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           TH●
           Sandy
           Foundation
           SHAKEN
           :
           OR
           ,
           Those
           so
           generally
           believed
           and
           applauded
           DOCTRINES
           ,
           
             
               Of
               One
               God
               ,
               subsisting
               in
               three
               distinct
               and
               separate
               Persons
               ,
               Refuted
               .
            
             
               Of
               The
               impossibility
               of
               God's
               pardoning
               sinners
               ,
               without
               a
               ple●●●●
               satisfaction
               ,
               Refuted
               .
            
             
               Of
               The
               justification
               o●
               〈◊〉
               ●ersons
               by
               an
               imputative
               〈◊〉
               Refuted
               .
            
          
        
         
           From
           the
           Authority
           of
           Scripture
           Testimonies
           ,
           and
           right
           Reason
           .
        
         
           By
           
             W.P.
             j.
          
           A
           Builder
           on
           that
           Foundation
           which
           cannot
           be
           moved
           .
        
         
           
             But
             to
             us
             there
             is
             but
             one
             God
             the
             Father
             of
             all
             things
             ,
          
           
             
               1
               Cor.
               8.6
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Who
             is
             a
             God
             like
             unto
             thee
             ,
             that
             pardoneth
             iniquity
             ?
             He
             retaineth
             not
             his
             anger
             for
             ever
             ,
             because
             he
             delighteth
             in
             mercy
             ,
          
           
             
               Mic.
               7.18
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             For
             I
             will
             not
             justifie
             the
             wicked
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               Exod.
               23.7
            
             .
          
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           1668.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Unprejudiced
           Reader
           .
        
         
           IT
           was
           the
           fault
           of
           some
           in
           antient
           times
           ,
           that
           they
           made
           void
           God's
           Law
           by
           mens
           Traditions
           ;
           and
           certainly
           I
           may
           now
           assume
           the
           same
           complaint
           :
           for
           whilst
           I
           take
           a
           serious
           prospect
           of
           the
           Spiritual
           Nature
           ,
           and
           tendency
           of
           the
           Second
           Covenant
           ,
           which
           God
           Almighty
           ,
           in
           the
           fulness
           of
           time
           ,
           by
           his
           Prophets
           ,
           prophesied
           to
           make
           and
           perfect
           ;
           and
           also
           the
           accomplishment
           thereof
           by
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           and
           what
           was
           brought
           to
           pass
           amongst
           those
           Primitive
           Believers
           ;
           methinks
           I
           do
           not
           only
           see
           an
           utter
           abolishment
           of
           Ceremonial
           Worship
           ,
           but
           the
           inscribing
           that
           
             Spiritual
             Law
             on
             the
             Heart
          
           ,
           and
           infusion
           of
           Holy
           
             Fear
             to
             the
             inward
             Parts
          
           ,
           whereby
           each
           person
           became
           capacitated
           to
           know
           so
           much
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           suited
           with
           his
           present
           state
           ,
           from
           an
           infallible
           demonstration
           in
           himself
           ,
           and
           not
           on
           the
           slender
           grounds
           of
           mens
           Lo-here-Interpretations
           ,
           or
           Lo-there
           ;
           for
           
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God
             is
             within
             ,
          
           where
           himself
           must
           be
           the
           Teacher
           of
           his
           People
           :
           But
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           when
           from
           the
           noise
           of
           every
           parties
           pretentions
           to
           ,
           and
           contentions
           for
           their
           own
           way
           ,
           as
           most
           infallible
           ,
           I
           am
           induced
           to
           an
           impartial
           examination
           of
           them
           ;
           Alas
           !
           how
           have
           all
           adulterated
           from
           the
           purity
           both
           of
           Scripture
           Record
           ,
           and
           Primitive
           Example
           ?
           receiving
           for
           unquestionable
           Doctrines
           ,
           the
           fallible
           apprehensions
           ,
           and
           uncertain
           determinations
           of
           such
           Councils
           ,
           whose
           Faction
           ,
           Prejudice
           ,
           and
           Cruelty
           soon
           parallel'd
           the
           foregoing
           heathenish
           Persecutions
           ;
           and
           yet
           that
           the
           results
           of
           persons
           so
           incompetently
           qualified
           ,
           should
           at
           this
           day
           in
           their
           authority
           remain
           unquestioned
           by
           the
           Nations
           ,
           is
           matter
           both
           of
           astonishment
           and
           pitty
           ;
           but
           an
           implicit
           Faith
           has
           ever
           been
           
           the
           consequence
           of
           ignorance
           ,
           idleness
           and
           fear
           ,
           being
           strong
           impediments
           to
           a
           judicious
           inquiry
           ,
           how
           far
           profest
           and
           imposed
           Opinions
           have
           their
           consistency
           with
           Reason
           ,
           and
           the
           true
           Religion
           .
           But
           that
           which
           most
           of
           all
           deserves
           a
           lamentation
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           Protestants
           ,
           whose
           better
           Arguments
           have
           confuted
           the
           Plea
           of
           such
           as
           made
           Tradition
           ,
           and
           mens
           Prescriptions
           unquestionable
           in
           Circumstantials
           ,
           should
           themselves
           by
           Print
           and
           Practice
           so
           openly
           declare
           and
           contend
           for
           its
           Authority
           in
           Essentials
           ;
           as
           must
           be
           obvious
           to
           any
           that
           observe
           their
           zealous
           Anathema's
           against
           whomsoever
           refuse
           a
           compliance
           with
           them
           in
           Doctrines
           ,
           manifestly
           bottom'd
           upon
           mens
           nice
           Inventions
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           right
           state
           of
           the
           Controversie
           that
           is
           maintained
           by
           us
           (
           contemptibly
           called
           Quakers
           )
           against
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           the
           undoubted
           reason
           of
           our
           severe
           Treatment
           at
           its
           hands
           ,
           the
           end
           of
           God
           Almighties
           raising
           us
           ,
           being
           for
           no
           other
           purpose
           than
           to
           declare
           that
           
             which
             our
             eyes
             have
             seen
             ,
             our
             ears
             heard
             ,
             and
             which
             our
             hands
             have
             handled
             of
             the
             Eternal
             Word
             ,
          
           in
           opposition
           to
           the
           private
           Opinions
           ,
           Conjectures
           ,
           and
           Interpretations
           of
           men
           concerning
           God
           and
           Religion
           ,
           that
           all
           people
           might
           thereby
           be
           reduced
           to
           Faith
           in
           ,
           and
           obedience
           of
           the
           Universal
           
             Grace
             which
             brings
             Salvation
          
           ;
           which
           as
           it
           onely
           can
           restore
           sound
           Judgment
           concerning
           God
           ,
           and
           effect
           Redemption
           from
           Iniquity
           ,
           so
           its
           being
           relinquish'd
           by
           men
           ,
           was
           the
           very
           ground
           both
           of
           their
           division
           in
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           corruption
           in
           Manners
           .
        
         
           That
           this
           hath
           been
           ,
           and
           is
           our
           case
           ,
           I
           shall
           produce
           an
           instance
           ,
           which
           is
           indeed
           the
           occasion
           of
           this
           Treatise
           .
        
         
           Two
           Persons
           lately
           of
           Tho.
           Vincent's
           Auditory
           in
           Spittle-Yard
           ,
           (
           who
           goes
           under
           the
           notion
           of
           a
           Presbyter
           )
           being
           desirous
           to
           prove
           all
           things
           ,
           and
           hold
           fast
           the
           best
           ,
           visited
           our
           Meetings
           ,
           to
           understand
           if
           we
           were
           as
           really
           deserving
           blame
           ,
           as
           represented
           by
           our
           Enemies
           ;
           where
           it
           then
           pleased
           Divine
           Goodness
           
           to
           visit
           them
           with
           the
           Call
           of
           his
           Light
           ,
           from
           the
           Inventions
           ,
           carnal
           Observations
           ,
           will-Worship
           ,
           and
           vain
           Conversation
           of
           those
           to
           whom
           they
           formerly
           were
           related
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           be
           made
           Children
           of
           the
           day
           ;
           and
           though
           its
           appearance
           might
           be
           small
           ,
           yet
           sufficient
           to
           discover
           them
           to
           have
           been
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           Night
           ,
           and
           can
           never
           be
           rejected
           ,
           but
           it
           shall
           bring
           that
           condemnation
           which
           will
           further
           testifie
           it
           to
           be
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           But
           their
           relinquishing
           his
           Congregation
           ,
           so
           incenc'd
           this
           Presbyterian
           Preacher
           ,
           as
           that
           his
           peevish
           Zeal
           transported
           him
           beyond
           ,
           not
           only
           the
           moderation
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           but
           the
           civility
           of
           education
           ,
           venting
           his
           folly
           and
           prejudice
           much
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           
             That
             he
             had
             as
             lieve
             they
             should
             go
             to
             a
             Bawdy-house
             ,
             as
             to
             frequent
             the
          
           Quakers
           
             Meeting
             ,
             because
             of
             their
             erroneous
             and
             damnable
             Doctrines
             :
          
           And
           pointing
           to
           the
           Window
           ,
           said
           ,
           
             If
             there
             should
             stand
             a
             Cup
             of
             Poyson
             ,
             I
             would
             rather
             drink
             it
             ,
             than
             suck
             in
             their
             damnable
             Doctrines
             .
          
           He
           further
           exprest
           himself
           in
           this
           manner
           to
           one
           of
           them
           ;
           
             If
             ever
             you
             go
             again
             ,
             I
             will
             give
             you
             up
             ,
             and
             God
             will
             give
             you
             up
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             believe
             a
             lie
             ,
             and
             be
             damn'd
             .
          
           Which
           storms
           of
           foul
           and
           railing
           accusations
           ,
           proving
           ineffectual
           to
           shipwrack
           that
           little
           grain
           of
           Faith
           ,
           his
           Hearers
           ,
           as
           forgetting
           they
           hold
           their
           preaching
           by
           connivance
           ,
           and
           the
           many
           appeals
           made
           by
           their
           non-conforming
           Brethren
           ,
           for
           an
           Indulgence
           ,
           came
           with
           this
           Caution
           to
           the
           Pater-Familias
           ,
           (
           or
           he
           that
           was
           both
           Husband
           and
           Father
           to
           the
           concerned
           Parties
           )
           that
           he
           would
           exercise
           his
           Authority
           ,
           as
           well
           to
           refuse
           them
           to
           all
           
           Quaker-Visitants
           ,
           as
           prohibit
           them
           the
           liberty
           of
           their
           Consciences
           in
           frequenting
           our
           Meetings
           .
        
         
           All
           which
           we
           could
           not
           for
           the
           Truth-sake
           let
           pass
           in
           silence
           ,
           and
           therefore
           did
           require
           him
           to
           let
           us
           have
           a
           publick
           meeting
           ,
           in
           which
           we
           might
           have
           liberty
           to
           answer
           on
           the
           behalf
           both
           of
           our selves
           and
           Principles
           ;
           which
           after
           some
           demur
           ,
           was
           granted
           ,
           
           the
           day
           he
           appointed
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           second
           hour
           in
           the
           afternoon
           .
           But
           that
           he
           might
           not
           want
           the
           applause
           of
           many
           voices
           ,
           and
           doubtless
           to
           prevent
           our
           Friends
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           am
           informed
           )
           bespoke
           his
           usual
           Auditory
           to
           be
           there
           at
           one
           ;
           and
           as
           a
           man
           that
           would
           not
           over-spend
           himself
           ,
           or
           incur
           a
           non-plus
           for
           want
           of
           Seconds
           ,
           he
           had
           his
           Third
           and
           Fourth
           ,
           two
           wit
           ,
           
             Tho.
             Danson
             ,
             Tho.
             Doolittel
          
           ,
           and
           —
           Maddocks
           ,
           who
           at
           their
           times
           (
           and
           often
           out
           of
           them
           )
           did
           interpose
           ,
           to
           whom
           
             Geo.
             Whitehead
          
           mostly
           answered
           ;
           nor
           had
           there
           any
           thing
           been
           spoken
           by
           another
           ,
           but
           from
           their
           own
           example
           .
        
         
           The
           matter
           in
           controversie
           will
           be
           related
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           this
           Treatise
           ,
           as
           a
           necessary
           Preludium
           ,
           or
           Introduction
           to
           the
           following
           Discourse
           ;
           The
           manner
           of
           it
           was
           so
           gross
           ,
           that
           I
           know
           not
           how
           to
           represent
           it
           better
           ,
           than
           by
           the
           levity
           and
           rudeness
           of
           some
           Prize
           ;
           Laughing
           ,
           Hissing
           ,
           Shooving
           ,
           Striking
           ,
           and
           stigmatizing
           us
           with
           the
           opprobrious
           tearms
           of
           Confident
           Fellow
           ,
           impudent
           Villain
           ,
           Blasphemer
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           ,
           as
           the
           usual
           refuge
           of
           shallow
           Persons
           (
           when
           they
           have
           little
           else
           to
           say
           ,
           to
           prepossess
           their
           Hearers
           with
           prejudice
           against
           the
           Principles
           of
           such
           as
           do
           oppose
           them
           )
           he
           questioned
           much
           whether
           I
           was
           not
           some
           Jesuite
           ;
           Not
           remembring
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           unwilling
           to
           let
           the
           people
           know
           ,
           that
           none
           have
           been
           ,
           nor
           are
           more
           instant
           in
           the
           vindication
           of
           that
           Doctrine
           he
           and
           his
           Brethren
           did
           assert
           ,
           (
           to
           wit
           ,
           
             God
             subsisting
             in
             three
             distinct
             persons
          
           )
           than
           the
           Jesuites
           ;
           So
           that
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           not
           as
           well
           reflect
           a
           scandal
           upon
           their
           learning
           by
           a
           comparison
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           upon
           my
           Principle
           ,
           I
           could
           more
           truly
           invert
           Jesuitism
           upon
           himself
           :
           In
           short
           ,
           they
           neither
           would
           keep
           to
           Scripture
           tearms
           themselves
           ,
           nor
           suffer
           it
           in
           others
           ;
           but
           looking
           upon
           G.
           Whitehead's
           explanation
           of
           their
           Tearms
           ,
           and
           reduction
           of
           their
           Matter
           (
           if
           possible
           )
           to
           a
           Scripture
           sense
           (
           thereby
           fitting
           it
           to
           the
           Auditories
           apprehension
           )
           to
           be
           an
           indirect
           way
           of
           answering
           
           (
           as
           that
           which
           nakedly
           did
           expose
           their
           tradition
           all
           folly
           to
           the
           vulgar
           )
           T.V.
           in
           an
           abrubt
           manner
           fell
           to
           his
           prayer
           in
           which
           he
           falsly
           ,
           and
           with
           many
           strangly
           affected
           whines
           ,
           accused
           us
           for
           Blasphemers
           unto
           God
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           might
           prevent
           the
           clearing
           of
           our selves
           ,
           he
           desired
           the
           people
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           finish'd
           ,
           to
           be
           gone
           ,
           giving
           them
           an
           example
           by
           his
           and
           three
           Brethrens
           retreat
           :
           But
           we
           being
           desirous
           further
           to
           inform
           the
           people
           of
           our
           innocency
           ,
           they
           did
           not
           only
           (
           as
           before
           )
           endeavour
           to
           pull
           us
           down
           ,
           but
           put
           the
           Candles
           out
           ,
           though
           several
           persons
           of
           good
           esteem
           ,
           continued
           ,
           whilst
           we
           spoke
           in
           vindication
           of
           our selves
           ,
           from
           the
           invectives
           of
           our
           Adversaries
           .
        
         
           The
           people
           still
           remaining
           undispersed
           ,
           T.V.
           came
           very
           palely
           down
           the
           Stairs
           (
           having
           a
           Candle
           in
           his
           hand
           )
           requiring
           their
           dismiss
           ,
           at
           which
           time
           he
           promised
           us
           ,
           at
           our
           request
           ,
           another
           meeting
           ;
           but
           as
           one
           that
           knew
           not
           well
           what
           he
           said
           ,
           or
           never
           purpos'd
           to
           perform
           what
           he
           promis'd
           ,
           has
           given
           us
           since
           to
           understand
           ,
           he
           can't
           in
           Conscience
           spare
           us
           so
           much
           time
           ;
           yet
           to
           satisfie
           G.W.
           and
           my self
           ,
           in
           private
           ,
           he
           could
           agree
           ;
           which
           surely
           can't
           be
           tearm'd
           another
           meeting
           ,
           since
           then
           it
           must
           relate
           to
           the
           proceeding
           one
           ;
           But
           how
           near
           the
           relation
           is
           betwixt
           an
           accusation
           before
           hundreds
           ,
           and
           a
           satisfaction
           before
           none
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           obvious
           to
           every
           unbyas'd
           person
           :
           —
           Our
           Right
           should
           have
           been
           altogether
           as
           publick
           as
           our
           Wrong
           :
           —
           For
           which
           cause
           we
           were
           necessitated
           to
           visit
           his
           Meeting
           ;
           where
           on
           a
           Lecture
           day
           (
           after
           a
           continued
           silence
           during
           all
           his
           Worship
           )
           we
           modestly
           intreated
           we
           might
           be
           clear'd
           from
           those
           unjust
           reflections
           before
           his
           Congregation
           ,
           leaving
           a
           Disputation
           (
           if
           he
           could
           not
           then
           attend
           it
           )
           to
           some
           more
           seasonable
           opportunity
           :
           But
           as
           one
           ,
           who
           resolv'd
           injustice
           to
           mens
           reputation
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           cowardize
           ,
           in
           baulking
           a
           defence
           of
           his
           own
           Principles
           ,
           he
           slunck
           most
           shamefully
           away
           ;
           nor
           would
           any
           there
           ,
           though
           urg'd
           to
           it
           ,
           assume
           his
           place
           to
           vindicate
           
           his
           practice
           towards
           us
           ,
           or
           his
           Doctrine
           then
           deliver'd
           .
        
         
           Reader
           ,
           What
           's
           thy
           Opinion
           of
           this
           savage
           entertainment
           ?
           Would
           
             Socrates
             ,
             Cato
          
           ,
           or
           Seneca
           have
           treated
           us
           with
           such
           unseemly
           carriage
           ,
           whom
           they
           call
           Heathens
           ?
           I
           suppose
           not
           :
           And
           well
           is
           it
           for
           the
           truly
           sober
           and
           consciencious
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           lyable
           to
           those
           severe
           lashes
           ,
           and
           that
           peevish
           usage
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           inseparable
           Appendixes
           to
           a
           Scotch
           Directory
           ,
           whose
           cold
           and
           cutting
           gales
           ever
           have
           design'd
           to
           nip
           and
           blast
           the
           fairest
           Blossoms
           of
           greater
           Reformation
           .
           So
           much
           for
           History
           .
        
         
           And
           what
           remains
           ,
           is
           to
           inform
           the
           Reader
           ,
           that
           with
           great
           brevity
           I
           have
           discust
           and
           endeavoured
           a
           total
           enervation
           of
           those
           Cardinal
           Points
           ,
           and
           chief
           Doctrines
           so
           firmly
           believed
           ,
           and
           continually
           impos'd
           for
           Articles
           of
           Christian
           Faith
           ;
           
             1.
             
             The
             Trinity
             of
             separate
             Persons
             ,
             in
             the
             Unity
             of
             Essence
             .
             2.
             
             God's
             incapacity
             to
             forgive
             without
             the
             fullest
             satisfaction
             paid
             him
             by
             another
             .
             3.
             
             A
             justification
             of
             impure
             persons
             ,
             from
             an
             imputative
             Righteousness
             .
          
           Which
           Principles
           ,
           let
           me
           tell
           thee
           ,
           Reader
           ,
           are
           not
           more
           repugnant
           to
           Scriptures
           ,
           Reason
           ,
           and
           Souls-Security
           ,
           than
           most
           destructive
           to
           Gods
           Honour
           ,
           in
           his
           
             Unity
             ,
             Mercy
          
           ,
           and
           Purity
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           I
           beseech
           thee
           to
           exterminate
           passion
           from
           her
           predominacy
           ,
           in
           the
           perusal
           of
           this
           abridg'd
           Discourse
           ,
           since
           it
           was
           writ
           in
           love
           to
           thee
           ;
           that
           whilst
           't
           is
           thy
           desire
           to
           know
           Love
           ,
           and
           fear
           God
           Almighty
           above
           mens
           Precepts
           ,
           thou
           mayest
           not
           miss
           so
           good
           an
           end
           ,
           by
           the
           blind
           embraces
           of
           Tradition
           for
           Truth
           .
           But
           in
           the
           nobility
           of
           a
           true
           Berean
           ,
           search
           and
           inquire
           ;
           letting
           the
           good
           old
           Verity
           ,
           not
           a
           pretended
           Antiquity
           ,
           (
           whilst
           a
           meer
           novelty
           ;
           )
           and
           solid
           Reason
           ,
           not
           an
           over-fond
           credulity
           ,
           sway
           the
           ballance
           of
           thy
           Judgment
           ,
           that
           both
           stability
           and
           certainty
           may
           accompany
           thy
           determinations
           .
           Farewel
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             A
             short
             Confutation
             ,
             by
             way
             of
             Recapitulation
             ,
             of
             what
             was
             objected
             against
             us
             at
             
               Thomas
               Vincent
            
             his
             Meeting
             .
          
           
             IF
             Disputations
             prove
             at
             any
             time
             ineffectual
             ,
             it
             's
             either
             to
             be
             imputed
             to
             the
             ignorance
             and
             ambiguity
             of
             the
             Disputants
             ,
             or
             to
             the
             rudeness
             and
             prejudice
             of
             the
             Auditory
             ;
             all
             which
             may
             truly
             be
             affirmed
             of
             T.V.
             with
             his
             three
             Brethren
             ,
             and
             Congregation
             .
          
           
             The
             Accusation
             being
             general
             ,
             
               viz.
               That
               the
            
             Quakers
             
               held
               damnable
               Doctrines
               :
               George
               Whitehead
            
             on
             their
             behalf
             stood
             up
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             was
             his
             place
             ,
             willingly
             would
             have
             given
             the
             people
             an
             information
             of
             our
             Principles
             ,
             which
             if
             objected
             against
             ,
             he
             was
             as
             ready
             to
             attest
             them
             by
             the
             authority
             of
             Scripture
             and
             Reason
             :
             but
             instead
             of
             this
             better
             Method
             ,
             T.V.
             as
             one
             that
             's
             often
             employ'd
             in
             Cathechistical
             Lectures
             ,
             falls
             to
             Interrogatories
             ,
             begging
             that
             himself
             ,
             he
             in
             his
             slander
             had
             taken
             for
             granted
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             the
             knowledge
             of
             our
             Principles
             .
          
           
             The
             Question
             was
             this
             ,
             
               Whether
               we
               own'd
               one
               God-head
               ,
               subsisting
               in
               three
               distinct
               and
               separate
               Persons
               ,
            
             as
             the
             result
             of
             various
             revises
             and
             amendments
             ;
             which
             being
             denyed
             by
             us
             ,
             as
             a
             Doctrine
             no
             where
             Scriptural
             ,
             T.V.
             frames
             this
             Sylogism
             from
             the
             beloved
             Disciples
             words
             .
          
           
             
               There
               are
               three
               that
               bear
               Record
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               the
               Father
               ,
               the
               VVord
               ,
               
               and
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ;
               and
               these
               three
               are
               one
               .
            
             
               These
               are
               either
               three
               Manifestations
               ,
               three
               Operations
               ,
               three
               Substances
               ,
               or
               three
               somethings
               else
               besides
               Subsistances
               :
            
             
               But
               they
               are
               not
               three
               Manifestations
               ,
               three
               Operations
               ,
               three
               Substances
               ,
               nor
               three
               anythings
               else
               besides
               Subsistences
               :
            
             
               Ergo
               ,
               Three
               Subsistences
               .
            
          
           
           
             G.VV.
             utterly
             rejected
             his
             tearms
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             be
             found
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             or
             deduceable
             from
             the
             place
             he
             instanced
             ;
             wherefore
             he
             desires
             their
             explanation
             of
             their
             Tearms
             ,
             inasmuch
             as
             God
             did
             not
             use
             to
             wrap
             his
             Truths
             up
             in
             Heathenish
             Metaphisicks
             ,
             but
             in
             plain
             Language
             :
             Notwithstanding
             we
             could
             not
             obtain
             a
             better
             explication
             then
             Person
             ,
             nor
             of
             Person
             ,
             than
             the
             mode
             of
             a
             Substance
             ;
             to
             all
             which
             G.VV.
             and
             my self
             urged
             several
             Scriptures
             ,
             proving
             Gods
             compleat
             unity
             :
             And
             when
             we
             queried
             how
             God
             was
             to
             be
             understood
             ,
             if
             in
             an
             abstractive
             sence
             from
             his
             Substance
             :
             They
             concluded
             it
             a
             point
             more
             fit
             for
             Admiration
             than
             Disputation
             .
             But
             a
             little
             to
             review
             his
             Syllogysm
             ;
             the
             manner
             of
             it
             shows
             him
             as
             little
             a
             Scholar
             ,
             as
             its
             matter
             does
             a
             Christian
             ;
             but
             I
             shall
             over-look
             the
             first
             ,
             and
             so
             much
             of
             the
             second
             as
             might
             deserve
             my
             Objection
             to
             his
             Major
             ,
             and
             give
             in
             short
             my
             Reason
             ,
             why
             I
             flatly
             deny
             his
             Minor
             Proposition
             .
             No
             one
             Substance
             can
             have
             three
             distinct
             Subsistances
             ,
             and
             preserve
             its
             own
             Unity
             ,
             for
             granting
             them
             the
             most
             favourable
             definition
             ,
             every
             subsistance
             will
             have
             its
             own
             Substance
             ;
             so
             that
             three
             distinct
             Subsistances
             ,
             or
             manner
             of
             beings
             ,
             will
             require
             three
             distinct
             Substances
             of
             Beings
             ;
             consequently
             three
             Gods
             :
             for
             if
             the
             infinite
             God-head
             subsists
             in
             three
             separate
             manners
             or
             forms
             ,
             then
             is
             not
             any
             one
             of
             them
             a
             perfect
             and
             compleat
             subsistance
             without
             the
             other
             two
             ;
             so
             parts
             ,
             and
             some
             thing
             finite
             is
             in
             God
             :
             or
             if
             infinite
             ,
             then
             three
             distinct
             infinite
             Subsistances
             ;
             and
             what
             's
             this
             but
             to
             assert
             three
             Gods
             ,
             since
             none
             is
             infinite
             but
             God
             ?
             And
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             there
             being
             an
             inseparability
             betwixt
             the
             Substance
             and
             its
             subsistance
             ,
             the
             Unity
             of
             Substance
             will
             not
             admit
             a
             Trinity
             of
             incommunicable
             or
             distinct
             Subsistances
             .
          
           
             T.D.
             being
             ask'd
             of
             whom
             was
             Christ
             the
             express
             Image
             ,
             from
             his
             alleadging
             that
             Scripture
             in
             the
             Hebrews
             ?
             answered
             ,
             of
             Gods
             Subsistance
             ,
             or
             manner
             of
             being
             ;
             from
             whence
             two
             things
             in
             short
             follow
             as
             my
             Reply
             ,
             It
             makes
             God
             a
             Father
             only
             by
             subsistance
             ,
             and
             Christ
             a
             Son
             without
             a
             Substance
             .
             Besides
             it
             s
             falsly
             rendred
             in
             the
             Hebrews
             ,
             
             since
             the
             Greek
             does
             not
             say
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             but
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             the
             Character
             of
             Substance
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             he
             will
             peruse
             a
             farther
             discovery
             of
             his
             Error
             ,
             and
             explanation
             of
             the
             Matter
             ,
             let
             him
             read
             Col.
             1.15
             .
             
               Who
               is
               the
               Image
               of
               the
               Invisible
               God.
               
            
          
           
             And
             because
             G.W.
             willing
             to
             bring
             this
             strange
             Doctrine
             to
             the
             
             capacity
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             compar'd
             their
             three
             Persons
             to
             three
             Apostles
             ,
             saying
             ,
             he
             did
             not
             understand
             how
             
               Paul
               ,
               Peter
            
             ,
             and
             John
             could
             be
             three
             Persons
             ,
             and
             one
             Apostle
             ,
             (
             a
             most
             apt
             comparison
             to
             detect
             the
             ridicule
             of
             their
             Doctrine
             )
             one
             —
             Maddocks
             ,
             whose
             Zeal
             out-stript
             his
             knowledge
             ,
             busling
             hard
             ,
             as
             one
             that
             had
             some
             necessary
             matter
             for
             the
             decision
             of
             our
             Controversie
             ,
             instead
             thereof
             (
             perhaps
             to
             save
             his
             Brethren
             ,
             or
             show
             himself
             )
             silences
             our
             farther
             controverting
             of
             the
             Principle
             ,
             by
             a
             Syllogistical
             ,
             but
             false
             and
             impertinent
             reflection
             upon
             G.W.
             his
             person
             .
             It
             runs
             thus
             ,
             
               He
               that
               scornfully
               and
               reproachfully
               compares
               our
               Doctrine
               of
               the
               Blessed
               Trinity
               of
               Father
               ,
               Son
               and
               Spirit
               ,
               one
               in
               Essence
               ,
               but
               three
               in
               Persons
               ,
               to
               three
               finite
               men
               ,
               as
            
             Paul
             ,
             Peter
             ,
             and
             John
             ,
             
               is
               a
               Blasphemer
               .
               But
               you
            
             G.W.
             
               have
               so
               done
            
             .
             Ergo.
             —
          
           
             A
             strange
             way
             of
             Argumentation
             ,
             to
             beg
             what
             can't
             be
             granted
             him
             ,
             and
             take
             for
             granted
             what
             still
             remains
             a
             Question
             ,
             viz.
             That
             there
             are
             three
             distinct
             and
             separate
             Persons
             in
             one
             Essence
             :
             Let
             them
             first
             prove
             their
             Trinity
             ,
             and
             then
             charge
             their
             Blasphemy
             ;
             but
             I
             must
             not
             forget
             this
             persons
             self-confutation
             ,
             who
             to
             be
             plainer
             ,
             called
             them
             three
             Hee
             's
             ;
             and
             if
             he
             can
             find
             a
             He
             without
             a
             Substance
             ,
             or
             prove
             that
             a
             subsistance
             is
             any
             other
             than
             the
             form
             of
             a
             He
             ,
             he
             would
             do
             well
             to
             justifie
             himself
             from
             the
             imputation
             of
             Ignorance
             .
          
           
             And
             till
             their
             Hipothesis
             be
             of
             better
             Authority
             ,
             G.W.
             neither
             did
             ,
             nor
             does
             by
             that
             Comparison
             design
             mens
             Inventions
             so
             much
             honour
             .
          
           
             For
             't
             is
             to
             be
             remark'd
             ,
             that
             G.W.
             is
             no
             otherwise
             a
             Blasphemer
             ,
             than
             by
             drawing
             direct
             consequences
             from
             their
             own
             Principles
             ,
             and
             recharging
             them
             upon
             themselves
             ;
             so
             that
             he
             did
             not
             speak
             his
             own
             apprehensions
             by
             his
             Comparison
             ,
             but
             the
             sence
             of
             their
             Assertion
             ,
             therefore
             Blasphemer
             and
             Blasphemy
             are
             their
             own
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Trinity
             of
             Distinct
             and
             Separate
             Persons
             in
             the
             Unity
             of
             Essence
             ,
             refuted
             from
             Scripture
             .
          
           
             
             
               AND
               he
               said
               ,
               Lord
               God
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               God
               like
               unto
               THEE
               :
               To
               whom
               then
               will
               ye
               liken
               ME
               ?
               Or
               shall
               I
               be
               equal
               ,
               saith
               the
               Holy
               ONE
               ?
               —
               I
               am
               the
               Lord
               ,
               and
               there
               is
               NONE
               else
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               GOD
               besides
               ME.
               Thus
               saith
               the
               Lord
               thy
               Redeemer
               ,
               the
               Holy
               ONE
               of
            
             Israel
             .
             
               I
               will
               also
               praise
               THEE
               ,
               O
               my
               God
               ;
               unto
               THEE
               will
               I
               sing
               ,
               O
               Holy
               ONE
               of
            
             Israel
             .
             *
             
               Jehovah
               is
               ONE
               ,
               and
               his
               Name
               ONE
               .
            
             Which
             with
             the
             Cloud
             of
             other
             Testimonies
             that
             might
             be
             urg'd
             ,
             evidently
             demonstrate
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             dayes
             of
             the
             first
             Covenant
             ,
             and
             Prophets
             ,
             but
             ONE
             was
             the
             Holy
             God
             ,
             and
             God
             but
             that
             Holy
             ONE
             .
             
             —
             Again
             ,
             
               And
               Jesus
               said
               unto
               him
               ,
               Why
               callest
               thou
               me
               good
               ?
               there
               is
               none
               good
               but
               ONE
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               God.
               And
               this
               is
               Life
               Eternal
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               know
               THEE
            
             (
             Father
             )
             
               the
               ONLY
               true
               God.
               Seeing
               it
               is
               ONE
               God
               that
               shall
               justifie
               ;
               There
               be
               gods
               many
               ,
               but
               unto
               us
               there
               is
               but
               ONE
               God
               ,
               the
               Father
               ,
               of
               whom
               are
               all
               things
               .
               ONE
               God
               and
               Father
               who
               is
               above
               all
               things
               .
               For
               there
               is
               ONE
               God.
               To
               the
               ONLY
               Wise
               God
               be
               glory
               now
               and
               ever
               .
            
             From
             all
             which
             I
             shall
             lay
             down
             this
             one
             Assertion
             ,
             that
             the
             Testimonies
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             both
             under
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             since
             the
             Gospel-Dispensation
             ,
             declare
             ONE
             to
             be
             God
             ,
             and
             God
             to
             be
             ONE
             ,
             on
             which
             I
             shall
             raise
             this
             Argument
             ;
          
           
             If
             God
             ,
             as
             the
             Scriptures
             testifie
             ,
             hath
             never
             been
             declar'd
             or
             believ'd
             ,
             but
             as
             the
             Holy
             ONE
             ,
             then
             will
             it
             follow
             ,
             that
             God
             is
             not
             a
             Holy
             THREE
             ,
             nor
             doth
             subsist
             in
             THREE
             distinct
             and
             separate
             Holy
             ONES
             ;
             but
             the
             before-cited
             Scriptures
             undeniably
             prove
             that
             ONE
             is
             God
             ,
             and
             God
             only
             is
             that
             Holy
             ONE
             ;
             therefore
             he
             can't
             be
             divided
             into
             ,
             or
             subsist
             in
             a
             Holy
             THREE
             ,
             or
             THREE
             distinct
             and
             separate
             Holy
             ONES
             .
             —
             Neither
             can
             this
             receive
             the
             least
             prejudice
             from
             that
             frequent
             but
             impertinent
             distinction
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             ONE
             in
             Substance
             ,
             but
             THREE
             in
             Persons
             or
             Subsistences
             ;
             since
             
             God
             was
             not
             declared
             or
             believed
             incompleatly
             ,
             or
             without
             his
             subsistance
             ;
             Nor
             did
             he
             require
             homage
             from
             his
             Creatures
             ,
             as
             an
             incompleat
             or
             abstracted
             Being
             ,
             but
             as
             God
             the
             Holy
             ONE
             ;
             For
             so
             he
             should
             be
             manifested
             and
             worshipped
             without
             that
             which
             was
             absolutely
             necessary
             to
             himself
             ;
             A
             most
             absurd
             Blasphemy
             .
             —
             So
             that
             either
             the
             Testimonies
             of
             the
             aforementioned
             Scriptures
             are
             to
             be
             believ'd
             concerning
             God
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             intirely
             and
             compleatly
             ,
             not
             abstractly
             and
             distinctly
             ,
             the
             Holy
             ONE
             ,
             or
             else
             their
             Authority
             to
             be
             denied
             by
             these
             Trinitarians
             ;
             and
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             if
             they
             pretend
             to
             credit
             their
             Holy
             Testimonies
             ,
             they
             must
             necessarily
             conclude
             their
             kind
             of
             Trinity
             a
             Fiction
             .
          
           
             
               Refuted
               from
               right
               Reason
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               If
               there
               be
               three
               distinct
               and
               separate
               Persons
               ,
               then
               three
               distinct
               and
               separate
               Substances
               ,
               because
               every
               person
               is
               inseparable
               from
               its
               own
               Substance
               ;
               and
               as
               there
               is
               no
               person
               that
               's
               not
               a
               Substance
               in
               common
               acceptation
               among
               men
               ,
               so
               do
               the
               Scriptures
               plentifully
               agree
               herein
               ;
               and
               since
               the
               Father
               is
               God
               ,
               the
               Son
               is
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               Spirit
               is
               God
               (
               which
               their
               Opinion
               necessitates
               them
               to
               confess
               )
               then
               unless
               the
               Father
               ,
               Son
               ,
               and
               Spirit
               ,
               are
               three
               distinct
               Nothings
               ,
               they
               must
               be
               three
               distinct
               Substances
               ,
               and
               consequently
               three
               distinct
               Gods.
               
            
             
               2.
               
               It
               's
               farther
               prov'd
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               consider'd
               ,
               that
               either
               the
               Divine
               Persons
               are
               finite
               or
               infinite
               ;
               if
               the
               first
               ,
               then
               something
               finite
               is
               inseparable
               to
               the
               infinite
               Substance
               ,
               whereby
               something
               finite
               is
               in
               God
               ;
               If
               the
               last
               ,
               then
               three
               distinct
               Infinites
               ,
               three
               Omnipotents
               ,
               three
               Eternals
               ,
               and
               so
               three
               Gods.
               
            
             
               3.
               
               If
               each
               Person
               be
               God
               ,
               and
               that
               God
               subsists
               in
               three
               Persons
               ,
               then
               in
               each
               Person
               are
               three
               Persons
               or
               Gods
               ,
               and
               from
               three
               ,
               they
               will
               increase
               to
               nine
               ,
               and
               so
               
                 ad
                 infinitum
              
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               But
               if
               they
               shall
               deny
               the
               three
               Persons
               ,
               or
               Subsistencies
               to
               be
               infinite
               ,
               (
               for
               so
               there
               would
               unavoidably
               be
               three
               Gods
               )
               ;
               it
               will
               follow
               that
               they
               must
               be
               finite
               ,
               and
               so
               the
               absurdity
               is
               not
               abated
               from
               what
               it
               was
               ;
               for
               that
               of
               one
               substance
               having
               three
               subsistences
               ,
               is
               not
               greater
               ,
               then
               that
               an
               infinite
               Being
               should
               have
               three
               finite
               modes
               of
               subsisting
               .
               But
               though
               that
               mode
               which
               is
               finite
               
               can't
               answer
               to
               a
               substance
               that
               's
               infinit
               ,
               yet
               to
               try
               if
               we
               can
               make
               their
               Principle
               to
               approach
               common
               sense
               ;
               Let
               's
               conceive
               that
               three
               persons
               ,
               which
               may
               be
               finite
               separately
               ,
               make
               up
               an
               infinite
               conjunctly
               ;
               however
               this
               will
               follow
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               no
               more
               incommunicable
               or
               separate
               ,
               nor
               properly
               subsistences
               ,
               but
               a
               subsistance
               ;
               for
               the
               infinite
               Substance
               can't
               find
               a
               bottom
               or
               substance
               in
               any
               one
               or
               two
               ,
               therefore
               joyntly
               .
               And
               here
               I
               am
               also
               willing
               to
               over-look
               finiteness
               in
               the
               Father
               ,
               Son
               ,
               and
               Spirit
               ,
               which
               this
               Doctrine
               must
               suppose
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               Again
               ,
               if
               these
               three
               distinct
               Persons
               are
               one
               ,
               with
               some
               one
               thing
               ,
               as
               they
               say
               they
               are
               with
               the
               God-head
               ,
               then
               are
               not
               they
               incommunicable
               among
               themselves
               ;
               but
               so
               much
               the
               contrary
               ,
               as
               to
               be
               one
               in
               the
               place
               of
               another
               ;
               for
               if
               that
               the
               only
               God
               is
               the
               Father
               ,
               and
               Christ
               be
               that
               only
               God
               ,
               then
               is
               Christ
               the
               Father
               .
               So
               if
               that
               one
               God
               be
               the
               Son
               ,
               and
               the
               Spirit
               that
               one
               God
               ,
               then
               is
               the
               Spirit
               the
               Son
               ,
               and
               so
               round
               .
               Nor
               is
               it
               possible
               to
               stop
               ,
               or
               that
               it
               should
               be
               other
               wise
               ,
               since
               if
               the
               Divine
               Nature
               be
               inseparable
               from
               the
               three
               Persons
               ,
               or
               communicated
               to
               each
               ,
               and
               each
               Person
               have
               the
               whole
               Divine
               Nature
               ,
               then
               is
               the
               Son
               in
               the
               Father
               ,
               and
               the
               Spirit
               in
               the
               Son
               ,
               unless
               that
               the
               God-head
               be
               as
               incommunicable
               to
               the
               Persons
               ,
               as
               they
               are
               reported
               to
               be
               amongst
               themselves
               ;
               or
               that
               the
               three
               Persons
               have
               distinctly
               allotted
               them
               such
               a
               proportion
               of
               the
               Divine
               Nature
               ,
               as
               is
               not
               communicable
               to
               each
               other
               ;
               which
               is
               a
               like
               ridiculous
               and
               shameful
               .
               Much
               more
               might
               be
               said
               to
               manifest
               the
               gross
               contradiction
               of
               this
               Trinitarian
               Doctrine
               ,
               as
               vulgarly
               receiv'd
               ;
               but
               I
               must
               be
               brief
               .
            
          
           
             
               Information
               and
               Caution
               .
            
             
               Before
               I
               shall
               conclude
               this
               Head
               ,
               it
               's
               requisite
               I
               should
               inform
               the
               Reader
               concerning
               it's
               Original
               ;
               thou
               may'st
               assure
               thy self
               ,
               it
               's
               not
               from
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               nor
               Reason
               ,
               since
               so
               expresly
               repugnant
               ;
               although
               all
               Broachers
               of
               their
               own
               Inventions
               strongly
               endeavour
               to
               reconcile
               them
               with
               their
               Holy
               Record
               .
               Know
               then
               ,
               my
               Friend
               ,
               't
               was
               born
               above
               three
               hundred
               years
               after
               the
               Antient
               Gospel
               was
               declared
               ;
               and
               that
               through
               the
               nice
               distinctions
               ,
               and
               too
               daring
               curiosity
               of
               the
               Bishop
               of
               Alexandria
               ,
               who
               being
               opposed
               by
               Arius
               ,
               
               their
               Zeal
               so
               reciprocally
               blew
               the
               fire
               of
               Contention
               ,
               Animosity
               ,
               and
               Persecution
               ,
               till
               at
               last
               they
               sacrific'd
               each
               other
               to
               their
               mutual
               revenge
               .
            
             
               Thus
               it
               was
               conceiv'd
               in
               ignorance
               ,
               brought
               forth
               and
               maintain'd
               by
               cruelty
               ;
               for
               though
               he
               that
               was
               strongest
               ,
               impos'd
               his
               Opinion
               ,
               persecuting
               the
               contrary
               ,
               yet
               the
               Scale
               turning
               on
               the
               Trinitarian
               side
               ,
               it
               has
               there
               continued
               through
               all
               the
               Romish
               Generations
               ;
               and
               notwithstanding
               it
               hath
               obtain'd
               the
               name
               of
               Athanatian
               from
               Athanatius
               ,
               an
               opiniated
               man
               ,
               (
               witness
               his
               carriage
               towards
               Constantine
               the
               Emperor
               )
               because
               suppos'd
               to
               have
               been
               most
               concern'd
               in
               the
               framing
               that
               Creed
               in
               which
               this
               Doctrine
               is
               asserted
               ;
               yet
               have
               I
               never
               seen
               one
               Copy
               void
               of
               a
               suspition
               ,
               rather
               to
               have
               been
               the
               results
               of
               Popish
               School-men
               ,
               which
               I
               could
               render
               more
               perspicuous
               ,
               did
               not
               brevity
               necessitate
               me
               to
               an
               omission
               .
            
             
               Be
               therefore
               caution'd
               ,
               Reader
               ,
               not
               to
               imbrace
               the
               determinations
               of
               prejudic'd
               Councils
               ,
               for
               Evangelical
               Doctrine
               ;
               to
               whom
               the
               Scriptures
               bear
               no
               certain
               testimony
               ,
               neither
               was
               believ'd
               by
               the
               Primitive
               Saints
               ,
               or
               thus
               stated
               by
               any
               I
               have
               read
               in
               the
               first
               ,
               second
               ,
               or
               third
               Centuries
               ,
               particularly
               
                 Ireneus
                 ,
                 Justin
                 Martyr
                 ,
                 Tertullian
                 ,
                 Origen
                 ,
                 Theophilact
                 ,
              
               with
               many
               others
               who
               appear
               wholly
               forreign
               to
               the
               matter
               in
               controversie
               .
               —
               But
               seeing
               that
               private
               Spirits
               ,
               and
               those
               none
               of
               the
               most
               ingenious
               ,
               have
               been
               the
               Parents
               and
               Guardians
               of
               this
               so
               generally
               receiv'd
               Doctrine
               ;
               let
               the
               time
               pass
               suffice
               ,
               and
               be
               admonish'd
               to
               apply
               thy
               mind
               unto
               that
               Light
               and
               Grace
               which
               brings
               Salvation
               ;
               that
               by
               obedience
               thereunto
               ,
               those
               mists
               Tradition
               hath
               cast
               before
               thy
               eyes
               ,
               may
               be
               expel'd
               ,
               and
               thou
               receive
               a
               certain
               knowledge
               of
               that
               God
               ,
               whom
               to
               know
               is
               Life
               Eternal
               ,
               not
               to
               be
               a
               divided
               ,
               but
               ONE
               pure
               intire
               and
               eternal
               Being
               ;
               who
               in
               the
               fulness
               of
               time
               sent
               forth
               his
               Son
               ,
               as
               the
               true
               Light
               which
               enlightneth
               every
               man
               ;
               that
               whosoever
               follow'd
               him
               (
               the
               Light
               )
               might
               be
               translated
               from
               the
               dark
               Notions
               ,
               and
               vain
               Conversations
               of
               men
               ,
               to
               this
               Holy
               Light
               ,
               in
               which
               onely
               sound
               Judgment
               and
               eternal
               Life
               are
               obtainable
               ;
               who
               so
               many
               hundred
               years
               since
               ,
               in
               Person
               testified
               the
               virtue
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               has
               communicated
               unto
               all
               ,
               such
               a
               proportion
               ,
               as
               may
               enable
               them
               to
               follow
               his
               Example
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Vulgar
             Doctrine
             of
             Satisfaction
             ,
             being
             dependent
             on
             the
             Second
             Person
             of
             the
             imagin'd
             Trinity
             ,
             refuted
             from
             Scripture
             .
          
           
             
             
               THat
               man
               having
               transgress'd
               the
               Righteous
               Law
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               so
               expos'd
               to
               the
               penalty
               of
               eternal
               Wrath
               ,
               it
               's
               altogether
               impossible
               for
               God
               to
               remit
               or
               forgive
               without
               a
               Plenary
               satisfaction
               ;
               and
               that
               there
               was
               no
               other
               way
               by
               which
               God
               could
               obtain
               satisfaction
               ,
               or
               save
               men
               ,
               than
               by
               inflicting
               the
               penalty
               of
               infinite
               wrath
               and
               vengeance
               on
               Jesus
               Christ
               the
               Second
               Person
               of
               the
               Trinity
               ,
               who
               for
               sins
               past
               ,
               present
               ,
               and
               to
               come
               ,
               hath
               wholly
               born
               and
               paid
               it
               ,
            
             (
             whether
             for
             all
             or
             ▪
             but
             some
             )
             
               to
               the
               offended
               infinite
               justice
               of
               his
               Father
               .
            
          
           
             
             1.
             
             
               And
               the
               Lord
               passed
               by
               before
               him
               ,
            
             (
             Moses
             )
             
               and
               proclaimed
               ,
               The
               Lord
               ,
               the
               Lord
               God
               merciful
               and
               gracious
               ,
               keeping
               mercy
               for
               thousands
               ,
               forgiving
               iniquity
               ,
               transgression
               and
               sin
               .
            
             [
             From
             whence
             I
             shall
             draw
             this
             Position
             ,
             that
             since
             God
             has
             proclaim'd
             himself
             a
             Gracious
             ,
             Merciful
             ,
             and
             forgiving
             God
             ,
             it
             's
             not
             inconsistent
             with
             his
             Nature
             to
             remit
             ,
             without
             any
             other
             consideration
             than
             his
             own
             Love
             ;
             otherwise
             he
             could
             not
             justly
             come
             under
             the
             imputation
             of
             so
             many
             gracious
             Attributes
             ,
             with
             whom
             it
             is
             impossible
             to
             pardon
             ,
             and
             necessary
             to
             exact
             the
             payment
             of
             the
             utmost
             farthing
             .
             ]
             —
          
           
             
             2.
             
             
               For
               if
               ye
               turn
               again
               to
               the
               Lord
               ,
               the
               Lord
               your
               God
               is
               gracious
               and
               merciful
               ,
               and
               will
               not
               turn
               away
               his
               face
               from
               you
               .
            
             [
             Where
             how
             natural
             is
             it
             to
             observe
             that
             God's
             remission
             is
             grounded
             on
             their
             repentance
             ;
             and
             not
             that
             it
             's
             impossible
             for
             God
             to
             pardon
             ,
             without
             a
             Plenary
             satisfaction
             ,
             since
             the
             possibility
             ,
             nay
             ,
             certainty
             of
             the
             contrary
             ,
             viz.
             his
             Grace
             and
             Mercy
             ,
             is
             the
             great
             Motive
             or
             Reason
             of
             that
             loving
             invitation
             to
             return
             .
             ]
             —
          
           
             
             3.
             
             
               They
               hardened
               their
               Necks
               ,
               and
               hearkned
               not
               to
               thy
               Commandments
               ,
               but
               thou
               art
               a
               God
               ready
               to
               pardon
               ,
               gracious
               and
               merciful
               .
            
             
             [
             Can
             the
             honest
             hearted
             Reader
             conceive
             that
             God
             should
             be
             thus
             mercifully
             quallified
             ,
             whilst
             executing
             the
             rigor
             of
             the
             Law
             transgrest
             ,
             or
             not
             acquitting
             without
             the
             Debt
             be
             paid
             him
             by
             another
             ?
             I
             suppose
             not
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             
               Let
               the
               wicked
               forsake
               his
               way
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               the
               unrighteous
               man
               his
               thoughts
               ;
               and
               let
               him
               return
               unto
               the
               Lord
               ,
               and
               he
               will
               have
               mercy
               upon
               him
               ,
               and
               to
               our
               God
               ,
               for
               he
               will
               abundantly
               pardon
               .
            
             [
             Come
             let
             the
             unprejudiced
             judge
             ,
             if
             this
             Scripture-Doctrine
             is
             not
             very
             remote
             from
             saying
             his
             Nature
             cannot
             forgive
             sin
             ,
             therefore
             let
             Christ
             pay
             him
             full
             satisfaction
             ,
             or
             he
             will
             certainly
             be
             avenged
             ;
             which
             is
             the
             substance
             of
             that
             strange
             Opinion
             .
             ]
          
           
             5.
             
             
               Behold
               ,
               the
               days
               come
               ,
               saith
               the
               Lord
               ,
            
             
             
               that
               I
               will
               make
               a
               New
               Covenant
               with
               the
               House
               of
            
             Israel
             ;
             
               I
               will
               put
               my
               Law
               in
               their
               inward
               Parts
               ;
               I
               will
               forgive
               their
               iniquity
               ,
               I
               will
               remember
               their
               sin
               no
               more
               .
            
             [
             Here
             is
             God's
             meer
             Grace
             asserted
             ,
             against
             the
             pretended
             necessity
             of
             a
             satisfaction
             to
             procure
             his
             Remission
             :
             And
             this
             Paul
             acknowledgeth
             to
             be
             the
             dispensation
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             in
             his
             eight
             Chapter
             to
             the
             Hebrews
             :
             So
             that
             this
             New
             Doctrine
             doth
             not
             only
             contradict
             the
             Nature
             and
             Design
             of
             the
             second
             Covenant
             ,
             but
             seems
             in
             short
             to
             discharge
             God
             both
             from
             his
             Mercy
             and
             Omnipotence
             .
             ]
          
           
             6.
             
             
               Who
               is
               a
               God
               like
               unto
               thee
               ,
               that
               pardoneth
               iniquity
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               passeth
               by
               the
               transgression
               of
               the
               Remnant
               of
               his
               Heritage
               ?
               He
               retaineth
               not
               his
               Anger
               for
               ever
               ,
               because
               he
               delighteth
               in
               Mercy
               .
            
             [
             Can
             there
             be
             a
             more
             express
             passage
             to
             clear
             ,
             not
             only
             the
             possibility
             ,
             but
             real
             inclinations
             in
             God
             to
             pardon
             sin
             ,
             and
             
               not
               retain
               his
               anger
               for
               ever
            
             ;
             since
             the
             Prophet
             seems
             to
             challenge
             all
             other
             Gods
             to
             try
             their
             excellency
             by
             his
             God
             ,
             herein
             describing
             the
             supremacy
             of
             his
             Power
             ,
             and
             superexcellency
             of
             his
             Nature
             ,
             
               that
               he
               pardoneth
               iniquity
               ,
               and
               retaineth
               not
               his
               anger
               for
               ever
               :
            
             so
             that
             if
             the
             Satisfactionists
             should
             ask
             the
             Question
             ,
             Who
             is
             a
             God
             like
             unto
             ours
             ,
             that
             cannot
             pardon
             iniquity
             ,
             nor
             pass
             by
             transgression
             ,
             but
             retain
             his
             anger
             until
             some-body
             make
             him
             satisfaction
             ?
             I
             answer
             ,
             Many
             amongst
             the
             harsh
             and
             severe
             Rulers
             of
             the
             Nations
             ;
             but
             as
             for
             my
             God
             ,
             he
             is
             exalted
             above
             them
             all
             ,
             upon
             the
             Throne
             of
             his
             Mercy
             ,
             
               who
               pardoneth
               iniquity
               ,
               and
               retaineth
               not
               his
               anger
               for
               ever
               ,
               but
               will
               have
               compassion
               upon
               us
               .
            
             ]
          
           
           
             
             7.
             
             
               And
               forgive
               us
               our
               Debts
               ,
               as
               we
               forgive
               our
               Debtors
               .
            
             [
             Where
             nothing
             can
             be
             more
             obvious
             than
             that
             which
             is
             forgiven
             ,
             is
             not
             paid
             :
             And
             if
             it
             is
             our
             duty
             to
             forgive
             without
             a
             satisfaction
             received
             ,
             and
             that
             God
             is
             to
             forgive
             us
             as
             we
             forgive
             them
             ,
             then
             is
             a
             satisfaction
             totally
             excluded
             :
             Christ
             further
             paraphrases
             upon
             that
             part
             of
             his
             Prayer
             ,
             v.
             14.
             
             
               For
               if
               ye
               forgive
               their
               trespasses
               ,
               your
               Heavenly
               Father
               will
               also
               forgive
               you
               .
            
             Where
             he
             as
             well
             argues
             the
             equity
             of
             Gods
             forgiving
             them
             ,
             from
             their
             forgiving
             others
             ,
             as
             he
             encourages
             them
             to
             forgive
             others
             ,
             from
             the
             example
             of
             God's
             Mercy
             in
             forgiving
             them
             ;
             which
             is
             more
             amply
             exprest
             in
             chap.
             18.
             where
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Heaven
             (
             that
             consists
             
               in
               Righteousness
            
             )
             is
             represented
             by
             a
             King
             ;
             
               Who
               upon
               his
               Debtors
               Petition
               ,
               had
               compassion
               ,
               and
               forgave
               him
               ;
               but
               the
               same
               treating
               his
               fellow
               Servant
               without
               the
               least
               forbearance
               ,
               the
               King
               condemned
               his
               unrighteousness
               ,
               and
               delivered
               him
               over
               to
               the
               Tormentors
               .
            
             But
             how
             had
             this
             been
             a
             fault
             in
             the
             Servant
             ,
             if
             his
             Kings
             Mercy
             had
             not
             been
             proposed
             for
             his
             Example
             ?
             How
             most
             unworthy
             therefore
             is
             it
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             blasphemous
             ,
             may
             I
             justly
             tearm
             it
             ,
             to
             be
             in
             any's
             daring
             to
             assert
             that
             forgiveness
             impossible
             to
             God
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             only
             possible
             ,
             but
             enjoyn'd
             to
             men
             .
             ]
          
           
             
             8.
             
             
               For
               God
               so
               loved
               the
               World
               ,
               that
               he
               gave
               his
               only
               begotten
               Son
               ,
               that
               whosoever
               believed
               in
               him
               ,
               should
               not
               perish
               ,
               but
               have
               everlasting
               Life
               .
            
             [
             By
             which
             it
             appears
             ,
             that
             God's
             Love
             is
             not
             the
             effect
             of
             Christ's
             satisfaction
             ,
             but
             Christ
             is
             the
             proper
             Gift
             and
             Effect
             of
             Gods
             Love.
             ]
          
           
             
             9.
             
             
               To
               him
               gave
               all
               the
               Prophets
               witness
               ,
               that
               through
               his
               Name
               whosoever
               believeth
               in
               him
               ,
               shall
               receive
               Remission
               of
               sins
               .
            
             [
             So
             that
             Remission
             came
             by
             believing
             his
             Testimony
             ,
             and
             obeying
             his
             Precepts
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             a
             pretended
             satisfaction
             .
             ]
          
           
             
             10.
             
             
               If
               God
               be
               for
               us
               ,
               who
               can
               be
               against
               us
               ?
               He
               that
               spared
               not
               his
               own
               Son
               ,
               but
               delivered
               him
               up
               for
               us
               all
               .
            
             [
             Which
             evidently
             declares
             it
             to
             be
             God's
             Act
             of
             free
             Love
             ,
             otherwise
             if
             he
             must
             be
             paid
             ;
             he
             should
             be
             at
             the
             charge
             of
             his
             own
             satisfaction
             ,
             for
             he
             delivered
             up
             the
             Son.
             ]
          
           
             
             11.
             
             
               And
               all
               things
               are
               of
               God
               ,
               who
               hath
               reconciled
               us
               to
               himself
               by
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               and
               hath
               given
               to
               us
               the
               Ministry
               of
               Reconciliation
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               that
               God
               was
               in
               Christ
               ,
               reconciling
               the
               World
               unto
               himself
               ,
               not
               imputing
               their
               trespasses
               unto
               them
               .
            
             [
             How
             undeniably
             apparent
             is
             it
             that
             God
             is
             so
             far
             from
             standing
             off
             in
             high
             displeasure
             ,
             and
             upon
             
             his
             tearms
             ,
             contracting
             with
             his
             Son
             for
             a
             satisfaction
             ,
             as
             being
             otherwise
             uncapable
             to
             be
             reconciled
             ,
             that
             he
             became
             himself
             the
             Reconciler
             by
             Christ
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             by
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             
               his
               Ambassadors
            
             ,
             to
             whom
             was
             
               committed
               the
               Ministry
               of
               Reconciliation
            
             .
             ]
          
           
             12.
             
             
               In
               whom
               we
               have
               redemption
               through
               his
               Blood
               ,
            
             
             
               the
               forgiveness
               of
               sins
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               riches
               of
               his
               grace
               .
            
             [
             Now
             what
             relation
             ,
             satisfaction
             has
             to
             
               forgiveness
               of
               sins
            
             ,
             or
             how
             any
             can
             construe
             Grace
             to
             be
             Justice
             ,
             the
             meanest
             understanding
             may
             determine
             .
             ]
          
           
             13.
             
             
               But
               the
               God
               of
               all
               Grace
               ,
            
             
             
               who
               hath
               called
               us
               unto
               his
               eternal
               Glory
               ,
               by
               Christ
               Jesus
               .
            
             [
             He
             does
             not
             say
             that
             God's
             Justice
             ,
             in
             consideration
             of
             Christ's
             Satisfaction
             ,
             acquitted
             us
             from
             sins
             past
             ,
             present
             ,
             and
             to
             come
             ,
             and
             therefore
             
               hath
               called
               us
               to
               his
               eternal
               Glory
               ,
            
             but
             from
             his
             Grace
             .
             ]
          
           
             14.
             
             
               In
               this
               was
               manifested
               the
               love
               of
               God
               towards
               us
               ,
            
             
             
               because
               that
               God
               sent
               his
               onely
               begotten
               Son
               into
               the
               World
               ,
               that
               we
               might
               live
               through
               him
               .
            
             [
             Which
             plainly
             attributes
             Christ
             in
             his
             Doctrine
             ,
             Life
             ,
             Miracles
             ,
             Death
             ,
             and
             Sufferings
             to
             God
             ,
             as
             the
             Gift
             and
             Expression
             of
             his
             Eternal
             Love
             ,
             for
             the
             Salvation
             of
             men
             .
             ]
          
           
             1.
             
             In
             abolishing
             that
             other
             Covenant
             ,
             which
             consisted
             in
             External
             and
             shadowy
             Ordinances
             ,
             and
             that
             made
             none
             clean
             as
             concerning
             the
             Conscience
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             In
             promulgating
             his
             message
             of
             a
             most
             free
             and
             universal
             tender
             of
             Life
             and
             Salvation
             unto
             all
             that
             believed
             and
             followed
             him
             ,
             (
             the
             Light
             )
             in
             all
             his
             Righteousness
             ,
             the
             very
             end
             of
             his
             appearance
             being
             to
             destroy
             the
             works
             of
             the
             Devil
             ,
             and
             which
             every
             man
             only
             comes
             to
             experiment
             ,
             as
             he
             walks
             in
             a
             holy
             subjection
             to
             that
             measure
             of
             Light
             and
             Grace
             ,
             wherewith
             the
             fulness
             hath
             enlightned
             him
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             In
             seconding
             his
             Doctrines
             with
             Signs
             ,
             Miracles
             ,
             and
             a
             most
             innocent-self-denying-life
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             In
             ratifying
             and
             confirming
             all
             (
             with
             great
             love
             ,
             and
             holy
             resignation
             )
             by
             the
             offering
             up
             of
             his
             Body
             to
             be
             crucified
             by
             wicked
             hands
             ;
             who
             is
             now
             ascended
             far
             above
             all
             Heavens
             ,
             and
             is
             thereby
             become
             a
             most
             compleat
             Captain
             ,
             and
             perfect
             Example
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             I
             can
             by
             no
             means
             conclude
             ,
             but
             openly
             declare
             that
             the
             Scriptures
             of
             Truth
             are
             not
             onely
             silent
             in
             reference
             to
             this
             Doctrine
             of
             Satisfaction
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             's
             altogether
             inconsistent
             with
             the
             Dignity
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             very
             repugnant
             to
             the
             Conditions
             ,
             Nature
             ,
             and
             
             Tendency
             of
             the
             second
             Covenant
             ,
             concerning
             which
             their
             Testimony
             is
             so
             clear
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Absurdities
               that
               unavoidably
               follow
               the
               Comparison
               of
               this
               Doctrine
               ,
               with
               the
               sence
               of
               Scripture
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               THat
               God
               is
               gracious
               to
               forgive
               ,
               and
               yet
               impossible
               for
               him
               ,
               unless
               the
               Debt
               be
               fully
               satisfied
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               That
               the
               finite
               and
               impotent
               Creature
               ,
               is
               more
               capable
               of
               extending
               Mercy
               and
               Forgiveness
               ,
               than
               the
               Infinite
               and
               Omnipotent
               Creator
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               
                 That
                 God
                 so
                 loved
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 he
                 gave
                 his
                 onely
                 Son
                 to
                 save
                 it
              
               ;
               and
               yet
               that
               God
               stood
               off
               in
               high
               displeasure
               ,
               and
               Christ
               gave
               himself
               to
               God
               as
               a
               compleat
               satisfaction
               to
               his
               offended
               Justice
               ;
               with
               many
               more
               such
               like
               gross
               Consequences
               that
               might
               be
               drawn
               .
            
          
           
             
               Refuted
               from
               right
               Reason
               .
            
             
               But
               if
               we
               should
               grant
               a
               Scripture-silence
               as
               to
               the
               necessity
               of
               Christ's
               satisfying
               his
               Fathers
               Justice
               ,
               yet
               so
               manifest
               would
               be
               the
               Contradictions
               ,
               and
               foul
               the
               Repugnances
               to
               right
               Reason
               ,
               that
               who
               had
               not
               vail'd
               his
               understanding
               with
               the
               dark
               suggestions
               of
               unwarrantable
               .
               Tradition
               ,
               or
               contracted
               his
               Judgment
               to
               the
               implicit
               apprehensions
               of
               some
               over-valued
               acquaintance
               ,
               might
               with
               great
               facility
               discriminate
               to
               a
               full
               resolve
               in
               this
               point
               ;
               for
               admitting
               God
               to
               be
               a
               Creditor
               ,
               or
               he
               to
               whom
               the
               Debt
               should
               be
               paid
               ,
               and
               Christ
               he
               that
               satisfies
               or
               payes
               it
               on
               the
               behalf
               of
               man
               ,
               the
               Debtor
               ,
               this
               question
               will
               arise
               ,
               Whether
               he
               paid
               Debt
               ,
               as
               God
               ,
               Man
               ,
               or
               both
               (
               to
               use
               their
               own
               tearms
               .
               )
            
          
           
             
             
               Not
               as
               God.
               
            
             
               1.
               
               In
               that
               it
               divides
               the
               Unity
               of
               the
               God-head
               by
               two
               distinct
               Acts
               ,
               of
               being
               Offended
               ,
               and
               not
               Offended
               ;
               of
               condemning
               Justice
               ,
               and
               redee●●●●
               Mercy
               of
               requiring
               a
               satisfaction
               ,
               and
               then
               paying
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Because
               if
               Christ
               payes
               the
               Debt
               as
               God
               ,
               then
               the
               Father
               and
               the
               Spirit
               being
               God
               ,
               they
               also
               pay
               the
               Debt
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               Since
               God
               is
               to
               be
               satisfied
               ,
               and
               that
               Christ
               is
               God
               ,
               he
               consequently
               is
               to
               be
               satisfied
               ;
               and
               who
               shall
               satisfie
               his
               infinite
               Justice
               ?
            
             
               4.
               
               But
               if
               Christ
               has
               satisfied
               God
               the
               Father
               ,
               Christ
               being
               also
               God
               ,
               't
               will
               follow
               then
               that
               he
               has
               satisfied
               himself
               ,
               (
               which
               can't
               be
               .
               )
            
             
               5.
               
               But
               since
               God
               the
               Father
               was
               once
               to
               be
               satisfied
               ,
               and
               that
               it
               's
               impossible
               he
               should
               do
               it
               himself
               ,
               nor
               yet
               the
               Son
               or
               Spirit
               ,
               because
               the
               same
               God
               ;
               it
               naturally
               follows
               that
               the
               Debt
               remains
               unpaid
               ,
               and
               these
               Satisfactionists
               thus
               far
               are
               still
               at
               a
               loss
               .
            
          
           
             
               Not
               as
               Man.
               
            
             
               6.
               
               The
               Justice
               offended
               ,
               being
               infinite
               ,
               his
               satisfaction
               ought
               to
               bear
               a
               proportion
               therewith
               ,
               which
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               as
               Man
               ,
               could
               never
               pay
               ,
               he
               being
               finite
               ,
               and
               from
               a
               finite
               cause
               could
               not
               proceed
               an
               infinite
               effect
               ;
               for
               so
               man
               may
               be
               said
               to
               bring
               forth
               God
               ,
               since
               nothing
               below
               the
               Divinity
               it self
               can
               rightly
               be
               stiled
               Infinite
               .
            
          
           
             
               Not
               as
               God
               and
               Man.
               
            
             
               7.
               
               For
               where
               two
               mediums
               ,
               or
               middle
               Propositions
               ,
               are
               singly
               inconsistent
               with
               the
               nature
               of
               the
               end
               for
               which
               they
               were
               at
               first
               propounded
               ,
               their
               conjunction
               rather
               does
               augment
               than
               lessen
               the
               difficulty
               of
               its
               accomplishment
               ;
               and
               this
               I
               am
               perswaded
               must
               be
               obvious
               to
               every
               unbyas'd
               understanding
               .
            
             
             
               But
               admitting
               one
               of
               these
               three
               mediums
               possible
               for
               the
               payment
               of
               an
               infinite
               Debt
               ;
               yet
               ,
               pray
               observe
               the
               most
               unworthy
               ,
               and
               ridiculous
               consequences
               that
               unavoidably
               will
               attend
               the
               impossibility
               of
               Gods
               pardoning
               sinners
               without
               a
               satisfaction
               .
            
          
           
             
               Consequences
               Irreligious
               and
               Irrational
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               That
               it
               's
               unlawful
               and
               impossible
               for
               God
               Almighty
               to
               be
               Gracious
               and
               Merciful
               ,
               or
               to
               pardon
               Transgressors
               ;
               then
               which
               ,
               what
               's
               more
               unworthy
               of
               God
               ?
            
             
               2.
               
               That
               God
               was
               inevitably
               compel'd
               to
               this
               way
               of
               saving
               men
               ;
               the
               highest
               affront
               to
               his
               incontroleable
               Nature
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               That
               it
               was
               unworthy
               of
               God
               to
               pardon
               ,
               but
               not
               to
               inflict
               punishment
               on
               the
               Innocent
               ,
               or
               require
               a
               satisfaction
               where
               there
               was
               nothing
               due
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               It
               doth
               not
               onely
               disacknowledge
               the
               true
               Virtue
               ,
               and
               real
               Intent
               of
               Christ's
               life
               and
               death
               ,
               but
               intirely
               deprives
               God
               of
               that
               praise
               which
               is
               owing
               to
               his
               greatest
               love
               and
               goodness
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               It
               represents
               the
               Son
               more
               kind
               and
               compassionate
               than
               the
               Father
               ;
               whereas
               if
               both
               be
               the
               same
               God
               ,
               then
               either
               the
               Father
               is
               as
               loving
               as
               the
               Son
               ,
               or
               the
               Son
               ▪
               as
               angry
               as
               the
               Father
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               It
               robs
               God
               of
               the
               gift
               of
               his
               Son
               for
               our
               Redemption
               (
               which
               the
               Scriptures
               attribute
               to
               the
               unmerited
               love
               he
               had
               for
               the
               World
               )
               in
               affirming
               the
               Son
               purchas'd
               that
               Redemption
               from
               the
               Father
               ,
               by
               the
               gift
               of
               himself
               to
               God
               as
               our
               compleat
               satisfaction
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               Since
               Christ
               could
               not
               pay
               what
               was
               not
               his
               own
               ,
               it
               follows
               that
               in
               the
               payment
               of
               his
               own
               ,
               the
               case
               still
               remains
               equally
               grievous
               ;
               Since
               the
               Debt
               is
               not
               hereby
               absolv'd
               or
               forgiven
               ,
               but
               transfer'd
               only
               ;
               and
               by
               consequence
               we
               are
               no
               better
               provided
               for
               Salvation
               than
               before
               ,
               owing
               that
               now
               to
               the
               Son
               ,
               which
               was
               once
               owing
               to
               the
               Father
               .
            
             
               8.
               
               It
               no
               way
               renders
               men
               beholding
               ,
               or
               in
               the
               least
               oblieg'd
               to
               God
               ,
               since
               by
               their
               Doctrine
               he
               would
               not
               have
               abated
               us
               ,
               nor
               did
               he
               Christ
               the
               last
               farthing
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               acknowledgments
               are
               peculiarly
               the
               Sons
               :
               which
               destroys
               the
               whole
               current
               of
               Scripture-Testimony
               ,
               for
               his
               good
               will
               towards
               men
               .
               —
               O
               the
               infamous
               portraiture
               this
               Doctrine
               draws
               of
               the
               infinite
               Goodness
               :
               Is
               this
               your
               retribution
               ,
               O
               injurious
               Satisfactionists
               ?
            
             
             
               9.
               
               That
               God's
               Justice
               is
               satisfied
               for
               sins
               past
               ,
               present
               ,
               and
               to
               come
               ,
               whereby
               God
               and
               Christ
               have
               lost
               both
               their
               power
               of
               injoyning
               Godliness
               ,
               and
               prerogative
               of
               punishing
               Disobedience
               ;
               for
               what
               is
               once
               paid
               ,
               is
               not
               revokeable
               ;
               and
               if
               punishment
               should
               arrest
               any
               for
               their
               Debts
               ,
               it
               either
               argues
               a
               breach
               on
               God
               or
               Christs
               part
               ,
               or
               else
               that
               it
               has
               not
               been
               sufficiently
               solv'd
               ,
               and
               the
               penalty
               compleatly
               sustain'd
               by
               an
               other
               ;
               
               forgetting
               
                 that
                 every
                 one
                 must
                 appear
                 before
                 the
                 Judgment
                 Seat
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 to
                 receive
                 according
                 to
                 things
                 done
                 in
                 the
                 body
              
               :
               Yea
               ,
               every
               one
               must
               give
               an
               account
               of
               himself
               to
               God.
               But
               many
               more
               are
               the
               gross
               Absurdities
               and
               Blasphemies
               that
               are
               the
               genuine
               Fruits
               of
               this
               so
               confidently
               believed
               Doctrine
               of
               Satisfaction
               .
            
          
           
             
               A
               Caution
               .
            
             
               Let
               me
               advise
               ,
               nay
               warn
               thee
               ,
               Reader
               ,
               by
               no
               means
               to
               admit
               an
               entertainment
               of
               this
               Principle
               ,
               by
               whomsoever
               recommended
               ;
               since
               it
               does
               not
               only
               divest
               the
               glorious
               God
               of
               his
               sovereign
               Power
               ,
               both
               to
               pardon
               and
               punish
               ,
               but
               as
               certainly
               insinuates
               a
               licentiousness
               ,
               at
               least
               a
               liberty
               that
               unbecomes
               the
               nature
               of
               that
               antient
               Gospel
               once
               preached
               among
               the
               Primitive
               Saints
               ,
               and
               that
               from
               an
               apprehension
               of
               a
               satisfaction
               once
               paid
               for
               all
               .
               Whereas
               I
               must
               tell
               thee
               ,
               That
               unless
               thou
               seriously
               repent
               ,
               and
               no
               more
               grieve
               God's
               Holy
               Spirit
               ,
               placed
               in
               thy
               inmost
               Parts
               ,
               but
               art
               thereby
               taught
               to
               deny
               all
               ungodliness
               ,
               and
               lead
               into
               all
               Righteousness
               ;
               At
               the
               Tribunal
               of
               the
               Great
               Judge
               thy
               Plea
               shall
               prove
               invalid
               ,
               and
               thou
               receive
               they
               reward
               without
               respect
               to
               any
               other
               thing
               than
               the
               Deeds
               done
               in
               the
               Body
               .
               
                 Be
                 not
                 deceived
                 ,
                 God
                 will
                 not
                 be
                 mocked
              
               ;
               
               
                 such
                 as
                 thou
                 sowest
                 ,
                 such
                 shalt
                 thou
                 reap
              
               :
               which
               leads
               me
               to
               the
               consideration
               of
               my
               third
               Head
               ,
               viz.
               Justification
               by
               an
               Imputative
               Righteousness
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Justification
             of
             impure
             Persons
             ,
             by
             an
             imputative
             Righteousness
             ,
             refuted
             from
             Scripture
             .
          
           
             
               
               
                 THat
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 other
                 way
                 for
                 sinners
                 to
                 be
                 justified
                 in
                 the
                 sight
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 than
                 by
                 the
                 imputation
                 of
                 that
                 Righteousness
                 Christ
                 long
                 since
                 performed
                 Personally
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 Sanctification
                 is
                 consequential
                 ,
                 not
                 antecedent
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             1.
             
             
               Keep
               thee
               far
               from
               a
               false
               matter
               ;
               and
               the
               Innocent
               and
               Righteous
               slay
               thou
               not
               ;
               for
               I
               will
               not
               justifie
               the
               wicked
               .
            
             Whereon
             I
             ground
             this
             Argument
             ,
             That
             since
             God
             has
             prescribed
             an
             inoffensive
             life
             ,
             as
             that
             which
             only
             can
             give
             acceptance
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             contrary
             hath
             determined
             never
             to
             justifie
             the
             wicked
             ,
             then
             will
             it
             necessarily
             follow
             ,
             that
             unless
             this
             so
             much
             believ'd
             imputative
             Righteousness
             had
             that
             effectual
             influence
             ,
             as
             to
             regenerate
             and
             redeem
             the
             Soul
             from
             sin
             ,
             on
             which
             the
             malidiction
             lies
             ,
             he
             is
             as
             far
             to
             seek
             for
             justification
             as
             before
             ;
             for
             whilst
             a
             person
             is
             really
             guilty
             of
             a
             false
             matter
             ,
             I
             positively
             assert
             from
             the
             authority
             and
             force
             of
             this
             Scripture
             ,
             they
             cannot
             be
             in
             a
             state
             of
             Justification
             ;
             and
             as
             God
             will
             not
             justifie
             the
             Wicked
             ,
             so
             by
             the
             acknowledg'd
             reason
             of
             contraries
             ,
             the
             Just
             he
             will
             never
             condemn
             ,
             but
             they
             ,
             and
             they
             onely
             are
             the
             justified
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             
             2.
             
             
               He
               that
               justifieth
               the
               wicked
               ,
               and
               he
               that
               condemneth
               the
               just
               ,
               even
               they
               both
               are
               an
               abomination
               to
               the
               Lord.
            
             [
             It
             would
             very
             opportunely
             be
             observ'd
             ,
             that
             if
             its
             so
             great
             an
             abomination
             in
             men
             to
             justifie
             the
             Wicked
             ,
             and
             condemn
             the
             Just
             ,
             how
             much
             greater
             would
             it
             be
             in
             God
             ,
             which
             this
             Doctrine
             of
             Imputative
             Righteousnes
             necessarily
             does
             imply
             ,
             that
             so
             far
             disengages
             God
             from
             the
             person
             justified
             ,
             as
             that
             his
             guilt
             shall
             not
             condemn
             him
             ,
             nor
             his
             innocency
             justifie
             him
             ?
             but
             will
             not
             the
             abomination
             appear
             greatest
             of
             all
             ,
             when
             God
             shall
             be
             found
             condemning
             of
             the
             Just
             ,
             on
             purpose
             to
             justifie
             the
             Wicked
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             is
             there
             to
             compel
             ,
             or
             else
             no
             Salvation
             :
             
             which
             is
             the
             tendency
             of
             their
             Doctrine
             ,
             
               Who
               imagine
               the
               Righteous
               and
               Merciful
               God
               ,
               to
               condemn
               and
               punish
               his
               Innocent
               Son
               ,
               that
               he
               having
               satisfied
               for
               our
               sins
               ,
               we
               might
               be
               justified
            
             (
             whilst
             unsanctified
             )
             
               by
               the
               imputation
               of
               his
               perfect
               Righteousness
               .
            
             O
             why
             should
             this
             horrible
             thing
             be
             contended
             for
             by
             Christians
             ?
          
           
             3.
             
             
               The
               Son
               shall
               not
               bear
               the
               iniquity
               of
               his
               Father
            
             ;
             
             
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               the
               Righteous
               shall
               be
               upon
               him
               ,
               and
               the
               wickedness
               of
               the
               wicked
               shall
               be
               upon
               him
               .
               When
               a
               righteous
               man
               turneth
               away
               from
               his
               righteousness
               ,
               for
               his
               iniquity
               that
               he
               hath
               done
               shall
               he
               die
               ;
               again
               when
               the
               wicked
               man
               turneth
               away
               from
               his
               wickedness
               ,
               and
               doth
               that
               which
               is
               lawful
               and
               right
               ,
               he
               shall
               save
               his
               Soul
               alive
               ;
               yet
               saith
               the
               House
               of
            
             Israel
             ,
             
               The
               Ways
               of
               the
               Lord
               are
               not
               equal
               ;
               Are
               not
               my
               Wayes
               equal
               ?
            
             If
             this
             was
             once
             equal
             ,
             it
             's
             so
             still
             ,
             for
             Gods
             unchangeable
             ;
             and
             therefore
             I
             shall
             draw
             this
             Argument
             ,
             That
             the
             condemnation
             or
             justification
             of
             persons
             is
             not
             from
             the
             imputation
             of
             an
             others
             Righteousness
             ,
             but
             the
             actual
             performance
             and
             keeping
             of
             God's
             Righteous
             Statutes
             or
             Commandments
             ,
             otherwise
             God
             should
             forget
             to
             be
             equal
             :
             Therefore
             how
             wickedly
             unequal
             are
             those
             ,
             who
             not
             from
             Scripture
             evidences
             ,
             but
             their
             dark
             conjectures
             and
             interpretations
             of
             obscure
             passages
             ,
             would
             frame
             a
             Doctrine
             so
             manifestly
             inconsistent
             with
             God's
             most
             pure
             and
             equal
             Nature
             ;
             making
             him
             to
             condemn
             the
             Righteous
             to
             death
             ,
             and
             justifie
             the
             wicked
             to
             life
             ,
             from
             the
             imputation
             of
             an
             others
             Righteousness
             :
             —
             a
             most
             unequal
             way
             indeed
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             
               Not
               every
               one
               that
               saith
               unto
               me
               Lord
               Lord
               ,
            
             
             
               shall
               enter
               into
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               but
               he
               that
               doth
               the
               will
               of
               my
               Father
               .
               Whosoever
               heareth
               these
               sayings
               of
               mine
               ,
               and
               doth
               them
               ,
               I
               will
               liken
               him
               unto
               a
               wise
               man
               which
               built
               his
               house
               upon
               a
               Rock
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             [
             How
             very
             fruitful
             are
             the
             Scriptures
             of
             Truth
             in
             Testimonies
             against
             this
             absurd
             and
             dangerous
             Doctrine
             ;
             these
             words
             seem
             to
             import
             a
             two-fold
             Righteousness
             ,
             the
             first
             consists
             in
             Sacrifice
             ,
             the
             last
             in
             Obedience
             ;
             the
             one
             makes
             a
             talking
             ,
             the
             other
             a
             doing
             Christian
             .
             I
             in
             short
             argue
             thus
             ,
             If
             none
             can
             enter
             into
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             but
             they
             that
             do
             the
             Fathers
             Will
             ;
             then
             none
             are
             justified
             ,
             but
             they
             who
             do
             the
             Fathers
             Will
             ,
             because
             none
             can
             enter
             into
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             are
             justified
             ;
             since
             therefore
             there
             can
             be
             no
             admittance
             had
             without
             performing
             that
             Righteous
             Will
             ,
             and
             doing
             those
             Holy
             and
             perfect
             Sayings
             .
             Alas
             ,
             to
             what
             value
             will
             an
             Imputative
             Righteousness
             
             amount
             when
             a
             poor
             Soul
             shall
             awake
             polluted
             in
             his
             sin
             ,
             by
             the
             hasty
             calls
             of
             death
             ,
             to
             make
             its
             appearance
             before
             the
             Judgment
             Seat
             ,
             where
             't
             is
             impossible
             to
             justifie
             the
             wicked
             ,
             or
             that
             any
             should
             escape
             uncondemned
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             do
             the
             Will
             of
             God.
             ]
          
           
             
             5.
             
             
               If
               ye
               keep
               my
               Commandments
               ,
               ye
               shall
               abide
               in
               my
               love
               ,
               even
               as
               I
               have
               kept
               my
               Fathers
               Commandments
               ,
               and
               abide
               in
               his
               love
               .
            
             [
             From
             whence
             this
             Argument
             doth
             naturally
             arise
             ;
             If
             none
             are
             truly
             justified
             that
             abide
             not
             in
             Christ's
             love
             ,
             and
             that
             none
             abide
             in
             his
             love
             who
             keep
             not
             his
             Commandments
             ,
             then
             consequently
             none
             are
             justified
             but
             such
             as
             keep
             his
             Commandments
             .
             Besides
             ,
             here
             is
             the
             most
             palpable
             opposition
             to
             an
             Imputative
             Righteousness
             that
             may
             be
             ;
             for
             Christ
             is
             so
             far
             from
             telling
             them
             of
             such
             a
             way
             of
             being
             justified
             ,
             as
             that
             he
             informs
             them
             the
             reason
             why
             he
             abode
             in
             his
             Fathers
             love
             ,
             was
             his
             obedience
             ;
             and
             is
             so
             far
             from
             telling
             them
             of
             their
             being
             justified
             ,
             whilst
             not
             abiding
             in
             his
             love
             ,
             by
             virtue
             of
             his
             obedience
             imputed
             unto
             them
             ,
             that
             unless
             they
             keep
             his
             Commands
             ,
             and
             obey
             for
             themselves
             ,
             they
             shall
             be
             so
             remote
             from
             an
             acceptance
             ,
             as
             wholly
             to
             be
             cast
             out
             ;
             in
             all
             which
             Christ
             is
             but
             our
             Example
             .
             ]
          
           
             
             6.
             
             
               Ye
               are
               my
               Friends
               ,
               if
               ye
               do
               whatsoever
               I
               command
               you
               .
            
             [
             We
             have
             almost
             here
             the
             very
             words
             ,
             but
             altogether
             the
             same
             matter
             ,
             which
             affords
             us
             thus
             much
             ,
             without
             being
             Christ's
             Friend
             ,
             there
             's
             no
             being
             justified
             ,
             but
             unless
             we
             keep
             his
             Commandments
             ,
             it
             's
             impossible
             we
             should
             be
             his
             Friends
             ;
             it
             therefore
             necessarily
             follows
             ,
             that
             except
             we
             keep
             his
             Commandments
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             being
             justified
             :
             or
             in
             short
             thus
             ,
             If
             the
             way
             to
             be
             a
             Friend
             ,
             is
             to
             keep
             the
             Commandments
             ,
             then
             the
             way
             to
             be
             justified
             is
             to
             keep
             the
             Commandments
             ,
             because
             none
             can
             obtain
             the
             quality
             of
             a
             Friend
             ,
             and
             remain
             unjustified
             ,
             or
             be
             truly
             justified
             ,
             whilst
             an
             Enemy
             ,
             which
             he
             certainly
             is
             ,
             that
             keeps
             not
             his
             Commandments
             .
             ]
          
           
             
             7.
             
             
               For
               not
               the
               hearers
               of
               the
               Law
               are
               just
               before
               God
               ,
               but
               the
               doers
               of
               the
               Law
               shall
               be
               justified
               .
            
             [
             From
             whence
             how
             unanswerably
             may
             I
             observe
             ,
             Unless
             we
             become
             doers
             of
             that
             Law
             ,
             which
             Christ
             came
             not
             to
             destroy
             ,
             but
             as
             our
             Example
             ,
             to
             fulfil
             ,
             we
             can
             never
             be
             justified
             before
             God
             ;
             wherefore
             obedience
             is
             so
             absolutely
             necessary
             ,
             that
             short
             of
             it
             there
             can
             be
             no
             acceptance
             ;
             nor
             let
             any
             fancy
             that
             Christ
             hath
             so
             fulfill'd
             it
             for
             them
             ,
             as
             to
             exclude
             their
             obedience
             from
             being
             requisite
             to
             their
             acceptance
             ,
             but
             only
             as
             their
             Pattern
             ,
             
               For
               unless
               ye
               follow
               me
            
             ,
             saith
             Christ
             ,
             
               ye
               cannot
               be
               my
               Disciples
            
             ;
             
             and
             it
             is
             not
             only
             repugnant
             to
             Reason
             ,
             but
             in
             this
             place
             particularly
             refuted
             ;
             for
             if
             Christ
             had
             fulfil'd
             it
             on
             our
             behalf
             ,
             and
             we
             not
             enabled
             to
             follow
             his
             Example
             ,
             there
             would
             not
             be
             doers
             ,
             but
             one
             doer
             only
             of
             the
             Law
             justified
             before
             God.
             In
             short
             ,
             if
             without
             obedience
             to
             the
             Righteous
             Law
             none
             can
             be
             justified
             ,
             then
             all
             the
             hearing
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             with
             but
             the
             meer
             imputation
             of
             anothers
             Righteousness
             ,
             whilst
             actually
             a
             breaker
             of
             it
             ,
             is
             excluded
             as
             not
             justifying
             before
             God.
             
               If
               you
               fulfil
               the
               Royal
               Law
               ,
               ye
               do
               well
               ;
               so
               speak
               ye
               ,
               and
               so
               do
               ,
               as
               they
               that
               shall
               be
               judg'd
            
             thereby
             .
             ]
          
           
             8.
             
             
               If
               ye
               live
               after
               the
               flesh
               ,
               ye
               shall
               die
            
             ;
             
             
               but
               if
               ye
               through
               the
               Spirit
               do
               mortifie
               the
               deeds
               of
               the
               Body
               ,
               ye
               shall
               live
               .
            
             [
             No
             man
             can
             be
             dead
             and
             justified
             before
             God
             ,
             for
             so
             He
             may
             be
             justified
             that
             lives
             after
             the
             flesh
             ;
             therefore
             they
             only
             can
             be
             justified
             that
             are
             alive
             ;
             from
             whence
             this
             follows
             ,
             If
             the
             living
             are
             justified
             and
             not
             the
             dead
             ,
             and
             that
             none
             can
             live
             to
             God
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             have
             mortified
             the
             deeds
             of
             the
             Body
             through
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             then
             none
             can
             be
             justified
             but
             they
             who
             have
             mortified
             the
             deeds
             of
             the
             Body
             through
             the
             Spirit
             ;
             so
             that
             Justification
             does
             not
             go
             before
             ,
             but
             is
             subsequential
             to
             the
             mortification
             of
             lusts
             ,
             and
             sanctification
             of
             the
             Soul
             through
             the
             Spirits
             operation
             .
             ]
          
           
             9.
             
             
               For
               as
               many
               as
               are
               led
               by
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               ,
            
             
             
               are
               the
               Sons
               of
               God.
            
             [
             How
             clearly
             will
             it
             appear
             to
             any
             but
             a
             cavelling
             and
             tenatious
             Spirit
             ;
             that
             man
             can
             be
             no
             farther
             justified
             ,
             then
             as
             he
             becomes
             obedient
             to
             the
             Spirits
             leadings
             ;
             for
             if
             none
             can
             be
             a
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             but
             he
             that
             's
             lead
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             then
             none
             can
             be
             justified
             without
             being
             led
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             because
             none
             can
             be
             justified
             but
             he
             that
             is
             a
             Son
             of
             God
             :
             so
             that
             the
             way
             to
             Justification
             and
             Son-ship
             ,
             is
             through
             obedience
             to
             the
             Spirits
             leadings
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             manifesting
             the
             holy
             Fruits
             thereof
             by
             an
             innocent
             life
             and
             conversation
             .
             ]
          
           
             10.
             
             
               But
               let
               every
               man
               prove
               his
               own
               work
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               then
               shall
               he
               have
               rejoyceing
               in
               himself
               alone
               ,
               and
               not
               in
               another
               .
               Be
               not
               deceived
               ,
               for
               whatsoever
               a
               man
               soweth
               ,
               that
               shall
               he
               reap
               .
            
             [
             If
             rejoycing
             and
             acceptance
             with
             God
             ,
             or
             the
             contrary
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             reaped
             from
             the
             work
             that
             a
             man
             soweth
             ,
             either
             to
             the
             Flesh
             or
             to
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             then
             is
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Acceptance
             ,
             and
             ground
             of
             Rejoycing
             from
             the
             works
             of
             another
             utterly
             excluded
             ,
             every
             man
             reaping
             according
             to
             what
             he
             hath
             sown
             ,
             and
             bearing
             his
             own
             burden
             .
          
           
           
             
             11.
             
             
               Was
               not
            
             Abraham
             
               our
               Father
               justified
               by
               works
               ,
               when
               he
               had
               offered
            
             Isaac
             
               his
               Son
               upon
               the
               Altar
               ?
               Ye
               see
               then
               how
               that
               by
               works
               a
               man
               is
               justified
               ,
               and
               not
               by
               Faith
               only
               .
            
             [
             He
             that
             will
             seriously
             peruse
             this
             Chapter
             ,
             shall
             doubtless
             find
             some
             ,
             to
             whom
             this
             Epistle
             was
             wrote
             ,
             of
             the
             same
             Spirit
             with
             the
             Satisfactionists
             and
             Imputarians
             of
             our
             time
             ,
             they
             fain
             would
             have
             found
             out
             a
             Justification
             from
             Faith
             in
             ,
             &
             the
             Imputation
             of
             anothers
             Righteousness
             ;
             but
             James
             an
             Apostle
             of
             the
             most
             high
             God
             ,
             who
             experimentally
             knew
             what
             true
             Faith
             and
             Justification
             meant
             ,
             gave
             them
             to
             understand
             from
             Abrahams
             self-denying
             Example
             ,
             that
             unless
             their
             Faith
             in
             the
             purity
             and
             power
             of
             God's
             Grace
             ,
             had
             that
             effectual
             Operation
             to
             subdue
             every
             beloved
             lust
             ,
             wean
             from
             every
             Dallila
             ,
             and
             intirely
             to
             resign
             and
             sacrifice
             Isaac
             himself
             ,
             their
             Faith
             was
             a
             Fable
             ,
             or
             as
             a
             Body
             without
             a
             Spirit
             ;
             and
             as
             Righteousness
             therefore
             in
             one
             person
             cannot
             justifie
             another
             from
             unrighteousness
             ,
             so
             whoever
             now
             pretends
             to
             be
             justified
             by
             Faith
             ,
             whilst
             not
             led
             and
             guided
             by
             the
             Spirit
             into
             all
             the
             Wayes
             of
             Truth
             ,
             and
             Works
             of
             Righteouness
             ,
             their
             Faith
             they
             will
             find
             at
             last
             Fiction
             .
             ]
          
           
             
             12.
             
             
               Little
               Children
               ,
               let
               no
               man
               deceive
               you
               ,
               he
               that
               doth
               Righteousness
               ,
               is
               Righteous
               ,
               as
               God
               is
               Righteous
               ,
            
             (
             but
             )
             
               he
               that
               committeth
               sin
               is
               of
               the
               Devil
               .
            
             [
             From
             whence
             it
             may
             be
             very
             clearly
             argued
             ,
             that
             none
             can
             be
             in
             a
             state
             of
             Justification
             from
             the
             Righteousness
             performed
             by
             an
             other
             imputed
             unto
             them
             ,
             but
             as
             they
             are
             actually
             redeemed
             from
             the
             commision
             of
             sin
             :
             For
             if
             he
             that
             commits
             sin
             is
             of
             the
             Devil
             ,
             then
             cannot
             any
             be
             justified
             compleatly
             before
             God
             ,
             who
             is
             so
             incompleatly
             redeem'd
             ,
             as
             yet
             ,
             to
             be
             under
             the
             captivity
             of
             lust
             ;
             since
             then
             the
             Devil's
             Seed
             or
             Off-spring
             may
             be
             justified
             ,
             but
             that
             's
             impossible
             ;
             It
             there
             follows
             ,
             that
             as
             he
             who
             doth
             Righteousness
             ,
             is
             Righteous
             ,
             as
             God
             is
             Righteous
             ;
             so
             no
             farther
             is
             he
             like
             God
             ,
             or
             justifiable
             ;
             for
             in
             whatsoever
             he
             derrogates
             from
             the
             works
             of
             that
             Faith
             ,
             which
             is
             held
             in
             a
             pure
             Conscience
             ,
             he
             is
             no
             longer
             Righteous
             or
             justifi'd
             ,
             but
             under
             condemnation
             as
             a
             Transgressor
             ,
             or
             dissobedient
             person
             to
             the
             Righteous
             Commandment
             ;
             and
             if
             any
             would
             obtain
             the
             true
             state
             of
             Justification
             ,
             let
             them
             circumspectly
             observe
             the
             Holy
             Guidings
             and
             Instructions
             of
             that
             Unction
             ,
             to
             which
             the
             Apostle
             recommended
             the
             Antient
             Churches
             ,
             that
             thereby
             they
             may
             be
             led
             out
             of
             all
             ungodliness
             into
             Truth
             and
             Holiness
             ;
             so
             shall
             they
             find
             acceptance
             with
             the
             Lord
             ,
             who
             has
             determined
             
               never
               to
               justifie
               the
               wicked
            
             .
             ]
          
           
             
             
               Refuted
               from
               right
               Reason
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               Because
               it
               's
               impossible
               for
               God
               to
               justifie
               that
               which
               is
               both
               opposite
               and
               destructive
               to
               the
               purity
               of
               his
               own
               Nature
               ,
               as
               this
               Doctrine
               necessarily
               obliges
               him
               to
               do
               in
               accepting
               the
               wicked
               ,
               as
               not
               such
               from
               the
               imputation
               of
               anothers
               Righteousness
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Since
               man
               was
               justified
               before
               God
               ,
               whilst
               in
               his
               native
               Innocency
               ,
               and
               never
               condemned
               till
               he
               had
               err'd
               from
               that
               pure
               state
               ;
               he
               never
               can
               be
               justified
               ,
               whilst
               in
               the
               frequent
               Commission
               of
               that
               for
               which
               the
               Condemnation
               came
               ;
               therefore
               to
               be
               justifi'd
               ,
               his
               Redemption
               must
               be
               as
               intire
               as
               his
               fall
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               Because
               sin
               came
               not
               by
               Imputation
               ,
               but
               actual
               Transgression
               ;
               for
               God
               did
               not
               condemn
               his
               Creature
               for
               what
               he
               did
               not
               ,
               but
               what
               he
               did
               ,
               therefore
               must
               the
               Righteousness
               be
               as
               personal
               for
               acceptance
               ,
               otherwise
               these
               two
               things
               will
               necessarily
               follow
               ,
               first
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               be
               actually
               a
               sinner
               ,
               and
               yet
               not
               under
               the
               curse
               ;
               secondly
               ,
               That
               the
               power
               of
               the
               first
               Adam
               to
               death
               ,
               was
               more
               prevalent
               then
               the
               power
               of
               the
               second
               Adam
               unto
               life
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               It
               s
               therefore
               contrary
               to
               sound
               reason
               ,
               that
               if
               actual
               sinning
               brought
               death
               and
               condemnation
               ,
               any
               thing
               besides
               actual
               obedience
               unto
               Righteousness
               ,
               should
               bring
               Life
               and
               Justification
               ;
               for
               Death
               and
               Life
               ,
               Condemnation
               and
               Justification
               ,
               being
               vastly
               opposite
               ,
               no
               man
               can
               be
               actually
               dead
               and
               imputatively
               alive
               :
               therefore
               this
               Doctrine
               so
               much
               contended
               for
               ,
               carries
               this
               gross
               absurdity
               with
               it
               ,
               that
               a
               man
               may
               be
               actually
               sinful
               ,
               yet
               imputatively
               righteous
               ;
               actually
               judged
               and
               condemned
               ,
               yet
               imputatively
               justified
               and
               glorified
               .
               In
               short
               ,
               he
               may
               be
               actually
               damned
               ,
               and
               yet
               imputatively
               saved
               ;
               otherwise
               it
               must
               be
               acknowledged
               that
               obedience
               to
               Justification
               ought
               to
               be
               as
               personally
               extensive
               as
               was
               disobedience
               to
               condemnation
               :
               In
               which
               real
               ,
               not
               imputative
               sense
               ,
               those
               various
               tearms
               of
               Sanctification
               ,
               Righteousness
               ,
               Resurrection
               ,
               Life
               ,
               Redemption
               ,
               Justification
               ,
               &c.
               are
               most
               infallibly
               to
               be
               understood
               ?
            
             
               5.
               
               Nor
               are
               their
               words
               ,
               
                 Impute
                 ,
                 Imputed
                 ,
                 Imputeth
                 ,
                 Imputing
                 ,
              
               used
               in
               Scripture
               by
               way
               of
               application
               ,
               to
               that
               which
               is
               actual
               and
               inherent
               ,
               as
               the
               Asserters
               of
               an
               Imputative
               Righteousness
               do
               by
               their
               Doctrine
               plainly
               intimate
               ,
               but
               so
               much
               the
               contrary
               ,
               as
               that
               they
               
               are
               never
               mentioned
               but
               to
               express
               men
               really
               and
               personally
               to
               be
               that
               which
               is
               imputed
               to
               them
               ,
               whether
               as
               guilty
               ,
               as
               remitted
               ,
               or
               as
               righteous
               :
               
               for
               instance
               ;
               
                 What
                 man
                 soever
                 of
                 the
                 house
                 of
                 Israel
                 that
                 killeth
                 an
                 Ox
                 ,
                 and
                 bringeth
                 it
                 not
                 to
                 the
                 door
                 of
                 the
                 Tabernacle
                 ,
                 to
                 offer
                 unto
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 Blood
                 shall
                 be
                 imputed
                 unto
                 that
                 man
                 ,
              
               or
               charg'd
               upon
               him
               as
               guilty
               thereof
               .
               
                 And
                 Sh●mei
                 said
                 unto
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 Let
                 not
                 my
                 Lord
                 impute
                 Iniquity
                 unto
                 me
                 ,
                 for
                 thy
                 servant
                 doth
                 know
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 sinned
                 .
              
            
             
               
               6.
               
               
                 But
                 sin
                 is
                 not
                 imputed
                 where
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 Law.
              
               From
               whence
               it
               is
               apparent
               that
               there
               could
               be
               no
               imputation
               or
               charging
               of
               guilt
               upon
               any
               but
               such
               as
               really
               were
               guilty
               .
               Next
               ,
               it
               is
               used
               about
               Remission
               :
               
               
                 Blessed
                 is
                 the
                 man
                 unto
                 whom
                 the
                 Lord
                 imputeth
                 not
                 iniquity
              
               ;
               or
               as
               the
               foregoing
               words
               have
               it
               ,
               
                 Whose
                 transgression
                 is
                 forgiven
              
               .
               Where
               the
               non-imputation
               doth
               not
               argue
               a
               non-reality
               of
               sin
               ,
               but
               the
               reality
               of
               God's
               pardon
               ;
               for
               otherwise
               there
               would
               be
               nothing
               to
               forgive
               ,
               nor
               yet
               a
               real
               pardon
               ,
               but
               onely
               imputative
               ,
               which
               according
               to
               the
               sence
               of
               this
               Doctrine
               I
               call
               Imaginary
               .
               Again
               ,
               
               
                 God
                 was
                 in
                 Christ
                 reconciling
                 the
                 World
                 unto
                 himself
                 ,
                 not
                 imputing
                 their
                 trespasses
                 unto
                 them
                 .
              
               Where
               also
               non-imputation
               ,
               being
               a
               real
               discharge
               for
               actual
               trespasses
               ,
               argues
               an
               imputation
               by
               the
               reason
               of
               contraries
               ,
               to
               be
               a
               real
               charging
               of
               actual
               guilt
               .
               Lastly
               ,
               it
               's
               used
               in
               relation
               to
               Righteousness
               ;
               
                 Was
                 not
                 Abraham
                 justified
                 by
                 works
                 when
                 he
                 offered
                 Isaac
                 ?
              
               
               
                 and
                 by
                 Works
                 was
                 Faith
                 made
                 perfect
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Scripture
                 was
                 fulfilled
                 ,
                 which
                 saith
                 ,
                 Abraham
                 believed
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 was
                 imputed
                 unto
                 him
                 for
                 Righteousness
                 .
              
               By
               which
               we
               must
               not
               conceive
               ,
               as
               do
               the
               dark
               Imputarians
               of
               this
               age
               ,
               that
               Abraham's
               offering
               personally
               was
               not
               a
               justifying
               righteousness
               ,
               but
               that
               God
               was
               pleased
               to
               account
               it
               so
               ;
               since
               God
               never
               accounts
               a
               thing
               that
               which
               it
               is
               not
               ;
               nor
               was
               there
               an
               imputation
               of
               anothers
               righteouss
               to
               Abraham
               ,
               but
               on
               the
               contrary
               ,
               his
               personal
               obedience
               was
               the
               ground
               of
               that
               just
               imputation
               ;
               and
               therefore
               that
               any
               should
               be
               justified
               from
               the
               imputation
               of
               anothers
               righteousness
               ,
               not
               inherent
               ,
               or
               actually
               possessed
               by
               them
               ,
               is
               both
               ridiculous
               and
               dangerous
               :
               —
               Ridiculous
               ,
               since
               it
               is
               to
               say
               a
               man
               is
               rich
               to
               the
               value
               of
               a
               thousand
               pounds
               ,
               whilst
               he
               is
               not
               really
               or
               personally
               worth
               a
               groat
               ,
               from
               the
               imputation
               of
               another
               who
               has
               it
               all
               in
               his
               possession
               :
               Dangerous
               ,
               because
               it
               begets
               a
               confident
               perswasion
               in
               many
               people
               of
               their
               being
               justified
               ,
               whilst
               in
               captivity
               to
               those
               lusts
               ,
               whose
               reward
               
               is
               condemnation
               ;
               whence
               came
               that
               usual
               saying
               amongst
               many
               Professors
               of
               Religion
               ,
               
                 That
                 God
                 looks
                 not
                 on
                 them
                 as
                 they
                 are
                 in
                 themselves
                 ,
                 but
                 as
                 they
                 are
                 in
                 Christ
              
               ;
               not
               considering
               that
               none
               can
               be
               in
               Christ
               ,
               who
               are
               not
               new
               Creatures
               ,
               which
               those
               can't
               be
               reputed
               ,
               who
               have
               not
               disrob'd
               themselves
               of
               their
               old
               Garments
               ,
               but
               are
               still
               inmantled
               with
               the
               corruptions
               of
               the
               old
               man.
               
            
          
           
             
               Consequences
               Irreligious
               and
               Irrational
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               It
               makes
               God
               guilty
               of
               what
               the
               ●criptures
               say
               is
               an
               abomination
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               that
               he
               justifieth
               the
               wicked
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               It
               makes
               him
               look
               upon
               persons
               as
               they
               are
               not
               ,
               or
               with
               respect
               ,
               which
               is
               unworthy
               of
               his
               most
               equal
               Nature
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               He
               is
               hereby
               at
               peace
               with
               the
               wicked
               ,
               (
               if
               justified
               whilst
               sinners
               )
               who
               said
               ,
               
                 There
                 is
                 no
                 peace
                 to
                 the
                 wicked
                 .
              
            
             
               4.
               
               It
               does
               only
               imply
               communion
               with
               them
               here
               ,
               in
               an
               imperfect
               state
               ,
               but
               so
               to
               all
               eternity
               ,
               
                 for
                 whom
                 he
                 justified
              
               ,
               
               
                 them
                 he
                 also
                 glorified
              
               .
               Therefore
               whom
               he
               justified
               ,
               whilst
               sinners
               ,
               them
               he
               also
               glorified
               whilst
               sinners
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               It
               only
               secures
               from
               the
               wages
               ,
               not
               the
               dominion
               of
               sin
               ,
               whereby
               something
               that
               is
               sinful
               becomes
               justified
               ,
               and
               that
               which
               defileth
               ,
               to
               enter
               God's
               Kingdom
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               It
               renders
               a
               man
               justified
               and
               condemned
               ,
               dead
               and
               alive
               ,
               redeemed
               and
               not
               redeemed
               at
               the
               same
               time
               ,
               the
               one
               by
               an
               imputative
               Righteousness
               ,
               the
               last
               by
               a
               personal
               unrighteousness
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               It
               flatters
               men
               ,
               whilst
               subject
               to
               the
               Worlds
               lusts
               ,
               with
               a
               state
               of
               Justification
               ,
               and
               thereby
               invallids
               the
               very
               ●●d
               of
               Christs
               appearance
               ,
               which
               was
               to
               destroy
               the
               works
               of
               the
               Devil
               and
               take
               away
               the
               sins
               of
               the
               World
               ;
               a
               quite
               contrary
               purpose
               then
               what
               the
               Satisfastionists
               ,
               and
               Imputarians
               of
               our
               Times
               have
               imagined
               ,
               viz.
               to
               satisfie
               for
               their
               sins
               ,
               and
               by
               his
               Imputed
               Righteousness
               ,
               to
               represent
               them
               holy
               in
               him
               ,
               whilst
               unholy
               in
               themselves
               :
               Therefore
               since
               it
               was
               to
               take
               away
               sin
               ,
               and
               destroy
               the
               Devils
               works
               ,
               which
               were
               not
               in
               himself
               ,
               for
               that
               Holy
               One
               saw
               no
               corruption
               ,
               consequently
               in
               man-kind
               ;
               what
               can
               therefore
               be
               concluded
               more
               evidently
               true
               ,
               then
               that
               such
               in
               whom
               sin
               is
               untaken
               away
               ,
               and
               the
               Devils
               works
               undestroyed
               ,
               are
               strangers
               (
               notwithstanding
               
               their
               conceits
               )
               to
               the
               very
               end
               and
               purpose
               of
               Christs
               manifestation
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conclusion
               by
               way
               of
               Caution
               .
            
             
               THus
               Reader
               have
               I
               lead
               thee
               through
               those
               three
               so
               generally
               applauded
               Doctrines
               ,
               whose
               confutation
               ,
               I
               hope
               ,
               though
               thou
               hast
               run
               ,
               thou
               hast
               read
               ;
               and
               now
               I
               call
               the
               Righteous
               God
               of
               Heaven
               to
               bear
               me
               Record
               ,
               that
               I
               have
               herein
               sought
               nothing
               below
               the
               defence
               of
               his
               Unity
               ,
               Mercy
               ,
               and
               Purity
               against
               the
               rude
               and
               impetuous
               assaults
               of
               Tradition
               ,
               Press
               and
               Pulpit
               ,
               from
               whence
               I
               daily
               hear
               ,
               what
               rationally
               induceth
               me
               to
               believe
               a
               conspiracy
               is
               hold
               by
               Counter-plots
               ,
               to
               obstruct
               the
               exaltation
               of
               Truth
               ,
               and
               to
               betray
               Evangelical
               Doctrines
               ,
               to
               Idle
               Traditions
               :
               But
               God
               will
               rebuke
               the
               Winds
               ,
               and
               destruction
               shall
               attend
               the
               Enemies
               of
               his
               Anointed
               .
               —
               Mistake
               me
               not
               ,
               we
               never
               have
               disowned
               a
               Father
               ,
               Word
               ,
               and
               Spirit
               ,
               which
               are
               ONE
               ,
               but
               mens
               Inventions
               ;
               for
               ,
               1.
               
               Their
               Trinity
               has
               not
               so
               much
               as
               a
               Foundation
               in
               the
               Scriptures
               .
               2.
               
               That
               its
               Original
               was
               three
               hundred
               years
               after
               Christianity
               was
               in
               the
               World.
               3.
               
               It
               having
               cost
               much
               blood
               ,
               in
               the
               Council
               of
               Sirmium
               ,
               
               Anno
               355.
               it
               was
               Decreed
               ,
               
                 That
                 thenceforth
                 the
                 controversie
                 should
                 not
                 once
                 be
                 remembred
                 ,
                 because
                 the
                 Scriptures
                 of
                 God
                 made
                 no
                 mention
                 thereof
                 .
              
               Why
               then
               should
               it
               be
               mentioned
               now
               with
               a
               Maranatha
               ,
               on
               all
               that
               will
               not
               bow
               to
               this
               abstruse
               Opinion
               .
               4.
               
               And
               it
               doubtless
               hath
               occasioned
               Idolatry
               ,
               witness
               the
               Popish
               Images
               of
               
                 Father
                 ,
                 Son
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Holy
                 Ghost
              
               .
               5.
               
               It
               scandalizeth
               Turks
               ,
               Jews
               ,
               and
               Infidels
               ,
               and
               palpably
               obstructs
               their
               reception
               of
               the
               Christian
               Doctrine
               .
               —
               Nor
               is
               there
               more
               to
               be
               said
               on
               the
               behalf
               of
               the
               other
               two
               ;
               for
               I
               can
               boldly
               challenge
               any
               person
               to
               give
               me
               one
               Scripture
               Phrase
               which
               does
               approach
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               Satisfaction
               ,
               (
               much
               less
               the
               Name
               )
               considering
               to
               what
               degree
               it
               's
               stretched
               ;
               not
               that
               we
               do
               deny
               ,
               but
               really
               confess
               that
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               in
               Life
               ,
               Doctrine
               ,
               and
               Death
               ,
               fulfilled
               his
               Fathers
               Will
               ,
               and
               offered
               up
               a
               most
               satisfactory
               Sacrifice
               ,
               but
               not
               to
               pay
               God
               ,
               or
               help
               him
               (
               as
               otherwise
               being
               unable
               )
               to
               save
               men
               ,
               and
               for
               a
               Justification
               :
               
               by
               an
               Imputative
               Righteousness
               ,
               whilst
               not
               real
               ,
               it
               's
               meerly
               an
               imagination
               ,
               not
               a
               reality
               ,
               and
               therefore
               rejected
               ;
               otherwise
               confest
               and
               known
               to
               be
               justifying
               before
               God
               ,
               because
               there
               is
               no
               abiding
               in
               Christ's
               Love
               ,
               without
               keeping
               his
               Commandments
               .
               I
               therefore
               caution
               thee
               in
               love
               ,
               of
               whatsoever
               Tribe
               or
               Family
               of
               Religion
               thou
               mayest
               be
               ,
               not
               longer
               to
               deceive
               thy self
               by
               the
               over-fond
               imbraces
               of
               humane
               apprehensions
               ,
               for
               Divine
               Mysteries
               ;
               but
               rather
               be
               informed
               that
               God
               hath
               bestowed
               a
               measure
               of
               his
               Grace
               on
               thee
               and
               me
               ,
               to
               shew
               us
               
                 what
                 is
                 good
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 may
                 obey
                 and
                 do
                 it
              
               ;
               which
               if
               thou
               diligently
               wilt
               observe
               ,
               thou
               shalt
               be
               led
               out
               of
               all
               unrighteousness
               ,
               and
               in
               thy
               obedience
               shalt
               thou
               
                 receive
                 power
                 to
                 become
                 a
                 Son
                 of
                 God
              
               ;
               in
               which
               happy
               estate
               God
               only
               can
               be
               known
               by
               men
               ,
               and
               they
               know
               themselves
               to
               be
               justified
               before
               him
               ,
               whom
               experimentally
               to
               know
               ,
               by
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               is
               life
               Eternal
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             A
             Post-script
             of
             Animadversions
             upon
             T.
             V's
             Contradictions
             ,
             delivered
             in
             his
             Sermon
             from
             
               1.
               
               John
               5.4
            
             .
             at
             his
             evening
             Lecture
             in
             Spittle-Yard
             ;
             For
             whatsoever
             is
             born
             of
             God
             ,
             overcometh
             the
             World.
             
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     Whatsoever
                     Person
                     is
                     born
                     of
                     God
                     ,
                     overcometh
                     the
                     World.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     There
                     is
                     a
                     two-fold
                     Victory
                  
                   ,
                   
                   
                     the
                     first
                     Compleat
                     ,
                     the
                     second
                     Incompleat
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             This
             is
             as
             well
             a
             contradiction
             to
             his
             Text
             and
             Doctrine
             ,
             
             as
             common
             sence
             ;
             for
             besides
             that
             they
             neither
             of
             them
             say
             ,
             He
             that
             's
             born
             of
             God
             ,
             cannot
             perfectly
             overcome
             the
             World
             ,
             but
             much
             the
             contrary
             ;
             I
             fain
             would
             understand
             his
             intention
             by
             an
             incompleat
             victory
             :
             If
             he
             means
             not
             such
             a
             one
             as
             is
             obtained
             by
             the
             slaughter
             of
             every
             individual
             ,
             but
             that
             which
             onely
             does
             subdue
             the
             force
             and
             lead
             captive
             their
             enemies
             ,
             yet
             will
             the
             Victory
             prove
             compleat
             ;
             for
             if
             they
             be
             so
             far
             overcome
             as
             to
             be
             disarmed
             of
             farther
             power
             to
             mischieve
             ,
             
             the
             dispute
             is
             properly
             determined
             :
             but
             whatsoever
             is
             incompleat
             ,
             is
             but
             overcoming
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             way
             to
             victory
             ,
             and
             victory
             is
             the
             compleating
             of
             what
             was
             before
             imperfect
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                   
                     Such
                     overcome
                     as
                     are
                     born
                     again
                     ,
                     who
                     are
                     in
                     Christ
                     ,
                     that
                     have
                     cast
                     off
                     the
                     old
                     Man
                     ,
                     and
                     known
                     a
                     change
                     altogether
                     new
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Worldly
                     lusts
                     can't
                     be
                     extirpated
                     out
                     of
                     God's
                     People
                     in
                     this
                     World.
                     
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             
             If
             sin
             must
             have
             a
             place
             in
             them
             ,
             how
             can
             they
             be
             born
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             have
             a
             place
             in
             Christ
             ,
             or
             cast
             off
             the
             old
             man
             ,
             and
             know
             a
             change
             altogether
             new
             ?
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                   
                     Gods
                     Children
                     are
                     the
                     greatest
                     Conquerors
                  
                   ;
                   Alexander
                   and
                   Caesar
                   
                     were
                     Conquerors
                     ,
                     but
                     these
                     overcome
                     their
                     lusts
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     God's
                     Children
                     can't
                     perfectly
                     overcome
                     the
                     lusts
                     of
                     the
                     World
                     ,
                     they
                     sometimes
                     take
                     them
                     captive
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             
             What
             strange
             Divinity
             is
             this
             !
             that
             God's
             People
             should
             be
             Conquerors
             ,
             and
             yet
             Captives
             ;
             overcome
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             yet
             be
             overcome
             thereby
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                   
                     Sin
                     may
                     tyrannize
                     over
                     Believers
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     But
                     not
                     have
                     dominion
                     ;
                     it
                     's
                     in
                     captivity
                     ,
                     it
                     's
                     in
                     chains
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             
             Who
             is
             so
             absolutely
             injurious
             and
             incontrolable
             ,
             as
             a
             Tyrant
             ?
             and
             notwithstanding
             that
             he
             should
             have
             no
             dominion
             ,
             but
             be
             in
             captivity
             ,
             and
             in
             chains
             ,
             at
             best
             are
             Bedlam
             distinctions
             ,
             and
             consequently
             unworthy
             of
             any
             mans
             mouth
             that
             has
             a
             share
             of
             common
             sence
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                     
                       You
                       must
                       kill
                       or
                       be
                       kil'd
                       ;
                       either
                       you
                       must
                       overcome
                       the
                       World
                       ,
                       or
                       the
                       World
                       you
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       If
                       ye
                       fight
                       ,
                       ye
                       shall
                       overcome
                       .
                    
                  
                
                 
                   2.
                   
                   
                     Incompleatly
                     ;
                     he
                     overcomes
                     ,
                     when
                     he
                     breaks
                     their
                     force
                     ,
                     leads
                     them
                     captive
                     ,
                     and
                     puts
                     them
                     into
                     chains
                     ;
                     but
                     they
                     are
                     not
                     at
                     all
                     slain
                     ,
                     they
                     sometimes
                     take
                     him
                     captive
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
           
             To
             kill
             or
             be
             kill'd
             ,
             admits
             no
             middle
             way
             to
             escape
             ;
             
             yet
             that
             both
             Sin
             and
             Gods
             Children
             should
             lead
             one
             another
             captive
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             which
             fights
             shall
             overcome
             ,
             and
             yet
             in
             danger
             of
             being
             led
             captive
             ,
             because
             incompleatly
             a
             Conqueror
             ;
             to
             me
             seems
             very
             strange
             Doctrine
             .
          
           
             However
             he
             goes
             on
             to
             tell
             them
             ,
             
               Whosoever
               is
               born
               of
               God
               ,
               overcomes
               the
               lusts
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               he
               that
               overcomes
               the
               lusts
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               overcomes
               the
               Devils
               of
               Hell
               ;
               God's
               Children
               have
               to
               do
               with
               a
               conquered
               Enemy
               .
            
             Yet
             he
             would
             all
             this
             while
             be
             understood
             in
             an
             incompleat
             sence
             ;
             and
             to
             excite
             all
             to
             fight
             for
             this
             incompleat
             Victory
             ,
             he
             recommended
             to
             their
             consideration
             the
             excellent
             rewards
             of
             Conquerors
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             
               To
               him
               that
               overcometh
               ,
               will
               I
               give
               to
               eat
               of
               the
               Tree
               of
               Life
               ,
               the
               hidden
               Mann●
               I
               will
               give
               him
               a
               white
               Stone
               ,
               a
               new
               Name
               ,
               Power
               over
               Natons
               ,
               whi●e
               Rayment
            
             ;
             yea
             ,
             
               I
               will
               make
               him
               a
               Pillar
               in
               the
               Temple
               of
               my
               God
               ;
               he
               shall
               go
               no
               more
               out
               ,
               and
               I
               will
               grant
               him
               to
               sit
               with
               me
               in
               my
               Throne
               .
            
             Admirable
             priviledges
             ,
             I
             acknowledge
             !
             but
             are
             they
             promis'd
             to
             incompleat
             Conquerors
             ?
             I
             judge
             not
             .
             Reader
             ,
             by
             this
             thou
             mayest
             be
             able
             to
             give
             a
             probable
             conjecture
             of
             the
             rest
             ;
             and
             ●s
             I
             have
             begun
             with
             him
             and
             his
             Co-disputants
             ,
             with
             them
             I
             l'e
             〈◊〉
             who
             notwithstanding
             all
             their
             boasts
             and
             calumnies
             against
             us
             ,
             have
             so
             evaded
             those
             many
             opportunities
             we
             have
             offered
             them
             by
             Letters
             ,
             Verbal
             Messages
             ,
             and
             Personal
             Visits
             ,
             that
             had
             they
             any
             Zeal
             for
             their
             Principles
             ,
             love
             for
             their
             Reputation
             ,
             or
             Conscience
             in
             their
             Promises
             ,
             they
             would
             have
             been
             induc'd
             to
             a
             more
             direct
             and
             candid
             Treaty
             .
          
           
             But
             as
             it
             hath
             occasioned
             the
             publication
             of
             this
             little
             Treatise
             ,
             so
             am
             I
             credibly
             inform'd
             ,
             through
             the
             too
             busie
             and
             malitious
             inquisition
             of
             some
             concerning
             it
             ,
             (
             which
             have
             amounted
             to
             no
             less
             than
             positive
             Reports
             )
             its
             currantly
             discours'd
             ,
             
               How
               that
               a
               certain
            
             Quaker
             
               hath
               lately
               espoused
               the
               controversie
               against
            
             R.F.
             
               and
               therein
               has
               perverted
               the
               Christian
               Religion
               ,
               to
               that
               degree
               ,
               as
               plainly
               to
               deny
               Christs
               coming
               in
               the
               flesh
            
             ;
             with
             much
             more
             then
             was
             fit
             to
             be
             said
             ,
             or
             is
             fit
             to
             be
             answered
             .
          
           
             But
             Reader
             ,
             I
             shall
             ask
             no
             other
             Judge
             to
             clear
             me
             from
             that
             most
             uncharitable
             accusation
             ,
             since
             first
             I
             am
             altogether
             unacquainted
             with
             R.F.
             nor
             never
             did
             design
             directly
             such
             a
             thing
             ,
             being
             unwilling
             to
             seek
             more
             Adversaries
             than
             what
             more
             nearly
             seek
             the
             overthrow
             of
             Truth
             ,
             although
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             this
             plain
             and
             simple
             
             Treatise
             may
             prove
             some
             confutation
             of
             his
             Sentiments
             .
          
           
             And
             lastly
             ,
             as
             concerning
             Christ
             ;
             although
             the
             slander
             is
             not
             new
             ,
             yet
             never
             the
             less
             false
             :
             for
             I
             declare
             ,
             on
             the
             behalf
             of
             that
             despised
             People
             ,
             vulgarly
             called
             Quakers
             ,
             the
             Grace
             of
             which
             we
             testifie
             hath
             never
             taught
             us
             to
             acknowledge
             another
             God
             then
             he
             that
             's
             the
             
               Father
               of
               all
               things
               ,
               who
               fills
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
            
             ;
             Neither
             to
             confess
             another
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             than
             he
             that
             appeared
             so
             many
             hundred
             years
             agoe
             ,
             
               made
               of
               a
               Virgin
               like
               unto
               us
               in
               all
               things
               ,
               sin
               excepted
            
             ;
             or
             any
             other
             Doctrine
             than
             was
             by
             him
             declared
             and
             practised
             :
             therefore
             let
             wery
             mouth
             be
             stopt
             for
             ever
             opening
             more
             ,
             in
             blasphemy
             against
             God's
             Innocent
             Heritage
             ,
             who
             in
             Principle
             ,
             Life
             and
             Death
             ,
             bea●
             an
             unanimous
             Testimony
             for
             the
             only
             True
             God
             ,
             True
             Christ
             ,
             and
             Heavenly
             Doctrine
             ,
             which
             in
             their
             Vindication
             is
             openly
             attested
             by
          
           
             
               William
               Penn
               ,
               jun.
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           PAge
           7.
           line
           1.
           read
           ,
           traditional
           .
           p.
           14.
           l.
           6.
           r.
           or
           subsistence
           .
           p.
           15.
           l.
           20.
           r.
           Theophilus
           .
           p.
           20.
           f.
           necessity
           ,
           r.
           impossibility
           .
           p.
           24.
           
             l.
             last
             ,
             r.
          
           compell'd
           .
           p.
           29.
           l.
           31.
           f.
           their
           ,
           r.
           those
           .
           l.
           32.
           f.
           application
           ,
           r.
           opposition
           .
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A54206-e730
           
             John
             5.7
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             1.3
             .
          
           
             1
             King.
             8.23
             .
             Isa
             .
             40
             25
             c.
             45.5
             ,
             6.
             c.
             48.17
             .
             Ps
             .
             71.22
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
          
           
             *
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Zac.
             14.9
             
          
           
             Mat.
             19.17
             .
             Joh.
             17.8
             .
             Rom.
             3.30
             .
             1
             Cor.
             8.6
             .
             Eph.
             4.6
             .
             1
             Tim.
             2.5
             Jude
             25.
             
          
           
             Doctr.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             34.6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Chron.
             3●
             .
             ●
             .
          
           
             Neh.
             1●
             .
             17
             .
          
           
             Isa
             .
             55.7
             .
          
           
             Jer.
             31.31
             ,
             33
             ,
             34.
             
          
           
             Mich.
             7.18
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             6.12
             .
          
           
             John
             3.16
             .
          
           
             Act.
             10.34
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             8.31
             ,
             32.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             11.5.18
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             1.7
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Pet.
             5.10
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             John
             4.9
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             14
             12.
             2
             
             Cor.
             15.10
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             6.7
             .
          
           
             Doctr.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             23.1
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             17
             15.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             18.20
             ,
             26
             ,
             27
             ,
             28.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             7.21
             ,
             24
             ,
             25.
             
          
           
             John
             15.10
             .
          
           
             Joh.
             15.14
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             2.13
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             8.13
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             8.14
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             6.7
             
          
           
             Jam.
             2.21
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             1
             John
             3.7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             Lev.
             17
             4.
             2
             
             Sam.
             19.18
             ,
             19
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             5.13
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             32
             2.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.19
             .
          
           
             Jam.
             2.21
             ,
             22
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.30
             .
          
           
             Socrat.
             Schol.
             an
             .
             355.
             
             Conc.
             Sirm.
             cap.
             25.
             p.
             275.
             
          
           
             Doctr.
             
          
           
             Animad
             
          
           
             Cont.
             
          
           
             Anim.
             
          
           
             Cont.
             
          
           
             Anim.
             
          
           
             Cont.
             
          
           
             Anim.
             
          
           
             Cont.
             
          
           
             Anim.