Ye the plural Number and to be spoken unto more than one Sch. I am very well satisfied that Thee and Thou is the proper Languge to a single Person and You to more than one but the People called Quakers will not put off their Hats nor bow nor give flattering Titles to People what Scriptures have they for that Mast With God there is no respect of perfons and James said If you have respect of persons you commit sin and are convinced of the Law as transgressors and in Job Elihu said Let me not I pray you accept any mans person neither let me give flattering Titles unto Man for I know not to give flattering Titles in so doing my Maker would soon take me away Job 32.21 22. Sch. They say the people called Quakers deny the Scriptures Mast No they own the Scriptures more than any people for they walk in the Light of Christ Jesus and by following him do witness the Scriptures fulfilled in them and people that live in sin and that are guided by the evil Spirit they are contrary to the Scriptures and it is a Book sealed to them and they who hate to be reformed have nothing to do to speak of the Saints and holy men of Gods conditions mentioned in Scripture Sch. The People called Quakers do not call their Days and Months as other Professors do Mast No Professors and People are so far degenerated from Truth that they have lost the very form of sound Words used by the Primitive Christians Sch. How did the Primitive Saints call their days and months Mast God made the World in six Days and rested the seventh Day and he called the Evening and the Morning the first Day and the Evening and the Morning the second Day and the third Day c. And Christ rose on the first day of the Week and they came to the Sepulchre when the Jews Sabbath was ended on the first Day of the Week and upon the first Day of the Week the Disciples met together And in Ex. 12.2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months it shall be the first month of the year to you And in Ex. 16. Moses writeth the fifteenth day of the second Month and the Scriptures say the third Month and fourth month c. Schol. Who invented these Names of Sunday Monday c. and calling the month March April May c. Mast The old Pagan Saxons in their Idolatry were the first that brought in the names of the Days after that manner and these called Christians have retained them to this day The first Day of the week they worshipped the Idol of the Sun from whence came Sunday The second Day of the Week they worshipped the Moon from whence came Moonday or Monday the third day they worshipped the Idol of the Planets which they called Tuisco from whence came Tuesday and from the Idol Woden came Wednesday and from the Idol Thor came Thursday and from the Idol Friga came Friday and from the Idol Seater came Saturday And the Heathen called Mars the God of Battle and from thence they called the first Month March And Venus they called the Goddess of Love and beauty and from thence they called the second Month April And Maja a heathen Goddess called Flora Flora and Gloris were called the Gooddesses of Flowers Unto Maja the heathen Idolaters used to sacrifice from thence was the third Month called May and upon the first day of the same Month they used to keep Floralia Feasts to the two Goddesses of Flowers viz. Flora and Cloris and Flora was a Strumpet in Rome that used on the first Day of that Month to set up a May-pole before her Door to entice her Lovers from whence came May-poles to be first observed And from the heathens Goddess Juno is the fourth Month called June And in honour to Julius Caesar a Roman Emperor is the fifth Month called July and the sixth Month took its Name August in honour of Augustus Caesar and September October November and December are called from the Latines And one Janus a King of Italy was for his Wisdom pictured with two Faces whom they honoured as a God and from this name Janus was the eleventh Month called January And Saturnus Pluto Februs were called the Gods of Hell whom the heathen said had the rule of the evil Spirits there and from Pluto Februs was the twelfth Month called February Sch. Who have been the Ministers and Instructers of these people that they are erred so from Scripture-Example Let me have some marks and signs by which I may know the Deceivers and false Prophets Mast The marks the Scriptures give of Deceivers and false Prophets are these I shall set them down in short that thou maist remember them the better 1. They are such as bear rule by their Means Jer. 30.31 Mat. 10.19 20. 2. They are such as seek for their Gain from their Quarters Isa 56. 3. They seek for the Fleece and make a prey upon the People Ezek. 34.1 2 3. 4. They are such as preach for Hire and Divine for Money Mic. 2.11 5. They cry Peace so long as People put into their Mouthes but when any come to see them to be Deceivers and cannot put into their Mouthes nor give them Gifts then they prepare War against them Mic. 3.5 Hos 6.9 6. They run when the Lord never sent them and prophesie Lies in his Name Jer. 14.4 7. They stand praying in the Synagogues They love the uppermost Rooms at Feasts and the chief Seats in the Synagogues and love Greetings in the Markets and to be called of men Master and they make them broad Philacteries on their Garments that they may be taken notice of for they do that they do to be seen of men and are proud and covetous and they come of Cain's Stock for they are full of Envy and are in Balaam's way who was erred from the Spirit of God and received the Wages of Unrighteousness and so do they 2 Peter 2. Judge 11. 8. They are such as sprinkle Infants for which they have no rule in Scripture and tell people it is an Ordinance of Christ when it is but one of their own Inventions and so are Liars and Deceivers 9. They tell people they shall never be free from Sin whilst they live here 10. They are made Ministers by the Will of man and men uphold them If thou meetest with them and seest those Fruits brought forth by them then beware of them for they have got on sheeps Cloathing but inwardly they are ravening VVolves Sch. How may I know the true Ministers Mast I may give thee some Marks how to know them 1. The true Ministers of Christ as they have received the Gift of God freely so they minister freely from the same as good Stewards of the manifold Grace of God and they do unto all Men as they would have all Men do unto them 2. They do not strive for Mastership like the false Prophets but
Shekels that is twenty five pounds A Shekel of the Sanctury which is tvventy Gerahs and a Shekel is tvventy shillings and a Gerah is tvvelve pence There are four kind of Cubits mentioned in Scripture 1. The common Cubit this vvas the measure from the Elbovv to the Fingers-end it contained a Foot and a half or half a Yard 2. A holy Cubit this vvas a full Yard containing tvvo of the common Cubits 3. The King's Cubit vvhich is three Fingers longer than the common Cubit 4. A Geometrical Cubit it contained six common Cubits which is three Yards according to this Cubit it is thought Noah's Ark vvas built The Reed spoken of in Ezekel or Exodus vvas six cubits and a hand breadth vvhich vvere called the King's cubits A Furlong is an hundred tvventy five paces vvhich is the eighth part of our mile A mile containeth vvith us a thousand paces but in the Hebrew it vvas accounted as much as a man could go in half a day betvveen meal and meal A Kab is our Quart A Omer is a Quart and a half A Seah is a Gallon and a half An Epha is half a Bushel and a Pottle An Homer is so called from Chamer an Ass because this Measure contains so much as an Ass could well bear which is five Bushels and five Gallons A Log is half a Pint. A Bath is half a Bushel and a Pottle A Mite weigheth half a Barly-corn A Farthing of the Roman Coyn is two Mites Keshita signifies a Lamb and was also a name the Hebrews gave to a piece of Money in value one penny half-penny The Marks of a true Christian TO love one another and to add to your Faith Virtue to your Virtue Knowledge which knowledge is to know God and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent which is Life eternal and to your knowledge add Temperance and to your Temperance add Patience for that runs the Race and obtains the Crown of Life and unto Patience Godliness in that brotherly kindness is known The Names which the Devil in Scripture is called by The Serpent and Adversary An Encmy to Man The Devil who is a Destroyer the old Dragon Belial The God of the World who rules the World in wickedness The Prince of this World who gives forth his Law of death and Sin and rules in wickedness and unrighteousness which got into Adam and Eve by his lies and subtilty and their disobedience and rules in the hearts of the disobedient the Spirit and Prince of Darkness which fills people with darkness and makes them hate the Light of Christ and blinds all his Subjects that they call the Light of Christ natural and Created and Conscience And the Devil is called Beelzebub Prince of Devils the Accuser of the Brethren And this Devil Sathan and Serpent made all his Subjects call the people of God Bablers pestilent Fellows Movers of Sedition Ring-leaders of Sects Acts 24. Turners of the World upside down a people that are cursed and unlearned ignorant Schismaticks Hereticks Phanaticks and these are them that rage so against the Light within which doth give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the Face of Christ Jesus and are so mad against the heavenly Treasure in the earthen Vessels 2 Cor. 4. And these be of the same Spirit that the Jews were in that said Christ the Light had a Devil and by the Prince of Devils cast out Devils The Names of the Children of God are called by The Children of God are called the Children of the Light and the Seed of Abraham and the Lot of God's Inheritance and his Servants and Hand maids Sons and Daughters and the Elect of God before the Foundation of the World and the Children of God then Heirs of God 1 Peter And they are called the Saints of God the Church of God Temple of God Sheep and Lambs of Christ Brethren of Christ Spouse and Wife of Christ a chosen Generation a royal Priest-hood offering up spiritual Sacrifices to God who is a Spirit a holy Nation a peculiar People the Children of the Light and of the Day which makes all the Children of the Night and of Darkness to rage against them They are called the Light of the World and the Salt of the Earth and a City set on a Hill that cannot be hid and against this City doth Mystery Babylon the great City fight with her Children but they cannot prevail for the lamb and the Saints shall have the Victory What Christ is called Christ our Lord and Master crucified in spiritual Sodom and Aegypt is called The Wonderful Counsellor who doth counsel people of the possession of their Salvation and of a Kingdom and of a Life and of a World that hath no end and how to walk that they may honour God through him He is called The mighty God and the Everlasting Father the Prince of peace who rules in Righteousness and Peace amongst his Children Christ Jesus the Saviour and Christ the Light of the World the anointed of God the Emmanuel that is God with us THE LORD OVR RIGHTEOVSNESS Justification and Sanctification the Way the Truth and the Life the Word of God that hammers down and cuts down sin and burns it up who is the Elect and precious laid in Sion to all the Sons and Daughters of Sion the Lion of the Tribe of Judah who rends to pieces the old Dragon and bruises the Serpent's Head and Jesus Christ our Lord a Lord is a Ruler so Christ is a Lord to rule and order and govern and dispose his People and so he hath the reverence and honour for he rules and orders and governs in Righteousness Holiness Virtue Purity and Equity and Godliness and Truth and in Wisdom Power light and life The CATECHISM Scholar HOw many Offices has Christ in his Church The Baptists and Teachers of the World tell us Christ has but three Master Yes Child he has many more than three 1. His Priestly Office when he offered up himself for the People in the whole World and sprinkles the hearts and consciences of his People with his Blood to cleanse them from dead Works to serve the living God and to offer up and present his Church without spot or wrinkle to God 2. The Kingly Office is to subdue all the Enemies of man the Devil and his Works and to subdue all his Enemies under his Feet and to give forth the law of love law of life law of Spirit law of Faith and he to reign whose right it is and to rule in the hearts of his people by Faith who is King of Kings and Lord of Lords 3. His Prophetical Office Christ is a Prophet raised up like unto Moses who is to be heard in all things who speaks to you by his light Power and Spirit and opens unto you by his power spirit and light things to come 4. Christ hath the Office of a Bishop to over-see thy Soul Spirit and Mind that thou dost not go astray from him
the Den and no manner of hurt was found upon him because he believed in his God And by the Commandment of the King those Men that had accused Daniel were brought and were cast into the Den of Lions even they their Children and Wives and the Lions had the master of them and brake their Bones in pieces before they came at the ground of the Den. This Daniel also delivered Susanna from the two wicked Judges he destroyed Bell and his Temple and slew the Dragon which they Worshipped Neâ•Œbuâ•Œchadâ•Œneâ•Œzer signifies the mourning of the Generation or wailing of Judgment he was King of Babel he conquered Egypt and destroyed Jerusalem he erected an Image of Gold and commanded it should be honoured decreed That whosoever refused to fall down to the said Imag should be cast into a hot fiery Furnace he dwelt seven years amongst wild Beasts The three Children were cast into the fiery Furnace for not worshipping the Image but God delivered them out of the Furnace Joâ•Œsiâ•Œah signifies the Fire or burning of the Lord the son of Zephaniah Iddo prophesied of him That he should destroy the Idolatry of Jeroboam he was made King of Judah and he put down Idols and caused Baals Priests to be put to death Iâ•Œsaiâ•Œah signifies the Health or Salvation of the Lord he was a Prophet of the Lord. Zaâ•Œchaâ•Œriâ•Œah signifies Mindful of the Lord. Matâ•Œthew signifies Given or a Reward he was an Apostle called by Christ Jeâ•Œsus signifies A Saviour or The Lord a Saviour the son of God a Voice from Heaven said unto him Thou art my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased he came of the Seed of David whose Kingdom endureth forever Christ signifies Anointed at the Age of twelve years Jesus disputed with the Doctors and the People were astonished at his Wisdom yet many would not believe he was the Christ because he descended of so low Parentage and said Is not this the Carpenter's Son Great Multitudes followed him and he healed many diseases his coming and Preaching was in great humility he was Mocked Persecuted and put to Death by the Jews the chief Priests perswaded the Multitude to ask of Pilate that Christ might be put to Death after his death they persecuted his Apostles and Imprisoned Peter and John and commanded they should preach no more in the Name of Jesus and also Stoned Stephen to death And King Herod persecuted the Christians Killed James the Brother of John with the Sword and because he saw it pleased the Jews he Imprisoned Peter also Paul signifies Marvel or marvelously he was an Apostle of Christ he was marvelously converted from being a Persecutor of the Church of Christ to be an Apostle and an elect Vessel of God Peâ•Œter signifies a Stone or Rock an Apostle of Christ John signifies The Grace of God or Gift or Mercy of the Lord the Son of Zebedee he and his Brother James were called by Christ as they were mending their Nets to be Apostles John was Banished into the Isle of Pathmos Tiâ•Œmoâ•Œthy signifies The honour of God or the honouring of God or precious to God Titus signifies Honourable Thomas signifies a Twin Philip signifies a Warrier or lover of Horses Saâ•Œmaâ•Œriâ•Œtans signifies Keepers marvelous hard thorny places or Dreggs The reason of the Names of the Books of Moses and other Books THE Hebrews usually named their Books from some of the first Words in the beginning of each As the first they called Beâ•Œreâ•Œshith that is In the Beginning the first word of that Book The second they called Veâ•Œleâ•Œsheâ•Œmeth which signifies Now these are the Names The third they called Vaâ•Œjiâ•Œkra which signifies And called for so it begins in the Hebrew The fourth Bamâ•Œmidâ•Œbar which signifies In the Wilderness The Lord spake to Moses in the Wilderness The fifth Elâ•Œleâ•Œhaâ•Œdabâ•Œbaâ•Œrim which signifies These the Words The Greek Interpreters and others from them called the first Genesis that is Generation because it declares the Creation and Generation of the World and of Men. The second Exodus which signifies A passing out because in it is declared the passing out of the Children of Israel out of Egypt in the beginning of that Book The third Liviticus because in it is declared the Laws and Order of the Levites The fourth Numbers because in the beginning thereof is the sum of the Children of Israel The fifth Deuterenomy which is Second Law the Law repeated the second time Judges is called from the Declaration of Judges that judged Israel before the Kings Kings from the Declaration of the Kings that reigned in Israel after the Judges Chronicles signifies a declaration of the things that were done in their several times Ecclesiastes signifieth the Preacher because so it begins The words of the Preaher The rest are named from the names of the Writers or things easie to be understood As Colossians signifies punished Corinthians signifies filled Ephesus signifies desirable Thessalonica signifies the other Victory of God The Signification of the seven Arts. THE word Grammar comes of a Word that fignifies to write Rhetorick of a Word that signifies to speak fluently Logick of a Word that signifies to speak and reason Astronomy signifies the Law or Distribution of the Stars Geometry signifies measuring of the Earth Musick signifies the Muses Art or Authors of Songs or Poetry Arithmetick comes of a Word that signifies Number Weights Measures and Coyns mentioned in Scriptures reduced into our English valuation Of Shekels there were three sorts A Common Shekel which weighed a quarter of an ounce and was worth fifteen pence The Kings Shekel weighed three Drachms that is in our Mony twenty two pence Half-peny The Shekel of the Temple weighed directly half an ounce and was worth two shillings six pence The Jews had three sorts of Talents The Common Talent which weighed three thousand quarters of an ounce or common Shekel amounts to six thousand Drachms which is one hundred eighty seven pound ten shillings The Kings Talent weighed three thousand of the Kings Shekels which amounted to nine thousand Drachms which is two hundred eighty one pound five shillings The Talent of the Temple or Sanctuary weighed three thousand Shekels of the Temple which is precisely so many half-ounces which amounteth to three hundred seventy five pounds A Silverling is often in Scripture used for a Shekel which is half an ounce and worth two shillings six pence for thirty of these Silverlings of the Sanctuary Christ was sold Mat. 26. which amounteth to three pound fifteen shillings English Mony The common Shekel of Gold weighed two Drachms and was worth fifteen shillings The Talent of Gold of the Temple weighed twelve thousand Drachms or Hungarian Ducats which is of our Mony forty five thousand pounds Abimelech King of Gerar said to Sarah I have given thy Brother an hundred Silverlings which were common Shekels which amounted to sixty two pounds sixteen shillings Gen. 20. Abraham bought a burying-place for his Wife Sarah for four hundred Shekels of Silver which are common
was made of Mast A Rib is a beam or a side-piece which was part of the building of the whole Creation so she was called Woman because she was taken from man for Eve signifies Living and she was the Mother of all living Gen. 1. Sch. How many Faiths are there and which is the true one Mast There is one Faith and the true Faith is that which works by love and purifies the heart and justifies thee and saves thee and gives thee Victory over that which separates thee from God through which Faith thou hast access to God in which Faith thou pleasest God and hast unity with him and them that please God Sch. How many Baptisms are there Mast One Sch. Who is the Baptizer Mast Christ for John is decreased and Christ is increased that is the one Baptism that saves he baptizeth with the Holy Ghost and with Fire and burns up the Chaff with unquenchable fire who comes with his Fan and throughly purges his Floor and gathers his Wheat into the Garner Sch. What is the Wheat Mast The Wheat is the Seed of God Sch. What is the Chaff Mast The body of Death and the body of the sins of the flesh and the corruptions that must be all plunged down to the Fire Sch. What is that Jordan that John baptized in Mast Jor. is a River and dan is Judgment he dipt them in the River of Judgment Sch. What is the Ministers of Christ's Work Mast Christ gave Gifts unto men for the Work of the Ministry and their work was for the perfecting the Saints and for the edifying the body of Christ till we be all come to the unity of the Faith the knowledge of the Son of God Mark and unto a perfect man and unto the measure of the stature of the Fulness of Christ Sch. And are these Christ's Ministers Mast Yes Sch. And what are the rest that do not bring People to this stature such as tosses People to and fro and carries them with their cunning slights and craftiness of men and lies in wait to deceive them Mast Yes they are them that bring people to no stability Ephes 4. Sch. What is the Scripture Are they the word of God Mast The Scriptures signifies writings the Scriptures of Truth are the Words of God Christ's Name is called the Word in the Revelations In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and God was the Word John 1. Schol. What is the Original of Sin Mast Original is the beginning the beginning of sin was the Devil Sch. And who destroys him Mast Christ Jesus destroys the Devil and his Works and through Death destroys Death and the Devil who has the power of Death and the Seed of the Woman shall bruise the Serpents Head Sch. What Seed was that Mast Christ Jesus Sch. To bruise how is that Mast It is to break to pieces to crush to break into pieces and into powder his strength and power Sch. Master the Star-gazers tell me all Light comes from the Sun Mast Read Genesis 1. there thou wilt see there was Light and Day and there was three days before the Sun was made Sch. What is the Church Fellowship Mast It is the Gospel Fellowship Sch. What is the Gospel Mast The Gospel it is the power of God unto Salvation to every one that believeth so the Power of God the Gospel is everlasting Sch. What is the Cross of Christ Mast The Cross of Christ is the Power of God and this is foolishness to them that perish and set up a wooden or a stone or iron Cross or any other outward Cross Sch. What is the ministration of condemnation which was glorious And what is that administration that exceeds it in glory Mast The Ministration of Condemnation was the Law that took hold upon the outward Actions of Men and Women but the Ministration of Restauration that exceeds it in Glory is Christ that takes away the Root of sin which the Fruits of sin proceeded from and the Law took hold upon the outward Action which Christ takes away the Root of and so makes the Root and the Branches holy who destroys the Devil and his works and bruiseth the Serpent's head Christ doth by whom all things were made and created who was glorified with the Father before the World began and set up from everlasting to everlasting the beginning and ending the first and last Sch. Who is the Christian Sabbath or Rest Mast Christ Jesus he that believeth hath entered into his Rest and ceased from his own Works as God did from his and so Christ is the Rest by whom all things are made and Created and there is Rest and Peace in him but not in old Adam Sch. Is the Light sufficient for Salvation Mast Yes by believing in the Light thou shalt be a Child of Light Sch. Who are true Christians Mast Such as believe in the Light of Christ and are led and guided by Christ Jesus Sch. Why are the true Christians called Quakers in this Age Mast It is in scorn and derifion that they are so called to render them and the Truth odious to the People that so they might not receive the Truth and be saved Yet quaking and trembling is no new thing for thou maist read of Quakers in the Scriptures as in Heb. 12.21 Moses said I exceedingly fear and quake And it is said Son of man eat thy Bread with Quaking and drink thy Water with Trembling And when Damel saw a Vision a great quaking fell upon the men that were with him And Habakkuk his Belly trembled and his Lips quivered Hab. 3.16 Sch. Sure those that scoffingly call the true Christians Quakers never read these Scriptures for they prove very plain that there were Quakers in the Primitive times But why do the people called Quakers say Thee and Thou to a single person Is that according to the Scriptures Mast Yes it is the proper Language to a single person and according to the Scripture God said Thee and Thou to Adam and Adam said Thou to God and people say Thee and Thou in their Prayers and it is the Pride in peoples Hearts that cannot take that Language themselves which they give to God And God said Thee and Thou to Moses and Moses said Thee and Thou to God again Jacab said Thee and Thou to Laban and Laban said Thee and Thou to him again and Jacob and his Sons said Thee and Thou to each other Gen. 43. to Chap. 49. And Jeptha who was a Judge in Israel did Thee and Thou his Daughter and she did Thee and Thou her Father the Judge again Judg. 11. And when Daniel and the 3 Children were before the King upon Examination they said Thou to the King and the Caldeans did Thou the King Dan. 3. And Paul did Thou King Agrippa And many other Examples there be in Scriptures but these are sufficient And Thee and Thou is the singular Number and to be spoken to one and You or