Some queries proposed, to the monethly meeting of the Quakers at Aberdeen; the sixth day of June, 1700. By Robert Sandilands With their answers thereto; together with some remarks thereupon. Published by authority. To which is prefixed a letter from George Keith, sent to the Quakers in Aberdeen, containing a very serious and Christian expostulation with his old friends, &c.
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             Some queries proposed, to the monethly meeting of the Quakers at Aberdeen; the sixth day of June, 1700. By Robert Sandilands With their answers thereto; together with some remarks thereupon. Published by authority. To which is prefixed a letter from George Keith, sent to the Quakers in Aberdeen, containing a very serious and Christian expostulation with his old friends, &c.
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           SOME
           QUERIES
           Proposed
           ,
           to
           the
           Monethly
           Meeting
           of
           the
           Quakers
           at
           ABERDEEN
           ;
           the
           sixth
           Day
           of
           June
           ,
           1700.
           
        
         
           By
           ROBERT
           SANDILANDS
           :
        
         
           
             With
             their
          
           ANSWERS
           
             thereto
             ;
             together
             with
             some
             Remarks
             thereupon
             .
          
        
         
           Published
           by
           Authority
           .
        
         
           To
           which
           is
           Prefixed
           a
           Letter
           from
           
             GEORGE
             KEITH
          
           ,
           sent
           to
           the
           Quakers
           in
           ABERDEEN
           ,
           Containing
           a
           very
           serious
           and
           Christian
           Expostulation
           with
           his
           Old
           Friends
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Gal.
             4.
             16.
             
          
           
             Am
             I
             therefore
             become
             Your
             Enemy
             ,
             because
             I
             tell
             You
             the
             Truth
             .
          
        
         
           ABERDEEN
           ,
           Printed
           by
           IOHN
           FORBES
           ,
           Printer
           to
           the
           CITY
           and
           UNIVERSITY
           .
        
         
         
         
      
       
         
         
         
           
             To
             the
             Right
             Honourable
          
           THOMAS
           MITCHEL
           ,
           Lord
           Provost
           .
           
             
               
                 
                   Bailies
                   .
                
                 
                   ALEXANDER
                   RAGG
                   ,
                
                 
                   ALEXANDER
                   FORBES
                   ,
                
                 
                   ALEXANDER
                   KER
                   ,
                
                 
                   ALEXANDER
                   PATON
                   ,
                
              
            
             
               
                 IOHN
                 LESLIE
              
               ,
               Dean
               of
               Gild
               ,
            
             
               
                 WILLIAM
                 CROWDEN
              
               ,
               Thesaurer
               .
            
             
               
                 And
                 to
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Honourable
                 Council
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 ABERDEEN
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             RIGHT
             HONOURABLE
             ,
          
        
         
           THE
           Hereditary
           Tyes
           I
           am
           under
           to
           the
           City
           of
           Aberdeen
           ,
           (
           of
           which
           my
           Father
           was
           Recorder
           several
           years
           )
           wherein
           many
           of
           my
           Friends
           Live
           ,
           and
           some
           whereof
           have
           been
           Honoured
           with
           the
           most
           eminent
           Posts
           in
           the
           Magistracy
           ,
           and
           of
           which
           I
           my self
           am
           a
           Native
           and
           Burger
           ,
           are
           so
           strong
           ,
           that
           they
           need
           no
           new
           motives
           to
           raise
           and
           preserve
           in
           me
           ,
           the
           greatest
           Honour
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           sincere
           Love
           for
           the
           Place
           :
           And
           ye
           who
           are
           the
           present
           worthy
           Governours
           hereof
           ,
           have
           surpriz'd
           me
           with
           such
           new
           favours
           and
           Personal
           Obligations
           ,
           since
           my
           last
           Return
           to
           your
           City
           ,
           that
           nothing
           but
           a
           publick
           acknowledgment
           ,
           can
           secure
           me
           against
           the
           Reproach
           of
           Ingratitude
           .
        
         
           Those
           Shelves
           on
           which
           ,
           I
           and
           many
           well
           designing
           ,
           but
           seduced
           Christians
           had
           Shipwrack'd
           the
           true
           Faith
           ,
           could
           not
           be
           sufficiently
           guarded
           against
           ,
           nor
           those
           who
           are
           already
           fallen
           into
           fatal
           delusions
           recovered
           and
           restored
           ,
           otherwayes
           ,
           then
           by
           exposing
           to
           the
           impartial
           view
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           the
           gross
           and
           vile
           
           Errours
           ,
           that
           ly
           couched
           under
           the
           mask
           of
           Divine
           Illuminations
           ,
           and
           the
           palpable
           Contradictions
           that
           are
           maintained
           by
           different
           parties
           of
           that
           Society
           ,
           which
           pretends
           to
           be
           guided
           and
           influenced
           in
           every
           point
           ,
           by
           the
           unerring
           Spirit
           of
           Infinite
           Wisdom
           .
           And
           as
           Love
           to
           Christianity
           and
           Charity
           to
           the
           Souls
           of
           others
           ,
           has
           induced
           me
           first
           to
           Propose
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           publish
           the
           following
           Queries
           and
           Remarks
           ,
           so
           I
           cannot
           in
           Justice
           conceal
           your
           Forwardness
           and
           Zeal
           ,
           to
           Countenance
           and
           encourage
           me
           in
           vindication
           of
           the
           Truth
           ,
           and
           to
           allow
           what
           ever
           might
           be
           of
           use
           to
           me
           ,
           in
           defence
           of
           the
           Truth
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           doe
           ,
           with
           the
           greatest
           simplicity
           .
           And
           that
           GOD
           may
           strengthen
           you
           and
           raise
           up
           others
           ,
           to
           be
           valiant
           for
           Truth
           and
           Holiness
           ,
           shall
           ever
           be
           the
           hearty
           Prayer
           of
           ,
        
         
           
             Right
             Honourable
             ,
          
           
             Your
             Most
             Obliged
             and
             Obedient
             Servant
             ,
             ROBERT
             SANDILANDS
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           To
           the
           Christian
           Reader
           .
        
         
           SEEing
           ,
           it
           hath
           graciously
           pleased
           Almighty
           GOD
           ,
           in
           his
           Infinite
           Mercy
           ,
           to
           discover
           to
           me
           as
           well
           as
           many
           more
           in
           England
           ,
           (
           who
           for
           sometime
           had
           lived
           in
           communion
           with
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           )
           those
           many
           gross
           Errours
           ,
           that
           were
           maintained
           in
           Print
           ,
           by
           their
           Chief
           Teachers
           ;
           which
           nevertheless
           ,
           I
           my self
           never
           owned
           ,
           but
           alwayes
           sincerely
           believed
           the
           most
           necessary
           fundamental
           Truths
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           profest
           in
           common
           by
           all
           PROTESTANTS
           ;
           though
           I
           must
           confess
           I
           was
           so
           far
           misled
           ,
           as
           to
           believe
           that
           more
           stress
           was
           to
           be
           laid
           on
           the
           
           Light
           within
           ,
           then
           on
           Faith
           in
           an
           outward
           Crucified
           JESUS
           ;
           &c.
           
           I
           therefore
           judged
           my self
           bound
           in
           Conscience
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           separat
           from
           them
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           return
           to
           this
           my
           Native
           Countrey
           ,
           where
           I
           first
           joined
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           there
           give
           a
           publick
           Testimony
           to
           the
           Truth
           ,
           and
           endeavour
           in
           the
           Strength
           of
           the
           LORD
           ,
           to
           satisfie
           my
           old
           Friends
           and
           Relations
           ,
           that
           as
           I
           erred
           through
           ignorance
           and
           unbelief
           ,
           never
           knowing
           nor
           being
           any
           way
           perswaded
           ,
           till
           of
           late
           that
           such
           gross
           Errours
           were
           owned
           by
           them
           ,
           which
           if
           I
           had
           in
           the
           least
           suspected
           ,
           I
           think
           I
           should
           never
           have
           been
           prevailed
           with
           to
           have
           joined
           with
           them
           :
           So
           I
           hope
           ,
           that
           the
           Quakers
           both
           here
           and
           else
           where
           (
           who
           are
           sincere
           and
           honest
           hearted
           )
           when
           they
           are
           made
           sensible
           of
           and
           discover
           the
           same
           (
           which
           they
           may
           doe
           ,
           by
           impartially
           searching
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           done
           their
           own
           authentick
           writtings
           )
           shall
           be
           of
           one
           mind
           with
           me
           ,
           and
           with
           me
           also
           obtain
           mercy
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           have
           reason
           to
           magnifie
           the
           Infinite
           Goodness
           and
           Love
           of
           GOD
           in
           
             CHRIST
             JESUS
          
           our
           LORD
           ;
           Of
           this
           I
           conceive
           the
           more
           hopes
           ,
           since
           I
           got
           the
           Answers
           of
           the
           Principal
           Quakers
           ,
           of
           the
           last
           Monethly
           Meeting
           at
           Aberdeen
           ,
           given
           to
           some
           Queries
           proposed
           by
           me
           at
           that
           Meeting
           ,
           both
           which
           ,
           together
           with
           some
           Remarks
           on
           their
           said
           Answers
           are
           here
           Printed
           by
           Authority
           of
           the
           Magistrats
           of
           Aberdeen
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           desire
           of
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           intreaty
           of
           my
           Friends
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           I
           have
           been
           induced
           to
           make
           a
           short
           Narrative
           of
           what
           passed
           before
           the
           giving
           ,
           in
           or
           Answering
           the
           said
           Queries
           .
        
         
           Soon
           after
           my
           arrival
           at
           Aberdeen
           ,
           I
           had
           occasion
           to
           meet
           with
           some
           of
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           whom
           I
           discoursed
           ,
           and
           more
           particularly
           
             A.
             Jaffray
          
           their
           chief
           Teacher
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           and
           in
           our
           Conferences
           together
           ,
           I
           mention'd
           some
           gross
           passages
           in
           
             W.
             Penn's
          
           Books
           &c.
           
           But
           he
           being
           dissatisfied
           ,
           proposed
           that
           himself
           and
           I
           ,
           with
           some
           friends
           of
           each
           side
           should
           meet
           ,
           and
           after
           these
           Books
           were
           produced
           ,
           it
           might
           be
           seen
           ,
           whether
           such
           palpable
           and
           gross
           Errours
           were
           vouched
           in
           them
           yea
           or
           not
           .
           Having
           so
           soon
           as
           possible
           I
           could
           ,
           got
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           I
           wrot
           to
           the
           said
           
             A.
             J.
          
           desiring
           to
           know
           ,
           when
           we
           should
           meet
           ,
           in
           answer
           to
           which
           he
           sent
           me
           a
           very
           passionat
           and
           indiscreet
           Letter
           ,
           intirely
           declining
           the
           Meeting
           (
           though
           he
           himself
           first
           proposed
           the
           same
           )
           and
           therein
           acquainted
           me
           if
           I
           had
           any
           thing
           to
           say
           against
           them
           ,
           I
           should
           give
           it
           ,
           in
           Write
           or
           Print
           :
           I
           therefore
           went
           to
           their
           Monethly
           Meeting
           ,
           where
           
             Alexander
             Forbes
          
           of
           Craigie
           and
           
             Alexander
             Patton
          
           of
           Kinnaldie
           (
           Bailies
           in
           Aberdeen
           )
           
           with
           a
           great
           many
           more
           Persons
           of
           good
           Note
           were
           present
           ,
           and
           there
           ,
           after
           some
           short
           discourse
           ,
           I
           read
           the
           Queries
           (
           as
           they
           are
           here
           Printed
           )
           of
           which
           I
           left
           a
           signed
           Copie
           with
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           and
           gave
           another
           to
           
             Bailie
             Paton
          
           ;
           to
           which
           after
           some
           time
           I
           at
           length
           obtained
           the
           Answers
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           hereafter
           subjoined
           .
           And
           that
           it
           may
           appear
           how
           groundlesly
           they
           lay
           claim
           to
           the
           immediat
           and
           infallible
           illuminations
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           GOD
           ,
           which
           is
           in
           all
           times
           ,
           places
           and
           persons
           ,
           the
           same
           without
           contradiction
           or
           variation
           ;
           I
           have
           annexed
           some
           Quotations
           out
           of
           their
           most
           approved
           Writters
           ,
           which
           most
           plainly
           contradict
           the
           Doctrine
           now
           seemingly
           owned
           by
           
             A.
             J.
          
           and
           his
           Friends
           .
           These
           passages
           I
           have
           here
           adduced
           are
           not
           to
           be
           looked
           upon
           ,
           as
           the
           opinions
           of
           private
           Authors
           among
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           but
           as
           the
           Doctrine
           and
           Principles
           maintained
           by
           the
           whole
           Body
           of
           that
           people
           in
           England
           ;
           For
           their
           Books
           are
           not
           allowed
           to
           be
           Printed
           or
           Re-Printed
           ,
           till
           first
           they
           are
           approved
           off
           ,
           by
           the
           second
           days
           Meeting
           at
           London
           ,
           and
           all
           such
           Books
           so
           approved
           off
           ,
           are
           by
           an
           order
           among
           them
           ,
           transmitted
           to
           other
           Monethly
           or
           Quarterly
           Meetings
           &c.
           and
           there
           is
           none
           that
           I
           have
           made
           use
           of
           ,
           have
           ever
           been
           rejected
           or
           publickly
           disapproved
           by
           them
           ,
           (
           so
           far
           as
           I
           know
           .
           )
        
         
           One
           thing
           more
           I
           must
           say
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           as
           it
           is
           well
           known
           to
           divers
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           that
           no
           outward
           prospect
           ever
           mov'd
           me
           to
           leave
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           and
           join
           with
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           so
           I
           can
           say
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           Almighty
           GOD
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           sincerity
           of
           my
           heart
           ,
           that
           no
           Worldly
           interest
           induced
           me
           ,
           now
           to
           leave
           their
           communion
           ,
           but
           plain
           conviction
           and
           full
           perswasion
           of
           those
           many
           gross
           and
           pernicious
           Heresies
           which
           were
           very
           clearly
           discovered
           to
           me
           in
           their
           Writtings
           .
           And
           as
           I
           am
           convinced
           ,
           that
           many
           sober
           and
           serious
           Persons
           among
           them
           ,
           do
           not
           believe
           or
           somuch
           as
           imagine
           that
           such
           unchristian
           Doctrines
           were
           ever
           broached
           or
           mantained
           by
           their
           chief
           Ieachers
           ,
           so
           I
           heartily
           pray
           that
           the
           LORD
           would
           enlighten
           their
           minds
           that
           they
           may
           both
           discover
           and
           acknowledge
           their
           Errours
           and
           abhore
           them
           as
           much
           as
           I
           do
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           GEORGE
           KEITH'S
           Letter
           .
        
         
           
             
               My
               Old
               Friends
            
             ,
             Andrew
             Jaffray
             ,
             Iohn
             Robertson
             ,
             Robert
             Gordon
             ,
             Iohn
             Forbes
             
               of
               Achortes
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           HAving
           the
           occasion
           of
           the
           Bearer
           ,
           I
           thought
           fit
           to
           send
           you
           my
           fourth
           Narrative
           ,
           and
           another
           late
           Book
           of
           mine
           called
           the
           
             Deism
             of
             William
             Penn
          
           ,
           &c
           :
           which
           I
           desire
           you
           to
           read
           impartially
           and
           without
           prejudice
           .
           I
           hope
           ye
           will
           not
           be
           so
           strait
           as
           not
           to
           read
           them
           ,
           for
           as
           ever
           I
           could
           and
           did
           very
           freely
           read
           the
           Books
           of
           any
           against
           me
           ,
           so
           I
           still
           can
           ,
           and
           do
           readily
           read
           them
           .
           The
           said
           Narrative
           as
           to
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           Quotations
           ,
           is
           attested
           by
           men
           of
           Credit
           ,
           and
           beside
           I
           suppose
           ,
           many
           of
           the
           Books
           that
           I
           have
           quoted
           in
           the
           same
           ,
           ye
           may
           have
           by
           you
           ,
           and
           some
           others
           ye
           may
           easily
           procure
           ,
           whereby
           to
           find
           whether
           my
           Quotations
           be
           true
           and
           just
           ,
           and
           if
           you
           find
           them
           so
           to
           be
           ,
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           calmly
           and
           seriously
           consider
           them
           ,
           and
           Compare
           them
           with
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           which
           I
           beseech
           you
           more
           diligently
           to
           search
           ,
           with
           earnest
           Prayer
           to
           God
           Almigty
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           give
           you
           a
           good
           understanding
           ,
           by
           His
           
             Divine
             Illumination
          
           ,
           by
           which
           you
           will
           see
           that
           the
           chief
           Teachers
           of
           the
           Quakers
           (
           whom
           both
           Ye
           and
           I
           have
           in
           our
           Ignorance
           owned
           for
           true
           Teachers
           )
           have
           Taught
           very
           false
           Doctrines
           ,
           contradicting
           the
           
             Holy
             Scriptures
          
           ;
           in
           diverse
           of
           the
           great
           fundamentals
           of
           Christianity
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           not
           here
           expostulat
           with
           You
           ,
           for
           your
           unkindness
           to
           me
           ,
           Uncharitableness
           and
           rash
           Judgement
           against
           me
           in
           your
           Letters
           and
           Papers
           ,
           sent
           up
           here
           to
           London
           against
           me
           some
           Yeasr
           ago
           .
           But
           my
           Prayer
           is
           to
           God
           ,
           both
           for
           You
           and
           others
           thereaway
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           give
           You
           a
           better
           Understanding
           ,
           and
           make
           You
           more
           
           Charitable
           in
           Judgement
           ,
           both
           to
           me
           and
           others
           ,
           and
           more
           humble
           in
           Your
           own
           Conceits
           .
           I
           freely
           own
           with
           sorrow
           and
           deep
           Repentance
           that
           I
           have
           been
           injurious
           to
           You
           and
           others
           thereaway
           ,
           not
           in
           any
           Wordly
           matter
           ,
           but
           while
           I
           was
           with
           You
           ,
           and
           in
           my
           ignorant
           Zeal
           ,
           thinking
           that
           I
           did
           God
           good
           Service
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           any
           wayes
           instrumental
           to
           mislead
           and
           misinform
           You
           ,
           and
           turn
           You
           out
           of
           the
           way
           in
           any
           of
           the
           least
           Principle
           or
           Practice
           of
           Christian
           Religion
           .
           For
           this
           I
           acknowledge
           that
           I
           am
           a
           great
           Debtor
           to
           You
           ,
           and
           would
           willingly
           make
           restitution
           and
           be
           at
           as
           great
           and
           greater
           Pains
           to
           undeceive
           You
           ,
           and
           bring
           You
           out
           of
           the
           Mire
           ,
           as
           ever
           I
           was
           to
           lead
           You
           into
           it
           ,
           but
           if
           You
           refuse
           my
           offer
           ,
           God
           (
           I
           doubt
           not
           )
           will
           forgive
           me
           ,
           and
           not
           lay
           it
           to
           my
           Charge
           ,
           and
           the
           Sin
           will
           ly
           at
           your
           Door
           .
           I
           hope
           I
           can
           say
           as
           Paul
           said
           ,
           
             I
             have
             obtained
             Mercy
             because
             I
             did
             it
             ignorantly
             .
          
           The
           main
           things
           wherein
           I
           Charge
           my self
           to
           have
           misinformed
           You
           ,
           and
           any
           others
           ,
           either
           by
           my
           Words
           or
           Books
           ,
           are
           ,
           in
           leading
           You
           into
           great
           Unchatitablene●s
           towards
           all
           other
           Protestant
           Societies
           ,
           and
           into
           too
           high
           an
           Esteem
           of
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           and
           their
           Leaders
           and
           Teachers
           and
           Way
           of
           Practice
           in
           diverse
           things
           ,
           both
           Religious
           and
           Civil
           ,
           and
           more
           especially
           to
           the
           rejecting
           of
           the
           Holy
           Institutions
           of
           our
           Blessed
           Lord
           ,
           of
           Baptism
           and
           the
           Supper
           ,
           and
           setting
           up
           Humane
           Institutions
           in
           room
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           
             George
             Fox
          
           his
           orders
           of
           Womens
           Meetings
           and
           Government
           in
           Church
           Affairs
           ,
           the
           Condemning
           all
           other
           Protestant
           Teachers
           ,
           (
           though
           more
           sound
           in
           Faith
           ,
           and
           of
           more
           Religious
           Practices
           )
           and
           Professors
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           as
           Priests
           of
           Baal
           ,
           and
           Worshippers
           of
           Baal
           ,
           crying
           out
           against
           their
           Congregations
           for
           their
           Mixtures
           :
           Whereas
           alas
           ,
           there
           has
           been
           all
           along
           a
           greater
           Mixture
           among
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           Unsoundness
           of
           Doctrine
           and
           Practices
           .
           Ye
           Your selves
           know
           how
           little
           God
           is
           Worshipped
           with
           Prayer
           and
           Thanksgiving
           in
           the
           Families
           of
           the
           Quakers
           generally
           ,
           (
           very
           few
           excepted
           )
           excusing
           all
           by
           pretence
           of
           mental
           and
           inward
           Prayer
           ,
           and
           want
           of
           Divine
           Motions
           to
           carry
           them
           forth
           in
           external
           Acts
           of
           Worship
           .
           So
           that
           to
           my
           certain
           knowledge
           (
           possibly
           to
           Yours
           also
           )
           too
           many
           high
           
           Pretenders
           to
           Spirituality
           ,
           among
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           who
           are
           Masters
           of
           Families
           and
           have
           Wives
           and
           Children
           and
           Servants
           ,
           yet
           rarely
           Bow
           their
           bodily
           Knees
           to
           God
           in
           their
           Families
           .
           And
           Set-times
           of
           Prayer
           and
           Thanksgiving
           ,
           either
           for
           the
           Closet
           or
           Family
           Worship
           have
           been
           generally
           laid
           aside
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           Chief
           Things
           for
           which
           I
           have
           blamed
           my self
           ,
           in
           being
           instrumental
           in
           former
           Times
           to
           have
           misinformed
           you
           though
           I
           think
           all
           along
           ,
           I
           was
           generally
           more
           Charitable
           in
           Judgement
           towards
           many
           others
           of
           other
           Societies
           then
           many
           were
           ,
           or
           now
           are
           among
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           .
           But
           it
           's
           a
           great
           Comfort
           to
           me
           that
           upon
           a
           strict
           Examination
           of
           my
           former
           Perswasions
           and
           Principles
           ,
           as
           extant
           in
           my
           former
           Books
           (
           for
           which
           I
           think
           I
           can
           appeal
           to
           You
           )
           as
           well
           as
           what
           I
           have
           declared
           among
           You
           ,
           I
           was
           never
           guilty
           of
           that
           Horrid
           Unbelief
           and
           Antichristian
           Errors
           and
           Heresies
           ,
           contradicting
           the
           chief
           Fundamentals
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           found
           the
           Chief
           English
           Teachers
           among
           the
           Quakers
           guilty
           of
           .
           I
           desire
           to
           Bless
           God
           my
           Preserver
           ,
           who
           all
           along
           hath
           Preserved
           me
           sound
           in
           the
           Faith
           ,
           as
           touching
           all
           the
           twelve
           ▪
           Articles
           of
           that
           called
           the
           Apostles-Creed
           ,
           the
           
             God
             Head
          
           and
           
             Man
             hood
          
           of
           Our
           
             Blessed
             Lord
             JESUS
             CHRIST
          
           ,
           His
           Person
           and
           Offices
           .
           For
           which
           I
           desire
           You
           to
           Read
           and
           Consider
           the
           Answer
           given
           by
           me
           and
           my
           dear
           and
           Worthy
           Friend
           
             Alexander
             Jaffray
          
           ,
           (
           now
           with
           God
           )
           to
           the
           thirty
           Questions
           sent
           to
           him
           by
           
             Bishop
             Scougal
          
           ,
           if
           that
           Worthy
           Man
           had
           Lived
           to
           this
           Day
           in
           the
           Body
           ,
           I
           Question
           not
           but
           he
           would
           have
           been
           a
           Strength
           to
           me
           in
           my
           Opposition
           ,
           to
           those
           Vile
           Errors
           held
           by
           the
           English
           Leaders
           among
           the
           
             Quakers
             .
             Viz.
          
           G.
           F.
           G.
           W.
           F.
           B.
           and
           many
           others
           .
           I
           hoped
           also
           that
           ye
           had
           been
           better
           Principled
           against
           these
           vile
           Errors
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           good
           Measure
           by
           Means
           of
           my
           Labour
           among
           You.
           So
           that
           it
           was
           no
           small
           Surprise
           to
           me
           ,
           to
           find
           you
           join
           in
           a
           Combination
           against
           me
           ,
           with
           my
           Adversaries
           here
           as
           you
           know
           ,
           ye
           and
           Your
           Friends
           generally
           did
           ,
           soon
           after
           my
           Arrival
           into
           England
           from
           America
           .
           Your
           pretence
           then
           was
           that
           ye
           could
           not
           believe
           ,
           that
           Friends
           either
           in
           America
           or
           England
           ,
           were
           guilty
           of
           the
           Errors
           I
           had
           Charged
           them
           with
           ,
           but
           if
           you
           will
           give
           your selves
           the
           Liberty
           to
           Read
           my
           late
           Books
           ,
           and
           particularly
           the
           two
           ,
           I
           now
           send
           you
           ,
           
           I
           hope
           ye
           will
           be
           convinced
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           my
           Charge
           ,
           as
           diverse
           hereaway
           both
           in
           City
           and
           Country
           ,
           through
           the
           Mercy
           of
           God
           are
           so
           convinced
           ,
           but
           I
           fear
           that
           some
           among
           you
           are
           too
           deeply
           guilty
           of
           some
           of
           the
           same
           Errors
           .
           And
           if
           ye
           in
           particular
           are
           not
           ,
           how
           can
           ye
           in
           Conscience
           ,
           own
           them
           to
           be
           your
           Christian
           Brethren
           ,
           whom
           I
           have
           proved
           so
           evidently
           guilty
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           particularly
           the
           chief
           Teachers
           among
           the
           Quakers
           hereaway
           ,
           some
           Living
           and
           some
           Deceased
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           earnestly
           request
           you
           to
           distinguish
           betwixt
           any
           good
           things
           ,
           either
           in
           Doctrine
           or
           Practice
           ;
           which
           ye
           have
           seen
           or
           observed
           in
           me
           ,
           and
           whatever
           was
           contrary
           thereunto
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           cleave
           unto
           the
           former
           and
           only
           reject
           the
           latter
           .
           What
           Honesty
           or
           Sobriety
           and
           Christian
           Practice
           ye
           ever
           saw
           in
           me
           ,
           I
           hope
           to
           persevere
           in
           it
           and
           increase
           in
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           I
           desire
           you
           to
           do
           the
           like
           ;
           but
           reject
           your
           Errors
           ,
           your
           Uncharitableness
           of
           Judgement
           towards
           others
           ,
           your
           Spiritual
           Pride
           ,
           and
           over
           high
           Esteem
           of
           your selves
           .
           Believe
           not
           every
           Spirit
           either
           in
           your selves
           or
           others
           ,
           but
           try
           the
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           bring
           all
           Doctrines
           and
           Practices
           ,
           to
           the
           Test
           of
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           pray
           God
           ,
           to
           give
           you
           that
           True
           Light
           and
           Discerning
           ,
           to
           help
           you
           to
           make
           an
           Impartial
           Examination
           .
           It
           hath
           been
           a
           great
           default
           generally
           among
           the
           people
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           and
           remains
           among
           them
           too
           much
           to
           Countenance
           Ignorant
           Persons
           ,
           if
           they
           pretend
           to
           the
           Spirits
           Teachings
           and
           Motions
           to
           Preach
           and
           Pray
           ,
           and
           Travel
           from
           Place
           to
           Place
           as
           Teachers
           of
           others
           ,
           when
           yet
           they
           want
           to
           be
           taught
           the
           first
           Principles
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           it
           s
           to
           be
           feared
           ye
           have
           such
           ignorant
           Teachers
           among
           you
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           I
           remember
           when
           some
           of
           you
           used
           to
           blame
           it
           in
           my
           hearing
           ,
           and
           as
           I
           desire
           you
           to
           make
           a
           distinction
           betwixt
           what
           is
           right
           and
           wrong
           ,
           in
           any
           of
           my
           former
           Doctrines
           or
           Practices
           ,
           (
           I
           hope
           none
           of
           you
           could
           ever
           charge
           me
           with
           any
           Immorrality
           or
           Scandalous
           Conversation
           when
           among
           you
           ,
           but
           that
           if
           I
           wanted
           an
           Attestation
           to
           that
           ,
           I
           think
           ye
           would
           do
           me
           that
           Justice
           to
           give
           me
           an
           ample
           Testimony
           )
           so
           I
           would
           have
           you
           to
           know
           ,
           that
           I
           continue
           grounded
           and
           firmly
           perswaded
           as
           to
           that
           most
           necessary
           and
           excellent
           Doctrine
           of
           Gods
           Inward
           Teachings
           ,
           by
           his
           Holy
           Spirit
           Light
           and
           Grace
           ,
           and
           his
           gracious
           operations
           
           and
           Assistances
           to
           enable
           us
           ,
           and
           all
           good
           Christians
           to
           perform
           every
           acceptable
           Service
           to
           him
           .
           And
           whatever
           ye
           or
           any
           others
           ,
           may
           or
           doe
           judge
           of
           me
           ,
           I
           bless
           my
           Gracious
           God
           ,
           that
           I
           feel
           my self
           a
           living
           member
           of
           
           CHRIST's
           Body
           ,
           by
           partaking
           daily
           of
           the
           Life
           and
           living
           Vertue
           of
           the
           Head
           ,
           
             JESUS
             CHRIST
          
           our
           Lord
           ,
           and
           a
           Living
           branch
           upon
           that
           living
           Vine
           ,
           and
           my
           care
           is
           and
           ever
           I
           hope
           shall
           be
           ,
           to
           abide
           in
           him
           ,
           which
           I
           bless
           God
           for
           ,
           I
           find
           by
           true
           experience
           ,
           that
           I
           can
           remain
           and
           abide
           such
           ,
           and
           yet
           be
           reformed
           in
           many
           things
           in
           my
           judgement
           ,
           and
           diverse
           practices
           ,
           from
           what
           I
           formerly
           was
           .
           It
           hath
           been
           a
           great
           mistake
           in
           us
           ,
           to
           think
           that
           we
           could
           not
           be
           more
           holy
           ,
           or
           soholy
           as
           we
           think
           we
           are
           ,
           or
           were
           ,
           without
           being
           so
           excessivly
           uncharitable
           towards
           others
           ,
           and
           so
           contrary
           to
           them
           in
           our
           Perswasions
           and
           Practices
           ,
           when
           as
           many
           of
           their
           Perswasions
           and
           Practices
           were
           better
           then
           ours
           ,
           and
           others
           of
           them
           more
           inoffensive
           .
           I
           hope
           ye
           will
           excuse
           my
           writing
           thus
           largely
           unto
           you
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           in
           true
           Love
           and
           good
           will
           ,
           however
           you
           receive
           it
           ,
           and
           as
           I
           have
           said
           I
           do
           not
           expostulat
           with
           you
           ,
           for
           your
           injuring
           me
           ,
           for
           I
           have
           more
           injured
           you
           (
           though
           not
           by
           any
           Immorality
           ,
           )
           but
           by
           being
           instrumental
           to
           have
           in
           any
           wayes
           misinformed
           you
           .
           I
           pray
           God
           forgive
           you
           and
           me
           ,
           I
           remain
           your
           truly
           wel-wishing
           Friend
           ,
        
         
           
             George
             Keith
             .
          
           
             London
             
               
                 17th
                 2d
                 Moneth
              
               ,
               1700.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
           To
           Andrew
           Jaffray
           ,
           John
           Robertson
           ,
           Alexander
           Gellie
           ,
           John
           Forbes
           ,
           Robert
           Gordon
           ,
           John
           Glennic
           ;
           
             And
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Monthly
             Meeting
             of
             the
             people
             called
          
           Quakers
           at
           Aberdeen
           .
           
             Something
             of
             weighty
             importance
             ,
             modestly
             proposed
             to
             your
             serious
             Consideration
             .
          
        
         
           FRIENDS
           ,
           Forasmuch
           ,
           as
           there
           hath
           been
           ,
           and
           is
           some
           just
           cause
           given
           ,
           to
           apprehend
           ,
           that
           many
           among
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           have
           not
           a
           found
           Faith
           ,
           touching
           diverse
           great
           and
           weighty
           Doctrines
           ,
           and
           principles
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ;
           plainly
           delivered
           in
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           :
           for
           both
           mine
           and
           others
           satisfaction
           ,
           
           and
           also
           for
           your
           own
           vindication
           ,
           if
           so
           be
           (
           which
           I
           should
           be
           truly
           glade
           of
           ,
           and
           rejoice
           in
           )
           that
           ye
           manifest
           your selves
           to
           be
           really
           innocent
           and
           clear
           of
           those
           gross
           Errors
           and
           Heresies
           ,
           which
           the
           chief
           
             English
             Teachers
          
           ,
           among
           the
           Quakers
           have
           been
           and
           are
           still
           charged
           guilty
           of
           ,
           and
           upon
           which
           account
           ,
           only
           I
           have
           in
           good
           Conscience
           been
           concerned
           to
           leave
           communion
           with
           them
           :
           not
           finding
           that
           they
           have
           in
           the
           least
           as
           yet
           cleared
           themselves
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           which
           they
           can
           never
           well
           do
           ,
           without
           a
           publick
           and
           ingenuous
           retractation
           of
           those
           many
           unwarrantable
           and
           unsound
           passages
           in
           their
           Books
           .
           You
           are
           therefore
           earnestly
           desired
           ,
           and
           requested
           to
           give
           your
           plain
           and
           candid
           Answer
           in
           writing
           to
           these
           following
           Queries
           .
        
         
           
             Querie
             1.
             
             Whether
             the
             
               Holy
               Scriptures
            
             containing
             the
             Old
             and
             
               New
               Testament
            
             called
             the
             BIBLE
             in
             their
             plain
             and
             literal
             meaning
             ?
             Or
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             be
             the
             certain
             fixed
             and
             standing
             Rule
             ,
             whereby
             to
             judge
             and
             determine
             matters
             of
             contraversie
             as
             to
             Religion
             ?
          
           
             Here
             followers
             the
             Quakers
             Answer
             .
          
           
             Ans
             .
             
               We
               believe
               ,
               that
               the
            
             Holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             
               containing
               the
            
             Old
             and
             New
             Testament
             
               (
               called
               the
            
             BIBLE
             )
             
               as
               having
               come
               from
               the
               Spirit
               of
            
             GOD
             ,
             
               and
               being
               written
               by
               Men
               Divinly
               inspired
               ,
               (
               which
               we
               most
               firmly
               Believe
               they
               were
               )
               when
               they
               are
               opened
               and
               explained
               by
               the
               same
               Spirit
               of
            
             GOD
             
               which
               gave
               them
               forth
               ,
               (
               they
               being
               of
               no
               private
               interpretation
               ,
            
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             and
             20.
             )
             
               are
               an
            
             Infallible
             Rule
             of
             Faith
             and
             Life
             ,
             
               unto
               all
               to
               whom
            
             GOD
             
               hath
               in
               his
               Providence
               been
               pleased
               to
               communicat
               them
               ,
               for
               they
               being
               the
               things
               of
            
             GOD
             
               cannot
               be
               understood
               ,
               but
               by
               the
               Spirit
               of
               GOD
               ,
            
             1
             Cor.
             2.
             11.
             
          
           
             Remark
             ,
             This
             Answer
             to
             the
             1
             Q.
             being
             in
             all
             appearance
             sound
             and
             orthodox
             ,
             (
             if
             they
             have
             no
             secret
             reserved
             meaning
             )
             and
             agreeable
             to
             the
             sense
             of
             all
             sound
             Protestants
             ,
             I
             am
             heartily
             glade
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             deserted
             the
             unsound
             and
             hetrodox
             Doctrine
             ,
             that
             some
             of
             their
             principal
             Teachers
             ,
             both
             in
             Scotland
             and
             England
             have
             vouched
             in
             their
             writtings
             ,
             in
             relation
             to
             the
             
               Holy
               Scriptures
            
             being
             the
             
               Rule
               of
               Faith
            
             ,
             and
             therefore
             the
             Reader
             may
             be
             pleased
             to
             compare
             this
             their
             Answer
             with
             what
             
               Robert
               Barclay
            
             says
             (
             tho
             I
             confess
             that
             he
             and
             
               G.
               K.
            
             were
             the
             soundest
             and
             m●st
             Orthodox
             Writters
             among
             the
             Quakers
             )
             in
             
             his
             explanation
             of
             his
             3d
             proposition
             among
             his
             
             
               Theses
               Theologicae
               .
               The
               principal
               Rule
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               of
               Christians
               under
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               is
               not
               an
               outward
               Letter
               nor
               Law
               outwardly
               written
               and
               delivered
               ,
               but
               an
               Inward
               Spiritual
               Law
               ingraven
               in
               the
               heart
               ,
               the
               Law
               of
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Life
               ,
               the
               word
               that
               is
               nigh
               in
               the
               Heart
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Mouth
               ,
               but
               the
               Letter
               of
               the
               Scripture
               is
               outward
               of
               it self
               a
               dead
               thing
               ,
               a
               meer
               declaration
               of
               good
               things
               ,
               but
               not
               the
               things
               themselves
               ;
               therefore
               it
               ,
               nor
               is
               ,
               nor
               can
               be
               the
               Chief
               or
               Principal
               RULE
               of
               Christians
               .
            
             But
             least
             any
             should
             mistake
             him
             and
             think
             that
             tho
             he
             owned
             them
             not
             to
             be
             the
             principal
             Rule
             ,
             yet
             at
             least
             he
             acknowledged
             them
             to
             be
             a
             RULE
             ,
             he
             immediatly
             adds
             §
             3
             
               That
               which
               is
               given
               to
               Christians
               for
               a
               RULE
               and
               Guide
               ,
               must
               needs
               be
               so
               full
               ,
               as
               it
               may
               clearly
               and
               distinctly
               Guide
               and
               Order
               them
               in
               all
               things
               and
               occurrences
               ,
               that
               may
               fall
               out
               .
               But
               the
               Scriptures
               are
               not
               such
            
             (
             as
             he
             instanceth
             in
             several
             particulars
             )
             
               therefore
               the
               Scriptures
               cannot
               be
               a
               RULE
               to
               them
               .
            
             And
             as
             they
             are
             not
             a
             RULE
             ,
             so
             nor
             the
             Rule
             ,
             (
             as
             he
             sayeth
             in
             another
             place
             )
             
               As
               for
               CHRIST
               and
               his
               Apostles
               ,
               using
               the
               Scriptures
               for
               convincing
               of
               their
               Opposers
               ,
               so
               do
               we
               ,
               and
               yet
               this
               proves
               not
               that
               either
               he
               or
               we
               judge
               them
            
             
             
               to
               be
               the
               Rule
               whereby
               to
               try
               all
               things
               and
               Spirits
            
             &c.
             
             The
             Reader
             may
             plainly
             observe
             the
             great
             inconsistency
             betwixt
             what
             
               R.
               B.
            
             says
             and
             what
             
               Andrew
               Jaffray
            
             and
             his
             Friends
             say
             ;
             They
             affirm
             the
             Scriptures
             to
             be
             an
             RULE
             ,
             an
             
               Infallible
               RULE
            
             ,
             and
             an
             
               Infallible
               RULE
               of
               Faith
               and
               Life
               ,
            
             in
             which
             they
             are
             very
             orthodox
             ,
             and
             I
             must
             in
             Charity
             believe
             that
             in
             so
             farr
             are
             our
             
               Modern
               Quakers
            
             Reformed
             ,
             and
             very
             justly
             laid
             aside
             their
             former
             Doctrine
             .
             Which
             is
             yet
             more
             plainly
             and
             explicitly
             delivered
             by
             
               William
               Penn
            
             in
             his
             Appendix
             to
             the
             Christian
             Quaker
             ,
             for
             after
             endeavouring
             to
             prove
             that
             the
             Scriptures
             were
             never
             the
             
               General
               RULE
            
             ,
             he
             at
             last
             by
             way
             of
             Objection
             says
             .
             
             
               But
               is
               not
               the
               Scripture
               the
               RULE
               of
               our
               Day
               ,
               he
               answers
               if
               the
               RULE
               ,
               then
               the
               general
               RULE
               for
            
             
             
               whatsoever
               is
               the
               RULE
               of
               Faith
               and
               Life
               excludeth
               all
               other
               from
               being
               general
               ,
               they
               being
               but
               particular
               in
               respect
               of
               it self
               ,
               therefore
               not
               the
               RULE
               of
               Faith
               and
               Life
               ,
               but
               besides
               ,
               their
               not
               being
               general
               ,
               I
               have
               several
               Reasons
               to
               o●ter
               ,
            
             and
             he
             brings
             no
             less
             then
             nine
             or
             ten
             Reasons
             ,
             why
             they
             cannot
             be
             the
             Rule
             of
             Faith
             and
             Life
             .
             See
             
             
               George
               Keith's
               Book
            
             called
             the
             Deism
             of
             
               William
               Penn
               ,
               &c.
            
             
             Wherein
             there
             is
             a
             full
             examination
             and
             confutation
             of
             
               William
               Penns
            
             Discourse
             of
             the
             
               General
               RULE
               of
               Faith
            
             and
             Practice
             ,
             and
             Judge
             of
             Contraversie
             ,
             Printed
             Anno
             1699.
             
          
           
             Observe
             also
             ,
             what
             is
             said
             in
             one
             of
             their
             Books
             ,
             called
             the
             
               Quakers
               Refuge
            
             ,
             p.
             17.
             
             
               Whether
               the
               first
               Penman
               of
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               was
            
             Moses
             or
             Hermes
             ,
             
               or
               whether
               both
               these
               are
               one
               ?
               or
               whether
               there
               are
               not
               many
               Words
               ,
               contained
               in
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               which
               were
               not
               spoken
               by
               INSPIRATION
            
             of
             the
             
               Holy
               Spirit
            
             .
             And
             in
             a
             Book
             ,
             called
             Truths
             Defence
             ,
             by
             
               G.
               F.
            
             and
             
               R.
               H.
            
             p.
             
               2d
               .
               You
               may
               as
               well
               Condemn
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               to
               the
               Fire
               as
               our
               Queries
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Q.
             2.
             
             Whether
             the
             
               Light
               within
            
             ,
             be
             sufficient
             of
             it self
             ,
             to
             Salvation
             ,
             without
             any
             thing
             else
             ?
          
           
             A.
             
               Unto
               such
               ,
               as
               are
               under
               a
               moral
               impossibility
               ,
               of
               coming
               to
               the
               knowledge
               of
               the
               Incarnation
               ,
               Life
               ,
               Miracles
               ,
               Crucifiction
               ,
               Death
               ,
               Resurrection
               and
               Ascension
               of
               our
               Lord
            
             JESUS
             '
             CHRIST
             ,
             
               the
               Light
               wherewith
               he
               inlighteneth
               every
               Man
               ,
               coming
               into
               the
               World
               ,
               is
               sufficient
               to
               Salvation
               ,
            
             Ioh.
             1.
             9.
             
             Tit.
             2.
             11.
             
             
               But
               where
               the
               outward
               knowledge
               of
               the
               Scriptures
               is
               attainable
               ,
               or
               the
               outward
               History
               of
               our
               Saviour
               ,
               it
               is
               altogether
               damnable
               not
               to
               believe
               the
               same
               .
            
          
           
             R.
             This
             Answer
             to
             the
             second
             Querie
             ,
             is
             in
             my
             opinion
             no
             Answer
             at
             all
             ,
             but
             a
             down
             right
             shifting
             the
             Question
             ,
             which
             hath
             no
             respect
             to
             such
             ,
             as
             are
             under
             a
             moral
             impossibility
             ,
             of
             knowing
             the
             Life
             ,
             Death
             ,
             Miracles
             ,
             &c.
             of
             our
             Blessed
             Lord
             JESUS
             CHRIST
             ,
             but
             to
             such
             ,
             as
             have
             the
             means
             of
             knowing
             them
             ,
             and
             tho
             to
             such
             it
             be
             certainly
             Damnable
             ,
             not
             to
             believe
             them
             ,
             yet
             that
             tells
             us
             not
             ,
             whither
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             be
             of
             its
             self
             sufficient
             to
             Salvation
             ,
             without
             any
             thing
             else
             yea
             or
             not
             ,
             and
             therefore
             ,
             I
             must
             again
             intreat
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             pleased
             ,
             Candidly
             ,
             and
             sincerely
             ,
             to
             give
             a
             plain
             and
             direct
             Answer
             to
             the
             Querie
             ?
             and
             this
             I
             have
             the
             more
             reason
             to
             demand
             ,
             because
             
               Robert
               Barclay
               of
               Urie
            
             ,
             at
             the
             first
             giving
             in
             of
             their
             Answers
             ,
             being
             ●ressed
             to
             declare
             ,
             whether
             to
             such
             as
             have
             the
             means
             of
             knowing
             the
             Life
             ,
             Death
             ,
             Miracles
             ,
             &c.
             of
             the
             Holy
             JESUS
             ,
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             was
             of
             it self
             sufficient
             to
             Salvation
             ?
             
               He
               answered
               negatively
               that
               it
               was
               not
               ,
            
             and
             carried
             away
             the
             Answers
             to
             have
             
             that
             insert
             ,
             as
             thier
             Answer
             to
             the
             Querie
             ,
             which
             after
             all
             was
             not
             done
             .
             From
             whence
             it
             appears
             ,
             that
             either
             they
             are
             not
             agreed
             amongst
             themselves
             ,
             about
             the
             resolution
             of
             this
             Querie
             ,
             and
             so
             shift
             the
             Answering
             it
             :
             Or
             else
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             afraid
             to
             own
             the
             Truth
             plainly
             ,
             least
             thereby
             they
             contradict
             their
             Antient
             Friends
             .
             And
             particularly
             
               George
               Whitehood
            
             ,
             who
             plainly
             asserts
             in
             his
             Antidote
             ,
             p.
             28.
             
             
               That
               the
               Quakers
               are
               offended
               with
               G.
               K.
               for
               saying
               ,
               the
               Light
               within
               is
               not
               sufficient
               to
               Salvation
               without
               something
               else
               .
            
             The
             which
             Proposition
             ,
             seing
             he
             blames
             as
             false
             ,
             he
             must
             hold
             the
             Contradictory
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             that
             the
             light
             within
             is
             sufficient
             to
             Salvation
             without
             any
             thing
             else
             .
             Yea
             G.
             W.
             hath
             granted
             in
             his
             Antidote
             ,
             p.
             28.
             that
             CHRIST
             as
             outwardly
             Considered
             ,
             is
             that
             something
             else
             which
             G.
             K.
             means
             .
             And
             W.
             P.
             in
             his
             appendix
             to
             the
             Christian
             Quakers
             ,
             
             plainly
             affirms
             ,
             that
             the
             belief
             of
             the
             History
             of
             CHRIST's
             Birth
             ,
             Death
             ,
             &c.
             is
             none
             of
             the
             absolute
             necessaries
             to
             our
             Salvation
             .
             And
             in
             his
             Quakerism
             a
             new
             Nickname
             ,
             &c.
             
             He
             saveth
             ,
             
               That
               Faith
               in
               the
               History
               of
               CHRIST's
               outward
            
             
             
               manifestation
               ,
               is
               a
               deadly
               poyson
               ,
               these
               latter
               Ages
               has
               been
               infected
               with
               :
               and
               he
               sayes
               also
               in
               his
               Rejoynder
               to
               I.
               Fa●do
               ,
               that
               CHRIST
               in
               the
               Gentiles
               ,
               is
               a
               greater
               mistery
               ,
               then
               CHRIST
               as
               he
               was
               made
               manifest
               in
               the
               Flesh
               ,
               it
               is
               strange
               ,
               that
               should
               be
               counted
               most
               misterious
               ,
               which
               was
               the
               introduction
               to
               the
               mistery
               ,
               and
               these
               transactions
               ,
               counted
               most
               difficult
               ,
               that
               were
               by
               the
               Divine
               Wisdom
               of
               GOD
               ,
               ordained
               as
               so
               many
               facil
               representations
               ,
               of
               what
               was
               to
               be
               accomplished
               in
               Man
               ,
               it
               is
               to
               le●en
               .
               if
               not
               totally
               exclude
               the
               true
               mistery
               of
               Godliness
               ,
               which
               is
               CHRIST
               manifested
               in
               his
               Children
               ,
               their
               hope
               of
               Glory
               .
            
             
             Like
             to
             this
             ,
             is
             his
             saying
             in
             his
             Preface
             to
             the
             Collection
             of
             Robert
             Barclays
             Book
             
               '
               s.
               O
               Reader
            
             ,
             (
             sayeth
             he
             )
             
               great
               is
               the
               mistery
               of
               Godliness
               ,
               and
               if
               the
               Apostle
               said
               it
               of
               the
               manifestation
               ,
            
             
             
               of
               the
               Son
               of
               GOD
               in
               the
               Flesh
               .
               if
               that
               be
               a
               mistery
               (
               and
               if
               a
               mistery
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               to
               be
               spelled
               out
               ,
               but
               by
               the
               revelation
               of
               the
               Spirit
               )
               how
               much
               more
               ,
               is
               the
            
             
             
               work
               of
               Regeneration
               a
               mistery
               ,
               that
               is
               wholly
               inward
               and
               spiritual
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Q.
             3.
             
             Whether
             the
             Holy
             Three
             ,
             the
             FATHER
             ,
             SON
             ,
             and
             
             HOLY
             GHOST
             ,
             that
             bear
             record
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             be
             not
             threedistinct
             Persons
             of
             one
             Substance
             ,
             Power
             ,
             Glory
             and
             Eternity
             ?
             Or
             are
             they
             only
             three
             manifestations
             ,
             or
             operations
             ,
             and
             is
             there
             not
             some
             Incommunicable
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Communicable
             Attributes
             ,
             belonging
             to
             the
             Persons
             of
             the
             Holy
             Trinity
             ?
          
           
             A.
             
               We
               believe
               according
               to
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               that
               there
               are
               three
               ,
               that
               bare
               record
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               the
            
             FATHER
             ,
             the
             WORLD
             ,
             
               and
               the
            
             HOLY
             GHOST
             ,
             
               and
               these
               three
               are
               One
            
             ,
             1
             Joh.
             5.
             7.
             
             
               And
               we
               do
               not
               find
               our selves
               obliged
               ,
               to
               express
               our selves
               ,
               in
               other
               terms
               than
               the
               Wisdom
               of
            
             GOD
             ,
             
               saw
               meet
               to
               express
               that
               great
               mistery
               in
               the
               Holy
               Scriptures
               :
               But
               we
               do
               believe
               ,
               that
               there
               are
               incommunicable
               ,
               as
               well
               ,
               as
               communicable
               Attributes
               ,
               in
               the
               said
               Holy
               three
               as
               is
               witnessed
               ,
            
             Joh.
             1.
             14.
             
             And
             the
             Word
             was
             made
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             dwelt
             among
             us
             ,
             
               which
               cannot
               be
               said
               of
               the
               other
               two
               .
            
          
           
             R.
             In
             this
             Answer
             to
             the
             third
             Querie
             ,
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             there
             are
             incommunicable
             ,
             as
             well
             ,
             as
             communicable
             Attributes
             ,
             in
             the
             Holy
             three
             &c.
             And
             yet
             
               G.
               Whitehead
            
             ,
             sayeth
             in
             his
             Truth
             defending
             the
             Quakers
             .
             
               We
               deny
               the
               Popish
               terms
            
             
             
               of
               three
               distinct
               Persons
               ,
               which
               you
               call
            
             GOD
             the
             FATHER
             ,
             GOD
             the
             SON
             ,
             and
             GOD
             the
             HOLY
             GHOST
             ,
             
               which
               tends
               to
               the
               dividing
            
             GOD
             
               and
               to
               the
               making
               three
            
             GOD's
             ,
             
               and
               do
               not
               you
               Priests
               ,
               in
               your
               Divinity
               ,
               as
               you
               call
               it
               ,
               affirm
               that
               a
               Person
               is
               a
               Single
               ,
               Rational
               ,
               Compleat
               Substance
               ,
               and
               differing
               from
               another
               ,
               by
               an
            
             INCOMMUNICABLE
             PROPERTY
             ;
             
               and
               art
               thou
               so
               blind
               ,
               as
               to
               think
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               such
               a
               difference
               in
               the
               God
               head
               ,
               seing
            
             CHRIST
             
               is
               equal
               with
               his
            
             FATHER
             ,
             
               who
               is
               a
            
             SPIRIT
             ,
             
               then
               what
            
             INCOMMUNICABLE
             PROPERTY
             ,
             
               can
               he
               differ
               in
               from
               the
            
             FATHER
             ,
             
               that
               is
               not
            
             COMMUNICABLE
             
               to
               the
               one
               as
               well
               as
               the
               other
               ?
            
             And
             
               Geo
               Fox
            
             (
             one
             of
             the
             greatest
             account
             among
             them
             )
             in
             his
             disputing
             against
             
               C.
               Wade
            
             ,
             for
             saying
             ,
             that
             GOD
             the
             FATHER
             never
             took
             upon
             him
             ,
             Human
             Nature
             ,
             which
             (
             sayeth
             he
             )
             in
             his
             great
             mistery
             is
             contrary
             to
             the
             Scripture
             .
             This
             was
             the
             Error
             of
             the
             Old
             Hereticks
             ,
             
             called
             Patripassians
             ,
             who
             held
             that
             GOD
             the
             FATHER
             was
             born
             of
             the
             Virgin
             ,
             suffered
             ,
             dyed
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             Q.
             4.
             
             Is
             not
             the
             promised
             Seed
             of
             the
             Woman
             ,
             that
             should
             
             bruise
             the
             Serpents
             Head
             ,
             Gen.
             3.
             15.
             
             The
             Man
             CHRIST
             JESUS
             ,
             that
             was
             born
             of
             the
             Virgin
             at
             Bethlehem
             ,
             in
             the
             Land
             of
             Iudea
             .
          
           
             A.
             
               We
               Answer
               affirmatively
               ,
               it
               is
               he
               and
               he
               alone
               ,
               we
               never
               in
               the
               least
               doubted
               it
               ,
               what
               ever
               malice
               may
               suggest
               without
               the
               least
               ground
               .
            
          
           
             R.
             This
             Answer
             may
             be
             compared
             ,
             with
             what
             
               W.
               P.
            
             sayes
             in
             express
             words
             in
             his
             Christian
             Quaker
             ,
             p.
             97
             98.
             
             
               One
               outward
               thing
            
             (
             saithhe
             )
             
               cannot
               be
               the
               propper
               figure
               of
               another
               ,
               nor
               is
               it
               the
               way
               of
               Holy
               Scripture
               ,
               so
               to
               teach
               ,
               the
               outward
               Lamb
               shews
               forth
               the
               inward
               Lamb.
               The
               SEED
               of
               the
               promise
               ,
               is
               an
               Holy
               and
               Spiritual
               Principle
               ,
               of
               Light
               ,
               Life
               and
               Power
               ,
               that
               being
               received
               into
               the
               Heart
               ,
               briuses
               the
               Serpents
               head
               ,
               and
               because
               the
               Seed
               ,
               which
               cannot
               be
               the
               Body
               ,
            
             (
             viz.
             that
             was
             outwardly
             born
             of
             the
             Virgin
             )
             is
             CHRIST
             ,
             
               as
               testify
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               the
               Seed
               is
               one
               ,
               that
               Seed
            
             CHRIST
             ,
             and
             CHRIST
             GOD
             
               over
               all
               blessed
               for
               ever
            
             .
             The
             Reader
             may
             see
             ,
             that
             it
             s
             not
             malice
             ,
             but
             that
             there
             is
             too
             much
             ground
             ,
             to
             suggest
             the
             Quakers
             unsoundness
             as
             to
             the
             foresaid
             Querie
             .
          
        
         
           
             Q
             5.
             
             That
             seed
             of
             Abraham
             to
             which
             the
             Promise
             was
             made
             ,
             that
             in
             him
             all
             the
             Nations
             of
             the
             Earth
             shall
             be
             blessed
             ,
             according
             to
             Gen.
             22.
             18.
             
             Gal.
             3.
             16
             
             Was
             it
             not
             the
             Man
             CHRIST
             JESUS
             who
             according
             to
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             was
             the
             Son
             of
             Abraham
             ,
             and
             the
             Son
             of
             
               David
               ,
               Matt.
            
             1.
             1.
             
          
           
             A.
             
               We
               Answer
               affirmatively
               ,
               yea
               it
               was
               he
               and
               none
               else
               .
            
          
           
             R.
             With
             this
             Orthodox
             Answer
             ,
             the
             Reader
             may
             compare
             what
             
               G.
               W.
            
             sayes
             ,
             in
             his
             Truth
             defending
             the
             Quakers
             ,
             it
             is
             Queried
             thus
             ,
             
               did
               Richard
               Hubberthorn
               will
            
             ,
             
             
               in
               writing
               that
            
             CHRISTS
             
               coming
               in
               the
               Flesh
               ,
               was
               but
               a
               Figure
               ,
               G.
               W.
            
             Answers
             ,
             could
             CHRIST
             
               have
               been
               said
               to
               have
               been
               transfigured
               ,
               if
               his
               coming
               in
               the
               Flesh
               ,
               had
               not
               been
               a
               Figure
               .
            
             And
             in
             his
             Christian
             Quaker
             ,
             he
             positively
             denyes
             that
             CHRIST
             Consisted
             of
             visible
             Flesh
             and
             Bones
             .
             
             
               It
               is
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               both
               unscriptural
               ,
               and
               assurd
               ,
               to
               assert
               that
            
             JESUS
             CHRIST
             
               consisteth
               of
               a
               Human
               Body
               ,
               of
               Flesh
               and
               Bones
               ,
            
             (
             how
             then
             can
             he
             be
             properly
             the
             Seed
             of
             Abraham
             ,
             and
             the
             Son
             of
             
               David
               I
               distinguish
            
             (
             sayeth
             G.
             W.
             )
             
               between
               considing
               ,
               and
               having
            
             .
             (
             CHRIST
             had
             visible
             Flesh
             and
             Bones
             ,
             but
             he
             did
             not
             consist
             of
             
             them
             ,
             as
             a
             Man
             hath
             a
             Coat
             or
             a
             Garment
             ,
             but
             he
             doth
             not
             consist
             of
             it
             .
             )
          
        
         
           
             Q.
             6
             Had
             not
             this
             Man
             ,
             a
             real
             Soul
             ,
             that
             was
             not
             the
             Godhead
             ,
             and
             a
             real
             Body
             also
             ,
             that
             was
             not
             the
             God-head
             ?
          
           
             A.
             
               We
               answer
               affirmatively
               ,
               yea
               he
               had
               both
               .
            
          
           
             R.
             This
             Answer
             may
             be
             compared
             with
             what
             G.
             W.
             sayes
             ,
             in
             his
             Appendix
             to
             the
             Divinity
             of
             CHRIST
             aganist
             T.
             D.
             as
             to
             T.
             Ds
             
               telling
               us
               of
               the
               Son
               of
               GODs
               incarnation
               ,
            
             
             
               the
               creation
               of
               his
               Body
               ,
               and
               Soul
               ,
               the
               parts
               of
               that
               Nature
               he
               subsisted
               in
               ,
            
             (
             note
             ,
             that
             Nature
             ,
             plainly
             denotes
             CHRIST's
             Manhood
             Nature
             ,
             that
             T.
             D.
             meant
             ,
             which
             had
             a
             created
             Body
             and
             Soul
             )
             
               to
               this
               I
               say
            
             ,
             (
             sayes
             G.
             W.
             
               if
               the
               Body
               and
               Soul
               of
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               ,
               were
               both
               created
               ?
               doth
               not
               this
               render
               him
               a
               fourth
               Person
               ,
               again
               where
               do
               the
               Scripture
               say
               ,
               that
               the
               Soul
               was
               created
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Q
             7
             Is
             not
             that
             outward
             Man
             who
             was
             born
             of
             the
             Virgin
             ,
             and
             suffered
             without
             the
             Gates
             of
             Jerusalem
             ,
             properly
             and
             truly
             the
             SON
             of
             GOD
             ,
             having
             no
             immediat
             FATHER
             but
             GOD.
             
          
           
             A.
             
               We
               Answer
               affirmatively
               ,
               and
               fully
               believe
               he
               is
               so
               .
            
          
           
             R.
             This
             Answer
             to
             the
             seventh
             Querie
             ,
             being
             in
             all
             appearance
             sound
             and
             orthodox
             ,
             and
             agreeable
             to
             the
             sense
             of
             all
             sound
             Protestants
             ,
             (
             if
             they
             have
             no
             secret
             reserved
             meaning
             in
             this
             and
             their
             other
             orthodox
             Answers
             )
             wherein
             they
             dissent
             ,
             from
             the
             unsound
             Doctrine
             of
             some
             of
             their
             chief
             Teachers
             ,
             and
             therefore
             the
             Reader
             may
             be
             pleased
             ,
             to
             compare
             this
             their
             Answer
             ,
             with
             what
             
               W.
               P.
            
             saves
             ,
             in
             his
             serious
             Apologie
             :
             page
             146.
             
               viz.
               But
               that
               the
               outward
               Person
               that
               suffered
               ,
               without
               the
               gates
               of
            
             Jerusalem
             ,
             
               was
               properly
               the
            
             SON
             of
             GOD
             
               we
               utterly
               deny
            
             .
             (
             Is
             not
             this
             a
             plain
             contradiction
             to
             what
             A.
             J.
             &c
             asserts
             And
             also
             
               W.
               P.
            
             in
             his
             Rejoinder
             ,
             pag
             304
             305
             
               Say's
               that
               outward
               Person
               that
               suffered
               at
            
             Jerusalem
             was
             CHRIST
             
               by
               a
               M●tonomy
               ,
               of
               the
               thing
               containing
               ,
               having
               the
               name
               of
               the
               thing
               contained
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Q.
             8.
             
             Is
             not
             JESUS
             CHRIST
             ,
             both
             GOD
             and
             Man
             ,
             and
             yet
             but
             one
             CHRIST
             ,
             so
             that
             his
             Godhead
             is
             not
             his
             Manhood
             ,
             though
             the
             Nature
             of
             his
             Manhood
             ,
             is
             most
             highly
             ,
             and
             wonderfully
             united
             to
             his
             Godhead
             ?
          
           
             A.
             
               We
               Answer
               affirmatively
               ,
               and
               fully
               believe
               the
               same
               .
            
          
           
           
             R
             This
             Answer
             to
             the
             eight
             Querie
             ,
             the
             Reader
             may
             compare
             it
             ,
             with
             what
             one
             of
             their
             Antient
             Teachers
             ,
             
               Christopher
               Atkinson
            
             sayes
             ,
             in
             his
             Book
             called
             the
             Sword
             of
             the
             Lord
             drawn
             pag.
             5.
             
             
               Your
               imagined
            
             GOD
             ,
             
               beyond
               the
               Stars
               ,
               and
               your
               carnal
            
             CHRIST
             ,
             
               is
               utterly
               denyed
            
             .
             To
             
               say
               this
            
             CHRIST
             ,
             is
             GOD
             
               and
               Man
               in
               one
               Person
               ,
               is
               a
               Lie
               ,
               and
               G.
               W.
            
             sayes
             in
             his
             Book
             ,
             called
             the
             Life
             and
             Light
             &c.
             pag.
             39.
             
             
               As
               for
               those
               expressions
            
             ,
             GOD
             
               Man
               ,
               being
               born
               of
            
             MARIE
             ,
             
               we
               do
               not
               find
               them
               in
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               nor
               do
               we
               read
               ,
               that
            
             MARIE
             
               was
               the
               Mother
               of
            
             GOD
             ,
             
               but
               in
               the
               Popes
               Canons
               ,
               Articles
               ,
               &c.
               
               And
               what
               nonsense
               ,
            
             (
             saith
             he
             page
             47.
             ibidem
             .
             )
             
               and
               unscripture
               Language
               ,
               is
               this
               ,
               to
               tell
               of
            
             GOD
             
               being
               co-created
               with
               the
               Father
            
             ,
             or
             that
             GOD
             
               hath
               Glory
               with
            
             GOD
             ,
             
               doth
               not
               this
               imply
               two
            
             GODS
             ?
             
               and
               that
               GOD
               had
               a
               Father
               ?
               let
               the
               Reader
               judge
               ?
               and
            
             (
             page
             24.
             )
             To
             
               tell
               of
               the
               Word
            
             GOD
             ,
             
               cocreator
               with
               the
               Father
               ,
               is
               all
               one
               as
               to
               tell
               of
            
             GOD
             ,
             
               being
               cocreator
               with
            
             GOD
             ,
             
               if
               the
               Father
               be
            
             GOD
             ,
             
               and
               this
               is
               to
               make
               two
            
             GODS
             ,
             
               two
               Creators
               ,
               &c.
            
             And
             thus
             G.
             W.
             opposes
             the
             Godhead
             of
             CHRIST
             ,
             as
             he
             doth
             his
             Manhood
             in
             other
             Quotations
             ,
             he
             also
             denyes
             ,
             the
             
               Glorious
               Hipostatical
               Union
               ,
               that
               it
               consists
               of
               a
               Human
               and
               Divine
               Nature
               ,
            
             or
             
               that
               they
               are
               hipostatically
               one
            
             .
             See
             his
             Christian
             Quaker
             ,
             page
             .
             141.
             
             And
             their
             Book
             called
             ,
             
               A
               Testimony
               for
               the
               true
            
             CHRIST
             ,
             pag.
             8.
             
             Whereof
             G.
             W.
             is
             supposed
             to
             be
             the
             Author
             ,
             they
             deny
             the
             Humanity
             of
             CHRIST
             ,
             as
             Humanity
             signifies
             the
             Earthly
             Nature
             of
             Mans
             Body
             ,
             as
             coming
             from
             Humus
             the
             ground
             ;
             but
             as
             Humanity
             signifies
             Meekness
             ,
             Gentleness
             ,
             Mercifulness
             ,
             as
             opposite
             to
             Cruelty
             ,
             in
             this
             last
             Sense
             ,
             they
             own
             CHRIST's
             Humanity
             ,
             
             but
             deny
             it
             in
             the
             former
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             true
             Sense
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             true
             Christians
             .
             And
             ,
             as
             they
             deny
             the
             Humanity
             of
             CHRIST
             ,
             so
             they
             deny
             Divine
             Worship
             and
             Honour
             to
             be
             given
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             consequently
             denyes
             his
             Divinity
             ,
             as
             
               William
               Shewen
            
             a
             noted
             Writer
             among
             them
             ,
             expresly
             sayes
             ,
             in
             his
             Book
             called
             a
             small
             Treatise
             concerning
             evil
             thoughts
             ,
             p.
             37.
             
             
               Not
               to
            
             JESUS
             
               the
               Son
               of
            
             Abraham
             ,
             David
             ,
             and
             Mary
             ,
             
               Saint
               or
               Angel
               ,
               but
               to
            
             GOD
             the
             FATHER
             ,
             
               all
               Worship
               ,
               Honour
               ,
               and
               Glory
               is
               to
               be
               given
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
             Q.
             9.
             
             Did
             CHRIST's
             Natural
             Body
             ,
             which
             was
             Crucified
             and
             was
             Buried
             ,
             rise
             again
             ?
             And
             did
             that
             Body
             after
             his
             Resurrection
             ,
             ascend
             into
             Heaven
             ?
             And
             is
             that
             Body
             now
             in
             Heaven
             ?
          
           
             A.
             
               We
               believe
               ,
               that
            
             CHRIST's
             
               Body
               ,
               which
               was
               Crucified
               and
               was
               Buried
               ,
               did
               rise
               again
               ;
               and
               did
               after
               his
               Resurrection
               (
               being
               wonderfully
               glorified
               )
               ascend
               to
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               is
               now
               at
               the
               Right
               Hand
               of
               the
               Majesty
               on
               high
               ,
               Heb.
            
             1.
             3.
             
          
           
             R.
             This
             Answer
             ,
             if
             they
             have
             no
             secret
             reserved
             meaning
             in
             it
             ,
             in
             all
             appearance
             seems
             Orthodox
             ,
             and
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Sense
             of
             all
             sound
             Protestants
             .
             But
             the
             Reader
             may
             Compare
             it
             ,
             with
             what
             
               G.
               W.
            
             sayes
             ,
             in
             his
             Nature
             of
             Christianity
             ;
             pag.
             41.
             
             
               What
               Scripture
               proof
            
             (
             saith
             he
             after
             his
             socratical
             way
             of
             writing
             )
             
               is
               there
               that
            
             CHRIST
             
               subsisteth
               outwardly
               ,
               Bodily
               without
               us
               ,
               at
            
             GOD's
             
               Right
               Hand
               ?
               and
               where
               is
            
             GOD's
             
               Right
               Hand
               ?
               is
               it
               visible
               or
               invisible
               ?
               within
               us
               or
               without
               us
               onely
               ?
               And
               is
            
             CHRIST
             a
             SAVIOUR
             ,
             
               as
               an
               outward
               Bodily
               existence
               ,
               or
            
             PERSON
             
               without
               Us
               ,
               distinct
               from
            
             GOD
             ,
             
               and
               on
               that
               Consideration
               ,
               to
               be
               Worshipped
               as
            
             GOD
             ,
             
               yea
               or
               nay
            
             ?
             But
             
               John
               Whitehead
            
             a
             very
             eminent
             and
             ancient
             Preacher
             among
             them
             ,
             is
             more
             explicit
             ,
             in
             his
             Postscript
             to
             a
             Book
             called
             the
             
               Quakers
               Refuge
               ,
               p.
            
             90.
             
             
               I
               have
               several
               times
               saith
               he
               denyed
               ,
               that
            
             CHRIST
             
               hath
               now
               a
               Body
               of
               Flesh
               and
               Bone
               ,
               Circumscript
               or
               limited
               in
               that
               Heaven
               which
               is
               above
               ,
               and
               out
               of
               every
               Man
               on
               Earth
               ▪
            
             And
             G.
             W.
             in
             his
             Light
             and
             Life
             ,
             pag.
             38.
             is
             very
             plain
             ,
             where
             he
             expresly
             saith
             ,
             the
             Quakers
             
               see
               no
               need
               ,
               of
               directing
               men
               to
               the
               type
               for
               the
               Antitype
               ,
            
             viz.
             
               Neither
               to
               the
               Outward
               Temple
               ,
               nor
               yet
               to
            
             Jerusalem
             ,
             
               either
               to
            
             JESUS
             CHRIST
             
               or
               his
               Blood
               ,
               knowing
               that
               neither
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               Faith
               doth
               so
               direct
               ,
            
             Rom.
             10.
             
          
        
         
           
             Q.
             10
             Is
             that
             Heaven
             ,
             into
             which
             CHRIST
             hath
             ascended
             ,
             in
             the
             true
             Glorified
             Nature
             of
             Man
             consisting
             of
             Soul
             and
             Body
             )
             without
             us
             ,
             or
             within
             us
             only
             ?
             And
             do
             you
             own
             the
             Man
             CHRIST
             JESUS
             to
             be
             without
             you
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             His
             spirit
             and
             Light
             within
             you
             ?
          
           
             A
             
               We
               firmly
               believe
               that
               ,
               that
               Heaven
               ,
               unto
               which
               CHRIST
               hath
               ascended
               in
               the
               〈◊〉
               Glori●●ed
               Nature
               of
               Man
               〈…〉
               of
               Soul
               and
               Body
               ,
               is
               without
               i●
               :
               and
               u●
               do
               own
               the
               Man
               CHRIST
               JESUS
               to
               be
               without
               us
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               His
               Spirit
               and
               Light
               within
               us
               :
            
             Rom
             8
             34.
             
             Heb.
             8.
             1.
             
          
           
           
             R.
             This
             Answer
             may
             be
             compared
             with
             what
             
               G.
               F.
            
             says
             in
             his
             great
             mistery
             p.
             214.
             
             
               There
               is
               none
               have
               a
               glory
               and
               a
               Heaven
               but
               within
               them
               .
            
             Now
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             no
             glory
             nor
             Heaven
             without
             us
             ?
             Then
             how
             can
             CHRIST
             be
             ascended
             into
             a
             Heaven
             without
             us
             ?
             And
             W.
             P.
             redicules
             the
             locality
             of
             both
             Heaven
             and
             Hell
             ,
             and
             sayes
             in
             his
             Rejoinder
             ,
             p.
             179.
             
             
               To
               deny
               it
               ,
               is
               not
               very
               offensive
               ,
               and
               that
               it
               looks
               too
               Carnal
               ,
               indeed
               Mahomitan
               ,
               viz.
               to
               assert
               it
               W
               Smith
            
             an
             Antient
             and
             Eminent
             writter
             among
             them
             ,
             in
             his
             Catechism
             ,
             p.
             57.
             has
             this
             Question
             ,
             
               And
               is
               that
               which
               is
               within
               you
               ,
               the
               only
               foundation
               ,
               upon
               which
               you
               stand
               ,
               and
               the
               principle
               of
               your
               Religion
               ;
               answer
               ,
               that
               of
               GOD
               within
               us
               ,
               is
               so
               ;
               for
               we
               know
               it
               is
            
             CHRIST
             ,
             
               and
               being
            
             CHRIST
             
               it
               must
               needs
               be
            
             ONELY
             and
             PRINCIPAL
             ,
             
               for
               that
               which
               is
            
             ONELY
             
               admits
               not
               of
               another
               ,
               and
               that
               which
               is
               principal
               ,
               is
               greatest
               in
               being
               ,
               and
               thus
               we
               know
               ,
            
             CHRIST
             
               in
               us
               to
               be
               unto
               us
               the
            
             ONELY
             
               and
               the
            
             PRINCIPAL
             .
             Q
             
               But
               do
               ye
               hold
               that
               this
               foundation
               and
               principle
               within
               you
               is
               sufficient
               to
               eternal
               Life
               ?
            
             A.
             
               Yes
               we
               do
               so
               ▪
            
             And
             G.
             F.
             in
             his
             great
             mistery
             p.
             248
             says
             to
             
               C.
               Wade
               ,
               The
               Devil
               was
               in
               thee
               ,
               and
               thou
               sayeth
               ,
               thou
               art
               saved
               by
            
             CHRIST
             
               without
               thee
            
             :
             And
             G
             W
             ,
             sayes
             in
             truth
             defending
             the
             
               Quakers
               p.
            
             65
             ,
             
               That
               Faith
               in
            
             CHRIST
             
               without
               men
               ,
               is
               contray
               to
               the
               Apolles
               Doctrine
               .
            
             Is
             this
             to
             own
             the
             Man
             CHRIST
             JESUS
             to
             be
             without
             us
             ,
             as
             A.
             J
             &c
             ,
             asserts
             they
             do
             in
             their
             answer
             .
          
        
         
           
             Q.
             11.
             
             Are
             we
             Justified
             and
             Cleansed
             from
             Sin
             ,
             by
             the
             Blood
             of
             CHRIST
             that
             was
             outwardly
             shed
             ?
             And
             are
             we
             sanctified
             by
             that
             Blood
             meritoriously
             ,
             as
             by
             His
             Spirit
             ,
             Grace
             and
             Light
             in
             us
             ,
             efficiently
             ?
          
           
             A.
             
               We
               answer
               affirmatively
            
             .
          
           
             R.
             With
             this
             affirmative
             answer
             may
             be
             compared
             R.
             Bs
             7
             proposition
             in
             his
             a
             pology
             
               p
               of
               his
               works
            
             264
             ,
             
               As
               many
            
             (
             sayeth
             he
             )
             
               as
               resit
               not
               this
               Light
            
             viz.
             
               the
               Light
               within
               ,
               but
               reserve
               the
               same
               ,
               it
               becomes
               in
               them
               a
               Holy
               ,
               Pure
               and
               Spiritua
               〈◊〉
               bringing
               so
               the
               Holiness
               ,
               Righto●sness
               〈◊〉
               and
               all
               those
               〈…〉
               fruits
               which
               are
               acceptable
               to
               GOD
               ,
               by
               which
               Holy
               Birth
               ,
            
             viz
             ,
             JESUS
             CHRIST
             
               formed
               within
               us
               ,
               and
               working
               His
               works
               in
               us
               ,
               as
               we
               are
               Sanctified
               ,
               so
               〈…〉
            
             in
             the
             ●ight
             of
             
               GOD
               according
               to
            
             1
             Cor.
             6.
             11.
             
             Here
             Justification
             and
             Sanctification
             are
             intirely
             〈◊〉
             to
             
             CHRIST
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             not
             one
             word
             of
             the
             outward
             CHRIST
             ,
             or
             his
             outward
             Blood
             outwardly
             shed
             .
             Let
             the
             Reader
             also
             consider
             what
             he
             delivers
             as
             his
             3
             position
             in
             p.
             370
             viz
             
               That
               since
               good
               works
               as
               naturally
               flow
               from
               this
               Birth
               ,
               as
               heat
               from
               Fire
               ,
               therefore
               are
               they
               of
               absolut
               necessity
               to
               Justification
               ,
               as
            
             Causa
             sine
             qua
             non
             ,
             
               i.
               e.
               tho
               not
               as
               the
               Cause
               for
               which
               ,
               yet
               as
               that
               in
               which
               we
               are
               and
               without
               which
               we
               cannot
               be
               Justified
               .
            
             But
             G.
             W.
             is
             a
             litle
             more
             distinct
             in
             his
             2d
             part
             of
             the
             Christian
             
               Quaker
               p.
            
             126.
             (
             where
             he
             sayeth
             )
             
               But
               what
               proof
               hath
               he
               from
               Scripture
               that
               the
               sheding
               of
            
             CHRIST'S
             
               Blood
               was
               the
               meritorious
               Cause
               of
               Justification
               ?
            
             so
             through
             that
             whole
             3d
             chap.
             he
             labours
             to
             prove
             that
             properly
             speaking
             it
             is
             by
             the
             Spirit
             and
             Light
             ,
             or
             CHRIST
             within
             ,
             we
             are
             Justified
             .
             And
             in
             his
             Antidote
             p.
             39
             
               He
               affirms
               ,
               that
               the
               blood
               of
               his
               ,
            
             viz.
             (
             CHRISTS
             outward
             blood
             )
             
               as
               well
               as
               the
               water
               that
               came
               out
               of
               his
               side
               ,
               had
               an
               allegorical
               and
               mysterious
               signification
               as
               well
               as
               an
               outward
               and
               literal
               ,
               even
               of
               the
               Spiritual
               blood
               and
               water
               of
               Life
               ,
               which
               being
               compared
               ,
               with
               what
               he
               says
               in
               his
            
             Light
             and
             Life
             p.
             59
             ,
             in
             which
             he
             plainly
             
               denys
               that
               the
               material
               blood
               of
               the
               Sacrifice
               ,
               was
               a
               type
               of
               the
               material
               Blood
               of
            
             CHRIST
             ,
             
               for
               that
               were
               to
               say
            
             (
             sayeth
             he
             )
             
               that
               material
               Blood
               was
               a
               type
               of
               that
               which
               was
               material
               ,
               this
               is
               to
               give
               the
               substance
               no
               pre-eminence
               above
               the
               type
               .
            
             So
             that
             tho
             (
             as
             G.
             K.
             observes
             in
             his
             3
             Narrative
             p.
             73
             )
             G.
             W.
             &c.
             grant
             ,
             that
             a
             man
             called
             CHRIST
             ,
             was
             outwardly
             born
             ,
             dyed
             ,
             had
             his
             blood
             shed
             &c
             ,
             yet
             all
             this
             was
             an
             allegory
             ,
             and
             had
             an
             allegorical
             signification
             ,
             of
             CHRIST
             truly
             and
             really
             (
             without
             an
             allegory
             )
             born
             within
             them
             ,
             crucified
             and
             dead
             within
             them
             ,
             his
             blood
             shed
             within
             them
             ,
             buried
             ,
             risen
             ,
             ascended
             within
             them
             ,
             atonement
             ,
             reconciliation
             &c.
             within
             them
             :
             And
             seeing
             they
             deny
             the
             merit
             and
             efficacy
             of
             CHRIST'S
             death
             ,
             and
             blood
             without
             ,
             and
             of
             what
             he
             did
             and
             suffered
             without
             us
             ,
             they
             are
             justly
             charged
             to
             allegorize
             it
             away
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             make
             no
             other
             account
             of
             it
             ,
             then
             of
             the
             History
             of
             Hagar
             and
             Sarah
             ,
             and
             other
             types
             ,
             Symbols
             ,
             and
             allegories
             of
             the
             
               Old
               Testament
            
             .
             W.
             P.
             is
             yet
             more
             express
             speaking
             of
             our
             Justification
             by
             the
             Righteousness
             which
             CHRIST
             hath
             fulfilled
             in
             his
             own
             Person
             for
             us
             ,
             he
             says
             in
             his
             serious
             Appology
             p.
             148
             ,
             
               And
               indeed
               this
               we
            
             
             
               deny
               and
               boldly
               affirm
               it
               ,
               in
               the
               Name
               of
               the
            
             LORD
             
               to
               be
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               Devils
               ,
               and
               an
               Arm
               of
               the
               Sea
               of
               Corruption
               ,
               which
               does
               now
               deluge
               the
               whole
               World.
               I
               could
               quote
               many
               more
               Passages
               ,
               but
               I
               refer
               to
               these
               following
               ,
               G.
               Ws.
               Light
               and
               Life
               ,
               p.
            
             38.
             40.
             
             
               &c.
               W.
               Batlies
               Coll.
               p.
            
             22
             ,
             23.
             577.
             
          
        
         
           
             Q.
             12.
             
             Is
             it
             altogether
             ,
             and
             wholy
             ,
             as
             necessary
             for
             us
             to
             believe
             in
             CHRIST
             without
             us
             ,
             for
             our
             Eternal
             Salvation
             ,
             as
             to
             believe
             in
             his
             Spiritual
             Light
             within
             us
             ?
             and
             is
             not
             the
             Faith
             in
             the
             Man
             CHRIST
             ,
             as
             he
             dyed
             for
             our
             Sins
             ,
             and
             rose
             again
             ,
             and
             is
             at
             the
             Right
             Hand
             of
             GOD
             ,
             and
             maketh
             intercession
             for
             us
             ,
             according
             to
             Rom.
             8.
             34.
             necessary
             to
             be
             Preached
             frequently
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             his
             inward
             appearance
             ,
             by
             every
             true
             Minister
             of
             CHRIST
             ?
          
           
             A.
             
               We
               believe
               ,
               (
               as
               in
               our
               Answser
               to
               the
               second
               Query
               )
               that
               it
               s
               altogether
               necessary
               ,
               for
               us
               to
               believe
               in
            
             CHRIST
             
               without
               us
               ,
               for
               our
               Eternal
               Salvation
               ,
               where
               the
               means
               of
               the
               knowledge
               thereof
               can
               be
               had
               :
               And
               also
               that
               the
               Faith
               in
               the
               Man
            
             CHRIST
             JESUS
             ,
             
               as
               he
               dyed
               for
               our
               Sins
               ,
               and
               rose
               again
               ,
               and
               is
               at
               the
               Right
               Hand
               of
            
             GOD
             ,
             
               &c.
               is
               necessary
               to
               be
               Preached
               by
               all
               true
               Ministers
               ,
               as
               they
               are
               led
               thereunto
               by
               the
               Spirit
               of
            
             GOD
             ,
             
               and
               which
               is
               frequently
               practised
               amongst
               us
               ,
               as
               may
               be
               witnessed
               by
               such
               as
               come
               to
               our
               Meetings
               ,
               according
               to
               ,
            
             1
             Cor.
             1.
             23.
             
          
           
             R.
             The
             Limitation
             in
             this
             Answer
             is
             useless
             ,
             for
             I
             speak
             only
             of
             such
             as
             have
             the
             means
             ,
             and
             as
             to
             our
             Faith
             in
             CHRIST
             without
             us
             ,
             
               R.
               Bs.
            
             sayeth
             in
             pag.
             9.
             of
             his
             works
             
               and
               whereas
               thou
               sayest
               ,
               you
               see
               the
               Apostles
               judges
               the
               knowledge
               of
            
             CHRIST
             
               Crucisied
               to
               be
               that
               one
               thing
               necessary
               ,
               we
               deny
               (
               sayes
               R.
               B.
               )
               that
               the
               knowledge
               of
               His
               being
               outwardly
               Crucified
               is
               that
               one
               thing
               necessary
               ,
               for
               People
               must
               know
               him
               in
               them
               .
            
             And
             as
             a
             confirmation
             of
             this
             ,
             in
             the
             second
             Proposition
             of
             his
             Apologie
             ,
             page
             269.
             (
             he
             sayeth
             )
             
               Which
               Revelation
               of
               God
               by
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               whither
               by
               outward
               voices
               ,
               or
               appearances
               ,
               dreams
               ,
               or
               inward
               objective
               manifestations
               in
               the
               heart
               ,
               were
               of
               old
               the
               formal
               object
               of
               their
               Faith
               ,
               and
               remains
               yet
               so
               to
               be
               ,
               since
               the
               object
               of
               the
               Saints
               Faith
               ,
               is
               the
               same
               in
               all
               Ages
               ,
            
             and
             in
             Consequence
             to
             this
             last
             part
             ,
             he
             sayes
             pag.
             279.
             
               that
               which
               now
               cometh
               under
               debait
               ,
               is
               what
               we
               have
               asserted
               in
               the
               last
               place
               ,
            
             viz.
             
               that
               the
               same
               continueth
               to
               be
               the
               object
               of
               the
               Saints
               Faith
               to
               this
            
             
             day
             ,
             &c.
             here
             is
             not
             one
             Word
             of
             Faith
             in
             CHRIST
             without
             us
             ,
             but
             on
             the
             Contrary
             ,
             the
             formal
             object
             of
             the
             Saints
             Faith
             ,
             in
             all
             Ages
             is
             inward
             Revelations
             ,
             and
             the
             Light
             within
             .
             G.
             F.
             sayes
             in
             his
             great
             mystery
             ,
             p.
             47.
             
             
               The
               Light
               which
               every
               one
               hath
               that
               cometh
               into
               the
               World
               ,
               is
               sufficient
               unto
               Salvation
               ,
               without
               the
               help
               of
               any
               other
               means
               or
               discovery
               .
               W.
               P.
            
             sayes
             ,
             Quakerism
             ,
             a
             new
             Nickname
             ,
             pag.
             12.
             
             
               And
               since
               they
               believe
               that
               outward
               appearance
               ,
            
             (
             i.
             e.
             JESUS
             at
             Jerusalem
             ,
             )
             
               they
               need
               not
               preach
               what
               is
               not
               to
               be
               again
               .
            
             So
             then
             by
             this
             the
             Birth
             ,
             Life
             and
             Death
             ,
             &c.
             of
             the
             Holy
             JESUS
             needs
             not
             to
             be
             Preached
             ,
             and
             indeed
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             the
             Bible
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             laid
             aside
             and
             not
             Preached
             ,
             according
             to
             this
             Maxim
             of
             
               W.
               Ps.
            
             and
             
               W
               Bailie
            
             ,
             an
             antient
             Writer
             among
             them
             sayes
             ,
             
               see
               his
               Goll
               .
               p.
            
             308.
             
               and
               so
               he
               taught
               them
               to
               Pray
               ,
            
             Our
             Father
             ,
             
               &c.
               
               Not
               to
               look
               at
               his
               Person
               ,
               and
               to
               pray
               to
               him
               as
               a
               Person
               without
               them
               ,
               but
               bid
               them
               pray
               to
               the
               Father
               .
            
             Then
             by
             the
             same
             Rule
             ,
             if
             not
             pray
             to
             Him
             ,
             we
             are
             not
             to
             believe
             in
             Him
             ,
             as
             a
             Person
             without
             us
             .
             But
             the
             Reader
             may
             observe
             ,
             that
             however
             orthodox
             
               A.
               J.
               &c.
            
             seems
             to
             be
             in
             their
             Answer
             ,
             in
             affirming
             that
             Faith
             in
             the
             Man
             CHRIST
             JESUS
             as
             he
             dyed
             ,
             &c.
             (
             where
             the
             meanes
             of
             the
             Knowledge
             thereof
             can
             be
             had
             &c
             )
             is
             necessary
             to
             be
             Preached
             by
             all
             true
             Ministers
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             (
             with
             this
             
               Proviso
               ,
            
             )
             as
             they
             are
             led
             thereunto
             by
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             which
             clause
             seems
             to
             destroy
             that
             obligation
             ,
             which
             immediatly
             before
             they
             had
             acknowledged
             ,
             for
             suppose
             any
             or
             all
             the
             Preachers
             ,
             among
             the
             Quakers
             be
             indifferent
             in
             this
             matter
             ,
             and
             so
             quite
             neglect
             (
             as
             generally
             they
             doe
             )
             Preaching
             the
             Necessity
             of
             Faith
             in
             the
             man
             CHRIST
             without
             us
             ,
             here
             is
             a
             shift
             ready
             ,
             they
             may
             plead
             this
             for
             their
             excuse
             ,
             and
             say
             they
             are
             not
             led
             thereunto
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           
             Q
             13.
             
             Do
             you
             Believe
             that
             all
             that
             were
             saved
             in
             any
             Age
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             had
             their
             Sins
             forgiven
             them
             ,
             for
             the
             Man
             CHRIST
             JESUS
             his
             sake
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             account
             of
             his
             most
             Holy
             ,
             and
             perfect
             obedience
             unto
             Death
             ,
             and
             that
             what
             Light
             and
             Grace
             ,
             all
             Men
             ever
             received
             from
             GOD
             in
             former
             Ages
             ,
             or
             now
             receive
             ,
             or
             shall
             her
             after
             receive
             to
             the
             Worlds
             end
             ,
             it
             is
             given
             to
             Men
             ,
             for
             the
             Man
             CHRIST
             JESUS
             his
             sake
             ,
             by
             his
             Purchase
             and
             Merits
             ,
             and
             Continual
             Mediation
             and
             Intercession
             ?
          
           
           
             A.
             
               We
               Answer
               affirmatively
               and
               firmly
               believe
               it
               ,
            
             Acts
             4.
             12.
             
          
           
             R.
             This
             Answer
             the
             Reader
             may
             be
             pleased
             to
             compare
             with
             the
             Quotations
             in
             the
             Remarks
             on
             the
             10
             and
             12.
             
             Answers
             .
          
        
         
           
             Q.
             14
             Did
             not
             the
             LORD
             JESUS
             CHRIST
             by
             his
             most
             perfect
             obedience
             and
             sacrifice
             of
             himself
             ,
             which
             he
             offered
             up
             unto
             GOD
             ,
             fully
             satisfy
             the
             Justice
             of
             his
             FATHER
             ,
             and
             so
             pay
             the
             Ransom
             for
             the
             sins
             of
             Mankind
             ?
          
           
             Q.
             15.
             
             Did
             CHRIST
             suffer
             the
             punishment
             due
             for
             the
             sins
             of
             fallen
             Man
             ?
             and
             did
             he
             make
             full
             payment
             in
             mans
             stead
             ,
             for
             the
             debt
             contracted
             by
             sin
             ?
          
           
             A.
             
               To
               both
               which
               last
               Queries
               we
               answer
               ,
               that
               we
               believe
               that
               the
            
             LORD
             JESUS
             CHRIST
             
               did
               freely
               offer
               himself
               an
               acceptable
               Sacrifice
               for
               the
               sins
               of
               Mankind
               ,
               and
               that
               the
            
             FATHER
             
               (
               of
               his
               great
               mercy
               )
               accepted
               of
               that
               Sacrifice
               as
               a
               sufficient
               expiation
               for
               the
               sins
               of
               the
               whole
               World
               as
               in
               these
               Scriptures
               ,
            
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             19.
             1
             
             Pet.
             2.
             24.
             1
             
             Pet.
             3.
             18.
             
             John
             10.
             14
             ,
             15
             ,
             17
             ,
             18.
             
             Verses
             .
          
           
             R.
             This
             Answer
             to
             the
             14
             ,
             and
             15.
             
             Queries
             may
             be
             compared
             with
             the
             11th
             Question
             in
             G.
             Ws.
             Appendix
             to
             the
             2d
             part
             of
             the
             Christian
             Quaker
             ,
             p.
             242.
             where
             it
             is
             asked
             ,
             whether
             Divine
             Justice
             did
             propperly
             and
             strictly
             require
             a
             full
             payment
             and
             punishment
             upon
             CHRIST
             in
             mans
             stead
             ,
             for
             all
             the
             debt
             contracted
             and
             injury
             done
             by
             fallen
             man
             ?
             to
             which
             it
             is
             answered
             ,
             No
             ,
             CHRIST'S
             
               sufferings
               were
               not
               of
               that
               nature
               or
               intent
               &c.
            
             and
             thereafter
             he
             says
             ,
             p.
             244
             ,
             
               and
               see
               p
            
             240
             ,
             
               All
               these
               Scriptures
               relating
               to
            
             CHRIST'S
             
               sufferings
               ,
               as
            
             Isa
             .
             53
             
               &c.
               do
               all
               intimat
            
             GOD'S
             
               great
               kindness
               and
               Condescention
               in
            
             CHRIST
             JESUS
             ,
             
               and
               his
               humiliation
               and
               deep
               suffering
               under
               the
               weight
               and
               burden
               of
               sin
               ,
               and
               as
               by
               the
               Grace
               of
            
             GOD
             ,
             
               he
               tasted
               Death
               for
               every
               man
               ,
               all
               which
               fall
               greatly
               short
               ,
               of
               proving
               our
               adversaries
               charge
               against
               him
               ,
            
             viz
             
               that
               GOD
               poured
               down
               his
               Wrath
               and
               Revenge
               on
               his
               innocent
               SON
               ,
               for
               satisfaction
               to
               Divine
               justice
               in
               mans
               stead
               that
               have
               done
               the
               injury
               I
               say
               all
               the
               Sciptures
               alledged
               by
               them
               ,
               can
               never
               prove
               this
               &c.
               
            
             Here
             we
             have
             a
             positive
             answer
             ,
             to
             the
             Queries
             ,
             and
             no
             shuffling
             or
             shifting
             the
             matter
             ,
             as
             A.
             J.
             and
             his
             Friends
             do
             in
             their
             answer
             And
             W.
             P.
             in
             his
             Rejoinder
             to
             
               Io.
               Faldo
               p.
            
             284
             and
             255
             ,
             Justifyeth
             
               W.
               Smiths
            
             saying
             CHRIST
             in
             us
             offereth
             himself
             a
             living
             Sacrifice
             to
             GOD
             for
             us
             ,
             by
             which
             
             the
             Wrath
             of
             GOD
             is
             appeased
             to
             us
             .
             And
             G.
             W.
             in
             his
             Light
             and
             Life
             p.
             44.
             doth
             also
             justify
             the
             same
             ,
             but
             what
             he
             sayeth
             is
             too
             large
             to
             be
             here
             inserted
             ,
             and
             therefore
             I
             refer
             the
             Reader
             to
             the
             Book
             it self
             ,
             and
             to
             G.
             Ks.
             3
             Nar.
             p.
             24.
             W.
             P.
             in
             his
             reason
             against
             Railing
             ,
             p.
             9.
             sayes
             ,
             
               That
               if
               it
               is
               our
               duty
               to
               forgive
               without
               a
               satisfaction
               received
               ,
               and
               that
               GOD
               is
               to
               forgive
               us
               as
               we
               forgive
               others
               ,
               then
               is
               a
               satisfaction
               totally
               excluded
               .
            
             See
             also
             his
             
               Sandy
               foundation
            
             wherein
             he
             expresly
             argueth
             against
             CHRIST's
             satisfaction
             ,
             and
             insists
             largely
             on
             it
             .
             I
             have
             not
             the
             Book
             at
             present
             by
             me
             ,
             so
             cannot
             quote
             exactly
             any
             passage
             out
             of
             it
             .
             But
             above
             all
             ,
             that
             which
             I
             think
             is
             most
             horrible
             and
             blasphemous
             and
             undervaluing
             the
             sufferings
             of
             our
             Blessed
             LORD
             .
             E.
             B.
             of
             great
             esteem
             among
             them
             sayeth
             in
             his
             works
             p.
             273
             printed
             1672
             ,
             and
             which
             his
             friends
             reprinted
             and
             approved
             of
             :
             
               the
               sufferings
               (
               sayeth
               he
               )
               of
               the
               People
               of
               GOD
               called
               Quakers
               in
               this
               Age
               ,
               is
               greater
               suffering
               and
               more
               unjust
               then
               in
               the
               dayes
               of
               CHRIST
               ,
               or
               of
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               what
               was
               done
               to
               CHRIST
               or
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               was
               chiefly
               done
               by
               a
               Law
               ,
               and
               in
               great
               part
               by
               the
               due
               execution
               of
               a
               Law
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Q
             16.
             
             Do
             the
             best
             works
             ,
             that
             any
             are
             enabled
             to
             perform
             ,
             even
             by
             the
             assistance
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ;
             merit
             pardon
             of
             sin
             and
             eternal
             Life
             ?
          
           
             A
             
               We
               answer
               negatively
               ,
               we
               have
               no
               merit
               ,
               all
               is
               of
               free
               Grace
               and
               mercy
               through
            
             CHRIST
             Tit.
             3.
             5.
             
          
           
             R.
             This
             Answer
             seems
             to
             bespeak
             a
             humble
             and
             self
             denyed
             frame
             of
             spirit
             ,
             and
             I
             am
             very
             glade
             to
             find
             such
             come
             from
             
               A.
               I.
            
             &c.
             
             But
             I
             am
             sure
             their
             Friends
             books
             are
             filled
             with
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             self
             exaltation
             ,
             and
             abasing
             of
             all
             others
             ,
             and
             too
             much
             spiritual
             pride
             and
             boasting
             of
             their
             faithfulness
             ,
             (
             as
             that
             by
             and
             for
             which
             they
             merited
             or
             hoped
             to
             attain
             eternal
             Life
             )
             may
             be
             too
             much
             observed
             in
             most
             of
             their
             preachings
             ,
             and
             as
             an
             evidence
             for
             what
             I
             say
             ,
             let
             the
             Reader
             consider
             what
             
               Samuel
               Fisher
            
             sayeth
             in
             his
             Rusticus
             ,
             &c.
             p
             90.
             
             
               that
               because
               evil
               works
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               are
               the
               meritorious
               cause
               of
               our
               Condemnation
               ,
               therefore
               good
               works
               are
               the
               meritorious
               cause
               of
               our
               Justification
               .
            
             See
             also
             ,
             p.
             84.
             88.
             ibid.
             and
             see
             also
             G.
             Ws
             Voice
             of
             Wisdom
             p.
             36.
             
          
        
         
           
             Q
             17.
             
             Shall
             the
             Man
             CHRIST
             JESUS
             come
             again
             and
             appear
             without
             us
             to
             judge
             the
             Quick
             and
             the
             Dead
             ?
          
           
           
             A.
             
               We
               answer
               affirmatively
               ,
               yea
               ,
               He
               shall
               ,
               according
               to
               these
               Scriptures
            
             Mat.
             25
             ,
             31.
             
             Acts
             17
             ,
             31.
             
          
           
             This
             Answer
             may
             be
             compared
             with
             what
             G.
             W.
             says
             in
             his
             Light
             and
             Life
             ,
             p
             ,
             41.
             
             
               but
               three
               comings
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               not
               onely
               that
               in
               the
               Flesh
               at
               Jerusalem
               ,
               and
               that
               in
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               but
               also
               another
               coming
               in
               the
               Flesh
               yet
               to
               be
               expected
               ,
               we
               do
               not
               read
               of
               ,
               but
               a
               2d
               coming
               without
               sin
               unto
               Salvation
               which
               in
               the
               Apostles
               days
               was
               looked
               for
               .
            
             And
             in
             his
             CHRIST
             ascended
             &c
             ,
             p.
             21.
             22.
             
             &c.
             not
             only
             denyeth
             any
             personal
             comming
             of
             CHRIST
             yet
             to
             be
             at
             the
             end
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             but
             denyeth
             him
             to
             have
             a
             Personal
             Existance
             in
             Heaven
             without
             the
             Saints
             and
             chargeth
             it
             to
             be
             Anthropomorphism
             and
             Muggletonism
             .
             See
             also
             W.
             Bailies
             
               Coll
               :
               p.
            
             29.
             
          
        
         
           
             Q.
             18.
             
             Is
             there
             any
             Resurrection
             of
             the
             Dead
             ,
             that
             all
             or
             any
             of
             the
             Deceased
             Saints
             wait
             for
             ?
             and
             doth
             the
             same
             Natural
             Body
             ,
             that
             Dyeth
             rise
             again
             ,
             or
             is
             the
             Resurrection
             nothing
             else
             ,
             but
             what
             ye
             have
             already
             or
             what
             ye
             shall
             have
             ,
             immediatly
             after
             Death
             ?
          
           
             A.
             
               We
               believe
               that
               there
               shall
               be
               a
               Resurrection
               both
               of
               the
               Just
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Unjust
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Scriptures
            
             Acts
             24
             ,
             15
             1
             Cor.
             15
             ,
             5.
             
               also
               the
               same
               Chap.
               from
            
             35
             to
             38
             
               verse
               ,
               and
               we
               believe
               that
               the
               Resurrection
               is
               not
               already
               past
               nor
               is
               that
               which
               we
               shall
               immediatly
               enter
               into
               after
               Death
               .
            
          
           
             R.
             By
             this
             answer
             to
             this
             18
             
               Q.
               A.
            
             J.
             and
             his
             friends
             shift
             the
             question
             intirely
             ,
             for
             I
             know
             ,
             that
             verbally
             they
             seem
             to
             own
             a
             Resurrection
             ,
             but
             that
             our
             Natural
             Elementary
             bodies
             shall
             rise
             again
             they
             utterly
             deny
             and
             oppose
             .
             So
             G.
             W.
             argueth
             most
             violently
             against
             it
             in
             the
             second
             part
             of
             his
             Christian
             
               Quaker
               ,
               p.
            
             352.
             353.
             
             &c.
             and
             so
             doth
             W.
             P.
             in
             his
             reasoning
             against
             ,
             railing
             p.
             134
             ,
             137.
             
             
               If
               the
               thing
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               can
               be
               the
               same
               and
               notwithstanding
               changed
               for
               shame
               let
               us
               never
               make
               so
               much
               stur
               against
               the
               Doctrin
               of
               transubstantiation
               ,
               for
               the
               absurdity
               of
               it
               is
               rather
               out
               down
               then
               equalled
               by
               this
               carnal
               Resurrection
               .
            
             And
             
               R.
               Hubberthorn
            
             sayes
             ,
             
               Coll.
               p.
            
             121
             
               these
               are
               they
               that
               plead
               for
               a
               life
               in
               sin
               ,
               while
               they
               are
               here
               ,
               and
               that
               say
               that
               the
               Saints
               glorified
               in
               Heaven
               do
               yet
               hope
               for
               the
               Resurrection
               of
               their
               Bodies
               &c.
               
            
             See
             also
             ,
             W.
             P.
             his
             Invalidity
             of
             I.
             F.
             vindication
             p.
             373
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             
             Q
             19.
             
             Whither
             outward
             Baptism
             with
             Water
             ,
             and
             the
             outward
             Supper
             called
             the
             LORDS
             Supper
             ,
             be
             not
             Divine
             Institutions
             and
             Ordinances
             of
             our
             Blessed
             LORD
             JESUS
             CHRIST
             commanded
             by
             Him
             to
             be
             continued
             and
             practiced
             to
             the
             end
             of
             the
             World
             ?
          
           
             A.
             
               First
               ,
               as
               for
               Baptism
               we
               believe
               ,
               that
               as
               there
               is
               one
               LORD
               and
               one
               Faith
               ,
               so
               there
               is
               one
               Baptism
            
             Eph.
             4
             ,
             5.
             
               which
               is
               not
               the
               puting
               away
               the
               filth
               of
               the
               Flesh
               ,
               but
               the
               answer
               of
               a
               good
               Conscience
               before
               GOD
               ,
               by
               the
               Resurrection
               of
            
             JESUS
             CHRIST
             .
             1
             Pet.
             3
             ,
             21.
             
             
               And
               this
               Baptism
               is
               a
               pure
               and
               Spiritual
               thing
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               the
               Baptism
               of
               the
               Spirit
               and
               Fire
               ,
               by
               which
               we
               are
               buried
               with
               him
               ,
            
             Rom.
             6.
             4.
             
             
               And
               puts
               on
            
             CHRIST
             ,
             Gal
             :
             3
             ,
             27.
             
               that
               being
               purged
               and
               washed
               from
               our
               sins
               we
               may
               walk
               in
               newness
               of
               Life
               ,
               being
               risen
               with
               him
               through
               the
               Faith
               of
               the
               Operation
               of
            
             GOD
             :
             Collos
             .
             2.
             12.
             
             
               Of
               which
               the
               Baptism
               of
            
             John
             
               was
               a
               figure
               ,
               whose
               ministry
               was
               to
               decrease
               ,
               but
            
             CHRIST
             
               to
               increase
            
             ,
             Iohn
             3.
             30.
             
               and
               who
               said
               himself
               ,
               I
               indeed
               Baptise
               you
               with
               Water
               to
               repentance
               ;
               but
               He
               that
               cometh
               after
               me
               is
               mightier
               then
               I
               ,
               whose
               shoes
               I
               am
               not
               worthy
               to
               bear
               ,
               He
               shall
               baptise
               you
               with
               the
            
             HOLY
             GHOST
             
               and
               with
               Fire
            
             .
             Mat.
             3.
             11.
             
             
               Here
               are
               two
               Baptisms
               mentioned
               ,
               whereof
               certainly
            
             Johns
             
               was
               the
               figure
               ,
               and
            
             CHRISTS
             
               the
               continuing
               substance
               ,
               and
               though
            
             Johns
             
               was
               continued
               or
               practiced
               for
               a
               season
               yet
            
             Paul
             
               that
               great
               Apostle
               who
               was
               not
               a
               whit
               inferiour
               to
               the
               chiefest
               Apostles
               ,
            
             2
             Cor.
             11.
             5.
             
               expresly
               affirms
               ,
               that
               outward
               Baptism
               was
               not
               within
               his
               Commission
               from
            
             CHRIST
             ,
             read
             1
             Cor.
             1.
             17.
             
             
               As
               for
               the
               sprinkling
               of
               Infants
               called
               Baptism
               we
               find
               neither
               Precept
               nor
               Practice
               of
               it
               in
               all
               the
               Scriptures
               of
               truth
               ;
               and
               therefore
               judge
               it
               to
               be
               a
               meer
               humane
               Tradition
               .
               And
               as
               for
               the
               Outward
               Supper
               ,
               we
               do
               believe
               that
               the
               communion
               of
               the
               Body
               and
               Blood
               of
            
             CHRIST
             
               is
               inward
               and
               Spiritual
               (
               as
               to
               the
               substance
               )
               which
               is
               the
               participation
               of
               his
               Flesh
               and
               Blood
               by
               which
               the
               Inward
               man
               is
               daily
               nourished
               in
               the
               Hearts
               of
               those
               in
               whom
            
             CHRIST
             dwels
             ;
             1
             Cor.
             10
             chap.
             16.
             17.
             verses
             John
             6.
             32.
             33
             35
             
             
               Of
               which
               things
               the
               breaking
               of
               Bread
               by
            
             CHRIST
             
               with
               his
               Disciples
               was
               a
               figure
               which
               they
               even
               used
               in
               the
               Church
               for
               a
               time
               who
               had
               received
               the
               substance
               for
               the
               sake
               of
               the
               weak
               ,
               even
               as
               abstaining
               from
               things
               strangled
               and
               from
               blood
               ,
               the
               washing
               on
               anothers
               feet
               ,
               and
               the
               anointing
               the
               Sick
               with
               Oyl
               ,
               all
               which
               are
               commanded
               with
               no
               less
               authoriy
               and
               solemnity
               then
               the
               former
               ,
               and
               the
            
             
             
               two
               last
               of
               them
               ,
               as
               true
               outward
               Signs
               or
               Simbols
               of
               Inward
               Grace
               ,
               as
               the
               Bread
               and
               Wine
               ,
               yet
               ,
               seeing
               they
               are
               but
               the
               shaddows
               of
               better
               things
               ,
               they
               cease
               in
               such
               as
               have
               obtained
               the
               substance
               .
            
             Acts
             15.
             20.
             
             John
             13
             ,
             14
             Ja.
             5
             ,
             14.
             
             
               Where
               these
               forementioned
               things
               are
               commanded
               or
               institute
               .
            
          
           
             R.
             It
             is
             indeed
             to
             be
             much
             lamented
             ,
             that
             the
             whole
             Body
             of
             the
             Quakers
             every
             where
             ,
             is
             too
             well
             agreed
             as
             to
             their
             disowning
             and
             Contempt
             ,
             of
             our
             Blessed
             SAVIOUR's
             Institutions
             ,
             especially
             Baptism
             and
             the
             LORD's
             Supper
             .
             But
             
               A.
               J.
               &c.
            
             might
             have
             given
             a
             shorter
             Answer
             ,
             for
             I
             designed
             not
             by
             these
             Queries
             ,
             that
             either
             they
             should
             prove
             what
             they
             hold
             ,
             or
             that
             I
             should
             disprove
             the
             same
             .
             And
             therefore
             for
             a
             full
             Reply
             ,
             to
             what
             either
             they
             have
             here
             alledged
             ,
             or
             what
             
               R.
               B.
            
             and
             others
             of
             the
             Chief
             English
             Teachers
             ,
             among
             the
             Quakers
             have
             argued
             against
             the
             Continuance
             and
             practice
             of
             outward
             Water
             ,
             Baptism
             and
             the
             LORD's
             Supper
             .
             I
             refer
             the
             Reader
             to
             
               Geo
               Keith's
            
             Book
             ,
             called
             the
             Arguments
             of
             the
             Quakers
             against
             Baptism
             ,
             &c.
             wherein
             they
             are
             intirely
             consuted
             and
             fully
             Answered
             :
             And
             which
             Book
             I
             do
             not
             know
             ,
             that
             the
             Quakers
             have
             so
             much
             as
             pretended
             to
             Answer
             .
          
        
         
           
             Q
             20
             Lastly
             ,
             if
             ye
             be
             realy
             sound
             and
             sincere
             in
             the
             Faith
             ,
             of
             the
             great
             fundamental
             Truths
             ,
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             are
             ye
             not
             then
             bound
             in
             Conscience
             to
             manifest
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             that
             both
             by
             disowning
             and
             condemning
             ,
             by
             a
             publick
             Testimony
             ,
             all
             those
             gross
             Erroneous
             and
             Unchristian
             passages
             ,
             which
             have
             been
             and
             may
             still
             more
             and
             more
             be
             discovered
             ,
             out
             of
             your
             ancient
             and
             chief
             Friends
             Printed
             Books
             :
             
               (
               Observe
               so
               far
               only
            
             A.
             J.
             
               &c.
               recited
               this
               last
            
             Querie
             ,
             
               and
               wholly
               omitted
               all
               the
               rest
               .
               )
            
             And
             I
             doe
             hereby
             offer
             to
             prove
             the
             same
             before
             any
             Judicious
             Indifferent
             Persons
             ,
             as
             it
             shall
             please
             GOD
             to
             give
             me
             an
             opportunity
             ,
             by
             producing
             such
             Palpable
             Quotations
             out
             of
             the
             said
             Books
             ,
             directly
             contradicting
             the
             plain
             Testimony
             of
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             and
             contrary
             to
             the
             necessary
             essential
             point
             of
             Christian
             Faith
             and
             Doctrine
             ,
             and
             if
             ye
             be
             clear
             and
             Innocent
             ,
             (
             as
             I
             said
             already
             )
             ought
             ye
             not
             likewise
             to
             disown
             all
             such
             ,
             for
             your
             Christian
             Brethren
             ,
             that
             have
             opposed
             ,
             and
             
             who
             doe
             still
             continue
             to
             oppose
             any
             of
             those
             precious
             Truths
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             which
             have
             been
             universally
             received
             by
             all
             true
             and
             sound
             Christians
             .
          
           
             I
             doe
             expect
             your
             positive
             and
             candid
             Answer
             ,
             by
             your
             plain
             and
             simple
             Affirmation
             or
             Negation
             ,
             to
             each
             of
             these
             Queries
             (
             by
             which
             you
             may
             prevent
             any
             Suspicion
             of
             quibling
             or
             equivocating
             )
             to
             be
             sent
             with
             all
             Convenience
             to
          
           
             
               Aberdeen
               
                 
                   the
                   5th
                   day
                   of
                   the
                   4th
                   Moneth
                   called
                
                 June
                 1700.
                 
              
            
             
               Your
               Real
               Welwisher
               ,
               ROBERT
               SANDILANDS
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
               We
               are
               realy
               sound
               and
               sincere
               in
               the
               great
               ,
               and
               fundamental
               Truths
               of
               the
               Christian
               Religion
               ,
               and
               we
               are
               ready
               to
               manifest
               the
               same
               ,
               but
               we
               are
               not
               bound
               in
               reason
               to
               receive
               the
               Testimony
               of
               an
               avowed
               Adversary
               against
               our
               Brethern
               ,
               and
               if
               he
               have
               any
               thing
               to
               charge
               against
               them
               ,
               among
               whom
               he
               resides
               ,
               he
               wants
               not
               opportunity
               to
               do
               it
               face
               to
               face
               .
               and
               we
               doubt
               not
               but
               they
               can
               clear
               themselves
               sufficiently
            
          
           
             
               This
               Answer
               to
               the
               above
               written
            
             Queries
             ,
             
               was
               drawn
               upon
               the
               7th
               day
               of
               the
               4th
               moneth
               called
            
             June
             1700
             :
             
               And
               signed
               as
               follows
            
             .
             
               
                 Alexander
                 Gelley
                 ,
              
               
                 Robert
                 Barclay
                 ,
              
               
                 Iohn
                 Forbes
                 ,
              
               
                 George
                 Forbes
                 senior
                 ,
              
               
                 Robert
                 Gordon
                 ,
              
               
                 William
                 Taylor
                 ,
              
               
                 Andrew
                 Jaffray
                 ,
              
               
                 Iohn
                 Robertson
                 ,
              
               
                 Robert
                 Gerard
                 ,
              
               
                 Daniel
                 Simson
                 ,
              
               
                 Iohn
                 Somervaile
                 ,
              
               
                 William
                 Glenny
                 ,
              
               
                 James
                 Wallace
                 ,
              
               
                 Iohn
                 Merser
                 ,
              
               
                 Robert
                 Keith
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Yet
               at
               the
               desire
               of
               some
               of
               the
               Magistrats
               ,
               so
               many
               of
               our
               Number
               as
               are
               present
               ,
               have
               again
               signed
               the
               same
               with
               their
               own
               hands
               .
            
          
           
             Observe
             .
             
               They
               first
               gave
               a
               Copy
               of
               their
            
             
               Answer
               unsigned
               ,
               and
               which
               they
               brought
               to
               the
               Publick
               Mercat
               place
               ,
               and
               Copies
               thereof
            
             
             
               given
               to
               divers
               Persons
               ,
               afterwards
               they
               brought
               their
               Answers
               much
               Corrected
               ,
               with
               large
               Additions
               ,
               with
               several
               names
               at
               them
               ,
               but
               all
               write
               with
               one
               hand
               ,
               and
               that
               not
               being
               satisfactory
               ,
               it
               was
               returned
               to
               them
               again
               :
               At
               last
               ,
               they
               delivered
               it
               Signed
               Authentically
               ,
               by
               severals
               of
               their
               own
               Hands
               .
            
             
               
                 Andrew
                 Jaffray
                 ,
              
               
                 Alexander
                 Gelley
                 ,
              
               
                 William
                 Taylor
                 ,
              
               
                 Daniel
                 Simson
                 ,
              
               
                 Robert
                 Keith
                 ,
              
               
                 Iohn
                 Sommervaile
                 ,
              
               
                 Robert
                 Gordon
                 ,
              
               
                 George
                 Forbes
                 Senior
                 ,
              
               
                 Iohn
                 Merser
                 ,
              
               
                 Iohn
                 King.
                 
              
            
          
           
             R.
             I
             should
             truly
             rejoice
             ,
             and
             be
             heartily
             glade
             to
             find
             both
             ,
             A.
             J.
             &c.
             And
             all
             others
             among
             the
             People
             called
             Quakers
             ,
             manifest
             themselves
             to
             be
             realy
             sound
             and
             sincere
             ,
             not
             only
             in
             some
             but
             in
             all
             the
             fundamental
             Truths
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ;
             but
             whether
             A.
             J.
             and
             his
             Friends
             have
             evidenced
             themselves
             to
             be
             such
             ,
             by
             their
             Answers
             ,
             to
             the
             Queries
             before
             recited
             ,
             I
             leave
             that
             to
             all
             impartial
             and
             judicious
             Readers
             to
             judge
             .
             And
             for
             a
             manifest
             Tryal
             of
             the
             sincerity
             and
             soundness
             of
             their
             Faith
             ,
             in
             those
             points
             wherein
             they
             seem
             orthodox
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             have
             no
             secret
             reserved
             meanings
             ,
             but
             what
             is
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Sense
             of
             all
             sound
             Protestants
             ,
             it
             is
             here
             proposed
             to
             them
             ,
             (
             and
             which
             is
             reasonably
             expected
             )
             that
             they
             give
             a
             publick
             Testimony
             in
             Writing
             ,
             against
             those
             erroneous
             passages
             and
             positions
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             here
             set
             down
             as
             before
             ,
             and
             quoted
             out
             of
             their
             approved
             and
             antient
             Friends
             Books
             ,
             which
             plainly
             contradicts
             their
             own
             orthodox
             Answers
             .
             They
             are
             obliged
             (
             I
             think
             )
             either
             to
             own
             ,
             or
             else
             to
             disown
             these
             errors
             :
             the
             latter
             I
             hope
             they
             will
             ingeniously
             doe
             ,
             as
             being
             no
             Respecter
             of
             Persons
             .
             For
             the
             Truth
             must
             be
             owned
             and
             preferred
             before
             all
             things
             and
             persons
             ,
             tho
             never
             so
             near
             or
             dear
             to
             us
             .
             And
             unless
             A.
             J.
             &c.
             doe
             this
             ;
             their
             sincerity
             will
             still
             be
             suspected
             ,
             notwithstanding
             all
             their
             great
             Pretences
             .
             As
             for
             their
             saying
             ,
             we
             are
             not
             bound
             in
             Reason
             to
             receive
             the
             Testimony
             of
             an
             avowed
             Adversary
             ,
             against
             our
             Brethren
             ;
             as
             I
             would
             not
             be
             imposed
             upon
             in
             such
             weighty
             concerns
             ,
             so
             I
             doe
             not
             impose
             my
             Testimony
             upon
             them
             ,
             but
             have
             fairly
             and
             sincerely
             laid
             before
             them
             ,
             their
             own
             antient
             and
             most
             eminent
             approved
             Friends
             Testimonies
             ,
             both
             in
             England
             and
             Scotland
             :
             And
             I
             could
             have
             produced
             many
             more
             Quotations
             ,
             if
             
             they
             had
             been
             so
             candid
             to
             have
             granted
             me
             the
             use
             of
             their
             Friends
             Books
             ,
             which
             I
             had
             not
             by
             me
             here
             ,
             (
             and
             I
             being
             a
             Traveller
             could
             not
             be
             other
             wayes
             provided
             with
             )
             however
             ,
             I
             offer
             this
             to
             them
             ,
             let
             the
             Books
             be
             produced
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             the
             Quotations
             are
             taken
             ,
             and
             let
             them
             be
             perused
             by
             any
             judicious
             and
             indifferent
             Persons
             ,
             and
             see
             whither
             they
             are
             justly
             and
             fairly
             quoted
             ,
             and
             I
             shall
             submit
             the
             same
             to
             their
             censure
             .
             And
             whoever
             it
             is
             they
             mean
             ,
             to
             be
             their
             Brethrens
             avowed
             Adversary
             :
             I
             bless
             GOD
             I
             can
             sincerely
             say
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             no
             Personal
             enmity
             or
             Prejudice
             against
             them
             ,
             or
             any
             Persons
             whatsomever
             ;
             it
             s
             true
             ,
             I
             detest
             their
             vile
             errors
             ,
             but
             I
             still
             love
             and
             respect
             their
             Persons
             ,
             and
             what
             I
             have
             herein
             done
             may
             shew
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             not
             through
             Malice
             ,
             &c.
             
             I
             could
             also
             have
             given
             an
             account
             ,
             of
             many
             very
             Unchristian
             and
             unsavoury
             Passages
             ,
             which
             were
             Preached
             publickly
             in
             their
             Meetings
             at
             Reading
             in
             England
             where
             I
             live
             ,
             which
             occasioned
             divers
             to
             leave
             them
             .
             And
             whereas
             they
             say
             ,
             and
             if
             he
             have
             any
             thing
             to
             Charge
             against
             them
             ,
             among
             whom
             he
             receeds
             ,
             he
             wants
             not
             opportunity
             to
             doe
             it
             face
             to
             face
             ,
             and
             we
             doubt
             not
             but
             they
             can
             clear
             themselves
             sufficiently
             .
             I
             should
             be
             very
             glade
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             said
             before
             ,
             they
             would
             do
             so
             indeed
             ,
             but
             I
             am
             sure
             ,
             they
             have
             never
             in
             the
             least
             yet
             done
             it
             ,
             as
             they
             ought
             to
             doe
             ,
             notwithstanding
             of
             the
             many
             opportunitis
             ,
             and
             that
             publickly
             ,
             to
             have
             cleared
             themselves
             ,
             of
             what
             has
             been
             charged
             against
             them
             ,
             and
             still
             lyes
             at
             their
             door
             uncleared
             and
             unanswered
             by
             them
             ;
             and
             I
             am
             fully
             satisfied
             ,
             that
             notwitstanding
             of
             their
             many
             late
             new
             Creeds
             ,
             they
             can
             never
             well
             clear
             themseves
             ,
             until
             they
             publickly
             ,
             and
             ingeniously
             Retract
             those
             Errors
             in
             their
             Printed
             Books
             ;
             and
             when
             they
             once
             do
             that
             ,
             I
             think
             there
             is
             none
             will
             be
             so
             Unchristian
             ,
             as
             to
             Charge
             them
             any
             more
             therewith
             .
             There
             is
             one
             or
             two
             Quotations
             more
             ,
             which
             I
             think
             fit
             to
             add
             .
             G.
             F.
             and
             R.
             H.
             sayes
             in
             Truths
             defence
             ,
             p.
             89
             ,
             and
             109
             
               Our
               giving
               forth
               papers
               and
               printed
               Books
               ,
               it
               is
               from
               the
               immediat
               ,
               eternal
               Sipiritual
               GOD.
            
             〈◊〉
             .
             Now
             I
             leave
             it
             to
             the
             serious
             Consideration
             ,
             of
             A.
             J.
             〈◊〉
             .
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             Friends
             ,
             whether
             in
             their
             Consciences
             they
             realy
             believe
             ,
             that
             the
             foresaid
             Passages
             quoted
             out
             of
             their
             Friends
             Books
             ,
             were
             given
             forth
             from
             the
             Immediat
             Eternal
             Spirit
             of
             GOD.
             And
             G.
             F.
             pleads
             for
             the
             same
             degree
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             to
             know
             the
             Scriptures
             by
             ,
             as
             the
             Prophets
             and
             Apostles
             had
             .
             See
             his
             great
             
               Myst
               .
               p.
            
             213.
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A62157-e1380
           
             
               See
               R.
               Rs.
               works
               pag.
            
             299.
             
          
           
             pag.
             15.
             
               near
               the
               end
            
          
           
             Pag
             136
             
          
           
             pag
             137.
             
          
           
             pag.
             158.
             
          
           
             pag.
             6
             
          
           
             p.
             335
             
          
           
             pag.
             36.
             
          
           
             See
             also
             His
             Christi
             an
             Quaker
             pag.
             12.
             
          
           
             pag.
             2.
             
          
           
             pag.
             246.
             
          
           
             pag.
             21.
             
          
           
             pag.
             139.
             140.
             
          
           
             pag.
             18.
             
          
           
             
               See
               the
               Quotation
               at
               large
               cited
               in
               G.
               Ks.
               fourth
               Narrative
               p.
            
             70.