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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77938	Ansvvers to severall queries put forth to the despised people called Quakers, by Philip Bennett, who cals himself a minister of Christ, but is found a deceiver; answered by them to whom they were directed. Also, ansvvers to severall other subtil queries put forth by one Iohn Reeve, who lives in the City of London, who cals himself the last messenger and witnesse unto the true God, but is found a false witnesse, and a lyar, and a perverter of the right way of God. / Answered by Edward Burrough, and Francis Howgill, who are witnesses unto the truth against this subtil serpent-like generation.	Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.; Howgill, Francis, 1618-1669.	1654 (1654)	Wing B5984; Thomason E813_4; ESTC R207330	24,422	20

ANSVVERS TO SEVERALL QUERIES Put forth to the despised people called QUAKERS by Philip Bennett who cals himself a Minister of Christ but is found a Deceiver Answered by them to whom they were directed ALSO ANSVVERS To Severall other subtil QVERIES Put forth by one Iohn Reeve who lives in the City of LONDON who cals himself the last Messenger and witnesse unto the true God but is found a false witnesse and a lyar and a perverter of the right way of God Answered by Edward Burrough and Francis Howgill who are Witnesses unto the Truth against this subtil serpent-like generation London Printed for Giles Calvert at the black-spread-Eagle at 〈…〉 ANSWERS to severall QUERIES put forth to the diepised People called Quakers We having received a Paper which was directed to Rich. Roper and to his quaking friend which words comes from the dark carnall mind quaking and trembling which the Saints and holy men of God witnessed we own and witnesse therefore do we deny thee and all thy dark Divinations WHereas thou Philip Benett in thy Note which thou hast writen to Roper in Answer to a Letter which he wrote to thee wherein he charges thee to be a Lyar and a false accuser and charges thee to bring any man to witnesse what thou hast spoken by them whom thou sayes denyed that Christ that dyed at Jerusalem and who they were that denyed that Christ that suffered at Jerusalem or else acknowledge thy self to be a slanderer and in thy Paper thou gives no Answer at all to these words but sayes thou called the Congregation to witnesse but doth not mention one in all the Congregation that will witnesse it whereupon the lye rests upon thy head and thou found to be the lyar and the slanderer and the false accuser And whereas thou sayes thou hast sent Queries concerning that matter thy Queries makes thee manifest what thou art many of thy own Tribe and generation if they saw thy Queries would be ashamed both of thee and of thy Queries for hundereds there are in the world that knowes nothing of the true and living God and yet would see thee and thy Queries not to be worth answering yet lest thou should boast in thy filthy ignorance and darknesse and for clearing of the Truth to the simple Something in answer to them 1 Quer. Whether was the VVord made flesh or the Son of God made of a Woman more or oftner then once Answ. In this first Querie thou hast manifested what thou art to all the children of Light and where thou art and what Spirit thou art of a reprobate a child of darknesse thou art thou might have spared the other nineteen Queries for in this Querie thy spirit is tryed and in the eternall Light seen and known Thou askes whether the Word was made flesh any more or oftner then once which makes it plainly manifest that thou knowes not what thou askes and that thou dost not know nor cannot witnesse the Word to be made flesh once but art one of the Antichrists and deceivers which John speakes of that are entered into the world which cannot confesse Jesus Christ come in the flesh and therefore thou queries whether the Word was made flesh any more or oftner than once which Querie comes from thy dark polluted minde who is out of the Light and a stranger to the life and without God in the world amongst the false Prophets Antichrists and deceivers which are in the world and in the Light of Christ which condemnes the world yea are all seen known and made manifest and are turned away from by these who dwell in the Light which Light condemnes thee and all thy generation eternally and the Word made flesh we witnesse which dwells amongst us and we behold his glory as the glory of the only begotten of the Father according to the Scripture whereby we witnesse thee and all thy generation to be in the sorcery and in the witchcraft deceiving and betraying the souls of the simple the Light of Christ in thy conscience will tell thee so for that thou must be obedient to and witnesse before thou witnesse the Word to be made flesh once for thou art darknesse it self and the light in thy conscience if thou would let it rise will be thy condemnation and when thou can witnesse the Word to be made flesh once then thou wilt know whether the Son of God was made of a Woman any more or oftner than once But thou art the Dragon that would devour the Manchild which the Woman hath brought forth who shall rule all Nations with a rod of iron and her child is caught up to God and to his Throne thou the Dragon and thy Angels is cast out into the earth and therefore dost thou persecute the Woman which hath brought forth the Manchild but thou art overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of his Testimony and for thy other nineteen Queries thou hast conjured them up in thy black Art out of the bottomlesse pit which is to be turned into perdition if thou had an ear thou might hear or an eye thou might read but thou art blind 2 Quer. Whether did the Man Christ Jesus the Son of God slain in respect of Gods Decree and Efficacie of his death from the foundation of the world really and indeed suffer death or dissolution of soul and body as upon the Crosse at Jerusalem more or oftner than once Answ. Here in this Querie thou Diviner is found adding to the Scripture thy divinations of thy own brain whereupon the plagues of God is to be added unto thee and poured upon thee for as thou sayes the Man Christ Jesus the Lamb of God slain in respect of Gods Decree and efficacie of his Death from the foundation of the world Oh thou lyar let all people see where there is such a Scripture that speakes as thou speakes here but in the sight of Christ thou art seen and in the life comprehended and art for condemnation The man Christ Jesus we own and witness and the Lambs book of life which was slain from the foundation of the world we witnesse the Lamb of God which takes away the sins of the world we witnesse according to the Scripture praises praises eternal praises be to the Lord God for ever and thee to be the beast that makes war with the Lamb we witnesse and thou Anti-Christ which looks at Christs death at Jerusalem alone and cannot confesse him no otherwise but without thee here thou art but equall with the Pope of Rome for he confesses Christ dyed at Jerusalem as well as thou so let all thy Congregation see what they hold up that followes thee 3 Querie Whether did the man Christ ever really and indeed suffer in his own person for that end and after that manner which he did once upon the Crosse at Jerusalem before the time or since the time Answ. Here thou full of all subtilty hath made manifest thy Poison and enmity

against and see if they be not the Antichrists and the Deceivers which are entered into the world which Iohn speaks of which cannot confesse Christ come in the flesh but transgresseth and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ so hath not God neither knowes him but preaches for sin and against perfection and denyes the Light which enlightens every one that comes into the world and so keeps people in blindnesse and ignorance and out of the knowledge of God and never any that followes them shall ever come to the knowledge of the true and living God therefore all people see where you are and minde the light in your consciences which is pure and which testifieth against all sin and it will let you see all your blinde guides which deceives you to be in sin and ignorant of God for they deny that which should make him manifest therefore beware what you hold up and give over going after them to that in your consciences I speak which shall witnesse me eternally to speak the truth if you obey it and shall condemn you eternally if you disobey it These blind guides that are in this Land denies the Prophets which Moses wrote of which is the substance of the Priesthood which was before and here they are found in the same generation in the sorcery and in the witchcraft which the Lord commanded should be put out of the land where the children of Israel went to possesse Answers to several other subtil Queries put forth by one Iohn Reeve who lives in the City of LONDON who cals himself the last Messenger and Witnesse unto the true God but is found a lyar and a perverter of the right way of GOD A Certain Writing is come to our hand called an Epistle from the Mighty JEHOVAH or Jesus the onely LORD and God of the Elect Israelites from one whose name is subscribed Iohn Reeve Pilgrim who cals himself the last Messenger and Witnesse unto the true God unto which for the sake of the simple we as one Spirit are moved of the Lord of heaven and earth to write something in answer that so his folly may be made manifest and his ignorance and blasphemy laid open unto the simple hearted who have been long deceived by such through their false voice lo here and lo there Friend to thee who hath subscribed this Writing who cals thy self the last Messenger and witnesse unto the true God I Answer The Lord of hosts and God of the Elect Israelites doth not accept thy testimony and witnesse for thy spirit is made manifest not to be the Spirit which came from God and which dwels with God which bears true witnesse unto God but the spirit which is driven out from the presence of God into the creation and into the visible world and that is the living spirit and bears not true witnesse unto the true God but is a spirit which beares witnesse to the imaginations of thy own heart which looks upon and declares the living God as if he were carnall and a creature-like substance and here the Scripture is fulfilled upon thee thou thinks he is altogether such a one as thy self and for the true God thou art no Messenger nor hast received any Message from him for thy spirit is known and he never delivered his Message unto it in any generation but kept his secret sealed up from it and friend here I charge thee in the presence of the true spiritual God that thou be-lies the Lord of hosts who sayes thy Epistle is from him thou uses thy tongue and saith the Lord saith When saith the Lord I have not spoken unto thee of that generation thou art which Ieremiah cryed against and therefore let all flesh be silent before the Lord and call not thy own imaginations his Word but thou who hast a dream tell thy dream for a dream and he that hath the Word of the Lord let him speak it faithfully and though thou call thy self the last Messenger and witnesse unto the true God yet I say unto thee verily the Lord hath a Witness which was before thee which hath been slain in the streets of the great City which the Lord will bring forth after thee which will bear true witnesse of the true God against thee and thou who hast been alive shall be judged by him which hath laid slain he will eternally condemn thy testimony and message Friend in the light of Christ which hath lightened every one that comes into the world thou art comprehended and seen thy beginning thy time and thy end and with it thy testimony and Message is denyed for thy testimony is such and if thou swear the Lord lives thou swore falsly and further thou sayes by inspiration of the holy Spirit thou was moved to present this Epistle I answer the language of the holy Spirit is like it self pure and spirituall but thy language is carnall and sensuall and so is thy spirit the Saints which spake by the inspiration and moving of the Spirit cursed not that which God had blessed as thou dost neither did they say the Elect was defiled as thou dost neither did they speak of God as a carnall substance as thou dost but said that God was a Spirit and here be thou a witnesse against thy self that thou speaks not by the inspiration and moving of the holy Spirit but speaks thy imaginations and lies in the Name of the Lord and whereas thou sayest in this confused age there hath appeared variety of Spirits pretending to be sent by the everlasting God yet they are at war with all their power to overthrow one another that their own opinions may bear rule I answer Among the many pretenders thou speaks of thou art one and it is true you are at war with all your power endeavouring to overthrow one another that your own opinions may bear rule and though there be among you variety of opinions yet by one Spirit you act for the kingdome of the Devil is but one and yet divided and it is at war with it self and therefore it cannot stand and you cannot overthrow one another but one is appearing to overthrow you all and all your opinions for all you pretenders are made manifest by your fruits and thereby men may try you for nothing is to be gathered from you but opinions and ayery imaginations some of you speaking of a God and Christ afarre off to believe in others of you speaking of a God and of a Christ within and afarre off to believe in thus you feed people by your own imaginations and some of you pretends Revelation others of you denying Revelation and thus you strive to set up your own opinion but you live all in one nature and are of one generation and he that walks in the light sees you all and comprehends you all and judges all your opinions and are redeemed out of all your vain im●dgination into the life of God acting and speaking as the Spirit