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             A vindication of the doctrine concerning the light within, against the objections of George Keith, in his book, entituled, The deism of W. Penn, and his brethren expos'd by Edmvnd Elys.
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           A
           VINDICATION
           OF
           The
           DOCTRINE
           Concerning
           the
           Light
           Within
           ,
           Against
           the
           OBJECTIONS
           OF
           George
           Keith
           .
        
         
           In
           his
           Book
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           The
           Deism
           of
           
             W.
             PENN
          
           ,
           and
           his
           Brethren
           Expos'd
           .
        
         
           By
           
             EDMVND
             ELYS
          
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           and
           Sold
           by
           
             T.
             Sowle
          
           ,
           in
           White-Hart-Court
           ,
           in
           Gracious-Street
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           Bible
           in
           Leaden-Hall-Street
           ,
           1699.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           VINDICATION
           OF
           THE
           DOCTRINE
           Concerning
           the
           
             Light
             Within
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           I
           Desire
           that
           
             G.
             Keith
          
           ,
           for
           his
           own
           Souls
           sake
           ,
           would
           give
           me
           some
           Publick
           Satisfaction
           ,
           for
           the
           Publick
           Injury
           he
           has
           done
           me
           ,
           in
           endeavouring
           to
           make
           the
           World
           believe
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           one
           of
           that
           sort
           of
           Men
           ,
           who
           call
           themselves
           Deists
           .
           It
           is
           my
           Resolution
           by
           the
           Grace
           of
           GOD
           ,
           to
           shew
           
             All
             Meekness
             to
          
           G.
           K.
           and
           to
           
             All
             Men.
          
           But
           I
           wou'd
           have
           it
           observ'd
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           inconsistent
           with
           
             Christian
             Meekness
          
           ,
           to
           express
           our selves
           with
           the
           greatest
           Severity
           in
           our
           Authoritative
           Reflections
           on
           any
           thing
           most
           grosly
           and
           notoriously
           Impious
           .
           I
           shall
           say
           no
           more
           to
           induce
           the
           Candid
           Reader
           to
           such
           Respects
           towards
           Me
           ,
           as
           are
           requisite
           for
           a
           due
           Reception
           of
           what
           I
           shall
           here
           deliver
           in
           Defence
           of
           that
           most
           important
           Truth
           ,
           which
           
             G.
             K.
          
           p.
           3.
           plainly
           declares
           that
           he
           hath
           
             Renounced
             ,
             viz.
          
           that
           
             The
             Inward
             Evidence
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             as
             touching
             the
             great
             Matters
             of
             the
             Christian
             Faith
             ,
             is
             the
             PRINCIPAL
             Rule
             of
             Faith
             ,
             and
             Life
             .
          
        
         
         
           By
           the
           Inward
           Evidence
           of
           the
           Spirit
           I
           understand
           ,
           that
           TRUTH
           ,
           which
           
             the
             Spirit
             of
          
           TRUTH
           has
           
             Written
             in
             the
             Hearts
             of
          
           All
           Men
           ,
           together
           with
           all
           the
           Influences
           of
           the
           Spirit
           upon
           the
           Hearts
           of
           Men
           ,
           Exciting
           them
           to
           a
           due
           Reflection
           on
           
             the
             Law
             of
             GOD
             Written
             in
             their
             Hearts
             :
          
           
             Thou
             shalt
             Love
             the
             Lord
             thy
             GOD
             with
             All
             thy
             Heart
             ,
             and
             with
             all
             thy
             Soul
             ,
             and
             thy
             Neighbour
             as
             thy Self
             .
          
           The
           Inward
           Evidence
           of
           the
           Spirit
           in
           this
           Sence
           I
           Aver
           to
           be
           the
           PRINCIPAL
           
             Rule
             of
             Faith
             and
             Life
          
           :
           All
           External
           Revelations
           ,
           Teachings
           ,
           and
           Instructions
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           Receiv'd
           in
           a
           way
           of
           Subordination
           thereunto
           .
           This
           is
           the
           Rule
           ,
           or
           Measure
           ,
           which
           we
           Ought
           Chiefly
           and
           Principally
           to
           Follow
           ;
           or
           be
           Led
           by
           ,
           in
           all
           our
           Inquiries
           what
           we
           Ought
           to
           believe
           for
           our
           
             Soul's
             Health
          
           ,
           for
           the
           Improvement
           of
           our
           Sanctification
           :
           The
           Cause
           that
           any
           Man
           Refuses
           to
           yield
           his
           Assent
           to
           any
           
             Sanctifying
             Truth
          
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           he
           Acteth
           Contrary
           to
           this
           Rule
           .
           
             G.
             K.
          
           discovers
           his
           gross
           Ignorance
           of
           the
           Truth
           I
           here
           Assert
           ,
           in
           that
           he
           affirms
           in
           his
           Narrative
           ,
           that
           the
           
             
               Jews
               and
               the
               Pagan
               Philosophers
            
             ,
             who
             Blasphem'd
             against
             the
             Man
             
               Jesus
               of
               Nazareth
            
             ,
             did
             own
             ,
             and
             confess
             to
             the
             Light
             Within
             :
          
           To
           which
           in
           my
           Publish'd
           Reflections
           on
           that
           Narrative
           ,
           I
           gave
           this
           Answer
           :
           
             The
             Jews
             ,
             and
             
               Pagans
               wou'd
            
             most
             certainly
             have
             Believ'd
             the
             Gospel
             Preach'd
             unto
             them
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             
               Own'd
               the
               Light
               within
            
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             been
             Ready
             to
             yield
             their
             Assent
             to
             any
             Doctrine
             Preached
             unto
             them
             ,
             to
             which
             they
             could
             have
             
               no
               Reason
            
             to
             Deny
             their
             Assent
             .
          
        
         
           These
           words
           of
           
             W.
             Penn
          
           ,
           which
           
             G.
             Keith
          
           Recites
           ,
           p.
           9
           ,
           &
           12.
           
           I
           highly
           Approve
           .
           
             By
             General
             Rule
             ,
             we
             understand
             that
             constant
             Measure
             ,
             by
             which
             Men
             in
             all
             Ages
             have
             been
             enabled
             to
             judge
             of
             the
             Truth
             and
             Error
             of
             Doctrines
             ,
             and
             the
             Good
             ,
             or
             Evil
             ,
             of
             Thoughts
             ,
             Words
             ,
             or
             Actions
             .
          
        
         
           
             By
             Faith
             ,
             we
             understand
             an
             Assent
             of
             the
             Mind
             ,
             in
             such
             manner
             to
             the
             Discoveries
             made
             of
             God
             thereto
             ,
             as
             to
             resign
             up
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             have
             dependence
             upon
             him
             ,
             as
             the
             great
             Creator
             ,
             and
             Saviour
             of
             his
             People
             .
          
        
         
           But
           says
           
             G.
             K.
          
           p.
           10.
           
           
             This
             General
             Rule
             did
             not
             extend
             ,
             nor
             doth
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             Rule
             ,
             or
             a
             Rule
             of
             the
             Faith
             of
             Remission
             of
             Sin
             ,
             by
             the
             Blood
             of
             the
             promised
             Seed
             of
             the
             Woman
             ,
             
             the
             Lamb
             of
             God
             that
             was
             to
             be
             Slain
             ,
             and
             should
             take
             away
             the
             Sin
             of
             the
             World.
             
          
           To
           this
           I
           Answer
           ,
           That
           whosoever
           Observes
           this
           Rule
           ,
           does
           
             Virtually
             or
             Implicitly
          
           Believe
           all
           the
           Truth
           Delivered
           in
           the
           
             Holy
             Scriptures
          
           ,
           in
           that
           he
           is
           in
           a
           Readiness
           to
           Receive
           it
           ,
           whenever
           it
           shall
           be
           Proposed
           unto
           him
           in
           Terms
           which
           he
           clearly
           understands
           .
        
         
           P.
           25.
           
           
             Seeing
             the
             Light
             Within
             ,
             says
             
               G.
               K.
            
             gives
             them
             not
             this
             Faith
             (
             the
             Faith
             of
             Christ
             the
             great
             Sacrifice
             )
             nor
             teacheth
             it
             them
             ,
             it
             evidently
             follows
             that
             the
             Light
             Within
             every
             Man
             is
             not
             the
             Rule
             of
             the
             Christian
             Faith.
             
          
           To
           this
           I
           Answer
           ,
           That
           the
           Light
           Within
           every
           Man
           gives
           to
           every
           Man
           ,
           that
           does
           not
           Rebel
           against
           it
           ,
           the
           Faith
           of
           Christ
           the
           great
           Sacrifice
           ;
           so
           that
           when
           any
           thing
           Relating
           to
           our
           Saviour
           shall
           be
           duly
           Proposed
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           the
           Object
           of
           his
           Faith
           ,
           he
           will
           most
           certainly
           embrace
           it
           ,
           or
           yield
           a
           sincere
           Assent
           unto
           it
           .
        
         
           P.
           48.
           
           
             Nothing
             can
             be
             a
             Rule
             of
             Christian
             Faith
             ,
             as
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             peculiar
             Doctrines
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             but
             that
             Doctrine
             ,
             which
             sets
             before
             our
             Minds
             certain
             Propositions
             of
             Truth
             ,
             to
             which
             the
             Mind
             can
             ,
             and
             ought
             to
             Assent
             ,
             from
             sufficient
             Motives
             of
             Credibility
             .
          
        
         
           Answ
           .
           We
           ought
           not
           to
           Assent
           to
           any
           Affirmations
           Externally
           Proposed
           ,
           as
           Objects
           of
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           ,
           unless
           we
           can
           Apprehend
           in
           them
           a
           Suitableness
           ,
           or
           Correspondence
           with
           That
           which
           
             the
             Spirit
             of
          
           TRUTH
           
             has
             Written
             in
             the
             Hearts
          
           of
           All
           Men.
           The
           Quakers
           Acknowledge
           that
           upon
           this
           Account
           they
           are
           Obliged
           to
           Believe
           all
           the
           Doctrine
           Contain'd
           in
           that
           
             Form
             of
             sound
             Words
          
           ,
           which
           we
           call
           The
           NICENE
           CREED
           .
           
             B.
             C.
          
           one
           of
           W.
           Penn's
           Brethren
           ,
           in
           his
           Book
           Entituled
           ,
           The
           Quakers
           
             clear'd
             from
             being
             Apostates
          
           ,
           hath
           these
           Words
           ,
           "
           The
           Quakers
           Believe
           "
           the
           Substance
           of
           the
           
             Nicene
             Creed
          
           .
           I
           earnestly
           Request
           all
           Persons
           ,
           who
           Profess
           themselves
           to
           be
           True
           Members
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           ,
           to
           observe
           these
           words
           in
           the
           same
           Book
           ,
           p.
           57.
           
           
             I
             say
             ,
             He
             would
             have
             as
             truly
             represented
             the
             Presbyterians
             ,
             as
             he
             hath
             done
             the
             Quakers
             :
             If
             he
             had
             said
             of
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             held
             Universal
             Grace
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             was
             never
             any
             such
             Thing
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             as
             the
             Solemn
             League
             and
             Covenant
             ,
             and
             no
             such
             Man
             as
             the
             Bishop
             of
             St.
             Andrews
             Murdered
             ,
             or
             that
             King
             Charles
             the
             First
             cut
             off
             his
             own
             Head
             ,
             or
             that
             they
             
             never
             Hanged
             Men
             only
             for
             being
             Quakers
             ,
             or
             that
             their
             Brethren
             in
             SCOTLAND
             were
             for
             Univresal
             Liberty
             ,
             notwithstanding
             their
             Barbarity
             to
             the
             EPISCOPAL
             Clergy
             ,
             and
             their
             Design
             to
             Excommunicate
             all
             Persons
             that
             should
             Buy
             ,
             or
             Sell
             with
             ,
             or
             Entertain
             a
             Quaker
             ,
             which
             had
             took
             effect
             ,
             had
             not
             the
             Clemency
             of
             the
             King
             Interposed
             ,
             to
             break
             their
             Mischievous
             Designs
             .
          
        
         
           P.
           59.
           
           
             G.
             K.
          
           exclaims
           against
           
             W.
             Penn
          
           for
           calling
           
             The
             Spirit
             ,
             The
             Rule
             of
             Faith
             ,
          
           The
           Spirit
           being
           the
           
             Principal
             Efficient
             of
          
           Faith
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           Instrumental
           Cause
           of
           it
           .
           To
           this
           I
           Answer
           :
           That
           't
           is
           Evident
           when
           
             W.
             Penn
          
           calls
           
             The
             Spirit
          
           the
           Rule
           ,
           he
           understands
           our
           Participations
           of
           the
           Divine
           Spirit
           ,
           the
           Impressions
           of
           Truth
           ,
           that
           
             The
             Spirit
             of
          
           TRUTH
           has
           made
           upon
           our
           Hearts
           .
           That
           this
           is
           W.
           Penn's
           Meaning
           appears
           most
           evidently
           ,
           in
           that
           he
           allow'd
           his
           Son
           (
           who
           was
           a
           Wonderful
           Ingenious
           Young
           Man
           )
           to
           Publish
           a
           short
           Treatise
           of
           mine
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           "
           
             Vindiciae
             Quorundam
          
           R.
           Barclaij
           Noematum
           ,
           &c.
           with
           His
           own
           Translation
           ,
           in
           which
           are
           these
           words
           :
           
             If
             we
             by
             the
             
               Holy
               Ghost
            
             understand
             GOD
             ,
             viz.
             the
             Third
             Person
             of
             the
             Holy
             Trinity
             ,
             I
             confess
             we
             ought
             not
             to
             call
             Him
             the
             Rule
             *
             
               of
               Faith
               ,
               and
               Manners
            
             ;
             since
             the
             Rule
             of
             Faith
             is
             that
             Instrument
             by
             which
             we
             rightly
             Examine
             what
             is
             the
             Object
             of
             the
             Christian
             Faith
             ,
             or
             what
             that
             is
             ,
             that
             Christ
             hath
             laid
             down
             for
             us
             to
             Believe
             :
             But
             we
             may
             also
             understand
             by
             the
             
               Holy
               Ghost
            
             [
             I
             should
             have
             Translated
             it
             ,
             
               The
               Divine
               Spirit
            
             ]
             our
             Partaking
             (
             my
             word
             is
             Participatio
             )
             of
             the
             Divine
             Spirit
             ,
             with
             which
             Every
             Rational
             Soul
             is
             endu'd
             by
             an
             Idea
             of
             the
             most
             Great
             and
             most
             Good
             GOD
             ,
             Ingrafted
             in
             its
             Nature
             :
             In
             which
             sence
             we
             by
             right
             ought
             to
             say
             ,
             The
             Spirit
             is
             the
             Principal
             ,
             or
             Chief
             Rule
             of
             our
             Faith
             ,
             to
             which
             the
             Scriptures
             themselves
             are
             Subordinate
             .
             For
             we
             only
             Perceive
             they
             carry
             a
             Divine
             Sence
             ,
             as
             far
             as
             we
             feel
             their
             Congruity
             with
             the
             Idea
             ,
             or
             Impression
             of
             the
             
               Divine
               Being
            
             ,
             which
             
               God
               himself
            
             hath
             fixed
             in
             our
             Hearts
             .
          
        
         
           
             R.
             BARCLAY's
             Protestation
             ,
             of
             which
             his
             Learned
             Adversary
             speaks
             ,
             p.
             226.
             pleases
             me
             much
             .
             That
             he
             ,
             with
             those
             of
             his
             Religion
             ,
             are
             willing
             their
             Doctrines
             and
             Practices
             should
             be
             Try'd
             by
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             and
             to
             admit
             as
             a
             positive
             ,
             and
             certain
             Maxim
             ,
             that
             whatsoever
             any
             do
             ,
             pretending
             to
             be
             
             led
             by
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             which
             is
             contrary
             to
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             should
             be
             reputed
             a
             Delusion
             of
             the
             Devil
             .
          
        
         
           P.
           66.
           
           
             Excepting
             the
             common
             Principles
             of
             Justice
             and
             Temperance
             ,
             all
             other
             things
             relating
             either
             to
             Faith
             ,
             or
             Life
             ,
             with
             respect
             to
             the
             peculiar
             Doctrines
             ,
             and
             Precepts
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             are
             not
             to
             be
             found
             at
             all
             in
             the
             Light
             Within
             every
             Man
             ,
             abstractly
             ,
             and
             by
             it self
             consider'd
             .
          
        
         
           Answ
           .
           It
           implies
           the
           grossest
           Contradiction
           ,
           that
           
             The
             Light
             Within
          
           should
           be
           consider'd
           abstractly
           from
           CHRIST
           ,
           since
           by
           that
           Light
           we
           understand
           
             Christ
             himself
          
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           Comes
           "
           from
           Him
           ,
           Tending
           to
           the
           Conviction
           ,
           and
           Conversion
           of
           "
           Sinners
           .
           
             In
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ,
           The
           Light
           Within
           ,
           The
           True
           Light
           that
           Enlighteneth
           Every
           Man
           ,
           are
           
             Hid
             All
             the
             Treasures
             of
             Wisdom
             ,
             and
             Knowledge
          
           :
           So
           that
           whosoever
           does
           not
           Rebel
           against
           The
           Light
           Shining
           in
           some
           Measure
           in
           his
           own
           Heart
           ,
           does
           Virtually
           Believe
           all
           the
           Truth
           ,
           the
           Belief
           whereof
           is
           necessary
           for
           his
           SALVATION
           .
        
         
           P.
           135.
           
           
             Whether
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             (
             whose
             Judgment
             and
             Determination
             is
             all
             one
             with
             that
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             the
             Father
             )
             doth
             give
             his
             Judgment
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             the
             Members
             of
             it
             ,
             by
             any
             other
             Law
             ,
             or
             Rule
             ,
             Measure
             ,
             or
             Standard
             ,
             than
             what
             is
             already
             to
             be
             found
             in
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             whether
             relating
             to
             Articles
             of
             Faith
             ,
             or
             positive
             Precepts
             of
             Revealed
             ,
             and
             Instituted
             Religion
             ,
             by
             Christ
             ,
             and
             his
             Apostles
             in
             the
             New
             Testament
             ?
          
        
         
           To
           this
           I
           Answer
           ,
           That
           in
           Matters
           that
           Concern
           the
           Whole
           Church
           ,
           or
           any
           Particular
           Congregation
           ,
           or
           any
           Single
           Person
           ,
           in
           that
           it
           is
           his
           Duty
           to
           Demonstrate
           to
           another
           ,
           that
           this
           ,
           or
           that
           ,
           is
           his
           Duty
           ;
           in
           these
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           Cases
           ,
           the
           
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
          
           gives
           his
           Judgment
           by
           no
           other
           Law
           or
           Rule
           ,
           Measure
           or
           Standard
           ,
           than
           what
           is
           already
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           :
           But
           as
           to
           Particular
           Matters
           ,
           that
           Concern
           my
           own
           Soul
           ,
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           Fundamental
           Divine
           Law
           ,
           "
           Thou
           shalt
           Love
           the
           "
           Lord
           thy
           God
           with
           all
           thy
           Heart
           ,
           &c.
           where
           I
           have
           no
           Obligation
           to
           Demonstrate
           to
           others
           that
           I
           should
           Sin
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           not
           Do
           this
           ,
           or
           that
           ,
           the
           
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
          
           will
           give
           his
           Judgment
           by
           the
           
             Particular
             Illuminations
          
           I
           receive
           from
           Him
           ,
           which
           imply
           such
           Notices
           of
           Persons
           ,
           and
           Things
           ,
           and
           of
           my
           own
           Particular
           
           Abilities
           ,
           and
           Inabilities
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           Remembrances
           of
           such
           and
           such
           Reflections
           upon
           my
           own
           Experiences
           of
           the
           Divine
           Justice
           ,
           and
           Mercy
           ,
           &c.
           from
           which
           ,
           through
           the
           Influence
           of
           
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Truth
             and
             Love
             ,
          
           there
           arises
           a
           Lively
           Sense
           of
           an
           Obligation
           to
           such
           Performances
           ,
           which
           it
           may
           be
           no
           Person
           upon
           Earth
           can
           clearly
           Perceive
           by
           any
           
             Text
             of
             Scripture
          
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           my
           Duty
           to
           undertake
           .
           No
           Man
           living
           can
           say
           ,
           It
           was
           my
           Duty
           to
           Do
           what
           I
           have
           Done
           in
           Defence
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           concerning
           the
           
             Light
             Within
          
           :
           But
           yet
           it
           is
           so
           Evident
           to
           Me
           that
           it
           was
           My
           Duty
           ,
           that
           
             I
             Rejoyce
             ,
             and
             am
             Exceeding
             Glad
             ,
          
           whenever
           I
           Hear
           My self
           Reproach'd
           (
           as
           I
           have
           been
           by
           Many
           ,
           particularly
           by
           
             G.
             Keith
          
           )
           for
           this
           Consciencious
           Undertaking
           :
           And
           I
           would
           rather
           
             lay
             down
             my
             Life
          
           ,
           than
           Promise
           ,
           or
           Ingage
           my self
           Not
           to
           Publish
           this
           present
           Writing
           ,
           being
           thereunto
           Call'd
           by
           HIM
           ,
           who
           
             Searcheth
             the
             Heart
             ,
             and
             Tryeth
             the
             Reins
             :
          
           And
           will
           
             bring
             Every
             Work
             into
             Judgment
             ,
             with
             Every
             Secret
             thing
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             Good
             ,
             or
             whether
             it
             be
             Evil.
             
          
        
         
           COME
           LORD
           JESUS
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A39375-e150
           
             *
             
               i.
               e.
            
             in
             a
             Strict
             Logical
             way
             of
             Speaking
             .