A letter to the author of a book, entituled, An answer to W.P.'s key, about the Quakers light within, &c. by Edmund Elys ...
Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707.
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A letter to the author of a book, entituled, An answer to W.P.'s key, about the Quakers light within, &c. by Edmund Elys ...
Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707.
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London :
MDCXCV [1695]
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A
LETTER
TO
THE
Author
of
a
Book
,
ENTITULED
,
An
Answer
to
W.
P's
KEY
,
About
the
Quakers
LIGHT
WITHIN
,
&c.
By
Edmund
Elys
,
a
Servant
of
Jesus
Christ
.
SIR
,
I
Consider
that
the
Controversie
that
you
and
I
are
ingaged
in
,
is
of
infinitely
greater
concern
to
all
Men
than
all
the
Contests
of
all
the
Kings
,
and
other
Potentates
in
the
World
about
Temporal
Power
and
Dominion
:
For
the
Nations
are
as
a
drop
of
a
Bucket
,
and
are
counted
as
the
small
Dust
of
the
Balance
:
But
THE
TRUE
LIGHT
,
concerning
whose
Influence
upon
the
Souls
of
Men
,
we
are
now
to
Dispute
,
is
,
The
High
,
and
Lofty
One
that
inhabiteth
Eternity
,
Lord
of
Lords
,
and
King
of
Kings
.
I
beseech
you
therefore
to
consider
that
you
must
give
account
at
the
Day
of
Judgment
of
every
word
you
shall
return
in
Answer
,
to
what
I
shall
here
say
in
vindication
of
the
Truth
concerning
The
Light
within
,
Asserted
by
W.
P.
in
his
small
Treatise
,
Entituled
,
The
Key
,
&c.
You
say
,
p.
12.
Never
was
any
Nation
,
or
any
Generation
,
or
any
one
Man
instructed
by
that
Light
that
is
in
the
Conscience
of
every
Man
,
that
there
ever
was
such
a
one
as
Jesus
of
Nazareth
,
much
less
,
that
he
was
the
Lord
,
and
least
of
all
what
he
required
of
his
Servants
and
Attendants
:
Therefore
no
light
within
common
to
all
Mankind
,
can
be
the
Rule
of
the
Christian
Religion
.
So
that
the
notorious
Experience
of
all
Men
confutes
the
pretence
of
the
Quakers
,
since
it
was
never
possible
for
any
Man
to
learn
,
the
least
part
of
the
Christian
Religion
by
the
Light
within
that
is
in
every
Man's
Conscience
.
Answ
.
Whoever
did
not
Rebel
against
the
Light
,
which
is
in
the
Conscience
of
every
Man
,
did
believe
that
there
was
such
a
one
as
Jesus
of
Nazareth
,
as
soon
as
this
Truth
was
Declar'd
unto
him
by
Christ
,
or
His
Apostles
,
or
any
other
that
had
receiv'd
Authority
from
CHRIST
to
Preach
the
Gospel
.
In
a
sincere
Conformity
to
the
Law
of
GOD
written
in
the
Heart
,
is
implyed
a
Virtual
Assent
to
all
Truth
.
You
say
,
(
p.
26.
)
That
,
Our
Conscience
is
an
inward
Sense
perceiving
immediately
nothing
but
our
own
Thoughts
,
which
thoughts
are
therefore
its
Notices
;
and
the
Minds
perceptive
,
Power
presenting
these
in
it self
,
is
the
Light
in
the
Conscience
of
every
Man.
Answ
.
CONSCIENCE
is
the
KNOWLEDGE
of
the
Law
of
God
in
Conjunction
with
the
KNOWLEDGE
of
the
Conformity
,
or
Difformity
of
our
own
Actions
,
or
Omissions
thereunto
:
By
Knowledge
here
I
mean
the
Inward
Man
,
or
the
Heart
consider'd
,
as
Knowing
the
Law
of
God
,
&c.
The
Truth
of
what
I
say
is
evident
from
these
Texts
of
Scripture
,
Rom.
2.15
.
1
John
3.20
,
21.
This
is
a
gross
Falshood
that
Conscience
perceives
nothing
immediately
but
our
own
Thoughts
:
For
it
immediately
perceives
the
Law
of
God
,
viz.
Thou
shalt
love
the
Lord
thy
God
with
all
thy
Heart
,
and
with
all
thy
Soul
,
and
thy
Neighbour
as
thy self
;
after
that
it
perceives
the
Conformity
,
or
Difformity
of
our
own
Actions
,
or
Omissions
thereunto
.
In
the
Law
of
God
written
in
the
Heart
,
is
manifestly
imployed
the
Idea
of
God
;
for
we
cannot
have
any
Perception
of
the
Law
of
God
without
some
Perception
,
Notion
,
or
Idea
of
His
Existence
.
This
Innate
Idea
,
Notion
,
or
Perception
of
the
Divine
Being
,
the
one
being
absolutely
infinite
,
is
that
peculiar
Participation
of
Eternal
REASON
,
The
WORD
,
which
was
in
the
beginning
with
God
,
and
which
was
God
,
with
which
our
Blessed
Creator
,
the
Fountain
of
all
Goodness
has
endued
all
Rational
Souls
.
This
I
suppose
is
that
which
W.
P.
means
by
His
own
Light
,
viz.
the
immediate
Emanation
of
the
WORD
,
or
REASON
ESSENTIAL
upon
All
Rational
Souls
.
'T
is
excellently
observ'd
by
W.
P.
Key
.
p.
2.
that
,
This
Light
is
something
else
than
the
bare
Vnderstanding
Man
hath
as
a
Rational
Creature
:
For
as
such
,
Man
cannot
be
a
Light
to
himself
;
but
has
only
a
capacity
of
seeing
by
means
of
the
Light
,
with
which
Christ
,
the
Word
,
enlighteneth
him
.
The
Humane
Intellect
,
or
Vnderstanding
is
called
Reason
,
because
it
is
the
power
or
faculty
of
perceiving
the
Emanations
of
the
Essential
Reason
,
the
Fountain
of
all
Truth
,
and
Goodness
.
You
tell
us
that
The
Mind
's
perceptive
Power
presenting
these
(
our
Thoughts
)
in
it self
is
the
Light
in
the
Conscience
of
every
Man.
I
suppose
upon
second
thoughts
you
will
retract
this
:
What!
is
the
Power
,
or
Faculty
perceptive
of
Light
or
Truth
,
the
Light
it self
?
I
'le
grant
that
the
Humane
Understanding
,
or
Intellectual
preceptive
Faculty
,
being
the
Eye
of
the
Soul
,
may
be
called
the
Light
that
is
in
us
;
not
because
we
are
conscious
of
our
Thoughts
,
but
because
we
are
capable
of
perceiving
the
TRUE
LIGHT
in
our
own
Souls
.
You
say
,
This
light
is
the
Deity
it self
,
and
then
the
Soul
of
every
Man
will
be
Deified
thereby
.
Answ
.
Not
so
but
the
Soul
of
every
Man
that
Walks
in
this
Light
,
that
adheres
to
it
,
as
the
Principle
of
all
his
Actions
,
may
truly
be
said
to
be
made
Partaker
of
the
Divine
Nature
,
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
..
It
is
a
most
horrid
Error
(
if
not
plain
Blasphemy
,
)
to
say
as
you
do
,
that
It
was
never
possible
to
learn
the
least
part
of
the
Christian
Religion
by
the
Light
within
,
that
is
in
every
Man's
Conscience
:
For
by
the
Light
within
we
understand
CHRIST
himself
,
and
that
Light
which
immediately
Flows
from
Him
,
the
Fountain
of
Light
,
the
Sun
of
Righteousness
,
which
we
are
called
to
Reflect
upon
,
and
Conform
our
Will
,
and
Affections
thereunto
,
by
all
the
Notices
that
GOD
gives
of
himself
by
any
of
his
WORDS
,
or
WORKS
.
Whatever
knowledge
a
Man
can
have
of
the
sense
or
signification
of
any
Texts
of
Scripture
,
without
this
Reflexion
or
immediate
Application
of
the
Will
and
Vnderstanding
to
Christ
himself
,
the
Fountain
of
Light
in
his
own
Soul
,
such
Knowledge
is
rather
the
Picture
,
Form
,
or
Image
of
Knowledge
,
than
True
Divine
Knowledge
:
'T
is
that
Knowledge
which
puffeth
up
,
and
renders
Men
more
like
the
Devil
,
the
Father
of
Lies
.
'T
is
only
by
obeying
the
Light
within
,
or
by
our
adherence
to
the
Spirit
of
Truth
in
our
own
Hearts
,
that
we
can
ever
attain
to
the
knowledge
of
the
Truth
,
as
it
is
in
JESVS
;
that
is
,
as
it
saves
those
that
have
any
apprehension
of
it
,
from
their
Sins
.
p.
21.
you
have
these
words
:
God
is
Light
,
and
God
is
within
other
things
,
as
well
as
Men
;
is
then
God
a
Light
within
to
every
Tree
,
or
Beast
,
or
Star
?
Answ
.
GOD
,
being
the
ONE
absolutely
infinite
,
is
in
every
Creature
;
but
He
is
a
Light
only
to
those
Creatures
,
which
he
has
endued
with
a
Capacity
of
having
some
sight
,
or
perceivance
of
Him.
I
desire
you
wou'd
Peruse
all
those
Papers
which
have
been
or
shall
be
Publisht
for
Me
,
by
Thomas
Northcott
,
in
George-Yard
in
Lumbard-street
.
If
you
shall
attempt
the
Confutation
of
this
Paper
,
or
of
any
thing
else
that
I
have
Publisht
,
I
desire
you
wou'd
not
write
one
Line
without
this
Consideration
▪
That
we
shall
all
appear
before
the
Judgment
Seat
of
Christ
,
and
that
our
Life
is
but
a
Vapour
,
&c.
Totness
in
Devon
,
July
12.
●●95
.
I
am
,
Your
Servant
in
the
Love
of
the
Truth
.
Edmund
Elys
.
LONDON
,
Printed
for
Thomas
Northcott
,
in
George-Yard
in
Lombard-street
,
MDCXCV
.