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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36217	The second part of An apostate-conscience exposed being an answer to a scurrilous pamphlet, dated the 11th of April, 1699. Written and published, by F. Bugg, intituled, Jezabel withstood, and her daughter Ann Docwra reproved for her lies and lightness, in her book, stiled, An apostate conscience exposed, &c. By Ann Docwra.; Apostate conscience exposed. Part 2.	Docwra, Anne, 1624-1710.	1700 (1700)	Wing D1780; ESTC R214990	20,559	50

upon it applying them to G. Whitehead S. Cater and others which I never meant nor thought so as F. Bugg hath suggested both in the four forged Letters and otherwise I complained to a Clergy-man that the Letters which he had seen with my name to them F. Bugg had forged he answered That the Bishop of Rochester was so served there was a Letter counterfeited with the Bishop's hand to it so exactly that the Bishop did think at the first sight he had writ it himself until he had heard it and then he knew he never wrote those things in that Letter Since I discovered F. Bugg's Forgery I have heard this Story of the Bishops from divers and one of them a Magistrate an eminent Man He and I had some Discourse about it also Alderman Jermin late Mayor of Cambridge told me That he had divers false Passes and Certificates came to his hand and some Justices names to them counterfeited very exactly these shows that such things may be done and F. Bugg cannot clear himself in this case F. Bugg in this Book he writ against me says in p. 45. That Mr. Crisp and he hath more Letters of mine still by them that will fill another half Sheet Most if not all the Letters I writ to T. Crisp did only concern a Paper that F. Bugg and his Cabal had forged some things in it in the Year 1683. with my name to it in Print I am sure I never writ to him any thing else but concerning that Paper of any consequence and for F. Bugg he can shew nothing under my hand except he Forges it that I am ashamed or afraid of but I perceive by his Writing that he hath prepared a large Magazine of Forgery against me if his Clergy will pay for printing it And in p. 4. F. Bugg says Mr. Crisp and Mr. Keith are the Correctors of the Press when he writes against us It may be so I perceive by George Keith's Writings in Print he is in that Cabal with Tho. Crisp and if F. Bugg says true with him also but I will now leave F. Bugg and enter upon something of G. Keith's proceedings He is a Man of Contention and Strife as appears by his Books in Print he is so lifted up with his Scholarship that he boasts himself to be Wiser than others and hath sought preheminence over the People called Quakers as may appear in his printed Books and other Practices this hath been some cause of his Strife Debate and Contention in which he hath shown more Folly than Wisdom it is a common saying That a learned Fool is the most Troublesom and Contentious of all Men altho' his Craft is the principal Instrument of the proceedings in his undertakings yet he hath made but small progress in his Designs as may appear for I do not yet hear that he is taken into real Community with any known Perswasion either Presbyterian Independent Baptists or Church of England but hath endeavoured to gather a loose unstable People to himself by his Delusions to make them believe that the Light or Grace of God is not sufficient if obeyed to bring Man to Salvation His undervaluing the Heavenly and Divine Light hath brought him into Darkness and his Followers also into great Delusions This G. Keith in the time of the Persecution fled into America and left the Flock to the Wolf and now Liberty is granted in the Exercise of our Religion he and his Followers have disturbed our Meetings in divers places as appears by his own printed Relation of his Journey to Bristol and other places he show'd himself in our Meeting at Cambridge without our consents and took up the Meeting for a long time and some part of the time in Sophistry and Clamour against some of our Ministers at last he met with opposition which caused him to give over but he was so tedious that some of the Schollars that were present said If this Fellow had not been opposed he would have babbled until Mid-night He also lays claim to our Meeting-Houses and says They are as common for him as for others to Preach in This is not true our Meeting-Houses are common for all Hearers but they are not common to all Preachers they are not common for Jesuits nor to G. Keith an Apostate Quaker nor any others that are not in Unity and Community with us such have no lawful pretence to Preach amongst us and the Magistrate may to keep the Peace take notice of such upon complaint for they do but disturb our Meetings contrary to the Liberty granted in the Exercise of Religion I have been in Community with the People called Quakers above 36 Years and have observ'd there were many restless Spirits under divers Perswasions these sometimes joyned against us and some Apostate Quakers also and others that were under a large Profession of Religion yet their Principles were not powerful to bear them up in the time of Persecution but they skulk'd in holes and corners to perform their Worship to God and called it Humane Prudence these People were more Prudent than Pudent for they were not at ease there but were envious against us and were often scribbling against us and raising Controversies and Disputes in matters of Religion I write not these things to upbraid the proceedings of these worldly fearful Professors in general for there was some in Community with them that were an honest plain-hearted People that loved Peace and did not approve of their Contention altho' they lay still skulking until the Storm of Persecution was over and when the Sun shined then every Viper crept out of his hole then came forth George Keith and his Followers disturbing our Meetings with Clamouring against us in them and stirring up Disputes and Controversie in our Meetings for Worship which was a thing that was never known amongst us and where ever he appears this hath been his common practice pretending to discover Errors but this is but make-bate Opinion falsly called Religion that lives by Jangling and Contention and Knows not the pleasant Paths of Peace that the Children of Light walks in but God will blast the Expectations of all such turbulent Spirits and bring them to Confusion and exalt his Light and Grace in the Hearts of his Peaceable People which is sufficient to bring Salvation to all Mankind that yield obedience to it to bring them to heavenly Peace and Prosperity both in this Life and the Life which is to come Hasten this thy work O God The 22d of the Month called November 1699. Ann Docwra A Treatise concerning Enthusiasm or Inspiration of the Holy Spirit of God By A. D. There is a Spirit in Man and the Inspiration of the Almighty gives them understanding Job 32. 8. THE certainty of all true happiness consists in the true knowledge of God and his dear Son Jesus Christ This is Life Eternal that they might know thee the only true God and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent John 17.

3. who shines in the Hearts of Men enlightning every Man c. John 1. 9. The true and right understanding of all Mankind is to come to the Light that shines in the dark Heart of fallen Man and to observe the motions of it for the Light of Christ shines in all Mens Hearts in some measure to Reprove for Sin and Exhort them to that which is Good it is given and sown or inspired into all Mankind and convincingly appearing at certain times and seasons This is an infallible Teacher that never deceived any Man and is sufficicient to bring all Mankind out of Darkness and out of their Sins that yield true obedience to it it works gradually in Man it reproves some Sins first and if they forsake them it shews them in order all their Sins and as they are obedient it still goes on more powerfully in its work until it hath put an end to Sin and brought Man to know the work of his Redemption so from all Iniquity Christ Jesus who is that true Light that showes to Man his Transgression puts an end to it and brings in the room of it everlasting Righteousness which is a blessed State and Condition But it is usual with fallen Man to plead that there is no Man without Temptations this may be true but it is no Sin to be tempted if they yield not to those Temptations Our Saviour Jesus Christ himself was tempted in the days of his Flesh upon Earth but sinned not 'T is Man's yielding to Temptations is the cause of Sin and it is their Iniquity that separates from the true knowledge of God and from Jesus Christ whom he hath sent to redeem Mankind out of Sin and not in Sin The Light Grace and Inspiration of the Almighty is that only which can teach Man his Duty to God and is one divine Principle in Man altho' it is declared under several Denominations and hath divers Operations according to 1 Cor. 12. 4. read the Chapter at large and you will find this to be true But some do say That these Gifts are ceased now that are spoken of in that Chapter and the work of the Ministry is from Books of Learned Men and not from Enthusiasts as they call those that Preach extempory from the Inspiration of the Holy Spirit of God as all ought to do Now I come to shew the Legerdemain that hath been used in this Nation by some of the Learned concerning this strange word Enthusiasm which they have frighted the Ignoranto People with making them believe that there is dangerous matter contained in it and of bad consequence in matters of Religion this strange word Enthusiasm is from a Greek word and signifies in English Inspiration I suppose none that understand Greek will deny this we read not of any Inspiration in the Holy Scriptures but what is Divine both in the Old and New Testament and the Scriptures are a good Witness against any Opposers see Job 32. 8. and 2 Tim. 3. 16. And tho' there be an evil Spirit Ruling in the Rebellious yet Inspiration is commonly taken for the Good But some do say That there is Fantastical Enthusiasm or Inspiration That which is Fantastical is not Real and they find no such Inspiration mentioned in the Holy Scriptures I wish that Men would not make themselves wise above what is written Their English Dictionaries says That the word Enthusiasm or Enthysiasm signifies an Inspiration or a Ravishment of the Spirit Divine Motion Poetical Fury this last Exposition is Babel indeed What Confusion can be more manifest than this to confound Divine Motions with Poetical Fury This shews what Darkness raigns in the World to Print such manifest Contradictions as if Divine Motions and Poetical Fury were one and the same thing but some will have it so and that the word Enthusiasm hath a two-fold Signification and that there is a Fantastical Enthusiasm or Inspiration we read of no such thing in the Scriptures of Truth We read of some possessed with evil Spirits but that did not proceed from Divine Inspiration but Satan's Temptations The Apostle says That every one is tempted when they are drawn away by their own Lusts and enticed James 1. 13 14 15. We read also of false Prophets and Deceivers in the Scriptures of Truth but our Saviour gives a true Character of them he did not call them Enthusiasts but said Ye shall know them by their Fruits Do Men gather Grapes of Thorns or Figs of Thistles Mat. 7. 15 16. Luke 6. 44. These were a Persecuting People and much complained of in the Holy Scriptures in divers places both Magistrates and Priests which are sometimes called Watch-men as in Mic. 7. 4. he saith That the best of them is as a Bryar and the most upright as a Thorny Hedge The Church of England in their 39 Articles called The Faith and Doctrine of the Church of England they declare That the Scriptures are a sufficient Rule both of Faith and Manners see the 6th Article And further in the 20th Article they say That they must not expound one place of Scripture to make it repugnant to another c. If they keep to their Articles they will find no Enthusiasm or Inspiration in the Scriptures but what is really Divine Now I come to give an account of what some of the Learned have said concerning Enthusiasm or Inspiration wherein they are divided amongst themselves concerning it some say That it is a Disease in the Soul of Man and that the Soul hath Diseases as well as the Body That the Souls of wicked Men have no Health in them is certain but that proceeds not from Enthusiasm or Inspiration but from Sin and nothing but the Inspiration of the Almighty will Cleanse and Heal them Some others of the Learned say That Enthusiasm or Inspiration is a natural thing and neither good nor harm in it self and that some of the Poets of Old were such Rhetorical Enthusiasts that they believed they were Divinely Inspired it is likely they were so the Apostle Paul quotes some of the Poets to convince the Athenians that worshipped an unknown God and were much given to Idolatry Acts 17. 27. where he advises them To seek the Lord if haply they might feel after him tho' he be not far from every one of us For in him we live and move and have our being as certain of your own Poets have said For we are also his Off-spring c. This shews that these Poets had some knowledge reveal'd to them from God We do not read that they had their knowledge from the Scriptures then to make a Trade on as some do now-a-days Revelation or Inspiration proceed from one Fountain and is really Divine altho' some of the Learned have used their endeavours to debase Inspiration but let us see what the Church of England says in this case in their Common-Prayers first in the Collect for the Communion they Pray That God would cleanse their Hearts by the