The Babylonish baptist, or, H.G. contradicting H.G. in his book stiled Light from the Son of righteousness, which is proved, meer confusion and darkness. Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723. 1672 Approx. 10 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 4 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2005-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A65839 Wing W1893 ESTC R30197 11259258 ocm 11259258 47190 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Grigg, Henry. -- Light from the son of righteousness. Inner Light. Society of Friends -- Doctrines. 2004-11 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2004-12 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2005-01 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2005-01 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2005-04 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion THE Babylonish Baptist. OR H.G. Contradicting H.G. In his Book stiled , LIGHT from the Son of Righteousness ; which is proved , meer Confusion and Darkness . Unprejudiced Reader , WE have a Witness in Heaven , That we have Love to the Souls of all Men ; and bear no Ill-Will to these Baptists : Howbeit , the Implacable Enmity of divers of them is such ; that in Times of Quietness , it hath been the manner of some of their Chieftains , to be Quarrelling , and spreading their Confused Pamphlets against us , and the Light Within confessed by us ; as being Offended and Fretted at our present Liberty , which we have Publickly to Confess the True Light ; though obtain'd through Deep Sufferings : Howbeit , the Fruitlesness of Coertion hath not been manifested by these Men's Valour , or Pretended Faithfulness in Suffering Times . We see , the more they Strive , the more they involve themselves in Babylonish Confusions and Self-Contradiction , to the Overthrow of their Cause , and their own Discredit therein . Some of the Baptists Doctrines and Contradictions , Collected out of their H. G's Book in their own words , and briefly Observ'd as follows . H. G. saith , viz. I utterly deny , that this Light , which all men have from the Glorious Creator , is a Saving Light , page 8. H. G. in Contradiction saith , I really believe , That the Lord Jesus , as the Eternal Word , hath given Light , or Enlightened all Men and Women that come into the World , p. 8. Animadversion , The Light or Life of the Eternal Word , which is the Light of Men , John 1. 4. is Spiritual and Divine , as is that Word ; and therefore Saving to all that truly Obey it . H. G. The great Darkness of these Men , who cry up Light and Power Within , this Wile of Satan , and Cheat of Antichrist , p. 31. H. G. Contra. The Lord Jesus , as the Eternal Word , Enlighteneth all men . This Light is the Substance of the Law — The Candle of the Lord : It doth Convince of Sin , p. 9. If Heathens follow it , they would shine in Just Living . The Work of Faith with Power — I do maintain , that Faith is required and must be wrought with Power in the Hearts , p. 15 , 16. Anim. What Horrible Blasphemy is it then , to term our crying up the Light and Power of Christ Within , the Wile of Satan , and Cheat of Antichrist ? And how plainly hereby Confuted ? We have Cause to look upon those Heathens , that follow the Light or Gift of God Within , to be More Godly and Better Christians , then many of these Baptists . H. G. observes from John 16. 7. That the Spirit or Blessed Comforter cannot be the Saviour , p. 46. H. G. Contrad . Till the coming of his Spirit and Grace with Power in my Heart , for the Binding of the Strong Man Satan , and Killing of my Corruptions , my Soul was not brought out of the Horrible Pit , p. 16. Having wrought this Glorious Work of Regeneration , p. 17. Anim. Then it s the Spirit and Power of Christ , that effects and works Salvation through the Work of Regeneration , see Tit. 3. 5. which is not done meerly by Christ's outward Sufferings ; though we cannot believe , that Satan is bound in this man , while he is in Satans work , Blaspheming Christ's Light Within , and Belying us . H. G. The Ordinance of the Lord's-Supper you call Bread and Wine , p. 19. H. G. Contrad . The Sign — The Shaddow ( speaking of their Ordinances ) the Substance being Christ , p. 53 , 54. Anim. Your pretended Lord's-Supper then , is no more then Bread and Wine , the Sign , the Shaddow ; and therefore their Continuation of no Necessity in the true Church , which hath received Christ the Substance , the Living Bread , who Spiritually communicates his Flesh and Blood , or Fruit of the Heavenly Vine , without your Shaddows ; And this is our Lord's Supper , that we partake of ; and our Baptism is Spiritual , 1. Cor. 12. 13. Eph. 4. 5. and as in 1 Pet. 3. 21. its said ; to the which also the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , Antitype , that now saveth us , even Baptism , agreeth . H. G. The End of this Ordinance doth remain , notwithstanding the Pourings forth of the Spirit ; and therefore the Ordinance must needs remain ; which is to Confirm our Faith in the true Saviour , and to keep up our Love to him , p. 21. Answ , What Faith and Love are these of theirs , which are confirm'd and kept up by Bread and Wine ? And what Idolatry and Diversion from the Spirit doth their Doctrine tend to herein ? Surely the Holy Spirit can best supply the said End , see Gal. 5. 22. H. G. again is very Fierce and Rash for their Water-Baptism ( or Plunging Peoplee in Water ) where he saith , Whosoever brings any other Gospel , let him be Accurst , p. 24. Answ. Hereby he hath Curst all the People of God , and Sincere-Minded , both Protestants , and all others in the World , who Oppose , and come not under the Baptists Dipping or Plunging people in Water : Lord forgive him ; he is very Uncharitable herein . For our Parts , we cannot believe their Baptism to be either the Baptism of Christ , or Gospel , or of Necessity and Available to Salvation . H. G. denies the True Saviour to be the Light and Power ; I affirm ( saith he ) that Jesus Christ is a Man , consisting of Flesh and Bone , p. 30 , 31. Humane , p. 33. Finite , Weak , subject to Passion , as we are , p. 94. The Inward Power is not the Christ distinct from the Humane Nature ; the true Christ consisting of a Body of Flesh and Bone , p. 31 , 34. H. G. Contrad . John declared plainly , that Christ was before him , being from Everlasting — He was before Abraham was — The Son of God by Eternal Generation — Truly God — David's Lord , p. 35. The Lord Jesus ; The Eternal Word , p. 8. The Emanuel , p. 32. Christ is the Son of the Living God , p. 33. Anim. Therefore it s both Unscriptural and Absurd to assert , That Jesus Christ consisteth of a Humane Body of Flesh and Bone , or is Finite ( seeing he is before all things , and by him all things consist , Col. ● . 17. ) and inconsistent both with the Eternal Glory of the Son of God , which he had with the Father before the World began , wherein he is Glorified ; and his Body is Glorious and Spiritual : They should have said , That he took upon him that Body prepared for him ; and not , that he consists ( or is made up ) of a Humane Body of Flesh and Bone : but at length , they are made to grant the Deity of Christ , more then formerly ; though to their own Confutation , as before . H. G. The principle of the Quakers concerning the Light within ; the Impurity and Vileness of which Principle I may further make appear , p. 48. H. G. Contrad . The Word , considered as Creator , is the True Light , which lighteth every man that cometh into the World , pag. 48. Anim. It s no less then Blasphemy to charge this Principle ( to wit the Light of the Eternal Word , the Creator ) with Vileness and Impurity : For the Word , and its Light , is both Divine , Eternally Pure , and Unchangeably Incorruptible . H. G. God forbid that I should ever own their Principle of the Light in all , that doth so clearly tend to the razing out the grand Fundamentals of the Gospel , p. 52. H. G. Contrad . Praises and Halelujah to God forever , who hath given us that Witness in our selves , of which thou speakest , p. 54 , 55. which Witness ( his Sister spake of ) was the Light which Reproves for Sin , to own and believe in the Light , that enlighteneth every man that cometh into the World , p. 8. & 29. Anim. See what a Sad Pass these Men are grown to ; and what kind of Prayers they offer to God , against his own Light , or Witness within ; and how contrary to the Gospel-Spirit and Light they are . READER , IN their said Book , stiled , Light from the Son of Righteousness , there are also many more Absurdities , & Perversions of Scripture , with False Accusations against ut ; viz. of Denying the Man Christ , the Resurrection , and many other things , which I have more fully answer'd elsewhere . But for Expedition , this Paper was abstracted , to be sent into Barbadoes , where H. G's said Book is like to be Concern'd ; as on the Account of his own Natural Sister ( as he calls her ) whom Un-Naturally , and Un-Brotherly , he hath Printed his Book ( in part ) against , for her Wholsom Advice , in her Letter , to Own and Believe in the True Light , which Enlightens every Man , &c. I have writ a Full Answer unto their said Book , which as yet I forbear to divulge , being informed , that some of the particular Baptists are about to bring forth more against us ; which if they do , I hope further to Examine them ; not questioning but they 'l be , both Inconsistent , and Contradictory , as they use to be , whilst they Contend in their Prejudice and Envy , which Blinds them ; The Lord give them a Penitent Sence thereof . London , the 27th of the 9th Moneth , 1672. From a Well-wisher of all men , who desires to be at Peace with all , so far as it may consist with Truth . G. W. THE END .