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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79520	An answer to a book which Samuel Eaton put up to the Parliament: which he saith he is a teacher of the Church of Christ, heretofore meeting at Ducken-field, now at Stockport in Cheshire; and he cals the title of his book Quakers confuted. Moses who was a judg quaked and trembled, David a king in Israel quaked and trembled, and Solomon who was a king trembled, and Daniel a servant of the most high God trembled, ... And these heard the voice of God, and thou that writest, thou mayest say thou hast confuted all them; for he that is against them, is against us, and he that is against us, is against them, for the same power is witnessed; but thou Eaton, who saith thou art a teacher of the church at Duckenfield, who saith thou hast heard the voice of the living God, and that such a voice as this, as comes immediately from God, you have not heard, ... And Isaiah saith, hear the word of the Lord all ye that tremble at his word; and this is the man that I do regard, saith the Lord, that is of a contrite heart, and trembleth at my word; but such Eaton and his church doth not regard, but custs out friends of the Lord from them, whom the world calls Quakers.	Camm, John, 1604?-1656.	1654 (1654)	Wing C389; Thomason E735_9; ESTC R206969	38,921	53

infallible judgment and the Apostles said they knew all things Obj. And thou sayest it did but import much knowledg Rep. And here thou would'st make the Apostle a lyar and the Scripture false Obj. And thou sayest neither you nor any other hath an infallible judgment in all things Rep. Here thou hast cleared thy self from the spiritual man who judgeth all things and hath an infallible judgment Obj. And again Thou sayest in all things and at all times but you are subject to errour in many things you do not apprehend to speak right of God of Christ of the Spirit of the Saints and of your selves and of the Mystery of the Gospel Rep. And here again thou hast cleared thy self who doth not apprehend and speak aright of God Christ the Spirit Saints your selves and of the mystery of the Gospel Let all people take notice whether thou hast not cleared thy self from God Christ the Spirit the Saints and the Mystery of the Gospel Obj. And thou sayest you do not apprehend your selves Rep. Let all people take notice and see if you be a fit man to preach who cannot apprehend to speak right of God of Christ of the Spirit of the Saints and of the mystery of the Gospel and thou hast confessed it and openly shewed thy self to be a natural man that knows not the things of God who cannot speak aright of God as thou sayest and that which is not right is wrong and the Spirit of Errour which thou sayest ye are subject to Obj. Thou sayest there may be an infallible judgment which may be made from the Scripture without the Spirit Rep. This is thy judgment like unto the Jews who had the Letter but not the spirit who judged Christ to be a devil and so here are the fruits of thy manners and Doctrine as thou call'st them and thy pretending truth much confused stuff here is in this answer as thou call'st it and yet thou confessest an infallible judgment which cannot be made without the Spitit but that Spirit is without them Obj. And in some things thou sayest you have an infallibility but this is the confusion that the Scripture is the foundation of an infallible judgment concerning things contained in them and not the Spirit Rep. Here thou would'st make people believe that the Scripture was before the Spirit and so shews thy self to be natural and carnal and shews thy self ignorant of that Spirit that gave forth the Scriptures which is the Judg of all Errour and such as shews forth the Spirit of Errour Que. 5. Whether you be above the Apostle and able to judg his condition because you say he was not perfect who said he spoke wisdome among them that were perfect Ans And in thy answer thou sayest Paul denied perfection and thou deniest perfection Rep. Thou lyar where did Paul ever deny perfection and here you sit as Judges and when Paul spoke Let us as many as are perfect be true minded he did not speak only of himself neither did he speak of comparative perfection which thou sayest some attained unto And here I charge thee again to add to the Scriptures and perverts the Apostles words for he spoke plainly Stand perfect and compleat in all the will of God and be perfect but he doth not speak of a comparative perfection Obj. And thou brings the words of the Apostle James who saith He that can bridle his tongue is a perfect man Rep. He saith so but thou saith not absolutely perfect Here again thou perverts the Apostles words and would make him a lyar and that Scripture false but thou art the lyar and art for the Lake that burneth with fire and brimstone Obj. And thou sayest The heart may be unruly though the tongue be restrained and such thou sayest are comparatively perfect Rep. Where there is no such thing mentioned in the Scripture as comparative perfection but it is thy coyned words added to the Scriptures and the plagues will be added to thee Obj. And thou sayest among such perfect ones Paul speaks wisdom but not amongst absolute perfectists Rep. Paul saith he spoke wisdom among them that were perfect and thou sayest not amongst absolute perfectists Here I charge thee in the presence of the Lord to be the lyar but thou would'st make the Apostle a lyar Obj. And thou sayest it is a senseless foolish question because we ask you whether you be above the Apostles condition Rep. Seeing you sit as Judges of his condition as you have made it appear perverting his words and would make him a lyar Que. 6. Whether you have the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world was which the Apostles speak of yea or no Some things in reply to thy answer of this Query Now thou sayest if Christ be this hidden wisdome the question runs of Christ whether you be or no our answer runs to this Ans And here you have shewed forth your self and cannot confess the hidden wisdom as the Apostles did with that they had and so have given no answer to the Query but hast given forth many words and saith we do imagine many things of Christ and of God and his flesh Rep. But that is thy own condition who art in thy imaginations for we deny thee and them both who hath put these lyes upon us for neither Christ nor God nor Scriptures are known by imaginations Object And thou speak'st of Christ within them teaching them Rep. That is witnessed and where he is grace is and strength and holiness and the spiritual man need not any external thing to lead the spirit and so all thy external Ordinances and external Teachings we utterly deny but the Scriptures we own and the Ordinances of Christ in their place and here thou hast shewed forth thy venom Object And thou sayest Christ within them is sufficient for all things and to have no teachers but Christ this we assume not nor dare and we declare against it as a satanica delusion that these poor creatures are in which confess Christ is sufficient for all things Rep. All who are in light may see what utter darkness thou lives in who would have Christ sufficient for all things and all purposes and the Scripture saith he is all in all and thou art in the estate of thy first parents as thou calls it and a servant to thy Master Que. 7. Whether you have heard the voice of the living Lord God of heaven and earth or whether you do not take the Prophets words Christs words and the Apostles words and say it when saith the Lord I never spoke to you Ans Our answer is this That such a Voice as this as comes immediately from God we have not heard and such an inspiration as this we have not received nor do we wait for it Rep. Here thou shewest thy self one that runs before thou art sent and one that useth thy tongue and no Minister of God and thy self to be a Heathen not hearing his voice who

speaks from heaven whose voice shakes the earth so thou knows nothing of salvation but by heresay and here thou shewest thy self to be a false Prophet that takes the Saints words and say he saith when saith the Lord I never spoke to them and doth confess that the Jews said Moses heard his voice and among the Jews thou art who persecutes the truth Object And thou sayest Such an inspiration which is immediately received from God we have not received neither do we wait for it Rep. Here thou hast cleared thy self that thou hast not received the Spirit of God but art in the spirit of errour for the Scripture was given us by inspiration and by immediate inspiration of the same Spirit are understood again and from this thou hast cleared thy self and from the life of all the holy men of God and sayest thou dost neither look nor wait to receive such an immediate voice nor such an insp●ration and here thou shewest thy self to be a natural man and one of the dumb Prophets that hath not a word from the Lord but an imposture thou accusest them thou call Quakers withal and art a deceiver but those words they deny and Wonders and Miracles and Signs are amongst them but your adulteress generation could never believe Object And thou sayest the Querie strikes at all preachings but what immediately proceeds from the suggestion of the Spirit and this thou sayest is the ven●m and poyson of the Query Rep. And here again thou clearest thy self to be no Minister of the Spirit but art in the suggestions of Satan and counts that venom and poyson the immediate preaching of the Spirit to thee it is poyson but it must dash thee to pieces and thou through many words would blind the people who utters them forth without knowledg and so a fool is known Object And thou sayest the word of old which was spoken by the Prophets and this is a more sure word then any immediate word Rep. There thou hast cleared thy self from the immediate Word who art built upon a rotten foundation which is not immediate and would clear the Prophets from this immediate word to make them like thy self who sayes and calls this a more sure word of Prophecy then any immediate word Here thou goest about to make the word and Prophecy not an immediate word and shews thy self to be a dreamer Object And thou sayest consequently God did not intend immediate teaching not to give out an immediate voice in after ages which should airect and guide men in the wayes of salvation Rep. And here again I charge thee in the presence of the Lord to be a lyar and a blasphemer who would limit God and would be his Counsellour and yet sayes thou never waits to hear his voice and not come so far● as to be a Minister of the letter who would have it kept in store and saith it is a precious treasure God saith he will power out his Spirit upon al fl●sh in the latter dayes his sons and his daughters shall prophecy and thou deniest immediate teaching and so denies the spirit of the Lord which guides in the way of salvation which thou denies and thou hast denied that thou last heard any Voice from God neither dost thou wait for it And here thou denies thy self to be taught of God for all the children of the Lord are taught of the Lord and they that are taught of him hears his voice which thou denies and shews thy self to be a stranger from God and Christ Object And thou sayest there must not be a waiting for a new immediate word Rep. Here thou shewest thy self that thou knowest not the immediate word and this immediate word thou hast cleared thy self from which gave forth the letter and would keep others from waiting for the receiving of it and speak of a word spoken to you though not immediately and if not immediately it is carnal Object And thou bringest Paul who said Well spoke the Holy Ghost by Isaiah He did not say well spoke the Holy Ghost to me but to Isaiah Rep. Here thou would'st make people believe that the Apostle had not the Holy Ghost which opened to him all those words which Isaiah spoke for without the Holy Ghost he could not understand his words nor never shalt thou Object Thou sayest it was Gods word to Isaiah which he made use of against the people to whom he spake though not Gods word to him immediately Rep. And here thou shewest that thou neither knows Gods Word nor his immediate teaching who sits as a Judg upon Isaiah's condition Silence flesh for thou art for judgment and destruction and would make people believe that Isaiah was one of them that used his tongue Query 8. Whether a man shall overcome the body of sin while he is upon the earth yea or no Ans● And in thy answer thou said'st no. 〈◊〉 The Apostle said yea they were not in the flesh but 〈…〉 and he thanked God they were made free from sin 〈…〉 put off the body of sin and become servants of righteousness And here thou shewest thy self to have a lying Spirit 〈◊〉 to the Scripture which thou boastest to be thy rule and so thou brings the Saints weaknesses as they passed the warture to maintain thy own Kingdom of Sin and when John and the Apostle Paul speaks plainly of overcoming the world and Body of Sin thou speakest of a sense of overcoming as though they did not speak truth and so art giving an interpretation to their words who art in the lying Generation and for the warfare which the Apostles speaks of the Saints witnessed and do witness it and witnesses a Victory over the Body of Sin and are not alwayes in the warfare for whil'st ye are in the warfare there is no peace but they that overcome witnesses peace and joy in the Holy Ghost For he that is born of God doth not commit sin neither can he sin because his seed remains in him And here the warfare is ended who witness this and the Victory over the Body of Sin and are not si●ly women alwayes learning and never able to come to the knowledg of the truth but in that Generation thou art leading silly women captive alwayes learning and never able to come to the knowledg of the truth keeping them alwayes in their sins and pleading for thy own Kingdome which is the Kingdome of the Devil for he that commits sin is of the Devil which thou so plead'st for Query 9. Whether you do preach no other Doctrine but what the Apostles did that which was from the beginning which we have heard which we have seen with our eyes which w● have looked upon and our hands have handled of the Word o● Life for this Life is made manifest and we have seen it an● bear witness and shew it unto you Ans And in your answer to this Query you say That yo● aim at nothing but exalting Christ and you should have a

your preaching tend thither and you say you do not preac● that Christ which you have seen with your bodily eyes for Christ is in heaven and not in earth not any other that lives upon earth hath heard of him and seen him Rep. O thou dark Sot Does any see Christ with their carnal eyes and know him Was it not said to the Apostle that flesh and bloud had not revealed it unto him w●en he said Thou art the Christ the Son of the living God and from this Revelation thou hast cleared thy self Ob. And thou sayest That Christ is in heaven and not in earth Rep. And here thou hast cleared thy self to be a Reprobate Ob. And thou sayest How shall they preach except they be sent Rep. And before thou denied'st as hearing any voice from heaven and denied immediate inspiration and how dost thou exalt Christ and knows him not and the framing of a Christ shall stand for thy own condition who art without and Saul seeing Samuel indeed saw the Devil and talked with him and had fellowship with him but saw not Samuel Ob. And thou sayest You do not give your assurance but you conceive Rep. Let all people see if thy preaching be not phancy and no assurance and to be scattered among the proud who live in their imaginations and conceivings and hast cleared thy self from the eternal Spirit and canst give no testimony of that which was from the beginning Ob. And thou sayest Thou givest not thine own assurance but you conceive and speak of the Apostles assurance Rep. Let the Apostles assurance alone for that we own who wi●ness assurance but deny thy conceivings Query 10. Whether you have this word which was from the beginning and this Life manifest unto you which was to the Apostl●s and if it be why do you take a text from the Letter and preach from it and shew the people that letter Ans And thy answer is Th●s Word and this Life which is Christ made manifest in the flesh and thou sayest The design in this question is to draw all persons from all that is written to depend upon an unwritten word something within them the word from the beginning and is the Life and is manifest as they gave it out Rep. This word is owned among them you call Quakers which was from the beginning which all the Apostles spoke from which is immediate which thou hast cleared thy self from and shews that thou hast nothing but the letter which is death and feeds people with that Object And thou sayest this sort of men which hath the immediate word doth the divel shew his spite spleen and malice against the holy Scriptures Rep. Here I charge thee in the presence of the Lord to be a lyar and in that state thy self for where the immediate word is which was in the beginning which gave forth the Scriptures it owns every tittle of it again and many Scriptures hast thou wrested for the taking of a Text which Christ and the Apostles spoke of the fulfilling of the Scriptures and shewed the fulfilling of the Scriptures and to bring men to Christ out of the letter into that thing the letter speaks of that they might not live in the oldness of the letter but in the newness of the spirit Ob. And thou sayest you take a text because the whole w●ll of God and mind of Christ is left you in letters which is now left us in words and letters in the Evangelists and Apostles writings and so you take a text from the letter and if the Gospel be hid it is hid from you that are lost whom the God of the world hath blind●d the mind of them that believe not Rep. Here thou speak'st thou know'st not what for if all should have been written which Christ spoke forth the world could not contain the books that might have been written of him and many could speak of his word but had not his mind therefore they persecuted him as thou dost and there thou shewest thy self to be him whom the God of the world hath blinded the mind who hath the letter of the Gospel but not that which it speaks of the Gospel the glad tydings the Son that was given but that is without thee and the letters of it thou hast but not the Gospel Object And thou sayest Saints do not as yet see Christ and yet Abraham saw his daies Rep. What confused stuff is this that comes out of thy bo●tle these are thy Saints which do not see Christ and how dost thou exalt him The Saints witness Christ in them the mystery the hope of glory but thou hast cleared thy self from this Christ from this mystery from this hope of glory to be a Reprobate and an Anti-christ and from the faith of Abraham Query 11. And shew me where the Prophets did take a text and preach from it but only Christ read a place and said it was fulfilled who said he was anoynted to preach and which of you can witness you are anoynted to preach by the living God yea or no Ans And in thy answer to this Query thou speak'st whom God calls out to be to the body in place of eyes to guide and direct them and before you denyed as hearing any such voyce as from God Reply Here all people may see thy folly and thou dost not say that you are anointed to preach by the living God or how canst thou who hast denyed his voyce or immediate inspiration Obj. And thou sayest the Prophets did take no text but laid the foundation Reply And here thou hast cleared thy self from the Prophets Christ the Foundation and though Christ did read who fulfilled the Prophets who prophesied of him and Moses who wrote of him for he was the substance and the end and though they had Synagogues and Temple and Sabbath Day to read Moses the Law and the Prophets When Christ was come and sacrificed up and who believed and received him had received the end of the Law the end of the Prophets and the end of the Sabbath and they went into the Synagogues shewing the people the substance of what they had read and to bring them of the Temple the Sabbath days and observing of times which in all thy words thou clearest thy self from that life and doctrine but would keep people in observing of days and times and places and so shews thy self in the dark generation living long in a text and not witnessing it fulfilled as Christ did Obj. And thou sayest Christ might have discoursed of a subject many months who came to fulfil what was written of him Reply Here you would make Christ like thy self who art unlearned discoursing with thy carnal mind upon that which was given forth by an Eternal Spirit who art for death and destruction Quer. 12. Tell me why you sing Davids Conditions and Experiences in Moeter and when you read them hats you put on and when you sing them hats you put off Ans And thy