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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75872	An answer to a book, titled, Quakers principles quaking: subscribed by the name of one Ralph Hale, with an epistle (so called) to the reader, subscribed with the name of one Zachariah Crofton. A principle of darkness, deceit, and confusion in Ralph Hale, and his fellow labourer in Sathans work Zachariah Crofton, is discovered by the Quakers principle, and the Quakers principle doth stand against the power of darkness, and all the false principles in the world, them to discover and lay open. The book was said to be modestly propounded by Ralph Hale, but in it I found so many lies, slanders, and false accusations, with confused, vain, and frivolous words, as many of them is not worth mentioning; yet, lest the author should boast in his mischief, I shall lay down somthing in answer to some few of them, in respect of the number of them. / A servant to the least in the houshold of faith, and the lest amonst his brethren, whose name in the flesh is William Adamson.	Addamson, William, 17th cent.	1656 (1656)	Wing A501; Thomason E897_3; ESTC R206690	24,865	37

Hale I have perused thy book over and in the front or first words that I found thou seems to me very highly to boast of some great piece of work done by thee by which the Quakers principles as thou calls them were like to be overthrown Titleing thy Book Quakers Principles quaking But now if it fall out with thee as it did with Haman thou maist blame thy self for it and if thy own weapons do cut off the head of thy boasting then remember what David did to Goliah Hale And in the Title page thou saith Modestly propounded by Ralph Hale an affectionate lover of Truth Admirer of sincere saving light c. Answ Ralph Hale If this be thy modesty in which thou hast propounded this stuff in thy book thou may yet go and learn what modesty is for here all may take notice of thy gross darkness and confusion Th●u sai h thou loves the Truth and yet admires of sincere saving light I say observe these following words Christ said I am the Truth and the Life John 14.6 and John said That life was the light of men John 1.4 and Christ himself said I am the light John 8.12 Observe here Christ said I am the Truth and Christ said I am the light and to us this light is sincere true and saving though thou admires thereof as thou saith Now all may take notice what love thou hast to the truth that puts a difference between the truth and the light and saith Thou art a lover of the one and yet an admirer of the other but if thou had loved the truth or known it thou had loved the sincere saving light also for Christ is the Truth and Chr st is the sincere saving light and thou saith thou admires of sincere saving light but thou art not the first that was of that generation that were despisers wonderers and admirers of Christ who is the sincere saving light Herod thy forefather and all Jerusalem with him were put into as great admiration and trouble as possibly thou can be now when they heard of Christ who is the sincere saving light Repent thou with speed lest thy end be like Herods But before I go any further remember that in the 25th page there speaking of the Scriptures to be the Law and Testimony thou sayest what ever pretended colour you put upon it if it be not Law and testimony proof I shall give no credit to it saith thou Now I say if that which thou affirms in thy Book cannot be proved by Scripture thou should not think much at me for denying it and turning it on thee again as false seeing thou hast owned the Scripture as the Rule and Touchstone to try words by and except thou be a lyar thou wilt give no credit to what thou hast affirmed that cannot be proved by Scripture And in four pages thou prints the Quakers paper as thou calls it and in the fifth page where thou speaks of an answer to it thou arr talking of the bended knees of thy soul Answ Ralph Hale here I charge thee to be one that speaks of what thou knows not in speaking of the soul and whether thou speaks good or evil of it thou speaks of what thou knows not and in the Title page of thy book thou sayest they speak evil of what they do not know take that to thy self and own it until thou can give an account what thine own soul is Hale And thou sayest thou looks upon it to be very dangerous piece to break and rend our selves from the Church of God Answ I say so do I too but to depart from hypocrites and false hirelings and such as seek their gain from their quarters which the Prophet called Dogs and such as Christ declared against who have Greetings in the Market and are called of men Masters I count it no danger to depart from such but a good duty which the Scripture joyneth upon us for after the Apostle hath reckoned up several evil workers he saith from such turn away 2 Tim. 3.5 Hale And thou sayest thou art able in some measure to d●stinguish between the Word of God and God the Word Answ I say the Father and the Son is one and the Son of God is the Word of God Rev. 19.13 his name is called the Word of God and the childe of God will give that name to none but the Son of God alone for the father hath given him a name above every name Eph. 2.9 and whereas thou hast said thou art able to distinguish between the Word of God and God the Word and yet hast laid down no distinction how they may know the one from the other by their several grounds foundations and natures several operations and workings in the creature and what difference betwixt them and how it may be known I say thou art but a proud boaster a sayer and not a doer when thou should lay down thy distinctions thou puts it off with a shuffle and talks of the Bible being the external Word and such strange words as these and so saith nothing to the purpose Hale And whereas thou affirms the Bible to be the Word of God or the external Word as somtimes thou terms it Answ Ralph Hale why wilt thou talk of the Bible being the Word of God or the external Word for thou wilt give no credit to what thou hast spoken except thou be a lyar for thou hast made that null and void by thy own rule in thy book that is not law and testimony proof there is no Scr●pture that saith the Bible is the Word of God or the external Word and in the 25. page of thy Book thou sayest if it be not Law and Testimony proof thou wilt give no credit to it and I say thou had as good prove thy self a cheat as yet again prove thy self a lyar Hale And in the 6 and 7 pages thou art reckoning up those Titles that God gave to his Ministers both of the Law and Gospel as thou sayest Answ Ralph Hale What have such hypocrit●s dogs and hirelings as seek their gain from their qua te●s to do with those Titles that God gave to his Ministers that abode in his Doctrine And what hast thou to do to give those Titles to them that practise the same things that the dogs and hirelings did For when Christ found such as stood praying in the Synagogues and had greetings in the Markets he gave them the Title of hypocrites and forbade their waies and the same Spirit will give them that do the same things the same Titles now Hale And thou says May we not conclude with our Saviours own words He that hears you hears me and he that despiseth you despiseth me Answ Ralph Hale thou art in a great error or mistake if thou think that Christ spake those words to such hypocrites and hirelings as send men about their quarters to gather them in Calves and Geese and young Swine for their preaching they were not