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A46613 Mrs. Jame's defence of the Church of England, in a short answer to the canting address &c. with a word or two concerning a Quakers good advice to the Church of England, Roman Catholick, and Protestant dissenter. James, Elinor. 1687 (1687) Wing J417; ESTC R17202 7,335 8

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Liberty to Four or Five to Exercise but when that would not do but said They wanted a Prince and Governour whom they could Trust I think it was high Time for the late King to look about Him and for that which happened you may Thank your selves for you have been the sole Cause of it For do you think that it would have been Reasonable for the Church of England when the late King desired Her Assistance that She should have refused it No no such Treachery doth not Lodge in Her Breast and therefore She needs not Repent of what She hath done for She hath done no more than Her Duty You say No Man ought to be depriv'd of his Native Right And who doth is For some Complained That the Government ●●y too heavy upon them but it was you that refus'd it because you would not have the Trouble and the Charge Therefore She doth not as you say deprive you of any Station in Government and you cannot condemn Her for being Careful for you your self would do the same for if you were to Entertain any one at your House and was to Trust them with your Treasure would you not question him whether he would be True and Honest and if he should not satisfie you would you think him a fit Person to be Trusted And why should not the Church have the same Power to question them that comes into Her Government Is not the Peace of a Kingdom of greater Consequence than that of a Private Family And Therefore do not Complain so much against Her for God hath given Her Power and thro Him She will be so Wise as to keep it For hath not God Re-establish'd Her by a Miracle Can any deny but that it was an Extraordinary Providence to Restore my late Sovereign to His Crown and Dignities without Spilling of Blood and do you think that we are so Ungrateful as to forget such Wonderful Deliverances No no it is our Resolution to Trust God with all things and therefore we are not to be Wheadled out of our Senses by Quakers or Ranters or any other You talk of Gods Will Faith Conscience Religion Christianity Principles of Love the Evidence of Truth with its Light which silenc'd the Oracles of the Heathens But what signifies these Good Words when it is to Bad Purposes And as for the Power of the despised Cross I don't allow that you should meddle with that for it was not the Wooden Cross that Christ Exhorted His Disciples to bear for He could not carry that Himself but it was to bear such Evil Spirits as you with Patience that Despises Him and counts Wholesome Counsel Madness and imputes the Power of God to the Devil and to call His Blessed Spouse The Whore of Babylon and his Saints Anti-christians And when Christ says Vse all Things as if you used them not you contradict it and make as if the Creature was Damn'd if they go in Gay Cloathing when God knows you are Prouder in your Plain Dress than some are in their Silks and Satoins O! ye Hippocritical Devils That strain at a Knat and swallow a Camel. You know Christ hath commanded his Disciples to Baptiz● as well as well as Teach and He left His Blessed Sacrament to be Administred in Remembrance of His Death but how presumptuo●sly do you disdain both Therefore I cannot count you Real Christians as long as you do so but that you are deluded by Lucifer for you show his Pride to the World and you think none walks by the Spirit but you and I believe he was of the same Nature therefore the Heavens could not contain him and where will you be hurried when God is Angry I pity your condition I desire you to beg of God to give you Humility and Repentance that you may Mend for the time to come For the Church of England doth not delight in the Destruction of Her Enemies but desires that all might be Convinc'd and Converted that they might be Happy which bespeaks Her to be a True Church for Christs Church must have His Nature or else she cannot be His You say Christ Settled not his Religion in Worldly Empires Pray where was it then Or what did He come from Heaven for Was it not to Save His Church that was almost lost and to Plant His Religion in the World and to restore Man to that Felicity he had lost and to Reveal such Secrets that had been hid from the Beginning of the World and to Adopt us to cry Abba Father So I find it was Christs Intentions that God should be all in all And when Christ departed this World He did not leave His Church Destitute but sent his Holy Spirit to Subdue her Enemies by whose Power Kingdoms were Converted and for the Building of his Church he chose plain and honest Men that had so much of the Innocency of the Dove that they wanted a little of the Subtleness of the Serpent or else Christ would never have Exhorted them That they should be as Wise as Serpents and as Innocent as Doves But I find you have more of the Subtleness of the Serpent than the Innocency of the Dove Therefore you are not Qualified for a Disciple You speak of St. John's Love and Christs Obedience to his Fathers Will but what signifies that to you when you are fill'd full of Anger-and Mischief and are Disobedient and Rebellious Indeed I have been told That you were Subtle Dissemblers but I would not believe it but when I came to speak to your Great Dons I found I was Deceiv'd Tho I do not doubt but there are Thousands of Innocent Souls but it is not You Mr. Penn. I am told You are at Bristol very Busie about Parliament Members But if they be such as you to Abrogate the Laws they shall not Prosper for Gods Hand is against you I know the Devil will Rise in you but I value him not for Gods Power is above you all and you must submit to it You told me You were a Father but what did you beget Evil Spirits You think to Deceive but I hope your Deceit is at an end for the People begins to see your Cloven Foot therefore I would Advise you to go to Pennsilvania for they are in a Distracted Condition for want of you for indeed it was very unkind for you to Entice them out of their own Countrey and to leave them Destitute O! I would not be in your Condition for a Kingdom FINIS