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A56109	A testimony of truth given forth by a servant of the Lord, on the behalf of the despised servants, and professors of truth, who are made partakers of the heavenly power, which shakes the earth, and makes the inhabitants of the land to tremble, who are by the scorners of this generation called Quakers against the many lyes and slanders which the devil is the chief author of, arising forth of the bottomlesse pit, and vented forth by one James Livesey a professed minister of Christ in the county of Chester, but by his fruits is plainly manifested a minister of sin, and so of his Father who begat him, and sent him forth to oppose the living truth of God : but his folly is here manifested and declared to open view, that the simple and honest hearted may turn from him and all such deceitful workers, and may learn of Christ the light of the world, that their souls may live.	Parker, Alexander, 1628-1689.	1659 (1659)	Wing P386; ESTC R5756	31,699	39

flesh and blood but against principalities and powers against spiritual wickedness in high places but I shal pass by some of his chaffy stuff and leave it to be blowne away by the breath of the Almighty and so come to the next 4. Qu. Whether are Quakers witches Ans I answer no but the Lord hath raised them up by the power of his spirit to testifie against all the sorceries and witchcrafts and inchantments which are found amongst the Merchants of Babylon the black priests who have been clouded with blackness who have long beguiled unstable souls and made Merchandize of them such as led people from the Spirit of God were witches and bewitched the Galatians and such now in England who draw people from the light life and spirit within to carnal observances without such are they that bewitch and beguil poor souls Now whereas this opposer doth bring some Scriptures whereby his intent is to prove the Quakers witches but I shall examine them the spirit of God saith he sets out impostors to the life sometimes comparing them to deceitful Merchants who can set a fair glosse upon their false ware to which I say who are more deceitful then those Merchants of Babylon the covetous Teachers who heapes a great deal of fluff together nay sometime steal a Scrmon and set a fair glosse on it and sell it to the people and when they have sold it once over and received money for it yet they oftentimes sell it over and over again and so cheats and cozens the people then he alleadges 2 Pet. 2.3 they are said with fained words to make Merchandize of souls here he hath learned of his master the Devil to leave out part of the Scripture the Apostle saith thus and through covetousness shall they with feigned words make Merchandize of you this hits the pricsts and strikes very near them and the Apostle further marks them out spots they are and blemishes sporting themselves with their own deceivings having eyes full of Adultery and that cannot cease from sin begniling unstable souls an heart they have exercised with covetous practices whether this toucheth the priests of Eng. or the Quakers I leave it to the wise in heart to judge Another Scripture alleadged 2 Cor. 2.2.17 for we are not as many which corrupt the word of God but as of sincerity but as of God in the sight of God speak we in Christ now how can those speak in Christ that denyes Christ in them and oppose his light within as the parish priests do and so are not like the Apostles Another Scripture I find quoted Eph. 4.14 that we hencefotrh be no more children tossed to and fro with every wind of Doctrine by the slight of men and cunning craftiness whereby they lay in wait to deceive But those called Quakers do not go about to draw people from God but to bring home to him that they may be presented perfect in Christ Jesus as in the 13. verse of the said fourth Chapter which the priests of England deny and sayes none can be perfect in this life and so deceive your souls by their slights and cunning craftinss Another Scripture alleadged by this opposer is 2 Tim. 3.8.9 but read from the beginning of the Chapter and there as in a glass thou maist read the Character of the parish Priests of England read the Chapter thorow and then try and let the light of Jesus Christ in thy conscience Judge without partiality Another Scripture is in Jude the 11. the words are these woe unto them for they have gone in the way of Cain and run greedily after the error of Balaam for reward and perished in the gain-saying of Core these are the several Scriptures which the adversary brings to prove the Quakers to be witches but to those whose eyes are in any measure opened there are not many such Scriptures that so nearly touchea the covetous priests and deceitful Merchants of England but their folly shall be made manifest to all in Gods day of light some other frothy things are spoken of by this adversary as tying of Ribbands or Bracelets about mens wrests oh horrible deceiti I am sure few people in all England do slight and cast off such bables more then we do and as for his speaking of falling into trances srantick postures grovelling on the ground soaming at the mouth and such like frothy stuff all this doth arise as smoke out of the bottomless pit which God will blast and hath already blasted for the Lord hath opened the eyes of thousands in this Nation to see the envy and wickedness of those who have invented such wicked lies against the people of God and they see and have found them lyars and God is causing the light to shine forth and the beauty of his people begins to appear which hath long been marred and stained by reproachfull lying and backbiting tongues Quest 5. Whether are the Quakers to be tolerated suffered or to be punished by the civil Magistrate Answ If the Priests might be judges they would soon have their hands in blood though little cause there is for it but onely their trade is like to go down and therefore if these men be suffered their Diana will fall they are nearly related to their brethren the Priests in the dayes of Christ who cryed out crucifie him crucifie him though Pilate a Magistrate sound no fault in him and as it was then so it is now the servant is not greater then his Lord we cannot expect better things from this wicked generation but sufferings and reproaches stocks and imprisonment but the Lord is our support and we magnifie his name that we are of that number who are counted worthy to suffer for his

mentioned for salutations of love we own and practice according to Scriptures and what Christ said and commanded as to that we practice if we go into a house we salute the house and if the Son of peace be there our peace remaines but if not it returns back to us again and we shake off the dust of our feet as a testimony against such who reject the love of God and these salutaions we own in the fear of God according to the Scriptures but as for all the vain traditional customes of the world the capping bowing cringing and the like we deny and all vain customarie words which feeds the wrong part we denie and speak in the fear of God as we are moved of God by his spirit as for other things in this particular the ground being taken away the rest will wither as for the scriptures mentioned I own in the true meaning of them and in their places according to the mind of the spirit Pr. There is an opinion amongst them that Ordinances are not now in force we are to wait for immediate inspirations and Revelations Ans All the Ordinances and traditions of men which have been invented and set up in the time of darknesse and night of Apostacie since the daies of the Apostles which be carnal and fading we do deny but all the pure holy and substantial ordinances of Christ which abides and endures for ever we do own and practice as the pure spirit of God doth move and lead us and as for inspirations and Revelations first for inspirations this I say that no man upon earth can know God savingly in any other manner then by the inspiration of the holy spirit for the things of God knowes noman but the spirit of God and no man knowes the Son save the Father neither knowes any man the Father but the Son and he to whom soever the Son will reveal him he that denyes Revelation denies the knowledge of God Pr. Faith came by hearing Rom. 10.14 Now hear and your souls shall live so the promise runs Isai 55.3 Now they say your souls may live though you never hear Answ It s true that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God but where is the word to be found read the 6.7 and 8. verses of the tenth Chapter to the Romans where the Apostle speakes of the word of faith Say not in thy heart who shall ascend into heaven that is to bring Christ down from above or who shall descend into the deep that is to bring up Christ againe from the dead but what saith it the word is nigh thee even is thy mouth and in thy heart that is the word of faith that we preach This was the word that faith came by the hearing of it and this word was manifested in the Prophet who saith come unto me hear and your souls shall live now whereas this opposer saith that we say souls may live though they never hear that is false we do not say so but exhort people to hearken to the voice of Christ that their souls may live and whosoever hears Christ though they never hear a covetous proud priest more who loves money and seeks gain from his quarter yet their souls shall live for such as loves mony and are envious and proud lyars and false accusers were never sent of God and shall never profit people at all such are to be turned away from and whereas this opposer Livesey speaks against Revelations and saies What need have we to waite for Revelations c. I say there is not any man that rightly knowes God nor any thing of God but by Revelation for though the Scriptures are given forth and any one may buy them for mony yet none in all the world no not the wisest nor the most learned of men can understand them except the same spirit that gave them forth do reveal and open them For as I have said the things of God knowes no man but the spirit of God And whereas he queries and saith Where hath these men a promise to incourage them thus to waite c I say many and pretious are the promises and the reward of those that wait upon the Lord for be that waits upon the Lord his strength shall be renewed and again wait upon the Lord and he will save thee there were never any that waited on the Lord in vain So I say blessed are they that wait upon the Lord and stand upon their watch and are not weary the Lord will reward them with his everlasting blessings and give them an inheritance amongst the Saints in light Pr. The great object of the Quakers is grounded on the first of Ioh. 2.27 Ye need not that any man teach this makes not for them nor their Revelations but against both See verse foregoing which speaks of Seducers Iohn meanes as is evident that they need not any of those Seducers to teach them but the spirit and the written word and the Ministers of Christ were sufficient Ans O the wickednesse of man when once turned from the holy unction and light of the spirit within how he twines and turnes and confounds himselfe as this opposer doth one while accuses the Quakers with denyal or slighting of the Scriptures and here saith their great object is grounded on 1 Iohn 2.27 what neither be contented to let us own nor disown and then like his Master brings part of the scripture and gives a wrong sense of the other part Ye need not that any man teach saith ye but the Scripture saith thus but the annointing which ye have received of him abideth in you and ye need not that any man teach you but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things which is truth and is no lye and even as it hath taught you ye shall abide in him Here it s plainly manifest Iohn speakes of the holy unction which taught them of all things and labours to keep the Saints to the annointing within them as a safty against all Seducers and deceivers who laboured to draw from it to their own inventions And this same holy anointing we have received of God to be our teacher we do deny and turne from all such Seducers and lyars as James Livesey for such are not of God neither can enter into the Kingdome of God Pr. There is an opinion amongst them that no reverence is to be shewed no honour nor titles of honour to be given to man Magistrate or others Ans The day of Gods mighty power is come and the Lord is staining the pride and the glory of all flesh and the everlasting Gosple is preached fear God and give glory to him for the hour of his judgement is come Jesus Christ is our Captain and we follow him that did not respect the persons of men neither received honour from men who saith how can ye believe that receive honour one of an other and seeks not the honour that comes from God