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A96383	Antichrist in flesh unmask'd, the Quakers Christianity vindicated, from the malicious and injurious attempts of [brace] Edward Paye, William Alcott, & Henry Loader, in their late defaming confused book falsly styled, Antichrist in spirit unmask'd, or Quakerism a great delusion, wherein their causeless outrage, folly and falshood are deservedly exposed.	Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.	1692 (1692)	Wing W1888; ESTC R186514	11,564	37

Rule being the first Words of the Title you leave out the next following in the same Sentence viz. from God discovered thus you deal very disingenuously by them and others p. 18 c. We know none among us that call the Holy Scriptures a Dead or Carnal Letter nor do we own the Words By the Holy Scriptures we intend the Holy Testimonies and Doctrin of Faith and Practice therein contained which is both Living and Spiritual to them that are alive unto God in Christ Though the outward Letter or Writing in it self alone be Dead the Holy Matter contained in it is Living to them that are Living and Spiritual There is the Letter of the Shadows of the Law and Old Covenant which is abolished by Christ and therefore Dead And all Shadows and Carnal Ordinances comparatively are but dead Letter When Paul preferred the Newness of the Spirit to the Oldness of the Letter and the Ministry of the Spirit above the Letter this was not to slight or contemn the Holy Scriptures No more do we in allowing the Holy Spirit the same Preference which the Scripture allows Moreover to them that are Dead to the Spirit to God and Christ the Scripture is Dead the Words therein are Dead and even the Spiritual Living Ministry is Dead as to them The Savour of Death unto Death in them that Perish but the Savour of Life unto Life in them that are Saved As the meer Characters or Letters as written in Paper and Ink have no Sound nor Voyce till Sound be given them by the Reader so the Words contained in them or Preaching from them have no Life but as the Spirit gives it without which all Preaching is Dead and Fruitless I am persuaded in Conscience That in these things our Friends real Intentions in their Writings is explained and never to contemn the Holy Scriptures and our Adversaries hard and ill Constructions answered And though the Holy Spirit from whence the Holy Scriptures proceeded be of itself All sufficient to guide in all the Ways of God both with and without the Scriptures or where they are not in Writing this is not to contemn or slight them where they are but to use them with the help of the same Spirit rightly to understand and practise them It being the Inspiration of the Almighty that giveth Vnderstanding of the Mind and Will of God and without which the Scriptures cannot be truly understood It was from the same Inspiration or Spirit of God the Holy Scriptures first came and from thence they had their Authority and real Credit And by no other Argument or Demonstration can the Divine Authority of Holy Scriptures be effectually proved or evinced to such as question their Authority but by the same Holy Spirit of God in Man bearing Witness to the Truths therein contained It must be something superior to the Scriptures that must so prove their Divine Authority to them that question the same which we do not at all blessed be God and therefore Challenge these Adversaries E. Paye and W. Alcott to prove that the People called Quakers or any Persons continuing in Society with them do say The Holy Scripture is but a dead carnal Letter or that so call the Doctrins or Testimonies therein contained for we positively deny any such Expressions Note also that these Adversaries have apparently perverted and wronged George Whitehead's Words both in Citation and Construction about the Holy Scriptures and the Person of Christ p. 11 12. and 22. And likewise grosly Abused Wrong'd and Mischarged G. Fox James Parnell G. Keith foully perverting and misconstruing their Words p. 28 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 59. And they have also Abused Vilified Defamed and Wronged W. Smith H. Smith J. Naylor E. Burroughs Isaac Pennington S. Crisp W. P. and others Men of better Fame and Repute than themselves and more Righteous and Innocent than their Defamers Now I would seriously enquire of you William Alcott and Henry Loader 1. Was Edward Paye deputed and approved by your Congregation or any select Assembly of Elders or Ministers of the Baptized People or Churches to Write and Publish his said Book against the People called Quakers Or did he do it on his own Authority and Head with your Approbation only 2. What Ministers or Elders of your Churches besides your selves did peruse and approve of Edward Paye's said Book before Printed and of the Printing thereof to defame us as a People 3. Is the said Edward Paye indeed esteemed among you and your Society a good Christian a Person of a Godly and Sober Conversation of sound Judgment Piety and Parts meet to manage Matters of Controversie about Religion 4. Do you intend to stand by him the said Edward Paye in all the Matters that he has Written in Charge both against certain Persons and against the People called Quakers in his Book Pray give us your direct and plain Answer to these Questions the Reason whereof being 1. That Edward Paye and you also have concerned us as a People in your severe and unjust Accusations in his and your Book 2. That we have an Answer drawn up more Comprehensive and Particular reserved for Publication if we may find a farther Occasion or Necessity for it Therefore 't is but equal and reasonable you should be so Ingenuous as to tell us plainly whether your said Book with our Answer may affect your selves only or your whole Society of People seeing it affects us as a whole Society of People If your Book against us be only your own private Act whose Names are to it and not more generally owned nor stood by among your People we would be so just as not to reflect it on your whole Society or People London the 2d of the 1st Mo. 1691 2. By a Lover of Peace and the Souls of Men George Whitehead TO conclude in general against your false Charges and manifold Abuses and Calumnies contained in your said Book i. e. Antichrist in Spirit to anticipate farther Objections on the Matters herein We sincerely Profess and Declare in the Sight of God and Men that we do faithfully Believe and Profess That the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament were given by Divine Inspiration And that the three Divine Witnesses in Heaven above namely the Father Son and Holy Ghost are one True and Eternal God Blessed for evermore whose Omnipresence and Omnipotency we also Believe and Profess And the Divinity and Humanity or Manhood of our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ the Eternal Word of God And that in the fulness of time he took Flesh being Miraculously Conceived by the Holy Ghost and Born of the Virgin Mary and suffered the cruel Death of the Cross as an Universal Offering and Sacrifice both in his Body and Blood shed thereon for the Sins of the whole World and was Buried and Rose again the third Day and Visibly Ascended was seen in his Ascending and passed into Heaven and Glory And that he Ascended far

Antichrist in Flesh Vnmask'd AND THE Quakers Christianity Vindicated FROM THE Malicious and Injurious Attempts Of Edward Paye William Alcott Henry Loader In their late Defaming Confused BOOK Falsly Styled Antichrist in Spirit unmask'd or Quakerism a great Delusion Wherein their Causeless Outrage Folly and Falshood are deservedly Exposed But ye are forgers of lies Job 13.4 London Printed for Thomas Northcott in George-yard in Lombardstreet 1692. CHaritably hoping that many among the People commonly called Anabaptists are more Tender and Honest minded than some of their Ministers or Leaders who have shewen their Envy and Bitterness against us I would tenderly propose a few things to the more Honest Moderate and Charitable among them in and about Deptford and elswhere that may be concerned in reading that Scandalous and Malicious Book against us Falsly stiled Antichrist in Spirit Vnmasked or Quakerism a Great Delusion lately Owned and Published by their Brethren Edward Paye Henry Loader William Alcott I. That they have Causelessly and Unjustly begun a Quarrel against us to Defame us as a People who have had nothing but Love and Good-will to them and that People and maliciously tending to Reproach and Blast our Credit in what we have solemnly professed as to our Christian Belief and Religion both to the Civil Government and Nation II. They appear Envious against our Present Liberty as Men of a Turbulent Persecuting Spirit by seeking to invalidate and make void one Condition of our present Liberty which through God's Providence is granted us and them and that is our Profession of Faith in the three Divine Witnesses in Heaven the Father Son and Holy Spirit being one God blessed for evermore And acknowledging the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by Divine Inspiration Which Profession though sincerely owned and consented unto by us before the Parliament and accordingly accepted and inserted in the Act For exempting their Majesties Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the Penalties of certain Laws and therein confessed to be a Profession of their Christian Belief Yet contrary thereunto these Persons have grossly Belied and Misrepresented Vs the People called Quakers accusing us with Vilifying and Contemning the Holy Scriptures and that we own not the Scripture but seemingly allow it Epist and Pag. 14. And that The Quakers are great Enemies to and Contemners of Holy Scriptures p. 20. both contrary to our Sincere and Christian Profession before-cited and to the Civil Government 's Belief and Acceptance thereof wherein these Anabaptists have neither done honestly towards us nor prudently towards their Superiors thus to contradict and consequently to affront the Government in its Belief and Charity towards us and to set Subjects at Variance and to raise Persecution against us again instead of being humbly thankful for their and our present Liberty III. They have not only abused particular Persons but a People a Religious Society fearing God and truly esteeming the Holy Scriptures when we have solemnly and sincerely declared to the Government That we believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are given by Divine Inspiration Wherein we are Believed Accepted and Tolerated by the Government Two or three Anabaptist Preachers divulge the contrary to the World in Print That the Quakers are great Enemies to and Contemners of Holy Scriptures and no Christians but deluded Impostors and their Profession a Compound of Heresies p. 8 20. And what 's the Consequence but therefore the Quakers are not fit to be tolerated nor to have their Liberty of Conscience or Exercise of Religion And no Doubt had these angry Anabaptists Power we should not enjoy our Liberties the very Nature and Tendence of these their Bitter Lying Invectives being to bring Persecution upon us as a People not to be given any Credit unto in our solemn Profession before Authority IV. Pray observe That much of the said Pamphlet or Book against us styled Antichrist in Spirit is collected out of other Books and Pamphlets of our Adversaries long since Answered and Refuted and their Authorities are utterly denied by us As the Westmorland Petitioners who were Envious Persecutors Thomas Hicks his Fictitious Abusive Dialogues who was proved a notorious Forger of Lies And a most Malicious Libel styled Tyranny and Hypocrisy c. without Author's Name yet cited and insisted upon against us Thus Credulous and Malicious are these Persons Edward Paye Henry Loader William Alcott as to take Scandalous Pamphlets on Trust whose Authorities we utterly Deny and Challenge them to prove them Authentick they having been long since sufficiently Answered Disproved and Refuted in our Friends Books one entituled The Christian Quaker in Folio another Reason against Railing another The Counterfeit Christian in 8o. another Judas and the Jews another The Divinity of Christ c. in 4o. another The Christianity of the People called Quakers vindicated in Answer to Dr. Forde and many others of our Friends Books which contain sufficient Answer to all the chief Objections and Reproaches scraped up in this Inveterate Lying Pamphlet aforesaid V. They have Unjustly and Falsly Curtalized and Perverted divers of our Friends Words and Passages in their Books leaving out the Explanatory Words and Sentences VI. They have argued fallaciously in divers things deducing Inferences and Charges from a particular to a general as from a particular Person chargeable as supposed they charge the General that is a Body of People which is very unjust as if where we find false Logick Absurdities and Errors committed by these particular Persons Edward Paye Henry Loader William Alcott we should charge them upon their whole Society or Body surely they would not be so serv'd VII It would be well for their Hearers who are more Peaceable and Prudent not to be subject to such Envious and Turbulent Teachers whose Work tends to Sedition Strife and Discord among their Neighbours but rather to reprehend their Rage and Railery and caution them to live peaceably among their peaceable Neighbours that mean them no harm VIII It is a manifest Sign the Lord has forsaken their Shadows and Forms of Profession who are turned into so much Envy and Bitterness as these Men are against other Dissenters more Christian like than themselves That they are turned from the Spirit into the Flesh which Envy is a fruit of The Primitive Tenderness Simplicity and Spiritual Discoveries and Preaching that were formerly among some of their Ancient and Eminent Brethren being now lost and slighted by these Gain-saying Adversaries which is their sad Apostacy who instead of owning the Sufficiency of the Spirit 's Teaching as they did formerly now oppose Immediate Inspiration p. 16. and possessing the Kingdom of Christ p. 52. and say that The Disciples did not expect this Christ to come into them p. 53. who is the same only and very Christ of God of whom the Holy Scriptures testifie they Quoting Deut. 18.15 Acts 3.22 Mat. 17.5 Luk. 24.39 Joh. 20.19 p. 52 53. 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