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A65860	The counterfeit convert, a scandal to Christianity and his unjustly opposing Quakerism to Christianity justly reprehended : and the true Christ, and Holy Scripures [sic] confessed by the Quakers : in opposition to two scandalous books falsly styled I. Quakerism withering, and Christianity reviving, II. Animadversions on G. Whitehead's book, Innocency triumphant.	Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.	1694 (1694)	Wing W1922; ESTC R38605	40,748	92

love of God and God blessed our Meetings c. Thy First Charge against the Quakers is That they deny Jesus of Nazareth who was born of the blessed Virgin Mary to be Christ and the efficient Cause of Mans Salvation Here are Two Charges made one both which we positively and sincerely deny as contrary to our profest and known Principles The Scripture Texts proving Jesus to be the Christ c. p. 14 15 16. we ever have and do sincerely believe and own But that the Quakers ●●ach the contrary as B●●gg ●aith we utterly deny as a gross Calumny imposed upon us His instance fo●…roof of from Isaac Pennington's Question to ●…ssors wherein he distinguishes between Christ and the Body in which he came and between the outward Vessel and the Inward Life and not calling the Bodily Garment Christ c. i. e chiefly and in the first place Christ as I. P. explains himself is no Proof that the Quakers deny Jesus to be Christ for he did not consist only of an outward Body or Vessel he had both inward Life Soul and Spirit even as perfect Man much more as God And therefore Fr. Bugg's inference that the Quakers would divide the Humanity from the Godhead is false they are distinguished but not divided in the entire Being of Christ as also that they can never call him Christ but a Vail is falsly infinuated though his Flesh was called the Vail Heb. 10. 20. This Objection has been plainly answered as well as the Question Doth not the Name Christ belong to the whole Body c. In our Charitable Essay p. 4. which Fr. Bugg gives the go by to without Replication running the rounds to his old Objection Idem per Idem imposing and begging the Question he will neither see nor take Answers how plainly soever given thus impertinent and trifling he is But to clear Isaac Pennington in this Point he did not deny Jesus of Nazareth to be Christ but sincerely confesseth to the same Jesus Christ in his Works 2nd Part p. 18. in these Words viz. The Enemy hath raised up Jealousies and Prejudices against us as if we denied the Scriptures and Ordinances of God and that Christ that died at Jerusalem against which Isaac P. Answers viz. First That we do really in our Hearts own that Christ who came in the fulness of time in that prepared Body to do the Father's Will His coming into the World Doctrine Miracles Sufferings Death Resurrection c. in plainness and simplicity of Heart according as it is exprest in the Letters of the Scripture Secondly That we own no other Christ than that nor hold sorth no other thing for Christ but him who then appeared and was made manifest in the Flesh. And p. 19. ibid. The Lord hath shewn me in Spirit that they themselves are guilty of that very charge and that he will so implead them at his Judgment Seat which they cast upon us even of denying that Christ which died at Jerusalem to be Christ. Thus far Isaac Pennington What more plain and innocent Testimony could Man have given Where 's now either his or the Quakers denial of Jesus of Nazareth to be Christ as F. Bugg has over and over unjustly charged us Another Instance out of the Christian Quaker is that the holy Body i. e. of Christ was not instrumentally without a share of the general Victory and holy Priviledges obtained yet that the efficient and chiefest Cause was the Light and Life p. 18. This is so far from either denying Jesus to be Christ or the efficient Cause of Salvation that it is a plain Confession that Jesus Christ was both the instrumental and the efficient cause of Man's Salvation Instrumental in his Holy Body and Efficient by his Light and Life Seeing we preach no other Light or Life to effect Salvation but that of Jesus Christ. And we know of no true Understanding Christians but will confess that it was not the Humanity or Manhood of Christ only that effects or works Man 's Salvatian without the Divinity seeing as Man he saith I can of my Self do nothing as I hear I judge John 5. 30. Wherefore Fr. Bugg's Inference that they i. e. the Quakars have robbed the blessed Jesus of one of his eminent Attributes viz. of being the efficient Cause of Man's Salvation is notoriously false and impertinent like the rest Jesus Christ is a compleat Saviour As also is F. B's other That they insinuate by consequence that Him that was born of the Virgin He is no otherwise a Saviour than other good Men are p. 21. Which he has flatly contradicted by his Instance immediately following viz. If some Men in Scriptures are entituled Saviours because of their Contribution of their Trials Travels and Labours towards the Salvation of Mankind of much more right is that honour ascribed to Him who had the Spirit without Measure c. p. 21. Whereby its apparent that much more Honour of a Saviour is ascribed to Christ than to any other Men. Thus notorious is Bugg in his Contradiction to himself most unjustly to prove his Lying Charge of their Denying Jesus to be the Christ and the efficient Cause of Man's Salvation Oh Horrible Insolency and Self-Condemned Apostacy Now Fr. Bugg I query of thee 1. Didst thou when a Quaker deny Jesus to be the Christ. 2. Didst thou when a Quaker deny Jesus to be the efficient cause of Man's Salvation 3. Didst thou when a Quaker ever hear the Quakers deny Jesus to be the Christ in their Ministry 4. Didst thou when a Quaker ever hear the Quakers Deny Christ to be the efficient Cause of Man's Salvation 5. Nay didst thou deny Jesus to be the Christ or the efficient Cause of Man's Salvation when in the Name of the People called Quakers thou confessedst That in the beginning the inshining Light of Christ Jesus by his Heavenly Spiritual Appearance in the Hearts and Souls of his People was our Principle the very Foundation Principle and Corner Stone of our Building See his De Christ. Lib. 2d Part p. 24. 6. Didst thou deny Jesus Christ to be the efficient Cause of Man's Salvation in thy confessing to this inshining Light of Christ Jesus as the more sure word of Prophesie and that there was sufficiency in it being obeyed to lead to Salvation Or in thy confessing to the vertue and excellency of this holy Unction and to this word nigh in the Heart and to Christ Jesus the Second Adam as he is a quickening Spirit even to Christ within and thus People must wait to know him except they were Reproba●es ibid. p. 25 26 27. 7. Didst thou by these Confessions deny Jesus of Nazareth who was born of the Virgin Mary to be the efficient Cause of Man's Salvation 8. What notorious and gross Contradiction to thy self is it then for thee to make ascribing the Salvation chiefly to the holy Light of Life in Christ and unto his Body instrumentally to be a denial of his being

in the Flesh and Antichristian 〈…〉 a plain Indication that 't is for Conscience sake they that are truly Conscientious and Faithfu● among us cannot pay them And their believing they are abrogated by Christ and therefore ●…e Payment thereof a denying him to be come in ●…e Flesh is the greater Argument of their be●●g conscientious to Christ in refusing to pay ●●em And therefore F. B's opposing our ha●●ng Favour tended to affect the most Tender ●nd Conscientious among us And 't is not T. C's ●o No that will excuse him nor his daring to ●…y such an Uncharitable Thought never entred ●…B's Heart that will clear either of them from ●ncharitableness towards us in this point What profound heart-seeing Judge hast thou T. C. ●ade thy self herein it seems very high Pre●●mption in thee but without Probation thus acquit thy Brother Bugg's Malicious Heart ●…en from Uncharitable Thoughts as if he ●ere arrived to a very high pitch of Perfection ●…ove thy self who confessest thy self to be an ●●perfect Fallible Sinner in thy Imrod And no ●●ubt as Fallible in this thy profound Judgment ●●d Vindication on thy Brother Bugg's Heart ●nd as Fallible and Sinful thou appearest in ●ondemning G. W. as wicked and his Spirit as ●…t the Spirit of Christ and that upon a strange ●●esumptuous and severe Exercration upon thy ●●lf in thy following Words viz. p. 5 6. I have here taken notice of but some of G. W' s. ●…ess that by the Fruit he brings forth you ●ay be capable of judging into what Root he is graft●●●… and I am so well satisfied that his Spirit is not ●…e Spirit of Christ nor he as he falsly pretends a ●●stant Servant of Christ that I do now in coolness and not in heat of Passion give him and his wicke●● Abettors that advantage to improve their Intere●● and Power therewith i. e. the Spirit of Christ against me that I may end my Days in Infamy 〈◊〉 an Example to others if his Spirit be that 〈◊〉 Christs Thus far thou T. C Now observe here what a fearful Execratio● or Curse thou hast conditionally denounced against thy self resembling that Oath God do●… to me and much more if c. 1 Sam. 20. 1● 2 Sam. 3. 35. 1 King 2. 23. and appears no le●● than an Oath of Cursing in a high degree an● all to prove G. W. wicked not led by the Spirit 〈◊〉 Christ nor a Servant of Christ. For if he 〈◊〉 so or his Spirit be of Christ then with t●● Spirit of Christ we may improve our Intere●● and power against thee and so as that thou may end thy Days in Infamy as an Example c. Th●● this be no proof at all against G. W's Spiri● but rather the contrary that thou art not 〈◊〉 a Christian Spirit nor led by the Spirit 〈◊〉 Christ who forbids all Swearing and co●mends Blessing and not Cursing by thy volu●tary bringing thy self under such an Oath 〈◊〉 Execration yet the Spirit of Christ in us not willing thou shouldest perish or dye und●● thy own Curse though thou hast reason to fe●● it's coming upon thee for thy great Envy a●● horrible Presumption herein if thou dost n●● Repent SOME BRIEF REMARKS ON T. C's BOOK MY testifying against F. B's Seditious Treatment as thereby endeavouring ●o incense the Government and stir up the Mobb ●gainst us as being New Rome Perjured Per●ons c. proves not me Seditious as is falsly re●orted p. 9. unless T. C. will own himself Se●itious by the same Argument because he ac●uses G. W. to be guilty thereof Yet Buggs ●eigned Pillory T. C. confesseth was not well don'e ●ut then to extenuate and excuse F. B's Crime ●e places it on high Provocations c. telling ●s Oppression may cause a Wise Man to err p. 9. 〈◊〉 seems he would not have him rendred Mad ●●o ' his Mock-Trial and Pillory was no small piece of Madness But is this all the Judgment and Condemnation T. C. has to give against Bugg's cruel Mocking and gross Forgery in his Mock Trial and Condemnation of Honest Men to Perjury and Pillory which appeared no other than the Tragedy of a furious Incendiary and Persecutor and a work of Envy Outrage and Scandal to incense the Government and Mobb against us which to testifie against could not be seditious on our parts as T. C. mistakes in his Inference On that Saying his Flesh is a Figure p. 26. The form of a Servant and Fashion of a Man are of the same Import 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Phil. 2 6 7. and not in Contempt given to Christ. Where is the Term Flesh understood the Person of ●ur Lord Jesus Where did J. P. say that the Fles● or Body of Christ is of an Earthly Perishing Nature p. 27. though ours be I am not convicted of acquitting the Guilty 〈◊〉 accusing the Innocent by inverting F. B's A●gument against J. Pennington upon himself viz Now if he to wit Christ took ours and ours ●e a perishing nature ergo his was perishing or it w●● not ours Quoth F. B. This being spoken o● Christ's Flesh and Blood 't is apparent F. ● run into the same Error he falsly accuses J ● with for he cannot deny that Christ took up●● him the Flesh and Blood of our Nature H●● 2. 14. And that ours is perishing When●● F. B's Consequence is Ergo his was perishing 〈◊〉 it was not o●rs thereby he plainly has in●e●re● Christ's Flesh and Flood to be of a perishing Nature And thou T. C. canst not wind him out of this Snare nor make F. Bugg innocent or sound in his Logick against which I excepted viz. I deny his Ergo though our Flesh be perishing as in us it was not perishing when assumed by him See Innocency Triumph p. 23 24. How far the Name of Christ belongs to every Member but chiefly to him the Head is fully demonstrated in my Charitable Essay p. 4. which thou dost not Answer but quarrelest impertinently Where dost thou prove that the Person of our Lord Jesus consists of Flesh if none do oppose his Flesh or Body to his Soul or Life as thou sayest p. 26. Thou wouldst know where the Flesh of Christ as distinguished from his Life and Soul is called Christ in Scripture p. 28. Answ. 'T was Christ that died but how as to his Flesh not as to his Soul or Spirit That the Person Jesus of Nazareth we do not exclude or deny to be Christ p. 29. If by Person thou meanest both Soul and Body he being a Compleat Saviour Qu. 1. Can the Bodily Garment taken literally be called Christ 2. And is a Person made up of Body or Flesh only 3. What is a Person truly and properly Though Him is sometimes given to the Body yet more properly to the Son of God for whom it was prepared or to the entire Christ. I know no Contemptuous Speeches or Expressions of our Lord Jesus or Scriptures excused p. 12. 29. consequently much less owned by me And though I