service which God rejects Q. p. 35. Q. Numb 43 Ch. And is not their singing an acceptable service for they that can sing praises are in a good condition Fath. But they have David's words put into Meeter by Hopkins and Sternhold and given them forth as they were David's condition and the drunkard and the swearer and the lyar sing together who know nothing of David's condition and so they sing lyes in Hypocrisie which is not a right service nor accepted of God Pr. Pr. According to this Quakers hard measure our singing of Psalms in the time of Divine-service is as bad as our Preaching and Praying it 's not a right service nor accepted of God observe well for want of a Psalm after the Quaking mode our singing of David's Psalms in Meeter is a despised service for this reason we can make no right melody in our hearts to the Lord like so many fools we do not rightly understand what we sing the Quakers to the shame of true Christianity are they only who sing with the spirit and with understanding when their spirit moves on their waters as for the Ministers and people of the Church of England we are sensual not having the spirit like those that sing Ballads other mens words we do only sing David's words put into Meeter by Hopkins and Sternhold To mount the baseness of Quakerism aloft the singing of Psalms at Court in the Kings-Chappel in the City and Country in Cathedrals and Parish Churches is according to these Quaking-lines a very prophane piece of service for here the drunkard and swearer and lyar sing together who know nothing of David's condition thus in singing Psalms we do nothing else but sing lyes in hypocrisie if this be not a base lying charge drawn up by this Quaker against the known practise of the Church of England let the unbyassed Reader judg Q. p. 36. Q. Numb 44 Ch. I would know father how it is with those things called Ordinances as Baptism and Bread and Wine which are much used in their worship Fath. Why child as to those things they rose from the Popes invention who hath had power in the night of Apostacy and hath set up his devices which are yet continued in England and the whole practice of those things as they use them had their institution by the Pope and were never so ordained of Christ for he did not ordain sprinkling water in a childs face neither did he ordain bread and wine to be so used and received and the wine is another of the Popes inventions who hath invented a silver cup and pours wine into it and then the Priest gives it to the people and tells them that is the blood of Christ that is shed for them when it is wine and not blood and gives them bread and tells them that is the body of Christ that is broken for them when people neither discern the body nor the blood of Christ and so eat and drink damnation to themselves true Baptism child is in the spirit which baptizeth into one body the true meat and drink is the body and blood of Christ which the worthy receiver feeds upon in his heart so that these things be false and not to be regarded by the true Christians who live in the spirit who is the substance Pr. Pr. This Quaker hath given us a long chase in the pursuit we have quite lost Baptism and the Lords-Supper as to their right use in the Church of England as for those things called Ordinances as Baptism Bread and Wine which are much used in our publick worship this Quaker doth boldly say they rose from the Popes invention in the night of Apostacy they were conceived and brought forth they are only devices of the Popes setting up they are continued yet in England as the Pope left them nay further this Quaker doth basely add that the whole practice of those things called Ordinances as baptism and bread and wine as we use them had their institution by the Pope they were never so ordained of Christ behold is not this rake-shame stuff is it of the Spirit of God to affirm that Baptism the Lords-Supper rose from the Popes invention who before this Quaker did term them devices of the Popes setting up is it not high base to say as this Quaker doth that the whole practise of Baptism and the Lords-Supper as we use them have their institution by the Pope that they were never so ordained of Christ according to this Quakers wild assertions is it not very plain that we baptize in the Popes name and receive bread and wine only according to the Popes institution how doth this Quaker in a ridiculous manner assert that Baptism is only sprinkling water in a child face which Christ did never ordain who can read this consident ignorance without blushing Is it not another base boldness to say that neither did Christ ordain bread and wine to be so used and received as they are in the Church of England except this deluded Quaker who hath said that the wine is another of the Popes inventions risum teneatis amici who can but laugh this Baals Prophet to scorn or rather who can but pity his great ignorance the rest of his discourse is a confused Chaos surely his hasty spirit was not at leisure to digest it better only let this be noted that this Quaker owns no other baptism but that which is in the spirit which certainly is no Scripture-baptism As for the Sacrament of the Lords-Supper there is in this Quakers eye no such thing for the body and blood of Christ is as he tells us the true meat and drink but bread and wine in the Lords-Supper are not so these things i. e. baptism bread and wine according to this Quakers mind are false things not to be regarded by true Christians who live in the spirit according to the sense of this Quaking-father all Quakers are those true Christians who do so live in the spirit as that they are above Baptism and the Lords Supper these are those false things which are not regarded by them may it not be truly said Alas poor despised Church of England how low art thou fallen What 's become of thy two Sacraments which are generally necessary to salvation Art thou now beholding to the Popes invention for them How are Christs own Ordinances now made to be the Popes devices In baptizing and receiving the Lords Supper what is the whole practice but according to the Popes institution Did thine Husband the Lord Jesus Christ ever ordain Baptism and the Lords Supper so as thou usest them Why dost thou receive bread and wine according to Christs institution did he ever ordain bread and wine to be so used and received Dost thou not know that the wine in the Cup is another of the Popes inventions Dost thou not consider that Baptism and the Lords Supper are two falshoods How far art thou from true Christianity from living in the spirit
p. 1. Q. Num. 111 Friend in the fear of God hear and consider for it doth concern thee Pr. Pr. Behold how this Quaker writes to Oliver Cromwell not as an Usurper but as his friend how he calls upon his friend in the fear of God to hear and consider how much he was concerned for this Usurper as being his friend Q. p. 3. Q. Num. 112 Was it wont to be thus with thee did thy sword till of late ever return empty from the blood of the slain and the spoil of the mighty could the spirit that was risen up against the Lord in these three Nations stand before thee was ever any thing too hard for thee missedst thou in thy counsels at any time whatever thou didst put forth thine hand to do was it not brought to pass was not wisdom with thee and counsel as the oracles of God becamest thou not as the army of God at thy feet did not the proudest enemy fall down and bow didst not thou come upon Princes as upon mortar and as the potter treadeth the clay were not the hearts of honest men knit to thee as one man did they sigh at any time at the remembrance of thee was not the remembrance of thee to them sweet and pleasant as life from the dead as of him that removed the burthen from off the shoulder that delivered the poor from him that was too strong for him was it ever so with man in these latter generations as it was with thee whilst God was with thee whilst the Rock had not forsaken thee Pr. Pr. The drift of this Quaker in these lines was to magnifie Oliver Cromwell an Usurping Traytor as one whose sword took the spoil of the mighty before whom the spirit risen against the Lord in these three Nations could not stand as one for whom nothing was too hard as one whose counsels succeeded well as one with whom was wisdom and counsel as the oracles of God as one that became as the army of God as one at whose feet the proudest enemy quaere was not this King Charles the First fell down and bowed as one who came upon Princes as mortar and as the potter treadeth the clay quaere were not these Princes the Nobles of England Ireland and Scotland as one that had the hearts of honest men knit to him as one man quaere who were these honest men as one at whose remembrance honest men did not sigh as one whose remembrance was pleasant to those honest men as life from the dead as one with whom it was so in these latter generations as with no other man for as this Quaker saith God was with him as his Rock behold according to this Quaker how in the time of Oliver Cromwell's Rebellion high treason usurpation traytorous actings God was so with him as he never was with any man in these latter generations according to these quaking-lines a man may be a rebel a traytor a man in actual arms against the Kings Majesty his lawful Soveraign and yet be the best man in his generation one that hath Gods special presence with him and become as the army of God a man whom God his Rock doth not forsake where are those loyal Quakers that dare call these quaking-lines the movings of the Lord surely they are ashamed of this quaking brother in print and have much more cause to abandon the quaking spirit who leads themselves Q. p. 4. Q. Num. 113 Did not the Lord hear the groans of those who suffered because of their Consciences in the days of the Bishops pull'd he not up that generation in his anger swept he not away the powers that supported them in his sore displeasure though of many hundred years standing become he not terrible to the men of high stature brake he not in upon them with a furious blow of horrour and amazement did he not smite them with a wound incurable they and their King and their Nobles their mighty men of War their Captains and Counsellors their Priests and their Officers and their whole strength leaving their name an astonishment and a wonder and a curse unto posterity Pr. Pr. In these lines of this quaking Bishop we are told That the Lord did hear the groans of some that suffered because of their consciences in the days of the Bishops This is but a quaking-insinuation to make credulous fools believe that the late Bishops did persecute men for their consciences this was the old flabellum seditionis which this Quaker was fond of But mark how this Quaker saith that the Lord in anger did pull up like weeds that generation according to this misled Quaker the Lord is very angry with Bishops but that 's not all he tells us That the Lord swept away the powers that supported them in his sore displeasure To speak this Quakers mind more plainly The Lord was so angry with the King and Nobility that supported the Bishops as that in his sore displeasure he swept them like cobwebs or dirt away from the face of the earth Nay further he saith that the Lord became terrible to the men of high stature he broke in upon them with a furious blow of horror and amazement he smote them with an incurable wound But who were they that were thus afraid thus furiously dealt with thus incurably wounded This Quaker gives this account of them saying They and their King their Nobles their men of war their Captains their Councellors their Priests their Officers their whole strength according to this Quakers mind the men of high stature were the Bishops but what became of them their King their Nobles their Men of war their Captains their Councellors their Priests their Officers their whole strength This Quaker saith basely of them to this purpose That the Lord in his anger left their name an astonishment and a wonder and a curse to posterity according to the plain meaning of this Quakers words to name no more the late King Charles the first of blessed memory was smitten with an incurable wound and his name is left in this Quakers account for an astonishment and for a wonder and for a curse unto posterity Let all wise men judg how this rebel and traiterous Quaker was moved of the Lord to write as he hath done Q. p. 4 5. Q. Num. 114 Wast not thou the man who didst bear as on a common shoulder the sufferings of the oppressed for conscience sake who with thee were appointed to the same destruction Went not then every such suffering to thine own heart Felt not thou every one of them on thine own shoulder Couldst not thou have laid down thy life for one of them How tender was then thine heart How sounding thy bowels Flowed not in the hearts of them all to thee In them and thee was there not one spirit and one heart For this cause did not the Lord call thee and raise thee up to head his Armies Made he thee not his Sword Did he not by
us is no less matter in this Quakers account than the Doctrine of a Counterfeit Christian a Doctrine that hath not one place of Scripture to prove it a Doctrine which is denied by this real Quaker a Doctrine which is not expressed in Scripture To make sure work this real Quaker saith in effect That he is a fool or a mad-man a man void of common sense that would prove the Quaker to be no Christian for denying that Christ is a distinct person without us According to this Quakers false measure all the Members of the Church of England not to mention the Reformed Churches abroad are all fools and mad-men they are all void of common sense for they do unanimously affirm That Christ is a distinct Person without them To touch at this Quakers Verily c. Verily that man is a Braggadochio one that doth vainly magnifie the Scripture to be his sole rule nay he is a laughing-stock to all wise men that would prove a Quaker to be no Christian for denying Christ to be a distinct person without us If this be not one of the Quakers base Doctrines asserted by W. P. alias William Pon let all wise men judg According to this real Quakers mind we have no such Saviour as Jesus Christ who is God and Man in one Person distinct without us Q. pag. 79. Q. Numb 2 'T is granted That Christ is a distinct Being though not at a distance from the Saints Next we never said that Christ was not as well without us as within us we never set any limitations to Christs presence they are the false inferences of our enemies let the Reader beware that he be not abused by them for the word Person as thou usest it in telling of Christ God-man a distinct person without thee it is no Scripture-phrase Pr. Pr. In these Quaking-lines we have the way of a Serpent upon a stone here is Christ a distinct Being from the Saints but no distinct person without them this is a point of base unscriptural doctrine the Real Quaker justified saith so in effect The Person of Christ God-man a distinct person without us this is no Scripture-truth nor phrase According to the vain-glorious title of this Quaking-Pamphlet they are Counterfeit-Christians that do affirm Christ to be God-man a distinct Person without them Is it not high time for the Kings Sacred Majesty to arise and judg for by his Quaking-subjects Christ the King of Glory is basely dishonoured this Quakers Pen hath published this high dishonour Q. pag. end i. e. 79. Q. Numb 3 Such-like expressions occasion people to retain mean and dark apprehensions of God and Christ and his place of residence Pr. Pr. W. P 's false spirit doth here put him upon writing in good earnest against Christ God-man a distinct person without us for these are some of those such-like expressions as are of dangerous consequence as this real Quaker saith they do occasion people to retain dark and mean apprehensions of God Christ and his place of residence Without doubt it may be truly said That the Quakers light within is not of God for it prompts them to write so dishonourably of God the Son who was sent by God the Father in the likeness of sinful flesh thus to be God-man a distinct person without us to save us by faith in his Name Take it for a most certain truth It was the Light from below which served this Quaking Pen to write so basely concerning Christ the Word made flesh God blessed for evermore Q. pag. 82. Q. Numb 4 I grant the Scriptures are to be fulfilled and that many Heavenly exhortations reproofs and instructions therein contained are to be regarded by us But that which is my Rule to direct my understanding what is fit for me to embrace and what to reject and how to understand that which is to be received must be the Spirit of Truth which alone gives a true discerning Pr. Pr. The Real Quaker having written so ill concerning Christ God-man a distinct person without us it cannot well be expected that he should write well concerning the Holy Scriptures Like the Devil concerning Christ himself this Quaker ushers in his pestilent discourse with some truth concerning the Scriptures which serves as a blind for fools Notwithstanding Joab's fair words at first Abner was smitten to death by him at last Though this Quaker hath spoken well of the Holy Scriptures at first yet in his last lines they are basely thrust through he saith plainly that they are not the rule to direct his understanding nor to govern his life by it 's not the Scripture but the Spirit of Truth which is this Real Quaker's Rule it 's the Counterfeit Christian who holds the Scripture to be the Rule of faith and obedience This Real Quaker takes the Scripture to be but a blind guide for it 's the Spirit of Truth that doth alone give true discerning According to this Quaking-doctrine the Holy Scriptures do give no true discerning But hearken what follows Q. pag. 83. Q. Numb 5 The Light within ought to be the rule of faith and practice Pr. Pr. This is the Real Quakers upstart rotten doctrine this Quaking-dotage is not yet thirty years old this is in truth the Real Quakers Golden Image before which all if they are so filly should fall down and worship In the Quakers blind estimate the Holy Scripture is not the Word of God that this Quaking-fondling the Light within them may be set up for the Rule of faith and practice Q. pag. 84. Q. Numb 6 I further told thee That those who gave forth the Scripture came to the enjoyment of those things through the Light and Spirit of God or they could never have writ them therefore the Light and Spirit and not the Scriptures were the rule of their faith Pr. Pr. Here W. P's best reason assisted with his Light within is fondly at work to prove That the Light and Spirit and not the Scriptures were the rule of their faith that gave forth the Scripture Surely it 's matter of lamentation in our Israel that the Quakers false light and their lying spirit do counterfeit the true Light and the Holy Spirit who is God to decry the Scriptures from being the Rule of saith and life Who can read these lines without bleeding hearts Whose hearts are not touched to find the Holy Scriptures reproached in this scurvy manner Let wise men judg what hard measure the Holy Scripture meets with from the Real Quaker Q. p. 95. Q. Numb 7 We do receive and believe the Scriptures given forth by holy men of God as they were moved of the Holy Ghost and that they are profitable for doctrine for reproof and for instruction in righteousness yet since they are Writings relating to the things of God no man can understand them or have an assured testimony of them but by the Spirit of God It was not the Scripture but the Father that revealed Christ to Peter Pr. Pr.
Mind it well this is no piece of a Quakers faith That the Scripture is the Word of God or that it is the Rule of faith and obedience to any Real Quaker amongst them Behold this Quakers Logick Because St. Peter knew Christ to be the Son of the living God by a special revelation from Heaven therefore the Scripture is not the Rule of faith May it not be said without offence Surely this Quakers Light within burnt dim in his socket he saw not well to write by it It 's no imposing upon the weakest understanding to say That the Light within is no such infallible Teacher as the Quakers brag of like the Papists infallible Judg it 's not without its gross mistakes Q. pag. 103. Q. Numb 8 And for Christs bidding his Disciples Go teach baptizing Mat. 28 I told thee that no water was mentioned and that Luke in Acts the first says before the Commission mentioned by Matthew could be given at least executed John baptized with water but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence and then comes the Commission in force Go teach baptizing how with the Holy Ghost turning people from darkness to light from the power of Satan unto God Pr. Pr. The full import of this Quaking-Harangue is to tell that there is no such thing as Water-baptism You see plainly that baptism with the Holy Ghost thrust strangely by this real Quaker into Christs Commission hath outed Water-baptism from being a Divine Institution observe it well no water was mentioned a pitiful Cavil what then therefore Go teach baptizing is no part of Christs Commission according to the title of his Book this Real Quaker saith they are all Counterfeit Christians that hold baptizing with water the Real Quaker is for Go teach baptizing how with the Holy Ghost and with fire yet neither of them are by name exprest in Christs Commission If this be not in some measure to turn people from light to darkness from God to the power of Satan let the sober-minded Reader judg However this is most certain that to deny Water-baptism to be a Sacrament ordained by Christ himself is not the received Doctrine of the Church of England nor of any other serious Christians under Heaven Q. p. 105. Q. Numb 5 Now as for Water-baptism what Paul says of himself I may say of his Commission It was not behind any of the rest yet he denies Water-baptism to be any part of it and is as plainly rejected by him in point of institution as any thing in Scripture So that either Water-baptism is none of Christs Institutions or else Paul had no Commission to perform Christs Institutions which were strange Pr. Pr. I may without just offence ask Is not this stoutly argued from the Light within this Real Quaker to evince Water-baptism to be none of Christs Institutions Is it not a dishonour to an ordinary understanding to encounter such child-like reasoning May I not truly say Surely W.P. was at Oxford to lick glass-windows Is it the manner of his Light within of his bosom-teacher to dictate at this low rate However let it be duly considered that it is the avowed judgment of a real Quaker That Water-baptism is none of Christs Institutions and that this Quakers Paul was of the same mind which is a most gross mistake Q. p. 106. Q. Numb 10 C. i. e. Counterfeit Thou supposest the Doctrine of Justification by that righteousness which Christ fulfilled wholly without us to be a sin-pleasing and dangerous notion Quaker I do so Pr. Pr. Here we have consitentem reum the Real Quaker confessing himself guilty of a base Doctrine That Justification by that Righteousness which Christ fulfilled wholly without us is a sin-pleasing and dangerous notion Thus this great Gospel-truth Justification by faith articulus fidei stantis vel cadentis Ecclesiae a main Article of the Christian Faith in Luther's eye is but a sin-pleasing and dangerous notion in this Quakers account as the Papists call it a Putative righteousness so the Quaker accounts it no better than a sin-pleasing and dangerous notion Thus Justification by Christs righteousness imputed by faith which is a comfortable doctrine in the Church of Englands eye is basely murdered betwixt these two thieves Q. p. 107. Q. Numb 11 C. i.e. Counterfeit It is horrible wicked to conclude That what Christ hath done and suffered without us is to speak peace to the wicked whilst such Quaker Right Pr. Pr. To pick up the plainest sense out of these dark lines it seems to be this That it is horrible wicked to conclude that any are made righteous in Gods sight by what Christ hath done and suffered without us that it is no less than speaking peace to the wicked Thus the received Doctrine of Justification by faith in Christ is run down at a base rate Unless the perverting sense of a deluded Quaker be received that man commits an horrible wickedness that holds justification by Christs righteousness without him This is that daubing with untempered Mortar a sinpleasing-notion a doctrine which speaks peace to the wicked At this rate the Church of England is highly to blame for affirming that we are accounted righteous before God only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith That we are justified by faith only Artic. 11 is a most wholsome doctrine and very full of comfort Without doubt the Homily of Justification referred to in that Article is tainted with no Quakerism in this point Behold the Case is sad that imparted Righteousness may not be retained but imputed Righteousness like Ishmael the bond-womans son must be cast forth yea loathed as a sin-pleasing notion which is dangerous rejected as that which is horrible wicked Q. pag. eadem Q. Numb 12 But what sayest thou to my distinction about Justification Christs work was twofold First to remit forgive or justifie from the imputation of sins past such as truly repent and believe Secondly By his power and spirit working in the hearts of such to destroy and remove the very nature of sin to make an end of it to finish transgression present and to come the first removes the guilt the second the cause of it Methinks this should a little allay thy clamours Pr. Pr. It 's an old truth qui bene distinguit bene docet but this Quaker hath missed the Cushion With this distinction he doth only play the Mountebanks part he doth vainly please his fond admirers this counterfeit Balsom is ineffectual he juggles here is neither the whole truth nor nothing but the truth Like the Devil this Real Quaker hath the knack to deliver some truth according to the Scripture that he may the better manage his devilish design and put off his bad Wares The first part of this Quaking-distinction is very lame which any sober Christian will soon perceive The latter part of it is full of false doctrine the base design of this distinction is to make
but without doubt this is neither Old nor New-Testament Divinity to take one another by the hand as the Quakers are known to do to say how is it how dost thou do This is some of the Quakers true honour As for Thou and Thee the distinguishing characters of a Quakers vain faith they are so much in request as that for their sakes all other expressions of civil honour are with the Quakers out of date men scraping with their feet women courtesing and drooping as this Quaker speaks are by this rude man absurdly censured as being apostatizing Christians that are out of the power of God till the poor deluded Quakers came on the stage of this world no man was so silly as to tax hat and knee-honour To perch Quakerism higher according to these Quaking-lines at Court it is not lawful to kneel before the King nor to stand bare in his presence for they that do thus are not in the power of God but in the vain customs of the heathens as for Your humble Servant Sir that 's an old thred-bare complement which this Quaker is ashamed to own as for hat and knee-honour they that use them are as bad as heathens nay they are far worse they are apostates To pass over this Church and Kingdom this Quaker rings a sad peal for all Courtiers they are all apostate Christians such as have turned their backs upon the true Christian faith the term sounds harsh it 's this Quakers own they are such as are not in the power of God they are such as are in the vain customs of the heathens they are the rich and proud of the Land that get honour from their equals or inferiors Q. p. 41 42. Q. Numb 48 Ch. But is there not such an honour that belongs to Magistrates and men in Authority Fath. Nay Child such honour doth not belong to them neither are they honoured when it is done so unto them for true honour is from the heart and not from the hat Ch. But seeing such a thing is expected by men in Authority is it not better for me to give it to them than to offend them Fa. Thou must be careful Child how thou reasonest about it lest thou runnest into transgression for if thou respectest persons thou committest sin therefore mind the Lord and his teachings but the wo shall be to that in them which would be honoured with thy hat from whence the offence comes Ch. And doth not the Lord require any such things to be done Fa. Nay the Lord requires it not but the pride of mans heart seeks it for the Lord requires that thou shouldst honour all men in him and that is to give honour to whom it is due but unto a proud heady high-minded man there is no honour due though he be great in the world and be in place to rule but in the power of God the poor is as honourable as the rich and the beggar as he that rules and the honour is given as due unto the power and not unto any man's person Pr. Pr. In these lines this Quaking-father hath instructed his Child very ill taught him lies in the name of the Lord delivered to him abominable doctrine against the King the Lords anointed Let us unravel this Quaking-bottom in these lines it is evident that to the King placed in supreme power by God himself there is no such thing as hat-honour that belongs to kneel in his presence is no honour due unto him to speak like this Quaker Charles in querpo plain Charles as the Quakers drink healths to him is all that 's due to him for neither hat-nor knee-honour do belong to the King Thou King Charles hath but too often been used by some rude Quakers behold here is the root of this base spirit while the King is no Quaker in the power of God there is no outward honour due to his person this Quaker saith True honour is from the heart not the hat therefore according to this Quakers mind it 's but false honour to stand bare or kneel before the King to the King the chief Magistrate the Fountain of Honour there 's by the Quakers no true outward honour due But suppose the King as he hath just cause should be offended with his Quaking-subjects or any of his Courtiers for not giving him both hat and knee-honour which are due to him were it not better to give the King the honour than offend him In this case what must be done According to this Quaking-Instructor all his Quaking-friends and all Courtiers if they should be Quakerized must be careful that they run not into transgression by such reasoning for to honour the King with their hats with their knees is respecting of his person to whom no honour is due a sin which the Law of God will convince them of like this Quakers Child what must they now do Therefore to use this Quakers words that they may not offend the King they must mind the Lord and his Teachings Is it not hence plain that to honour the King with either hat or knee-honour is neither of the Lord not that which is taught by him Now consider well what is done daily at Court the Kings Majesty is outwardly honoured by all Courtiers what saith the Quaker to this By giving the King that outward honour his Courtiers do neither mind the Lord nor his teachings I am sure this is the naked substance the true import of his discourse To step on to track this Quaker a little further Look upon the King as he is as Gods Vice-gerent the Supreme Magistrate of this Kingdom who doth expect that all his subjects should acknowledg his high honour their own great distance with heads bare with knees bowing in his presence then mind what cursed doctrine is delivered by this quaking-father thus But the wo shall be to that in them which would be honoured by the hat according to this Quakers cursed doctrine the King the Nobility with all that are in Authority under him are accursed by this Quaker for taking that outward honour that belongs not to them as for outward honour to be given to the King or any other Magistrates this Quaker is basely bold to say it is more than the Lord requires this is that which mans proud heart seeks after Are not the Kings subjects by this Quaker ill principled taught here to deny outward honour to the Kings Majesty as if the Kings high honour were none of the Lords requirings in a Quakers mouth Charles how is it Let Charles live Plain Charles is honour enough for the King what is more cometh of evil for this Quaker saith the Lord requires no outward honour to be given to Magistrates and I am sure of these the King is chief To back this unchristian doctrine this Quakers spirit hath a lye put into his pen for the Lord doth no where require that we should honour all men in him neither is this to give honour to whom it is
due as this Quaker doth ill understand this point Besides this quaking-father is grosly mistaken for dominium non fundatur in gratia it 's not true grace that doth intitle any Princes only to their Crowns and Scepters Cyrus that was no truly gracious man was King of Persia and the Lords anointed King Darius an heathen was owned and honoured by Daniel But this Quaker hath not yet done here 's more lamentable bad doctrine against the Lords anointed I hope I may write without offence that here are Treason and Rebellion taught against our Soveraign according to the tenour of his own words you may take this supposition Suppose the King were a proud heady high-minded man what then in this case what is to be done This Quaker saith there is no honour due to him though he be great in the world and be in place to rule Is it not plain according to this quaking-doctrine that without goodness there is no true honour due to the Kings greatness nay behold more of this abominable stuff here is the power of God mentioned by this Quaker in which power enjoyed or lived in the poor is as honourable as the rich and the beggar as he that rules according to the true meaning of this Quakers words the Kings high honour is basely degraded his Majesty is ranked with the meanest of his subjects that is a Quaker one that is in the power of God for unless that this Quakers power of God be in the King or more plainly thus unless the King be a Quaker the beggar-Quaker is as honourable as himself and the reason of this Levelling-Quakers vile doctrine is this for the honour is given as due unto the power and not to any mans person is it not plain from this wild reason that there is no true honour due to the Kings person at all But suppose the power of God as this Quaker cants were in the King what would be got by it he would not be one jot better than the meanest dry or wet Quaker the poorest Quaker in the same power of God would be as honourable as his Soveraign that rules Surely this wretchedly base doctrine is not fit to be told in Gath nor published in Ashkelon the greater is the shame of Quakerism that it should be published in our Valley of Vision this Quakers doctrine tends directly to nothing more than to lay the Kings honour in the dust to strike the Crown from his Majesty's head and to share with the King in his high honour it may be truly said Beware of Quakers for like the Jesuited Papists they are not in truth the Kings Loyal subjects Q. p. 43 44. Q. Numb 49 Ch. I would be informed of another thing Father what language I am to speak to a single person whether Thou or You be the true language to a single person Fa. Why Child a single person being one and no more the true language is Thou unto him or her and hath been the language spoken by all that have been guided by the Spirit of God without respect of persons and we do not read of another that was spoken by the holy men of God unto any person whether a King or any in authority under him for the spirit of truth leads into all truth and Thou to one is the language of truth without respect and the spirit of truth teacheth to speak it and not another Ch. But how is it then that the people use the word You to one another when they speak one to one F. Because in that thing they do not mind the Spirit of God and its teachings and so the false spirit acting brings fortha false word for You to one is an apostate language and is become seated in the pride of heart Pr. Pr. In these lines this quaking-father is teaching his Scholar an odd new language here his quaking-spirit is turned Grammarian after his quaking-fashion to teach little children to speak properly to give Thou to one person and no more but You to more than one Thou is become the Quakers Shibboleth to distinguish them from all others it 's in truth a main principle of the Quakers delusion distinctly to character them from all whom they count counterfeit Christians by them great stress is laid upon this word Thou it 's no less than a language with this Quaker like Jacob's Ladder it 's made by them to reach to Heaven they are all from below that do not use Thou to a single person probably at the confusion of languages Thou is the true language which is fallen to the Babel-quakers share this Quaker tells us that they who use not Thou to a single person are none of them guided by the spirit of God to mount this Quakers folly to its full height to say to the King May it please your Majesty to any Peer of the Realm Your Grace Your Honour to any great man Your Excellency to others Your Worship these are according to this Quaker such expressions of civil honour as were never spoken by any holy men of God I may truly say that Thou like Moses his Rod hath swallowed up all these Serpentine words they whether at Court or Country who do not use this Quakers Thou to a single person whether King Peer or Subject are sensual not having that spirit of truth who leads into all truth without Thou Charles to the Kings Sacred Majesty without Thou to every Peer of this Realm without respect the language of truth saith this Quaker is not in that mans mouth that man that is not a Thou and Thee-quaker is not taught by the spirit of truth according to this Quakers mind when we do speak one to one we must beware of You to one another for all they that do use You to the King to the Nobility to the Magistrates and Gentry of this Kingdom do in this thing not mind the Spirit of God and its teachings This Quaker saith moreover that to use You to any one man is that false word brought forth by the Devil the false spirit acting in them that use it nay which is worse You to a single person is the apostate language now is not this inference rightly drawn from his own words to say to the King Your Majesty to the Peers Your Grace your Honour to others Your Worship are no less than false words brought forth by the Devil no less than an apostate language Thus you see that this word Thou is so doted on by this Quaker as that for its sake all that use You instead of it to a single person do speak as the Devil the false spirit acts them they are all apostates such as are faln from the true Christian faith to give full weight they are all proud like Lucifer who have You seated in the pride of their hearts may it not be truly said this Quakers spirit is both bold and blind who durst write after this silly rate Q. p. 45. Q. Numb 50 Ch. But is it
thee execute his vengeance on those generations Pr. Pr. In these lines you may behold this Quaker crying up Oliver Cromwel as being not unlike the man Christ Jesus for he saith that Oliver Cromwel was the man who did bear as upon a common shoulder the sufferings of the oppressed but what tender consciences many of them had it hath been better understood since that time their tender consciences had no feeling of Rebellion Treason and other mens estates To go on with this Quakers comparing tacitely Oliver Cromwel and Christ together he saith that their sufferings went to his heart that he felt their sufferings on his shoulder that he could have laid down his life for one of them that his heart was tender that his bowels did sound that the hearts of his sufferers flowed in to him that in them and him there was but one spirit and one heart but in all the time of his Rebellion and High-treason whose servant whose instrument was whose work did Oliver Cromwel Behold what this Quaker saith of him the Lord did call and raise him up to head his Armies he made him his Sword and the Lord did execute by this Oliver Cromwell his vengeance on those generations Doth not this Quaker plainly tell us that the Rebel-Army under Cromwells command was Gods Army that called and raised this Traytor to be the head of his Army that God made Cromwell his Sword that God by Cromwell did execute vengeance onthose generations who these generations were the Reader must judg Q. p. 9 10. Q. Num. 115 Charles Stuart could have put off from himself the sufferings of the Puritans upon the Bishops and have alledged that they were a nonconformable factious generation and did contrary to the Law but that could not excuse him nor his standing still whilst he had power to remedy it but did not nor that those Laws were of long standing nor the disaffection of great men and nobles and rulers and bishops and priests and the generality of the Nation to that way from the judgment of God which hath taken hold on him and his children and his party whom he hath made a dreadful example of his vengeance and that by thy Sword as an instrument Pr. Pr. These lines of this quaking Bishop are abominable not to point at every base passage in them this is plainly the mind of this wild inspirado that the judgment of God to use his own words hath taken hold on Charles Stuart and his Children and his party that the Lord hath made the King his Children his party a dreadful example of his vengeance and that Oliver Cromwell's sword was the Lords instrument of this judgment and of the vengeance executed on the late King and his Children and his party that I may not be looked upon as a bloody Priest I shall squeeze these lines no further only let me say without offence that no man of any common sense dare justifie what this Quaker hath written to be the moving of Gods spirit without question these are such traytorous lines as were never seen in print from the eternal God before Q. p. 14. Q. Num. 116 Who wa st the Lords battel-axe and weapon of war to the cutting dovvn of him Pr. Pr. This traytorly Quaker goes on still to tell Oliver Cromwell that he was once the Lords battel-axe his weapon of war to the cutting down of the King behold how this Quaker in print doth justifie the basest of murthers as if it had been the Lords doing by Cromwell as his battel-axe as the Lords weapon of war for this bloody work Thus I have done with this Quakers Letter to Oliver Cromwell which was dated from Bristol the 16 of the fifth Month 1656. Subscribed thus George Bishop Surely this lamentable Quaker was strongly huffed up by his rebellious and traytorous spirit when he took himself to be moved of the Lord to publish them again in the year 1660 he that desires to know more of this Quakers pretended warnings of the Lord or to see how a Quakers light within him can act the part of disloyalty rebellion and high Treason against the Kings Sacred Majesty may peruse this quaking-Pamphlet more at large THE next book which might be transcribed is called A comparison between the true and false Ministers by Nicholas Knight printed 1675. Pr. By the late Impression of this Quakers scribble it 's evident against which Ministers this quaking-author writes that they are the Ministers of the Church of England that are the false Ministers here meant to ease my Readers patience and consult my own ease I shall contract his whole book thus Q. p. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13. Q. Num. 117 Pr. Pr. In this quaking-book the false Ministers of England are thus described They are false Teachers who go and are not sent they go forth in their own names without any commission from God only in the will of man they call themselves the Ministers of Christ but are not their doctrine is false and traditional it 's not from heaven but men below they do teach for doctrine the traditions of men they are the false Teachers they preach a divination of their own brains they come not in at the door they climb up another way they speak in the wisdom of mens words they are men-pleasers by inticing and feigned words they are deceivers seekers of their own praise they seek more the fleece than the flock they preach for hire and divine for money they expect gain from their quarters like the Scribes and Pharisees they make long prayers and under that pretence devour widows houses such as say and do not they limit the Church of Christ to a Nation they are blind leaders of the blind and both fall into the ditch they hold the truth in hypocrisie and unrighteousness they take the words of God into their mouths when they hate to be reformed they have a form of godliness and deny the power they are deceivers and being deceived cause the Name of God to be blasphemed and evil spoken of they observe months and days and consecrated places their preaching is limited to days hours and hour-glasses and to the wills of men to outward observations traditions and ceremonies by their fruits these trees may be known out of the evil treasure of their hearts they bring forth evil things they are an ill savour clouds that hold no water they are sounding-brass and tinkling cymbals they do not profit the people at all being weighed they are still found too light they do neither believe nor understand what they preach they have no experience of the word of life like those silly women they are always learning but never able to come to the knowledg of the truth they flee the cross they are not willing to forsake all for Christ they chuse rather to be subject to the corrupt laws and wills of men than to obey Christ in denying themselves they lay heavy burthens on mens
believe That the Bishops in the late Kings time were persecutors that that generation was pulled up in the Lords anger that the powers that supported them were swept away in the Lords sore displeasure that the Lord was terrible to the men of high stature that the Lord did break in upon them with a furious blow of horrour and amazement that he smote with an incurable wound the Bishops and their King and their Nobles and their mighty men of war their Captains and Councellors their Priests and their Officers and their whole strength that the Lord left the name of Bishops King Nobles mighty men Captains Counsellors Priests Officers to be an astonishment and a wonder and a curse unto posterity See Numb 113. ARTICLE XCIV We Q. do believe That Oliver Cromwell was the man who did bear as on a common shoulder the sufferings of the oppressed for conscience sake who with himself were appointed to the same destruction that their sufferings went to his heart that he had a fellow-feeling of them on his own shoulder that he could have laid down his life for one of those sufferers that his heart was then very tender that his bowels did sound for them that the hearts of all his fellow-sufferers flowed in to him that in them and him there was but one spirit and one heart that for this cause the Lord did call Oliver Cromwell and raise him up to head the Lords armies that this Oliver Cromwell was made the Lords sword that the Lord did by him execute his vengeance on those generations See Numb 114. ARTICLE XCV We Q. do believe That the Puritans were great sufferers under the Bishops that Charles Stuart was inexcusable touching their sufferings for not remedying them according to his power that the disaffection of great men and Nobles and Rulers and Bishops and Priests to that way of the Puritans did not keep them from the judgment of God that the judgment of God hath taken hold of Charles Stuart and his Children and his party and hath made him his Children and party a dreadful example of the Lords vengeance and that this judgment was executed on the late King his Children and party by Oliver Cromwell's sword as an instrument See Numb 115. ARTICLE XCVI We Q. do believe That Oliver Cromwell was the Lords battel-axe and his weapon of war to the cutting down of the late King See Numb 116. ARTICLE XCVII We Q. do believe as our friend Nicholas Knight hath written That all the Teachers of England whether they are Episcopal or Presbyterian or Independent are false Ministers no true teachers who are not sent who have no commission from God who go forth in their own names only in the will of man that they are no Ministers of Christ that their doctrine is false and traditional that it is not from heaven but men below that they do teach for doctrine the traditions of men that they are the false teachers that they preach a divination of their own brains that they come not in at the door that they climb up another way that they speak in the wisdom of mens words that they are men-pleasers by feigned words that they are deceivers that they are seekers of their own praise that they seek more the fleece than the flock that they preach for hire and divine for money that for a pretence they make long prayers like the Scribes and Pharisees and devour widows houses that they say and do not that they limit the Church of Christ to a Nation that they are blind leaders of the blind that they do hold the truth in hypocrisie and unrighteousness that they hate to be reformed that they have a form of godliness and deny the power that they are deceivers and being deceived cause the name of God to be blasphemed and evil spoken of that they do observe months and days and consecrated places that their preaching is limited to days hours hour-glasses to the wills of men to outward observations traditions and ceremonies that these trees may be known by their fruits that out of the evil treasure of their hearts they bring forth evil things that they are an ill savour that they are Clouds which hold no water that they are sounding brass and tinkling cymbals that they do not profit the people that they are too light in the balances of the Sanctuary that they do neither believe nor understand what they preach that they have no experience of the word of life that like those silly women they are ever learning but are not able to come to the knowledg of the truth that they flee the Cross that they are unwilling to forsake all for Christ that they do chuse rather to be subject to the corrupt laws and wills of men than to Christ that they lay heavy burthens on mens shoulders which they touch not with one of their singers that they respect their own interest ease profit and security that they count gain to be godliness that they are hirelings that they do preach up the power and dominion of the devils leading into sin above the power of Christ over sin in this life that they do exalt the devils power who is their master above Christ that they preach up outward worship bodily service outward forms ceremonies and observances of outward ordinances and traditions of men of worship in outward Temples and consecrated places and outward conformity out of the life and power of godliliness in Common-prayer service and singing of Davids Psalms that they please themselves with an outward melody of voice and organs that they labour to bring people to an outward communion under an outward profession and name of Christians that they make them Christians by an outward washing that their fellowship is only in and with the world that they do not what God requires at their hands that they are preachers up of the Kingdom of the Beast and false Prophet that they are bewailers of the great City Babylon that their trade and merchandize do depend on her that they are pretended Ministers of Christ that they are Antichrists Ministers that the Gospel preached by them is of Antichrists setting up that they are led by the spirit of Antichrist that they make merchandize of the words of God that they are not Ministers of the Spirit that they are hypocrites who draw near to Christ with their mouths but deny him in their works that Episcopal Presbyterian and Independent are alike corrupt teachers that they do all preach in their own wisdom of words that they do differ from the true Ministers of Christ his Gospel and life that they do all want a thorough-reformation that they have taken up their stations in formalities that they are rejected of God that they are such from whom the Lord is departed that they are denied of the Lord to be his Ministers that they are such teachers to whom as our friend Knight saith the Lord saith who hath required these things at your hands wherein you have polluted my name that they seek their own more than Gods that they have not the Spirit that they are turned aside to fables that they are quenchers of the Spirit that they are despisers of Prophesie that they do speak evil of that which they understand not that they are none of Christs Ministers in the Spirit that they convert not any unto God that they go forth in the will of man that they are not of God that they are false shepherds that they speak their own words that they compose their own Sermons in their own wills and wisdom that they are no true guides in the way of life that they are deceivers and seducers who wax worse and worse that they run in the way of Balaam that they are false guides who lead to destruction whose ways are the ways of death whose end is everlasting misery that they are ready to blaspheme that holy name whereby we Quakers are called See Numb 116 117. ARTICLE XCVIII In the last place We Q. do stedfastly believe as George Fox and Richard Hubberthorn our friends do That our dear friends W. P. G. Whitehead William Smith G. C. and George Fox the younger James Parnell George Fox the elder and Richard Hubberthorn Edward Burrough George Bishop and Nicholas Knight have written and printed their fore-named Books and given them forth from the immediate eternal Spirit of God and therefore by good consequence they and their writings are no less to be believed than the Penmen of the Scripture the Prophets and Apostles are FINIS The Names of the Books cited in this Treatise with the Page where the Author begins to extract the Quakers corrupt Creed out of them I. THE Counterfeit Christian detected and the real Quaker justified By a lover of Truth and Peace W. P. Printed 1674. Page 4 II. The nature of Christianity in the true Light asserted Written by a Servant of Christ G. Whitehead Printed in the year 1671. Page 13 III. The Quakers Primmer by S.C. and George Fox the younger Page 27 IV. Two Treatises viz. a new Primmer and a new Catechism both written by William Smith Printed 1668. Page 33 V. A Collection of the several Writings given forth from the spirit of the Lord through the servant of God James Parnel who bore a faithful testimony for God and died a Prisoner under the hands of a persecuting generation in Colchester Castle in the year 1656. Published 1675. Page 59 VI. The Heathens Divinity set upon the heads of all called Christians G. F. Printed in the year 1671. Page 118 VII The power and glory of the Lord shining out of the North or the day of the Lord dawning By one whom Ishmaels brood calls a Quaker whose name in the flesh is James Naylor London printed 1653. Page 128 VIII A Warning from the Lord by one named of the world Edward Burrough Page 129 IX The Warnings of the Lord to the men of this generation particularly to those in power who are lately passed away and to them that remain as they were given forth in sundry Letters and sent to Oliver Cromwell Richard his Son late Protectors c. by his servant George Bishop who is moved of the Lord to publish them London printed by M. Inman 1660. Page 135 X. A Comparison between the true and false Ministers by Nicholas Knight Printed 1675. Page 141