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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96623	The gadding tribe reproved by the light of the Scriptures. Wherin the true Protestants are encouraged to hold fast their Christian profession, maugre the Beast (i.e.) the pope; or the image of the Beast (i.e.) the Quakers, and their followers: to whom is given a mouth to speak great things. / By George Willington, schoolmaster in the city of Bristoll.	Willington, George.	1655 (1655)	Wing W2802; ESTC R186606	17,221	35

devisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned and avoid them Then he adds the reason For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ but their own bellies and by good words and faire speeches deceive the hearts of the simple O that we would all imbrace this wholsome counsell of the blessed Apostle even to marke and so to marke as to avoid all Papists Arminians Antitrinitarians Anti-scripturists Anabaptists Quakers and all other Sects and Sectaries whatsoever that cause divisions and offences contrary to this or any other doctrine which the blessed Apostle taught the ancient Romans and that upon the reason of the counsell ver 18. Make not the light within your rule to walke by further than it agrees with the light without shining forth in the holy Scriptures Follow your light within and your teacher within what else But so as not to neglect the light without shining forth in the holy Scriptures For as the Scriptures are the word of God 2 Tim. 3.16 So it is a perfect rule of righteousnesse containing all our duty to God to man to our selves all those things which are to be done or left undon or to beleeved to salvation Psal 19.7 The holy Scriptures are able to make us wise unto salvation through faith which is in Jesus Christ All Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine for reproose for correction for instruction in righteousnesse that the man of God may be perfect throughly furnished unto every good worke 2 Tim. 3.15 16 17. Whilest the upstart Sect the Quakers do look principally after the light within we saith Saint Peter have a more sure word of prophecy whereunto ye do well * that ye take heed even as unto a light which shineth in a darke place untill the dawn and the day star arise in your hearts Knowing this first that no Scripture is of any private interpretation For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost 2 Pet. 1.19 20 21. Wherefore I humbly beseech you that ye be not soone shaken in mind by this up-start generation of quaking seducers who have a forme of godlinesse but deny the power thereof from such turne away For of this sort are they which forsaking the publike assemblies creep into houses and lead captive silly women laden with sin and led away with divers lusts ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth Now as Iannes and Iambres those sorcerers spoken of Exod. 7.11 22. withstood Moses so do these also resist the truth men of corrupt minds reprobate concerning the Faith but they shall proceed no farther for their folly shall be made manifest unto all as theirs also was But continue you in the things which ye have learned and have been assured of knowing of whom ye have learned them Tim. 3.5 6 7 8 9. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering for he is faithfull that promised and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works Not forsaking the assembling of our selves together as the manner of some is but exhorting of one another and so much the rather as ye see the day approaching Cast not away therefore your confidence which hath great recompence of reward For ye have need of patience that after ye have done the will of God ye may receive the promise For yet a little while and he that shall come will come and will not tarry Now the just shall live by faith But if any man draw back my soule shall have no pleasure in him But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition but of them who beleeve to the saving of the soule Heb. 10.23 24 25 35 36 37 38 39. Be ye henceforth no more children tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine by the sleight of men and cunning craftinesse whereby they lie in waite to deceive Eph. 4.14 Embrace the counsell of the Apostle 1 Ioh. 4.2 Beloved beleeve not every spirit but try the spirits to wit those who say they are sent by the spirit whether they are of God because many false prophets are gone out into the world But how shall we try them To the Law and to the Testimoney if they speake not according to this word it is because there is no light in them Isa 8.20 If there come any unto you and bring not this doctrine receive him not into your house neither bid Godspeed that is shew him no countenance by receiving him hearing him and the like for he that biddeth him God-speed is partaker of his evill deeds 2 Ep. of Ioh. 10 11. ye therefore beloved seeing ye know these things before beware lest ye also being led away with the errour of the wicked fall from your own stedfastnesse 2 Pet. 3.17 Little children saith Saint Iohn it is the last time and as ye have heard that Antichrist should come even so now are there many Antichrists whereby we know that it is the last time They went out from us but they were not of us for if they had been of us they would no doubt have continued with us but they went out that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us But ye have an unction from the holy one and shall know all things Let that therefore abide in you which ye have heard from the beginning if that which you have heard from the beginning shall remain in you ye shall also continue in the Father and the Son And this is the promise that he hath promised us even eternall life These things have I written unto you concerning them which seduce you 1 Ioh. 2.18 19 20 24 25 26. Now the spirit speaketh expresly that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrine of devils speaking lies in hypocrisie having their consciences seared with a hot iron 1 Tim. 4.1 2. Thus saith the Lord stand ye in the waies and see and aske for the old paths where is the good way and walke therein and you shall find rest for your soules Ier. 6.16 Therefore suffer not your selves to be led aside out of the old way after new lights new waies new notions new doctrine a new Gospell a new Church for the good way is an old way but stand stoutly and to the death in the cause and quarrell of the good old way and contend and that earnestly for that old faith once delivered to the Saints Iude 3. Which faith is laid down in the sacred lines of the holy Scriptures from the Alpha of Genesis to the Omega of the Revelation and is summed up in that almost forgotten Creed commonly called the Apostles Creed which may be truly called the Summary or Abridgement of the Gospell for it is a short sum of all those Gospell-truths which