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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85134	A confession and profession of faith in God: by his people who are inscorn [sic] called Quakers. Also shewing that the people of God are no vagabonds, nor idle, dissolute persons, nor Jesuites, though they wander up and down, and pass from one country to another, and from one nation to another, as they are moved of the Lord in his service. And this is to clear the truth from all false aspersions. By R. Farnsvvorth.	R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.	1659 (1659)	Wing F478; Thomason E935_1; ESTC R202127	17,443	18

A CONFESSION AND Profession of Faith IN GOD By his People who are in scorn called QVAKERS ALSO SHEWING That the People of God are no Vagabonds nor Idle Dissolute Persons nor Jesuites though they wander up and down and pass from one Country to another and from one Nation to another as they are moved of the Lord in his service And this is to clear the Truth from all false Aspersions By R. FARNSVVORTH London Printed for Giles Calvert at the Black-spread-Eagle near the VVest-end of Pauls 1958. A CONFESSION AND PROFESSION OF Faith in God c. TO all true (a) Act. 11.26 Christians Gods (b) 1 Pet. 1.1 2 3 4 5. Elect and (c) Phil. 1.1 2. Saint of the most High God who are begotten by the (d) 1 Pet. 1.22 23. Joh. 3.5 6 Immortal Word and born again of Water and the Spirit The Church (e) Col. 1.18 Eph. 1.22 23. Eph 5.26 27. of which Christ Jesus is in the Holy Scriptures declared to be the Head And to all faithful moderate People whomsoever wheresoever and by what Names and Title soever known by or distinguished to or amongst the sons of men know ye hereby assuredly That we who of the world are slanderously reported as the people of God were in former ages Rom. 3.8 and who are reproachfully called Quakers do profess and confess testifie own believe and declare as followeth THat we Profess and Confess Faith in God the Father and in Jesus Christ his eternal Son the true God and in the Holy Spirit And we do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the Words of God This we testifie and we are not ashamed to Confess and Profess Faith in God the Father and in Christ Jesus his eternal Son and in the Holy Spirit as the Scriptures saith but we do believe in them and acknowledge subjection and dutiful obedience unto them viz. The Father Son and Holy Spirit And moreover we do hereby declare and testifie to all true Christians Gods Elect what God we do own and profess Faith in even in that God that appeared unto Abraham the Father of the Faithful when Abraham was ninty nine years old and said unto him I am the Almighty God walk before me and be thou perfect Gen. 17.1 The everlasting God Gen. 21.33 The God of Heaven and Earth Gen. 24.3 The God of Truth who is just and right and without iniquity Deut. 32.3 4. The faithful God that keepeth Covenant and Mercy with them that love him and keepeth his Commandments to a thousand Generations Deut. 7.9 The faithful and merciful God who will not suffer his to be tempted above that which they are able but will with the temptation also make a way to escape that they may be able to bear it 1 Cor 10.13 1 Sam. 2.3 1 Sam. 2.2 He is a God of knowledge and by him actions are weighed 1 Sam. 2.3 Neither is there any Rock like our God 1 Sam. 2.2 As for God his way is perfect the Word of the Lord is tryed he is a buckler to all them that put their trust in him 2 Sam. 22.31 and therefore he is worthy to be believed and have Faith in him professed for who is God save the Lord and who is a rock save our God 2 Sam. 22.32 33. He is the great the mighty and the terrible God Neh. 9.32 That God who is the King of all the earth Isa 45.21 22. Isa 45.5 who reigneth over the Heathen and sitteth upon the throne of his Holiness Psal 47.7 8. A just God and a Saviour Isa 45.21 22. Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel and his Redeemer The Lord of Hosts I am the first and I am the last and besides me there is no God as you may read Isa 44.6 Isa 43.11 12. Who is a God near at hand as well as a far off Jer. 23.23 That God who dwelleth in the high and holy place with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit Isa 57.15 Yea the God of patience and consolation Rom. 15.5 the God of hope Rom. 15.13 Iude 25. and that God who is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ the Father of all Mercies and the God of all Comfort 2 Cor. 1.3 The God of Love and Peace 2 Cor. 13.11 The King eternal immortal invisible the only wise God 1 Tim. 1.17 God who is Light and in him is no darkness at all 1 Joh. 1.5 The only true God Joh. 17.3 and the Lord our God is one Lord Mark 12.29 For there is one God Mark 12.29 30 31 32 33 34. 1 Cor. 8.5 6. and there is none other but he Mark 12.32.34 And there is none other God but one 1 Cor. 8.4 Isa 44.8 And this is God the Father which we own and profess Faith in and in Christ Jesus his eternal Son who said I and my Father are one Joh. 10.30 upon which saying the Jews took up stones to stone him Joh. 10.30 31. yet notwithstanding the same Christ that the Jews hated we love believe in and own who was delivered up to be crucified for our offences and was raised again for our justification Rom. 4.25 Who is the true God and him we own and profess Faith in and in the Holy Spirit God together equal with the Father and the Son one God over all God blessed for ever Isa 45.6 Joh. 10.30 Rom. 8 9 10 11. Eph. 4.4 5. Eph. 4.30 Rom. 9.5 1 Cor. 2.10 12. Joh. 4.24 Rom. 9.5 And unto us and al true Christians the Saints in Christ Jesus Phil. 1.1 It is given in the behalf of Christ not onely to beleeve on him but also to suffer for his names sake As you may read Phil. 1.29 As concerning the Scriptures c. That which in the holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament is declared and testifyed of to be the Word of God that we beleeve in own and confess to be the word of God according to the Scriptures And that the holy Scriptures of the old and new Testament as they are the Words of God so to be we own Knowing this first that no prophecie of the Scripture came in old time by the will of man but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the holy Ghost 2 Pet. 1.21 Who prophesied of the grace that should come unto the Saints and us in after ages searching what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signifie when it testified before-hand the Sufferings of Christ and the glory that should follow unto whom it was revealed that not unto themselves but unto us they did Minister the things which are now declared unto you by them that have preached the Gospel unto you with the holy Ghost sent down from heaven 1 Pet. 1.10 11 12. And God spake all these words saying I am the Lord thy God c. Exod. 20. ch So the words and sayings of God we do not deny

but own them so to be according to the Scriptures of the old and new Testament as aforesaid But unto the Wicked God saith What hast thou to do to declare my statutes or that thou shouldst take my covenant into thy mouth seeing thou hatest instruction and castest my words behind thee as you may read Psal 50.16 17. As the holy Scriptures are the words of God so the wicked are not allowed nor appointed by the Lord to preach or declare them as the statutes of God nor take his covenant into their mouth as God hath said And the reason is because they hate instructions and cast his words behind them But such as are instructed and taught of the Lord Isa 48.16 17 c. 1 Pet. 4.10 11. who love his Instruction and hear his word they may preach and declare his statutes c. as they are thereunto directed and led by the holy spirit of the Lord for the words of the Lord are pure words as silver tryed in a furnace of earth seven times purified as the Scriptures testifieth Psal 12.6 Have not I written unto thee excellent things in counsell and knowledge that I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth that thou mightest answer the words of Truth to them that send unto thee Prov. 22.20 21. For the preparation of the heart in man that * Isa 50.4 5 Lu. 12.12 is taught of God and the answer of the tongue is from the Lord Prov. 16.1 And saith the Lord Ye shall lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul as you may read Deut. 11.18 And again saith the Lord observe and hear all these words which I command thee that it may go well with thee and as you may read Deut. 12.28 But saith the Lord if they had stood in my counsel and had caused my people to hear my words then they should have turned them from their evil ways and from the evil of their doings as you may read Ier. 23.21 And saith the Prophet Ieremiah Mine heart within me is broken because of the Prophets All my bones shake I am like a drunken man and like a man whom wine hath overcome because of the Lord and because of the words of his holiness as you may read Ier. 23.9 But if that true prophet of the Lord had been here now and his bones had shaked would he not have been mocked and reproachfully called A Quaker or Shaker c. and might he not have been excommunicated or cast out from amongst men as A Quaker without any just cause and all such also as trembled at the word of the Lord as many now adaies are and for being faithful to the Lord and owning his power and the words of his holiness as the true Prophet did But the Prophet Ezra saith as followeth Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel as you may read Ez. 9.4 And saith the Prophet Ezekiel The word of the Lord came unto me saying Son of man Eat thy bread with quaking and drink thy water with trembling c. Eze. 12.17 18 There was the word of the Lord that came to him and here are the words and sayings that proceeded from the word But if any eat their bread with Quakeing and drink their Water with trembling now according to the sayings of God declared from the word of the Lord will they not be mocked and called Quakers in much scorn And must they not for owning the power of God and his works be cast out from the societies of great professing men Would not such have cast out the Prophet Ezekiel and such as these Scriptures makes mention of if they had been here in these times Ezek. 12.17 18. Dan. 10.7 8 9 10 11. Iob 21.5 6. Iob 37.1 Psal 38.8 Psal 55.2 Psal 119.120 Isa 66.2 5. Ier. 23.9 Ier. 30.5.6 7. Acts 7.32 Heb. 12.21 And saith the Lord unto Moses who trembled at the word of the Lord and did fear † Act. 7.31 32. Heb. 12.21 and quake I will raise them up a Prophet from among their Brethren like unto thee and will put my words in his mouth and he shall speak unto them all that I command him Deut. 18.18 19 And saith the Lord by the Prophet I have put my words in thy mouth Isa 51.16 As for me this is my covenant with them saith the Lord my spirit that is upon thee my words which I have put in thy mouth shall not depart out of thy mouth nor out of the mouth of thy seed nor out of the mouth of thy seeds seed saith the Lord from henceforth for ever as you may read Isa 59.21 Every word of God is pure he is a shield to them them that put their trust in him Ad thou not unto his words lest he reprove thee and thou be found a Lyar Prov. 30.5 6. And saith Christ Jesus the eternal son of God Math. 7.24 25 26.27 28 29. Joh. 15.7 2 Pet. 3.2 Jude 17. and the true God he that is of God heareth Gods words John 8.47 And because we are of God 1 John 4.6 and hear his words we are bound as a necessary duty to profess faith in him and do confess it before men And they that are ashamed to do it they may justly fear that Christ will be ashamed of them For saith Jesus Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation of him also shall the son of man be ashamed when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy Angels as you may read Mark 8. ●8 And that which in the holy Scriptures of the old and new Testament is declared by the holy Spirit to be the eternal word of God That we beleeve in own and confess to be the word of God which liveth and abideth forever as the Scriptures saith and as you may read 1 Pet. 1.22 23. Through faith we understand that the Worlds were framed by the word of God as you may read Heb. 11.3 God who as sundry times and in divers manners spoke in times past unto the Fathers by the Prophets hath in these last dayes spoken unto us by his Son whose name is called the word of God Rev. 19.13 Whom he hath appointed Heir of all things by whom also he made the worlds as you may read Heb. 1.1 2. And he upholdeth all things by the word of his power ver 3. In whom we have redemption through his bloud even the forgiveness of sins who is the Image of the invisible God for by him were all things created that are in heaven and that are in earth and he is before all things and by him all things consist as you may read Colos 1.14 15 16 17. For the word of God is quick and powerful John 1.1 2 3 4 5. sharper then any two edged sword pierceing even to the devideing asunder of soul and spirit and of

the joints and marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do seeing then that we have a great high Priest that is passed into the heavens Iesus the son of God Let us hold fast our profession Heb. 4.15 16. as the Scriptures saith and as you may read Heb. 4.12.13.14 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth that we should be a kinde of first fruits of his creatures as you may read Iam. 1.18 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness and receive with meekness the ingrafted word Jam. 1.21 which is able to save your souls as you may read Iames 1.21 As ye have therefore received Christ Iesus the Lord so walk ye in him Colos 2.6 7. The righteousness of faith speaketh on this wise say not in thy heart who shall ascend into heaven that is to bring Christ down from aboue or who shall descend into the deep that is to bring up Christ again from the dead But what saith it The word is nigh thee in thy mouth and in thy heart Deut. 30.11 12 13 14. that is the word of faith which we preach as the Scripture testifieth as you may read Rom. 10.6 7 8. For We preach not our selves but Christ Iesus the Lord as you may read 2 Cor. 4.5 6 7. Therefore they went every where preaching the word Act. 8.6 Then Philip went down to Samaria and preached Christ unto them Acts 8.5 Act. 8.5 And as concerning the Gospel of Christ and the Declaration of the Gospel we are not ashamed to confess for the Gospel it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that beleeveth for therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith as it is written the just shall live by his faith and as you may read Rom. 1.16 17. And as concerning the Declaration Moreover Brethren I declare unto you 1 Cor. 15.1 2 c. Lu 1.1 2. the Gospell which I preached unto you which also you have received and wherein ye stand by which also ye are saved unless ye have beleeved in vain for I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received how that Christ dyed for our sins according to the Scriptures and that he was buryed and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures c. as you may read in the Declaration of the Gospel 1 Cor. 15. But the word of the Lord endureth for ever And this is the word which by the Gospel is preached unto you Rom. 1.16 17. 1 Pet. 1.25 For this the mockers and scoffers that were foretold of and are come in these last dayes who walk after their own lusts 2 Pet. 3.3 they willingly are ignorant of That by the word of God the heavens were of old and the earth standing out of the Water and in the Water as the scripture saith and as you may read 2 Pet. 3.2 3 4 5. Whereby the World that then was being overflowed with Water perished ver 6. But the heavens and the earth which are now by the same word are kept in store reserved unto fire against the day of judgement and perdition of ungodly men as you may read 2 Pet. 3.7 For by the word of the Lord were the heavens made Psal 33.6 Therefore above all things take the shield of faith wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the Wicked and take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit which is the Word of God The * Rev. 19.13 15. Heb. 4.12 Eph. 6.17 Word of God is the sword of the spirit and the sword of the spirit is the word of God Wherefore pray alwayes with all prayer and supplication in the spirit for † Phil 4 6. 1 Pe 3.12 Rom 12.12 Joh 4.23 24. Phil 3.3 Ephes 4.4 5 6 7. prayer is an ordinance of God watch thereunto with al perseverance and supplication for all saints Eph. 10 17 18. Building up your selves ye beloved on your most holy faith praying in the holy Ghost as you may read Jud. 20. Rom 8.26 27. 1 Pet 4.7 And as we profess faith in God the Father and Christ Jesus his eternal son in the holy spirit as the scripture saith own the word of God prayer the ordinances worship of God in spirit truth acording to the scriptures so likewise among the rest we own Ministry Magistracy to be ordinances of God acording to the holy scriptures For as it saith there is one body one spirit one Lord one faith one baptism one God and Father so likewise it is said of Christ that when he ascended up on high he gave gifts unto men For he gave some Apostles some prophets and some Evangelists and some Pastors and teachers For this end that is to say the perfecting of the Saints for the work of the Ministery for the edifying of the body of Christ til we all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God unto a perfect man unto the measure of the stature of the fulnes of Christ as you may read Ep 4.7 8 9 10 11 12 13. See 1 Pet 4.10 11. Also see Rom 12.6 7 8. And let every soul be subject to the higher power for there it no power which the soul is to be subject to but of God whosoever therefore resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God and they that resist the power and ordinance of God shall receive to themselves damnation Rom. 13.1 2. For Rulers that rule for God in his power and ordinance as aforesaid they are not a terror to good works but to the evil But if they rule not in the power of God by which they are to discern and judge between good and evil it will be otherwise yet acting and ruleing in the power of God they are for the encouragement and praise of them that do well and so are to them the Ministers of God for good as you may read Rom 13.3 4. Concerning Magistracy that rules for God c. MOreover how Magistrates that rules for God according to thē holy scriptures of the old and new Testament are to be qualified and by what power and for whom they are to act The spirit of the Lord spake by me and the God of Israel said he that ruleth over men must be just fearing God as you may read 2 Sam. 23.2 3. Rulers for God must be just men and fearing God as God hath said and such are as the light of the morning when the sun ariseth without clouds ver 4. Therefore they that are so must needs be good examples and not hate the light in others nor them that walk in the pure Religion spoken of Jam 1.27 Which is