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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50496	A brief account of the most material passages between those called Quakers and Baptists at the Barbican-meeting, London, the 9th of the 8th moneth, 1674 / published for information by W. Mead ... [et.al.] citizens there present, from the best collection they could make by writing and memory ; also a copy of the charges against Thomas Hicks ; with a letter from a sober Baptist-preacher to Jeremy Ives upon the account of that meeting.	Mead, William, 1628-1713.; Penn, William, 1644-1718.	1674 (1674)	Wing M1565; ESTC R29519	16,320	46

part Ergo. Then why may not another reason thus He that loves not Christ denys him he that keeps not his Commands loves him not and so forward to this That Non-conformity to every Command of Christ is a Denying of Christ then must the Presbyter and Independents be No Christians for denying Baptism and some Baptized Churches must be Antichristian for denying Laying on of Hands on all and others for not keeping Saturday-Sabbath But God forbid that we should thus proceed to Heat henize one another for Diversities of Apprehensions concerning the Nature Offices or Ordinances of Christ T H. has Dialogued so long till he has fill'd the Quakers Meetings in these Parts And for ought I see the more We Strive the more They Thrive It s strange we cannot observe the Counsel of our own Bible to let them alone for if they be not 〈◊〉 God they shall not stand Let us contend against all Faith that leads to● an Unholy Life which doubtless the Apostle intended when he bids us Contend for Gospel-Faith and not Doubtful Disputation One Thing more I noted which was not fair viz to set Women at the Door of the Disputation to sell a Pamphlet to exasperate the People against the Quakers verely he that did it acted too much like a Poch●r which if he can will wound the Hare before he courses her I was so troubled at it that I desired the Woman to remove or forbear shewing till the Dispute was past but she was so Zea●ous in her Business that I fear she was hired Whatever the Design was I know not but truly the Substance of the Pamphlet was very Weak for by the very same Argument he may prove all our Pedigree from the Pope as well as the Quakers but the Sheet it self smelt of the Spirit of Persecution which is the very worst Part of Popery But no more at present only this If thou hear of a Disputation again do thy Endeavour to have it out of the City three or four Miles Distance had freed you from that Rabble which I perceive will alwayes disturb and make utterly unprofitable all Meetings of that Nature From Octob. 12. 74. Thy Loving Friend and Brother W. L. Postscript FOrasmuch as the Baptists c. h●●● publickly though falsly accused a●● charged us with Denying the Christ of G 〈…〉 the Worth and Authority of the holy Scr●●tures and other things of the like Natur● we do for the stopping of the Mouth 〈◊〉 Slander and informing the Simple decl●●● in the Presence of God That we do high Honour and truly Own the Lord Jes●● Christ as he is born witness of in the ho●● Scriptures both as he is God and as he too● upon him Flesh and fulfilled the Law in th● very Body prepared for him above Sixte●● Hundred Years ago in which he resist●● and overcame the Divel and became a compleat Sacrifice for Mankind in general And further In Simplicity and Plainne●● of Heart we own him in all his Offices reco●ded in the holy Scriptures And concernin● the Scriptures we Esteem them and Ow● them as the Words of God spoken by the Spirit of God moving in Holy Men Prophets Christ his Apostles and Ministers and that they are profitable for Doctrine Reproof Correction c. yea we truly value them above all the Books extant in the VVorld and do hold it our Duty to live that Holy Life they call for and exhort to and they were written for our learning that we through Patience and Comfort of the Scriptures might have Hope And we wish with all our Hearts That whole Christendom who Honour them with their Lips might come to live that Holy Life which they exhort to For it is not the bare Profession of God Christ and Scriptures and other Heavenly Things in VVords that availes any thing but a living a Godly Christ-like Life is the Sum of Christian Religion W. S. THE END * And there is some Cause for Suspicion for a profest Socinian confederated with them and sat very near the Pulpit