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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B01962	Mr. George Keith, at Turners-Hall in Philpot-Lane, London, in 1696. Contradicting Mr. George Keith, at the Tolbooth of Aberdeen, in 1688. In fundamental points of the Christian faith. Demonstrated by quotations out of The exact narrative of the proceedings at Turners-Hall, &c. on the one hand: and quotations out of Immediate revelation not ceased, on the other hand. In a letter to himself. / By a moderate church man.	Moderate church man.; W. C.	1696 (1696)	Wing C160; ESTC R170341	10,271	15

of Regeneration I do affirm the Work of Regeneration is a light thing tho' not light in its self Immediate Revelation p. 120 121. And all these glorious things both he in the Days of his Flesh and the Prophets before that his Appearance in that Body of Flesh declared neither only nor principally concerning his Coming in the Flesh namely in that Vessel or Temple which appeared at Jerusalem but mainly and principally concerning his Spiritual Appearance in his Saints after his being Crucified Risen and Ascended for till then the Son of Man was not glorified Phil. 7.39 And though he was Bodily present with his Disciples yet he told them they were to see greater things Phil. 1.50 And he said The Kingdom of God was at hand I am not accountable for your False Quotations and he taught them to pray for it and he said There be standing some among you which shall not taste of Death till they see the Kingdom of God come with great Power and Glry Whereby it is manifest that these things relat MAINLY to his coming again in Spirit when it should be poured out accordi●g to those many Promises concerning the same Recorded in the Prophets an● as is said before he told them It was expedient he should go away that he might c●me again in a MORE GLORIOUS and Comfortable Appearance by the Reve●ation of his Glorious Power in their Hearts for his Kingdom was not of this World but an Inward Kingdom and he said that it was within and pointed to this Spiritual Appearance by his Light in their Hearts under many Parables and Figures which he calls the Kingdom of God Mat. 13.18 19 c. Exact Narrative Ibid. But the matter is there is a Saving Faith of Christ without us and Christ without us as he is both God and Man the Emmanuel as well as his inward Appearance in us is the Object of Saving Faith but those Men would not own it Immediate Revelation p 231. So that this Internal Revelation Searching and Testimony is the Foundation and Ground of my Faith commonly called the formal Object of Faith for which I believe and assent unto the Truth of any part of the Scripture and consequently of the History its self if my Faith be a Divine and Supernatural Faith and not meerly Humane Exact Narrative p. 46. He says I have already cleared George Whitehead and William Penn from that Charge that they have not destroyed the Object of Faith And I say I have proved that they have destroyed the Object of Faith if they have at other times owned it let them disown and retract their Errours I am not to account for their Contradictions They have Contradicted themselves they have Disowned the Object of Faith and if I have Charged them with it this is no Contradiction in me but in them Immediate Revelation p. 4. And if we are to partake of the same precious Faith so also are we to partake of the same precious Revelation and Inspiration of the Word of God by which their Faith was wrought and which was its OBJECT and Foundation as also it is ours and continues to be the same in all Generations Exact Narrative p. 26. Now he says It is contrary to Rom. 10. to direct People to Jesus Christ as he was Crucified at Jerusalem But let the Bible be judge He has not Cited the Verse but the Verses he aims 〈◊〉 shall read Ver. 5 6 7 8. For Moses describeth the Righteousness which is of the Law That the Man which doth those things shall live by them c. See Ver. 6 7 8. Now in their Preachments they have used to stop there and go no further But read the 9th Verse If thou shalt confess with thy Mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in thine Heart that God hath raised him from the Dead thou shalt be saved c. Immediate Revelation p. 77. The Light reveals the WHOLE Wi●● of God unto him and as he abides in the Light and waits in it it will manifest clearly in him what he should do and what he should shun and he needs not go forth to seek a Law without him or a Teacher without him The Word is near in his Heart and in his Mouth and this is the Word of Faith to which Moses pointed the Jews and Paul the Romans Again p. 106 107. And he calls them the Words of the Righteousn●●● of Faith and that Word Moses pointed the Jews to in the Heart He calls it the Word of Faith and it is clear he understands it of Christ for he addeth by way of Interpretation to Moses's words speaking from the same Spirit Say not in thine Heart who shall ascend into Heaven That is saith he to bring Christ down from above Again a little lower in the same page And the Jews and People of Israel wh● lived in Moses's time and WERE SAVED it was through Faith in this Word 〈◊〉 this Prophet raised up in them in their Hearts not at a distance but nigh the Word is nigh in thy Heart And this is CHRIST IN THEM the Hope o● Glory the Mystery hid from Ages and Generations but was ever made manife●● in his Saints but in the latter Days more clearly Christ in all that believe the Hope of Glory Well Sir I hope you will thank me for making no Comments upon the foregoing two-fac'd and double-tongu'd Quotations I referring that part to your self upon a Review Only Querying of you Whether they Treat of Fundamentals or no But pray excuse me if I trouble you a little farther and be pleased to exercise what little patience you may by this time have left in perusing what I have further to offer I observe you say of Mr. G. Whitehead Exact Narrative p. 39 40. Now all these proofs Mat. 16.27 28. Luke 9.26 27. 1 Thes 4.17 he has Allego●ized to Christ within he has Allegorized away his Birth his Death Resurrection and Ascention and coming to Judgment and so we have nothing from Scripture to prove Christ's Death to be of any Benefit to us and we have no Arguments to prove he came in the Flesh And so all the Proofs against Jews and Philosophers h● has Allegorized away But Sir What if Mr. Keith have done the like what will you say then Perhaps the World may be ready to say There is never a Barrel the better Herring of you in that respect For if I were to ask Mr. Whitehead Whether by the places you quote his Intention was the Explication thereof being always to be allowed to surviving Authors according to your own Proposal in a Book I have by me thereby to overthrow the Faith of Christ Crucified c perhaps he might reply No and produce some of his Books in confirmation of such a denial Then on the other hand if it should be queried of Mr. Keith Whether he never Allegorized for the word away we must in Justice drop on both sides the Birth Crucifixion Resurrection and Miracles of