The glory of Christ's light within expelling darkness being the sum of the controversie between the people called Quakers, and some of the non-conformist priests, as manifest at two publick disputes in Essex : between George Whitehead (called a Quaker) and Stephen Scandret (Presbyter) being at the latter dispute assisted with five more of his brethren, the priests, to wit, Nathaniel Barnard, Henry Havers, Henry Coleman, Nath. Ball, and Robert Billoes : wherein are several.
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             The glory of Christ's light within expelling darkness being the sum of the controversie between the people called Quakers, and some of the non-conformist priests, as manifest at two publick disputes in Essex : between George Whitehead (called a Quaker) and Stephen Scandret (Presbyter) being at the latter dispute assisted with five more of his brethren, the priests, to wit, Nathaniel Barnard, Henry Havers, Henry Coleman, Nath. Ball, and Robert Billoes : wherein are several.
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           THE
           GLORY
           of
           CHRIST's
           LIGHT
           WITHIN
           Expelling
           DARKNESS
           :
           Being
           the
           sum
           of
           the
           Controversie
           between
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           the
           Non-conformist
           Priests
           ,
           as
           manifest
           at
           Two
           Publick
           Disputes
           in
           Essex
           ;
           Between
           
             George
             Whitehead
          
           (
           called
           a
           Quaker
           )
           and
           
             Stephen
             Scandret
          
           (
           Presbyter
           )
           being
           at
           the
           latter
           Dispute
           assisted
           with
           five
           more
           of
           his
           Brethren
           ,
           the
           Priests
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           
             Nathaniel
             Barnard
             ,
             Henry
             Havers
             ,
             Henry
             Coleman
             ,
             Nath.
             Ball
             ,
          
           and
           
             Robert
             Billoes
          
           .
        
         
           Wherein
           are
           several
           weighty
           Matters
           and
           Principles
           discussed
           ,
           to
           inform
           and
           undeceive
           the
           deceived
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           know
           the
           Truth
           as
           it
           is
           in
           Jesus
           ,
           which
           is
           really
           desired
           By
           us
           who
           are
           Lovers
           of
           Truth
           ,
           and
           Well-wishers
           to
           our
           Enemie's
           Souls
           ,
           
             Robert
             Ludgater
             ,
             William
             Allen
             ,
             John
             Furly
             ,
             John
             Childes
             ,
             Giles
             Barnadiston
             ,
             George
             Whetherley
          
        
         
           Whereunto
           is
           added
           a
           Brief
           and
           Scriptural
           Examination
           of
           that
           private
           Principle
           of
           a
           Personal
           Election
           and
           Reprobation
           of
           certain
           definite
           numbers
           from
           Eternity
           ;
           wherein
           that
           ridged
           Spirit
           (
           that
           denies
           Grace
           to
           be
           free
           for
           all
           men
           )
           is
           detected
           ,
           By
           
             G.
             Whitehead
          
           .
        
         
           
             Evil
             men
             and
             Seducers
             wax
             worse
             and
             worse
             .
          
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           1669.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           Narrative
           to
           Professors
           and
           Followers
           of
           Presbyterian
           Priests
           ,
           and
           others
           concerned
           .
        
         
           ALthough
           perverse
           Disputes
           of
           men
           of
           corrupt
           minds
           are
           things
           neither
           desirable
           ,
           nor
           pleasing
           to
           us
           ;
           yet
           when
           such
           men
           do
           appear
           with
           impudence
           ,
           and
           open
           face
           ,
           against
           the
           Precious
           and
           Living
           Truth
           professed
           by
           us
           ,
           we
           are
           necessitated
           to
           appear
           on
           Truth
           's
           behalf
           ,
           and
           to
           stand
           up
           for
           the
           Lord
           in
           these
           weighty
           matters
           ;
           as
           namely
           ,
           on
           the
           behalf
           of
           his
           
             Universal-Love
             ,
             and
             Free-Grace
             to
             mankind
             ,
          
           therein
           we
           bearing
           witness
           unto
           that
           
             true
             Light
          
           of
           his
           ,
           within
           and
           the
           sufficiency
           of
           it
           both
           as
           Rule
           and
           Guide
           in
           the
           Way
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           and
           in
           vindication
           of
           this
           true
           Light
           which
           enlightens
           every
           man
           coming
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           as
           also
           for
           
             the
             Power
             and
             Work
             of
             Christ
          
           in
           his
           restoring
           and
           freeing
           man
           ,
           perfectly
           ,
           out
           of
           Sin
           and
           Death
           ;
           for
           this
           (
           through
           his
           Grace
           )
           we
           are
           engaged
           to
           appear
           against
           the
           Devil
           and
           Darkness
           ,
           and
           against
           all
           his
           sinfull
           Agents
           and
           Messengers
           ,
           who
           dispute
           against
           the
           sufficiency
           of
           the
           Light
           of
           Christ
           that
           is
           in
           every
           man
           ,
           and
           against
           Perfection
           being
           attainable
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           wherein
           they
           do
           but
           contend
           for
           the
           Devil
           ,
           Error
           ,
           Darkness
           ,
           and
           the
           works
           thereof
           ,
           and
           so
           against
           God
           ,
           his
           Truth
           ,
           Free-Grace
           ,
           and
           his
           Work
           ,
           whom
           we
           desire
           ever
           to
           serve
           and
           testifie
           to
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           occasion
           of
           our
           having
           thus
           to
           do
           with
           this
           
             Stephen
             Scandret
          
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           his
           Brethren
           ;
           the
           two
           Disputes
           (
           as
           they
           were
           deemed
           )
           that
           were
           between
           him
           and
           our
           Friend
           
             George
             Whitehead
          
           ,
           were
           chiefly
           occasioned
           by
           the
           said
           S.
           S.
           and
           some
           of
           his
           Hearers
           and
           Benefactors
           ,
           both
           proffering
           and
           urging
           for
           dispute
           ;
           it
           appears
           that
           some
           of
           his
           Hearers
           had
           in
           that
           matter
           better
           conceits
           of
           him
           then
           he
           deserved
           ,
           as
           judging
           him
           a
           man
           of
           competent
           parts
           and
           abilities
           for
           that
           purpose
           ;
           as
           also
           probably
           supposing
           that
           his
           Cause
           on
           Principles
           had
           had
           such
           Truth
           in
           them
           ,
           that
           
           they
           should
           have
           had
           the
           more
           power
           and
           prevalency
           with
           them
           to
           have
           stood
           the
           trial
           better
           then
           they
           did
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           first
           Dispute
           on
           the
           20th
           of
           the
           11th
           moneth
           (
           68
           )
           it
           was
           managed
           with
           more
           calmness
           and
           moderation
           on
           
             S.
             S.
          
           his
           part
           than
           the
           latter
           ,
           excepting
           that
           many
           times
           he
           would
           interrupt
           when
           an
           answer
           was
           a
           giving
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           latter
           end
           he
           broke
           off
           to
           be
           gone
           ,
           in
           such
           an
           abrupt
           manner
           ,
           that
           as
           he
           occasioned
           some
           disorder
           ,
           leaving
           some
           false
           insinuations
           against
           us
           ,
           implying
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           did
           not
           own
           the
           Righteousness
           of
           Christ
           for
           Justification
           ,
           &c.
           without
           staying
           to
           receive
           answer
           thereto
           ,
           which
           tended
           to
           stir
           up
           the
           ruder
           sort
           against
           us
           :
           Howbeit
           ,
           the
           Controversie
           having
           been
           managed
           before
           with
           some
           moderation
           ,
           this
           S.
           S.
           (
           as
           no
           doubt
           ,
           being
           then
           under
           some
           conviction
           )
           was
           forc'd
           to
           confess
           to
           several
           truths
           which
           G.
           W.
           urged
           :
           As
           first
           ,
           (
           after
           he
           had
           asserted
           
             the
             Scriptures
             to
             be
             the
             only
             Rule
             of
             Life
          
           )
           he
           confessed
           ,
           
             that
             the
             Light
             within
             was
             a
             spiritual
             Light
             ,
             and
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             every
             one
             is
             enlightened
             with
             .
          
           Secondly
           ,
           
             That
             this
             Light
             many
             have
             who
             have
             not
             the
             Scriptures
             .
          
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             That
             this
             Light
             within
             might
             ,
             through
             the
             blessing
             of
             God
             ,
             with
             a
             good
             improvement
             ,
             save
             them
             that
             have
             not
             the
             Scriptures
          
           ;
           So
           that
           to
           his
           own
           confutation
           ,
           he
           did
           herein
           confess
           to
           the
           Light
           within
           ,
           as
           being
           more
           universal
           than
           the
           Scriptures
           .
           And
           in
           his
           confessing
           
             this
             Light
             within
             to
             be
             Spiritual
             ,
             or
             a
             Light
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
          
           he
           hath
           flatly
           contradicted
           his
           denying
           the
           Light
           within
           to
           be
           saving
           ;
           and
           in
           divers
           other
           things
           ,
           at
           the
           other
           Dispute
           ,
           he
           did
           manifestly
           contradict
           himself
           ,
           and
           yet
           would
           not
           appear
           to
           see
           or
           confess
           his
           Error
           ,
           when
           several
           times
           urged
           upon
           him
           at
           the
           Dispute
           :
           Howbeit
           ,
           afterwards
           he
           writ
           a
           Paper
           to
           G.
           W.
           wherein
           he
           confessed
           himself
           
             defective
             in
             the
             Disputation
          
           ;
           howbeit
           ,
           (
           as
           appeared
           upon
           some
           of
           his
           Hearers
           pressing
           him
           for
           a
           second
           Disputation
           ,
           as
           also
           being
           reflected
           upon
           by
           some
           of
           the
           professing
           Party
           ,
           who
           reported
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           given
           away
           their
           Cause
           )
           he
           himself
           writ
           ,
           and
           pressed
           several
           times
           upon
           G.
           W.
           for
           another
           Dispute
           ,
           using
           very
           smooth
           words
           ;
           as
           ,
           
             Beloved
             Friend
             ,
             I
             am
             willing
             again
             to
             meet
             you
             in
             a
             friendly
             and
             amicable
             manner
             to
             dispute
          
           ;
           but
           at
           this
           last
           Dispute
           all
           his
           pretended
           amity
           and
           friendship
           was
           turned
           into
           enmity
           ,
           railing
           ,
           interruptions
           and
           disorderly
           proceedings
           ,
           not
           at
           all
           like
           a
           man
           either
           serious
           ,
           or
           composed
           in
           his
           mind
           for
           to
           mannage
           a
           Dispute
           ,
           nor
           yet
           
           moderately
           to
           search
           into
           matters
           .
           To
           his
           earnest
           urging
           to
           a
           second
           Dispute
           to
           be
           on
           the
           25th
           or
           30th
           of
           March
           ,
           G.
           W.
           could
           not
           then
           lay
           aside
           his
           occasions
           to
           attend
           upon
           him
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           but
           rather
           endeavoured
           to
           perswade
           this
           his
           (
           more
           forward
           and
           confident
           ,
           then
           prudent
           )
           Antagonist
           to
           weigh
           the
           business
           a
           little
           longer
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           forbear
           pressing
           such
           a
           thing
           ,
           until
           the
           Lord
           should
           order
           his
           coming
           from
           London
           into
           this
           Country
           ;
           George
           proposing
           these
           things
           following
           to
           his
           consideration
           ,
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           a
           little
           to
           quiet
           him
           ,
           as
           in
           his
           Letter
           to
           S.
           S.
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           (
           viz.
           )
           
             Seeing
             that
             thou
             dost
             appear
             as
             one
             so
             willing
             and
             forward
             in
             this
             case
             to
             gratifie
             the
             peoples
             desires
             ,
             I
             judge
             it
             meet
             that
             thou
             take
             the
             matter
             into
             more
             serious
             consideration
             ,
             before
             there
             be
             a
             positive
             conclusion
             between
             us
             of
             the
             time
             and
             place
             for
             such
             a
             meeting
             ;
             as
             first
             ,
             to
             mind
             ,
             that
             Sectaries
             (
             among
             whom
             thou
             and
             I
             ,
             with
             our
             Friends
             are
             numbred
             )
             have
             their
             present
             Liberty
             and
             Meetings
             rather
             by
             connivance
             ,
             then
             by
             Law
             or
             Tolleration
             granted
             by
             the
             present
             Power
             ;
             so
             that
             if
             occasion
             of
             provocation
             should
             be
             taken
             at
             such
             Meeting
             or
             Meetings
             ,
             we
             must
             consider
             aforehand
             what
             in
             probability
             may
             be
             the
             issue
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             I
             have
             not
             observed
             those
             Leaders
             of
             the
             People
             of
             thy
             perswasion
             to
             be
             so
             forward
             or
             ready
             to
             suffer
             imprisonment
             and
             exile
             in
             Stormy
             Times
             ,
             as
             many
             of
             us
             ,
             or
             our
             Friends
             have
             done
             ,
             that
             now
             you
             should
             seem
             to
             be
             so
             forward
             to
             make
             a
             flourish
             ,
             and
             perk
             up
             so
             high
             in
             a
             time
             of
             Calm
             ,
             unless
             you
             were
             resolved
             to
             stand
             a
             Storm
             with
             us
             ;
             however
             ,
             prudence
             in
             these
             matters
             would
             become
             all
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           howbeit
           ,
           G.
           W.
           did
           signifie
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           not
           unwilling
           ,
           in
           the
           Lord's
           Will
           and
           time
           ,
           both
           to
           answer
           the
           will
           and
           desires
           of
           moderate
           people
           in
           the
           case
           ,
           as
           also
           to
           stand
           up
           for
           God
           and
           his
           Truth
           ,
           as
           required
           by
           him
           ,
           or
           necessitated
           upon
           such
           occasions
           being
           put
           upon
           him
           ,
           (
           withal
           urging
           ,
           that
           S.
           S.
           would
           engage
           there
           should
           be
           no
           Tumult
           nor
           Disturbance
           made
           against
           us
           )
           but
           when
           S.
           S.
           saw
           that
           G.
           W.
           could
           not
           meet
           him
           so
           soon
           as
           he
           desired
           ,
           he
           seemed
           to
           be
           the
           more
           urgent
           for
           a
           second
           Dispute
           ,
           and
           so
           writ
           again
           for
           that
           end
           ,
           probably
           thinking
           ,
           either
           that
           that
           might
           excuse
           him
           to
           his
           Hearers
           ,
           if
           George
           should
           not
           meet
           him
           ;
           or
           else
           ,
           if
           he
           should
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           amend
           his
           matter
           ,
           and
           salve
           up
           the
           sore
           wherein
           he
           was
           defective
           before
           ;
           [
           though
           he
           has
           more
           marred
           his
           work
           ,
           and
           stained
           his
           credit
           at
           the
           last
           dispute
           ,
           
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           all
           moderate
           people
           ,
           then
           ever
           before
           ;
           for
           his
           confessing
           to
           several
           Truths
           at
           the
           former
           Dispute
           ,
           though
           to
           the
           breaking
           the
           neck
           of
           his
           and
           his
           Brethrens
           corrupt
           Cause
           ,
           was
           better
           resented
           by
           all
           indifferent
           Auditors
           ,
           then
           his
           insolently
           opposing
           and
           gainsaying
           the
           Truth
           in
           a
           most
           irregular
           manner
           at
           the
           last
           Dispute
           ,
           as
           one
           resolved
           both
           to
           stop
           his
           ears
           ,
           and
           shut
           his
           eyes
           against
           plain
           demonstration
           and
           conviction
           ,
           as
           also
           to
           hinder
           the
           People
           from
           hearing
           the
           Truth
           ,
           by
           his
           frequent
           interruptions
           ,
           when
           answers
           should
           have
           been
           given
           ;
           being
           ,
           with
           his
           Assistant
           
             Nathaniel
             Barnard
          
           ,
           resolved
           to
           bawl
           and
           make
           a
           noise
           when
           any
           thing
           of
           Truth
           was
           like
           to
           pinch
           them
           ,
           or
           inform
           the
           people
           against
           their
           Errors
           and
           Corruptions
           .
           ]
        
         
           But
           notwithstanding
           all
           this
           Scandret's
           pressing
           for
           this
           second
           Dispute
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           sent
           to
           by
           
             John
             Childe
          
           and
           Joseph-Smith
           ,
           upon
           G.
           W.
           his
           order
           ,
           to
           inform
           him
           of
           George's
           being
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           as
           also
           of
           his
           willingness
           to
           meet
           him
           for
           a
           Dispute
           ;
           also
           ,
           George
           writ
           several
           times
           to
           him
           upon
           his
           seeming
           to
           evade
           disputing
           ,
           because
           that
           George
           at
           first
           took
           not
           notice
           of
           his
           propositions
           ;
           [
           he
           having
           pretended
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           in
           love
           to
           Christ
           ,
           in
           love
           to
           Truth
           it self
           ,
           and
           in
           good
           will
           to
           Souls
           that
           he
           would
           dispute
           again
           ;
           though
           he
           would
           have
           shuffled
           it
           off
           when
           it
           came
           to
           trial
           ]
           whereupon
           he
           used
           these
           words
           in
           his
           Letter
           to
           George
           ;
           (
           viz.
           )
           
             Who
             would
             come
             over
             the
             threshold
             to
             Discourse
             with
             such
             a
             one
             ?
             I
             do
             still
             look
             upon
             you
             to
             deny
             to
             dispute
             with
             me
          
           ;
           thus
           he
           both
           slighted
           him
           ,
           and
           uttered
           falshood
           ,
           for
           George
           did
           not
           deny
           to
           dispute
           ,
           though
           he
           could
           not
           joyn
           with
           him
           in
           prayer
           ,
           which
           was
           one
           of
           his
           main
           Propositions
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             I
             shall
             still
             urge
             ,
             that
             we
             begin
             with
             solemn
             Prayer
             ,
          
           wherein
           none
           of
           us
           could
           joyn
           with
           him
           ,
           judging
           it
           a
           very
           unreasonable
           thing
           in
           him
           to
           impose
           any
           such
           thing
           upon
           us
           ,
           while
           we
           are
           so
           opposite
           and
           contrary
           in
           our
           spirits
           and
           principles
           to
           him
           and
           his
           Brethren
           ;
           for
           there
           cannot
           be
           a
           real
           joyning
           in
           worship
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           not
           an
           union
           in
           Principle
           ;
           though
           the
           Duty
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           it self
           ,
           we
           really
           own
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           perform'd
           and
           brought
           forth
           in
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Truth
           ,
           and
           from
           its
           immediate
           teachings
           and
           motions
           .
        
         
           Now
           when
           S.
           S.
           saw
           that
           this
           Proposition
           could
           not
           be
           assented
           to
           ,
           he
           stood
           peremtorily
           upon
           other
           two
           ,
           which
           were
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           (
           viz.
           )
           
             That
             you
             speedily
             and
             expresly
             consent
             ,
             under
             your
             hand
             ,
             
             the
             Dispute
             shall
             not
             hold
             above
             five
             or
             six
             hours
             in
             a
             day
             .
          
           Secondly
           ,
           
             That
             what
             Question
             be
             asked
             ,
             pertinent
             to
             the
             point
             in
             hand
             ,
             it
             be
             answered
             by
             affirming
             or
             denying
             of
             it
             expresly
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             capable
             of
             such
             an
             answer
             ,
             &c.
          
           to
           which
           G.
           W.
           returned
           this
           answer
           ;
           (
           viz.
           )
           as
           for
           thy
           two
           demands
           which
           thou
           art
           so
           peremtory
           in
           ;
           to
           the
           first
           I
           say
           ,
           
             Thou
             art
             left
             to
             thy
             liberty
             to
             cease
             disputing
             when
             five
             or
             six
             hours
             are
             out
             ,
             provided
             thou
             dost
             not
             break
             of
             abruptly
             ,
             to
             a
             disturbance
             ,
             as
             before
             .
             To
             the
             second
             ,
             I
             do
             intend
             ,
             according
             to
             my
             understanding
             ,
             to
             be
             as
             positive
             and
             intelligent
             in
             my
             answers
             to
             questions
             pertinent
             ,
             as
             I
             can
             ,
             and
             in
             my
             answers
             to
             signifie
             an
             affirmation
             or
             denial
             ,
             if
             the
             question
             be
             capable
             of
             such
             an
             answer
             :
          
           upon
           which
           the
           time
           and
           place
           for
           the
           meeting
           (
           which
           was
           on
           the
           first
           day
           of
           the
           fifth
           Moneth
           1669.
           )
           was
           prefixt
           in
           the
           same
           Answer
           by
           G.
           W.
           which
           S.
           S.
           could
           not
           well
           evade
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           manner
           of
           this
           
             S.
             Scandret
          
           ,
           and
           those
           his
           Brethren
           that
           assisted
           him
           ,
           their
           behaviour
           and
           mannagement
           of
           the
           second
           Dispute
           ,
           on
           their
           parts
           ,
           it
           was
           quite
           contrary
           to
           what
           he
           proffered
           and
           pretended
           in
           his
           Letters
           before
           ;
           for
           he
           had
           pretended
           to
           meet
           and
           dispute
           in
           an
           amicable
           and
           
             friendly
             manner
          
           ;
           as
           also
           ,
           
             that
             equal
             liberty
             should
             be
             granted
             to
             each
             party
             to
             explain
             their
             sence
          
           ;
           but
           instead
           thereof
           ,
           there
           were
           frequent
           noises
           ,
           interruptions
           on
           his
           and
           their
           parts
           ,
           when
           things
           should
           have
           been
           explained
           on
           our
           parts
           ;
           as
           first
           ,
           when
           our
           Friend
           
             James
             Parks
          
           was
           exhorting
           the
           people
           to
           Christian
           moderation
           and
           sobriety
           ,
           which
           was
           before
           this
           S.
           S.
           was
           come
           into
           the
           Meeting
           to
           dispute
           ,
           
             Nathaniel
             Barnard
          
           (
           Priest
           )
           being
           a
           proud
           vapouring
           Fellow
           ,
           stood
           up
           in
           a
           frothy
           scornfull
           spirit
           ,
           and
           interrupted
           James
           in
           his
           speaking
           ,
           making
           a
           bawling
           noise
           ,
           to
           stop
           the
           peoples
           ears
           from
           hearing
           the
           Truth
           declared
           ;
           and
           after
           some
           little
           progress
           was
           made
           in
           the
           Dispute
           with
           S.
           S.
           his
           manner
           also
           was
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           noise
           and
           a
           bawling
           ,
           freequently
           interrupting
           G.
           W.
           when
           he
           should
           have
           explained
           his
           answers
           ,
           and
           sence
           ,
           frequently
           using
           these
           words
           to
           George
           (
           viz.
           )
           
             a
             trifle
             ,
             a
             trifle
             ,
             a
             trifle
             ,
             you
             ramble
             ,
             you
             ramble
             ,
             you
             ramble
             ,
             &c.
          
           when
           he
           was
           neither
           able
           to
           make
           replication
           ,
           nor
           render
           a
           reason
           against
           what
           George
           had
           urged
           in
           his
           answers
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           usual
           with
           this
           S.
           S.
           when
           he
           could
           not
           reply
           ,
           to
           keep
           a
           noise
           in
           that
           manner
           ;
           also
           using
           these
           words
           ,
           
             if
             you
             dare
             ,
             if
             you
             dare
          
           ;
           as
           when
           he
           had
           affirmed
           
             the
             Scriptures
             to
             be
             the
             only
             Rule
             of
             Life
             ,
             and
             the
             full
             Rule
             to
             guide
             us
             to
             
             Heaven
             and
             Glory
             ,
          
           he
           would
           add
           ,
           
             affirm
             the
             same
             of
             the
             Light
             within
             if
             you
             dare
          
           ;
           and
           would
           be
           daring
           often
           to
           stop
           the
           Peoples
           ears
           ,
           and
           to
           stop
           an
           answer
           from
           being
           given
           ,
           and
           this
           was
           his
           manner
           often
           times
           ;
           and
           when
           we
           both
           durst
           ,
           and
           positively
           did
           affirm
           the
           same
           of
           the
           Light
           of
           Christ
           within
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           sufficient
           Rule
           ,
           &c.
           he
           would
           continue
           his
           bawling
           ,
           several
           times
           ,
           and
           either
           say
           ,
           
             you
             dare
             not
             ,
             you
             dare
             not
             ,
          
           or
           
             if
             you
             dare
          
           ;
           and
           being
           willing
           to
           pass
           over
           the
           questions
           about
           
             the
             only
             Rule
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Light
           that
           is
           in
           every
           man
           ,
           he
           run
           to
           his
           fifth
           question
           ,
           about
           
             Baptism
             with
             water
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             an
             Ordinance
             of
             Christ
             ?
          
           but
           G.
           W.
           pressed
           and
           desired
           that
           the
           question
           about
           the
           Light
           might
           be
           more
           fully
           discust
           ,
           which
           S.
           S.
           refusing
           ,
           George
           desired
           to
           know
           first
           ,
           in
           what
           capacity
           he
           stood
           for
           Water
           Baptism
           ;
           whether
           as
           a
           Popish
           Priest
           ,
           or
           an
           Episcopal
           Priest
           ,
           or
           as
           a
           Non
           conformist
           Presbyterian
           Priest
           ,
           or
           a
           Baptist
           ?
           seeing
           that
           all
           these
           pretended
           Water
           Baptism
           ,
           but
           differed
           greatly
           about
           it
           ;
           some
           being
           for
           sprinkling
           Infants
           ,
           others
           for
           plunging
           Believers
           ;
           therefore
           we
           urged
           to
           know
           whether
           he
           own'd
           Infants
           or
           Believers
           to
           be
           the
           subjects
           of
           this
           Baptism
           ;
           but
           neither
           would
           he
           or
           his
           Brethren
           pitch
           upon
           ,
           nor
           give
           an
           answer
           ,
           though
           George
           ,
           many
           time
           proffered
           to
           dispute
           either
           of
           them
           ,
           which
           he
           would
           pitch
           upon
           ,
           but
           S.
           S.
           durst
           not
           stand
           to
           either
           ,
           as
           a
           man
           affraid
           either
           to
           maintain
           or
           contradict
           his
           own
           practice
           ,
           (
           viz.
           )
           
             Sprinkling
             Infants
          
           ;
           and
           instead
           of
           being
           ingenious
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           he
           made
           a
           bawling
           noise
           ,
           crying
           out
           ,
           it
           s
           with
           
             water
             ,
             water
             ,
             water
          
           ;
           and
           calling
           out
           against
           us
           ,
           
             you
             Rebels
             ,
             Rebels
             ,
             Rebels
             ,
             go
             baptize
             you
             Rebels
             ,
          
           for
           many
           times
           together
           ,
           appearing
           then
           rather
           like
           one
           of
           Bedlam
           ,
           then
           either
           a
           Minister
           ,
           or
           a
           sober
           man
           ;
           and
           thus
           he
           manifested
           his
           deceit
           and
           hypocrisie
           ,
           and
           breach
           of
           promise
           in
           railing
           and
           reviling
           us
           :
           And
           now
           ,
           where
           was
           his
           amity
           ,
           and
           friendliness
           ,
           and
           
             the
             equal
             liberty
          
           he
           proposed
           in
           his
           Letter
           to
           G.
           W.
           dated
           from
           
             Haverill
             ,
             Febr.
          
           12.
           
           (
           68
           )
           But
           it
           was
           observed
           how
           well
           these
           Priests
           were
           furnished
           with
           strong
           Liquor
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           at
           the
           dispute
           ,
           which
           they
           often
           made
           use
           of
           to
           keep
           up
           their
           spirits
           for
           their
           work
           ;
           as
           when
           S.
           S.
           had
           spent
           himself
           a
           while
           ,
           that
           he
           must
           be
           fain
           to
           go
           to
           the
           Bottle
           ,
           then
           that
           proud
           scornfull
           Fellow
           
             Nathaniel
             Barnard
          
           he
           would
           stand
           up
           ,
           and
           make
           a
           bawling
           ,
           till
           he
           must
           be
           fain
           to
           get
           to
           the
           Bottle
           also
           ;
           and
           thus
           they
           were
           fain
           to
           relieve
           one
           another
           ;
           this
           S.
           S.
           and
           N.
           B.
           being
           as
           the
           mouthes
           of
           the
           rest
           ,
           but
           chiefly
           S.
           S.
           
           who
           making
           such
           a
           hidious
           noise
           and
           bawling
           ,
           and
           so
           often
           crying
           out
           water
           ,
           water
           ,
           as
           also
           using
           these
           words
           ,
           
             You
             Rebels
             ,
             you
             Rebels
             ,
             go
             baptise
             you
             Rebels
          
           (
           and
           that
           Priest
           Bernard
           bawling
           his
           story
           over
           and
           over
           ,
           )
           (
           not
           like
           sober
           or
           ingenious
           men
           ,
           but
           more
           like
           men
           infatuated
           )
           but
           
             Henry
             Havers
          
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           three
           ,
           they
           behaved
           themselves
           more
           soberly
           then
           either
           S.
           S.
           or
           N.
           B.
           though
           they
           took
           their
           part
           ,
           and
           all
           brought
           shame
           and
           disgrace
           upon
           themselves
           by
           suffering
           such
           a
           shallow
           bragging
           and
           vapouring
           man
           as
           S.
           S.
           (
           who
           shewed
           himself
           in
           his
           Ribbonds
           like
           a
           Fiddler
           )
           to
           be
           their
           mouth
           ,
           and
           to
           mannage
           their
           cause
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           were
           their
           Chieftain
           ,
           and
           over
           them
           all
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           When
           he
           stated
           a
           Question
           ,
           or
           read
           an
           Argument
           (
           for
           he
           had
           his
           Arguments
           patch'd
           up
           aforehand
           in
           papers
           )
           which
           was
           not
           capable
           of
           a
           direct
           answer
           ,
           by
           affirming
           or
           denying
           presently
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           admit
           of
           an
           explanation
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           would
           cry
           ,
           affirm
           or
           deny
           ;
           and
           if
           at
           any
           time
           ,
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           any
           thing
           was
           affirmed
           or
           denied
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           suffer
           us
           further
           to
           render
           a
           reason
           ,
           but
           make
           a
           noise
           to
           stop
           the
           Truth
           ;
           and
           when
           any
           of
           us
           granted
           to
           a
           question
           ,
           according
           to
           Truth
           ,
           he
           would
           turn
           up
           his
           eyes
           and
           thank
           God
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           wrought
           some
           great
           conviction
           upon
           us
           ;
           whereas
           ,
           what
           we
           either
           affirmed
           or
           granted
           ,
           we
           did
           not
           learn
           of
           him
           ,
           but
           spoke
           the
           naked
           truth
           ,
           as
           we
           had
           it
           of
           the
           Lord
           before
           ;
           as
           for
           instance
           ,
           after
           this
           S.
           S.
           had
           affirmed
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           which
           are
           
             the
             Writings
          
           ,
           to
           be
           
             our
             only
             Rule
             of
             Life
          
           ,
           which
           being
           denied
           by
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           Writings
           abstractivly
           can
           be
           the
           only
           Rule
           ,
           because
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Truth
           is
           said
           to
           guide
           into
           all
           Truth
           ;
           hereupon
           he
           confest
           that
           it
           was
           
             not
             the
             Scriptures
             abstractively
          
           that
           he
           meant
           
             to
             be
             the
             only
             Rule
             ,
             but
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             contained
             ,
             or
             declared
             of
             in
             the
             Scriptures
          
           ;
           where
           ,
           though
           he
           manifestly
           contradicted
           himself
           ,
           yet
           ,
           when
           we
           granted
           ,
           that
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           declared
           of
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           is
           the
           Rule
           ,
           which
           Will
           is
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           follow
           the
           Light
           within
           ;
           hereupon
           this
           S.
           S.
           would
           again
           turn
           up
           the
           white
           of
           his
           eyes
           ,
           and
           thank
           God
           that
           we
           granted
           to
           this
           Truth
           ,
           though
           it
           was
           so
           apparently
           contradictory
           to
           his
           error
           ,
           who
           went
           about
           to
           set
           up
           the
           Scriptures
           as
           the
           only
           Rule
           ,
           and
           to
           cause
           people
           to
           turn
           their
           Backs
           upon
           the
           Light
           within
           ,
           telling
           them
           ,
           
             You
             must
             follow
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             for
             they
             will
             lead
             you
             to
             Heaven
             and
             Happiness
             ,
             but
             you
             must
             turn
             your
             backs
             upon
             the
             Light
             within
             as
             not
             sufficient
          
           ;
           
           and
           yet
           at
           another
           time
           ,
           again
           was
           necessitated
           to
           confess
           ,
           
             That
             it
             is
             by
             the
             spiritual
             enlightning
             of
             the
             understanding
             that
             the
             Scriptures
             are
             understood
          
           ;
           so
           that
           here
           the
           spiritual
           Light
           in
           the
           understanding
           was
           the
           Rule
           to
           know
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           so
           by
           his
           own
           confession
           they
           could
           not
           be
           the
           only
           Rule
           ,
           but
           the
           Spirit
           or
           Light
           that
           gave
           them
           forth
           ,
           and
           gives
           the
           understanding
           of
           them
           ,
           hath
           the
           preserment
           and
           preheminence
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           what
           great
           Hypocrisie
           and
           Dissimulation
           for
           these
           Presbyterian
           Priests
           thus
           to
           pretend
           the
           Scriptures
           to
           be
           
             the
             sole
             ,
             absolute
             ,
             or
             universal
             Rule
             ,
          
           when
           they
           do
           not
           really
           so
           own
           them
           ;
           neither
           are
           they
           their
           Rule
           ,
           while
           they
           put
           their
           meanings
           ,
           false
           interpretations
           and
           glosses
           upon
           them
           ,
           many
           times
           contrary
           to
           the
           very
           intent
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           when
           it
           goes
           positively
           against
           their
           Principle
           ,
           whereby
           they
           will
           either
           make
           themselves
           the
           Rule
           over
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           or
           else
           tell
           us
           that
           it
           hath
           another
           meaning
           or
           signification
           in
           the
           original
           ,
           and
           so
           dare
           not
           stick
           to
           plain
           Scripture
           as
           their
           Rule
           when
           they
           are
           brought
           to
           trial
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           their
           course
           from
           time
           to
           time
           to
           keep
           people
           in
           blindness
           and
           ignorance
           ,
           when
           they
           set
           up
           the
           Writing
           above
           the
           Spirit
           or
           Light
           written
           of
           ,
           and
           tell
           people
           ,
           that
           immediate
           Teaching
           ,
           and
           immediate
           Revelation
           are
           ceased
           in
           these
           dayes
           ;
           and
           whither
           must
           people
           go
           then
           to
           ground
           their
           faith
           ?
           must
           they
           pin
           it
           upon
           their
           sleeves
           ?
           must
           they
           turn
           their
           backs
           on
           the
           Light
           of
           Christ
           within
           ,
           to
           be
           captivated
           with
           the
           Popes
           and
           Priests
           darkness
           ,
           with
           their
           dark
           and
           implicite
           faith
           ?
           and
           so
           be
           kept
           ever
           learning
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           always
           paying
           and
           maintaining
           a
           Company
           of
           Hypocrites
           ,
           who
           were
           wont
           to
           cry
           against
           the
           Quakers
           for
           creeping
           into
           houses
           ,
           whilst
           they
           had
           Cromwell
           to
           uphold
           them
           ,
           and
           whilst
           they
           counted
           him
           
             the
             light
             of
             their
             Eyes
             ,
             and
             breath
             of
             their
             Nostrils
             :
          
           but
           now
           these
           Presbyterian
           and
           Independant
           Priests
           are
           fain
           to
           creep
           up
           and
           down
           themselves
           into
           houses
           ,
           though
           it
           is
           evident
           they
           are
           no
           better
           then
           blind
           and
           dead
           men
           ,
           since
           the
           light
           of
           their
           Eyes
           and
           breath
           of
           their
           Nostrils
           is
           extinguished
           :
           howbeit
           ,
           they
           have
           gotten
           a
           cunning
           way
           to
           drive
           a
           trade
           now
           more
           hiddenly
           then
           when
           they
           were
           Parish
           Priests
           ,
           having
           at
           their
           Meetings
           
             large
             Collections
          
           ,
           at
           some
           places
           
             a
             great
             Bason
             or
             Platter
             held
             at
             the
             door
             ,
          
           and
           at
           some
           other
           places
           their
           Agents
           to
           go
           from
           house
           to
           house
           to
           procure
           or
           beg
           money
           for
           them
           ;
           and
           thus
           many
           of
           them
           (
           it
           is
           supposed
           ,
           and
           credibly
           reported
           )
           drive
           a
           
           greater
           trade
           then
           many
           of
           the
           Parish
           Priests
           ;
           and
           in
           some
           places
           ,
           some
           of
           their
           Company
           have
           made
           a
           cunning
           bargain
           with
           the
           Episcopal
           Parish
           Priests
           ,
           as
           allowing
           them
           part
           of
           the
           Fleece
           (
           or
           money
           )
           that
           they
           take
           from
           off
           their
           Flock
           ,
           whereupon
           the
           Episcopal
           Priest
           is
           contented
           to
           let
           them
           drive
           a
           trade
           under
           his
           Nose
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           you
           who
           are
           the
           Followers
           ,
           and
           Hearers
           ,
           and
           Benefactors
           these
           cunning
           creeping
           Priests
           ,
           you
           should
           do
           well
           to
           try
           them
           a
           little
           ,
           be
           not
           too
           free
           of
           your
           purses
           to
           them
           ,
           lest
           afterward
           you
           repent
           of
           it
           ;
           for
           we
           do
           not
           believe
           that
           many
           of
           them
           are
           so
           consciencious
           as
           to
           scruple
           conforming
           to
           the
           Common-Prayer
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           but
           a
           dead
           trade
           among
           you
           ,
           or
           were
           put
           upon
           trial
           (
           for
           now
           you
           have
           fed
           them
           so
           full
           and
           fat
           ,
           that
           they
           make
           such
           a
           vapour
           and
           blustering
           against
           us
           who
           have
           been
           the
           Sufferers
           ,
           and
           whom
           they
           know
           in
           stormy
           times
           have
           endured
           the
           storms
           ,
           and
           born
           the
           heat
           ,
           and
           the
           blows
           very
           much
           from
           them
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           skulkt
           and
           crept
           into
           holes
           and
           corners
           ,
           and
           very
           few
           of
           them
           durst
           shew
           their
           heads
           in
           any
           Testimony
           for
           God
           or
           Christ
           ;
           but
           have
           been
           ready
           to
           run
           away
           out
           at
           back-doors
           ,
           or
           over
           the
           houses
           ,
           rather
           then
           be
           taken
           prisoners
           ,
           though
           now
           they
           can
           in
           their
           Meetings
           ,
           Houses
           and
           Barns
           most
           unworthily
           and
           unjustly
           rail
           against
           ,
           and
           revile
           us
           ,
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           and
           grosly
           pervert
           and
           misrepresent
           our
           Principles
           ,
           vilifying
           and
           reproaching
           the
           Truth
           that
           we
           profess
           concerning
           the
           Light
           of
           Christ
           that
           is
           in
           every
           man
           ,
           and
           the
           sufficiency
           of
           it
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           set
           over
           all
           their
           heads
           ,
           and
           the
           Truth
           hath
           confounded
           and
           shattered
           them
           ,
           for
           they
           were
           commonly
           wont
           to
           tell
           people
           it
           was
           but
           
             a
             natural
             light
             ,
             the
             light
             of
             a
             natural
             Conscience
             ,
             a
             created
             light
          
           ;
           but
           now
           this
           their
           representative
           (
           S.
           S.
           hath
           confest
           ,
           that
           it
           
             is
             a
             spiritual
             Light
             ,
             yea
             ,
             a
             Light
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             that
             is
             in
             every
             man
             ,
          
           so
           what
           he
           hath
           asserted
           to
           the
           contrary
           in
           his
           declaring
           it
           insufficient
           ,
           and
           bidding
           people
           
             turn
             their
             backs
             upon
             it
          
           ,
           is
           all
           against
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Light
           of
           it
           ,
           wherein
           his
           folly
           and
           confutation
           is
           so
           signally
           discovered
           ,
           that
           he
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           that
           owned
           him
           ,
           have
           neither
           cause
           now
           to
           boast
           ,
           nor
           yet
           to
           urge
           for
           any
           more
           meetings
           with
           any
           of
           us
           ,
           nor
           we
           much
           so
           regard
           them
           ,
           except
           that
           we
           should
           order
           some
           of
           our
           women
           Friends
           to
           dispute
           with
           them
           ,
           for
           many
           of
           them
           are
           able
           to
           confute
           these
           shatter'd
           Priests
           ,
           whom
           the
           Sun
           is
           set
           upon
           ,
           and
           the
           day
           is
           become
           
           dark
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           is
           delivering
           many
           out
           of
           their
           mouthes
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           their
           torment
           ,
           especially
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           like
           to
           lose
           any
           of
           their
           Benefactors
           ,
           then
           they
           are
           ready
           to
           call
           for
           disputes
           with
           us
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           a
           bussle
           and
           stir
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           still
           lose
           and
           are
           disappointed
           of
           their
           ends
           ;
           for
           at
           the
           last
           Dispute
           when
           they
           would
           not
           suffer
           us
           to
           explain
           our selves
           ,
           or
           give
           an
           answer
           ;
           some
           of
           the
           people
           said
           ,
           
             We
             shall
             like
             the
             Quakers
             never
             the
             worse
             ,
             if
             you
             will
             not
             give
             them
             leave
             to
             speak
          
           ;
           and
           indeed
           ,
           many
           were
           then
           convinced
           so
           far
           as
           to
           see
           the
           folly
           and
           madness
           of
           this
           S.
           S.
           and
           his
           Assistant
           
             Priest
             Bernard
          
           ,
           who
           was
           there
           proved
           a
           manifest
           Lyar
           ,
           in
           interrupting
           G.
           W.
           contrary
           to
           his
           plain
           promise
           .
        
         
           The
           Questions
           which
           we
           propounded
           to
           be
           disputed
           on
           before
           the
           first
           Dispute
           were
           three
           ;
           as
           first
           ,
           
             Whether
             every
             man
             be
             enlightned
             with
             a
             spiritual
             saving
             Light
             ?
          
           which
           we
           affirmed
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           
             Whether
             Perfection
             be
             attainable
             in
             this
             life
             ?
          
           which
           we
           affirmed
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             Whether
             impure
             persons
          
           (
           
             while
             such
          
           )
           
             be
             justified
             by
             the
             imputation
             of
             Christ's
             Righteousness
             ?
          
           which
           we
           denied
           .
        
         
           This
           last
           Question
           S.
           S.
           altered
           ,
           and
           stated
           it
           thus
           ,
           
             Whether
             Justification
             be
             by
             the
             works
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             or
             by
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             Christ
             through
             Faith
             ?
          
           which
           Question
           could
           not
           in
           these
           general
           terms
           so
           reach
           the
           controversie
           between
           us
           ,
           as
           the
           Question
           we
           proposed
           ;
           these
           Priests
           holding
           ,
           
             That
             men
             are
             imputatively
             righteous
             ,
             and
             justified
             when
             actually
             Sinners
          
           ;
           and
           we
           holding
           the
           contrary
           ,
           That
           men
           are
           justified
           when
           really
           and
           actually
           righteous
           ,
           or
           partakers
           of
           the
           Righteousness
           of
           Faith
           in
           Christ
           ,
           wherein
           they
           are
           obedient
           to
           the
           Word
           or
           Spirit
           of
           God
           in
           their
           hearts
           ,
           to
           which
           the
           righteousness
           of
           Faith
           requires
           obedience
           ;
           and
           we
           further
           affirm
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           false
           imputation
           to
           reckon
           men
           righteous
           or
           just
           ,
           whilst
           they
           are
           really
           or
           personally
           unrighteous
           and
           unjust
           ;
           for
           the
           Faith
           that
           was
           reckoned
           to
           Abraham
           ,
           and
           by
           which
           the
           Believers
           are
           justified
           ,
           is
           a
           Living
           Faith
           ,
           that
           purifieth
           the
           heart
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           accompanied
           with
           those
           works
           of
           obedience
           ,
           which
           answer
           the
           Law
           of
           Faith
           in
           the
           heart
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           ,
           to
           these
           Questions
           before
           S.
           S.
           added
           three
           more
           ;
           as
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           
             Whether
             the
             Scriptures
             are
             not
             to
             be
             our
             Rule
             of
             Life
             ?
          
           to
           which
           we
           affirmed
           ,
           Not
           the
           Writings
           ,
           but
           the
           thing
           written
           of
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           the
           same
           that
           was
           the
           Saints
           Rule
           in
           all
           Ages
           ,
           
           or
           the
           Spirit
           and
           Light
           of
           Christ
           within
           which
           gave
           forth
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           brings
           to
           the
           right
           understanding
           ,
           true
           use
           and
           fulfilling
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           without
           which
           Light
           people
           cannot
           truly
           understand
           them
           .
        
         
           Then
           S.
           S.
           added
           ,
           for
           the
           two
           last
           Queries
           ,
           (
           viz.
           )
           
             Whether
             Baptism
             with
             water
             be
             an
             Ordinance
             of
             Christ
             ?
          
           which
           he
           affirmed
           ,
           though
           he
           durst
           not
           tell
           us
           whether
           Babes
           or
           Believers
           were
           to
           be
           the
           Subjects
           of
           it
           ?
           or
           whether
           he
           were
           a
           true
           administrator
           of
           it
           ?
           for
           when
           G.
           W.
           in
           a
           Letter
           would
           have
           put
           him
           to
           prove
           his
           call
           to
           the
           Ministry
           ;
           and
           whether
           he
           own'd
           immediate
           Revelation
           in
           these
           dayes
           ?
           he
           must
           have
           George
           to
           prove
           his
           call
           first
           ;
           thus
           he
           shuffled
           .
        
         
           And
           then
           his
           last
           Question
           was
           ,
           
             Whether
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             be
             not
             an
             Ordinance
             of
             Christ
             ,
             binding
             us
             ?
          
           this
           Question
           we
           got
           not
           to
           ,
           to
           discuss
           ,
           nor
           did
           he
           explain
           what
           he
           meant
           by
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           :
           howbeit
           ,
           he
           hath
           told
           G.
           W.
           in
           a
           paper
           ,
           
             That
             this
             Light
             within
             doth
             not
             dictate
             that
             Baptism
             by
             water
             is
             Gods
             Will
             ,
             nor
             that
             we
             ought
             to
             celebrate
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           So
           that
           you
           the
           Hearers
           and
           Followers
           of
           this
           S.
           S.
           may
           take
           notice
           ,
           that
           if
           he
           does
           celebrate
           (
           as
           he
           Popishly
           saith
           )
           and
           delivers
           to
           you
           .
           Bread
           and
           Wine
           ,
           and
           tell
           you
           it
           is
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           ,
           he
           is
           not
           led
           to
           it
           by
           the
           dictates
           of
           the
           Light
           within
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           confest
           to
           be
           the
           Light
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           therefore
           we
           may
           conclude
           his
           pretended
           Celebration
           and
           Ordinance
           not
           binding
           to
           us
           ,
           because
           the
           Light
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           does
           not
           enjoyn
           us
           to
           it
           ;
           for
           we
           must
           worship
           in
           the
           newness
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           we
           know
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Truth
           leads
           into
           all
           Truth
           ;
           so
           that
           what
           is
           of
           Truth
           the
           Light
           dictates
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           therefore
           we
           must
           not
           follow
           Priest
           S.
           S.
           his
           darkness
           for
           our
           Dictator
           or
           Guide
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           If
           sprinkling
           Infants
           be
           a
           part
           of
           his
           Trade
           in
           houses
           and
           corners
           ,
           you
           may
           understand
           that
           the
           Light
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           doth
           not
           dictate
           it
           unto
           him
           ,
           and
           therefore
           you
           will
           be
           exceeding
           ,
           blind
           and
           dark
           ,
           if
           you
           give
           your selves
           to
           be
           bound
           to
           submit
           to
           his
           darkness
           ,
           or
           to
           any
           of
           his
           impositions
           ,
           which
           are
           neither
           Scriptural
           nor
           Spiritual
           ;
           therefore
           we
           caution
           you
           not
           to
           follow
           such
           dark
           and
           blind
           Guides
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           turn
           your
           backs
           upon
           the
           Light
           of
           Christ
           within
           ,
           lest
           you
           be
           shut
           up
           under
           the
           chains
           of
           these
           Priests
           darkness
           and
           ignorance
           ,
           who
           have
           
           perverted
           and
           deceived
           you
           ,
           one
           while
           endeavouring
           to
           keep
           you
           from
           the
           Light
           within
           ,
           another
           while
           pretending
           to
           pray
           for
           God's
           Teaching
           ,
           as
           this
           S.
           S.
           hath
           done
           ,
           where
           in
           his
           papers
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             The
             whole
             Congregation
             stand
             in
             need
             of
             Gods
             teaching
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             God
             of
             Heaven
             lead
             us
             into
             all
             truth
             ;
             thus
             prayeth
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             your
             truly
             well-wisher
             in
             the
             Lord
          
           S.
           Scandret
           .
           But
           ,
           we
           pray
           you
           ,
           how
           should
           you
           know
           and
           receive
           Gods
           teachings
           or
           leading
           into
           all
           Truth
           ,
           if
           not
           by
           his
           Light
           within
           ?
           Are
           you
           like
           to
           receive
           his
           teachings
           in
           the
           darkness
           ?
           or
           by
           turning
           your
           backs
           on
           the
           Light
           ?
           whereas
           if
           God
           be
           your
           Teacher
           ,
           you
           must
           know
           and
           own
           his
           Law
           in
           your
           hearts
           ,
           and
           his
           Spirit
           in
           your
           inward
           parts
           ,
           as
           he
           hath
           promised
           ,
           and
           not
           follow
           Hypocrites
           ,
           that
           one
           while
           pray
           to
           God
           to
           teach
           you
           ,
           another
           while
           say
           ,
           
             You
             must
             turn
             your
             backs
             on
             his
             Light
             within
             ,
             as
             insufficient
             ,
          
           whereas
           the
           Light
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           is
           to
           be
           the
           only
           Teacher
           ,
           and
           is
           both
           true
           ,
           infallible
           ,
           and
           a
           perfect
           Guide
           to
           all
           them
           that
           obey
           and
           follow
           it
           ;
           therefore
           reject
           it
           not
           ,
           as
           you
           tender
           your
           own
           eternal
           happiness
           ,
           and
           desire
           to
           be
           delivered
           from
           under
           the
           power
           of
           Darkness
           ,
           Hell
           and
           Destruction
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           Copies
           of
           the
           Disputes
           more
           at
           large
           ,
           and
           circumstancially
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           then
           taken
           by
           several
           in
           short-hand
           ,
           and
           after
           compared
           ,
           which
           are
           here
           abreviated
           into
           this
           method
           following
           for
           plainness
           to
           the
           Readers
           ,
           with
           some
           passages
           added
           in
           the
           Answers
           where
           we
           met
           with
           interruptions
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           
             Steph.
             Scandret
          
           shall
           undertake
           to
           appear
           in
           print
           ,
           in
           vindication
           of
           his
           own
           and
           his
           Brethrens
           Principles
           ,
           we
           hope
           we
           shall
           have
           more
           opportunity
           to
           make
           them
           further
           manifest
           ,
           then
           they
           would
           allow
           us
           at
           the
           Disputes
           .
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             I.
             
          
           
             
               Here
               followeth
               some
               of
               
                 S.
                 Scandret
              
               his
               Principles
               and
               Doctrines
               ,
               disputed
               on
               between
               him
               and
               
                 G.
                 W.
              
               at
               the
               first
               Dispute
               ,
               (
               on
               the
               20th
               of
               the
               11th
               Moneth
               68.
               )
               with
               a
               brief
               Answer
               and
               Reply
               .
            
          
           
             S.
             Scandret
             affirmed
             ,
             That
             the
             Scriptures
             are
             the
             sole
             universal
             and
             most
             certain
             Rule
             of
             Life
             ,
             more
             full
             then
             any
             other
             to
             us
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             most
             fully
             discover
             and
             reveal
             the
             Mind
             and
             Will
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             cannot
             be
             known
             but
             by
             the
             Scriptures
             ;
             therefore
             we
             are
             directed
             to
             search
             them
             :
             and
             if
             it
             be
             certain
             that
             the
             Scriptures
             come
             from
             God
             ,
             as
             none
             dare
             deny
             ,
             then
             am
             I
             not
             so
             certain
             ,
             if
             any
             thing
             else
             be
             dictated
             to
             me
             
               (
               said
               he
               )
            
             .
          
           
             Answer
             .
             Although
             we
             own
             the
             Scriptures
             of
             Truth
             in
             their
             place
             ,
             yet
             they
             are
             not
             to
             be
             set
             up
             above
             that
             Spirit
             that
             gave
             them
             forth
             ,
             as
             here
             our
             Opposer
             hath
             done
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Truth
             that
             leads
             into
             all
             truth
             ,
             that
             reveals
             the
             Mind
             and
             Will
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             the
             Inspiration
             of
             the
             Almighty
             that
             giveth
             understanding
             ,
             without
             which
             men
             are
             ignorant
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             ;
             and
             how
             comes
             this
             man
             to
             be
             so
             certain
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             whilst
             his
             certainty
             depends
             not
             upon
             the
             Spirit
             's
             guidance
             ?
             and
             whence
             hath
             he
             his
             certainty
             ,
             whilst
             he
             hath
             excluded
             the
             immediate
             teachings
             and
             guidance
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Truth
             ,
             which
             searcheth
             all
             things
             ,
             even
             the
             deep
             things
             of
             God
             ?
             is
             he
             not
             among
             them
             that
             searched
             the
             Scriptures
             to
             find
             Eternal
             Life
             in
             them
             ,
             but
             would
             not
             come
             to
             Christ
             that
             they
             might
             have
             Life
             ?
             besides
             ,
             he
             doth
             not
             rely
             upon
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Truth
             for
             certainty
             ,
             both
             as
             the
             most
             absolute
             Rule
             and
             Leader
             ;
             we
             have
             little
             cause
             to
             believe
             his
             spirit
             ,
             his
             faith
             and
             perswasion
             being
             implicite
             and
             dark
             ;
             and
             how
             will
             he
             convince
             them
             meerly
             by
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             who
             question
             them
             ,
             or
             the
             Translation
             of
             them
             ,
             seeing
             his
             Brother
             
               Tho.
               Danson
            
             hath
             confessed
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             but
             
               petitio
               principii
               ,
               a
               begging
               of
               the
               Question
               ,
               to
               bring
               a
               Testimony
               of
               Scripture
               concerning
               it self
               ,
               for
               their
               conviction
               that
               question
               its
               Authority
               ?
            
             whereby
             he
             hath
             apparently
             shaken
             their
             
             Foundation
             ;
             but
             if
             the
             Scriptures
             be
             the
             only
             most
             certain
             universal
             Rule
             ,
             as
             S.
             S.
             affirms
             ,
             then
             it
             seems
             the
             course
             he
             'll
             take
             to
             convince
             Papists
             ,
             Jews
             and
             Turks
             ,
             who
             question
             ,
             or
             oppose
             much
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             is
             by
             the
             Scriptures
             themselves
             ;
             and
             herein
             he
             still
             comes
             under
             his
             Brother
             Danson's
             censure
             of
             begging
             the
             question
             ,
             and
             imposing
             upon
             his
             Opposers
             :
             But
             how
             manifestly
             did
             this
             S.
             S.
             contradict
             himself
             ,
             when
             he
             confessed
             ,
             
               that
               the
               Light
               of
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               within
               was
               more
               universal
               then
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               in
               that
               many
               have
               it
               ,
               who
               have
               not
               Scripture
               ,
               and
               to
               such
               the
               Light
               within
               might
               through
               the
               blessing
               of
               God
               be
               saving
               ?
            
             as
             also
             ,
             if
             he
             and
             his
             Brethren
             did
             really
             own
             the
             Scriptures
             to
             be
             the
             sole
             ,
             and
             most
             certain
             ,
             and
             full
             Rule
             of
             Life
             ,
             what
             needed
             they
             have
             Assemblies
             in
             Scotland
             and
             England
             to
             make
             them
             a
             Directory
             ,
             Confession
             of
             Faith
             ,
             Catechisms
             and
             Covenant
             ,
             if
             the
             Scriptures
             were
             so
             full
             and
             of
             such
             esteem
             with
             them
             as
             they
             pretend
             ?
          
           
             
               S.
               S.
            
             Paul
             by
             the
             Light
             within
             did
             ,
             and
             thought
             he
             might
             do
             many
             things
             contrary
             to
             the
             Name
             of
             Jesus
             ,
             and
             so
             was
             misled
             and
             mistaken
             by
             following
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Answ.
             This
             is
             a
             gross
             mistake
             ,
             it
             was
             not
             by
             following
             the
             light
             within
             ,
             but
             by
             following
             his
             own
             thoughts
             and
             darkness
             that
             he
             was
             mistaken
             ,
             wherein
             he
             was
             zealous
             for
             Traditions
             more
             then
             for
             Light
             or
             Spirit
             within
             ;
             so
             that
             here
             our
             Opposer
             hath
             done
             no
             less
             then
             put
             Darkness
             for
             Light
             ;
             and
             what
             ,
             and
             where
             were
             the
             pricks
             that
             it
             was
             hard
             for
             him
             to
             kick
             against
             ?
             were
             they
             not
             from
             the
             Light
             within
             ?
          
           
             
               S.
               S.
            
             What
             is
             dictated
             to
             me
             within
             may
             come
             from
             the
             Darkness
             ,
             and
             I
             may
             take
             it
             for
             Light
             ;
             but
             what
             comes
             from
             Scripture
             I
             am
             certain
             is
             from
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             darkness
             in
             the
             Scriptures
             ;
             it
             is
             true
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             is
             a
             Spirit
             of
             Truth
             ,
             but
             in
             as
             much
             as
             within
             us
             there
             is
             Darkness
             as
             well
             as
             Light
             ,
             we
             are
             not
             able
             to
             discern
             the
             one
             from
             the
             other
             without
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             as
             Paul
             was
             subject
             to
             mistake
             by
             following
             the
             Light
             within
             .
          
           
             Answ.
             Here
             he
             hath
             sufficiently
             manifested
             himself
             to
             be
             one
             that
             understands
             not
             the
             dictates
             of
             the
             Light
             from
             Darkness
             ,
             as
             one
             yet
             in
             the
             blindness
             of
             his
             mind
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Darkness
             that
             comprehends
             not
             the
             Light
             ;
             and
             Paul
             when
             he
             was
             mistaken
             ,
             and
             thought
             he
             might
             act
             contrary
             to
             Jesus
             ,
             was
             in
             the
             unconverted
             state
             ,
             as
             it
             plainly
             appears
             this
             Priest
             S.
             S.
             is
             ,
             who
             discerns
             not
             
             between
             Light
             and
             Darkness
             ;
             and
             what
             signifies
             his
             saying
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             darkness
             in
             the
             Scriptures
             ;
             is
             he
             any
             whit
             the
             nearer
             the
             understanding
             of
             them
             ,
             whilst
             he
             is
             so
             full
             of
             Darkness
             in
             himself
             ,
             that
             he
             discerns
             not
             the
             Light
             from
             it
             ,
             the
             God
             of
             the
             World
             having
             blinded
             his
             mind
             ?
             And
             did
             not
             Paul
             when
             he
             was
             Saul
             ,
             and
             a
             Persecutor
             own
             the
             Scriptures
             of
             Moses
             and
             the
             Prophets
             as
             his
             Rule
             ,
             and
             yet
             acted
             contrary
             ,
             as
             one
             out
             of
             the
             Light
             ,
             when
             he
             persecuted
             ?
             but
             yet
             when
             he
             was
             turned
             to
             the
             Light
             and
             Law
             of
             God
             within
             ,
             then
             he
             saw
             himself
             and
             sin
             to
             be
             exceeding
             sinfull
             ;
             and
             it
             was
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Life
             in
             Christ
             ,
             that
             was
             inward
             and
             spiritual
             ,
             that
             made
             him
             free
             ,
             and
             this
             was
             his
             Rule
             in
             the
             converted
             state
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             come
             to
             serve
             the
             Lord
             ,
             not
             in
             the
             oldness
             of
             the
             Letter
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             newness
             of
             the
             Spirit
             :
             But
             again
             ,
             how
             did
             this
             S.
             S.
             contradict
             himself
             in
             granting
             ,
             that
             the
             Spirit
             
               was
               to
               give
               the
               understanding
               of
               Scripture
               ,
               and
               did
               as
               certainly
               reveal
               the
               Mind
               and
               will
               of
               God
               as
               the
               Scriptures
               ?
            
             but
             then
             again
             in
             contradiction
             to
             himself
             ,
             asserted
             ,
             
               that
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               must
               be
               tried
               by
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
            
             whereby
             he
             still
             hath
             ascribed
             the
             Supremacy
             to
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             Spirit
             ;
             absurdly
             preferring
             the
             effect
             before
             the
             cause
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             were
             not
             sufficient
             to
             manifest
             it self
             to
             them
             that
             believe
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             yet
             be
             sufficient
             to
             lead
             into
             all
             Truth
             :
             what
             gross
             ignorance
             ,
             and
             apparent
             contradiction
             is
             this
             our
             Opposer
             involved
             in
             ?
             certainly
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Truth
             is
             all-sufficient
             ,
             and
             must
             have
             the
             preferment
             among
             all
             that
             are
             spiritually
             minded
             :
             And
             seeing
             it
             was
             granted
             by
             S.
             S.
             
               That
               where
               the
               Scriptures
               did
               not
               come
               ,
               the
               Light
               within
               was
               to
               be
               their
               Rule
               ,
               and
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               listned
               unto
               ,
               and
               obeyed
               (
               but
               the
               Scriptures
               must
               be
               our
               only
               Rule
               who
               have
               them
               ,
               &c.
               )
            
             Upon
             this
             we
             query
             ,
             whether
             yet
             he
             will
             own
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Light
             within
             to
             be
             greater
             ,
             and
             preferr'd
             before
             Scripture
             ?
             as
             doubtless
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Truth
             that
             gave
             them
             forth
             is
             the
             greater
             ;
             and
             then
             we
             ask
             ,
             if
             the
             Heathen
             or
             Gentiles
             ,
             that
             shewed
             the
             work
             of
             the
             Law
             written
             in
             their
             hearts
             ,
             were
             led
             or
             guided
             by
             that
             which
             is
             greater
             then
             the
             Guide
             which
             the
             Christians
             now
             are
             to
             rely
             upon
             ?
             or
             whether
             or
             no
             professed
             Christians
             in
             England
             must
             be
             inferiour
             to
             the
             Gentiles
             or
             Heathen
             ?
             Let
             these
             things
             be
             seriously
             considered
             ,
             for
             Christ
             is
             given
             for
             a
             Light
             unto
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
             to
             be
             Salvation
             to
             the
             ends
             of
             the
             Earth
             ;
             and
             he
             said
             ,
             Believe
             in
             the
             
             Light
             that
             you
             may
             be
             Children
             of
             the
             Light
             ;
             and
             he
             that
             doth
             Truth
             cometh
             to
             the
             Light
             ,
             that
             his
             deeds
             may
             be
             manifest
             that
             they
             are
             wrought
             in
             God
             ,
             John
             3.
             21.
             
             So
             that
             here
             the
             Light
             is
             the
             Rule
             to
             manifest
             and
             try
             mens
             actions
             ,
             whether
             they
             are
             wrought
             in
             God
             ,
             yes
             or
             nay
             ?
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             II.
             
          
           
             S.
             Scandret
             confest
             ,
             
               That
               it
               was
               a
               spiritual
               Light
               ,
               and
               that
               it
               was
               the
               Light
               of
               Christ
               that
               every
               one
               was
               inlightned
               with
            
             ;
             G.
             W.
             asked
             him
             what
             Spirit
             it
             related
             to
             ,
             or
             was
             the
             Light
             of
             ?
             for
             the
             word
             that
             is
             the
             primative
             of
             the
             derivative
             SPIRITUAL
             ,
             is
             SPIRIT
             ;
             to
             this
             S.
             S.
             answered
             ,
             that
             
               it
               was
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               which
               it
               was
               a
               Light
               of
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             Reply
             ,
             A
             plain
             confession
             ,
             no
             wit
             is
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             that
             is
             in
             every
             man
             ,
             enough
             to
             overthrow
             all
             our
             Opposers
             work
             to
             the
             contrary
             ,
             and
             his
             reason
             from
             his
             own
             ,
             and
             the
             Creatures
             darkness
             and
             mistakes
             against
             the
             sufficiency
             of
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ;
             this
             is
             the
             Stone
             and
             Rock
             that
             breaks
             ,
             and
             will
             break
             him
             and
             such
             Opposers
             to
             pieces
             .
          
           
             
               S.
               S.
               Objection
            
             ,
             The
             Light
             within
             doth
             not
             change
             all
             mens
             hearts
             ;
             all
             do
             not
             obey
             God
             ;
             it
             brings
             not
             all
             to
             God
             ;
             all
             heard
             not
             the
             joyfull
             sound
             ;
             all
             had
             not
             satisfaction
             in
             God
             ;
             therefore
             the
             Light
             within
             is
             not
             saving
             .
          
           
             Reply
             ,
             The
             same
             he
             might
             as
             well
             object
             against
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             against
             the
             Light
             of
             it
             ,
             which
             he
             hath
             confest
             to
             before
             ;
             for
             many
             had
             the
             good
             Spirit
             given
             to
             them
             who
             rebelled
             against
             God
             ,
             and
             grieved
             his
             holy
             Spirit
             ;
             therefore
             their
             hearts
             were
             not
             truly
             changed
             by
             it
             ,
             because
             of
             their
             Rebellion
             ;
             and
             they
             that
             rebel
             against
             the
             Light
             know
             not
             its
             ways
             ,
             because
             they
             abide
             not
             in
             its
             Paths
             ,
             Job
             24.
             13.
             and
             there
             are
             many
             who
             resist
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             reject
             his
             Counsel
             until
             they
             are
             given
             over
             to
             hardness
             and
             unbelief
             .
             Now
             what
             doth
             S.
             S.
             think
             that
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             or
             Light
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             will
             inevitable
             ,
             or
             irresistably
             inforce
             a
             change
             and
             Salvation
             upon
             rebellious
             gainsaying
             Persons
             ,
             who
             hate
             his
             Light
             and
             reject
             his
             Counsel
             ;
             if
             he
             suppose
             this
             ,
             why
             is
             it
             not
             inforc'd
             
             upon
             all
             in
             the
             same
             capacity
             ?
             what
             ,
             doth
             he
             render
             man
             like
             a
             Block
             ,
             or
             a
             Beast
             ,
             not
             to
             go
             or
             act
             in
             obedience
             or
             subjection
             ,
             but
             as
             he
             is
             forc'd
             or
             driven
             ?
             surely
             ,
             man
             hath
             a
             better
             capacity
             given
             him
             of
             God
             then
             so
             :
             and
             seeing
             S.
             S.
             did
             confess
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Light
               in
               its
               common
               operations
               was
               in
               the
               unbelievers
            
             ;
             upon
             which
             ,
             we
             ask
             ,
             what
             those
             common
             operations
             are
             ?
             and
             what
             do
             they
             tend
             to
             ?
             and
             what
             is
             the
             good
             end
             of
             God
             in
             affording
             this
             Light
             of
             his
             Spirit
             to
             all
             ,
             and
             such
             operations
             in
             unbelievers
             ?
             surely
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             to
             their
             conviction
             and
             reproof
             for
             sin
             and
             evil
             ,
             God's
             good
             end
             and
             Will
             therein
             is
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             come
             to
             see
             and
             hate
             sin
             and
             evil
             ,
             and
             so
             be
             by
             degrees
             drawn
             out
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             find
             mercy
             ,
             peace
             and
             satisfaction
             with
             the
             Lord
             in
             forsaking
             sin
             ,
             and
             embracing
             righteousness
             ;
             surely
             the
             universal
             Love
             of
             God
             in
             giving
             Light
             to
             all
             ,
             is
             of
             this
             tendance
             and
             effect
             ,
             to
             all
             that
             really
             accept
             of
             his
             Love
             and
             good
             will.
             
          
           
             
               S.
               S.
            
             The
             common
             Light
             may
             misguide
             a
             man
             ,
             for
             it
             may
             become
             darkness
             ;
             if
             the
             Light
             that
             is
             in
             you
             be
             darkness
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Answ.
             The
             Light
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             is
             infallibly
             true
             ,
             and
             cannot
             misguide
             any
             ,
             neither
             is
             it
             proper
             or
             true
             to
             call
             this
             darkness
             ,
             for
             the
             Light
             in
             every
             man
             is
             confessed
             to
             be
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ;
             however
             ,
             S.
             S.
             and
             such
             Blind-Guides
             ,
             to
             their
             own
             confusion
             ,
             may
             put
             light
             for
             darkness
             ,
             and
             darkness
             for
             Light
             ,
             as
             such
             whose
             minds
             and
             eyes
             are
             evil
             do
             ;
             and
             it
             was
             such
             that
             Christ
             spoke
             of
             ,
             who
             ,
             if
             they
             put
             darkness
             for
             light
             ,
             then
             ,
             how
             great
             was
             their
             darkness
             ;
             for
             ,
             to
             be
             sure
             ,
             no
             light
             in
             it self
             ,
             or
             in
             its
             own
             being
             ,
             can
             properly
             be
             called
             darkness
             .
          
           
             
               S.
               S.
               Object
               .
               Deut.
               29.
               4.
               
            
             Yet
             the
             Lord
             hath
             not
             given
             you
             a
             heart
             to
             perceive
             ,
             and
             eyes
             to
             see
             ,
             and
             ears
             to
             hear
             unto
             this
             day
             ;
             therefore
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Reply
             ,
             There
             were
             those
             who
             closed
             their
             eyes
             ,
             and
             stopped
             their
             ears
             ,
             as
             did
             the
             rebellious
             Jews
             ,
             Zach.
             7.
             11
             ,
             12.
             
             Matth.
             13.
             15.
             and
             though
             these
             whom
             Moses
             reproved
             ,
             did
             not
             continue
             in
             the
             tenderness
             of
             heart
             ,
             and
             true
             Light
             unto
             that
             day
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             evident
             verse
             2.
             they
             had
             seen
             all
             that
             the
             Lord
             did
             before
             their
             eyes
             in
             the
             Land
             of
             Egypt
             ,
             and
             the
             signs
             and
             miracles
             ,
             verse
             3.
             as
             also
             of
             the
             same
             people
             an
             ample
             testimony
             is
             given
             in
             Nehem.
             9.
             what
             great
             things
             the
             Lord
             had
             done
             for
             them
             ;
             and
             how
             he
             gave
             also
             of
             his
             good
             Spirit
             to
             instruct
             them
             ,
             verse
             20.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             III.
             
          
           
             
               UPon
               the
               Question
               about
               Perfection
               S.
               S.
               affirmed
               ,
            
             That
             Perfection
             that
             is
             a
             state
             free
             from
             all
             Sin
             ,
             is
             not
             attainable
             in
             this
             Life
             ,
             but
             God
             would
             take
             his
             own
             time
             to
             do
             it
             in
             the
             other
             World
             ,
             after
             Death
             ;
             Sin
             shall
             never
             be
             wholly
             taken
             away
             in
             this
             life
             ,
             but
             in
             another
             life
             ,
             when
             we
             come
             to
             the
             spirits
             of
             Just
             men
             made
             Perfect
             ,
             and
             to
             God
             the
             Judge
             of
             all
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Ans.
             Here
             he
             hath
             spoken
             both
             like
             a
             Stranger
             from
             God
             and
             Just
             men
             ,
             and
             hath
             taken
             Sathan's
             part
             in
             pleading
             for
             his
             work
             ,
             which
             is
             Sin
             ,
             denying
             the
             end
             of
             Christ's
             coming
             and
             manifestation
             ,
             and
             the
             work
             and
             effect
             of
             the
             true
             Ministry
             ,
             which
             was
             given
             for
             the
             Perfecting
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
             Ephes.
             4.
             
             And
             Christ
             was
             manifest
             to
             destroy
             the
             work
             of
             the
             Devil
             ,
             which
             was
             Sin
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             abideth
             in
             him
             sinneth
             not
             ,
             see
             1
             John
             3.
             and
             when
             ,
             and
             where
             are
             Believers
             perfectly
             freed
             or
             clensed
             from
             sin
             in
             the
             life
             to
             come
             ?
             is
             not
             this
             like
             the
             Pope's
             Doctrine
             for
             a
             Purgatory
             ?
             but
             how
             long
             it
             is
             between
             death
             and
             this
             time
             of
             clensing
             ?
             or
             whether
             the
             Saints
             deceased
             are
             yet
             clensed
             ,
             yes
             or
             nay
             ?
             and
             the
             place
             where
             S.
             S.
             could
             not
             tell
             .
             But
             further
             ,
             how
             gross
             and
             absurd
             is
             it
             for
             him
             to
             suppose
             Believers
             not
             come
             to
             the
             Spirits
             of
             Just
             men
             made
             Perfect
             ,
             or
             to
             God
             the
             Judge
             of
             all
             ,
             till
             after
             their
             decease
             ?
             for
             were
             the
             Hebrews
             not
             alive
             ,
             nor
             upon
             Earth
             ,
             when
             they
             were
             writ
             to
             ,
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             Ye
             are
             come
             unto
             Mount
             -
             Sion
             ,
             to
             God
             the
             Judge
             of
             all
             ,
             &c.
             Hebr.
             12.
             22.
             surely
             they
             were
             then
             living
             upon
             Earth
             .
          
           
             
               S.
               S.
            
             They
             were
             come
             ,
             that
             is
             spiritually
             ,
             but
             not
             corporally
             ,
             to
             the
             Spirits
             of
             Just
             men
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Reply
             ,
             What
             a
             strange
             shuffle
             is
             this
             ;
             where
             do
             the
             Scriptures
             speak
             of
             a
             corporal
             Perfection
             ,
             or
             a
             joyning
             to
             God
             corporally
             ?
             but
             must
             not
             the
             Body
             be
             subject
             to
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             seeing
             Believers
             are
             to
             be
             sanctified
             throughout
             ,
             in
             Body
             ,
             Soul
             and
             Spirit
             ?
             and
             if
             that
             which
             is
             born
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             which
             is
             Spirit
             ,
             have
             the
             Rule
             ,
             then
             the
             Body
             is
             brought
             into
             subjection
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             is
             born
             of
             God
             overcomes
             the
             World
             ,
             1
             John
             5.
             4.
             
          
           
           
             Upon
             Psalm
             119.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             
             
               S.
               Scandret
            
             gave
             his
             meaning
             thus
             ,
             
               They
               do
               no
               iniquity
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               so
               far
               as
               they
               are
               regenerated
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             To
             this
             we
             say
             ,
             This
             is
             his
             corruption
             and
             perversion
             put
             upon
             plain
             Scripture
             ,
             his
             meaning
             implying
             only
             thus
             much
             ;
             They
             do
             no
             iniquity
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             they
             do
             no
             iniquity
             ;
             and
             so
             according
             to
             his
             meaning
             ,
             the
             words
             are
             to
             be
             read
             thus
             ,
             Blessed
             are
             the
             undefiled
             in
             the
             way
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             they
             are
             undefiled
             in
             the
             way
             ;
             and
             blessed
             are
             they
             that
             keep
             his
             Testimonies
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             they
             keep
             them
             ,
             &c.
             whereas
             the
             words
             are
             plain
             and
             positive
             ,
             without
             any
             such
             exception
             ,
             Blessed
             are
             the
             undefiled
             in
             the
             way
             ,
             who
             walk
             in
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             &c.
             as
             his
             instance
             of
             Paul
             in
             Rom.
             7.
             17.
             he
             should
             also
             as
             well
             have
             instanced
             Paul's
             deliverance
             ,
             and
             being
             made
             free
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Life
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             from
             the
             Law
             of
             sin
             and
             death
             ,
             and
             his
             being
             made
             more
             then
             a
             Conqueror
             .
          
           
             
               S.
               S.
            
             The
             state
             of
             Perfection
             is
             not
             attainable
             in
             this
             life
             ,
             because
             whilst
             men
             are
             in
             the
             Body
             ,
             vain
             thoughts
             lodge
             within
             them
             ;
             and
             Job
             saith
             ,
             If
             I
             say
             I
             were
             perfect
             ,
             I
             should
             not
             know
             my
             own
             Soul.
             
          
           
             Reply
             ,
             First
             ,
             Victory
             over
             vain
             thoughts
             through
             Faith
             in
             the
             Power
             of
             Christ
             is
             attainable
             ,
             the
             thoughts
             of
             the
             righteous
             are
             right
             ,
             Prov.
             12.
             5.
             
             David
             waited
             and
             travelled
             ,
             that
             vain
             thoughts
             might
             not
             lodge
             within
             him
             ;
             and
             also
             he
             said
             ,
             I
             hate
             vain
             thoughts
             ,
             Psalm
             119.
             113.
             
             And
             let
             the
             wicked
             forsake
             his
             way
             ,
             and
             the
             unrighteous
             man
             his
             thoughts
             ,
             and
             let
             him
             return
             unto
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             he
             will
             have
             mercy
             upon
             him
             ,
             &c.
             
             Isa.
             55.
             7.
             and
             it
             was
             the
             rebellious
             that
             walked
             after
             their
             own
             thoughts
             ,
             Chap.
             65.
             2.
             
             And
             ,
             oh
             Jerusalem
             ,
             wash
             thine
             heart
             from
             wickedness
             ,
             that
             thou
             mayst
             be
             saved
             ;
             how
             long
             shall
             thy
             vain
             thoughts
             lodge
             within
             thee
             ?
             Jer.
             4.
             14.
             
             So
             that
             it
             is
             evident
             victory
             over
             them
             is
             attainable
             .
             First
             ,
             because
             a
             forsaking
             of
             them
             is
             required
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             because
             Believers
             waited
             and
             prayed
             for
             such
             a
             victory
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             because
             it
             was
             attained
             by
             those
             whose
             thoughts
             were
             right
             ,
             and
             those
             under
             the
             Gospel
             whose
             thoughts
             were
             brought
             into
             subjection
             to
             Christ
             :
             And
             as
             for
             Job
             ,
             however
             he
             debased
             himself
             under
             his
             great
             Affliction
             and
             Trial
             ,
             yet
             at
             that
             time
             of
             temptation
             ,
             the
             testimony
             given
             of
             him
             ,
             was
             ,
             That
             he
             was
             a
             perfect
             and
             upright
             man
             ,
             one
             that
             feared
             God
             and
             eschewed
             evil
             ,
             Job
             1.
             1
             ,
             8.
             this
             was
             God's
             own
             Testimony
             of
             him
             to
             Satan
             ;
             to
             which
             Satan
             answered
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             Doth
             Job
             
               fear
               God
               for
               nought
               ?
               hast
               not
               thou
               made
               an
               Hedge
               about
               
               him
               ,
               &
               c
               ?
            
             Now
             ,
             [
             mark
             ]
             here
             Satan
             did
             more
             confess
             to
             the
             truth
             that
             God
             said
             of
             Job
             ,
             then
             these
             Priests
             do
             who
             plead
             for
             sin
             and
             imperfection
             term
             of
             life
             ;
             so
             that
             they
             are
             more
             ignorant
             and
             blind
             then
             Satan
             ,
             they
             shew
             themselves
             to
             be
             his
             Agents
             ,
             in
             pleading
             for
             his
             work
             ,
             who
             notwithstanding
             sought
             to
             make
             Job
             curse
             God
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             decline
             from
             his
             perfection
             .
             In
             that
             of
             Job
             9.
             20
             ,
             21.
             
             If
             I
             justifie
             my self
             my
             mouth
             shall
             condemn
             me
             ,
             though
             I
             were
             perfect
             ,
             yet
             would
             I
             not
             know
             my
             Soul
             ,
             &c.
             
             Self-Justification
             we
             do
             not
             own
             ,
             but
             yet
             Perfection
             is
             attainable
             ,
             see
             Job
             23.
             10
             ,
             11.
             
             
               But
               he
               knoweth
               the
               way
               that
               I
               take
               ,
               when
               he
               hath
               tried
               me
               ,
               I
               shall
               come
               forth
               as
               Gold
               ;
               my
               Foot
               hath
               held
               his
               Steps
               ,
               his
               Way
               have
               I
               kept
               ,
               and
               not
               declined
            
             So
             here
             is
             Perfection
             ,
             whatever
             the
             Devil
             and
             his
             Instruments
             either
             work
             ,
             or
             say
             to
             the
             contrary
             .
          
           
             
               S.
               S.
            
             That
             God
             saw
             it
             not
             good
             to
             abolish
             sin
             in
             this
             life
             .
          
           
             Answ.
             A
             strange
             Doctrine
             ,
             contrary
             to
             both
             God's
             Commands
             ,
             Promises
             and
             Works
             ;
             viz.
             
               Sin
               not
               ;
               I
               will
               make
               an
               end
               of
               sin
               ,
               for
               this
               purpose
               is
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               made
               manifest
               to
               the
               destroy
               the
               works
               of
               the
               Devil
               :
            
             can
             God
             see
             the
             continuance
             of
             evil
             to
             be
             good
             ?
             or
             that
             his
             Commands
             should
             be
             made
             void
             ?
             surely
             no.
             
          
           
             
               S.
               S.
               Arg.
            
             That
             God
             is
             continually
             purging
             every
             Branch
             in
             Christ
             ;
             therefore
             there
             is
             something
             to
             be
             purged
             out
             .
          
           
             Reply
             ,
             There
             is
             a
             time
             of
             purging
             ,
             and
             a
             time
             of
             being
             purged
             in
             this
             life
             ;
             He
             hath
             washed
             us
             from
             our
             sins
             in
             his
             own
             Blood
             ,
             &c.
             and
             because
             every
             Branch
             in
             Christ
             ,
             is
             of
             the
             Heavenly
             Father's
             purging
             ,
             therefore
             it
             must
             be
             perfectly
             purged
             and
             fitted
             to
             bring
             forth
             much
             fruit
             ;
             for
             God's
             work
             is
             perfect
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             an
             imperfect
             work
             of
             mans
             ;
             and
             we
             ask
             ,
             whether
             every
             Branch
             that
             bringeth
             forth
             fruit
             in
             the
             Vine
             ,
             be
             not
             of
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             Vine
             in
             which
             it
             grows
             ,
             and
             hath
             its
             vertue
             ?
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             IV.
             
          
           
             
               S.
               S.
            
             We
             are
             all
             lost
             in
             Adam
             ;
             we
             have
             all
             sinned
             and
             come
             short
             of
             the
             glory
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             we
             could
             not
             redeem
             our selves
             ;
             it
             is
             only
             the
             Blood
             of
             Christ
             answers
             for
             us
             at
             the
             Bar
             of
             Gods
             Justice
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Answ.
             You
             that
             plead
             and
             contend
             forsin
             term
             of
             life
             ,
             are
             but
             yet
             in
             Adam
             ,
             in
             your
             sins
             ,
             short
             of
             the
             glory
             of
             God
             ,
             not
             redeemed
             
             by
             the
             Blood
             of
             Christ
             ,
             while
             in
             your
             polluted
             state
             ;
             you
             are
             not
             acquited
             ,
             neither
             will
             God's
             Justice
             pass
             you
             by
             ▪
             if
             you
             continue
             without
             repentance
             ,
             rejecting
             his
             Love
             and
             good
             will
             tendred
             in
             Christ
             ,
             who
             was
             not
             an
             Offering
             only
             for
             some
             Presbyterians
             ,
             or
             a
             few
             as
             they
             imagine
             ,
             but
             for
             the
             whole
             World
             ,
             though
             none
             do
             experimentally
             enjoy
             the
             good
             end
             of
             Christ's
             coming
             ,
             Sacrifice
             and
             Blood
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             receive
             him
             to
             believe
             in
             ,
             follow
             and
             obey
             him
             as
             the
             Author
             of
             Eternal
             Salvation
             ,
             to
             as
             many
             as
             obey
             him
             .
          
           
             
               S.
               S.
            
             A
             justified
             state
             is
             attended
             with
             Sanctification
             ;
             what
             Righteousness
             is
             that
             which
             justifies
             ?
          
           
             Answ.
             First
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             true
             confession
             ,
             that
             a
             justified
             state
             is
             sanctified
             ,
             and
             therefore
             men
             are
             not
             justified
             ,
             nor
             made
             righteous
             while
             unsanctified
             ;
             and
             this
             confutes
             much
             of
             these
             mens
             Doctrine
             for
             an
             imputed
             Justification
             of
             men
             in
             their
             sins
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             the
             Righteousness
             which
             justifies
             ,
             renders
             true
             Believers
             both
             Righteous
             ,
             Just
             and
             accepted
             of
             God
             ,
             is
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             Faith
             ,
             it
             is
             spiritual
             inwardly
             ,
             and
             spiritually
             received
             in
             the
             obedience
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Holiness
             ,
             of
             Faith
             and
             Power
             of
             God
             ;
             it
             is
             an
             everlasting
             Righteousness
             ,
             not
             of
             self
             ,
             nor
             yet
             imperfect
             ,
             nor
             yet
             an
             imagination
             of
             an
             imputation
             to
             men
             in
             sin
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             inwardly
             revealed
             in
             such
             in
             whom
             the
             Image
             of
             God
             is
             renewed
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             them
             who
             are
             in
             old
             Adam
             in
             the
             fall
             .
          
           
             
               S.
               S.
            
             Though
             Christ's
             Suffering
             was
             temporary
             ,
             his
             active
             and
             passive
             obedience
             was
             the
             only
             thing
             that
             redeemed
             our
             Souls
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Righteousness
             within
             had
             no
             hand
             to
             exempt
             us
             from
             wrath
             .
          
           
             Answ.
             What
             is
             the
             tendency
             of
             this
             Doctrine
             ,
             but
             to
             shut
             Christ
             out
             of
             doors
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             suffer
             him
             place
             in
             his
             people
             ,
             whilst
             his
             Righteousness
             within
             is
             so
             little
             valued
             ;
             whereas
             Christ
             is
             made
             unto
             the
             true
             Believers
             ,
             Wisdom
             ,
             Righteousness
             ,
             Sanctification
             ,
             and
             Redemption
             :
             And
             know
             ye
             not
             that
             Christ
             is
             in
             you
             ,
             except
             you
             be
             Reprobates
             ;
             and
             did
             not
             his
             active
             and
             passive
             obedience
             in
             his
             Person
             bare
             witness
             unto
             that
             Spirit
             of
             Holiness
             and
             Righteousness
             within
             ,
             by
             which
             he
             offered
             up
             himself
             ?
             and
             though
             Christ's
             Suffering
             on
             the
             Cross
             was
             temporary
             ,
             yet
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             Faith
             still
             remains
             ,
             and
             the
             blessed
             effect
             of
             his
             Suffering
             and
             Sacrifice
             is
             therein
             enjoyed
             by
             true
             Believers
             ,
             in
             Light
             ;
             and
             we
             neither
             go
             about
             to
             establish
             self-righteousness
             ,
             nor
             works
             of
             Self
             for
             
             Justification
             ,
             as
             S.
             S.
             seemed
             falsly
             to
             insinuate
             in
             his
             preachment
             at
             the
             latter
             end
             ▪
             to
             which
             he
             would
             not
             stay
             to
             receive
             an
             Answer
             ,
             but
             gat
             away
             in
             the
             crowd
             :
             and
             he
             needed
             not
             have
             told
             us
             that
             God
             will
             not
             acquit
             the
             guilty
             ;
             it
             was
             a
             Doctrine
             more
             proper
             to
             himself
             ,
             and
             his
             Brethren
             ;
             for
             ,
             to
             be
             sure
             ,
             they
             are
             deeply
             guilty
             ,
             who
             dispute
             for
             sin
             and
             imperfection
             all
             their
             dayes
             ,
             wherein
             God
             will
             not
             clear
             nor
             acquit
             them
             .
             And
             such
             who
             are
             found
             in
             Christ
             ,
             and
             his
             Righteousness
             ,
             not
             having
             their
             own
             ,
             are
             not
             found
             disputing
             and
             pleading
             for
             the
             Devil's
             Work
             ,
             as
             these
             men
             are
             ;
             nor
             yet
             shutting
             Christ
             ,
             or
             his
             Righteousness
             ,
             out
             of
             people
             ;
             but
             are
             really
             partakers
             of
             that
             Everlasting
             Righteousness
             wherein
             both
             Redemption
             ,
             Justification
             ,
             and
             Acceptance
             with
             the
             Lord
             is
             enjoyed
             by
             them
             that
             are
             Sanctified
             by
             the
             Spirit
             and
             Power
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             Restored
             out
             of
             the
             faln
             state
             ,
             up
             to
             Christ
             ,
             who
             is
             made
             unto
             us
             Wisdom
             ,
             Righteousness
             ,
             Sanctification
             and
             Redemption
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             1.
             30.
             
          
           
             Thus
             far
             we
             have
             in
             plainness
             ,
             for
             the
             information
             of
             the
             Readers
             ,
             returned
             an
             Answer
             to
             S.
             S.
             his
             chief
             Principles
             ,
             which
             were
             more
             fully
             discoursed
             of
             at
             the
             first
             Dispute
             ,
             in
             which
             you
             may
             see
             how
             defective
             he
             was
             ,
             as
             he
             afterward
             confessed
             ;
             as
             also
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             not
             amended
             his
             Matter
             at
             the
             second
             Dispute
             ,
             but
             made
             it
             worse
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Here
           follows
           some
           of
           
             Stephen
             Scandret
          
           his
           Principles
           asserted
           by
           him
           ,
           and
           owned
           by
           the
           other
           Priests
           with
           him
           ,
           (
           at
           the
           Second
           Dispute
           ,
           (
           which
           was
           on
           the
           1st
           of
           the
           5th
           Moneth
           1669.
           )
           upon
           some
           of
           the
           same
           Questions
           disputed
           on
           at
           the
           former
           .
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             
               FIrst
               ,
               concerning
               the
               Scriptures
               and
               the
               Light
               within
               ,
               S.
               S.
               said
               ,
            
             The
             main
             Difference
             between
             those
             ,
             called
             Quakers
             ,
             and
             us
             in
             this
             ,
             is
             ,
             as
             judge
             ,
             here
             we
             set
             up
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             as
             the
             only
             Rule
             to
             Guide
             to
             Heaven
             and
             Glory
             ,
             they
             the
             Light
             within
             ;
             they
             own
             the
             Scriptures
             so
             far
             as
             they
             agree
             with
             the
             Light
             within
             ;
             we
             own
             the
             Light
             within
             so
             far
             as
             it
             agrees
             with
             the
             Scriptures
             :
             The
             Scriptures
             are
             the
             only
             Rule
             ,
             and
             most
             pretious
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             Light
             within
             ;
             we
             are
             to
             turn
             our
             backs
             upon
             the
             Light
             within
             ▪
             as
             being
             insufficient
             ,
             &c.
             
             The
             Scriptures
             are
             a
             full
             Rule
             ,
             and
             ●ully
             sufficient
             for
             Salvation
             ,
             let
             him
             affirm
             the
             same
             of
             the
             Light
             within
             if
             he
             dare
             :
             The
             Scriptures
             are
             the
             infallible
             Rule
             ,
             a
             trying
             Light
             ,
             a
             binding
             Rule
             ,
             let
             him
             affirm
             the
             same
             of
             the
             Light
             wi●hin
             if
             h●
             dare
          
           
             Answ.
             Here
             are
             several
             Affirmations
             laid
             down
             ,
             but
             no
             proofs
             ;
             remember
             what
             thou
             did'st
             acknowledge
             and
             confess
             at
             our
             last
             Dispute
             concerning
             the
             universallity
             of
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             that
             it
             might
             be
             a
             Rule
             where
             the
             Scriptures
             were
             not
             ;
             and
             also
             didst
             grant
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             spiritual
             ,
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ;
             but
             now
             it
             may
             be
             seen
             plainly
             ,
             that
             thou
             goest
             about
             to
             set
             up
             the
             Scriptures
             above
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             which
             gave
             them
             forth
             :
             And
             now
             we
             do
             affirm
             ,
             that
             the
             Light
             of
             Christ
             within
             ,
             is
             both
             a
             certain
             
             infallible
             trying
             Light
             ,
             and
             binding
             Rule
             to
             all
             them
             ,
             the
             Children
             of
             the
             Light
             ,
             and
             every
             one
             that
             love
             it
             both
             doth
             ,
             and
             dare
             so
             own
             it
             ,
             and
             confess
             to
             it
             ,
             as
             that
             certain
             manifesting
             Rule
             and
             Guide
             ,
             whereby
             things
             that
             are
             reproved
             are
             made
             manifest
             ;
             and
             they
             that
             love
             it
             bring
             their
             deeds
             to
             it
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             proved
             whether
             they
             are
             wrought
             in
             God
             ;
             and
             such
             do
             not
             give
             (
             nor
             own
             )
             such
             sinful
             advise
             to
             people
             as
             to
             turn
             their
             backs
             on
             the
             Light
             ,
             as
             this
             Blind-Guide
             ,
             who
             shuts
             his
             eyes
             (
             as
             one
             opposing
             plain
             conviction
             )
             hath
             done
             ,
             who
             after
             he
             had
             so
             highly
             asserted
             the
             Scriptures
             or
             Writings
             to
             be
             
               the
               only
               Rule
            
             which
             leads
             to
             Salvation
             ,
             he
             confessed
             ,
             that
             he
             did
             not
             mean
             the
             
               Scriptures
               or
               Writings
               abstractively
               to
               be
               the
               Rule
               ,
               but
               the
               Will
               of
               God
               contained
               or
               declared
               of
               in
               them
               ,
            
             wherein
             he
             contradicted
             himself
             ,
             for
             this
             alters
             both
             the
             state
             of
             the
             Question
             and
             Assertion
             ;
             for
             whilest
             he
             laid
             all
             upon
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             this
             tended
             to
             shut
             out
             all
             people
             under
             Heaven
             from
             Salvation
             ,
             Life
             and
             Glory
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             have
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             sad
             and
             prejuditial
             censure
             ;
             but
             now
             ,
             seeing
             it
             is
             not
             the
             Writing
             ,
             but
             the
             Matter
             or
             Thing
             declared
             of
             ,
             that
             is
             the
             Rule
             ,
             the
             Light
             of
             Christ
             within
             must
             be
             the
             standing
             universal
             Rule
             ,
             for
             that
             is
             declared
             of
             ,
             and
             referred
             to
             by
             the
             Scriptures
             ;
             so
             that
             to
             follow
             the
             Light
             ▪
             within
             ,
             in
             what
             it
             dictates
             ,
             is
             agreeable
             ,
             and
             not
             repugnant
             to
             Scripture
             ,
             as
             is
             falsly
             insinuated
             by
             this
             Opposer
             .
             Moreover
             ,
             the
             things
             declared
             of
             ,
             or
             contained
             in
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             relating
             to
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             Life
             and
             Salvation
             may
             be
             enjoyed
             where
             the
             Writings
             are
             not
             ;
             for
             there
             were
             Gentiles
             instructed
             by
             the
             Will
             or
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             who
             had
             not
             the
             Law
             outward
             ,
             as
             in
             Rom.
             2.
             therefore
             this
             Spirit
             or
             Light
             of
             God
             is
             greater
             ,
             or
             more
             universal
             then
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             and
             contains
             that
             which
             the
             Scriptures
             contains
             ,
             and
             more
             ;
             so
             the
             tenor
             and
             tendance
             of
             S.
             S.
             his
             work
             is
             to
             turn
             people
             from
             the
             greater
             ,
             wherein
             they
             can
             never
             truly
             own
             the
             lesser
             ;
             for
             by
             turning
             of
             their
             backs
             upon
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             they
             oppose
             and
             violate
             the
             Scriptures
             of
             Truth
             ;
             although
             he
             could
             hypocritically
             pray
             to
             God
             to
             lead
             us
             into
             all
             truth
             ;
             and
             also
             ,
             in
             contradiction
             to
             himself
             ,
             did
             grant
             ,
             that
             without
             Spiritual
             Illumination
             ,
             and
             Regeneration
             he
             could
             not
             come
             to
             the
             Excellency
             and
             Knowledge
             of
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             in
             the
             Scriptures
             ;
             so
             that
             here
             the
             Spiritual
             Illumination
             is
             the
             Rule
             preferred
             
             before
             the
             Writings
             ;
             and
             now
             the
             Question
             is
             ,
             whether
             those
             Gentiles
             had
             not
             a
             sufficient
             Rule
             in
             them
             ,
             who
             had
             not
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             who
             yet
             did
             the
             things
             contained
             ,
             and
             enjoyed
             the
             things
             declared
             of
             ?
             to
             this
             we
             could
             not
             have
             an
             Answer
             ,
             but
             the
             same
             thing
             before
             asserted
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             over
             and
             over
             ,
             as
             being
             the
             full
             Rule
             ,
             &c.
             and
             that
             we
             
               must
               turn
               our
               backs
               upon
               the
               Light
               within
               ,
            
             whereas
             ,
             people
             had
             need
             turn
             their
             hacks
             upon
             the
             darkness
             and
             blindness
             of
             such
             at
             S.
             S.
             who
             notwithstanding
             ,
             in
             contradiction
             to
             himself
             ,
             was
             made
             to
             grant
             ,
             
               that
               we
               have
               but
               a
               part
               of
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
            
             many
             things
             being
             written
             ,
             acted
             and
             spoken
             from
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             we
             have
             not
             in
             the
             Bible
             ;
             however
             ,
             we
             must
             not
             turn
             our
             backs
             upon
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             within
             ,
             nor
             deny
             or
             question
             its
             sufficiency
             ,
             for
             we
             have
             experience
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             this
             Spirit
             is
             the
             Guide
             into
             all
             truth
             ,
             without
             which
             the
             Scriptures
             are
             not
             truly
             understood
             ;
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             declared
             of
             in
             the
             Scriptures
             we
             grant
             is
             the
             full
             Rule
             ;
             hereupon
             the
             Priest
             interrupted
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             
               thanks
               be
               to
               God
               for
               this
               truth
               they
               have
               granted
               ,
               &c.
            
             whereas
             we
             still
             added
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             we
             should
             follow
             his
             Light
             and
             Spirit
             within
             ,
             to
             guide
             us
             into
             all
             truth
             ;
             for
             this
             is
             that
             which
             unvails
             the
             heart
             ,
             enlightens
             the
             understanding
             to
             know
             the
             Scriptures
             ;
             but
             the
             Jews
             had
             the
             Writings
             of
             Moses
             and
             the
             Prophets
             ,
             yet
             they
             understood
             not
             what
             they
             read
             ,
             they
             could
             not
             see
             the
             end
             ,
             because
             their
             hearts
             were
             vailed
             ,
             even
             until
             the
             Apostles
             dayes
             ;
             so
             their
             reading
             the
             Scriptures
             did
             not
             discover
             Life
             and
             Glory
             to
             them
             ,
             because
             it
             did
             not
             remove
             the
             vail
             from
             off
             their
             hearts
             ;
             but
             the
             Inspiration
             of
             the
             Almighty
             giveth
             understanding
             ,
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             within
             can
             unvail
             the
             hearts
             ,
             and
             enlighten
             the
             minds
             ,
             and
             to
             this
             S.
             S.
             hath
             in
             effect
             granted
             ,
             when
             he
             said
             ,
             
               I
               did
               never
               affirm
               ,
               that
               without
               Spiritual
               Illumination
               we
               could
               come
               to
               the
               knowledge
               of
               the
               Will
               of
               God
               in
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             To
             which
             we
             further
             add
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             the
             man
             of
             God
             ,
             who
             is
             in
             the
             Faith
             ,
             being
             led
             by
             his
             Spirit
             ,
             who
             truly
             knows
             the
             right
             use
             and
             service
             of
             Scriptures
             ,
             they
             being
             of
             use
             and
             profitable
             ,
             as
             given
             by
             divine
             inspiration
             ;
             but
             the
             Writing
             or
             Letter
             ,
             outward
             ,
             is
             not
             of
             absolute
             ,
             universal
             necessity
             to
             Salvation
             ;
             for
             many
             may
             be
             saved
             who
             neither
             have
             
             it
             ,
             nor
             can
             read
             it
             ;
             for
             ,
             from
             the
             Light
             of
             Christ
             within
             ,
             they
             have
             so
             much
             of
             the
             Instructions
             ,
             or
             precepts
             therein
             contained
             ,
             as
             are
             necessary
             to
             Salvation
             .
             And
             Christ
             is
             the
             Way
             ,
             the
             Truth
             and
             Life
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             by
             the
             Fathers
             drawings
             that
             men
             come
             to
             him
             ;
             and
             his
             Light
             is
             universal
             ,
             and
             enlightens
             every
             man
             that
             cometh
             into
             the
             World
             ,
             now
             ,
             it
             is
             no
             where
             so
             said
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             ;
             and
             if
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Truth
             Guide
             Believers
             into
             all
             truth
             ,
             then
             the
             Light
             of
             this
             Spirit
             within
             must
             needs
             be
             a
             sufficient
             Rule
             of
             Life
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             this
             S.
             S.
             did
             confess
             it
             was
             a
             Spiritual
             Light
             ,
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             is
             in
             every
             man.
             
          
        
         
           
             II.
             
          
           
             
               S.
               S.
            
             Grant
             I
             did
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             a
             Light
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             but
             not
             given
             to
             all
             ;
             it
             is
             only
             the
             Elect
             are
             savingly
             enlightned
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Answ.
             It
             is
             given
             to
             all
             ;
             if
             God
             gave
             his
             good
             Spirit
             to
             wicked
             and
             rebellious
             men
             ,
             then
             none
             are
             excluded
             from
             it
             ;
             but
             God
             did
             give
             his
             good
             Spirit
             to
             rebellious
             men
             ,
             Nehemiah
             9.
             20
             ,
             26.
             
             To
             this
             ,
             with
             several
             other
             Arguments
             ,
             our
             Opposer
             gave
             no
             Answer
             ,
             but
             asserted
             his
             old
             Matters
             over
             and
             over
             ;
             and
             added
             some
             things
             ,
             but
             not
             material
             .
          
           
             
               S.
               S.
            
             This
             is
             not
             a
             full
             Light
             ,
             &c.
             for
             God
             created
             the
             Stars
             ,
             which
             are
             a
             Light
             ;
             Must
             they
             therefore
             be
             the
             full
             Light
             of
             the
             Day
             &
             c
             ?
          
           
             Answ.
             We
             are
             speaking
             about
             the
             Light
             which
             is
             Spiritual
             ,
             and
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             his
             instance
             of
             the
             Stars
             makes
             nothing
             against
             ;
             nor
             did
             we
             ever
             read
             that
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             Stars
             was
             Spiritual
             ;
             neither
             doth
             it
             follow
             that
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             is
             not
             a
             sufficient
             Rule
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             given
             by
             measure
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             the
             fulness
             of
             it
             to
             all
             ;
             for
             however
             ,
             it
             is
             pure
             and
             holy
             ,
             the
             degrees
             do
             not
             alter
             the
             property
             :
             to
             every
             one
             of
             us
             (
             saith
             the
             Apostle
             )
             is
             given
             Grace
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             measure
             of
             the
             Gift
             of
             Christ
             ;
             were
             they
             then
             to
             turn
             their
             backs
             of
             the
             measure
             of
             Grace
             given
             ,
             because
             it
             was
             not
             given
             in
             its
             fulness
             ?
             no
             sure
             ;
             for
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             though
             manifest
             by
             measure
             ,
             doth
             gradually
             lead
             men
             out
             of
             darkness
             ,
             and
             sin
             ,
             as
             they
             take
             heed
             unto
             
             it
             ;
             it
             is
             truly
             spiritual
             ,
             pure
             ,
             and
             universal
             ,
             though
             it
             reveal
             not
             all
             things
             at
             once
             :
             and
             the
             Path
             of
             the
             just
             is
             a
             shining
             Light
             ,
             that
             shineth
             more
             and
             more
             until
             the
             perfect
             day
             :
             and
             the
             more
             sure
             Word
             of
             Prophesie
             is
             to
             be
             taken
             heed
             unto
             ,
             as
             a
             Light
             that
             shineth
             in
             a
             dark
             place
             ,
             until
             the
             day
             dawn
             ,
             and
             the
             Day-Star
             arise
             in
             the
             hearts
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             questionable
             ,
             whether
             S.
             S.
             or
             his
             Brethren
             ,
             will
             not
             say
             ,
             that
             this
             is
             meant
             the
             Scriptures
             ;
             if
             so
             ,
             then
             we
             ask
             ,
             Are
             they
             more
             sure
             then
             what
             ?
             and
             whether
             the
             Day
             dawning
             ,
             and
             the
             Day-Star
             arising
             in
             the
             hearts
             be
             the
             Scriptures
             ?
             Again
             ,
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Truth
             doth
             convince
             the
             World
             of
             sin
             ,
             and
             of
             righteousness
             ,
             and
             declares
             the
             will
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             
               S.
               S.
            
             It
             doth
             not
             convince
             of
             righteousness
             ;
             if
             it
             convinceth
             of
             sin
             ,
             then
             not
             of
             the
             contrary
             .
          
           
             Answ.
             We
             will
             appeal
             to
             the
             people
             ,
             whether
             any
             of
             them
             can
             say
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             reproved
             of
             sin
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             not
             convinced
             of
             a
             contrary
             sta●e
             ?
             as
             namely
             ,
             of
             a
             state
             of
             Righteousness
             ,
             which
             they
             ought
             to
             come
             into
             .
          
           
             
               S.
               S.
            
             No
             ,
             no
             ,
             we
             will
             appeal
             to
             the
             Scriptures
             .
          
           
             Answ.
             It
             is
             no●
             contrary
             to
             the
             Scriptures
             to
             appeal
             to
             mens
             Consciences
             ▪
             the
             Apostle
             was
             manifest
             in
             mens
             Conscience
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             God
             ▪
             and
             sure
             it
             was
             the
             Light
             of
             Christ
             in
             them
             ,
             which
             he
             was
             manifest
             unto
             .
          
           
             
               S.
               S.
            
             I
             deny
             that
             this
             Light
             within
             doth
             convince
             of
             Chist's
             Righteousness
             imputed
             .
          
           
             Answ.
             It
             being
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             both
             convinceth
             ,
             and
             leadeth
             out
             of
             Sin
             ,
             that
             must
             needs
             lead
             to
             a
             state
             of
             Righteousness
             ,
             which
             is
             no
             other
             but
             Christ's
             Righteousness
             ,
             even
             that
             of
             Faith
             ,
             wherein
             those
             Gentiles
             that
             feared
             God
             ,
             and
             obeyed
             this
             Light
             within
             ,
             were
             accepted
             ,
             and
             in
             this
             were
             they
             justified
             ,
             see
             Acts
             10.
             and
             Rom.
             2.
             
          
           
             
               S.
               S.
            
             I
             deny
             that
             the
             Light
             within
             reveals
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             prove
             it
             .
          
           
             Answ.
             The
             Light
             was
             given
             to
             believe
             in
             ,
             before
             they
             were
             Believers
             ,
             and
             shined
             in
             their
             hearts
             to
             give
             them
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             Glory
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             ▪
             the
             face
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ;
             therefore
             it
             was
             sufficient
             to
             answer
             the
             end
             of
             its
             being
             given
             ,
             as
             to
             bring
             them
             into
             that
             knowledge
             ,
             see
             2
             Corinthians
             4.
             6.
             
          
           
           
             
               S.
               S.
            
             This
             doth
             not
             prove
             that
             the
             Light
             doth
             reveal
             Christ
             ;
             Is
             this
             Grace
             (
             that
             hath
             appeared
             to
             all
             )
             the
             Light
             in
             every
             man
             ?
             prove
             that
             this
             Grace
             was
             the
             Light
             within
             :
             the
             Light
             in
             every
             man
             never
             heard
             ,
             or
             taught
             ,
             that
             the
             Gospel
             should
             come
             by
             Christ
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Answ.
             The
             Light
             shineth
             in
             Darkness
             ,
             and
             the
             darkness
             comprehends
             it
             not
             ;
             but
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             which
             bringeth
             Salvation
             hath
             appeared
             to
             all
             men
             ;
             therefore
             it
             is
             sufficient
             :
             and
             it
             hath
             been
             confest
             by
             S.
             S.
             that
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             did
             appear
             in
             every
             man
             ;
             now
             that
             this
             Grace
             which
             teacheth
             to
             deny
             ungodliness
             ,
             and
             worldly
             lusts
             ,
             is
             a
             spiritual
             inward
             Light
             (
             and
             that
             which
             reveals
             Christ
             to
             Believers
             )
             is
             plain
             ,
             in
             that
             it
             both
             teacheth
             them
             to
             live
             Godly
             ,
             to
             look
             for
             that
             blessed
             Hope
             and
             Appearance
             of
             that
             great
             God
             and
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             Titus
             2.
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15.
             therefore
             this
             Light
             or
             Grace
             within
             is
             both
             sufficient
             to
             reveal
             Christ
             and
             Gospel
             unto
             Salvation
             ,
             whatever
             this
             Blind-Guide
             say
             to
             the
             contrary
             .
          
           
             Another
             Priest
             ,
             with
             S.
             S.
             alledged
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Grace
               of
               God
               appeared
               to
               all
               men
               ,
               but
               not
               not
               in
               all
               .
            
          
           
             Reply
             ,
             Was
             not
             its
             appearance
             Spiritual
             ,
             how
             then
             did
             it
             appear
             to
             all
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             all
             ?
             Surely
             its
             appearance
             to
             all
             ,
             was
             in
             all
             ,
             seeing
             it
             is
             spiritual
             ,
             and
             spiritually
             to
             be
             seen
             ,
             though
             many
             close
             their
             eyes
             against
             it
             .
          
           
             
               S.
               S.
            
             The
             Light
             within
             is
             not
             ,
             nor
             ever
             was
             from
             the
             Foundation
             of
             the
             World
             a
             sufficient
             or
             full
             Rule
             :
             none
             from
             Adam
             in
             Innocency
             ,
             to
             Moses
             and
             the
             Prophets
             ;
             nor
             from
             them
             to
             the
             Apostles
             ;
             nor
             any
             to
             this
             day
             that
             had
             a
             Light
             in
             them
             sufficient
             to
             be
             a
             Rule
             of
             Life
             ,
             but
             something
             was
             super-added
             to
             the
             Light
             within
             ;
             as
             Gods
             Prohibition
             to
             Adam
             ;
             and
             to
             the
             Jews
             the
             Law
             of
             Ordinances
             ,
             as
             Circumcision
             ,
             Sacrifices
             ,
             &c.
             and
             to
             the
             Apostles
             Baptism
             ,
             and
             the
             Supper
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Answ.
             What
             a
             heap
             of
             ignorance
             and
             darkness
             is
             here
             uttered
             against
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             Living
             !
             And
             how
             is
             the
             sufficiency
             of
             it
             in
             all
             Gods
             People
             opposed
             by
             this
             our
             Opposer
             ,
             who
             denies
             the
             Light
             in
             Adam
             ,
             in
             Innocency
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             full
             Rule
             ;
             was
             not
             God
             and
             his
             Light
             in
             him
             ?
             Surely
             ,
             the
             Scriptures
             were
             not
             Adams
             Rule
             ,
             for
             they
             were
             not
             written
             till
             many
             hundreds
             of
             years
             after
             ;
             and
             the
             Holy
             men
             of
             God
             had
             a
             Rule
             before
             
             they
             were
             written
             ;
             as
             
               Abel
               ,
               Enoch
               ,
               Abraham
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             And
             what
             was
             the
             Rule
             to
             the
             Prophets
             and
             Apostles
             ,
             which
             directed
             them
             in
             writing
             and
             giving
             forth
             the
             Scriptures
             ?
             Was
             not
             their
             Rule
             within
             ,
             and
             the
             Revelation
             of
             the
             things
             contained
             in
             Scripture
             inward
             ,
             before
             they
             were
             written
             ?
             Was
             not
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             the
             Law
             and
             Light
             of
             the
             Lord
             within
             ?
             And
             whatsoever
             may
             be
             known
             of
             God
             ,
             is
             it
             not
             manifest
             within
             ?
          
           
             
               S.
               S.
            
             Did
             not
             God
             require
             more
             of
             Adam
             then
             the
             Light
             did
             dictate
             ?
             for
             if
             there
             be
             twenty
             Trees
             in
             a
             Garden
             (
             looking
             about
             upon
             the
             Trees
             in
             the
             Grove
             ,
             there
             ,
             where
             the
             dispute
             was
             )
             how
             should
             we
             know
             by
             the
             Light
             within
             which
             of
             the
             Tree
             were
             prohibited
             ,
             if
             there
             were
             not
             a
             super-added
             Command
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Reply
             ,
             Here
             all
             along
             he
             manifested
             his
             ignorance
             ,
             both
             of
             God
             ,
             of
             his
             Law
             within
             ,
             which
             is
             Light
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             forbidden
             Fruit
             :
             And
             being
             asked
             ,
             whether
             it
             was
             outward
             Fruit
             ,
             and
             an
             outward
             Tree
             that
             Adam
             was
             prohihited
             ●●
             some
             of
             them
             answered
             ,
             yes
             ;
             still
             opposing
             the
             sufficiency
             of
             the
             Light
             in
             Adam
             ,
             when
             they
             could
             not
             deny
             God
             to
             be
             in
             him
             :
             And
             as
             for
             those
             Laws
             of
             Ceremonies
             and
             Shadows
             to
             the
             Jews
             ,
             Salvation
             doth
             not
             depend
             upon
             them
             ,
             but
             upon
             the
             Light
             of
             Christ
             within
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             Substance
             :
             And
             when
             we
             urged
             that
             Christ
             was
             the
             Image
             of
             the
             Invisible
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             First-born
             of
             every
             Creature
             ;
             and
             that
             Adam
             was
             made
             in
             the
             Image
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             Image
             was
             Inward
             and
             Spiritual
             ;
             and
             that
             God
             is
             not
             like
             to
             corruptible
             man
             ,
             it
             was
             no
             ingenious
             Answer
             for
             S.
             S.
             to
             cry
             out
             ,
             
               A
               triffle
               ,
               a
               triffle
            
             ,
             or
             to
             cry
             ,
             
               Ye
               Ramble
               ,
               ye
               ramble
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             As
             often
             he
             did
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             baffled
             and
             confounded
             :
             And
             being
             asked
             ,
             whether
             the
             appearance
             and
             Law
             of
             God
             to
             Adam
             was
             inward
             or
             outward
             ?
             his
             answer
             was
             ,
             
               I
               am
               willing
               not
               to
               be
               wise
               above
               what
               is
               written
               ;
               I
               do
               not
               know
               ,
               I
               am
               satisfied
               to
               be
               ignorant
               of
               it
            
             ;
             and
             yet
             he
             was
             ready
             to
             assert
             in
             his
             ignorance
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Light
               in
            
             Adam
             
               was
               insufficient
            
             ,
             when
             he
             did
             not
             know
             whether
             the
             appearance
             of
             God
             to
             him
             ▪
             was
             inward
             or
             outward
             ;
             yet
             granted
             ,
             that
             Adam
             in
             Innocency
             had
             the
             enjoyment
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             so
             plainly
             contradicted
             himself
             ,
             as
             not
             able
             to
             mannage
             what
             he
             had
             asserted
             against
             the
             Light
             ,
             nor
             yet
             his
             Brethren
             with
             him
             ;
             though
             when
             he
             was
             put
             to
             a
             nonplus
             ,
             his
             Brother
             
             Priest
             B.
             to
             help
             him
             ,
             argued
             in
             this
             manner
             ,
             though
             to
             little
             purpose
             .
          
           
             Priest.
             viz.
             
               If
               those
               people
               ,
               to
               whom
               the
               Apostles
               were
               sent
               ,
               did
               never
               hear
               the
               words
               of
               Life
               and
               Salvation
               ,
               till
               they
               came
               to
               preach
               unto
               them
               ;
               then
               the
               Light
               in
               them
               did
               not
               declare
               the
               words
               of
               Life
               and
               Salvation
               :
               but
               they
               did
               never
               hear
               the
               words
               of
               Life
               and
               Salvation
               ,
               until
               the
               Apostle
               came
               to
               preach
               to
               them
               ;
               therefore
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             But
             this
             Priest
             being
             manifest
             to
             be
             but
             a
             scornfull
             vopouring
             proud
             Fellow
             ,
             with
             neither
             common
             sobriety
             ,
             much
             less
             any
             weight
             or
             sence
             of
             Truth
             upon
             his
             Spirit
             ,
             his
             filly
             shallow
             matter
             was
             slighted
             ,
             and
             the
             Query
             was
             put
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             Priests
             ,
             in
             this
             manner
             .
          
           
             Query
             ,
             Whether
             or
             no
             wilt
             thou
             grant
             the
             same
             thing
             that
             
               S.
               Scandret
            
             hath
             done
             ;
             viz
             ▪
             that
             a
             Light
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             is
             in
             every
             man
             ?
             or
             will
             you
             deny
             it
             ?
             If
             there
             be
             any
             of
             the
             same
             mind
             with
             him
             let
             them
             speak
             .
          
           
             Priests
             ,
             
               We
               do
               own
               what
            
             Steph.
             Scandret
             
               hath
               laid
               down
            
             .
          
           
             Reply
             ,
             Then
             this
             Light
             of
             the
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             was
             able
             to
             teach
             all
             the
             words
             of
             Life
             and
             Salvation
             ;
             and
             the
             Apostles
             did
             not
             preach
             to
             turn
             Peoples
             backs
             upon
             this
             but
             to
             turn
             them
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             confirm
             them
             in
             it
             ,
             as
             that
             which
             taught
             many
             before
             ,
             to
             fear
             God
             and
             work
             Righteousness
             ,
             wherein
             they
             were
             accepted
             ;
             and
             this
             overthrows
             the
             Argument
             before
             ,
             that
             was
             so
             often
             repeated
             ,
             and
             S.
             S.
             his
             vain
             Assertions
             and
             Totoligies
             to
             the
             contrary
             ▪
             who
             turned
             his
             back
             on
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             till
             he
             is
             turned
             into
             gross
             darkness
             ,
             and
             would
             have
             others
             do
             as
             he
             hath
             done
             .
          
           
             
               S.
               S.
            
             You
             dare
             not
             say
             the
             Light
             within
             is
             the
             full
             Rule
             .
          
           
             Answ.
             That
             's
             false
             ,
             we
             both
             dare
             say
             it
             ,
             and
             have
             affirmed
             ,
             and
             proved
             ,
             that
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             is
             a
             full
             Rule
             to
             lead
             to
             Salvation
             ,
             where
             it
             is
             obeyed
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             to
             the
             Saints
             and
             true
             Believers
             of
             old
             ,
             who
             according
             to
             their
             several
             attainments
             were
             to
             walk
             by
             the
             same
             Rule
             ,
             and
             God
             would
             reveal
             to
             them
             ,
             Phil
             3
             16.
             and
             they
             had
             attained
             to
             divers
             measures
             and
             degrees
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             :
             and
             accordingly
             their
             states
             were
             written
             unto
             in
             several
             Epistles
             ;
             that
             which
             was
             to
             
             one
             state
             ,
             was
             not
             to
             every
             particular
             state
             and
             condition
             among
             the
             Churches
             ;
             neither
             do
             we
             read
             ,
             that
             the
             Church
             at
             Gorinth
             was
             to
             go
             and
             make
             the
             Epistle
             to
             the
             Church
             at
             Rome
             their
             Rule
             ;
             nor
             that
             the
             Churches
             at
             
               Ephesus
               ,
               Philippi
            
             ,
             or
             Thessalonia
             were
             to
             go
             to
             the
             Corinthians
             ,
             for
             Paul's
             Epistles
             to
             them
             ,
             to
             compare
             theirs
             with
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             their
             Rule
             ;
             but
             that
             of
             the
             Spirit
             or
             Light
             within
             ,
             to
             which
             they
             were
             all
             directed
             ,
             and
             which
             was
             the
             Rule
             of
             the
             new
             Creature
             ,
             whereby
             the
             things
             of
             God
             were
             revealed
             and
             made
             known
             unto
             the
             Saints
             ;
             who
             could
             say
             ,
             we
             have
             not
             received
             the
             Spirit
             of
             this
             World
             ,
             but
             the
             Spirit
             which
             is
             of
             God
             ,
             whereby
             we
             know
             those
             things
             that
             are
             freely
             given
             us
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           
             III.
             
          
           
             S.
             S.
             
               Go
               Baptiz●
               ,
               there
               is
               a
               Command
               for
               it
               ,
               the
               Light
               saith
               nothing
               of
               it
               ;
               Go
               Teach
               and
               Baptize
               ,
               that
               's
               Christs
               Command
               :
            
             And
             then
             he
             urged
             to
             have
             us
             speak
             to
             Water
             Baptism
             ,
             but
             durst
             not
             declare
             who
             he
             intended
             as
             the
             Subjects
             of
             it
             ,
             whether
             Babes
             ,
             or
             Believers
             ,
             which
             G.
             W.
             and
             some
             of
             us
             often
             urged
             to
             know
             ;
             whereupon
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             told
             us
             ingeniously
             his
             intention
             ,
             we
             proffered
             fairly
             to
             dispute
             it
             ;
             but
             S.
             S.
             and
             his
             Brethren
             durst
             not
             be
             plain
             with
             us
             in
             this
             matter
             ,
             but
             shuffled
             and
             evaded
             ,
             calling
             out
             over
             and
             over
             ,
             
               Do
               ye
               grant
               Baptism
            
             
             
               with
               water
               ;
               Go
               Baptize
               with
               water
               ,
               water
               ,
               &c.
               
               You
               Rebels
               ,
               you
               Rebels
               ,
               go
               Baptize
               you
               Rebels
               ;
               can
               Rebels
               be
               saved
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             Thus
             ,
             and
             after
             this
             manner
             ,
             he
             continued
             bawling
             and
             railing
             for
             some
             time
             ,
             that
             little
             fair
             dealing
             we
             could
             have
             .
          
           
             Answ.
             Go
             teach
             all
             Nations
             baptizing
             them
             ,
             cannot
             intend
             Infants
             ,
             neither
             is
             there
             water
             mentioned
             in
             the
             Command
             ,
             Matth.
             28.
             
             And
             it
             was
             proffered
             these
             Priests
             ,
             that
             if
             they
             would
             stand
             for
             Baptizing
             Infants
             ,
             or
             Plunging
             Believers
             ,
             we
             would
             dispute
             that
             with
             them
             :
             Or
             if
             S.
             S.
             would
             be
             plain
             ,
             and
             ingeniously
             tell
             us
             in
             what
             capacity
             he
             stood
             in
             ,
             whether
             in
             the
             capacity
             of
             a
             Popish
             Priest
             ,
             Episcopal
             Priest
             ,
             Presbyterian
             Priest
             ,
             or
             Baptist
             ?
             but
             hereunto
             we
             could
             have
             no
             other
             Answer
             ,
             then
             his
             
             general
             clamor
             ,
             as
             before
             ,
             for
             water
             ,
             water
             ,
             &c.
             and
             therefore
             G.
             W.
             proferred
             to
             speak
             something
             to
             both
             Sprinkling
             Infants
             ,
             and
             Plunging
             Believers
             ,
             to
             shew
             the
             rise
             of
             the
             one
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             not
             to
             be
             in
             force
             nor
             continuance
             under
             the
             Gospel
             ;
             but
             G.
             W.
             was
             interrupted
             ,
             as
             often
             he
             was
             by
             these
             Priests
             .
          
           
             
               S.
               S.
            
             Water
             Baptism
             is
             Gospel
             ;
             a
             Dispensation
             of
             the
             Gospel
             was
             committed
             to
             Paul
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Answ.
             The
             Gospel
             is
             Everlasting
             ,
             so
             is
             not
             Water-Baptism
             ;
             and
             Paul
             said
             ,
             Christ
             sent
             me
             not
             to
             Baptize
             ,
             but
             to
             preach
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             1
             Cor
             1.
             17.
             and
             surely
             his
             Commission
             was
             as
             large
             as
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Apostles
             .
          
           
             
               S.
               S.
            
             Christ
             sending
             him
             not
             to
             Baptize
             ,
             but
             to
             Preach
             ,
             is
             meant
             ,
             not
             so
             much
             to
             Baptize
             ,
             &c.
             as
             in
             
               Hosea
               6.
               6.
            
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             I
             desired
             mercy
             and
             not
             Sacrifice
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Reply
             ,
             This
             instance
             doth
             not
             prove
             his
             meaning
             ,
             which
             perverts
             the
             Apostles
             words
             ,
             who
             thanked
             God
             he
             baptized
             none
             of
             them
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             he
             mentioned
             ,
             1
             Corinth
             .
             14.
             15
             ,
             16.
             
             For
             Christ
             sent
             him
             not
             to
             Baptize
             ,
             but
             to
             Preach
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             a
             full
             reason
             for
             his
             not
             continuing
             that
             then
             permissive
             practice
             of
             Water-Baptism
             ;
             which
             if
             it
             had
             been
             a
             Command
             in
             force
             ,
             surely
             ,
             he
             would
             neither
             have
             thanked
             God
             ,
             for
             not
             obeying
             it
             ;
             nor
             yet
             have
             said
             ,
             Christ
             sent
             me
             not
             to
             Baptize
             :
             And
             where
             it
             is
             said
             in
             Hosea
             6.
             6.
             
             I
             desired
             Mercy
             and
             not
             Sacrifice
             ,
             those
             mentioned
             verse
             5
             ,
             7.
             whom
             he
             had
             hewed
             by
             his
             Prophets
             ,
             who
             transgressed
             and
             dealt
             treacherously
             against
             the
             Lord
             ,
             their
             Sacrifice
             could
             not
             be
             accepted
             ;
             therefore
             he
             desired
             Mercy
             ,
             and
             not
             Sacrifice
             ,
             and
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             God
             more
             then
             Burnt-offerings
             ;
             and
             indeed
             ,
             if
             this
             Mercy
             and
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             God
             had
             born
             sway
             among
             them
             ,
             there
             had
             been
             no
             need
             or
             occasion
             for
             Sacrifices
             ,
             Burnt-offerings
             ,
             or
             Sin-offerings
             ;
             the
             Sacrifices
             of
             God
             being
             a
             broken
             spirit
             ,
             and
             a
             contrite
             heart
             ,
             Psalm
             51.
             16
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             
               S.
               S.
            
             Water
             Baptism
             is
             necessary
             to
             Salvation
             ;
             (
             being
             affirmed
             to
             be
             Gospel
             ,
             to
             be
             binding
             of
             necessity
             ,
             &c.
             )
          
           
             Answ.
             What
             then
             will
             become
             of
             all
             them
             that
             never
             came
             under
             it
             :
             Must
             they
             all
             be
             damned
             for
             want
             of
             Sprinkling
             
             or
             Plunging
             in
             Water
             ?
             A
             sad
             sentence
             ;
             that
             Baptism
             which
             saveth
             ,
             is
             not
             the
             putting
             away
             of
             the
             filth
             of
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             but
             the
             answer
             of
             a
             good
             Conscience
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               Giles
               Barnadiston
            
             urged
             ,
             
               That
               there
               is
               one
               Faith
               ,
               one
               Baptism
               ,
            
             Ephes.
             4.
             
             And
             asked
             these
             Priests
             ,
             what
             Baptism
             it
             was
             ?
             whether
             that
             of
             Water
             ,
             or
             the
             Baptism
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ?
             to
             which
             S.
             S.
             answered
             .
          
           
             
               S.
               S.
            
             There
             is
             but
             one
             Baptism
             ,
             and
             it
             consists
             of
             two
             parts
             ;
             an
             inward
             part
             ,
             and
             an
             outward
             ;
             the
             inward
             part
             was
             with
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             the
             outward
             with
             water
             .
          
           
             Reply
             ,
             Did
             you
             ever
             read
             or
             hear
             such
             Doctrine
             before
             ?
             he
             makes
             the
             Baptism
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             the
             Baptism
             with
             outward
             Water
             ,
             both
             but
             one
             Baptism
             ;
             and
             so
             whereas
             he
             hath
             made
             such
             a
             bawling
             for
             Water-Baptism
             ,
             now
             it
             is
             but
             the
             outward
             part
             of
             Baptism
             ;
             he
             should
             rather
             have
             said
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             in
             the
             Common-Prayer-Book
             ,
             
               It
               is
               the
               outward
               and
               visible
               sign
               of
               an
               inward
               and
               spiritual
               Grace
               :
            
             However
             ,
             in
             Scripture
             there
             is
             a
             plain
             distinction
             between
             the
             Baptism
             of
             Water
             ,
             and
             the
             Baptism
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             as
             there
             is
             between
             John's
             baptizing
             with
             Water
             ,
             and
             Christ's
             baptizing
             with
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             and
             with
             Fire
             ;
             but
             this
             ignorant
             Opposer
             S.
             S.
             makes
             them
             both
             but
             one
             Baptism
             .
          
        
         
           
             IV.
             
          
           
             And
             further
             ,
             we
             add
             an
             other
             instance
             against
             him
             and
             his
             Brethren
             ,
             in
             behalf
             of
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             Common-Prayer-Book
             ,
             in
             the
             Collect
             for
             the
             third
             Sunday
             after
             Easter
             ;
             viz.
             
          
           
             
               Almighty
               God
               ,
               which
               sheweth
               to
               all
               men
               that
               be
               in
               error
               ,
               the
               Light
               of
               thy
               Truth
               ,
               to
               the
               intent
               that
               they
               may
               return
               to
               the
               Way
               of
               Righteousness
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             Now
             here
             is
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             Truth
             confest
             unto
             ,
             both
             in
             its
             general
             extent
             ,
             and
             in
             its
             sufficiency
             ,
             as
             Guide
             and
             Rule
             ,
             to
             lead
             men
             into
             the
             Way
             of
             Righteousness
             ,
             which
             these
             men
             have
             all
             this
             while
             opposed
             :
             here
             is
             more
             of
             Truth
             confest
             in
             this
             particular
             ,
             in
             the
             Common-Prayer-Book
             ,
             then
             these
             men
             will
             confess
             to
             ,
             who
             think
             themselves
             better
             Reformed
             with
             their
             Covenant
             ,
          
           
           
             Directory
             ,
             Confession
             of
             Faith
             and
             Catechisms
             ,
             while
             yet
             in
             their
             Darkness
             they
             are
             opposing
             the
             Light
             of
             Truth
             within
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             set
             over
             all
             their
             heads
             ,
             and
             hath
             manifested
             their
             darkness
             and
             confusion
             .
          
        
         
           
             V.
             
          
           
             Now
             concerning
             Justification
             ,
             the
             question
             being
             asked
             ,
             what
             it
             is
             ?
             it
             was
             answered
             ,
          
           
             Priest
             ,
             To
             make
             Righteous
             ;
             
               and
               S.
               S.
               confest
            
             ,
             That
             Justification
             is
             by
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             Christ
             through
             Faith.
             
          
           
             Answ.
             That
             's
             true
             ,
             but
             men
             are
             not
             Justified
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             made
             Righteous
             ;
             nor
             in
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             Faith
             ,
             without
             Sanctification
             .
          
           
             
               S.
               S.
            
             Who
             affirms
             they
             are
             ?
             we
             own
             ,
             that
             Justified
             Persons
             are
             Sanctified
             .
          
           
             [
             But
             in
             contradiction
             ,
             he
             again
             affirmed
             thus
             ]
             
               We
               Sinners
               are
               Justified
               by
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               Christ
               ,
               imputed
               ;
               viz.
               Absolved
               from
               all
               our
               Sins
               from
               the
               beginning
               of
               our
               lives
               to
               the
               end
               .
            
          
           
             Reply
             ,
             This
             gives
             a
             large
             Liberty
             to
             sin
             ,
             if
             men
             may
             sin
             all
             their
             dayes
             ,
             and
             yet
             think
             themselves
             absolved
             from
             all
             ;
             whereas
             ,
             that
             of
             Rom.
             3.
             25.
             which
             they
             instanced
             ,
             is
             thus
             ,
             concerning
             Christ
             ;
             viz.
             
               Whom
               God
               hath
               set
               forth
               to
               be
               a
               Propitiation
               through
               Faith
               in
               his
               Blood
               ,
               to
               declare
               his
               Righteousness
               for
               the
               Remission
               of
               Sins
               that
               are
               past
               ,
               through
               the
               forbearance
               of
               God
               :
            
             It
             is
             not
             said
             ,
             for
             the
             remission
             of
             sins
             past
             ,
             present
             ,
             and
             to
             come
             ;
             nor
             yet
             of
             all
             our
             sins
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             our
             Lives
             to
             the
             end
             ;
             neither
             is
             the
             guilt
             of
             sin
             taken
             away
             ,
             while
             men
             remain
             in
             the
             act
             of
             sin
             ,
             as
             falsly
             was
             affirmed
             by
             S.
             S.
             contrary
             to
             Job
             10.
             14.
             
             
               If
               I
               sin
               ,
               then
               thou
               markest
               me
               ,
               and
               thou
               wilt
               not
               acquit
               me
               from
               mine
               iniquity
               .
            
             And
             to
             be
             sure
             ,
             men
             whilst
             Sinners
             ,
             are
             not
             made
             Righteous
             ,
             nor
             yet
             in
             a
             Sanctified
             state
             ,
             while
             actually
             Sinfull
             :
             for
             while
             our
             Opposers
             confess
             ,
             that
             Justification
             and
             Sanctification
             are
             inseparable
             ;
             and
             that
             we
             are
             not
             Justified
             without
             the
             work
             of
             Sanctification
             in
             us
             ;
             how
             do
             they
             break
             the
             Neck
             of
             their
             own
             Cause
             ,
             in
             their
             pleading
             ,
             
               That
               men
               are
               imputatively
               Righteous
               and
               Justified
               ,
               and
               actively
               Sinfull
               ?
            
          
           
           
             This
             is
             a
             pleasant
             conceit
             to
             sooth
             up
             Hypocrites
             ;
             but
             when
             they
             come
             to
             see
             and
             feel
             the
             end
             of
             this
             Doctrine
             to
             be
             destruction
             ,
             they
             will
             not
             be
             able
             to
             sooth
             themselves
             up
             with
             it
             in
             Hell
             ;
             nor
             to
             tell
             God
             then
             ,
             that
             though
             they
             be
             really
             in
             Hell
             ,
             yet
             they
             are
             imputatively
             in
             Heaven
             ;
             this
             their
             imagined
             imputation
             (
             without
             the
             Living
             enjoyment
             of
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             Faith
             within
             ,
             or
             the
             Fellowship
             of
             Christ's
             Sufferings
             )
             will
             not
             save
             them
             from
             the
             sence
             of
             Anguish
             and
             Torment
             ,
             when
             it
             comes
             upon
             them
             that
             live
             and
             die
             in
             their
             sins
             .
          
           
             
               S.
               S.
            
             I
             prove
             that
             the
             Righteousness
             by
             which
             we
             are
             saved
             is
             not
             within
             ,
             but
             without
             ;
             the
             Saints
             were
             arrayed
             in
             White
             Robes
             ;
             and
             are
             not
             thy
             Garments
             outward
             ?
             
               (
               George
            
             )
             Do
             we
             not
             wear
             our
             Cl●thes
             on
             our
             Bodies
             ?
             you
             do
             not
             wear
             your
             Garments
             within
             you
             ,
             but
             without
             you
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Reply
             ,
             This
             is
             such
             an
             Argument
             ,
             as
             we
             never
             heard
             ,
             nor
             read
             of
             before
             ,
             because
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             Christ
             is
             compared
             to
             a
             Garment
             ,
             or
             to
             White
             Robes
             ;
             he
             concludes
             it
             not
             within
             ,
             but
             without
             ;
             it
             appears
             he
             will
             let
             sin
             have
             a
             place
             within
             ,
             and
             plead
             for
             it
             ,
             but
             not
             Christ's
             Righteousness
             :
             Doth
             he
             think
             it
             is
             his
             Garment
             ,
             while
             he
             'll
             not
             receive
             it
             within
             ?
             Surely
             ,
             he
             's
             gr●sly
             mistaken
             :
             And
             might
             he
             not
             as
             well
             say
             ,
             that
             Christ
             ,
             and
             the
             Armour
             of
             God
             ,
             or
             Light
             ,
             is
             not
             to
             be
             within
             ,
             because
             to
             be
             put
             on
             ;
             and
             then
             ,
             after
             this
             manner
             ,
             he
             may
             as
             well
             say
             ,
             that
             neither
             Faith
             nor
             Salvation
             ,
             nor
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             are
             to
             be
             within
             ,
             but
             without
             only
             ,
             which
             were
             gross
             Error
             and
             Ignorance
             ;
             for
             the
             Meek
             are
             clothed
             with
             Salvation
             ;
             the
             Upright
             put
             on
             Zeal
             for
             a
             Cloak
             ,
             and
             Righteousness
             for
             a
             Garment
             ;
             Are
             not
             these
             within
             ?
             surely
             ,
             yes
             ,
             where
             Truth
             reigns
             in
             the
             heart
             ▪
          
        
         
           
           
             VI.
             
          
           
             Here
             follows
             some
             of
             S.
             S.
             his
             manifest
             Contradictions
             for
             the
             Readers
             to
             take
             notice
             of
             .
          
           
             
               Contraditions
               .
            
             
               We
               are
               to
               turn
               our
               backs
               upon
               the
               Light
               within
               ,
               as
               insufficient
               ,
               and
               follow
               the
               Scriptures
               as
               the
               full
               Rule
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               It
               is
               by
               the
               Spiritual
               enlightning
               of
               the
               understanding
               ,
               that
               the
               Scriptures
               are
               known
               .
               
                 [
                 In
                 his
                 Prayer
              
               ]
               Grant
               ,
               O
               Lord
               ,
               that
               Error
               ,
               may
               be
               burnt
               up
               by
               thy
               holy
               Spirit
               ,
               as
               by
               fire
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               Contr.
               
            
             
               The
               Scriptures
               are
               the
               only
               Rule
               to
               guide
               us
               to
               Heaven
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               I
               mean
               the
               Will
               of
               God
               contained
               in
               them
               ,
               not
               the
               Writings
               abstractively
               .
            
          
           
             
               Contr.
               
            
             
               The
               Light
               that
               is
               in
               every
               man
               is
               not
               a
               full
               Rule
               .
            
             
               Yet
               a
               Light
               of
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God.
               
            
          
           
             
               Contr.
               
            
             
               We
               Sinners
               are
               justified
               by
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               Christ
               imputed
               ,
               or
               absolved
               from
               all
               our
               sins
               ,
               from
               the
               beginning
               of
               our
               lives
               to
               the
               end
               .
            
             
               Justification
               is
               to
               make
               Righteous
               ;
               it
               is
               by
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               Faith
               justified
               persons
               are
               Sanctified
               .
            
          
           
             
               Contr.
               
            
             
               The
               guilt
               of
               our
               sins
               is
               taken
               away
               ,
               not
               the
               act
               of
               sin
               .
            
             
               
                 [
                 His
                 Brother
                 Priest
                 contradicted
                 him
                 ]
                 viz.
              
               Men
               are
               not
               actually
               Sinners
               after
               Justification
               ;
               
                 [
                 contradiction
              
               ]
               yet
               they
               sin
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               Contradictions
               .
            
             
               Believers
               are
               Justified
               by
               the
               passive
               Obedience
               of
               Christ
               upon
               Earth
               ,
               (
               that
               is
               ,
               by
               both
               his
               outward
               and
               inward
               Suffering
               )
               not
               by
               his
               Righteousness
               within
               .
            
             
               Yet
               we
               are
               not
               justified
               without
               the
               work
               of
               Sanctification
               in
               us
               —
               He
               hath
               brought
               in
               Everlasting
               Righteousness
               —
               Christ's
               passive
               Obedience
               or
               Sufferings
               on
               Earth
               were
               temporary
               .
            
          
           
             
               Contr.
               
            
             
               This
               Light
               that
               is
               in
               every
               man
               doth
               not
               dictate
               that
               Justification
               is
               by
               Christ's
               Righteousness
               only
               .
            
             
               Yet
               it
               is
               a
               Light
               of
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               —
               —
               the
               Spirit
               makes
               application
               to
               us
               of
               Christ's
               Everlasting
               Righteousness
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 
                   Robert
                   Ludgater
                   ,
                
                 
                   William
                   Allen
                   ,
                
                 
                   Jo.
                   Furly
                   ,
                   jun.
                   
                
                 
                   John
                   Childe
                   ,
                
                 
                   Giles
                   Barnadiston
                   ,
                
                 
                   George
                   Witherley
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           Brief
           and
           Scriptural
           Examination
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           Concerning
           Election
           and
           Reprobation
           of
           Persons
           ;
           as
           held
           by
           Presbyterians
           ,
           and
           some
           others
           .
        
         
           ANd
           now
           concerning
           that
           private
           Opinion
           of
           Personal
           Election
           and
           Reprobation
           from
           all
           Eternity
           ,
           held
           by
           Presbyterian
           Priests
           ,
           and
           some
           others
           related
           to
           them
           ;
           their
           Principle
           may
           be
           seen
           in
           their
           Confession
           of
           Faith
           and
           Catechisms
           ,
           agreed
           on
           by
           the
           Assembly
           of
           Divines
           (
           so
           called
           )
           at
           Westminster
           ,
           and
           approved
           by
           the
           General
           Assembly
           of
           the
           Kirk
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           as
           where
           they
           say
           in
           their
           third
           Chapter
           of
           their
           Confession
           ,
           
             That
             God
             from
             all
             Eternity
             ,
             did
             by
             the
             most
             wise
             and
             holy
             Counsel
             of
             his
             own
             will
             freely
             and
             unchangeable
             ordain
             whatsoever
             comes
             to
             pass
             —
             and
             that
             by
             the
             Decree
             of
             God
             ,
             for
             the
             manifestation
             of
             his
             Glory
             ,
             some
             men
             and
             Angels
             are
             predestinated
             unto
             Everlasting
             Life
             ,
             and
             others
             fore-ordained
             unto
             Everlasting
             Death
             ;
             and
             that
             these
             Angels
             and
             Men
             thus
             predestinated
             and
             fore-ordained
             ,
             are
             particularly
             ,
             and
             unchangeably
             design'd
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             their
             number
             so
             certain
             and
             definite
             ,
             that
             it
             cannot
             be
             either
             increased
             or
             diminished
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           And
           also
           ,
           upon
           the
           same
           Principle
           ,
           they
           add
           in
           Chapter
           ten
           ,
           
             That
             all
             those
             whom
             God
             hath
             predestinated
             unto
             Life
             ,
             and
             those
             only
             he
             is
             pleased
             effectually
             to
             call
             by
             his
             Word
             and
             Spirit
             out
             of
             the
             State
             of
             Sin
             and
             Death
             ,
             in
             which
             they
             are
             by
             nature
             ,
             to
             Grace
             and
             Salvation
             by
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             enlightning
             their
             minds
             spiritually
             and
             savingly
             to
             understand
             the
             things
             of
             God
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           And
           in
           Chapter
           eleven
           ,
           
             God
             did
             from
             all
             Eternity
             decree
             to
             Justifie
             all
             the
             Elected
             ;
             and
             Christ
             did
             in
             the
             fulness
             of
             time
             die
             for
          
           their
           sins
           ,
           
             and
             rise
             again
             for
             their
             Justification
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
         
           Observe
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           upon
           this
           Opinion
           of
           a
           particular
           
           Personal
           Election
           and
           Reprobation
           of
           such
           certain
           designed
           number
           of
           persons
           ,
           that
           these
           Priests
           ,
           and
           Professors
           do
           ground
           their
           Doctrine
           of
           
             Saving-Grace
             ,
             or
             Light
             ,
             being
             but
             intended
             and
             given
             to
             a
             few
             ,
             whom
          
           (
           they
           suppose
           )
           
             are
             designed
             for
             Salvation
             ,
             as
             also
             ,
             that
             Grace
             is
             only
             free
             for
             that
             few
             ,
             and
             that
             Christ
             died
             ,
             and
             satisfied
             only
             for
             that
             select
             number
             ,
          
           according
           to
           their
           Principle
           ;
           and
           that
           
             Justification
             by
             Christ's
             Righteousness
             ,
             imputed
             ,
             is
             only
             designed
             for
             that
             select
             number
          
           ;
           the
           rest
           that
           they
           reckon
           
             God
             with-holdeth
             mercy
             from
             ,
             passeth
             by
             ,
             as
             having
             ordained
             them
             to
             Everlasting
             death
             and
             wrath
             ,
             he
             withholdeth
             both
             saving
             Light
             and
             Grace
             from
             them
             ;
             so
             that
             they
             cannot
             avoid
             Hell
             and
             Damnation
             ,
             what
             ever
             they
             do
             ,
          
           according
           to
           this
           their
           Principle
           .
        
         
           Answ.
           The
           Consequences
           and
           effects
           of
           this
           Doctrine
           have
           been
           very
           sad
           ;
           first
           ,
           in
           rendring
           God
           the
           Decreer
           and
           Designer
           of
           the
           Destruction
           of
           the
           greater
           part
           of
           Man-kind
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           It
           renders
           him
           the
           Author
           of
           Sin
           and
           Iniquity
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           cause
           of
           Destruction
           ,
           in
           that
           they
           here
           accuse
           him
           ,
           
             as
             ordaining
             what
             ever
             comes
             to
             pass
             .
          
           Thirdly
           ,
           it
           renders
           him
           both
           partial
           and
           cruel
           unto
           his
           own
           workmanship
           .
           Fourthly
           ,
           it
           makes
           void
           the
           free
           extent
           of
           God's
           Love
           and
           Grace
           to
           Man-kind
           ,
           and
           his
           sending
           his
           Son
           into
           the
           World
           ;
           as
           also
           ,
           renders
           the
           preaching
           of
           the
           Gospel
           to
           every
           Creature
           to
           be
           of
           no
           use
           ,
           nor
           real
           intent
           ,
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           greater
           part
           of
           Man-kind
           ;
           so
           that
           Priests
           of
           this
           Perswasion
           might
           stop
           their
           mouthes
           ,
           and
           people
           never
           spend
           their
           money
           for
           their
           preaching
           any
           more
           .
           Fifthly
           ,
           This
           their
           narrow
           and
           partial
           Opinion
           hath
           been
           an
           engine
           for
           Satan
           to
           work
           upon
           ,
           to
           the
           causing
           many
           poor
           Souls
           to
           dispair
           of
           ever
           having
           the
           benefit
           of
           Saving-Grace
           ,
           or
           Light
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           believed
           Death
           and
           Damnation
           to
           be
           unalterably
           designed
           for
           them
           .
           Sixthly
           ,
           It
           hath
           pufft
           up
           a
           few
           conceited
           Professors
           ,
           as
           
             Presbyterians
             ,
             Independants
          
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           in
           secret
           pride
           ,
           and
           self-confidence
           ,
           as
           being
           more
           regarded
           of
           God
           ,
           then
           all
           others
           ,
           supposing
           themselves
           from
           Eternity
           to
           be
           Elected
           ,
           and
           Grace
           and
           Salvation
           ,
           or
           the
           benefits
           of
           Christ's
           Sufferings
           and
           Death
           only
           to
           be
           free
           for
           them
           ,
           when
           their
           states
           and
           conditions
           are
           as
           sinfull
           ,
           corrupt
           and
           bad
           (
           with
           pride
           and
           covetousness
           )
           as
           others
           ;
           and
           therefore
           against
           them
           ,
           their
           narrow
           spirit
           ,
           Principle
           ,
           and
           partial
           Opinion
           ,
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           we
           do
           in
           general
           lay
           down
           a
           
           few
           plain
           Scriptures
           ,
           which
           ,
           with
           many
           more
           ,
           might
           be
           produced
           for
           the
           same
           purpose
           ,
           on
           the
           behalf
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           goodness
           to
           man
           ,
           and
           how
           equal
           his
           wayes
           are
           ,
           and
           how
           mans
           own
           iniquity
           and
           sin
           being
           continued
           in
           ,
           without
           repentance
           ,
           is
           his
           ruin
           .
           As
           first
           ,
           Genesis
           chap.
           2.
           vers
           .
           16
           ,
           17.
           
             and
             the
             Lord
             God
             Commanded
             the
             man
             ,
             saying
             ,
             of
             every
             tree
             of
             the
             Garden
             thou
             mayst
             eat
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             Tree
             of
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             good
             and
             evil
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             not
             eat
             of
             it
             ;
             for
             in
             the
             day
             that
             thou
             eatest
             thereof
             thou
             shalt
             surely
             die
             ,
             &c.
          
           where
           note
           ,
           that
           God
           was
           neither
           the
           Ordainer
           ,
           nor
           Author
           of
           mans
           Transgression
           ,
           which
           brought
           death
           ,
           and
           occasioned
           his
           being
           driven
           out
           of
           Paradice
           ,
           chap.
           3.
           ver
           .
           23
           ,
           24.
           but
           God
           gave
           man
           a
           plain
           Prohibition
           ,
           Command
           and
           Warning
           to
           the
           contrary
           ;
           so
           that
           God
           did
           not
           secretly
           design
           or
           decree
           touching
           man
           ,
           contrary
           to
           his
           own
           pure
           and
           equal
           Law
           given
           to
           man.
           
        
         
           Gen.
           4.
           6
           ,
           7.
           
           
             And
             the
             Lord
             said
             unto
          
           Cain
           ,
           
             why
             art
             thou
             wroth
             ?
             and
             why
             is
             thy
             Countenance
             faln
             ?
             if
             thou
             do
             well
             ,
             shalt
             thou
             not
             be
             accepted
             ?
             and
             if
             thou
             do
             not
             well
             sin
             lieth
             at
             thy
             door
             :
          
           So
           that
           it
           is
           evident
           here
           ,
           that
           God
           did
           not
           particularly
           design
           either
           that
           Cain
           should
           do
           evil
           ,
           nor
           yet
           decree
           his
           eternal
           death
           from
           Eternity
           ,
           seeing
           that
           in
           well
           doing
           he
           might
           have
           had
           acceptance
           ;
           but
           his
           evil
           doing
           was
           the
           cause
           of
           his
           misery
           .
        
         
           Deut.
           30.
           15
           ,
           16
           ,
           17
           ,
           18
           ,
           19
           ,
           20.
           
           
             See
             ,
             I
             have
             set
             before
             thee
             this
             day
             Life
             and
             Good
             :
             I
             call
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             this
             day
             to
             witness
             against
             you
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             set
             before
             you
             Life
             and
             Death
             ,
             Blessing
             and
             Cursing
             ;
             therefore
             chuse
             Life
             ,
             &c
             :
          
           And
           see
           vers
           .
           17
           ,
           18.
           
           
             But
             if
             thy
             Heart
             turn
             away
             ,
             I
             denounce
             unto
             you
             this
             day
             ,
             that
             you
             shall
             surely
             perish
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Where
           mark
           ,
           that
           Life
           and
           Death
           was
           set
           before
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           chuse
           Life
           ,
           and
           refuse
           death
           :
           but
           ,
           if
           God
           had
           particularly
           decreed
           them
           for
           death
           and
           destruction
           ,
           it
           had
           been
           a
           mockery
           to
           bid
           them
           chuse
           life
           ,
           if
           they
           could
           never
           have
           it
           :
           and
           if
           he
           had
           absolutely
           elected
           them
           from
           Eternity
           for
           Life
           Eternal
           ,
           why
           should
           it
           be
           denounced
           against
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           surely
           perish
           ,
           if
           their
           hearts
           turned
           away
           from
           the
           Lord
           ?
           were
           it
           not
           an
           impertinent
           vain
           thing
           ,
           to
           warn
           persons
           of
           such
           a
           danger
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           absolutely
           secured
           from
           being
           liable
           to
           any
           such
           danger
           ?
        
         
           Nehem.
           9.
           20
           ,
           26.
           
           
             Thou
             gavest
             also
             thy
             good
             Spirit
             to
             instruct
             them
             ,
             and
             with-heldest
             not
             thy
             Manna
             from
             their
             mouth
             ;
             nevertheless
             ,
             
             they
             were
             disobedient
             ,
             and
             rebelled
             against
             thee
             ,
             and
             cast
             thy
             Law
             behind
             their
             backs
             ,
             and
             slew
             thy
             Prophets
             ,
             &c.
          
           where
           ,
           note
           ,
           that
           God
           gave
           his
           good
           Spirit
           unto
           them
           ,
           who
           rebelled
           ,
           the
           Persecutors
           of
           his
           Prophets
           ;
           and
           if
           such
           had
           the
           good
           Spirit
           given
           them
           ,
           surely
           ,
           none
           are
           excepted
           ,
           but
           all
           have
           so
           much
           of
           the
           true
           Light
           or
           Spirit
           of
           God
           given
           them
           ,
           as
           shall
           leave
           them
           without
           excuse
           .
        
         
           Psal.
           81.
           11
           ,
           12.
           
           
             But
             my
             people
             would
             not
             hearken
             to
             my
             voice
             ;
             nor
          
           Israel
           
             would
             none
             of
             me
             ;
             so
             I
             gave
             them
             up
             to
             their
             own
             hearts
             lust
             ,
             and
             they
             walked
             in
             their
             own
             counsels
             :
          
           See
           here
           ,
           they
           refusing
           to
           hearken
           to
           the
           voice
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           their
           refusing
           him
           was
           the
           cause
           of
           his
           giving
           them
           up
           to
           their
           own
           lusts
           and
           evil
           counsels
           ,
           and
           not
           any
           partial
           secret
           decree
           concerning
           them
           .
        
         
           Isa.
           63.
           10.
           
           
             But
             they
             rebelled
             and
             vexed
             his
             holy
             Spirit
             ;
             therefore
             he
             was
             turned
             to
             be
             their
             Enemy
             ,
             and
             he
             fought
             against
             them
             :
          
           Here
           their
           rebelling
           and
           vexing
           the
           holy
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           was
           the
           cause
           of
           his
           turning
           to
           be
           their
           enemy
           ,
           and
           warring
           against
           them
           ;
           surely
           ,
           then
           God
           was
           their
           Friend
           before
           he
           turned
           to
           be
           their
           Enemy
           ,
           in
           that
           he
           had
           befriended
           them
           with
           his
           own
           Spirit
           .
        
         
           2
           Chron.
           15.
           15.
           
           
             Then
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             came
             upon
          
           Azariah
           
             the
             Son
             of
          
           Obed
           ,
           
             and
             he
             went
             out
             to
             meet
          
           Asa
           ,
           
             and
             said
             unto
             him
             ;
             O
          
           Asa
           ,
           
             and
             all
          
           Judah
           and
           Benjamin
           ,
           
             hear
             ye
             me
             ,
             The
             Lord
             is
             with
             you
             ,
             while
             ye
             be
             with
             him
             ;
             if
             ye
             seek
             him
             ,
             he
             will
             be
             found
             of
             you
             ;
             but
             if
             ye
             forsake
             him
             ,
             he
             will
             forsake
             you
             :
          
           So
           that
           it
           is
           mens
           forsaking
           of
           God
           first
           ,
           for
           which
           cause
           he
           forsakes
           them
           ;
           and
           man
           forsakes
           the
           Lord
           before
           the
           Lord
           forsake
           him
           ;
           and
           is
           not
           this
           a
           falling
           from
           Grace
           to
           forsake
           the
           Lord.
           
        
         
           Isa.
           1.
           19
           ,
           20.
           
           
             If
             you
             be
             willing
             and
             obedient
             ,
             ye
             shall
             eat
             the
             good
             of
             the
             Land
             ;
             but
             if
             you
             refuse
             and
             rebel
             ,
             ye
             shall
             be
             devoured
             with
             the
             sword
             :
          
           and
           ver
           .
           28.
           
           
             The
             destruction
             of
             the
             Transgressors
             and
             of
             the
             Sinners
             shall
             be
             together
             ,
             and
             they
             that
             forsake
             the
             Lord
             shall
             be
             consumed
             :
          
           Where
           ,
           mark
           upon
           what
           terms
           God
           promised
           good
           unto
           them
           ;
           and
           what
           was
           the
           cause
           of
           destruction
           ,
           but
           rebellion
           and
           forsaking
           the
           Lord
           :
           See
           likewise
           Jer.
           12.
           17.
           
        
         
           Ezek.
           18.
           20.
           
           
             The
             Soul
             that
             sinneth
             ,
             it
             shall
             die
             .
          
           verse
           23.
           
           
             Have
             I
             any
             pleasure
             at
             all
             that
             the
             Wicked
             should
             die
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             God
             ,
             &c.
          
           verse
           25.
           
           
             Hear
             ,
             O
             House
             of
          
           Israel
           ,
           
             Is
             not
             my
             Way
             equal
             ?
             are
             not
             your
             wayes
             unequal
             ?
          
           and
           see
           verses
           26
           ,
           27
           ,
           28
           ,
           29.
           
           Again
           ,
           vers
           .
           30.
           
           
             Repent
             ,
             and
             turn
             your selves
             from
             all
             your
             Trangressions
             ,
             so
             Iniquity
             
             shall
             not
             be
             your
             ruin
             .
          
           And
           verse
           32.
           
           
             For
             I
             have
             no
             pleasure
             in
             the
             death
             of
             him
             that
             dieth
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             God
             ;
             wherefore
             turn
             your selves
             and
             live
             ye
             .
          
           and
           Hosea
           13.
           9.
           
           Oh
           ,
           Israel
           ,
           
             thou
             hast
             destroyed
             thy self
             ,
             but
             in
             me
             is
             thy
             help
             .
          
           See
           how
           evidently
           ,
           in
           these
           passage
           ,
           God
           is
           cleared
           ,
           both
           in
           warning
           them
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           he
           willeth
           not
           ,
           nor
           hath
           pleasure
           in
           their
           destruction
           ;
           and
           how
           Iniquity
           is
           the
           ruin
           of
           them
           that
           continue
           in
           it
           ;
           and
           not
           any
           secret
           design
           or
           decree
           of
           God
           ,
           contrary
           to
           his
           own
           Testimony
           given
           by
           his
           holy
           Prophets
           ,
           concerning
           his
           good
           will
           for
           the
           Recovery
           of
           man
           out
           of
           Iniquity
           ;
           as
           also
           ,
           see
           Ezek.
           33.
           2
           ,
           3
           ,
           4
           ,
           5
           ,
           6
           ,
           7
           ,
           8.
           what
           is
           the
           cause
           of
           peoples
           destruction
           ,
           and
           how
           their
           blood
           shall
           be
           upon
           their
           own
           heads
           that
           do
           not
           take
           warning
           ;
           and
           now
           lets
           a
           little
           take
           notice
           of
           the
           Testimony
           of
           Christ
           and
           his
           Ministers
           :
           As
           first
           ,
        
         
           John
           3.
           16
           ,
           17.
           
           
             For
             God
             so
             loved
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             he
             gave
             his
             only
             begotten
             Son
             ;
             that
             whosoever
             believe
             in
             him
             should
             not
             perish
             ,
             but
             have
             Everlasting
             Life
             :
             For
             God
             sent
             not
             his
             Son
             into
             the
             World
             ,
             to
             condemn
             the
             World
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             World
             through
             him
             might
             be
             saved
             .
          
           Surely
           ,
           then
           God
           did
           not
           from
           Eternity
           design
           or
           decree
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           greater
           part
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           for
           that
           had
           contradicted
           the
           end
           of
           sending
           his
           Son.
           
        
         
           John
           12.
           46.
           
           
             I
             am
             come
             a
             Light
             into
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             whosoever
             believe
             on
             me
             should
             not
             abide
             in
             darkness
             :
          
           So
           here
           it
           is
           manifest
           ,
           that
           Christ
           is
           freely
           given
           a
           Light
           to
           those
           that
           are
           in
           darkness
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           believeth
           on
           him
           (
           it
           is
           not
           that
           a
           designed
           or
           select
           number
           of
           persons
           only
           )
           should
           not
           abide
           in
           darkness
           ,
           but
           whosoever
           believeth
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           see
           the
           Testimony
           given
           of
           him
           John
           1.
           9
           ,
           
             That
             was
             the
             the
             true
             Light
             that
             lighteth
             every
             man
             that
             cometh
             into
             the
             World
          
           ;
           It
           is
           not
           said
           ,
           which
           lighteth
           only
           a
           select
           small
           number
           .
        
         
           2
           Cor.
           5
           14
           ,
           15.
           
           
             For
             the
             Love
             of
             Christ
             constraineth
             us
             ,
             because
             we
             thus
             judge
             ,
             that
             if
             one
             died
             for
             all
             ,
             then
             were
             all
             dead
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             died
             for
             all
             ,
             that
             they
             which
             live
             ,
             should
             not
             henceforth
             live
             unto
             themselves
             ,
             but
             unto
             him
             which
             died
             for
             them
             ,
             and
             rose
             again
             .
          
        
         
           1
           Tim.
           2.
           5
           ,
           6.
           
           
             For
             there
             is
             one
             God
             ,
             and
             one
             Mediator
             between
             God
             and
             Man
             ,
             the
             Man
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             who
             gave
             himself
             a
             Ransom
             for
          
           ALL
           ,
           
             to
             be
             testified
             of
             in
             due
             time
             .
          
        
         
           Hebr.
           2.
           9.
           
           
             But
             we
             see
             Jesus
             ,
             who
             is
             made
             a
             little
             lower
             then
             the
             Angels
             ,
             for
             the
             suffering
             which
             death
             ,
             crowned
             with
             glory
             and
             honour
             ,
             that
             he
             by
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             should
             taste
             death
             for
             every
             man.
             
          
        
         
         
           1
           John
           2.
           
           
             And
             he
             is
             the
             Propitiation
             for
             our
             sins
             ,
             and
             not
             for
             ours
             only
             ,
             but
             for
             the
             sins
             of
             the
             whole
             World.
             
          
        
         
           In
           all
           which
           passages
           observe
           ,
           that
           the
           free
           and
           universal
           Love
           ,
           Grace
           ,
           and
           Good-will
           of
           God
           in
           Christ
           ,
           is
           testified
           in
           the
           Suffering
           ,
           Death
           or
           Sacrifice
           of
           Christ
           ,
           for
           all
           that
           were
           dead
           ,
           for
           every
           man
           ,
           for
           the
           sins
           of
           the
           whole
           World
           ;
           it
           is
           not
           said
           ,
           that
           he
           died
           only
           for
           a
           few
           ,
           or
           for
           a
           small
           number
           ,
           Elected
           from
           Eternity
           ,
           but
           for
           all
           men
           ;
           and
           gave
           himself
           a
           Ransom
           for
           all
           ,
           for
           a
           Testimony
           in
           due
           time
           :
           And
           therefore
           away
           with
           such
           Doctrines
           and
           Opinions
           as
           oppose
           the
           free
           extent
           of
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           and
           Light
           of
           Christ
           ,
           which
           universally
           is
           given
           to
           all
           Man-kind
           ;
           and
           do
           not
           blame
           or
           lay
           the
           fault
           upon
           God
           any
           longer
           ,
           as
           either
           decreeing
           mans
           destruction
           ,
           or
           the
           cause
           of
           it
           ;
           but
           lay
           it
           in
           the
           right
           place
           ,
           upon
           the
           Rebellious
           and
           Transgressors
           ,
           who
           hate
           the
           Light
           and
           love
           Darkness
           rather
           ,
           see
           John
           3.
           19
           ,
           20.
           
        
         
           Object
           .
           But
           some
           object
           ,
           That
           God
           loved
           Jacob
           ,
           and
           hated
           Esau
           ,
           before
           they
           were
           born
           ,
           or
           had
           done
           good
           or
           evil
           .
        
         
           Reply
           ,
           What
           then
           did
           he
           hate
           Esau
           for
           ?
           for
           any
           to
           suppose
           he
           hated
           him
           for
           nothing
           ,
           or
           without
           cause
           ,
           is
           to
           render
           God
           cruel
           and
           unequal
           in
           his
           wayes
           ;
           but
           those
           that
           thus
           object
           do
           both
           grosly
           mistake
           ,
           and
           misplace
           the
           words
           :
           For
           that
           which
           was
           said
           before
           the
           Children
           were
           born
           ,
           was
           ,
           The
           elder
           shall
           serve
           the
           younger
           ,
           (
           the
           mystery
           whereof
           is
           only
           known
           ,
           where
           the
           two
           Seeds
           ,
           or
           two
           Births
           are
           known
           )
           Rom.
           9.
           12.
           and
           then
           follows
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           written
           ,
           Jacob
           have
           I
           loved
           ,
           and
           Esau
           have
           I
           hated
           ;
           but
           where
           was
           it
           written
           before
           Paul
           mentioned
           it
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           written
           or
           spoken
           to
           either
           Isaac
           or
           Rebekah
           ;
           but
           it
           was
           written
           many
           hundred
           years
           after
           concerning
           their
           Successors
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           those
           of
           Israel
           and
           Edom
           ,
           by
           the
           Prophet
           Malachi
           ,
           chap.
           1.
           and
           those
           whom
           God
           hated
           were
           the
           same
           people
           ,
           that
           was
           called
           ,
           
             The
             Border
             of
             Wickedness
             ,
             the
             people
             against
             whom
             the
             Lord
             had
             Indignation
             for
             ever
          
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           was
           because
           of
           their
           Wickedness
           that
           the
           Indignation
           of
           God
           was
           against
           them
           .
        
         
           Object
           .
           Again
           ,
           some
           object
           ,
           That
           God
           hath
           Mercy
           on
           whom
           he
           will
           ,
           and
           whom
           he
           will
           be
           hardneth
           ;
           Hath
           not
           the
           Potter
           power
           over
           the
           Clay
           ?
           &c.
           
        
         
           Reply
           ,
           God
           hath
           concluded
           them
           all
           in
           unbelief
           ,
           
           that
           he
           might
           shew
           mercy
           upon
           all
           ;
           it
           is
           his
           universal
           
           Love
           and
           good
           will
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           to
           tender
           and
           shew
           Mercy
           in
           his
           own
           Son
           unto
           all
           both
           Jews
           and
           Gentiles
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           his
           Justice
           to
           give
           them
           up
           to
           hardness
           and
           unbelief
           who
           reject
           and
           oppose
           his
           free
           Love
           and
           tenders
           of
           Mercy
           ;
           for
           what
           can
           be
           the
           reason
           of
           hardning
           some
           ,
           seeing
           this
           hardning
           is
           a
           Judgment
           upon
           them
           ,
           in
           time
           ?
           not
           particularly
           or
           partially
           design'd
           from
           Eternity
           ,
           (
           as
           to
           particular
           persons
           simply
           )
           for
           it
           s
           no
           reason
           for
           any
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           harden
           some
           ,
           because
           he
           will
           hearden
           them
           ;
           but
           because
           its
           just
           for
           him
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           they
           having
           provoked
           him
           ,
           and
           grieved
           his
           holy
           Spirit
           in
           them
           ;
           see
           Zachariah
           7.
           11
           ,
           12.
           
           
             But
             they
             refuse
             to
             hearken
             ,
             and
             pull'd
             away
             the
             Shoulder
             ,
             and
             stopped
             their
             Ears
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             not
             hear
             ;
             yea
             ,
             they
             made
             their
             hearts
             as
             an
             Adamant-stone
             ,
             &c.
             
             Therefore
             came
             a
             great
             Wrath
             from
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             .
          
           And
           as
           for
           his
           having
           power
           over
           the
           works
           of
           his
           hands
           ,
           as
           the
           Potter
           hath
           over
           the
           Clay
           ;
           who
           questions
           that
           ?
           but
           though
           he
           made
           or
           formed
           man
           ,
           as
           man
           ,
           or
           as
           his
           Creature
           ,
           he
           did
           not
           make
           him
           ,
           nor
           ordain
           him
           to
           be
           a
           sinfull
           Rebellious
           man
           ;
           God
           is
           not
           his
           Potter
           ,
           or
           Former
           ,
           into
           Sin
           ,
           but
           the
           Devil
           ;
           which
           ,
           if
           man
           continue
           in
           ,
           against
           his
           Maker
           ,
           without
           repentance
           ,
           then
           his
           end
           ,
           which
           is
           destruction
           ,
           is
           determined
           :
           For
           ,
           
             Wo
             unto
             him
             that
             striveth
             with
             his
             Maker
             ;
             let
             the
             Potsherd
             strive
             with
             the
             Potsherds
             of
             the
             Earth
             ;
             shall
             the
             Clay
             say
             to
             him
             that
             fashioneth
             it
             ,
             what
             makest
             thou
             ?
             Wo
             unto
             him
             that
             sayeth
             unto
             his
             Father
             ,
             what
             begettest
             thou
             ,
             &
             c
             ?
             Isa.
          
           45.
           9
           ,
           10.
           
           Surely
           ,
           God
           did
           not
           make
           man
           to
           strive
           against
           himself
           ,
           nor
           yet
           to
           question
           ,
           or
           suppose
           evil
           against
           his
           Workmanship
           ,
           for
           he
           is
           not
           the
           Author
           of
           Sin
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           because
           of
           Iniquity
           that
           God
           hides
           his
           Face
           ,
           and
           consumes
           people
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           Clay
           ,
           and
           he
           the
           Potter
           ,
           Isa.
           64.
           7
           ,
           8.
           
           Now
           ,
           to
           be
           sure
           ,
           God
           doth
           not
           find
           fault
           with
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           proper
           to
           his
           own
           Workmanship
           ;
           nor
           doth
           he
           consume
           any
           ,
           meerly
           as
           his
           own
           Workmanship
           ,
           but
           because
           of
           Iniquity
           ;
           see
           also
           Jer.
           18.
           6
           ,
           7
           ,
           8
           ,
           9
           ,
           10
           ,
           11
           ,
           12.
           by
           which
           these
           partial
           opinionated
           Professors
           are
           absolutely
           confuted
           ;
           besides
           ,
           it
           is
           such
           as
           like
           not
           to
           retain
           God
           in
           their
           knowledge
           ,
           whom
           he
           gives
           over
           to
           a
           reprobate
           mind
           ,
           Rom.
           1.
           21
           ,
           28.
           
        
         
           Wherefore
           we
           advise
           all
           ,
           who
           tender
           their
           own
           Salvation
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           byassed
           or
           prejudiced
           with
           private
           and
           corrupt
           opinions
           of
           men
           of
           corrupt
           minds
           ,
           nor
           yet
           to
           reject
           or
           dispise
           the
           Free
           Grace
           ,
           or
           Light
           ,
           of
           Jesus
           ,
           which
           is
           freely
           tendred
           and
           given
           unto
           all
           ;
           but
           
           every
           one
           wait
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           mind
           its
           appearance
           in
           your
           hearts
           ,
           that
           thereby
           your
           understandings
           may
           be
           opened
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           come
           to
           know
           the
           Election
           in
           Christ
           ,
           as
           chosen
           in
           him
           to
           be
           holy
           ,
           and
           without
           blame
           (
           this
           Election
           we
           own
           )
           and
           be
           conformed
           unto
           his
           Image
           ,
           even
           the
           Image
           of
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           know
           him
           as
           the
           First-born
           among
           many
           Brethren
           ,
           as
           those
           that
           are
           chosen
           in
           him
           ,
           through
           the
           Sanctification
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           belief
           of
           the
           Truth
           ,
           to
           be
           holy
           ,
           and
           without
           blame
           before
           him
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           high
           and
           precious
           state
           that
           many
           are
           short
           of
           who
           conceit
           and
           pretend
           themselves
           to
           be
           Elect
           Persons
           ,
           when
           yet
           they
           are
           polluted
           ,
           unsanctified
           ,
           unregenerate
           ,
           unholy
           ,
           impure
           ,
           unfaithfull
           to
           God
           ,
           rejecting
           the
           elect
           Seed
           ,
           the
           elect
           and
           precious
           Stone
           ;
           therefore
           their
           Foundation
           is
           Sandy
           ,
           their
           Building
           shattered
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           our
           God
           is
           risen
           to
           stain
           their
           glory
           ,
           and
           the
           pride
           of
           all
           Flesh
           ,
           and
           yet
           more
           to
           confound
           all
           empty
           and
           Babilonish
           Professions
           ,
           that
           are
           set
           in
           opposition
           to
           his
           Glorious
           Appearance
           in
           this
           his
           day
           .
        
         
           
             G.
             W.
             
          
        
      
       
         
           The
           moderate
           Reader
           is
           desired
           to
           Correct
           some
           Errors
           that
           have
           escaped
           the
           Press
           ,
           whether
           they
           be
           Words
           ,
           Letters
           or
           Points
           ,
           and
           not
           impute
           them
           to
           the
           Authors
           .
        
         
           PAge
           11.
           l.
           8.
           read
           
             of
             these
          
           .
           p.
           12.
           l.
           37.
           for
           affirmed
           ,
           r.
           answered
           .
           p.
           18.
           l.
           12.
           for
           
             no
             wit
          
           ,
           r.
           
             now
             it
          
           .
           p.
           21.
           l.
           11.
           r.
           
             as
             for
          
           .
           l.
           34.
           dele
           yet
           .
           p.
           22.
           l.
           17.
           for
           
             to
             the
          
           ,
           dele
           the.
           p.
           23.
           l.
           33.
           for
           bare
           ,
           r.
           bear
           .
           p.
           26.
           l.
           1.
           blot
           out
           them
           .
           p.
           31.
           l.
           11.
           r.
           trees
           .
           p.
           34.
           l.
           18.
           r.
           Chap.
           1.
           p.
           39.
           understand
           ,
           or
           add
           to
           the
           names
           subscribed
           ;
           viz.
           
             Witnesses
             that
             these
             are
             the
             Priests
             Contradictions
             .
          
           p.
           44.
           l.
           4.
           r.
           passages
           .
           l.
           37.
           for
           which
           ,
           r.
           and.
           
        
         
           THE
           END
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
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             Priest.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A65867-e5100
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Observation
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             11.
             32.