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The gadding tribe reproved by the light of the Scriptures. Wherin the true Protestants are encouraged to hold fast their Christian profession, maugre the Beast (i.e.) the pope; or the image of the Beast (i.e.) the Quakers, and their followers: to whom is given a mouth to speak great things. / By George Willington, schoolmaster in the city of Bristoll.
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devisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned and avoid them Then he adds the reason For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ but their own bellies and by good words and faire speeches deceive the hearts of the simple O that we would all imbrace this wholsome counsell of the blessed Apostle even to marke and so to marke as to avoid all Papists Arminians Antitrinitarians Anti-scripturists Anabaptists Quakers and all other Sects and Sectaries whatsoever that cause divisions and offences contrary to this or any other doctrine which the blessed Apostle taught the ancient Romans and that upon the reason of the counsell ver 18. Make not the light within your rule to walke by further than it agrees with the light without shining forth in the holy Scriptures Follow your light within and your teacher within what else But so as not to neglect the light without shining forth in the holy Scriptures For as the Scriptures are the word of God 2 Tim. 3.16 So it is a perfect rule of righteousnesse containing all our duty to God to man to our selves all those things which are to be done or left undon or to beleeved to salvation Psal 19.7 The holy Scriptures are able to make us wise unto salvation through faith which is in Jesus Christ All Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine for reproose for correction for instruction in righteousnesse that the man of God may be perfect throughly furnished unto every good worke 2 Tim. 3.15 16 17. Whilest the upstart Sect the Quakers do look principally after the light within we saith Saint Peter have a more sure word of prophecy whereunto ye do well * that ye take heed even as unto a light which shineth in a darke place untill the dawn and the day star arise in your hearts Knowing this first that no Scripture is of any private interpretation For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost 2 Pet. 1.19 20 21. Wherefore I humbly beseech you that ye be not soone shaken in mind by this up-start generation of quaking seducers who have a forme of godlinesse but deny the power thereof from such turne away For of this sort are they which forsaking the publike assemblies creep into houses and lead captive silly women laden with sin and led away with divers lusts ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth Now as Iannes and Iambres those sorcerers spoken of Exod. 7.11 22. withstood Moses so do these also resist the truth men of corrupt minds reprobate concerning the Faith but they shall proceed no farther for their folly shall be made manifest unto all as theirs also was But continue you in the things which ye have learned and have been assured of knowing of whom ye have learned them Tim. 3.5 6 7 8 9. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering for he is faithfull that promised and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works Not forsaking the assembling of our selves together as the manner of some is but exhorting of one another and so much the rather as ye see the day approaching Cast not away therefore your confidence which hath great recompence of reward For ye have need of patience that after ye have done the will of God ye may receive the promise For yet a little while and he that shall come will come and will not tarry Now the just shall live by faith But if any man draw back my soule shall have no pleasure in him But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition but of them who beleeve to the saving of the soule Heb. 10.23 24 25 35 36 37 38 39. Be ye henceforth no more children tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine by the sleight of men and cunning craftinesse whereby they lie in waite to deceive Eph. 4.14 Embrace the counsell of the Apostle 1 Ioh. 4.2 Beloved beleeve not every spirit but try the spirits to wit those who say they are sent by the spirit whether they are of God because many false prophets are gone out into the world But how shall we try them To the Law and to the Testimoney if they speake not according to this word it is because there is no light in them Isa 8.20 If there come any unto you and bring not this doctrine receive him not into your house neither bid Godspeed that is shew him no countenance by receiving him hearing him and the like for he that biddeth him God-speed is partaker of his evill deeds 2 Ep. of Ioh. 10 11. ye therefore beloved seeing ye know these things before beware lest ye also being led away with the errour of the wicked fall from your own stedfastnesse 2 Pet. 3.17 Little children saith Saint Iohn it is the last time and as ye have heard that Antichrist should come even so now are there many Antichrists whereby we know that it is the last time They went out from us but they were not of us for if they had been of us they would no doubt have continued with us but they went out that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us But ye have an unction from the holy one and shall know all things Let that therefore abide in you which ye have heard from the beginning if that which you have heard from the beginning shall remain in you ye shall also continue in the Father and the Son And this is the promise that he hath promised us even eternall life These things have I written unto you concerning them which seduce you 1 Ioh. 2.18 19 20 24 25 26. Now the spirit speaketh expresly that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrine of devils speaking lies in hypocrisie having their consciences seared with a hot iron 1 Tim. 4.1 2. Thus saith the Lord stand ye in the waies and see and aske for the old paths where is the good way and walke therein and you shall find rest for your soules Ier. 6.16 Therefore suffer not your selves to be led aside out of the old way after new lights new waies new notions new doctrine a new Gospell a new Church for the good way is an old way but stand stoutly and to the death in the cause and quarrell of the good old way and contend and that earnestly for that old faith once delivered to the Saints Iude 3. Which faith is laid down in the sacred lines of the holy Scriptures from the Alpha of Genesis to the Omega of the Revelation and is summed up in that almost forgotten Creed commonly called the Apostles Creed which may be truly called the Summary or Abridgement of the Gospell for it is a short sum of all those Gospell-truths which
THE GADDING TRIBE REPROVED BY The Light of the Scriptures Wherin the true Protestants are encouraged to hold fast their Christian Profession maugre the Beast i.e. the Pope or the Image of the Beast i.e. the Quakers and their Followers To whom is given a mouth to speak great things By George Willington Schoolmaster in the City of Bristoll Rev. 19.20 And the beast was taken and with him the false Prophet that wrought miracles before him with which he deceived them that had received the marke of the beast and them that worship his image These both were cast alive into the Lake of fire burning with brimstone Luk. 11.35 Take heed that the light which is in thee be not darknesse Mat. 6.23 If therefore the light that is in thee be darknesse how great is that darknesse Heb. 13.8 Iesus Christ yesterday to day and for ever London Printed by W. Hunt for the Author 1655. The gadding Tribe reproved by the light of the Scriptures A word from the Word even that Word of Truth to that Serpent-Generation called Quakers Especially to that conniving Seducer Iohn Audland and the rest of his Brethren in iniquity who have of late set forth a malicious Pamphlet against our godly Magistrates and faithfull Ministers Entituled The Innocent delivered out of the snare and the blind guide falne into the pit Mat. 23. v. 24 27 28 33. YE blind guides which straine at a gnat and swallow a camell Woe unto you Scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for ye are like unto whited Sepulchres which indeed appeare beautifull outward but are within full of dead mens bones and of all uncleannesse Even so ye also outwardly appeare righteous unto men but within ye are full of hypocrisie and iniquity Ye serpents ye generation of Vipers how can ye escape the damnation of hell Luk. 16.15 ye are they which justifie your selves before men but God knoweth your hearts for that which is highly esteemed amongst men is abomination in the sight of God Acts 5.3 Why hath Satan filled thy heart to lye against the Holy Ghost Act. 8.22 23. Repent therefore of this thy wickednesse and pray God if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitternesse and in the bond of iniquity Mat. 7.1 2 3 4 5. Judge not that ye be not judged for with what judgment ye judge ye shall be judged and with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you againe And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brothers eye but considerest not the beame that is in thine own eye Thou hypocrite first cast out the beame out of thine own eye and then shalt thou see clearely to cast out the mote that is in thy brothers eye Why boastest thou thy selfe in mischiefe O mighty man The goodnesse of God endureth continually Thy tongue deviseth mischiefes like a sharpe razor working deceitfully Thou lovest evill more than good and lying rather than to speake righteousnesse Thou lovest all devouring words O thou deceitfull tongue God shall likewise destroy thee for ever he shall take thee away and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place and root thee out of the land of the living The righteous shall see and feare and shall laugh at him Psal 52. v. 1 2 3 4 5 6. Act. 5. v. 35 36 37 38 39. Take heed to your selves O ye Quakers what ye intend to do as touching these men to wit godly Magistrates and faithfull Ministers for before these daies rose up Thendas boasting himselfe as you now do to be some body to whom a number of men about foure hundred joyned themselves who was slaine and all even as many as obeyed or beleeved him were scattered and brought to nought After this man rose up Iudas of Galilee in the daies of the taxing and drew away much people after him he also perished and all even as many as obeyed him were dispersed And now I say unto you Quakers refraine from these men to wit the Ministers of Gods Word and also our godly Magistrates to whom every soule must be subject Rom. 13.1 and let them alone write not such bitter speeches against them for if this counsell or this worke to wit of the Ministry be of God ye cannot overthrow it it will stand stand Yea stand and flourish too in spite of your hearts maugre your beards therefore desist from your wicked purposes hatcht in hell lest happily ye be sound even to fight against God It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks Act. 9.5 Thou mayest get a bloudy Shin or Heele for thy labour If any man lust to be contentious we have no such custome neither the Churches of God 1 Cor. 11.16 When Elymas the Sorcerer withstood the Apostles Paul and Barnabas Paul filled with the Holy Ghost set his eyes on him and said as I may say to thee Iohn Audland O full of subtilty and all mischief thou child of the devil thou enemy of all righteousnesse wilt thou not cease to pervert the right waies of the Lord Acts 13.8 9 10. And whereas thou wortest as thou saidst that late Pamphlet afore-mentioned in regard those men against whom thou hast wrote have endeavoured to render thee and thy crue odious to the world I must be bold to tell thee that that late Pamphlet hath rendred thee and thy Sect more odious by reason of the cursed speakings that are in it which thy malicious spirit hath belched out against Gods Magistrates and Ministers they are odious speeches I blush to name them If you are men sent from God as you pretend you must needs have the spirit of God and if so you would shew forth the vertues of the spirit which are set down by Saint Paul Gal. 5.22 23. But the fruit of the spirit is love joy peace long-suffering gentlenesse goodnesse faith meeknesse temperance against such there is no Law Now what doth the Apostle adde v. 25 26. If we live in the spirit let us walke in the spirit Let us not be desirous of vaineglory provoking one another envying one another Now by this spirituall touchstone is made manifest what spirituall Saints your Sect are for if the spirit were in you you would bring forth the fruit of the spirit which the blessed Apostle cals in the singular number fruit not fruits which is very remarkable for where there is one of these fruits in reality there they are all in some measure though not alwaies discernable so consequently it appears that thou wantest the spirit in regard thou wantest love as thy fore-mentioned Pamphlet doth declare As I began with the words of the ever blessed Jesus so I shall conclude all I have to say directly to thee Iohn Audland and to the rest of thy brethren in iniquity with the words of the same ever blessed Jesus Mat. 12.33 to the end of v. 37. Either make the tree good and his fruit good or else make the tree corrupt and his fruit