Some of the many fallacies of William Penn detected in a paper called Gospel truths signed by him and three more at Dublin, the 4th of the 3d month, 1698, and in his late book called A defence of Gospel truths, against the exceptions of the B. of Cork's testimony concerning that paper : with some remarks on W.P., his unfair and unjust treatment of him : to which is added a synopsis or short view of W. Penn's deism, collected out of his book called A defense of the general rule of faith, &c. / by George Keith.
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             Some of the many fallacies of William Penn detected in a paper called Gospel truths signed by him and three more at Dublin, the 4th of the 3d month, 1698, and in his late book called A defence of Gospel truths, against the exceptions of the B. of Cork's testimony concerning that paper : with some remarks on W.P., his unfair and unjust treatment of him : to which is added a synopsis or short view of W. Penn's deism, collected out of his book called A defense of the general rule of faith, &c. / by George Keith.
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           Some
           of
           the
           Many
           FALLACIES
           OF
           
             WILLIAM
             PENN
          
           DETECTED
           :
           In
           a
           Paper
           ,
           called
           ,
           
             GOSPEL
             TRUTHS
          
           .
           Signed
           by
           him
           ,
           and
           Three
           more
           ,
           at
           Dublin
           the
           4th
           of
           the
           3d
           Month
           ,
           1698.
           
           And
           in
           his
           late
           Book
           ,
           called
           ,
           
             A
             Defence
             of
             Gospel
             Truths
          
           ,
           Against
           the
           Exceptions
           of
           the
           B.
           of
           
           Cork's
           Testimony
           concerning
           that
           Paper
           .
           With
           some
           Remarks
           on
           
             W.
             P.
          
           his
           unfair
           and
           unjust
           Treatment
           of
           him
           .
        
         
           To
           which
           is
           added
           ,
           
             A
             Synopsis
          
           ,
           or
           short
           View
           of
           W.
           Penn's
           Deism
           ,
           Collected
           out
           of
           his
           Book
           called
           ,
           
             A
             Discourse
             of
             the
             General
             Rule
             of
             Faith
             ,
          
           &c.
           By
           
             GEORGE
             KEITH
          
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Benj.
             Tooke
          
           at
           the
           Middle-Temple-Gate
           in
           Fleet-street
           ,
           1699.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           
             Christian
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           THE
           following
           Treatise
           is
           not
           intended
           to
           be
           any
           direct
           or
           compleat
           Answer
           to
           the
           Book
           ,
           called
           ,
           
             A
             Defence
             of
             a
             Paper
             ,
             entituled
             ,
             Gospel-Truths
             ,
             against
             the
             Exceptions
             of
             the
             Bishop
             of
          
           Cork
           
             's
             Testimony
             .
             By
          
           William
           Penn.
           
             Printed
             1698
          
           ,
           that
           Work
           belonging
           not
           to
           me
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Cork
           ,
           who
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           certainly
           informed
           ,
           doth
           intend
           to
           give
           him
           a
           meet
           Answer
           to
           his
           Book
           :
           In
           the
           mean
           while
           I
           hoped
           it
           would
           be
           acceptable
           both
           to
           the
           Bishop
           ,
           and
           to
           many
           good
           Christians
           ,
           thus
           far
           to
           interpose
           in
           the
           Defence
           of
           the
           Common
           Cause
           of
           the
           
             Christian
             Faith
          
           ;
           especially
           in
           the
           detecting
           of
           some
           of
           the
           
             greatest
             Fallacies
             W.
             P.
          
           hath
           used
           in
           his
           Book
           ,
           under
           a
           seeming
           
             Disguise
             and
             Vizard
          
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           really
           to
           undermine
           and
           destroy
           it
           ;
           I
           being
           of
           late
           Years
           better
           acquainted
           with
           W.
           P's
           Fallacious
           way
           of
           Writing
           than
           probably
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Cork
           is
           .
           If
           this
           small
           Treatise
           comes
           to
           
           the
           Bishop's
           Hand
           ,
           before
           he
           publish
           his
           Answer
           to
           
             W.
             P.
          
           he
           will
           find
           that
           he
           hath
           been
           more
           charitable
           to
           him
           ,
           than
           indeed
           he
           deserved
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           had
           in
           his
           large
           Charity
           ,
           judged
           him
           more
           Orthodox
           than
           he
           really
           is
           ,
           although
           
             W.
             P.
          
           has
           made
           but
           an
           ill
           use
           of
           his
           Charity
           ,
           and
           has
           badly
           requited
           him
           ,
           with
           many
           uncivil
           as
           well
           as
           unjust
           Reflections
           ,
           some
           of
           which
           I
           thought
           it
           was
           but
           Justice
           that
           I
           should
           vindicate
           the
           Bishop
           from
           ;
           and
           the
           rather
           because
           I
           suppose
           ,
           the
           Bishop's
           Innocency
           and
           Station
           may
           lead
           him
           in
           great
           part
           to
           neglect
           them
           ,
           as
           not
           being
           so
           proper
           for
           him
           to
           notice
           ,
           as
           for
           another
           that
           stands
           by
           ,
           and
           beholds
           their
           mutual
           Treatment
           of
           each
           other
           ,
           which
           according
           to
           my
           best
           understanding
           and
           observation
           ,
           as
           fair
           as
           it
           hath
           been
           on
           the
           Bishop's
           part
           ,
           hath
           been
           as
           unfair
           on
           the
           part
           of
           
             W.
             P.
          
           who
           as
           he
           treats
           him
           not
           with
           the
           least
           due
           respect
           to
           his
           Station
           ,
           so
           nor
           indeed
           as
           a
           Christian
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Some
           of
           the
           many
           Fallacies
           of
           
             William
             Penn
          
           ,
           detected
           ,
           in
           a
           Paper
           called
           
             Gospel
             Truths
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Section
             1.
             
          
           
             
               W.
               P
               
                 's
                 Fallacy
                 ,
                 in
                 calling
                 the
                 Illumination
                 of
                 the
                 Holy
                 Ghost
                 ,
                 which
                 to
                 him
                 is
                 nothing
                 but
                 the
                 common
                 Illumination
                 given
                 to
                 all
                 Mankind
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 the
                 Scriptures
                 a
                 double
                 and
                 agreeing
                 Record
                 of
                 true
                 Religion
                 .
                 His
                 false
                 Notion
                 of
                 Heaven
                 and
                 Hell
                 ,
                 denying
                 the
                 Locality
                 of
                 them
                 .
                 His
                 abusive
                 Reflection
                 on
                 the
                 Bishop
                 of
              
               Cork
               ,
               
                 his
                 keeping
                 the
                 true
                 Hell
                 to
                 himself
                 .
                 His
                 Fallacy
                 in
                 pretending
                 to
                 the
                 Bishop
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 owned
                 the
                 Holy
                 Trinity
                 ;
                 where
                 as
                 in
                 his
              
               Sandy
               Foundation
               
                 he
                 hath
                 expresly
                 denied
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 argued
                 against
                 it
                 .
                 His
                 denying
                 that
                 outward
                 Person
                 that
                 suffered
                 at
              
               Jerusalem
               ,
               
                 to
                 be
                 properly
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 God.
                 His
                 denying
                 that
                 the
                 Body
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 was
                 any
                 part
                 of
                 Christ
                 ;
                 and
                 his
                 agreement
                 with
              
               G.
               W.
               
                 and
                 other
                 Quakers
                 ,
                 in
                 denying
                 the
                 Humanity
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 any
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 true
                 Christ
                 .
              
            
          
           
             Page
             1.
             
             HE
             saith
             ,
             
               The
               Testimony
               of
               the
               Scriptures
               of
               Truth
               ,
               and
               the
               Illumination
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               are
               the
               double
               and
               agreeing
               Record
               of
               true
               Religion
               .
            
          
           
           
             In
             this
             he
             is
             very
             Fallacious
             in
             the
             very
             entrance
             ,
             this
             Illumination
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             he
             will
             have
             to
             be
             that
             which
             is
             given
             to
             be
             a
             general
             Rule
             to
             all
             Mankind
             ,
             (
             see
             his
             Discourse
             concerning
             
               the
               General
               Rule
               of
               Faith
               and
               Life
               ,
            
             Printed
             by
             
               T.
               Sowle
            
             1699.
             )
             But
             how
             is
             that
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             a
             double
             and
             agreeing
             Record
             ?
             whereas
             that
             general
             Rule
             that
             he
             contendeth
             is
             given
             to
             all
             Mankind
             [
             to
             wit
             ,
             that
             general
             Illumination
             ,
             as
             given
             to
             
               Infidel
               Jews
               ,
               Mahometans
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Heathen
             World
             ]
             is
             no
             Record
             to
             any
             one
             Article
             of
             the
             Apostles
             Creed
             ,
             or
             any
             one
             peculiar
             Doctrine
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             but
             only
             to
             some
             few
             Precepts
             of
             Morality
             ,
             and
             general
             Piety
             towards
             God.
             Yea
             ,
             
               W.
               P.
            
             hath
             confessed
             (
             see
             his
             Page
             32
             of
             that
             Discourse
             )
             That
             neither
             he
             nor
             his
             Brethren
             have
             any
             new
             superadded
             Revelation
             concerning
             
             Adam's
             Fall
             ,
             and
             Christ's
             Birth
             ,
             Death
             and
             Sufferings
             ,
             &c.
             and
             saith
             ,
             It
             is
             not
             necessary
             .
             Therefore
             the
             Illumination
             that
             he
             sets
             up
             for
             the
             General
             Rule
             to
             Quakers
             and
             Heathens
             ,
             is
             not
             any
             Record
             agreeing
             with
             the
             Scriptures
             in
             any
             one
             particular
             Article
             of
             the
             Christian
             Faith
             ,
             or
             positive
             Precept
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             peculiar
             to
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             as
             distinct
             from
             Deism
             and
             Heathenism
             .
          
           
             Page
             2.
             
             In
             his
             first
             Section
             the
             makes
             
               the
               eternal
               Reward
               of
               Happiness
               to
               be
               given
               to
               all
               them
               that
               fear
               God
            
             ;
             without
             the
             least
             mentioning
             
             of
             any
             Faith
             towards
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             considered
             as
             both
             God
             and
             Man
             ,
             towards
             the
             obtaining
             the
             eternal
             Happiness
             ;
             nor
             is
             there
             the
             least
             hint
             of
             any
             such
             Faith
             being
             necessary
             in
             all
             his
             Sections
             .
             And
             whereas
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               They
               that
               fear
               him
               not
               ,
               shall
               be
               turned
               into
               Hell
               ,
            
             as
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Cork
             did
             well
             observe
             :
             What
             
               W.
               P.
            
             means
             by
             Hell
             ,
             by
             that
             Paper
             no
             one
             knows
             ;
             but
             elsewhere
             what
             he
             means
             either
             by
             Heaven
             or
             Hell
             ,
             he
             hath
             sufficiently
             told
             us
             in
             his
             Rejoinder
             to
             
               J.
               Faldo
            
             ,
             p.
             179.
             viz.
             To
             assert
             the
             Locality
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Hell
             is
             too
             Carnal
             ,
             indeed
             Mahometan
             .
             Seeing
             them
             
               W.
               P.
            
             doth
             not
             own
             any
             place
             without
             us
             ,
             to
             be
             either
             Heaven
             or
             Hell
             ,
             it
             is
             easie
             to
             understand
             what
             Heaven
             or
             Hell
             
               W.
               P.
            
             is
             for
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             the
             Light
             within
             that
             's
             his
             only
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             Darkness
             within
             his
             only
             Hell
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             old
             Ranters
             Notion
             ,
             that
             is
             destructive
             to
             the
             great
             Fundamentals
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             such
             as
             ,
             that
             Christ
             is
             bodily
             ascended
             into
             a
             real
             Local
             Heaven
             without
             us
             ,
             which
             Heavens
             all
             the
             Saints
             shall
             after
             the
             Resurrection
             ,
             in
             their
             glorified
             Bodies
             he
             taken
             up
             into
             ;
             and
             the
             Bodies
             of
             the
             Wicked
             together
             with
             their
             Souls
             ,
             shall
             be
             cast
             into
             Hell
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             a
             place
             of
             Torment
             ,
             as
             really
             as
             the
             other
             is
             a
             place
             of
             Joy
             and
             Felicity
             .
             It
             is
             prodigiously
             Shameful
             and
             Astonishing
             in
             
               W.
               P.
            
             that
             though
             he
             knew
             in
             his
             Conscience
             he
             did
             not
             mean
             Hell
             
             in
             the
             common
             sense
             of
             Christians
             ,
             which
             without
             doubt
             is
             the
             Bishop's
             sense
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             a
             real
             place
             of
             Torment
             without
             us
             ,
             yet
             that
             he
             should
             so
             treat
             ,
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             and
             so
             rudely
             and
             unchristianly
             reflect
             upon
             him
             by
             a
             consequence
             as
             false
             as
             it
             is
             foul
             and
             dirty
             ,
             saying
             in
             his
             Page
             40
             ,
             
               either
               one
               of
               these
               is
               an
               Article
               of
               his
               belief
               ,
               or
               else
               he
               keeps
               the
               true
               Hell
               to
               himself
               .
            
          
           
             Page
             2.
             
             In
             his
             second
             Section
             ,
             though
             he
             professeth
             to
             express
             his
             and
             his
             Brethrens
             Faith
             in
             Scripture
             Words
             ,
             that
             
               there
               are
               Three
               that
               bear
               record
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               the
               Father
               ,
               the
               Word
               and
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               these
               three
               are
               really
               one
            
             ;
             yet
             in
             his
             former
             Books
             ,
             particularly
             in
             his
             
               Sandy
               Foundation
            
             ,
             never
             yet
             retracted
             by
             him
             ,
             he
             hath
             sufficiently
             discovered
             his
             gross
             and
             vile
             error
             ,
             in
             that
             fundamental
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Christian
             Faith
             ,
             thus
             arguing
             not
             only
             against
             their
             being
             Three
             Persons
             ,
             but
             their
             being
             Three
             ,
             (
             otherwise
             than
             Nominally
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             Sabellian
             Heresie
             )
             
               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
               God's
               .
            
             And
             he
             bringeth
             Five
             Arguments
             against
             their
             being
             a
             Holy
             Three
             ,
             P.
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             In
             his
             Third
             Section
             ,
             he
             seemeth
             to
             profess
             his
             and
             his
             Brethrens
             Faith
             in
             Scripture
             
             terms
             .
             But
             this
             his
             professed
             Faith
             is
             quite
             inconsistent
             with
             what
             he
             hath
             delivered
             in
             his
             other
             Books
             ,
             here
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Word
               was
               made
               Flesh
               and
               dwelt
               among
               Men
               ,
               and
               was
               and
               is
               the
               only
               begotten
               of
               the
               Father
               ,
               full
               of
               Grace
               and
               Truth
               his
               beloved
               Son
               ,
            
             &c.
             
               who
               tasted
               Death
               for
               every
               Man
               ,
               and
               dyed
               for
               Sin
               ,
               that
               we
               might
               dye
               to
               Sin.
            
             But
             as
             it
             hath
             been
             above
             shewed
             ,
             out
             of
             his
             
               Sandy
               Foundation
            
             ,
             he
             hath
             argued
             against
             any
             such
             distinction
             as
             of
             the
             Father
             and
             the
             Son
             in
             the
             God-head
             ,
             as
             inferring
             a
             plurality
             of
             God's
             ,
             and
             though
             here
             he
             professeth
             to
             believe
             that
             this
             only
             begotten
             Son
             ,
             dyed
             for
             Sin
             ,
             yet
             in
             his
             
               Serious
               Apology
               Page
            
             146
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               That
               the
               outward
               Person
               that
               suffered
               was
               properly
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               ,
               we
               utterly
               deny
               .
            
             And
             in
             his
             
               guide
               mistaken
            
             P.
             25.
             
             
               Christ
               Co-essential
               and
               Co-eternal
               with
               his
               Father
            
             &c.
             
               of
               being
               made
               Man
               ,
               of
               his
               Dying
               ,
               Rising
               and
               Ascending
               into
               Heaven
               ,
            
             &c.
             [
             he
             saith
             of
             all
             this
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             ]
             
               confused
               Babble
               ,
               and
               by
               Rote
               Canting
               ,
               by
               paths
               of
               vain
               Tradition
               ,
               and
               Invention
               ,
               results
               of
               Factious
               and
               corrupted
               Counsels
               .
            
             And
             in
             his
             Rejoinder
             to
             
               John
               Faldo
               Page
            
             299.
             he
             plainly
             denyes
             ,
             that
             the
             Body
             of
             Christ
             was
             any
             constitutive
             part
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             for
             seven
             leaves
             together
             contends
             against
             
               John
               Faldo
               ,
               That
               Christ
               did
               not
               Dye
               ,
               nor
               hang
               on
               the
               Cross
               ,
            
             but
             only
             the
             Body
             ,
             which
             he
             will
             not
             have
             to
             be
             any
             part
             of
             him
             .
             To
             this
             Doctrine
             of
             
               W.
               P.
            
             doth
             that
             of
             
             
               G.
               Whitehead
            
             agree
             (
             a
             Man
             as
             great
             ,
             or
             rather
             much
             greater
             ,
             among
             the
             Quakers
             as
             
               W.
               P.
            
             )
             who
             saith
             in
             his
             
               Dipper
               Plunged
            
             P.
             13.
             
             
               Jesus
               Christ
               God-man
               is
               not
               Scripture
               Language
               .
            
             And
             in
             his
             
               Christian
               Quaker
               P.
            
             140.
             141.
             though
             he
             grants
             that
             Christ
             had
             a
             humane
             Body
             of
             Flesh
             and
             Bones
             ,
             yet
             he
             denys
             ,
             that
             
               he
               consisted
               of
               it
            
             ,
             and
             saith
             ,
             he
             distinguisheth
             
               betwixt
               Christ's
               having
               a
               Body
               ,
               and
               consisting
               of
               it
               .
            
             And
             in
             a
             Book
             given
             forth
             by
             the
             Quakers
             ,
             from
             their
             second
             days
             Meeting
             ,
             (
             whereof
             
               G.
               W.
            
             is
             supposed
             the
             Author
             )
             called
             ,
             
               A
               Testimony
               for
               the
               true
               Christ
            
             ;
             and
             his
             
               Light
               in
               confutation
               of
            
             R.
             Cobbet
             printed
             1668.
             
             They
             
               deny
               the
               Humanity
               of
               Christ
               ,
               as
               Humanity
               signifieth
               the
               Earthly
               Nature
               of
               Man's
               Body
               ,
            
             as
             coming
             from
             Humus
             the
             Ground
             ;
             but
             as
             Humanity
             signifies
             
               Meekness
               ,
               Gentleness
               ,
               Mercifulness
            
             ;
             as
             
               opposite
               to
               Cruelty
            
             ,
             in
             
               this
               last
               sence
               ,
               they
               own
               Christ's
               Humanity
               ,
            
             but
             deny
             it
             in
             the
             former
             ,
             which
             yet
             is
             the
             true
             sense
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             true
             Christians
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Section
             2.
             
          
           
             
               
                 His
                 Fallacy
                 in
                 pretending
                 to
                 own
                 Justification
                 by
                 Christ
                 the
                 Propitiation
                 ,
                 in
                 Contradiction
                 to
                 what
                 he
                 hath
                 delivered
                 in
                 his
              
               Serious
               Apology
               ,
               and
               Sandy
               Foundation
               ,
               
                 and
                 his
                 fallacious
                 way
                 of
                 stating
                 the
                 Doctrine
                 of
                 Justification
                 ,
                 wherein
                 he
                 misrepresents
                 his
                 Opponents
                 .
              
            
          
           
             IN
             his
             fourth
             Section
             ,
             as
             seemingly
             Orthodox
             as
             he
             professeth
             himself
             to
             be
             ,
             as
             fallacious
             and
             insincere
             he
             is
             ,
             seeing
             he
             knoweth
             in
             his
             own
             Conscience
             ,
             that
             what
             he
             hath
             here
             delivered
             ,
             is
             utterly
             inconsistent
             with
             what
             is
             extant
             in
             his
             other
             Books
             ,
             never
             as
             yet
             retracted
             by
             him
             ;
             nor
             doth
             either
             he
             ,
             or
             his
             Brethren
             ,
             own
             any
             change
             of
             perswasion
             from
             what
             they
             had
             ,
             ever
             since
             they
             came
             under
             the
             profession
             of
             Quakers
             ;
             but
             as
             one
             of
             them
             hath
             lately
             said
             in
             Print
             ,
             
               As
               God
               is
               the
               same
               ,
               and
               Truth
               is
               the
               same
               ,
               so
               his
               People
               are
               the
               same
               ,
            
             viz.
             the
             Quakers
             .
             I
             shall
             first
             set
             down
             his
             present
             profession
             of
             what
             he
             believes
             concerning
             Justification
             ,
             as
             followeth
             ,
             
               That
               as
               we
               are
               only
               Justified
               from
               the
               guilt
               of
               Sin
               by
               Christ
               the
               Propitiation
               ,
               and
               not
               by
               works
               of
               Righteousness
               that
               we
               have
               done
               ,
               so
               there
               is
               an
               absolute
               necessity
               that
               we
               receive
               and
               obey
               to
               unfeigned
               Repentance
               ,
               and
               amendment
               of
               Life
               ,
               the
               Holy
               
               Light
               and
               Spirit
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               obtain
               that
               Remissionand
               Justification
               from
               Sin
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             But
             in
             contradiction
             to
             this
             ,
             see
             what
             his
             Doctrine
             is
             in
             his
             
               Serious
               Apology
               ,
               P.
            
             148.
             
             
               And
               indeed
            
             ,
             says
             
               W.
               P.
               this
               we
               deny
               ,
               viz.
               Justification
               by
               the
               Righteousness
               which
               Christ
               hath
               fulfilled
               in
               his
               own
               Person
               for
               us
               ,
               (
               wholly
               without
               us
               )
               and
               boldly
               affirm
               it
               in
               the
               Name
               of
               the
               Lord
               to
               be
               ,
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               Devils
               and
               an
               Arm
               of
               the
               Sea
               of
               Corruption
               ,
               which
               does
               now
               deluge
               the
               whole
               World.
            
             Note
             Reader
             ,
             If
             according
             to
             W.
             P's
             former
             words
             ,
             we
             Only
             are
             Justified
             from
             the
             guilt
             of
             Sin
             by
             Christ
             the
             Propitiation
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             works
             of
             Righteousness
             that
             we
             have
             done
             ;
             then
             it
             is
             plainly
             evident
             ,
             by
             the
             same
             Doctrine
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             Justified
             by
             the
             Righteousness
             which
             Christ
             hath
             fulfilled
             in
             his
             own
             Person
             for
             us
             ,
             wholly
             without
             us
             ,
             for
             these
             two
             manners
             of
             Speech
             ,
             are
             perfectly
             equivalent
             ,
             
               viz.
               That
               we
               are
               only
               Justified
               from
               the
               guilt
               of
               Sin
               by
               Christ
               the
               propitiation
               ,
               and
               that
               we
               are
               Justified
               by
               the
               Righteousness
               which
               Christ
               hath
               fulfilled
               in
               his
               own
               Person
               wholly
               without
               us
               .
            
             The
             word
             Only
             plainly
             importing
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             Christ
             Wholly
             without
             us
             ,
             unless
             there
             be
             some
             great
             fallacy
             in
             W.
             P's
             words
             ,
             as
             the
             sequel
             will
             make
             appear
             a
             little
             after
             .
             But
             if
             we
             take
             these
             two
             quotations
             in
             their
             genuine
             Sense
             ,
             the
             one
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             Justified
             by
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             Christ
             
               Only
               ,
               i.
               e.
               Wholly
            
             without
             us
             ,
             from
             the
             
             guilt
             of
             Sin
             ;
             and
             the
             other
             that
             this
             we
             deny
             ,
             
               i.
               e.
            
             that
             we
             are
             Justified
             by
             the
             Righteousness
             which
             Christ
             hath
             fulfilled
             in
             his
             own
             Person
             for
             us
             ,
             wholly
             without
             us
             ;
             and
             boldly
             affirm
             it
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Lord
             to
             be
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Devils
             ,
             &c.
             it
             is
             a
             perfect
             inconsistency
             and
             contradiction
             .
             And
             yet
             now
             
               W.
               P.
            
             doth
             teach
             the
             same
             Doctrine
             ,
             which
             formerly
             he
             called
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Devils
             ,
             without
             any
             change
             of
             his
             perswasion
             ;
             as
             he
             plainly
             tells
             in
             the
             conclusion
             of
             his
             Paper
             ,
             This
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               hath
               all
               along
               been
               the
               general
               stream
               and
               tendency
               both
               of
               our
               Ministry
               .
               and
               Writings
               ,
               as
               our
               books
               will
               make
               appear
               .
            
             But
             what
             a
             Forehead
             of
             Bras
             must
             
               W.
               P.
            
             have
             ,
             with
             so
             great
             confidence
             to
             assert
             so
             known
             an
             untruth
             !
             Again
             ,
             the
             same
             
               W.
               P.
            
             in
             his
             forecited
             
               Serious
               Apology
            
             thus
             argueth
             
               (
               P
            
             148.
             )
             against
             Christ's
             imputative
             Righteousness
             .
             
               Death
               came
               by
               actual
               Sin
               ,
               not
               imputative
               ,
               therefore
               Justification
               unto
               Life
               ,
               came
               by
               actual
               Righteousness
               not
               imput
               ative
               .
            
             Note
             Reader
             ,
             If
             we
             are
             not
             Justified
             by
             Christ's
             imputed
             (
             which
             he
             calls
             imputative
             )
             Righteousness
             ,
             as
             here
             he
             asserts
             ,
             how
             can
             this
             consist
             with
             his
             now
             saying
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             Justified
             from
             the
             guilt
             of
             Sin
             ,
             by
             Christ
             the
             Propitiation
             .
          
           
             Again
             in
             his
             
               Sandy
               Foundation
            
             ,
             from
             P.
             24
             ,
             to
             P.
             32.
             he
             pretends
             to
             bring
             arguments
             from
             both
             Scripture
             and
             Reason
             ,
             to
             refute
             
             the
             Justification
             of
             impure
             Persons
             by
             an
             imputative
             Righteousness
             :
             I
             shall
             quote
             a
             few
             passages
             out
             of
             many
             ,
             to
             shew
             the
             inconsistency
             of
             his
             late
             and
             former
             Doctrine
             about
             Justification
             from
             the
             guilt
             of
             Sin.
             P.
             25.
             from
             .
             Ezek.
             18.
             20
             ,
             26
             ,
             27
             ,
             28.
             
             He
             draws
             this
             Argument
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Condemnation
               or
               Justification
               of
               Persons
               ,
               is
               not
               from
               the
               imputation
               of
               anothers
               Righteousness
               ,
               but
               the
               actual
               performance
               ,
               and
               keeping
               of
               God's
               Righteous
               Statutes
               or
               Commandments
               ,
               otherwise
               God
               should
               forget
               to
               be
               equal
               .
            
          
           
             Again
             in
             P.
             26.
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               Christ
               is
               so
               far
               from
               telling
               them
               of
               their
               being
               Justified
               ,
               abiding
               in
               his
               Love
               ,
               by
               virtue
               of
               his
               Obedience
               imputed
               unto
               them
               ,
               that
               unless
               they
               obey
               his
               Commandments
               ,
               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
            
             .
             Where
             note
             Reader
             ,
             the
             words
             
               BUT
               our
               example
            
             .
          
           
             Again
             in
             the
             same
             
               Page
               ,
               Nor
               let
               any
               fancy
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               that
               Christ
               hath
               so
               fulfilled
               it
               for
               them
               ,
               as
               to
               exclude
               their
               Obedience
               ,
               from
               being
               requisite
               to
               their
               acceptance
               ,
            
             BUT
             
               only
               as
               their
               pattern
            
             .
             Where
             note
             again
             Reader
             ,
             these
             words
             
               but
               only
               as
               their
               pattern
            
             .
             This
             is
             plain
             Socinianism
             .
          
           
             Again
             in
             P.
             27.
             he
             thus
             argueth
             ,
             If
             
               rejoycing
               and
               acceptance
               with
               God
               ,
               or
               the
               contrary
               ,
               are
               to
               be
               reaped
               from
               the
               Works
               ,
               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
               .
            
          
           
             Thus
             Reader
             ,
             thou
             seest
             how
             earnestly
             he
             hath
             contended
             against
             all
             Justification
             from
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             Christ
             ,
             wrought
             in
             his
             own
             Person
             without
             us
             ,
             though
             in
             this
             late
             Paper
             of
             Gospel
             Truths
             he
             seems
             fully
             to
             assert
             it
             .
             I
             shall
             not
             need
             to
             insist
             at
             large
             ,
             to
             shew
             his
             fallacious
             way
             of
             stating
             the
             question
             ,
             about
             Justification
             by
             Christ's
             Righteousness
             without
             us
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             reasoning
             against
             it
             .
             As
             if
             these
             against
             whom
             he
             argueth
             did
             plead
             for
             a
             Justification
             ,
             or
             Righteousness
             of
             Christ
             actually
             imputed
             to
             Men
             ,
             wholly
             unsanctified
             ,
             and
             remaining
             altogether
             in
             a
             state
             of
             disobedience
             ,
             wherein
             hemost
             unfairly
             represents
             them
             .
             But
             whereas
             he
             pleads
             at
             such
             a
             high
             rate
             ,
             that
             none
             are
             Justified
             ,
             while
             having
             the
             least
             Sin
             or
             impurity
             ,
             so
             as
             that
             none
             are
             Justified
             ,
             but
             who
             perfectly
             ,
             in
             all
             points
             ,
             without
             the
             least
             sinful
             defect
             or
             imperfection
             ,
             obey
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             come
             up
             in
             their
             Obedience
             to
             the
             outmost
             demand
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             as
             the
             whole
             strain
             of
             his
             Arguments
             run
             :
             by
             this
             rate
             of
             arguing
             ,
             either
             
               W.
               P.
            
             and
             all
             his
             Brethren
             ,
             are
             under
             a
             state
             of
             Condemnation
             ,
             and
             the
             Curse
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             If
             they
             have
             
             the
             least
             impurity
             ,
             or
             sinful
             defect
             ,
             and
             have
             not
             attained
             a
             sinless
             perfection
             ,
             which
             yet
             can
             be
             proved
             sufficiently
             they
             have
             not
             attained
             ;
             and
             some
             of
             them
             ,
             have
             so
             much
             ingenuity
             in
             them
             ,
             as
             to
             confess
             they
             have
             not
             yet
             arrived
             unto
             .
             And
             
               W.
               P.
            
             would
             do
             but
             equally
             in
             the
             case
             ,
             to
             tell
             us
             ,
             whether
             he
             is
             such
             a
             Sinless
             Person
             ,
             that
             answers
             every
             demand
             of
             Justice
             ,
             and
             who
             in
             his
             obedience
             ,
             comes
             up
             to
             the
             highest
             perfection
             of
             Holiness
             ,
             that
             the
             most
             Holy
             Law
             of
             God
             doth
             now
             at
             this
             present
             require
             of
             him
             .
             If
             he
             thinks
             he
             is
             ,
             he
             is
             miserably
             mistaken
             ,
             while
             his
             sinful
             Imperfections
             in
             his
             asserting
             such
             gross
             Untruths
             for
             Truths
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             them
             against
             the
             Conviction
             of
             his
             Conscience
             ,
             are
             so
             manifest
             ,
             that
             he
             who
             runs
             may
             read
             them
             ;
             besides
             a
             great
             vein
             of
             Pride
             ,
             Levity
             and
             Vanity
             of
             Mind
             ,
             and
             Scornful
             Disdain
             ,
             that
             appears
             running
             through
             his
             pretended
             Answer
             to
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Cork
             his
             modest
             Observations
             ;
             and
             his
             most
             uncivil
             Language
             and
             Epithets
             he
             hath
             used
             in
             his
             former
             Books
             ,
             never
             to
             this
             day
             repented
             of
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             we
             can
             understand
             ,
             given
             by
             him
             to
             his
             Opponents
             in
             his
             several
             Books
             of
             Controversie
             ,
             whereof
             the
             Author
             of
             
               The
               Snake
               in
               the
               Grass
            
             ,
             hath
             given
             a
             large
             Catalogue
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Section
             3.
             
          
           
             
               
                 His
                 Fallacy
                 ,
                 in
                 seeming
                 to
                 own
                 Justification
                 by
                 Christ
                 the
                 Propitiation
                 ;
                 whereas
                 by
                 Christ
                 the
                 Propitiation
                 ,
                 he
                 doth
                 not
                 mean
                 the
                 Man
                 Christ
                 without
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Light
                 within
                 .
                 His
                 bold
                 attempt
                 in
                 his
              
               Sandy
               Foundation
               ,
               
                 to
                 throw
                 down
                 three
                 great
                 Fundamentals
                 of
                 Christianity
                 ,
              
               viz.
               The
               Doctrine
               of
               the
               Holy
               Trinity
               ,
               The
               Doctrine
               of
               Christ's
               Satisfaction
               ,
               and
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               Justification
               by
               Christ's
               imputed
               Righteousness
               .
               
                 His
                 excluding
                 Faith
                 in
                 Christ
                 Crucified
                 ,
                 from
                 being
                 necessary
                 to
                 Justification
                 ,
                 and
                 placing
                 it
                 wholly
                 on
                 Repentance
                 and
                 Obedience
                 ;
                 his
                 agreement
                 with
              
               G.
               W.
               therein
               .
            
          
           
             BUT
             under
             this
             seemingly
             fair
             acknowledgment
             of
             
               W.
               P.
            
             that
             we
             are
             only
             justified
             from
             the
             Guilt
             of
             Sin
             by
             Christ
             the
             Propitiation
             ,
             let
             us
             search
             ,
             whither
             there
             be
             not
             even
             in
             this
             acknowledgment
             ,
             
               The
               Snake
               in
               the
               Grass
            
             :
             If
             
               W.
               P.
            
             remain
             in
             his
             former
             Perswasion
             ,
             as
             he
             affirmeth
             he
             doth
             ,
             by
             his
             former
             Books
             I
             shall
             clearly
             prove
             ,
             that
             by
             Christ
             the
             Propitiation
             ,
             he
             doth
             not
             mean
             the
             Man
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             as
             he
             outwardly
             suffered
             Death
             ,
             and
             the
             shedding
             of
             his
             Blood
             outwardly
             for
             the
             Remission
             of
             our
             Sins
             ,
             being
             the
             great
             and
             only
             Propitiatory
             Sacrifice
             for
             the
             Sins
             of
             Men
             ;
             and
             thereby
             by
             his
             
             most
             perfect
             Satisfaction
             ,
             paying
             to
             Divine
             Justice
             the
             Debt
             of
             our
             Sins
             .
             In
             his
             
               Christian
               Quaker
            
             ,
             p.
             97.
             he
             contendeth
             ,
             That
             the
             Sacrifices
             and
             Lamb
             in
             the
             Passover
             (
             under
             the
             Law
             )
             were
             not
             proper
             Figures
             of
             Christ
             without
             ,
             but
             of
             Christ
             the
             promised
             Seed
             within
             :
             
               One
               outward
               thing
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               cannot
               be
               the
               proper
               Figure
               of
               another
               ;
               nor
               is
               it
               the
               way
               of
               Holy
               Scripture
               so
               to
               teach
               ,
               the
               outward
               Lamb
               shews
               forth
               the
               inward
               .
            
             And
             in
             Page
             145
             ,
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               As
               the
               outward
               Jew
               had
               an
               outward
               Priest
               ,
               at
               whose
               mouth
               he
               ought
               to
               seek
               the
               Law
               ,
               so
               the
               Jew
               inward
               and
               Circumcision
               in
               Spirit
               has
               an
               inward
               and
               Spiritual
               High
               Priest
               ,
               the
               King
               ,
               Ruler
               ,
               Judge
               ,
               Law-giver
               ,
               High
               Priest
               ,
               Law
               ,
               Rule
               ,
               Temple
               ,
               are
               all
               Spiritual
               ,
            
             i.
             e.
             Inward
             .
             And
             in
             his
             Rejoynder
             to
             
               J.
               Faldo
            
             ,
             p.
             284.
             he
             affirmeth
             ,
             
               That
               Christ
               offers
               himself
               in
               his
               Children
               ,
               in
               the
               nature
               of
               a
               mediating
               Sacrifice
               to
               appease
               the
               Wrath
               of
               God.
            
             Again
             in
             his
             
               Sandy
               Foundation
            
             ,
             from
             p.
             16
             to
             p.
             24.
             he
             disputes
             against
             the
             Satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             ,
             giving
             this
             Title
             to
             his
             Disputation
             ,
             
               The
               vulgar
               Doctrine
               of
               Satisfaction
               ,
               being
               dependent
               on
               the
               second
               Person
               of
               the
               imagined
               Trinity
               refuted
               from
               Scripture
               ,
            
             to
             p.
             20
             ,
             and
             from
             p.
             20
             refuted
             from
             right
             reason
             to
             p.
             24
             ,
             where
             p.
             17.
             arguing
             from
             Jer.
             31.
             31
             ,
             33
             ,
             34.
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               Here
               is
               God's
               meer
               Grace
               asserted
               against
               the
               pretended
               necessity
               of
               a
               Satisfaction
               to
               procure
               his
               Remission
               .
            
             And
             p.
             18.
             he
             argueth
             thus
             ,
             
               And
               forgive
               us
            
             
             
               our
               Debts
               ,
               as
               we
               forgive
               our
               Debtors
               .
               Where
               nothing
               can
               be
               more
               obvious
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               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
             .
             And
             from
             Acts
             10.
             9.
             he
             concludes
             ,
             so
             that
             
               Remission
               came
               by
               believing
               his
               Testimony
               ,
               and
               obeying
               his
               Precepts
               ,
               and
               not
               by
               a
            
             Pretended
             Satisfaction
             .
             Thus
             Reader
             do
             but
             observe
             ,
             how
             Proteus
             like
             he
             changes
             his
             shapes
             ,
             one
             while
             to
             argue
             against
             any
             Satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             to
             God
             ,
             for
             the
             Debt
             of
             our
             Sins
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             nature
             of
             Christ's
             propitiatory
             Sacrifice
             is
             wholly
             destroy'd
             .
             Another
             while
             after
             he
             has
             thrown
             down
             Christ's
             being
             our
             Propitiatory
             Sacrifice
             without
             us
             ,
             he
             sets
             up
             an
             
               Imaginary
               Sacrifice
               of
               Christ
               ,
               the
               Lamb
               slain
               within
               ,
               the
               high
               Priest
               within
               :
            
             Whereas
             were
             his
             Arguments
             of
             any
             force
             (
             as
             they
             are
             not
             )
             they
             would
             be
             as
             much
             against
             Christ's
             being
             a
             Propitiation
             (
             by
             his
             Satisfaction
             to
             Divine
             Justice
             for
             our
             Sins
             )
             within
             Men
             as
             without
             them
             .
          
           
             In
             one
             thing
             his
             Cunning
             is
             observable
             ,
             though
             mix'd
             with
             horrid
             Ignorance
             and
             Folly
             ,
             and
             bold
             Presumption
             ,
             that
             he
             makes
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Holy
             Trinity
             ,
             that
             distinguisheth
             betwixt
             the
             Father
             and
             the
             Son
             ,
             and
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Christ's
             Satisfaction
             ,
             and
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Justification
             
             by
             Christ's
             imputed
             Righteousness
             ,
             so
             closely
             joyned
             together
             ,
             that
             they
             fall
             together
             if
             the
             first
             of
             them
             falls
             ;
             and
             so
             he
             makes
             his
             bold
             attempt
             against
             the
             first
             ,
             that
             by
             throwing
             down
             the
             first
             ,
             he
             may
             throw
             down
             the
             second
             ,
             and
             by
             that
             means
             the
             third
             ;
             and
             having
             ,
             as
             he
             thinks
             ,
             effectually
             done
             the
             business
             ,
             he
             entitles
             his
             Book
             ,
             
               The
               Sandy
               Foundation
               shaken
            
             ;
             which
             is
             in
             effect
             to
             say
             ,
             The
             Foundation
             of
             the
             Christian
             Faith
             and
             Religion
             shaken
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             introduce
             Deism
             and
             Heathenism
             into
             Christendom
             .
             But
             he
             shall
             one
             day
             know
             (
             if
             he
             know
             it
             not
             before
             he
             dye
             ,
             which
             God
             grant
             that
             he
             may
             )
             that
             the
             Foundation
             ,
             he
             calls
             
               The
               Sandy
               Foundation
            
             ,
             is
             not
             Sandy
             ,
             but
             stands
             on
             that
             Rock
             on
             which
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             is
             built
             ,
             that
             the
             Gates
             of
             Hell
             shall
             not
             prevail
             against
             ;
             and
             if
             he
             repent
             not
             of
             this
             Blasphemy
             ,
             which
             I
             pray
             God
             he
             may
             ,
             this
             Rock
             will
             grind
             him
             to
             powder
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             yet
             one
             main
             thing
             further
             ,
             that
             is
             needful
             to
             be
             noticed
             ,
             in
             this
             fourth
             Section
             ,
             before
             I
             leave
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             ,
             That
             whereas
             he
             asserts
             ,
             there
             is
             an
             absolute
             necessity
             ,
             that
             we
             receive
             and
             obey
             to
             unfeigned
             Repentance
             and
             amendment
             of
             Life
             ,
             the
             Holy
             Light
             and
             Spirit
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             obtain
             that
             Remission
             and
             Justification
             from
             Sin
             ,
             for
             which
             he
             cites
             Rom.
             3.
             22
             to
             26.
             8.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             1
             
             John
             5
             7.
             he
             mentions
             not
             one
             
             word
             of
             the
             absolute
             necessity
             of
             Faith
             in
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             as
             he
             outwardly
             suffered
             Death
             for
             our
             Sins
             ,
             and
             thereby
             became
             the
             Propitiation
             for
             Sin
             ,
             though
             he
             expresly
             asserts
             the
             absolute
             necessity
             of
             Repentance
             ,
             Obedience
             ,
             and
             amendment
             of
             Life
             ;
             and
             though
             one
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             quoted
             by
             him
             in
             Chapter
             and
             Verse
             ,
             
               viz
               Rom.
            
             3.
             22
             to
             26.
             expresly
             mentions
             Faith
             in
             his
             Blood
             for
             Remission
             of
             Sin
             ;
             yet
             he
             knowing
             himself
             in
             his
             own
             Conscience
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             not
             for
             any
             such
             necessity
             of
             Faith
             in
             Christ
             ,
             or
             in
             his
             Blood
             ,
             as
             above
             express'd
             ,
             he
             did
             purposely
             omit
             it
             .
             And
             if
             he
             ,
             or
             any
             for
             him
             ,
             shall
             say
             ,
             he
             implied
             it
             ,
             though
             he
             did
             not
             express
             it
             :
             I
             say
             ,
             as
             he
             did
             not
             express
             it
             ,
             so
             he
             did
             not
             imply
             it
             ,
             which
             I
             prove
             from
             the
             following
             Reasons
             .
             1.
             
             Seeing
             he
             not
             only
             express'd
             Repentance
             ,
             but
             asserted
             it
             to
             be
             absolutely
             necessary
             to
             Remission
             of
             Sin
             ;
             had
             he
             thought
             Faith
             in
             Christ
             ,
             as
             he
             outwardly
             died
             ,
             absolutely
             necessary
             to
             our
             obtaining
             Remission
             of
             Sins
             ,
             no
             doubt
             he
             would
             have
             expressed
             that
             too
             ,
             either
             there
             ,
             or
             some
             where
             at
             least
             ,
             in
             some
             of
             his
             Books
             ;
             but
             upon
             all
             the
             search
             I
             have
             made
             ,
             I
             have
             not
             found
             it
             any
             where
             in
             his
             books
             ,
             and
             indeed
             very
             rarely
             in
             any
             of
             the
             books
             of
             his
             Brethren
             .
             2.
             
             But
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             I
             have
             found
             ,
             that
             both
             he
             and
             
               G.
               W.
            
             especially
             ,
             (
             and
             diverse
             others
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             proved
             by
             Quotations
             out
             of
             their
             
             books
             in
             my
             third
             Narrative
             )
             have
             expresly
             opposed
             this
             Faith
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             in
             Christ
             as
             outwardly
             Crucified
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             blood
             as
             outwardly
             shed
             ,
             by
             way
             of
             Propitiation
             ,
             and
             satisfaction
             to
             Divine
             Justice
             for
             our
             Sins
             .
             
               W.
               P.
            
             in
             his
             
               Quakerism
               a
               new
               Nick-name
               for
               old
               Christianity
               ,
            
             p.
             6.
             saith
             ,
             
               Faith
               in
               the
               History
               of
               Christ's
               outward
               Manifestation
               ,
               is
               a
               deadly
               Poyson
               these
               latter
               Ages
               has
               been
               infected
               with
               .
            
             And
             in
             his
             Rejoynder
             to
             
               John
               Faldo
            
             ,
             p.
             333.
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               Christ
               in
               the
               Gentiles
               is
               a
               greater
               Mystery
               ,
               than
               Christ
               as
               he
               was
               made
               manifest
               in
               the
               Flesh
               .
               It
               's
               strange
            
             (
             saith
             he
             in
             opposition
             to
             
               J.
               F.
            
             who
             asserted
             like
             a
             true
             Christian
             ,
             
               That
               Christ
               ,
               as
               he
               was
               made
               manifest
               in
               the
               Flesh
               ,
               was
               a
               greater
               Mystery
               than
               Christ
               in
               the
               Gentiles
               )
               that
               should
               be
               counted
               most
               mysterious
               ,
               which
               was
               the
               Introduction
               to
               the
               Mystery
               ;
               and
               these
               Transactions
               counted
               most
               difficult
               ,
               that
               were
               by
               the
               Divine
               Wisdom
               of
               God
               ,
               ordained
               as
               so
               many
               facile
               Representations
               of
               what
               was
               to
               be
               accomplished
               in
               Man.
            
             And
             page
             335.
             
             
               In
               short
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               it
               is
               to
               exclude
               the
               true
               Mystery
               of
               Godliness
               ,
               which
               is
               Christ
               manifested
               in
               his
               Children
               .
            
             Thus
             we
             see
             he
             makes
             Christ's
             Death
             and
             Sufferings
             without
             us
             (
             which
             he
             calls
             Transactions
             )
             as
             so
             many
             facile
             Representations
             of
             what
             was
             to
             be
             accomplished
             in
             Man
             ,
             
               i.
               e.
            
             of
             his
             being
             Crucified
             within
             ,
             and
             his
             blood
             inwardly
             shed
             ;
             and
             his
             offering
             himself
             inwardly
             in
             his
             Children
             ,
             in
             the
             
             nature
             of
             a
             mediating
             Sacrifice
             ,
             to
             appease
             the
             Wrath
             of
             God.
             Thus
             also
             we
             see
             how
             he
             hath
             destroyed
             the
             great
             Object
             of
             the
             Christian
             Faith
             ,
             which
             is
             Christ
             as
             he
             was
             outwardly
             Crucified
             ,
             being
             the
             great
             Propitiation
             for
             our
             Sins
             .
             And
             
               G.
               Whitehead
            
             ,
             his
             elder
             Brother
             in
             Ignorance
             and
             Error
             ,
             hath
             given
             him
             a
             Copy
             to
             write
             after
             ,
             in
             his
             
               Truth
               defending
               the
               Quakers
            
             ,
             p.
             65.
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               Faith
               in
               Christ
               without
               Men
               ,
               is
               contrary
               to
               the
               Apostles
               Doctrine
               .
            
             And
             p.
             66.
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               The
               Blood
               of
               Christ's
               Humanity
               ,
               the
               Apostle
               doth
               not
               tell
               us
               of
               ,
               Christ's
               Blood
               is
               Spiritual
               .
            
             And
             in
             his
             
               Light
               and
               Life
            
             ,
             p.
             56.
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               The
               Blood
               of
               the
               Covenant
               is
               inward
               and
               Spiritual
               .
            
             P.
             59
             ,
             60.
             
             
               Christ's
               Blood
               that
               was
               outwardly
               shed
               ,
               not
               the
               Antitype
               or
               Substance
               signified
               by
               the
               Blood
               of
               Beasts
               shed
               under
               the
               Law.
            
             And
             p.
             8.
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               To
               look
               to
               Christ
               Crucified
               at
            
             Jerusalem
             ,
             
               and
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               revealed
               in
               us
               by
               his
               Spirit
               ,
               is
               a
               Contradiction
               .
            
             3.
             
             According
             to
             that
             Fundamental
             Principle
             laid
             down
             by
             
               W.
               P.
            
             in
             his
             Discourse
             of
             the
             General
             Rule
             of
             Faith
             and
             Life
             ,
             he
             must
             needs
             exclude
             Faith
             in
             Christ
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             outwardly
             born
             ,
             died
             ,
             and
             rose
             again
             ,
             not
             only
             from
             being
             absolutely
             necessary
             to
             our
             Salvation
             ,
             but
             from
             being
             given
             to
             us
             at
             all
             ,
             (
             otherwise
             than
             barely
             historically
             ,
             )
             for
             seeing
             according
             to
             him
             the
             Light
             in
             every
             Man
             ,
             only
             as
             giving
             the
             ordinary
             Discoveries
             ,
             that
             all
             Mankind
             have
             ,
             
             is
             the
             Rule
             of
             Faith
             to
             every
             Man
             ,
             no
             Man
             either
             doth
             or
             can
             believe
             (
             otherwise
             than
             barely
             historically
             )
             what
             the
             Light
             within
             hath
             not
             revealed
             ;
             but
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             as
             it
             hath
             not
             revealed
             the
             Birth
             ,
             Death
             and
             Sufferings
             of
             Christ
             to
             every
             Man
             ,
             so
             by
             W.
             P's
             Confession
             ,
             it
             hath
             not
             revealed
             these
             things
             to
             him
             ,
             or
             his
             Brethren
             ,
             for
             he
             grants
             ,
             they
             belong
             to
             extraordinary
             Revelation
             ,
             and
             fall
             not
             within
             the
             ordinary
             Discoveries
             given
             to
             Mankind
             ,
             and
             are
             none
             of
             the
             absolute
             Necessaries
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             that
             such
             Revelation
             is
             not
             necessary
             ;
             and
             yet
             without
             such
             internal
             extraordinary
             Revelation
             of
             these
             things
             ,
             they
             cannot
             have
             the
             certain
             Faith
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             he
             confesseth
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Section
             4.
             
          
           
             
               
                 His
                 Fallacy
                 ,
                 in
                 pretending
                 to
                 own
                 the
                 Doctrine
                 of
                 Justification
                 by
                 Christ
                 the
                 Propitiation
                 ,
                 the
                 Doctrine
                 of
                 the
                 Holy
                 Trinity
                 ,
                 the
                 Doctrine
                 of
                 the
                 Resurrection
                 of
                 the
                 Dead
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 Fundamentals
                 of
                 Christianity
                 ,
                 whereas
                 he
                 doth
                 not
                 in
                 truth
                 own
                 any
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 .
                 His
                 ill
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 Bishop's
                 Charity
                 ,
                 by
                 his
                 own
                 Argument
                 retorted
                 on
                 himself
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 proved
                 ,
                 he
                 hath
                 denied
                 all
                 the
                 Fundamental
                 Articles
                 of
                 Christianity
                 .
                 The
                 chief
                 reason
                 why
              
               W.
               P.
               
                 and
                 his
                 Brethren
                 believe
                 not
                 the
                 Fundamentals
                 of
                 Christianity
                 is
                 ,
                 That
                 they
                 deny
                 the
                 Holy
                 Scripure
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 Rule
                 of
                 their
                 Faith
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 up
                 the
                 Light
                 within
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 Rule
                 ,
                 which
                 yet
                 they
                 confess
                 ,
                 doth
                 not
                 reveal
                 to
                 them
                 any
                 of
                 those
                 Fundamentals
                 .
              
            
          
           
             BY
             all
             which
             it
             plainly
             appeareth
             ,
             how
             disingenuous
             and
             fallacious
             
               W.
               P.
            
             hath
             been
             ,
             not
             only
             in
             the
             Paper
             called
             
               Gospel
               Truths
            
             ,
             published
             by
             him
             and
             his
             three
             Brethren
             ,
             but
             in
             his
             Answer
             to
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Cork
             on
             that
             Head
             ;
             [
             yea
             ,
             and
             on
             all
             the
             other
             Heads
             ,
             it
             were
             easie
             to
             shew
             his
             Shuffling
             and
             Equivocation
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             his
             unfair
             and
             uncivil
             Treatment
             of
             him
             .
             ]
             To
             detect
             which
             a
             little
             further
             ,
             let
             us
             consider
             W.
             P's
             words
             in
             answer
             to
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Cork
             ,
             p.
             25
             and
             26.
             
             
               I
               am
               of
               opinion
            
             ,
             (
             saith
             
               W.
               P.
               )
               If
               he
            
             (
             viz.
             
             the
             Bishop
             )
             
               had
               well
               considered
               the
               Force
               and
               Comprehensiveness
               of
               our
               Belief
               concerning
               Christ
               ,
            
             That
             pleaseth
             him
             so
             well
             ,
             
               he
               might
               have
               saved
               himself
               the
               trouble
               of
               what
               he
               has
               published
               to
               the
               World
               upon
               the
               rest
               of
               them
               ;
               for
               whoever
               believes
               in
               Christ
               ,
               as
               a
               Propitiation
               in
               order
               to
               Remission
               of
               Sins
               ,
               and
               Justification
               of
               Sinners
               ,
               can
               hardly
               disbelieve
               any
               Fundamental
               Article
               of
               the
               Christian
               Religion
               .
               Since
               every
               such
               Person
               must
               necessarily
               believe
               in
               God
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               with
               him
               alone
               Man
               is
               to
               be
               justified
               .
               To
               be
               sure
               he
               must
               believe
               in
               Christ
               ,
               for
               that
               is
               the
               very
               Proposition
               ;
               he
               must
               also
               believe
               in
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               because
               he
               is
               the
               Author
               of
               his
               Conviction
               ,
               Repentance
               and
               Belief
               ,
               he
               must
               believe
               Heaven
               and
               Hell
               ,
               Rewards
               and
               Punishments
               ,
               and
               consequently
               the
               Resurrection
               of
               the
               Just
               and
               Unjust
               .
               For
               why
               should
               he
               be
               concerned
               about
               the
               being
               freed
               from
               the
               Guilt
               of
               his
               Sin
               ,
               if
               he
               were
               unaccountable
               in
               another
               World.
               So
               that
               acknowledging
               the
               necessity
               of
               Christ
               ,
               as
               a
               Propitiation
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               the
               Remission
               of
               Sin
               ,
               comprehends
               the
               main
               Doctrine
               of
               the
               Christian
               Religion
               .
               And
               as
               so
               many
               Lines
               drawn
               from
               the
               Circumference
               to
               the
               Center
               ,
               they
               all
               meet
               and
               center
               in
               Christ
               :
               And
               indeed
               it
               is
               as
               the
               Navel
               of
               Christianity
               ,
               and
               Characteristick
               of
               that
               Religion
               .
            
          
           
             Were
             this
             confession
             of
             
               W.
               P.
            
             as
             sincere
             as
             it
             is
             seemingly
             fair
             ,
             it
             would
             prove
             that
             his
             Doctrine
             were
             indeed
             Christian
             ,
             and
             no
             
             doubt
             might
             ,
             and
             ought
             to
             give
             to
             the
             Bishop
             or
             any
             other
             that
             were
             doubtful
             in
             the
             case
             ,
             good
             Satisfaction
             ,
             of
             the
             Christianity
             of
             his
             Doctrine
             .
             But
             that
             all
             this
             is
             meer
             paint
             and
             equivocation
             ,
             what
             I
             have
             above
             quoted
             out
             of
             his
             Books
             ,
             fairly
             and
             fully
             ,
             doth
             sufficiently
             prove
             ,
             That
             the
             profession
             
               W.
               P.
            
             made
             of
             his
             belief
             ,
             in
             his
             
               Gospel
               Truths
            
             ,
             pleased
             the
             Bishop
             so
             well
             ,
             [
             whereof
             
               W.
               P.
            
             takes
             such
             particular
             and
             great
             notice
             ,
             and
             thereby
             takes
             occasion
             to
             blame
             his
             disingenuity
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             his
             troubling
             himself
             ,
             with
             publishing
             what
             he
             hath
             done
             to
             the
             World.
             Yea
             ,
             
               W.
               P.
            
             makes
             it
             next
             to
             impossible
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             the
             first
             time
             the
             Bishop
             hath
             heard
             of
             that
             Doctrine
             among
             them
             ,
             viz.
             the
             acknowledging
             the
             necessity
             of
             Christ
             ,
             as
             a
             propitiation
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             the
             remission
             of
             Sins
             ,
             and
             Justifying
             them
             as
             Sinners
             from
             Guilt
             .
             ]
             I
             say
             ,
             that
             this
             his
             profession
             pleased
             the
             Bishop
             so
             well
             ,
             did
             proceed
             from
             the
             Bishops
             great
             Charity
             ,
             and
             Moderation
             ,
             Charitably
             believing
             that
             W.
             P's
             Heart
             and
             Pen
             did
             go
             along
             together
             ;
             but
             as
             
               W.
               P.
            
             hath
             made
             an
             ill
             use
             of
             the
             Bishop's
             Charity
             and
             Judgment
             ,
             thus
             impertinently
             to
             reflect
             on
             him
             ,
             so
             it
             is
             fit
             ,
             the
             Bishop
             should
             be
             better
             acquainted
             with
             W.
             P's
             equivocations
             ,
             and
             double
             dealings
             with
             him
             ,
             which
             he
             may
             easily
             find
             out
             by
             an
             indifferent
             search
             into
             his
             former
             Books
             .
             
               W.
               P.
            
             in
             his
             above
             mentioned
             
             confession
             ,
             professeth
             his
             belief
             in
             Christ
             as
             a
             propitiation
             ;
             and
             this
             he
             would
             seem
             to
             make
             the
             Navel
             of
             Christianity
             and
             Characteristick
             of
             that
             Religion
             .
             But
             what
             doth
             
               W.
               P.
            
             mean
             by
             Christ
             the
             Propitiation
             ,
             and
             Faith
             in
             him
             as
             such
             ?
             doth
             he
             mean
             the
             same
             that
             the
             Bishop
             meaneth
             ,
             and
             all
             sincere
             Christians
             ?
             Nay
             ,
             nothing
             less
             ,
             Christ
             within
             as
             he
             is
             the
             Light
             and
             Life
             ,
             as
             he
             offers
             up
             himself
             within
             his
             Children
             ,
             in
             the
             Nature
             of
             a
             Mediating
             Sacrifice
             ,
             the
             Lamb
             within
             but
             not
             the
             Lamb
             without
             ,
             the
             High-Priest
             within
             ,
             is
             the
             Propitiation
             ,
             and
             his
             blood
             as
             shed
             within
             which
             is
             the
             Life
             ,
             and
             the
             Life
             is
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             (
             as
             he
             hath
             both
             printed
             and
             preached
             ,
             )
             is
             that
             Propitiation
             ,
          
           
             And
             certainly
             ,
             did
             he
             mean
             that
             Faith
             in
             the
             Man
             Christ
             without
             us
             ,
             as
             he
             outwardly
             was
             crucified
             ,
             was
             necessary
             to
             Christianity
             ,
             and
             the
             Characteristick
             of
             that
             Religion
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             acknowledgment
             of
             Christ
             as
             such
             ,
             was
             necessary
             to
             constitute
             a
             Christian
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             plead
             ,
             that
             a
             meer
             Just
             Man
             ,
             who
             has
             no
             Faith
             in
             Christ
             ,
             
               as
               the
               Word
               Incarnate
               ,
               is
               a
               Christian
               ;
               and
               that
               he
               who
               believes
               in
               God
               believes
               in
               Christ
               ,
               because
               Christ
               is
               God
               ,
               as
               he
               has
               argued
               in
               his
               address
               to
               Protestants
               .
            
             And
             did
             he
             really
             think
             ,
             that
             to
             believe
             and
             acknowledge
             Christ
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             as
             outwardly
             crucified
             ,
             and
             raised
             again
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             Propitiation
             ,
             was
             the
             Navel
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             and
             the
             
             Characteristick
             of
             that
             Religion
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             have
             excluded
             that
             Faith
             from
             the
             absolute
             necessaries
             of
             Religion
             ,
             as
             he
             hath
             plainly
             done
             in
             his
             discourse
             concerning
             the
             general
             Rule
             of
             Faith
             and
             Life
             .
             Nor
             would
             he
             have
             set
             up
             the
             Light
             within
             every
             Man
             ,
             with
             respect
             to
             its
             ordinary
             discoveries
             of
             Moral
             Piety
             and
             Justice
             without
             any
             Revelation
             of
             Christ
             ,
             as
             he
             came
             outwardly
             in
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             general
             Rule
             of
             Faith
             to
             all
             Christians
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             to
             all
             Heathens
             ;
             which
             is
             making
             Deism
             and
             Christianity
             but
             one
             and
             the
             same
             thing
             ;
             tho'
             now
             he
             seems
             to
             distinguish
             them
             ,
             by
             calling
             Christianity
             that
             Religion
             whereof
             the
             Faith
             and
             acknowledgment
             of
             Christ
             the
             Propitiation
             is
             the
             Navel
             and
             Characteristick
             .
             But
             seeing
             
               W.
               P.
            
             doth
             so
             Grosly
             prevaricate
             and
             equivocate
             ,
             about
             Christ
             the
             Propitiation
             and
             Faith
             in
             him
             as
             such
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             hath
             been
             proved
             ,
             he
             hath
             not
             the
             true
             Faith
             of
             Christ
             the
             Propitiation
             ,
             nor
             so
             much
             as
             a
             true
             notion
             of
             it
             ;
             't
             is
             fit
             to
             apply
             W.
             P's
             words
             against
             himself
             ,
             and
             to
             Argue
             from
             his
             words
             by
             the
             Rule
             of
             contraries
             .
             As
             whoever
             believes
             in
             Christ
             as
             a
             Propitiation
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             remission
             of
             Sins
             ,
             can
             hardly
             disbelieve
             any
             Fundamental
             Article
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ;
             so
             by
             good
             consequence
             contrariwise
             ,
             whoever
             believes
             not
             in
             Christ
             ,
             as
             a
             Propitiation
             ,
             (
             in
             the
             true
             sense
             of
             Scripture
             generally
             received
             
             by
             all
             true
             Christians
             ,
             )
             to
             wit
             ,
             as
             outwardly
             Crucified
             ,
             Dead
             and
             Raised
             again
             ,
             &c.
             can
             hardly
             believe
             any
             Fundamental
             Article
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ;
             but
             
               W.
               P.
            
             believes
             not
             in
             Christ
             as
             a
             Propitiation
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             remission
             of
             Sin
             ,
             &c.
             in
             the
             true
             sense
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             generally
             received
             by
             all
             true
             Christians
             ;
             therefore
             
               W.
               P.
            
             hardly
             believeth
             any
             fundamental
             Article
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             as
             peculiar
             to
             the
             same
             .
             The
             first
             proposition
             is
             proved
             ,
             by
             the
             Rule
             of
             contraries
             from
             W.
             P's
             assertion
             ,
             as
             I
             think
             he
             will
             readily
             confess
             ,
             the
             second
             proposition
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Assumption
             ,
             is
             fully
             proved
             from
             what
             is
             above
             at
             large
             quoted
             by
             me
             out
             of
             his
             former
             Books
             ,
             never
             to
             this
             day
             retracted
             by
             him
             .
             And
             though
             he
             reckoneth
             up
             ,
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Trinity
             ,
             viz.
             of
             the
             Father
             ,
             of
             Christ
             the
             Son
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Hell
             ,
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Resurrection
             of
             the
             Just
             and
             Unjust
             ,
             to
             be
             Fundamental
             Doctrines
             ,
             yea
             ,
             and
             the
             main
             of
             Christian
             Doctrine
             ;
             yet
             from
             what
             is
             above
             proved
             out
             of
             his
             Books
             ,
             he
             hath
             plainly
             opposed
             the
             true
             Christian
             Doctrine
             both
             of
             the
             Holy
             Trinity
             ,
             and
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Hell
             ;
             and
             as
             plainly
             he
             hath
             opposed
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Resurrection
             of
             the
             Just
             and
             Unjust
             ,
             in
             their
             respective
             Bodies
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             fully
             proved
             in
             my
             third
             Narrative
             ;
             and
             so
             have
             his
             Brethren
             ,
             
               G.
               Whitehead
            
             ,
             
             
               Richard
               Hubberthorne
            
             and
             others
             ,
             only
             at
             present
             I
             shall
             quote
             these
             following
             passages
             out
             of
             some
             of
             his
             former
             Books
             ,
             in
             his
             
               Reason
               against
               Railing
            
             ,
             in
             answer
             to
             
               Tho.
               Hicks
               ,
               P.
            
             138.
             he
             thus
             plainly
             argueth
             against
             the
             deceased
             Saints
             looking
             for
             any
             future
             Resurrection
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             which
             
               Tho.
               Hicks
            
             argued
             for
             .
             
               Is
               the
               Joy
               of
               the
               Ancients
            
             (
             saith
             
               W.
               P.
               )
               now
               in
               Glory
               imperfect
               ,
               or
               are
               they
               in
               Heaven
               but
               by
               halves
               ?
               But
               why
               must
               the
               Felicity
               of
               the
               Soul
               depend
               upon
               that
               of
               the
               Body
               ?
               Is
               it
               not
               to
               make
               the
               Soul
               a
               kind
               of
               Window
               ,
               to
               be
               without
               its
               beloved
               Body
               ,
               a
               better
               sort
               of
               Purgatory
            
             Again
             P.
             134.
             
             
               If
               a
               thing
               can
               be
               the
               same
               ,
               and
               notwithstanding
               changed
               ,
               for
               shame
               ,
               let
               us
               never
               make
               so
               much
               stir
               against
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               Transubstantiation
               ,
               for
               the
               absurdity
               of
               it
               is
               rather
               out-done
               than
               equalled
               by
               this
               carnal
               Resurrection
               .
            
             Again
             in
             his
             answer
             to
             
               J.
               Faldo
            
             ,
             called
             the
             
               Invalidity
               of
            
             J.
             Faldo's
             
               Vindication
               ,
               P.
            
             369.
             
             
               It
               's
               sown
               a
               Natural
               Body
               ,
               It
               's
               raised
               a
               Spiritual
               Body
               ,
               and
               I
               do
               utterly
               deny
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               that
               this
               Text
               is
               concerned
               in
               the
               Resurrection
               of
               Man's
               carnal
               Body
               at
               all
               ,
               but
               the
               States
               of
               Men
               under
               the
               First
               and
               Second
            
             Adam
             :
             
               Men
               are
               sown
               into
               the
               World
               Natural
               ,
               but
               they
               are
               raised
               Spiritual
               ,
               through
               him
               who
               is
               the
               Resurrection
               and
               the
               Life
               ,
               and
               so
               they
               are
               Sons
               of
               the
               Second
            
             Adam
             .
          
           
             Nor
             need
             any
             to
             wonder
             why
             
               W.
               P.
            
             and
             his
             Brethren
             should
             disbelieve
             all
             these
             fundamental
             Doctrines
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             (
             which
             
             now
             he
             professeth
             to
             own
             ,
             and
             that
             as
             Fundamental
             ,
             but
             still
             quite
             in
             a
             most
             differing
             Sense
             from
             all
             true
             Christians
             )
             for
             with
             what
             certainty
             can
             he
             or
             they
             believe
             them
             ,
             they
             acknowledge
             not
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             to
             be
             the
             Rule
             of
             their
             Faith
             in
             any
             of
             these
             things
             ,
             or
             indeed
             of
             any
             others
             ,
             they
             have
             no
             certainty
             of
             the
             Truth
             of
             any
             of
             these
             he
             now
             calls
             Fundamentals
             ,
             from
             the
             Rule
             of
             Faith
             set
             up
             by
             them
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Light
             within
             them
             ,
             with
             respect
             to
             its
             ordinary
             Discoveries
             given
             to
             Mankind
             ;
             but
             none
             of
             these
             Fundamental
             Doctrines
             above
             mentioned
             ,
             fall
             within
             these
             ordinary
             Discoveries
             ,
             as
             
               W.
               P.
            
             hath
             confessed
             for
             they
             belong
             to
             extraordinary
             Revelation
             :
             And
             if
             he
             should
             affirm
             ,
             they
             did
             belong
             to
             the
             ordinary
             Discoveries
             given
             to
             Mankind
             ,
             he
             cannot
             prove
             it
             :
             What
             obscure
             Knowledge
             any
             of
             them
             ,
             called
             Heathen
             Philosophers
             ,
             had
             of
             any
             of
             these
             great
             Mysteries
             :
             
               W.
               P.
            
             cannot
             prove
             they
             had
             it
             from
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             but
             Traditionally
             either
             from
             the
             Jews
             ,
             and
             ancient
             Patriarchs
             and
             Prophets
             ,
             or
             from
             some
             among
             themselves
             prophetically
             inspired
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             reported
             of
             the
             Sybils
             ,
             the
             which
             report
             ,
             were
             it
             true
             ,
             doth
             not
             prove
             ,
             that
             the
             Knowledge
             and
             Faith
             of
             these
             great
             Fundamentals
             did
             fall
             within
             the
             ordinary
             discoveries
             of
             the
             Light
             within
             given
             to
             Mankind
             in
             general
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Section
             5.
             
          
           
             
               
                 His
                 uncivil
                 Treatment
                 of
                 the
                 Bishop
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 he
                 did
                 render
                 the
                 Text
              
               1
               John
               5.
               7.
               
                 defective
                 ,
                 whereas
                 the
                 Bishop
                 only
                 charg'd
                 the
                 Defect
                 on
              
               W.
               P
               
                 's
                 Confession
                 ,
                 which
                 though
                 given
                 in
                 Scripture
                 words
                 ,
                 yet
                 not
                 in
                 the
                 true
                 Sense
                 of
                 Scripture
                 .
                 His
                 Fallacious
                 Argument
                 against
                 the
                 Holy
                 Trinity
                 answered
                 .
                 His
                 Fallacy
                 and
                 Equivocation
                 ,
                 about
                 his
                 calling
                 him
                 who
                 was
                 born
                 of
                 the
                 Virgin
              
               Mary
               ,
               
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 God
                 ;
                 whereas
                 he
                 hath
                 denied
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 properly
                 so
                 :
                 And
                 his
                 abusive
                 Treatment
                 of
                 the
                 Bishop
                 on
                 that
                 Head.
                 
              
            
          
           
             IN
             his
             Page
             30
             ,
             he
             proceeds
             in
             his
             unchristian
             and
             uncivil
             Treatment
             of
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             unjustly
             charging
             him
             ,
             
               as
               if
               the
               Text
            
             1
             John
             5.
             7.
             
               were
               defective
               with
               the
               Bishop
               ,
               and
               as
               if
               he
               did
               render
               the
               Text
               it self
               short
               ;
               which
            
             (
             saith
             
               W.
               P.
               )
               with
               submission
               ,
               I
               think
               is
               a
               bold
               Attempt
               in
               one
               of
               his
               Station
               ,
               If
               he
               believes
               the
            
             39
             Articles
             .
             But
             all
             this
             is
             nothing
             but
             a
             Scandalous
             Reflection
             on
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             and
             a
             Shuffling
             and
             Cover
             ,
             wherewithall
             to
             hide
             his
             own
             Error
             and
             Incredulity
             .
          
           
             The
             Bishop
             might
             well
             enough
             ,
             without
             charging
             any
             defect
             on
             the
             Text
             (
             as
             he
             doth
             not
             in
             the
             least
             )
             charge
             a
             defect
             on
             this
             Confession
             of
             
               W.
               P.
            
             and
             his
             Brethren
             ,
             because
             though
             given
             in
             one
             Scripture
             Text
             ,
             yet
             he
             
             had
             just
             cause
             to
             question
             not
             to
             be
             given
             in
             the
             true
             sense
             of
             that
             Scripture
             ;
             for
             most
             that
             are
             unsound
             ,
             as
             touching
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Holy
             Trinity
             ,
             even
             Socinians
             as
             well
             as
             others
             will
             profess
             ,
             yea
             ,
             and
             have
             professed
             to
             give
             their
             Faith
             in
             the
             Text
             ,
             yea
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             Texts
             of
             the
             like
             nature
             ,
             who
             yet
             are
             professed
             Unbelievers
             of
             the
             true
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Holy
             Trinity
             :
             And
             though
             
               W.
               P.
            
             and
             his
             Brethren
             will
             frankly
             confess
             ,
             they
             believe
             that
             the
             Father
             ,
             the
             Son
             and
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             are
             one
             God
             ,
             one
             in
             Substance
             and
             Essence
             ;
             and
             thus
             think
             to
             clear
             themselves
             of
             Sociniansm
             ,
             yet
             he
             and
             they
             at
             the
             same
             time
             are
             grosly
             guilty
             of
             Sabellianism
             ,
             acknowledging
             no
             distinction
             betwixt
             Father
             ,
             Son
             ,
             and
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             other
             than
             Nominal
             ,
             or
             at
             most
             in
             Manifestation
             and
             Operation
             ,
             
               ad
               extra
            
             ,
             and
             with
             relation
             to
             the
             Creatures
             .
             So
             that
             W.
             P's
             Notion
             and
             Faith
             of
             the
             Holy.
             Trinity
             ,
             which
             he
             calls
             the
             Scripture
             Trinity
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             not
             the
             Scripture
             Trinity
             ,
             but
             the
             Sabellian
             Trinity
             ,
             is
             no
             other
             than
             this
             ,
             that
             as
             the
             Father
             ,
             the
             Son
             ,
             and
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             ,
             are
             one
             God
             ,
             one
             Essence
             ,
             and
             Being
             ;
             so
             the
             Father
             is
             the
             Son
             ,
             and
             the
             Son
             is
             the
             Father
             ;
             and
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             is
             the
             Son
             ,
             and
             the
             Son
             is
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ;
             for
             as
             I
             have
             quoted
             him
             above
             in
             his
             
               Sandy
               Foundation
            
             ,
             he
             disputeth
             not
             only
             against
             their
             
               being
               Three
               Persons
            
             ,
             but
             
             
               against
               their
               being
               Three
               ,
               or
               Three
               He
               's
            
             ;
             arguing
             ,
             
               That
               if
               the
               Father
               be
               God
               ,
               the
               Son
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               God
               ,
               then
               unless
               they
               are
               Three
               distinct
               Nothings
               ,
               they
               are
               Three
               distinct
               Substances
               ,
               and
               consequently
               Three
               distinct
               God's
               :
            
             Which
             is
             as
             weakly
             and
             Sophistically
             argued
             by
             
               W.
               P.
            
             as
             if
             he
             had
             argued
             ,
             If
             the
             three
             Dimensions
             of
             a
             Body
             be
             three
             distinct
             Dimensions
             ,
             then
             unless
             they
             are
             three
             distinct
             Nothings
             ,
             they
             are
             three
             distinct
             Substances
             ,
             and
             consequently
             three
             distinct
             Bodies
             ;
             which
             I
             only
             bring
             to
             shew
             the
             silly
             Sophistry
             of
             his
             Argument
             ;
             but
             not
             that
             I
             think
             this
             glorious
             Mystery
             of
             the
             Trinity
             can
             be
             duly
             represented
             by
             this
             Similitude
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             natural
             Similitude
             whatsoever
             ;
             though
             it
             is
             a
             certain
             truth
             ,
             that
             the
             distinction
             of
             the
             three
             divine
             relative
             Properties
             in
             the
             divine
             Essence
             ,
             prove
             them
             no
             more
             to
             be
             Three
             Gods
             ,
             than
             the
             distinction
             of
             the
             three
             Dimensions
             in
             a
             Body
             ,
             prove
             that
             they
             are
             three
             Bodies
             .
             And
             had
             
               W.
               P.
            
             given
             the
             Profession
             of
             his
             Faith
             in
             all
             the
             other
             Texts
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             that
             are
             commonly
             understood
             by
             true
             Christians
             ,
             to
             prove
             the
             true
             distinction
             of
             the
             Father
             ,
             Son
             ,
             and
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             in
             their
             relative
             and
             personal
             Properties
             :
             Yet
             seeing
             ,
             as
             hath
             been
             fully
             proved
             ,
             
               W.
               P.
            
             hath
             quite
             another
             sense
             of
             all
             those
             Texts
             ,
             than
             the
             true
             Scripture
             sense
             received
             by
             all
             true
             Christians
             ,
             the
             Bishop
             might
             well
             enough
             
             charge
             W.
             P's
             Faith
             with
             being
             defective
             ,
             for
             his
             imposing
             a
             wrong
             sense
             on
             the
             sound
             Scripture
             words
             ,
             as
             he
             hath
             done
             ,
             and
             which
             it
             is
             like
             the
             Bishop
             had
             just
             occasion
             of
             suspicion
             he
             had
             done
             in
             some
             of
             his
             books
             .
             Doth
             
               W.
               P.
            
             think
             ,
             that
             if
             a
             suspected
             Papist
             ,
             to
             clear
             himself
             of
             being
             free
             of
             that
             Popish
             Error
             of
             Transubstantiation
             ,
             should
             profess
             his
             Faith
             in
             that
             one
             Text
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             
               Take
               ,
               eat
               ,
               this
               is
               my
               Body
            
             ;
             would
             this
             justly
             clear
             him
             of
             that
             Suspicion
             ,
             seeing
             he
             may
             be
             guilty
             of
             that
             Error
             ,
             for
             all
             his
             Scripture
             Confession
             ;
             it
             being
             the
             common
             Policy
             of
             the
             greatest
             Hereticks
             ,
             to
             profess
             their
             Faith
             in
             Scripture
             words
             ,
             while
             by
             their
             other
             words
             they
             have
             made
             it
             appear
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             a
             Heretical
             Sense
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             present
             case
             is
             fully
             evident
             .
          
           
             In
             Page
             31.
             
             To
             excuse
             his
             Equivocation
             ,
             about
             his
             owning
             Jesus
             Christ
             to
             be
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             he
             tells
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             we
             call
             him
             the
             beloved
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             only
             begotten
             of
             the
             Father
             .
             And
             in
             Page
             32
             and
             33
             ,
             he
             tells
             ,
             they
             have
             called
             him
             Christ
             ,
             who
             was
             born
             of
             the
             Virgin
             Mary
             ,
             and
             Conceived
             by
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             again
             and
             again
             ,
             yea
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             not
             confessed
             his
             Name
             less
             than
             nine
             times
             in
             that
             Paper
             .
             And
             from
             this
             takes
             occasion
             to
             blame
             the
             Bishop
             with
             uncharitableness
             ,
             and
             being
             beside
             the
             business
             .
             
               And
               if
               we
               have
               said
               so
            
             (
             saith
             
               W.
               P.
               )
               must
               not
               the
            
             
             
               Bishop
               be
               extreamly
               beside
               the
               business
               ?
               His
               uncharitàbleness
               is
               as
               obvious
               ,
               I
               will
               not
               say
               his
               Untruth
               .
               What
               shall
               I
               say
               to
               his
               Story
               of
               some
               of
               our
               Friends
               ,
               whom
               he
               makes
               to
               affirm
               ,
               that
               Christ
               is
               not
               ascended
               into
               Heaven
               ,
               he
               is
               in
               us
               .
               Can
               it
               touch
               us
               ,
               or
               should
               he
               have
               said
               it
               ,
               and
               not
               have
               proved
               it
               ?
               Is
               that
               fair
               and
               candid
               ;
               Is
               it
               charitable
               ,
               supposing
               it
               were
               true
               ,
               which
               does
               not
               appear
               ?
               Or
               is
               it
               just
               to
               insinuate
               upon
               the
               People
               as
               dubious
               ?
               But
               let
               it
               be
               never
               so
               true
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               it
               cannot
               conclude
               the
               People
               ,
               if
               not
               the
               Act
               of
               the
               People
               .
               The
               Church
               of
            
             England
             
               has
               Doctors
               of
               very
               different
               Sentiments
               ,
               would
               the
               Bishop
               think
               it
               fair
               ,
               the
               common
               Belief
               of
               the
               Church
               should
               thereby
               be
               concluded
               .
            
             And
             in
             Page
             35
             ,
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               So
               that
               though
               we
               did
               not
               dwell
               upon
               Points
               ,
               but
               were
               concise
               in
               our
               Expressions
               ,
               yet
               whatever
               is
               implied
               ,
               or
               is
               implicable
               from
               any
               Assertion
               ,
               Justice
               as
               well
               as
               Charity
               always
               grants
               ;
               and
               so
               would
               the
               Bishop
               have
               done
               ,
               had
               they
               been
               uppermost
               in
               his
               Mind
               when
               his
               Pen
               run
               so
               fast
               against
               us
               .
            
          
           
             It
             is
             prodigious
             Fallacy
             and
             Presumption
             in
             
               W.
               P.
            
             thus
             to
             treat
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             or
             any
             Christian
             Man
             ,
             when
             he
             did
             know
             in
             his
             Conscience
             ,
             how
             far
             both
             he
             and
             his
             Brethren
             ,
             for
             all
             his
             seeming
             fair
             Confessions
             ,
             were
             and
             still
             are
             guilty
             ,
             in
             both
             these
             things
             ,
             in
             which
             the
             Bishop
             very
             modestly
             doth
             but
             blame
             them
             ,
             for
             not
             expressing
             those
             Matters
             more
             fully
             and
             clearly
             ,
             to
             take
             away
             Suspicion
             
             out
             of
             the
             Minds
             of
             some
             who
             might
             be
             jealous
             of
             their
             Sincerity
             ,
             as
             they
             have
             but
             too
             great
             ground
             so
             to
             be
             .
             For
             as
             to
             the
             first
             ,
             viz.
             Whither
             he
             that
             was
             born
             of
             the
             Virgin
             Mary
             ,
             and
             dyed
             ,
             &c.
             was
             the
             Christ
             and
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             truly
             and
             properly
             ?
             To
             this
             
               W.
               P.
            
             hath
             expresly
             opposed
             ,
             in
             his
             
               Serious
               Apology
            
             ,
             p.
             146.
             
             
               That
               the
               outward
               Person
               that
               suffered
               ,
               was
               properly
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               ,
               we
               utterly
               deny
               .
            
             It
             's
             true
             ,
             
               W.
               P.
            
             hath
             called
             him
             that
             was
             so
             born
             ,
             Christ
             ,
             and
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ;
             yet
             that
             will
             not
             prove
             that
             he
             believed
             him
             so
             to
             be
             truly
             and
             properly
             :
             The
             Socinians
             call
             Christ
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             yet
             deny
             his
             eternal
             Generation
             .
             And
             so
             
               W.
               P.
            
             and
             
               G.
               W.
            
             and
             others
             of
             them
             ,
             call
             the
             Man
             that
             was
             born
             of
             Mary
             ,
             Christ
             and
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             by
             some
             Figure
             ,
             because
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             true
             Christ
             ,
             was
             in
             that
             Man
             ;
             as
             the
             thing
             containing
             gets
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             thing
             contained
             ,
             by
             a
             Metonimy
             :
             But
             still
             they
             deny
             that
             that
             Man
             was
             properly
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             or
             that
             he
             was
             God
             :
             And
             accordingly
             
               G.
               W.
            
             hath
             found
             fault
             again
             and
             again
             ,
             with
             that
             Expression
             of
             Christ
             his
             being
             God-man
             ,
             calling
             it
             unscripture
             Language
             ,
             and
             alledging
             it
             is
             no
             where
             to
             be
             found
             but
             in
             the
             Pope's
             Canons
             :
             Hence
             it
             is
             that
             they
             deny
             that
             Christ
             hath
             our
             Nature
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             or
             that
             he
             consisteth
             of
             a
             Humane
             Nature
             or
             Body
             ;
             though
             
             they
             grant
             he
             had
             a
             Body
             ,
             but
             deny
             that
             he
             consists
             of
             it
             as
             any
             part
             of
             him
             ;
             as
             a
             Man
             may
             have
             a
             Coat
             or
             Garment
             ,
             but
             doth
             not
             consist
             of
             it
             :
             The
             Foundation
             of
             which
             Error
             is
             ,
             that
             they
             do
             not
             believe
             the
             Hypostatical
             or
             Personal
             Union
             of
             the
             two
             Natures
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             constitute
             one
             Christ
             ,
             they
             will
             have
             Christ
             to
             be
             nothing
             properly
             but
             the
             Godhead
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             the
             Father
             ,
             and
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Son
             ;
             as
             I
             have
             plainly
             proved
             in
             my
             third
             Narrative
             especially
             .
             And
             as
             concerning
             their
             denying
             Christ's
             Ascension
             into
             Heaven
             ;
             first
             ,
             seeing
             
               W.
               P.
            
             denieth
             the
             Locality
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             of
             Hell
             ,
             he
             must
             needs
             grant
             that
             Christ's
             Body
             is
             either
             no
             where
             ascended
             ,
             or
             is
             every
             where
             ,
             which
             last
             he
             seems
             to
             be
             for
             ,
             p.
             35.
             quoting
             Eph.
             4.
             10.
             that
             
               he
               ascended
               far
               above
               all
               Heavens
               ,
               that
               he
               might
               fill
               all
               things
               .
            
             Then
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             he
             is
             in
             Man
             certainly
             .
             But
             as
             he
             was
             the
             Divine
             Word
             ,
             he
             did
             fill
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             was
             in
             Man
             before
             he
             ascended
             ;
             but
             this
             Text
             doth
             not
             prove
             that
             his
             Body
             filleth
             all
             things
             ,
             for
             the
             Question
             is
             not
             ,
             Whither
             the
             Godhead
             is
             present
             in
             all
             things
             (
             which
             yet
             is
             well
             known
             some
             of
             the
             Quakers
             have
             denied
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             them
             in
             Pensilvania
             charged
             me
             in
             a
             publick
             Meeting
             with
             Blasphemy
             for
             asserting
             it
             )
             but
             whither
             the
             Body
             of
             Christ
             ,
             now
             since
             his
             Ascension
             ,
             is
             in
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             every
             
             where
             ;
             If
             not
             every
             where
             ,
             then
             but
             some
             where
             ;
             and
             that
             some-where
             is
             a
             Local
             Heaven
             ,
             which
             
               W.
               P.
            
             hath
             said
             is
             
               Mahometan
               ;
               E.
               Burrough
            
             charg'd
             
               John
               Bunnion
            
             with
             Wickedness
             ,
             for
             saying
             ,
             
               Christ
               was
               in
               Heaven
               in
               our
               Nature
               :
            
             And
             for
             the
             same
             did
             
               G.
               Whitehead
            
             blame
             
               John
               Horn
            
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             shewn
             in
             my
             Narratives
             .
             And
             saith
             
               G.
               W.
            
             in
             his
             
               Nature
               of
               Christianity
            
             ,
             p.
             41.
             
             
               That
               Christ
               existeth
               outwardly
               bodily
               without
               us
               at
               God's
               right
               hand
               .
            
             What
             Scripture
             hath
             he
             
               (
               viz.
            
             his
             Opponent
             
               R.
               G.
            
             )
             for
             these
             words
             ?
             
               W.
               Bailey
            
             will
             have
             it
             ,
             That
             
               Christ
               ascended
               into
               Heaven
               in
               no
               body
               but
               what
               came
               down
               from
               Heaven
               .
            
             All
             which
             ,
             and
             much
             more
             is
             proved
             out
             of
             my
             three
             Narratives
             ,
             the
             third
             especially
             .
             And
             whereas
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               Let
               it
               be
               never
               so
               true
               ,
               it
               cannot
               affect
               the
               People
               ,
               if
               not
               the
               act
               of
               the
               People
               ,
               the
               Church
               of
            
             England
             
               has
               Doctors
               of
               very
               differing
               Sentiments
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             I
             answer
             ,
             what
             any
             one
             of
             your
             Teachers
             have
             asserted
             ,
             in
             Print
             especially
             ,
             it
             affects
             your
             Second
             days
             Meeting
             ,
             that
             licenseth
             all
             your
             Teachers
             Books
             ,
             and
             yet
             profess
             to
             be
             all
             one
             and
             the
             same
             in
             all
             that
             ye
             believe
             ,
             as
             God
             and
             Truth
             is
             the
             same
             :
             And
             if
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             hath
             Teachers
             of
             different
             Sentiments
             in
             lesser
             Matters
             ,
             yet
             not
             in
             Fundamentals
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             she
             knows
             ;
             and
             if
             they
             had
             ,
             and
             she
             should
             know
             it
             ,
             and
             not
             censure
             them
             ,
             it
             would
             affect
             her
             :
             From
             all
             which
             it
             appears
             ,
             
             that
             
               W.
               P.
            
             and
             his
             Brethrens
             Conciseness
             in
             their
             
               Gospel
               Truths
            
             ,
             was
             on
             purpose
             in
             general
             Terms
             ,
             to
             cover
             their
             gross
             Errors
             :
             And
             where
             Men
             are
             sound
             in
             the
             Faith
             ,
             and
             of
             known
             Sincerity
             ,
             what
             is
             implied
             in
             their
             words
             ,
             may
             in
             Charity
             and
             Justice
             be
             granted
             ;
             but
             not
             if
             they
             be
             Insincere
             and
             given
             to
             equivocate
             ,
             as
             is
             the
             present
             Case
             .
          
        
         
           
             Section
             6.
             
          
           
             
               
                 His
                 Fallacy
                 in
                 asserting
                 ,
                 that
                 his
                 owning
                 future
                 Rewards
                 and
                 Punishments
                 ,
                 in
                 his
                 Sense
                 ,
                 doth
                 imply
                 his
                 owning
                 the
                 Resurrection
                 of
                 the
                 Dead
                 ,
                 which
                 it
                 is
                 proved
                 he
                 hath
                 disowned
                 .
                 His
                 unjust
                 Offence
                 :
                 at
                 the
                 Bishop's
                 Censure
                 of
                 his
                 unsound
                 Notion
                 of
                 the
                 Light
                 within
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 uncivil
                 Treatment
                 of
                 the
                 Bishop
                 on
                 that
                 account
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 he
                 were
                 a
                 meer
                 Natural
                 Man
                 ,
                 a
                 Persecuter
                 ,
                 a
              
               Nicodemus
               
                 in
                 the
                 Knowledge
                 of
                 Regeneration
                 .
                 The
                 Bishop's
                 Doctrine
                 of
                 the
                 Light
                 within
                 ,
                 more
                 sound
                 and
                 intelligible
                 than
                 that
                 of
              
               W.
               P.
               By
               W.
               P
               
                 's
                 Definition
                 of
                 Light
                 within
                 ,
                 and
                 Sight
                 within
                 ,
                 a
                 Natural
                 Man
                 is
                 capable
                 to
                 understand
                 it
                 ,
                 though
                 in
                 contradiction
                 to
                 himself
                 .
              
               W.
               P
               
                 's
                 Ignorance
                 in
                 making
                 the
                 natural
                 rational
                 Faculty
                 to
                 be
                 all
                 the
                 Spiritual
                 Sight
                 ,
                 even
                 in
                 Regenerated
                 Persons
                 .
                 The
                 Bishop's
                 Doctrine
                 of
                 the
                 Light
                 within
                 ,
                 and
                 Spiritual
                 Sight
                 of
                 regenerated
                 Persons
                 ,
                 as
                 more
                 sound
                 ,
                 so
                 more
                 sublime
                 than
                 that
                 of
              
               W.
               P.
               
            
          
           
             IN
             Page
             43
             he
             proceeds
             in
             the
             like
             Fallacy
             and
             Equivocation
             ,
             alledging
             ,
             
               That
               their
            
             
             
               acknowledging
               the
               future
               state
               of
               the
               Just
               and
               Unjust
               ,
               implys
               the
               resurrection
               of
               the
               Dead
               ,
            
             which
             as
             it
             is
             true
             in
             a
             Scripture
             sense
             ,
             it
             is
             as
             false
             in
             his
             sense
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             sense
             of
             all
             others
             of
             his
             Heathen
             Brethren
             ,
             many
             of
             whom
             professed
             to
             believe
             the
             immortality
             of
             Men's
             Souls
             ,
             both
             Greek
             and
             Latin
             ;
             yet
             that
             profession
             did
             not
             imply
             they
             believed
             the
             resurrection
             of
             the
             Body
             either
             of
             the
             Just
             or
             Unjust
             ,
             for
             they
             generally
             disbelieved
             it
             ,
             and
             opposed
             the
             Christians
             for
             asserting
             it
             .
             And
             that
             
               W.
               P.
            
             himself
             hath
             opposed
             the
             Resurrection
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             is
             above
             sufficiently
             proved
             .
          
           
             In
             his
             Page
             51.
             and
             52.
             
               W.
               P.
            
             seems
             not
             a
             little
             moved
             with
             the
             Bishops
             saying
             ,
             
               their
               discourse
               about
               the
               Light
               within
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               he
               can
               see
               ,
               is
               perfectly
               such
               as
               we
               usually
               call
            
             Banter
             ,
             
               that
               is
               ,
               when
               Men
               have
               a
               faculty
               to
               speak
               things
               seemingly
               profound
               ,
               but
               in
               the
               end
               neither
               themselves
               ,
               nor
               others
               can
               make
               any
               distinct
               Sense
               of
               what
               they
               have
               said
               .
            
             This
             Modest
             Censure
             of
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             upon
             his
             discourse
             of
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             in
             his
             5th
             6th
             and
             7th
             Sections
             ,
             
               W.
               P.
            
             calls
             one
             of
             the
             severest
             Persecutions
             ,
             
               This
               to
               me
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               is
               one
               of
               the
               severest
               Persecutions
               ,
               because
               Spiritual
               things
               are
               only
               to
               be
               Spiritually
               ,
               discern'd
               and
               understood
               .
               I
               would
               fain
               know
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               how
               a
               regenerate
               Man
               can
               possibly
               make
               a
               Carnal
               Man
               understand
               the
               new
               Birth
               ,
               yea
               ,
               he
               chargeth
               it
               to
               look
               Antichristian
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               unreasonable
               ,
            
             and
             he
             quotes
             diverse
             places
             
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             which
             he
             at
             least
             implicitly
             levels
             at
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             Bishop
             were
             the
             
               Unregenerate
               and
               Natural
               Man
            
             ;
             that
             because
             he
             is
             so
             ,
             he
             cannot
             understand
             W.
             P's
             profound
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             
               Light
               within
            
             .
             And
             the
             Bishop
             is
             he
             that
             is
             born
             
               after
               the
               Flesh
            
             ,
             who
             persecutes
             
               W.
               P.
            
             (
             that
             's
             born
             after
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             )
             and
             his
             Brethren
             ,
             
               with
               Tongue
               and
               Pen
               ,
               when
               he
               and
               others
               ,
               such
               as
               he
               can
               no
               longer
               commit
               violence
               upon
               their
               Persons
               and
               Estates
            
             ;
             and
             as
             if
             the
             Bishop
             were
             
               a
               very
               Nicodemus
            
             in
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             new
             Birth
             .
             All
             which
             (
             it
             plainly
             appears
             )
             and
             much
             more
             ,
             
               W.
               P.
            
             indirectly
             and
             implicitly
             levels
             at
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             otherwise
             why
             quotes
             he
             such
             places
             of
             Scriptures
             ,
             with
             such
             large
             discourses
             on
             them
             ,
             if
             not
             to
             point
             to
             him
             ;
             and
             that
             his
             want
             of
             the
             new
             Birth
             ,
             and
             being
             but
             a
             Natural
             Man
             ,
             tho'
             not
             wanting
             Academical
             Learning
             ,
             made
             him
             uncapable
             of
             understanding
             W.
             P's
             Spiritual
             Doctrine
             about
             the
             Light
             within
             ;
             and
             after
             his
             instance
             of
             the
             blindness
             of
             the
             Scribes
             and
             Pharisees
             ,
             and
             the
             High-Priest
             of
             the
             Jews
             ,
             in
             not
             discerning
             the
             Messiah
             when
             he
             came
             ,
             he
             infers
             ,
             
               let
               the
               Bishop
               also
               have
               a
               care
               :
            
             and
             he
             further
             tells
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             he
             should
             be
             glad
             to
             see
             the
             Bishop's
             evidence
             ,
             for
             the
             knowledge
             of
             God
             ,
             by
             the
             Revelation
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             in
             his
             own
             Soul.
             
          
           
             To
             give
             my
             sense
             freely
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             I
             am
             able
             to
             understand
             ,
             the
             Bishop
             hath
             given
             a
             better
             
             account
             and
             evidence
             of
             his
             knowledge
             in
             the
             Mystery
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             of
             Christ
             ,
             by
             his
             Christian
             Scriptural
             and
             sound
             expressions
             ,
             than
             
               W.
               P.
            
             and
             I
             suppose
             ,
             in
             his
             manner
             of
             Life
             ,
             is
             nothing
             inferior
             to
             him
             .
             And
             what
             evidence
             of
             his
             true
             knowledge
             by
             Internall
             Illumination
             or
             Revelation
             can
             
               W.
               P.
            
             give
             ,
             or
             has
             given
             ,
             that
             the
             Bishop
             cannot
             give
             ,
             yea
             hath
             not
             given
             in
             this
             very
             case
             ;
             Is
             it
             enough
             for
             
               W.
               P.
            
             to
             say
             ,
             he
             has
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             Bishop
             has
             it
             not
             ?
             Or
             wherein
             do
             W.
             P's
             fruits
             of
             a
             holy
             Life
             ,
             give
             more
             evidence
             of
             his
             knowledge
             and
             experience
             of
             the
             new
             Birth
             ,
             than
             these
             of
             the
             Bishop
             ?
             I
             shall
             first
             take
             notice
             of
             the
             Bishop's
             sound
             words
             ,
             in
             giving
             his
             sense
             ,
             how
             the
             Conscience
             of
             Man
             is
             enlightned
             to
             know
             and
             believe
             aright
             ,
             the
             Doctrines
             and
             Articles
             of
             Faith
             ,
             necessary
             to
             Salvation
             .
             Conscience
             (
             saith
             the
             Bishop
             )
             
               opened
               by
               the
               holy
               Spirit
               ,
               under
               the
               Ministry
               of
               the
               word
            
             (
             Acts
             16.
             14.
             
             )
             
               does
               and
               must
               take
               in
               its
               Light
               from
               holy
               Scripture
               ,
            
             quoting
             Psal
             .
             19.
             8.
             
             Eph.
             1.
             18.
             
             Psal
             .
             119.
             105.
             
             Isaiah
             8.
             20.
             
             
               Now
               these
               things
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               are
               intelligible
               ,
               this
               Rule
               is
               fixt
               and
               certain
               ,
               nothing
               of
               which
               can
               be
               said
               of
               your
               Light
               within
               .
            
             This
             short
             discourse
             of
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             gives
             a
             more
             true
             and
             intelligible
             account
             of
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             in
             every
             true
             Christian
             ,
             which
             the
             Bishop
             has
             contained
             within
             three
             lines
             ,
             than
             W.
             P's
             ramble
             in
             his
             Ten
             pages
             of
             his
             Book
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             many
             hundred
             
             pages
             of
             his
             other
             Books
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             scribbled
             about
             it
             ,
             to
             render
             it
             intelligible
             ,
             even
             to
             natural
             and
             unconverted
             Men
             ,
             for
             to
             such
             he
             did
             write
             as
             well
             as
             unto
             others
             ;
             and
             yet
             now
             he
             affirms
             it
             is
             not
             intelligible
             to
             natural
             Men
             ,
             (
             such
             as
             he
             thinks
             the
             Bishop
             is
             )
             for
             want
             of
             experience
             of
             the
             new
             Birth
             .
             And
             positively
             asserts
             P.
             49.
             that
             our
             
               Natural
               Rational
               Faculty
            
             is
             our
             sight
             but
             not
             our
             Light
             ,
             that
             by
             which
             we
             discern
             ,
             and
             Judge
             what
             the
             
               Divine
               Light
            
             shews
             us
             .
             And
             in
             P.
             50.
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               The
               Bishop's
            
             Natural
             Conscience
             ,
             
               must
               only
               mean
               a
               Capacity
               that
               Man
               has
               by
               Nature
               ,
               that
               is
               in
               his
               Creation
               ,
               of
               making
               a
               Judgment
               of
               himself
               ,
               his
               Duty
               and
               Actions
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Judgment
               of
               God
               manifested
               to
               him
            
             by
             the
             Light
             of
             Christ
             within
             .
             Now
             since
             
               W.
               P.
            
             must
             needs
             grant
             ,
             that
             the
             Bishop
             (
             suppose
             but
             a
             natural
             Man
             ,
             as
             
               W.
               P.
            
             most
             uncharitably
             will
             needs
             have
             him
             to
             be
             )
             has
             a
             Natural
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             the
             Natural
             Rational
             faculty
             of
             the
             Soul
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Sight
             ,
             or
             Eye
             by
             which
             he
             can
             discern
             and
             Judge
             what
             the
             
               Divine
               Light
            
             shews
             him
             ;
             and
             also
             that
             
               W.
               P.
            
             strongly
             asserts
             ,
             that
             all
             Men
             have
             the
             
               Divine
               Light
            
             in
             them
             ;
             and
             consequently
             the
             Bishop
             must
             have
             it
             also
             ,
             what
             hinders
             but
             that
             the
             Bishop
             should
             understand
             W.
             P's
             Doctrine
             about
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             were
             it
             really
             intelligible
             ,
             seeing
             by
             W.
             P's
             confession
             the
             Bishop
             has
             not
             only
             the
             
               Light
               within
            
             him
             the
             same
             that
             
             
               W.
               P.
            
             hath
             ,
             but
             the
             same
             Sight
             within
             him
             also
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             as
             
               W.
               P.
            
             defines
             it
             ,
             the
             same
             
               Natural
               Rational
               Faculty
            
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             
               Natural
               Conscience
            
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Capacity
             ,
             whereby
             to
             see
             or
             discern
             what
             the
             divine
             Light
             shews
             .
             Besides
             it
             were
             all
             to
             no
             purpose
             for
             
               W.
               P.
            
             and
             all
             the
             Teachers
             among
             the
             Quakers
             ,
             to
             preach
             so
             frequently
             to
             Natural
             and
             Wicked
             Men
             ,
             exhorting
             them
             to
             mind
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             obey
             it
             and
             give
             up
             to
             its
             Leadings
             ,
             if
             they
             were
             not
             capable
             to
             understand
             it
             ,
             as
             
               W.
               P.
            
             here
             saith
             they
             are
             not
             ,
             though
             in
             contradiction
             to
             his
             and
             his
             Brethrens
             daily
             Practise
             .
             But
             according
             to
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Holy
             Scripture
             ,
             the
             Spiritual
             or
             inward
             Eye
             of
             the
             Mind
             of
             regenerate
             Persons
             ,
             whereby
             they
             discern
             Spiritual
             and
             Divine
             Objects
             ,
             is
             not
             the
             Natural
             Rational
             Faculty
             ,
             or
             Natural
             Conscience
             ,
             which
             all
             Men
             (
             though
             vicious
             )
             generally
             have
             ,
             but
             some
             more
             excellent
             Spiritual
             Faculty
             in
             the
             Soul
             ,
             superior
             to
             the
             Natural
             Rational
             Faculty
             ,
             as
             the
             Natural
             Rational
             Faculty
             is
             superior
             to
             the
             imaginative
             Faculty
             ,
             the
             which
             superior
             Spiritual
             Faculty
             of
             the
             Soul
             ,
             above
             the
             Natural
             Rational
             faculty
             is
             shut
             up
             ,
             or
             as
             it
             were
             extinct
             ,
             in
             meer
             Natural
             Men
             ,
             until
             it
             be
             opened
             and
             awakened
             in
             them
             by
             the
             Spiritual
             Regeneration
             and
             new
             Birth
             ,
             according
             to
             Eph.
             1.
             18.
             
             (
             above
             quoted
             by
             the
             Bishop
             )
             and
             Acts
             26.
             18.
             and
             Eph.
             5.
             8.
             
             And
             how
             much
             more
             agreeable
             
             is
             it
             to
             the
             Holy
             Scripture
             ,
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             true
             Divine
             Faith
             is
             the
             Sight
             of
             regenerated
             Persons
             ,
             whereby
             they
             look
             to
             Christ
             the
             great
             object
             and
             Author
             of
             it
             ,
             Heb.
             12.
             2.
             than
             that
             the
             Natural
             Rational
             Faculty
             is
             it
             ,
             as
             
               W.
               P.
            
             saith
             it
             is
             .
             But
             by
             W.
             P's
             discourse
             both
             here
             and
             elsewhere
             ,
             he
             seems
             to
             be
             as
             ignorant
             of
             the
             Spiritual
             Sight
             of
             the
             regenerated
             Soul
             ,
             as
             of
             the
             Spiritual
             and
             
               Divine
               Light
            
             whereby
             it
             is
             enlightned
             ;
             and
             the
             Bishop
             has
             given
             a
             far
             more
             true
             account
             of
             both
             in
             three
             lines
             ,
             than
             
               W.
               P.
            
             has
             done
             either
             in
             this
             or
             all
             his
             other
             Books
             ,
             in
             which
             succinct
             and
             comcomprehensive
             definition
             of
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             
               these
               two
               things
            
             are
             worthily
             to
             be
             observed
             ,
             
               the
               first
               is
            
             ,
             that
             that
             which
             makes
             the
             Conscience
             of
             Man
             capable
             to
             know
             and
             
               believe
               aright
            
             ,
             the
             Doctrines
             and
             Articles
             of
             Faith
             necessary
             to
             Salvation
             ,
             is
             ,
             that
             
               the
               Conscience
               be
               opened
               by
               the
               Holy
               Spirit
               ,
            
             for
             which
             he
             citeth
             Acts
             16.
             14.
             
             
               How
               the
               Lord
               opened
               the
               Heart
               of
            
             Lydia
             ,
             
               that
               she
               attended
               unto
               the
               things
               which
               were
               spoken
               of
            
             Paul.
             And
             as
             by
             opening
             of
             the
             Heart
             ,
             in
             Acts
             16.
             14.
             is
             understood
             a
             special
             Illumination
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             by
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             given
             to
             Lydia
             ,
             whose
             Heart
             the
             Lord
             thus
             opened
             (
             which
             she
             had
             not
             before
             ,
             notwithstanding
             of
             the
             common
             Illumination
             ,
             which
             she
             had
             before
             )
             so
             no
             doubt
             the
             Bishop
             hath
             the
             same
             sence
             of
             it
             in
             agreement
             with
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             39
             Articles
             of
             the
             Church
             
             of
             England
             ,
             that
             asserteth
             the
             necessity
             of
             a
             special
             Illumination
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             (
             above
             and
             beyond
             the
             common
             Illumination
             given
             to
             Mankind
             in
             general
             )
             to
             give
             the
             saving
             Knowledge
             and
             Faith
             of
             Christian
             Doctrine
             to
             any
             who
             have
             it
             .
             But
             this
             special
             Illumination
             given
             to
             Believers
             only
             in
             .
             Christ
             Crucified
             ,
             
               W.
               P.
            
             doth
             not
             acknowledge
             ,
             he
             thinks
             the
             common
             Illumination
             given
             to
             
               Infidel
               Jews
               ,
               Mahometans
            
             and
             Heathens
             ,
             is
             sufficient
             without
             any
             thing
             else
             ,
             or
             without
             any
             superadded
             Illumination
             in
             special
             ;
             for
             to
             grant
             any
             such
             superadded
             special
             Illumination
             being
             necessary
             to
             the
             Faithful
             ,
             would
             quite
             overturn
             W.
             P's
             Fabrick
             of
             the
             General
             Rule
             of
             Faith
             and
             Life
             to
             all
             Mankind
             :
             And
             by
             this
             it
             appears
             ,
             that
             the
             Bishop's
             Doctrine
             about
             the
             Internal
             Illumination
             ,
             or
             Manifestation
             of
             Christ
             by
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             much
             more
             true
             than
             that
             of
             W.
             P's
             ,
             so
             it
             is
             much
             more
             excellent
             and
             sublime
             ,
             plainly
             distinguishing
             Christianity
             from
             Deism
             ;
             whereas
             W.
             P's
             Doctrine
             about
             the
             inward
             Illumination
             doth
             confound
             them
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             one
             and
             the
             same
             thing
             .
             The
             second
             thing
             that
             is
             worthy
             to
             be
             noticed
             in
             this
             succinct
             and
             comprehensive
             Definition
             given
             by
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             Conscience
             is
             thus
             opened
             ,
             
               i.
               e.
            
             illuminated
             and
             inspired
             by
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             under
             the
             Ministry
             of
             the
             Word
             ,
             and
             so
             does
             and
             must
             take
             in
             its
             Light
             from
             
             Holy
             Scripture
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             Christian
             Doctrine
             ,
             which
             the
             Conscience
             receives
             from
             the
             Scriptures
             instrumentally
             ,
             the
             Holy
             Scripture
             being
             the
             Instrument
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             preparing
             ,
             whereby
             he
             doth
             enlighten
             the
             Hearts
             of
             true
             Christians
             ,
             both
             to
             believe
             the
             Truth
             ,
             and
             understand
             the
             depth
             of
             the
             Christian
             Doctrine
             .
          
        
         
           
             Section
             7.
             
          
           
             
               
                 A
                 further
                 account
                 of
              
               W.
               P
               
                 's
                 unsound
                 Notion
                 of
                 the
                 Light
                 within
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Bishop's
                 sound
                 Notion
                 of
                 it
                 in
                 all
                 the
                 Faithful
                 ,
                 the
                 Spirits
                 Light
                 within
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Scripture
                 Light
                 without
                 ,
                 both
                 necessary
                 and
                 well
                 consistent
                 (
                 in
                 God's
                 ordinary
                 way
                 of
                 working
                 )
                 to
                 beget
                 true
                 saving
                 Knowledge
                 and
                 Faith
                 in
                 Men.
              
               W.
               P.
               
                 his
                 various
                 and
                 equivocous
                 Sence
                 of
                 the
                 Light
                 within
                 .
                 Christ
                 considered
                 as
                 the
                 word
                 God
                 ,
                 is
                 in
                 and
                 to
                 himself
                 Life
                 and
                 Light
                 essentially
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 Men
                 ,
                 even
                 the
                 best
                 of
                 Men
                 ,
                 he
                 is
                 Light
                 effectively
                 by
                 his
                 Operations
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 so
                 called
                 by
                 a
                 Metonimy
                 .
                 We
                 have
                 no
                 immediate
                 Knowledge
                 of
                 the
                 Essence
                 of
                 any
                 Creature
                 ,
                 nor
                 of
                 the
                 Creator
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 his
                 various
                 Operations
                 and
                 Illuminations
                 .
              
            
          
           
             BUT
             this
             manner
             of
             receiving
             Light
             by
             means
             of
             the
             written
             word
             preached
             or
             read
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Rule
             of
             Faith
             ,
             appointed
             
             and
             given
             us
             of
             God
             for
             that
             end
             and
             purpose
             ,
             
               W.
               P.
            
             doth
             not
             acknowledge
             ,
             but
             will
             needs
             have
             it
             ,
             that
             we
             receive
             all
             our
             Light
             from
             the
             inward
             Principle
             ,
             which
             sometimes
             he
             calls
             Christ
             ,
             at
             other
             times
             the
             Light
             of
             Christ
             ,
             otherwhile
             ,
             as
             in
             page
             49.
             a
             Manifestation
             in
             the
             Soul
             of
             Man
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
               the
               word
               God
            
             ,
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             &c.
             without
             all
             Instrumentality
             of
             either
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             or
             Ministry
             of
             Men
             :
             For
             to
             grant
             any
             such
             Instrumentality
             ,
             would
             quite
             marr
             his
             Notion
             of
             the
             Light
             within
             being
             not
             only
             the
             Guide
             and
             Ruler
             ,
             but
             the
             Rule
             it self
             of
             Faith
             and
             Life
             to
             all
             Mankind
             ;
             and
             he
             earnestly
             opposeth
             that
             Faith
             which
             is
             wrought
             by
             the
             outward
             Ministry
             of
             the
             Word
             ,
             in
             Preaching
             or
             Reading
             ,
             concerning
             Christ's
             Death
             and
             Sufferings
             ,
             Resurrection
             and
             Ascension
             ,
             &c.
             as
             being
             but
             the
             Historical
             Faith
             ,
             that
             must
             pass
             
             away
             as
             the
             old
             Heavens
             .
             For
             if
             he
             did
             grant
             the
             necessity
             of
             Scripture-Doctrine-Light
             ,
             received
             from
             without
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             necessity
             of
             the
             Spirits
             internal
             Light
             or
             Illumination
             (
             in
             God's
             ordinary
             way
             of
             working
             )
             going
             along
             with
             the
             Doctrine-light
             of
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             there
             would
             be
             no
             Controversie
             betwixt
             the
             Bishop
             and
             him
             ,
             provided
             he
             did
             also
             grant
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             necessary
             a
             special
             Illumination
             of
             Christ
             by
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             ,
             to
             
             be
             infused
             or
             inspired
             into
             the
             Souls
             of
             the
             Faithful
             ,
             to
             enable
             them
             to
             take
             in
             ,
             and
             understand
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Salvation
             delivered
             in
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             .
             Should
             
               W.
               P.
            
             own
             these
             two
             great
             things
             asserted
             here
             by
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             the
             Controversie
             should
             be
             none
             at
             all
             betwixt
             them
             ;
             but
             seeing
             he
             denies
             them
             both
             ,
             and
             the
             Bishop
             affirmeth
             both
             ,
             the
             Controversie
             remaineth
             great
             betwixt
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             Bishop
             hath
             far
             the
             advantage
             of
             
               W.
               P.
            
             that
             he
             hath
             proved
             his
             Doctrine
             from
             Scripture
             ;
             and
             thus
             he
             fairly
             distinguisheth
             Christianity
             from
             Deism
             ,
             neither
             of
             which
             
               W.
               P.
            
             hath
             done
             ,
             nor
             ever
             can
             do
             :
             It
             hath
             been
             ordinary
             in
             the
             People
             called
             Quakers
             ,
             even
             their
             chief
             Teachers
             ,
             as
             to
             deny
             the
             Scriptures
             to
             be
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             so
             to
             deny
             them
             ,
             [
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             Doctrine
             delivered
             in
             them
             ]
             to
             be
             Light
             in
             any
             Scripture
             Sense
             ;
             turning
             all
             these
             places
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             that
             mention
             Light
             ,
             as
             with
             respect
             to
             Mens
             Knowledge
             and
             Faith
             ,
             to
             Light
             within
             only
             ,
             exclusive
             of
             all
             doctrinal
             Light
             of
             Scripture
             without
             ,
             as
             being
             the
             Rule
             of
             Faith
             ,
             or
             any
             necessary
             means
             of
             our
             Instruction
             ,
             in
             God's
             ordinary
             way
             of
             working
             ;
             though
             it
             has
             been
             God's
             ordinary
             way
             in
             all
             Ages
             ,
             by
             outward
             means
             of
             Doctrine
             delivered
             by
             Men
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             by
             the
             Spirits
             inward
             Illumination
             ,
             to
             beget
             in
             Men
             the
             saving
             Knowledge
             and
             Faith
             of
             the
             things
             necessary
             to
             
             Salvation
             ,
             the
             extraordinary
             Revelation
             of
             these
             Truths
             ,
             without
             all
             outward
             means
             of
             Instruction
             ,
             being
             given
             only
             to
             some
             singular
             Persons
             ,
             as
             the
             Prophets
             and
             Apostles
             ,
             but
             was
             never
             given
             in
             any
             Age
             to
             all
             Mankind
             ,
             nay
             ,
             nor
             to
             all
             the
             Faithful
             in
             any
             Age
             ,
             for
             even
             in
             the
             days
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             when
             Prophetical
             Inspiration
             ,
             and
             extraordinary
             Revelation
             did
             most
             abound
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             it
             was
             not
             given
             to
             all
             the
             Faithful
             ,
             but
             only
             to
             some
             ,
             as
             the
             Apostle
             Paul
             said
             ,
             
               Do
               all
               Prophesie
            
             ?
             Intimating
             they
             did
             not
             ,
             though
             a
             Manifestation
             of
             the
             Spirit
             was
             given
             to
             every
             one
             to
             profit
             withall
             ,
             yet
             that
             was
             not
             the
             extraordinary
             Revelation
             given
             to
             the
             Apostles
             and
             Prophets
             ,
             but
             the
             ordinary
             given
             to
             the
             Faithful
             ,
             to
             enable
             them
             to
             believe
             and
             understand
             what
             was
             outwardly
             taught
             them
             ,
             by
             the
             Apostles
             and
             Prophets
             Words
             and
             Writings
             .
          
           
             Having
             thus
             taken
             a
             view
             of
             the
             Bishop's
             Christian
             sound
             Scriptural
             Doctrine
             ,
             both
             of
             Christ's
             Light
             within
             by
             the
             Illumination
             of
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Scripture
             Light
             without
             ,
             as
             joyntly
             necessary
             (
             in
             God's
             ordinary
             way
             of
             working
             )
             to
             the
             Faithful
             ,
             the
             which
             Scripture
             Light
             ,
             as
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             Doctrine
             ,
             Laws
             ,
             Commands
             ,
             Precepts
             and
             Promises
             of
             God
             delivered
             therein
             ,
             the
             Bishop
             hath
             well
             proved
             from
             Psal
             .
             19.
             8.
             
             Psal
             .
             119.
             105.
             
             Isa
             .
             8.
             20.
             and
             which
             Scripture-light
             
             may
             in
             a
             true
             sense
             be
             called
             (
             though
             more
             remotely
             )
             the
             Spirits
             Light.
             In
             the
             next
             place
             ,
             let
             us
             take
             a
             view
             of
             W.
             P.'s
             unchristian
             and
             unscriptural
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             which
             he
             saith
             in
             his
             page
             48
             ,
             is
             with
             him
             and
             his
             Brethren
             a
             Fundamental
             ,
             which
             one
             while
             he
             calls
             Christ
             ,
             the
             Word
             God
             ;
             another
             while
             the
             Light
             of
             Christ
             ,
             a
             Manifestation
             in
             the
             Soul
             of
             Man
             ,
             of
             Christ
             ,
             the
             Word
             God.
             This
             Light
             within
             ,
             his
             great
             Fundamental
             ,
             as
             given
             to
             all
             Mankind
             ,
             even
             to
             them
             who
             have
             not
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             nor
             any
             external
             Revelation
             of
             Christ
             ,
             as
             he
             outwardly
             came
             in
             the
             Flesh
             ;
             he
             will
             not
             have
             it
             to
             be
             
               the
               Law
               of
               God
               in
               the
               Heart
               of
               Man
               ,
               nor
               the
               Impressions
               and
               Principles
               which
               are
               born
               ,
               and
               come
               with
               us
               into
               the
               World
               ,
            
             page
             50.
             
             
               As
               the
               Work
               is
               not
               the
               Work-man
               ,
               so
               they
               are
               not
               properly
               the
               Light
               of
               Christ
               ,
               but
               the
               blessed
               Fruit
               and
               Effect
               of
               the
               Light
               of
               Christ
               ,
               the
               word
               God
               in
               Man
               ,
               which
               shines
               in
               the
               Heart
               ,
               and
               gives
               him
               the
               Knowledge
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               of
               his
               Duty
               to
               him
               ;
               so
               that
               the
               innate
               Notions
               ,
               or
               inward
               Knowledge
               we
               have
               of
               God
               ,
               is
               from
               this
               true
               Light
               that
               lighteth
               every
               Man
               coming
               into
               the
               World
               ,
               but
               is
               not
               that
               Light
               if
               self
               .
            
             But
             why
             then
             doth
             he
             so
             confound
             the
             Work
             with
             the
             Work-man
             ,
             as
             one
             while
             he
             tells
             us
             ,
             the
             Light
             within
             is
             Christ
             ;
             another
             while
             a
             Manifestation
             in
             the
             Soul
             of
             Man
             of
             Christ
             ,
             the
             Word
             God.
             Is
             not
             the
             Manifestation
             of
             
             Christ
             in
             the
             Soul
             of
             Man
             ,
             a
             Work
             of
             Christ
             ?
             How
             then
             is
             it
             Christ
             himself
             the
             Word
             God
             ?
             
               W.
               P.
            
             may
             remember
             how
             his
             Brother
             
               G.
               W.
            
             in
             his
             
               Light
               and
               Life
            
             recommended
             by
             him
             ,
             hath
             argued
             against
             the
             Body
             of
             Christ
             being
             Christ
             ,
             for
             if
             it
             were
             ,
             it
             would
             have
             this
             Sense
             ,
             
               the
               Christ
               of
               Christ
            
             ,
             or
             
               the
               Jesus
               of
               Jesus
            
             ,
             which
             to
             him
             is
             Nonsence
             :
             Is
             it
             not
             great
             Nonsence
             to
             say
             ,
             The
             Manifestation
             of
             Christ
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             the
             Act
             or
             Effect
             of
             his
             Illumination
             in
             the
             Soul
             ,
             is
             Christ
             himself
             ?
             The
             Body
             of
             Christ
             ,
             together
             with
             his
             Soul
             ,
             are
             constitutive
             parts
             of
             his
             Manhood
             Nature
             ,
             personally
             united
             to
             his
             Godhead
             ;
             and
             may
             and
             do
             receive
             the
             Name
             of
             Christ
             and
             Jesus
             ,
             as
             the
             parts
             do
             receive
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             whole
             ;
             but
             the
             Manifestation
             of
             Christ
             in
             the
             Soul
             of
             Man
             ,
             is
             no
             part
             of
             Christ's
             Manhood
             ,
             nor
             of
             his
             Godhead
             which
             hath
             no
             parts
             ,
             but
             is
             only
             a
             Work
             of
             Christ
             in
             the
             Soul
             of
             Man
             ,
             by
             which
             it
             is
             enlightned
             And
             as
             the
             Work
             supposeth
             the
             Work-man
             ,
             or
             Worker
             ,
             to
             be
             present
             in
             the
             Soul
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             Christ
             considered
             as
             the
             Word
             God
             ,
             which
             the
             Bishop
             to
             be
             sure
             ,
             in
             the
             true
             Sence
             ,
             will
             acknowledge
             ,
             so
             the
             Work-man
             supposeth
             the
             Work
             as
             necessary
             to
             be
             wrought
             in
             the
             Soul
             ;
             for
             Christ
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             the
             Word
             God
             ,
             considered
             simply
             ,
             whither
             as
             in
             himself
             ,
             or
             as
             in
             Men
             ,
             is
             no
             Light
             to
             Men
             ;
             but
             as
             he
             hath
             his
             Work
             and
             Operation
             in
             them
             to
             enlighten
             
             them
             ,
             though
             in
             and
             to
             himself
             ,
             he
             
               is
               Light
               and
               Life
               essentially
            
             ,
             but
             to
             Men
             he
             is
             so
             ,
             by
             his
             Operations
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             so
             is
             called
             Light
             to
             Men
             ,
             by
             a
             Metonimy
             ,
             of
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Effect
             given
             to
             the
             Cause
             .
             Such
             is
             Mens
             weakness
             ,
             at
             least
             in
             this
             Mortal
             State
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             no
             immediate
             Knowledge
             of
             the
             Essence
             of
             any
             Creature
             ,
             we
             know
             their
             Essence
             but
             by
             their
             Operations
             ;
             nay
             ,
             we
             have
             no
             immediate
             Knowledge
             either
             of
             the
             Essence
             of
             our
             Bodies
             ,
             or
             of
             our
             Souls
             ,
             but
             only
             by
             their
             Operations
             :
             Hence
             it
             is
             that
             the
             greatest
             Philosophers
             are
             at
             a
             loss
             to
             define
             the
             Essence
             of
             any
             thing
             ,
             because
             our
             Knowledge
             doth
             not
             immediately
             reach
             their
             Essence
             ,
             but
             only
             by
             their
             Operation
             ;
             when
             we
             see
             the
             Body
             of
             a
             Man
             ,
             Beast
             or
             Tree
             ,
             we
             see
             not
             the
             Essence
             of
             these
             Bodies
             ,
             but
             the
             outward
             Forms
             ,
             and
             Shapes
             ,
             and
             Colours
             of
             them
             ,
             all
             which
             are
             but
             their
             accidents
             ,
             and
             not
             their
             Essence
             or
             Substance
             ;
             and
             if
             we
             have
             no
             immediate
             Knowledge
             of
             any
             Creatures
             Essence
             or
             Substance
             ,
             great
             or
             small
             ,
             how
             can
             or
             dare
             we
             presume
             to
             say
             or
             think
             ,
             we
             see
             even
             with
             our
             inward
             Eyes
             or
             Sight
             (
             what
             
               W.
               P.
            
             calls
             the
             natural
             rational
             Faculty
             ,
             for
             that
             's
             all
             the
             inward
             Sight
             even
             of
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             that
             he
             acknowledgeth
             in
             the
             best
             of
             Men
             )
             the
             Essence
             of
             the
             Divine
             Word
             ,
             the
             Word
             God
             ,
             by
             whom
             all
             things
             were
             created
             ,
             by
             immediate
             Sight
             or
             
             Perception
             ;
             for
             as
             John
             said
             ,
             John
             1.
             18.
             1
             
             John
             4
             12.
             
             
               No
               Man
               hath
               seen
               God
               at
               any
               time
               ,
            
             [
             to
             wit
             ,
             as
             in
             himself
             ,
             in
             his
             own
             infinite
             Essence
             and
             essential
             Glory
             .
             ]
             And
             as
             Paul
             said
             ,
             
               He
               dwelleth
               in
               the
               Light
               ,
               which
               none
               can
               approach
               unto
               ,
               whom
               no
               Man
               hath
               seen
               ,
               or
               can
               see
               ,
            
             1
             Tim.
             6.
             16.
             
             If
             then
             we
             see
             not
             ,
             or
             know
             not
             this
             Divine
             Work-man
             ,
             (
             who
             is
             in
             us
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             things
             ,
             because
             he
             is
             omnipresent
             )
             by
             any
             immediate
             Perception
             ,
             Sight
             or
             Knowledge
             of
             him
             ,
             it
             is
             only
             by
             some
             inward
             Manifestation
             and
             Operation
             of
             him
             in
             us
             ,
             which
             is
             only
             and
             alone
             what
             he
             pleaseth
             to
             give
             us
             as
             a
             most
             free
             Agent
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Section
             8.
             
          
           
             
               W.
               P
               
                 's
                 equivocating
                 way
                 ,
                 of
                 giving
                 his
                 Sense
                 of
                 the
                 Light
                 within
                 .
                 His
                 Contradiction
                 to
              
               G.
               F.
               
                 who
                 affirm'd
                 that
                 whole
                 Christ
                 God
                 and
                 Man
                 ,
                 was
                 in
                 Men
                 both
                 Flesh
                 and
                 Spirit
                 .
                 His
                 and
              
               G.
               F
               
                 's
                 and
              
               G.
               W
               
                 's
                 Ignorance
                 and
                 Error
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 God
                 had
                 parts
                 ,
                 and
                 did
                 suffer
                 in
                 his
                 Godhead
                 by
                 Mens
                 Sins
                 He
                 denieth
                 the
                 special
                 Illuminations
                 of
                 the
                 Holy
                 Spirit
                 given
                 to
                 all
                 the
                 Faithful
                 concerning
                 Christ
                 .
                 His
                 and
                 his
                 Brethrens
                 Fallacy
                 ,
                 in
                 stating
                 the
                 Question
                 about
                 the
                 Sufficiency
                 of
                 the
                 Light
                 within
                 to
                 Salvation
                 ,
                 the
                 Question
                 truly
                 stead
                 and
                 resolved
                 .
                 His
                 Fallacy
                 in
                 affirming
                 the
                 Doctrines
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Holy
                 Ghost
                 ,
                 Remission
                 of
                 Sin
                 ,
                 Justification
                 from
                 the
                 Guilt
                 of
                 Sin
                 by
                 Christ
                 the
                 Propitiation
                 ,
                 the
                 Resurrection
                 of
                 the
                 Dead
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 Fundamentals
                 of
                 the
                 Christian
                 Religion
                 ,
                 seeing
                 in
                 his
                 Discourse
                 of
                 the
                 General
                 Rule
                 ,
                 be
                 hath
                 excluded
                 them
                 from
                 the
                 absolute
                 Necessaries
                 of
                 Religion
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 eternal
                 Salvation
                 .
              
            
          
           
             IN
             the
             next
             place
             let
             us
             consider
             ,
             whither
             the
             common
             Illumination
             ,
             that
             Christ
             giveth
             to
             all
             Men
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             the
             Word
             God
             in
             all
             Men
             ,
             be
             a
             sufficient
             Medium
             ,
             or
             means
             to
             furnish
             us
             with
             all
             necessary
             saving
             Knowledge
             and
             Faith
             ,
             and
             other
             Evangelical
             Virtues
             ,
             without
             all
             special
             and
             peculiar
             Illuminations
             of
             Christ
             by
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             in
             the
             
             use
             of
             the
             ordinary
             outward
             means
             ,
             as
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             especially
             ,
             preached
             or
             read
             to
             us
             or
             by
             us
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             proper
             and
             true
             state
             of
             the
             Question
             ,
             which
             
               W.
               P.
            
             seeks
             to
             jumble
             ,
             by
             shifting
             the
             terms
             of
             the
             Question
             ,
             and
             his
             equivocating
             way
             of
             his
             giving
             the
             Sence
             of
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             as
             one
             time
             to
             be
             Christ
             the
             word
             God
             ,
             the
             Work-man
             ,
             another
             time
             the
             Manifestation
             of
             Christ
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             the
             Work-man
             ,
             but
             his
             Work
             and
             Operation
             in
             the
             Souls
             of
             Men
             universally
             .
             And
             
               W.
               P.
            
             to
             hide
             his
             Fallacy
             ,
             will
             rather
             have
             to
             be
             understood
             by
             the
             
               Light
               within
            
             every
             Man
             ,
             Christ
             himself
             the
             word
             God
             ,
             than
             his
             Illumination
             in
             every
             Man
             ,
             though
             contrary
             to
             what
             both
             himself
             and
             
               G.
               W.
            
             hath
             professed
             elsewhere
             ,
             who
             have
             affirmed
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             wronged
             by
             their
             Adversaries
             charging
             them
             ,
             with
             holding
             that
             Christ
             is
             in
             every
             Man
             ;
             Which
             (
             say
             they
             )
             
               we
               never
               affirmed
               that
               Christ
               was
               in
               every
               Man
               ,
               but
               a
               Light
               from
               Christ
               was
               in
               every
               Man
            
             ;
             and
             since
             that
             they
             vary
             it
             thus
             ,
             that
             they
             do
             not
             affirm
             ,
             
               that
               whole
               Christ
               is
               in
               every
               Man
               ,
            
             or
             in
             any
             Man
             ,
             though
             contrary
             to
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             their
             great
             A
             postle
             
               G.
               F.
            
             who
             hath
             affirmed
             ,
             
               (
               Great
               Myst
            
             .
             p.
             249.
             )
             that
             they
             
               (
               i.
               e.
            
             the
             Quakers
             )
             
               have
               whole
               Christ
               in
               them
            
             ,
             Christ-God
             ,
             and
             Christ-Man
             ,
             Flesh
             and
             Spirit
             ,
             which
             
               W.
               P.
            
             hath
             desended
             ,
             arguing
             ,
             that
             seeing
             they
             eat
             his
             Flesh
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             in
             them
             ;
             
             falsly
             reasoning
             from
             a
             Metaphorical
             eating
             to
             a
             literal
             :
             Now
             if
             the
             by
             the
             Flesh
             of
             Christ
             ;
             which
             
               W.
               P.
            
             saith
             they
             have
             in
             them
             ,
             they
             mean
             not
             Christ's
             Body
             of
             Flesh
             ,
             which
             was
             Nailed
             to
             the
             Cross
             ,
             and
             yet
             have
             whole
             Christ
             in
             them
             ,
             both
             God
             and
             Man
             ,
             Flesh
             and
             Spirit
             ,
             it
             evidently
             followeth
             ,
             that
             that
             outward
             Flesh
             was
             not
             part
             of
             him
             ;
             for
             they
             have
             whole
             Christ
             in
             them
             ,
             God
             and
             Man
             ,
             Flesh
             and
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             yet
             they
             have
             none
             of
             that
             Flesh
             in
             them
             which
             was
             Nailed
             to
             the
             Cross
             ;
             besides
             how
             improper
             ,
             or
             rather
             absurd
             it
             is
             for
             
               W.
               P.
            
             to
             talk
             of
             whole
             Christ
             ,
             considered
             as
             the
             word
             God
             ,
             and
             measures
             or
             parts
             of
             Christ
             ,
             seeing
             the
             Godhead
             of
             the
             Word
             ,
             which
             is
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Godhead
             of
             the
             Father
             ,
             hath
             no
             parts
             nor
             passions
             ,
             as
             both
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             true
             Christian
             Churches
             doth
             hold
             ;
             though
             
               G.
               F.
            
             hath
             made
             the
             
               Godhead
               to
               have
            
             parts
             ,
             and
             that
             
               the
               Soul
               of
               Man
               is
               a
               part
               of
               God
            
             ;
             and
             
               G.
               W.
            
             hath
             affirmed
             ,
             that
             
               Christ
               suffereth
               by
               Mens
               Sins
               ,
               as
               he
               is
               God
               ,
               or
               in
               his
               Godhead
               .
            
             See
             his
             
               Divinity
               of
               Christ
               ,
               Page
            
             56.
             
          
           
             And
             let
             
               W.
               P.
            
             shift
             and
             shuffle
             and
             wind
             and
             turn
             ever
             so
             much
             ,
             he
             can
             never
             make
             it
             intelligible
             to
             any
             Man
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Light
               within
            
             ,
             simply
             as
             the
             word
             God
             and
             abstractly
             considered
             ,
             without
             all
             special
             Illumination
             ,
             and
             without
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Gospel
             as
             
             outwardly
             delivered
             us
             in
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             doth
             teach
             us
             and
             all
             Men
             ,
             all
             things
             necessary
             to
             Salvation
             ;
             seeing
             by
             his
             plain
             confession
             in
             his
             discourse
             concerning
             
               The
               general
               Rule
               of
               Faith
               and
               Life
               ,
            
             he
             acknowledgeth
             that
             the
             Light
             within
             by
             its
             common
             discoveries
             ,
             giveth
             not
             to
             Men
             the
             knowledge
             of
             Christ's
             Incarnation
             ,
             Birth
             ,
             Death
             and
             Sufferings
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             belong
             to
             extraordinary
             Revelation
             .
             And
             therefore
             that
             knowledge
             and
             Faith
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             of
             Christ's
             Incarnation
             ,
             Birth
             ,
             Death
             and
             Sufferings
             ,
             by
             W.
             P's
             Doctrine
             ,
             is
             not
             necessary
             to
             his
             Salvation
             ,
             though
             he
             has
             a
             Historical
             Knowledge
             and
             Faith
             of
             it
             ,
             yet
             that
             is
             not
             necessary
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             not
             certain
             to
             him
             whither
             true
             of
             false
             ,
             he
             has
             no
             extraordinary
             Revelation
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             common
             to
             all
             Mankind
             teacheth
             nothing
             of
             it
             .
             And
             
               W.
               P.
            
             and
             his
             Brethren
             are
             guilty
             of
             a
             great
             Fallacy
             and
             piece
             of
             Sophistry
             ,
             to
             cry
             out
             against
             all
             their
             Opponents
             ,
             as
             guilty
             of
             Blasphemy
             ,
             for
             denying
             the
             sufficiency
             of
             the
             Light
             within
             to
             Salvation
             ,
             without
             any
             thing
             else
             .
             Seeing
             that
             Light
             within
             is
             Christ
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             as
             much
             as
             to
             say
             ,
             Christ
             is
             not
             sufficient
             to
             Salvation
             .
             And
             thus
             some
             of
             them
             have
             charged
             me
             in
             particular
             ,
             to
             whom
             I
             have
             answered
             ,
             that
             seeing
             Christ
             is
             truly
             Christ
             without
             us
             as
             well
             as
             within
             us
             ,
             and
             much
             more
             gloriously
             manifested
             in
             the
             Flesh
             without
             us
             ,
             If
             it
             is
             no
             blasphemy
             to
             say
             ,
             Christ
             
             without
             us
             cannot
             save
             us
             ,
             without
             his
             being
             in
             us
             ,
             as
             they
             will
             readily
             grant
             ,
             so
             nor
             is
             it
             Blasphemy
             to
             say
             ,
             Christ
             within
             us
             cannot
             save
             us
             ,
             without
             Christ
             without
             us
             .
             And
             with
             respect
             to
             Christ's
             inward
             Teaching
             and
             Illumination
             ,
             they
             grosly
             and
             fallaciously
             prevaricate
             in
             stating
             the
             question
             ,
             as
             whither
             the
             
               Light
               within
            
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             the
             
               Word
               God
            
             is
             a
             Light
             sufficient
             to
             Teach
             or
             Guide
             every
             Man
             the
             way
             to
             Eternal
             Salvation
             :
             Thus
             they
             think
             to
             have
             their
             Opponents
             every
             way
             at
             a
             disadvantage
             ,
             and
             to
             catch
             them
             in
             their
             Dilemma
             ,
             if
             they
             say
             ,
             Yea
             ,
             the
             Quakers
             have
             gained
             the
             point
             ,
             as
             they
             imagine
             :
             If
             they
             say
             Nay
             ,
             they
             are
             guilty
             of
             Blasphemy
             against
             Christ
             
               the
               word
               God
               within
            
             them
             ,
             as
             not
             being
             sufficient
             .
             But
             this
             Sophistical
             Dilemma
             is
             easily
             discovered
             and
             answered
             ,
             for
             by
             the
             sufficiency
             of
             the
             
               Light
               within
            
             every
             Man
             to
             guide
             to
             Salvation
             ,
             is
             not
             meant
             what
             Christ
             the
             
               Word
               God
            
             can
             reveal
             ,
             to
             and
             in
             every
             Man
             ;
             for
             who
             questions
             that
             ,
             that
             he
             can
             do
             it
             abundantly
             ;
             but
             the
             true
             state
             of
             the
             question
             is
             ,
             What
             he
             doth
             reveal
             to
             and
             in
             every
             Man
             ,
             that
             is
             or
             may
             be
             a
             sufficient
             discovery
             to
             him
             ,
             for
             his
             eternal
             Salvation
             ,
             
               W.
               P.
            
             and
             his
             Brethren
             hold
             the
             affirmative
             ,
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             and
             all
             true
             Christians
             ,
             Yea
             all
             but
             meer
             Deists
             ,
             hold
             the
             Negative
             ,
             viz.
             That
             Christ
             considered
             as
             
               the
               word
               God
            
             ,
             doth
             not
             reveal
             to
             and
             in
             every
             Man
             :
             As
             for
             example
             ,
             
             not
             to
             any
             of
             the
             Quakers
             ,
             or
             any
             others
             here
             here
             in
             England
             ,
             all
             that
             is
             sufficient
             to
             their
             Salvation
             ,
             by
             the
             common
             Illumination
             ,
             without
             special
             superadded
             Illuminations
             of
             Christ
             by
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             ,
             that
             is
             more
             excellent
             than
             the
             common
             ,
             in
             the
             use
             of
             the
             outward
             means
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             the
             Doctrines
             of
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             outwardly
             Preached
             ,
             or
             at
             leastwise
             read
             to
             us
             or
             by
             us
             .
             If
             they
             say
             it
             doth
             ,
             then
             let
             them
             not
             only
             tell
             us
             ,
             but
             prove
             to
             us
             ,
             intelligibly
             ,
             to
             convince
             our
             Natural
             Rational
             Faculty
             ,
             (
             which
             
               W.
               P.
            
             calleth
             the
             Eye
             or
             Sight
             ,
             whereby
             the
             Soul
             of
             every
             Man
             is
             capable
             to
             discern
             ,
             what
             the
             Light
             within
             sheweth
             ,
             )
             that
             the
             
               Light
               in
               them
            
             ,
             by
             its
             common
             Illumination
             ,
             without
             all
             outward
             means
             of
             Instruction
             ,
             from
             or
             by
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             hath
             taught
             them
             ,
             one
             or
             more
             of
             the
             Twelve
             Articles
             of
             the
             Apostles
             Creed
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             true
             sense
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             generally
             received
             by
             all
             true
             Christians
             ;
             If
             they
             confess
             it
             hath
             not
             taugh
             :
             them
             any
             one
             of
             them
             ,
             it
             evidently
             follows
             ,
             that
             they
             think
             not
             any
             one
             of
             them
             is
             necessary
             to
             their
             Faith
             or
             Christianity
             ,
             
               i.
               e.
            
             their
             Deism
             for
             Salvation
             .
             And
             yet
             it
             is
             strange
             ,
             that
             
               W.
               P.
            
             should
             be
             so
             fallacious
             as
             as
             to
             affirm
             ,
             that
             the
             Doctrines
             of
             God
             ,
             of
             Christ
             ,
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             of
             remission
             of
             Sin
             ,
             and
             Justification
             from
             the
             guilt
             of
             Sin
             ,
             by
             Christ
             the
             Propitiation
             ,
             the
             Resurrection
             
             of
             the
             Dead
             are
             Fundamentals
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             none
             of
             which
             the
             Light
             within
             them
             ,
             without
             Scripture
             ,
             hath
             taught
             him
             to
             believe
             as
             I
             think
             he
             hath
             plainly
             confessed
             ;
             and
             yet
             it
             hath
             taught
             him
             all
             that
             is
             necessary
             to
             his
             Salvation
             without
             Scripture
             ,
             he
             having
             denyed
             that
             the
             Scripture
             is
             the
             Rule
             of
             his
             ,
             or
             their
             Faith
             ,
             as
             touching
             any
             of
             these
             matters
             ,
             and
             consequently
             not
             so
             much
             as
             the
             Instrument
             ,
             whereby
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             has
             wrought
             that
             Faith
             in
             him
             ;
             therefore
             what
             Faith
             he
             or
             they
             have
             of
             these
             things
             ,
             is
             but
             Historical
             and
             Uncertain
             ;
             and
             as
             the
             old
             Heavens
             that
             must
             pass
             away
             ,
             and
             which
             hath
             already
             passed
             away
             from
             them
             ,
             seeing
             they
             pretend
             they
             are
             come
             to
             the
             new
             Heavens
             already
             .
             And
             yet
             he
             is
             so
             fallacious
             to
             say
             P.
             97.
             
             
               It
               is
               generally
               thought
               that
               we
               do
               not
               hold
               the
               common
               Doctrines
               of
               Christianity
               ,
               but
               have
               introduced
               new
               and
               erroneous
               ones
               in
               lieu
               thereof
               .
            
             This
             I
             have
             sufficiently
             proved
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             here
             and
             elsewhere
             ,
             and
             so
             have
             others
             done
             the
             same
             .
             But
             what
             followeth
             ,
             Whereas
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               we
               plainly
               and
               entirely
               believe
               the
               Truths
               contained
               in
               that
               called
               the
               Apostles
               Creed
               .
            
             Yes
             say
             I
             ,
             just
             so
             ,
             as
             he
             may
             say
             ,
             they
             plainly
             and
             entirely
             believe
             the
             Truths
             in
             the
             Turks
             Alcoran
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             supposed
             to
             have
             some
             Truths
             ,
             though
             many
             more
             falsities
             .
             This
             saying
             of
             his
             seems
             to
             have
             a
             mental
             Reservation
             ,
             as
             if
             there
             were
             some
             
             things
             in
             that
             Creed
             that
             were
             not
             Truths
             .
             
               W.
               P.
            
             would
             do
             well
             to
             tell
             us
             plainly
             what
             they
             are
             .
          
        
         
           
             Section
             9.
             
          
           
             
               Several
               places
               of
               Scripture
               rescued
               from
               his
               Perversions
               None
               are
               saved
               by
               the
               common
               discoveries
               of
               the
               Light
               within
               ,
               without
               special
               Revelation
               and
               Illumination
               ,
               which
               yet
               renders
               not
               Salvation
               impossible
               to
               virtuous
               Gentiles
               .
               His
               Ignorance
               and
               Error
               ,
               about
               the
               Nature
               of
               the
               Light
               within
               ,
               considered
               as
               the
               Word
               God.
               In
               his
               shewing
               what
               the
               Light
               within
               teacheth
               every
               Man
               ,
               he
               leaves
               out
               the
               chief
               matter
               that
               was
               necessary
               to
               his
               Argument
               ,
               to
               prove
               it
               sufficient
               without
               any
               thing
               else
               .
            
          
           
             AND
             as
             for
             the
             places
             of
             Scripture
             which
             
               W.
               P.
            
             hath
             brought
             ,
             to
             prove
             the
             sufficiency
             of
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             with
             respect
             to
             the
             common
             Illumination
             for
             every
             Man's
             Salvation
             ,
             without
             any
             super-added
             special
             Illumination
             ,
             and
             all
             external
             Light
             of
             the
             Holy
             Scripture
             ,
             which
             are
             these
             following
             ,
             John
             8.
             12.
             
             John
             1.
             9
             ,
             14.
             
             Titus
             2.
             11
             ,
             12.
             
             Eph.
             5.
             13.
             
             John
             16.
             7.
             
             Prov.
             1.
             20
             ,
             to
             24.
             
             John
             8.
             24.
             they
             are
             all
             (
             one
             or
             two
             at
             most
             excepted
             ,
             that
             may
             be
             understood
             of
             the
             common
             Illumination
             ,
             as
             John
             1.
             9.
             
             )
             to
             be
             understood
             of
             the
             Special
             Illumination
             given
             
             to
             Men
             under
             a
             Gospel-Ministry
             ,
             as
             is
             evident
             by
             the
             due
             consideration
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             for
             John
             1.
             9.
             allowing
             it
             to
             be
             meant
             of
             the
             common
             Illumination
             ,
             and
             diverse
             other
             places
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             that
             might
             be
             brought
             to
             prove
             that
             there
             is
             such
             a
             common
             Illumination
             ,
             from
             the
             word
             God
             in
             all
             Men
             ,
             as
             a
             preparatory
             Ministration
             ,
             this
             doth
             not
             prove
             that
             that
             common
             Illumination
             is
             sufficient
             ,
             without
             the
             special
             that
             is
             given
             to
             the
             Faithful
             .
             And
             whereas
             he
             saith
             in
             his
             6th
             Article
             or
             Section
             of
             his
             
               Gospel
               Truths
               ,
               They
               that
               turn
               not
               at
               the
               reproofs
               thereof
               ,
            
             (
             to
             wit
             ,
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             with
             respect
             to
             its
             common
             Illumination
             )
             
               and
               will
               not
               repent
               ,
               and
               live
               and
               walk
               according
               to
               it
               ,
               shall
               dye
               in
               their
               Sins
               ;
               and
               where
               Christ
               is
               gone
               ,
               they
               shall
               never
               come
               .
            
             Tho'
             there
             be
             a
             Truth
             in
             the
             words
             he
             has
             here
             set
             down
             ,
             yet
             he
             quite
             misapplies
             that
             place
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             John
             8.
             24.
             and
             fallaciously
             leaves
             out
             the
             foregoing
             words
             which
             are
             these
             ,
             
               For
               if
               ye
               believe
               not
               that
               I
               am
               he
               ,
               ye
               shall
               dye
               in
               your
               Sins
            
             and
             as
             it
             is
             in
             v
             21.
             
             
               And
               whither
               I
               go
               ye
               cannot
               come
            
             ;
             by
             which
             words
             it
             is
             plainly
             evident
             ,
             that
             for
             their
             Sin
             of
             not
             believing
             in
             Christ
             God-man
             without
             them
             ,
             especially
             ,
             they
             were
             to
             dye
             in
             their
             Sins
             .
             And
             as
             fallacious
             he
             is
             in
             interpreting
             John
             16.
             7.
             that
             the
             Comforter
             which
             Christ
             promised
             to
             send
             ,
             was
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             or
             the
             Word
             God
             ,
             with
             respect
             only
             to
             his
             common
             
             Illumination
             ,
             reproving
             for
             common
             Sins
             ;
             whereas
             it
             's
             plain
             from
             v.
             9.
             that
             the
             Sin
             of
             which
             especially
             the
             Comforter
             ,
             viz.
             The
             Holy
             Spirit
             should
             convince
             Men
             ,
             should
             be
             the
             Sin
             of
             unbelief
             ,
             viz.
             For
             not
             believing
             that
             that
             very
             Man
             that
             spoke
             unto
             them
             ,
             was
             the
             Christ
             of
             God
             the
             promised
             Messiah
             ,
             the
             Redeemer
             and
             Saviour
             of
             the
             World.
             Now
             unless
             
               W.
               P.
            
             can
             show
             that
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             allowing
             it
             to
             be
             the
             Word
             God
             ,
             with
             respect
             to
             the
             common
             Illumination
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             said
             common
             Illumination
             universally
             given
             to
             Mankind
             ,
             without
             any
             superadded
             special
             inward
             Illumination
             of
             the
             Divine
             Word
             ,
             and
             without
             all
             external
             Revelation
             of
             Scripture-Light
             and
             Doctrine
             ,
             doth
             convince
             all
             Men
             of
             the
             Sin
             of
             not
             believing
             in
             the
             Man
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             that
             was
             born
             of
             a
             Virgin
             ,
             who
             spoke
             those
             words
             ,
             John
             8.
             21.
             24.
             and
             John
             16.
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9.
             he
             but
             beats
             the
             Air
             ,
             and
             argueth
             to
             no
             purpose
             ,
             that
             the
             Light
             within
             every
             Man
             giveth
             a
             sufficient
             discovery
             of
             the
             way
             to
             Eternal
             Life
             and
             Salvation
             ,
             by
             the
             common
             Illumination
             ,
             without
             all
             special
             Illumination
             ,
             and
             external
             Revelation
             as
             aforesaid
             .
             Why
             God
             hath
             not
             given
             the
             External
             Revelation
             of
             the
             Gospel
             Doctrine
             ,
             concerning
             Christ
             the
             Propitiation
             as
             he
             outwardly
             dyed
             for
             the
             Sins
             of
             Men
             ,
             nor
             the
             special
             Illumination
             ,
             nor
             conviction
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             that
             ordinarily
             accompanieth
             the
             
             outward
             Preaching
             of
             the
             Gospel
             to
             many
             parts
             of
             Mankind
             ,
             belongeth
             to
             the
             depth
             of
             his
             most
             righteous
             Judgments
             ,
             against
             which
             we
             have
             no
             cause
             to
             dispute
             ,
             but
             to
             cry
             out
             with
             the
             Apostle
             Paul
             ,
             Rom.
             11.
             33.
             
             
               O
               the
               depth
               of
               the
               Riches
               both
               of
               the
               Wisdom
               and
               Knowledge
               of
               God
               ,
               how
               unsearchable
               are
               his
               Judgments
               ,
               and
               his
               ways
               ,
               past
               finding
               out
            
             ;
             and
             also
             with
             Holy
             Admiration
             and
             Thankfulness
             to
             bless
             God
             ,
             that
             he
             has
             given
             us
             the
             Light
             of
             his
             Gospel
             ,
             both
             by
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             it
             outwardly
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             special
             Illuminations
             of
             his
             Spirit
             and
             Divine
             word
             inwardly
             ,
             which
             he
             has
             not
             given
             to
             many
             others
             ,
             though
             we
             were
             not
             more
             worthy
             of
             it
             than
             they
             :
             So
             that
             what
             the
             Psalmist
             said
             concerning
             the
             Jewish
             Church
             of
             old
             ,
             may
             be
             well
             and
             fitly
             applied
             to
             the
             Christian
             Church
             ,
             and
             Nations
             in
             Christendom
             ,
             where
             the
             Gospel
             is
             preached
             ,
             Psal
             .
             47.
             19
             ,
             20.
             
             
               He
               sheweth
               his
               word
               unto
            
             Jacob
             ,
             
               his
               Statutes
               and
               his
               Judgments
               unto
            
             Israel
             ;
             
               he
               hath
               not
               dealt
               so
               with
               any
               Nation
               ;
               and
               as
               for
               his
               Judgments
               ,
               they
               have
               not
               known
               them
               .
            
          
           
             Nor
             doth
             all
             that
             I
             have
             said
             on
             this
             Head
             ,
             render
             Salvation
             impossible
             to
             these
             parts
             of
             Mankind
             ,
             to
             whom
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             Gospel
             hath
             not
             shined
             outwardly
             ,
             by
             any
             external
             Revelation
             of
             it
             ;
             seeing
             God
             can
             supply
             that
             defect
             ,
             by
             ways
             and
             methods
             unknown
             to
             us
             ,
             who
             worketh
             by
             his
             Spirit
             ,
             when
             ,
             
             where
             ,
             and
             how
             he
             pleaseth
             ;
             it
             is
             sufficient
             to
             us
             ,
             to
             know
             ,
             that
             the
             ordinary
             way
             and
             means
             ,
             that
             God
             hath
             provided
             for
             Mens
             eternal
             Salvation
             ,
             is
             by
             outward
             means
             of
             Instruction
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             as
             outwardly
             delivered
             us
             in
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             which
             is
             always
             accompanied
             with
             the
             special
             Illumination
             of
             Christ
             ,
             by
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             ,
             to
             all
             that
             shall
             obtain
             eternal
             Salvation
             ;
             and
             that
             there
             is
             no
             other
             way
             or
             name
             under
             Heaven
             ,
             whereby
             Men
             must
             be-saved
             ,
             but
             the
             Name
             of
             Jesus
             ;
             nor
             no
             Promise
             of
             Salvation
             to
             any
             ,
             but
             through
             Faith
             in
             that
             Name
             ,
             even
             of
             Christ
             as
             outwardly
             he
             came
             ,
             and
             was
             and
             is
             a
             Propitiation
             for
             our
             Sins
             :
             And
             though
             God
             can
             Save
             ,
             and
             hath
             saved
             some
             ,
             without
             the
             outward
             means
             of
             the
             Word
             as
             outwardly
             preached
             ;
             yet
             this
             will
             not
             prove
             ,
             that
             ever
             any
             was
             or
             shall
             be
             saved
             by
             the
             meer
             common
             Illumination
             given
             to
             all
             Men
             ,
             which
             yet
             is
             W.
             P's
             and
             his
             Brethrens
             
               great
               Fundamental
            
             ,
             and
             
               Evangelium
               eternum
            
             ,
             their
             everlasting
             Gospel
             ,
             from
             which
             they
             exclude
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Salvation
             by
             
               Christ
               Crucified
            
             ,
             and
             by
             Faith
             in
             him
             ,
             from
             being
             any
             part
             of
             it
             ,
             because
             not
             falling
             within
             the
             ordinary
             discoveries
             given
             to
             Mankind
             ;
             that
             Doctrine
             is
             none
             of
             the
             absolute
             necessaries
             of
             Deism
             ,
             is
             very
             true
             ,
             but
             that
             any
             were
             saved
             by
             meer
             Deism
             ,
             without
             all
             knowledge
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
             and
             Faith
             in
             him
             ,
             the
             great
             and
             only
             Propitiation
             for
             Sin
             ,
             which
             is
             W.
             P's
             great
             Fundamental
             he
             hath
             not
             proved
             ,
             and
             the
             Greek
             Calends
             will
             sooner
             come
             ,
             than
             ever
             he
             ,
             or
             any
             for
             him
             can
             prove
             it
             .
          
           
             In
             his
             Page
             21
             he
             tells
             us
             ,
             The
             Nature
             
               of
               this
               excellent
               Principle
               ,
               the
               Light
               within
               every
               Man
               ,
               is
               to
               discover
               Sin
               ,
               reprove
               for
               it
               ,
               and
               lead
               out
               of
               it
               ,
               all
               such
               as
               love
               and
               obey
               the
               Convictions
               thereof
               .
            
             That
             the
             Principle
             of
             the
             
               Light
               within
            
             ,
             even
             with
             respect
             to
             its
             common
             Illumination
             to
             and
             in
             every
             Man
             ,
             is
             excellent
             ,
             is
             granted
             ;
             and
             I
             do
             not
             think
             will
             be
             denied
             by
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             or
             any
             true
             Christian
             ;
             but
             he
             derogates
             greatly
             from
             the
             Excellency
             of
             it
             ,
             to
             tell
             us
             ,
             the
             Nature
             of
             it
             ,
             is
             to
             do
             so
             and
             so
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             a
             natural
             and
             necessary
             Agent
             ;
             as
             it
             is
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             Fire
             to
             burn
             ,
             of
             the
             Sun
             to
             give
             light
             ,
             I
             ask
             
               W.
               P.
            
             Is
             it
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             word
             God
             to
             Create
             ,
             as
             a
             necessary
             Agent
             ?
             If
             it
             is
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             Divine
             word
             to
             Create
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             but
             Create
             ,
             otherwise
             he
             should
             change
             his
             nature
             ;
             as
             because
             it
             is
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             Fire
             to
             burn
             ,
             if
             it
             did
             not
             burn
             ,
             it
             should
             change
             its
             nature
             .
             And
             if
             it
             be
             the
             Nature
             of
             the
             
               word
               God
            
             ,
             to
             discover
             Sin
             ,
             and
             reprove
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             lead
             out
             of
             it
             ,
             then
             that
             Divine
             word
             can
             do
             no
             otherwise
             ;
             and
             consequently
             is
             he
             not
             a
             necessary
             ,
             and
             not
             a
             free
             Agent
             ?
             It
             had
             been
             better
             ,
             and
             more
             Sound
             and
             Christian
             
             for
             
               W.
               P.
            
             to
             have
             said
             ,
             It
             is
             the
             good
             will
             and
             pleasure
             of
             the
             Divine
             word
             ,
             to
             reprove
             for
             Sin
             ,
             and
             also
             of
             the
             
               Spirit
               ,
               who
               bloweth
               where
               he
               pleaseth
               ,
            
             according
             to
             the
             old
             Latin
             Translation
             ,
             and
             which
             the
             Greek
             well
             beareth
             ,
             and
             was
             generally
             so
             understood
             by
             the
             Ancients
             ,
             both
             Greek
             and
             Latin
             ,
             
               Spiritus
               spirat
               ubi
               vult
               ,
               The
               Spirit
               breatheth
               where
               he
               willeth
               and
               pleaseth
               ,
            
             in
             all
             to
             discover
             and
             reprove
             for
             Sin
             ,
             and
             yet
             not
             in
             all
             absolutely
             to
             bring
             them
             out
             of
             Sin
             ;
             or
             to
             work
             that
             Obedience
             in
             all
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             be
             brought
             out
             of
             Sin.
             It
             had
             wont
             to
             be
             a
             Doctrine
             among
             the
             Quakers
             ,
             that
             God
             giveth
             a
             Day
             of
             Visitation
             ,
             which
             may
             expire
             and
             pass
             over
             some
             before
             they
             dye
             ;
             and
             yet
             even
             such
             ,
             after
             their
             day
             of
             Visitation
             is
             expired
             ,
             have
             that
             Light
             in
             them
             which
             reproveth
             for
             Sin
             :
             And
             as
             the
             Visitation
             of
             some
             may
             be
             expired
             ,
             so
             the
             Visitation
             of
             others
             may
             be
             yet
             to
             come
             ;
             the
             outward
             Sun
             ,
             though
             a
             natural
             and
             necessary
             Agent
             ,
             yet
             shineth
             not
             to
             all
             at
             once
             ;
             when
             it
             is
             setting
             to
             some
             ,
             it
             is
             rising
             to
             others
             ;
             and
             when
             it
             is
             midnight
             to
             some
             ,
             it
             is
             mid-day
             to
             others
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             an
             Emblem
             of
             the
             shining
             of
             this
             Divine
             Sun
             in
             Mens
             Hearts
             ;
             and
             which
             ,
             if
             I
             well
             remember
             ,
             
               W.
               P.
            
             hath
             some
             where
             used
             in
             some
             of
             his
             Books
             ,
             but
             is
             not
             too
             far
             to
             be
             stretched
             ;
             for
             though
             the
             outward
             Sun
             shine
             to
             all
             at
             one
             time
             or
             another
             ,
             yet
             some
             
             parts
             of
             the
             Earth
             have
             not
             that
             Influence
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             that
             sufficeth
             to
             ripen
             the
             Fruits
             of
             the
             Earth
             to
             sustain
             Humane
             Life
             ,
             or
             preserve
             from
             unsupportable
             Cold
             ,
             as
             under
             the
             North
             and
             South
             Poles
             ,
             and
             near
             adjacent
             parts
             ,
             where
             scarce
             ever
             any
             of
             Mankind
             yet
             was
             ,
             or
             could
             come
             ;
             and
             no
             doubt
             the
             word
             God
             doth
             in
             some
             sort
             enlighten
             the
             Devils
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Fallen
             Angels
             ,
             and
             reproveth
             them
             severely
             for
             their
             Sins
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             believe
             and
             tremble
             ;
             but
             is
             it
             the
             Nature
             of
             the
             Divine
             Word
             in
             them
             ,
             to
             lead
             out
             of
             Sin
             ,
             all
             such
             of
             the
             Devils
             and
             Fallen
             Angels
             ,
             as
             love
             and
             obey
             the
             Convictions
             thereof
             ?
             Were
             not
             this
             to
             
               supponere
               non
               suppmendum
            
             ,
             to
             suppose
             what
             is
             not
             to
             be
             supposed
             ,
             that
             any
             of
             the
             Devils
             or
             Fallen
             Angels
             can
             love
             and
             obey
             the
             Convictions
             thereof
             ?
             And
             is
             it
             not
             thus
             also
             with
             many
             Men
             ,
             though
             they
             have
             some
             real
             Convictions
             from
             the
             common
             Illumination
             of
             the
             Divine
             Word
             ,
             yet
             barely
             and
             meerly
             by
             the
             common
             Illumination
             given
             unto
             them
             by
             the
             same
             ,
             until
             God
             visit
             with
             special
             Illumination
             ,
             and
             his
             special
             Grace
             and
             Favour
             ,
             they
             are
             held
             as
             in
             Iron
             Chains
             and
             Bonds
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             cannot
             come
             out
             ,
             their
             Prison
             door
             is
             shut
             ,
             they
             are
             inclosed
             in
             great
             Darkness
             ,
             even
             thick
             Darkness
             like
             that
             of
             Egypt
             ;
             so
             that
             they
             cannot
             come
             out
             ,
             though
             they
             have
             so
             much
             Light
             that
             shineth
             in
             their
             Darkness
             ,
             as
             to
             
             discover
             Sin
             ,
             and
             reprove
             for
             it
             ,
             in
             many
             particulars
             ,
             yet
             power
             is
             not
             given
             them
             ,
             to
             leave
             their
             Sins
             and
             come
             out
             of
             them
             ,
             except
             God
             visit
             with
             some
             more
             powerful
             Visitation
             of
             his
             special
             Illumination
             and
             Grace
             ,
             above
             what
             is
             common
             to
             all
             Mankind
             .
             The
             way
             for
             
               W.
               P.
            
             to
             have
             proved
             ,
             that
             
               this
               Light
            
             in
             every
             Man
             ,
             teacheth
             him
             sufficiently
             all
             that
             is
             needful
             to
             Salvation
             ,
             had
             been
             to
             have
             given
             a
             more
             full
             description
             of
             the
             
               Light
               within
            
             than
             he
             hath
             given
             ,
             and
             then
             made
             Application
             ,
             as
             thus
             ,
             The
             
               Light
               within
            
             ,
             whom
             ever
             it
             enlightneth
             with
             a
             
               saving
               Illumination
            
             ,
             that
             fully
             sufficeth
             to
             guide
             to
             Salvation
             ,
             without
             any
             superadded
             Illumination
             differing
             in
             specie
             (
             only
             allowing
             the
             necessity
             of
             greater
             Degrees
             in
             the
             same
             specie
             )
             it
             not
             only
             discovereth
             Sin
             to
             them
             ,
             convinceth
             and
             reproveth
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             woundeth
             the
             Heart
             and
             Conscience
             with
             the
             Sense
             of
             God's
             Judgment
             and
             Wrath
             ,
             and
             Curse
             due
             for
             Sin
             ,
             but
             sheweth
             them
             the
             Remedy
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             as
             he
             died
             for
             our
             Sins
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             Death
             on
             the
             Cross
             ,
             became
             the
             Propitiation
             for
             our
             Sins
             ,
             and
             is
             now
             the
             Propitiation
             for
             us
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             at
             God's
             right
             Hand
             ,
             in
             the
             true
             Nature
             of
             Man
             ,
             ever
             living
             to
             make
             Intercession
             for
             us
             .
             But
             all
             this
             the
             
               Light
               within
            
             doth
             by
             the
             common
             Illumination
             in
             every
             Man
             ,
             therefore
             ,
             &c.
             But
             
               W.
               P.
            
             knowing
             that
             he
             could
             not
             affirm
             
             this
             of
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             as
             only
             enlightning
             by
             the
             common
             Illumination
             ,
             fallaciously
             after
             his
             ordinary
             manner
             ,
             leaves
             out
             the
             chief
             Matter
             ,
             which
             was
             ,
             that
             the
             Light
             within
             every
             Man
             ,
             not
             only
             discovers
             to
             every
             Man
             his
             Sin
             ,
             but
             discovers
             the
             great
             Remedy
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             Christ
             the
             Propitiation
             for
             Sin
             ,
             by
             whom
             the
             Guilt
             and
             Curse
             due
             for
             Sin
             ,
             is
             taken
             away
             from
             all
             such
             as
             sincerely
             believe
             in
             him
             ,
             which
             sincere
             Faith
             is
             always
             accompanied
             with
             sincere
             Repentance
             ,
             and
             new
             Obedience
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Section
             10.
             
          
           
             
               
                 His
                 Fallacy
                 ,
                 in
                 making
                 as
                 if
                 it
                 were
                 an
                 Article
                 of
                 his
                 Faith
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 are
                 justified
                 from
                 the
                 Guilt
                 of
                 Sin
                 ,
                 by
                 Christ
                 the
                 Propitiation
                 ,
                 that
                 Faith
                 being
                 neither
                 grounded
                 upon
                 the
                 common
                 Illumination
                 given
                 to
                 all
                 Mankind
                 ,
                 which
                 discovers
                 not
                 that
                 Faith
                 ,
                 nor
                 upon
                 inward
                 extraordinary
                 Revelation
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 confesseth
                 is
                 not
                 given
                 to
                 him
                 or
                 his
                 Brethren
                 ,
                 nor
                 upon
                 any
                 external
                 Revelation
                 in
                 the
                 Scripture
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 denieth
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 Rule
                 of
                 Faith.
                 The
                 Historical
                 Faith
                 grounded
                 upon
                 the
                 external
                 Revelation
                 in
                 the
                 Scripture
                 ,
                 concerning
                 Christ
                 the
                 Propitiation
                 ,
                 his
                 Birth
                 ,
                 Death
                 and
                 Sufferings
                 of
                 no
                 value
                 with
                 him
                 .
                 His
                 and
                 his
                 Brethrens
                 Pretence
                 ,
                 of
                 being
                 assisted
                 by
                 the
                 Holy
                 Spirit
                 to
                 Pray
                 ,
                 Praise
                 and
                 Preach
                 ,
                 generally
                 understood
                 ,
                 in
                 Matter
                 of
                 Fact
                 proved
                 False
                 .
                 His
                 and
                 their
                 unsound
                 and
                 unscriptural
                 way
                 of
                 Preaching
                 the
                 way
                 to
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 .
                 They
                 do
                 not
                 Preach
                 the
                 Necessity
                 of
                 Faith
                 in
                 Christ
                 Crucified
                 for
                 Remission
                 of
                 Sin
                 ,
                 for
                 Regeneration
                 and
                 eternal
                 Salvation
                 .
                 For
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 Preaching
                 the
                 Necessity
                 of
                 this
                 Faith
                 ,
              
               W.
               Penn
               accused
               G.
               K.
               at
               Ratcliff
               
                 Meeting
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 an
                 Apostate
                 ;
                 and
                 at
                 the
                 Yearly
                 Meeting
                 at
              
               London
               
                 some
                 time
                 before
                 in
                 the
                 Year
              
               1694
               ,
               
                 he
                 accused
                 him
                 to
                 Friends
                 of
                 the
                 Ministry
                 ,
                 for
                 bringing
                 in
                 a
                 new
                 Method
                 of
                 Preaching
                 Christ
                 without
                 among
                 Friends
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 Regeneration
                 .
                 His
                 Arguments
                 against
              
               
               
                 Baptism
                 and
                 the
                 Supper
                 answered
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Book
                 called
                 ,
              
               The
               Arguments
               of
               the
               Quakers
               ,
               against
               Baptism
               and
               the
               Supper
               ,
               examined
               and
               refuted
               .
            
          
           
             AND
             though
             he
             makes
             it
             as
             it
             were
             an
             Article
             of
             his
             Faith
             ,
             and
             one
             of
             his
             
               Gospel
               Truths
            
             ,
             Sect.
             4.
             that
             we
             are
             only
             justified
             from
             the
             Guilt
             of
             Sin
             ,
             by
             
               Christ
               the
               Propitiation
            
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             a
             notorious
             Fallacy
             and
             Juggle
             :
             How
             is
             it
             an
             Article
             of
             their
             Faith
             ?
             As
             it
             is
             an
             Historical
             Faith
             ,
             neither
             grounded
             upon
             the
             common
             Illumination
             ,
             which
             discovers
             no
             necessity
             of
             any
             such
             Faith
             ,
             nor
             upon
             extraordinary
             Revelation
             ,
             and
             special
             Illumination
             which
             is
             not
             necessary
             ,
             nor
             is
             given
             to
             him
             by
             his
             plain
             Concession
             ,
             but
             upon
             the
             outward
             History
             or
             Letter
             of
             the
             Scripture
             ;
             but
             alas
             this
             Historical
             Faith
             is
             so
             far
             from
             being
             of
             any
             valuable
             account
             with
             
               W.
               P.
            
             that
             he
             hath
             told
             us
             ,
             it
             is
             as
             
               the
               old
               Heavens
               that
               must
               pass
               away
               ,
            
             and
             belike
             
               is
               passed
               away
            
             from
             his
             long
             since
             ,
             though
             to
             deceive
             the
             World
             ,
             he
             would
             seem
             still
             to
             hold
             it
             ;
             for
             he
             hath
             said
             concerning
             it
             ,
             in
             his
             
               Quakerism
               a
               new
               Nick-name
               far
               Old
               Christianity
               ,
            
             Page
             6.
             
             
               Faith
               in
               the
               History
               of
               Christ's
               outward
               Manifestation
               ,
               is
               a
               deadly
               Poison
               ,
               these
               latter
               Ages
               has
               been
               infected
               with
               .
            
          
           
           
             In
             his
             7th
             and
             8th
             Sections
             ,
             he
             proceedeth
             with
             the
             like
             fallacy
             ,
             telling
             us
             ,
             how
             he
             and
             his
             Brethren
             ,
             are
             prepared
             and
             assisted
             by
             this
             principle
             ,
             in
             Praying
             ,
             Praising
             ,
             and
             Preaching
             to
             others
             the
             way
             of
             God's
             Kingdom
             ,
             as
             they
             wait
             in
             their
             Assemblies
             ,
             to
             feel
             God's
             Spirit
             ,
             to
             open
             and
             move
             upon
             their
             Hearts
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             Preach
             in
             Power
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             in
             words
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             thus
             wait
             ,
             before
             they
             dare
             offer
             Sacrifice
             to
             the
             Lord.
             
          
           
             How
             far
             this
             is
             false
             in
             matter
             of
             Fact
             ,
             is
             well
             enough
             known
             to
             their
             own
             Consciences
             ;
             and
             the
             unsound
             words
             they
             most
             frequently
             use
             both
             in
             Preaching
             and
             Praying
             ,
             is
             a
             plain
             Demonstration
             of
             it
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             not
             generally
             acted
             ,
             or
             moved
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             their
             Prayings
             or
             Preachings
             :
             If
             the
             manner
             of
             their
             Praying
             and
             Preaching
             is
             as
             the
             manner
             of
             their
             Writing
             ,
             which
             they
             will
             say
             ,
             is
             the
             same
             ;
             for
             they
             as
             commonly
             pretend
             to
             write
             by
             the
             Motion
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             to
             Preach
             and
             Pray
             by
             it
             .
             But
             can
             it
             be
             supposed
             that
             Men
             are
             acted
             or
             moved
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             bring
             forth
             so
             many
             false
             Doctrines
             ,
             vile
             Heresies
             and
             Errors
             ,
             and
             gross
             Untruths
             and
             Fallacies
             ,
             and
             uncharitable
             Judgments
             and
             Perversions
             of
             their
             Opponents
             words
             ,
             as
             they
             commonly
             do
             in
             their
             writings
             generally
             .
             But
             what
             way
             to
             the
             Kingdom
             do
             they
             Preach
             ?
             
             Possibly
             they
             will
             say
             ,
             Christ
             ,
             who
             said
             he
             was
             the
             way
             :
             But
             how
             do
             they
             Preach
             him
             to
             be
             the
             way
             ?
             Just
             as
             
               W.
               P.
            
             hath
             here
             and
             elsewhere
             Preached
             him
             in
             Print
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             as
             the
             Word
             God
             and
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             whose
             Nature
             is
             to
             discover
             Sin
             ,
             and
             lead
             out
             of
             it
             ,
             all
             such
             who
             Love
             and
             obey
             the
             Convictions
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             only
             and
             alone
             by
             the
             common
             Illumination
             ,
             which
             by
             W.
             P's
             confession
             discovers
             nothing
             of
             Christ
             as
             he
             became
             a
             Propitiation
             for
             our
             Sins
             ,
             by
             his
             Death
             on
             the
             Cross
             .
             The
             great
             subject
             of
             the
             Apostles
             Preaching
             ,
             was
             Christ
             Crucified
             ,
             and
             remission
             of
             Sin
             ,
             by
             Faith
             in
             him
             ;
             and
             how
             all
             Spiritual
             Blessings
             ,
             yea
             ,
             the
             gift
             of
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             himself
             ,
             comes
             to
             us
             by
             the
             Crucified
             Jesus
             ,
             and
             Faith
             in
             him
             :
             but
             little
             or
             nothing
             of
             this
             sort
             of
             Preaching
             is
             to
             be
             found
             either
             in
             your
             Meetings
             ,
             or
             Books
             ,
             but
             much
             against
             it
             ;
             though
             to
             cover
             your
             Vile
             Errors
             ,
             you
             will
             now
             and
             then
             seem
             to
             own
             it
             ,
             but
             forgetting
             your selves
             ,
             quickly
             disown
             it
             all
             again
             .
             Yea
             
               W.
               P.
            
             knoweth
             in
             his
             Conscience
             ,
             how
             both
             publickly
             and
             privately
             he
             hath
             blamed
             me
             ,
             and
             charged
             me
             with
             my
             being
             an
             Apostate
             ,
             for
             my
             asserting
             the
             necessity
             of
             Friends
             Preaching
             this
             Faith
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             in
             Christ
             as
             he
             dyed
             for
             our
             Sins
             ,
             &c.
             as
             being
             absolutely
             necessary
             to
             Regeneration
             ,
             for
             us
             to
             have
             this
             Faith
             ,
             and
             to
             know
             and
             experience
             Christ
             formed
             in
             us
             ,
             and
             to
             live
             ,
             dwell
             and
             
             Rule
             in
             us
             .
             For
             this
             my
             Christian
             Testimony
             ,
             he
             charged
             me
             at
             
               Ratcliff
               Meeting
            
             ,
             that
             
               I
               did
               what
               in
               me
               lay
               to
               pluck
               up
               the
               Testimony
               of
               Truth
               by
               the
               Roots
               .
            
             And
             at
             the
             Yearly
             Meeting
             at
             Grace-Church-street
             in
             the
             Year
             1694
             ,
             he
             stood
             up
             ,
             and
             accused
             me
             before
             some
             hundred
             Friends
             of
             them
             called
             the
             Ministry
             and
             others
             ,
             that
             I
             was
             seeking
             to
             bring
             in
             a
             
               New
               method
               of
               Preaching
            
             among
             Friends
             ,
             which
             was
             to
             Preach
             
               Christ
               without
            
             ,
             and
             the
             necessity
             of
             Faith
             in
             him
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             bring
             People
             to
             the
             knowledge
             and
             experience
             of
             the
             new
             Birth
             ,
             and
             Christ
             in
             them
             ,
             as
             he
             dwells
             in
             the
             Saints
             :
             And
             also
             he
             knows
             in
             his
             Conscience
             ,
             when
             and
             where
             ,
             and
             to
             whom
             he
             hath
             accused
             me
             for
             Preaching
             Christ
             without
             in
             opposition
             to
             Christ
             within
             ;
             which
             God
             knoweth
             I
             never
             did
             :
             And
             therefore
             in
             his
             so
             doing
             he
             hath
             falsly
             accused
             me
             ,
             though
             his
             and
             his
             Brethrens
             false
             Notions
             of
             Christ
             within
             ,
             as
             above
             explained
             ,
             I
             have
             opposed
             ,
             and
             by
             God's
             help
             shall
             oppose
             ,
             and
             witness
             against
             while
             I
             live
             .
             But
             the
             true
             Scripture
             sense
             of
             Christ
             within
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Word
               God
            
             and
             of
             Christ
             
               the
               Word
               made
               Flesh
               without
               us
               ,
            
             who
             is
             still
             but
             one
             Christ
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             sufficiency
             to
             our
             Salvation
             ,
             both
             as
             without
             us
             and
             within
             us
             ;
             without
             us
             ,
             as
             he
             came
             to
             procure
             and
             purchase
             it
             for
             us
             by
             his
             Blood
             and
             Merits
             ,
             and
             within
             us
             by
             his
             Spiritual
             appearance
             and
             special
             Illumination
             of
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             ,
             in
             the
             use
             of
             the
             outward
             
             means
             ,
             to
             apply
             it
             to
             us
             ,
             and
             to
             work
             the
             blessed
             and
             glorious
             effect
             of
             it
             in
             us
             ,
             I
             have
             owned
             ,
             and
             still
             hope
             to
             own
             it
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             of
             my
             days
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             W.
             P's
             Arguments
             against
             Baptism
             and
             the
             Supper
             ,
             as
             outwardly
             administred
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             one
             of
             them
             but
             I
             have
             fully
             answered
             ,
             that
             may
             seem
             to
             require
             an
             answer
             ,
             and
             many
             more
             ,
             in
             my
             late
             Book
             called
             ,
             
               The
               Arguments
               of
               the
            
             Quakers
             ,
             
               against
               Baptism
               and
               the
               Supper
               Examined
               and
               Refuted
            
             ;
             which
             he
             ought
             more
             particularty
             to
             have
             answered
             ,
             being
             so
             particularly
             concerned
             ,
             than
             to
             have
             brought
             them
             up
             again
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             been
             new
             Dishes
             ,
             which
             are
             nothing
             ,
             but
             the
             Old
             ,
             after
             some
             Fashion
             new
             dressed
             .
             If
             the
             Bishop
             thinks
             fit
             to
             notice
             them
             he
             may
             ,
             for
             me
             to
             meddle
             with
             them
             were
             but
             
               Actum
               agere
            
             ,
             to
             do
             what
             I
             have
             already
             done
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Section
             11.
             
          
           
             
               
                 His
                 uncivil
                 Treatment
                 of
                 the
                 Bishop
                 of
              
               Cork
               ,
               
                 as
                 if
                 he
                 were
                 Ignorant
                 of
                 Regeneration
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 way
                 how
                 it
                 is
                 wrought
                 .
                 The
                 Bishop
                 has
                 soundly
                 and
                 Christianly
                 explained
                 the
                 Doctrine
                 of
                 Regeneration
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 way
                 how
                 it
                 is
                 wrought
                 .
              
               W.
               P's
               
                 great
                 Fallacy
                 in
                 his
                 definition
                 of
                 Regeneration
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 way
                 how
                 it
                 is
                 wrought
                 .
                 His
                 Fallacy
                 in
                 seeming
                 to
                 agree
                 to
                 the
                 Bishop's
                 Assertion
                 from
                 that
                 Text
              
               Rom.
               10.
               9.
               
               
                 His
                 Fallaeious
                 Argument
                 ,
                 that
                 because
                 the
                 Spirit
                 Leads
                 and
                 Rules
                 ,
                 therefore
                 the
                 Spirit
                 is
                 the
                 Rule
                 detected
                 ;
                 the
                 Ruler
                 and
                 the
                 Rule
                 distinct
                 .
                 The
                 great
                 Blessing
                 and
                 Advantage
                 of
                 the
                 Scriptures
                 ,
                 being
                 a
                 means
                 to
                 preserve
                 us
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Grace
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 assistance
                 of
                 his
                 Holy
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 from
              
               Satan's
               
                 Delusions
                 and
                 Impostures
              
               .
            
          
           
             IN
             his
             26th
             Page
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               I
               think
               nothing
               makes
               a
               Man
               a
               true
               Christian
               but
               Regeneration
               ,
               the
               Power
               of
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               revealed
               in
               the
               Soul
               ,
               converting
               it
               to
               God.
            
             And
             in
             his
             P.
             29
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               I
               would
               have
               my
               Reader
               reflect
               well
               upon
               this
               great
               and
               Essential
               Truth
               ,
               Tho
               he
               were
               as
               Big
               as
               a
               Bishop
               .
            
             Reader
             ,
             what
             thinkst
             thou
             of
             this
             Uncivil
             ,
             Proud
             and
             Disdainful
             Treatment
             !
             But
             so
             far
             as
             I
             understand
             ,
             
               W.
               P.
            
             sheweth
             himself
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             were
             much
             more
             big
             than
             a
             Bishop
             ,
             he
             treats
             the
             Modest
             and
             humble
             Bishop
             as
             if
             he
             were
             one
             of
             his
             meanest
             subjects
             .
             But
             for
             all
             W.
             P's
             pretence
             ,
             
             to
             be
             so
             Skilful
             in
             that
             great
             and
             essential
             Truth
             of
             the
             necessity
             of
             Regeneration
             ,
             and
             the
             manner
             and
             way
             of
             its
             being
             wrought
             above
             and
             beyond
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             the
             Bishop
             has
             beyond
             all
             doubt
             ,
             in
             his
             short
             Testimony
             ,
             in
             three
             or
             four
             lines
             on
             that
             Head
             ,
             made
             it
             evident
             ,
             that
             he
             understands
             the
             Mystery
             of
             Regeneration
             ,
             and
             the
             manner
             how
             it
             is
             wrought
             ,
             better
             than
             
               W.
               P.
            
             for
             all
             his
             Big
             and
             Lordly
             thoughts
             he
             has
             of
             himself
             ,
             and
             for
             all
             his
             Big
             talk
             of
             the
             new
             Creature
             and
             Self-denial
             ,
             there
             is
             great
             a
             deal
             more
             of
             it
             in
             his
             Books
             than
             in
             his
             Life
             .
             But
             mark
             ,
             how
             
               W.
               P.
            
             describes
             the
             manner
             how
             Regeneration
             is
             wrought
             ;
             That
             it
             is
             by
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             revealed
             in
             the
             Soul
             ,
             converting
             it
             to
             God
             ,
             which
             are
             such
             general
             words
             and
             terms
             ,
             and
             true
             when
             taken
             in
             a
             true
             Scripture
             sense
             ,
             that
             not
             only
             every
             Bishop
             ,
             but
             every
             Curate
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             every
             ordinary
             Christian
             can
             say
             the
             same
             .
             But
             under
             these
             general
             Words
             
               W.
               P.
            
             hideth
             a
             great
             Fallacy
             ;
             what
             doth
             
               W.
               P.
            
             mean
             by
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             revealed
             in
             the
             Soul
             converting
             it
             to
             God
             ?
             No
             other
             thing
             ,
             but
             the
             power
             of
             the
             common
             Illumination
             of
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             given
             to
             
               Infidel
               Jews
               ,
               Mahometans
            
             ,
             and
             all
             moral
             Heathens
             ,
             who
             if
             they
             are
             but
             meer
             Just
             Men
             ,
             according
             to
             W.
             P's
             
               Gospel
               and
               System
               of
               Divinity
            
             ,
             they
             are
             Regenerated
             Persons
             ,
             though
             
             they
             have
             no
             special
             Illumination
             of
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             ,
             giving
             them
             any
             inward
             and
             spiritual
             knowledge
             and
             Faith
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             
               as
               the
               word
               Incarnate
            
             ,
             or
             
               word
               made
               Flesh
            
             ,
             and
             as
             he
             was
             Miraculously
             conceived
             by
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             and
             born
             of
             the
             
               Blessed
               Virgin
            
             ,
             dyed
             for
             our
             Sins
             and
             rose
             again
             .
             None
             of
             all
             this
             doth
             the
             common
             and
             ordinary
             discoveries
             of
             the
             Light
             within
             teach
             
               W.
               P.
            
             and
             his
             Brethren
             ,
             and
             yet
             this
             is
             all
             he
             sets
             up
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             bring
             People
             to
             the
             work
             of
             Regeneration
             ,
             and
             to
             become
             the
             Sons
             of
             God.
             Not
             only
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             but
             the
             meanest
             Curate
             in
             his
             Diocess
             ,
             I
             charitably
             think
             can
             give
             a
             better
             account
             ,
             according
             to
             Scripture
             ,
             of
             the
             manner
             how
             Regeneration
             is
             wrought
             in
             Men
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             by
             receiving
             Christ
             ,
             through
             a
             lively
             Faith
             wrought
             in
             them
             ,
             by
             the
             Spirit
             and
             Power
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             inwardly
             revealed
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Christ
             outwardly
             Preached
             in
             God's
             ordinary
             way
             ,
             and
             believing
             in
             his
             Name
             ,
             according
             to
             all
             his
             Offices
             ,
             viz.
             his
             prophetical
             ,
             priestly
             and
             Kingly
             Office.
             The
             Faith
             and
             perswasion
             of
             the
             great
             Love
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             giving
             his
             Son
             to
             dye
             for
             us
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             great
             Love
             of
             Christ
             who
             gave
             himself
             for
             us
             ,
             inwardly
             revealed
             in
             us
             ,
             not
             by
             the
             common
             Illumination
             given
             to
             Heathens
             ,
             but
             by
             special
             Illumination
             of
             Christ
             in
             our
             Hearts
             ,
             perswading
             us
             of
             the
             truth
             and
             certainty
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             Doctrine
             
             and
             Testimony
             concerning
             this
             Love
             works
             
               that
               change
            
             in
             us
             ,
             that
             the
             Scripture
             calls
             Regeneration
             ,
             or
             the
             
               New
               Creature
            
             ;
             for
             thus
             the
             Scripture
             witnesseth
             ,
             John
             1.
             12.
             
             
               To
               as
               many
               as
               received
               him
               he
               gave
               them
               Power
               to
               become
               the
               Sons
               of
               God
               ,
               even
               to
               as
               many
               as
               believed
               in
               his
               Name
               .
            
             And
             this
             believing
             in
             his
             Name
             ,
             was
             not
             only
             a
             believing
             his
             inward
             appearance
             ,
             or
             Light
             in
             them
             ,
             but
             by
             special
             Illumination
             and
             operation
             of
             his
             mighty
             power
             in
             them
             ,
             believing
             in
             him
             ,
             as
             he
             outwardly
             came
             in
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             dyed
             for
             our
             Sins
             and
             rose
             again
             ,
             as
             our
             King
             ,
             Priest
             and
             Prophet
             without
             us
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Light
             within
             or
             
               Word
               God
            
             within
             us
             ,
             as
             Paul
             testified
             ,
             ye
             are
             all
             the
             Children
             of
             God
             by
             Faith
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             Gal.
             3.
             26.
             to
             wit
             ,
             as
             outwardly
             Crucified
             and
             raised
             again
             .
             And
             as
             John
             testified
             ,
             1.
             
             John
             5.
             1.
             
             Whosoever
             believeth
             (
             to
             wit
             ,
             with
             a
             sincere
             Faith
             )
             that
             Jesus
             ,
             (
             even
             that
             very
             Jesus
             that
             was
             born
             of
             Mary
             )
             is
             the
             Christ
             is
             born
             of
             God.
             But
             none
             of
             all
             this
             Faith
             doth
             
               W.
               P.
            
             think
             necessary
             to
             Regeneration
             or
             Eternal
             Salvation
             ,
             for
             otherwise
             it
             would
             exclude
             all
             his
             Deist
             Brethren
             ,
             and
             moral
             Just
             Men
             among
             Jews
             and
             Mahometans
             ,
             and
             Heathens
             from
             being
             Regenerate
             Persons
             and
             his
             sort
             of
             Christians
             ;
             whereas
             the
             Bishop
             hath
             plainly
             owned
             the
             necessity
             of
             this
             Faith
             to
             Regeneration
             ,
             and
             eternal
             Salvation
             ,
             in
             his
             sound
             
             but
             short
             Christian
             Testimony
             ;
             and
             
               W.
               P.
            
             taken
             notice
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             seems
             (
             but
             most
             fallaciously
             )
             to
             agree
             to
             it
             in
             his
             Page
             44.
             
             
               In
               the
               first
               part
               of
               his
               note
            
             (
             saith
             
               W.
               P.
               )
               I
               agree
               with
               him
               ,
               that
               all
               who
               rightly
               believe
               the
               Text
               ,
            
             Rom.
             10.
             9.
             
             
               Will
               be
               Saved
               ;
               for
               that
               must
               be
               by
               the
               Illumination
               ,
               and
               working
               of
               the
               saving
               Power
               of
               Christ
               in
               the
               Heart
               ,
               that
               he
               can
               so
               believe
               .
            
             Here
             
               W.
               P.
            
             and
             the
             Bishop
             would
             seem
             to
             agree
             ,
             for
             no
             doubt
             the
             Bishop
             doth
             so
             believe
             .
             But
             O
             the
             stupendious
             fallacy
             of
             
               W.
               P.
            
             in
             this
             very
             thing
             !
             
               All
               that
               Rightly
               believe
               the
               Text
            
             Rom.
             10.
             9.
             
             
               Will
               be
               Saved
            
             .
             But
             what
             if
             they
             do
             not
             believe
             it
             at
             all
             ,
             or
             but
             only
             Historically
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             Love
             and
             obey
             the
             convictions
             and
             common
             discoveries
             of
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             given
             generally
             to
             Heathens
             ,
             according
             to
             
               W.
               P.
            
             they
             are
             Regenerated
             ,
             and
             shall
             be
             saved
             .
             Can
             there
             be
             a
             greater
             fallacy
             ,
             and
             greater
             Jesuitical
             Equivocation
             under
             Heaven
             ?
             The
             Illumination
             and
             Working
             of
             the
             saving
             Power
             of
             Christ
             in
             the
             Heart
             ,
             he
             will
             have
             it
             to
             be
             none
             other
             either
             in
             him
             ,
             or
             any
             of
             his
             Brethren
             ,
             or
             any
             else
             ,
             but
             the
             common
             Illumination
             that
             every
             Heathen
             hath
             ,
             or
             may
             have
             ,
             which
             yet
             he
             confesseth
             discovereth
             nothing
             of
             Christ
             ,
             as
             he
             outwardly
             dyed
             and
             rose
             again
             ;
             that
             discovery
             belonging
             to
             extraordinary
             Revelation
             ,
             as
             he
             acknowledgeth
             ,
             and
             yet
             pretends
             not
             to
             have
             any
             such
             thing
             .
          
           
           
             In
             his
             150th
             Page
             he
             thus
             Argueth
             ,
             
               That
               which
               Leads
               ,
               Rules
               ,
               and
               that
               which
               Rules
               is
               a
               Rule
               to
               them
               that
               follow
               it
               .
            
             But
             the
             Spirit
             Leads
             ,
             Rom.
             8.
             ergo
             ,
             &c.
             
             It
             is
             just
             such
             a
             Sophism
             as
             this
             :
             That
             which
             ploweth
             is
             the
             Plow
             ,
             but
             the
             Plow-Man
             Ploweth
             ,
             therefore
             the
             Plow-Man
             is
             the
             Plow
             .
             This
             is
             a
             piece
             of
             dull
             Sophistry
             ,
             and
             shews
             
               W.
               P.
            
             to
             be
             no
             very
             good
             Logician
             .
             But
             further
             to
             shew
             his
             Sophistry
             ,
             by
             an
             
               Argumentum
               ad
               Hominem
            
             ,
             that
             which
             Rules
             ,
             is
             a
             Rule
             to
             them
             that
             follow
             it
             .
             But
             W.
             P's
             
               Justices
               of
               Peace
               in
               Pensilvania
            
             ,
             Rule
             the
             People
             there
             ,
             and
             so
             doth
             his
             
               Deputy
               Governour
               ;
               Ergo
            
             ,
             he
             and
             they
             are
             
               the
               Rule
            
             to
             that
             People
             But
             then
             what
             need
             of
             any
             Laws
             ?
             It
             seems
             when
             
               Governour
               Penn
            
             goes
             over
             to
             Pensilvania
             ,
             because
             he
             is
             to
             Rule
             them
             ,
             he
             must
             be
             their
             Rule
             also
             ,
             
               Stat
               pro
               ratione
               voluntas
            
             ,
             his
             Will
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             Laws
             established
             by
             the
             general
             Assemblies
             of
             that
             Province
             ,
             must
             be
             the
             Rule
             ,
             according
             to
             which
             he
             proposeth
             to
             Rule
             them
             .
             Can
             any
             King
             on
             Earth
             be
             more
             Arbitrary
             ?
             It
             hath
             pleased
             God
             Almighty
             ,
             whose
             Will
             is
             most
             Holy
             and
             Just
             for
             ever
             ,
             to
             give
             us
             an
             External
             Revelation
             of
             his
             Will
             concerning
             our
             whole
             Duty
             ,
             and
             that
             as
             well
             to
             us
             under
             the
             New
             Testament
             ,
             as
             to
             them
             under
             the
             Old
             ;
             and
             that
             that
             External
             Revelation
             ,
             contained
             in
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             (
             setting
             aside
             some
             Ceremonial
             precepts
             ,
             and
             
             some
             other
             peculiar
             to
             the
             Jewish
             Nation
             )
             should
             be
             our
             general
             Rule
             to
             instruct
             us
             ,
             both
             what
             to
             believe
             and
             what
             to
             do
             ,
             and
             this
             partly
             to
             give
             example
             to
             all
             Kings
             ,
             and
             Governments
             ,
             to
             do
             the
             like
             as
             all
             good
             and
             pious
             Kings
             and
             Governours
             have
             done
             ,
             viz.
             To
             give
             forth
             Laws
             ,
             and
             publickly
             to
             have
             them
             recorded
             ,
             that
             the
             People
             may
             have
             the
             due
             notice
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             regard
             to
             them
             ;
             and
             partly
             to
             prevent
             the
             Delusions
             and
             Impostures
             of
             Deceivers
             ,
             and
             Spirits
             of
             Delusions
             ,
             who
             would
             wonderfully
             prevail
             to
             deceive
             the
             Professors
             of
             Christianity
             ;
             were
             there
             no
             outward
             Rule
             of
             Faith
             and
             Life
             established
             by
             God
             himself
             ,
             one
             would
             pretend
             his
             Revelation
             ,
             and
             another
             his
             ,
             and
             Thousands
             of
             contradictory
             Revelations
             would
             daily
             appear
             and
             deceive
             many
             ,
             were
             it
             not
             for
             the
             established
             Rule
             of
             God's
             Will
             and
             Word
             ,
             outwardly
             revealed
             and
             recorded
             in
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             .
             It
             's
             true
             ,
             there
             are
             too
             many
             Deceptions
             still
             ,
             and
             Deceivers
             ,
             and
             all
             pretending
             that
             their
             Doctrine
             is
             conformable
             to
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             .
             But
             notwithstanding
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             the
             publick
             Standard
             of
             God's
             Holy
             Word
             and
             Will
             remains
             with
             us
             in
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             they
             are
             a
             sufficient
             Armory
             to
             us
             by
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             assistance
             of
             his
             Holy
             Spirit
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             to
             bring
             sufficient
             Armour
             both
             to
             withstand
             and
             overcome
             
             all
             Heresies
             and
             pernicious
             Doctrines
             .
             Nor
             would
             W.
             P's
             Fundamental
             Principle
             ,
             of
             bringing
             all
             to
             the
             General
             Rule
             of
             the
             common
             and
             ordinary
             Discoveries
             of
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             given
             to
             all
             Mankind
             ,
             be
             any
             Remedy
             in
             the
             case
             ;
             for
             besides
             ,
             that
             the
             Discoveries
             that
             he
             sets
             up
             for
             ,
             are
             not
             the
             same
             to
             all
             Nations
             and
             Persons
             ,
             as
             can
             easily
             be
             proved
             :
             Ten
             thousands
             would
             break
             through
             the
             Hedge
             of
             his
             General
             Rule
             ,
             of
             binding
             them
             to
             the
             common
             Discoveries
             given
             to
             all
             Mankind
             ,
             (
             as
             most
             of
             the
             People
             called
             Quakers
             do
             )
             and
             would
             highly
             pretend
             to
             new
             and
             special
             Discoveries
             given
             to
             them
             by
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             and
             to
             none
             others
             ;
             and
             the
             reason
             they
             will
             alledge
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             not
             given
             to
             others
             ,
             is
             their
             Unfaithfulness
             ;
             and
             especially
             that
             like
             Corah
             ,
             they
             Rebel
             against
             their
             Spiritual
             Guides
             and
             Leaders
             .
             Thus
             we
             may
             see
             the
             great
             need
             of
             an
             outward
             Rule
             ,
             and
             the
             great
             Goodness
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             given
             us
             one
             ,
             full
             and
             perfectly
             sufficient
             to
             be
             a
             Rule
             of
             our
             Faith
             and
             Life
             in
             all
             necessary
             Cases
             .
          
           
             And
             besides
             ,
             If
             W.
             P's
             Argument
             have
             any
             Truth
             in
             it
             ,
             it
             would
             infer
             ,
             that
             Christ
             ,
             or
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             abstractly
             considered
             from
             all
             Revelation
             ,
             both
             Internal
             and
             External
             ,
             should
             be
             the
             Rule
             ,
             because
             he
             is
             the
             Ruler
             ;
             If
             the
             Ruler
             and
             the
             Rule
             must
             still
             be
             one
             
             and
             the
             same
             thing
             ,
             then
             suppose
             all
             Revelation
             Internal
             as
             well
             as
             External
             should
             cease
             ,
             Christ
             or
             the
             Spirit
             should
             be
             the
             Rule
             ,
             because
             the
             Ruler
             :
             Who
             sees
             not
             the
             Fallacy
             and
             Sophistry
             of
             W.
             P's
             Argument
             here
             ?
             Hath
             not
             every
             common
             Artificer
             his
             Rule
             of
             Wood
             or
             Brass
             ,
             that
             is
             not
             the
             Man
             himself
             ,
             but
             the
             Instrument
             that
             he
             hath
             made
             and
             prepared
             for
             his
             use
             .
             The
             Prophets
             Rule
             ,
             by
             which
             their
             Faith
             was
             ruled
             in
             what
             they
             Prophecied
             ,
             was
             not
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             but
             the
             internal
             Revelation
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             the
             Spirit
             was
             their
             Guide
             and
             Ruler
             ,
             but
             not
             ,
             to
             speak
             properly
             ,
             their
             Rule
             ,
             but
             the
             Revelation
             they
             had
             ,
             or
             things
             revealed
             ,
             that
             was
             their
             Rule
             ;
             and
             so
             now
             ,
             the
             external
             Revelation
             of
             the
             same
             Truths
             ,
             is
             the
             Rule
             of
             our
             Faith
             ,
             whereby
             to
             believe
             them
             ;
             as
             the
             Spirit
             inwardly
             by
             his
             secret
             Illumination
             ,
             perswades
             us
             of
             their
             Truth
             and
             certainty
             ,
             not
             by
             any
             new
             verbal
             Record
             ,
             but
             by
             Sealing
             to
             the
             Record
             outwardly
             given
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Section
             12.
             
          
           
             
               
                 His
                 falsly
                 alledging
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 has
                 the
                 first
                 Reformers
                 ,
                 Fathers
                 and
                 Martyrs
                 on
                 his
                 side
                 ,
              
               viz.
               
                 That
                 the
                 Scripture
                 is
                 not
                 the
                 Rule
                 of
                 Faith
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Light
                 in
                 every
                 Conscience
                 .
                 His
                 Fallacy
                 in
                 this
                 detected
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 late
                 Book
                 called
                 ,
              
               The
               Deism
               of
               
                 W.
                 P.
              
               and
               his
               Brethren
               ,
               
                 &c.
                 
                 The
                 Spirits
                 being
                 superior
                 to
                 the
                 Scripture
                 ,
                 proves
                 not
                 that
                 the
                 Spirit
                 is
                 the
                 Rule
                 of
                 Faith.
                 His
                 pretended
                 ground
                 of
                 his
                 pitying
                 the
                 Bishop
                 for
                 his
                 supposed
                 Ignorance
                 ,
                 Causeless
                 and
                 Fallacious
                 .
                 His
                 false
                 Accusation
                 and
                 Charge
                 ,
                 against
                 the
                 Bishop
                 and
                 Church
                 of
              
               England
               ,
               
                 and
                 all
                 Protestant
                 Opponents
                 to
                 the
                 Quakers
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 confine
                 the
                 Operations
                 of
                 the
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 first
                 or
                 Apostolical
                 Times
                 .
                 That
                 the
                 Ministers
                 among
                 the
                 Quakers
                 are
                 less
                 acted
                 by
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 in
                 their
                 Praying
                 and
                 Preaching
                 ,
                 than
                 the
                 Ministers
                 among
                 their
                 Protestant
                 Opponents
                 ,
                 evidently
                 proved
                 .
              
            
          
           
             AND
             this
             leads
             me
             to
             detect
             another
             Fallacy
             of
             his
             ,
             which
             shall
             be
             the
             last
             I
             intend
             to
             notice
             ,
             though
             I
             could
             detect
             many
             more
             ,
             but
             these
             I
             think
             will
             suffice
             ,
             to
             shew
             how
             Fallacious
             he
             is
             .
             Let
             us
             therefore
             hear
             him
             once
             more
             :
             In
             his
             Page
             106
             and
             107
             ,
             after
             he
             has
             most
             grosly
             alledged
             ,
             that
             he
             has
             the
             concurring
             Testimony
             and
             
             Assent
             of
             the
             best
             and
             first
             Reformers
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Martyrs
             and
             Fathers
             ,
             to
             confirm
             his
             Fundamental
             ,
             
               viz.
               That
               not
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               the
               Holy
               Scriptures
               without
               ,
               but
               the
               Light
               within
               ,
               is
               the
               Rule
               of
               Faith
               and
               Life
               ;
               and
               that
               the
               Light
               or
               Spirit
               within
               ,
               is
               something
               at
               least
               co-ordinate
               ,
               if
               not
               superior
               and
               antecedent
               to
               the
               Scripture
               :
               Which
               is
               more
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               than
               we
               said
               before
               ,
               and
               consequently
               is
               the
               Rule
               of
               Faith
               and
               Life
               ,
               superior
               to
               the
               Scripture
               .
            
          
           
             Having
             in
             my
             late
             Treatise
             of
             W.
             P's
             Deism
             ,
             rescued
             the
             Fathers
             and
             first
             Reformers
             from
             his
             Perversions
             ,
             I
             shall
             only
             now
             take
             notice
             of
             his
             fallacious
             Inference
             by
             this
             his
             Argument
             .
             The
             Light
             or
             Spirit
             within
             is
             something
             superior
             and
             antecedent
             in
             way
             of
             Excellency
             to
             the
             Scripture
             ;
             therefore
             it
             is
             the
             superior
             and
             antecedent
             Rule
             above
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             the
             Proposition
             is
             granted
             ,
             and
             I
             know
             none
             that
             ever
             denied
             it
             ;
             to
             wit
             ,
             That
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             which
             is
             God
             ,
             is
             greater
             and
             more
             excellent
             than
             the
             Scripture
             .
             But
             then
             it
             followeth
             not
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             the
             greater
             or
             more
             excellent
             Rule
             ;
             because
             ,
             properly
             speaking
             ,
             it
             is
             no
             Rule
             at
             all
             .
             Right
             Logicians
             will
             tell
             him
             ,
             if
             he
             will
             go
             and
             learn
             of
             them
             ,
             (
             which
             it
             is
             to
             be
             suspected
             ,
             for
             all
             that
             he
             was
             a
             Student
             at
             Oxford
             ,
             he
             has
             great
             need
             to
             do
             )
             that
             things
             in
             a
             different
             kind
             are
             not
             to
             be
             compared
             .
             If
             it
             were
             asked
             of
             
               W.
               P.
            
             whither
             a
             Knife
             
             of
             Gold
             ,
             or
             a
             Knife
             of
             Steel
             ,
             were
             the
             best
             Knife
             ;
             he
             would
             answer
             surely
             ,
             though
             Gold
             is
             superior
             to
             Steel
             ,
             and
             more
             excellent
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             not
             fit
             to
             be
             a
             Knife
             ,
             and
             Men
             make
             not
             the
             blades
             of
             Knives
             of
             Gold.
             So
             though
             the
             Spirit
             be
             superior
             to
             the
             Revelation
             of
             it
             ,
             whither
             Internal
             or
             External
             ,
             yet
             not
             the
             Spirit
             but
             his
             Revelation
             is
             the
             Rule
             ;
             and
             Internal
             Revelation
             was
             the
             Rule
             to
             the
             Prophets
             ,
             whereby
             they
             believed
             their
             Prophecies
             ;
             and
             what
             internal
             Revelation
             was
             to
             them
             ,
             external
             Revelation
             is
             to
             us
             ;
             though
             we
             have
             not
             that
             internal
             Revelation
             that
             they
             had
             ,
             which
             was
             Prophetical
             and
             Extraordinary
             ,
             but
             the
             Spirit
             internally
             by
             way
             of
             Seal
             ,
             Sealing
             to
             us
             the
             Truth
             and
             Certainty
             of
             the
             external
             Revelation
             ,
             gives
             us
             as
             sure
             ground
             for
             the
             certainty
             of
             our
             Faith
             ,
             as
             they
             had
             of
             theirs
             .
             But
             this
             inward
             Seal
             of
             the
             Spirit
             is
             no
             Rule
             ,
             either
             co-ordinate
             with
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             or
             subordinate
             to
             it
             ,
             because
             it
             doth
             not
             propose
             to
             us
             by
             it self
             ,
             all
             the
             things
             necessary
             to
             be
             believed
             by
             us
             ,
             in
             verbal
             Propositions
             ,
             as
             the
             Seal
             of
             a
             Bond
             ,
             though
             it
             is
             a
             Proof
             and
             Evidence
             to
             the
             Truth
             of
             the
             Bond
             ,
             yet
             it
             tells
             us
             not
             the
             Contents
             of
             it
             .
             And
             now
             because
             the
             Bishop
             found
             fault
             with
             his
             calling
             the
             Scripture
             without
             ,
             and
             the
             Illumination
             of
             the
             Spirit
             within
             ,
             the
             double
             and
             agreeing
             Record
             of
             true
             Religion
             ;
             as
             
             indeed
             well
             he
             might
             so
             do
             in
             W.
             P's
             sense
             (
             though
             in
             a
             qualified
             and
             sober
             sense
             it
             may
             be
             acknowledged
             )
             as
             perceiving
             the
             fallacious
             sense
             that
             
               W.
               P.
            
             had
             of
             those
             words
             well
             observed
             by
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             
               That
               they
               will
               not
               believe
               what
               Scripture
               saith
               ,
               except
               the
               Light
               within
               them
               dictate
               the
               same
               :
            
             And
             yet
             none
             of
             them
             can
             justly
             say
             ,
             that
             the
             Light
             within
             doth
             dictate
             to
             them
             by
             it self
             ,
             one
             Article
             of
             that
             called
             the
             Apostles
             Creed
             ;
             yea
             ,
             
               W.
               P.
            
             doth
             not
             so
             much
             as
             pretend
             that
             it
             doth
             to
             him
             ;
             yet
             most
             uncivilly
             he
             falls
             upon
             the
             Bishop
             p.
             107
             ,
             telling
             him
             ,
             
               It
               must
               be
               his
               turn
               now
               to
               pity
               the
               Bishop
               :
               And
               truly
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               I
               do
               it
               with
               all
               my
               Heart
               :
            
             And
             this
             it
             seems
             in
             retaliation
             of
             the
             Bishop's
             tender
             Expression
             of
             his
             Pitty
             and
             Compassion
             towards
             some
             well-meaning
             Persons
             among
             them
             ,
             who
             are
             mislead
             by
             their
             Teachers
             .
             But
             for
             what
             must
             he
             needs
             
               Pity
               the
               Bishop
            
             ?
             Why
             ,
             for
             his
             supposed
             Ignorance
             ,
             that
             he
             will
             not
             allow
             the
             Spirit
             to
             be
             superior
             to
             the
             Scripture
             :
             But
             this
             is
             W.
             P's
             Fallacy
             and
             Ignorance
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             Bishop's
             ;
             the
             Bishop
             owneth
             with
             all
             true
             Christians
             ,
             the
             Spirit
             to
             be
             superior
             to
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             as
             the
             Author
             and
             Lord
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             who
             useth
             them
             as
             his
             Instrument
             ,
             as
             the
             Work
             man
             useth
             a
             Rule
             or
             Tool
             that
             he
             worketh
             withal
             ;
             but
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             and
             all
             sound
             Christians
             think
             ,
             that
             
             it
             is
             no
             dishonour
             to
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             to
             acknowledge
             the
             Office
             proper
             to
             him
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             Rule
             ,
             and
             the
             Office
             proper
             to
             the
             Scripture
             to
             be
             the
             Rule
             and
             Instrument
             ,
             in
             the
             Hand
             and
             Management
             of
             the
             Spirit
             .
             And
             thus
             the
             Office
             of
             the
             Scripture
             is
             a
             far
             inferior
             Office
             to
             the
             Office
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             as
             the
             Servant
             and
             his
             Office
             ,
             is
             inferior
             to
             the
             Master
             and
             his
             Office
             ;
             but
             to
             put
             the
             Spirit
             in
             the
             Office
             of
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             is
             to
             degrade
             the
             Master
             ,
             and
             put
             him
             in
             the
             Servant's
             place
             .
          
           
             The
             last
             thing
             I
             shall
             notice
             in
             this
             Book
             of
             
               W.
               P.
            
             is
             not
             so
             properly
             a
             Fallacy
             ,
             as
             a
             down-right
             open-faced
             Falshood
             ,
             and
             false
             Charge
             and
             Accusation
             against
             all
             Protestants
             whatsoever
             ,
             except
             themselves
             ,
             who
             though
             they
             affect
             the
             Name
             of
             Protestants
             ,
             yet
             for
             the
             vast
             disagreement
             of
             Doctrine
             betwixt
             them
             ,
             even
             in
             Fundamentals
             ,
             deserve
             neither
             the
             Name
             of
             Protestants
             ,
             nor
             Christians
             so
             much
             as
             at
             large
             .
             The
             Accusation
             is
             this
             Page
             97
             ,
             That
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             Dissenters
             ,
             and
             generally
             all
             Protestants
             ,
             
               Confine
               the
               Operations
               of
               the
               Spirit
               to
               the
               first
               or
               Apostolical
               Times
               ,
               as
               if
               these
               did
               not
               want
               them
               as
               much
               ;
               or
               that
               Christ
               would
               be
               less
               Propitious
               ,
               where
               his
               Gifts
               were
               not
               less
               needful
               .
            
             This
             I
             say
             ,
             is
             a
             down-right
             false
             Accusation
             ,
             the
             contrary
             of
             which
             
             cvidently
             appears
             from
             all
             the
             several
             Confessions
             of
             Faith
             ,
             of
             all
             the
             Protestant
             Churches
             truly
             owned
             to
             be
             such
             ,
             and
             which
             also
             appears
             from
             the
             afore-cited
             words
             of
             the
             Bishop
             in
             his
             Testimony
             ,
             where
             he
             owns
             ,
             That
             Conscience
             must
             be
             opened
             by
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             ,
             under
             the
             Ministry
             of
             the
             Word
             ,
             citing
             Acts
             16.
             14.
             to
             take
             in
             its
             Light
             (
             to
             wit
             ,
             the
             Doctrine
             Instrumentally
             )
             from
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             .
             Can
             this
             be
             done
             ,
             without
             an
             Operation
             of
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             ?
             If
             
               W.
               P.
            
             say
             Nay
             ,
             it
             cannot
             ;
             then
             his
             own
             words
             are
             an
             Evidence
             against
             the
             Falsity
             of
             his
             Accusation
             .
          
           
             Again
             ,
             That
             he
             chargeth
             it
             on
             them
             ,
             that
             Ministers
             are
             made
             such
             ,
             and
             preach
             without
             the
             Spirit
             ;
             and
             the
             People
             worshipping
             without
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             which
             is
             too
             rash
             and
             uncharitable
             Judgment
             in
             him
             so
             to
             affirm
             ,
             without
             any
             Caution
             or
             Restriction
             :
             How
             doth
             it
             appear
             ,
             that
             the
             Quakers
             Preach
             and
             Pray
             with
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             all
             others
             do
             not
             ?
             Will
             the
             Quakers
             saying
             it
             prove
             it
             ?
             Or
             doth
             the
             great
             Noise
             of
             their
             Preaching
             and
             Praying
             by
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             from
             an
             elevated
             high-flown
             Conceit
             ,
             through
             their
             Spiritual
             Pride
             ,
             prove
             it
             to
             be
             so
             ;
             oft-times
             where
             there
             is
             greatest
             noise
             and
             shew
             ,
             there
             is
             least
             Reality
             and
             
             Substance
             .
             Surely
             if
             Preaching
             and
             Printing
             more
             unsound
             Doctrine
             than
             all
             others
             do
             ,
             and
             uncharitable
             Judgments
             of
             them
             ,
             that
             do
             really
             excel
             them
             both
             in
             Knowledge
             and
             Piety
             ,
             be
             proofs
             that
             they
             are
             not
             acted
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             commonly
             in
             either
             their
             Preaching
             or
             Praying
             ;
             and
             who
             are
             scarce
             ever
             heard
             to
             acknowledge
             their
             sinful
             Imperfections
             ,
             or
             ask
             Forgiveness
             of
             them
             :
             If
             these
             be
             Marks
             of
             Men
             sensual
             ,
             and
             not
             having
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             notwithstanding
             of
             their
             Boastings
             ,
             [
             Laodicea
             
               and
               Pharisee
               like
            
             ]
             they
             are
             abundantly
             to
             be
             found
             among
             them
             .
             It
             is
             indeed
             matter
             of
             Regrate
             and
             Humiliation
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             so
             little
             Preaching
             and
             Praying
             with
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             among
             many
             of
             all
             sorts
             ,
             as
             the
             little
             Success
             it
             produceth
             doth
             manifest
             in
             many
             places
             ;
             yet
             blessed
             be
             God
             for
             what
             is
             among
             many
             of
             all
             the
             several
             Churches
             ;
             and
             were
             there
             but
             more
             Love
             and
             Charity
             ,
             Humility
             and
             Self-denial
             ,
             it
             might
             certainly
             be
             hoped
             ,
             that
             God
             would
             give
             more
             of
             his
             Spirit
             :
             And
             for
             such
             a
             Time
             ,
             I
             joyn
             with
             all
             sincere
             Christians
             ,
             both
             to
             Hope
             and
             Pray
             ,
          
           
             
               G.
               K.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           A
           Synopsis
           ,
           
             or
             short
             View
             of
          
           W.
           P
           
             's
             Deism
             and
             Scepticism
             ,
             collected
             out
             of
             his
             Book
             ,
             called
             ,
          
           A
           Discourse
           of
           the
           General
           Rule
           of
           Faith
           and
           Life
           ,
           and
           Judge
           of
           Controversie
           ,
           
             first
             Printed
             in
             the
             Year
          
           1673
           ,
           
             as
             an
          
           Appendix
           
             to
             his
          
           Christian
           Quaker
           ,
           
             and
             Reprinted
             in
             this
             present
             Year
          
           1699.
           
           
             Compared
             with
             some
             Passages
             in
             his
             other
             Books
             .
             With
             some
             plain
             and
             necessary
             Consequences
             ,
             naturally
             flowing
             from
             the
             Positive
             Doctrine
             therein
             delivered
             by
             him
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           ALL
           Mankind
           hath
           one
           General
           Rule
           of
           Faith
           and
           Life
           ,
           Page
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3
           ,
           4
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           This
           General
           Rule
           of
           Faith
           and
           Life
           cannot
           be
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           because
           all
           Men
           have
           not
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           because
           of
           their
           uncertainty
           (
           unless
           upon
           the
           ground
           of
           inward
           extraordinary
           Revelation
           )
           and
           for
           their
           Imperfection
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           Reasons
           given
           by
           him
           (
           in
           the
           following
           Pages
           )
           to
           the
           number
           of
           about
           fourteen
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           General
           Rule
           of
           Faith
           and
           Life
           ,
           must
           be
           the
           Light
           in
           every
           Man's
           Conscience
           ,
           P.
           6
           ,
           7.
           
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           Light
           in
           every
           Man's
           Conscience
           is
           the
           Rule
           of
           Faith
           and
           Life
           ,
           not
           abstractly
           and
           seperately
           considered
           from
           the
           inward
           Discoveries
           it
           giveth
           ,
           but
           with
           respect
           thereunto
           .
           For
           without
           some
           inward
           Discovery
           ,
           it
           teacheth
           Men
           nothing
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           can
           be
           no
           Rule
           to
           any
           Man
           ,
           but
           with
           respect
           to
           its
           inward
           Discoveries
           .
        
         
         
           5.
           
           The
           inward
           discoveries
           of
           the
           Light
           within
           ,
           are
           of
           two
           sorts
           ,
           P.
           32.
           the
           one
           extraordinary
           such
           as
           were
           given
           to
           the
           Prophets
           and
           Apostles
           ,
           concerning
           Adam's
           fall
           and
           the
           extraordinary
           manifestation
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           the
           Flesh
           of
           that
           Man
           called
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           whom
           some
           call
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           :
           But
           
             that
             he
             was
             properly
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             we
             utterly
             deny
             ,
          
           faith
           
             W.
             P.
          
           in
           his
           
             Serious
             Apology
             ,
             P.
          
           146.
           
           The
           other
           ordinary
           ,
           such
           as
           fall
           within
           the
           ordinary
           discoveries
           given
           to
           all
           Mankind
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           The
           Light
           within
           is
           the
           general
           Rule
           of
           Faith
           and
           Life
           ,
           not
           with
           respect
           to
           these
           extraordinary
           discoveries
           above
           mentioned
           ,
           P.
           32.
           but
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           ordinary
           discoveries
           given
           to
           Mankind
           in
           general
           universally
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           We
           have
           no
           need
           that
           the
           Light
           within
           should
           give
           us
           any
           of
           these
           extraordinary
           discoveries
           ,
           P.
           32.
           concerning
           Adam's
           fall
           ,
           and
           that
           extraordinary
           manifestation
           of
           God
           in
           the
           Flesh
           of
           that
           Man
           ,
           improperly
           called
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           because
           the
           Historical
           account
           of
           these
           things
           is
           extant
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           it
           not
           being
           needful
           to
           be
           given
           us
           ,
           by
           any
           new
           inward
           Revelation
           ,
           we
           may
           conclude
           it
           is
           not
           given
           to
           any
           of
           us
           ;
           it
           sufficeth
           we
           have
           the
           Historical
           account
           of
           them
           given
           us
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           which
           is
           sufficient
           to
           beget
           in
           us
           a
           Historical
           Faith
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           without
           any
           new
           inward
           Revelation
           of
           them
           ,
           such
           as
           was
           given
           to
           the
           Prophets
           and
           Apostles
        
         
         
           8.
           
           The
           Historical
           account
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           though
           it
           may
           be
           called
           a
           Historical
           Rule
           of
           the
           Historical
           Faith
           of
           them
           ,
           yet
           it
           cannot
           be
           called
           ,
           the
           Rule
           of
           Faith
           and
           Life
           that
           is
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           .
           For
           as
           all
           have
           not
           this
           Historical
           Faith
           ,
           because
           the
           History
           hath
           not
           reached
           them
           ;
           so
           to
           them
           who
           have
           the
           History
           ,
           the
           Historical
           Faith
           doth
           not
           profit
           them
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           but
           doth
           far
           rather
           hurt
           them
           ,
           
             It
             is
             at
             best
             but
             the
             Old
             Heavens
             ,
             that
             are
             to
             be
             wrapped
             up
             as
             a
             Scrowl
             ,
          
           as
           he
           saith
           expresly
           in
           his
           conclusion
           near
           the
           end
           of
           his
           Book
           ,
           called
           
             A
             Discourse
             concerning
             the
             general
             Rule
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           And
           in
           his
           Book
           called
           ,
           
             Quakerism
             a
             new
             Nick-name
             for
             Old
             Christianity
             ,
             P.
          
           6.
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             Faith
             in
             the
             History
             of
             Christ's
             outward
             manifestation
             ,
             is
             a
             deadly
             Poyson
             these
             latter
             Ages
             has
             been
             insected
             with
             .
          
        
         
           9.
           
           Seeing
           the
           Scriptures
           are
           uncertain
           ,
           with
           respect
           to
           all
           those
           extraordinary
           discoveries
           ,
           upon
           the
           foundation
           of
           all
           others
           ,
           who
           are
           not
           Quakers
           ,
           as
           
             W.
             P.
          
           argueth
           expresly
           ,
           and
           can
           only
           be
           certain
           to
           such
           as
           have
           inward
           extraordinary
           Revelation
           of
           those
           things
           ,
           which
           
             W.
             P.
          
           confesseth
           are
           not
           needful
           ,
           P.
           32.
           and
           are
           not
           given
           to
           the
           people
           called
           Quakers
           more
           than
           to
           others
           ,
           it
           necessarily
           follows
           ,
           according
           to
           W.
           P's
           Doctrine
           ,
           that
           the
           Faith
           of
           all
           those
           Doctrines
           concerning
           Adam's
           fall
           ,
           and
           Christ's
           Birth
           ,
           Death
           and
           Sufferings
           is
           uncertain
           ,
           as
           well
           to
           the
           Quakers
           as
           other
           ,
           because
           ,
           as
           he
           affirmeth
           ,
           
           the
           Scriptures
           that
           give
           the
           account
           of
           those
           things
           are
           uncertain
           ,
           unless
           upon
           the
           ground
           of
           inward
           extraordinary
           Revelation
           ,
           which
           neither
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           nor
           any
           others
           now
           have
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           Seeing
           therefore
           no
           Men
           in
           our
           days
           have
           these
           extraordinary
           discoveries
           given
           them
           by
           inward
           Divine
           Revelation
           ,
           such
           as
           the
           Prophets
           had
           ,
           concerning
           Adam's
           fall
           ,
           and
           Christ's
           Birth
           ,
           Death
           and
           Sufferings
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           things
           in
           controversie
           betwixt
           the
           Socinians
           and
           Trinitarians
           ,
           the
           Arians
           and
           
             Homousians
             ,
             Jews
          
           and
           
             Christians
             ,
             Papists
          
           and
           Protestants
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           certain
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           whereof
           we
           can
           have
           no
           certain
           Faith
           ,
           without
           inward
           divine
           Revelation
           ,
           which
           is
           given
           to
           none
           in
           our
           days
           ,
           as
           touching
           these
           things
           ,
           it
           is
           best
           to
           leave
           all
           asserting
           of
           them
           ,
           or
           disputing
           about
           them
           ,
           because
           we
           have
           no
           certainty
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           them
           by
           the
           common
           discoveries
           of
           the
           Light
           within
           ,
           that
           is
           the
           general
           Rule
           of
           Faith
           and
           Life
           .
        
         
           11.
           
           Whatever
           we
           read
           ,
           or
           hear
           read
           ,
           or
           Preached
           to
           us
           ,
           with
           Scripture
           proofs
           ,
           do
           not
           further
           oblige
           us
           to
           believe
           or
           practise
           them
           ,
           but
           as
           the
           common
           ,
           and
           ordinary
           discoveries
           given
           to
           all
           Mankind
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           us
           ,
           Teach
           the
           same
           things
           .
        
         
           Although
           we
           may
           Historically
           believe
           these
           extraordinary
           things
           ,
           concerning
           Adam
           and
           Christ
           above
           mentioned
           ,
           as
           we
           believe
           other
           Historical
           things
           ,
           yet
           we
           are
           under
           no
           obligation
           to
           believe
           them
           by
           any
           command
           of
           
           God
           ,
           nor
           is
           the
           not
           believing
           them
           our
           Sin
           ,
           because
           they
           fall
           not
           within
           the
           ordinary
           discoveries
           of
           the
           Light
           within
           given
           universally
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           Rule
           of
           our
           Faith
           and
           Life
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           we
           have
           no
           certainty
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           therefore
           we
           are
           under
           no
           Obligation
           to
           believe
           them
           .
        
         
           13.
           
           The
           common
           and
           ordinary
           discoveries
           given
           to
           all
           Mankind
           by
           the
           Light
           within
           ,
           are
           these
           which
           Paul
           calls
           the
           
             Work
             of
             the
             Law
             writ
             in
             the
             Heart
             ,
          
           and
           which
           some
           of
           the
           Ancients
           Philosophers
           called
           
             the
             Noble
             precepts
             writ
             in
             the
             Heart
             of
             Man
          
           ;
           and
           which
           
             W.
             P.
          
           calleth
           ,
           the
           
             Eternal
             precepts
             of
             the
             Spirit
             in
             the
             Conscience
             ,
          
           and
           
             the
             Testimony
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             which
          
           (
           he
           saith
           )
           
             is
             the
             true
             Rule
          
           ,
           viz.
           of
           Faith
           and
           Life
           ,
           (
           universally
           given
           to
           us
           and
           all
           Mankind
           ,
           )
           P.
           14.
           and
           25.
           
        
         
           14.
           
           These
           common
           and
           ordinary
           discoveries
           of
           the
           Light
           within
           given
           to
           all
           Mankind
           ,
           are
           but
           few
           ,
           such
           
             as
             ,
             that
             God
             is
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             a
             rewarder
             of
             them
             that
             diligently
             seek
             him
             ;
             That
             the
             way
             of
             God
             is
             a
             way
             of
             Purity
             ,
             Patience
             ,
             Meekness
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             without
             which
             no
             Man
             shall
             see
             the
             Lord
             :
          
           These
           and
           none
           other
           but
           these
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           common
           and
           ordinary
           discoveries
           given
           to
           all
           Mankind
           by
           the
           Light
           within
           ,
           concerning
           general
           Piety
           towards
           God
           as
           a
           Creator
           ,
           and
           Moral
           Justice
           and
           Temperance
           towards
           Men
           ,
           are
           
             the
             absolute
             Necessaries
             of
             Religion
          
           ,
           necessary
           to
           be
           believed
           and
           practised
           by
           us
           for
           Salvation
           .
        
         
         
           15.
           
           One
           great
           use
           of
           this
           Doctrine
           of
           
             W.
             P.
          
           and
           his
           Brethren
           (
           if
           he
           and
           they
           can
           be
           believed
           )
           is
           ,
           that
           it
           would
           bring
           all
           Men
           to
           be
           of
           one
           Religion
           ,
           by
           their
           Belief
           and
           Practise
           of
           these
           few
           things
           of
           Moral
           Piety
           and
           Justice
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           common
           and
           ordinary
           Discoveries
           given
           to
           all
           Mankind
           .
        
         
           16.
           
           This
           one
           Religion
           is
           Deisin
           ,
           which
           how
           much
           soever
           undervalued
           by
           false
           Christians
           ,
           (
           whose
           Faith
           is
           Historical
           in
           a
           Christ
           without
           them
           )
           is
           all
           one
           with
           true
           Christianity
           ,
           they
           are
           but
           two
           Names
           to
           one
           and
           the
           same
           thing
           ,
           as
           every
           true
           Christian
           is
           a
           true
           Deist
           ,
           so
           every
           true
           Deist
           is
           a
           true
           
             Christian
             ,
             for
             he
             who
             believes
             in
             God
             ,
             believes
             in
             Christ
             ,
             because
             Christ
             is
             God.
             And
             what
             is
             Christ
             ,
             but
             Justice
             ,
             Meekness
             ,
             Patience
          
           (
           saith
           
             W.
             P.
             Address
             to
             Protest
          
           .
           p.
           119.
           2d
           Edit
           .
           )
           
             therefore
             every
             Just
             ,
             Meek
             and
             Patient
             Man
             ,
             is
             the
             true
             Christian
             ,
          
           [
           be
           he
           a
           professed
           Infidel
           concerning
           Jesus
           of
           
             Nazareth
             ,
             Jew
             ,
             Mahometan
          
           or
           
             Pagan
             .
             ]
             The
             meer
             Just
             Man
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             excluded
             the
             Communion
             of
             Christians
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           .
        
         
           17.
           
           Another
           great
           use
           of
           this
           Doctrine
           of
           
             W.
             P.
          
           is
           (
           as
           he
           thinks
           )
           that
           it
           would
           ,
           if
           duly
           improved
           ,
           put
           an
           end
           to
           all
           the
           Controversies
           and
           Heats
           among
           all
           Perswasions
           ,
           not
           only
           of
           those
           called
           Christians
           of
           all
           sorts
           ,
           as
           Papists
           and
           
             Protestants
             ,
             Arians
          
           and
           
             Homousians
             ,
             Socinians
          
           and
           Trinitarians
           (
           which
           four
           he
           expresly
           mentions
           ,
           P.
           45.
           )
           but
           even
           betwixt
           Jews
           and
           Christians
           (
           notwithstanding
           of
           their
           professed
           
           Unbelief
           ,
           as
           concerning
           Jesus
           of
           Nazareth
           ,
           and
           betwixt
           Mahometans
           and
           Christians
           by
           the
           same
           reason
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           may
           own
           another
           to
           be
           their
           
             Christian
             Brethren
          
           .
        
         
           18.
           
           And
           seeing
           the
           Name
           Christian
           is
           offensive
           to
           Jews
           and
           Mahometans
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           laid
           aside
           ,
           as
           also
           the
           Names
           Jesus
           and
           Christ
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           not
           the
           outward
           Name
           of
           any
           thing
           that
           saveth
           ,
           nor
           doth
           the
           Light
           within
           Men
           ,
           by
           its
           common
           discovery
           teach
           them
           that
           Name
           .
           And
           because
           many
           are
           dissatisfied
           to
           call
           the
           
             Light
             within
             Christ
             and
             Jesus
          
           ,
           as
           
             Socinians
             ,
             Jews
          
           and
           Mahometans
           ,
           and
           many
           others
           of
           those
           called
           Christians
           ,
           let
           it
           suffice
           to
           call
           it
           by
           the
           name
           Light
           ,
           which
           is
           owned
           by
           all
           ,
           and
           is
           offensive
           to
           none
           ,
           and
           all
           may
           be
           called
           Deists
           ,
           or
           Professors
           of
           the
           
             Light
             within
          
           .
        
         
           19.
           
           And
           ieeing
           many
           also
           are
           dissatisfied
           ,
           to
           say
           ,
           or
           think
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Light
             within
             every
             Man
             is
             God
             ,
             or
             any
             Supernatural
             and
             Divine
             Principle
             ,
          
           but
           think
           it
           is
           nothing
           other
           but
           Conscience
           ,
           or
           the
           
             natural
             Light
          
           of
           Man's
           Reason
           ,
           let
           that
           Dispute
           also
           come
           to
           an
           end
           ,
           for
           Men
           may
           agree
           about
           the
           common
           Dictates
           and
           Discoveries
           of
           it
           ,
           though
           they
           agree
           not
           about
           the
           Nature
           and
           Essence
           of
           it
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           know
           what
           it
           is
           ,
           they
           shall
           have
           the
           Benefit
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           be
           happy
           ,
           by
           obeying
           it
           ,
           though
           they
           know
           not
           what
           it
           is
           ;
           as
           the
           Plow-man
           has
           the
           same
           Benefit
           that
           the
           best
           Philosopher
           has
           of
           the
           Sun
           in
           the
           Firmament
           ,
           though
           he
           knows
           not
           what
           the
           Sun
           is
           ,
           either
           for
           Substance
           ,
           Quantity
           or
           Quality
           .
        
         
         
           20.
           
           One
           great
           Pinch
           and
           Difficulty
           in
           the
           case
           ,
           is
           ,
           certainly
           to
           know
           the
           just
           Extent
           and
           Number
           of
           the
           common
           Discoveries
           of
           the
           Light
           within
           ,
           given
           to
           all
           Mankind
           ;
           as
           whither
           the
           same
           number
           of
           those
           eternal
           Precepts
           and
           Laws
           writ
           in
           every
           Man's
           Heart
           ,
           be
           given
           to
           all
           Men
           ;
           and
           whither
           some
           of
           those
           which
           
             W.
             P.
          
           will
           say
           are
           the
           Dictates
           of
           the
           
             Light
             within
          
           Men
           universally
           ,
           will
           not
           be
           denied
           by
           others
           even
           of
           his
           Brethren
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           Dictates
           of
           the
           
             Light
             within
          
           ;
           as
           particularly
           ,
           whither
           attesting
           the
           Name
           of
           God
           in
           worldly
           matters
           ,
           when
           controverted
           ,
           is
           condemned
           by
           the
           
             Light
             within
          
           :
           Whither
           
             Self-defence
             by
             carnal
             Weapons
          
           be
           against
           the
           Dictates
           of
           the
           
             Light
             within
          
           ,
           for
           many
           of
           his
           Brethren
           think
           both
           are
           not
           :
           Whither
           all
           G.
           F's
           Orders
           about
           outward
           things
           ,
           opposed
           by
           many
           Quakers
           ,
           are
           the
           Dictates
           of
           the
           
             Light
             within
          
           ,
           with
           respect
           to
           its
           ordinary
           Discoveries
           ;
           and
           whither
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           especially
           
             G.
             F.
          
           have
           not
           set
           up
           for
           some
           new
           Revelations
           and
           Commands
           ,
           beside
           the
           common
           Discoveries
           of
           the
           
             Light
             within
          
           ,
           though
           they
           have
           rejected
           the
           external
           Revelations
           and
           Commands
           of
           Christ
           in
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           are
           not
           taught
           them
           by
           the
           common
           Discoveries
           of
           the
           
             Light
             within
          
           .
        
         
           
             Christian
             Reader
          
           ,
           I
           have
           set
           before
           thee
           this
           short
           View
           of
           W.
           P's
           and
           his
           Brethrens
           Dejsm
           and
           Scepticism
           ,
           not
           to
           approve
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           that
           thou
           ,
           with
           all
           good
           Christians
           ,
           should
           with
           the
           greatest
           Abhorrency
           loath
           and
           detest
           it
           .
        
         
           That
           this
           is
           a
           true
           Account
           of
           W.
           P's
           and
           his
           Brethrens
           Principles
           ,
           and
           necessary
           Consequences
           therefrom
           ,
           I
           offer
           to
           prove
           ,
           to
           his
           or
           their
           Faces
           ,
           before
           any
           Impartial
           Auditory
           ,
        
         
           
             George
             Keith
             .
          
           
             London
             ,
             
               the
               17th
               of
               the
               3d
               Month
               1699.
               
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A47180-e420
           
             See
             his
             Discourse
             of
             
               The
               General
               Rule
               of
               Faith
               ,
               ad
               finem