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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76086	The Holy Scripture owned, and the Athenians injustice detected, by The abused Quaker.	Abused Quaker.	1692 (1692)	Wing B106A; ESTC R170410	8,260	2

THE Holy Scripture Owned AND THE Athenians Injustice Detected By the Abused QUAKER THeir charge in their Mercury of June 11. 1692. upon the Quakers as speaking contemptibly of tae Bible is contradicted by themselves in their not only saying they equal Apocrypha with Scrptare but also in accusing Samuel Fisher for esteeming some of those Books called the Apocrypha of as Divine Original as those called Canonical and for saying if such Synods as shouldered out all those Books from sharing with the other writings in what they lay just claim to had been spiritually discerning they would have seen cause to have joyned some at least of these Apocryphal Scriptures to an equal Participation of the Plea of Divine Original and Inspiration with the rest And further that whatever is truly to be predicated of the one or can be pleaded sollidly on the behalf of the one which you call your Canon as to the Divinity of their Original the same may be pleaded on the behalf of not a few of the other instancing 2d of Esdras Epistle of Jer. Ecclesiasticus Wisdom of Solomon From all which observe that Samuel Fisher is so far from speaking contemptibly of the Bible that he confesses the Scriptures which are esteemed Canonical to be of Divine Original and Inspiration and argues for Some at least of those Apocryphal Scriptures to participate of the Plea of Divine Originaul and Inspiration and so does some of your own Doctors How should he then contemn the Bible Or with the Papists invalidate the Authority of those Writings as charged when he confesses them to be of a Divine Original and Authority The Apocryphal Scriptures he modestly owns some of them to be of the same Authority which these men deem Popery so that it seems the Bible is more magnified by Samuel Fisher than by these pretended Athenians And 't is observable that after they have instanced Sam. Fishers Book for some Apocryphal Scriptures to be of Divine Original they dare not in plain words deny nor do they refute what he says in that Case but conclude with a scornful Reflection and false-infinuation viz. Whence we may judge whether he travelled to Rome for nothing And yet we presume they dare not say that none of the Apocryphal Scriptures were given by Divine Inspiration Their other false charge against the Quakers in general on Samuel Fishers account is viz. Lastly They use the same detracted Expressions concerning it with the Papists and Jesuiss calling it a Nose of Wax a Lesbian Rule a dead Letter c. and bid us see S. Fisher p. 48 of Rusticus ad Accidemicos And we would have them see it better 1st That there is no proof against the People called Quakers that they call the Scripture a Nose of Wax c. Secondly Nor doth Samuel Fisher so call it with the Papists and Jesuits as falsly charged But that in its meanest and most altered and adulterated Capacity as wrested and torn and like a Nose of Wax twisted and twined into several Shapes by mens untrue Transcripts Variety of Lections and Sences through Misrenderings corrupt Copyings Correctings and Commentings c With more of the same Import naturally depending thereupon in all which he does not appear upon his own Judgment and Principle to give the Holy Scripture the Title of a Nose of Wax c. But infers it as the consequence of such Mens Abuse of it who alter adulterate wrest twist and twine it Therefore you pretended Athenians have dealt very disingeniously in this matter First In thus charging the Quakers in General from a Particular Secondly In perverting Sam. Fishers Words and Sense to an evil End never designed by him that he should one while own the Holy Scripture to be of Divine Original and Inspiration aed another while contemptibly term it a Nose of Wax is so monstruous that t is incredible to rational men especially to such as knew him his Sobriety and Learning which he himself set little by in Comparison of the Excellency of the Divine Knowledge of Christ Jesus which God in Mercy made him a Partaker of Besides he writ of the Scriptures under divers considerations and considered it in it's primitive best and purest Aspect as at first given forth declaring himself to be No Pander for the Papists as belyed but a just plain and impartial Pleader for the Scripture a Doer of right to those Holy Writings which are egrediously wronged by both Papists and Protestants and vindicates many falsly supposed to be Slighters and Disowners of the Scripture i. e. Our Friends that they do own value honour and exalt the Scripture both in ascribing all that to it which it assumes to it self and in Preaching and practising that holy Life which is the end of it Thus far S. F. in his very Answer unfairly cited against him p. 48 49 of his Rusticus and 2d Apologetical and Expostulatory Exercitation Thus you may see how unjustly these men have misrepresented Samuel Fisher and the People called Quakers on his account concerning the Holy Scripture Their Charge that they not only equal the Appocripha but their own Writings with it and indeed more than equal their own Writings unto them for they plainly prefer them before 'em i. e. the Scriptures both which we utterly deny First That we so equal our own Writings And secondly that we so prefer them we make no such Comparison but prefer the Spirit to the Letter as Paul did And we prefer the Scriptures before all other Books and Writings extant in the world And as for our believing or affirming that the Holy Ghost sometimes moves among us to speak or prophesie This our scornful Adversaries instead of confuting do scoff and deride saying they have learned to be God's Ape which bespeaks their Levity and Prophaness if not Atheism as well as Ignorance of God's Promises for his pouring out of his Spirit in the latter days and the Effects thereof And pray what Scripture have they for their Stile in calling us God's Ape These are the Persons that profess the Scripture to be their Rule but seeing they will have it that we equal our Writings with the Scripture in saying thus saith the Lord and G. F. Junior saying What I have written are the words which the Father gave me to write Tho this be short of proving their Charge yet it contradicts their falsly saying we speak contemptibly of the Bible for we do not speak contemptibly of our own Writings herein when we believe any of them contain Words given us of God Another charge is That they will by no means allow the Bible to be the Word of God Whilest we allow the Bible to be what it saith of it self that is a book we prefer before all other writings and books a book containining the Holy Scriptures and words of God first given by Divine Inspiration as well as containing a true History of the Devils and wicked Mens Words and Actions for warning against them I think