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A96385	Cain's generation discover'd. In ansvver to an epistle directed to the reader, in a book titled, A short and full vindication of that svveet and comfortable ordinance, of singing of Psalms. Put forth by one Jonathan Clapham, vvho calls himself M.A. and minister of Christ in VVramplingham in Norffolk; wherein he is found in envy, in Cain's way, in his false accusations and fierce despising and envious railing against the innocent, which is answered by me whose name in the flesh is George VVhitehead, who am one of them who are called Quakers, ... and wee having answered before six of his chief arguments for singing Psalms, which are answered in that book called, Davids enemies discovered, which this priest Clapham durst not answer nor reply to; therefore he makes excuse to the reader, that we left out some of his arguments, for the which cause I am moved further to answer to some of his arguments concerning singing, ...	Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.	1655 (1655)	Wing W1898; Thomason E844_12; ESTC R202146	13,314	16

thy steps and may uncover thy nakedness to all men Answered by me who am a witness of the Truth against all blinde guides and deceivers who are in their own imitations and inventions Cain like and in Cains way Balaams way are now sound my name according to the flesh is George Whitehead CERTAIN QUERIES TO You Teachers of the world who profess the Scriptures to be your Rule to walk by Query 1 VVHat warrant or example have you from Scripture to be made Ministers by the wil of man at Oxford and Cambridge and there to learn so many years Arts and Sciences and rudiments of the world and so to have your Commission from man seeing the Ministers of Christ were not made Ministers by the will of man neither had they their Commission from man and the Apostle declares against the rudiments of the world Gal. 1.1.12 Col. 2.8 Query 2 What warrant have you from Scripture to go to a people and hire with them such a time and agree with them for so much wages and to take tythes and gifts and rewards seeing that Isajah declares against such as seek for their gain from their quarter and Ieremiah and the Lord declares against such as bear rule by their means and Paul declared his entrance unto the Thessalonians how he laboured night and day that he might not be chargeable and that he did use no cloak for covetousness and to them whom Christ sent out he said freely ye have received freely give the workman is worthy of his meat and they that did take oversight of the flock of God did not do it by constraint nor for filthy lucre but of a ready minde and Peter and Iude declared against such as go in Balaams way for gifts rewards and the Apostle denies such as takes tythes and saith that Priesthood and that law is changed Isa 56. Ier. 5.30 Mic. 3.11 1 Thess 2.5.9 Mat. 10.8 1 Pet. 5. 2 Pet. 2. Jude 11. Heb. 7.2.12 Query 3 And what warrant have you from Scripture to be called of men Masters and to stand praying in the Synagogues and to have the chiefest places in the Assemblies and the greetings in Markets and with a pretence to make long prayers as the Scribes and Pharises did seeing that Christ said to his Disciples be not ye called Masters and cryed wo to the Scribes and Pharises who did so Mat. 6.5.7 Mat. 23. Query 4 And whether the same wo is not to you now that are found in their steps Query 5 And what warrant have you from Scripture to make a Trade of other mens words and to take a Text and so to raise your Doctrines and reasons and Applications and Motives and Arguments and consequences seeing the Lord saith I am against the Prophets that steale my words every one from his neighbor and Paul was not a Minister of the Letter but of the Spirit and he came not with enticing words which mans wisdom teacheth but in the power and demonstration of the Spirit Ier. 23.30 2 Cor. 3.6 Chap. 10.16 1 Cor. 2.4 Query 6 And what warrant have you from Scripture to give your meanings and interpretations unto the Scriptures seeing that the Apostle saith that no Prophesie of old came by the will of man neither is it of any private interpretation 2 Pet. 1.20 Query 7 And what warrant have you from Scripture to read the Epistles to the world which Paul wrote not to the world but to the Saints called in Jesus Christ and to give your meanings and consequences and expositions upon them seeing that Paul said I charge you by the Lord that this Epistle be read unto all the holy Brethren Rom. 1.6 1 Cor. 1.2 1 Thes 5.27 Query 8 And what warrant have you from Scripture to sprinckle Infants and to tell people it is the Baptisme when you have no such example in Scripture but tells people that believers were baptized which wil not maintain sprinckling Infants and this baptisme Peter calls but a figure and Paul said he was not sent to baptize but to preach and calls baptisme dead works and saith that the baptisme is but one with one Spirit into one body 1 Pet. 3.21 1 Cor. 1.17 Heb. 6.1 2. Ephes ● 5 Query 9 And what warrant have you from Scripture to tell people of a Sacrament to tel people that a little bread and wine is the Communion and so upholds rudiments and Ordinances seeing there is no such word as Sacrament in Scripture and cursed is he that adds or deminishes and Paul saith the cup of the blessing which we blessed 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 and Christ said to his Disciples take eate this is my body and drink this is my blood and which of you dare say that a little bread and wine is the body and blood of Christ and the Apostle saith blotting out the hand-writing Ordinances that was against us and why as though living in the world are ye subject to Ordinances touch not tast not handle not which are all to perish with the using after the COMMANDMENTS and DOCTRINES of men 1 Cor. 10.16 Mat. 26.26 Col. 2.14.20 21. Query 10 And what warrant hare you from Scripture to give people Davids Prayers Prayses Prophecies Cries Complaints Lamentations Roarings Wastings quakings and Tremblings to sing in Rime and Meeter and when you read them hats you keep on and when you sing them hats you keep off And whether is this singing with the Spirit and with understanding yea or nay Now all you professed Ministers that dare own your selvs to be Ministers of Christ and yet upholds these things before propounded to you answer these by plain Scripture without your meanings and consequences and see how you can excuse your selves in them or else be ashamed and never profess Scripture to be your rule and your selves to be Ministers of Christ CERTAIN QUERIES TO You that say the SCRIPTVRE is your RULE and the SAINTS RULE to try the SPIRITS by Query 1 WHether doth the Spirit of God bring man to know the Scriptures or the Scriptures bring man to know the Spirit and if the Scriptures bring man to know the Spirit then what is it that opens the Scriptures for to them that are without the Parables Mat. 13. Mark 11. Query 2 And if the Scriptures be the Saints Rule to try the Spirits and to know the voyces by then how did Moses know the voyce of God before the Scriptures was written Query 3 And if the Scriptures be the Saints Rule to try who are deceivers then how did Isajah know who was deceivers before he spoke those words forth Query 4 And if the Scriptures be the Saints Rule to know the voyces how did Ieremiah know the false Prophets who spoke Scripture Language who said thus saith the Lord and yet Ieremiah knew that God never spoke to them but said the Lord is against them Ier. 23.31 Deut. 18.20 Query 5 And what other mens words did Isajah and Ieremiah Ezekiel Hosea Micah and the rest of the Prophets declare when they declared against the dumb shepheards and hirelings and false Prophets and from whence had they that which they spoke and from what Scripture did they learn what to speak it the Scriptures was their Rule to try who was Deceivers by Query 6 And what Scripture had Peter and Iohn to follow Christ by and what Scripture did they know him by seeing they were unlearned men Acts 4.13 Query 7 And if the Scripture be the rule to know God and to try the Spirits by then why did not the Scribes and Pharises know Christ but persecuted him seeing they had the Scripture and the Prophets words which prophesied of him and where he should be born Query 8 And if the Scriptures be the Saints rule to know who are deceivers what Scripture did the Disciples of Christ know Antchrist by who should come in his name and should deceive many seeing Christ said unto them go not forth and if they might not go forth where might they know Antichrist and if you alledg that they might be known by their fruits because the Scripture declares against such as live in pride and covetousness then by what Scripture will you know their inside that come in Sheeps cloathing and the Ministers of Antichrist that transform themselves into the likeness of the Apostles of Christ and how then did the Saints know that pride was a sin and covetousness was a sin who spoke forth Scripture and spoke what they knew before they spoke it Query 9 And if the Scripture be the Saints rule to try the spirits by for what cause Christ send them a comforter which the world could not receive and he should tell them all things and all the Children of God are taught of God and hereby we know him because he hath given us of his Spirit Ioh. 16.13 Heb. 3.10 Query 10 And what Scripture might they try the Spirits by which Iohn wrote unto seeing he saith These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you but the anointing which you have received of him abideth in you and ye need not that any man teach you but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things and wherefore did Iohn write unto them seeing he saith I have written unto you not because ye know not the truth but because ye know the truth and that no lyars of the truth 1 Ioh. 2.20.26 27. Now answer these by plain Scripture you that profess your selves to be Ministers of Christ and gifted men Pastors of Churches that do profess the Scriptures your rule and the Saints rule to try the spirits by or else be silent from your teaching and never profess your selves to be Ministers of Christ that you may appear in your own likeness to be naturall men and hypocrites who are forbidden to judge who cannot discern the things of the Spirit of God Mat. 7.1.6 1 Cor. 2.14 15. GEORGE VVHITEHEAD FINIS

nothing but what they knew naturally and in these things corrupted themselves as thou dost Iude 10 11. and there thy singing is without God and without his teaching and thou sayest that singing is a duty common to all men but thou sayest that the Sacraments hold forth visible communion and thou brings that Scripture 1 Cor. 10.16 17. I answer there is no such word there is visible communion or Sacrament O let shame cover thy face and never profess the Scripture to be thy rule and thy selfe to be a Minister of CHRIST who art found so adding to SCRIPTURE and acting those things which thou hast no SCRIPTVRE for and art found adding so many LYES to it as telling people that SINGING is a common duty to all MEN and of a SACRAMENT which thou hast no Scripture for and so out of the SAINTS worship and the SAINS COMMUNION thou art and without the SPIRIT and without the BODY of Christ wherein their COMMUNION was and do not discern the Lords Body where the communion is in that which is invisible therefore thou art in the visible Communion which is after the flesh which is not the Saints Communion 2 Cor. 5.16 and there thy worships visible thy singing is visible and thy rule is visible and thy word is visible and thy Baptisme is visible and therein thy Ordinances Customes and Traditions thou art found among wicked and out of the Apostles life and Doctrine thou art who said why as though living in the world are ye subject to Ordinances and bad them neither touch nor taste nor handle which all are to perish with the using after the Commandments and Doctrine of men Col. 2.14.21 22. and thou sayest why should any fear that mixture of wicked men in singing who are bound to sing Gods praises as well as to pray though they sin in both Here Priest Clapham out of thy own mouth thou art judged to cause the people to erre who hast confessed that the wicked both sin in singing and praying and yet art preaching for it here thou hast made it manifest that thou art one of them who eat up the sin of the people and art striving to justifie them in their sins and art proved to be a transgressor of the Law and a teacher of others so to do And whereas thou sayest that Moses and the Children of Israel joyned together in singing and that with many of them God was not wel pleased I answer neither is he wel pleased with thee and thy generation who are found in their steps with whom God was not wel pleased 1 Cor. 10.5 6. who art found in Lust and Idolatrousness which they were found in you that are covetous are they that lust and are Idolaters Ephes 5.5 Col. 3.5 with whom God is not wel pleased and to justifie the wicked singing thou sayest that David calls on all Creatures to sing praises unto God and thou brings Psal 148. I answer thou adds to Davids words he doth not bid them sing but praise for he in that Scripture bids the fruitfull trees and the flying-fowle praise God but he never bad such fruitless trees as thou sing who cumbers the ground neither did he ever bid the wicked sing as thou dost who are out of the Covenant but the fruitfull trees and the fowls of the Ayre and the lillies of the field keep their Covenant wherein they were created but thou who seeks for thy gain from thy quarter and livest in pride and covetousness and takes Tythes and Gifts and rewards and Teaches for filthy Lucre thy own Traditions who art caring for thy maintenance and liveliehood thou art not come so far as the Ravens and the Lillies for they witness against thee for they take no care and them thou dost not consider and there let the Ravens and the Lillies and fruitfull trees and every thing which keeps its Covenant which do praise God judge thee and condemn thee to be out of the Covenant and out of the Saints life among the wicked and fruitless trees in whose mouthes praises are not comely and whereas thou brings that Scripture Psal 1 50. in that Scripture he saith praise him with the sound of the Trumpet with Psaltery and Harp and Cimball and Stringed-Instruments and Organs and loud Cimballs and Sounding Cimballs here let all that reads this see thy nakedness and blindness and what confusion thou art in how thou art wandering in thy imaginations thou knows not whither here thou hast shewn thy selfe to be both without the old Covenant and the new thou that art going about to uphold Types and Shadows and singing of Davids conditions and that which he declared to continue among the wicked to sing in Rime and Meeter and whether hast thou all these Instruments which David speaks of upon which in that time he praised the Lord but thou art yet in the death uncome to the Types which figured forth the life and the Dead cannot praise God Oh! for shame give over professing thy self to be a Minister of Christ who art both out of the Scripture rule and the life which spoke it forth pleading for Rimes Customes and Traditions to be set up and practised by vain wanton light Ayry Filthy earthly minds in pretence of the worship of God but abomination thou and all such worships and worshippers are to the pure living God and thee we do deny and thy worship which stands in tradition and trample upon it to be shut out from God and all his Children and in these thou calls thy generall rules directing weak Christians how to sing thou hast uttered forth thy great swelling words as laudatory supplicatory and impricatory and encharisticall and such like here thou art found to be one of them which the Apostle declares against who art in the great swelling words 2 Pet. 2.18 therefore all them that are Christians do deny thee and thy directions who thy self art found to be out of the Christians life and practises and in the end of thy Book thou sayest indeed it were an excellent and profitable work if some able pen would according to these generall rules give some directions upon every Psalm to help weak Christians in singing I answer Thou Io. Clapham did call thy paper A short and ful vindication of singing so if it were full what need thou tel of an able pen to give directions unto weak Christians and what is the end of thy directions now let all that reads this see the end of thy Arguments and thy singing and confusion which thou hast here uttered that all that have a desire to know the christians life may see and witness against that life and these practises which thou art in and see here how thou hast foamed out thy own shame and laid open thy folly so here in plainness without partiallity from the Spirit of the Living God I have laid open so much of thy confusion as may be a shame unto thee and all blind guides that are in