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           THE
           QUAKERS
           CATCHISM
           ,
           OR
           ,
           THE
           Quakers
           questioned
           ,
           THEIR
           QUESTIONS
           Answered
           ,
           AND
           BOTH
           PUBLISHED
           ,
           For
           the
           Sake
           of
           those
           of
           them
           that
           have
           not
           yet
           sinned
           unto
           Death
           ;
           And
           of
           those
           ungrounded
           Novices
           that
           are
           most
           in
           danger
           of
           their
           Seduction
           .
        
         
           By
           
             RCHARD
             BAXTER
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             A.
             M.
          
           for
           
             Thomas
             Underhill
          
           at
           the
           Anchor
           and
           Bible
           in
           
             Pauls
          
           Churchyard
           ,
           and
           
             Francis
             Tyton
          
           at
           the
           Three
           Daggers
           in
           Fleetstreet
           .
           1655.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           
             READER
             ,
          
        
         
           
             I
          
           Suppose
           thou
           wilt
           marvell
           that
           I
           trouble
           my self
           with
           so
           wilde
           a
           Generation
           as
           the
           People
           called
           
             Quakers
          
           are
           ;
           or
           that
           I
           trouble
           thee
           with
           a
           few
           hasty
           lines
           which
           I
           wrote
           on
           such
           an
           Occasion
           ;
           I
           'le
           truly
           tell
           thee
           the
           cause
           of
           both
           :
           
             1.
             
          
           They
           sent
           me
           five
           severall
           Papers
           ,
           one
           of
           them
           containing
           the
           Queries
           which
           I
           answer
           ,
           and
           others
           of
           them
           almost
           nothing
           but
           abundle
           of
           filthy
           railing
           words
           ,
           
             [
             Thou
             Serpent
             ,
             thou
             Liar
             ,
             thou
             deceiver
             ,
             thou
             childe
             of
             the
             devil
             ,
             thou
             cursed
             hypocrite
             ,
             thou
             dumb
             dogge
             ]
          
           with
           much
           more
           of
           the
           like
           .
           They
           chose
           out
           one
           day
           ,
           when
           it
           pleased
           God
           to
           confine
           me
           to
           my
           Chamber
           by
           sicknesse
           ,
           to
           come
           into
           our
           Assembly
           ,
           and
           after
           Morning
           Sermon
           to
           fall
           a
           questioning
           the
           Preacher
           ,
           my
           assistant
           ;
           and
           because
           he
           avoided
           publike
           disputing
           with
           them
           at
           that
           season
           ,
           as
           not
           taking
           it
           for
           a
           profitable
           spending
           of
           the
           Lords
           day
           ,
           they
           call
           him
           
             the
             hireling
             that
             flieth
             ,
          
           it
           seems
           referring
           
             to
          
           Joh.
           
             10.
             12.
          
           
           and
           so
           confessing
           themselves
           to
           be
           the
           Wolves
           .
           I
           finde
           that
           they
           do
           so
           challenge
           ,
           and
           brag
           ,
           and
           triumph
           ,
           if
           we
           say
           nothing
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           too
           many
           simple
           people
           expect
           that
           we
           should
           answer
           them
           ,
           that
           (
           after
           an
           unprofitable
           verball
           discourse
           with
           an
           unreasonable
           railing
           fellow
           )
           I
           resolved
           to
           send
           them
           this
           brief
           answer
           to
           their
           Questions
           :
           And
           because
           they
           abhorre
           Syllogismes
           and
           disputings
           ,
           I
           was
           fain
           to
           deale
           further
           with
           them
           in
           their
           own
           questioning
           way
           :
           I
           had
           before
           offered
           to
           come
           and
           answer
           all
           their
           Queries
           in
           their
           Assembly
           ,
           if
           they
           would
           consent
           that
           I
           might
           do
           it
           without
           disturbance
           ;
           But
           instead
           of
           permitting
           that
           ,
           they
           denied
           it
           ,
           and
           sent
           me
           a
           Letter
           of
           Reviling
           ,
           calling
           me
           ever
           and
           over
           Serpent
           and
           Hypocrite
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           Names
           ,
           and
           commanding
           me
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           most
           High
           God
           to
           answer
           their
           Questions
           in
           writing
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           print
           them
           with
           their
           reply
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           I
           say
           nothing
           they
           will
           insult
           ;
           If
           I
           write
           to
           them
           they
           will
           print
           it
           :
           Being
           therefore
           so
           far
           called
           to
           speak
           ,
           I
           chose
           rather
           to
           print
           my
           own
           Papers
           ,
           how
           mean
           soever
           ,
           then
           let
           them
           do
           it
           .
        
         
           Two
           Objestions
           I
           foresee
           will
           be
           raised
           against
           me
           ;
           One
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           Persons
           are
           so
           contemptible
           and
           the
           errours
           so
           grosse
           ,
           that
           it
           's
           a
           needlesse
           work
           to
           strive
           against
           them
           ;
           To
           which
           I
           say
           ,
           Let
           sad
           experience
           witnesse
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           needlesse
           ;
           when
           they
           so
           much
           multiply
           ,
           and
           so
           many
           where
           they
           come
           are
           presently
           infected
           .
           The
           salvation
           of
           the
           poorest
           Christian
           is
           so
           far
           from
           being
           contemptible
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           worth
           much
           more
           then
           our
           greatest
           diligence
           .
           
             2.
             
          
           It
           will
           be
           said
           ,
           it
           is
           but
           the
           Churches
           of
           the
           Separatists
           and
           Anabaptists
           that
           are
           emptied
           by
           these
           Seducers
           ;
           and
           it
           's
           best
           even
           let
           them
           alone
           to
           keep
           their
           own
           Flocks
           ,
           and
           secure
           their
           Churches
           ,
           or
           if
           they
           fall
           off
           it
           may
           shew
           others
           the
           tendency
           of
           their
           waies
           ,
           and
           so
           pervent
           their
           turning
           aside
           ;
           To
           which
           I
           answer
           :
           1.
           
           Though
           the
           stream
           of
           Apostates
           be
           such
           as
           first
           were
           Anabaptists
           or
           
           Separatists
           ,
           yet
           here
           and
           there
           one
           of
           the
           young
           unsetled
           sort
           do
           fall
           into
           that
           stream
           that
           were
           not
           before
           of
           them
           ,
           but
           perhaps
           inclining
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           do
           some
           few
           that
           had
           no
           Religiousness
           .
           2.
           
           I
           had
           farre
           rather
           that
           men
           continued
           Separatists
           and
           Anabaptists
           ,
           then
           turned
           Quakers
           or
           plain
           Apostates
           ;
           And
           therefore
           would
           do
           all
           that
           I
           can
           to
           hinder
           such
           an
           emptying
           of
           their
           Churches
           as
           tendeth
           to
           the
           more
           certain
           filling
           of
           Hell
           ;
           It
           's
           better
           to
           stop
           them
           in
           a
           condition
           where
           we
           may
           have
           some
           hope
           of
           their
           salvation
           ,
           then
           to
           let
           them
           run
           into
           certaine
           perdition
           ;
           I
           did
           therefore
           take
           it
           to
           be
           my
           duty
           when
           these
           poor
           neighbours
           who
           had
           before
           been
           Anabaptists
           ,
           Separatists
           ,
           and
           some
           Seekers
           ,
           had
           turned
           Quakers
           ,
           to
           offer
           them
           a
           verbal
           answer
           to
           all
           their
           vain
           Questions
           ,
           that
           I
           might
           have
           had
           so
           much
           opportunity
           to
           undeceive
           them
           ;
           When
           they
           refused
           that
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           be
           drawn
           into
           a
           Serpents
           snare
           ,
           I
           thought
           best
           to
           send
           them
           my
           Answer
           in
           writting
           ,
           committing
           it
           to
           some
           of
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           desire
           leave
           to
           reade
           it
           in
           their
           Assembly
           ;
           And
           when
           I
           heard
           that
           they
           would
           not
           grant
           that
           neither
           (
           for
           all
           their
           insulting
           adjuring
           of
           us
           to
           answer
           them
           )
           but
           talkt
           of
           Printing
           something
           against
           me
           ,
           I
           chose
           rather
           to
           tell
           the
           world
           of
           these
           Passages
           between
           us
           ,
           then
           leave
           them
           to
           their
           reports
           ;
           especially
           hearing
           how
           they
           encrease
           in
           
             London
          
           and
           other
           parts
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           ignorant
           have
           need
           of
           some
           plain
           Information
           to
           prevent
           their
           Apostacy
           and
           perdition
           in
           this
           temptation
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 April
              
               20.
               1655.
               
            
          
           
             R.
             B.
             
          
        
      
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           Separatists
           and
           Anabaptists
           IN
           England
           .
        
         
           THough
           Gods
           minde
           be
           most
           plainly
           revealed
           to
           us
           in
           his
           written
           Word
           ,
           yet
           are
           his
           Providences
           also
           teaching
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           the
           duty
           of
           his
           Servants
           to
           reade
           and
           study
           them
           ,
           especially
           the
           Poenall
           withdrawing
           or
           withholding
           of
           his
           grace
           ,
           and
           giving
           men
           up
           to
           beleeve
           lies
           ,
           and
           to
           vile
           affections
           ,
           to
           a
           reprobate
           sence
           ,
           and
           to
           an
           abominable
           conversation
           ,
           these
           are
           such
           discoveries
           of
           the
           sore
           displeasure
           of
           the
           Most
           High
           ,
           as
           should
           make
           even
           the
           beholders
           to
           fear
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           stand
           but
           near
           to
           this
           heavy
           judgement
           to
           fly
           away
           from
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Israelites
          
           did
           at
           the
           cries
           of
           the
           Rebellious
           followers
           of
           
             Corah
             ,
          
           Num.
           16.
           lest
           the
           earth
           should
           have
           swallowed
           them
           up
           also
           :
           I
           am
           not
           of
           their
           minde
           that
           make
           light
           of
           the
           strange
           Providences
           in
           our
           military
           affairs
           and
           changes
           of
           State
           ,
           though
           I
           think
           every
           carnal
           admirer
           of
           them
           doth
           not
           understand
           them
           :
           But
           it
           's
           a
           matter
           of
           very
           sad
           consideration
           ,
           that
           many
           of
           vhose
           same
           men
           that
           seem
           so
           much
           to
           magnifie
           these
           ,
           do
           no
           more
           observe
           ,
           understand
           ,
           and
           lay
           to
           heart
           the
           more
           remarkable
           Providence
           of
           our
           heavy
           spirituall
           judgements
           !
           
           The
           overlooking
           of
           these
           Providences
           makes
           many
           fear
           lest
           it
           be
           but
           their
           own
           interest
           which
           they
           study
           in
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           lest
           by
           reading
           themselves
           and
           their
           own
           Names
           where
           they
           should
           reade
           God
           ,
           they
           turn
           this
           light
           into
           darknesse
           or
           seduction
           ,
           and
           by
           surfetting
           on
           this
           Feast
           do
           contract
           those
           diseases
           that
           are
           like
           to
           be
           their
           bane
           ;
           What
           is
           Gods
           Word
           for
           but
           to
           make
           himself
           and
           our
           duty
           known
           to
           us
           ?
           And
           so
           he
           doth
           very
           much
           by
           his
           Works
           ,
           where
           we
           may
           see
           his
           Nature
           ,
           and
           something
           of
           his
           Approbation
           or
           dislike
           ,
           especially
           as
           they
           are
           read
           by
           the
           help
           of
           the
           Word
           .
           Certainly
           God
           is
           known
           by
           the
           judgement
           which
           he
           executeth
           :
           (
           specially
           when
           )
           the
           
             wicked
             is
             snared
             in
             the
             work
             of
             his
             own
             hands
             ,
          
           Psa.
           9.
           16.
           
           The
           hand
           of
           God
           is
           apparently
           gone
           out
           against
           your
           waies
           of
           Separation
           and
           Anabaptism
           :
           It
           is
           your
           duty
           to
           observe
           it
           :
           You
           may
           see
           you
           do
           but
           prepare
           too
           many
           for
           a
           further
           progresse
           ,
           Seekers
           ,
           Ranters
           ,
           Familists
           ,
           and
           now
           Quakers
           ,
           and
           too
           many
           professed
           Infidels
           ,
           do
           spring
           up
           from
           among
           you
           ,
           as
           if
           this
           were
           your
           Journeys
           end
           ,
           and
           the
           perfection
           of
           your
           Revolt
           .
           And
           it
           is
           your
           Churches
           and
           those
           that
           lean
           toward
           you
           that
           presently
           receive
           the
           Doctrines
           of
           the
           deceiver
           ,
           and
           are
           the
           stream
           in
           which
           some
           others
           with
           them
           are
           carried
           away
           .
           You
           may
           see
           you
           cannot
           hold
           your
           followers
           when
           you
           have
           them
           ;
           Your
           work
           is
           blasted
           ,
           You
           labour
           in
           vain
           ,
           nay
           ,
           worse
           then
           in
           vain
           ;
           You
           do
           but
           prepare
           men
           for
           flat
           Heresie
           and
           Apostacy
           ;
           I
           have
           heard
           yet
           from
           the
           severall
           parts
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           but
           of
           very
           few
           that
           have
           drunk
           in
           this
           venome
           of
           the
           Ranters
           or
           Quakers
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           have
           first
           been
           of
           your
           opinions
           ,
           and
           gone
           out
           at
           that
           door
           ;
           The
           rest
           are
           but
           here
           and
           there
           a
           young
           person
           that
           was
           not
           noted
           for
           any
           great
           
           matter
           of
           Religiousnesse
           ,
           or
           only
           liked
           it
           and
           inclined
           to
           your
           waies
           ;
           And
           if
           any
           others
           be
           seduced
           ,
           the
           evil
           ariseth
           from
           among
           you
           ,
           and
           from
           your
           Graduats
           do
           they
           receive
           their
           taint
           ,
           as
           yours
           do
           from
           the
           Papists
           and
           the
           great
           Deceiver
           .
           Is
           it
           your
           Ministry
           or
           ours
           that
           they
           bend
           their
           force
           against
           ?
           Is
           it
           not
           part
           of
           their
           present
           businesse
           to
           do
           your
           work
           ,
           and
           cry
           down
           Infant-Baptism
           ?
           One
           of
           the
           Queres
           which
           they
           here
           put
           to
           me
           is
           [
           What
           expresse
           Scripture
           I
           have
           for
           Infant
           Baptism
           ?
           which
           I
           must
           shew
           without
           consequences
           or
           else
           confesse
           my self
           a
           false
           Prophet
           :
           ]
           And
           another
           tendeth
           to
           prove
           us
           no
           true
           Churches
           :
           The
           Quakers
           then
           are
           Separatists
           and
           Antipaedobaptists
           ,
           though
           more
           :
           I
           speak
           not
           this
           to
           reproach
           you
           ,
           but
           to
           minde
           you
           of
           the
           tendency
           of
           all
           your
           endeavours
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           seriously
           as
           before
           the
           Lord
           consider
           ,
           whether
           he
           do
           not
           witnesse
           from
           Heaven
           against
           you
           and
           your
           waies
           ,
           by
           giving
           up
           your
           followers
           to
           such
           abominations
           as
           since
           the
           daies
           of
           the
           
             Nicolaitans
          
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           
             Gnosticks
             ,
          
           the
           Sun
           hath
           not
           seen
           ,
           at
           least
           so
           openly
           and
           commonly
           owned
           .
           Have
           you
           well
           considered
           into
           what
           your
           Societies
           were
           resolved
           in
           
             Germany
          
           and
           other
           parts
           ?
           And
           do
           you
           well
           consider
           what
           fruits
           they
           here
           bring
           forth
           ,
           and
           now
           likely
           they
           are
           to
           be
           shortly
           quite
           corrupted
           ,
           if
           a
           speedy
           stop
           be
           not
           made
           ?
           and
           what
           it
           is
           that
           you
           have
           done
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           how
           much
           it
           is
           beholden
           to
           you
           for
           the
           prosperity
           of
           truth
           and
           piety
           .
           Is
           it
           like
           to
           be
           Gods
           way
           which
           so
           ordinarily
           leadeth
           to
           end
           endeth
           in
           such
           desperate
           evils
           ?
           I
           make
           not
           this
           my
           first
           or
           chief
           argument
           against
           you
           ,
           but
           it
           's
           a
           considerable
           second
           ,
           and
           should
           make
           wise
           men
           at
           least
           suspicious
           of
           such
           a
           course
           :
           Nor
           would
           I
           thus
           argue
           from
           the
           Apostacy
           of
           a
           few
           ,
           or
           upon
           some
           unusuall
           accident
           ;
           
           but
           when
           such
           hath
           been
           the
           Fate
           of
           the
           stream
           of
           your
           party
           ,
           from
           the
           very
           first
           rising
           of
           them
           in
           the
           world
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           not
           inconsiderable
           .
           Nor
           would
           I
           thus
           argue
           from
           any
           temporall
           judgement
           or
           oppression
           by
           a
           persecuting
           Enemy
           ;
           for
           I
           know
           that
           is
           no
           such
           signe
           of
           Gods
           displeasure
           :
           But
           if
           I
           suspect
           whether
           those
           persons
           are
           in
           a
           way
           pleasing
           to
           God
           ,
           whom
           I
           see
           him
           so
           usually
           deliver
           up
           to
           Satan
           ,
           I
           hope
           I
           may
           be
           excused
           .
           Certainly
           Gods
           Churches
           are
           the
           places
           of
           his
           Blessing
           and
           his
           Delight
           :
           And
           certainly
           such
           spirituall
           plagues
           as
           our
           eyes
           now
           behold
           ,
           are
           as
           evident
           Notes
           of
           Gods
           heavy
           displeasure
           as
           men
           can
           expect
           to
           see
           on
           earth
           .
           And
           we
           have
           the
           more
           reason
           yet
           to
           be
           suspicious
           that
           this
           is
           Gods
           disowning
           of
           your
           way
           ,
           and
           Testimony
           from
           heaven
           against
           it
           ,
           in
           that
           he
           followed
           the
           first
           Hereticks
           ,
           the
           Simonians
           and
           their
           followers
           ,
           with
           the
           same
           kinde
           of
           judgements
           ,
           and
           by
           such
           fearful
           desertions
           ,
           did
           then
           witnesse
           his
           detestation
           of
           those
           that
           withdraw
           from
           the
           Unity
           of
           his
           Church
           .
        
         
           And
           it
           is
           very
           remarkable
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           pretence
           of
           our
           Impurity
           and
           of
           a
           greater
           purity
           with
           you
           ,
           that
           is
           pleaded
           by
           those
           that
           first
           turn
           over
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           height
           of
           all
           impieties
           should
           be
           the
           usuall
           issue
           of
           a
           way
           pretended
           so
           exact
           and
           clean
           :
           Doubtlesse
           it
           is
           none
           of
           Gods
           minde
           by
           this
           to
           discourage
           any
           from
           Purity
           and
           true
           Reformation
           ,
           but
           to
           shew
           his
           Detestation
           of
           that
           spirituall
           pride
           which
           makes
           men
           have
           too
           high
           thoughts
           of
           themselves
           ,
           and
           too
           much
           to
           contemn
           others
           ,
           and
           to
           desire
           to
           be
           further
           separated
           from
           them
           then
           God
           in
           the
           Day
           of
           grace
           doth
           allow
           of
           ;
           Where
           the
           Tares
           (
           of
           ungodly
           men
           )
           are
           such
           as
           cannot
           be
           pulled
           up
           and
           cast
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           without
           danger
           of
           pulling
           up
           and
           casting
           out
           some
           of
           the
           Wheat
           ,
           even
           the
           
           weakest
           true
           Believers
           with
           them
           ,
           there
           God
           would
           ;
           have
           us
           let
           both
           grow
           together
           till
           the
           time
           of
           harvest
           But
           these
           proud
           men
           will
           stand
           at
           a
           further
           distance
           ,
           and
           will
           dislike
           Gods
           gracious
           cealings
           with
           sinners
           ,
           and
           their
           eye
           is
           evil
           because
           he
           is
           good
           ;
           and
           they
           will
           not
           grow
           in
           the
           same
           Field
           (
           or
           Church
           )
           where
           such
           Tares
           do
           grow
           ,
           but
           will
           transplant
           themselves
           and
           remove
           from
           the
           field
           because
           God
           will
           not
           pluck
           up
           the
           Tares
           ,
           (
           especially
           if
           any
           Ministerial
           neglect
           of
           Discipline
           be
           conjoyned
           as
           too
           commonly
           it
           is
           :
           )
           and
           in
           stead
           of
           blaming
           their
           own
           pride
           ,
           and
           misunderstanding
           of
           Gods
           merciful
           dealings
           with
           sinners
           ,
           they
           lay
           the
           blame
           on
           the
           corruption
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           call
           it
           
             A
             Field
             of
             Tares
          
           and
           not
           of
           Wheat
           :
           In
           one
           word
           ,
           it
           is
           most
           evident
           that
           spiritual
           Pride
           doth
           turn
           most
           men
           from
           us
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           is
           the
           very
           sinne
           that
           undoes
           such
           a
           multitude
           of
           Professors
           of
           Religiousness
           ,
           and
           which
           hath
           let
           in
           all
           Gods
           Judgements
           upon
           us
           ,
           and
           the
           sinne
           which
           he
           is
           now
           witnessing
           against
           from
           Heaven
           .
           As
           none
           more
           like
           to
           Christ
           then
           the
           humble
           that
           are
           mean
           in
           their
           own
           eyes
           and
           compassionate
           to
           others
           ;
           so
           none
           are
           more
           like
           to
           the
           devil
           then
           the
           proud
           ,
           that
           think
           highly
           of
           themselves
           and
           contemptuously
           of
           others
           ;
           And
           the
           better
           the
           thing
           is
           that
           they
           are
           proud
           of
           ,
           the
           worse
           is
           their
           pride
           in
           this
           respect
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           the
           setting
           up
           of
           Gods
           pretious
           mercies
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           building
           of
           Satans
           house
           with
           Christs
           materials
           :
           The
           Pharisees
           Liturgy
           is
           of
           too
           frequent
           use
           in
           the
           Separated
           Congregations
           
             [
             I
             thank
             thee
             O
             God
             that
             I
             am
             not
             as
             other
             men
             are
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             nor
             even
             as
             this
             Publicane
             .
             ]
          
           He
           that
           maketh
           us
           to
           differ
           from
           other
           men
           ,
           and
           expecteth
           thanks
           for
           his
           differencing
           grace
           ,
           doth
           yet
           abhorre
           a
           proud
           ostentaiton
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           a
           diminutive
           esteem
           of
           his
           
           smallest
           mercies
           unto
           others
           ,
           and
           all
           proud
           desires
           that
           they
           should
           be
           thrust
           below
           us
           further
           then
           he
           hath
           appointed
           :
           It
           is
           the
           good
           of
           sinners
           ,
           and
           the
           honour
           of
           God
           that
           is
           the
           end
           of
           discipline
           ,
           and
           not
           that
           we
           might
           personally
           be
           extolled
           and
           judged
           of
           above
           what
           is
           meet
           .
        
         
           I
           beseech
           you
           take
           this
           plain
           Admonition
           in
           good
           part
           from
           a
           Desirer
           of
           your
           Recovery
           and
           Salvation
           .
        
         
           
             Richard
             Baxter
             ,
          
        
      
       
         
           An
           Answer
           to
           a
           young
           unsetled
           Friend
           ,
           who
           before
           inclining
           strongly
           to
           Anabaptistry
           ,
           at
           last
           fell
           in
           with
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           and
           desired
           my
           thoughts
           of
           them
           and
           their
           waies
           ,
           which
           seemed
           to
           him
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           .
        
         
           
             I
          
           Have
           perused
           your
           Request
           ,
           and
           am
           glad
           that
           you
           are
           not
           so
           confirmed
           in
           your
           misery
           ,
           but
           that
           you
           will
           yet
           ask
           advice
           of
           your
           Friend
           ;
           I
           pray
           God
           you
           be
           so
           ingenious
           and
           happy
           as
           to
           take
           it
           :
           It
           is
           a
           very
           sad
           thing
           to
           me
           and
           should
           be
           so
           much
           more
           to
           you
           ,
           to
           think
           that
           after
           so
           much
           pains
           as
           you
           have
           taken
           in
           duty
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           zeal
           as
           you
           have
           professed
           for
           God
           ,
           you
           should
           yet
           be
           so
           unacquainted
           with
           the
           will
           and
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           Christ
           should
           have
           so
           little
           interest
           in
           your
           heart
           ,
           as
           that
           such
           horrid
           unchristian
           doctrines
           and
           practices
           should
           be
           so
           easily
           entertained
           by
           you
           ,
           and
           so
           far
           approved
           of
           :
           I
           marvell
           why
           you
           took
           it
           for
           so
           great
           a
           work
           of
           grace
           to
           convert
           you
           from
           
           prophanesse
           ,
           and
           now
           will
           take
           it
           for
           a
           greater
           work
           to
           convert
           you
           to
           it
           again
           ,
           or
           to
           much
           worse
           ?
           Was
           it
           not
           the
           same
           Ordinances
           that
           you
           despised
           before
           Conversion
           ,
           which
           you
           now
           much
           more
           desp●se
           ?
           Was
           it
           not
           the
           same
           Ministers
           that
           thou
           you
           scorn'd
           whom
           ye
           now
           reproach
           with
           far
           greater
           bitternesse
           (
           if
           you
           do
           as
           those
           whom
           you
           pleade
           for
           do
           ?
           )
           Is
           it
           not
           the
           same
           Christians
           whom
           you
           then
           derided
           ,
           and
           now
           revile
           at
           ,
           and
           condemn
           as
           Children
           of
           the
           devil
           :
           O
           miserable
           man
           !
           Is
           all
           your
           hearing
           and
           praying
           come
           to
           this
           ?
           Dare
           you
           meet
           the
           Messengers
           of
           Christ
           in
           the
           face
           ,
           and
           tell
           them
           they
           are
           Liars
           and
           deceivers
           ?
           Dare
           you
           cast
           out
           the
           holy
           worship
           of
           Christ
           as
           false
           worship
           ,
           and
           seek
           to
           draw
           people
           into
           the
           contempt
           of
           it
           ?
           Dare
           you
           damn
           those
           Churches
           and
           millions
           of
           Saints
           that
           Christ
           hath
           bought
           with
           his
           precious
           bloud
           ?
           Dare
           you
           seek
           to
           draw
           men
           to
           hate
           their
           Teachers
           whom
           Christ
           hath
           set
           over
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           hate
           his
           people
           as
           if
           they
           were
           the
           Children
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           and
           to
           hate
           his
           worship
           and
           holy
           waies
           ?
           Alas
           that
           ever
           a
           man
           in
           his
           wits
           should
           look
           upon
           such
           abominations
           as
           amiable
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           that
           any
           man
           should
           be
           so
           mad
           as
           to
           do
           this
           under
           the
           Name
           and
           profession
           of
           a
           Christian
           !
           That
           you
           can
           imagine
           that
           the
           furious
           opposition
           to
           the
           whole
           Army
           of
           Christ
           ,
           his
           Officers
           ,
           Church
           and
           Ordinances
           ,
           can
           yet
           be
           a
           work
           that
           Christ
           accepteth
           :
           That
           you
           should
           no
           better
           know
           Christs
           work
           from
           Satans
           ,
           nor
           know
           that
           it
           is
           the
           Dragon
           whose
           warfare
           these
           men
           do
           manage
           ?
           I
           must
           needs
           professe
           that
           it
           is
           a
           very
           grievous
           thing
           in
           mine
           eyes
           ,
           that
           after
           all
           our
           pains
           with
           mens
           souls
           ,
           and
           after
           the
           rejoycings
           which
           we
           had
           in
           their
           seeming
           conversion
           ,
           and
           zealous
           lives
           ,
           we
           should
           yet
           see
           so
           much
           ignorance
           ,
           levity
           ,
           and
           giddinesse
           of
           professors
           ,
           as
           that
           they
           are
           ready
           to
           entertain
           the
           most
           horrid
           abominations
           !
           That
           the
           devil
           can
           no
           sooner
           bait
           his
           hook
           ,
           but
           they
           greedily
           catch
           at
           it
           ,
           and
           swallow
           it
           without
           chewing
           ;
           
           yea
           ,
           nothing
           seems
           too
           grosse
           for
           them
           ,
           but
           so
           it
           seems
           Novelty
           all
           goes
           down
           .
           I
           am
           afraid
           if
           they
           go
           a
           little
           further
           ,
           they
           will
           beleeve
           him
           that
           shall
           say
           ,
           The
           Devil
           is
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           worshiped
           and
           obeyed
           .
           Shall
           I
           freely
           tell
           you
           whence
           all
           this
           comes
           ?
           Even
           from
           h●llish
           pride
           of
           heart
           :
           You
           see
           it
           not
           (
           it
           's
           like
           )
           in
           your self
           or
           in
           them
           ,
           but
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           to
           make
           you
           see
           it
           both
           in
           your selves
           and
           them
           .
           For
           your selves
           you
           confesse
           to
           me
           that
           you
           have
           long
           thought
           that
           Infant-Baptism
           was
           an
           errour
           ,
           and
           that
           now
           you
           think
           the
           Quakers
           are
           in
           the
           right
           ;
           and
           yet
           you
           neither
           did
           once
           reade
           any
           one
           of
           those
           Books
           which
           we
           have
           written
           to
           prove
           Infant-Baptism
           to
           be
           a
           duty
           ,
           nor
           did
           once
           scriously
           and
           impartially
           lay
           open
           your
           doubts
           to
           your
           Teacher
           ,
           nor
           ask
           his
           advice
           ,
           as
           if
           you
           were
           even
           then
           too
           good
           to
           enquire
           ,
           and
           would
           venture
           your
           soul
           to
           save
           you
           a
           little
           labour
           ,
           yet
           are
           you
           now
           confident
           that
           you
           are
           in
           the
           right
           ,
           and
           he
           and
           all
           of
           his
           minde
           are
           in
           the
           wrong
           .
           You
           know
           you
           are
           a
           young
           man
           ,
           and
           have
           had
           little
           opportunity
           to
           be
           acquainted
           with
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           what
           your
           Teacher
           hath
           had
           :
           If
           you
           presume
           that
           you
           are
           so
           much
           more
           beloved
           of
           God
           then
           he
           ,
           that
           God
           will
           reveal
           that
           to
           you
           without
           seeking
           and
           study
           ,
           which
           upon
           the
           greatest
           diligence
           he
           will
           not
           reveal
           to
           him
           ;
           what
           can
           this
           conceit
           proveed
           from
           but
           pride
           ?
           God
           commandeth
           study
           and
           meditating
           day
           and
           night
           in
           his
           Laws
           ;
           Your
           Teacher
           hath
           spent
           twenty
           ,
           if
           not
           an
           hundred
           hours
           in
           such
           Meditation
           where
           you
           have
           spent
           one
           :
           He
           hath
           spent
           twenty
           if
           not
           an
           hundred
           hours
           in
           praier
           to
           God
           for
           his
           spirit
           of
           Truth
           and
           Grace
           ,
           where
           you
           have
           spent
           one
           :
           His
           prayers
           are
           as
           earnest
           as
           yours
           :
           His
           life
           is
           much
           more
           holy
           and
           heavenly
           then
           yours
           ;
           His
           Office
           is
           to
           teach
           ,
           and
           therefore
           God
           is
           as
           it
           were
           more
           engaged
           to
           be
           his
           Teacher
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           known
           his
           Truth
           to
           him
           th●n
           to
           you
           ;
           Is
           it
           not
           then
           apparent
           pride
           for
           you
           to
           be
           confident
           
           that
           you
           are
           so
           much
           wiser
           then
           he
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           are
           so
           much
           more
           lovely
           in
           Gods
           eyes
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           admit
           you
           more
           in
           to
           the
           knowledge
           of
           his
           Mysteries
           ,
           then
           those
           that
           have
           better
           used
           his
           own
           appointed
           means
           to
           know
           them
           ?
           and
           for
           you
           ,
           in
           ignorance
           to
           run
           about
           with
           the
           Shell
           on
           your
           head
           ,
           exclaiming
           to
           the
           world
           of
           the
           ignorance
           of
           your
           late
           Teachers
           ?
           I
           say
           not
           that
           you
           do
           so
           ;
           But
           the
           Quakers
           whom
           you
           approve
           of
           do
           so
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           .
        
         
           I
           pray
           you
           tell
           me
           ,
           Did
           you
           ever
           study
           well
           what
           
             Paul
          
           meant
           .
           
             ●
             Tim.
             3.
             5.
          
           where
           he
           requireth
           that
           he
           that
           is
           Ordained
           should
           
             [
             not
             be
             a
             Novice
             ,
             lest
             being
             lifted
             up
             with
             pride
             he
             fall
             into
             the
             Condemnation
             of
             the
             devil
             ;
             ]
          
           The
           Word
           translated
           a
           
             Novice
          
           signifieth
           a
           New
           Plant
           ,
           a
           late
           Convert
           ,
           or
           new
           or
           young
           Christian
           ;
           You
           see
           here
           that
           such
           are
           in
           most
           danger
           of
           being
           lifted
           up
           with
           pride
           ,
           and
           why
           so
           ?
           but
           because
           
             1.
             
          
           They
           have
           not
           yet
           knowledge
           enough
           to
           acquaint
           them
           with
           their
           ignorance
           and
           great
           weaknesses
           .
           
             2.
             
          
           Nor
           have
           they
           yet
           grown
           to
           a
           just
           degree
           of
           humility
           and
           other
           establishing
           preserving
           graces
           ;
           You
           see
           also
           that
           to
           fall
           into
           Pride
           ,
           is
           to
           fall
           into
           the
           condemnation
           of
           the
           devil
           .
           You
           know
           sure
           that
           it
           is
           no
           wrong
           to
           you
           to
           say
           that
           you
           are
           but
           a
           Novice
           or
           raw
           Christian
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           but
           a
           few
           years
           since
           you
           came
           out
           of
           utter
           ignorance
           and
           carnality
           ;
           and
           therefore
           that
           you
           have
           reason
           to
           be
           very
           watchfull
           against
           this
           sin
           ,
           yea
           ,
           by
           the
           evidence
           that
           you
           give
           in
           against
           your selves
           ,
           you
           might
           see
           that
           you
           are
           too
           farre
           ensnared
           in
           it
           already
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           you
           are
           blinde
           if
           you
           see
           not
           their
           horrible
           Pride
           ;
           You
           'le
           perhaps
           think
           it
           strange
           that
           Pride
           should
           be
           the
           very
           Master-sinne
           in
           them
           that
           go
           in
           so
           poor
           a
           garb
           ,
           and
           cry
           out
           against
           Pride
           so
           zealously
           as
           they
           do
           ;
           and
           go
           up
           and
           down
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           sent
           from
           Heaven
           to
           perswade
           men
           to
           wear
           no
           Lace
           ,
           or
           Cuffs
           ,
           or
           Points
           ,
           
           and
           that
           down
           so
           many
           Ministers
           for
           being
           called
           
             Masters
             .
          
           But
           alas
           do
           you
           not
           know
           that
           Pride
           of
           inward
           qualifications
           commonly
           called
           spiritual
           
             Pride
             ,
          
           is
           the
           most
           killing
           and
           abominable
           !
           the
           better
           the
           thing
           is
           that
           you
           are
           proud
           of
           ,
           the
           worse
           is
           your
           Pride
           .
           O
           what
           a
           brave
           thing
           doth
           it
           seem
           in
           these
           mens
           eyes
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           seem
           to
           be
           possessed
           with
           such
           an
           excellent
           spirit
           as
           can
           trample
           upon
           worldly
           glory
           ,
           and
           can
           boisterously
           contemn
           all
           that
           are
           not
           of
           their
           sect
           ,
           and
           that
           can
           despise
           Dignities
           ,
           and
           be
           equall
           with
           the
           greatest
           :
           yea
           ,
           that
           only
           they
           should
           have
           this
           admirable
           spirit
           ,
           and
           all
           o-others
           are
           the
           Children
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           and
           under
           their
           feet
           :
           Though
           other
           men
           should
           never
           so
           much
           sl●eght
           them
           ,
           yet
           do
           they
           wonderfully
           please
           themselves
           with
           these
           high
           thoughts
           of
           themselves
           ;
           For
           Pride
           is
           first
           an
           overvaluing
           of
           a
           mans
           self
           ,
           and
           thinking
           of
           himself
           above
           what
           is
           meet
           ,
           and
           then
           a
           desire
           that
           others
           should
           do
           so
           by
           him
           too
           .
        
         
           If
           yet
           you
           see
           not
           the
           pride
           of
           these
           men
           ,
           I
           will
           shew
           it
           you
           in
           these
           four
           particular
           Evidences
           ,
           and
           that
           so
           plainly
           ,
           that
           if
           you
           know
           the
           difference
           between
           the
           language
           of
           heaven
           and
           of
           hell
           ,
           you
           may
           easily
           perceive
           the
           devil
           speaking
           by
           their
           mouths
           .
           
             1.
             
          
           They
           affirm
           themselves
           to
           be
           perfect
           without
           sin
           (
           yea
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           say
           they
           are
           Christ
           and
           God
           .
           )
           And
           is
           it
           possible
           that
           any
           man
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           mad
           with
           spiritual
           pride
           ,
           can
           indeed
           believe
           that
           he
           hath
           no
           sin
           ?
           what
           ?
           that
           he
           transgresseth
           no
           Law
           ?
           That
           he
           doth
           love
           God
           in
           the
           highest
           degree
           that
           he
           is
           bound
           to
           do
           ?
           That
           he
           never
           hath
           a
           thought
           or
           word
           that
           is
           sinful
           ,
           nor
           sinfully
           loseth
           one
           minute
           of
           his
           time
           ?
           Yea
           ,
           and
           this
           when
           in
           the
           eyes
           and
           ears
           of
           the
           wisest
           ,
           they
           foam
           out
           their
           own
           shame
           ,
           as
           the
           raging
           Sea
           doth
           cast
           out
           the
           dirt
           .
           The
           devil
           himself
           hath
           either
           lesse
           pride
           or
           lesse
           ignorance
           ,
           then
           to
           think
           himself
           to
           be
           perfect
           without
           sin
           ;
           If
           they
           have
           no
           sin
           ,
           what
           need
           they
           pray
           ,
           
             Forgive
             us
             our
             sins
             ,
          
           or
           what
           further
           need
           have
           they
           of
           the
           bloud
           
           of
           Christ
           or
           his
           Intercession
           to
           procure
           them
           any
           further
           forgiveness
           ?
           If
           you
           can
           see
           no
           pride
           in
           this
           ,
           I
           fear
           you
           are
           blinded
           with
           them
           to
           destruction
           .
        
         
           
             2.
             
          
           And
           is
           it
           not
           apparent
           pride
           in
           them
           to
           set
           up
           themselves
           so
           far
           above
           all
           the
           people
           of
           God
           on
           earth
           ?
           yea
           ,
           to
           vilifie
           the
           most
           holy
           and
           eminent
           Servants
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           condemn
           all
           the
           Churches
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           if
           heaven
           were
           made
           for
           them
           alone
           (
           if
           it
           were
           so
           well
           ,
           that
           all
           of
           them
           did
           beleeve
           a
           heaven
           besides
           that
           within
           them
           ,
           which
           I
           suppose
           is
           but
           a
           sorry
           heaven
           .
        
         
           
             3.
             
          
           And
           yet
           more
           unmatchable
           pride
           and
           impious
           Infidelity
           is
           it
           ,
           to
           damn
           all
           the
           Church
           and
           people
           of
           God
           for
           this
           
             1600
          
           years
           at
           least
           .
           Indeed
           God
           had
           never
           a
           people
           on
           earth
           of
           these
           mens
           way
           :
           But
           (
           to
           let
           passe
           the
           Scripture
           ages
           which
           condemn
           them
           )
           tell
           me
           ,
           Had
           Christ
           any
           Church
           since
           the
           Apostles
           daies
           till
           now
           ,
           or
           not
           ?
           If
           he
           had
           not
           ,
           then
           he
           was
           no
           head
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           so
           no
           Christ
           :
           For
           there
           is
           no
           head
           without
           a
           body
           :
           If
           he
           had
           a
           Church
           tell
           us
           ,
           where
           it
           was
           ,
           and
           when
           ?
           Do
           you
           not
           know
           (
           if
           you
           know
           any
           thing
           of
           the
           state
           of
           the
           Church
           for
           
             1600
          
           Years
           )
           that
           Christ
           had
           no
           Church
           on
           earth
           of
           the
           Quakers
           minde
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           his
           Ministers
           have
           been
           such
           as
           they
           condemn
           ,
           and
           have
           been
           called
           by
           as
           honourable
           Titles
           as
           they
           are
           now
           ?
           And
           is
           not
           that
           man
           either
           an
           Infidel
           and
           enemy
           to
           Christ
           ,
           or
           stark
           mad
           with
           pride
           ,
           that
           can
           believe
           that
           Christ
           had
           no
           Church
           till
           now
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Gospel
           for
           
             1600
          
           years
           were
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           devil
           (
           as
           they
           say
           of
           us
           that
           tread
           in
           their
           steps
           )
           and
           that
           all
           the
           Christians
           of
           that
           
             1600
          
           Years
           are
           damned
           (
           at
           now
           they
           dare
           denounce
           against
           those
           that
           succeed
           them
           ,
           )
           and
           that
           God
           made
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           Christ
           died
           for
           it
           ,
           with
           a
           purpose
           to
           save
           none
           but
           a
           few
           Quakers
           that
           the
           world
           never
           knew
           till
           a
           few
           Years
           agoe
           ;
           or
           at
           least
           a
           few
           Hereticks
           that
           were
           their
           Predecessors
           of
           old
           .
        
         
         
           
             4.
             
          
           And
           I
           should
           suppose
           that
           their
           proud
           ,
           scornful
           ,
           railing
           language
           should
           put
           it
           out
           of
           doubt
           what
           spirit
           they
           are
           of
           ,
           to
           any
           that
           are
           acquainted
           with
           the
           language
           of
           Christs
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           of
           Satan
           ,
           and
           are
           able
           to
           judge
           of
           spirits
           by
           the
           most
           palpable
           effects
           ,
           and
           to
           know
           darknesse
           from
           light
           .
        
         
           But
           you
           say
           ,
           It
           is
           Scripture-Language
           which
           they
           speak
           :
           I
           answer
           ,
           the
           greater
           is
           their
           presumptuous
           sin
           in
           making
           so
           ill
           a
           use
           of
           Scripture-Language
           ,
           as
           to
           serve
           Satan
           by
           it
           ,
           and
           use
           it
           to
           reviling
           ;
           What
           if
           Christ
           call
           
             Judas
          
           a
           devil
           ?
           Is
           it
           therefore
           lawfull
           to
           call
           
             Perer
          
           so
           ,
           or
           any
           faithfull
           Servants
           of
           Christ
           ?
           But
           I
           perceive
           you
           think
           they
           justly
           condemn
           us
           ,
           because
           we
           are
           called
           
             Masters
             of
             men
             ,
          
           contrary
           to
           
             Matth.
             23.
             
          
           Alas
           that
           a
           Christian
           should
           be
           so
           ignorant
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           know
           that
           even
           calling
           Master
           and
           Lord
           too
           ,
           is
           commonly
           allowed
           of
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           is
           not
           the
           Title
           but
           
             1.
             
          
           The
           proud
           affecting
           of
           the
           Title
           .
           
             2.
             
          
           And
           the
           Lording
           it
           over
           mens
           faith
           as
           Masters
           of
           that
           (
           as
           if
           others
           must
           be
           of
           their
           minde
           right
           or
           wrong
           )
           which
           Christ
           there
           condemneth
           ;
           Even
           as
           in
           the
           same
           place
           he
           forbiddeth
           being
           called
           
             Fathers
             ,
          
           in
           the
           very
           same
           sense
           ,
           when
           yet
           it
           is
           frequently
           allowed
           in
           a
           better
           sense
           .
           But
           for
           the
           fuller
           answering
           of
           these
           scruples
           of
           yours
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           about
           Tithes
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           :
           I
           send
           you
           herewith
           ,
           an
           Answer
           to
           the
           Questions
           of
           some
           Quakers
           near
           us
           in
           the
           Parish
           of
           
             Bromsgrove
             ,
          
           and
           refer
           you
           to
           my
           
             Defence
             of
             the
             Worcester
             shire
             Petition
          
           Printed
           some
           Years
           agoe
           .
        
         
           To
           your
           Question
           ,
           What
           I
           think
           of
           these
           men
           ?
           I
           will
           tell
           you
           what
           I
           think
           and
           am
           past
           all
           doubt
           of
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           in
           
             England
          
           a
           Company
           of
           young
           raw
           Professors
           that
           have
           more
           zeal
           then
           knowledge
           ;
           And
           there
           are
           a
           companie
           of
           carnal
           hypocrites
           that
           place
           all
           their
           Religion
           in
           holding
           certain
           Opinions
           ,
           and
           using
           certain
           externall
           worship
           ,
           and
           siding
           with
           a
           Religious
           partie
           .
           It
           is
           no
           hard
           matter
           to
           misleade
           all
           these
           if
           they
           be
           not
           better
           guided
           by
           others
           
           then
           by
           themselves
           :
           While
           they
           have
           due
           regard
           to
           the
           Judgements
           of
           their
           Teachers
           that
           know
           more
           then
           themselves
           ,
           and
           so
           live
           in
           a
           learning
           way
           till
           they
           have
           attained
           to
           better
           understanding
           ,
           they
           may
           escape
           Deceivers
           ;
           But
           if
           they
           are
           once
           brought
           to
           be
           wise
           enough
           in
           their
           own
           eyes
           ,
           and
           to
           despise
           their
           Teachers
           ,
           then
           they
           are
           like
           a
           man
           that
           hath
           lost
           his
           way
           in
           a
           dark
           night
           ,
           or
           that
           hath
           lost
           his
           Guide
           in
           an
           unknown
           Wildernesse
           ,
           or
           like
           a
           Dog
           that
           hath
           lost
           his
           Master
           ,
           and
           therefore
           will
           be
           ready
           to
           follow
           any body
           that
           first
           whistleth
           to
           him
           .
           The
           Papists
           and
           the
           devil
           know
           this
           well
           enough
           ,
           and
           therefore
           their
           first
           endeavour
           is
           to
           unsettle
           these
           people
           ,
           by
           taking
           them
           off
           all
           dependance
           on
           their
           guides
           ,
           and
           that
           must
           be
           by
           bringing
           the
           Ministers
           into
           contempt
           with
           them
           ;
           For
           if
           they
           could
           once
           accomplish
           this
           fully
           ,
           and
           separate
           the
           people
           from
           their
           Pastors
           ,
           and
           so
           assault
           the
           people
           alone
           ,
           or
           with
           weak
           ,
           and
           unlearned
           Teachers
           only
           ,
           they
           might
           then
           easily
           bear
           down
           all
           before
           them
           ;
           and
           one
           Popish
           Friar
           or
           Jesuite
           would
           non-plus
           five
           hundred
           of
           our
           most
           famous
           Sectmasters
           ;
           They
           remember
           yet
           that
           it
           was
           the
           disgracing
           of
           the
           Popish
           Clergy
           ,
           partly
           by
           their
           own
           notorious
           ignorance
           and
           vitiousness
           ,
           and
           partly
           by
           our
           perswading
           men
           that
           the
           Pope
           is
           Antichrist
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           main
           advantage
           which
           the
           Reformers
           had
           for
           the
           ruining
           of
           the
           Papall
           Kingdom
           ;
           And
           therefore
           they
           would
           ,
           partly
           in
           Policy
           ,
           and
           partly
           in
           Revenge
           ,
           attempt
           the
           destruction
           of
           our
           Churches
           by
           the
           same
           means
           .
           These
           Papists
           seeing
           the
           temper
           of
           our
           foresaid
           unsetled
           Professors
           do
           creep
           in
           among
           them
           ,
           and
           use
           their
           utmost
           skill
           to
           unsettle
           them
           more
           ,
           and
           bring
           them
           into
           dislike
           of
           their
           Teachers
           ,
           without
           which
           they
           have
           no
           hope
           of
           succeeding
           ;
           Their
           first
           waies
           are
           by
           reproaching
           the
           setled
           government
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           by
           drawing
           men
           to
           separation
           and
           Anabaptism
           ;
           and
           then
           perswading
           them
           that
           these
           are
           glorious
           Truths
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           their
           former
           Teachers
           are
           unable
           
           to
           receive
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           are
           but
           a
           blinde
           ,
           self-seeking
           ,
           proud
           sort
           of
           men
           that
           would
           enthrall
           all
           men
           to
           their
           judgements
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           in
           utter
           darkness
           themselves
           :
           When
           they
           have
           gotten
           them
           but
           thus
           farre
           once
           ,
           to
           despise
           their
           guides
           ,
           then
           do
           they
           proceed
           further
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           perswade
           them
           that
           they
           that
           were
           blinde
           in
           the
           points
           of
           Baptism
           and
           Church-order
           ,
           are
           so
           in
           other
           things
           as
           well
           as
           that
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           light
           which
           they
           have
           seen
           already
           ,
           is
           but
           a
           spark
           ,
           and
           that
           these
           being
           daies
           of
           glorious
           discoveries
           ,
           there
           are
           yet
           more
           and
           greater
           matters
           to
           be
           revealed
           .
           Hereupon
           they
           put
           a
           handsome
           dresse
           upon
           many
           of
           the
           grossest
           points
           of
           Popery
           ,
           and
           recommend
           these
           as
           the
           new
           and
           rare
           discoveries
           .
           But
           this
           they
           do
           not
           in
           the
           Name
           and
           garb
           of
           Papists
           ,
           but
           (
           as
           the
           Popish
           Jew
           at
           
             New-castle
             )
          
           they
           turn
           Anabaptists
           ,
           and
           then
           rise
           a
           step
           higher
           ,
           and
           leade
           others
           after
           them
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           silly
           people
           shall
           never
           know
           that
           it
           is
           Papists
           that
           are
           their
           Leaders
           ;
           yea
           ,
           they
           will
           cry
           out
           of
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           call
           all
           that
           differs
           from
           them
           Antichristian
           purposly
           to
           divert
           suspicions
           ,
           and
           blinde
           mens
           eyes
           .
           Thus
           these
           Papists
           have
           begotten
           this
           present
           Sect
           of
           Quakers
           ;
           first
           pretending
           to
           strange
           Revelations
           ,
           Visions
           and
           Trances
           ,
           such
           as
           are
           commonly
           mentioned
           in
           the
           lives
           of
           their
           Saints
           in
           the
           Legends
           :
           And
           so
           you
           have
           here
           and
           there
           a
           Papist
           lurking
           to
           be
           the
           chief
           Speaker
           among
           them
           ,
           and
           these
           have
           fashioned
           many
           others
           to
           their
           turns
           ,
           to
           supplie
           their
           rooms
           ,
           who
           yet
           know
           not
           their
           own
           Fathers
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           the
           Quakers
           among
           us
           are
           [
           The
           ignorant
           ,
           proud
           ,
           giddie
           sort
           of
           Professors
           ,
           first
           made
           Separatists
           or
           Anabaptists
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           more
           (
           for
           the
           most
           part
           of
           them
           )
           and
           then
           drawn
           futher
           by
           Popish
           subtlety
           ,
           and
           now
           headed
           with
           some
           secret
           dissembling
           Friars
           ,
           and
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           devil
           ,
           enraged
           against
           the
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           set
           upon
           the
           propagating
           of
           the
           substance
           of
           Popery
           .
        
         
           If
           You
           ask
           me
           ,
           how
           I
           know
           that
           it
           is
           Papists
           who
           thus
           seduce
           
           them
           ?
           I
           answer
           ,
           
             1.
             
          
           Because
           they
           do
           the
           Papists
           work
           ,
           and
           maintain
           their
           cause
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           yet
           they
           dare
           venture
           to
           bring
           it
           forth
           ;
           I
           could
           tell
           you
           of
           abundance
           of
           Popery
           that
           the
           Quakers
           and
           Behmenists
           maintain
           ;
           As
           that
           the
           Pope
           is
           not
           Antichrist
           (
           which
           is
           at
           least
           to
           their
           advantage
           whether
           Popery
           or
           not
           )
           and
           the
           disgracing
           and
           secret
           undermining
           the
           sufficiency
           of
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           the
           decrying
           of
           the
           Ministry
           ,
           the
           unchurching
           of
           our
           Churches
           ,
           the
           slieghting
           of
           Justification
           by
           Imputed
           Righteousnesse
           ,
           and
           drawing
           men
           to
           the
           admiration
           of
           their
           inherent
           righteousnesse
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           works
           ,
           the
           crying
           up
           the
           light
           within
           us
           ,
           and
           the
           sufficiency
           of
           common
           revelation
           ,
           the
           setting
           up
           the
           strength
           of
           mans
           free-will
           ,
           the
           asserting
           the
           necessity
           of
           a
           Judge
           of
           Controversie
           above
           Scripture
           (
           which
           they
           are
           content
           should
           be
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Revelations
           a
           while
           ,
           till
           they
           can
           boldlier
           exchange
           that
           for
           the
           Pope
           )
           the
           extolling
           of
           Monasticall
           Community
           and
           Virginity
           ,
           and
           alienation
           from
           worldly
           emploiments
           ,
           the
           doctrine
           of
           Perfection
           without
           sinne
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           with
           many
           more
           of
           the
           like
           nature
           :
           All
           this
           the
           Papists
           have
           taught
           the
           Quakers
           .
           If
           You
           say
           ,
           They
           might
           learn
           it
           without
           them
           ;
           I
           would
           ask
           you
           whether
           in
           all
           these
           great
           Points
           you
           think
           the
           Papists
           are
           righter
           then
           the
           Reformed
           Churches
           ?
           If
           you
           say
           they
           be
           ,
           speak
           out
           ,
           and
           confess
           your self
           a
           Papist
           ;
           If
           You
           say
           they
           be
           not
           ,
           then
           who
           think
           you
           should
           reveal
           all
           this
           Poperie
           to
           the
           Quakers
           ;
           Not
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           for
           he
           is
           not
           the
           Authour
           of
           Poperie
           or
           any
           falshood
           ;
           If
           it
           were
           the
           devil
           ,
           then
           it
           seems
           that
           Poperie
           and
           the
           Quakers
           Faith
           is
           hatched
           by
           the
           Prince
           of
           darknesse
           ;
           And
           whether
           it
           were
           Frias
           or
           Devils
           ,
           or
           both
           ,
           that
           make
           Quakers
           ,
           it
           's
           not
           worth
           the
           while
           to
           dispute
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           we
           know
           that
           it
           is
           Poperie
           that
           they
           hold
           ,
           and
           the
           devil
           befriendeth
           it
           .
        
         
           Perhaps
           You
           will
           say
           ,
           That
           they
           hold
           many
           certain
           Truths
           ,
           they
           cry
           down
           Pride
           and
           Drunkennesse
           ,
           and
           worldlinesse
           ,
           and
           
           cry
           up
           Mortification
           ,
           and
           Charitie
           ,
           and
           Humilitie
           .
           I
           answer
           .
           And
           do
           not
           we
           do
           so
           as
           well
           as
           they
           ?
           These
           are
           Points
           where
           we
           are
           agreed
           with
           the
           Papists
           :
           Do
           You
           think
           that
           God
           would
           extraordinarily
           send
           these
           men
           to
           preach
           down
           the
           very
           same
           sinnes
           which
           are
           commonly
           preacht
           down
           alreadie
           ,
           better
           then
           they
           can
           do
           it
           ,
           by
           those
           men
           whom
           they
           reproach
           ?
           All
           that
           is
           good
           among
           them
           ,
           is
           only
           that
           which
           is
           as
           common
           among
           us
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           a
           little
           better
           maintained
           and
           managed
           ;
           And
           all
           that
           wherein
           they
           differ
           from
           us
           is
           their
           Popish
           and
           heretical
           errours
           .
        
         
           
             2.
             
          
           But
           to
           give
           you
           further
           satisfaction
           ,
           it
           is
           known
           by
           certain
           proof
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           the
           Papists
           that
           do
           seduce
           and
           head
           them
           :
           Many
           of
           themselves
           have
           confest
           such
           things
           ,
           and
           their
           present
           industrie
           among
           us
           is
           well
           known
           (
           which
           that
           they
           may
           proceed
           in
           with
           lesse
           impediment
           ,
           they
           are
           the
           Zealous
           Defendors
           of
           Universall
           Toleration
           ,
           or
           Libertie
           for
           Propagating
           soul-poysoning
           Doctrines
           ,
           for
           all
           the
           torments
           of
           the
           Inquisition
           in
           other
           Countreys
           .
           )
           Have
           you
           not
           seen
           a
           Sheet
           of
           Paper
           Published
           by
           M.
           
             Prin
             ,
          
           Containing
           an
           Oath
           of
           a
           Citizen
           of
           
             Bristol
          
           taken
           before
           the
           Magistrates
           of
           that
           Citie
           ?
           I
           will
           transcribe
           You
           the
           Deposstion
           lest
           You
           have
           not
           seen
           it
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   The
                   Information
                   of
                   
                     George
                     Cowlishaw
                  
                   of
                   the
                   City
                   of
                   
                     Bristol
                  
                   Ironmonger
                   ,
                   taken
                   the
                   22.
                   
                   Day
                   of
                   
                     Januarie
                     .
                  
                   1654.
                   
                
                 
                   WHo
                   informeth
                   on
                   his
                   Oath
                   ,
                   that
                   in
                   the
                   Moneth
                   of
                   
                     September
                  
                   last
                   ,
                   this
                   Informant
                   had
                   some
                   Discourse
                   in
                   
                     Bristol
                  
                   with
                   one
                   M.
                   
                     Coppinger
                     ;
                  
                   an
                   Irish
                   man
                   ,
                   formerly
                   a
                   Schoolfellow
                   of
                   his
                   ,
                   that
                   came
                   
                   thither
                   purposely
                   for
                   his
                   passage
                   into
                   
                     Ireland
                     ,
                  
                   who
                   told
                   this
                   Informant
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   lived
                   in
                   
                     Rome
                  
                   and
                   
                     Italy
                  
                   eight
                   or
                   nine
                   years
                   ,
                   and
                   had
                   taken
                   upon
                   him
                   the
                   Order
                   of
                   a
                   Friar
                   of
                   the
                   Franciscan
                   Company
                   ;
                   And
                   he
                   told
                   this
                   Informant
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   been
                   at
                   
                     London
                  
                   lately
                   for
                   some
                   Moneths
                   ,
                   and
                   whilest
                   he
                   was
                   there
                   ,
                   he
                   had
                   been
                   at
                   all
                   the
                   Churches
                   and
                   Meetings
                   ,
                   Publike
                   and
                   Private
                   that
                   he
                   could
                   hear
                   of
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   none
                   came
                   so
                   near
                   him
                   as
                   the
                   Quakers
                   :
                   And
                   being
                   at
                   a
                   Meeting
                   of
                   the
                   Quakers
                   he
                   here
                   met
                   with
                   two
                   of
                   his
                   Acquaintance
                   in
                   
                     Rome
                  
                   (
                   the
                   which
                   two
                   Persons
                   were
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   Franciscan
                   Order
                   and
                   Company
                   )
                   that
                   were
                   now
                   become
                   chief
                   Speakers
                   among
                   the
                   Quakers
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   himself
                   had
                   spoken
                   among
                   the
                   Quakers
                   in
                   
                     London
                  
                   about
                   thirty
                   times
                   ,
                   and
                   was
                   well
                   approved
                   of
                   amongst
                   them
                   .
                   And
                   this
                   Informant
                   further
                   saith
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   said
                   M.
                   
                     Coppinger
                  
                   asked
                   him
                   ,
                   What
                   kinde
                   of
                   Opinions
                   in
                   Religion
                   there
                   were
                   in
                   
                     Bristol
                     ?
                  
                   And
                   this
                   Informant
                   told
                   him
                   there
                   were
                   severall
                   Opinions
                   and
                   judgements
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   naming
                   any
                   Opinions
                   of
                   the
                   Quakers
                   ,
                   the
                   said
                   M.
                   
                     Coppinger
                  
                   asked
                   him
                   ,
                   whether
                   there
                   had
                   been
                   any
                   Quakers
                   in
                   
                     Bristol
                     ?
                  
                   And
                   the
                   said
                   Informant
                   answered
                   him
                   ,
                   No
                   ;
                   Whereupon
                   the
                   said
                   M.
                   
                     Coppinger
                  
                   told
                   him
                   the
                   said
                   Informant
                   two
                   or
                   three
                   times
                   ,
                   that
                   if
                   he
                   did
                   love
                   his
                   Religion
                   and
                   his
                   soul
                   ,
                   he
                   should
                   not
                   hear
                   them
                   ,
                   whereupon
                   this
                   Informant
                   told
                   him
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   thought
                   none
                   of
                   them
                   would
                   come
                   to
                   
                     Bristol
                     ,
                  
                   who
                   expresly
                   replied
                   ,
                   that
                   if
                   this
                   Informant
                   would
                   give
                   him
                   5
                   pound
                   he
                   would
                   make
                   it
                   500
                   pounds
                   if
                   some
                   Quakers
                   did
                   not
                   come
                   to
                   
                     Bristol
                  
                   within
                   three
                   weeks
                   or
                   a
                   moneth
                   then
                   following
                   .
                   And
                   on
                   the
                   morrow
                   following
                   the
                   said
                   
                     Coppinger
                  
                   departed
                   from
                   this
                   City
                   for
                   
                     Ireland
                  
                   his
                   native
                   place
                   ,
                   and
                   about
                   18
                   daies
                   after
                   ,
                   there
                   came
                   to
                   this
                   City
                   two
                   Persons
                   that
                   bare
                   the
                   name
                   of
                   Quakers
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   This
                   is
                   a
                   true
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   Original
                   Information
                   taken
                   upon
                   Oath
                   
                     Jan.
                  
                   22.
                   last
                   at
                   
                     Bristol
                     ,
                  
                   before
                   the
                   Town-Clerk
                   and
                   Magistrates
                   of
                   the
                   City
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           IF
           you
           further
           ask
           me
           ,
           Why
           the
           Papists
           are
           so
           diligent
           in
           these
           kinde
           of
           works
           ?
           I
           answer
           ,
           Their
           Tyranicall
           Faction
           and
           Schism
           is
           maintained
           by
           works
           of
           darknesse
           and
           unconscionable
           deceits
           ;
           And
           they
           know
           in
           such
           works
           as
           these
           they
           are
           not
           like
           to
           lose
           their
           labour
           ,
           they
           have
           so
           many
           severall
           ends
           which
           they
           hope
           to
           attain
           ;
           Some
           they
           may
           bring
           directly
           to
           Popery
           it self
           ,
           Some
           they
           bring
           to
           a
           great
           part
           of
           Popery
           before
           they
           know
           where
           they
           are
           ;
           All
           of
           them
           they
           procure
           to
           do
           their
           work
           in
           disgracing
           the
           Ministry
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           them
           in
           disparaging
           the
           Scripture
           :
           At
           lest
           they
           know
           when
           men
           are
           loosened
           from
           all
           former
           grounds
           ,
           they
           are
           readier
           to
           receive
           a
           new
           Impression
           ;
           Also
           by
           this
           meanes
           they
           think
           to
           make
           the
           multitudes
           of
           Sects
           ,
           and
           the
           madnesse
           of
           them
           to
           be
           a
           shame
           to
           our
           Religion
           ;
           And
           by
           this
           Argument
           they
           turn
           many
           others
           to
           their
           side
           :
           They
           use
           from
           hence
           to
           assault
           our
           common
           ungrounded
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           You
           may
           see
           now
           what
           it
           is
           to
           depart
           from
           the
           Unity
           of
           the
           Romane
           Catholike
           Church
           (
           for
           so
           they
           will
           needs
           call
           their
           trancendant
           schism
           .
           )
           And
           when
           they
           talk
           among
           their
           own
           followers
           in
           
             France
             ,
             Italy
             ,
          
           and
           other
           Countreys
           ,
           they
           mightily
           frem
           hence
           confirm
           them
           in
           their
           errours
           ,
           and
           do
           so
           aggravate
           the
           Hiresiies
           and
           Sects
           among
           us
           which
           themselves
           have
           cherished
           ,
           that
           they
           make
           the
           world
           abroad
           believe
           that
           the
           Protestants
           or
           Reformers
           in
           
             England
          
           are
           almost
           all
           running
           stark
           mad
           ,
           and
           even
           given
           over
           to
           the
           devil
           to
           possess
           and
           move
           and
           shake
           their
           bodies
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           are
           broken
           into
           so
           many
           shreds
           and
           pieces
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           almost
           
             So
             many
             men
             so
             many
             mindes
             ,
          
           and
           have
           now
           no
           face
           of
           a
           Church
           among
           us
           ,
           especially
           having
           the
           advantage
           of
           the
           suffrages
           of
           some
           few
           over-angry
           Divines
           among
           our selves
           ,
           who
           (
           on
           another
           ground
           )
           comply
           with
           the
           Separatists
           ,
           affirming
           that
           we
           have
           no
           true
           Churches
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           not
           the
           Episcopal
           preheminence
           ;
           You
           see
           then
           what
           game
           the
           Papists
           play
           in
           their
           fomenting
           of
           their
           Sects
           ,
           and
           what
           use
           they
           make
           of
           them
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           .
        
         
         
           To
           conclude
           ,
           I
           entreat
           you
           to
           consider
           well
           of
           the
           sense
           of
           these
           passages
           in
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           
             Eph
             4.
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15
             ,
             16.
          
           where
           you
           may
           see
           that
           Christs
           Officers
           or
           Ministers
           are
           setled
           by
           him
           in
           his
           Church
           for
           the
           edification
           ,
           unity
           ,
           and
           
             (
             at
             last
             )
          
           the
           perfecting
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           and
           the
           preserving
           of
           the
           poor
           people
           from
           the
           snares
           of
           such
           Seducers
           
             [
             that
             we
             henceforth
             be
             no
             more
             Children
             tossed
             to
             and
             fro
             ,
             and
             carried
             about
             with
             every
             winde
             of
             Doctrine
             by
             the
             sleight
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             cunning
             craftinesse
             ,
             whereby
             they
             lie
             in
             wait
             to
             deceive
             .
             ]
          
           Young
           unsetled
           Novices
           and
           proud
           self-conceited
           Professors
           and
           Opinionists
           are
           like
           a
           bundle
           of
           feathers
           tost
           up
           and
           down
           ,
           and
           carried
           that
           way
           as
           the
           winde
           of
           temptation
           driveth
           them
           .
        
         
           
             1
             Cor.
             11.
             18
             ,
             19.
             
             [
             When
             ye
             come
             together
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             I
             here
             that
             there
             be
             divisions
             among
             you
             ,
             and
             I
             partly
             beleeve
             it
             ;
             For
             there
             must
             be
             also
             Heresies
             among
             you
             ,
             that
             they
             which
             are
             approved
             may
             be
             made
             manifest
             among
             you
             :
             ]
          
           I
           pray
           you
           mark
           here
           what
           Gods
           end
           is
           in
           permitting
           these
           Divisions
           and
           Heresies
           among
           us
           ?
           They
           are
           the
           winde
           that
           must
           sift
           us
           and
           shew
           us
           which
           was
           the
           wheat
           and
           which
           the
           chaff
           .
           This
           triall
           is
           to
           prove
           you
           and
           all
           of
           us
           ,
           and
           see
           whether
           we
           are
           light
           or
           solid
           ,
           approved
           and
           sound
           in
           the
           faith
           ,
           or
           hypocrites
           ;
           If
           this
           triall
           turn
           you
           quite
           over
           to
           the
           division
           of
           Separation
           and
           Anabaptism
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Heresie
           of
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           we
           shall
           know
           that
           you
           were
           before
           a
           proud
           ,
           giddy
           ,
           unsetled
           Novice
           ,
           not
           approved
           of
           God
           nor
           sound
           at
           the
           heart
           .
           And
           it
           's
           an
           exellent
           work
           of
           God
           ,
           thus
           to
           prepare
           for
           the
           great
           Iudgement
           ,
           and
           make
           such
           an
           open
           discovery
           of
           superficial
           ,
           proud
           ,
           unsanctified
           men
           ;
           For
           as
           it
           's
           said
           
             1
             Joh.
             2.
             19.
             
             [
             They
             went
             out
             from
             us
             but
             they
             were
             not
             of
             us
             ;
             for
             if
             they
             had
             been
             of
             us
             they
             would
             no
             doubt
             have
             continued
             with
             us
             ,
             but
             they
             went
             out
             that
             they
             might
             be
             made
             manifest
             that
             they
             were
             not
             all
             of
             us
             .
             ]
          
           The
           Lord
           open
           your
           eyes
           ,
           and
           humble
           your
           heart
           ,
           and
           acquaint
           you
           with
           your
           great
           darknesse
           and
           imperfections
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           sufficiency
           of
           holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           the
           necessity
           of
           his
           Order
           and
           Ministry
           ,
           and
           the
           need
           that
           you
           have
           of
           those
           Guides
           whom
           you
           despise
           ,
           and
           the
           obedience
           and
           submission
           that
           you
           owe
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           excellency
           of
           the
           Churches
           Unity
           ,
           and
           the
           mischief
           of
           all
           divisions
           and
           heresies
           ,
           and
           recover
           you
           from
           their
           snares
           .
        
         
           
             Your
             true
             Friend
             ,
             RICHARD
             BAXTER
             ,
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           AN
           ANSWER
           TO
           THE
           QUAKERS
           QUERIES
        
         
           
             Miserable
             Creatures
             ,
          
        
         
           BEfore
           the
           last
           I
           wrote
           to
           you
           ,
           I
           had
           received
           three
           severall
           Papers
           ,
           with
           the
           Names
           of
           three
           severall
           Persons
           of
           you
           inscribed
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           One
           
             Iane
             Hicks
             ,
          
           one
           
             Thomas
             Chaundler
             ,
          
           and
           
             Edward
             Neway
             .
          
           These
           I
           have
           yet
           to
           shew
           ,
           though
           the
           spirit
           that
           possesseth
           you
           did
           since
           prevail
           with
           you
           to
           call
           me
           false
           Lyar
           and
           Serpent
           in
           
             Folio
             ,
          
           but
           for
           telling
           you
           that
           I
           had
           received
           them
           from
           you
           :
           Forsooth
           ,
           because
           I
           named
           not
           the
           woman
           before
           ,
           and
           because
           
             Neway
          
           wrote
           not
           :
           But
           might
           not
           I
           receive
           them
           as
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           having
           their
           Names
           and
           only
           theirs
           inscribed
           for
           all
           that
           ?
           Since
           that
           time
           I
           have
           received
           two
           more
           ,
           One
           subscribed
           by
           
             Richard
             Farnworth
          
           and
           
             Thomas
             Goodier
             ,
          
           and
           another
           without
           any
           subscribed
           Name
           .
           I
           shewed
           
             Tho.
             Goodier
          
           that
           with
           his
           Name
           ,
           and
           asked
           him
           whether
           he
           owned
           it
           ,
           who
           told
           me
           ,
           he
           neither
           read
           it
           nor
           mine
           which
           it
           replied
           to
           ,
           and
           yet
           so
           farre
           belived
           those
           that
           bad
           ,
           that
           he
           owned
           his
           Name
           at
           it
           .
           Having
           received
           in
           your
           first
           Letters
           ,
           almost
           nothing
           but
           some
           Sheets
           of
           [
           Thou
           Serpent
           ,
           Viper
           ,
           thou
           Childe
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           thou
           Son
           of
           perdition
           ,
           thou
           dumb
           dog
           ,
           thou
           false
           hireling
           ,
           thou
           false
           Liar
           Deceiver
           ,
           greedy
           dog
           ,
           thou
           ravening
           Wolf
           ,
           thou
           cursed
           hypocrite
           ,
           ]
           
           with
           much
           more
           of
           the
           like
           ;
           I
           returned
           you
           no
           Reply
           ,
           as
           confessing
           my self
           not
           so
           well
           skilled
           in
           that
           language
           and
           learning
           as
           you
           are
           ;
           And
           for
           the
           dunghil-heaps
           of
           false
           accusations
           annexed
           ,
           I
           passe
           them
           by
           ,
           as
           being
           well
           known
           to
           be
           impudent
           slanders
           ;
           Such
           as
           my
           [
           upholding
           acoursed
           ,
           Prelatical
           Government
           ,
           false
           worship
           ,
           
             &c.
             ]
          
           for
           which
           you
           dare
           say
           [
           the
           vengance
           of
           the
           Lord
           is
           against
           me
           ,
           ]
           while
           you
           instance
           only
           one
           word
           of
           a
           Paper
           of
           mine
           ,
           wherein
           I
           moved
           that
           men
           be
           restrained
           [
           from
           preaching
           against
           the
           Essentials
           or
           Foundamentals
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           ]
           which
           one
           of
           you
           tels
           me
           is
           a
           restraining
           men
           from
           [
           speaking
           any
           more
           in
           Christs
           name
           ]
           and
           a
           persecuting
           Christs
           Ministers
           :
           ]
           we
           may
           see
           what
           Christianity
           and
           Christs
           Ministers
           are
           in
           your
           account
           ,
           who
           take
           it
           for
           such
           damnable
           enmity
           to
           Christ
           ,
           for
           a
           man
           to
           be
           restrained
           from
           Preaching
           that
           there
           is
           no
           Christ
           ,
           or
           from
           reproaching
           him
           :
           I
           doe
           not
           think
           if
           I
           had
           desired
           that
           men
           should
           be
           restrained
           from
           calling
           you
           damnable
           Hereticks
           ,
           or
           the
           Bastards
           of
           the
           Papists
           ,
           that
           you
           would
           have
           been
           so
           froward
           as
           to
           have
           said
           that
           herein
           I
           was
           your
           Enemy
           ;
           Nor
           do
           I
           think
           you
           would
           have
           taken
           it
           for
           any
           dangerous
           restraint
           to
           the
           Liberty
           of
           their
           Consciences
           ;
           But
           Christ
           will
           deal
           justly
           with
           you
           though
           you
           deal
           unjustly
           with
           him
           and
           his
           .
        
         
           When
           your
           Praters
           were
           here
           ,
           I
           desired
           to
           know
           the
           further
           ground
           of
           all
           these
           heavy
           accusations
           ;
           that
           must
           prove
           me
           a
           childe
           of
           the
           devil
           ,
           a
           greedy
           dumb
           dog
           ,
           a
           Son
           of
           perdition
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           rest
           .
           And
           I
           could
           have
           no
           proof
           of
           all
           but
           this
           ;
           That
           I
           was
           called
           Master
           ,
           That
           I
           stood
           in
           a
           high
           place
           to
           preach
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           studied
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           preached
           by
           an
           hour-glasse
           ,
           and
           so
           would
           limit
           the
           Spirit
           if
           I
           had
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           I
           took
           money
           ,
           for
           Tythes
           :
           False
           doctrine
           and
           worship
           I
           was
           charged
           with
           in
           general
           ,
           but
           not
           one
           word
           of
           instance
           in
           any
           particular
           that
           I
           can
           remember
           :
           To
           these
           charges
           I
           shall
           give
           you
           some
           account
           anon
           .
        
         
           When
           I
           had
           received
           your
           24
           Queries
           ,
           I
           sent
           you
           my
           Answer
           ,
           that
           if
           you
           would
           but
           subscribe
           your
           consent
           that
           I
           should
           come
           to
           your
           meeting
           ,
           and
           answer
           them
           all
           by
           word
           of
           mouth
           without
           disturbance
           ,
           and
           you
           would
           receive
           what
           was
           made
           plain
           to
           your selves
           to
           be
           the
           Truth
           ;
           I
           was
           willing
           to
           come
           
           over
           to
           that
           end
           :
           This
           motion
           you
           detest
           and
           reject
           with
           a
           Sheet
           of
           further
           Revilings
           in
           the
           same-language
           as
           the
           first
           were
           :
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           not
           take
           it
           ill
           if
           I
           reply
           not
           in
           that
           grinning
           or
           barking
           Rhetorick
           ;
           For
           if
           I
           be
           a
           dumb
           dog
           ,
           you
           cannot
           expect
           that
           I
           should
           equal
           you
           in
           snarling
           ,
           or
           barking
           ,
           or
           howling
           .
        
         
           But
           have
           you
           not
           bewraied
           your
           deceitfulnesse
           in
           refusing
           to
           consent
           that
           I
           should
           come
           and
           answer
           your
           Questions
           ?
           Do
           not
           you
           shew
           by
           this
           ,
           that
           you
           are
           children
           of
           the
           Darkenesse
           ,
           and
           the
           Works
           of
           darknesse
           you
           are
           carrying
           on
           ?
           When
           you
           hate
           the
           Light
           because
           your
           Deeds
           are
           Evil
           ?
           Why
           would
           you
           send
           me
           Queries
           which
           you
           would
           not
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           answer
           by
           Speech
           ?
           What
           was
           it
           that
           you
           feared
           ?
        
         
           But
           in
           stead
           of
           this
           ,
           you
           [
           charge
           and
           command
           me
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           most
           high
           God
           to
           answer
           them
           in
           writing
           ]
           that
           you
           may
           [
           publish
           them
           with
           your
           Reply
           if
           need
           be
           .
           ]
           But
           when
           I
           desired
           to
           see
           the
           Commission
           by
           which
           you
           claim
           this
           Authority
           ,
           you
           shew
           me
           none
           ,
           but
           tell
           me
           ,
           It
           is
           invisible
           .
           And
           may
           not
           all
           the
           world
           command
           me
           on
           these
           terms
           as
           well
           as
           you
           ?
           In
           stead
           of
           admitting
           me
           to
           answer
           in
           your
           Congregation
           ,
           some
           of
           you
           came
           over
           (
           taking
           a
           time
           when
           the
           Lord
           had
           shut
           me
           up
           by
           sicknesse
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           go
           to
           the
           publique
           meeting
           )
           to
           make
           a
           disturbance
           in
           our
           Assembly
           ,
           
             Mar.
          
           25.
           and
           to
           try
           your
           Rhetorick
           on
           the
           mindes
           of
           People
           in
           this
           place
           :
           whereupon
           it
           pleased
           the
           Magistrate
           to
           binde
           one
           of
           you
           to
           the
           good
           behaviour
           ,
           for
           the
           publique
           Disturbance
           ,
           and
           railing
           at
           the
           Magistrate
           :
           And
           upon
           this
           you
           send
           another
           paper
           with
           an
           outcry
           against
           us
           as
           persecutors
           :
           when
           you
           might
           know
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           not
           concerned
           in
           the
           businesse
           ;
           and
           when
           indeed
           no
           man
           did
           so
           much
           as
           once
           ask
           my
           advice
           in
           it
           .
           But
           as
           for
           them
           that
           did
           it
           ,
           I
           dare
           no
           more
           accuse
           them
           of
           persecution
           ,
           then
           I
           dare
           accuse
           them
           for
           persecution
           who
           shall
           burn
           a
           Thief
           in
           the
           hand
           .
           Alas
           ,
           what
           impatient
           soules
           are
           you
           ,
           to
           cry
           out
           so
           much
           of
           persecution
           ,
           when
           many
           a
           poor-scold
           is
           duck
           in
           the
           Gumble-stool
           for
           words
           more
           incomparably
           sweet
           and
           Lamb-like
           then
           yours
           ?
        
         
           I
           shall
           now
           come
           to
           say
           somewhat
           to
           your
           Papers
           ;
           and
           first
           give
           you
           a
           word
           of
           my
           reason
           ,
           why
           I
           may
           not
           answer
           them
           
           so
           punctually
           in
           order
           ,
           and
           word
           by
           word
           ,
           as
           you
           command
           me
           to
           do
           :
           1.
           
           Because
           I
           dare
           not
           be
           guilty
           of
           losing
           so
           much
           precious
           time
           :
           2.
           
           Because
           I
           have
           much
           more
           profitable
           work
           to
           do
           ,
           though
           you
           accuse
           me
           for
           Idlenesse
           ,
           because
           I
           do
           not
           dig
           or
           thresh
           :
           when
           yet
           your
           Praters
           when
           they
           were
           here
           ,
           did
           neither
           dig
           nor
           thresh
           any
           more
           then
           I
           :
           nor
           do
           I
           hear
           that
           they
           do
           elsewhere
           ,
           as
           they
           follow
           their
           seducing
           imployment
           .
           3.
           
           Because
           you
           have
           heapt
           up
           
             non-sence
          
           ,
           vain
           repetitions
           and
           confusions
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           answer
           you
           accordingly
           would
           be
           of
           small
           use
           to
           any
           ,
           and
           would
           but
           prove
           me
           to
           be
           like
           your selves
           .
           Many
           more
           Reasons
           I
           overpasse
           .
           There
           is
           not
           a
           scold
           in
           all
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           but
           may
           as
           honestly
           and
           reasonably
           command
           me
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           God
           to
           come
           and
           scold
           with
           them
           in
           the
           Market-place
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           Command
           me
           thus
           to
           answer
           your
           scurrilous
           scolding
           Papers
           .
           Yet
           you
           shall
           have
           no
           Cause
           to
           complain
           that
           I
           have
           overpassed
           any
           thing
           that
           's
           worthy
           to
           be
           regarded
           .
        
         
           YOur
           first
           Query
           is
           ,
           
             [
             What
             's
             the
             first
             Principle
             of
             the
             pure
             Religion
             ?
             ]
          
           To
           which
           I
           answer
           ,
           1.
           
           [
           That
           God
           is
           ]
           and
           next
           [
           that
           he
           is
           a
           Rewarder
           of
           them
           that
           diligently
           seek
           him
           ]
           
             Heb.
          
           11.
           6.
           2.
           
           Do
           you
           ask
           this
           as
           Learners
           ?
           No
           that
           you
           renounce
           .
           Or
           as
           Teachers
           ?
           Why
           then
           do
           you
           not
           shew
           your
           Commission
           to
           teach
           ?
           And
           why
           do
           you
           not
           plainly
           Teach
           ,
           but
           ask
           Questions
           ?
           Or
           do
           you
           ask
           it
           for
           matter
           to
           feed
           your
           prating
           and
           slandring
           ?
        
         
           Your
           second
           Query
           is
           
             [
             Whether
             they
             are
             a
             Church
             of
             Christ
             that
             beat
             and
             persecute
             them
             that
             witnesse
             forth
             the
             Truth
             in
             his
             Name
             ?
          
           &c.
           ]
           
           Answ.
           Doubtlesse
           it
           's
           possible
           for
           a
           true
           Church
           to
           be
           guilty
           of
           injuries
           .
           But
           you
           have
           as
           little
           cause
           to
           put
           this
           Question
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Turk
          
           hath
           .
           What
           would
           you
           answer
           if
           a
           
             Iew
          
           or
           a
           
             Turk
             ,
          
           or
           a
           Witch
           ,
           should
           put
           this
           Question
           ?
           [
           Is
           it
           a
           true
           Church
           that
           persecuteth
           them
           that
           witnesse
           the
           truth
           ]
           Surely
           it
           's
           nothing
           to
           you
           ,
           who
           witnesse
           abominable
           falshoods
           and
           dreames
           .
           2.
           
           But
           I
           'll
           tell
           you
           what
           do
           .
           When
           you
           come
           home
           ,
           go
           to
           some
           of
           your
           Gossips
           ,
           the
           Friers
           or
           other
           Papists
           ,
           and
           ask
           them
           this
           Question
           :
           Whether
           it
           be
           a
           true
           Church
           
           which
           set
           up
           the
           
             Spanish
          
           Irquisition
           ?
           and
           Caused
           the
           
             French
          
           Massacre
           ?
           and
           hath
           by
           flames
           and
           sword
           drawn
           out
           the
           bloud
           of
           so
           many
           hundred
           thousand
           true
           Christians
           ?
           Ask
           them
           ,
           Whether
           the
           Butcheries
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Irish
          
           murders
           were
           done
           by
           a
           true
           Church
           ?
           It
           may
           be
           they
           will
           give
           you
           a
           most
           satisfactory
           Answer
           then
           I
           can
           ,
           because
           you
           will
           sooner
           hear
           them
           .
        
         
           Your
           third
           Question
           is
           about
           
             Infant-Baptism
             .
          
           Of
           that
           I
           have
           already
           written
           a
           whole
           Book
           ,
           which
           in
           modesty
           you
           should
           peruse
           ,
           before
           you
           call
           to
           me
           for
           more
           .
           Have
           you
           soberly
           read
           what
           I
           have
           there
           wrote
           already
           ?
           If
           not
           ,
           to
           what
           purpose
           should
           I
           write
           more
           to
           you
           of
           the
           same
           subject
           .
        
         
           Only
           to
           your
           Query
           ,
           I
           will
           adde
           this
           Query
           to
           your
           Founders
           the
           Anabaptists
           :
           Whether
           by
           this
           time
           they
           do
           not
           feel
           Gods
           plagues
           upon
           their
           party
           ?
           And
           whether
           God
           do
           not
           visibly
           testifie
           against
           them
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           in
           giving
           up
           their
           disciples
           to
           all
           kinde
           of
           abominations
           ?
           And
           whether
           the
           Plague
           of
           
             Pharaoh
          
           be
           not
           on
           those
           hearts
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           blinded
           
             Sodomites
          
           on
           their
           eyes
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           this
           can
           see
           no
           reason
           at
           least
           to
           be
           very
           suspicious
           of
           their
           way
           ?
           and
           whether
           they
           are
           yet
           resolved
           to
           wink
           on
           to
           destruction
           ,
           or
           to
           stay
           till
           all
           turn
           Quakers
           ,
           Ranters
           or
           infidels
           ?
           And
           how
           much
           
             England
          
           yet
           feels
           it self
           beholden
           to
           Separation
           and
           Anabaptistry
           ?
           And
           whether
           it
           be
           not
           the
           Seperated
           and
           Anapaptists
           Churches
           that
           are
           emptied
           by
           the
           Quakers
           ?
        
         
           Your
           fourth
           ,
           fifth
           ,
           sixth
           ,
           seventh
           ,
           eight
           and
           ninth
           Queries
           are
           all
           about
           Tythes
           :
           The
           substance
           of
           which
           I
           had
           answered
           long
           ago
           to
           some
           of
           your
           leading
           Bretheren
           ,
           in
           a
           Book
           called
           ,
           
             The
             Worcestershier
             Petition
             Defended
             ;
          
           to
           which
           Book
           I
           referre
           you
           ,
           to
           spare
           the
           labour
           of
           speaking
           one
           thing
           twice
           ;
           and
           modestly
           should
           have
           taught
           you
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           that
           which
           I
           have
           done
           already
           ,
           before
           you
           call
           for
           the
           same
           things
           again
           .
           Only
           let
           me
           now
           adde
           these
           Queries
           also
           to
           you
           .
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           1.
           
           Whether
           have
           you
           read
           any
           of
           those
           Books
           that
           are
           written
           long
           ago
           ,
           to
           prove
           that
           Tythes
           are
           still
           of
           Divine
           Right
           ?
           If
           you
           have
           not
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           well
           beseeming
           a
           tender
           
           Conscience
           to
           hear
           all
           that
           can
           be
           said
           ,
           before
           men
           adventure
           to
           rail
           against
           that
           which
           they
           do
           not
           understand
           .
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           2.
           
           Whether
           there
           be
           not
           sufficient
           Scripture
           to
           warrant
           a
           man
           to
           Dedicate
           part
           of
           his
           Lands
           to
           God
           ,
           for
           the
           service
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           promoting
           of
           his
           Worship
           ?
           Yea
           ,
           Whether
           they
           did
           not
           in
           the
           Primitive
           times
           ,
           so
           Dedicate
           all
           ?
           selling
           it
           ,
           and
           laying
           down
           the
           Price
           at
           the
           Apostles
           feet
           .
        
         
           
             Qu
          
           3.
           
           Is
           it
           not
           lawfull
           to
           take
           and
           use
           that
           which
           is
           so
           Dedicated
           ?
           And
           if
           the
           Apostles
           and
           first
           Church
           Officers
           might
           take
           all
           ,
           May
           not
           we
           take
           the
           Tenths
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           thus
           Devoted
           ?
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           4.
           
           If
           our
           Ancestours
           ,
           many
           an
           Age
           ago
           have
           given
           the
           Tenths
           to
           the
           Church
           for
           the
           Ministry
           ,
           are
           not
           those
           sacrilegious
           Church-robbers
           that
           should
           now
           take
           them
           away
           ,
           having
           nothing
           to
           do
           with
           them
           ?
           And
           do
           not
           you
           counsel
           men
           to
           the
           sin
           of
           
             Iudas
          
           or
           of
           
             Ananias
          
           and
           
             Sephira
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           5.
           
           If
           one
           that
           bears
           the
           bag
           prove
           a
           
             Iudas
          
           and
           Thief
           ,
           or
           one
           
             Nicolas
          
           a
           Deacon
           should
           lead
           a
           Sect
           of
           
             Nicolaitans
             ,
          
           your
           Predecessours
           ,
           Whether
           are
           all
           the
           Apostles
           therefore
           Thieves
           ,
           or
           all
           the
           Churches
           and
           Pastors
           greedy
           dogs
           ,
           for
           taking
           much
           more
           then
           the
           Tenths
           ,
           even
           mens
           whole
           Estates
           that
           gave
           them
           to
           that
           use
           ?
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           6.
           
           Whether
           I
           ,
           or
           other
           Ministers
           do
           ask
           the
           people
           so
           much
           for
           preaching
           as
           the
           Quakers
           receive
           themselves
           ?
           Do
           not
           you
           receive
           meat
           and
           drink
           ,
           to
           sustain
           your
           lives
           ?
           But
           we
           ask
           not
           meat
           and
           drink
           of
           any
           ,
           nor
           any
           thing
           else
           ,
           that
           is
           theirs
           :
           The
           Tythes
           is
           none
           of
           theirs
           ,
           nor
           ever
           was
           ,
           nor
           their
           fathers
           before
           them
           ;
           but
           they
           bought
           or
           took
           Leases
           of
           their
           Lands
           ,
           with
           the
           Condition
           of
           paying
           the
           Tenths
           as
           none
           of
           their
           own
           .
           We
           ask
           them
           not
           for
           a
           peny
           ,
           but
           only
           to
           divide
           between
           theirs
           and
           ours
           ,
           and
           give
           us
           our
           own
           .
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           7.
           
           If
           it
           be
           not
           a
           wrong
           to
           the
           people
           more
           then
           to
           the
           Ministers
           to
           have
           the
           standing
           Church-maintenance
           taken
           away
           ,
           Why
           then
           do
           people
           petition
           so
           hard
           for
           Augmentations
           where
           Means
           is
           wanting
           ?
           Or
           else
           do
           worse
           .
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           8.
           
           If
           the
           Supream
           Rulers
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           may
           lay
           an
           Excise
           or
           Tax
           on
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           pay
           Souldiers
           with
           
           one
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           what
           forbids
           but
           that
           they
           may
           pay
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Gospel
           with
           the
           other
           part
           ?
           And
           if
           they
           may
           lay
           a
           Tax
           for
           them
           ,
           Why
           may
           they
           not
           fix
           a
           setled
           Maintenance
           in
           Tenths
           for
           them
           ,
           much
           more
           ,
           why
           may
           they
           not
           let
           them
           possesse
           that
           which
           is
           theirs
           already
           by
           their
           fore-fathers
           gift
           ?
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           9.
           
           Where
           doth
           any
           Scripture
           forbid
           paying
           or
           taking
           Tythes
           ?
           I
           have
           shewed
           you
           in
           my
           other
           Book
           ,
           where
           it
           commandeth
           allowing
           sufficient
           Maintenance
           ?
           Shew
           where
           it
           condemneth
           the
           Tenth
           part
           any
           more
           then
           the
           ninth
           ,
           or
           the
           eleventh
           ,
           or
           twelfth
           ?
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           10.
           
           When
           God
           hath
           commanded
           a
           sufficient
           maintenance
           in
           general
           ,
           and
           left
           it
           to
           humane
           prudence
           to
           judge
           what
           is
           sufficient
           (
           before
           they
           give
           it
           ;
           )
           If
           then
           a
           man
           shall
           say
           [
           Where
           doth
           the
           Scripture
           require
           the
           Tenths
           ?
           and
           you
           are
           no
           true
           Ministers
           who
           take
           the
           Tenths
           ;
           ]
           Is
           not
           this
           as
           wise
           as
           to
           say
           ,
           [
           Though
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           did
           wear
           clothes
           ,
           yet
           shew
           where
           any
           of
           them
           preacht
           in
           doublet
           ,
           or
           breeches
           ,
           or
           stockings
           ,
           or
           else
           you
           are
           false
           Prophets
           for
           wearing
           these
           ;
           ]
           Is
           not
           this
           as
           wise
           arguing
           as
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           ?
        
         
           And
           where
           you
           ask
           us
           so
           oft
           whether
           the
           Apostles
           took
           the
           Tenths
           ,
           I
           tell
           you
           again
           ,
           they
           took
           more
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           men
           sold
           all
           and
           laid
           down
           the
           money
           at
           their
           feet
           .
           It
           's
           true
           that
           then
           the
           poor
           also
           were
           maintained
           out
           of
           it
           ;
           And
           if
           you
           will
           shew
           a
           Commission
           to
           examine
           us
           ,
           we
           will
           give
           you
           an
           account
           how
           far
           we
           maintain
           the
           poor
           out
           of
           our
           meer
           tenth
           part
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           it
           's
           unreasonable
           ,
           that
           you
           demand
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           
             so
             maintain
             them
             as
             to
             suffer
             no
             beggars
             ;
          
           For
           if
           all
           that
           a
           Minister
           hath
           will
           not
           maintain
           twenty
           poor
           people
           if
           he
           give
           it
           them
           all
           ,
           how
           should
           he
           then
           maintain
           a
           hundred
           with
           it
           ?
        
         
           Your
           10th
           
             Qu.
          
           is
           ,
           
             [
             Whether
             Christ
             enlighteneth
             every
             one
             that
             cometh
             into
             the
             world
             ?
             ]
          
           To
           which
           I
           answer
           ,
           Yea
           ,
           he
           doth
           so
           ;
           All
           that
           come
           into
           the
           world
           of
           nature
           ,
           he
           enlighteneth
           with
           the
           light
           of
           Nature
           (
           so
           called
           because
           that
           it
           is
           a
           knowledge
           gotten
           by
           the
           Book
           of
           the
           Creatures
           and
           natural
           means
           ,
           without
           supernatural
           Revelation
           though
           it
           be
           of
           grace
           also
           as
           it
           is
           freely
           given
           after
           a
           forfeiture
           ;
           )
           And
           all
           that
           come
           into
           the
           world
           of
           grace
           he
           enlighteneth
           with
           the
           light
           of
           supernatural
           Revelation
           .
        
         
         
           Having
           said
           as
           much
           to
           this
           Query
           as
           you
           require
           ,
           I
           will
           
             gratis
          
           adde
           something
           that
           I
           may
           please
           you
           by
           supererrogation
           :
           I
           lately
           saw
           another
           Paper
           of
           your
           Queries
           which
           you
           have
           disperst
           in
           other
           places
           ,
           which
           speaks
           almost
           only
           of
           
             This
             Inward
             Light
             ;
          
           In
           which
           I
           perceived
           1.
           
           That
           you
           falsly
           intimate
           that
           we
           deny
           the
           necessity
           of
           an
           inward
           light
           ,
           when
           as
           we
           maintain
           that
           the
           external
           light
           of
           the
           Word
           alone
           is
           not
           sufficient
           without
           the
           inward
           light
           of
           the
           Spirit
           .
           2.
           
           You
           there
           intimate
           to
           us
           a
           supposed
           sufficiency
           of
           the
           inward
           light
           that
           every
           man
           in
           the
           world
           hath
           .
           Concerning
           which
           I
           shall
           say
           more
           anon
           ,
           and
           now
           only
           demand
           of
           you
           .
           1.
           
           Whether
           you
           mean
           it
           is
           sufficient
           to
           leave
           men
           without
           excuse
           ,
           (
           That
           we
           maintain
           as
           well
           as
           you
           )
           or
           is
           every
           mans
           light
           sufficient
           to
           his
           salvation
           ?
           If
           so
           Q.
           2.
           
           Was
           it
           sufficient
           before
           Christ
           preached
           the
           Gospel
           and
           sent
           his
           Apostles
           ?
           Or
           is
           it
           now
           sufficient
           to
           all
           that
           never
           heard
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           If
           so
           ,
           Is
           not
           the
           Gospel
           a
           vain
           and
           needlesse
           thing
           ?
           or
           are
           you
           Christians
           that
           dare
           so
           affirm
           ?
           Q.
           3.
           
           If
           the
           world
           have
           sufficient
           light
           ,
           what
           need
           they
           your
           teaching
           ,
           or
           discourse
           ,
           or
           conviction
           ?
           Q.
           4.
           
           If
           all
           have
           sufficient
           light
           within
           them
           ,
           what
           need
           there
           any
           converting
           grace
           ?
           Q.
           5.
           
           Then
           why
           did
           Christ
           send
           
             Paul
          
           to
           open
           mens
           eyes
           ,
           and
           to
           turn
           them
           from
           darknesse
           to
           light
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           sufficient
           light
           before
           ,
           
             Act.
          
           26.
           18.
           
           Q
           6.
           
           I
           pray
           you
           do
           not
           disdain
           to
           tell
           me
           when
           you
           have
           rub'd
           your
           eyes
           ,
           if
           all
           men
           have
           sufficient
           light
           within
           them
           ,
           Why
           you
           got
           up
           into
           the
           Judgement
           seat
           ,
           and
           pronounced
           me
           so
           oft
           to
           be
           in
           darknesse
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           void
           of
           the
           light
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           none
           of
           the
           Spirit
           .
           If
           all
           have
           it
           ,
           why
           may
           not
           I
           have
           it
           ?
        
         
           But
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           further
           in
           your
           ear
           ,
           that
           we
           that
           you
           so
           frantickly
           bawl
           against
           ,
           have
           read
           
             Bellarmine
          
           and
           other
           Papists
           so
           oft
           ,
           that
           we
           cannot
           be
           ignorant
           who
           are
           your
           Teachers
           ,
           though
           your selves
           are
           ignorant
           ;
           We
           know
           how
           earnestly
           the
           Jesuites
           would
           perswade
           us
           that
           there
           is
           a
           light
           in
           every
           mans
           conscience
           ,
           which
           if
           he
           improve
           and
           husband
           well
           ,
           God
           is
           bound
           to
           give
           such
           additions
           as
           shall
           make
           it
           become
           saving
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           the
           good
           use
           of
           natural
           light
           men
           may
           certainly
           get
           supernatural
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           is
           in
           mens
           own
           power
           ,
           what
           light
           soever
           they
           have
           to
           improve
           it
           to
           salvation
           .
        
         
         
           Your
           11th
           Query
           is
           ,
           
             [
             Whether
             we
             have
             seen
             Gods
             face
             ?
             ]
             Ans.
          
           Whether
           these
           be
           Learning
           ,
           or
           Teaching
           ,
           or
           quarrelling
           ,
           or
           doting
           Questions
           ,
           I
           leave
           to
           your
           consideration
           :
           but
           what
           Call
           you
           had
           to
           propound
           them
           to
           such
           Serpents
           ,
           Dogs
           ,
           and
           Children
           of
           the
           devil
           ,
           as
           you
           call
           us
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           :
           But
           however
           I
           'le
           answer
           you
           truly
           .
           1.
           
           By
           the
           eye
           of
           reason
           I
           have
           seen
           that
           there
           is
           a
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           is
           infinite
           ,
           incomprehensible
           ,
           most
           great
           and
           most
           good
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           2.
           
           The
           same
           I
           have
           seen
           more
           cleerly
           by
           the
           eyes
           of
           faith
           .
           3.
           
           But
           I
           never
           saw
           God
           by
           the
           eye
           of
           flesh
           ,
           for
           none
           can
           so
           see
           God
           and
           live
           ,
           
             Nor
             hath
             any
             man
             seen
             God
             at
             any
             time
             ,
             saving
             the
             only
             begotten
             Son
             who
             is
             in
             the
             bosome
             of
             his
             Father
             ,
             he
             hath
             declared
             him
             .
          
           4.
           
           Nor
           have
           I
           seen
           him
           in
           glory
           intuitively
           ,
           or
           as
           the
           glorified
           in
           heaven
           do
           .
           If
           you
           say
           you
           have
           seen
           more
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           be
           very
           forward
           to
           beleeve
           you
           ,
           till
           I
           see
           better
           fruits
           of
           it
           .
           I
           also
           therefore
           demand
           of
           you
           ,
           Whether
           he
           that
           hath
           seen
           God
           do
           not
           abhor
           himself
           (
           as
           
             Iob
          
           did
           )
           in
           dust
           and
           ashes
           ?
           and
           whether
           the
           true
           knowledge
           of
           God
           do
           not
           ever
           abase
           the
           soul
           ,
           and
           make
           a
           man
           very
           mean
           in
           his
           own
           eyes
           ?
           And
           then
           is
           it
           likely
           that
           ever
           those
           men
           had
           the
           true
           knowledge
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           make
           it
           their
           businesse
           to
           exalt
           themselves
           as
           having
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           beign
           perfect
           without
           sin
           ,
           and
           to
           revile
           and
           bedung
           other
           men
           with
           their
           reproaches
           ,
           as
           being
           all
           the
           Children
           of
           the
           devil
           ,
           and
           of
           darknesse
           ,
           that
           be
           not
           of
           their
           strain
           ,
           and
           rave
           not
           as
           they
           do
           ?
           The
           Pharisee
           that
           thanked
           God
           he
           was
           not
           as
           other
           men
           ,
           nor
           as
           the
           Publicane
           ,
           spoke
           humbly
           and
           modestly
           in
           comparison
           of
           you
           ,
           and
           yet
           was
           he
           counted
           a
           proud
           self-justifier
           :
           If
           ever
           you
           come
           to
           the
           least
           saving
           sight
           of
           God
           ,
           it
           will
           mightily
           change
           the
           proud
           strain
           of
           your
           spirits
           ,
           and
           make
           you
           abhor
           the
           thoughts
           of
           your
           present
           evil
           waies
           .
        
         
           Your
           12.
           
           Query
           is
           .
           
             [
             Whether
             we
             have
             the
             same
             infallible
             Spirit
             as
             the
             holy
             men
             of
             God
             had
             that
             spoke
             forth
             the
             Scriptures
             ?
             ]
             Ans.
          
           Why
           must
           you
           know
           this
           ?
           Are
           all
           Dogs
           and
           Serpents
           with
           you
           that
           have
           not
           that
           Infallible
           Spirit
           ?
           But
           we
           hear
           the
           croakings
           of
           your
           Papist
           guides
           in
           that
           word
           
             [
             Infallible
             ;
             ]
          
           that's
           the
           :
           pillar
           of
           their
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           the
           master-point
           of
           their
           New
           Religion
           ,
           That
           
             their
             Church
             is
             infallible
             ;
          
           For
           denying
           which
           ,
           
             Knot
          
           the
           Jesuite
           against
           
             Chillingworth
             ,
          
           and
           a
           late
           ●otable
           gawdy
           Orator
           
             S.
             W.
          
           against
           Dr
           
             Hammond
             ,
          
           and
           others
           
           of
           them
           ,
           would
           fain
           perswade
           us
           that
           we
           subvert
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           are
           little
           better
           then
           Infidels
           ,
           because
           we
           are
           not
           Infallible
           :
           But
           I
           will
           answer
           you
           and
           your
           Masters
           together
           in
           a
           word
           .
           1.
           
           The
           Prophets
           and
           Apostles
           had
           infallible
           Inspirations
           of
           new
           matters
           of
           divine
           verity
           ,
           not
           before
           revealed
           ,
           because
           they
           were
           to
           be
           Gods
           penmen
           and
           Messengers
           of
           such
           New
           Revelations
           ,
           I
           have
           none
           such
           that
           I
           know
           of
           .
           2.
           
           The
           Prophets
           and
           Apostles
           were
           guided
           infallibly
           in
           the
           manner
           as
           well
           as
           the
           matter
           ,
           so
           that
           every
           word
           that
           they
           wrote
           to
           the
           Churches
           was
           infallibly
           true
           ;
           I
           have
           no
           such
           Infallibility
           ,
           nor
           your
           Grandfather
           the
           Pope
           neither
           :
           He
           may
           erre
           while
           he
           pretendeth
           to
           the
           greatest
           Infallibility
           in
           deciding
           Controversies
           .
           3.
           
           What
           man
           soever
           he
           be
           in
           the
           world
           that
           beleeves
           any
           Truth
           ,
           he
           doth
           infallibly
           believe
           it
           ;
           For
           he
           that
           is
           in
           the
           right
           is
           not
           deceived
           so
           far
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           is
           not
           mistaken
           is
           so
           farre
           infallible
           ,
           which
           is
           no
           more
           then
           
             non
             fallitur
             .
          
           4.
           
           But
           if
           by
           [
           Infallibility
           ]
           you
           should
           mean
           the
           clearnesse
           and
           subjective
           
             Certainty
             ,
          
           as
           distinct
           from
           the
           objective
           and
           the
           bare
           truth
           of
           our
           conceptions
           ,
           then
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           's
           another
           thing
           then
           Infallibility
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           so
           called
           ,
           and
           of
           that
           
             Certainty
          
           men
           have
           different
           degrees
           :
           All
           true
           Christians
           are
           certain
           of
           their
           Fundamentals
           ,
           yet
           sometime
           with
           some
           doubting
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           may
           finde
           cause
           to
           say
           with
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           
             Lord
             ,
             Increase
             our
             Faith
             ;
          
           or
           ,
           
             We
             beleeve
             ,
             help
             thou
             our
             unbelief
             ;
          
           But
           in
           lesser
           controverted
           Points
           which
           Salvation
           dependeth
           not
           on
           ,
           the
           best
           man
           on
           earth
           may
           erre
           ,
           much
           more
           be
           uncertain
           ;
           So
           that
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           Every
           Church
           
             in
             sensu
             composite
             ,
          
           while
           a
           Church
           is
           infallible
           in
           the
           essentials
           of
           Christianity
           ;
           and
           so
           is
           every
           true
           Christian
           :
           And
           also
           they
           know
           infallibly
           every
           other
           truth
           that
           indeed
           they
           know
           ;
           because
           Truth
           is
           Truth
           whether
           they
           know
           it
           or
           not
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           do
           know
           it
           they
           are
           not
           deceived
           ;
           But
           in
           many
           things
           we
           all
           erre
           ,
           because
           we
           know
           but
           in
           part
           ,
           and
           so
           farre
           are
           deceived
           .
        
         
           Well
           ,
           I
           say
           still
           ,
           Fair
           fall
           the
           honest
           humble
           Christian
           that
           will
           confesse
           with
           
             Paul
          
           that
           
             we
             know
             but
             in
             part
             ;
          
           For
           I
           shall
           never
           like
           pretenders
           to
           un-erring
           Infallibility
           more
           ;
           I
           know
           but
           two
           such
           pretenders
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           both
           the
           most
           abominable
           deceivers
           and
           deceived
           ,
           One
           is
           the
           Pope
           and
           his
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           who
           more
           erroneous
           ?
           The
           other
           is
           your selves
           ,
           even
           
           distracted
           with
           errour
           .
           The
           Pope
           venteth
           abundance
           of
           falshoods
           in
           doctrine
           ,
           and
           corruptions
           in
           discipline
           and
           worship
           ,
           and
           with
           all
           these
           errors
           in
           his
           hands
           ,
           protesteth
           he
           is
           infallible
           .
           The
           Quakers
           (
           all
           that
           yet
           have
           wrote
           to
           me
           or
           spoke
           to
           me
           )
           pour
           out
           the
           greatest
           abundance
           of
           most
           impudent
           Lies
           ,
           and
           spue
           their
           filthy
           railings
           in
           the
           faces
           of
           almost
           all
           they
           come
           near
           ,
           so
           that
           I
           know
           not
           whether
           ever
           the
           Sun
           saw
           a
           more
           hardened
           ,
           shamelesse
           ,
           abominable
           Generation
           then
           they
           (
           with
           their
           brethren
           the
           Ranters
           )
           are
           ;
           and
           yet
           with
           all
           this
           filth
           upon
           their
           lips
           ,
           they
           confidently
           professe
           that
           they
           are
           infallible
           and
           without
           sin
           ;
           You
           may
           well
           excuse
           us
           that
           we
           be
           not
           hasty
           in
           beleeving
           you
           till
           we
           see
           more
           reason
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           Your
           13th
           
             Qu.
          
           is
           ,
           
             [
             What
             is
             Hels
             month
             that
             the
             wicked
             go
             in
             at
             ,
          
           &c.
           ]
           I
           answer
           .
           1.
           
           You
           are
           liker
           to
           know
           ere
           long
           then
           I
           ;
           If
           a
           miracle
           of
           grace
           save
           you
           not
           ,
           you
           'le
           be
           better
           able
           to
           answer
           this
           Query
           then
           yet
           your
           unbelief
           will
           give
           you
           leave
           .
           2.
           
           It
           sufficeth
           me
           to
           know
           that
           Hell
           is
           a
           state
           of
           endlesse
           misery
           ,
           where
           such
           as
           you
           shall
           everlastingly
           bear
           the
           effects
           of
           Gods
           wrath
           and
           justice
           with
           the
           devils
           and
           his
           Angels
           that
           now
           seduce
           you
           ,
           if
           timely
           recovery
           prevent
           it
           not
           .
        
         
           Your
           14th
           
             Qu.
          
           is
           ,
           
             [
             Whether
             the
             Bible
             be
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ?
             and
          
           Matthew
           ,
           Mark
           ,
           Luke
           
             and
          
           John
           
             be
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             and
             whether
             there
             were
             any
             Gospel
             before
             them
             ,
             and
             whether
             they
             be
             the
             light
             ?
             ]
          
           To
           which
           I
           answer
           ,
           1.
           
           Only
           Jesus
           Christ
           is
           the
           co-essentiall
           ,
           co-eternal
           Word
           of
           the
           Father
           ,
           being
           one
           with
           the
           Father
           .
           2.
           
           But
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           are
           the
           temporal
           expressed
           Word
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           signs
           of
           Gods
           minde
           to
           man
           ,
           so
           that
           Christ
           and
           the
           Scriptures
           are
           nor
           called
           the
           Word
           in
           the
           same
           sense
           ,
           no
           more
           then
           is
           the
           Word
           of
           a
           mans
           minde
           ,
           and
           the
           word
           of
           his
           mouth
           or
           pen
           .
           This
           signifying
           word
           was
           preached
           before
           it
           was
           written
           ,
           and
           then
           was
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           written
           after
           it
           was
           so
           preached
           at
           first
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           be
           a
           standing
           Rule
           ,
           and
           might
           be
           kept
           intire
           and
           sure
           to
           the
           Church
           to
           the
           worlds
           end
           ;
           For
           the
           bare
           memories
           of
           men
           would
           not
           have
           kept
           them
           for
           us
           with
           such
           certainty
           as
           they
           have
           been
           kept
           in
           Scripture
           and
           delivered
           unto
           us
           ,
           This
           Word
           therefore
           is
           the
           light
           ,
           but
           not
           as
           Christ
           is
           the
           light
           ,
           or
           as
           the
           Spirit
           is
           the
           light
           ,
           for
           there
           are
           many
           lights
           that
           must
           concurre
           to
           give
           us
           light
           .
           It
           is
           a
           wise
           
           Question
           of
           him
           that
           shall
           ask
           ,
           Whether
           the
           light
           by
           which
           a
           man
           sees
           be
           the
           visive
           faculty
           of
           his
           eyes
           ,
           or
           the
           light
           of
           a
           Candle
           ,
           or
           the
           light
           in
           the
           air
           ,
           or
           the
           Sun
           ?
           Why
           it
           may
           be
           all
           these
           ,
           There
           must
           be
           1.
           
           A
           Sun
           .
           2.
           
           A
           light
           from
           that
           Sun
           in
           the
           air
           .
           3.
           
           An
           inward
           light
           in
           the
           eyes
           .
           4.
           
           And
           that
           outward
           received
           by
           the
           inward
           ,
           before
           you
           can
           see
           ;
           So
           God
           in
           Christ
           is
           the
           Sun
           ,
           Mans
           Reason
           is
           the
           Eye
           ,
           The
           Gospel
           or
           Word
           of
           God
           is
           the
           external
           Light
           flowing
           to
           us
           from
           the
           Sun
           ,
           The
           Spirit
           closeth
           these
           two
           together
           ,
           even
           the
           Gospel
           and
           our
           Reason
           ,
           and
           by
           its
           powerful
           work
           in
           that
           closure
           ,
           breedeth
           a
           special
           illumination
           in
           the
           soul
           which
           the
           Word
           alone
           could
           not
           produce
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           adde
           some
           Queries
           to
           you
           .
           1.
           
           Do
           you
           beleeve
           the
           Scriptures
           to
           be
           true
           or
           not
           ?
           If
           you
           do
           ,
           then
           you
           must
           beleeve
           what
           they
           say
           of
           themselves
           ;
           But
           they
           call
           themselves
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           
             Mar.
          
           7.
           13.
           
           
             Rom.
          
           10.
           8.
           2
           
             Cor.
          
           2.
           17.
           
           &
           4.
           2.
           1
           
             Thes.
          
           4.
           15.
           1
           
             Pet.
          
           1.
           25.
           
           And
           often
           they
           are
           called
           
             the
             Laws
             of
             God
             ,
             his
             Testimonies
             ,
             his
             Statutes
             ,
             his
             Precepts
             ,
             his
             Promises
             ,
             Gospel
             ,
             Covenants
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           
             All
             Scripture
             is
             written
             by
             divine
             Inspiration
             ,
          
           2
           Tim.
           3.
           16.
           
           
             The
             word
             of
             Prophecy
             is
             a
             sure
             Word
             ,
          
           2
           Pet.
           1.
           19.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           Will
           you
           give
           us
           leave
           to
           smell
           the
           Pope
           in
           your
           endeavours
           to
           disgrace
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           though
           your
           own
           Noses
           be
           stopt
           ?
           For
           we
           have
           been
           used
           to
           deal
           with
           him
           at
           this
           weapon
           ,
           and
           know
           that
           this
           is
           the
           main
           point
           of
           his
           New
           Religion
           ,
        
         
           Your
           15th
           
             Qu.
          
           is
           ,
           
             [
             Whether
             we
             own
             Revelations
             or
             no
             ?
             ]
             Ans.
          
           I
           own
           all
           divine
           Revelations
           ,
           and
           disown
           all
           diabolicall
           ones
           ,
           so
           farre
           as
           I
           know
           them
           .
           I
           own
           all
           those
           blessed
           Revelations
           contained
           in
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           ;
           for
           they
           were
           infallibly
           sealed
           by
           multitudes
           of
           uncontrolled
           miracles
           and
           a
           spirit
           of
           holinesse
           ;
           I
           believe
           that
           the
           Scriptures
           or
           Laws
           of
           Christ
           being
           finished
           and
           sealed
           ,
           we
           must
           hold
           these
           till
           the
           coming
           of
           Christ
           ,
           1
           
             Tim.
          
           6.
           13
           ,
           14.
           and
           that
           Christ
           will
           be
           with
           the
           Preachers
           of
           this
           same
           doctrine
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           
             Mat.
          
           28.
           20
           ,
           21.
           and
           that
           these
           are
           able
           to
           make
           men
           wise
           to
           salvation
           without
           any
           more
           additions
           ,
           and
           therefore
           no
           more
           is
           to
           be
           expected
           .
           But
           yet
           I
           beleeve
           1.
           
           That
           God
           hath
           not
           
           tied
           himself
           from
           revealing
           particular
           matters
           in
           subservierty
           to
           Scripture
           extraordinarily
           ,
           as
           divers
           murders
           have
           been
           revealed
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           matters
           of
           fact
           .
           2.
           
           And
           I
           beleeve
           that
           all
           true
           Christians
           have
           the
           illuminating
           ,
           sanctifying
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           to
           help
           them
           to
           know
           all
           the
           meaning
           of
           the
           Scripture
           which
           is
           of
           flat
           necessity
           to
           salvation
           ,
           and
           more
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           several
           measures
           of
           the
           Spirit
           with
           other
           helps
           .
        
         
           Your
           16.
           
           
             Qu.
          
           is
           about
           
             Singing
             Davids
             Psalms
             ;
             ]
          
           To
           which
           I
           say
           ,
           Till
           you
           have
           considered
           what
           is
           already
           written
           on
           that
           Question
           by
           Mr
           
             Cotton
          
           and
           Mr
           
             Foard
             ,
          
           I
           know
           not
           why
           I
           should
           adde
           any
           more
           :
           If
           all
           Scripture
           be
           written
           for
           our
           use
           and
           learning
           ,
           why
           may
           not
           we
           speak
           to
           God
           in
           the
           words
           of
           
             Davids
          
           Psalms
           as
           well
           as
           any
           other
           Scripture
           ?
           Tell
           me
           if
           you
           can
           ?
           And
           further
           ,
           
             Qu.
          
           2.
           
           They
           being
           used
           by
           the
           Church
           till
           the
           Apostles
           times
           ,
           where
           do
           you
           finde
           that
           they
           did
           ever
           forbid
           or
           abolish
           that
           use
           ?
           
             Qu.
          
           3.
           
           Whether
           is
           it
           more
           lawful
           for
           us
           to
           speak
           Gods
           praises
           in
           the
           words
           of
           holy
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           particularly
           of
           
             Davids
          
           Psalms
           ,
           or
           for
           you
           to
           rake
           together
           all
           the
           threatnings
           and
           sharp
           reproofs
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           to
           serve
           your
           turn
           to
           rail
           and
           slander
           me
           with
           ?
        
         
           Your
           17.
           
           
             Qu.
          
           is
           ,
           
             [
             What
             's
             the
             soul
             of
             man
             which
             the
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Gospel
             are
             to
             watch
             for
             as
             they
             that
             must
             give
             an
             account
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             it
             that
             captivates
             the
             soul
             ,
             and
             what
             death
             is
             it
             that
             hath
             passed
             over
             all
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             and
             what
             is
             the
             Serpents
             head
             that
             must
             be
             bruised
             .
             ]
          
        
         
           
             Ans.
          
           Seeing
           I
           am
           fallen
           under
           your
           Catechizing
           ,
           I
           will
           readily
           obey
           .
           1.
           
           The
           soul
           is
           that
           spiritual
           substance
           which
           causeth
           by
           its
           lower
           power
           ,
           your
           life
           ,
           growth
           ,
           and
           nourishment
           ,
           by
           its
           next
           power
           your
           feeling
           ,
           and
           by
           its
           highest
           power
           (
           proper
           to
           man
           of
           all
           inferiour
           Creatures
           )
           your
           Reasoning
           ,
           Intellective
           knowledge
           and
           rationall
           willing
           and
           affections
           ;
           which
           together
           with
           the
           Body
           constituteth
           the
           whole
           man
           ,
           Supposing
           that
           you
           look
           not
           for
           a
           Definition
           ,
           because
           you
           so
           abhorre
           Logick
           ,
           I
           think
           this
           in
           brief
           may
           serve
           your
           turns
           .
           2.
           
           The
           whole
           man
           is
           oft
           called
           the
           soul
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           because
           the
           soul
           is
           the
           most
           noble
           part
           of
           him
           .
           3.
           
           I
           pray
           mark
           the
           Text
           that
           you
           alledge
           ,
           
             Heb.
          
           13.
           17.
           
           
             Obey
             them
             that
             rule
             over
             you
             ,
             for
             they
             watch
             for
             your
             souls
             as
             those
             that
             must
             give
             account
             that
          
           
           
             they
             may
             do
             it
             with
             joy
             and
             not
             with
             grief
             ,
             for
             that
             is
             unprofitable
             for
             you
             :
             ]
          
           Because
           you
           have
           put
           this
           Text
           into
           my
           hand
           ,
           I
           will
           mix
           my
           Answer
           with
           these
           few
           Queries
           to
           you
           ;
           (
           For
           I
           suppose
           you
           expect
           no
           great
           exactnesse
           of
           order
           from
           me
           .
           )
           
             Qu.
          
           1.
           
           Whether
           many
           words
           in
           Scripture
           translated
           
             [
             Masters
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             &c.
             )
          
           be
           not
           of
           as
           low
           and
           humble
           an
           importance
           as
           
             [
             Rulers
             ?
             ]
          
           And
           therefore
           seeing
           God
           calleth
           Ministers
           the
           Rulers
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           are
           they
           not
           so
           far
           Masters
           as
           the
           word
           Master
           signifieth
           a
           Guide
           or
           Teacher
           ?
           And
           why
           else
           are
           they
           oft
           called
           Teachers
           ?
           
             Qu.
          
           2.
           
           If
           God
           bid
           the
           people
           obey
           them
           as
           Rulers
           ,
           and
           the
           Quakers
           perswade
           them
           to
           abhorre
           and
           reject
           them
           as
           dogs
           ,
           Serpents
           ,
           and
           Sons
           of
           perdition
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           be
           obeyed
           ,
           God
           or
           the
           Quakers
           ?
           and
           whether
           is
           it
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           or
           of
           the
           devil
           and
           Antichrist
           that
           the
           Quakers
           speak
           by
           ?
           
             Qu.
          
           3.
           
           Is
           it
           the
           Ministers
           or
           the
           Quakers
           that
           watch
           for
           the
           good
           of
           souls
           ,
           and
           have
           the
           rule
           over
           them
           ?
           
             Q.
          
           4.
           
           If
           the
           present
           Pastors
           of
           the
           Churches
           be
           not
           true
           Ministers
           ,
           speak
           out
           and
           tell
           us
           who
           are
           ,
           and
           where
           we
           shall
           finde
           them
           ,
           and
           where
           they
           have
           been
           from
           Christs
           time
           till
           now
           ?
           Or
           whether
           Christ
           hath
           been
           so
           carelesse
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           so
           unfaithfull
           of
           his
           promise
           ,
           as
           to
           leave
           his
           Church
           without
           Pastors
           from
           the
           Apostles
           daies
           till
           now
           ;
           And
           to
           leave
           all
           the
           world
           without
           true
           Pastors
           even
           till
           now
           ,
           except
           the
           Congregations
           of
           the
           Quakers
           in
           
             England
             ?
             Q
          
           5.
           
           According
           to
           this
           Text
           ,
           whether
           will
           it
           be
           to
           the
           peoples
           profit
           or
           disprofit
           to
           despise
           and
           discourage
           their
           teachers
           and
           guides
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           do
           their
           office
           with
           sighing
           and
           grief
           ?
           and
           will
           they
           have
           in
           the
           end
           a
           better
           bargain
           of
           it
           to
           hearken
           to
           their
           Rulers
           or
           to
           the
           despisers
           of
           them
           ?
           Consider
           well
           of
           these
           things
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           I
           proceed
           in
           my
           Answer
           to
           your
           
             Qu.
             
             That
             which
             hath
             captivated
             your
             souls
          
           is
           the
           devil
           by
           sin
           ,
           The
           understanding
           by
           blindenesse
           and
           errour
           ,
           your
           hearts
           by
           pride
           and
           hardnesse
           ,
           your
           wils
           by
           transporting
           passions
           and
           perversenesse
           ;
           and
           so
           your
           lives
           by
           open
           wickednesse
           ;
           Imitating
           your
           Leader
           ,
           and
           going
           up
           and
           down
           like
           raging
           beasts
           night
           and
           day
           seeking
           whom
           you
           may
           deceive
           and
           devour
           :
           And
           against
           all
           your
           rage
           it
           is
           our
           duty
           to
           wait
           patiently
           ,
           in
           meeknesse
           instructing
           
           such
           as
           oppose
           themselves
           ,
           
             if
             God
             peradventure
             will
             give
             them
             repentance
             to
             the
             acknowledging
             of
             the
             truth
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             may
             recover
             themselves
             out
             of
             the
             snare
             of
             the
             devil
             ,
             who
             are
             taken
             captive
             by
             him
             at
             his
             will
             ,
          
           2
           Tim.
           2.
           24
           ,
           25
           ,
           26.
           
        
         
           5.
           
           
             The
             Death
             that
             passed
             on
             all
             is
             ,
          
           The
           Separation
           of
           the
           foul
           from
           the
           body
           ,
           and
           of
           Gods
           special
           favour
           or
           grace
           from
           both
           ,
           and
           the
           guilt
           of
           everlasting
           misery
           for
           sin
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           
             The
             Serpents
             head
          
           is
           the
           Devils
           power
           and
           policy
           ,
           when
           such
           as
           you
           are
           vanquished
           by
           the
           light
           ,
           and
           your
           folly
           made
           known
           to
           all
           ,
           and
           when
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Satan
           in
           sin
           and
           darknesse
           is
           overthrown
           ,
           then
           his
           head
           is
           bruised
           ,
           as
           Christ
           in
           his
           own
           person
           gave
           it
           the
           great
           bruise
           on
           earth
           ,
           in
           the
           vanquishing
           of
           Satans
           temptations
           ,
           in
           the
           perfect
           holinesse
           of
           his
           life
           ,
           in
           his
           Miracles
           ,
           casting
           out
           devils
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           triumphant
           death
           and
           Resurrection
           ,
           and
           afterward
           in
           the
           successe
           of
           his
           doctrine
           .
        
         
           Your
           18.
           
           
             Qu.
          
           is
           ,
           
             [
             What
             is
             the
             flaming
             Sword
             that
             keeps
             the
             Tree
             of
             life
             ,
             and
             what
             the
             Cherubims
             ?
             ]
             Ans.
          
           2
           Tim.
           2.
           2.
           
           
             [
             But
             foolish
             and
             unlearned
             Questions
             avoid
             ,
             knowing
             that
             they
             do
             gender
             strifes
             ,
             and
             the
             Servant
             of
             the
             Lord
             must
             not
             strive
             .
             ]
          
           You
           intrude
           into
           those
           things
           which
           you
           have
           not
           seen
           ,
           vainly
           puft
           up
           by
           your
           fleshly
           minde
           ,
           
             Col.
          
           2.
           18.
           
           It
           shall
           suffice
           me
           to
           know
           that
           the
           flaming
           sword
           is
           Gods
           terrible
           restraint
           ,
           and
           the
           Cherubims
           are
           Angelical
           Executioners
           of
           his
           will
           :
           Wisedom
           hath
           two
           Gates
           ,
           the
           Gate
           of
           Grace
           and
           the
           Gate
           of
           Glory
           ;
           These
           things
           are
           seen
           by
           faith
           now
           ,
           and
           by
           intuitive
           intellection
           in
           the
           life
           to
           come
           .
        
         
           Your
           19.
           
           
             Qu.
          
           is
           ,
           
             [
             Whether
             they
             that
             stand
             praying
             in
             the
             Synagogues
             or
             Idols
             Temples
             ,
             and
             love
             greetings
             in
             the
             markets
             ,
             and
             bindes
             heavy
             burthens
             on
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             are
             called
             of
             men
             Master
             ,
             be
             not
             out
             of
             Christs
             Doctrine
             ?
             ]
             Ans.
          
           Because
           this
           is
           all
           that
           you
           go
           about
           to
           prove
           me
           a
           false
           Prophet
           by
           ,
           I
           shall
           say
           the
           more
           to
           your
           satisfaction
           .
           1.
           
           If
           our
           Temples
           be
           Christs
           Temples
           ,
           do
           they
           not
           blasphemously
           make
           Christ
           an
           Idoll
           ,
           that
           call
           them
           Idols
           Temples
           .
           2.
           
           If
           you
           are
           not
           wilfully
           blinde
           ,
           you
           may
           perceive
           that
           it
           is
           not
           all
           the
           external
           actions
           mentioned
           
             Mat.
          
           23.
           that
           Christ
           condemneth
           ,
           but
           the
           pride
           and
           hypocrisie
           which
           the
           Pharisees
           manifested
           in
           them
           .
           Mark
           first
           
           that
           he
           bids
           men
           even
           hear
           the
           hypocriticall
           Scribes
           and
           Pharisees
           ,
           and
           observe
           and
           do
           what
           they
           bid
           men
           observe
           and
           do
           ,
           because
           they
           sate
           in
           
             Moses
          
           chair
           .
           It
           is
           not
           therefore
           all
           the
           faults
           there
           charged
           on
           them
           that
           will
           acquit
           men
           from
           observation
           of
           their
           doctrine
           .
           Is
           this
           agreeable
           to
           your
           practise
           who
           damn
           men
           that
           despise
           not
           and
           reject
           not
           Christs
           most
           upright
           and
           faithful
           Ministers
           ?
           Their
           sin
           is
           laid
           down
           in
           the
           5ht
           verse
           ]
           
             All
             their
             works
             they
             do
             to
             be
             seen
             of
             men
             .
             ]
          
           Prove
           this
           of
           us
           if
           you
           can
           ?
           Because
           they
           were
           proud
           
             [
             They
             loved
             the
             uppermost
             rooms
             at
             Feasts
             ,
             and
             chief
             seats
             in
             the
             Synagogues
             ]
          
           Prove
           this
           by
           us
           if
           you
           can
           :
           I
           had
           rather
           have
           a
           lower
           room
           at
           a
           Feast
           then
           a
           higher
           ,
           and
           ordinarily
           rather
           none
           then
           either
           ;
           I
           use
           not
           the
           chief
           Seats
           in
           Synagogues
           ;
           I
           sit
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           Assembly
           ,
           and
           so
           I
           may
           conveniently
           be
           heard
           when
           I
           am
           to
           speak
           ,
           I
           care
           not
           where
           I
           stand
           .
           Greetings
           in
           the
           market-place
           when
           did
           I
           desire
           ?
           Or
           to
           be
           called
           
             Rabbi
             ?
          
           But
           I
           pray
           you
           mark
           that
           it
           is
           not
           
             [
             using
             ]
          
           but
           
             [
             loving
          
           the
           uppermost
           rooms
           that
           Christ
           condemneth
           ,
           else
           no
           man
           must
           sit
           uppermost
           ,
           and
           then
           we
           must
           have
           none
           but
           round
           Tables
           or
           not
           fit
           at
           all
           :
           So
           consequently
           it
           is
           not
           being
           called
           Rabbi
           or
           Master
           that
           Christ
           intendeth
           ,
           but
           a
           proud
           desire
           of
           and
           love
           to
           those
           Titles
           :
           As
           a
           man
           may
           accept
           of
           the
           highest
           room
           for
           
             Order
             ,
          
           that
           
             loveth
          
           it
           not
           in
           
             Pride
             ;
          
           so
           may
           he
           accept
           of
           the
           Title
           of
           Master
           from
           those
           that
           owe
           him
           respect
           ,
           though
           he
           love
           it
           not
           in
           pride
           .
        
         
           Besides
           I
           pray
           you
           note
           ,
           that
           Christ
           forbiddeth
           the
           Name
           of
           Master
           no
           further
           then
           he
           forbiddeth
           the
           Name
           of
           
             [
             Father
             ]
          
           vers
           9.
           
           
             [
             Call
             no
             man
             your
             Father
             upon
             earth
             ;
             ]
          
           And
           yet
           do
           you
           not
           know
           how
           oft
           the
           word
           
             [
             Father
             ]
          
           is
           owned
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           children
           
             commanded
             to
             love
             and
             obey
             their
             Fathers
             ,
          
           and
           honour
           them
           :
           I
           know
           the
           highest
           of
           your
           Sect
           do
           forbid
           the
           owning
           of
           any
           such
           Relations
           ,
           or
           Names
           ,
           as
           Fathers
           ,
           Children
           ,
           Husband
           ,
           Wife
           ,
           Master
           ,
           Servant
           ,
           Magistrate
           ,
           Subject
           ;
           and
           they
           forbid
           all
           affections
           to
           such
           Relations
           ,
           or
           honour
           or
           respect
           :
           But
           if
           you
           were
           not
           hypocrites
           ,
           you
           would
           plainly
           speak
           this
           out
           ,
           and
           then
           people
           would
           better
           understand
           you
           when
           you
           tail
           as
           Ministers
           for-being
           called
           Masters
           .
        
         
           But
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           those
           among
           you
           that
           are
           not
           past
           recovery
           ,
           
           I
           will
           tell
           you
           that
           which
           it
           seemeth
           you
           know
           not
           ;
           The
           Pharisees
           had
           their
           severall
           Schools
           ,
           Sects
           ,
           as
           the
           Philosohpers
           had
           ,
           and
           every
           one
           gloried
           in
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           and
           those
           Disciples
           in
           their
           own
           Sect-masters
           ;
           One
           cried
           up
           such
           a
           man
           ,
           and
           another
           such
           a
           man
           ,
           insomuch
           as
           sometimes
           the
           followers
           of
           these
           several
           Sect-masters
           would
           fall
           together
           by
           the
           ears
           and
           kill
           each
           other
           in
           the
           Temple
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           streets
           ,
           while
           they
           contended
           for
           their
           Masters
           honours
           ;
           And
           look
           what
           faith
           the
           Master
           was
           of
           ,
           the
           Scholars
           must
           all
           be
           of
           his
           faith
           ;
           They
           must
           take
           their
           belief
           on
           trust
           from
           him
           ;
           These
           leading
           men
           that
           were
           the
           Masters
           of
           their
           Schools
           and
           sects
           ,
           whom
           none
           must
           contradict
           ,
           were
           called
           by
           the
           Jews
           Rabbi's
           and
           Fathers
           ,
           as
           the
           Papists
           now
           call
           their
           Bishop
           
             The
             Pope
             ,
          
           which
           signifieth
           
             A
             Father
             ,
          
           because
           as
           children
           must
           be
           wholly
           ruled
           by
           the
           Fathers
           ,
           so
           would
           the
           Pharisees
           have
           their
           Disciples
           to
           be
           by
           them
           ,
           be
           the
           matter
           right
           or
           wrong
           .
           Just
           thus
           do
           the
           Papists
           require
           ,
           that
           the
           people
           beleeve
           as
           the
           Church
           beleeves
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Pope
           and
           his
           Consistory
           whatever
           it
           be
           ,
           and
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           infallible
           ,
           as
           being
           guided
           by
           the
           infallible
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           therefore
           we
           must
           believe
           them
           by
           an
           implicit
           faith
           .
           Now
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           meeteth
           with
           these
           Pharisees
           ,
           and
           commandeth
           his
           disciples
           ;
           That
           they
           call
           no
           man
           on
           earth
           Father
           ,
           or
           Rabbi
           ,
           or
           Master
           ,
           as
           the
           Pharisees
           were
           called
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           To
           have
           no
           such
           absolute
           Master
           of
           your
           Religion
           ,
           or
           Lord
           of
           your
           faith
           ,
           because
           we
           have
           all
           one
           such
           Absolute
           Father
           which
           is
           God
           ,
           and
           one
           such
           absolute
           Master
           which
           is
           Christ
           ;
           This
           is
           the
           very
           same
           thing
           that
           
             Paul
          
           meant
           when
           he
           chides
           them
           for
           saying
           ,
           
             I
             am
             of
             Paul
             ,
             and
             I
             am
             of
             Apollo
             ,
          
           as
           if
           Christ
           were
           divided
           ,
           or
           
             Paul
          
           had
           been
           crucified
           for
           them
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           1.
           13.
           
           And
           it
           's
           the
           same
           thing
           that
           
             Peter
          
           means
           ,
           1
           
             Pet.
          
           5.
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3.
           where
           he
           giveth
           Ministers
           the
           honourable
           Title
           of
           
             Elders
          
           and
           
             Overseers
             ,
          
           and
           
             Pastors
             ,
          
           and
           bids
           them
           
             oversee
             and
             feed
             the
             flock
             of
             God
             ;
          
           but
           yet
           forbids
           them
           doing
           it
           as
           
             Lords
             over
             Gods
             heritage
             ,
          
           because
           the
           heritage
           is
           Gods
           ,
           and
           Christ
           is
           the
           chief
           Shepherd
           .
           
             Paul
          
           cals
           a
           Bishop
           the
           
             Steward
             of
             God
             ,
          
           Tit.
           1.
           7.
           
           
             One
             that
             must
             rule
             the
             Church
          
           1
           Tim.
           1.
           4
           ,
           5.
           and
           5.
           17.
           and
           saith
           ,
           
             He
             that
             desires
             the
             Office
             of
             a
             Bishop
             desires
             a
             good
             work
             ,
          
           1
           Tim.
           3.
           1.
           
           But
           yet
           he
           would
           not
           have
           them
           taken
           for
           absolute
           Masters
           of
           Christs
           
           School
           ,
           but
           as
           Christs
           ushers
           and
           as
           Stewards
           in
           his
           House
           ;
           
             [
             Let
             a
             man
             so
             account
             of
             us
             as
             the
             Ministers
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             Stewards
             of
             the
             mysteries
             of
             God
             ,
             ]
          
           1
           Cor.
           4.
           1.
           neither
           more
           nor
           lesse
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           divers
           words
           in
           the
           Greek
           tongue
           which
           the
           Gospel
           was
           wrote
           in
           ,
           which
           we
           translate
           by
           one
           word
           
             [
             Master
             ;
             ]
          
           but
           if
           our
           language
           be
           more
           scarce
           of
           words
           then
           the
           Greek
           ,
           it
           doth
           not
           follow
           that
           Christs
           words
           are
           all
           one
           .
           The
           word
           here
           used
           in
           
             Matthew
          
           is
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           and
           elsewhere
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           which
           is
           as
           much
           as
           the
           chief
           Leader
           of
           the
           way
           or
           the
           Sect-master
           ;
           What
           if
           this
           ,
           be
           forbidden
           ,
           is
           all
           Mastership
           therefore
           forbidden
           because
           this
           one
           is
           ?
           The
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           is
           translated
           
             [
             Master
             ]
          
           too
           ,
           and
           sometime
           [
           a
           Teacher
           .
           ]
           I
           pray
           you
           consider
           here
           your
           most
           ignorant
           and
           sottish
           dealing
           ;
           The
           Gospel
           was
           not
           written
           by
           the
           Apostles
           in
           English
           but
           in
           Greek
           :
           Because
           one
           word
           signifieth
           a
           Teacher
           and
           a
           Master
           (
           such
           as
           a
           Schoolmaster
           is
           )
           and
           our
           Translators
           sometime
           translate
           it
           a
           Teacher
           and
           sometime
           a
           Master
           ,
           you
           impudently
           cry
           out
           that
           one
           of
           them
           is
           not
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           yet
           yield
           that
           the
           other
           is
           ;
           When
           in
           the
           Greek
           they
           are
           the
           same
           word
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           see
           it
           used
           in
           
             Eph.
          
           4.
           11.
           
           
             Luk.
          
           2.
           46.
           1
           
             Tim.
          
           2.
           7.
           2
           
             Tim.
          
           1.
           11.
           
           
             Acts
          
           13.
           1.
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           12.
           28.
           
           
             Mat.
          
           10.
           24.
           
           
             Luk.
          
           6.
           40.
           
           
             Heb.
          
           5.
           12.
           
           
             Iam.
          
           3.
           1.
           
           In
           all
           which
           places
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           useth
           the
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           though
           we
           English
           it
           sometime
           
             Masters
             ,
          
           sometime
           
             Teachers
             ,
          
           and
           sometime
           
             Doctors
             ,
          
           yet
           it
           is
           all
           one
           word
           in
           the
           language
           that
           the
           Scripture
           was
           written
           in
           ;
           and
           therefore
           Scripture
           alloweth
           one
           as
           much
           as
           another
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           you
           will
           stick
           to
           the
           English
           ,
           you
           may
           finde
           the
           word
           
             [
             Master
             ]
          
           used
           oft
           enough
           :
           And
           if
           it
           be
           lawfull
           for
           another
           man
           why
           not
           for
           a
           Minister
           ?
           
             Tit.
          
           2.
           9.
           1
           
             Pet.
          
           2
           ,
           18.
           1
           
             Tim.
          
           6.
           1
           ,
           2.
           
             Col.
          
           3.
           22.
           and
           4.
           1.
           
             Eph.
          
           6.
           5
           ,
           9.
           
           Though
           the
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           signifieth
           such
           a
           Mastership
           as
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           will
           not
           own
           as
           Ministers
           ,
           though
           over
           their
           hired
           Servants
           they
           may
           own
           it
           .
        
         
           It
           may
           be
           you
           think
           
             Paul
          
           crossed
           Christs
           rule
           and
           was
           a
           false
           Prophet
           because
           he
           cals
           himself
           
             [
             a
             wise
             Master-builder
             ]
          
           1
           Cor.
           3.
           10.
           
           Or
           do
           you
           think
           that
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           did
           erre
           when
           he
           called
           Teachers
           
             [
             The
             Masters
             of
             the
             Assemblies
             ,
             ]
          
           Eccl.
           12.
           11.
           
        
         
         
           That
           the
           Spirit
           is
           no
           enemy
           to
           Titles
           of
           honour
           ,
           you
           may
           see
           in
           1
           
             Pet.
          
           3.
           6.
           where
           
             Sarah
          
           is
           commended
           for
           obeying
           
             Abraham
          
           and
           calling
           him
           Lord
           .
           And
           
             Act.
          
           26.
           25.
           
           
             Paul
          
           calleth
           
             Festus
             ,
             Most
             Noble
             Festus
             ,
          
           and
           calleth
           
             Agrippa
             ,
             King
             Agrippa
             ,
             Act.
          
           26.
           2
           ,
           26
           ,
           27.
           
           And
           
             Rom.
          
           12.
           10.
           
           We
           are
           commanded
           
             [
             In
             honour
             to
             prefer
             one
             another
             ,
             ]
          
           So
           that
           it
           's
           one
           mans
           duty
           to
           give
           those
           Titles
           which
           another
           may
           not
           ambitiously
           seek
           .
           For
           my
           part
           I
           will
           gladly
           make
           this
           agreement
           with
           you
           ,
           I
           will
           never
           wish
           any
           man
           to
           call
           me
           Master
           ,
           nor
           be
           displeased
           with
           any
           that
           doth
           not
           (
           on
           that
           account
           )
           if
           this
           will
           satisfie
           you
           .
           But
           then
           I
           confesse
           I
           dare
           not
           condemn
           them
           that
           use
           so
           much
           civility
           or
           respect
           ,
           because
           Gods
           Word
           is
           of
           more
           esteem
           with
           me
           then
           your
           most
           confident
           fancies
           and
           reproaches
           .
        
         
           By
           this
           time
           me thinks
           I
           may
           well
           take
           leave
           to
           salute
           you
           with
           this
           Query
           ,
           
             Whether
             that
             man
             be
             not
             void
             of
             the
             fear
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             given
             over
             to
             a
             seared
             Conscience
             ,
             that
             dare
             go
             up
             and
             down
             to
             rail
             against
             the
             most
             faithfull
             and
             painfull
             Ministers
             of
             Christ
             ,
             whom
             they
             are
             not
             able
             to
             charge
             with
             any
             crime
             but
             humane
             frailties
             ,
             and
             that
             because
             they
             are
             called
             Masters
             ?
             and
             all
             this
             upon
             meer
             sottish
             ignorance
             of
             the
             Scripture
             that
             so
             commonly
             useth
             and
             alloweth
             the
             Title
             .
          
        
         
           All
           that
           I
           could
           get
           to
           all
           this
           from
           your
           Prater
           
             Tho.
             Goodier
          
           that
           was
           here
           ,
           was
           but
           this
           ,
           
             [
             I
             deny
             thy
             Greek
             and
             Hebrew
             if
             the
             Scripture
             be
             truly
             translated
             ;
             ]
          
           which
           is
           but
           to
           say
           ,
           I
           deny
           the
           words
           of
           Christ
           and
           the
           Apostles
           :
           For
           ●●e
           translating
           ,
           there
           are
           many
           words
           in
           the
           Original
           Language
           which
           have
           not
           so
           many
           and
           apt
           in
           English
           to
           expresse
           them
           by
           ?
           Translating
           excludeth
           not
           the
           necessity
           of
           explicating
           ;
           And
           who
           knows
           not
           that
           one
           English
           word
           hath
           many
           significations
           ?
           There
           is
           a
           Beast
           called
           a
           Wolf
           ,
           and
           a
           Fish
           called
           a
           Wolf
           ,
           and
           an
           eating
           disease
           called
           a
           Wolf
           ;
           Are
           these
           therefore
           all
           one
           ,
           because
           they
           have
           one
           Name
           ;
           So
           a
           Sect-master
           is
           called
           a
           Master
           ,
           One
           that
           would
           be
           the
           Lord
           of
           mens
           faith
           is
           called
           a
           Master
           ,
           and
           a
           Teacher
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           is
           called
           a
           Master
           :
           Doth
           it
           follow
           that
           all
           these
           are
           forbidden
           because
           one
           is
           ?
        
         
           Your
           Prater
           also
           made
           a
           stirre
           with
           me
           for
           calling
           the
           sacred
           Languages
           
             the
             Originall
             ,
          
           because
           forsooth
           the
           Spirit
           of
           
           God
           is
           the
           Original
           .
           And
           is
           not
           that
           a
           wise
           man
           to
           go
           cry
           down
           the
           Ministry
           ,
           that
           cannot
           discern
           the
           difference
           between
           
             the
             Original
             cause
          
           and
           
             the
             Original
             Language
             .
          
        
         
           He
           charged
           me
           also
           to
           be
           empty
           of
           the
           Spirit
           because
           I
           studied
           ,
           and
           told
           me
           ,
           he
           did
           not
           study
           ,
           no
           not
           in
           speaking
           what
           to
           say
           ,
           I
           the
           lesse
           marvell
           at
           his
           non-sence
           :
           But
           I
           pray
           God
           forgive
           me
           that
           I
           Study
           no
           more
           ;
           Do
           you
           think
           we
           cannot
           talk
           without
           study
           as
           well
           as
           you
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           a
           little
           better
           ;
           and
           when
           the
           lazy
           fit
           overtaketh
           Ministers
           ,
           they
           are
           ready
           to
           preach
           without
           study
           as
           well
           as
           you
           do
           :
           I
           can
           bring
           you
           a
           woman
           fit
           for
           the
           gumblestool
           ,
           that
           shall
           without
           any
           study
           talk
           it
           out
           with
           the
           best
           of
           you
           :
           We
           do
           not
           so
           despise
           God
           ,
           his
           Word
           or
           our
           hearers
           ,
           as
           to
           speak
           before
           we
           consider
           what
           to
           say
           .
           Reade
           2
           
             Tim.
          
           2.
           15.
           
           
             Psa.
          
           1.
           2.
           1
           
             Tim.
          
           4.
           15.
           
           
             Psal.
          
           119.
           15
           ,
           23
           ,
           48
           ,
           78
           ,
           97
           ,
           99
           ,
           148.
           and
           see
           whether
           it
           be
           not
           our
           duty
           to
           study
           and
           meditate
           continually
           day
           and
           night
           .
           And
           whereas
           you
           call
           us
           to
           thresh
           and
           dig
           ,
           I
           professe
           if
           God
           would
           give
           me
           leave
           ,
           I
           should
           take
           it
           for
           a
           great
           recreation
           and
           refreshment
           to
           my
           body
           ;
           and
           should
           think
           it
           incomparably
           a
           more
           easie
           life
           then
           that
           which
           I
           endure
           ;
           
             Solomon
          
           knew
           ,
           and
           I
           know
           to
           my
           sorrow
           ,
           that
           much
           study
           is
           a
           wearinesse
           to
           the
           flesh
           ;
           and
           might
           I
           but
           plough
           and
           dig
           I
           should
           yet
           hope
           to
           live
           in
           some
           competent
           health
           ,
           who
           now
           spend
           my
           daies
           in
           continuall
           pain
           and
           languishing
           .
           But
           then
           how
           shall
           I
           fulfill
           Gods
           command
           ,
           1
           
             Tim.
          
           4.
           15.
           
           
             [
             Meditate
             on
             these
             things
             ;
             Give
             thy self
             wholly
             to
             them
          
           (
           mark
           
             wholly
             )
             that
             thy
             profiting
             may
             appear
             to
             all
             .
             ]
          
           How
           should
           I
           
             [
             watch
             over
             the
             Church
             day
             and
             night
             ]
          
           Act.
           20.
           31.
           yet
           whereas
           your
           Prater
           feared
           not
           before
           God
           to
           affirm
           ,
           that
           if
           I
           had
           no
           pay
           I
           would
           not
           preach
           :
           I
           do
           here
           professe
           before
           the
           same
           God
           that
           he
           is
           a
           Liar
           ,
           and
           I
           prove
           it
           ,
           because
           I
           have
           long
           preached
           already
           without
           pay
           ,
           and
           been
           glad
           of
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           I
           would
           labour
           with
           my
           hands
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           my
           languishing
           body
           would
           bear
           ,
           to
           supply
           my
           necessities
           ,
           as
           
             Paul
          
           did
           to
           stop
           the
           mouths
           of
           your
           Predecessors
           rather
           then
           I
           would
           give
           over
           preaching
           the
           Gospel
           .
           Judge
           therefore
           whether
           your
           Lying
           Spirit
           be
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           or
           the
           meet
           authour
           of
           Reformation
           ,
           or
           whether
           indeed
           you
           are
           perfect
           without
           sin
           ?
        
         
           Your
           20.
           
           
             Qu.
          
           is
           ,
           
             [
             Did
             ever
             the
             Lord
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             ,
          
           
           
             or
             Jesus
             Christ
             bid
             thee
             ,
             or
             any
             of
             you
             ,
             Go
             ,
             and
             Preach
             to
             a
             people
             ,
             or
             was
             any
             of
             the
             Apostles
             or
             Ministers
             of
             Christ
             made
             Minister
             ,
             by
             the
             will
             of
             man
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Ans.
          
           1.
           
           I
           offered
           your
           Prater
           here
           to
           shew
           him
           my
           Comission
           from
           God
           ,
           if
           he
           would
           shew
           me
           his
           ,
           and
           he
           told
           me
           that
           it
           was
           invisible
           ;
           and
           why
           may
           not
           you
           take
           the
           answer
           that
           you
           give
           ?
           2.
           
           The
           Lord
           called
           his
           first
           Apostles
           by
           his
           own
           voice
           ,
           and
           appointed
           them
           to
           call
           others
           ,
           and
           to
           establish
           an
           Order
           for
           the
           succeeding
           of
           others
           in
           that
           Office
           of
           the
           Ministry
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           
             Matth.
          
           28.
           21.
           and
           till
           the
           Saints
           be
           one
           perfect
           man
           ,
           
             Eph.
          
           4.
           11
           ,
           14.
           that
           they
           that
           should
           ever
           after
           be
           called
           ,
           might
           not
           expect
           a
           voice
           from
           Heaven
           to
           their
           ears
           ,
           but
           might
           be
           called
           in
           Christs
           appointed
           way
           ?
           And
           in
           this
           way
           I
           have
           been
           called
           by
           Christ
           .
           The
           Signs
           of
           his
           Call
           are
           ,
           1.
           
           My
           comperent
           qualifications
           .
           2.
           
           My
           thirst
           after
           the
           good
           of
           souls
           and
           the
           building
           of
           that
           house
           of
           God
           .
           3.
           
           The
           Ordination
           of
           authorized
           Church-Officers
           .
           4.
           
           The
           Call
           and
           consent
           of
           the
           people
           of
           Christ
           ,
           over
           whom
           he
           hath
           set
           me
           .
           5.
           
           And
           afterwards
           the
           successe
           of
           my
           labours
           .
           6.
           
           And
           some
           daily
           assistance
           of
           the
           Spirit
           in
           those
           labours
           .
           7.
           
           And
           some
           Testimony
           of
           the
           Spirit
           to
           my
           conscience
           of
           Gods
           Acceptance
           .
           These
           seven
           set
           together
           are
           my
           evidence
           of
           mission
           ,
           shew
           you
           the
           like
           if
           you
           can
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Neither
           
             Paul
          
           not
           any
           true
           Minister
           is
           called
           by
           the
           meer
           will
           of
           man
           ,
           nor
           are
           we
           the
           Servants
           of
           men
           ;
           Nor
           were
           the
           Apostles
           called
           by
           men
           at
           all
           ,
           but
           immediatly
           by
           Christ
           .
           But
           all
           afterwards
           were
           to
           be
           called
           by
           Christ
           ,
           through
           the
           Ordnation
           of
           men
           .
           
             Tit.
          
           1.
           5.
           
           
             For
             this
             end
             left
             I
             thee
             in
             Crete
             ,
             that
             thou
             shouldest
             ordain
             Elders
             in
             every
             City
             :
             ]
          
           Act
           14.
           23.
           
           
             [
             When
             they
             had
             ordained
             them
             Elders
             in
             every
             Church
             ,
          
           &c.
           ]
           The
           gift
           was
           given
           
             Timothy
          
           by
           prophecy
           
             with
             the
             laying
             on
             of
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Presbytery
             ,
             ]
          
           1
           Tim.
           4.
           14.
           
           
             Paul
          
           directeth
           him
           whom
           to
           make
           Bishops
           ,
           1
           
             Tim.
          
           3.
           
           Will
           not
           all
           this
           suffice
           you
           ?
        
         
           Your
           21.
           
           
             Qu.
          
           is
           ,
           
             [
             Whether
             had
             any
             Ministers
             of
             Christan
             hour-glasse
             to
             preach
             by
             ,
             or
             took
             a
             Text
             ,
             and
             raised
             Doctrines
             ,
             Reasons
             ,
             Uses
             ,
             Motives
             ,
             or
             a
             carnall
             Bell
             to
             call
             people
             together
             by
             ,
             prove
             these
             things
             by
             Scripture
             ,
             or
             else
             be
             silent
             ,
             and
             never
             professe
             your selves
             to
             be
             Ministers
             of
             Christ
             more
             ]
          
        
         
           
             Ans.
          
           By
           your
           patience
           ,
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           the
           Conclusion
           
           is
           but
           your
           Lordly
           ignorant
           command
           (
           such
           as
           is
           joyned
           to
           many
           of
           the
           other
           Queries
           ;
           )
           Scripture
           is
           Gods
           Laws
           ,
           and
           fa
           sufficient
           Rule
           for
           Doctrines
           ,
           and
           worship
           it self
           :
           But
           was
           never
           intended
           to
           name
           to
           you
           every
           circumstance
           that
           is
           lawull
           about
           that
           worship
           .
           Hath
           Scripture
           told
           you
           at
           what
           place
           you
           shall
           meet
           ,
           or
           at
           what
           hour
           ?
           I
           tell
           you
           again
           ,
           you
           speak
           with
           no
           more
           wisedom
           then
           if
           you
           should
           say
           thus
           [
           Prove
           that
           ever
           man
           read
           the
           Bible
           with
           a
           pair
           of
           Spectacles
           ,
           or
           that
           ever
           Christ
           or
           his
           Apostles
           used
           a
           printed
           Bible
           (
           when
           printing
           was
           invented
           but
           a
           while
           ago
           )
           or
           that
           ever
           they
           used
           an
           English
           Bible
           (
           when
           they
           wrote
           in
           Greek
           )
           or
           that
           ever
           they
           preached
           in
           doublet
           ,
           breeches
           ,
           or
           stockings
           ,
           or
           else
           call
           your selves
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           no
           more
           ?
           ]
           And
           why
           so
           ?
           Because
           you
           command
           us
           ,
           and
           yet
           tell
           us
           your
           Commission
           is
           invisible
           .
           These
           Circumstances
           are
           purposely
           left
           by
           Christ
           to
           the
           determination
           of
           humane
           prudence
           ,
           as
           occasions
           shall
           require
           ;
           and
           therefore
           he
           bids
           us
           do
           all
           things
           to
           edification
           ,
           and
           decently
           ,
           and
           in
           order
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           14.
           26.
           4.
           
           And
           therefore
           sure
           we
           must
           discern
           what
           is
           edifying
           ,
           decent
           and
           orderly
           ;
           This
           is
           plain
           to
           them
           that
           will
           see
           :
           What
           ,
           came
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           out
           from
           you
           ,
           or
           came
           it
           unto
           you
           only
           ?
           If
           any
           man
           think
           himself
           to
           be
           a
           Prophet
           or
           spiritual
           ,
           let
           him
           acknowledge
           that
           the
           things
           that
           I
           write
           are
           the
           Commandments
           of
           the
           Lord
           ;
           But
           if
           any
           be
           ignorant
           let
           him
           be
           ignorant
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           14.
           36
           ,
           37
           ,
           38.
           
        
         
           But
           I
           pray
           you
           if
           an
           hourglasse
           be
           unlawful
           ,
           tell
           us
           whether
           a
           Clock
           be
           lawful
           ,
           or
           a
           Diall
           ,
           or
           a
           Watch
           ?
           or
           whether
           it
           be
           lawful
           to
           observe
           by
           the
           Sun
           how
           the
           time
           passeth
           ?
           and
           why
           one
           is
           more
           unlawful
           then
           another
           ?
        
         
           But
           your
           Prater
           told
           me
           ,
           it
           was
           a
           limiting
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ;
           As
           if
           I
           cannot
           limit
           my self
           and
           not
           limit
           the
           Spirit
           ?
           Or
           as
           if
           the
           Spirit
           excluded
           Reason
           and
           Prudence
           ,
           and
           set
           a
           mans
           tongue
           a
           going
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           cannot
           stop
           it
           .
           Did
           the
           Apostles
           stint
           the
           Spirit
           because
           they
           appointed
           their
           meetings
           on
           the
           Lords
           Day
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           stay
           two
           or
           three
           daies
           together
           ?
           why
           then
           may
           not
           we
           resolve
           upon
           an
           hour
           as
           well
           as
           they
           did
           on
           a
           day
           ,
           For
           one
           is
           limiting
           as
           well
           as
           the
           other
           .
           I
           think
           if
           I
           had
           your
           Spirit
           to
           liquor
           my
           tongue
           ,
           I
           should
           be
           angry
           at
           the
           hourglasse
           ,
           and
           preach
           the
           people
           of
           out
           the
           place
           .
        
         
         
           And
           for
           a
           Text
           :
           1.
           
           Know
           you
           not
           that
           Christ
           himself
           took
           a
           Text
           ,
           
             Luk.
          
           4.
           and
           applied
           it
           ?
           Know
           you
           not
           that
           it
           was
           then
           the
           common
           practice
           of
           the
           Church
           to
           reade
           ,
           expound
           ,
           and
           apply
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           as
           
             Ezra
          
           did
           ?
           Know
           you
           not
           that
           there
           is
           Doctrine
           ,
           Reason
           ,
           and
           Use
           in
           all
           the
           Sermons
           and
           Epistles
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ?
           Know
           you
           not
           that
           we
           are
           commanded
           rightly
           to
           divide
           the
           Word
           of
           Truth
           ,
           as
           workmen
           that
           need
           not
           be
           ashamed
           ,
           and
           to
           study
           thereto
           ,
           2
           
             Tim.
          
           2.
           15.
           
           Ah
           wretched
           souls
           that
           dare
           so
           blindely
           cavill
           with
           the
           work
           of
           God
           .
        
         
           For
           what
           you
           say
           of
           
             [
             a
             carnall
             Bell
             ]
          
           it
           is
           like
           the
           rest
           which
           I
           before
           answered
           ,
           not
           fit
           for
           the
           mouth
           of
           a
           reasonable
           creature
           to
           have
           mentioned
           .
           But
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           that
           our
           Bels
           are
           not
           carnall
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           ,
           they
           would
           scarce
           sound
           so
           well
           or
           last
           so
           long
           .
           If
           your
           meaning
           be
           ,
           that
           you
           would
           have
           us
           baptize
           our
           Bels
           to
           make
           them
           spirituall
           as
           your
           ghostly
           Fathers
           of
           
             Rome
          
           do
           ,
           we
           will
           keep
           our
           carnall
           Bels
           till
           we
           know
           more
           reason
           for
           that
           practice
           .
        
         
           The
           23.
           
           
             Qu.
          
           is
           this
           ,
           
             [
             Whether
             are
             not
             they
             that
             bear
             rule
             by
             their
             means
             ,
             and
             seeks
             for
             their
             gain
             from
             their
             quarter
             ,
             and
             seeks
             for
             the
             sleece
             ,
             and
             makes
             a
             prey
             upon
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             are
             hirelings
             ,
             be
             not
             false
             Prophets
             ,
             yea
             or
             nay
             ,
             and
             whether
             such
             be
             not
             to
             be
             cried
             out
             against
             now
             as
             they
             were
             then
             ?
             ]
          
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           To
           this
           I
           have
           sufficiently
           answered
           already
           to
           your
           Brethren
           in
           my
           other
           book
           .
           Only
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           ,
           1.
           
           It
           is
           a
           most
           certain
           thing
           that
           God
           allowed
           the
           Priests
           the
           Tythes
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           ,
           when
           he
           thus
           cried
           out
           against
           them
           ,
           Dare
           you
           deny
           that
           ?
           If
           you
           dare
           not
           ,
           confesse
           then
           that
           it
           was
           not
           the
           meer
           taking
           of
           Tyches
           that
           caused
           God
           so
           to
           rebuke
           them
           .
           Reade
           but
           
             Mal.
          
           2d
           &
           the
           3d
           without
           Spectacles
           and
           then
           judge
           .
           It
           's
           most
           evident
           then
           that
           the
           thing
           that
           God
           condemneth
           was
           not
           taking
           Tythes
           ,
           but
           covetous
           greedy
           desires
           after
           gain
           ,
           and
           neglecting
           the
           good
           of
           souls
           and
           the
           work
           of
           God
           :
           And
           are
           not
           we
           as
           willing
           to
           cast
           such
           out
           as
           you
           are
           to
           reproach
           them
           ?
           Whether
           we
           seek
           theirs
           or
           them
           ,
           and
           whether
           we
           are
           not
           willing
           to
           spend
           and
           be
           spent
           for
           the
           salvation
           of
           our
           people
           ,
           we
           must
           be
           tried
           by
           a
           more
           righteous
           Judge
           then
           you
           .
        
         
           Your
           23.
           
           
             Qu.
          
           is
           ,
           
             [
             Whether
             do
             you
             own
             trembling
             and
             quaking
          
           
           
             which
             the
             Scripture
             witnesseth
             ?
             ]
             Ans.
          
           I
           own
           the
           fear
           of
           the
           Lord
           which
           is
           the
           beginning
           of
           wisedom
           ,
           and
           think
           him
           blessed
           that
           feareth
           alwaies
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           that
           hardeneth
           his
           heart
           shall
           fall
           into
           mischief
           ;
           But
           I
           think
           that
           the
           great
           Quaking
           that
           was
           in
           the
           Army
           of
           the
           Philistines
           was
           no
           vertue
           or
           blessing
           to
           them
           ,
           nor
           any
           sign
           of
           God
           among
           them
           ,
           1
           
             Sam.
          
           14.
           15.
           
           And
           I
           think
           that
           
             Perfect
             love
             costeth
             out
             fear
             ,
          
           and
           that
           those
           shakings
           and
           quakings
           that
           come
           not
           from
           the
           humble
           sence
           of
           sin
           or
           Judgement
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           ,
           but
           in
           violent
           motions
           of
           the
           body
           affectedly
           ,
           are
           either
           Papisticall
           tricks
           of
           deceit
           ,
           or
           effects
           of
           Phantastical
           conceit
           ,
           or
           the
           motions
           of
           the
           great
           deceiver
           within
           you
           .
           I
           read
           of
           it
           as
           one
           of
           Gods
           curses
           ,
           that
           
             [
             The
             Lord
             should
             give
             them
             a
             trembling
             heart
             ,
             ]
          
           Deut.
           28.
           65.
           
           And
           I
           am
           of
           opinion
           that
           the
           curse
           is
           fallen
           upon
           you
           which
           is
           written
           ,
           
             Psa.
          
           69.
           23.
           
           
             [
             Let
             their
             eyes
             be
             darkened
             that
             they
             see
             not
             ,
             and
             make
             their
             loins
             continually
             to
             shake
             .
             ]
          
           Gods
           Kingdom
           is
           Righteousnesse
           ,
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Joy
           in
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           .
        
         
           Your
           24.
           and
           last
           
             Qu.
          
           is
           ,
           
             [
             Whether
             do
             you
             say
             you
             shall
             be
             free
             from
             the
             body
             of
             sin
             while
             you
             are
             on
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             whether
             shall
             any
             be
             perfect
             yea
             or
             nay
             ?
             ]
          
        
         
           
             Ans.
          
           I
           beleeve
           that
           all
           true
           Converts
           are
           free
           from
           the
           dominion
           of
           sinne
           ,
           but
           not
           from
           the
           remnants
           of
           it
           ;
           And
           that
           our
           grace
           is
           of
           a
           perfect
           kinde
           ,
           as
           a
           small
           Candle
           is
           of
           a
           perfect
           kinde
           of
           fire
           ,
           which
           yet
           will
           not
           enlighten
           all
           the
           Town
           or
           House
           ,
           nor
           scatter
           away
           all
           the
           darknesse
           as
           the
           Sun
           will
           do
           ;
           I
           beleeve
           also
           that
           in
           the
           instant
           of
           death
           when
           we
           part
           with
           the
           flesh
           ,
           we
           part
           with
           all
           the
           remnants
           of
           sinne
           .
           And
           for
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           personal
           sinlesse
           perfection
           here
           ,
           I
           beleeve
           the
           devil
           ,
           the
           greatest
           sinner
           bred
           it
           ;
           the
           Pharisee
           received
           the
           foretastes
           and
           preparatives
           to
           it
           ,
           the
           Hereticks
           and
           Papists
           first
           entertained
           and
           cherished
           it
           ,
           Christ
           detesteth
           it
           ,
           and
           never
           man
           that
           knew
           himself
           ,
           or
           had
           one
           spark
           of
           true
           grace
           and
           Christian
           experience
           ,
           did
           to
           this
           day
           heartily
           believe
           it
           of
           himself
           .
           And
           I
           think
           that
           it
           is
           a
           part
           of
           the
           Papists
           dung
           which
           they
           have
           taught
           you
           to
           feed
           upon
           .
           Christs
           Kingdom
           is
           an
           Hospitall
           ,
           he
           hath
           no
           Subjects
           in
           it
           but
           diseased
           ones
           .
           The
           Fathers
           Kingdom
           before
           had
           perfect
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           so
           shall
           it
           have
           again
           when
           Christ
           hath
           perfected
           us
           :
           For
           when
           he
           hath
           
           perfected
           us
           by
           healing
           all
           our
           diseases
           and
           subduing
           all
           our
           enemies
           ,
           even
           the
           last
           Enemy
           Death
           (
           at
           the
           Resurrection
           )
           then
           will
           he
           give
           up
           the
           Kingdom
           to
           the
           Father
           .
           But
           now
           ,
           
             In
             many
             things
             we
             offend
             all
             ,
          
           Jam.
           3.
           2.
           and
           there
           is
           no
           man
           on
           earth
           that
           doth
           good
           and
           sinneth
           not
           ;
           And
           if
           we
           say
           we
           have
           no
           sin
           ,
           we
           deceive
           our selves
           and
           the
           truth
           is
           not
           in
           us
           ,
           therefore
           the
           truth
           is
           not
           in
           you
           Quakers
           .
        
         
           I
           conclude
           my
           Answer
           with
           this
           Question
           to
           you
           ;
           If
           you
           think
           you
           are
           perfect
           without
           sin
           ,
           whether
           do
           you
           also
           think
           that
           you
           are
           already
           in
           Heaven
           or
           perfect
           glory
           ?
           For
           what
           can
           keep
           the
           soul
           from
           the
           perfect
           enjoyment
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           sinne
           .
           And
           to
           enjoy
           God
           perfectly
           is
           to
           be
           glorified
           perfectly
           :
           But
           I
           forgot
           that
           your
           Brethren
           think
           Heaven
           and
           hell
           is
           only
           within
           men
           .
           Perhaps
           you
           look
           for
           no
           more
           Heaven
           then
           you
           have
           :
           And
           I
           wonder
           not
           at
           it
           :
           For
           if
           you
           did
           ,
           in
           the
           way
           you
           are
           in
           ,
           you
           are
           no
           more
           likely
           ever
           to
           finde
           it
           then
           Darknesse
           is
           to
           have
           communion
           with
           light
           ,
           or
           
             Belial
          
           with
           Christ
           .
           The
           Lord
           give
           Repentance
           unto
           life
           ,
           to
           those
           of
           you
           that
           have
           not
           sinned
           unto
           death
           ,
           and
           shew
           you
           another
           Heaven
           before
           you
           are
           out
           of
           reach
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           a
           further
           Hell
           before
           you
           are
           in
           it
           .
           Though
           I
           look
           for
           no
           thanks
           from
           you
           for
           my
           charitable
           desires
           ,
           yet
           you
           shall
           have
           them
           whether
           you
           will
           or
           not
           .
        
         
           HAving
           been
           at
           this
           labour
           at
           your
           command
           to
           answer
           your
           Queries
           ,
           may
           I
           not
           in
           reason
           expect
           that
           you
           should
           answer
           some
           of
           mine
           ,
           which
           I
           do
           but
           request
           and
           not
           command
           :
           But
           I
           desire
           of
           you
           that
           you
           will
           not
           put
           me
           by
           with
           Gumblestool
           Rhetorick
           in
           stead
           of
           Answers
           ,
           but
           speak
           considerately
           ,
           truly
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Point
           in
           question
           .
           I
           mean
           first
           that
           you
           will
           answer
           all
           those
           Queries
           which
           I
           have
           before
           put
           to
           you
           among
           my
           Answers
           to
           yours
           ,
           and
           then
           that
           you
           will
           answer
           also
           these
           twenty
           Queries
           following
           .
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           1.
           
           Are
           they
           not
           the
           very
           same
           Ministers
           which
           you
           rail
           at
           ,
           and
           which
           all
           the
           Drunkards
           ,
           Swearers
           ,
           Whoremongers
           ,
           
           and
           sensuall
           wretches
           in
           the
           Countrey
           do
           hate
           and
           rail
           at
           as
           well
           as
           you
           ?
           Are
           you
           not
           then
           on
           their
           side
           and
           possest
           with
           the
           same
           Spirit
           ?
           They
           despise
           the
           Preachers
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           them
           down
           ,
           and
           so
           would
           you
           ,
           even
           the
           very
           fame
           men
           as
           they
           would
           ;
           When
           they
           had
           opportunity
           they
           raged
           against
           them
           with
           Swords
           ,
           and
           so
           do
           you
           with
           filthy
           tongues
           :
           Would
           not
           all
           the
           covetous
           ,
           malignant
           ,
           ungodly
           Enemies
           of
           Piety
           ,
           have
           Tythes
           down
           as
           well
           as
           you
           ?
           What
           think
           you
           ?
           I
           can
           witnesse
           it
           of
           most
           of
           my
           acquaintance
           that
           are
           such
           ?
           Moreover
           ,
           were
           they
           not
           the
           same
           sort
           of
           Ministers
           which
           the
           late
           Bishops
           silenced
           ,
           suspended
           ,
           and
           otherwise
           troubled
           ,
           and
           which
           you
           revile
           at
           ?
           Is
           it
           not
           then
           the
           same
           Spirit
           by
           which
           you
           and
           all
           these
           were
           or
           are
           acted
           ?
           Consider
           and
           judge
           .
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           2.
           
           Whether
           it
           be
           not
           the
           same
           Spirit
           which
           moveth
           in
           you
           and
           in
           the
           Papists
           ?
           When
           the
           Papists
           say
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           no
           true
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           but
           deceivers
           ,
           and
           teach
           the
           Divination
           of
           our
           own
           brain
           ,
           and
           delude
           souls
           ,
           and
           so
           say
           you
           ;
           The
           Papists
           say
           ,
           Our
           Congregations
           are
           no
           true
           Churches
           ,
           who
           own
           us
           as
           their
           Pastors
           ,
           and
           so
           say
           the
           Quakers
           ;
           The
           Papists
           know
           that
           the
           great
           thing
           that
           must
           be
           done
           before
           they
           can
           feduce
           the
           people
           among
           us
           ,
           is
           first
           to
           make
           them
           despise
           and
           reject
           their
           Teachers
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           bend
           all
           their
           wits
           and
           endeavours
           to
           vilifie
           them
           and
           draw
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           people
           from
           them
           ;
           And
           so
           do
           the
           Quakers
           .
           The
           Papists
           main
           errour
           lieth
           in
           the
           contempt
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           ;
           They
           say
           ,
           they
           will
           not
           take
           it
           for
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           but
           on
           the
           authority
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           is
           but
           part
           of
           his
           word
           ;
           The
           Quakers
           say
           ,
           It
           is
           not
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           .
           The
           Papists
           say
           ,
           It
           is
           but
           a
           dead
           Letter
           ,
           and
           so
           do
           the
           Quakers
           :
           The
           Papists
           say
           ,
           It
           is
           not
           fit
           to
           be
           the
           Judge
           of
           Controversies
           ,
           and
           so
           say
           the
           Quakers
           :
           The
           Papists
           preferre
           the
           Vulgar
           Translation
           before
           the
           same
           words
           in
           Hebrew
           and
           Greek
           which
           the
           Spirit
           did
           indite
           the
           Scriptures
           in
           and
           so
           do
           the
           Quakers
           in
           English
           .
           Could
           the
           Papists
           but
           get
           down
           the
           Regulating
           Authority
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           they
           would
           think
           they
           had
           won
           the
           Field
           ;
           For
           they
           will
           not
           endure
           that
           all
           Spirits
           should
           be
           tried
           by
           the
           written
           word
           ,
           no
           more
           will
           the
           Quakers
           .
           The
           Papists
           maintain
           mans
           
           Free-will
           hath
           power
           before
           conversion
           to
           repent
           and
           believe
           ,
           and
           turn
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           is
           not
           only
           the
           fruit
           of
           the
           Spirit
           in
           the
           Elect
           ,
           and
           so
           do
           the
           Quakers
           .
           The
           Papists
           tell
           men
           of
           the
           sufficiency
           of
           the
           common-light
           that
           is
           within
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           do
           the
           Quakers
           .
           The
           Papists
           say
           that
           a
           man
           may
           be
           perfect
           without
           sin
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           and
           may
           fulfill
           all
           Gods
           Commandments
           ,
           and
           so
           do
           the
           Quakers
           .
           The
           Papists
           make
           this
           their
           perfection
           to
           lie
           in
           casting
           off
           worldly
           callings
           ,
           Emploiments
           ,
           Relations
           after
           the
           flesh
           ,
           and
           propriety
           ,
           as
           their
           Nuns
           ,
           Monks
           ,
           and
           Hermites
           do
           ;
           yea
           ,
           and
           in
           casting
           off
           their
           old
           names
           ,
           as
           their
           Pope
           doth
           when
           he
           is
           made
           Pope
           :
           And
           so
           do
           many
           of
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           and
           much
           worse
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           seen
           in
           Papers
           under
           their
           own
           hands
           .
           The
           Papists
           place
           their
           Righteousnesse
           in
           their
           own
           works
           and
           perfection
           ,
           while
           they
           slieght
           the
           imputed
           Righteousnesse
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           so
           do
           the
           Quakers
           .
           The
           Papists
           place
           this
           Righteousnesse
           of
           their
           own
           Pharisaically
           in
           externals
           ,
           and
           things
           that
           have
           a
           shew
           of
           wisedom
           ,
           and
           humility
           ,
           and
           neglecting
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           not
           in
           any
           honour
           to
           the
           satisfying
           of
           the
           flesh
           ,
           as
           
             Touch
             not
             ,
             taste
             not
             ,
             handle
             not
             ,
          
           which
           all
           are
           to
           perish
           with
           the
           using
           ,
           
             Col.
          
           2.
           18
           ,
           20
           ,
           23.
           so
           do
           the
           Quakers
           in
           stead
           of
           preaching
           the
           Righteousnesse
           of
           Christ
           ,
           call
           out
           for
           a
           formal
           Righteousnesse
           and
           perfection
           of
           our
           own
           ,
           consisting
           in
           such
           things
           as
           these
           following
           ,
           to
           wit
           that
           we
           wear
           no
           Points
           ,
           nor
           Cuffs
           ,
           nor
           Lace
           nor
           any
           such
           like
           ,
           that
           we
           preach
           on
           the
           lower
           places
           and
           not
           (
           as
           
             Ezra
          
           did
           )
           in
           a
           Pulpit
           ;
           that
           we
           use
           not
           an
           hourglasse
           to
           discern
           how
           the
           time
           passeth
           (
           whether
           a
           Clock
           or
           Watch
           be
           as
           dangerous
           I
           know
           not
           :
           )
           That
           we
           say
           
             [
             Thou
             ]
          
           and
           not
           
             [
             You
             ]
          
           to
           him
           we
           speak
           to
           (
           when
           the
           word
           that
           Christ
           used
           signifieth
           
             You
          
           as
           well
           as
           
             Thou
             :
          
           That
           we
           call
           not
           men
           
             Masters
          
           or
           women
           
             Mistresses
             ,
          
           when
           the
           Scripture
           frequently
           useth
           and
           alloweth
           it
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           :
           (
           though
           Christ
           forbid
           us
           to
           have
           any
           Sect-Masters
           or
           Masters
           of
           our
           Faiths
           ;
           )
           In
           such
           like
           as
           these
           doth
           the
           Quakers
           Righteousnesse
           lie
           ,
           while
           they
           are
           ignorant
           of
           Christs
           Righteousnesse
           ;
           And
           just
           is
           it
           with
           God
           that
           they
           who
           set
           up
           their
           own
           righteousnesse
           against
           Christs
           should
           be
           given
           up
           to
           that
           hellish
           delusion
           ,
           as
           to
           take
           the
           most
           Satanical
           slanders
           ,
           lies
           ,
           heresies
           ,
           and
           railings
           ,
           to
           be
           their
           Righteousnesse
           :
           
           Were
           it
           not
           tedious
           and
           not
           much
           necessary
           ,
           I
           could
           shew
           in
           many
           more
           particulars
           how
           the
           Papists
           and
           Quakets
           do
           so
           conspire
           that
           we
           may
           well
           know
           whence
           their
           doctrines
           and
           delusions
           came
           .
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           3.
           
           Whether
           there
           were
           ever
           greater
           Monsters
           of
           Ingratitude
           upon
           the
           face
           of
           the
           earth
           then
           these
           are
           ,
           who
           set
           their
           hearts
           and
           tongues
           against
           those
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           that
           lay
           out
           themselves
           for
           the
           saving
           of
           souls
           ,
           through
           all
           the
           scorns
           and
           opposition
           of
           all
           sorts
           of
           wicked
           men
           ,
           with
           whom
           these
           wretches
           joyn
           against
           them
           ?
           Yea
           ,
           and
           make
           their
           very
           study
           and
           labour
           their
           crime
           ,
           when
           it
           were
           much
           easier
           for
           us
           to
           preach
           without
           study
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           hope
           with
           somewhat
           more
           truth
           ,
           sense
           ,
           and
           order
           then
           they
           that
           so
           boast
           of
           the
           Spirit
           .
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           4.
           
           Were
           not
           those
           faithful
           Servants
           of
           God
           that
           suffered
           Martyrdom
           under
           Heathen
           and
           
             Arian
          
           Persecutors
           ,
           just
           such
           Ministers
           as
           these
           men
           do
           now
           vilifie
           ;
           or
           wherein
           was
           the
           difference
           ?
           And
           do
           not
           these
           wretches
           justifie
           their
           murderers
           ?
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           5.
           
           Are
           not
           the
           Ministers
           whom
           these
           men
           despise
           ,
           of
           the
           same
           calling
           and
           practice
           as
           those
           were
           that
           suffered
           death
           in
           the
           Flames
           in
           Q.
           
             Maries
          
           daies
           ?
           Such
           as
           
             Bradford
             ,
             Hooper
             ,
             Latimer
             ,
             Ridly
             ,
             Cranmer
             ,
             Saunders
             ,
             Philpot
             ,
          
           and
           the
           rest
           ;
           Were
           not
           these
           called
           Masters
           ?
           Did
           they
           not
           preach
           in
           Pulpits
           ,
           and
           take
           Tythes
           or
           money
           for
           preaching
           as
           their
           due
           maintenance
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           things
           that
           the
           Quakers
           accuse
           us
           for
           ?
           And
           do
           not
           these
           men
           justifie
           the
           bloudy
           opposers
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           condemn
           Gods
           Saints
           afresh
           ?
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           6.
           
           Whether
           ever
           the
           earth
           bore
           men
           that
           did
           more
           proudly
           despise
           others
           in
           comparison
           of
           themselves
           ?
           and
           whether
           their
           language
           savour
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           the
           Lamb
           of
           God
           ?
           Or
           can
           he
           have
           any
           taste
           of
           that
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           in
           himself
           that
           doth
           not
           even
           feel
           that
           their
           proud
           and
           railing
           language
           is
           of
           the
           devil
           ?
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           7.
           
           Was
           there
           ever
           a
           generation
           known
           on
           the
           earth
           ,
           that
           did
           more
           arrogantly
           step
           up
           into
           the
           Throne
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           censure
           his
           Servants
           ,
           whose
           faces
           they
           never
           saw
           ,
           and
           whom
           they
           can
           charge
           with
           nothing
           but
           being
           Preachers
           of
           
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           a
           Pulpit
           ,
           having
           an
           hourglasse
           ,
           taking
           Tythes
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           to
           be
           Ministers
           of
           the
           devil
           ,
           sons
           of
           perdition
           ,
           with
           much
           of
           the
           like
           .
           Though
           Christ
           hath
           said
           ,
           
             Iudge
             not
             that
             ye
             be
             not
             judged
             ,
             and
             who
             art
             thou
             that
             judgest
             another
             mans
             Servant
             ?
          
           To
           his
           own
           Master
           he
           stands
           or
           fals
           .
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           8.
           
           Was
           there
           ever
           a
           Generation
           of
           men
           on
           whom
           the
           Image
           of
           the
           devil
           was
           more
           visible
           then
           on
           these
           ?
           He
           is
           the
           Prince
           of
           darknesse
           ,
           pride
           and
           malice
           ;
           And
           the
           depth
           of
           Ignorance
           and
           height
           of
           pride
           and
           malice
           breaks
           out
           so
           abundantly
           in
           their
           carriage
           and
           discourse
           ,
           that
           all
           not
           utterly
           blinded
           may
           see
           it
           .
           It
           is
           the
           work
           of
           the
           devil
           to
           be
           the
           
             Accuser
             of
             the
             Brethren
             ;
          
           and
           so
           it
           is
           the
           very
           Religion
           and
           businesse
           of
           these
           wretches
           to
           accuse
           Ministers
           and
           godly
           people
           to
           be
           hypocrites
           ,
           Liars
           ,
           children
           of
           the
           devil
           ,
           Serpents
           ,
           Vipers
           ,
           with
           much
           the
           like
           .
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           9
           Is
           it
           no
           kin
           to
           the
           blaspheming
           of
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           for
           such
           wretches
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           powred
           out
           the
           most
           horrid
           lies
           ,
           slanders
           ,
           Railings
           ,
           and
           false
           doctrines
           ,
           to
           professe
           solemnly
           that
           all
           this
           is
           from
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           within
           them
           ,
           and
           make
           God
           and
           his
           holy
           Spirit
           the
           Author
           and
           Patron
           of
           all
           .
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           10.
           
           Can
           that
           man
           that
           hath
           one
           spark
           of
           grace
           believe
           that
           he
           hath
           no
           sin
           ?
           Can
           he
           have
           so
           little
           knowledge
           of
           himself
           ?
           And
           consequently
           of
           the
           need
           he
           hath
           of
           the
           Physician
           ?
           Dare
           you
           say
           to
           Christ
           ,
           we
           will
           not
           be
           beholden
           to
           thee
           for
           thy
           bloud
           to
           wash
           us
           any
           more
           ,
           or
           to
           thy
           Intercession
           to
           pard
           on
           us
           any
           more
           ?
           Do
           you
           not
           believe
           that
           
             In
             many
             things
             we
             offend
             all
             ,
          
           Jam.
           3.
           2.
           
           
             If
             we
             say
             that
             we
             have
             no
             sinne
             we
             deceive
             our selves
             ,
             and
             the
             truth
             is
             not
             in
             us
             ?
             If
             we
             confesse
             our
             sinnes
             ,
             he
             is
             faithfull
             and
             just
             to
             forgive
             us
             our
             sinnes
             ,
             and
             to
             clense
             us
             from
             all
             unrighteousnesse
             :
             If
             we
             say
             that
             we
             have
             not
             sinned
             ,
             we
             make
             hem
             a
             lyar
             ,
             and
             his
             Word
             is
             not
             in
             us
             ,
          
           1
           Joh.
           1.
           8
           ,
           9.
           10.
           
           Are
           not
           all
           Christs
           Disciples
           taught
           daily
           to
           pray
           
             [
             Forgive
             us
             our
             trespasses
             .
             ]
          
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           am
           one
           that
           is
           sick
           and
           have
           need
           of
           the
           Physician
           ,
           and
           dare
           not
           tell
           God
           that
           I
           will
           ask
           him
           pardon
           for
           no
           more
           sins
           ,
           nor
           be
           beholden
           to
           him
           for
           any
           more
           .
           But
           O
           what
           a
           power
           hath
           the
           deceiver
           with
           these
           wretches
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           their
           horrid
           railing
           ,
           flandring
           ,
           
           and
           other
           wickednesse
           ,
           will
           stand
           to
           it
           that
           they
           have
           no
           sin
           ;
           Just
           like
           the
           Swearer
           that
           will
           swear
           he
           never
           swore
           an
           Oath
           ;
           Or
           the
           Drunkard
           that
           will
           swear
           he
           was
           never
           drunk
           ,
           when
           he
           lieth
           drunk
           in
           the
           Channell
           .
           
             Solomon
          
           saith
           ,
           There
           is
           not
           a
           just
           man
           upon
           earth
           that
           doth
           good
           and
           sinneth
           not
           ,
           
             Eccles.
          
           7.
           20.
           and
           these
           Quakers
           that
           Pharisaically
           and
           Papistically
           justifie
           themselves
           do
           give
           him
           the
           Lie
           .
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           11.
           
           Whether
           those
           that
           deny
           Scripture
           to
           be
           Gods
           Word
           as
           these
           Quakers
           do
           ,
           and
           deny
           that
           there
           is
           any
           such
           Person
           as
           Jesus
           Christ
           who
           suffered
           at
           
             Ierusalem
             ;
          
           now
           glorified
           in
           heaven
           in
           the
           humane
           nature
           ,
           and
           only
           call
           somewhat
           within
           themselves
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           Christ
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           whether
           these
           are
           not
           abominable
           Infidels
           ,
           having
           nothing
           to
           do
           with
           the
           name
           of
           Christians
           ?
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           12.
           
           Is
           it
           not
           damnable
           Hypocrisie
           in
           these
           wretches
           ,
           to
           prate
           so
           much
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           call
           for
           Scripture
           ,
           while
           they
           thus
           deny
           it
           to
           be
           Gods
           Word
           ?
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           13.
           
           Is
           it
           not
           damnable
           hypocrisie
           in
           them
           to
           call
           themselves
           Christians
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           Infidels
           ,
           and
           deny
           the
           person
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           crucified
           to
           be
           in
           heaven
           ?
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           14.
           
           Is
           not
           he
           a
           Pagan
           and
           no
           Christian
           that
           thinks
           that
           the
           light
           which
           is
           in
           all
           the
           Indians
           ,
           Americans
           ,
           and
           other
           Pagans
           on
           earth
           ,
           is
           sufficient
           without
           Scripture
           ?
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           15.
           
           Was
           that
           light
           in
           
             Paul
          
           which
           perswaded
           him
           that
           he
           ought
           to
           do
           many
           things
           against
           the
           name
           of
           Jesus
           ,
           sufficient
           to
           convert
           him
           to
           the
           Faith
           of
           Jesus
           ?
           Or
           did
           Christ
           give
           him
           needlesly
           a
           light
           from
           heaven
           ,
           and
           by
           
             Ananias
          
           his
           doctrine
           ?
           O●
           had
           
             Con●lius
          
           sufficient
           light
           within
           him
           before
           
             Peter
          
           preached
           to
           him
           ?
           Or
           had
           all
           the
           world
           sufficient
           light
           within
           them
           before
           Christ
           sent
           abroad
           his
           Apostles
           to
           preach
           the
           Gospel
           to
           them
           ?
           Or
           did
           Christ
           send
           them
           a
           needlesse
           light
           by
           his
           Apostles
           ?
           Have
           those
           Persecutors
           sufficient
           light
           within
           them
           to
           cause
           them
           to
           believe
           in
           Christ
           ,
           who
           think
           they
           do
           God
           service
           in
           killing
           or
           reproaching
           his
           Ministers
           and
           people
           ?
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           16.
           
           If
           all
           have
           sufficient
           light
           within
           them
           ,
           what
           need
           you
           go
           up
           and
           down
           to
           teach
           or
           perswade
           them
           ?
           Is
           it
           needless
           light
           that
           you
           bring
           then
           ,
           or
           is
           i●
           hellish
           darknesse
           ?
        
         
         
           
             Qu.
          
           17.
           
           Is
           it
           not
           a
           most
           sottish
           trick
           of
           you
           to
           go
           up
           and
           down
           prating
           and
           commanding
           ,
           and
           yet
           refuse
           to
           shew
           your
           Commission
           from
           God
           ?
           And
           to
           call
           Ministers
           to
           shew
           theirs
           ,
           and
           refuse
           to
           shew
           your
           own
           ,
           but
           say
           it
           is
           invisible
           within
           you
           :
           are
           you
           so
           mad
           as
           to
           expect
           any
           should
           belive
           an
           invisible
           and
           indemonstrable
           Commssion
           .
           And
           might
           not
           we
           as
           well
           tell
           you
           ours
           is
           invisible
           (
           but
           that
           indeeed
           it
           is
           not
           ;
           )
           Or
           should
           we
           beleeve
           every
           one
           that
           prates
           of
           a
           Commission
           within
           him
           or
           no
           ;
           If
           not
           ,
           why
           should
           we
           belive
           you
           more
           then
           others
           that
           say
           the
           like
           ?
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           18.
           
           Seeing
           you
           cry
           down
           our
           Ministry
           and
           Churches
           ,
           tell
           us
           which
           is
           the
           true
           Ministry
           and
           Church
           ,
           and
           when
           yours
           begun
           ,
           and
           where
           it
           hath
           been
           since
           Christs
           abode
           on
           earth
           till
           now
           ?
           Speak
           plainly
           and
           let
           us
           know
           whether
           you
           are
           indeed
           Papists
           or
           Pagans
           ?
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           19.
           
           Is
           not
           that
           man
           an
           Infidell
           and
           a
           Scorner
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           date
           say
           ,
           he
           came
           into
           the
           world
           and
           shed
           his
           bloud
           ,
           to
           gather
           onely
           a
           few
           raging
           Quakers
           in
           
             England
          
           1652
           years
           after
           his
           Incarnation
           ?
           If
           Christ
           have
           no
           Subjects
           but
           these
           he
           is
           a
           poor
           King
           ;
           If
           Christ
           have
           been
           till
           now
           without
           Subjects
           ,
           he
           was
           no
           King
           ;
           If
           without
           a
           Body
           ,
           he
           was
           no
           Head
           ;
           If
           without
           a
           spouse
           ,
           he
           was
           no
           Husband
           ;
           Therefore
           shew
           us
           what
           Church
           Christ
           hath
           had
           ,
           or
           confesse
           your selves
           Infidels
           .
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           20.
           
           Did
           not
           the
           Spirit
           of
           the
           Quakers
           speak
           in
           
             Num.
          
           16.
           3.
           just
           as
           you
           do
           now
           against
           Magistrates
           and
           Ministers
           ?
           And
           is
           not
           God
           very
           patient
           that
           causeth
           not
           the
           earth
           to
           open
           and
           swallow
           you
           up
           quick
           as
           it
           did
           them
           ?
           Do
           you
           understand
           that
           the
           
             Simonians
          
           (
           or
           Disciples
           of
           
             Simon
             Magus
             )
          
           and
           the
           
             Nicolaitans
             ,
          
           whose
           doctrine
           and
           deeds
           Christ
           hateth
           ,
           
             Rev.
          
           2.
           and
           other
           Gnostick
           Hereticks
           in
           the
           Apostles
           daies
           ,
           did
           deal
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           then
           as
           you
           do
           by
           us
           now
           ?
           and
           that
           the
           second
           Epistle
           of
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           the
           Epistle
           of
           
             Iude
             ,
          
           much
           of
           1
           
             Iohn
          
           and
           2
           
             Iohn
          
           were
           written
           purposly
           against
           them
           ;
           besides
           many
           other
           Scriptures
           ?
           And
           have
           you
           well
           considered
           those
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           applied
           them
           to
           your selves
           .
        
         
         
           When
           you
           have
           answered
           these
           Questions
           ,
           I
           require
           you
           to
           have
           no
           more
           to
           do
           with
           me
           nor
           any
           of
           this
           Church
           .
           For
           we
           renounce
           you
           as
           Hereticks
           after
           a
           first
           and
           second
           Admonition
           ,
           a●d
           will
           have
           no
           fellowship
           with
           such
           self-condemned
           persons
           ,
           nor
           receive
           you
           into
           our
           houses
           ,
           or
           bid
           you
           God
           speed
           ,
           lest
           we
           partake
           of
           your
           wicked
           deeds
           ,
           
             Tit.
          
           3.
           10.
           2
           
             Ioh.
          
           10
           ,
           11.
           
        
         
           
             
               Kederminster
               .
            
             
               
                 March
              
               28.
               1655.
               
            
          
           
             Richard
             Baxter
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .