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A54205 William Penn's return to John Faldo's reply, called A curb for William Penn's confidence, &c. writ in defence of his answer to John Faldo's printed challenge. Penn, William, 1644-1718. 1674 (1674) Wing P1355; ESTC R21591 18,461 30

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the next Instance brought to prove our Books unscripturally written Child Then the Scriptures are to be owned and believed as a true Testimony of what the Saints were made Partakers of in that Day Father Yes they are to be owned and believed and they that do not so they are to be denyed An admirable Confession to the Scriptures Is this the way to prove W. Smith's Book unscripturally written That there is not an Exhortation to read the Scriptures and that the whole scope of it is to throw Dirt upon them yea to deny them though J. Faldo himself tells us that W. Smith teacheth that those ought to be denyed that do not own them but the Truth is J. Faldo's Proofs against the Quakers are like Hebrew to be read backwards He hath a Faculty beyond the common rate of men to facilitate his own Confutation But he makes W. Smith further to Answer Thou must take heed Child of giving more unto the Scriptures then unto them belongs lest in so doing thou diminishest from the Glory of Christ What of all this May not People Idolize as well as undervalue the Scriptures Ought they to be put in the room of Christ Or is it ill done to exhort People to prefer Christ before the Scriptures How can J. Faldo call this part of W. Smith's Answer Unscriptural and yet believe those words of Christ be any part of Scripture Search or rather ye search the Scriptures for in them ye think ye have Eternal Life they are they which testifie of me ye will not come unto me that ye might have Life Joh. 5. 39 40. I am the Way the Truth and the Life Joh. 14. 6. Christ himself here teacheth us to give him the Preference and implicitely rebuketh the Jews from expecting Eternal Life in the Scriptures rather then in Him who is the Way the Truth and the Life His last Instance is this Child I am sensible that there is something in my Conscience that lets me see my ●ecret Thoughts the Intents of my Heart but I have not known what it hath been nor hitherto have much regarded it Father That is the true Light c. Child But if I should turn to it and obey it when it reproveth me for Sin is there Power in it to save me from Sin and to deliver me from Iniquity Father Yes Child All Power in Heaven and Earth is in it c. Now judge Reader saith J. F. If all these things are contain'd in the Scripture But I will help the Reader to judge rightly in this matter and question not if by Containing he means as he ought the Substance of such Answers and not that they are so laid down to prove them to be according to Scripture and therefore Scriptural I st That it is God who searcheth the Heart tryeth the Reins and telleth unto Man his Thoughts the Prophet affirms and I know no body that pretends to Christianity denyeth it 2. The Apostle asserts That which may be known of God is manifest men for God hath shown it unto them Rom. 1. 19. 3. That it was the Apostolical Message That God is Light 1 Joh. 1. 5. 4. That whatsoever doth make manifest is Light Ephes 5 13. 5. That Christ who is God over all blessed forever is that True Light which thus enlightneth every man 6. That all Power in Heaven and in Earth belongs to Christ the true Light Now unless he denyes Christ to be God or Christ to be Light or that He the true Light so searcheth c. or that all Power in Heaven and Earth belongs to Him it will naturally follow that to say All Power in Heaven and in Earth belongs to God Christ or the Light of the World is Equivalent For we do not assert as some Ignorantly and some Malitiously have printed reported That all Power in Heaven Earth is in the Ma●ifestation but in him that g●ves the Manifestation I have taken great Care with several others to explain our Belief in this matter if possible to prevent such Evil-minded Men as this Adversary from making so Ill and Use of our Innocent Expressions and giving their own monstrous Consequences for our Scriptural Principles Thus much to evidence to my Reader how groundlesly J. F. flung Vnparall●l'd Falshood and Confidence upon me for asserting that those Books before mention'd were generally written in a Scripture Style and with what Weakness he hath endeavour'd to disprove me I shall among a multitude of Instances that might be given produce 10. to show to my Reader with what Truth those Imputations belong to J. Faldo and how exactly he character'd himself when he bestow'd that Reflection upon me 1. J. Faldo affirms that W. Smith not only quoted never a Scripture writ unscripturally but that he had not one Exhortation to read the Scriptures nay that the main Design of the Book was to deny them and throw Dirt upon them yet J. F. thus cites him concerning the Scriptures Child Then the S●riptures are to be own'd and believed c. Father Yes they are to he OWN'D BELIEV'D and they that do not so are to be DENIED To this let me add another notable Passage in the same Discourse cited by me in that very Page of my Rejoynder where my Challenge lay which he thought no Boldness to accept though he was so modest as not to be so bold with this Passage Quest Of what Service are the Scriptures as they are given forth and recorded without Answ MUCH EVERY WAY unto those than have receiv'd the same Spirit from whom they were given forth for unto such they are PROFITABLE and MAKE WISE unto Salvation and are unto them of Service for INSTRUCTION EDIFICATION COMFORT Rejoynd pag. 61. Is there no Exhortation lodg'd in these words And is this to Deny or throw Dirt upon the Scriptures If any shall object W. Smith's making the Spirit necessary to the profitable Reading of the Scriptures let them go to W. Tindal J. Bradford Bp. Jewel J. Philpot Luther Calvin Peter Martyr and others they will preach them the same Doctrine which I have observ'd in my Rejoynder and may easily be found in my Catalogue of Authors 2. My second Instance shall be this That he makes W. Smith call the Scriptures Traditions of Men Earthly Root Darkness Confusion Corruption All out of the Light and Power of God which he only asscrib'd to degenerated men their Worship Imaginations and Traditions See Quakerism no Christianity pag. 117 119. Vind. p. 41 45. My Rejoynder from pag. 141. to 157. 3. That the Quakers understand by Knowledge according to the Flesh the Vse of the Vnderstanding though santified Qu. no Chr. pag. 41. Vind. p. 24 25 My Answer p. 35. Rejoynd p. 424. 4. That I. Penington should call Visible Worship as sub the City of Abomintion Vind. p. 50. Rejoynd l. 194 195. 5. That by Traditions of Men we understand the Scripture or written Word Qu. no. Chr. part 3. p.