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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39375	A vindication of the doctrine concerning the light within, against the objections of George Keith, in his book, entituled, The deism of W. Penn, and his brethren expos'd by Edmvnd Elys.	Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707.	1699 (1699)	Wing E698; ESTC R19149	4,033	9

Person of the Holy Trinity I confess we ought not to call Him the Rule of Faith and Manners since the Rule of Faith is that Instrument by which we rightly Examine what is the Object of the Christian Faith or what that is that Christ hath laid down for us to Believe But we may also understand by the Holy Ghost I should have Translated it The Divine Spirit our Partaking my word is Participatio of the Divine Spirit with which Every Rational Soul is endu'd by an Idea of the most Great and most Good GOD Ingrafted in its Nature In which sence we by right ought to say The Spirit is the Principal or Chief Rule of our Faith to which the Scriptures themselves are Subordinate For we only Perceive they carry a Divine Sence as far as we feel their Congruity with the Idea or Impression of the Divine Being which God himself hath fixed in our Hearts R. BARCLAY's Protestation of which his Learned Adversary speaks p. 226. pleases me much That he with those of his Religion are willing their Doctrines and Practices should be Try'd by the Holy Scriptures and to admit as a positive and certain Maxim that whatsoever any do pretending to be led by the Spirit which is contrary to the Holy Scriptures should be reputed a Delusion of the Devil P. 66. Excepting the common Principles of Justice and Temperance all other things relating either to Faith or Life with respect to the peculiar Doctrines and Precepts of the Christian Religion are not to be found at all in the Light Within every Man abstractly and by it self consider'd Answ It implies the grossest Contradiction that The Light Within should be consider'd abstractly from CHRIST since by that Light we understand Christ himself and all that Comes from Him Tending to the Conviction and Conversion of Sinners In Jesus Christ The Light Within The True Light that Enlighteneth Every Man are Hid All the Treasures of Wisdom and Knowledge So that whosoever does not Rebel against The Light Shining in some Measure in his own Heart does Virtually Believe all the Truth the Belief whereof is necessary for his SALVATION P. 135. Whether the Spirit of Christ whose Judgment and Determination is all one with that of Christ and the Father doth give his Judgment to the Church and the Members of it by any other Law or Rule Measure or Standard than what is already to be found in the Holy Scriptures whether relating to Articles of Faith or positive Precepts of Revealed and Instituted Religion by Christ and his Apostles in the New Testament To this I Answer That in Matters that Concern the Whole Church or any Particular Congregation or any Single Person in that it is his Duty to Demonstrate to another that this or that is his Duty in these and the like Cases the Spirit of Christ gives his Judgment by no other Law or Rule Measure or Standard than what is already to be found in the Holy Scriptures But as to Particular Matters that Concern my own Soul in reference to the Fundamental Divine Law Thou shalt Love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart c. where I have no Obligation to Demonstrate to others that I should Sin if I should not Do this or that the Spirit of Christ will give his Judgment by the Particular Illuminations I receive from Him which imply such Notices of Persons and Things and of my own Particular Abilities and Inabilities together with the Remembrances of such and such Reflections upon my own Experiences of the Divine Justice and Mercy c. from which through the Influence of the Spirit of Truth and Love there arises a Lively Sense of an Obligation to such Performances which it may be no Person upon Earth can clearly Perceive by any Text of Scripture that it is my Duty to undertake No Man living can say It was my Duty to Do what I have Done in Defence of the Doctrine concerning the Light Within But yet it is so Evident to Me that it was My Duty that I Rejoyce and am Exceeding Glad whenever I Hear My self Reproach'd as I have been by Many particularly by G. Keith for this Consciencious Undertaking And I would rather lay down my Life than Promise or Ingage my self Not to Publish this present Writing being thereunto Call'd by HIM who Searcheth the Heart and Tryeth the Reins And will bring Every Work into Judgment with Every Secret thing whether it be Good or whether it be Evil. COME LORD JESUS FINIS * i. e. in a Strict Logical way of Speaking