come and buy of me They add in pag. 8. Which went before old Israel and in pag. 12. leave out these words of N. C. Which Shines in all in your Hearts and Consciences c. For by these words it is evident N. C. could not mean as they say that visible Cloud and Fire visible to the outward eye but the invisible to the carnal Eye that they look with Light or Spirit of Christ which as N. C. truly says shines in all their Hearts and Consciences And for all these Inquisitors do so often call it new Doctrine and for Scripture yet they have not by Scripture proved it new or unsound for in Scripture Christ is termed a Door a Vine c. which are but Metaphors and not that he is strictly such So is N. C's meaning as is evident from his following words by them left out for by Cloud by Day and Pillar by Night is meant only the Certainty or Visibility of this Dispensation of Christs Light and not that Dispensation or appearance that was visible to old Israel in the Winderness For although that Dispensation had differing appearances as a Cloud Fire yet it is not to be taken as two different things but one and the same that appeared by day and night And if you had lived in those days when the Apostle said of the Rock that followed Israel that it was Christ surely you would have termed it New and Vnsound Doctrine and called for plain Scripture to prove it for the Light may as properly be termed The Pillar of Fire or Cloud that shines in all his Peoples Hearts as the Rock was Christ Pag. 8. Again you pervert N. C. his words in pag. 6. he speaks of some that act and not from the Guidance of Gods Spirit he advises them to take heed that they provoke not the Lord and they perished from the Knowledge of him in their own particulars for says he for want of that i. e. the knowledge of him in their own particulars the People perished in all Generations But you cite not his words truly but forge a Sentence of your own saying to N. C. Thou speaking of the Knowledge of God sayest say you for want of that the People perish But you mention not N. C's words which shew what Knowledge he means Viz. The Knowledge of God in their own particulars but you perversly say This Complaint was made by the Lord through his Prophets but it was when the Priests Lips should keep the Peoples Knowledge But you care not to admit it to be the State of People now for it seems not your Interest that People should know the Lord in their own particulars but G. F. and you of the Second-days Meeting which is the Knowledge N. C. saith they perish for want of although you Forger-like leave those words out and pervert his meaning as if he meant natural and common Knowledge as Men as is evident by your following words saying What thinkest thou if those Men perish will it be for want of Knowledge or for want of Obedience Hereby insinuaâ—ing as if N. C. preferred Knowledge before Obedience But know you new Lords that in Scripture sence Disobedience is taken for Ignorance or not knowing as in that Prophet cited by you it is said Israel followed her Lovers and forgot me And again Ephraim Provoked him with High Places therefore shall his Blood be poured upon him Also it is said Samaria shall be Desolate for she hath rebelled against the Lord. By these it is evident that People were punisht for Disobedience and Rebellion and not for want of knowing their Duty for they could not properly be said to have forgot God unless they had had the Knowledge of God and you abuse the Scripture to infer as if those People in Hosea's Days were so ignorant for he said My God will cast them away because they did not obey him And for all that you make so much difference between then and now as if their Knowledge was to come from the Priests yet Moses directed them to the same Word of Faith as the Apostles preacht and not to the Priests Lips without saying The Word is nigh in the Heart and Mouth c. Also the Apostle says of the Gentiles Romans first Because when they knew God they glorifyed him not as God wherefore God gave them up to their Hearts Lusts Whereby 't is evident that not only the Jews but the Gentiles also perisht for want of Obedience and not for want of Knowledge and the Caution as worded by N. C. is very proper for this Generation although you put it off to past Ages for Christ said It was Eternal Life to know God and Jesus Christ whom he had sent And it is not for want of this i. e. eternal Life that the People perish now but in your esteem the people perish for want of obeying your Laws of Womens-Meetings apart from Men and they to have power to examine Men twice before they marry or else not to Suffer or Permit say you Marriages and for not conforming to such your new invented Laws you have the Impudence to defame and unchristian People for should the Knowledge of the Lord in their own particulars be increased then you G. W. c. Shrine-Makers your Craft by which you have gotten much Gain will be in danger In your Postscript pag. 11. You cite N. C's words from his 2d page Viz. The Kingdom of God comes not in Outward Observations but is felt within therefore all gather in from that which would draw out the Mind from God to observe days c. But as you are inwardly drawn by the Truth in your own particulars Then in your 12th page you say to N. C. May the People of God have their Mind by the Truth in their own particulars inwardly drawn from God c. And you go on and say What RANTING Doctrine is herse asserted that the Trtuh may draw Peoples Minds off from God c. You have saved me the proving your Doctrine Babylonish and Ranting for you have confessed it but I shall prove this Doctrine not N. C's but yours for he says not so nor is it deducible from his words for his words be sound he warns Friends from THAT which would draw the Mind from God he doth not say nor mean the THAT which would draw the Mind from God is the Truth for that cannot be but N. C's words do imply that there is such a Principle or Spirit which he terms THAT even that of yours which leads you thus to bely him and pervert his words and falsly accuse your Brethren and would compell them to fall down and worship your great Idol and you do by your practice teach that unless People will be circumcised with G. F's Circumcision and keep his and your Laws they cannot be saved this is the THAT which N. C. warns from which you call the Spirit of God and Truth and which drew out their Minds to that erronious
may be in that which is contrary to his Mind which differs not much from that which you so blame N. C. for Viz. admitting God's Children may be in Unbelief herein also you are guilty of doing that you condemn others for Again page 14 you say to N. C. Then thy Doctrine is thus The Flock of God must not be drawn from the Guidance of God's Spirit within but as they are led by God's Spirit within But you have not proved these words to be N. C's therefore not his Doctrine but your own Forgery For although N. C's words in his 4th page do admit that That which shines in their Hearts and Consciences may lead to joyn to some Form yet it doth not therefore follow that such leading is a drawing from the guidance of God's Spirit within as you say for the Spirit is not nor cannot be divided or contrary to it self but may lead some to joyn to some Form and yet not draw from the Guidance of God's Spirit for whosoever is led to joyn to any form by the Spirit of God is not drawn from but with the Guidance of God's Spirit Therefore herein also you are guilty of Forgery to frame a Sentence which you say in page 14. is Rantisme and Blasphemy and there falsly say it is N. C's Doctrine when it is not his but your own and notwithstanding you have so often termed N. C's Doctrine Blasphemy Rantisme c. and call so oft for Scripture to prove it yet you have not proved any one Sentence of his unsound but proved your selves Perverters Forgers Lyars Blasphemers and Ranters false Accusers Raylers and like wicked Atheists doing that you condemn others for as is evident by your forging so many Sentences which your selves say are Blasphemy Rantism Confusion c. and for your calling for plain Scripture to prove and urging F. B. for your President there is much Difference in the Case for F. B. desires Scripture to prove such things as you impose as God's Laws and Ordinances on People to believe and practice and require Belief or Subjection to and not for every thing you believe or practice your selves as to your own particular but did you do as you would be done by then you should first have given F. B. plain Scripture according to his desire to prove those things but instead thereof see your Answer in R. S's Book falsly termed Righteous Judgment p. 22. viz. If Professors should query Give Chapter and Verse to prove thy Practice of keeping on thy Hat or disprove our taking it off to Persons c. Had you Discerning and Judgment from God on all Occasions as you falsly pretend you would have discerned that your own Answer might serve your selves and you would have been ashamed to call for plain Scripture to prove untill you had thereby ratified your own Laws and not been so unjust as to refuse to prove them you impose on People by Scripture and yet call for plain Scripture from others But that which aggravates your unchristian Dealing is That notwithstanding you are such Forgers Perverters Lyars like Wicked Atheists and have delivered such Doctrine as your selves say is Ranting and Blasphemous yet you have the Impudence to say to N. C. pag. 10. That you have given the Judgment of Truth upon his Epistle But if it be true That none that love or make Lyes shall enter God's Kingdom sad is your State who have made so many and thereby rendred your selves Lovers of them And I could not with satisfaction let your much Wickedness pass in those few words without some notice for information of some who may be deceived by your good words stole from Scripture also to vindicate the Innocency of N. C. and his Epistle the tendency whereof is to preferre the Light or Spirit of Christ in the Heart of every Man before Man or his Orders AND seeing you have acted thus wickedly by N. C. unless the Ethiopian can change his Skin it cannot be expected you should deal better with T. C. of whom you say in your 17th page that thy Proofs may be manifest to be but meer Think so and Say so took on Sample then for a Sample you cite J. F's words to me thus He takes no notice that I called on him to prove any of the many To which I replyed in 6th Babels pag. 8. That is false and then I cited some words of mine in 5th Babel's pag. 11. which I had wrote in Answer to those words and I again referr it to the Reader whether it is not false in them to say I take no notice c. When as I did take notice of and answer to those words what can I mention their words and answer to them and they be so shameless as to say I take no notice c. And now again falsly say My Proofs be but base Say-soes and Think-soes For they be evident Proofs but their Serpentine Subtilty is much here to be observed when they come to paraphrase on my Answer then they change their terms for they were He takes no notice c. but then they turn them into Observe how he proves c. pag. But I say pray observe that those words of mine cited by them from 6th Babels pag. 8. were in answer to that false Charge of theirs and to prove that I had taken notice when they said I had not and were not intended as they falsly apply them to prove any of the many c. but to prove that I had taken notice for I placed the Untruth there that they said I took no notice c. Pag. 11. you say Observe how T. C. proves any of the many c. Do Sacrifice all their Faith and Conscience to G. F. c. And then say you thus he says 5th Babels p. 11. and 6th Babels p. 8. I think himself and R. R. have so done and be too many Observe that in citing those words of mine they make not so much as an c. to them whereby as also by their reiterating their words How doth he prove c. They would have the Reader think that these eight words that they cite of mine be all I offered to prove that too many had Sacrificed all their Faith and Conscience to G. F. But in 5th Babels p. 11. The Reader may find I spent most of that page to prove it I also mentioned the Barbadces Subscribers who said They desire to give up their whole Concern Spiritual and Temporal to the Spirit of God as they term it even that Spirit that leads you thus into Untruth Now if they did not mean All Faith and Conscience then they said false See more at large in 5th Babels also for a further Proof of their Blasphemous Idolizing G. F. I cited some Passages out of a Letter to him Viz. DEar and pretious One in whom my Life is bound up my Strength in thee stands by thy Breathings I am nourished by thee my Strengâ—h is renewed blessed art thou
Innocency Vindicated In Answer to a Pamphlet Entituled A Few Word to Nath. Coleman's Epistle c. Wherein MANY Lyes Forgeries Blasphemy Ranting Doctrine and Atheist-like Practices of the Authors Approvers and Licencers of those FEW WORDS c. are manifest and by their own Judgment and Testimonies proved and they justly reproved according as in Scripture it is said VIZ. A Righteous Man hates Lying c. A False Witness shall not go unpunished But it is hoped this following will be verified on some of you Viz. A Reproof entereth more into him that hath Understanding than a hundred Stripes into a Fool. Published for clearing the Truth not out of Love to or Desire of Contention SURELY the Wicked Ones Time is short he doth so rage through his Ministers G. F's Preachers and Party G. W. c. his Brethren of a Meeting called The Second-days Meeting who have manifested themselves false Apostles Evil-workers by their Pride Envy Forgeries and Untruths that they have lately licensed and Published Subscribed by G. W. J. F. and other such Mercinaries whose Qualifications are such that little notice need be taken of them but to pity their State who seem to be given up to that Lying Spirit which was suffered to be in the mouths of Ahab's Prophets which have also influenced not only G. W. c. but also the rest of the Licensers and Approvers of that piece of perverse Envy of theirs Entituled A few words to N. C. 's Epistle to whom this is intended the which I shall not now detect in all the Lyes Forgeries and Perversions c. but observe some of them that by the Fruit the Reader may know the Tree i. e. that Spirit which G. F. and G. W. c. be of and of one Mind in and that they term the Spirit of God Christ Eternal Truth c. Pag. 2. They insinuate with the word whilst That they look not at things that are but at things that are not seen c. But it is evident to the contrary by their so much looking at G. F's Imagination of Womens-Meetings apart from Men that they term them The Great and Good Ordinances of Christ and the Gospel And wicked and scandalous Persons that conform to them they have had Unity with but other Conscientious Persons who cannot adore them they disown Now these Meetings Forms are seen and they do look at them therefore that is a false affirmation although insinuated with the word while And thus by their justifying the Wicked and condemning the Just are manifest to use false Weights and Measures and therefore an Abomination to the Lord Not those you weigh or measure the Goods of Trade by but allow your selves in that you condemn in others altho the chief means they inrich themselves by And although your pretence is against the falseness and unsoundness of N. C's Doctrine in the Title page and you there say Shewing them but I can find none of his you have shewn therefore in your own terms that is a Lye in the Front But the cause why the Dragon casts such Floods through you of Lyes and Forgeries and Pervertions against N. C. and his Epistle seems to be because it is Printed without your Licence and so a Denial of your Supremacy he would not receive the Beasts Mark therefore you will not suffer him to buy nor sell the Spirit of Charity manifest in that Epistle hath given such a deadly wound to the Beast that Spirit of Pride and Impositon your chief Leader therefore you charge N. C. with Ranterisme Blasphemy and unsound Doctrine but you have not proved it so therefore your false Charge on him is truly your own And for that which you mention pag. 3. of N. C's saying Wherein they have been acting for him It is an Errour in Printing one word Viz. not left out but was corrected with a Pen in most of them and should have been Have not been acting for him Had you that you falsly pretend to Viz. Discerning and Judgment on all Occasions as you say God hath furnisht you with you would have known so for the Spirit of Truth and Charity which you are at Enmity with had you been acted by that it would have shewn you that he meant not as you interpret And you are proved to be out of the Infallible Spirit and so no Ministers of Christ G. F. says Those that have Father and Son know where Sin is standing and where it is finished also he saith he could know Saints from Devils I could name some who have preacht and their Testimonies recorded and owned among you but could fall down and worship your great Image that I think you dare not deny but they had Sin standing nor dare you say much for their being Saints and if you knew that such Sins were standing you were great Hypocrites that you could connive thereat your Enmity is so great against N. C. and because you have not just cause to find fault therefore you unjustly quarrel with the Direction of his Epistle To be read in the Assembly of God's People This in your 4th page you call his Prescription if so your Master G. F. G. W. and most of you who usually directed their Epistle to the Children of Light or People of the Lord c. are such For do you not give them out to be read nay your persecuting wicked Bull against J. S. was not that given to be read in the Assemblies of Gods People when that false Accuser G. F. sent his Lyes abroad against J. S. and ordered them to be shewed to Friends and others to defame J. S. Was not he then by your Rule a very wicked Prescriber For shame do not thus unmask your selves Babels-Builders Judge another and do the same thing but seeing you so call for plain Scripture to prove things why do not you by plain Scripture prove that N. C. ought not so to direct his Epistle You query in pag. 4. What must they reap that sow to N. C's Orders c I say they that read his Epistle in the Spirit of Charity and Humility which you are far from will reap benefit but such as you that read in the Spirit of Pride and Envy will if they repent not reap Corruption For the Plowing of the Wicked is Sin And for that you seem to make an Advantage on N. C. because he said G. F. was raised up of God to be an Elder know that he is not the first good Man that hath been mistaken as Peter some Martyrs nay one of your selves said He knew not what Spirit influenced him but know that Pharaoh was raised up of God also that Esau was Elder and came out first as some of you boast G. F. did In pag. 4. and 5. you also quarrel against N. C's good Counsel to Friends To believe in the Light that they may be Children of it Of this you say O what Confusion is here But you prove none in his words only
shew that your Babel Spirit is confounded at the weight of N. C's sound Testimony but your quarrel is because he terms them Gods Children c. For say you Those words MAY BE clearly imply they are not yet Also you say Are the Children of God still in Vnbelief c. But N. C. did not say they were in Unbelief c. But had you been imployed by the Spirit of Charity and Humility that would have imployed you better than thus to strive about words whereof cometh Envy c. And although Gods Children are not properly and strictly to be said to be in Darkness and Unbelief yet we find Peter term them he wrote to the Elect according to the foreknowledge of God begotten of God into a lively hope to an Inheritance uncorruptable reserved in Heaven saith he for you Yet to them he also says Let none of you suffer as a Murtherer c. Also to those he termed HOLY BRETHREN and in whom it is said The Word of God did abide yet they are bid Not to love the World c. Harden not their Hearts c. Many Instances may be given from Scripture that sufficiently clear N. C. from you Charge him with Viz. his Confusion c. But your confused Babylonish Spirit of Strife might have said to the Apostles What Can the Elect of God be Murderers c. What Confusion is here But if you regard not the Scriptures methinks you should have regard to your Master G. F. for he hath said to some You are manifestly declared to be the Epistle of Christ wrote with the Spirit of the Living God which not shall or will but hath given you Life saith he and will bring you to the City of the Living God These are as high Titles as N. C's and given to them that were then in Errour which is not the way of Light but rather of Darkness which you say is the way of the Wicked But they could sacrifice all Spirituals and Temporals to this Spirit of Pride and Envy of G. F's and term it as you do the Spirit of God And surely notwithstanding these were such HIGH GROWN CHRISTIANS with G. F. yet their State as well as many more among you need such Counsel as N. C's is that you term Confusion Viz. Believe in the Light c. Now you have herein shewed yourselves partial and respectors of Persons and are found doing the same things your selves that you condemn N. C. for and therein do appear not Ministers of Christ but false Apostles and evil Workers for what harm is there in saying to any Believe in the Light for how oft said Christ to Peter Lovest thou me And the same Judgment you have given against N. C. G. F. is under for the same you meet to others you shall have And your Unrighteousness is further manifest in that you so oft call for plain Scripture to prove But then did you as you ought you would have proved by plain Scripture this Counsel of N. C's to be Coufusion but that you cannot do but abuse and pervert his words in your 5th pag. where you cite a few of his words saying God is feeding his Flock with the Bread of Knowledge This is but part of N. C's Sentence for you leave off at the word Knowledge where there is not the least stop yet N. C's Sentence is in his 2d pag. thus Whom he is feeding with the Bread of Knowledge and Understanding of those things belonging to your Everlasting Peace These ten last words you leave on t And indeed the words neither sound Doctrine nor good sense as they wicked Atheist-like cite them their own term And that so you may abuse the Reader as well as belye N. C. you mention not from what page in his Book you cite those words your old trick but having forged a Sentence then you call on N. C. for Scripture to prove it and abuse the Scripture also for you say in page 6. God commanded Adam that he should not eat of the Tree of Knowledge You leave out THE there and also those words next adjoyning to Knowledge Viz. of Good and Evil that thereby you might run down Knowledge and nurse up Ignorance By thy Complexion O Babel it is easie to guess whose Daughter thou art Out of thy own mouth art thou condemned for you term T. C. wicked Atheist for leaving out some superfluous words in the Sentence and not material to the Matter but for your Prof that N. C's is as you say new Doctrine you say Christ is the Bread of Life Well N. C. never said to the contrary But Christ said To know thee the only true God and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent is eternal Life And this KNOWLEDGE of Christ is Meat indeed and I think may be fed on by the true Christians altho dispised by you and is not as I know of any where forbid by God and it is wrote He was to give Knowledge of Salvation unto his People c. This is plain Scripture but it seems is New Doctrine to you New Spiritual Lords of G. F's Conclave And this is the Knowledge and not the TREE of Knowledge forbid by God as you would perversly insinuate that N. C. means and seeing this is to you New Doctrine Viz. That God is feeding his Flock with the Knowledge of those Things which belong to their Everlasting Peace It is evident yours is another Gospel than the Scripture declares of therefore you to be accurst also your Forgery is manifest in this Passage for N. C. doth not say God is feeding with the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Fvil forbid Adam but he says with the knowledge of those things belonging to their everlasting Peace and I think there is not much difference in substance between N. C's term of Feeding and that in the Scripture afore cited of giving and that also of Salvation and N. C's term everlasting Peace And therefore although you impudently term N. C. Fool and Novice pag. 12. yet you appear more like such than he also by your continuing your Pervertion on N. C's sound words In his third page he says All fear Him i. e. God who says N. C. is able to cast into HELL FIRE where i. e. in Hell the Fire never goeth out but remains for ever on the Minds of such as disobey the Truth which is the earnest of their everlasting Misery that is their Portion for ever Then you begin to cavil and query in page 6 and 7. If any should be prevailed on to disobey the Truth say you is there no way for their Restoration c. Will not that Faith that he i. e. God is Author of procure no relief I answer that in HELL as N. C. says where the Fire never goeth out there is no way for their Restoration nor no Relief and that I will prove by Scripture The Wicked and all that forget God shall be cast into Hell where their Worm never dyeth Also the
Parable of Dives and Lazarus Luk. 16.26 Between us and you says Abraham there is a great Gulf fixed that those that would pass from hence to you cannot neither can they pass from you to us that would come from thence i. e. Hell torments This is plain Scripture and proves N. C's Doctrine not Vnsound as you falsly say but proves you ignorant of the Scriptures and Power of God But your Cavil seems to lye against his words for ever by your putting them in a big and distinct Letter which words for ever you pervert as if he thereby did leave such as disobey the Truth as you say no way for Restoration although they obtain as you say that Faith which he i. e. God is the Author of That this is you meaning thus to represent him is evident by your serpentine way of querying which although you are too wicked yet you dare not positively affirm but by insinuating it by Queries by which your Equivocating is evident for in common acceptation such manner of querying do imply the matter queried undeniably true also it is further evident that your design is to render N. C. so uncharitable or ignorant that if any as you say p. 6 7. should be prevailed upon for want of watching to disobey the Truth that there is no way for their Restoration if they obtain that Faith God is Author of I say it is evident it is your design to render N. C. thus uncharitable because you say What no Place of Repentance Or else you render your selves to believe Hell a Place for Repentance and do not believe everlasting torment to them that disobey the Truth And indeed your unchristian Practices considered you give cause to fear you are too much tinctured with such Atheistical Principles But you wicked ones could you not read in the same 3d. page N. C. says of God That he desires not the Death of a Sinner but rather desires all should repent and live By these Words it is evident that N. C. believed a way for Restoration of them that disobey the Truth and was not so uncharitable as you represent him and never meant nor said otherwise although you have wickedly endeavoured to render him as uncharitable as your selves and have by abusing him drawn out your own Picture Also your Envy or Pervertion is further evident in this N. C. speaks of those that disobey the Truth now those that repent and obtain that Faith which God is Author of are not in Truths nor N. C's esteem disobedient Ones therefore are not the Persons he mentions Also N. C. speaking of God says He is able to cast into Hell Where the Fire never goeth out And it is evident N. C's word WHERE refers to the place Hell or everlasting torment and you would insinuate that he means upon their Minds FOR EVER while in this Life nay although they obtain that Faith God is Author of Now N. C's Doctrine is by Scriptures proved sound and you false Accusers and Perverters and indeed 't is no wonder J. F. says pag. 7. N. C's Epistle reaches not Gods Witness in his Conscience I say how should it for it was not directed to such as you who manifest your selves to have made Shipwrack of Faith and good Conscience but know the Fault is not in his Epistle but in your evil defiled Consciences for such proud and envious Pharisees as you have always resisted the Truth ever since your Father Cain through his Seed to your Master G. F. and all of his Spirit although you call it the Spirit of God as your Mother Babilon ever did deck and call her self the Bride the Lambs Wife but he who said what concord hath Christ and Belial Was never so unequally yoked as himself to be loving long-suffering humble c. and his Bride envious proud lying and not to suffer c. as you be No surely Babel for all your golden Cup yet you are full of these aforementioned and many more Abominations although you are suffered yet to go on to fulfil the measure of your Wickedness in continuing the pervertion of N. C's sound words saying in their page 8. to N. C. Let us have Scripture to prove that that Pillar of Cloud by day and that Pillar of Fire by night which went before old Israel shines in all Gods Peoples Hearts and Consciences Reader observe how variously they render N. C. in these two pages Viz. 8. and 12. of their book both from his 4th page Observe that in this above from their 8th page they are manifest Forgers for they add into N. C's Sentence about the middle of it these words Viz. Which went before old Israel and change his word The into That and that they do intend to deceive the Reader abuse N. C. They mention not from what page of N. C. they take those words also that they intend this above forged Sentence as his is evident by their so peremptory calling for Scripture to prove it for why should any make a Sentence and call to their Opponent to prove it I say this shews they designed their own Forgery should be taken for N. C. his Doctrine And in the 12th page you cite the same Passage from N. C's 4th page thus say you to N. C. God saist thou hath visited that none may be drawn out from the guidance of Gods Spirit to joyn to any Form but as you are lead by the Pillar of the Cloud by day and Fire by night which guides the Footsteps c. Now Reader observe that as on their 8th page they add to N. C's Sentence eight words in the middle of it so here in the 12th page they leave out of the middle of his Sentence these eight words Viz. Which shines in all the Hearts and Consciences which is wicked Atheist-like by their own Judgment and the more wicked in them here because by leaving out those words they render N. C. as directing to some other Dispensation than Christs as is evident by these next adjoyning words pag. 12. they say Is not this Man become a Fool thus to preach up the Pillar of Cloud c. to lead out of Transgression which say they is the Work of Christ c. Thus the Reader may see the wickedness of the Spirit that acts them which they blasphemously term the Spirit of God for in both their Observations on these words of N.C. in their 8th and 12th pages in the 8th they add to and in the 12th leave out his words and all to pervert the truth and perswade People that N. C. preaches up some other Dispensation than Christs as afore cited from the 12th page even as they say in page 8. A visible Cloud and Pillar to the Outward Eye when as N. C. only uses the terms of Cloud and Fire as Metaphor and doth not strictly mean as they say a Cloud of Fire visible to the Outward eye and to make these their Pervertions currant Gold such as they in pag. 3. say
gives the final Determination of Matters of Religion and that only in the Conscience of every Christian to himself This was and is sound Protestancy But perhaps that may not be for your Advancement now to appear such but rather on the contrary Believe as the Church believes that is more likely to advance G. W. to G. F's Place of Chief or Arch-bishop of all your Party and then why may not your Father allow the Order of St. George as well as of St. Francis c. You cannot assume a more seeming harmless Title than your Brethren the Jesuits have Viz. The Order of Jesus Pag. 13. They say to N. C. Thou warns Gods People not to joyn to any Form And then they perversly paraphrase on this their Forgery and say Though the Apostle exhorted to turn from those that had the Form of Godliness and not the Power yet say you I never read that he exhorted not to joyn to any Form Hereby rendring N. C's words in general against any Forms without exception when as N. C's words have in the same Sentence an Exception Viz. But as you are led by the Pillar of Cloud by Day and Fire by Night which shines in all your Hearts says N. C. Now these 24 words they leave out and take no notice of in this Forgery to make him appear against any or all Form when as it is evident by the following words N. C. admits that they may be led into some Forms by that Light which shines in their Hearts c. which he there metaphorically terms a Pillar of Fire or Cloud which terms be not strictly but figuratively used there as G. W. says of the Titles of their Books and I cannot express the greatness of their Envy and Falseness in this for in their using this one sentence of N. C. pag. 4. they 1st in their 8th page add in words and then here in the 12th page leave out words to pervert N. C's words and render him as preaching another Ministration than Christ and also to preach up a Visible Cloud to the Outward Eye and that Cloud and Pillar which appeared to Old Israel and now also for fear that their Wickedness should be manifest in these absurd Forgeries on N. C. they have another Forgery from the same Sentence that N. C. counsels God's People against any i. e. all Forms All which be their own Forgeries and not N. C's words nor sence for by this their way of dealing one may undertake to prove or disprove what they please nay one may charge Christ himself with saying that which was not true for he said Those whom thou hast given me none is lost but the Son of Perdition Now if one should cite only those first words Viz. Of those which thou hast given me none is lost and leave out these latter words Viz. but the Son of Perdition as they do by N. C. then the sence is quite altered and those words a general affirmation that none was lost when as the Son of Perdition was lost Thus wicked Atheist-like do these People abuse and forge false Sentences and render them N. C's and then for a further blind to their Wickedness in pag. 13. they bring in N. C's words But as you are led by the Pillar c. And then query in pag. 13. May they by this Pillar be drawn from the Guidance of God's Spirit within them c. And again in the same 13th page you again set up your Inquisition Office and say to N. C. Dost thou believe that this Pillar will lead from the Spirit of God within c. I say there is no ground from N. C's words for this Query for he never said they may but as I have said before by Pillar he means Spirit and that they be but one although differing Appellations as many more are given in Scripture to God as Fire Love c. yet but one and as I said those terms of Pillar of Fire and Cloud be but figuratively and not strictly and N. C. means but one and not two distinct Principles but the Pillar the Spirit and the Spirit the Pillar and that cannot draw from its self for God is not devided And had N. C. expressed that Pillar and Cloud that appeared to Old Israel which you seem by your Query to say was visible to the Outward Eye pag. 8. yet it is absurd if not Blasphemy to suppose that could or would lead from God but N. C's words of Exception which follow viz. but c. do as I aforesaid manifest his Christian Charity in that he doth not condemn or advise against all Forms in general but allow that some may be led into some Outward Observations by the Pillar or Spirit and this you could not but know If You had quite deserted Christianity had not you also abandoned Morality and for that you seem in your 13th page to blame N. C. saying to him Thou seems to make the Pillar of Fire and the Spirit two differing things But this also is proved false for N. C. means but one by those two as is aforesaid but you seem to make them two differing things in your 8th page saying Doth not God by his Light and not by that Pillar Old Israel followed shine into Mens Hearts c. Also again in the 12th page you blame N. C. for preaching up the Pillar c. to lead out of Transgression which say you is the Work of Christ in this Gospel day By these words giving cause to think that you do not believe it was Christ's Work in former days to lead out of Transgression but your perverse Spirit is here manifest in that you seem to blame N. C. for what you do your selves Viz. seem to make the Spirit and Pillar two differing things Hereby you bring your selves under that Judgment Viz. condemning another and do the same thing And although you so despise N. C. and his good Counsel for supposing any whom he terms Gods People to be in a State that hath any Night as is evident from your Saying in page 13. Why dost thou direct the Sons of Zion to follow the Pillar of Fire by Night c. And then you say Paul said You are all Children of the Light you are not of the Night Yet among you are evil Works which are of the Night and therefore you are not yet in that Jerusalem you speak of where you say There is no Night Pag. 14. You say The Lord grant that they i. e. his People may know Jesus to put them forth of all that is contrary to his Mind Hereby you seem to admit they may be in that which is contrary to his Mind the which in your 8th page you seem to condemn N.C. for as strange Doctrine because he exhorts as you say The Children of God to believe in the Light c. and then you say Are the Children of God still in Vnbelief c. And yet now in your 14th page you seem to admit they