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progress_n and_o true_o my_o brethren_n it_o be_v my_o earnest_a desire_n to_o see_v soul_n to_o live_v more_o in_o the_o spirit_n and_o less_o in_o the_o letter_n and_o then_o they_o will_v see_v that_o we_o judge_v of_o the_o letter_n by_o the_o spirit_n and_o not_o of_o the_o spirit_n by_o the_o letter_n which_o occasion_n so_o much_o ignorance_n among_o we_o and_o those_o who_o profess_v themselves_o to_o be_v our_o teacher_n be_v chief_a in_o this_o trespass_n observe_v this_o j._n faldo_n again_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n who_o be_v god_n be_v the_o alone_a rule_n of_o a_o spiritual_a christian_a etc._n etc._n further_n declare_v that_o some_o set_n the_o scripture_n in_o the_o room_n of_o the_o spirit_n they_o make_v they_o a_o idol_n ibid._n p._n 248._o let_v he_o either_o discard_v these_o man_n from_o be_v christian_n that_o be_v repute_v great_a and_o refine_a professor_n before_o the_o break_v forth_o of_o the_o people_n call_v quaker_n or_o leave_v off_o censure_v this_o 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which_o be_v the_o chief_a end_n of_o all_o external_n instrumental_a ministry_n to_o prove_v our_o sense_n of_o true_a preach_v we_o may_v add_v these_o two_o follow_a testimony_n out_o of_o that_o renown_a independent_a dr._n everad_n dr._n j._n everad_n sermon_n militia_n coelestibus_fw-la truth_n it_o 〈◊〉_d many_o toss_v and_o tumble_v the_o letter_n and_o make_v you_o believe_v they_o expound_v it_o and_o give_v you_o the_o sense_n and_o virtue_n yet_o how_o shallow_a how_o literal_a how_o humane_a how_o low_a how_o sensual_a and_o carnal_a do_v they_o make_v the_o worlâ—_n to_o be_v even_o your_o rabbi_n your_o doctor_n your_o great_a scholar_n which_o show_v if_o god_n himself_o if_o the_o lion_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o juda_n if_o the_o root_n of_o david_n do_v not_o open_v the_o seal_n it_o be_v not_o all_o the_o learning_n or_o all_o the_o university_n in_o the_o world_n can_v help_v we_o to_o the_o mystery_n and_o the_o mind_n of_o christ_n as_o the_o apostle_n call_v it_o shadow_n vanish_v etc._n etc._n p._n 326._o i_o dare_v not_o offer_v at_o any_o method_n in_o the_o whole_a nor_o at_o any_o connection_n in_o the_o part_n for_o i_o find_v that_o all_o the_o curious_a dichotomzer_n do_v but_o dream_v and_o play_v with_o the_o scripture_n feed_v themselves_o with_o fancy_n and_o not_o truth_n for_o sure_o i_o be_o the_o only_a method_n that_o holy_a man_n of_o old_a observe_v be_v to_o speak_v as_o they_o be_v move_v by_o the_o holy_a spirit_n there_o be_v many_o exposition_n on_o this_o place_n which_o i_o will_v not_o trouble_v you_o withal_o for_o man_n speak_v according_a to_o man_n but_o the_o scripture_n be_v write_v by_o god_n spirit_n dictate_v by_o his_o own_o finger_n we_o must_v therefore_o labour_v to_o find_v out_o what_o be_v god_n mind_n in_o the_o scripture_n whatever_o man_n say_v pag._n 369._o 370._o chap._n v._n of_o true_a and_o false_a prayer_n he_o pretend_v in_o this_o chapter_n which_o contain_v not_o a_o page_n to_o refute_v several_a page_n in_o my_o book_n rela_v to_o gospel-prayer_n in_o which_o if_o i_o 〈◊〉_d not_o he_o have_v do_v i_o and_o the_o truth_n i_o defend_v the_o great_a service_n that_o a_o reasonable_a man_n will_v desire_v at_o the_o hand_n of_o his_o adversary_n for_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o matter_n be_v the_o man_n have_v shrink_v from_o his_o post_n and_o desert_v his_o colour_n which_o we_o shall_v make_v appear_v by_o compare_v his_o first_o book_n with_o his_o reply_n reply_n vv._n p._n according_a to_o my_o charge_n disow_v man_n wilâ—_n and_o the_o use_v of_o his_o conception_n to_o have_v any_o thing_n to_o do_v in_o gospel-prayer_n pag._n 122._o and_o disow_v all_o prayer_n that_o be_v not_o by_o and_o in_o the_o light_n within_o the_o quaker_n christ_n the_o reason_n he_o give_v be_v as_o witless_a as_o his_o assertion_n truthless_a thus_o now_o unless_o man_n may_v perform_v gospel-worship_n without_o the_o spirit_n and_o the_o truth_n or_o if_o in_o the_o spirit_n and_o the_o truth_n yet_o not_o by_o the_o motion_n of_o either_o a_o thing_n absurd_a it_o must_v needs_o be_v that_o man_n ought_v only_o to_o preach_v and_o pray_v by_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o of_o the_o truth_n how_o absurd_a be_v w._n p_n s_o reason_v here_o as_o if_o the_o understanding_n conception_n will_v of_o man_n in_o prayer_n must_v needs_o exclude_v the_o motion_n of_o the_o spirit_n or_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o spirit_n exclude_v they_o rejoynder_n the_o first_o thing_n our_o adversary_n charge_v upon_o we_o in_o his_o former_a book_n be_v our_o denial_n of_o gospel-prayer_n to_o prove_v which_o he_o cite_v w._n smith_n who_o in_o his_o catech._n p._n 107._o speak_v against_o prayer_n of_o man_n form_v
christ_n eat_v the_o supper_n with_o his_o disciple_n just_a before_o his_o death_n and_o their_o break_a bread_n together_o soon_o after_o his_o death_n not_o a_o year_n whereas_o the_o pope_n show_v not_o himself_o till_o near_o six_o hundred_o year_n after_o i_o can_v see_v friendly_a reader_n how_o much_o more_o criminal_a i_o make_v my_o adversary_n by_o charge_v he_o with_o say_v in_o our_o name_n the_o bread_n and_o wine_n christ_n bless_v be_v the_o invention_n of_o the_o pope_n than_o he_o have_v make_v himself_o by_o his_o own_o say_v that_o we_o call_v the_o lord_n supper_n eat_v soon_o after_o his_o death_n the_o pope_n invention_n unless_o he_o shall_v deny_v the_o latter_a to_o be_v the_o same_o sort_n of_o supper_n with_o the_o former_a in_o short_a we_o can_v but_o repute_v this_o a_o injury_n too_o apparent_a for_o john_n faldo_n utmost_a invention_n to_o cover_v but_o that_o he_o may_v not_o suffer_v the_o imputation_n of_o forgery_n at_o least_o a_o very_a gross_a perversion_n he_o thus_o brave_v i_o reply_v p._n 70._o if_o pen_n dare_v deny_v it_o to_o be_v in_o w._n smith_n book_n which_o iquote_v three_o or_o four_o time_n over_o in_o pag._n 39_o i_o shall_v prove_v he_o a_o deceiver_n to_o all_o that_o will_v but_o read_v it_o w._n s._n answer_v to_o this_o question_n i_o will_v know_v father_n how_o it_o be_v concern_v these_o thing_n call_v ordinance_n as_o baptism_n bread_n and_o wine_n which_o be_v much_o use_v in_o their_o worship_n answ_n why_o child_n as_o for_o those_o thing_n they_o rise_v from_o the_o pope_n invention_n rejoynder_n this_o citation_n as_o rank_o and_o partial_o as_o he_o have_v put_v down_o do_v not_o prove_v that_o we_o account_v the_o lord_n supper_n either_o as_o it_o be_v eat_v by_o christ_n and_o his_o disciple_n before_o his_o death_n or_o by_o his_o disciple_n after_o his_o death_n to_o be_v the_o pope_n invention_n how_o can_v it_o since_o we_o know_v the_o pope_n date_n to_o have_v be_v so_o many_o hundred_o year_n after_o that_o practice_n his_o citation_n must_v therefore_o be_v understand_v of_o such_o a_o baptism_n and_o such_o a_o supper_n as_o the_o apostate_n church_n have_v presume_v to_o practice_n and_o that_o i_o put_v not_o a_o fair_a gloss_n than_o his_o own_o answer_n will_v allow_v observe_v these_o word_n and_o the_o who_o practice_n of_o those_o thing_n as_o they_o use_v they_o have_v their_o institution_n by_o the_o pope_n and_o be_v never_o so_o ordain_v of_o christ_n strong_o imply_v that_o what_o be_v of_o christ_n ordination_n be_v not_o of_o the_o pope_n invention_n and_o institution_n consequent_o that_o the_o lord_n supper_n be_v neither_o a_o popish_a invention_n nor_o institution_n which_o be_v yet_o plain_o from_o his_o follow_a word_n for_o he_o do_v not_o ordain_v sprinkle_v water_n in_o a_o child_n face_n or_o to_o make_v a_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n in_o his_o forehead_n nor_o godfathers_n and_o godmothers_n to_o undertake_v for_o it_o neither_o do_v he_o ordain_v bread_n and_o wine_n to_o be_v so_o or_o after_o that_o manner_n use_v and_o receive_v so_o that_o nothing_o can_v be_v plain_o then_o that_o his_o reflection_n lie_v against_o their_o manner_n of_o practise_v and_o use_v they_o &_o not_o against_o the_o thing_n themselves_o as_o at_o any_o time_n practise_v by_o christ_n or_o his_o disciple_n &_o follower_n therefore_o he_o be_v quite_o beside_o the_o truth_n in_o tell_v the_o world_n that_o he_o do_v but_o apply_v these_o word_n pope_n invention_n to_o the_o name_n that_o be_v lord_n supper_n which_o the_o quaker_n apply_v to_o the_o thing_n since_o we_o so_o clear_o distinguish_v between_o baptism_n &_o the_o lord_n supper_n name_n and_o thing_n and_o these_o practice_n and_o usage_n of_o they_o which_o have_v rise_v since_o the_o apostasy_n now_o it_o rest_v with_o thou_o friendly_a reader_n to_o pass_v judgement_n which_o of_o we_o two_o have_v act_v the_o deceiver_n to_o leave_v out_o a_o great_a many_o more_o of_o his_o hard_a word_n he_o that_o affirm_v vv._n smith_n call_v that_o baptism_n and_o lord_n supper_n which_o be_v in_o use_v some_o time_n as_o well_o after_o christ_n death_n and_o ascension_n as_o before_o the_o pope_n invention_n or_o i_o that_o affirm_v and_o from_o vv._n smith_n own_o book_n have_v express_o prove_v that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n say_v as_o primitive_o practise_v but_o only_o as_o they_o have_v be_v since_o abuse_v by_o the_o apostate_n church_n for_o the_o supper_n itself_o i_o refer_v the_o reader_n to_o the_o sixteen_o chapter_n of_o my_o answer_n and_o shall_v only_o say_v at_o this_o time_n that_o as_o it_o be_v a_o commemoration_n or_o remembrance_n of_o christ_n to_o the_o disciple_n who_o be_v at_o that_o day_n so_o weak_a in_o faith_n as_o luke_n 24._o 11._o marry_o magdalen_n news_n about_o christ_n resurrection_n seem_v to_o they_o as_o idle_a tale_n yet_o that_o the_o service_n and_o consequent_o the_o institution_n of_o it_o be_v of_o as_o they_o come_v to_o witness_v he_o the_o evangelical_n supper_n of_o passover_n to_o their_o soul_n and_o that_o we_o therefore_o discontinue_v it_o first_o because_o the_o false_a church_n have_v make_v market_n with_o her_o imitate_v that_o primitive_a practice_n draw_v the_o mind_n of_o people_n abroad_o from_o the_o heavenly_a bread_n of_o life_n which_o be_v only_o to_o be_v receive_v within_o and_o have_v be_v shed_v so_o much_o blood_n about_o it_o render_v it_o and_o water_n baptism_n the_o seal_n of_o christianity_n thereby_o puff_v up_o people_n to_o believe_v that_o of_o themselves_o which_o they_o be_v not_o next_o we_o have_v the_o testimony_n of_o god_n spirit_n that_o he_o be_v withdraw_v from_o such_o observation_n that_o have_v be_v so_o much_o insist_v on_o and_o magnify_v in_o the_o world_n last_o and_o eminent_o we_o discontinue_v it_o because_o christ_n be_v become_v unto_o our_o soul_n that_o very_a thing_n which_o it_o be_v most_o true_o and_o proper_o the_o sign_n of_o to_o wit_n the_o heaunely_a bread_n and_o passover_n which_o nourish_v the_o soul_n unto_o eternal_a life_n where_o by_o the_o way_n it_o must_v not_o be_v forget_v how_o perverse_o he_o wrong_v christ_n and_o holy_a scripture_n who_o turn_v this_o passage_n do_v this_o till_o i_o come_v after_o this_o strange_a manner_n the_o lord_n supper_n be_v a_o remembrance_n of_o christ_n death_n past_a not_o to_o come_v rep._n p._n 71._o whereinis_fw-la first_o he_o make_v as_o if_o there_o be_v a_o death_n to_o come_v next_o instead_o of_o exhort_v people_n to_o look_v for_o his_o come_v until_o which_o he_o bid_v his_o disciple_n practise_v it_o he_o turn_v back_o their_o eye_n from_o that_o expectation_n and_o make_v the_o sign_n whole_o to_o have_v reference_n to_o what_o be_v past_a and_o not_o what_o be_v to_o come_v thereby_o seek_v to_o perpetuate_v his_o absence_n and_o bar_v out_o his_o appearance_n employ_v in_o these_o word_n till_o i_o come_v which_o end_v the_o 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choose_v by_o man_n though_o he_o be_v thereto_o dispose_v by_o the_o will_n of_o god_n reveal_v in_o the_o scripture_n w._n p._n this_o be_v false_a many_o thing_n may_v be_v and_o be_v daily_o choose_v by_o man_n that_o be_v not_o in_o the_o will_n of_o the_o flesh_n nor_o by_o his_o own_o will_n much_o less_o when_o any_o shall_v be_v dispose_v thereto_o by_o the_o will_n of_o god_n reveal_v in_o the_o scripture_n a_o abominable_a untruth_n and_o so_o notorious_a that_o i_o need_v say_v no_o more_o only_o challenge_v he_o to_o produce_v any_o of_o we_o that_o be_v any_o of_o our_o say_n or_o write_n in_o proof_n of_o his_o exposition_n if_o he_o can_v otherwise_o be_v have_v slander_v we_o and_o our_o principle_n for_o the_o wâ—ll_n of_o the_o flesh_n be_v that_o which_o be_v quite_o contrary_a to_o god_n and_o inconsistent_a with_o the_o good_a of_o the_o creature_n how_o well_o he_o have_v acquit_v himself_o in_o point_n of_o honesty_n as_o well_o as_o ability_n first_o in_o so_o 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man_n which_o it_o seem_v he_o be_v resolve_v afore_o hand_n to_o bestow_v on_o i_o rejoynder_n the_o man_n be_v weary_a of_o his_o work_n as_o we_o may_v see_v by_o the_o great_a haste_n he_o make_v over_o every_o particular_a no_o man_n live_v that_o have_v not_o read_v both_o our_o book_n can_v make_v any_o sense_n of_o this_o hodgepodge_a section_n that_o ever_o any_o man_n shall_v touch_v with_o religious_a controversy_n that_o be_v so_o visible_o defective_a in_o it_o my_o answer_n shall_v be_v my_o rejoynder_n for_o sure_o i_o be_o he_o have_v overlookt_v it_o and_o therefore_o yet_o to_o be_v reply_v to_o j._n f._n p._n 89._o the_o veil_n be_v overdo_n they_o that_o be_v say_v j._n faldo_n the_o belief_n of_o the_o man_n christ_n jesus_n which_o be_v of_o our_o nature_n to_o be_v p._n 251_o 252._o the_o christ_n etc._n etc._n w._n p._n let_v this_o be_v the_o last_o though_o several_a more_o may_v be_v observe_v which_o at_o this_o time_n shall_v be_v consider_v in_o which_o 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i_o ever_o read_v of_o have_v exceed_v the_o bound_n of_o truth_n by_o obtrude_a falsehood_n and_o wander_v from_o the_o decorum_n of_o a_o fair_a adversary_n by_o unfair_a citation_n and_o obvious_a wrest_n betake_v himself_o for_o sanctuary_n to_o such_o silly_a shift_n &_o schoolboy_n jeer_n at_o the_o rate_n this_o adversary_n have_v do_v and_o i_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o doubt_v of_o other_o be_v of_o the_o same_o mind_n since_o the_o world_n be_v not_o so_o destitute_a of_o understanding_n as_o to_o be_v cheat_v with_o his_o hocus-pocus_n trick_n to_o take_v tin_n for_o silver_n or_o copper_n for_o gold_n or_o froth_n for_o
pag._n 15._o pag._n 30._o pag._n 16._o act._n 12._o 24._o pietr._n soan_n polan_n p._n 152_o p._n 36_o 37._o erasm_n on_o 2_o pet._n 1._o 19_o ibid_fw-la in_o 1_o cor._n cap._n 2._o polano_n hist_o coun._n tr._n p._n 150._o crad_n divine_a drop_n p._n 171_o 172_o 210_o 215_o 221_o 217._o this_o give_v the_o lie_n to_o j._n faldo_n wil._n dell._n confut_o of_o simp_n pag._n 114_o 115_o 116_o 117._o tom._n 3._o fol._n 169._o mart._n vol._n 3._o p._n 572_o 573._o 3_o vol._n of_o the_o book_n of_o martyr_n p._n 298._o pag._n 17._o my_o answ_n pag._n 36._o col._n 2._o 2._o hebr._n 6._o 11._o chap._n 10._o 22._o â—_o book_n martyr_n p._n 577._o this_o j._n faldo_n kick_v at_o he_o be_v one_o with_o the_o papist_n 3_o book_n of_o martyr_n p._n 475._o p._n 18_o 19_o pag._n 19_o pag._n 19_o 20._o pag_n 39_o a_o ellegant_n way_n of_o speak_v and_o scriptural_a pag._n 40._o pag._n 21._o answ_n p._n 42._o ephes_n â—_o 13._o pag._n 22_o which_o concern_v he_o if_o he_o will_v have_v what_o he_o write_v to_o be_v according_a to_o scripture_n pag._n 22._o my_o answ_n pag._n 42._o quak._n no_o chr._n p._n 59_o pag._n 23._o pag._n 24._o pag._n 63._o p._n 25_o 26._o ibid._n p._n 26._o act_n 8._o 30_o 31._o dell_n trial_n of_o spirit_n p._n 10._o collier_n gen._n epist_n pag._n 249._o c._n 10._o pag._n 258._o c._n 12._o those_o famous_a poor_a suffer_v christian_n the_o waldenses_n in_o their_o pure_a time_n beside_o many_o other_o weithty_a point_n wherein_o they_o symbolise_v with_o we_o in_o this_o very_a matter_n be_v not_o foreign_a who_o in_o a_o confession_n about_o five_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o year_n old_a â—aid_v this_o down_o as_o a_o piece_n of_o their_o creed_n that_o the_o discovery_n &_o testimony_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n in_o they_o be_v the_o most_o convince_v evidence_n and_o infallible_a proof_n of_o the_o divine_a authority_n of_o the_o scripture_n consequent_o the_o spirit_n must_v have_v be_v their_o judge_n and_o rule_n concern_v their_o understanding_n the_o truth_n testify_v by_o they_o as_o â—_o p._n porrin_n their_o historian_n in_o so_o many_o word_n assure_v we_o concern_v they_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o notable_a history_n of_o their_o rise_n doctrine_n suffering_n and_o progress_n pag._n 23_o 24_o 25_o 26_o 27._o council_n tom._n 1._o p._n 481._o can_n 60._o anno_fw-la 364._o and_o p._n 549._o can_n 27._o anno_fw-la 417._o after_o christ_n christ_n i_o find_v john_n faldo_n often_o scorn_v inspiration_n and_o bring_v it_o into_o odium_fw-la under_o the_o word_n enthusiasm_n use_v of_o late_a to_o signify_v whimsical_a pate_n or_o head_n trouble_v with_o a_o religious_a kind_n of_o frenzy_n as_o if_o he_o have_v abandon_v the_o plea_n enjoyment_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o best_a separatist_n who_o name_n he_o empty_o honour_n and_o resolve_v to_o set_v up_o for_o a_o coffe-house_n droll_fw-fr or_o a_o play-prophanist_a to_o cool_v his_o courage_n and_o stop_v his_o career_n i_o commend_v two_o or_o three_o late_a discourse_n to_o his_o perusal_n write_v by_o man_n of_o undoubted_a learning_n and_o pretend_o defend_v by_o j._n f._n in_o his_o quakerism_n no_o christianity_n against_o the_o people_n call_v quaker_n the_o first_o be_v d._n patrick_n his_o friendly_a debate_n second_o fowler_n his_o design_n of_o christianity_n never_o to_o be_v answer_v by_o that_o angry_a man_n that_o design_v it_o and_o w._n sherlock_n his_o late_a discourse_n of_o jesus_n christ_n etc._n etc._n if_o both_o presbyterian_o and_o independent_o be_v not_o thorough_o and_o true_o charge_v to_o be_v enthusiast_n man_n hold_v what_o j._n f._n condemn_v we_o for_o own_v though_o less_o justifiable_o and_o if_o more_o ridiculous_a interpretation_n be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v among_o they_o than_o be_v ever_o yet_o read_v in_o any_o quaker_n book_n i_o be_o content_a to_o suffer_v j._n f_n reproach_n as_o just_o who_o do_v not_o do_v as_o he_o will_v be_v do_v by_o his_o great_a scab_n or_o leprosy_n &_o of_o some_o other_o of_o his_o fraternity_n too_o for_o alas_o it_o be_v at_o best_a but_o a_o piece_n of_o heathenism_n with_o he_o and_o a_o man_n may_v be_v a_o very_a good_a christian_a forsooth_o by_o a_o new_a art_n of_o imputation_n find_v out_o and_o accommodate_v to_o the_o ease_n of_o hypocrite_n without_o that_o straight_a and_o legal_a way_n of_o just_a and_o holy_a live_n pag._n 27._o pag._n 28_o 29._o pag._n 58_o 59_o pag._n 29._o 29._o at_o who_o handwriting_a pag._n 61._o 61._o his_o blasphemy_n against_o the_o light_n pag._n 61._o 61._o i_o will_v desire_v the_o reader_n to_o take_v notice_n that_o the_o first_o reformer_n never_o intend_v by_o their_o great_a respect_n to_o the_o scripture_n to_o establish_v they_o their_o rule_n exclusive_a of_o the_o spirit_n as_o most_o do_v now_o w._n kiffin_n for_o instance_n only_o they_o do_v on_o all_o occasion_n prefer_v they_o as_o god_n tradition_n to_o the_o place_n of_o a_o rule_n beyond_o popish_a doctor_n or_o council_n which_o 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