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             The way of life and perfection livingly demonstrated in some serious animadversions or remarks and answers upon the book entituled The middle way of perfection, with indifferency between the orthodox and the Quaker, herein considered, and the naked truth as it is in Christ Jesus, opened in real love to the souls of men / by George Whitehead.
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           THE
           Way
           of
           Life
           AND
           PERFECTION
           Livingly
           Demonstrated
           IN
           Some
           serious
           Animadversions
           ,
           or
           Remarks
           and
           Answers
           upon
           the
           Book
           ENTITULED
           
             The
             middle
             VVay
             of
             Perfection
             ,
             with
             Indifferency
             between
             the
          
           Orthodox
           
             and
             the
          
           Quaker
           .
        
         
           Herein
           considered
           ,
           and
           the
           naked
           Truth
           as
           it
           is
           in
           Christ
           Jesus
           ,
           opened
           in
           real
           Love
           to
           the
           Souls
           of
           men
        
         
           By
           George
           Whitehead
           .
        
         
           Let
           your
           Moderation
           appear
           unto
           all
           Men
           ,
           Doing
           nothing
           by
           Partiality
           .
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1676.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           
             Friendly
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           THE
           Publication
           of
           this
           ensuing
           Treatise
           ,
           is
           from
           a
           Necessity
           that
           came
           upon
           me
           for
           the
           holy
           Truth
           sake
           ,
           to
           remove
           Occasions
           of
           stumblings
           out
           of
           the
           Way
           of
           the
           simple
           ,
           and
           honest
           minded
           Inquirers
           after
           the
           Way
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           which
           is
           perfect
           ,
           so
           that
           although
           ,
           by
           Reason
           of
           other
           weighty
           Concernments
           (
           the
           Press
           being
           also
           clogged
           with
           other
           Books
           )
           this
           hath
           lain
           by
           in
           Manuscript
           above
           a
           Year
           after
           it
           was
           finished
           ,
           being
           written
           at
           sundry
           Oportunities
           ,
           when
           I
           could
           find
           some
           spare
           time
           ,
           yet
           I
           could
           not
           be
           clear
           in
           Conscience
           ,
           that
           my
           Labour
           in
           it
           should
           so
           remain
           obscure
           ,
           or
           the
           Service
           frustrated
           ,
           which
           I
           hope
           it
           may
           be
           of
           to
           such
           serious
           and
           unprejudiced
           Readers
           ,
           as
           desire
           after
           the
           Knowledge
           of
           the
           Truth
           ,
           as
           i●
           is
           in
           Chrst
           Jesus
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Aim
           and
           End
           of
           my
           Labours
           and
           Travails
           ;
           I
           could
           have
           been
           content
           only
           to
           have
           sent
           a
           Copy
           of
           this
           Treatise
           unto
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           Book
           stiled
           
             The
             Middle
             Way
             of
             Perfection
          
           ,
           if
           that
           would
           have
           cleared
           Truth
           from
           his
           Mistake
           ,
           and
           removed
           the
           Burden
           off
           me
           ;
           but
           that
           could
           not
           be
           sufficient
           ,
           in
           
           regard
           his
           Book
           was
           so
           publick
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           come
           seriously
           to
           consider
           ,
           and
           see
           wherein
           he
           hath
           been
           mistaken
           ,
           and
           misrepresented
           us
           ,
           called
           Quakers
           (
           especially
           in
           the
           latter
           Part
           of
           his
           Book
           )
           it
           is
           to
           be
           hoped
           ,
           that
           out
           of
           a
           Respect
           to
           that
           Christianity
           ,
           Justice
           and
           Moderation
           ,
           professed
           by
           him
           ,
           he
           will
           as
           publickly
           do
           us
           Right
           ,
           in
           retracting
           his
           Mistakes
           ,
           and
           Misconstruction
           put
           upon
           us
           ,
           as
           to
           some
           Things
           of
           weight
           and
           moment
           ,
           which
           in
           this
           Treatise
           are
           seriously
           (
           and
           from
           a
           Sense
           of
           the
           Foundation
           of
           God
           )
           spoken
           to
           ,
           and
           opened
           in
           Love
           both
           to
           this
           Man's
           Soul
           ,
           and
           the
           Souls
           of
           all
           who
           desire
           true
           Information
           in
           these
           weighty
           Matters
           of
           Salvation
           ,
           herein
           treated
           on
           .
        
         
           
             London
             
               the
               12th
               .
               of
               the
               12th
               .
               Moneth
               1675.
               
            
          
           
             G.
             W.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           CONTENTS
        
         
           
             Sect.
             I.
             
          
           
             OF
             Justification
             from
             the
             Charge
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             the
             Charge
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ;
             how
             far
             it
             extends
             ;
             and
             our
             Evangelical
             Obedience
             of
             absolute
             Necessity
             ,
             page
             10.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             II.
             
          
           
             Of
             Perfection
             being
             our
             Duty
             ;
             and
             how
             attainable
             ,
             confessed
             by
             this
             Moderator
             or
             midle-man
             ,
             pag.
             12.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             III.
             
          
           
             Some
             Objections
             alledged
             by
             him
             against
             the
             attaining
             to
             Perfection
             ,
             answered
             ,
             pag.
             17.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             IV.
             
          
           
             His
             Objection
             against
             sinless
             Perfection
             ,
             for
             sinful
             Imperfection
             in
             this
             Life
             ,
             proceeds
             from
             his
             wanting
             the
             true
             Sight
             of
             that
             Seed
             and
             Nature
             wherein
             is
             Victory
             and
             Perfection
             ,
             pag.
             19.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             V.
             
          
           
             
               His
               Alleganiots
               for
               Sin
               from
               these
               Scriptures
            
             (
             viz.
             There
             is
             no
             Man
             that
             sinneth
             not
             ;
             not
             a
             just
             Man
             upon
             Earth
             that
             doth
             good
             and
             sinneth
             not
             ;
             No
             more
             I
             
             that
             sinneth
             ;
             but
             Sin
             that
             dwelleth
             in
             me
             ;
             in
             many
             Things
             we
             offend
             all
             ;
             if
             we
             say
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             no
             Sin
             ,
             &c.
             )
             
               considered
               and
               answered
            
             ,
             pag.
             21.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             VI.
             
          
           
             
               Of
               Regeneration
               ,
               the
               two
               contrary
               Principles
               ,
               and
               concerning
               the
               Phrases
            
             [
             Whatsoever
             is
             born
             of
             God
             ]
             and
             [
             Whosoever
             is
             born
             of
             God
             ,
             &c.
             ]
             pag.
             23.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             VII
             .
          
           
             The
             Law
             of
             Grace
             ,
             Condition
             of
             Life
             and
             greater
             Commandments
             being
             performed
             ,
             sincere
             Obedience
             in
             lesser
             things
             may
             not
             be
             omitted
             ,
             pag.
             25.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             VIII
             .
          
           
             The
             calm
             Protestants
             in
             granting
             a
             Real
             and
             True
             Righteousness
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             is
             perfect
             and
             entire
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Covenant
             (
             or
             Law
             )
             of
             Grace
             ,
             do
             assent
             to
             the
             Quakers
             Doctrine
             of
             Perfection
             ,
             pag.
             28.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             IX
             .
          
           
             The
             Performance
             of
             the
             Condition
             ,
             or
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             ,
             and
             
             David's
             Perfection
             ,
             or
             being
             found
             a
             Man
             after
             God's
             own
             Heart
             ,
             not
             concerned
             in
             a
             sinful
             State
             ,
             nor
             consistant
             with
             the
             Breach
             of
             Duty
             ,
             and
             of
             Sin
             unto
             Death
             ,
             pag.
             30.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             X.
             
          
           
             That
             Heaven
             wherein
             Unrighteousness
             dwells
             ,
             is
             not
             the
             New
             Heaven
             ;
             of
             the
             new
             Law
             and
             Spirit
             's
             Assistance
             to
             
             the
             Performance
             of
             Imputation
             ;
             being
             crucified
             with
             Christ
             ,
             Children
             of
             God
             ,
             &c.
             pag.
             33.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             XI
             .
          
           
             Of
             Repentance
             ,
             what
             real
             ,
             and
             what
             not
             ;
             of
             Christ
             ,
             as
             Propitiation
             ;
             some
             Scriptures
             perverted
             for
             Sin
             ,
             by
             our
             Moderator
             ;
             of
             God's
             entering
             into
             Judgement
             .
             &c.
             pag.
             36.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             XII
             .
          
           
             Of
             Justification
             ,
             Grace
             ,
             Law
             of
             our
             Creation
             ,
             Redemption
             ,
             as
             in
             Christ
             ,
             and
             as
             in
             us
             ,
             as
             universal
             ,
             and
             as
             peculiar
             ,
             the
             Quakers
             opinion
             about
             Perfection
             misconstrued
             ,
             pag.
             39.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             XIII
             .
          
           
             That
             those
             called
             Divines
             who
             deny
             Christ's
             Universal
             Grace
             and
             Redemption
             ,
             are
             stumbling
             in
             the
             dark
             ,
             and
             not
             orthodox
             ;
             of
             God's
             Terms
             ,
             and
             Man's
             Terms
             ;
             of
             Faith
             ,
             Repentance
             ,
             sinning
             and
             not
             sinning
             ,
             &c.
             pag.
             42.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             XIV
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             Quakers
             have
             the
             Divines
             on
             the
             blind
             Side
             ;
             that
             the
             orthodox
             are
             quite
             out
             about
             Justification
             ,
             &c.
             confessed
             ,
             pag.
             44.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             XV.
             
          
           
             The
             Spirit
             's
             Help
             to
             that
             Perfection
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             keeping
             the
             Commandments
             ,
             or
             Perfection
             obtained
             in
             and
             by
             the
             Spirit
             and
             spiritual
             Birth
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             the
             Flesh
             in
             the
             Letter
             ,
             pag.
             47.
             
          
           
             
             Sect.
             XVI
             .
          
           
             The
             Charge
             of
             bolstering
             up
             Men
             in
             their
             Sins
             justified
             ,
             against
             the
             pretended
             Divines
             ,
             who
             oppose
             Perfection
             ,
             and
             they
             not
             at
             all
             cleared
             by
             this
             Advocate
             ,
             pag.
             49.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             XVII
             .
          
           
             His
             pretended
             Discovery
             of
             several
             Inconveniencies
             of
             our
             Doctrine
             ,
             as
             the
             hurling
             Men
             into
             Despair
             ,
             casting
             off
             God's
             Care
             ,
             &c.
             no
             real
             or
             true
             Discovery
             ,
             but
             the
             Consequences
             of
             his
             own
             and
             his
             Divines
             Doctrine
             for
             Imperfection
             ,
             so
             much
             confuted
             by
             himself
             ;
             the
             State
             of
             the
             most
             mortified
             on
             E●rth
             ,
             not
             consistant
             with
             Sin
             ;
             his
             reiterated
             Mistake
             against
             us
             ,
             pag.
             53.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             XVIII
             .
          
           
             His
             most
             dreadful
             Consequence
             and
             Conclusion
             of
             our
             Doctrine
             (
             viz.
             
               of
               Evils
               secret
               ,
               and
               deadly
               to
               the
               Soul
               ,
               Contempt
               of
               most
               serious
               holy
               Professors
               ,
               monstrous
               overweening
               Conceit
               of
               a
               Man's
               self
               ,
               despising
               and
               setting
               at
               nought
               of
               others
            
             )
             turned
             into
             a
             groundless
             Fear
             ,
             and
             proved
             inconsequent
             ;
             and
             his
             pretended
             Danger
             and
             Fear
             ,
             that
             it
             cannot
             consist
             with
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             ,
             &c.
             proved
             altogether
             causeless
             ,
             and
             groundless
             ,
             pag.
             56.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           WAY
           of
           LIFE
           AND
           PERFECTION
           Experimntally
           Demonstrated
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             WE
             must
             confess
             that
             the
             Author's
             Proposition
             near
             his
             Beginning
             ,
             is
             very
             moderate
             ,
             (
             viz.
          
           )
           As
           the
           best
           Physitians
           have
           been
           noted
           ,
           sometimes
           to
           take
           very
           great
           Regard
           to
           the
           ordinary
           Receipts
           of
           old
           Women
           ,
           and
           the
           meanest
           Persons
           ;
           so
           will
           it
           become
           the
           M●dest
           Divine
           to
           endeavour
           rather
           ,
           
           to
           discover
           and
           sift
           out
           that
           Truth
           ,
           which
           lies
           in
           his
           Adversaryes
           Meaning
           ,
           then
           to
           expose
           and
           shame
           their
           Opinions
           .
        
         
           As
           also
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           first
           Part
           of
           his
           Book
           there
           are
           divers
           Truths
           contained
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           hath
           exprest
           more
           Modesty
           and
           Candor
           ,
           then
           in
           the
           latter
           Part
           ,
           and
           because
           there
           appears
           not
           that
           universal
           Consistency
           in
           his
           Work
           ,
           which
           the
           profest
           Indifferency
           or
           Impartiality
           should
           have
           produced
           ,
           I
           therefore
           propose
           this
           Method
           in
           my
           Observations
           and
           Remarks
           upon
           them
           viz.
           
        
         
           1
           st
           .
           To
           take
           Notice
           of
           those
           Truths
           in
           his
           first
           Part
           ,
           together
           with
           some
           Variations
           therefrom
           ,
           as
           I
           find
           them
           .
        
         
           2
           dly
           .
           To
           consider
           ,
           whether
           his
           Reflections
           upon
           us
           are
           consistant
           therewith
           ,
           as
           touching
           our
           Principles
           .
        
         
           
           
             Sect.
             I.
             As
             touching
             Justification
             he
             saith
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             To
             avoid
             needless
             Difference
             with
             Brethren
             ,
             I
             must
             distinguish
             
               Justification
               ;
               Justification
            
             we
             agree
             to
             be
             a
             forensical
             Act
             ,
             opposed
             to
             the
             laying
             any
             Thing
             to
             a
             Man's
             Charge
             ,
             whereby
             he
             may
             be
             condemned
             ,
             who
             shall
             lay
             any
             Thing
             to
             the
             Charge
             of
             God's
             Elect
             ?
             it
             is
             God
             that
             justifieth
             ;
             now
             there
             is
             a
             Double
             Charge
             ,
             the
             Charge
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             Sinners
             ,
             and
             so
             condemnable
             for
             violating
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             Charge
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             not
             performed
             the
             remedying
             Condition
             which
             God
             requires
             of
             us
             ,
             for
             the
             escaping
             of
             that
             Condemnation
             .
          
           
             
               And
               also
               he
               farther
               explains
            
             .
             There
             is
             a
             farther
             Justification
             in
             regard
             to
             a
             particular
             Charge
             of
             the
             one
             ,
             or
             an
             universal
             Justification
             against
             all
             Accusations
             ,
             or
             the
             Charge
             of
             both
             ,
             as
             we
             must
             answer
             to
             the
             Charge
             of
             the
             Gospel
             by
             denying
             that
             Charge
             ,
             and
             pleading
             our
             Performance
             ,
             we
             answer
             the
             Charge
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             by
             confessing
             it
             and
             pleading
             Christ's
             Satisfaction
             .
          
           
             Our
             Faith
             aud
             Repentance
             is
             our
             Righteousness
             ,
             in
             Regard
             to
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             
             but
             Pardon
             of
             Sin
             together
             with
             this
             Righteousness
             may
             go
             both
             into
             universal
             Justification
             .
          
           
             
               And
               that
            
             ,
             God
             justifying
             us
             by
             this
             Righteousness
             ,
             that
             is
             by
             Faith
             or
             Evangelical
             Obedience
             ,
             without
             the
             Works
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             that
             pardoning
             us
             as
             the
             Effect
             of
             that
             Act
             ,
             may
             both
             make
             up
             the
             Compositum
             of
             Vniversal
             Just●fication
             ;
             you
             see
             how
             tender
             I
             am
             of
             persisting
             in
             any
             Mistake
             ,
             wherein
             I
             have
             or
             may
             prejudice
             others
             ;
             I
             do
             not
             find
             that
             the
             Scripture
             doth
             denominate
             or
             pronounce
             any
             one
             Righteous
             ,
             or
             a
             Just
             Man
             ,
             from
             one
             End
             to
             another
             ,
             upon
             any-other
             Account
             then
             his
             doing
             Righteousness
             ,
             yet
             will
             I
             not
             quarrel
             with
             any
             that
             say
             ,
             we
             are
             made
             Righteous
             also
             by
             Forgiveness
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Delivery
             of
             us
             from
             Sin
             ,
             from
             the
             Law
             and
             Condemnation
             by
             it
             ,
             is
             Justification
             ,
             though
             really
             I
             am
             apt
             to
             think
             that
             this
             Work
             is
             rather
             to
             be
             attributed
             with
             the
             Apostle
             to
             our
             Redemption
             :
             Compare
             
               Ephes.
               1
               &
               7.
               2
               
               Cor.
            
             5.
             19.
             
             Rom
             3.
             24.
             
          
           
             Animad
             .
             Observe
             what
             is
             hereby
             granted
             .
          
           
             1
             st
             .
             That
             Justification
             is
             oppos'd
             to
             the
             laying
             any
             thing
             to
             a
             Man's
             
             Charge
             ,
             whereby
             he
             might
             be
             condemned
             ,
             a●
             ,
             who
             shall
             lay
             any
             Thing
             to
             the
             Charge
             of
             God's
             Elect
             ?
             The
             Questions
             therefore
             is
             ,
             whether
             God's
             Elect
             be
             chargeable
             with
             any
             Thing
             that
             is
             condemnable
             ?
             For
             against
             a
             Righteous
             Man
             there
             is
             no
             Law
             ;
             this
             answers
             the
             End
             of
             Christ's
             coming
             in
             the
             Likeness
             of
             sinful
             Flesh
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             not
             only
             condemn
             Sin
             in
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             the
             Law
             might
             be
             fulfilled
             in
             us
             ,
             who
             walk
             not
             after
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             but
             after
             the
             Spirit
             ;
             and
             this
             then
             truly
             acquits
             and
             clears
             such
             ,
             who
             thus
             walk
             ,
             both
             from
             the
             Charge
             of
             the
             Law
             and
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             there
             being
             no
             Condemnation
             to
             them
             that
             are
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             2
             dly
             .
             That
             we
             cannot
             deny
             the
             Charge
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             until
             we
             have
             performed
             that
             Remedying
             Condition
             ,
             which
             God
             requires
             of
             us
             for
             the
             escaping
             the
             Condemnation
             ,
             or
             rather
             until
             that
             true
             Faith
             and
             Repentance
             be
             wrought
             in
             us
             by
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             the
             Condition
             upon
             ,
             and
             through
             which
             God
             doth
             both
             pardon
             and
             justifie
             .
          
           
             3
             dly
             .
             That
             God
             justifieth
             us
             by
             this
             Righteousness
             that
             is
             by
             Faith
             ,
             or
             Evangelical
             Obedience
             ,
             without
             the
             Works
             of
             the
             Law
             ;
             it
             must
             be
             considered
             ,
             to
             be
             without
             those
             Works
             of
             the
             Law
             which
             the
             Apostle
             intended
             ,
             as
             namely
             those
             that
             were
             fleshly
             and
             shaddowy
             (
             that
             were
             not
             essential
             to
             an
             Evangelical
             Righteousness
             )
             and
             not
             that
             substantial
             and
             continuing
             Obedience
             of
             that
             Love
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             fulfilling
             of
             the
             Law.
             
          
           
             4
             thly
             .
             That
             Evangelical
             Obedience
             and
             doing
             Righteousness
             ,
             by
             which
             God
             justifies
             ,
             or
             pronounces
             any
             one
             Righteous
             ,
             and
             in
             which
             his
             Elect
             is
             not
             chargeable
             or
             condemnable
             ,
             either
             by
             Law
             or
             Gospel
             ,
             must
             needs
             therefore
             be
             a
             sincere
             Obedience
             ,
             without
             the
             Mixture
             of
             Sin
             or
             any
             Thing
             condemnable
             ,
             Christ
             being
             the
             Cause
             and
             Worker
             of
             that
             Faith
             ,
             Sanctification
             and
             Righteousness
             in
             the
             true
             Believer
             ,
             from
             whence
             his
             Obedience
             and
             doing
             of
             Righteousness
             proceeds
             ,
             all
             which
             seriously
             considered
             ,
             doth
             both
             shut
             out
             the
             Opinion
             of
             the
             Imputation
             of
             Christ's
             Righteousness
             to
             Men
             ,
             while
             actual
             in
             their
             Sins
             ,
             and
             the
             pronouncing
             them
             Righteous
             in
             God's
             Sight
             ,
             who
             are
             by
             his
             Spirit
             denounced
             or
             condemned
             in
             themselves
             ,
             as
             unrighteous
             and
             disobedient
             Persons
             ;
             for
             where
             real
             Faith
             and
             Repentance
             from
             dead
             Works
             is
             wrought
             in
             the
             Heart
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             real
             Cessation
             
             from
             those
             Works
             ,
             and
             evil
             Actions
             ,
             although
             the
             very
             Nature
             and
             Seed
             thereof
             is
             not
             immediately
             wrought
             out
             of
             the
             Heart
             ,
             but
             by
             Degrees
             .
          
           
             But
             then
             I
             see
             no
             Cause
             why
             it
             should
             be
             said
             ,
             that
             Pardon
             or
             Remission
             
               is
               not
               any
               Essential
               Part
            
             ,
             or
             
               no
               Part
               of
               Justification
               ,
               but
               the
               Effect
               ,
            
             as
             in
             Page
             4.
             
             Seeing
             that
             Pardon
             of
             Sin
             ,
             together
             with
             our
             Fa●th
             and
             Repentance
             (
             as
             the
             Condition
             )
             goes
             both
             into
             Universal
             Justification
             ,
             as
             before
             ,
             though
             a
             Pardon
             of
             Sins
             past
             upon
             true
             Faith
             and
             Repentance
             be
             not
             alone
             the
             absolute
             Justification
             ,
             but
             also
             a
             Perseverance
             in
             faithful
             Obedience
             to
             the
             Gospel
             is
             necessary
             to
             an
             absolute
             justified
             Estate
             ,
             both
             being
             by
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             and
             through
             Christ
             ,
             wherein
             he
             looks
             upon
             the
             Creature
             that
             is
             truly
             humbled
             ,
             with
             an
             Eye
             of
             Compassion
             in
             remitting
             of
             Sins
             past
             ,
             and
             with
             his
             Fatherly
             Love
             and
             Goodness
             in
             preserving
             and
             keeping
             such
             in
             the
             Sense
             of
             his
             Goodness
             ,
             which
             doth
             obliege
             to
             Faithfulness
             and
             Continuance
             in
             the
             Truth
             unto
             the
             End
             ,
             so
             that
             in
             an
             absolute
             justified
             Estate
             ,
             there
             is
             both
             an
             Experience
             of
             true
             Humility
             ,
             living
             Faith
             ,
             Sanctification
             and
             sincere
             Obedience
             ,
             and
             the
             continuance
             of
             the
             same
             [
             according
             to
             these
             Scriptures
             2
             
               Cor.
               5.
               17
               ,
               18.
               
               Ephes.
            
             1.
             7.
             to
             the
             End.
             Rom.
             3.
             24
             ,
             25
             ,
             26
             ,
             27
             ,
             &
             31.
             ver
             .
             compared
             with
             ver
             .
             21.
             see
             and
             observe
             also
             Titus
             chap.
             3.
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7.
             ]
             the
             real
             Experience
             whereof
             is
             beyond
             Mens
             Thinkings
             and
             Conceivings
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             only
             the
             true
             Believers
             ,
             and
             sanctified
             Ones
             ,
             who
             can
             truly
             say
             from
             an
             inward
             Experience
             of
             the
             Work
             of
             God
             in
             their
             Hearts
             ,
             that
             
               Christ
               is
               made
               unto
               us
               Wisdom
               ,
               Righteousness
               ,
               Sanctification
               and
               Redemption
               ,
            
             and
             he
             that
             spared
             not
             his
             only
             Son
             ,
             but
             delivered
             him
             up
             for
             us
             all
             ,
             how
             much
             more
             shall
             he
             not
             with
             him
             give
             us
             all
             Things
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             II.
             
          
           
             And
             seeing
             it
             is
             also
             granted
             or
             at
             least
             implied
             ,
             that
             the
             State
             of
             Justification
             extends
             to
             a
             State
             of
             Perfection
             ,
             it
             is
             necessary
             we
             by
             the
             Way
             further
             take
             notice
             of
             some
             Truths
             laid
             down
             by
             this
             Author
             about
             Perfection
             ,
             as
             namely
             .
             It
             is
             to
             be
             acknowledged
             .
          
           
             1st
             .
             That
             there
             are
             and
             may
             be
             very
             many
             Scriptures
             ,
             easily
             
             pressed
             by
             the
             Quakers
             and
             Papists
             for
             the
             Service
             of
             their
             Doctrine
             ;
             so
             that
             there
             is
             no
             doubt
             but
             thus
             much
             is
             proved
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             our
             Duty
             to
             be
             as
             perfect
             ,
             
             as
             they
             would
             have
             ;
             every
             Sin
             is
             forbidden
             ,
             and
             every
             Good
             Thing
             (
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             Innocency
             )
             is
             commanded
             ▪
             [
             
               thus
               far
               true
            
             ]
          
           
             2dly
             .
             
               He
               cites
            
             Augustine
             de
             Spiritu
             et
             Littera
             ,
             
               that
               he
               saith
            
             ,
             Alia
             est
             Questio
             ,
             utrumaesse
             possit
             Homo
             in
             hac
             Vita
             sine
             Peccato
             ,
             
             alia
             ,
             utrum
             sit
             ?
             It
             is
             one
             Question
             whether
             it
             be
             possible
             for
             a
             Man
             to
             attain
             to
             such
             a
             Perfection
             as
             to
             live
             without
             Sin
             ?
             and
             another
             ,
             whether
             there
             be
             any
             that
             do
             ?
             
               Unto
               which
               this
               Author
               addeth
            
             ,
             That
             it
             is
             possible
             to
             attain
             this
             by
             Grace
             ,
             or
             the
             special
             Assistance
             of
             God's
             Spirit
             ,
             he
             thinks
             it
             best
             to
             grant
             ;
             he
             thinks
             it
             not
             fit
             nor
             safe
             to
             say
             ,
             any
             or
             all
             of
             God's
             Commands
             are
             Impossible
             —
             the
             Work
             is
             to
             be
             attributed
             to
             him
             ,
             unto
             whom
             nothing
             is
             impossible
             .
          
           
             Animad
             .
             Thus
             far
             we
             agree
             then
             :
          
           
             1
             st
             .
             That
             it
             is
             our
             Duty
             t●
             be
             so
             perfect
             ,
             as
             to
             live
             without
             Sin.
             
          
           
             2
             dly
             .
             That
             it
             is
             also
             possible
             by
             the
             Grace
             and
             Assistance
             of
             God's
             Spirit
             ,
             so
             to
             live
             and
             to
             keep
             all
             God's
             Commandments
             ,
             though
             not
             possible
             to
             any
             Man
             ,
             by
             his
             own
             free
             will
             and
             Strength
             ,
             but
             only
             through
             the
             Assistance
             of
             divine
             Grace
             ,
             it
             being
             God
             that
             worketh
             in
             us
             to
             will
             and
             to
             do
             ,
             as
             also
             this
             Author
             freely
             grants
             .
          
           
             That
             und●r
             the
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             ,
             God
             expecting
             our
             Works
             to
             be
             right
             ,
             that
             they
             proceed
             only
             from
             the
             sincere
             Heart
             ,
             
          
           
             Animad
             .
             And
             that
             Heart
             must
             be
             such
             a
             one
             ,
             as
             will
             not
             willingly
             disobey
             God
             ;
             and
             then
             what
             shall
             be
             wanting
             in
             Performance
             when
             God
             affords
             the
             Assistance
             of
             his
             Grace
             and
             good
             Spirit
             ,
             which
             is
             alsufficient
             ?
             And
             further
             he
             soberly
             cautions
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             And
             if
             any
             in
             the
             Dispute
             ,
             do
             carry
             the
             Matter
             so
             high
             against
             them
             (
             viz.
             the
             Quakers
             )
             as
             to
             deny
             what
             they
             contend
             for
             to
             be
             possible
             ,
             they
             may
             if
             they
             please
             ,
             chose
             more
             Wariness
             from
             Saint
             Augustine
             ;
             for
             the
             Quakers
             ascribe
             not
             to
             themselves
             ,
             but
             to
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             the
             Life
             ▪
             the
             Power
             ,
             or
             to
             Christ
             within
             ,
             all
             that
             they
             do
             :
             [
             
               then
               he
               addeth
               ,
               viz.
            
             ]
          
           
             On
             the
             contrary
             side
             ,
             if
             these
             Friends
             will
             not
             be
             content
             with
             what
             is
             allowed
             them
             ,
             that
             our
             Duty
             reaches
             so
             far
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             sin
             at
             
             all
             ,
             that
             this
             our
             whole
             Duty
             is
             possible
             through
             that
             Spirit
             by
             which
             I
             hope
             ,
             some
             of
             them
             are
             led
             ,
             pag.
             8.
             
          
           
             Animad
             .
             I
             am
             glad
             that
             this
             Author
             hath
             so
             freely
             manifested
             a
             serious
             and
             ingenious
             Mind
             in
             him
             ,
             as
             to
             confess
             unto
             these
             Truths
             ,
          
           
             1
             st
             .
             That
             it
             is
             our
             Duty
             to
             be
             so
             perfect
             ,
             as
             to
             live
             without
             sin
             .
          
           
             2
             dly
             .
             That
             it
             is
             possible
             ,
             through
             the
             Assistance
             of
             God's
             Spirit
             so
             to
             live
             .
          
           
             3
             dly
             .
             That
             they
             who
             dispute
             against
             us
             ,
             should
             chose
             more
             Wariness
             ,
             then
             to
             deny
             the
             Perfection
             we
             contend
             for
             ,
             to
             be
             possible
             .
          
           
             4
             thly
             .
             That
             the
             Quakers
             ascribe
             not
             the
             Possibility
             to
             themselves
             ,
             but
             to
             the
             Spirit
             and
             Power
             ,
             or
             Christ
             in
             them
             ,
             in
             whom
             their
             Sufficiency
             is
             .
          
           
             And
             I
             do
             heartily
             wish
             that
             he
             were
             so
             far
             consistant
             herewith
             as
             by
             the
             same
             Spirit
             and
             Power
             ,
             to
             acknowledge
             and
             believe
             on
             the
             behalf
             of
             Christ
             and
             his
             sincere
             Followers
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             both
             willing
             ,
             faithful
             and
             obedient
             in
             performance
             of
             their
             Duty
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             accomplished
             with
             the
             Knowledge
             and
             Power
             for
             that
             End.
             
          
           
             Note
             .
             Otherwise
             I
             cannot
             see
             ,
             but
             this
             Man
             will
             leave
             a
             secret
             and
             hidden
             Charge
             against
             God's
             Elect
             and
             Justified
             Ones
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             ,
             that
             they
             either
             want
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             their
             Duty
             ,
             or
             God's
             ●ssistance
             for
             Performance
             ;
             but
             that
             they
             either
             want
             Willingness
             ,
             or
             are
             unfaithful
             to
             God
             therein
             ,
             and
             how
             are
             they
             then
             said
             to
             be
             called
             ,
             and
             chosen
             and
             faithful
             ?
             or
             how
             are
             his
             People
             a
             willing
             People
             in
             the
             Day
             of
             his
             Power
             ?
             And
             he
             confess●th
             a
             sincere
             Heart
             hath
             God's
             Elect
             ;
             therefore
             let
             us
             further
             observe
             those
             Passages
             ,
             wherein
             he
             differeth
             with
             us
             in
             this
             weighty
             Matter
             .
          
           
             Upon
             Augustine
             '
             
               s
               Question
            
             whether
             there
             be
             any
             that
             do
             attain
             to
             such
             a
             Perfection
             ,
             as
             to
             live
             without
             Sin
             ,
             
               he
               concludes
               with
               the
               Denyal
               ,
               and
            
             that
             if
             these
             Friends
             say
             ,
             that
             every
             one
             who
             doth
             not
             attain
             to
             the
             same
             Pitch
             ,
             as
             to
             live
             without
             Sin
             ,
             cannot
             be
             in
             a
             State
             of
             Grace
             and
             Salvation
             ,
             he
             shall
             think
             it
             Time
             to
             send
             them
             to
             the
             same
             Father
             and
             Book
             for
             their
             Reproof
             and
             Satisfaction
             ;
             
               but
               he
               hath
               confest
            
             ,
             the
             Duty
             of
             Man
             is
             ,
             not
             to
             Sin
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             is
             possible
             through
             that
             Spirit
             ,
             by
             which
             he
             hopes
             some
             of
             us
             are
             led
             ,
             
             
               citing
               these
               Scriptures
               ,
               viz.
            
             Walk
             before
             me
             and
             be
             thou
             per
             fect
             .
             Thou
             shalt
             love
             the
             ▪
             Lord
             with
             all
             thy
             Heart
             ,
             with
             all
             thy
             Soul
             ,
             with
             all
             thy
             Strength
             .
             Thy
             Will
             be
             done
             in
             Earth
             as
             it
             is
             done
             in
             Heaven
             .
             Be
             Followers
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             as
             his
             was
             ,
             so
             must
             our
             Conversation
             be
             in
             the
             World.
             
               But
               then
               this
               Author
               concludes
            
             .
             There
             is
             no
             Man
             hath
             a
             sensible
             Knowledge
             of
             himself
             ,
             
             but
             he
             perceives
             daily
             ,
             how
             far
             his
             Duty
             is
             above
             his
             Performances
             .
          
           
             
               Animad
               .
               1st
            
             Though
             we
             do
             confess
             that
             such
             an
             Estate
             of
             Grace
             and
             Salvation
             ,
             as
             to
             live
             without
             Sin
             ,
             is
             not
             suddenly
             ,
             or
             at
             the
             First
             Dayes
             Work
             attained
             unto
             ,
             yet
             by
             Degrees
             every
             one
             that
             follows
             Christ
             through
             the
             Work
             of
             Regeneration
             ,
             and
             so
             comes
             into
             an
             Estate
             of
             absolute
             Salvation
             ,
             such
             come
             at
             length
             ,
             yea
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             to
             be
             delivered
             from
             all
             Sin
             ,
             and
             to
             know
             that
             Christ's
             Saving
             Work
             effecteth
             a
             Salvation
             from
             Sin
             ;
             he
             throughly
             purgeth
             his
             Floor
             ,
             as
             this
             Man
             also
             denyes
             not
             ,
             but
             the
             END
             of
             Christ's
             Manifestation
             in
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             
               was
               to
               redeem
               us
               from
               all
               Sin
               ,
               to
               destroy
               the
               Works
               of
               the
               Devil
               ,
               to
               restore
               us
               out
               of
               sin
               and
               unrighteousness
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               present
               us
               to
               God
               as
               a
               Peculiar
               People
               Purified
               by
               Faith
               ,
               Zealous
               of
               Good
               Works
               ,
               Holy
               and
               without
               Blame
               ,
               Entire
               ,
               and
            
             wanting
             nothing
             ,
             Perfect
             and
             Compleat
             in
             ALL
             the
             Will
             of
             God.
             These
             being
             seriously
             considered
             ,
             the
             Truth
             thereof
             believed
             ,
             and
             a
             Living
             Faith
             ,
             Hope
             and
             Expectation
             begotten
             in
             us
             for
             the
             fulfilling
             of
             these
             and
             such
             like
             Testimonies
             of
             Holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             we
             think
             there
             is
             no
             Cause
             to
             send
             us
             to
             Augustine
             for
             Reproof
             ;
             for
             we
             must
             prefer
             Christ
             and
             the
             Apostles
             Testimonies
             in
             the
             Scriptures
             of
             Truth
             ,
             before
             any
             other
             Man's
             private
             Opinions
             .
          
           
             2
             dly
             .
             Though
             it
             be
             the
             Estate
             of
             many
             Men
             who
             have
             a
             Knowledge
             of
             themselves
             to
             perceive
             how
             far
             their
             Duty
             is
             above
             their
             Performances
             ,
             yea
             of
             such
             as
             may
             have
             a
             Sincere
             Mind
             and
             Defire
             in
             them
             to
             see
             all
             Lets
             and
             Hindrances
             of
             Performance
             removed
             ,
             yet
             neither
             is
             this
             Imperfection
             alwayes
             the
             Condition
             of
             such
             ;
             nor
             is
             this
             Deficiency
             the
             Estate
             of
             every
             Man
             ,
             for
             ,
             there
             are
             Young
             Men
             and
             Fathers
             in
             the
             Truth
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             little
             Children
             ,
             and
             whosoever
             is
             so
             far
             enlightned
             ,
             as
             to
             perceive
             a
             Shortness
             in
             Performance
             or
             Duty
             ,
             yet
             having
             a
             
               sincere
               Desire
            
             to
             follow
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             be
             made
             conformable
             to
             his
             Image
             ;
             there
             is
             a
             Promise
             to
             such
             ,
             and
             as
             they
             waite
             upon
             the
             Lord
             ,
             he
             will
             renew-their
             
             Strength
             ,
             and
             grant
             unto
             them
             the
             Desire
             of
             their
             Souls
             :
             
               Blessed
               are
               they
               that
               Hunger
               and
               Thirst
               after
               Righteousness
               .
            
             And
             farther
             when
             God
             makes
             known
             his
             Will
             ,
             and
             tells
             to
             thee
             O
             Man
             what
             thou
             oughtest
             to
             do
             ,
             namely
             
               to
               do
               justly
               ,
               love
               Mercy
               ▪
               and
               walk
               humbly
               with
               the
               Lord
               thy
               God
            
             ;
             if
             in
             Submission
             thou
             yield
             to
             him
             ,
             thine
             Help
             will
             be
             in
             him
             ,
             as
             also
             he
             imposeth
             no
             Impossibilities
             upon
             his
             Church
             ,
             but
             freely
             affords
             Grace
             and
             Power
             to
             encourage
             and
             assist
             in
             Real
             and
             Perfect
             Obedience
             ;
             and
             he
             having
             sent
             his
             Son
             a
             sufficient
             Workman
             to
             redeem
             Man
             from
             all
             Iniquity
             ,
             and
             he
             works
             in
             us
             to
             will
             and
             to
             do
             ;
             what
             shall
             hinder
             the
             sincere
             Soul
             from
             its
             Duty
             ,
             if
             no
             Grace
             be
             wanting
             ,
             nor
             Divine
             Assistance
             witheld
             on
             God's
             Part
             ,
             nor
             a
             sincere
             Mind
             awanting
             on
             the
             Creature
             's
             Part
             ?
             Where
             can
             there
             be
             a
             Place
             for
             Disobedience
             to
             remaine
             ?
             Shall
             any
             charge
             God's
             Elect
             ,
             or
             condemn
             his
             Chosen
             and
             Faithful
             Ones
             with
             Unwillingness
             to
             serve
             their
             so
             Gracious
             Lord
             and
             Master
             ?
             Let
             not
             such
             a
             Charge
             or
             Condemnation
             be
             left
             upon
             them
             ,
             who
             are
             God's
             Workmanship
             ,
             created
             in
             Christ
             unto
             good
             Works
             ,
             unto
             whom
             the
             Promise
             ,
             both
             of
             Power
             ,
             Sufficiency
             and
             of
             Willingness
             is
             made
             ,
             and
             so
             experimentally
             received
             in
             the
             Day
             of
             his
             Power
             ;
             and
             withal
             let
             it
             be
             considered
             that
             ,
             as
             through
             the
             first
             Work
             of
             Grace
             in
             the
             Heart
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             sincere
             Mind
             ,
             Desire
             and
             Willingness
             in
             the
             Creature
             to
             follow
             the
             Lord
             ,
             he
             deals
             gently
             with
             such
             ,
             and
             draws
             them
             on
             by
             Degrees
             ,
             even
             with
             Loving●kindness
             ;
             he
             layes
             no
             more
             up
             on
             them
             then
             suits
             their
             Abilities
             given
             ;
             suffers
             them
             not
             to
             be
             tempted
             above
             what
             they
             are
             able
             ;
             and
             his
             Grace
             being
             sufficient
             for
             them
             ,
             he
             exerciseth
             Patience
             ,
             chargeth
             not
             Temptations
             as
             Sin
             upon
             them
             when
             they
             consent
             not
             ;
             he
             also
             dealeth
             with
             them
             as
             a
             Shepherd
             ,
             leading
             gently
             those
             that
             are
             with
             young
             ;
             in
             the
             Day
             when
             ●e
             maketh
             up
             his
             Jewels
             ,
             he
             spareth
             them
             ,
             as
             a
             Man
             spareth
             his
             only
             Son
             ;
             he
             attends
             and
             assists
             the
             travailing
             Soul
             in
             his
             Journey
             ;
             he
             gives
             the
             Babe
             Suck
             ;
             he
             affords
             them
             Time
             and
             Space
             for
             growing
             in
             Strength
             ,
             until
             they
             become
             Men
             ;
             he
             hath
             Regard
             to
             his
             own
             workmanship
             from
             the
             least
             or
             smallest
             Beginnings
             thereof
             .
             O
             that
             the
             Work
             &
             Dealings
             of
             God
             in
             his
             New
             Creation
             were
             seriously
             minded
             ,
             &
             really
             experienced
             ;
             this
             is
             beyond
             all
             Mens
             acquired
             Notions
             ,
             Gatherings
             ,
             Distinctions
             and
             Professions
             ,
             that
             are
             without
             this
             Living
             Inward
             Experience
             
             of
             this
             Saving
             Work
             ,
             and
             this
             would
             end
             Controversie
             and
             Strivings
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             III.
             
          
           
             Object
             .
             But
             the
             Failings
             of
             such
             are
             recorded
             ,
             that
             were
             said
             to
             be
             Perfect
             .
             pag.
             8.
             
          
           
             An●mad
             .
             
               So
               also
               are
               their
               Deliverances
               ,
               as
            
             David's
             ,
             Job
             '
             
               s
               and
               others
               .
               Again
            
             ,
             if
             the
             End
             of
             Christ's
             Manifestation
             was
             to
             redeem
             us
             from
             all
             Iniquity
             ,
             to
             destroy
             the
             Works
             of
             the
             Devil
             ,
             to
             restore
             us
             out
             of
             Sin
             ,
             present
             us
             unto
             God
             holy
             and
             without
             Blame
             ,
             entire
             wanting
             nothing
             ,
             perfect
             and
             compleat
             in
             all
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             hath
             purchased
             for
             his
             Church
             and
             People
             such
             a
             State
             ,
             
             as
             to
             be
             without
             Sin
             ;
             
               why
               should
               any
               go
               about
               to
               frustrate
               his
               End
               therein
               ,
               or
               invalidate
               his
               Purchase
               ?
               And
               why
               should
               any
               contend
               or
               arg●e
               for
               the
               contrary
               End
               ?
               And
               what
               more
               can
               we
               desire
               of
               Perfection
               ,
               then
               is
               here
               granted
               ?
               But
               it
               is
               added
               ,
            
             that
             this
             State
             which
             is
             compleating
             alwayes
             ,
             must
             not
             be
             expected
             to
             be
             compleated
             until
             the
             other
             Life
             pag.
             9.
             
          
           
             Animad
             .
             We
             must
             look
             upon
             this
             to
             be
             a
             Diversion
             from
             Scripture
             ;
             
               Ye
               are
               Compleat
               in
               Christ
            
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             not
             answering
             the
             End
             for
             which
             Christ
             gave
             himself
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             wash
             and
             purifie
             his
             Church
             ,
             and
             to
             present
             her
             a
             Glorious
             Church
             ,
             without
             Spot
             or
             Wrinckle
             or
             any
             such
             Thing
             ,
             although
             in
             this
             Life
             she
             arrives
             not
             to
             that
             Fulness
             of
             Glory
             that
             shall
             be
             hereafter
             ,
             yet
             to
             such
             a
             Spotless
             Estate
             as
             to
             render
             her
             both
             Beautiful
             and
             Glorious
             (
             else
             how
             could
             he
             say
             to
             his
             Spouse
             ,
             
               Thou
               art
               Fair
               ,
               thou
               art
               my
               Vndefiled
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               Spot
               in
               thee
            
             )
             in
             which
             Christ
             presents
             his
             Church
             unto
             his
             Father
             ,
             as
             being
             the
             Effect
             of
             her
             being
             washed
             by
             Water
             through
             the
             Word
             ,
             which
             surely
             must
             be
             in
             this
             Life
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             But
             while
             she
             is
             both
             a
             Gracious
             Church
             (
             
               that
               is
            
             )
             while
             she
             is
             in
             this
             Life
             she
             shall
             not
             be
             without
             her
             Wrinckles
             nor
             her
             Troubles
             .
             pag.
             9.
             
          
           
             Animad
             .
             Such
             Kind
             of
             Reconciling
             and
             Suppositions
             ,
             together
             with
             this
             deferring
             or
             putting
             off
             perfect
             Freedom
             only
             unto
             the
             State
             of
             the
             Life
             to
             come
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             such
             Work
             as
             this
             hath
             giv●n
             many
             loose
             Professors
             and
             others
             too
             much
             a
             Liberty
             ,
             both
             to
             confound
             
             the
             State
             of
             Grace
             with
             that
             Universal
             State
             of
             Sin
             ,
             and
             so
             that
             of
             the
             Gospel
             with
             that
             weak
             Estate
             under
             the
             Law
             ,
             as
             also
             to
             oppose
             Christ's
             Work
             in
             this
             Life
             ,
             and
             to
             put
             off
             Freedom
             from
             Sin
             unto
             that
             which
             is
             to
             come
             ;
             and
             in
             this
             Faith
             many
             take
             a
             Liberty
             all
             their
             Lives
             to
             the
             Hazard
             of
             their
             own
             Salvation
             ,
             which
             if
             the
             sad
             Consequence
             of
             such
             Doctrine
             were
             seriously
             considered
             ,
             and
             prudently
             foreseen
             ,
             we
             should
             all
             preach
             up
             Righteousness
             ,
             and
             cry
             down
             Sin
             ,
             and
             excite
             Men
             to
             lay
             hold
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             believe
             in
             him
             for
             perfect
             Redemption
             ,
             and
             not
             argue
             for
             the
             Continuance
             of
             Sin
             all
             our
             Dayes
             ,
             knowing
             how
             apt
             Men
             are
             to
             lay
             Hold
             of
             that
             which
             most
             suits
             their
             corrupt
             Minds
             ,
             which
             are
             in
             the
             Evil
             Works
             ;
             we
             should
             not
             dispute
             for
             Sin
             ,
             or
             a
             Deficiency
             in
             Duty
             ,
             whatever
             Infirmity
             we
             perceive
             in
             our selves
             ,
             but
             in
             all
             sincerity
             wait
             upon
             God
             ,
             and
             exercise
             all
             Diligence
             through
             his
             Grace
             ,
             Light
             and
             Presence
             for
             Evil
             to
             be
             supprest
             ,
             and
             the
             Seed
             of
             Enmity
             to
             be
             extirpated
             ,
             both
             out
             of
             our selves
             and
             others
             ;
             that
             Righteousness
             might
             be
             exalted
             ,
             and
             run
             down
             as
             a
             mighty
             stream
             to
             wash
             away
             the
             Dirt
             and
             Corruption
             ,
             which
             greatly
             abounds
             among
             many
             ,
             who
             think
             to
             salve
             themselves
             ,
             and
             to
             quiet
             their
             justly
             disturbed
             Consciences
             ,
             with
             a
             Feigned
             Application
             of
             Christ's
             Righteousness
             and
             Merits
             ,
             however
             they
             neither
             allow
             him
             ,
             nor
             his
             holy
             Nature
             to
             have
             a
             Place
             in
             their
             Hearts
             ,
             whose
             unsound
             Doctrine
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             their
             unchristian
             Lives
             ,
             hath
             levened
             many
             into
             Hypocrisie
             as
             well
             as
             kept
             them
             in
             ignorance
             from
             the
             very
             Life
             and
             Nature
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             which
             consists
             in
             the
             inward
             Enjoyment
             of
             the
             
               Real
               Righteousness
            
             and
             Nature
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             inwardly
             revealed
             ,
             spiritually
             begotten
             ,
             born
             and
             brought
             forth
             in
             the
             Soul
             through
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Holiness
             .
          
           
             
               What
               the
               Author
               saith
               concerning
            
             Perfectio
             Viae
             or
             Patriae
             Viatorum
             or
             Comprehensorum
             ,
             a
             Perfection
             belonging
             to
             the
             State
             whiles
             we
             are
             in
             the
             Way
             as
             Travelers
             ,
             or
             a
             Perfection
             belonging
             to
             the
             State
             ,
             when
             we
             shall
             get
             home
             or
             to
             our
             Country
             ,
             pag.
             6.
             
          
           
             Adnimad
             .
             It
             is
             granted
             that
             there
             is
             a
             twofold
             Perfection
             belonging
             to
             the
             Saints
             ,
             as
             namely
             to
             the
             State
             ,
             as
             Travailers
             in
             this
             Life
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             State
             of
             that
             to
             come
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             is
             to
             come
             doth
             ex●eed
             the
             Estate
             that
             now
             is
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             Fulness
             of
             Glory
             ,
             yet
             granting
             a
             Perfection
             in
             the
             Way
             or
             Journey
             ,
             in
             Order
             to
             that
             
             furrher
             Degree
             at
             the
             Journeys
             End
             ;
             this
             then
             is
             a
             Perfection
             in
             
               the
               Way
            
             ,
             not
             out
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             the
             Way
             that
             conduces
             to
             a
             further
             Glory
             ?
             but
             the
             Way
             of
             Righteousness
             ,
             
               Thou
               wilt
               guide
               me
               by
               thy
               Counsel
               ,
               and
               afterward
               receive
               me
               to
               Glory
               .
               With
               me
               to
               live
               is
               Christ
               ,
               and
               to
               dye
               is
               Gain
               .
            
             The
             exceeding
             Weight
             of
             Glory
             which
             is
             prepared
             for
             the
             Righteous
             hereafter
             none
             can
             attain
             to
             ,
             but
             they
             that
             faithfully
             follow
             Christ
             ,
             while
             in
             the
             Earthly
             Tabernacle
             ;
             the
             Perfection
             of
             Grace
             here
             ,
             which
             conduceth
             to
             the
             Perfection
             of
             Glory
             hereafter
             ,
             admits
             not
             of
             the
             Continuance
             of
             Sin
             in
             Saints
             in
             this
             Life
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             IV.
             
          
           
             Object
             .
             If
             this
             Perfection
             ,
             which
             consists
             in
             a
             Freedom
             from
             all
             Sin
             doth
             remain
             for
             the
             Rest
             above
             ;
             I
             see
             not
             who
             there
             now
             is
             ,
             that
             can
             free
             himself
             from
             sinful
             Imperfection
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             pag.
             10.
             
          
           
             Herein
             he
             speaks
             doubtfully
             ,
             and
             his
             not
             seeing
             the
             man
             ,
             that
             can
             fr●e
             himself
             from
             all
             sinful
             Imperfection
             ,
             is
             no
             Argument
             to
             prove
             that
             there
             is
             no
             such
             man
             ,
             as
             Christ
             doth
             so
             free
             ;
             he
             further
             saith
             ,
             
               That
               Perfection
               which
               belongs
               to
               the
               Estat
               of
               this
               Life
               is
               to
               be
               considered
               in
               the
               Kind
               and
               in
               the
               Degree
               of
               it
               ▪
               there
               is
               a
               Perfection
               in
               Kind
               and
               of
               the
               Degree
               .
            
          
           
             Animad
             .
             Well
             ,
             this
             Perfection
             in
             Kind
             is
             our
             Business
             to
             plead
             for
             at
             present
             ,
             as
             namely
             the
             true
             Child
             of
             God
             ,
             or
             he
             that
             is
             born
             of
             God
             ,
             who
             hath
             his
             Seed
             remaining
             in
             him
             ,
             his
             Generation
             and
             King
             is
             of
             a
             pure
             Nature
             ,
             the
             Heavenly
             Birth
             is
             of
             a
             right
             Seed
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             is
             born
             of
             God
             overcomes
             the
             World
             ;
             this
             Birth
             outgrows
             ,
             overcomes
             and
             works
             out
             by
             Degrees
             all
             that
             is
             of
             a
             contrary
             Nature
             or
             Kind
             in
             man
             ;
             and
             that
             there
             are
             Fathers
             ,
             Young
             Men
             and
             Children
             in
             Growth
             ,
             as
             this
             Man
             moderately
             states
             our
             Doctrine
             :
             And
             concerning
             his
             two
             Questions
             ,
             which
             he
             would
             fain
             be
             satisfied
             in
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             1
             st
             .
             Whether
             that
             Degree
             of
             Holiness
             ,
             which
             is
             attained
             by
             any
             Man
             ,
             is
             not
             the
             Duty
             of
             every
             Man
             ?
             pag.
             10.
             
          
           
             Answ.
             It
             is
             the
             Duty
             of
             every
             man
             to
             experience
             a
             Perfecting
             Holiness
             in
             the
             Fear
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             without
             Holiness
             no
             Man
             can
             see
             God
             ;
             every
             Member
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             every
             Branch
             that
             abides
             in
             him
             ,
             is
             of
             the
             Heavenly
             Father's
             purging
             ,
             and
             therefore
             must
             be
             
             throughly
             purged
             ;
             his
             Work
             is
             perfect
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             said
             to
             him
             ,
             
               Thy
               People
               shall
               be
               all
               Righteous
               .
            
          
           
             2
             dly
             .
             Whether
             he
             that
             failes
             in
             the
             least
             of
             what
             is
             his
             Duty
             ,
             doth
             not
             sin
             ?
          
           
             Answ.
             Yea
             ,
             But
             if
             any
             Man
             sin
             we
             have
             an
             Advocate
             with
             the
             Father
             ,
             and
             if
             we
             walk
             in
             the
             Light
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             in
             the
             Light
             ,
             we
             have
             Fellowship
             one
             with
             another
             ,
             and
             the
             Blood
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             his
             Son
             cleanseth
             us
             from
             all
             Vnrighteousness
             ;
             
               the
               Righteous
               Seed
               in
               us
               overcomes
               and
               works
               out
               the
               contrary
               .
            
          
           
             Conces
             .
             We
             do
             not
             deny
             to
             them
             that
             Perfection
             in
             its
             Kind
             ,
             which
             every
             Man
             doth
             and
             must
             attain
             unto
             ,
             that
             is
             saved
             ;
             the
             great
             D●fficulty
             will
             be
             only
             in
             a
             Right
             Vnderstanding
             ,
             of
             what
             kind
             of
             Perfection
             it
             is
             which
             is
             to
             be
             agreed
             upon
             by
             both
             ,
             pag.
             10.
             
          
           
             Animad
             .
             Seing
             that
             it
             is
             immediatly
             after
             granted
             ,
             
               That
               when
               the
               Scrip●ures
               speak
               of
               any
               Good
               Man
               or
               Woman
               ,
               that
               fears
               God
               and
               works
               Righteousness
               ,
               it
               is
               all
               one
               in
               Holy
               Language
               ,
               as
               the
               being
               perfect
               is
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               that
               to
               be
               a
               perfect
               man
               is
               to
               be
               a
               Just
               Man
               ,
               a
               Righteous
               Man
               that
               fears
               God
               and
               eschews
               Evil.
            
             So
             then
             the
             Kind
             of
             Perfection
             must
             be
             that
             of
             Goodness
             ,
             Righteousness
             and
             Justice
             ,
             &c.
             
             
               Be
               ye
               Perfect
               as
               your
               Heavenly
               Father
               is
               Perfect
               ;
               be
               ye
               Merciful
               ,
               as
               your
               Heavenly
               Father
               is
               Merciful
               ,
            
             Luke
             6.
             36.
             or
             ▪
             as
             this
             Man
             well
             sayes
             ,
             
               our
               Duty
               is
               not
               to
               sin
               at
               all
               to
               be
               in
               our
               kind
               ,
               as
               God
               in
               his
               is
               Perfect
               .
            
             And
             indeed
             they
             who
             have
             escaped
             the
             Corruptions
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             precious
             Promise
             of
             God
             ,
             are
             made
             Partakers
             of
             the
             Divine
             Nature
             ,
             they
             are
             conformable
             to
             his
             Image
             ,
             Partakers
             of
             his
             Goodness
             ,
             Kindness
             ,
             Mercifulness
             ,
             Long-suffering
             ,
             &c.
             now
             this
             is
             the
             Kind
             and
             Nature
             ,
             which
             every
             true
             Child
             partakes
             of
             ,
             and
             grows
             up
             in
             ,
             both
             to
             strength
             and
             stature
             in
             Order
             to
             a
             future
             Glory
             ,
             though
             I
             grant
             all
             have
             not
             the
             same
             Gifts
             ,
             Parts
             and
             Abillities
             in
             a
             Way
             of
             Demonstration
             ,
             yet
             in
             every
             true
             Babe
             and
             Child
             of
             God
             ,
             there
             is
             that
             hidden
             Seed
             ,
             Nature
             and
             Life
             ,
             where
             in
             both
             Purity
             and
             Perfection
             do
             consist
             ▪
             and
             the
             Perfecting
             of
             Holiness
             is
             known
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             doth
             spring
             up
             the
             Fruits
             of
             Righteousness
             ,
             and
             though
             I
             grant
             ,
             that
             there
             were
             and
             may
             be
             Failings
             for
             a
             Time
             on
             the
             Creature
             's
             Part
             ,
             in
             whom
             the
             Work
             of
             Grace
             is
             begun
             ,
             and
             a
             No●le
             Plant
             in
             the
             Seed
             or
             Root
             ,
             before
             it
             be
             grown
             up
             ,
             yet
             those
             Failings
             do
             not
             alwayes
             remain
             ,
             but
             even
             in
             this
             Life
             ,
             or
             
             this
             Side
             of
             Time
             are
             outgrown
             and
             done
             away
             by
             that
             Noble
             Seed
             and
             Birth
             of
             the
             Heavenly
             Father
             ,
             unto
             which
             the
             Perfection
             is
             originally
             ascribed
             ,
             and
             only
             to
             Man
             or
             the
             Soul
             ,
             as
             Partaking
             thereof
             .
          
           
             
               If
               we
               confess
               our
               Sins
               ,
               he
               is
               Faithful
               and
               Just
               to
               forgive
               us
               our
               Sins
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               to
               cleanse
               us
               from
               all
               Vnrighteousness
            
             ;
             a
             manifest
             Incouragement
             not
             to
             continue
             in
             Sin
             ,
             nor
             to
             despaire
             because
             of
             it
             ,
             nor
             yet
             to
             believe
             its
             Continuance
             in
             us
             ,
             but
             to
             believe
             that
             he
             ,
             whose
             Faithfulness
             and
             Justness
             will
             allow
             of
             Forgiveness
             ,
             will
             cleanse
             us
             from
             all
             Unrighteousness
             ;
             for
             ,
             we
             are
             sure
             ●his
             Righteousness
             admits
             of
             no
             Unrighteousness
             at
             all
             in
             us
             .
          
           
             The
             Author
             addeth
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             Of
             what
             Value
             then
             that
             Notion
             about
             this
             Righteousness
             of
             God
             ,
             
             which
             after
             many
             Years
             Thoughts
             I
             have
             offer'd
             in
             the
             two
             former
             Papers
             ,
             I
             leave
             to
             Time
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Animad
             .
             Well
             ,
             I
             desire
             the
             Lord
             may
             yet
             further
             open
             this
             Author's
             Understanding
             with
             an
             experimental
             Knowledge
             of
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             God
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             in
             the
             Revelation
             thereof
             from
             Faith
             to
             Faith
             ,
             and
             this
             will
             be
             more
             to
             Confirmation
             and
             Satisfaction
             then
             all
             Man's
             Thoughts
             ,
             studied
             Notions
             and
             Comprehensions
             thereof
             ;
             and
             seeing
             there
             hath
             been
             such
             serious
             Inclinations
             in
             his
             Heart
             ,
             it
             is
             to
             be
             hoped
             that
             the
             Lord
             will
             answer
             his
             Expectations
             ,
             if
             he
             waits
             upon
             him
             ,
             and
             hath
             an
             Eye
             to
             him
             in
             that
             Measure
             of
             his
             Divine
             Light
             given
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             V.
             
          
           
             Object
             .
             There
             is
             no
             Man
             that
             sinneth
             not
             ;
             there
             is
             not
             a
             Just
             Man
             upon
             Earth
             ,
             that
             doth
             good
             and
             sinneth
             not
             ;
             there
             is
             none
             that
             doth
             good
             ,
             no
             not
             One
             ,
             page
             13.
             
          
           
             
               Animad
               .
               1st
            
             .
             These
             Places
             if
             rightly
             considered
             ;
             cannot
             reach
             or
             comprehend
             the
             highest
             State
             or
             Growth
             of
             Saints
             under
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             or
             of
             such
             as
             are
             born
             of
             God
             ,
             whom
             the
             Wicked
             One
             toucheth
             not
             ,
             and
             who
             do
             not
             commit
             Sin
             ;
             for
             such
             do
             Good
             and
             do
             not
             sin
             in
             doing
             Good
             ;
             but
             some
             learned
             Men
             do
             not
             understand
             the
             Words
             cited
             ,
             in
             the
             same
             Sense
             or
             Mood
             ;
             as
             rendred
             in
             the
             Translation
             ,
             viz.
             that
             there
             is
             no
             Man
             that
             sinneth
             not
             ,
             or
             no
             Man
             Just
             that
             doth
             Good
             and
             sinneth
             not
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             Potential
             ,
             
             viz.
             
               may
               not
               sin
            
             ,
             or
             no
             Man
             but
             that
             he
             may
             sin
             ,
             and
             
               no
               man
               Just
               in
               the
               Earth
               that
               doth
               Good
               and
               may
               not
               sin
            
             ;
             and
             that
             this
             concerned
             a
             Legal
             State
             ,
             or
             the
             State
             of
             a
             Just
             Man
             under
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             not
             of
             a
             Gospel
             Estate
             or
             Attainment
             ,
             thus
             Dr.
             Gell
             in
             his
             Essay
             towards
             the
             Amendment
             of
             the
             last
             English
             Translation
             of
             the
             Bible
             ,
             Fol.
             768
             ,
             769.
             
             Besides
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             Difference
             between
             a
             Just
             Man
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             a
             Good
             Man
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             Gospel
             ;
             it
             is
             not
             said
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             not
             a
             Good
             Man
             on
             Earth
             that
             sinneth
             not
             .
          
           
             2
             
               d●y
               .
               There
               is
               none
               that
               doth
               Good
               ,
               no
               not
               one
            
             ;
             cannot
             be
             taken
             ●universally
             ;
             for
             that
             were
             to
             contradict
             the
             Saying
             before
             ,
             of
             the
             Just
             Man
             
               doing
               Good
            
             ,
             and
             to
             bring
             this
             as
             a
             proof
             of
             the
             Saints
             State
             ,
             cannot
             be
             Just
             nor
             Right
             ;
             for
             it
             did
             not
             concern
             them
             ,
             but
             the
             Unconverted
             Jews
             and
             Gentiles
             ,
             and
             such
             ,
             as
             neither
             understood
             nor
             sought
             after
             God
             ,
             see
             Rom.
             3.
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15
             16.
             17
             ,
             18.
             together
             with
             the
             Place
             in
             the
             Psalms
             to
             which
             this
             refers
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             In
             many
             Things
             we
             offend
             all
             ;
             if
             we
             say
             ,
             we
             have
             no
             Sin
             we
             deceive
             our selves
             ,
             page
             13.
             
          
           
             Animad
             .
             Nor
             do
             these
             comprehend
             the
             highest
             Growths
             or
             Attainments
             of
             Saints
             and
             Good
             Men
             in
             this
             Life
             ;
             it
             was
             usual
             ,
             both
             with
             Apostles
             and
             Prophets
             to
             personate
             ,
             or
             take
             in
             themselves
             with
             the
             least
             and
             weakest
             of
             those
             they
             spoke
             and
             wrote
             to
             ,
             using
             the
             Particle
             WEE
             ,
             as
             instance
             in
             the
             same
             Apostle
             cited
             ,
             
               Jam.
               3.
               9.
               
               Therewith
               curse
               WEE
               Men
               ,
            
             and
             1
             John
             1.
             6.
             to
             the
             End
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             also
             said
             verse
             10.
             
             
               If
               WEE
               say
               ,
               WEE
               have
               not
               sinned
               ,
               WEE
               make
               him
               a
               Lyar
               ,
               and
               his
               Word
               is
               not
               in
               us
               ,
            
             y●t
             see
             he
             declares
             the
             Rem●dy
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Disease
             ,
             verse
             7.
             
             
               If
               WEE
               walk
               in
               the
               Light
               ,
               as
               he
               is
               in
               the
               Light
               ,
               We
               have
               Fellowship
               one
               with
               another
               and
               the
               Blood
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               his
               Son
               cleans●th
               us
               from
            
             all
             Sin
             and
             :
             further
             he
             shews
             his
             Holy
             Design
             in
             what
             he
             writes
             in
             these
             Words
             ,
             viz.
             
               My
               little
               Children
               these
               Things
               write
               I
               unto
               yuo
               ,
               that
               you
               sin
            
             not
             ,
             1
             John
             2.
             1.
             
          
           
             Object
             .
             No
             Man
             is
             regenerate
             but
             in
             Part
             ,
             not
             as
             if
             one
             Faculty
             was
             sanctified
             and
             not
             another
             ,
             but
             there
             remains
             the
             Principle
             of
             Corruption
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             Principle
             of
             Grace
             ,
             which
             is
             infused
             ,
             that
             is
             both
             Flesh
             and
             Spirit
             in
             the
             same
             Person
             ,
             and
             whatsoever
             ●rodeeds
             from
             the
             one
             cannot
             be
             Sin
             ,
             as
             whatsoever
             proceeds
             from
             the
             ●ther
             cannot
             be
             otherwise
             pag.
             13.
             
          
           
           
             Animad
             .
             Herein
             we
             differ
             ,
             for
             we
             must
             confess
             that
             by
             Degrees
             ,
             the
             Work
             of
             Regeneration
             ,
             and
             Sanctification
             comes
             throughly
             to
             be
             effected
             ,
             or
             perfected
             in
             every
             one
             that
             continues
             in
             true
             Faith
             ,
             even
             to
             a
             through
             purging
             out
             of
             Corruption
             ,
             and
             to
             a
             perfect
             Mortification
             of
             that
             from
             whence
             Sin
             proceeds
             ;
             
               be
               ye
               sanctified
               throughout
               in
               Body
               ,
               Soul
               and
               Spirit
               ,
            
             and
             farther
             ,
             
               They
               that
               are
               Christ's
               have
               crucified
               the
               Flesh
               with
               its
               vile
               Affections
            
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             not
             the
             Flesh
             meerly
             of
             it self
             ,
             but
             as
             it
             is
             subjected
             to
             an
             Evil
             Principle
             or
             Seed
             of
             Sin
             ,
             that
             brings
             forth
             corrupt
             Actions
             ,
             but
             Christ's
             Work
             is
             throughly
             to
             purge
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             VI.
             
          
           
             
               But
               further
               seeing
               this
               Author's
               Opinion
               is
               ,
               that
            
             no
             man
             is
             Regenerate
             but
             in
             Part
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             remains
             the
             Principle
             of
             Corruption
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             Principle
             of
             Grace
             ;
             
               how
               doth
               he
               dispense
               with
               these
               Scriptures
               cited
               by
               him
               ,
               viz.
            
             He
             that
             cammitteth
             sin
             is
             of
             the
             Devil
             ;
             Whosoever
             is
             born
             of
             God
             doth
             not
             commit
             sin
             ;
             for
             his
             Seed
             remaineth
             in
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             cannot
             sin
             because
             he
             is
             b●rn
             of
             God
             ;
             He
             that
             is
             born
             of
             God
             keepeth
             himself
             that
             the
             Wicked
             one
             toucheth
             him
             not
             ,
             1
             
               John
               3.
               &
               chap.
            
             5.
             
          
           
             
               To
               salve
               this
               ,
               he
               tells
               us
               that
            
             St.
             Augustine
             doth
             lay
             some
             two
             or
             three
             of
             these
             Texts
             together
             ,
             and
             offers
             us
             this
             Solution
             ;
             That
             which
             is
             born
             of
             God
             (
             
               saith
               he
            
             )
             sins
             not
             ,
             which
             is
             as
             much
             as
             to
             say
             ,
             there
             is
             that
             which
             is
             born
             of
             God
             in
             the
             true
             Christian
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             is
             not
             born
             of
             him
             ,
             page
             13.
             
          
           
             Animad
             .
             I
             grant
             that
             there
             is
             that
             ,
             which
             is
             born
             of
             God
             (
             as
             relating
             to
             a
             Thing
             or
             Principle
             )
             spoken
             of
             in
             John's
             Epistles
             ,
             as
             
               WHATSOEVER
               is
               born
               of
               God
               overcomes
               the
               World
               ;
               and
               this
               is
               the
               Victory
               that
               overcomes
               the
               World
               ,
               even
               our
               Faith
               ,
            
             1
             John
             5.
             4.
             well
             this
             is
             to
             our
             Purpose
             still
             ,
             that
             WHATSOEVER
             is
             born
             of
             God
             overcomes
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             surely
             then
             ,
             this
             doth
             not
             leave
             the
             world's
             Principle
             of
             Corruption
             unsubdued
             in
             true
             Christians
             ,
             but
             there
             is
             also
             WHOSOEVER
             is
             born
             of
             God
             doth
             not
             commit
             sin
             ;
             for
             is
             Seed
             remaineth
             in
             him
             ,
             and
             WHO
             is
             he
             that
             overcometh
             the
             World
             [
             who
             ]
             relates
             to
             the
             Man
             or
             Person
             that
             believes
             in
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             other
             doth
             to
             the
             Principle
             or
             Seed
             in
             him
             ,
             so
             that
             as
             the
             holy
             Seed
             
             or
             that
             which
             is
             born
             of
             God
             comes
             into
             Dominion
             in
             Man
             ,
             this
             takes
             in
             the
             Creature
             or
             Soul
             to
             partake
             of
             its
             Nature
             again
             ,
             as
             the
             Author
             hath
             added
             ,
             
               That
               according
               to
               the
               Prevalency
               there
               is
               of
               any
               of
               these
               two
               Principles
               in
               the
               Soul
               ,
               so
               is
               the
               Person
               to
               have
               his
               Denomination
               ,
            
             page
             13.
             
             Very
             true
             then
             ,
             as
             the
             Good
             Principle
             becomes
             prevalent
             in
             the
             Soul
             ,
             man
             becomes
             a
             good
             man
             ,
             or
             an
             holy
             and
             just
             man.
             
          
           
             As
             for
             his
             Allegation
             from
             the
             Apostle
             in
             Rom.
             7.
             
             
               That
               the
               Ap●stle
               did
               the
               Evil
               he
               would
               not
               ,
               saying
               ,
               it
               is
               no
               more
               I
               that
               doth
               it
               ,
               but
               Sin
               that
               dwelleth
               in
               me
            
             ;
             This
             ,
             it
             is
             true
             ,
             was
             a
             State
             that
             Paul
             knew
             in
             the
             Time
             of
             his
             Warfare
             and
             Travail
             ;
             and
             even
             in
             this
             State
             God
             had
             Regard
             to
             the
             Sincerity
             of
             his
             Mind
             ,
             wherewi●h
             he
             served
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             ,
             even
             while
             he
             was
             warring
             against
             the
             contrary
             Law
             ;
             but
             as
             I
             answered
             before
             ,
             this
             Apostle
             as
             well
             as
             others
             ,
             did
             so
             far
             condescend
             to
             the
             Weakness
             of
             others
             ,
             as
             not
             only
             to
             signifie
             such
             Exercises
             as
             he
             had
             past
             through
             ,
             but
             also
             to
             personate
             the
             Conditions
             of
             others
             to
             whom
             he
             wrote
             and
             spake
             ;
             for
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             be
             in
             all
             those
             different
             and
             various
             States
             that
             he
             represents
             in
             that
             Epistle
             to
             the
             Romans
             ,
             at
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Time
             when
             he
             then
             wrote
             ,
             viz.
             as
             to
             be
             both
             
               Carnal
               and
               Spiritual
               ,
               sold
               under
               Sin
               ,
            
             and
             yet
             
               freed
               by
               the
               Law
               of
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Life
               in
               Christ
            
             Rom.
             8.
             1
             ,
             2.
             with
             many
             more
             Instances
             ,
             which
             ●ight
             be
             cited
             out
             of
             the
             same
             Epistle
             ▪
             compare
             Rom.
             6
             ,
             &
             7
             ,
             &
             8.
             
             Chapter
             ,
             read
             them
             seriously
             ,
             also
             how
             plain
             is
             it
             that
             Paul
             condescended
             to
             speak
             as
             one
             below
             his
             own
             present
             Attainment
             ;
             for
             
               I
               speak
               after
               the
               manner
               of
               men
               ,
               because
               of
               the
               Infirmity
               of
               your
               Flesh
               ,
            
             Rom.
             6.
             19.
             
             
               To
               the
               Weak
               I
               became
               as
               weak
               ,
               &c.
            
             see
             1
             Cor.
             9.
             22.
             
          
           
             Object
             .
             
               What
               is
               alledged
               by
               this
               Writer
               for
            
             the
             Principle
             of
             Corruption
             remaining
             in
             the
             Child
             of
             God
             ,
             &
             for
             all
             Men
             being
             sinners
             ,
             and
             for
             every
             Man
             upon
             Earth
             sinning
             against
             the
             Law
             of
             Works
             ,
             in
             leaving
             undone
             what
             it
             requires
             ,
             or
             doing
             what
             it
             forbids
             in
             Thought
             VVord
             or
             De●d
             ,
             even
             continually
             ,
             page
             14.
             
          
           
             Animad
             .
             I
             think
             he
             hath
             sufficienly
             answered
             himself
             with
             a
             Confutation
             ,
             distinguishing
             by
             these
             Texts
             Confession
             inserted
             in
             the
             next
             Section
             ,
          
        
         
           
           
             Sect.
             VII
             .
          
           
             He
             confesseth
             
               That
               other
               Texts
               say
               ,
               that
               the
               Regenerated
               do
               not
               sin
               ,
               and
               the
               Blood
               of
               Christ
               cleanseth
               us
               from
               all
               Sin
               ,
               and
               there
               is
               no
               Man
               sins
               against
               the
               Law
               of
               Grace
               ,
               so
               as
               to
               leave
               undone
               what
               tha●
               requires
               as
               the
               condition
               of
               Life
               ,
               who
               is
               saved
            
             ;
             as
             also
             ,
             
               that
               all
               Power
               is
               committed
               to
               the
               Son
            
             ;
             
             
               the
               Law
               of
               Nature
               is
               put
               into
               Christ's
               Hands
               to
               be
               commanded
               by
               him
               which
               together
               with
               Remedying
               Grace
               are
               Parts
               of
               his
               Law
            
             ;
             But
             then
             he
             bids
             us
             
               distinguish
               between
               sinning
               against
               one
               or
               other
               Precept
               of
               Christ's
               Law
               ,
               and
               sinning
               against
               it
               as
               a
               Conditional
               Covenant
               by
               none
               performance
               .
            
             To
             this
             I
             must
             add
             ,
             't
             is
             true
             that
             the
             Condition
             of
             Life
             cannot
             be
             left
             undone
             by
             any
             who
             are
             saved
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             Faith
             and
             Repentance
             cannot
             be
             omitted
             by
             any
             such
             ,
             or
             no
             Man
             can
             be
             saved
             ,
             or
             inherit
             Eternal
             Life
             in
             a
             State
             of
             Unbelief
             ;
             but
             then
             if
             this
             great
             Condition
             of
             Life
             be
             performed
             ,
             or
             this
             Remedying
             Grace
             received
             and
             enjoyed
             ,
             sincere
             Obedience
             to
             Christ's
             Law
             in
             lesser
             Matters
             must
             needs
             follow
             ;
             for
             ,
             as
             the
             Performance
             of
             the
             greater
             Things
             must
             needs
             argue
             a
             Capacity
             to
             perform
             the
             letter
             ,
             so
             we
             ought
             to
             shew
             a
             sincere
             Respect
             and
             Faithfulness
             to
             our
             Lord
             and
             Master
             in
             the
             least
             Things
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             in
             the
             greatest
             ;
             for
             ,
             he
             that
             is
             unjust
             in
             the
             least
             ,
             
             is
             unjust
             also
             in
             much
             ;
             and
             if
             they
             be
             Christ's
             Friends
             that
             do
             whatsoever
             he
             commands
             ,
             then
             it
             's
             evident
             that
             in
             a
             State
             of
             Grace
             ,
             Favour
             and
             Union
             with
             him
             ,
             Christ
             doth
             not
             permit
             of
             sinning
             against
             one
             or
             other
             Precept
             of
             his
             Law
             upon
             any
             Account
             ;
             and
             though
             there
             be
             that
             which
             is
             called
             the
             Law
             of
             Works
             ,
             which
             the
             Believer
             is
             never
             under
             nor
             oblieged
             to
             perform
             in
             the
             Shadow
             ,
             in
             the
             Flesh
             or
             outward
             Part
             ,
             yet
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             New
             Covenant
             ,
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Life
             in
             Christ
             ,
             the
             Law
             of
             Faith
             ,
             the
             Law
             of
             Love
             must
             be
             performed
             ,
             and
             faithfully
             obeyed
             by
             all
             that
             come
             into
             that
             Covenant
             ,
             or
             to
             be
             under
             Christ's
             Government
             in
             his
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             as
             for
             his
             Covenant
             as
             Conditional
             ,
             or
             wh●t
             is
             required
             thereby
             as
             the
             Condition
             of
             Life
             ,
             this
             admits
             not
             of
             the
             Continuance
             of
             Sin
             or
             Corrupt●on
             ;
             see
             what
             the
             Author
             grants
             in
             this
             Case
             .
             
               If
               thou
               wilt
               enter
               into
               Life
               ●aith
               Christ
               ,
               keep
               the
               Commandments
               ;
               neither
               Circumcision
               
               nor
               Vncircumcision
               availeth
               any
               thing
               saith
               the
               Apostle
               ,
               but
               Faith
               working
               by
               Love
               ,
               in
               one
               Place
               ,
               but
               a
               New
               Creature
               ,
               in
               another
               ,
               but
               keeping
               the
               Commandments
               of
               God
               ,
               in
               a
               third
               ;
               do
               we
               make
               void
               the
               Law
               through
               Faith
               ?
               No
               ,
               we
               establish
               it
               ,
               that
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               the
               Law
               might
               be
               fulfilled
               in
               us
               ,
               who
               walk
               not
               after
               the
               Flesh
               ,
               but
               after
               the
               Spirit
               ;
               the
               doers
               of
               the
               Law
               shall
               be
               justified
               ;
               it
               appears
               by
               a
               Multitude
               of
               such
               Scriptures
               as
               these
            
             [
             saith
             he
             ]
             
               that
               the
               Law
               or
               Commandments
               of
               God
               are
               to
               be
               kept
               or
               fulfill●d
               ;
               that
               the
               Fulfilling
               them
               is
               required
               as
               necessary
               to
               the
               Person
               justified
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               consequently
               ,
               as
               the
               Condition
               (
               which
               is
               all
               one
               )
               of
               Pardon
               and
               Life
               .
            
             Thus
             far
             he
             grants
             ,
             page
             14.
             which
             is
             a
             large
             Concession
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             
               But
               again
            
             ,
             To
             help
             us
             out
             here
             (
             
               he
               saith
            
             )
             we
             must
             distinguish
             after
             our
             more
             sober
             and
             best
             Divines
             ;
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             may
             be
             considered
             ridgedly
             ,
             or
             not
             ridgedly
             ,
             that
             is
             with
             Condescension
             to
             Human
             Frailty
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Measure
             in
             every
             one
             of
             the
             Gift
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
             or
             according
             to
             our
             Model
             ,
             Strength
             or
             Grace
             in
             this
             Life
             ,
             and
             that
             Degree
             of
             Perf●rmance
             which
             God
             requires
             of
             us
             precisely
             in
             the
             New
             Covenant
             ,
             to
             the
             obtaining
             of
             Salvation
             ;
             it
             is
             in
             the
             latter
             ,
             the
             mild
             the
             gracious
             ,
             not
             in
             the
             former
             ,
             
             the
             ridged
             Sense
             ,
             that
             such
             Texts
             are
             to
             be
             interpreted
             that
             the
             Law
             or
             Commandments
             are
             fulfilled
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Observation
             is
             made
             necessary
             to
             the
             justified
             and
             saved
             .
          
           
             
               Animad
               .
               1st
            
             .
             That
             there
             is
             a
             gracious
             Condescension
             in
             God
             towards
             Mankind
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             leave
             Man
             under
             the
             Severity
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             without
             affording
             Remedying
             Grace
             ,
             is
             confest
             by
             us
             ,
             as
             also
             according
             to
             the
             Measure
             of
             the
             Gift
             of
             Christ
             in
             every●one
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             our
             Strength
             and
             Degree
             of
             Grace
             ,
             which
             he
             affords
             us
             ;
             he
             doth
             condescend
             both
             in
             extending
             Pardon
             ,
             remitting
             Sin
             past
             ,
             delivering
             us
             from
             under
             the
             Severity
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             justifying
             us
             from
             all
             those
             Things
             ,
             from
             which
             we
             could
             not
             be
             justified
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             Moses
             ,
             as
             we
             receive
             and
             submit
             unto
             his
             Grace
             ,
             and
             New
             Covenant
             of
             Life
             and
             Salvation
             ,
             but
             still
             this
             mild
             and
             gracious
             Condescension
             of
             God
             ,
             his
             Law
             and
             Commandments
             appertaining
             to
             this
             Covenant
             ,
             admits
             not
             of
             the
             Continuation
             of
             Sin
             ,
             nor
             doth
             the
             least
             Measure
             of
             the
             Gift
             of
             Christ
             ,
             or
             Principle
             of
             Grace
             admit
             of
             Corruption
             or
             Sin
             to
             remain
             with
             it
             ,
             but
             by
             Degrees
             works
             out
             the
             very
             Seed
             and
             Principle
             of
             Corruption
             ,
             
             and
             sanctifieth
             the
             whole
             Man
             ,
             leavens
             the
             whole
             Lump
             ,
             in
             so
             much
             that
             this
             increaseth
             ,
             and
             Truth
             springeth
             up
             daily
             ,
             and
             the
             Fruit
             of
             the
             Spirit
             groweth
             and
             ripeneth
             in
             man
             ,
             as
             he
             comes
             thus
             to
             be
             prepared
             &
             fitt●d
             ,
             and
             hereby
             comes
             the
             Way
             of
             Life
             &
             Salvation
             to
             be
             made
             easie
             and
             delightsome
             to
             him
             :
             Take
             my
             Yoak
             upon
             you
             ;
             for
             my
             Yoak
             is
             easie
             and
             my
             Burden
             light
             saith
             Christ
             ,
             and
             this
             is
             the
             Love
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             we
             keep
             his
             Commandments
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             not
             grievous
             but
             joyous
             to
             us
             ;
             thus
             the
             Grace
             and
             Love
             of
             God
             makes
             Way
             through
             all
             Difficulties
             ,
             and
             makes
             all
             that
             he
             requires
             in
             the
             New
             Covenant
             to
             be
             ,
             not
             only
             possible
             ,
             but
             easie
             and
             delightsome
             to
             that
             Soul
             who
             comes
             to
             Christ
             ,
             who
             ●aid
             ,
             come
             to
             me
             all
             yee
             that
             labour
             ,
             that
             are
             weary
             and
             heavy
             la●en
             and
             I
             will
             ease
             you
             [
             namely
             ,
             I
             will
             ease
             you
             from
             the
             Burden
             of
             your
             Sins
             and
             of
             your
             Failings
             in
             your
             Duty
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Severity
             or
             Condemnation
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             which
             you
             have
             been
             labouring
             and
             travailing
             under
             ,
             I
             will
             perfectly
             ease
             you
             and
             free
             you
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             the
             more
             cheerfully
             bear
             my
             Yoak
             ,
             and
             undergo
             my
             Burden
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             enable
             you
             to
             run
             the
             Way
             of
             my
             Commandments
             with
             Delight
             ;
             I
             will
             lay
             no
             more
             upon
             you
             then
             what
             you
             are
             able
             to
             bear
             ,
             and
             cheerfully
             to
             undergo
             ;
             be
             of
             good
             Comfort
             ,
             for
             I
             have
             overcome
             ,
             &c.
             ]
             And
             I
             further
             grant
             God's
             merciful
             Acceptation
             of
             us
             for
             Christ's
             sake
             ,
             and
             of
             what
             we
             do
             ,
             through
             the
             Obedience
             and
             Oblation
             of
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             as
             he
             gives
             us
             an
             Evidence
             by
             his
             Spirit
             of
             our
             being
             in
             him
             ,
             accepted
             in
             the
             Beloved
             ;
             and
             this
             Acceptation
             extending
             to
             the
             least
             of
             his
             Children
             and
             P●ople
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             lowest
             stature
             among
             them
             ,
             whose
             Hearts
             are
             sincere
             towards
             him
             ;
             so
             this
             is
             Encouragement
             unto
             them
             to
             persevere
             in
             Obedience
             according
             t●
             their
             Measures
             ,
             and
             Abillities
             in
             this
             Gift
             of
             Grace
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             continue
             therein
             ,
             and
             grow
             from
             Strength
             to
             Strength
             and
             from
             Faith
             to
             Faith
             ,
             untill
             they
             come
             to
             Maturity
             ,
             or
             to
             a
             full
             Age
             in
             Christ.
             
          
           
             Now
             the
             least
             Child
             ,
             or
             lowest
             of
             the
             Servants
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             obeying
             or
             being
             faithful
             to
             what
             he
             gives
             t●em
             to
             improve
             according
             to
             their
             Abillities
             ,
             such
             do
             not
             commit
             Sin
             therein
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             There
             is
             no
             Man
             keeps
             the
             Commands
             of
             Christ
             ,
             so
             as
             never
             to
             fail
             in
             any
             thing
             of
             his
             Duty
             ,
             but
             every
             Child
             of
             God
             keeps
             them
             so
             as
             they
             are
             made
             the
             Condition
             of
             Life
             in
             the
             New
             Covenant
             ,
             page
             15.
             
          
           
           
             Animad
             .
             To
             the
             first
             it
             may
             be
             granted
             ,
             that
             no
             Man
             hath
             al●wayes
             kept
             the
             Commands
             of
             Christ
             ;
             
               For
               ,
               if
               we
               say
               we
               have
               not
               sinned
               ,
               we
               make
               him
               a
               Lyar.
            
             To
             the
             second
             Part
             ,
             if
             every
             Child
             of
             God
             keep
             his
             Commands
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             made
             the
             Condition
             of
             Life
             in
             the
             New
             Covenant
             ,
             then
             I
             hope
             it
             will
             be
             granted
             however
             ,
             that
             the
             greatest
             and
             most
             substantial
             Commandments
             are
             kept
             ,
             and
             how
             he
             should
             then
             neglect
             the
             lesser
             ,
             or
             remain
             unfaithful
             in
             the
             least
             Things
             I
             cannot
             understand
             ;
             for
             ,
             
               ye
               are
               my
               Friends
               if
               ye
               do
               whatsoever
               I
               command
               you
               ,
            
             faith
             Christ
             ;
             and
             he
             that
             is
             faithful
             in
             that
             which
             is
             least
             ,
             is
             faithful
             also
             in
             much
             :
             Now
             ,
             this
             great
             Commandment
             of
             Love
             being
             the
             Fulfilling
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             must
             needs
             be
             therefore
             comprehensive
             of
             (
             or
             take
             in
             )
             the
             lesser
             Commandments
             ;
             and
             farther
             let
             it
             be
             seriously
             minded
             and
             considered
             ,
             that
             he
             that
             is
             come
             into
             the
             New
             Covenant
             ,
             or
             to
             be
             in
             Covenant
             with
             God
             ,
             is
             come
             into
             that
             Agreement
             and
             Union
             with
             him
             ,
             which
             this
             Covenant
             contains
             ,
             which
             admits
             not
             of
             the
             continuance
             of
             Sin
             ,
             or
             Breach
             of
             the
             Law
             of
             this
             Covenant
             ;
             and
             he
             that
             abides
             in
             Christ
             sins
             not
             ;
             he
             that
             dwells
             in
             Love
             dwells
             in
             God
             ;
             be
             not
             deceived
             ,
             he
             that
             doth
             Righteousness
             is
             Righteous
             ,
             even
             as
             he
             is
             Righteous
             ,
             1
             John
             3.
             
             And
             this
             may
             answer
             what
             is
             said
             about
             the
             Child
             of
             God
             ,
             
               that
               as
               he
               is
               Righteous
               and
               Perfect
               ,
               he
               sins
               not
               ,
               &c.
               and
               that
               when
               St.
            
             John
             
               speaks
               of
               sinning
               not
               ,
               we
               may
               observe
               ,
               how
               he
               counterpoises
               committing
               Sin
               with
               being
               Righteous
               or
               doing
               Righteousness
               :
            
             [
             to
             which
             this
             Author
             addeth
             ]
             
               The
               true
               Christian
               sins
               not
               ,
               so
               as
               he
               opposeth
               his
               being
               Righteous
               ;
               he
               commits
               not
               Sin
               ,
               as
               is
               contradictory
               to
               his
               doing
               Righteousness
               ,
            
             page
             15.
             
             But
             still
             he
             seems
             here
             to
             leave
             Room
             for
             the
             Child
             of
             God's
             sinning
             ,
             or
             committing
             Sin
             in
             some
             Sense
             or
             other
             while
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             about
             which
             we
             differ
             ,
             and
             cannot
             be
             reconciled
             ,
             unless
             we
             both
             joyn
             in
             that
             Seed
             and
             Principle
             ,
             which
             lives
             in
             the
             child
             of
             God
             ;
             if
             we
             both
             did
             meet
             in
             
               that
               which
               is
               born
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               overcomes
               the
               World
               ,
            
             we
             should
             both
             agree
             about
             the
             State
             of
             him
             or
             whosoever
             (
             to
             wit
             ,
             the
             Man
             of
             God
             ,
             or
             true
             child
             )
             that
             is
             born
             of
             God
             whom
             the
             Wicked
             One
             cannot
             touch
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             VIII
             .
          
           
             
               Again
               since
               he
               saith
            
             ,
             The
             calm
             Protestants
             will
             grant
             to
             the
             Papists
             
             such
             a
             fulfilling
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             as
             does
             constitute
             a
             Real
             true
             Righteousness
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             is
             perfect
             or
             entire
             according
             to
             the
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             ,
             and
             so
             accepted
             of
             God
             unto
             Life
             ,
             &c.
             page
             15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             Animad
             .
             'T
             is
             well
             that
             some
             Protestants
             grant
             thus
             much
             ;
             for
             this
             is
             repugnant
             ,
             both
             to
             the
             continuance
             and
             mixture
             of
             Sin
             and
             Corruption
             in
             the
             Children
             of
             God
             ,
             or
             with
             their
             Obedience
             ;
             for
             ,
             true
             and
             real
             Righteousness
             ,
             which
             is
             perfect
             and
             entire
             according
             unto
             the
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             ,
             is
             what
             we
             do
             plead
             for
             ,
             both
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             Root
             and
             Fruits
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             I
             cannot
             see
             how
             this
             can
             consist
             with
             what
             he
             saith
             ;
             
               The
               most
               violent
            
             Papists
             
               will
               grant
               to
               the
            
             Protestant
             ,
             
               that
               this
               Righteousness
               nevertheless
               is
               not
               wtthout
               all
               Sin
               ,
               but
               doth
               both
               fail
               in
               the
               Degree
               which
               the
               Law
               exacts
               ;
               and
               is
               intermingled
               with
               many
               ,
               at
               least
               venial
               Transgressi●n●
               ,
            
             page
             16.
             
             Although
             this
             doth
             somewhat
             agree
             with
             what
             this
             Author
             drives
             at
             against
             us
             ,
             yet
             such
             a
             mixture
             we
             cannot
             own
             ,
             nor
             such
             an
             interminglement
             of
             Sin
             with
             that
             Righteousness
             which
             is
             perfect
             ,
             and
             entire
             according
             to
             the
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             ;
             and
             I
             see
             no
             Reason
             when
             the
             Soul
             's
             great
             Enemy
             is
             overcome
             ,
             and
             the
             greater
             Sins
             washed
             off
             ,
             and
             the
             greater
             Pollutions
             done
             away
             ,
             why
             those
             venial
             Sins
             or
             lesser
             Sins
             should
             remain
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             no
             Reason
             that
             venial
             or
             pardonable
             Sins
             should
             remain
             or
             be
             continued
             after
             pardoned
             ;
             Man's
             Mind
             and
             Heart
             being
             changed
             and
             turned
             from
             them
             ,
             having
             repented
             thereof
             at
             the
             Time
             of
             his
             receiving
             pardon
             ,
             or
             when
             he
             receiveth
             Redemption
             through
             the
             Blood
             of
             Christ
             ,
             even
             Remission
             of
             Sins
             past
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             
               standing
               on
               our
               own
               Righteousness
            
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             taken
             for
             Self-Righteousness
             in
             the
             Sense
             of
             the
             Prophet
             Isaiah
             chap.
             64.
             6.
             
             We
             do
             utterly
             deny
             and
             exclude
             it
             ,
             but
             as
             the
             Lord
             is
             o●r
             Righteousness
             by
             his
             inward
             Work
             of
             Grace
             ,
             and
             Sanctification
             in
             our
             Hearts
             ,
             we
             must
             forever
             own
             and
             stand
             by
             this
             with
             Respect
             to
             our
             Justification
             ,
             Acceptance
             and
             Peace
             with
             him
             ,
             as
             being
             the
             Ground
             and
             Original
             thereof
             to
             us
             and
             in
             us
             ;
             and
             they
             who
             exclude
             this
             inward
             or
             inherent
             Righteousness
             of
             God
             from
             Justification
             ,
             we
             can
             in
             no
             wise
             own
             their
             Doctrine
             .
          
           
             Again
             between
             this
             Man
             's
             Assenting
             ,
             page
             16
             ,
             17.
             that
             
               that
               Righteousness
               which
               is
               accepted
               of
               God
               unto
               Life
               ,
               is
               a
               real
               true
               Righteousness
               ,
               perfect
               and
               entire
               according
               to
               the
               Covenant
               of
               Grace
               ,
            
             and
             
             yet
             ,
             that
             
               this
               Righteousness
               is
               imperfect
               wherein
               we
               are
               justifiable
               by
               the
               Covenant
               of
               Mercy
               ,
               as
               Performers
               of
               the
               Condition
            
             ;
             here
             appears
             such
             an
             Inconsistancy
             ,
             as
             I
             know
             not
             how
             to
             reconcile
             ;
             for
             ,
             that
             which
             is
             perfect
             &
             entire
             according
             to
             the
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             ,
             is
             never
             deficient
             ,
             lame
             or
             imperfect
             ,
             nor
             yet
             intermingled
             with
             any
             Sin
             to
             make
             i●
             so
             ,
             as
             Christ
             being
             made
             unto
             us
             Wisdom
             ,
             Righteousness
             ,
             Sanctification
             and
             Redemption
             ,
             we
             are
             only
             accepted
             in
             him
             ,
             justified
             in
             his
             Righteousness
             ,
             accepted
             in
             the
             Beloved
             ;
             whereby
             we
             do
             not
             exclude
             that
             Obedience
             on
             our
             Parts
             which
             Christ
             injoyns
             ,
             but
             are
             enabled
             and
             naturallized
             thereunto
             .
          
           
             Confess
             .
             
               He
               confef●eth
            
             ,
             that
             God
             gave
             his
             whole
             Law
             for
             a
             Covenant
             ,
             and
             if
             one
             Part
             only
             were
             transgressed
             ,
             the
             Condition
             of
             that
             Covenant
             is
             broken
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             if
             all
             were
             transgressed
             ;
             and
             that
             we
             must
             understand
             the
             like
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             Law
             of
             Faith
             ,
             or
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             and
             its
             Observation
             ,
             page
             17.
             
          
           
             Animad
             .
             Must
             we
             so
             ?
             Then
             as
             perfect
             or
             full
             Obedience
             is
             required
             by
             the
             latter
             ,
             and
             unto
             it
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             former
             ,
             and
             much
             more
             Power
             and
             Encouragements
             attend
             this
             (
             being
             established
             upon
             better
             Promises
             )
             then
             were
             known
             under
             the
             other
             ;
             and
             in
             this
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             God's
             Promises
             are
             Yea
             and
             Amen
             ,
             which
             concern
             perfect
             Holiness
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Saints
             Priviledges
             ;
             and
             both
             this
             Law
             and
             Righteousness
             of
             Faith
             ,
             require
             a
             sincere
             or
             perfect
             Obedience
             to
             the
             Word
             of
             Faith
             in
             the
             Heart
             (
             and
             that
             in
             order
             to
             the
             compleating
             an
             absolute
             Justification
             and
             Salvation
             )
             as
             the
             Law
             or
             Letter
             without
             doth
             to
             the
             Precepts
             therein
             contained
             ;
             but
             then
             the
             Man
             varies
             in
             what
             he
             addeth
             in
             the
             next
             Section
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             IX
             .
          
           
             
               Object
               .
               viz.
            
             Let
             a
             Man's
             Sins
             be
             what
             they
             will
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             the
             Condition
             be
             performed
             he
             ,
             may
             according
             to
             this
             Law
             be
             judged
             no
             Transgressor
             ,
             page
             17.
             
          
           
             Animad
             .
             Whereas
             if
             this
             Law
             of
             Faith
             or
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             must
             be
             as
             fully
             observed
             ,
             as
             the
             whole
             Law
             ●hat
             God
             gave
             to
             Man
             for
             a
             Covenant
             (
             as
             before
             )
             no
             Part
             whereof
             was
             to
             be
             broken
             ,
             how
             do
             these
             consist
             ?
             And
             if
             the
             Law
             be
             not
             made
             void
             through
             Faith
             ,
             
             but
             established
             ;
             and
             if
             it
             be
             not
             the
             Unrighteous
             that
             shall
             inherit
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             are
             washed
             and
             sanctified
             from
             all
             Uncleanness
             ,
             that
             are
             also
             justified
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             our
             God
             ,
             see
             1
             Cor.
             6.
             
             Then
             I
             do
             not
             see
             that
             the
             Performance
             of
             the
             Condition
             of
             the
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             can
             consist
             with
             [
             
               Let
               a
               Man's
               Sins
               be
               what
               th●y
               will
            
             ]
             which
             Words
             have
             a
             Tendence
             to
             an
             Evil
             Liberty
             ;
             for
             ,
             a
             justified
             State
             is
             plainly
             opposed
             (
             as
             contrary
             )
             to
             that
             of
             the
             Unrighteous
             in
             this
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             6.
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             Object
             .
             
               It
               's
               further
               added
            
             ;
             Though
             we
             fail
             in
             our
             Duty
             we
             fulfil
             the
             Condition
             ,
             page
             18.
             
          
           
             Animad
             .
             How
             can
             that
             be
             ?
             if
             the
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             ,
             or
             Law
             of
             Faith
             be
             the
             Condition
             which
             we
             are
             to
             observe
             and
             obey
             ,
             as
             our
             Duty
             so
             far
             as
             it
             concerns
             us
             ,
             both
             as
             enjoyned
             and
             assisted
             by
             Christ
             Jesus
             our
             Life
             and
             Righteousness
             ?
             Is
             it
             not
             our
             Duty
             to
             fulfil
             the
             Condition
             ?
             and
             do
             we
             yet
             fail
             in
             our
             Duty
             whilest
             we
             fulfil
             it
             ?
             No
             sure
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             
               David's
               Heart
               being
               perfect
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               kept
               God's
               Commandments
               or
               Precepts
               .
               1st
               .
               This
               of
               his
               Heart
               being
               perfect
               ,
            
             
             respects
             what
             was
             sincere
             and
             uprght
             in
             David
             as
             a
             
               Spirit
               without
               Guile
            
             ,
             a
             sincere
             Desire
             ,
             Intention
             and
             Resolution
             of
             Heart
             towards
             God
             ,
             though
             for
             a
             Time
             he
             had
             Failings
             ,
             and
             was
             bes●t
             with
             Temptations
             ,
             yet
             the
             Lord
             had
             Regard
             to
             his
             Uprightness
             ,
             &c.
             2
             dly
             .
             David's
             
               keeping
               God's
               Commandments
               or
               Precepts
            
             ,
             was
             when
             he
             was
             really
             clear
             ,
             and
             actually
             obedient
             ,
             walking
             in
             the
             Wayes
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             not
             as
             consistant
             with
             his
             
               sinning
               in
               the
               Matter
               of
            
             Uriah
             ,
             &c.
             for
             which
             he
             underwent
             great
             Judgment
             and
             deep
             Affliction
             ,
             often
             imploring
             Mercy
             and
             Pardon
             ,
             praying
             for
             
               Cleansing
               ,
               Washing
               &c.
               3dly
            
             .
             As
             he
             was
             
               a
               Man
               after
               God's
               own
               Heart
               ,
            
             he
             was
             according
             to
             and
             in
             God's
             Choice
             and
             Promise
             ,
             he
             stood
             in
             the
             Election
             :
             
               The
               Lord
               hath
               sought
               him
               a
               Man
               after
               his
               own
               Heart
               ,
            
             1
             Sam.
             13.
             14.
             
             
               I
               have
               found
            
             David
             
               the
               Son
               of
            
             Jesse
             ,
             
               a
               Man
               after
               mine
               own
               Heart
               ,
               which
               shall
               fulfil
               all
               my
               Will
            
             ;
             this
             being
             fulfilled
             he
             was
             in
             a
             precious
             State
             ,
             not
             guilty
             nor
             condemnable
             ,
             for
             ,
             
               after
               God's
               own
               Heart
            
             ,
             was
             both
             ●is
             Sincerity
             ,
             Perfection
             and
             Purity
             :
             Surely
             being
             
               a
               Man
               after
               God's
               own
               Heart
               and
               fulfilling
               all
               his
               Will
               ,
            
             could
             not
             concern
             David's
             worst
             but
             his
             best
             State.
             
          
           
           
             Object
             .
             
               But
               to
               answer
               that
               Complaint
            
             ,
             That
             his
             Sins
             were
             more
             then
             the
             Hairs
             upon
             his
             Head
             ,
             
             
               this
               Writer
               saith
            
             ,
             There
             are
             Sins
             consistant
             with
             Sincerity
             ,
             and
             inconsistant
             with
             it
             .
          
           
             Animad
             .
             Though
             I
             would
             as
             favourably
             construe
             his
             Words
             as
             I
             can
             ,
             yet
             this
             Phrase
             [
             
               Sins
               consistant
               with
               Sincerity
            
             ]
             I
             can
             neither
             own
             to
             be
             sound
             ,
             scriptural
             or
             of
             a
             good
             Tendence
             ;
             but
             tending
             to
             gratifie
             both
             the
             sin-pleasing
             Professors
             unrighteous
             Imputarians
             ,
             and
             loose
             Antinomians
             of
             our
             Times
             ;
             for
             ,
             though
             I
             do
             gra●t
             ,
             ●hat
             a
             sincere-minded
             Man
             may
             possibly
             be
             overtaken
             with
             a
             Fault
             through
             some
             great
             Temptation
             or
             Tryal
             ,
             &
             yet
             not
             loose
             his
             Sincerity
             (
             though
             it
             be
             clouded
             )
             but
             retain
             his
             Integrity
             ,
             as
             Job
             did
             his
             ,
             until
             he
             be
             fully
             recovered
             ,
             restored
             and
             delivered
             ,
             (
             wherein
             he
             differs
             from
             him
             that
             wilfully
             or
             designedly
             sins
             ,
             or
             is
             obstinate
             or
             wittingly
             dissembles
             and
             playes
             the
             Hypocrite
             )
             yet
             no
             Sin
             or
             Neglect
             of
             Duty
             is
             consistant
             with
             the
             Sincerity
             it self
             ,
             which
             God
             hath
             begotten
             in
             the
             Creature
             ;
             but
             there
             is
             a
             daily
             or
             constant
             Travail
             and
             Warring
             in
             the
             sincere
             Mind
             and
             Soul
             ,
             until
             the
             Sin
             be
             overcome
             ,
             and
             really
             done
             away
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             with
             Paul
             when
             with
             his
             Mind
             he
             served
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             ,
             had
             travailed
             in
             Spirit
             for
             Deliverance
             from
             that
             Law
             of
             Sin
             ,
             which
             did
             embondage
             or
             captivate
             his
             Members
             ,
             in
             which
             low
             Estate
             of
             warring
             ,
             God
             hath
             an
             Eye
             to
             the
             upright
             and
             sincere
             Mind
             that
             waits
             upon
             him
             ,
             and
             subjects
             to
             his
             inward
             Law
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Life
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             ;
             and
             by
             his
             Spirit
             of
             Adoption
             doth
             help
             his
             Creature
             's
             Infirmities
             ,
             until
             all
             that
             offends
             be
             subdued
             ,
             and
             the
             Soul
             becomes
             more
             then
             a
             Conquerer
             .
             And
             so
             as
             for
             his
             Distinction
             
               between
               the
               Breach
               of
               our
               Duty
               and
               the
               Condition
               ,
            
             
             while
             he
             discourseth
             for
             Failing
             of
             the
             first
             ,
             and
             yet
             a
             Fu●filling
             the
             latter
             ;
             I
             cannot
             reconcile
             him
             herein
             ,
             nor
             own
             such
             Distinctions
             ,
             either
             as
             necessary
             or
             consistant
             with
             the
             real
             Experience
             of
             a
             Justified
             State
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Life
             [
             
               or
               Law
               of
               Faith
            
             ]
             in
             Christ
             is
             answered
             and
             followed
             ,
             and
             the
             Effect
             thereof
             experienced
             in
             them
             that
             are
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             who
             walk
             not
             after
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             but
             after
             the
             Spirit
             ;
             and
             in
             them
             the
             Righteousness
             ,
             Morality
             ,
             Good
             Order
             and
             Duty
             (
             both
             respecting
             the
             Law
             and
             Gospel
             ,
             Nature
             and
             Grace
             )
             is
             fulfilled
             by
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             and
             performed
             through
             his
             spiritual
             Assistance
             .
          
           
           
             It
             's
             true
             ,
             
               there
               is
               a
               Sin
               unto
               Death
            
             (
             as
             he
             saith
             )
             
               and
               a
               Sin
               not
               unto
               Death
            
             ;
             
             and
             no
             better
             then
             
               sinning
               unto
               Death
            
             ,
             can
             I
             look
             ●pon
             Men's
             Continuance
             in
             any
             known
             Sin
             or
             Unrighteousness
             ,
             all
             their
             Life
             Time
             against
             the
             holy
             and
             just
             Law
             of
             God
             in
             the
             Conscience
             ;
             the
             Sin
             of
             Impenitence
             as
             well
             as
             of
             Unbelief
             being
             persisted
             in
             ,
             incurs
             Death
             ,
             as
             it
             's
             granted
             that
             David
             (
             in
             the
             M●t●er
             wherein
             he
             sinned
             )
             
               in
               that
               present
               State
               could
               not
               have
               been
               saved
               if
               he
               had
               dyed
            
             ;
             
             but
             surely
             if
             the
             Condition
             of
             true
             
               Faith
               and
               Repentance
            
             be
             performed
             ,
             and
             the
             Nature
             there
             of
             be
             experienced
             ,
             the
             other
             Acts
             of
             Duty
             and
             Obedience
             will
             follow
             ;
             for
             ,
             is
             there
             any
             Sin
             or
             Neglect
             of
             Duty
             that
             's
             not
             to
             be
             repented
             of
             and
             ceas'd
             from
             ?
             or
             can
             a
             true
             Believer
             see
             any
             Sin
             or
             Failing
             without
             believing
             ,
             or
             exercising
             Faith
             in
             his
             Warring
             against
             it
             till
             he
             overcome
             ,
             and
             he
             hath
             out
             grown
             it
             ?
             No
             sure
             ,
             he
             attains
             to
             the
             Accomplishment
             of
             his
             Warfare
             through
             valiantly
             fighting
             the
             Good
             Fight
             of
             Faith
             ,
             he
             reacheth
             unto
             the
             End
             of
             his
             Race
             by
             unwearied
             travailing
             on
             without
             Fainting
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             X.
             
          
           
             
               To
               his
               saying
            
             ,
             Behold
             here
             a
             Kind
             of
             Heaven
             opened
             unto
             you
             ,
             who
             are
             the
             Children
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             fear
             his
             Name
             ,
             where
             all
             your
             Sins
             and
             Iniquities
             are
             removed
             ,
             and
             where
             every
             one
             of
             you
             are
             righteous
             and
             perfect
             ,
             and
             sin
             not
             ;
             for
             ,
             this
             is
             the
             Benefit
             and
             Fruit
             of
             Christ's
             Death
             and
             Redemption
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             delivered
             you
             from
             that
             Law
             which
             you
             break
             .
          
           
             
               Animad
               .
               1st
            
             .
             That
             Heaven
             where
             all
             Sins
             and
             Iniquities
             are
             removed
             ,
             and
             where
             the
             Children
             of
             God
             are
             perfect
             and
             sin
             not
             ,
             is
             not
             of
             this
             Man's
             or
             any
             of
             their
             opening
             who
             oppose
             perfection
             
             of
             Duty
             ,
             and
             argue
             for
             Sin
             's
             continuance
             in
             God's
             Children
             whilest
             in
             this
             Life
             ;
             for
             that
             Heaven
             wherein
             dwells
             Righteousness
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             all
             Righteous
             and
             sin
             not
             ,
             admits
             not
             of
             Sin
             to
             have
             any
             Place
             in
             it
             ,
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             being
             perfectly
             done
             therein
             .
             2
             dly
             .
             That
             's
             the
             old
             Heaven
             and
             old
             Earth
             wherein
             dwells
             Unrighteousness
             ,
             and
             these
             must
             ●e
             shaken
             and
             removed
             for
             the
             New
             to
             take
             Place
             .
             3
             dly
             .
             Christ
             is
             the
             End
             of
             the
             Law
             for
             Righteousness
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             indulge
             Transgression
             or
             any
             Breach
             of
             that
             Law
             which
             is
             Holy
             ,
             Just
             and
             Good
             ,
             fulfilled
             and
             not
             destroyed
             in
             the
             New
             Creature
             and
             Covenant
             .
          
           
             4
             thly
             .
             'T
             is
             true
             as
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               That
               Christ
               hath
               brought
               us
               under
               a
               New
               Law
               ,
               the
               Law
               of
               Grace
               which
               requires
               nothing
               of
               us
               ,
               but
               what
               sub
               Ratione
               Conditions
               ;
               we
               do
               keep
               ;
               for
               he
               gives
               his
               holy
               Spirit
               to
               enable
               us
               to
               the
               Performance
               ,
            
             
             
               so
               that
               not
               only
               our
               Sins
               are
               done
               away
               and
               not
               imputed
               ,
               but
               forgiven
               ,
               as
               the
               Iniquities
               of
            
             Judah
             
               shall
               be
               sought
               for
               and
               not
               fou●d
               ;
               but
               this
               Covenant
               hath
               nothing
               to
               lay
               to
               our
               Charge
            
             [
             to
             which
             I
             would
             add
             ]
             as
             we
             are
             Children
             of
             God
             redeemed
             by
             Christ
             ,
             who
             gave
             himself
             for
             us
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             redeem
             us
             from
             all
             Iniquity
             [
             mark
             that
             ]
             And
             further
             ,
             
               Blessed
               is
               he
               whose
               Transgression
               is
               forgiven
               ,
               and
               whose
               Sin
               is
               covered
               ;
               bless●d
               is
               the
               Man
               unto
               whom
               the
               Lord
               imputeth
               not
               Iniquity
               ,
               and
               in
               whose
               Spirit
               there
               is
               No
            
             Guile
             ,
             Psa.
             32.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
             Observe
             ,
             In
             whose
             Spirit
             is
             NO
             Guile
             :
             And
             further
             ,
             the
             holy
             Spirit
             in
             this
             New
             Covenant
             ,
             enables
             them
             that
             walk
             in
             it
             ,
             to
             the
             perfect
             Performance
             of
             their
             Duty
             therein
             required
             ,
             and
             the
             Reconciliation
             that
             was
             wrought
             in
             the
             Body
             of
             his
             Flesh
             through
             Death
             ;
             for
             such
             as
             were
             sometimes
             alienated
             [
             as
             the
             Apostle
             saith
             ]
             I
             was
             to
             present
             them
             Holy
             ,
             unreproveable
             in
             his
             Sight
             ,
             if
             they
             continue
             in
             the
             Faith
             grounded
             and
             setled
             ,
             and
             be
             not
             moved
             away
             from
             the
             Hope
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ;
             
             this
             unreproveable
             State
             in
             his
             Sight
             ,
             and
             Duty
             of
             Continuance
             in
             the
             Faith
             ,
             is
             the
             Perfection
             and
             Justification
             that
             we
             aim
             at
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             his
             granting
             
               a
               Perfection
               which
               Divines
               call
               Evangelical
               to
               the
            
             Quaker
             ,
             
               that
               is
               an
               Integrity
               of
               Heart
               and
               Life
               which
               the
               Gospel
               requires
               of
               every
               man
               that
               shall
               be
               saved
               .
            
             pag.
             20.
             
             We
             accept
             of
             this
             Grant
             ,
             as
             rightly
             understood
             and
             experienced
             in
             the
             Evangelical
             and
             New
             Covenant
             State
             ,
             and
             are
             satisfied
             ,
             that
             where
             this
             
             Integrity
             of
             Heart
             and
             Life
             ,
             which
             the
             Gospel
             requires
             is
             thus
             experienced
             ,
             there
             will
             not
             be
             a
             Falling
             short
             of
             Duty
             ,
             especially
             since
             neither
             the
             Knowledge
             thereof
             ,
             nor
             yet
             divine
             Assistance
             will
             be
             wanting
             to
             such
             as
             possess
             this
             Integrity
             of
             Heart
             and
             Life
             :
             As
             for
             this
             Man's
             Supposition
             ,
             
               If
               these
               Friends
            
             (
             meaning
             the
             
               Qu●kers
               )
               will
               have
               more
               ,
               then
               they
               must
               come
               to
               that
               ,
               our
               Divines
               call
               legal
               Righteousness
               ,
               &c.
            
             page
             20.
             
             I
             do
             not
             understand
             that
             a
             legal
             Righteousness
             ,
             or
             Righteousness
             of
             the
             Law
             can
             be
             more
             or
             higher
             then
             an
             Evangelical
             Perfection
             ,
             or
             Righteousness
             which
             the
             Gospel
             requires
             ,
             nor
             
             Moses's
             House
             more
             beautiful
             then
             Christ's
             ;
             though
             we
             do
             not
             propose
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             or
             the
             keeping
             the
             Law
             in
             the
             outward
             Part
             of
             it
             ,
             nor
             impose
             it
             as
             in
             the
             Letter
             and
             Shaddow
             ,
             as
             either
             the
             Condition
             of
             Salvation
             or
             necessary
             thereto
             ;
             but
             
               True
               Faith
               in
               Christ
            
             ,
             which
             worketh
             by
             Love
             ;
             and
             as
             the
             Apo●stle
             said
             ,
             
               I
               though
               the
               Law
               am
               dead
               to
               the
               Law
               ,
               that
               I
               might
               liv●
               unto
               God
               ;
               I
               am
               crucifi●d
               with
               Christ
               ,
               &c.
            
             Gal.
             2.
             19
             ,
             20.
             
             As
             for
             this
             Man's
             ,
             or
             any
             others
             sleighting
             the
             Perfection
             we
             plead
             for
             ,
             tearming
             it
             
               a
               legal
               Righteousness
            
             ,
             we
             value
             not
             such
             insinuations
             ,
             seeing
             ,
             that
             to
             live
             without
             Sin
             according
             to
             the
             Royal
             Law
             of
             Love
             ,
             is
             both
             what
             the
             Law
             and
             Gospel
             requires
             ,
             and
             he
             hath
             confessed
             it
             
               our
               Duty
               ▪
            
             and
             
               possib●e
               for
               us
               to
               attain
               to
               it
               through
               the
               Assistance
               of
               God's
               ●pirit
               .
            
          
           
             It
             is
             granted
             that
             the
             Disciples
             did
             call
             God
             Father
             ,
             and
             so
             they
             must
             be
             in
             some
             Degree
             called
             and
             adopted
             to
             be
             his
             Sons
             while
             they
             did
             ask
             
               Forgiveness
               for
               th●ir
               Tresp●ss●s
               or
               D●bts
               ,
               as
               they
               for●gave
               others
               ,
            
             yet
             I
             do
             not
             grant
             this
             to
             be
             their
             highest
             State
             ,
             or
             Attainments
             in
             this
             Life
             ;
             for
             they
             did
             not
             only
             obtain
             Forgiven●ss
             ,
             but
             also
             the
             Blood
             of
             Christ
             cleansed
             them
             from
             all
             Sin
             ;
             and
             if
             they
             were
             heard
             in
             saying
             ,
             
               Thy
               Will
               be
               done
               in
               Earth
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               in
               Heaven
               ,
            
             as
             doubtless
             they
             were
             ;
             then
             what
             Sin
             or
             Trespass
             could
             alwayes
             be
             continued
             by
             them
             ,
             or
             persisted
             in
             which
             was
             not
             perfectly
             done
             away
             in
             this
             Life
             ?
             I
             further
             confess
             ,
             that
             true
             Believers
             may
             be
             called
             
               the
               Children
               of
               God
            
             ,
             and
             under
             two
             Considerations
             or
             Degrees
             ,
             1
             st
             .
             As
             called
             and
             adopted
             to
             be
             his
             Sons
             (
             being
             begotten
             into
             the
             Faith
             )
             w●ile
             yet
             they
             are
             weak
             and
             have
             Infirmities
             ,
             which
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Adoption
             doth
             help
             ;
             they
             are
             Children
             ,
             as
             to
             their
             Weakness
             little
             Children
             ,
             Children
             in
             Understanding
             ,
             yet
             in
             a
             Degree
             〈◊〉
             Faith
             ,
             Sincerity
             and
             Innocency
             ,
             
             having
             their
             Sins
             forgiven
             ;
             
               I
               have
               writ
               unto
               you
               little
               Children
               ,
               because
               your
               Sins
               are
               forgiven
               you
               .
               2dly
               .
               Children
               ,
            
             and
             
               Sons
               of
               God
            
             in
             a
             higher
             Degree
             and
             State
             ,
             perfectly
             born
             ,
             not
             only
             of
             Water
             ,
             but
             also
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             even
             of
             the
             incorruptible
             Seed
             ,
             that
             liveth
             and
             abideth
             forever
             ,
             Partakers
             of
             and
             naturallized
             into
             the
             Divine
             Nature
             and
             Image
             ;
             and
             such
             are
             they
             that
             cannot
             sin
             ,
             in
             whom
             the
             Seed
             remains
             ,
             and
             whom
             the
             Wicked
             one
             cannot
             touch
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             if
             he
             cannot
             touch
             them
             ,
             muchless
             lead
             or
             drive
             them
             into
             sin
             or
             Neglect
             of
             Duty
             ;
             further
             ,
             the
             Forgiveness
             that
             any
             true
             Believer
             had
             daily
             need
             of
             for
             a
             time
             ,
             was
             obtained
             and
             experienced
             ,
             even
             by
             little
             Children
             .
          
           
             Touching
             that
             Article
             of
             that
             Prayer
             ,
             
               Forgive
               us
               our
               Trespasses
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             The
             Man
             seems
             undeservedly
             to
             reflect
             ,
             by
             saying
             ,
             
               yet
               they
               think
               they
               may
               scratch
               it
               out
               of
               their
               Bibles
               ,
               because
               they
               leave
               it
               unsaid
               ,
            
             page
             21.
             
          
           
             I
             suppose
             he
             meaneth
             the
             Quakers
             herein
             ,
             having
             a
             little
             before
             insinuated
             something
             against
             them
             ,
             touching
             Perfection
             ,
             which
             I
             cannot
             own
             ,
             as
             fair
             Dealing
             ;
             for
             we
             think
             no
             such
             Thing
             ,
             but
             do
             really
             own
             that
             Prayer
             ,
             both
             as
             to
             the
             Matter
             and
             seasonableness
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             as
             to
             the
             Fulfilling
             of
             it
             ,
             with
             Respect
             to
             the
             several
             Condition
             ;
             concerned
             therein
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             XI
             .
          
           
             
               To
               his
               saying
               ,
               page
            
             21.
             
             That
             the
             constant
             stream
             of
             God's
             Word
             runs
             thus
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             sinners
             ,
             that
             we
             must
             all
             repent
             ,
             that
             we
             must
             alwayes
             be
             renewing
             our
             Repentance
             ,
             in
             making
             our
             Prayers
             ,
             Confessions
             ,
             Supplications
             ,
             doing
             our
             Alms
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Animad
             .
             He
             appears
             herein
             much
             declined
             from
             the
             first
             Part
             of
             his
             Book
             ,
             and
             the
             Perfection
             and
             universal
             Justification
             therein
             consented
             to
             ,
             as
             our
             Duty
             ,
             and
             Possibillity
             of
             Attainment
             through
             Divine
             Grace
             or
             Assistance
             :
             Now
             he
             seems
             to
             be
             fallen
             into
             the
             Ditch
             of
             the
             Imputarians
             of
             the
             Times
             ,
             who
             are
             daily
             pretending
             Repentance
             ,
             Humiliation
             ,
             Confessions
             and
             Supplications
             ,
             which
             are
             never
             attended
             with
             a
             real
             forsaking
             of
             Sin
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             
               sinning
               still
               in
               their
               best
               Dutyes
               .
            
             none
             of
             them
             so
             just
             or
             good
             ,
             
               as
               to
               do
               good
               without
               sinning
               in
               doing
               good
               ,
            
             while
             they
             have
             Forgveness
             to
             crave
             for
             the
             
               Iniquities
               of
               their
               best
               Dutyes
            
             ,
             at
             which
             Rate
             they
             may
             be
             
             every
             Day
             praying
             ,
             feigning
             a
             Penitency
             and
             Humility
             ,
             and
             even
             therein
             still
             adding
             more
             Sin
             ,
             and
             making
             themselves
             more
             Work
             :
             Both
             this
             pretended
             Repentance
             ,
             Voluntary
             and
             feigned
             Humility
             is
             to
             be
             repented
             of
             ;
             if
             the
             true
             Nature
             of
             Repentance
             ,
             Praying
             ,
             Asking
             and
             Receiving
             were
             experienced
             through
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             it
             would
             cut
             off
             all
             this
             strugling
             for
             Sin
             ,
             which
             must
             have
             no
             Place
             in
             Christ's
             Kingdom
             .
          
           
             
               Upon
               that
               Scripture
            
             ,
             If
             any
             Man
             sin
             we
             have
             an
             Advocate
             with
             the
             Father
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             Propitiation
             for
             our
             Sins
             ,
             and
             also
             for
             the
             Sins
             of
             the
             whole
             World
             ;
             
               upon
               this
               he
               is
               pleased
               to
               pataphrase
               thus
               ,
               viz.
            
             There
             is
             our
             Sins
             ,
             St.
             John's
             Sins
             that
             need
             Advocate
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             World
             ,
             page
             21.
             
          
           
             Animad
             .
             I
             must
             need
             confess
             this
             allows
             St.
             John
             very
             little
             Preeminence
             ,
             the
             Comparison
             is
             somewhat
             mean
             ;
             for
             [
             
               our
               Sins
            
             ]
             may
             relate
             to
             Sins
             that
             were
             past
             and
             forgiven
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             accidental
             sinnings
             of
             any
             weak
             ones
             among
             them
             ;
             for
             he
             should
             have
             considered
             that
             [
             
               if
               any
               Man
               sin
            
             ]
             is
             not
             that
             every
             Man
             must
             sin
             ,
             or
             t●at
             no
             Man
             can
             do
             otherwise
             ,
             but
             rather
             implies
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             also
             be
             kept
             out
             of
             Sin
             ,
             seeing
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               These
               Things
               write
               I
               unto
               you
               ,
               that
               you
               sin
               no●
            
             ;
             it
             seems
             he
             was
             not
             of
             this
             Man's
             Mind
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             Sinners
             all
             their
             Dayes
             ,
             or
             could
             be
             no
             otherwise
             :
             Besides
             ,
             both
             John
             and
             others
             condescended
             to
             the
             lowest
             of
             those
             to
             whom
             they
             wrote
             ,
             taking
             themselves
             in
             as
             sharers
             in
             the
             same
             Conditions
             ,
             and
             suffering
             with
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             help
             them
             ;
             
               To
               the
               weak
               I
               became
               as
               weak
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               As
               for
               his
               Alledging
               and
               citing
            
             Eliphaz
             
               for
               Sin
            
             ,
             What
             is
             Man
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             be
             clean
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             is
             born
             of
             a
             Woman
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             be
             Righteous
             ?
             Because
             he
             putteth
             no
             Trust
             in
             his
             Saints
             ,
             and
             the
             Heavens
             are
             not
             clean
             in
             his
             Sight
             .
          
           
             ●o
             this
             I
             say
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             no
             more
             of
             his
             Mind
             then
             Job
             was
             ;
             and
             I
             do
             not
             reckon
             such
             an
             Instance
             of
             one
             of
             Job's
             miserable
             Comforters
             ,
             to
             be
             any
             valid
             Proof
             against
             Perfection
             ;
             for
             ,
             doth
             God
             put
             no
             Trust
             in
             his
             Saints
             ?
             Doth
             he
             not
             give
             this
             Testimony
             of
             them
             ?
             surely
             they
             are
             my
             People
             ,
             Chi●dren
             that
             will
             not
             lye
             ,
             and
             so
             was
             he
             their
             Saviour
             :
             And
             further
             observe
             ,
             that
             the
             Lord
             said
             to
             Eliphaz
             the
             
               Temanite
               ,
               My
               Wrath
               is
               kindled
               against
               thee
               and
               against
               thy
               two
               Friends
               ;
               for
               ye
               have
               not
               spoken
               of
               me
               the
               Thing
               that
               is
               right
               ,
               as
               my
               servant
            
             Job
             hath
             ,
             Job
             .
             42.
             7.
             
          
           
           
             
               ●●is
               Author
               further
               adds
            
             ,
             We
             are
             all
             an
             unclean
             Thing
             saith
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             all
             our
             Right●ousnesses
             are
             as
             filthy
             Rags
             ,
             pag.
             21.
             
          
           
             Animad
             .
             I
             wonder
             he
             hath
             distinguished
             no
             better
             here
             ;
             for
             this
             as
             applied
             to
             the
             Church
             without
             Distinction
             ,
             contradicts
             all
             his
             Concessions
             to
             the
             Truth
             before
             ,
             both
             of
             universal
             Justification
             ,
             Perfection
             ,
             the
             Condition
             of
             Life
             and
             Salvation
             ,
             and
             Evangelical
             Holiness
             ;
             methinks
             he
             should
             consider
             that
             these
             are
             not
             intended
             in
             those
             Righteousness●s
             that
             are
             as
             filthy
             Rags
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Prophet
             Isaiah
             himself
             did
             personate
             and
             intend
             the
             Jews
             herein
             ,
             as
             disobedient
             ,
             rebellious
             and
             corrupt
             in
             their
             doings
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             Evangelical
             Church
             ,
             whose
             Righteousness
             the
             Lord
             is
             ,
             and
             concerning
             whom
             it
             was
             promi●ed
             ,
             
               Thy
               People
               shall
               be
               all
               Righteous
               .
            
          
           
             Object
             .
             There
             is
             one
             Text
             most
             full
             ,
             
               he
               saith
            
             ,
             which
             is
             that
             of
             
               David
               ,
               Enter
               not
               into
               Judgment
               with
               thy
               Servant
               ,
               O
               Lord
               ;
               for
               in
               thy
               Sight
               shall
               no
               Man
               living
               be
               justi●ied
            
             ;
             upon
             which
             he
             is
             pleased
             to
             argue
             ,
             If
             there
             is
             ●r
             ever
             was
             any
             meer
             Mortal
             on
             Earth
             ,
             that
             lived
             altogether
             without
             Sin
             ,
             then
             must
             this
             Text
             be
             false
             .
          
           
             Animad
             .
             This
             [
             
               altogether
               without
               Sin
            
             ]
             hath
             a
             large
             Extent
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             not
             that
             which
             we
             lay
             the
             Controvesie
             upon
             ;
             we
             do
             not
             state
             this
             for
             Justification
             in
             God's
             Sight
             ,
             
               that
               any
               meer
               Mortal
               on
               Earth
               lived
               altogether
               without
               Sin
            
             ;
             for
             all
             generally
             have
             sinned
             ;
             
               and
               if
               we
               say
               we
               have
               not
               sinned
               ,
               we
               make
               him
               a
               Lyar
               ,
               and
               his
               Word
               is
               not
               i●us
               ,
            
             1
             John
             1.
             10.
             
             And
             further
             I
             will
             grant
             ,
             that
             if
             therefore
             God
             should
             enter
             into
             strict
             Judgement
             with
             any
             ,
             deservedly
             to
             punish
             them
             for
             all
             that
             ever
             they
             have
             done
             ,
             then
             there
             would
             be
             no
             Place
             either
             for
             Pardon
             ,
             Justification
             ,
             Salvation
             or
             Redemption
             by
             Christ
             ;
             and
             further
             ,
             by
             the
             Deeds
             of
             Law
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Righteousness
             that
             is
             meerly
             performed
             by
             the
             Flesh
             shall
             no
             Flesh
             living
             be
             justified
             ;
             if
             God
             upon
             t●is
             A●count
             should
             enter
             into
             Judgement
             ,
             then
             in
             his
             Sight
             should
             no
             Man
             living
             be
             justified
             ;
             ●ut
             seeing
             he
             hath
             provided
             and
             afforded
             a
             Gracious
             Remedy
             ,
             to
             wit
             the
             S●ed
             of
             the
             Woman
             ,
             〈◊〉
             bruiseth
             the
             Serpent's
             Head
             ;
             th●t
             destroye
             the
             Devil
             ,
             and
             treads
             Satan
             under
             Feet
             ;
             hereby
             〈◊〉
             livers
             Man
             from
             Condemnation
             and
             Death
             ,
             although
             the
             first
             hath
             a
             Sense
             of
             the
             Sentence
             of
             Death
             ,
             and
             the
             Ministry
             of
             Condemnation
             in
             him
             ,
             as
             knowing
             that
             Commandment
             which
             kills
             and
             makes
             alive
             ,
             works
             Death
             ,
             and
             brings
             for
             h●
             Life
             :
             And
             so
             I
             will
             further
             confess
             ,
             that
             no
             Man
             living
             in
             this
             State
             
             (
             unto
             which
             he
             must
             dye
             in
             passing
             through
             the
             Law
             )
             can
             be
             justified
             in
             God's
             Sight
             .
             His
             saying
             ,
             
               that
               it
               is
               common
               for
               Men
               to
               alledge
               a
               few
               ●catered
               Scr●ptures
               against
               any
               Opinion
               ,
               which
               yet
               is
               true
               .
            
             This
             both
             is
             a
             sleighty
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             an
             irreverend
             expression
             (
             as
             touching
             the
             Scriptures
             )
             and
             the
             Reflection
             implied
             in
             it
             against
             us
             ,
             as
             groundless
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             XII
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             If
             we
             are
             justified
             through
             C●rist's
             Redemption
             through
             Faith
             ,
             when
             none
             of
             us
             have
             performed
             the
             Condition
             required
             ●fus
             to
             our
             Justification
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             our
             Creation
             ,
             th●n
             must
             our
             Justification
             be
             of
             Grace
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               Animad
               .
               1st
            
             .
             Though
             Justification
             be
             of
             Grace
             ,
             yet
             this
             doth
             neither
             indulge
             nor
             allow
             us
             in
             the
             Breach
             of
             the
             Condition
             required
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             our
             Creation
             nor
             are
             Men
             justified
             in
             the
             Breach
             and
             Violation
             thereof
             .
             if
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             our
             Creation
             ,
             the
             Law
             of
             Innocency
             or
             Image
             of
             God
             wherein
             Man
             was
             created
             ,
             be
             intended
             for
             a
             justified
             State
             by
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             in
             Christ
             where
             compleated
             ,
             is
             where
             Men
             are
             saved
             through
             the
             Washing
             of
             Regeneration
             ,
             Tit.
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             Object
             .
             If
             this
             Grace
             is
             obtained
             or
             purchased
             for
             us
             through
             Christ's
             Redemption
             ,
             then
             is
             God
             righteous
             though
             he
             accept
             of
             us
             (
             seeing
             it
             is
             for
             Christ's
             Sake
             )
             without
             that
             Condition
             .
          
           
             Animad
             .
             Without
             what
             Condition
             that
             which
             was
             required
             of
             us
             by
             the
             first
             Law
             ,
             or
             Law
             of
             our
             first
             Creation
             ?
             I
             deny
             that
             ;
             for
             without
             Innocency
             ,
             without
             the
             Image
             of
             God
             (
             which
             consists
             in
             Righteousness
             and
             true
             Holiness
             )
             none
             are
             accepted
             of
             God
             ,
             though
             it
             is
             true
             ,
             we
             are
             forgiven
             for
             Christ's
             sake
             ,
             through
             Faith
             &
             Repentance
             of
             〈◊〉
             ●st
             before
             ,
             but
             our
             Acceptance
             is
             in
             the
             Beloved
             ,
             not
             out
             of
             him
             〈◊〉
             in
             him
             we
             have
             our
             Redemption
             &
             Justification
             ,
             both
             from
             Sin
             and
             Condemnation
             of
             the
             Law
             ;
             and
             in
             him
             we
             have
             restored
             to
             us
             what
             Adam
             lost
             by
             Transgression
             ,
             and
             not
             only
             that
             ,
             but
             enjoy
             more
             Security
             and
             Stabillity
             .
          
           
             And
             what
             doth
             God
             by
             his
             Spirit
             work
             in
             those
             that
             are
             chosen
             ?
             but
             perfect
             Holiness
             ,
             yea
             ,
             he
             will
             ordain
             Peace
             for
             us
             ;
             for
             he
             hath
             wrought
             all
             our
             Works
             in
             us
             ,
             
               Isa.
               26.
               12.
               page
            
             23.
             
          
           
             Also
             it
             is
             an
             Untruth
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Perfection
               of
               the
            
             Quakers
             
               doth
               
               quite
               overthrow
               all
               this
               which
               the
               Apostle
               teacheth
               ,
            
             pag.
             23.
             for
             the
             real
             Quaker
             is
             of
             the
             Apostle's
             Mind
             ,
             that
             Christ
             came
             both
             to
             condemn
             Sin
             in
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             to
             redeem
             us
             from
             ALL
             Iniquity
             ,
             to
             fulfil
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             the
             Law
             in
             us
             ,
             who
             walk
             not
             after
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             but
             after
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             that
             so
             we
             might
             be
             delivered
             from
             ALL
             Condemnation
             .
          
           
             And
             also
             it
             is
             unjustly
             inferred
             from
             our
             Opinion
             ,
             
               That
               we
               have
               no
               need
               of
               such
               Grace
               or
               Christ's
               Redemption
               (
               that
               is
               of
               any
               from
               Christ
               as
               without
               )
               whereby
               we
               should
               be
               justified
               and
               saved
            
             ;
             and
             as
             untrue
             ,
             
               that
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               God
               or
               of
               Faith
               in
               Opposition
               to
               Works
               ,
               is
               below
               that
               of
               ours
            
             ;
             for
             in
             the
             Gospel
             which
             is
             the
             Power
             of
             God
             ,
             is
             his
             Righteousness
             revealed
             from
             Faith
             to
             Faith
             ,
             his
             
               Parenthesis
               [
               from
               Christ
               as
               without
            
             ]
             is
             needle●s
             and
             impertinent
             seeing
             neither
             Christ
             nor
             his
             saving
             Grace
             are
             divided
             ,
             whether
             without
             or
             within
             or
             both
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             Grace
             ,
             Virtue
             ,
             Spirit
             ,
             Life
             and
             Redemption
             that
             was
             in
             Christ
             ,
             
               as
               without
            
             ,
             is
             received
             from
             the
             same
             
               Christ
               ,
               as
               within
            
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             But
             if
             Christ's
             Redemption
             lay
             altogether
             where
             they
             place
             it
             ,
             in
             bringing
             M●●
             off
             from
             Sin
             and
             Vnrighteousness
             unto
             Holiness
             and
             Perfection
             ,
             even
             such
             as
             to
             live
             without
             Sin
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             then
             Redemption
             cannot
             be
             Vniversal
             ,
             page
             23.
             
          
           
             Animad
             .
             Here
             we
             must
             distinguish
             to
             shew
             how
             groundless
             this
             Objection
             is
             ;
             for
             ,
             1
             st
             .
             His
             Redemption
             is
             Universal
             for
             all
             Mankind
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             in
             him
             ,
             respecting
             his
             being
             an
             universal
             Sacrifice
             ,
             and
             Propitiation
             by
             his
             Death
             and
             Blood
             for
             all
             mankind
             ;
             while
             we
             were
             Enemies
             Christ
             died
             ;
             God
             was
             in
             Christ
             reconciling
             the
             World
             to
             himself
             ;
             the
             Price
             is
             universal
             .
             But
          
           
             2
             dly
             .
             It
             is
             they
             who
             only
             believe
             in
             him
             ,
             that
             receive
             this
             Redemption
             ,
             and
             they
             ,
             who
             are
             not
             only
             reconciled
             through
             his
             Death
             ,
             but
             also
             saved
             by
             his
             Life
             ,
             who
             by
             him
             have
             received
             the
             Attonement
             or
             Peace
             made
             by
             him
             ,
             so
             that
             though
             the
             Redemption
             and
             Price
             ,
             as
             in
             Christ
             or
             on
             his
             Part
             be
             universal
             ,
             yet
             the
             End
             thereof
             is
             not
             received
             by
             all
             ,
             but
             only
             by
             those
             who
             believe
             and
             live
             unto
             him
             ;
             and
             so
             the
             Glory
             of
             our
             Redemption
             &
             Salvation
             we
             ascribe
             unto
             him
             ,
             who
             gave
             himself
             for
             us
             that
             he
             might
             redeem
             us
             from
             all
             Iniquity
             ,
             which
             answereth
             the
             End
             ,
             and
             manifesteth
             the
             compleatness
             of
             that
             Redemption
             ,
             for
             which
             Christ
             gave
             himself
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             I
             Do
             not
             think
             that
             the
             Quaker
             alone
             is
             in
             the
             Dark
             about
             
             this
             matter
             ,
             yet
             these
             Men
             I
             count
             here
             are
             most
             of
             all
             out
             ,
             they
             look
             upon
             the
             Works
             of
             Christ's
             Redemption
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             Work
             of
             Christ
             within
             ,
             so
             they
             speak
             and
             so
             they
             think
             altogether
             ,
             and
             then
             wilfully
             confound
             Sanctification
             and
             Redemption
             .
          
           
             Animad
             .
             This
             is
             a
             Mistake
             ,
             we
             do
             not
             confound
             them
             ,
             yet
             must
             confess
             they
             are
             received
             together
             ,
             as
             inseparable
             ,
             where
             Christ
             is
             made
             unto
             any
             ,
             Wisdom
             ,
             Righteousness
             ,
             Sanctification
             and
             Redemption
             ;
             for
             the
             receiving
             Redemption
             through
             his
             Blood
             ,
             even
             the
             Forgiveness
             of
             Sins
             cannot
             be
             without
             Sanctification
             which
             is
             both
             gradually
             carried
             on
             and
             effected
             by
             the
             Work
             of
             Christ
             within
             ,
             although
             I
             do
             confess
             ,
             Redemption
             was
             manifestly
             or
             publickly
             set
             forth
             and
             declared
             by
             Christ
             ,
             as
             without
             in
             his
             Sufferings
             ,
             Death
             and
             Blood
             ,
             as
             the
             Introduction
             and
             Preparation
             of
             the
             Way
             into
             the
             New
             Covenant
             ,
             he
             consecrated
             and
             set
             open
             the
             New
             and
             Living
             Way
             through
             the
             Vail
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             his
             Flesh.
             
          
           
             Object
             .
             
             The
             Quaker
             doth
             place
             Christ's
             Redemption
             in
             bringing
             us
             up
             to
             these
             Terms
             ,
             the
             Performance
             whereof
             is
             indeed
             our
             Gospel
             ,
             Perfection
             ;
             but
             he
             is
             here
             so
             miserably
             out
             ,
             that
             he
             both
             mistakes
             the
             Termes
             or
             this
             Perfection
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             no
             less
             then
             the
             fulfilling
             of
             every
             Jot
             of
             the
             Law
             it self
             ,
             and
             also
             contradicts
             himself
             in
             the
             best
             Tenet
             he
             hath
             .
          
           
             Animad
             .
             Though
             we
             confess
             Christ
             R●demption
             to
             be
             twofold
             ,
             both
             as
             in
             him
             and
             in
             us
             ,
             respect●ng
             his
             Fulfilling
             the
             Law
             ,
             his
             suffering
             for
             us
             ,
             as
             also
             his
             fulfilling
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             the
             Law
             in
             us
             ,
             yet
             our
             Accuser
             is
             herein
             either
             over●een
             in
             wording
             his
             Matter
             ,
             or
             mistaken
             in
             the
             Matter
             it self
             ;
             for
             ,
          
           
             1
             st
             .
             We
             place
             not
             Christ's
             Redemption
             in
             bringing
             us
             to
             fulfil
             every
             jot
             of
             the
             Law
             it self
             ;
             for
             much
             of
             it
             is
             abolished
             ,
             as
             the
             litteral
             and
             shadowy
             Part
             ,
             though
             the
             Substance
             thereof
             remains
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             made
             void
             through
             Faith
             ,
             but
             established
             ,
             yet
             this
             we
             have
             not
             obtained
             ,
             either
             by
             our
             own
             Strength
             or
             Imitation
             of
             the
             Letter
             ,
             but
             through
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             Faith
             in
             Christ
             ,
             bringing
             us
             up
             to
             the
             Word
             of
             Faith
             in
             our
             Hearts
             ,
             to
             obey
             it
             and
             do
             it
             ,
             so
             that
             our
             Redemption
             by
             him
             ,
             is
             not
             to
             serve
             in
             the
             oldness
             of
             the
             Letter
             ,
             which
             made
             nothing
             perfect
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             Newness
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             which
             perfectly
             sanctifies
             .
          
           
             2
             dly
             .
             And
             in
             this
             we
             do
             not
             think
             our selves
             out
             ,
             but
             in
             ,
             even
             
             the
             Truth
             ;
             and
             within
             ;
             even
             in
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Life
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             ;
             not
             out
             in
             the
             Letter
             ,
             but
             within
             in
             the
             Spirit
             ;
             not
             out
             in
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             the
             Law
             (
             which
             Paul
             calls
             his
             own
             )
             but
             within
             in
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             Faith
             ,
             walking
             in
             the
             Spirit
             .
          
           
             3
             dly
             .
             And
             herein
             we
             are
             not
             conscious
             of
             Self
             contradiction
             in
             any
             of
             our
             Tenets
             ,
             much
             less
             in
             the
             best
             ,
             this
             Objection
             is
             taken
             off
             by
             our
             confessing
             
               Vniversal
               Grace
               and
               Redemption
            
             in
             Christ
             towards
             all
             ,
             and
             for
             all
             Mankind
             ,
             and
             yet
             this
             Grace
             and
             Redemption
             not
             taking
             effect
             in
             all
             ,
             but
             only
             in
             them
             who
             believe
             and
             repent
             ,
             which
             Men
             are
             not
             irresistably
             ,
             forced
             to
             ,
             but
             generally
             called
             and
             〈◊〉
             to
             ,
             Faith
             being
             also
             offered
             unto
             all
             by
             Christ
             ,
             and
             the
             World
             being
             reproved
             of
             their
             Sin
             of
             Unbelief
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Truth
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             XIII
             .
          
           
             
               It
               is
               true
               what
               he
               saith
               ,
               viz.
            
             Our
             Divines
             we
             call
             orthodox
             do
             generally
             stumble
             upon
             this
             same
             Stone
             ,
             in
             their
             D●nyal
             of
             Christ's
             Redemption
             to
             be
             Vniversal
             ;
             that
             he
             hath
             procured
             that
             all
             may
             be
             saved
             if
             they
             believe
             and
             repent
             ,
             which
             are
             our
             new
             Terms
             ,
             unless
             he
             hath
             procured
             also
             that
             they
             believe
             and
             repent
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             the
             Elect
             only
             do
             believe
             and
             repent
             ,
             and
             therefore
             they
             hold
             Redemption
             only
             of
             the
             Elect.
             
          
           
             Animad
             .
             'T
             is
             very
             true
             there
             are
             too
             many
             that
             stumble
             about
             this
             and
             deny
             Christ's
             Universal
             Redemption
             and
             the
             Sufficiency
             thereof
             ,
             and
             so
             oppose
             the
             general
             Extent
             of
             saving
             Grace
             ,
             partially
             limiting
             and
             restraining
             the
             universal
             Sense
             and
             intent
             of
             those
             Testimonies
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             which
             assert
             that
             Christ
             gave
             himself
             a
             Ransom
             for
             all
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             he
             tasted
             Death
             for
             every
             Man
             ,
             &c.
             these
             they
             confine
             only
             to
             the
             Elect
             ;
             herein
             they
             are
             not
             Orthodox
             ,
             but
             are
             stumbling
             in
             the
             dark
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             Let
             the
             Quaker
             then
             know
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             Christ's
             bringing
             Man
             up
             to
             the
             Terms
             of
             God
             ,
             but
             his
             bringing
             down
             God
             to
             the
             Terms
             of
             Man
             ,
             that
             is
             such
             as
             are
             suitable
             to
             his
             fallen
             State
             ,
             wherein
             the
             great
             Work
             he
             hath
             done
             for
             us
             is
             to
             be
             fixed
             .
             page
             25.
             
          
           
             Animad
             .
             Truly
             the
             Quaker
             doth
             not
             know
             how
             to
             own
             this
             Doctrine
             in
             the
             Termes
             of
             it
             ,
             on
             either
             Hand
             as
             it
             is
             stated
             ;
             for
             Christ
             came
             to
             bring
             Man
             up
             to
             God
             ,
             
             and
             those
             
             Tearms
             that
             he
             hath
             tendered
             in
             Christ
             for
             Life
             and
             Salvation
             ,
             are
             his
             Tearms
             ;
             and
             God
             was
             in
             Christ
             reconciling
             the
             World
             to
             himself
             ,
             though
             it
             was
             God's
             free
             Love
             thus
             far
             to
             condescend
             in
             the
             Son
             of
             his
             Love
             for
             Man's
             Restoration
             ,
             yet
             Man
             must
             also
             be
             brought
             up
             to
             meet
             God
             in
             his
             own
             Covenant
             of
             Life
             in
             Christ
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             Mediator
             ,
             not
             to
             bring
             God
             down
             to
             the
             Tearms
             of
             Fallen
             Man
             ,
             but
             as
             a
             Mediator
             which
             is
             not
             of
             one
             ,
             but
             betwixt
             two
             ,
             both
             to
             bring
             God's
             Love
             and
             evidence
             his
             Kindness
             to
             man
             ,
             and
             also
             to
             restore
             Man
             out
             of
             his
             Fallen
             Estate
             into
             Covenant
             and
             Reconciliation
             with
             God
             ,
             so
             as
             God
             and
             his
             Creature
             meet
             in
             his
             Son
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             Son
             of
             his
             Love.
             
          
           
             Seeing
             it
             is
             confest
             ,
             page
             25.
             
             
               Our
               Faith
               and
               Repentance
               are
               a
               Fruit
               of
               his
               Spirit
               ,
            
             They
             must
             be
             real
             and
             true
             ,
             such
             as
             admit
             not
             of
             the
             Mixture
             of
             Sin
             nor
             of
             the
             Continuance
             thereof
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             
               As
               for
               his
               saying
            
             ,
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             no
             Men
             but
             sin
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             true
             what
             they
             s●y
             ,
             the
             regenerate
             sin
             not
             ,
             the
             Scriptures
             say
             both
             .
          
           
             Animad
             .
             Why
             are
             we
             then
             so
             much
             opposed
             and
             striven
             with
             ?
             either
             for
             holding
             this
             Perfection
             ,
             or
             that
             some
             Men
             sin
             not
             ,
             which
             we
             see
             not
             consistant
             with
             [
             
               no
               Man
               but
               sins
               ]
               The
               Scriptures
               say
               both
            
             ;
             what
             ?
             that
             there
             is
             none
             but
             he
             may
             sin
             ,
             and
             yet
             he
             that
             is
             born
             of
             God
             cannot
             sin
             ;
             these
             then
             must
             both
             be
             considered
             with
             reference
             unto
             two
             Dispensations
             ,
             Estates
             or
             Degrees
             ,
             otherwise
             it
             would
             render
             the
             Scripture
             inconsistant
             ,
             but
             the
             Scripture
             cannot
             be
             broken
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             The
             Child
             of
             God
             sins
             not
             ,
             so
             as
             that
             Sin
             hath
             Dominion
             over
             him
             when
             he
             sinneth
             ,
             page
             25.
             
          
           
             Animad
             .
             This
             still
             giveth
             too
             much
             Liberty
             ,
             and
             reflects
             upon
             the
             Child
             of
             God
             contrary
             to
             the
             Apostle
             
             John's
             Testimony
             of
             him
             ,
             1
             John
             3.
             
             &
             5.
             18.
             
             Psal.
             119.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Object
             .
             The
             prevailing
             Interest
             of
             his
             Soul
             is
             for
             God
             above
             the
             Flesh
             and
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             so
             long
             he
             is
             right
             in
             God's
             Sight
             ;
             right
             Righteous
             ,
             or
             perfect
             according
             to
             the
             Law
             of
             Grace
             ,
             although
             there
             be
             a
             Thousand
             Things
             wherein
             he
             might
             do
             more
             Good
             ,
             or
             less
             Evils
             then
             he
             doth
             ,
             and
             so
             is
             Imperfect
             ,
             Vnrighteous
             and
             a
             manifold
             Sinner
             ,
             &c.
             page
             25.
             
          
           
             Animad
             .
             This
             is
             still
             worse
             and
             worse
             ,
             and
             a
             gross
             Reflection
             upon
             the
             Child
             of
             God
             in
             this
             latter
             Part
             ,
             which
             is
             inconsistant
             with
             the
             former
             ,
             and
             to
             me
             appears
             no
             other
             then
             Confusion
             ,
             
             which
             is
             a
             Fruit
             of
             Sin
             and
             Transgression
             ;
             for
             ,
             that
             the
             Child
             of
             God
             should
             be
             thus
             Righteous
             and
             Perfect
             according
             to
             the
             Law
             of
             Grace
             ,
             which
             is
             Perfect
             ,
             Pure
             and
             Holy
             ,
             and
             yet
             be
             chargeable
             with
             a
             Thousand
             Things
             wherein
             he
             might
             do
             more
             Good
             ,
             or
             less
             Evil
             then
             he
             does
             ;
             this
             appears
             very
             Unnatural
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Inconsistant
             .
          
           
             That
             
               We
               plead
               Justification
               ,
               according
               to
               some
               Law
               ;
               that
               we
               are
               Innocent
               ,
               according
               to
               that
               Law
               ,
            
             page
             25
             Is
             true
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Life
             in
             Christ
             ,
             the
             Law
             of
             Faith
             ,
             the
             Law
             of
             ●r●ce
             ,
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             New
             Covenant
             ,
             which
             admits
             not
             of
             the
             Continuance
             of
             these
             (
             or
             any
             )
             Evils
             ,
             he
             seems
             to
             accuse
             the
             Child
             of
             God
             with
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             This
             being
             seen
             ,
             they
             come
             on
             too
             fast
             that
             they
             sin
             not
             ,
             before
             they
             have
             learned
             to
             distinguish
             between
             Law
             and
             Law
             ,
             Righteousness
             and
             Righteousness
             ,
             Justification
             and
             Justification
             ,
             Sin
             and
             Sin
             ,
             page
             25
             ,
             26.
             
          
           
             Animad
             .
             Though
             we
             do
             not
             judge
             it
             necessary
             for
             the
             Child
             of
             God
             to
             learn
             all
             this
             Man's
             Distinctions
             ,
             yet
             we
             cannot
             own
             his
             Charge
             ,
             that
             
               we
               come
               on
               too
               fast
               ,
               as
               not
               to
               sin
            
             ;
             for
             we
             know
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             an
             Estate
             attainable
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             not
             by
             making
             haste
             ,
             nor
             by
             Man's
             own
             Willing
             or
             Running
             ,
             but
             by
             a
             Dependence
             on
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             sufficient
             for
             us
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             experimentally
             learned
             to
             distinguish
             what
             is
             necessary
             ,
             both
             in
             our
             spiritual
             Travail
             ,
             and
             conducing
             to
             a
             happy
             End
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             
               REAL
               RIGHTEOVSNESS
            
             and
             JVSTIFICATION
             according
             to
             the
             
               Law
               of
               Faith
            
             and
             Spirit
             of
             Life
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             partaken
             of
             and
             enjoyed
             within
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             XIV
             .
          
           
             I
             must
             say
             with
             them
             where
             they
             have
             our
             Divines
             on
             the
             blind
             Side
             ,
             
             they
             are
             justified
             according
             to
             the
             Law
             of
             Faith
             ,
             or
             as
             they
             are
             judged
             at
             the
             Throne
             of
             Grace
             ,
             but
             no
             Flesh
             living
             can
             be
             justified
             according
             to
             the
             Law
             of
             Works
             .
          
           
             Animad
             .
             But
             then
             he
             keeps
             not
             to
             this
             ,
             but
             varies
             with
             his
             [
             
               but
               they
               do
               sin
               .
               ]
               they
               are
               Vnrighteous
            
             ;
             expl●ins
             this
             
               Law
               of
               Works
            
             to
             be
             
               at
               the
               Ba●r
               of
               the
               Ten
               Commandments
               ,
            
             whereas
             ,
             though
             I
             grant
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             Works
             no
             Flesh
             living
             can
             be
             
             justified
             ,
             with
             all
             its
             own
             Endeavours
             of
             Conformity
             thereto
             ,
             because
             of
             it self
             it
             still
             fails
             ,
             yet
             I
             can
             never
             grant
             ,
             that
             
               the
               Law
               of
               Faith
            
             will
             suffer
             us
             to
             continue
             in
             Sin
             ,
             or
             be
             Unrighteous
             ;
             nor
             yet
             that
             the
             Apostle
             intends
             by
             the
             
               Law
               of
               Works
            
             ,
             the
             
               Substance
               of
               the
               Ten
               Commandments
            
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             
               Real
               LOVE
            
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             one
             to
             another
             ;
             I
             cannot
             believe
             ,
             that
             he
             excluded
             this
             from
             a
             Justified
             Estate
             ,
             but
             rather
             the
             Shadowy
             Part
             ,
             and
             
               Jewish
               Imitation
            
             of
             the
             Letter
             ,
             without
             Faith
             in
             Christ
             ,
             an
             absolute
             Justified
             State
             being
             according
             to
             the
             Law
             of
             Faith
             ;
             herein
             we
             must
             differ
             ;
             but
             again
             ,
             he
             assents
             to
             the
             Truth
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             Those
             that
             will
             follow
             Christ
             shall
             argue
             as
             strictly
             ;
             if
             we
             be
             justified
             by
             Grace
             ,
             
             then
             we
             must
             be
             righteous
             and
             perfect
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Law
             of
             it
             ;
             the
             Orthodox
             are
             quite
             out
             ,
             that
             ☞
             will
             have
             any
             justified
             without
             a
             Righteousness
             that
             is
             perfect
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Law
             that
             justifies
             him
             .
          
           
             Animad
             .
             Oh!
             That
             he
             were
             but
             well
             accquainted
             with
             this
             Law
             of
             Faith
             ,
             and
             would
             keep
             to
             it
             ,
             then
             we
             should
             not
             have
             this
             strugling
             and
             turning
             about
             to
             uphold
             Sin
             ,
             or
             the
             Breach
             of
             the
             Ten
             Commandments
             in
             Justified
             Persons
             ,
             wherein
             he
             goes
             about
             again
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             Object
             .
             The
             Quaker
             is
             quite
             out
             ,
             that
             will
             have
             his
             Righteousness
             perfect
             according
             to
             the
             Ten
             Commandments
             ,
             which
             doth
             not
             justifie
             him
             ,
             page
             26.
             
          
           
             Animad
             .
             No
             the
             sincere
             Quaker
             is
             within
             ,
             who
             owns
             the
             Life
             of
             God
             and
             Christ
             in
             his
             Heart
             ;
             and
             knoweth
             that
             God
             requires
             perfect
             LOVE
             with
             ALL
             the
             
               Heart
               and
               Soul
               ,
               &c.
            
             and
             this
             in
             the
             New
             Covenant
             ▪
             not
             to
             make
             void
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             Ten
             Commandments
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             Substance
             and
             End
             thereof
             ;
             for
             LOVE
             is
             the
             Fulfilling
             of
             the
             Law
             ;
             the
             Commandment
             is
             Love
             out
             of
             a
             pure
             Heart
             ;
             and
             do
             we
             make
             void
             the
             Law
             through
             Faith
             ?
             No
             ,
             we
             establish
             it
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             neither
             meerly
             by
             the
             ten
             Commandments
             ,
             nor
             by
             any
             of
             our
             own
             outward
             or
             litteral
             Observatinon
             t●ereof
             that
             we
             are
             justified
             ,
             but
             by
             him
             that
             enables
             and
             strengthens
             us
             to
             the
             Real
             and
             Spiritual
             Obedience
             of
             Faith
             ▪
             Now
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             God
             without
             the
             Law
             is
             manifested
             ,
             being
             testified
             by
             the
             Law
             and
             the
             Prophets
             ,
             see
             Rom.
             3.
             21.
             to
             the
             End.
             
          
           
             Concess
             .
             The
             lover
             of
             Truth
             and
             Mediocrity
             will
             have
             every
             man
             have
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             a
             perfect
             Heart
             for
             his
             Justification
             ,
             and
             
             yet
             no
             Man
             be
             justified
             but
             by
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             ,
             through
             Redemption
             which
             we
             have
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             page
             26.
             
          
           
             Animad
             .
             I
             wish
             this
             Man
             and
             all
             others
             ,
             that
             oppose
             or
             dispute
             against
             us
             ,
             were
             such
             Lovers
             of
             Truth
             ,
             and
             Possessors
             of
             this
             Righteousness
             of
             a
             
               PERFECT
               Heart
            
             ,
             so
             much
             pretended
             to
             and
             talked
             of
             ,
             and
             so
             little
             experienced
             amongst
             Men
             ;
             and
             that
             this
             Redemption
             which
             the
             Saints
             had
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             were
             experienced
             and
             livingly
             possessed
             ;
             this
             would
             end
             the
             Controversie
             about
             Notions
             and
             Opinions
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             
               Pardon
               of
               Sin
               and
               Justification
            
             may
             in
             some
             Sense
             be
             distinguished
             ,
             though
             not
             divided
             ;
             there
             is
             
               Pardon
               of
               Sin
               and
               Transgressions
            
             that
             were
             under
             the
             first
             Testament
             ,
             or
             of
             Sins
             past
             :
             When
             the
             Act
             of
             Faith
             is
             known
             in
             the
             Blood
             of
             Christ
             ,
             which
             is
             in
             Order
             to
             Justification
             being
             some
             Degree
             of
             it
             ;
             there
             is
             a
             further
             Degree
             of
             Justificat●on
             ,
             more
             absolute
             ,
             not
             only
             from
             all
             those
             Things
             from
             which
             we
             could
             not
             be
             justified
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             
               Moses
               ▪
            
             but
             also
             in
             a
             constant
             Perseverance
             in
             the
             Grace
             and
             Goodness
             of
             God
             in
             Christ
             ,
             and
             faithful
             Obedience
             to
             him
             ,
             through
             the
             Spirit
             which
             is
             revealed
             in
             us
             .
          
           
             Again
             we
             know
             no
             Opinion
             of
             ours
             that
             
               leads
               th●se
               Friends
               called
            
             Quakers
             
               from
               the
               Spirit
               and
               Life
            
             ,
             
             
               back
               to
               the
               Letter
               and
               Flesh
               ,
               and
               Ministration
               of
               Death
               ,
            
             but
             to
             bring
             men
             forward
             through
             the
             Law
             to
             be
             dead
             unto
             it
             ,
             and
             through
             the
             Sentence
             of
             Death
             ,
             to
             the
             Ministration
             of
             Life
             ,
             which
             exceeds
             in
             Glory
             ,
             that
             under
             this
             they
             might
             live
             unto
             God
          
           
             Though
             I
             own
             the
             Apostle's
             distinguishing
             between
             the
             
               Letter
               and
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               the
               Law
               of
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Life
               ,
               and
               the
               Law
               of
               sin
               and
               Death
               ;
               the
               old
               Covenant
               ,
               and
               the
               new
               ;
               the
               Law
               of
               Faith
               ,
               and
               the
               Law
               of
               Works
               ,
            
             yet
             his
             deeming
             
               the
               ●aw
               written
               in
               stone
               ,
               the
               Law
               of
               sin
               and
               Death
               ,
            
             page
             27.
             
             In
             this
             I
             am
             not
             satisfied
             ;
             for
             the
             Apostle
             spe●ks
             of
             two
             contrary
             Laws
             ;
             the
             Law
             in
             his
             Mind
             which
             was
             holy
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             Law
             in
             his
             Members
             which
             rebelled
             against
             the
             Law
             ,
             
             and
             led
             him
             captive
             :
             Now
             I
             dare
             not
             exclude
             the
             Substance
             of
             what
             was
             contained
             in
             the
             Law
             written
             in
             Stone
             ,
             as
             not
             being
             contained
             in
             that
             Law
             in
             
             Paul's
             Mind
             ;
             though
             that
             Law
             in
             his
             Mind
             had
             a
             greater
             Effect
             and
             Force
             upon
             him
             then
             the
             Law
             without
             ever
             had
             before
             ;
             and
             when
             he
             said
             ,
             
               The
               Law
               of
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Life
               in
               Christ
               hath
               made
               me
               free
               from
               
               the
               Law
               of
               sin
               and
               Death
            
             ;
             We
             may
             not
             understand
             him
             to
             be
             made
             free
             from
             answering
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             Love
             to
             God
             required
             in
             the
             Law
             written
             in
             the
             Tables
             of
             Stone
             ;
             so
             ,
             though
             it
             was
             in
             a
             more
             effectual
             and
             lively
             Manner
             ,
             written
             in
             the
             fleshly
             Tables
             of
             the
             Heart
             ,
             wherein
             it
             was
             renewed
             and
             became
             a
             New
             Commandment
             ,
             though
             in
             it Self
             an
             old
             Commandment
             ,
             yet
             this
             Commandment
             ,
             as
             renewed
             and
             made
             lively
             in
             the
             Soul
             remains
             still
             ,
             Love
             out
             of
             a
             Pure
             Heart
             ,
             and
             is
             ●ve●
             that
             Commandment
             which
             is
             exceeding
             broad
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             XV.
             
          
           
             The
             Law
             of
             Grace
             does
             require
             a
             sincere
             walking
             before
             God
             in
             all
             his
             Commandments
             ;
             
             and
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             doth
             certainly
             help
             us
             so
             far
             ,
             as
             we
             sin
             not
             against
             that
             Sincerity
             ,
             page
             28.
             
          
           
             Animad
             Why
             then
             should
             we
             fall
             short
             of
             our
             Duty
             ,
             or
             of
             Perfect
             Obedience
             ?
             Can
             we
             desire
             better
             Help
             then
             that
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ?
          
           
             Object
             .
             But
             the
             Spirit
             is
             not
             given
             to
             bring
             us
             up
             to
             the
             Terms
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             that
             we
             should
             not
             sin
             at
             all
             ,
             page
             28.
             
          
           
             Animad
             .
             Not
             ?
             That
             's
             strange
             ;
             is
             not
             the
             Spirit
             given
             to
             lead
             us
             into
             all
             Truth
             ?
             throughly
             to
             sanctifie
             ,
             justifie
             ,
             &
             c
             ?
             what
             can
             be
             requir'd
             more
             then
             to
             be
             in
             ALL
             Truth
             for
             a
             perfect
             sinless
             State.
             
          
           
             Object
             .
             The
             Galatians
             were
             seduced
             to
             the
             Opinion
             ,
             that
             they
             must
             keep
             Moses
             Law
             ,
             or
             else
             they
             could
             not
             be
             saved
             ,
             and
             this
             is
             their
             seeking
             to
             be
             made
             perfect
             by
             the
             Flesh
             ;
             the
             Flesh
             and
             Nature
             are
             synoynmous
             Terms
             ;
             the
             Works
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             as
             given
             by
             Moses
             ,
             are
             called
             Flesh
             ,
             pag.
             28.
             
          
           
             
               Animad
               .
               1st
            
             .
             The
             Galatians
             then
             were
             seduced
             from
             the
             Spirit
             wherein
             they
             had
             begun
             ,
             to
             seek
             to
             be
             made
             perfect
             by
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             which
             cannot
             be
             justly
             chargeable
             upon
             us
             ,
             who
             seek
             Perfection
             by
             the
             Spirit
             ;
             desiring
             to
             continue
             and
             walk
             therein
             for
             that
             End.
             
          
           
             2
             dly
             .
             The
             Apostle
             doth
             not
             oppose
             Perfection
             ,
             but
             reprove
             their
             Foolishness
             for
             seeking
             it
             the
             wrong
             way
             ,
             viz.
             in
             the
             Flesh
             and
             not
             in
             the
             Spirit
          
           
             3
             dly
             .
             Not
             all
             the
             Works
             of
             the
             Law
             given
             by
             Moses
             are
             called
             Flesh
             or
             Nature
             ,
             but
             such
             Works
             ,
             as
             the
             Galatians
             were
             turned
             
             again
             into
             (
             from
             the
             Spirit
             )
             such
             as
             were
             but
             shadowy
             ceremonial
             and
             elementary
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             stood
             in
             Fleshly
             Observations
             ,
             as
             the
             observing
             of
             Dayes
             ,
             Meats
             ,
             Drinks
             ,
             dive●s
             Washings
             ,
             weak
             and
             beggerly
             Elements
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             Circumcision
             ,
             &c.
             which
             the
             Apostle
             so
             much
             argues
             against
             .
          
           
             4
             thly
             .
             ●f
             any
             turn
             from
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             then
             seek
             to
             be
             made
             perfect
             by
             their
             Fleshly
             lmitation
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             or
             Voluntary
             observation
             of
             the
             most
             weighty
             Precepts
             thereof
             ,
             without
             the
             Spirit
             's
             Guidance
             and
             Assistance
             ;
             this
             is
             no
             better
             then
             a
             seeking
             to
             be
             made
             perfect
             by
             the
             Flesh
             ;
             and
             short
             of
             that
             which
             the
             Apostle
             travailed
             for
             on
             the
             behalf
             of
             the
             Galatians
             ,
             which
             was
             ,
             that
             Christ
             might
             be
             formed
             in
             them
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             a
             Fleshly
             Birth
             in
             the
             Shadow
             ,
             but
             a
             Spiritual
             Birth
             in
             the
             Life
             and
             Substance
             that
             lives
             to
             God
             for
             ever
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             If
             the
             Quaker
             then
             is
             come
             to
             seek
             Life
             by
             such
             a
             following
             his
             Light
             ,
             as
             must
             answer
             the
             Covenant
             of
             Nature
             it self
             ,
             that
             is
             by
             a
             Perfection
             as
             is
             without
             sin
             against
             the
             Law
             ,
             he
             is
             plainly
             under
             the
             Notion
             of
             the
             Spirit
             brought
             at
             last
             to
             the
             Flesh
             for
             what
             he
             seeks
             ,
             page
             28.
             
          
           
             Animad
             .
             This
             is
             a
             gross
             Mistake
             ,
             and
             it
             no
             Wayes
             follows
             from
             our
             following
             the
             Light
             of
             Christ
             (
             for
             Perfection
             without
             sin
             )
             that
             we
             must
             be
             brought
             at
             last
             to
             the
             Flesh
             for
             what
             we
             seek
             ;
             this
             can
             be
             no
             wayes
             deducible
             from
             our
             following
             this
             Light
             within
             :
             for
             it
             is
             neither
             Flesh
             nor
             Fleshly
             ,
             but
             Divine
             and
             Spiritual
             ;
             and
             the
             contrary
             Inference
             plainly
             follows
             ;
             for
             if
             we
             walk
             in
             the
             Light
             ,
             as
             God
             is
             in
             the
             Light
             ,
             then
             have
             we
             Fellowship
             one
             with
             another
             ,
             
             and
             the
             Blood
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             his
             Son
             cleanseth
             us
             from
             all
             Sin
             ;
             observe
             ,
             from
             all
             S●n
             ;
             what
             Sin
             then
             can
             remain
             behind
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Sect.
             XVI
             .
          
           
             
               Object
               &
               Concess
            
             It
             seems
             that
             these
             Friends
             do
             apprehend
             that
             our
             Doctrine
             which
             p●●seth
             Perf●ction
             ,
             doth
             serve
             for
             the
             boistering
             up
             Men
             in
             their
             sins
             ,
             and
             lull
             them
             into
             security
             ,
             that
             though
             they
             live
             and
             dye
             in
             their
             Wicked●●ss
             they
             must
             be
             saved
             ;
             and
             this
             being
             taught
             ,
             spiciall
             among
             us
             Protestants
             ,
             who
             believe
             that
             we
             are
             justified
             by
             Christ's
             Righteousness
             without
             Works
             ,
             doth
             appear
             very
             destructive
             to
             many
             Souls
             ,
             which
             makes
             them
             out
             of
             an
             Intention
             ,
             which
             we
             may
             suppose
             zealous
             for
             God●ness
             ,
             and
             the
             Promotion
             of
             a
             Good
             Life
             ,
             to
             f●ll
             on
             our
             Divines
             with
             so
             much
             tragical
             Exclamation
             ,
             as
             they
             do
             on
             this
             Point
             ,
             page
             28
             ,
             29.
             
          
           
             Animad
             .
             And
             we
             have
             Reason
             sufficient
             to
             exclaim
             against
             them
             on
             this
             Point
             ,
             for
             indulging
             and
             bo●stering
             up
             men
             in
             their
             Sins
             to
             their
             Grave
             ;
             yea
             ,
             we
             may
             say
             to
             their
             Grave
             of
             Perdition
             ;
             and
             what
             this
             Man
             saith
             ,
             for
             such
             their
             divines
             ,
             and
             against
             
               Vs
               for
               an
               abuse
            
             herein
             ,
             page
             29.
             will
             neither
             clear
             them
             ,
             nor
             prove
             us
             guilty
             of
             wronging
             them
             ;
             and
             I
             wish
             that
             he
             would
             no
             further
             contribute
             to
             their
             Sin
             in
             this
             Point
             ,
             though
             yet
             he
             himself
             is
             not
             satisfied
             with
             those
             he
             calls
             Divines
             ,
             as
             appears
             in
             divers
             Passages
             of
             his
             Book
             ,
             and
             particularly
             touching
             their
             
               unsound
               sense
               of
               imputed
               Righteousness
            
             ,
             which
             he
             sets
             aside
             in
             the
             same
             29th
             .
             page
             which
             we
             are
             now
             upon
             :
             and
             I
             would
             seriously
             ask
             him
             ,
             if
             that
             their
             unsound
             Sense
             of
             Imputation
             ,
             doth
             not
             give
             us
             occasion
             to
             witness
             against
             them
             ,
             as
             too
             much
             soothing
             ,
             or
             bolstering
             up
             men
             in
             their
             Sins
             ;
             And
             if
             their
             Sense
             herein
             be
             not
             repugnant
             to
             Christianity
             ?
             But
             to
             excuse
             these
             he
             calls
             Divines
             ,
             he
             pleads
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             but
             the
             same
             Doctrine
             of
             God's
             
             abounding
             free
             Grace
             ,
             Mercy
             and
             Forgiveness
             through
             Christ
             to
             poor
             sinners
             ,
             that
             our
             Divines
             do
             bring
             against
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Perfection
             (
             setting
             the
             unsound
             sense
             of
             Imputed
             Righteousness
             aside
             )
             which
             Paul
             preached
             and
             pleaded
             against
             those
             ,
             who
             would
             bring
             in
             the
             Work●
             of
             the
             Law
             for
             their
             Justification
             .
          
           
             Animad
             .
             This
             will
             neither
             cure
             the
             Disease
             of
             those
             Divines
             ,
             nor
             free
             them
             from
             our
             Charge
             ,
             nor
             yet
             reconcile
             their
             Doctrine
             herein
             to
             the
             Apostle
             
             Paul's
             ;
             for
             Paul
             did
             not
             preach
             the
             abounding
             of
             free
             Grace
             ,
             &c.
             against
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Perfection
             ,
             nor
             
             against
             the
             Saints
             living
             without
             Sin
             ,
             but
             the
             plain
             contrary
             ,
             as
             appe●rs
             ,
             
             
               Rom.
               6.
               
               Even
               so
               we
               should
               also
               walk
               in
               Newness
               of
               Life
               ,
            
             ver
             .
             4.
             
             
               Knowing
               this
               ,
               that
               our
               old
               man
               is
               crucified
               with
               him
               ,
               &c.
            
             ver
             .
             6.
             
             
               And
               shall
               we
               sin
               because
               we
               are
               not
               under
               the
               Law
               ,
               but
               under
               Grace
               ?
               God
               forbid
               ,
            
             ver
             .
             15.
             
             See
             the
             Chapter
             throughout
             ,
             't
             is
             very
             full
             to
             our
             Purpose
             ,
             See
             also
             Rom.
             5.
             17
             ,
             20
             ,
             21.
             
             What
             's
             more
             evident
             then
             that
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             and
             the
             Nature
             of
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             ,
             are
             against
             the
             continuance
             of
             Sin
             in
             any
             of
             those
             that
             come
             to
             dye
             with
             Christ
             ,
             and
             to
             live
             under
             Grace
             ,
             and
             to
             partake
             of
             the
             abounding
             of
             Grace
             toward
             [
             and
             in
             ]
             them
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             tow
             Things
             particularly
             our
             Divines
             teach
             ,
             
             The
             one
             is
             ,
             that
             notwithstanding
             Grace
             be
             imperfect
             in
             this
             life
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             Man
             may
             sin
             for
             all
             that
             ,
             in
             any
             the
             least
             Thing
             whatsoever
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             though
             our
             Holiness
             be
             imperfect
             ,
             yet
             is
             it
             our
             Duty
             to
             be
             perfect
             ,
             and
             we
             are
             still
             to
             be
             pressed
             to
             go
             on
             to
             Perfection
             :
             The
             other
             is
             ,
             That
             a
             State
             of
             Grace
             will
             not
             stand
             with
             any
             Sin
             in
             Dominion
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             that
             whosoever
             doth
             willingly
             and
             wilfully
             live
             in
             any
             known
             sin
             ,
             without
             Repentance
             unto
             Death
             ,
             he
             cannot
             be
             saved
             .
          
           
             An.
             No
             doubt
             but
             this
             Person
             hath
             here
             made
             the
             best
             he
             can
             of
             a
             bad
             Cause
             ,
             as
             we
             have
             Reason
             to
             deem
             it
             ,
             but
             is
             far
             enough
             from
             clearing
             those
             Divines
             from
             the
             Charge
             that
             's
             laid
             against
             their
             Doctrine
             ,
             as
             Sin
             pleasing
             ,
             or
             soothing
             and
             bolstering
             up
             Men
             in
             their
             Sins
             ,
             &c.
             
             For
             though
             it
             's
             true
             they
             seem
             to
             preach
             down
             every
             Sin
             ,
             and
             to
             preach
             up
             perfect
             Obedience
             ,
             as
             our
             Duty
             ,
             and
             to
             press
             Men
             to
             go
             on
             to
             Perfection
             ,
             yea
             ,
             and
             that
             a
             State
             of
             Grace
             will
             not
             stand
             with
             any
             Sin
             in
             Dominion
             :
             What
             Encouragement
             can
             they
             hereby
             minister
             ,
             for
             such
             Duty
             and
             Pressing
             on
             to
             Perfection
             ?
             when
             they
             perswade
             People
             that
             what
             they
             preach
             and
             press
             them
             unto
             ,
             it
             not
             attainable
             ;
             as
             to
             tell
             them
             ,
             't
             is
             their
             Duty
             to
             be
             perfect
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             sin
             at
             all
             ,
             but
             't
             is
             impossible
             to
             attain
             that
             State
             :
             
               Grace
               is
               imperfect
               in
               this
               Life
               ,
               &c.
            
             
             this
             is
             not
             Yea
             and
             Amen
             ;
             if
             they
             were
             real
             and
             preach'd
             the
             word
             of
             Faith
             ,
             they
             durst
             never
             put
             
             such
             faithless
             Thoughts
             into
             the
             Minds
             of
             People
             ,
             like
             as
             to
             put
             them
             upon
             a
             War
             without
             an
             Enemy
             ,
             but
             first
             disarm
             them
             with
             such
             an
             Unbelie●
             ,
             or
             Dispair
             of
             a
             Conquest
             ,
             whereas
             if
             they
             faithfully
             preached
             perfect
             Obedience
             ,
             &c.
             and
             believed
             what
             they
             preached
             ,
             they
             would
             sincerely
             endeavour
             their
             Eucouragement
             by
             exciting
             them
             to
             believe
             in
             and
             depend
             upon
             the
             Grace
             and
             Power
             of
             God
             in
             Christ
             ,
             which
             is
             stronger
             then
             the
             Devil
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             experience
             ,
             
               That
               greater
               is
               he
               that
               is
               in
               us
               ,
               then
               he
               that
               is
               in
               the
               World
            
             ;
             and
             not
             tell
             them
             ,
             
               that
               Grace
               and
               Holiness
               are
               imperfect
               in
               this
               Life
               ,
               and
               no
               Men
               but
               that
               he
               sins
               so
               long
               as
               he
               lives
               ;
               no
               not
               the
               best
               of
               God's
               Children
               ,
               yet
               a
               state
               of
               Grace
               will
               not
               stand
               with
               any
               sin
               in
               Domini●●
               .
            
             Why
             then
             must
             Sin
             have
             any
             Place
             of
             Continuance
             ?
             shall
             God's
             Children
             (
             by
             the
             Grace
             )
             either
             have
             Dominion
             or
             Power
             over
             Sin
             ,
             and
             yet
             suffer
             Sin
             alwayes
             to
             have
             any
             Being
             or
             Prevalency
             in
             them
             ?
             can
             this
             either
             consist
             with
             a
             State
             of
             Grace
             ,
             or
             their
             Sincerity
             ?
             No
             sure
             [
             The
             Matter
             is
             sufficiently
             answered
             before
             ]
             shall
             we
             have
             Dominion
             over
             such
             an
             Enemy
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             that
             he
             is
             conquered
             ,
             slain
             and
             ca●●ut
             ,
             and
             yet
             after●a●ds
             suffer
             him
             to
             rise
             again
             ,
             and
             lead
             us
             captive
             in
             any
             Thing
             all
             our
             Dayes
             ?
             God's
             Children
             and
             People
             ,
             who
             have
             been
             throughly
             experienced
             in
             the
             Lamb's
             War
             ,
             have
             otherwise
             obtained
             the
             Conquest
             and
             Dominion
             (
             at
             that
             dear
             Rate
             )
             then
             so
             easily
             to
             part
             with
             it
             ,
             or
             give
             their
             Power
             or
             Service
             to
             such
             a
             conquered
             Enemy
             ,
             as
             the
             Devil
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             Author
             of
             all
             Sin.
             It
             is
             true
             as
             the
             Man
             saith
             ,
             page
             29.
             
             
               That
               there
               are
               many
               practical
               Books
               of
               those
               called
               Divines
               ,
               wherein
               Vniversal
               Obedience
               is
               both
               press●d
               and
               given
               ,
               as
               the
               chiefe●●
               Note
               of
               an
               Vpright
               Man
               ,
               and
               of
               that
               Faith
               which
               is
               saving
               .
            
          
           
             This
             is
             true
             ,
             and
             no
             doubt
             but
             in
             former
             Times
             this
             Universal
             Obedience
             was
             preached
             and
             urged
             ,
             with
             more
             Faith
             and
             Sincerity
             then
             is
             now
             in
             many
             that
             pretend
             to
             preach
             it
             ,
             but
             do
             it
             in
             that
             overly
             and
             faithless
             Manner
             ,
             that
             it
             hath
             no
             lively
             Impression
             upon
             
             the
             Hearers
             Consciences
             ,
             as
             to
             evidence
             them
             truly
             to
             believe
             endeavour
             or
             expect
             such
             an
             Universal
             Obedience
             to
             all
             God's
             Requirings
             ,
             in
             the
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             ;
             but
             rather
             ,
             many
             do
             spoile
             and
             marr
             their
             preaching
             Obedience
             ,
             by
             their
             preaching
             up
             Imperfection
             ,
             and
             Sin
             Term
             of
             Life
             ;
             and
             such
             preaching
             hath
             more
             abounded
             (
             yea
             been
             too
             much
             upheld
             in
             this
             Nation
             )
             of
             late
             years
             in
             despite
             against
             the
             Quakers
             ,
             and
             in
             Contempt
             against
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Perfection
             :
             The
             
               Presbyter
               Priests
            
             and
             some
             others
             have
             filled
             the
             Nation
             with
             their
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Impossibility
             of
             Perfection
             ,
             or
             a
             sinless
             State
             ,
             to
             render
             it
             not
             attainable
             ,
             wherein
             ,
             though
             they
             have
             done
             it
             the
             more
             eagerly
             to
             shame
             and
             odifie
             the
             Quakers
             in
             the
             Peoples
             ●yes
             ,
             their
             Doctrine
             tends
             to
             debase
             many
             to
             Hell
             ,
             having
             hardened
             Men
             in
             Sin
             ,
             and
             strengthned
             the
             Hands
             of
             Evil
             doers
             ,
             and
             made
             many
             Hypocrites
             ,
             for
             which
             they
             have
             a
             sad
             Account
             to
             give
             in
             the
             great
             Day
             of
             God
             Almighty
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             Will
             it
             not
             indeed
             suffice
             ,
             that
             a
             Man
             is
             uprights
             before
             God
             ,
             in
             his
             Desires
             and
             Endeavours
             after
             Perfection
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             
             the
             having
             Respect
             to
             all
             his
             Commandments
             ,
             unless
             he
             also
             be
             perfect
             and
             his
             Works
             overtake
             his
             Will
             ?
             what
             then
             shall
             become
             of
             the
             Generàtion
             of
             the
             most
             just
             ?
          
           
             
               An.
               1st
            
             .
             The
             Des●●●
             and
             Endeavours
             [
             only
             ]
             of
             the
             Upright
             Man
             do
             not
             suffice
             〈◊〉
             ,
             but
             his
             receiving
             the
             Answer
             ,
             or
             Thing
             desired
             and
             endeave●●
             after
             .
          
           
             2
             dly
             .
             Doth
             the
             ●●ght
             Man
             sincerely
             desire
             ,
             and
             endeavour
             after
             such
             a
             Perfe●●n
             ,
             as
             that
             of
             Universal
             Obedience
             to
             all
             Christ's
             ,
             Commands
             ,
             and
             yet
             still
             his
             Works
             fall
             short
             of
             his
             Desire
             ,
             or
             not
             overtake
             his
             Will
             ?
             how
             should
             that
             be
             ?
             doth
             not
             God
             hear
             the
             Prayers
             ,
             and
             grant
             the
             Requests
             of
             the
             Upright
             ?
             Yea
             sure
             ,
             they
             shall
             not
             want
             for
             any
             good
             thing
             ,
             who
             walk
             in
             their
             Uprightness
             and
             Integrity
             before
             him
             :
             I
             cannot
             yet
             apprehend
             ,
             that
             the
             great
             Inconvenience
             which
             hath
             been
             charged
             as
             the
             Consequence
             of
             their
             Doctrine
             ,
             (
             who
             preach
             up
             the
             Continuance
             of
             Sin
             ,
             and
             a
             Falling
             short
             in
             Duty
             )
             is
             yet
             wiped
             off
             ,
             by
             all
             this
             man's
             Pleading
             to
             excuse
             and
             salve
             the
             Matter
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Sect.
             XVII
             .
          
           
             
               And
               now
               whereas
               he
               pretends
               to
               discover
            
             several
             Inconveniencies
             that
             follow
             our
             Doctrine
             ,
             and
             bids
             let
             us
             see
             ,
             whether
             they
             do
             not
             require
             more
             heed
             ,
             page
             30.
             
          
           
             Let
             us
             then
             see
             and
             heed
             ,
             what
             Inconveniencies
             he
             supposeth
             do
             follow
             our
             Doctrine
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             First
             then
             ,
             where
             they
             say
             ,
             our
             Doctrine
             doth
             lead
             Men
             into
             Security
             ,
             Remisness
             of
             Life
             ,
             Neglect
             of
             their
             Duty
             ,
             a
             sinful
             Course
             ;
             how
             must
             their
             Doctrine
             hurle
             Men
             into
             Despair
             ,
             and
             lead
             them
             by
             that
             to
             the
             casting
             off
             the
             whole
             Care
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             their
             own
             Souls
             together
             ?
             pag.
             30.
             
          
           
             An.
             No
             such
             Inconvenience
             doth
             follow
             our
             Doctrine
             ,
             as
             either
             the
             hurling
             Men
             into
             Despair
             ,
             or
             leading
             them
             to
             the
             casting
             off
             the
             Care
             of
             God
             and
             their
             Souls
             ;
             for
             there
             is
             no
             Cause
             to
             Despair
             of
             what
             's
             possible
             or
             attainable
             [
             through
             divine
             Assistance
             ]
             as
             is
             confest
             ,
             
               to
               live
               without
               Sin
               ,
               or
               to
               keep
               the
               Commandments
               of
               God
               ,
            
             and
             so
             to
             enter
             into
             Heaven
             ,
             
               is
               possible
               or
               attainable
               ,
               through
               the
               Assistance
               of
               Grace
            
             ;
             Men
             may
             despair
             upon
             Impossibilities
             ,
             or
             the
             Aprehensions
             thereof
             ,
             but
             they
             have
             no
             Cause
             on
             the
             contrary
             :
             We
             both
             testifie
             unto
             true
             Faith
             and
             Hope
             in
             God
             through
             Christ
             ,
             and
             his
             Name
             and
             Power
             ,
             to
             enable
             the
             Soul
             to
             resist
             and
             overcome
             Temptations
             ;
             as
             also
             we
             preach
             up
             God's
             Love
             ,
             and
             Care
             over
             his
             Children
             ,
             for
             their
             Safety
             and
             Preservation
             out
             of
             Sin
             and
             Evil
             ;
             and
             that
             even
             he
             who
             is
             the
             God
             of
             Peace
             ,
             according
             to
             his
             Care
             over
             his
             People
             ,
             doth
             (
             in
             his
             own
             due
             Time
             )
             tread
             Satan
             under
             their
             Feet
             ,
             by
             his
             great
             Power
             ,
             which
             they
             believe
             in
             and
             partake
             of
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             If
             it
             will
             not
             serve
             a
             Man
             for
             his
             Acceptance
             with
             God
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             sincere
             in
             his
             Desires
             and
             Endeavours
             of
             walking
             before
             him
             ,
             unless
             he
             attain
             to
             Perfection
             ,
             or
             to
             a
             Life
             that
             ●s
             wholely
             without
             sin
             in
             this
             World
             ;
             then
             must
             the
             Heart
             of
             the
             most
             holy
             ,
             and
             mortified
             Man
             upon
             Earth
             be
             quite
             broken
             ,
             and
             discouraged
             for
             ever
             :
             There
             is
             Mercy
             with
             thee
             that
             thou
             mayst
             be
             feared
             ,
             saith
             
               David
               ,
               page
            
             30.
             
          
           
             An.
             Sincere
             Desires
             and
             Endeavours
             of
             walking
             with
             the
             Lord
             God
             ,
             are
             acceptable
             to
             him
             ,
             they
             being
             begotten
             by
             his
             own
             Spirit
             ,
             
             but
             it
             is
             a
             Mistake
             ,
             that
             they
             fall
             short
             of
             attaining
             to
             Perfection
             ,
             or
             to
             a
             Life
             without
             Sin
             [
             in
             this
             World
             ]
             who
             follow
             such
             Desires
             and
             Endeavours
             .
          
           
             As
             also
             it
             is
             a
             gross
             Mistake
             ,
             
               That
               the
               most
               holy
               and
               mortified
               Man
               upon
               Earth
               ,
               did
               either
               fall
               short
               of
               such
               Perfection
               in
               this
               Wordl●
               ,
               or
               that
               he
               must
               have
               his
               Heart
               quite
               broke
               ,
               or
               discouraged
               forever
               on
               this
               account
               ,
            
             page
             30.
             
             Besides
             Thousands
             do
             experience
             the
             contrary
             ,
             that
             our
             Doctrine
             of
             sinless
             Perfection
             ,
             hath
             no
             such
             Tendence
             nor
             Effect
             ,
             as
             this
             of
             Despair
             unjustly
             surmised
             to
             be
             the
             Consequence
             thereof
             :
             Besides
             ,
             I
             suppose
             it
             is
             as
             hard
             a
             Matter
             for
             this
             Man
             to
             prove
             ,
             what
             Sin
             or
             Sins
             the
             most
             holy
             and
             mortified
             of
             God's
             Servants
             and
             People
             lived
             in
             all
             their
             Life
             time
             ,
             as
             to
             evince
             when
             ,
             where
             ,
             or
             how
             they
             came
             to
             be
             perfectly
             cleansed
             ,
             or
             throughly
             purged
             after
             their
             decease
             :
             For
             our
             Parts
             ,
             we
             do
             not
             believe
             the
             
             Pope's
             Doctrine
             of
             a
             Purgatory
             after
             Death
             .
          
           
             If
             God
             were
             not
             Good
             and
             Mercifull
             to
             consider
             Man's
             Frailty
             ,
             
             to
             pardon
             his
             shortness
             and
             Imperfections
             ,
             and
             bear
             with
             him
             ,
             we
             should
             not
             fear
             him
             .
             that
             is
             ,
             worship
             or
             serve
             him
             ;
             for
             it
             were
             to
             no
             purpose
             to
             go
             about
             it
             ,
             seeing
             we
             could
             never
             please
             him
             .
          
           
             An.
             Herein
             he
             saith
             true
             ,
             but
             then
             God's
             Goodness
             and
             Mercy
             in
             thus
             condescending
             ,
             and
             pardoning
             any
             such
             shortness
             or
             Imperfections
             (
             which
             when
             confessed
             and
             repented
             of
             ,
             or
             where
             the
             sincere
             Desires
             and
             Endeavours
             are
             alive
             )
             tends
             to
             engage
             the
             Creature
             the
             more
             to
             fear
             ,
             serve
             and
             worship
             him
             ;
             and
             to
             bring
             Man
             nearer
             and
             nearer
             to
             God
             ,
             with
             whom
             there
             is
             Mercy
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             be
             feared
             ;
             and
             the
             Fear
             of
             the
             Lord
             doth
             keep
             the
             Heart
             clean
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             Alas
             !
             that
             these
             Folks
             did
             but
             know
             what
             they
             do
             ,
             when
             they
             bring
             in
             such
             Doctrine
             ,
             who
             themselves
             must
             tremble
             *
             to
             be
             judged
             by
             it
             .
             O
             ye
             foolish
             Galatians
             !
             who
             hath
             bewitched
             you
             ,
             that
             you
             should
             depart
             from
             that
             Comfort
             and
             Peace
             ,
             which
             some
             of
             you
             ,
             I
             believe
             sometime
             had
             in
             believing
             and
             trusting
             in
             Christ
             altogether
             for
             your
             Pardon
             ,
             and
             Reconciliation
             with
             God
             ;
             that
             you
             should
             be
             brought
             now
             to
             the
             Wo●ks
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             page
             30.
             
          
           
             An.
             The
             Man
             runs
             altogether
             upon
             his
             own
             reiterated
             Mistake
             
             in
             the
             State
             of
             our
             Doctrine
             and
             Case
             ;
             we
             know
             what
             we
             do
             ,
             and
             that
             we
             are
             none
             of
             those
             foolish
             Galatians
             in
             what
             we
             hold
             ;
             we
             draw
             none
             from
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             to
             be
             made
             perfect
             in
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             but
             do
             both
             direct
             Men
             to
             their
             Beginning
             in
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             to
             persevere
             therein
             ,
             to
             walk
             in
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             obey
             the
             Spirit
             unto
             Mortification
             and
             Sanctification
             ,
             &c.
             
             
               For
               if
               ye
               walk
               in
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               then
               are
               ye
               not
               under
               the
               Law
               ;
               And
               we
               through
               the
               Spirit
               have
               waited
               for
               the
               Hope
               of
               Righteousness
               by
               Faith
            
             ;
             and
             through
             the
             Spirit
             do
             still
             believe
             ,
             trusting
             in
             Christ
             for
             all
             the
             Good
             ,
             the
             Sufficiency
             ,
             the
             Strength
             ,
             the
             Joy
             ,
             the
             Soul's
             Comfort
             and
             Peace
             ,
             that
             we
             daily
             receive
             ;
             for
             without
             (
             or
             separate
             from
             )
             him
             ,
             we
             can
             do
             nothing
             ,
             yet
             all
             things
             through
             Christ
             that
             strengthens
             us
          
           
             
               Object
               .
               page
            
             30.
             
             Is
             there
             any
             indeed
             of
             you
             think
             that
             you
             are
             able
             ,
             and
             do
             continue
             in
             all
             things
             that
             are
             written
             in
             the
             Book
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             or
             in
             all
             things
             that
             are
             written
             in
             the
             Tables
             of
             your
             Hearts
             ,
             to
             do
             them
             ?
             And
             are
             you
             ignorant
             ,
             that
             upon
             that
             account
             and
             that
             alone
             ,
             that
             none
             do
             ,
             or
             are
             able
             to
             do
             so
             ,
             the
             Apostle
             tells
             you
             ,
             as
             many
             as
             are
             of
             the
             Works
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             are
             under
             the
             Curse
             .
          
           
             An.
             A
             mistake
             still
             ,
             the
             Apostle
             no
             where
             tells
             us
             ,
             that
             none
             (
             which
             as
             well
             concludes
             Christians
             as
             others
             )
             do
             or
             are
             able
             to
             continue
             in
             all
             things
             ,
             that
             are
             written
             in
             the
             Tables
             of
             their
             Hearts
             to
             do
             them
             (
             as
             for
             all
             things
             written
             in
             the
             Book
             of
             the
             Law
             outward
             ,
             they
             are
             not
             required
             of
             us
             )
             Surely
             the
             Apostle's
             Testimony
             was
             ,
             that
             they
             could
             do
             all
             Things
             through
             Christ
             that
             strengthens
             them
             ;
             and
             it
             was
             neither
             Circumcision
             nor
             Uncircumcision
             that
             availed
             any
             Thing
             ,
             but
             the
             keeping
             of
             the
             Commandments
             ;
             to
             conclude
             ,
             that
             
               none
               are
               able
               to
               continue
               in
               the
               Law
               of
               Christ
               written
               in
               their
               Hearts
               ,
            
             is
             contrary
             to
             his
             Doctrine
             ;
             for
             abiding
             in
             his
             Love
             ,
             and
             his
             saying
             ,
             
               If
               ye
               love
               me
               keep
               my
               sayings
               or
               Commandments
               ;
               and
               in
               this
               is
               the
               Love
               of
               God
               manifest
               ,
               that
               we
               keep
               his
               Commandments
               ;
               and
               his
               Commandments
               are
               not
               grievous
               ,
               but
               joyous
               unto
               us
               .
            
          
           
             
               Object
               .
               page
            
             31.
             
             Alas
             Sirs
             !
             what
             mean
             you
             when
             we
             are
             under
             the
             Ministration
             of
             the
             New
             Testament
             ,
             which
             brings
             the
             Spirit
             and
             Liberty
             (
             where
             the
             Spirit
             is
             there
             is
             Liberty
             )
             and
             Righteousness
             (
             for
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             Faith
             the
             Christian
             hath
             a
             Righteousness
             to
             plea●
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             justified
             by
             )
             and
             so
             Life
             ;
             you
             should
             be
             ready
             to
             return
             into
             a
             Jewish
             or
             Natural
             Bondage
             ,
             to
             seck
             for
             it
             ,
             from
             
             that
             only
             ,
             which
             can
             bring
             Death
             ,
             and
             is
             the
             Ministration
             of
             Sin
             and
             Condemnation
             .
          
           
             An.
             His
             Sigh
             [
             
               Alas
               Sirs
            
             !
             ]
             for
             us
             ,
             and
             Consequence
             upon
             us
             ,
             are
             both
             groundless
             and
             the
             Consequence
             of
             his
             own
             Mistake
             still
             ,
             as
             that
             we
             are
             ready
             to
             return
             into
             a
             Jewish
             or
             Natural
             Bondage
             o
             seek
             Life
             from
             that
             only
             which
             can
             bring
             Death
             ,
             &c.
             this
             hath
             no
             Truth
             in
             it
             ;
             we
             neither
             seek
             Life
             from
             the
             Letter
             which
             killeth
             ,
             nor
             from
             any
             Ministration
             without
             the
             Spirit
             ;
             nor
             are
             we
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Letter
             (
             nor
             do
             we
             sow
             to
             the
             Flesh
             )
             but
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Gospel
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             New
             Testament
             ,
             knowing
             that
             't
             is
             the
             Spirit
             that
             giveth
             Life
             :
             
               And
               if
               ye
               through
               the
               Spirit
               do
               mortifie
               the
               Deeds
               of
               the
               Flesh
            
             [
             or
             the
             Fruits
             thereof
             ,
             which
             are
             corrupt
             ]
             
               then
               shall
               ye
               live
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             XVIII
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             
               page
               31.
               
               His
               other
               Consequence
               of
               our
               Doctrine
               is
               ,
               of
            
             Evils
             more
             secret
             and
             spiritual
             ,
             much
             more
             deadly
             to
             the
             Soul
             then
             their
             ordinary
             Sins
             ,
             as
             Persons
             wrought
             over
             to
             us
             ,
             immediately
             to
             look
             on
             all
             others
             at
             a
             distance
             ,
             
             even
             to
             a
             Contempt
             of
             the
             most
             grave
             ,
             serious
             holy
             Professors
             ,
             but
             as
             Men
             altogether
             in
             the
             Dark
             ,
             without
             Light
             or
             Life
             ,
             to
             be
             separated
             from
             ,
             &c.
             as
             also
             Insolence
             and
             in
             finite
             Presumption
             ,
             falling
             into
             the
             Condemnation
             of
             the
             Devil
             ;
             Pride
             ,
             spiritual
             Pride
             ,
             the
             most
             damnable
             Pride
             ,
             proud
             of
             God's
             Grace
             ,
             Monstrous
             overweening
             Conceit
             of
             a
             Man's
             Self
             ,
             despising
             ,
             continually
             censuring
             and
             setting
             at
             nought
             of
             others
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             An.
             These
             are
             sad
             Inferences
             ;
             we
             have
             enough
             of
             them
             ;
             he
             should
             have
             spared
             such
             censuring
             ,
             whilest
             he
             is
             opposing
             others
             for
             contemning
             and
             censuring
             ,
             but
             these
             are
             no
             wayes
             deducible
             either
             from
             our
             Doctrine
             or
             Testimony
             ,
             which
             is
             for
             a
             sincere
             Obedience
             and
             real
             Conformity
             to
             Christ
             Jesus
             (
             and
             following
             of
             )
             his
             Steps
             ,
             who
             left
             no
             such
             Example
             ,
             as
             either
             spiritual
             Pride
             .
             Insolence
             ,
             Presumption
             or
             Self-conceit
             ,
             but
             of
             Meekness
             and
             Humility
             ,
             ●et
             gave
             true
             and
             severe
             Judgement
             against
             Hypocrites
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             
               Prudent
               ,
               the
               sober
               and
               pious
               among
               us
            
             whom
             he
             mentions
             they
             see
             no
             such
             Consequence
             of
             our
             Doctrine
             ,
             as
             this
             man
             suggests
             ,
             nor
             any
             Cause
             to
             mourn
             for
             any
             natural
             Effects
             of
             our
             
             Testimony
             ;
             but
             rather
             for
             their
             Miscarriages
             and
             Abuses
             ,
             who
             are
             disobedient
             to
             the
             Truth
             thereof
             ;
             and
             for
             such
             Professors
             ,
             as
             undervalue
             ,
             pervert
             and
             misrepresent
             that
             holy
             Testimony
             ,
             which
             God
             hath
             committed
             unto
             us
             they
             are
             at
             a
             real
             Distance
             from
             us
             ,
             and
             far
             from
             being
             the
             most
             grave
             ,
             ●erions
             or
             holy
             Professors
             .
          
           
             
               It
               's
               true
               as
               he
               saith
            
             ,
             That
             the
             Way
             of
             Christians
             is
             to
             be
             humble
             ,
             to
             debase
             themselves
             ,
             to
             make
             self
             of
             no
             Reputation
             ;
             
             after
             the
             Example
             of
             their
             Lord
             and
             Master
             ;
             and
             (
             
               as
               he
               saith
            
             )
             to
             live
             altogether
             on
             Dependence
             upon
             God
             ,
             each
             Man
             in
             Lowliness
             of
             Mind
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             An.
             This
             is
             the
             Christianity
             and
             Perfection
             we
             aim
             at
             ,
             and
             bear
             witness
             unto
             ,
             and
             which
             many
             are
             pressing
             towards
             ;
             and
             what
             better
             ,
             what
             more
             pure
             and
             perfect
             ●tate
             is
             desirable
             ,
             then
             to
             live
             altogether
             on
             Dependence
             upon
             God
             ?
             But
             how
             well
             this
             Man
             's
             opposing
             our
             Doctrine
             of
             Perfection
             and
             living
             without
             Sin
             ,
             agrees
             with
             his
             Concession
             ,
             of
             living
             altogether
             on
             Dependence
             upon
             God
             ;
             let
             the
             serious
             Reader
             judge
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             Last
             of
             all
             ,
             there
             is
             that
             exceeding
             Danger
             in
             the
             entertainment
             of
             that
             Opinion
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             afraid
             at
             my
             Heart
             ,
             it
             cannot
             consist
             with
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             and
             Justification
             of
             a
             Sinner
             by
             Christ
             ;
             it
             is
             a
             high
             Text
             ,
             that
             
               if
               you
               be
               circumcised
               Christ
               shall
               profit
               you
               nothing
               :
            
             I
             am
             really
             afraid
             at
             my
             very
             Heart
             ,
             Sirs
             ,
             lest
             your
             Case
             be
             the
             very
             same
             in
             Effect
             ,
             with
             these
             ,
             
               (
               viz.
            
             )
             that
             of
             the
             Galatians
             and
             Jews
             ,
             which
             was
             a
             looking
             to
             the
             Law
             only
             for
             Righteousness
             ;
             not
             to
             the
             chief
             End
             of
             it
             ,
             which
             was
             through
             Conviction
             of
             Sin
             ,
             to
             drive
             them
             to
             God
             for
             his
             Pardon
             .
          
           
             
               An.
               1st
            
             .
             Friend
             ,
             this
             Fear
             of
             thine
             appears
             a
             very
             dark
             and
             groundless
             Fear
             ;
             for
             first
             ,
             hast
             thou
             not
             confest
             ,
             that
             
               such
               a
               Perfection
               ,
               as
               to
               live
               without
               sin
               ,
               is
               our
               Duty
               .
            
          
           
             2dly
             .
             That
             it
             is
             not
             impossible
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             is
             possible
             to
             attain
             this
             state
             of
             keeping
             God's
             Commandments
             ,
             and
             being
             without
             sin
             by
             Grace
             ,
             or
             the
             special
             Assistance
             of
             God's
             spirit
             ,
             page
             6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             3dly
             .
             That
             the
             Quakers
             ascribe
             not
             to
             themselves
             ,
             but
             to
             the
             spirit
             ,
             the
             Life
             ,
             the
             Power
             ,
             or
             to
             Christ
             within
             ,
             all
             that
             they
             do
             ,
             page
             8.
             
          
           
             Well
             said
             ,
             come
             on
             ,
             enough
             to
             clear
             the
             Quakers
             from
             giving
             the
             occasion
             of
             such
             a
             Fear
             concerning
             them
             ;
             do
             not
             let
             such
             a
             Fear
             lie
             upon
             thy
             Heart
             ;
             for
             their
             Case
             is
             far
             enough
             from
             that
             of
             
             the
             Galatians
             and
             Jews
             ,
             who
             sought
             to
             be
             made
             perfect
             in
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             set
             up
             their
             own
             Righteousness
             ,
             being
             gone
             from
             the
             Spirit
             and
             Law
             of
             Life
             within
             ,
             into
             the
             Letter
             ,
             and
             Ministration
             of
             Death
             without
             ;
             whereas
             the
             Quakers
             Obedience
             through
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             the
             Life
             or
             Power
             of
             Christ
             within
             ,
             is
             no
             Self-righteousness
             nor
             Fleshly
             Perfection
             ,
             fetched
             or
             sought
             from
             the
             Letter
             without
             ,
             but
             very
             well
             ,
             both
             consistant
             with
             ,
             and
             springing
             from
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             Pardon
             and
             Justification
             of
             a
             Sinner
             by
             Christ
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             Author
             of
             Eternal
             Salvation
             ,
             to
             all
             them
             that
             obey
             him
             ;
             and
             is
             only
             the
             Righteousness
             and
             Justification
             of
             such
             ,
             who
             believe
             in
             him
             ,
             obey
             him
             ,
             and
             walk
             sincerely
             before
             him
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             But
             you
             have
             taken
             up
             an
             Opinion
             ,
             that
             the
             whole
             Law
             must
             be
             kept
             [
             
               That
               's
               a
               Mistake
            
             ]
             that
             you
             must
             live
             without
             sin
             ,
             
             and
             unless
             you
             come
             up
             to
             this
             Pitch
             ,
             you
             cannot
             be
             saved
             .
          
           
             
               An.
               First
            
             .
             It
             is
             not
             our
             Opinion
             ,
             that
             the
             whole
             Law
             must
             be
             kept
             ,
             but
             〈◊〉
             much
             of
             it
             as
             God
             requires
             ,
             that
             is
             what
             concerns
             the
             New
             Covenant
             ,
             wherein
             ,
             God
             doth
             both
             pardon
             and
             take
             away
             Sin.
             
          
           
             2
             dly
             .
             to
             ●●ve
             without
             iSn
             ,
             is
             required
             in
             the
             New
             Covenant
             ,
             and
             is
             the
             Effect
             of
             Christ's
             saving
             Work
             ,
             who
             was
             called
             JESUS
             for
             this
             Cause
             ,
             and
             to
             fulfil
             this
             Promise
             ,
             namely
             ,
             
               He
               shall
               save
               his
               People
               from
               their
               sins
            
             ;
             and
             this
             no
             wayes
             hinders
             our
             acknowledging
             him
             to
             be
             our
             Advocate
             ;
             nor
             yet
             opposeth
             that
             Saying
             ,
             
               If
               any
               Man
               sin
               ,
               we
               have
               an
               Advocate
               with
               the
               Father
               ,
               even
               Jesus
               Christ
               the
               Righteous
               ,
            
             through
             whom
             ,
             both
             Pardon
             and
             Deliverance
             out
             of
             sin
             is
             obtained
             ;
             for
             [
             
               If
               any
               Man
               sin
            
             ]
             is
             no
             positive
             Conclusion
             ,
             that
             every
             Man
             sinneth
             ,
             or
             that
             none
             of
             God's
             People
             live
             without
             Sin
             ,
             but
             rather
             implies
             ,
             that
             [
             though
             it
             be
             possible
             that
             some
             may
             si●
             ,
             ●et
             they
             may
             be
             holpen
             ,
             &
             preserved
             out
             of
             it
             ]
             there
             are
             or
             may
             become
             that
             
               do
               not
               sin
            
             ;
             for
             [
             
               If
               any
               man
               sin
            
             ]
             is
             not
             ,
             that
             [
             
               every
               Man
               doth
               sin
            
             .
             ]
          
           
             As
             for
             
               These
               Friends
            
             (
             meaning
             
               Quakers
               )
               [
               being
               at
               the
               Bar
               of
               the
               Gospel
            
             ]
             they
             see
             no
             Cause
             ,
             either
             to
             look
             upon
             themselves
             ,
             
             as
             
               declining
               the
               Grace
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
            
             or
             
               to
               have
               forfeited
               their
               Interest
               in
               that
               Freedom
               ,
               which
               belongs
               to
               honest
               Christian
               Folks
               ,
               through
               thy
               Redemption
               that
               is
               in
               Christ
               Jesus
               ,
            
             whatever
             this
             Man
             hath
             insinuated
             against
             them
             ,
             or
             charged
             
             upon
             them
             to
             the
             contrary
             ;
             nor
             will
             they
             appeal
             from
             thes●
             Terms
             under
             which
             they
             are
             brought
             by
             Christ
             [
             or
             from
             the
             Terms
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ]
             to
             the
             Terms
             of
             the
             Law
             ;
             neither
             will
             they
             be
             judged
             by
             this
             Man's
             Consequences
             ,
             what
             Foolishness
             soever
             he
             therein
             chargeth
             upon
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             Danger
             he
             surmiseth
             ,
             the
             sincere
             Quaker
             sears
             not
             ,
             nor
             are
             we
             (
             who
             are
             called
             Quakers
             )
             doubtful
             what
             shall
             become
             of
             us
             before
             the
             great
             Tribunal
             of
             God
             ,
             while
             we
             have
             the
             Testimony
             of
             a
             good
             Conscience
             ;
             holding
             our
             Integrity
             ,
             and
             abiding
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             the
             Son
             of
             the
             Father's
             Love
             ,
             in
             whom
             we
             have
             Access
             with
             Boldness
             unto
             the
             Throne
             of
             Grace
             ;
             knowing
             also
             ,
             that
             he
             that
             abides
             in
             Christ
             ,
             sinneth
             not
             ;
             and
             if
             our
             Heart
             condemn
             us
             not
             ,
             then
             have
             we
             Confidence
             towards
             God
             ;
             near
             is
             he
             that
             justifieth
             ,
             who
             shall
             condemn
             ?
             who
             shall
             lay
             any
             thing
             to
             the
             Charge
             of
             God's
             Elect
             ?
             It
             is
             God
             that
             justifieth
             ,
             unto
             whom
             it
             is
             said
             
               thy
               People
               shall
               be
               all
               Righteous
               .
            
          
           
             
               Finished
               London
               
                 the
                 3d.
                 of
                 the
                 12th
                 .
                 Moneth
                 1674.
                 
              
            
             
               G.
               W.
               
            
          
           
             THE
             END
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A65896-e860
           
             Pag.
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             5.
             
          
           
             pag.
             6.
             
          
           
             pag.
             7.
             
          
           
             pag.
             6.
             
          
           
             pag.
             8.
             
          
           
             pag.
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             Concess
             .
             pag.
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             pag.
             10
             ,
          
           
             pag.
             12.
             
          
           
             pag.
             12
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             page
             14.
             
          
           
             Luke
             16.
             10.
             see
             also
             Mat.
             5
             10.
             
          
           
             A
             plain
             Concession
             to
             truth
             .
          
           
             pag.
             14.
             
          
           
             pag.
             15.
             
          
           
             pag
             ibid.
             
          
           
             page
             18.
             
          
           
             page
             18.
             
          
           
             page
             18
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             
               And
               what
               he
               cites
               is
               also
               true
               ,
               viz.
            
             De.
             Peccato
             ad
             Mortem
             ,
             quoniam
             non
             expr●ssum
             est
             ,
             possu●t
             diversa
             sentiri
             ;
             ego
             autem
             dico
             id
             esse
             Peccatum
             ,
             Fid●m
             quae
             per
             Dilectionem
             operatur
             ,
             d●serere
             usque
             ad
             Mortem
             .
             Concerning
             Sin
             unto
             Death
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             not
             express●d
             ,
             d●vers
             Things
             may
             be
             thought
             of
             it
             ;
             but
             I
             say
             ,
             that
             sin
             is
             this
             ,
             to
             desert
             (
             or
             never
             come
             up
             to
             that
             Faith
             which
             worketh
             by
             Love
             )
             unto
             Death
             ,
             
               August
               .
               de
               Con.
               et
               Gra.
               chap.
            
             12.
             
          
           
             Concess
             .
             page
             19.
             
          
           
             Col.
             1.
             21
             ,
             22.
             
          
           
             page
             24.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             3.
             18.
             
          
           
             Con●ess
             ▪
             pag.
             26.
             
          
           
             Concess
             .
             pag.
             26.
             
          
           
             pag.
             27.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             7
             
          
           
             Concession
             to
             Truth
             .
          
           
             1
             John
             1.
             7.
             
          
           
             pag.
             29.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             6.
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             11
             ,
             15
             ,
             22.
             
             &
             5.
             17
             ,
             20
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
             His
             other
             Excuse
             for
             their
             divines
             pag.
             29.
             
          
           
             Though
             't
             is
             trnc
             ,
             herein
             this
             Author
             seems
             to
             d●sown
             them
             ,
             by
             ●nfessing
             a
             Possibility
             to
             live
             without
             sin
             through
             the
             assistance
             of
             God's
             holy
             Spirit
             ,
             
               page
               7
               ,
               8.
            
             yet
             this
             Man
             bord●rs
             too
             near
             their
             Doctrine
             for
             sin
             ,
             in
             not
             believing
             nor
             confessing
             to
             any
             of
             the
             Saints
             keeping
             Christ's
             Commandments
             ,
             or
             their
             perfect
             Obedience
             ,
             but
             in
             arguing
             for
             the
             contrary
             ,
             which
             reflects
             Sin
             and
             Imperfection
             on
             all
             the
             Saints
             of
             God
             and
             true
             Christians
             .
          
           
             pag.
             29
             ,
             30.
             
          
           
             A
             supposed
             Objection
             yet
             not
             inconsistant
             with
             our
             Principle
             .
          
           
             *
             Contrary
             to
             1
             John
             4.
             17
             ,
             18.
             
          
           
             This
             is
             a
             plain
             Untruth
             .
          
           
             Concess
             .
             to
             Truth
             ,
             page
             32.
             
          
           
             page
             32.
             
          
           
             page
             33.