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Gospel truths scripturally asserted in answer to Joseph Hallett's twenty seven queries by John Gannacliff and Joseph Nott.
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Gannacliff, John.; Nott, Joseph, d. 1699.
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unto the Lord God that Created you for a purpose of his own Glory that you should reverance his great Name and dread before him And indeed we do Account it a great point of Ignorance in Joseph Hallett or any other Man to Question such a thing and we may to such as Christ Jesus our Lord said unto some in former Ages Ye do Err not knowing the Scriptures nor the Power of God Matth. 22. 29. Qu. 2. Whether a Person putting off his Hatt to a Friend he meets in the Streets be a thing forbidden by the Scriptures of Truth Ans Vain customs are forbiden and Respect of Persons James 2. 1. My Brethren saith he Have not the Faith of our Lord Jesus Christ the Lord of Glory with respect of Persons And is not this respect of Persons used and practised among you at this Day which the Apostle James forbids saying in the 9th Verse of the chap. He that respects Persons commits Sin and is rebuked of the Law as a Transgressor for whosoever shall keep the whole Law and faileth in one point is Guilty of all It seems thou wouldst have the honour and Respect kept up Pharisee like which Christ forbad and cryed Wo against And Christ said How can you believe that seek Honour one of another and seek not the Honour that comes from God only Qu. 3. Whether it be a thing Unlawful for any Man for the Confirmation of a matter of fact to Swear before the Civil Magistrate Ans Christ's Law and Doctrine does not Warrant but prohibits it Matt. 5. 34. James 1. 5. 12. We do believe that it is altogether Unlawful and a breach of the Command of Christ for such are true Christians followers of Christ and obeyers of him to Swear at all either for the confirmation of a matter of fact or other ways For Christ Jesus said unto his Followers Ye have heard that it hath been said by them of Old Time Thou shall not Forswear they self but shall perform unto the Lord thine Oaths but I say un-you Swear not at all Mark Swear not at all neither by Heaven for it is God's Throne nor by the Earth for it is his Foot-Stool neither by Jerusalem for it is the City of the Great King neither shalt thou Swear by thine Head because thou caust not make one hair White or Black And he farther said But let your Communication be Yea Yea Nay Nay for whatsoever is more then these cometh of evil Matt. 5. 33 34 35 36 37. Mark Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour saith Swear not at all Now here Christ forbids all Swearing for Swear not at all is a full prohibition And James a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ said Above all things my Brethren Swear not Neither by Heaven neither by the Earth neither by any other Oath But let your Yea be Yea and your Nay Nay least you fall into condemnation Chap. 5. 12. And now we desire all People every were where these Lines may come to take the Advice of Jesus Christ and of James his servant and Swear not at all Qu. 4. Whether it be Lawful for a Man to Endeavour to furnish himself with Humane Learning Ans Yea so as he use Humane Learning in it's place 'T is Lawful to Acquire Humane Learning but not to Idolize or use it Unlawfully But if Joseph Hallett Intends for a Man to furnish himself with Humane Learning in order to make him a Minister of Christ then we Answer thus Learning is good in its place but not to be the motive cause of making Men Ministers for that is the Lord's Work and he maketh Ministers of whom it pleaseth him whether Poor or Rich Learned or Unlearned for what Learning had Jeremiah for he said Ah! Lord God behold I cannot speak for I am a Child But the Lord said unto him Say not I am Child for thou shallt go to all that I shall send Thee and whatsoever I command Thee Thou shalt speak And he farther said Be not afraid of their Faces for I am with Thee to deliver Thee saith the Lord. And Jeremiah saith Then the Lord put forth his Hand and touched my Mouth And the Lord said unto me Behold I have put my Words in thy Mouth Chap. 1. 6 7 8 9. Now here we may see that the Lord was both the Sender and Teacher of Jeremiah And what Learning had Amos and how was he sent for he said I was no Prophet neither was I a Prophets Son but I was an Herds-Man and a Gatherer of Secomore-Fruit And he farther said The Lord took me as I followed the Flock Mark and not from Schools of Learning but as I followed the Flock And he also said the Lord said unto me Go Prophesie unto my People of Israel Chap. 7. 14 15. And what Learning had them that Christ called unto the Work of the Ministry Peter Andrew James and John Fisher-Men Matth. 4. 18. 21. And we may see that the Pharisees reflected upon Christ because he was pleased to make use of mean Instruments For they said Have any of the Rulers or of the Pharisees Believed on him But this People who know not the Law are Cursed John 7. 48 49. And it is Written in Acts 4. 13. That when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and perceived that they were Vnlearned and Ignorant Men they marvelled and they took knowledge of them that they had been with Jesus Now here we may see that although Peter and John were Ignorant and Unlearned Men as to Humane Learning Yet they were bold and Valiant for the Truth And this is according to the promise of Christ For he said I will give you a Mouth and Wisdom which all your Adversaries shall not be able to gain-say nor resist Luke 21. 15. And the Apostle Paul said unto the Corinthians And I Brethren when I came to you came not with Excellency of Speech or of Wisdom declaring unto you the Testimony of God And farther he said I was with you in Weakness and in Fear and in much Trembling and my Speech and my Preaching was not with Enticing Words of Mens wisdom but in demonstration of the Spirit and of Power that your Faith should not stand in the Wisdom of Men but in the Power of God 1 Cor. 2. 1 3 4 5. And in the foregoing Chap. the Apostle Speaks much of such things of which we shall Insert one Verse 21. where he saith The World by Wisdom knew not God in the Wisdom of God it pleased God by the Foolishness of Preaching to save them that believe The Apostles did not boast of other Mens Labours or of other Mens Lines of things made ready to their Hands but they Laboured in the Spirit and Power of God and their Glorying was in him 2 Cor. 10 15 16 17. And now we do desire all to seek after that Wisdom which is from above that the Lord by his Spirit is the Teacher of which is first
days hence Acts 1. 5. And we do believe that this Baptism is alone needful unto Salvation to wit the Baptism of the Holy Ghost seeing the Baptism is but one that is necessary as is proved before And this is the Baptism that the Apostle Paul spake of when he said By one Spirit are we all Baptized in to one Body 1 Cor. 12. 13. Mark Christ said Ye shall be Baptized with the Holy Ghost And the Apostle Paul said By one Spirit are we all Baptized Now this was no Water-Baptism for it was done by the Spirit of God and not with Water by Man And the Apostle further said As many of you as have been Baptized unto Christ have put on Christ Gal. 3. 27. Now they that have put on Christ are in Christ And if any Man be in Christ he is a new Creature 2 Cor. 5. 17. And now that which we do desire of People every where is that they will turn in their minds unto the gift of Gods Spirit in their own Hearts and wait to be made a new by it Qu. 20. Whether the Lord's Supper as to its Administration and Participation be not a Duty still incumbent upon Christians in these Days that is whether Persons ought not to take Real Bread and eat it and Real Wine and drink it in Remembrance of the Death of Christ Jesus Answ Not incumbent in the Type or Figure but in the Substance or Antitype Antiquery 1. Where proves the Queriest that the Lord's Supper in this Gospel-day consists of eating outward Bread or drinking outward Wine 2. What was really the Lords Supper in the Figure and what in the Substance or Mystery 3. Were not the outward Bread and Cup typical or figurative of the Spiritual Meat and Drink 4. What Commemoration of him or his Death by outward Sign is comparable to his own inward Spiritual coming and appearance See the first Epistle of John Chap 5. 20 But we know that the Son of God is come and hath given us an Vnderstanding to know him that is true and we are in him that is true This is the true God and Eternal Life and we are Witnesses of his Second coming without Sin unto Salvation and we eat his Flesh and drink his Blood by which we have Life John 6. 56 57 As the living Father hath sent me and I live by the Father so he that eateth me shall live by me But the Jews it is said strove among themselves saying How can this man give us his Flesh to eat The Apostle Paul tells us There were them that did eat and drink unworthily not discerning the Lord's Body and what that Body was some did eat Must not the Lord's Body be discerned by true Believers Rev. 3. 20. Christ saith Behold I stand at the Door and knock if any one hear my Voice and open the Door I will come in to him and Sup with him and he with me And this Supper is not outward And the Lord said by his Prophet He would make unto all People in his holy Mountain a Feast of fat things And the Apostle Paul saith in Cor. 10. 14 15 16 17. Wherefore my dearly Beloved flee from Idolatry I speak as to Wise men judge ye what I say The Cup of Blessing which we bless is it not the Communion of the Blood of Christ The Bread which we break is it not the Communion of the Body of Christ For we being many are one Bread and one Body For we are partakers of that one Bread and the Bread of God is he that comes down from Heaven and gives Life to the World This was the Saints Food in all Ages But of this Spiritual Food and Communion thâ—u art ignorant who art ignorant of the Light in which the Saints fellowship was and is and such as walk in it have and do know the Blood of Christ cleansing them from all Sin so that the Substance being witnessed to such here is no need of outward Signs to put them in Remembrance and this the Apostle Paul laboured to know the Power of his Death and the Vertue of his Resurrection Qu. 21. Whether any of the Sons or Daughters of Adam are able to attain to a Sinless Perfection in this Life Answ Yea by the Power of Christ and not of themselves The Work of the Ministry is for the perfecting of the Saints Ephes 4. 11 12 13. And although we say as the Scriptures testifie It is attainable yet not without great Diligence and Watchfulness to the Power of God And the Apostle Peter 1 Pet. 1. 3 4 writing to the Saints saith Blessed be God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ which according to his abundant Mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the Dead to an Inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that fadeth not away reserved in Heaven for you who are kept by the Power of God through Faith unto Salvation which is prepared to be shewed in the last Times The Power of God is greater to keep out of Sin then the power of Satan to lead into Sin So said Christ Greater is he that is in you then he that is in the World But this Perfection spoken of admits of degrees and a growth as a Child when born if compleat in all its Parts and Members is said to be a perfect Child so it is in the new Birth he that is born of the Spirit and lives up to the Manifestations of it may be said to be perfect in kind and yet there may be a growth still John writes to Little Children whose Sins were forgiven them for his Names sake as also he writes to Young Men because they had overcome the Wicked One and to Fathers because they had know him that was from the beginning And the Apostle preacht Wisdom among them that are perfect but not the Wisdom of this World which denyeth it But God Christ and the Apostles exhort unto it Job was said to be a perfect man And Paul was crucified to the World and the World to him and Christ lived in him And the Life saith he I now live is by the Faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me And he had faught a good Fight finished his Course and kept the Faith Henceforth there is laid up for me said he a Crown of Righteousness Qu. 22. Whether the Quakers expect to be saved with a Christ within them or a Christ without them Answ This is an Unlearned and Unscriptural Question They profess not two Christs but the one very Christ of God within them and without them according to holy Scriptures That Christ we expect Salvation by is both within and without as hath been sufficiently expressed how he suffered for Sin the Just for the Unjust and he died and rose again that he might be Lord of quick and dead and that those that live might not live unto themselve but unto him that died for them