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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82020	A publick discovery of a secret deceit. Or, the man of sin unmasked, his sheeps-clothing of glorious pretences pulled off; and his wolvish inside set forth in its colours. Where may easily be discerned Satan transformed into the resemblance of an angel of light, in that sect or society commonly called Quakers. Being nineteen quæries, directed to their speakers at the Bull and Mouth neer Aldersgate: and answered by that grand fomenter of heresie, James Nayler. With a reply thereunto, and fourteen queries more returned by him unto me, fully answered: and twenty four more proposed. / By me John Deacon.	Deacon, John, 17th cent.	1656 (1656)	Wing D487; Thomason E884_6; ESTC R207313	47,188	67

againe that since your intosticated braines are so soone lifted up on the haughty wings of vainglorious pride of the victory before the encounter I shall give it a curb if not a crush And I very much wonder that you should enquire for an outward evidence when you say yours is within and may not we say the same But that you and the whole world may know we practice not the dictates of our own minds but bow all to the commands of God be it known to thee and whosoever else shall enquire after the same that an evidential command we have and what we doe is of an obediential submission to Gods revealed will And for expounding of Scriptures I answer if thou knowest not but art ignorant I shall doe my endeavour to informe thee that it was the practice of the Church in all Ages to read the Scriptures distinctly and give the senses and is not this expounding Nehem. 8.8.15 Luke 4.17 21. Luke 24.27.32 and be there not doctrines reasons and uses in all the Sermons and Epistles of the Apostles and did not our Saviour himself take a Text expouned it and apply it who also began at Moses and all the Prophets expounding unto the Disciples in all the Scriptures the things concerning himselfe insomuch that the hearers hearts burned within them at his doctrine whose words were with power Acts 28.23 Act. 17.2 3 2 Tim. 3.15.16 Philip also took a Text and expounded it and beginning at the same Scripture preached Jesus unto the Eunuch Paul also expounded unto the Romans the testimony of the Kingdom of God and the things concerning Jesus both out of the Law and the Prophets from the morning until evening who also testifieth this unto Timothy That the Scriptures are able to make a soule exceeding wise unto salvation and are profitable for doctrine for reproofe for correction and observe this for instruction in righteousnesse which I suppose comprehends all things mentioned by you except you can prove them not necessary to that end to direct in matters of righteousnesse that the man of God may be made perfect So having thus proved that Scriptures were expounded by the Apostles and Ministers of Christ 2 Tim. 2.15 our practice is justified and further yet we have this not onely as a President but a Precept rightly to divide the word of truth as workmen that need not to be ashamed Now if there can be any right division without parts prove it if you can nay further still study is required in this exercise and commanded also by Pauls spirit although cryed out against by yours and though you dare boldly blaspheme the word of God and call it the words of men and so call God a man by consequence I feare you will finde it a terrible word in the last day of Christs judgements when you shall be found a lyar 1 Thess 2.13 1 Cor. 14.37 and Paul a Preacher of truth who calls it in truth the word of God and the commands of the Lord. And for your questioning of Baptism administred unto children I now finde the root from which you spring even from that well-spring and fountaine-head from whence flow streames unto every heresie for the truest Relations that ever I could come unto the perusal of since John of Leyden that grand fomenter and prick-louse Preacher the founder of that Sect See Rosse his view of Religion p. 229. I have not read of any grand Apostate or heretick but what sprung from that truth-corrupting Faction as witnesse most of your Society for to hinder the children of Believers The priviledge of Baptism seemes unto me a dividing of that Covenant I will be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee observe that to thy seed as well as unto thee Now I shall leave it unto you to examine Gen. 17.7 whether it be not a clipping of the wings of Gods dominions and a limiting of and setting a bound unto his Authority that when he hath said I will be a God unto thee and to thy seed and this shall be a Covenant between me and thee for ever yet you shall put a period uno the time and a limitation unto the condition and so allow him onely the first and deny him the latter and certainly there were children in the house of Israel 1 Cor. 10.2 when they marched thorow the Red Sea and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the red Sea where was also the Element water and surely there were some buds of this now unmeasurable Sect in the Church when Paul saith The unbelieving Wife is sanctified by the believing Husband and the unbelieving Husband by the believing Wife for else were your children uncleane observe but now are they holy and if so then how much more are they holy when both the Father and Mother believeth too and if they are so holy why may not they enjoy holy things as Baptism c. And who doth know whether the Lord shall sanctifie unto himselfe a Jeremiah in the wombe Jer. 1.5 Mar. 9 36.41 Act. 2.39 And our Saviour himselfe thus declares setting a child before him Whosoever offendeth one of these little ones that believes in me observe that believes in me where its possible they may believe it were better for him that a milstone were put about his neck and he cast into the Sea Now what greater offence can there be then to exclude them from their society and fellowship with Christ Peter also speaking to the Jewes testifieth this The Promise is to you yea and to your children also not dividing that which God hath put together neither robbing God of his subjects by impairing his Dominions nor bereaving his subjects of that glorious priviledge of being his people but as God said I will be a God unto thee and to thy seed so said he The Promise is unto you and to your children and therefore as said the Angel to Peter so say I unto you That which God hath sanctified count not you unclean And for singing of Davids Psalmes in meeter establisheth a concord in the harmony Act. 10.15 Mat. 7.3 and the matter being the same it is nothing to the lawfulnesse or unlawfulness of the thing but O thou hypocrite seest thou the mote in anothers eye pull first forth the beam or if you will adde an s and make it beams out of thine own eye Mat. 26.30 Act. 16.25 Col. 3.16 and for singing Psalmes we have the practice of our Saviour himselfe Paul Silas and the recommendation of James and of Paul also and 't is reported of Theodorus that under the cruel persecution of Julius the Apostate suffered much in martyrdome and being on the Rack to the amazement of all the beholders sung Psalmes most harmoniously and if there can be any song spiritual and yet unlawful why then did Paul admonish us to exhort one onother in Psalms and Hymns and spiritual songs and there can be no song