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A85134	A confession and profession of faith in God: by his people who are inscorn [sic] called Quakers. Also shewing that the people of God are no vagabonds, nor idle, dissolute persons, nor Jesuites, though they wander up and down, and pass from one country to another, and from one nation to another, as they are moved of the Lord in his service. And this is to clear the truth from all false aspersions. By R. Farnsvvorth.	R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.	1659 (1659)	Wing F478; Thomason E935_1; ESTC R202127	17,443	18

to visit the Widdows and Fatherless in their distress and to keep themselves unspotted of the World When the righteous are in authority the good people rejoice but when the wicked beareth rule the good people mourn Prov 29.2 For the righteous considereth the cause of the poor but the wicked regardeth not to know it verse 7. And if a Ruler hearken to lyes all his servants are wicked as you may read Prov 29.12 Therefore how just and upright ought Rulers to be that they may not encourage the wicked and cause them to rejoice in their wickedness and cause the godly to mourn and be sad Judges officers which God comanded and ordained in the time of old to be set up in all the gates throughout the Tribes 1. They was to judge the people with just Judgement 2. They were not to wrest Judgement 3. They was not to respect persons 4. They was not to take a gift for the Lord saith A gift doth blind the eyes of the wise And 5. They was not to pervert the words of the righteous But 6. That which was altogether just they was to follow as the Lord hath said and as you may read Deut. 16.18 19 20. And 7. When a controversie did arise between man and man so that it came before the Judges to be determined the Judges was enjoined by the Law of God to make diligent Inquisition to the end that they might before judgement find out the truth or falshood of the Witnesses and if the judge by diligent enquiry c. found out the Witness to be a false Witness and testifie a false thing against another 8. Then he was to have passed the same judgement upon the false Witness that he should have done upon the other that he witnessed against if his testimony had been true as you may read Deut. 19.15.16 to the end of the chapter Judges are forbidden by the Lord and by his Law to wrest the Judgement of the poor in his cause as aforesaid And 9. Judges and officers are required by the Law of God to keep them far from a false matter 10. the Lord doth forbid Judges for slaying by false judgement the innocent and righteous and again Judges are forbidden takeing a guift as you may read Exod. 23.6.7 8.11 Also the Lord saith Thou shalt not raise a false report 12. Nor put thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous Witness 13. Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evill 14. Neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgement the Lord doth forbid it Exod. 23.1 2. And Moses in his charge to the judges commandded and charged them First to hear the causes between their Brethren And 2. To judge righteously between every man and his Brother and the stranger that was with him And thirdly That they should not respect persons in judgement But 4. That they should hear the small as wel as the great And 5. That they should not be afraid of the face of man for saith he The judgement is Gods and the judgement that it too hard for you bring it unto me and I will hear it as you may read Deut. 11.16 17 18. Deut. 16.18 19 20. And by the Law of God he is pronounced accursed that perverteth the judgement of the Stranger fatherless and widow Deut. 17.19 Jehoshaphat the King of Judah when he returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem 2 Chron 19.1 He set Iudges in the Land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah City by City Ver 5. And charged them or said to the Iudges 1. Take heed what ye do 2. For ye judge not for man 3. But for the Lord 4. Who is with you in judgement Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you take heed and do it 5. For there is no Iniquity with the Lord our God 6. Nor respect of persons 7. Nor takeing of guifts And he charged them saying Thus shall ye do in the fear of the Lord and with a perfect heart See 2 Chron 19.5 6 7 8 9. And such Judges Magistrates and Officers we own and honour in our hearts and souls who rule for God by the holy spirit and according to the holy Scriptures of the old and new Testament God is our Witness that we ly not And if any would have such owned to rule for God and honored with the honor given from God who are not led by his holy Spirit but act contrary thereunto and contrary to the holy Scriptures then speak it out plain For all such as are owned and honored by the only true God we honour and own And as concerning the office and duty of Rulers and Magistrates or officers and Ministers according to the new Testament He that ruleth for God must rule with diligence Rom 12.8 One that ruleth well his own house in the first place 1 Tim 3.4 Let the Elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour 1 Tim. 5.17 For Rulers that rule by the power of God are not a terror to good works but to the evil wilt thou then not be afraid of the power do that which is good and then thou shalt have praise of the same as you may read Rom 13.3 Is any power for the praise and encouragement of those that do good but the power of God and is not that the highest power which every soul is required to be subject to if the soul be not required to be subject to any powers but the powers of God which are the higher powers then ought every Ruler amongst men before they rule for God having Souls to let their souls in the first place be subject to the higher powers which be of God And then being ordained and impowered by the power of God to rule for him they will not be a terror to good works because good works they are brought forth by vertue of the power of God and by the same power in him and powers comunicated by him to men to rule for him they are to be defended and encouraged by the men of God that rule and minister for him to the praise of his but to the evil Whose works proceeds from the power of the Devil 1 Joh 3.8 10 12. They are a terrour who are in Gods power ordained and impowered to be Ministers of his justice and peace wilt thou not then as aforesaid be afraid of the power of God do that which is good and thou shalt have praise of the same For he that rules therein is the minister of God to thee for good but if thou do that which is evil be afraid for he beareth not the sword in vain for he is the minister of God and therefore ought to discern between good and evil to the end that he may not discourage them that do well under pretence that they do evil nor to encourage them that do evil under pretence that they do well For if he err from the power of

A CONFESSION AND Profession of Faith IN GOD By his People who are in scorn called QVAKERS ALSO SHEWING That the People of God are no Vagabonds nor Idle Dissolute Persons nor Jesuites though they wander up and down and pass from one Country to another and from one Nation to another as they are moved of the Lord in his service And this is to clear the Truth from all false Aspersions By R. FARNSVVORTH London Printed for Giles Calvert at the Black-spread-Eagle near the VVest-end of Pauls 1958. A CONFESSION AND PROFESSION OF Faith in God c. TO all true (a) Act. 11.26 Christians Gods (b) 1 Pet. 1.1 2 3 4 5. Elect and (c) Phil. 1.1 2. Saint of the most High God who are begotten by the (d) 1 Pet. 1.22 23. Joh. 3.5 6 Immortal Word and born again of Water and the Spirit The Church (e) Col. 1.18 Eph. 1.22 23. Eph 5.26 27. of which Christ Jesus is in the Holy Scriptures declared to be the Head And to all faithful moderate People whomsoever wheresoever and by what Names and Title soever known by or distinguished to or amongst the sons of men know ye hereby assuredly That we who of the world are slanderously reported as the people of God were in former ages Rom. 3.8 and who are reproachfully called Quakers do profess and confess testifie own believe and declare as followeth THat we Profess and Confess Faith in God the Father and in Jesus Christ his eternal Son the true God and in the Holy Spirit And we do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the Words of God This we testifie and we are not ashamed to Confess and Profess Faith in God the Father and in Christ Jesus his eternal Son and in the Holy Spirit as the Scriptures saith but we do believe in them and acknowledge subjection and dutiful obedience unto them viz. The Father Son and Holy Spirit And moreover we do hereby declare and testifie to all true Christians Gods Elect what God we do own and profess Faith in even in that God that appeared unto Abraham the Father of the Faithful when Abraham was ninty nine years old and said unto him I am the Almighty God walk before me and be thou perfect Gen. 17.1 The everlasting God Gen. 21.33 The God of Heaven and Earth Gen. 24.3 The God of Truth who is just and right and without iniquity Deut. 32.3 4. The faithful God that keepeth Covenant and Mercy with them that love him and keepeth his Commandments to a thousand Generations Deut. 7.9 The faithful and merciful God who will not suffer his to be tempted above that which they are able but will with the temptation also make a way to escape that they may be able to bear it 1 Cor 10.13 1 Sam. 2.3 1 Sam. 2.2 He is a God of knowledge and by him actions are weighed 1 Sam. 2.3 Neither is there any Rock like our God 1 Sam. 2.2 As for God his way is perfect the Word of the Lord is tryed he is a buckler to all them that put their trust in him 2 Sam. 22.31 and therefore he is worthy to be believed and have Faith in him professed for who is God save the Lord and who is a rock save our God 2 Sam. 22.32 33. He is the great the mighty and the terrible God Neh. 9.32 That God who is the King of all the earth Isa 45.21 22. Isa 45.5 who reigneth over the Heathen and sitteth upon the throne of his Holiness Psal 47.7 8. A just God and a Saviour Isa 45.21 22. Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel and his Redeemer The Lord of Hosts I am the first and I am the last and besides me there is no God as you may read Isa 44.6 Isa 43.11 12. Who is a God near at hand as well as a far off Jer. 23.23 That God who dwelleth in the high and holy place with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit Isa 57.15 Yea the God of patience and consolation Rom. 15.5 the God of hope Rom. 15.13 Iude 25. and that God who is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ the Father of all Mercies and the God of all Comfort 2 Cor. 1.3 The God of Love and Peace 2 Cor. 13.11 The King eternal immortal invisible the only wise God 1 Tim. 1.17 God who is Light and in him is no darkness at all 1 Joh. 1.5 The only true God Joh. 17.3 and the Lord our God is one Lord Mark 12.29 For there is one God Mark 12.29 30 31 32 33 34. 1 Cor. 8.5 6. and there is none other but he Mark 12.32.34 And there is none other God but one 1 Cor. 8.4 Isa 44.8 And this is God the Father which we own and profess Faith in and in Christ Jesus his eternal Son who said I and my Father are one Joh. 10.30 upon which saying the Jews took up stones to stone him Joh. 10.30 31. yet notwithstanding the same Christ that the Jews hated we love believe in and own who was delivered up to be crucified for our offences and was raised again for our justification Rom. 4.25 Who is the true God and him we own and profess Faith in and in the Holy Spirit God together equal with the Father and the Son one God over all God blessed for ever Isa 45.6 Joh. 10.30 Rom. 8 9 10 11. Eph. 4.4 5. Eph. 4.30 Rom. 9.5 1 Cor. 2.10 12. Joh. 4.24 Rom. 9.5 And unto us and al true Christians the Saints in Christ Jesus Phil. 1.1 It is given in the behalf of Christ not onely to beleeve on him but also to suffer for his names sake As you may read Phil. 1.29 As concerning the Scriptures c. That which in the holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament is declared and testifyed of to be the Word of God that we beleeve in own and confess to be the word of God according to the Scriptures And that the holy Scriptures of the old and new Testament as they are the Words of God so to be we own Knowing this first that no prophecie of the Scripture came in old time by the will of man but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the holy Ghost 2 Pet. 1.21 Who prophesied of the grace that should come unto the Saints and us in after ages searching what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signifie when it testified before-hand the Sufferings of Christ and the glory that should follow unto whom it was revealed that not unto themselves but unto us they did Minister the things which are now declared unto you by them that have preached the Gospel unto you with the holy Ghost sent down from heaven 1 Pet. 1.10 11 12. And God spake all these words saying I am the Lord thy God c. Exod. 20. ch So the words and sayings of God we do not deny