers And first the Christians they read them in their Churches practice them in their Families particularly the Lord's Prayer the Ten Commandments the Apostles Creed think themselves as Disciples of Christ obliged to follow the Examples of the Primitive Christians and Holy Martyrs in frequenting the Ordinances of Jesus Christ as Baptism and the Lord's Supper and divers other Commands c. They believe the Scripture is given by divine Inspiration and infallibly true being by Wise and Good Men well expressed and rightly applied and that the true Prophets speak truly so that there is a sweet harmony in the Scriptures They believe also that Moses was the first Pen-man and divinely inspir'd and his Writings quoted by Christ and his Apostles see Mark 12.16 Luke 24.27 Luke 16.19 24.27 26 27 44. Acts. 2. And for these and the like Reasons they call it Holy Scripture But then Secondly if we must judge the Tree by the Fruit as Christ directed then the Quakers do not believe the Doctrin and Precepts recorded in Scripture to be either blessed or holy and therefore call them Dust Death Husk Serpents-meat Beastly Ware c. which I thus prove First By the very reproachful Language and contemptuous Expression you cast upon them as Dust Death Serpents-meat c. Secondly In that you do not read them in your Meetings for Worship nor recommend them to be read in your Monthly and Quarterly Meetings as you frequently do your own Epistles Thirdly Because you say That to preach out of them is Conjuration which you would not if you believed the Doctrines therein to be holy and blessed Fourthly By reason you lay aside as useless the Use of the Lord's Prayer Ten Commandments and the Apostle's Creed which are some of those holy Precepts contained in the Scriptures Fifthly In that you deny the Ordinances of Jesus Christ and do not practise them according to the Command of Christ Go teach all Nations baptising c. This do in remembrance of me c. For if they were sincere and did believe the Doctrin and Precepts were holy and blessed as they pretend you would at some time or other see a Bible in their Hands in a Meeting and make Confession of Sin and beg Pardon of God for Christ's sake which they never did Sixthly That from your Practice Words and Writings you do prefer your own Books Papers and Epistles before the Scriptures as in New Rome unmask d c. New Rome arraign'd c. For proof see your Yearly Epistle follows The 27th of the 3d Month 1675. IT is our Sence Advice Admonition and Judgment in the Fear of God and the Authority of his Power and Spirit that no such slight and contemptible Names and Expressions as that faithful Friend's Papers which we testifie hath been given out by the Spirit and Power of God are Mens Edicts or Canons c. with such scornful Sayings be permitted by W. Penn Alex. Packe Stephen Crisp George Whitehead and others Now I am apt to think as superstitious as you are that you did not ascribe Holiness to the Paper and Ink of your own Papers and Pamphlets But yet what Care what Caution what Advice and Admonition was sent out from the general Council not of Trent but London that no such scornful Expressions should be put upon your Friend's Papers as Edicts and Canons which indeed are not such contemptible Names And yet how do you charge them by the Authority of the Power and Spirit of God that no such contemptible scornful and unsavory Expressions be permitted to be cast upon your Papers which you say are given forth by the Power and Spirit of God So tender and careful you are of your own nonsensical Papers Epistles c. Here is no calling them Death Dust Serpents-meat Beastly Ware Carnal Letter Husk and the like no no yours were given forth you say by the Power and Spirit of God and consequently