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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B06572	The Christianity of the people commonly called Quakers, asserted against the unjust charge of their being no Christians, upon several questions relating to these matters, wherein their Christian belief is questioned.	Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.	1693 (1693)	Wing W1914; ESTC R186518	3,976	18

THE CHRISTIANITY OF THE PEOPLE Commmonly called QUAKERS ASSERTED Against the Unjust Charge of their being no CHRISTIANS Upon several Questions relating to those Matters wherein their Christian Belief is Questioned Printed in the Year 1693. The Christianity of the People commonly called QUAKERS Asserted against the Unjust Charge of their being no CHRISTIANS c. Question WHat 's your Belief concerning the Blessed Trinity as our Term is Answer Our Belief is that in the Unity of the God-head there is Father Son and Holy Ghost being those Three Divine Witnesses that bear Record in Heaven the Father the Word and the Holy Spirit and that these Three are One according to Holy Scripture Testimony Quest Do you Believe the Divinity and Humanity of Jesus Christ the Eternal Son of God or that Jesus Christ is truly God and Man Answ Yes we verily believe that Jesus Christ is truly God and Man according as Holy Scripture Testifies of Him God over all blessed for ever the true God and Eternal Life the One Mediator between God and Men even the Man Christ Jesus Quest Do you believe and expect Salvation and Justification by the Righteousness and Merits of Jesus Christ or by your own Righteousness or Works Answ By Jesus Christ his Righteousness Merits and Works and not by our own God is not indebted to us for our deservings but we to Him for his free Grace in Christ Jesus whereby we are saved through Faith in Him not of our selves and by his Grace inabled truly and acceptably to serve and follow Him as He requires He is our All in All who worketh all in us that is well pleasing to God Quest Do you believe Remission of Sin and Redemption through the Sufferings Death and Blood of Christ Answ Yes through Faith in Him as he Suffered and Died for all Men gave himself a Ransom for all and His Blood being shed for the Remission of Sins so all they who sincerely believe and obey Him receive the Benefits and blessed Effects of his suffering and dying for them they by Faith in his Name receive and partake of that Eternal Redemption which he hath obtained for us who gave Himself for Vs that he might Redeem us from all iniquity he died for our Sins and rose again for our Justification and if we walk in the Light as he is in the Light we have fellowship one with another and the Blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin 1 John 1.7 Quest Do you believe and own the Divine Offices of Jesus Christ in His Church Answ Yes verily we sincerely believe and own Christ not only as He is the Light of the World enlightning every Man coming into it but also that he is given for a Leader and for a Commander And that he is both King Priest and Prophet to and over his Church and People He is the Minister of the Sanctuary which the Lord pitched and not Man and we are to hear him in all things Quest Do you believe or own Baptism as Essential to Christianity or necessary to Salvation and for the Ingrafting us into Christ and His Church Answ We believe and are fully perswaded That Baptism which is Essential to Christianity and the saving Baptism or the Cause without which none can be true Christians or saved is the inward or spiritual washing of Regeneration by the Word of Life This is the saving Baptism into Christ and his Church which produceth the Answer of a Good Conscience towards God of which the outward was a Figure 1 Pet. 3.21 This is that One Baptism of Christ by one Spirit into that one Body whereof Christ is Head As to Dipping or Sprinkling Infants or Young Children we find no Precept or President in Holy Scripture for the practice thereof and therefore we cannot think out not believing it Essential or necessary to Salvation or making Christians a sufficient Argument to prove us no Christians unless it can be proved that none are saved without it and that all are saved that have it Considering also what 's Positively affirmed in the 39 Articles as in the 6th Article That whatsoever is not Read in the Holy Scriptures nor may be proved thereby is not to be required of any Man That it should be believed as an Article of the Faith or be thought requisite or necessary to Salvation And in the 20th Article That the Church ought not to Decree or Enforce any thing against or besides Holy Writ to be believed for necessity of Salvation And in Article 21. That things ordain'd by General Councils as necessary to Salvation have neither strength nor authority unless that they be taken out of Holy Scripture Quest Do you believe or own the Lords Supper either as a sign of the Love that Christians ought to have among themselves or as a Seal of the Saints Communion and Commemoration of Christs Death for us or as Figurative of Christs Body and Blood spiritually received by Faith Answ The Supper of the Lord we own and renderly consider in a twofold sense 1. In the Figure 2. In the Substance 1st That our Lord Jesus Christ at His Supper with His Disciples did eat the Passeover which was for the fulfilling and consummation of the Feasts under the Law see Luke 22. And at this Supper He did take and Minister Bread and the Cup to his Disciples for there was no Transubstantiation saying This do in remembrance of me and said the Apostle As often as ye shall eat this Bread and drink this Cup ye shew the Lords Death till he come 1 Cor. 11. After this they did more clearly know His coming and Christ after the Spirit Jesus Christ in them 2 Cor 13.5 and 5.16 2d And Christ said to his Disciples I will not drink henceforth of this Fruit of the Vine until that day I drink it new with you in my Fathers Kingdom Mat. 26.29 And likewise of the Bread I will not any more eat thereof until it be fulfilled in the Kingdom of God Luke 22.16 And he further said I appoint unto you a Kingdom as my Father hath appointed to me that ye may Eat and Drink at my Table in my Kingdom c. Luke 22.29 30. In these things we believe he spoke mysteriously and that every Member of his Spiritual Church doth daily spiritually partake of his Body and Blood by Faith as the Cup of Blessing which we Bless is it not the Communion of the Blood of Christ And the Bread which we break is it not the Communion of the Body of Christ for we being many are One Bread and One Body for we are all partakers of that ONE Bread 1 Cor. 10.15 16 17. The Son of God saith Behold I stand at the Door and knock if any man hear my Voice and open the Door I will come into him and will SUP with him and he with me Rev. 3.20 And Wisdom calleth to the simple Come Eat of my Bread and Drink of my Wine Prov. 9.4 5.

And saith Christ The Bread of God is he that cometh down from Heaven and giveth Life unto the World I am that Bread of Life my Flesh is Meat indeed and my Blood is Drink indeed He that Eateth my Flesh and Drinketh my Blood dwelleth in me and I in him John 6. We believe that all who thus do truly partake of Christ by Faith are in true Communion and Love among themselves which they do want who are only in the outward Observation of Sign and Shadows Quest Do you own the Seals of the New Covenant Answ Yes as the New Covenant i● Spiritual so are the Seals thereof a● they may be termed proper to it and therefore we believe they stand not in any external Shadow Sign or Figure bu● in spirit and substance the Seals of the New Covenant which is inward and spiritual must needs be the Evidence Testimony and work of the Holy Spirit giving us assurance through Faith of our share and interest in that Covenant Se● what the Holy Scripture saith in this case see 2 Cor. 1.22 Who hath also sealed us and hath given us the earnest of th● spirit in our Hearts Ephes 1.13 After ●hat ye believed ye were sealed with the ●oly spirit of Promise And Ephes 4.30 And grieve not the holy spirit of God where●y ye are sealed unto the day of Redemp●ion Our Christian sense and belief in these Matters may be briefly summ'd up in ●hat follows viz. 1. We believe That the spiritual ap●earance and living enjoyment of Christ 〈◊〉 spirit is above all outward signs sha●ows or figures or a Remembrance on●y of him thereby And that Christ more ●learly discovers himself by his Spirit in ●he New Covenant than by any outward Representations in the Old or thereunto ●ppertaining 2. That the One Baptism of the Spirit ●s a Seal or Confirmation of the New Covenant to true Believers and of them ●n it and so is their spiritual Eating and Drinking with Him in his Kingdom a certain Assurance Seal or Evidence o● their Spiritual Communion with him and in him 3. As all outward shadows and figure were of a decreasing nature so there 〈◊〉 the substance thereof which they poin●ed at and wherein they ended thoug● the names given to the shadows wer● carried along to the substance also tha● it might the more plainly appear in Scripture how the shadows were fulfilled i● the substance Christ as in the Old Covenant there was outward Circumcision of the Flesh in the New there is th● inward Circumcision of the Spirit I● the Old there was divers Washings o● Baptisms Heb. 9.10 In the New the One Baptism of Christ in the Old the Feast of the outward Passeover kept with Unleavened Bread and other Feasts observed c. in the New Covenant Jesus Christ is our Passeover and the Feast is to be kept with Unleavened Bread of Sincerity and Truth and here the One Bread of Life is known and received 4. We do not read nor find in Scrip●ure that One outward Type or Sha●ow was a Type of another Type outward but always of the thing Typified ●r Shadowed forth which was the sub●tance and end of that Shadow or Type ●s may be shown at large if any under●ake to shew us any shadow or thing that ●s figurative in its own nature mention●d in Scripture which they suppose we ●annot shew the substance of under the ●ame Name or Title Quest Do you believe and own the Ho●● Scriptures contained in the Books of the Old and New Testament to be given by Divine Inspiration and to contain all Mat●ers of Doctrine and Testimony c. necessary to be believed and practiced in order ●o Salvation and Peace with God Answ Yes we do and by the assis●ance of the Grace and good Spirit of God which gives the true understan●ing of the mind of God and meaning Holy Scripture we alwaies desire to li●● in the Faith Knowledge and Practice them in all things appertaining to Li●● and Godliness Holy Scripture being gi●en by Divine Inspiration is profitable 〈◊〉 Doctrin Correction and Instruction th● the Man of God may be perfect th●…rowly furnished unto every good Wo●● able to make the Man of God wise u●●● salvation through Faith in Christ Jes●● Writ in behalf of the People of God c●●led QUAKERS by some of them