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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

the efficient cause of Man's Salvation Qu. Wither p. 22. Seeing that Light of Life was the Light and Life of the same Jesus Christ. And I think it is a real owning Jesus Christ who was born of the Virgin Mary to be the efficient Cause of Man's Salvation to confess that to his own holy Divine Light of Life Salvation is chiefly ascribed but Instrumentally to his Body And hath not the Apostle Paul the like Distinction where he confesseth we were reconciled to God by the Death of his Son much more being reconciled we shall be saved by his Life Rom. 5. 10. Here 's Reconciliation by his Death and much more Salvation by his Life Wherefore F. Bugg's Consequence against us as bringing in Damnable Heresies Denying the Lord Jesus Christ to be a compleat Saviour p. 23. is a most foul and absurd Slander His instance in p. 23 that the Serpent is a Spirit and therefore that promised Seed which bruiseth his Head must be Spiritual And that Seed is Christ. To which I add consequently not only the outward Body or Flesh which he took upon him I cannot understand how this can be a Denial that Jesus Christ himself is the efficient Cause of Man's Salvation unless F. Bugg doth think that Christ was made up only of that outward Body of Flesh without any Divine Principle of Light and Life in him which I suppose he will not attempt to own or prove For though Christ took upon him the Seed of Abraham according to the Flesh and was the Seed of the Woman that bruises the Serpents Head even the promised Seed who through Death was to bruise under and destroy him that had the power of Death viz. The Devil yet he effectually doth it by his Divine Power Light and Life as the immediate and efficient Cause of Man's Salvation Wherein we still confess his Sufferings and Death in the Flesh Instrumentally to Contribute thereunto Christ Jesus as the promised Seed who came of a Woman made under the Law bruised the Serpent's Head both without us and within us without us through his Sufferings and Death by his Divine Testimony Word and Power within us by his Divine Life Light Word or Seed Spirit and Power which is all but one Christ himself not Two Christs nor to be divided Else how could we be born again of incorruptible Seed Or how doth that Seed remain in him that 's born again And is not that Seed Christ And is not the Word of Faith Christ in Spirit 'T is well that F. B. grants the head of the Serpent in Men shall be bruised Consequently this must be for their Salvation And Christ therefore as inwardly revealed by ●is Spirit and Power the efficient Cause there of Divers other absurd Consequences he draws upon us in this case not worth tracing His other Instances to prove his false Charge of the Quakers denying Jesus to be Christ and efficient Cause of Man's Salvation are most grosly applied and perverted as he saith by G. Fox's assuming Divine Attributes to himself p. 26 27. Which we must needs look upon to be a reiterated aspersion For where G. F. uses these Words I am the Light him by whom the World was made and doth enlighten every Man that comes into the World c. This he speaks in the Name of Christ and not of himself nor in his own Name as his following Words plainly shews viz. If you love the Light wherewith you are enlightened you will love Christ who saith Learn of me Now F. B. Dost thou in Conscience believe that G. F. assumes this to himself or that he himself made the World Or that he himself enlightens every Man 'T is very sad to see thee so hardened and wilfully perverse in thus perverting truth Thou knowest better and sins against knowledge in thy Calumnies against us F. Bug's Second Charge against the Quakers Their Books are Blasphemous and their practice Idolatrous c. This we utterly deny as a Calumnious Clam●u● against our Books and practice in general And therefore the more impossible for Fr. Bugg rationally to produce the Colour of proof thereof Wherefore I question him about his pretended Allegations 1. What Blasphemy or Idolatry was it for any of our Friends to write viz. Thou O North of England out of thee did the Branch spring and Star arise which gives Light to all the Regions round about in thee the Sun of Righteousness appeared c. 2. How proves F. Bugg that Fox's Disciples or Proselites as he scornfully calls them ecchoed back these Adorations to him as calling him the Branch the Star the Sun of Righteousness Alluding to Mic. 5. 2. Numb 24. 17. Mal. 4. 2. Zech. 3. 8. p. 31. I challenge Bugg to prove where the Quakers gave these Titles to the Person of George Fox or that he assumed them to himself Observe I have viewed over that Epistle of Edward Burrough's to the Camp of the Lord in England p. 64 65 66 67 where mention is made of the North of England and where the Branch did spring and the Star arise and the Sun of Righteousness appeared c. And G. F. is not so much as mentioned or named in all that Epistle and therefore Bugg has most shamefully belied and scandalized the Quakers in this point also not only in charging them that the Quakers Prophets give Witness to G. Fox instead of Christ that they call him the Branch the Star the Sun of Righteousness and put the North of England for the Town of Bethlehem N. Rom. unm Epist. to Ber. p. 2. But also because of our Testimony against this Horrid Lye and Abuse among others Bugg staged Twelve of us being Citizens Tradesmen and others of good Repute in his Mock Tryal wherein he condemns us for Perjured Persons to the Pillory with a form thereof in his N. Rom. Arraign to redicule and most grosly defame us both as to our Christian and Civil Reputations affected thereby Oh horrible Insolency and Wickedness in thee F. Bugg Thus wilfully to persist in thy Imposing gross Lies and Calumnies upon the World against us 3. What Divine Attributes did G. F. assume to himself in saying he wrote from the Mouth of the Lord or that he was cloathed with Righteousness p. 30. 5. How proves Bugg that to be a true and entire Copy of John Audland's Letter to G. F. which he cites p. 30 I deny his Citation and there 's reason to question the truth of it being also so often varied in Print and particularly from the Copy sent me by John Pennyman besides the Date of 1665 given it in the printed Libel entituled Some of the Quakers Principles c. gives more Cause to question the Truth of his Copy For that Date was Two Years after John Audland Died being in 1663 't is great Nonsense to suppose he writ it after he Died as appears by their Register of Burials in Westmorland And thou F. B. hast owned the said Libel and the

composing of it in thy N. Rom. Arr. p. 10. And didst thou find the Date of 1665 on the said Letters or didst thou give it or who did Answer truly We may not be imposed upon by thy various uncertain Accounts or Equivocations in this Matter 5. Which of you have the Original Letter of J. A's And which of you are able to make it appear by comparing of Ha●ds to be his as printed by thee as thou sayest p. 32. Which of you are so expert in his Hand that you can make it so appear ex certa scientia I greatly question it I am sure that John Audland believed in and confessed the true Christ of God according to Scripture as is fully proved in his Works cited in my Just Enquiry p. 26 27 28 29. and that he esteemed G. F. no otherwise than eminently Instrumental in Christ for his own and others help and comfort 6. What Blasphemy and Idolatry canst thou prove against W. P. and others in their Book Judas and Jews and in excusing Josiah Coa's Letter Thy proofless Clamours will not do to bear us down nor thy hideous out-cry and clamour that never greater Blasphemies were spoke by Man than by Fox For shame leave these thy Malicious Calumnies 7. What Blasphemy and Idolatry provest thou against John Blackling's Testimony that G. F. was blessed with honour above above many Brethren Were there not Elders worthy of double Honour And is not that Honour Eternal which God gives and is from above and wherewith he Honours them that Honour him 8. And that his Life Reigns i. e. the Life that G. F. partook of Is not Christ the Life of all his true Believers and Followers 9. His tender Words in the Lords Love were my S●●●'s Nourishment If these were J. B's Words what Blasphemy or Idolatry was in them as believing G. F. Instrumental in the Lord's Love for his Souls Comfort Did not Paul say I have fed thee with Milk and not with strong Meat 1 Cor. 3. 2. And did not Christ's Ministers comfort the otints who were in Trouble by the Comfort where with they themselves were comforted of God 2 Cor. 1. 4. Were these Blasphemous or Idolatrous supposest thou F. Bugg Oh how filthy Loud and Clamourous art thou in thy Charges and how poor faint dull and short in thy proof Fr. Bugg's Third Charge against the Quakers That they deny the Scriptures by speaking contemptously of them c. Their Contemptuous Expressions of the Holy Scripture their contempt of the Holy Scriptures p. 32 33. We utterly deny these his Charges as both Calumnious and directly contrary to our Principles His Allegations are fully answered in these our Three Treatises viz. A Charitable Essay A Just Enquiry and Innocency Triumph●nt But he is so tenacious to his own Opinion and so Implacable that he 'll receive no Answer but repeat and impose his old worn Reproachful Stuff over and over again I am sure our Friends Books alledged by him if impartially viewed will clear them in this Case from either Denying or Contemning the Holy Scriptures And even that of News coming out of the North so often objected doth in divers parts of it clear the point both by the numerous Quotations of the Scripture in the Margents as also where it s therein said the Lord hath spoken by his former Prophets and what The Scripture And p. 8 Christ Jesus the Substance of the Prophets Ibid. The Testimonies of the Prophets of God and Apostles of Christ against false Prophets and the Works of the World owned And p. 12 13. The Scriptures and Saints Conditions and the Words spoken by the Prophets Christ and his Apostles owned And in Eternal Substantial Truths p. 17. The Life and power of God gave forth the Scriptures he saith Now could this be any Contempt of Holy Scripture No but the Contrary And where do the Quakers say that to preach out of them i. e. the Holy Scriptures is Conjuration There may be true Preaching out of the Holy Scripture by the Spirit of Truth and there is false Preaching by perverting the Holy Scriptures Bugg's own instance which is against them that study to raise a Living thing out of the Dead to raise the Spirit out of the Letter are Conjurers and Diviners their teaching not being from the mouth of the Lord p. 34. This is no proof of his general Charge that to preach out of the Holy Scriptures is Conjuration Quer. Where proves he these Words His Observation is also false That the Quakers call the Holy Scriptures Death Dust and Serpents Meat This is a foul perversion seeing they esteem the Holy Doctrine to be the Holy Scripture which he also has granted and agreed to And our distinguishing between the outward Writing or Books and the Holy Doctrine therein contained and between the Letter and the Spirit 2 Cor. 3. 6 7. This was no Juggle nor any Contempt of Holy Scripture as falsly suggested p. 33 36. The Holy Scriptures mentioned amongst those Writings which I. P. did bring to the Exchange And to this F. B. saith Surely they could not burn the Holy Spirit and that it seems they can call the Bible the Holy Scriptures for a Wicked Design p. 36. This is impertinent as well as Malicious for the Holy Scriptures therein mentioned was with the respect to the Doctrine therein contained for I must tell F. B. that it would shew Contempt to Holy Scripture even to the Holy Doctrine contained in the Bible if a Person should voluntarily offer to burn the Bible it self as the King of Judah did Jeremiah's Roll Jer. 36. though he could not ●urn the Word of the Lord. But to say the Bible or Books made up of Paper and Characters will decay and turn to Dust but the Holy Doctrine Word and Spirit from whence it came will endure This is no Contempt of Holy Scripture nor yet to the Bible His Saying G. W. holdly imposes upon the World that though they call the Scripture Dust c. yet they do not call the Holy Scripture so The first part he falsly imposeth upon me as he doth on the Quakers Not only that they call the Holy Scriptures Dust Death Serpents Meat Beastly Ware c. which is a horrible Calumny but also that they do not believe the Doctrine and Precepts recorded in Scripture to be either Blessed or Holy p. 38 39 Thus he imposeth his horrid and gross Lies against us upon the World as also that the Quakers never did beg Pardon of God for Christ's sake and that they do prefer their own Books Papers and Epistles before the Scriptures p. 40. These like the rest are gross Lies and contrary to our Testimonies extant in Print as in divers of our Books we positively declare That we prefer the Holy Scripture above all other Books extant in the World and also declare that we are truly thankful to God for preserving to us the outward Writings Scriptures or Books commonly called the Bible as in

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