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A65832	An abstract by way of index of some very unsound and some other very antichristian passages collected out of G. Whitehead's and W. Penns books, plainly contradicting their late creeds one signed by W. Penn at Dublin in Ireland on which the B. of Cork hath made some seasonable remarks, another signed by G.W., called A few positions of the sincere belief and Christian		1699 (1699)	Wing W1886; ESTC R30196	10,102	15

was purchased by Christ for this he hath disputed against most eagerly 4. That tho' G. W. in some of his late Prints seems to own Christ's Humanity and particularly in his late Creed yet he hath let us know what he meaneth by it not the true earthly nature of Man having had an earthly Body such as Man had at his Creation as any part of him For all such bodily nature as coming from humus the ground whereof Christ consists as Man he plainly denies in that Book whereof he is thought the Author but if not the second days Meeting whereof he is a Member is accountable for it being given out by their approbation and he and they profess to be of one Faith but as humanity signifies Meekness Gentleness Mercifulness as opposite to Cruelty in this last sense he owns Christ's Humanity Judge Reader can there be a greater fallacy or greater Jesuitish equivocation under Heaven and in his Christian Quaker he most fallaciously distinguisheth betwixt Christ his having Flesh and Bones and consisting of it the word consisting only implying his Flesh and Bones to be a part of him and not the whole Christ 5. Whereas he quoteth Dr. Stillingfleet present Bishop of Worcester as being greatly on the side of G W. and other Quakers in opposing the Doctrine of Christ's satisfaction as God-man for which it is hoped he hath no ground 〈◊〉 were to be wished that Dr. Stillingfleet would in Print vindicate his Reputation from this infurious imputation cast upon him by G. W. and that after the worthy example of the present Bishop of Cork in Ireland Dr. Stillingfleet and others of best note in the Church of England would impugne those gross and vile errors rampant in the Quakers Books particularly in the Books of G. W. and W. Penn notwithstanding of their seeming Orthodoxy in their 2 late Creeds and conformity to the 39 Articles in point of Doctrine to the Church of England for surely their so doing would be as commendable and would do the like service to the Truth of the Gospel as the pious and learned works of Augustine and other Ancient Wo thies against the vile Heresies of Pelagius and others in those early times Again in his p. 11. of his Answer to T. Danson's Synopsis of Quakerisme T. Danson having affirm'd that Christ did satisfie as well agendo as patiendo p. 12. To this he answers 1. If satisfaction consists as well agendo as patiendo are not Christ's Inward and Spiritual Operations included in his doing or works for Man's Salvation How then can Man exclude them and think himself wholly acquitted and yet in his Sins by the Suffering and Death of Christ without as a full compensation and satisfaction in his stead Note again Reader how tho' before he placed that satisfaction wholly in God yet now he would divide it and make one part of it to consist in what Christ did outwardly for us in his Body of Flesh when upon Earth and another part of that satisfaction to consist in the Inward and Spiritual Operations or Works which Christ worketh in Men which is grosser than any Popery or at least the grossest of any Popery in this case for tho' the Papists maintain that Men are justified by good Works wrought by the Spirit in them and which the Spirit helps Men to work and that these good Works are meritorious of Justification yet we do not remember that we ever heard or read that any of the Popish Authors make the good Works of the Saints wrought in them by the help of the Spirit any part of Christ's satisfaction to Divine Justice for they distinguish betwixt Christ's satisfaction and Men's Justification the satisfaction of Christ consisting in those Actions and Sufferings of his which were only his and wherein Men had no part nor share according to that Isaiah 53. I have tread the Wine-press alone c. and God hath laid on him the iniquities of us all But according to G. W.'s notion Men have a part or share in that satisfaction for the good Works that Christ by his spirit Works in Men are the Works of Men and not the Works of Christ or the Spirit only yea formally considered they are only the Works of Men for it is not Christ in Men nor the Spirit that believes repents obeys but it's Men that believe repent obey by the help of Christ and his Spirit which works of Men not perfectly answering the perfection of God's Law cannot be any satisfaction to Divine Justice Here he confounds Christ's satisfaction which only belongs to Christ as his work without us and the work of San●tification needful to be wrought in us by the help of the Spirit which ought to be distinguished and are plainly distinguished both in the Scriptures and generally in Christian Authors for tho' Men's Sanctification is no part of satisfaction to Divine Justice yet it is altogether necessary in order to make Men capable of the Spiritual Blessings purchased to Men by Christ his satisfaction for them Again G. W. in his part of the Christian Quaker answers to his opponent having said that Sin itself cannot cause God to alter his purpose this he says is not only a great mistake to say Sin cannot cause God to alter his purpose as in this case but also gives a great liberty to Hypocrites who believe they are eternally Elect Persons to continue in Sin and Presumption and he plainly asserts that God's declared thought or intention may be altered as the condition of Men changeth from evil to good or from good to evil for which he cites Jer. 18. 3 4 5 6. Note Reader how G. W. who is so ready to charge his Opponents with Blasphemy is guilty of it too much making God like mortal Men not only capable of suffering but of altering and changing his thoughts and purposes so making him mutable with whom there is no variation nor shadow of turn grounding his false notion on his perversion of Jer. 18. 3 4 5 6. as if it were to be understood strictly and after the manner of Men which ought to be understood in a metaphorical sense only and is there no other way to deal with Hypocrites and beat them out of their false hopes and persuasions but by rendring the unchangeable God like to changeable Men. If it be once granted that God's Thoughts and Counsels and Purposes can be changed we have no certainty but that his whole declared Word and revealed Will may be changed yea not only what he hath promised but what he hath sworn may be changed which is expresly contrary to Scripture that saith that both his Word and his Oath are immutable things and if so then surely his Thoughts are no less immutable yea the immutability of his Counsel is expresly mentioned Heb. 6. 17. his gifts and calling are without Repentance his Counsels of old are Faithfulness and Truth Isai 25. 2. his Word is for ever setled in Heaven Again