of God and for the simple ones sakes as we are moved by the immediate spirit of Christ to write to teach to exhort or to put in Print Truths Defence p. 104. How then comes it that Gother son Ep. 4.5 is fain to write against others of his own and call to them to recall their Tenets and repent 13. All their Railings Cursings and Blasphemies they Father on the Holy Ghost and make them to proceed immediately from the eternall spirit of God in them as may appear 2. Of their railings at Ministers and slandering of them Only whatever they say is little in respect of what before and there can be no wondring at their Blasphemies against Men when they have thus opened their mouths against Heaven and if they have done these things to God himselfe no wonder if such to his Servants but to speak their language with which they often salute the Ministers That they are of the Synagogue of Satan Hel broke loose p. 35. and know nothing of God but are enemies of God being guided by the spirit of error without amongst dogs whose humility is fained a Their hearts they know that their Sermons are fleshly fancies b And they Q. for real flesh and conâ—urations dirty miry doctrine a stinking puddle that their hearts are filthy deceitful c That 's right seeking praise from men d They have little from you that they are scandalous e VVhat all Scandalum acceptum Be sure to say enough Muse as they use following the wayes of Balaam and Cain worse then Simon Magus knowing nothing of the life of the Gospel that they are Heathens wallowing in the mire and filth of the flesh on whom all the plagues of God are to be poured blind guides proud Baals Priests f The best that ever he had I hope Lyars Blasphemers h They Q. not guilty enemies to Christ Jesus Murtherers Sorcerers Whore-mongers children of disobedience greedy dumb Doggs Witches Antiâ—hrists Antichrists Marchants Robbers Deceivers Ministers of the World i VVorse then themselves Conjurers Devils of a Serpentine Nature a brazen faced Bâ—ast Covetous Idolatrous Priests Thieves Divelish Priests Priests of the world Foxes Ministers of Antichist proud Pharisees envious malicious Priests Aegyptians Sodomites Gog and Magog a seed of evil dâ—ers children of the Devil blind Watchmen Backbiters Railers Seducers Taskmasters of Aegypt devouring Lyons Firebrands of Hell Sons of Belial I shall but adde here one passage for all Naylor against Baxter p. 30. Thou askest if it will be for the peoples profit to despise their Teachers and Guides I say you who have despised Christs commands to set up your own Lusts and Pride Covetousnesse and false-Worship must be despised and when such Guides are discovered then shall the people profit when they come to be guided by that Spirit God hath given to every man to profit withall which you will keep them from as long as you can that you may fill up your measure and wrath come upon you to the uttermost being captivated by the Devil Son and Body the God of this world having blinded your eyes so that the Gos el is hid from you and you lost setting up the Letter instead of it having denyed the light and erred from it are got up into hardnesse of heart imprisoning beating making havock like rude Beasts what ever the Devil did where he reigned so do you being the head of the Serpent which Christ is come to bruise as he did in his own person so he is the same brood who now are found in the same bloody plots against the seed of God So Princed worse then ever any seeking the lives of others for practising that in life which your selves will preach in words for Money such a generation of raging Beasts was never yet in the world who seek to devour on every side you and who departs from sin is your prey the greâ—test deceivers that ever yet come now when you come to be revealed who would have believed that you who have had so many millions of pounds for reaching people to forsake sin and now if any declare that he hath forsaken it and is set free you preach it down as the most dangerous eâ—ror that ever was Full of Slander empty of Charity and who can ascribe this but themselves to the good â—piâ—it of God Enough ne quid nimis surely they are angry and I am apt to think the Miniâ—ters have hit the Devil in them a sound rap of the nose that makes him to roar so loud But yet they are not altogether foolish there is some wit in their anger though it be but Serpentine 1. Hereby would they alienate the Peoples affections from them The end of their railing without end present them so ill that the people might get no good by them 2. To get esteem and gain by what others lose they would by this be thought exceeding zealous none like them for God Christ and Souls truly had they kept in their poyson when they vented all this they might have been better thought on but to be so evill themselves while they are making others so is not politick 3. To prepare the Ministers for more to exercise them with their tongues that they may better rye their hands this is but a paper of Devils set on your heads before your bodies be brought to the stake but might I advise men should first stop their Eares secondly bridle their â—ongues thirdly shun their company and fourthly let them be branded for hideous Blasphemers notorious Railers CHAP. 8. A short account of a dispute at Cambridge Aug. 1659. between three eminent Quakers and one Scholar AUG 25. T. S. of Chr. Col. returning home from Saint Johns Library saw George Whitehead preaching in the Quakers The Quaker diâ—armed Pref. common meeting House b Over against Sidney Col. when Whitehead had done he confuted his Doctrine but considering how apt filly women were to be misled he sent the following to the Maior hoping to reclaime in the end his c The Majors Wife who it seems was then a Quaker Whereas George Whitehead delivered first that they are not Hereticks second teach no other but what Abraham and Christ and thirdly said that the Scriptures are not the Word of God I am ready at any hour or place 1. to prove these false 2. to make good my Arguments lâ—sts used against him 3. That it is a sin for him to preach or any such or for any to hear him Chr. Colh T. S. The Major sent for Whithead who before him wrote 1. That we do not open a door to Heresies 2. That we are not Hereticks because 3. We do not teach any Heresie d So it is a signe 4. We walk not in the steps of Hereticks 5. That the Bible is not the Word And this he would maintain e Quantum potuit against T. S. at what time and place the Major should
men women and little children have been strangely wrought upon in their bodies and brought to fall * The thing there is not denyed but palliated foam at mouth roar and swell in their Bellies and whereas it is answered that is a Lye it is replied Let the Reader consult the Book and beleive his own eyes 31. Thom. Holim of Kendal went naked as he was born R. B. p. 21. Q. 72. through the Market place at Kirby-Stephon one Market day Octob. 28. saying 'T is not I but God that goes naked Horrid See the Witnesses in the 5. New-castle Ministers answer to I.N. p. 84. 32. The Lord Cheif Baron Wild Pag. 22. Q. 78. the first day of the Term and Novemb. 11. 1659. was bareheaded and twenty Quakers about him with their hats on half an hour together 33. James Mitener Pag. 23. Q. 87. Sauls Errand p. 2. 9. a follower of George Fox professed himself to be God and Christ and gave out Prophecies viz. that the day of Judgement should be on the 15. of November * In this not infallible R. B. Q. 89. 90. 91. See more of him before f. 23. and that there should never sit Judge at Lancaster again 34. Was it not a sin in Christopher Atkinson fellow Preacher and bosome companion to George Whitehead to comit frequent fornication with Vrsula Servant to Thomas Symonds as both he and she confessed before the Mayor of Norwich and July 4. 1655. run away from Norwich-Goale and carrying thence goods not his own and after he professed Repentance for his lewdnesse with Vrsula did he not practise greater Villanie at the George Inne in Thurton six miles from Norwich See the relation of these matters printed for Franklin and attested by the Maior of Norwich 35. A Female Quaker was taxed Quakers Folio 2. p. 59. for breaking of the Rule Let the Woman keep Silence in the Church for it is not permitted for them to speak replied it was spoken of Women that have Husbands at home to learn of but I have none and am a Maid 36. Another who was a Wife being challenged for preaching publickly and that Scripture urged against her I suffer not a woman to teach and usurp authority over the man readily replied that was spoken of the Woman who was in the transgression but I am not one of them P. 1. of the in the end narrative of Q. F. Vol. 2. Papistâ pejor 37. One of them lately at Dover when he came to die upon the Question put to him how he expected Salvation answered that he expected Salvation by his own works and not by Christ Witnesse Mr. Davis Minister at Dover our hearty prayer to God is that we may neither thus live nor dye Q. Folio v. 2. narrative p. 2. 1659. Reckoned without his host pag. 3. 38. At a late meeting of the Quakers in Hurst-peirpoint in Sussex the Speaker called out to the Minister passing by We will have you all down for now our day is come 39. Another in Nuthurst parish in the same County did say to a godly person of good quality in that parish that he no more cared * They are much beholding to him for his care to kill one of the Priests then he would to kill a Dog 40. Another Quaker way-laid the Minister of Cowwould and justled him on the high way and drew out his Sword about half way but from further was prevented by others coming in 41. Mr. Wingfield Minister at Word did testifie under his hand Aug. 3. 1659. that Luke Howard of Dover Quaker did say in his hearing July 25. 1659. upon the Road neer Dover-castle that it was revealed to him by the eternal God that the priests shall be destroyed and by the people who are called Quakers 42. E. B. Quaker p. 2. in his Word of Advice to the Soldiers saith Oh! give the Priests bloud to drink for they are worthy 43. On the Lords day 18. Sept. 1659. W. Naylor Brother to James came into Savoy Church Mr. Hooke preaching and made such a bellowing that it seemed to be rather the Divel in him then his own voice Mr. Hooke was necessitated to hold his peace many sadly affrighted that some ran one way some another * Testified by Mr. Hook his Wife and others 44 Octob. 6. 1659 p. 4. at a publick thanksgiving at Christ Church London the Parliament Lord Maior Aldermen Common Council Officers of the Army being hearing Mr. Caryl two Quakers made a very great disturbance 45. March 5. 1659. Mary Todd of Southwark Quaker at the Bull and Mouth while some were speaking pulled up her Coats above her middle and walked so up and down a while using several base expressions Mr. Thomas Cresset Chirurgion an Eye and Ear witnesse CHAP. 6. Of their Opinions 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 BY which you may easily discern how far they are from being sound in the faith and take along withal this aggravation let their tenents be never so diametrically opposite to the written verity yet they will father it upon the Spirit of truth and he must be made the immediate inspirer of these falsities not being ashamed to make him grosely contradict himself but also to beare witness to a lie for when they want a Shadow of Scripture then they will stamp their errour with the Image and Superscription of the Holy Ghost immediately revealing and Christ the light within them must be made to hold out palpable darknesse Therefore they lay down as a foundation-foundation-truth a blasphemous falsehood to build their Structure of untruths upon viz That their dictates are equal to those of Christ and his Apostles a R. B. Question to Whitehead at end of the gagg p. 3. f. 7. do not you esteem your speakings to be of as great authority as any Chapters in the bible Answ yea of greater Herein not unlike the Papists who for the better establishing of their Churches authority make 1. The Pope an infallibl judge 2. Unwritten Traditions equal to the written Word therefore Bellarmine hath Verbum dei scriptum non scriptum To make this evident concerning the Quakers 1. Mr. Camelford Minister of Stafly Chappel in Lancashire having told Thom. Atkinson in answer to his Quaeries that his Quaeries were condemned to the fire George Fox replies you might as wel have condemned the Scriptures to the fire Truths defence p. 2. by Fox Hubberthorn And without breach of charity we may affirm the burning of the Scriptures would not have been so offensive to him a There are Quakers that have done it as before and though it be answered it is a wicked lie yet see your Book entituled Truths defence writ by Fox Hubberthorn p. 2. l. 13. and divers other Books wherein they prefer the Scripture to the fire and their own Books to mens reading as more useful for these times R. B. Q. ibid. for indeed to equal any writings to Scripture is interpretative
and so for the upholding of your unscriptural revelations the Scripture must not stand but when we shall all stand before the judgement Seat of Christ we shall be judged according to this rule and thereby stand or fall 4. That it is not a perfect rule of faith and Conversation to walk by 1. Though the Scripture say it is able to make the man of God perfect 2 Tim. 3.17 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Jam. Naylor 5. Answer to Jews p. 22. 2. The papists and they concur again the papists to establish papae decretalia the Popes decrees the Quaker to make way for the reception of the light within them be it the Prince of darknesse and that his delusive revelations may be swallowed and followed 5. That it is the Divel in man that contends for the Scriptures to be the word of God Here is Equivocation Ignorance Blasphemy either one or all for if he takes the word of God for Christ none ever affirmed it if for that God spake by the mouth or pen of his Servants Naylors Answer to Baxter p. 48. then it is a grosse calumniating of the holy Spirit 7. That the light wich is in all the Indians Americans and other Pagans on earth is sufficient without Scripture 1. It is much that Scripture should not and yet natural light is 2. That the light which is so week and dimne should be so strong and cleer 3. That what discovers nothing of Christ should enough to heaven 4. Against Ordinances Even all at once strikes Gotherson in his Alarum pag. 2. and elsewhere The man Christ Jesus the great Prophet declared in general terms what should be in latter times leaving it to every Son and Daughter to declare their particular experiences when the Spirit doth rise up in them and manifest himselfe unto them for they that believe saith he out of their Bellies shall flow Rivers or plentifull discoveries of the Water of Life therefore is Moses gave way to Christ for when Christ appeared in the flesh Moses administration began to be silent and drew back and see Jesus Christ in the Chair to be the great Prophet that should be the teacher in Types after him and the ministration of those discoveries were to reign in the world their appointed times even so the Lambe Christ Jesus or that single body gives way to the holy Ghost or spreading spirit John 16.7.17.21 If I go not away the comforter cannot come Here is much of truth but mis-timed and abused to the destruction of all Christs visible Kingdome it is true 1. God sent Christ the great Prophet that to him 2. Moses gave way 3. that the present administration will cease 4. but not till he hath delivered up the Kingdome to his Father Ephes 4.13.5 that the sending of the Comforter did but further the Apostles to plant Christs visible Kingdome and now as a sanctifying and comforting spirit is conveyed by Ordinances and makes them profitable Quakers folly p. 57. 2 Ed. Suitable to this tenet is that Speech of Mr. Fisher in conference with Mr. Thomas Foxton Jurate of Sandwich and Thomas Barber Cooper of Dunkirke May 12. That he himselfe was above Ordinances Truths defence p. 98. James Parnel and Naylors answer to Ives p. 14. 29. G. Whiteheads Cains Generation p. 11. Matth. 1.28.19 Acts 2.8.36.10.47 and that there is no more use of them in this life to many persons then there is of a Candle light when the Sun shines and he gave instance in the uselesnesse of Baptisme and the Lords Supper 1. Water-Baptisme denyed to be an Ordinance of Christ 1. It is their way to set up appointments of their owne and throw down Christs they must be heard but Christ not obeyed 2. When and where was Water-baptisme abolished first the institution and secondly practice is full ard cleer 3. But it must be Water-baptisme with them not to shew the Element but your contempt of the Ordinance * Non distinguunt sed nomen contemnunt Richard Hubberthorns Truths defence p. â—9 103. and alwaies they that esteem too high of their own things think too low of Christs 2. Concerning the Lords Supper Mr. Kellet in in Lancashire quaeries Whether did not Christ institute his last Supper with Bread and Wine Rich. Hubberthorn answers That Christ spake not of Bread and Wine but the Bread which Christ calleth his body is to be understood of his Church but the Cup which thou drinkest we deny for thy Cup is the Cup of Devils and thy Table is the Table of Devils which is an Idol and imitation and thy Sacrifice is to Devils and not to God And is this from the Spirit of the Lord Oh! the patience of the Lord to endure such breath of Blasphemy this is so contrary to Faith and Charity that it shall not need more words then the Angels disputing with the Devil the Lord rebuke thee 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hel broke loose pag. 27 Against all our worship Naylor against Baxter p. 25. 32 33. against our singing Davids Pâ—alms p. 28. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Answ to Edward Brocks letter p. 9. 3. Preaching the Word Praying Singing are no appointments of Christ but inventions of Men They do well to strike at all nothing of God that is in the Word of God are not all these things there required who so ignorant as need to be instructed where but it seems they are such builders as would not leave a stone upon a stone 4. Against Sabbaths No Sabbath to be kept and indeed they that deny the ordinances of the day no wonder if the day And in this their practice is suitable to their doctrine even in contempt of Gods day and Magistrate daring to open Shops and exposing wares to sale taking no notice of the morality of the fourth Commandement nor the Churches practice in the Apostles dayes it is in vain to note the universal custome of the Churches of Christ ever since but they think to carry the day the better if they can bear down the day of the Lord but oh that they would remember his burning wrath breaking out against Sabbath-breakers in our Land and dayes if they will not let others read Birds Theater Burtons Tragedy and the sad state of the land since the book of Sports Richard Farneworths answer to the Westmerland Ministers Petition p. 5. Goliah p. 7. Truths defence p. 96. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 5. Against Ordination The Ministers of God never were sent forth from God by a mediate sending but were immediately sent The tendency of this is first to destroy the Ministry since the Apostles and secondly to make way for the reception of themselves as Prophets and Apostles they exclude us that they may raign but what then becomes 1. of Timothy 2. of those Elders ordained in every City 3. of those directions given to Titus and Timothy but it seems their design is to down with all and by bringing in New-light to extinguish
all and to leave us in worse then Aegyptian darknesse 5. Against Original Sin Proud Pharisee reproved p. 13. That the Doctrine of Original corruption is a Soul-destroying God-blaspheming doctrine Surely those that boast of perfection are perfect no where neither in their hearts nor words not so much as ad integritatem to soundnesse but wholly corrupt denying Original Sin the old Pelagian Arminian Anabaptistical error so much against first cleer Scripture and secondly sad experience first the Scripture paints us to the life what by Nature and what born secondly and we our selves discover our selves even going astray as it were visibly from the Mothers womb Oh! that they which pretend so much to the extraordianry mind of God should be such strangers to their own hearts 6. Against Justification 1. That this is a blinde doctrine which preaches Hel broke loose p. 22. 23. Burroughs against Firmin p. 21. Naylor against Higgenson p. 8 22. Truths defence p. 95. that righteousnesse which justifies is not in them 2. He that hath a covering for his sins no nearer then above the Stars will one day be found naked 3. The obedience of Christ and of the Creatures is not two Obediences but one 4. That Christ bought us not with the price of his blood that was shed upon the Crosse at Jerusalem onely These tenets 1. how derogatory are they to Christ 2. how comfortlesse to sinners 3. how crosse to the designe of God to exclude boasting 4. yea how pernicious to Souls first in tempting them to the rejecting the righteousnesse of God of Faith of Christ and secondly seeing after a righteousnesse of their own which they shall never attain unto 5. How neer of kin to those positions of the Papists de justificatione but either we must stop our eares to such doctrine or refuse to open them to plain Scripture 7. Against religious Education That for Masters and Mistresses to make their Servants read Scriptures Proud Pharisee reproved p. 37. and to bring them to the publick Ordinances argues a persecuting Bonner-like spirit and is a seeking to dethrone Christ and is treason against the King of Saints and his tender Lambs What is this Gen. 18.19 but first to load with calumny and reproach that which God highly commends in Abraham secondly and to deter men from that which God in the Old and New Testament doth so inforce upon them Thirdly but all is of designe that first so Children and Servants may be left as a prey to them secondly and God altogether forsaken in the next generation and his name nor named among men 8. Of Light within To shew they are in Darknesse and would hold men there they assert heterodoxes concer-cerning the Light within as Answ to Westmerland Petition pag. 14. 1. That the Light which is in every one that comes into the world shews a mans sin and evil and the deceipts of his own heart They are strangly confused in holding out their Light and know not how well to distinguish inter conscientiā naturalē a natural conscience mentem divinitus illuminatam a minde illuminated with Gospel revelations they finde Christ called the light Joh. 1.9 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and of him said that he lightneth every one that cometh into the world and that in men naturally there is a Conscience excusing or accusing and these things they strangely jumble together that natural light lux concreata ut naturâ insita doth and will convince men of many sins is undeniable teste experientia by experience but that by the light thereof a man may come to the knowledge of all transgression and be able to see into the bottom of his heart r Jer. 17 9. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 who but an ignorant one in Gods word will affirm 2. That it is pure Naylors answer to Harris p. 11. and whosoever beleeves and followes it shall not abide in darknesse but shall have eternal life Then Christ is in vain if righteousnesse could have been by the Law Christ dyed in vain s Truths defence pag. 86. Gal. 2.21 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but in as much as it was weake God sent his Son t Rom. 8.3 c. so if life could have been natures light what need Christ have come to be a light to lighten the Gentiles u Luk. 2.32 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that were without God and Christ strangers from the Covenant aliens from God w Ephes 2.12 through the ignorance that was in their mindes x Ephes ◠18 Naylors answer to Higgenson p. 6. Wickednesse weighed p. 22. Farnworth against Hagger p 57. Naylers answer to Higgenson p. 5. Farnworth against Hagger p. 54. Naylers answer to Harris p. 15. Farnworth against Haggers pag. 48. Burroughs against Firmin p. 18. 19. Answer to Bork p. 6. 7. Hubberthorn against Winterton p. 8. Burroughs answer to Bunnion p. 18. 3. They make it all and every thing quidlibet ex quolibet as appears by those assertions of theirs 1. Christ is this light 2. it is the Light and Spirit of Christ 3. it is the Light Spirit and power of God to Salvation 4. the perfect Law of Liberty 5. the Lord God and the Lamb is the Light within me 6. it is the Light of the Covenant of Grace 7. It is God and when Paul committed the Saints to God it was to the light within them 8. it is the word of Faith 9. Reason and understanding 10. a perfect rule in every mans Conscience 11. that in a man which is just equal and righteous telling him he ought not to do wrong 12. that from which the Scriptures were given forth 13. the same thing with the light and life of Adam in Paradise 14. No other thing then the light of the Gospel 15. the same light with the anoynting both in Beleevers and in Unbeleevers A pretious thing if they could tell what but thus they speak Truths defence p 67. Esay 8.20 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 because the Light is not in them but by this Light a man may see a designe of darknesse there is as 1. to take men off from the Scriptures 2. To lul asleep their own Consciences when they alone shall be judge of their own actions To prepare them to receive any dictates that an impudent fellow shall dare to impose from the Light within him 4. To give men up into the immediate hands of the Devil to be absolutely at his command when he shall strangely suggest any thing to them taking his impulses of darknesse to proceed from Conscience Spirit Christ God within them as is plain in Gilpin and Tolderrey These are grand Errors Heresies Blasphemies of theirs razing the very foundation leading men from God Christ Scripture unto the Devil and Destruction other grosse absurdities there are for uno concesso sequuntur millia but because we have sufficiently raked already in a filthy Dunghil we shall but onely name them 1. That of