Mind it well this is no piece of a Quakers faith That the Scripture is the Word of God or that it is the Rule of faith and obedience to any Real Quaker amongst them Behold this Quakers Logick Because St. Peter knew Christ to be the Son of the living God by a special revelation from Heaven therefore the Scripture is not the Rule of faith May it not be said without offence Surely this Quakers Light within burnt dim in his socket he saw not well to write by it It 's no imposing upon the weakest understanding to say That the Light within is no such infallible Teacher as the Quakers brag of like the Papists infallible Judg it 's not without its gross mistakes Q. pag. 103. Q. Numb 8 And for Christs bidding his Disciples Go teach baptizing Mat. 28 I told thee that no water was mentioned and that Luke in Acts the first says before the Commission mentioned by Matthew could be given at least executed John baptized with water but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence and then comes the Commission in force Go teach baptizing how with the Holy Ghost turning people from darkness to light from the power of Satan unto God Pr. Pr. The full import of this Quaking-Harangue is to tell that there is no such thing as Water-baptism You see plainly that baptism with the Holy Ghost thrust strangely by this real Quaker into Christs Commission hath outed Water-baptism from being a Divine Institution observe it well no water was mentioned a pitiful Cavil what then therefore Go teach baptizing is no part of Christs Commission according to the title of his Book this Real Quaker saith they are all Counterfeit Christians that hold baptizing with water the Real Quaker is for Go teach baptizing how with the Holy Ghost and with fire yet neither of them are by name exprest in Christs Commission If this be not in some measure to turn people from light to darkness from God to the power of Satan let the sober-minded Reader judg However this is most certain that to deny Water-baptism to be a Sacrament ordained by Christ himself is not the received Doctrine of the Church of England nor of any other serious Christians under Heaven Q. p. 105. Q. Numb 5 Now as for Water-baptism what Paul says of himself I may say of his Commission It was not behind any of the rest yet he denies Water-baptism to be any part of it and is as plainly rejected by him in point of institution as any thing in Scripture So that either Water-baptism is none of Christs Institutions or else Paul had no Commission to perform Christs Institutions which were strange Pr. Pr. I may without just offence ask Is not this stoutly argued from the Light within this Real Quaker to evince Water-baptism to be none of Christs Institutions Is it not a dishonour to an ordinary understanding to encounter such child-like reasoning May I not truly say Surely W.P. was at Oxford to lick glass-windows Is it the manner of his Light within of his bosom-teacher to dictate at this low rate However let it be duly considered that it is the avowed judgment of a real Quaker That Water-baptism is none of Christs Institutions and that this Quakers Paul was of the same mind which is a most gross mistake Q. p. 106. Q. Numb 10 C. i. e. Counterfeit Thou supposest the Doctrine of Justification by that righteousness which Christ fulfilled wholly without us to be a sin-pleasing and dangerous notion Quaker I do so Pr. Pr. Here we have consitentem reum the Real Quaker confessing himself guilty of a base Doctrine That Justification by that Righteousness which Christ fulfilled wholly without us is a sin-pleasing and dangerous notion Thus this great Gospel-truth Justification by faith articulus fidei stantis vel cadentis Ecclesiae a main Article of the Christian Faith in Luther's eye is but a sin-pleasing and dangerous notion in this Quakers account as the Papists call it a Putative righteousness so the Quaker accounts it no better than a sin-pleasing and dangerous notion Thus Justification by Christs righteousness imputed by faith which is a comfortable doctrine in the Church of Englands eye is basely murdered betwixt these two thieves Q. p. 107. Q. Numb 11 C. i.e. Counterfeit It is horrible wicked to conclude That what Christ hath done and suffered without us is to speak peace to the wicked whilst such Quaker Right Pr. Pr. To pick up the plainest sense out of these dark lines it seems to be this That it is horrible wicked to conclude that any are made righteous in Gods sight by what Christ hath done and suffered without us that it is no less than speaking peace to the wicked Thus the received Doctrine of Justification by faith in Christ is run down at a base rate Unless the perverting sense of a deluded Quaker be received that man commits an horrible wickedness that holds justification by Christs righteousness without him This is that daubing with untempered Mortar a sinpleasing-notion a doctrine which speaks peace to the wicked At this rate the Church of England is highly to blame for affirming that we are accounted righteous before God only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith That we are justified by faith only Artic. 11 is a most wholsome doctrine and very full of comfort Without doubt the Homily of Justification referred to in that Article is tainted with no Quakerism in this point Behold the Case is sad that imparted Righteousness may not be retained but imputed Righteousness like Ishmael the bond-womans son must be cast forth yea loathed as a sin-pleasing notion which is dangerous rejected as that which is horrible wicked Q. pag. eadem Q. Numb 12 But what sayest thou to my distinction about Justification Christs work was twofold First to remit forgive or justifie from the imputation of sins past such as truly repent and believe Secondly By his power and spirit working in the hearts of such to destroy and remove the very nature of sin to make an end of it to finish transgression present and to come the first removes the guilt the second the cause of it Methinks this should a little allay thy clamours Pr. Pr. It 's an old truth qui bene distinguit bene docet but this Quaker hath missed the Cushion With this distinction he doth only play the Mountebanks part he doth vainly please his fond admirers this counterfeit Balsom is ineffectual he juggles here is neither the whole truth nor nothing but the truth Like the Devil this Real Quaker hath the knack to deliver some truth according to the Scripture that he may the better manage his devilish design and put off his bad Wares The first part of this Quaking-distinction is very lame which any sober Christian will soon perceive The latter part of it is full of false doctrine the base design of this distinction is to make
What is the husk to the kernel what should Swine do with Pearls whose life is the husk and there they feed he who saith the Letter is the Word is a deceiver and errs not knowing the Scripture who putteth the Letter for the Word is blind and putteth the shadow for the substance he also that saith the Letter is the rule and guide of the people of God is without feeding upon the husk and is ignorant of the true Light Pr. Pr. Here the Holy Scripture is ill-guarded by this Quakers Shield of Truth Behold here are many black marks set upon the Holy-Scripture in the first place The Scripture by this Quaker is unjustly termed the Letter which is a dead lifeless thing 2dly The Scripture is termed the husk which is far short of the kernel Doth not this Husk say that the Scripture is unprofitable like an husk which is good for nothing 3dly They who make the Scripture their rule their guide are Swine feeding on husks 4thly That man is said by this Quaker to be a deceiver one that erreth one that knows not the Scripture who saith that the Letter is the Word or to speak more plainly this Quakers meaning That Christian is very much to blame and grosly mistaken who saith that the Scripture is the Word of God 5thly That man is blind that puts the Letter for the Word this is putting as the Quaker saith the shadow for the substance Doth not this Quaker in effect term all Christians blind Bayards that take the Scripture to be the Word of God Is it not hence clear that this Quaker counts the Scripture to be that shadow which other Christians mistaken take for the substance which is a base quaking assertion 6thly That man is without a Swine feeding on the husk one that is ignorant of the true Light who saith that the Letter is the rule and guide of the people of God The plain meaning of this Quakers words is this that the Scripture termed by him the Letter is neither the rule nor guide of the people of God and that man that saith it is their rule and guide is one that knows not Christ the true light Q. p. 73. Q. Numb 70 The Baptism we own which is the Baptism of Christ with the Holy Ghost and with fire but we deny all other now I see the other to be formal imitation and the invention of man and so a meer delusion all are heathens and no Christians who cannot witness this Baptism Pr. Pr. Here this Quaker tells us plainly that he and his fellow Quakers do deny baptizing with water that baptism with water is so far from being an Ordinance of Jesus Christ as that it is in this Quakers eye but a sorry formal imitation the invention of man a meer delusion and that all those that are only baptized with water are heathens and no Christians according to these quaking-lines the Church of England is grosly mistaken to affirm that Baptism is a sign of profession a mark of difference to discern Christians from those that are no Christians if this Quaker shall be heard in our Baptism there is no such thing as a sign of Regeneration whereby as by an instrument the baptized are grafted into the Church Art 27 it 's a meer delusion to say that the promises of the forgiveness of sins of our adoption to be the sons of God by the Holy Ghost are signified and sealed to speak this Quakers mind once more it is but a formal imitation and invention of man a meer delusion to say that the Baptism of young Children is in any wise to be retained in the Church as most agreeable with the institution of Christ Thus you see how this Quakers doctrine hath quaked the Doctrine of the Church of England into a meer delusion it 's likewise clear that let Quakerism go uncontrouled it will soon unchristian any Nation it 's basely done both to bid defiance to Christs institution and unchristen a Nation Q. p. 75. Q. Numb 71 The bread which the world breaks is carnal and natural goes into the belly passes out into the dunghill so likewise the cup which they drink and so the communion of the world passeth away and here is no communion but natural outward and carnal which is the table of devils here they are without feeding upon the husk and shadow without Pr. Pr. This Quaker hath very mean thoughts of the Lords Supper he counts it but the worlds communion instead of an holy Ordinance instituted by Christ himself this Quaker saith it is the worlds communion which is natural outward carnal instead of the Lords Table this Quaker calls it impudently the table of devils as for the bread broken which is the body of Christ this Quaker calls it the bread which the world breaks and he speaks abominably of this bread blessed and broken calling it carnal and natural that it passeth out of the belly into the dunghill are not these base words fit only for a Quakers mouth as for the Cup in the Lords Supper that is no better esteemed by this Quaker than the bread is that which is indeed the cup of blessing with St. Paul is with this Quaker but the worlds cup in receiving Sacramental bread and wine all Communicants are told by this Quaker that they do but feed upon the husk and shadow without except a Quaker who did ever count receiving the Lords Supper to be feeding upon the husk and shadow without in a Quakers account the Lords Supper is a very empty Ordinance of the Gospel bread and wine are but the husk and shadow without Q. p. 78 79. Q. Numb 72 Those we deny and their Ministry who have gotten the letter and form to trade with who to get humane learning are certain years serving as it were an apprentiship pretending to study Divinity and when their time is expired go among blind people get a certain wage sell that which they get into the brain live upon dust which is the Serpents meat death feeding death feeding the carnal mind with the carnal letter but this Ministry works no reformation only hath the form leads into the form and denies the power such come by the will of man and are upheld by the will of man and not by the will of God their call and ministry we deny which is mediate and formal imitation and invention of man and so a meer delusion their Ministry is dark dead and cold Pr. Pr. Here the Ministry of the Gospel by those that are lawfully ordained by Bishops in this Church is denied by this Quaker as for such Ministers of the Gospel they are basely reproached by this Ammonite-like Quaker they are said by this Quaker to trade with the letter and form they do as it were serve a seven years apprentiship to get humane learning like hirelings they serve for a certain wage what they get by study into their brain they sell for money the letter or the Scripture is
service which God rejects Q. p. 35. Q. Numb 43 Ch. And is not their singing an acceptable service for they that can sing praises are in a good condition Fath. But they have David's words put into Meeter by Hopkins and Sternhold and given them forth as they were David's condition and the drunkard and the swearer and the lyar sing together who know nothing of David's condition and so they sing lyes in Hypocrisie which is not a right service nor accepted of God Pr. Pr. According to this Quakers hard measure our singing of Psalms in the time of Divine-service is as bad as our Preaching and Praying it 's not a right service nor accepted of God observe well for want of a Psalm after the Quaking mode our singing of David's Psalms in Meeter is a despised service for this reason we can make no right melody in our hearts to the Lord like so many fools we do not rightly understand what we sing the Quakers to the shame of true Christianity are they only who sing with the spirit and with understanding when their spirit moves on their waters as for the Ministers and people of the Church of England we are sensual not having the spirit like those that sing Ballads other mens words we do only sing David's words put into Meeter by Hopkins and Sternhold To mount the baseness of Quakerism aloft the singing of Psalms at Court in the Kings-Chappel in the City and Country in Cathedrals and Parish Churches is according to these Quaking-lines a very prophane piece of service for here the drunkard and swearer and lyar sing together who know nothing of David's condition thus in singing Psalms we do nothing else but sing lyes in hypocrisie if this be not a base lying charge drawn up by this Quaker against the known practise of the Church of England let the unbyassed Reader judg Q. p. 36. Q. Numb 44 Ch. I would know father how it is with those things called Ordinances as Baptism and Bread and Wine which are much used in their worship Fath. Why child as to those things they rose from the Popes invention who hath had power in the night of Apostacy and hath set up his devices which are yet continued in England and the whole practice of those things as they use them had their institution by the Pope and were never so ordained of Christ for he did not ordain sprinkling water in a childs face neither did he ordain bread and wine to be so used and received and the wine is another of the Popes inventions who hath invented a silver cup and pours wine into it and then the Priest gives it to the people and tells them that is the blood of Christ that is shed for them when it is wine and not blood and gives them bread and tells them that is the body of Christ that is broken for them when people neither discern the body nor the blood of Christ and so eat and drink damnation to themselves true Baptism child is in the spirit which baptizeth into one body the true meat and drink is the body and blood of Christ which the worthy receiver feeds upon in his heart so that these things be false and not to be regarded by the true Christians who live in the spirit who is the substance Pr. Pr. This Quaker hath given us a long chase in the pursuit we have quite lost Baptism and the Lords-Supper as to their right use in the Church of England as for those things called Ordinances as Baptism Bread and Wine which are much used in our publick worship this Quaker doth boldly say they rose from the Popes invention in the night of Apostacy they were conceived and brought forth they are only devices of the Popes setting up they are continued yet in England as the Pope left them nay further this Quaker doth basely add that the whole practice of those things called Ordinances as baptism and bread and wine as we use them had their institution by the Pope they were never so ordained of Christ behold is not this rake-shame stuff is it of the Spirit of God to affirm that Baptism the Lords-Supper rose from the Popes invention who before this Quaker did term them devices of the Popes setting up is it not high base to say as this Quaker doth that the whole practise of Baptism and the Lords-Supper as we use them have their institution by the Pope that they were never so ordained of Christ according to this Quakers wild assertions is it not very plain that we baptize in the Popes name and receive bread and wine only according to the Popes institution how doth this Quaker in a ridiculous manner assert that Baptism is only sprinkling water in a child face which Christ did never ordain who can read this consident ignorance without blushing Is it not another base boldness to say that neither did Christ ordain bread and wine to be so used and received as they are in the Church of England except this deluded Quaker who hath said that the wine is another of the Popes inventions risum teneatis amici who can but laugh this Baals Prophet to scorn or rather who can but pity his great ignorance the rest of his discourse is a confused Chaos surely his hasty spirit was not at leisure to digest it better only let this be noted that this Quaker owns no other baptism but that which is in the spirit which certainly is no Scripture-baptism As for the Sacrament of the Lords-Supper there is in this Quakers eye no such thing for the body and blood of Christ is as he tells us the true meat and drink but bread and wine in the Lords-Supper are not so these things i. e. baptism bread and wine according to this Quakers mind are false things not to be regarded by true Christians who live in the spirit according to the sense of this Quaking-father all Quakers are those true Christians who do so live in the spirit as that they are above Baptism and the Lords Supper these are those false things which are not regarded by them may it not be truly said Alas poor despised Church of England how low art thou fallen What 's become of thy two Sacraments which are generally necessary to salvation Art thou now beholding to the Popes invention for them How are Christs own Ordinances now made to be the Popes devices In baptizing and receiving the Lords Supper what is the whole practice but according to the Popes institution Did thine Husband the Lord Jesus Christ ever ordain Baptism and the Lords Supper so as thou usest them Why dost thou receive bread and wine according to Christs institution did he ever ordain bread and wine to be so used and received Dost thou not know that the wine in the Cup is another of the Popes inventions Dost thou not consider that Baptism and the Lords Supper are two falshoods How far art thou from true Christianity from living in the spirit
own a quaking-perfection as for St. Paul this Quaker tells us untruly that he did witness this perfect freedom from all sin that this was his being more than a conquerour surely this Quaker never understood Rom. 7. in vain doth this Quaker tell us that they who dwell in the righteousness of Christ sin not for the Scripture records no such over-holy inhabitants it 's true it 's the devil who pleads for sin and let that mans mouth be stopt for ever that doth so but to affirm the in-being and dwelling of sin in the best of men in this world is no siding with the devil in the same plea but this Quaker hath laid a foul load on those Ministers of the Gospel who teach that none can be perfectly cleansed from all sin in this life he saith to this purpose like the Sadduces they do all err not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God they do deny the end of Christs coming they bring another doctrine a doctrine which they have from their father the devil they are deceivers who creep into steeple-houses and lead silly people captive but this Quaker is mistaken for St. Paul never said so pag. 103. he saith they are such teachers as are accursed they are daubers with untempered mortar such seers as see vanity such as divine lyes such as heal the hurt of the people slightly such as sow pillows under their arm-holes such as sooth people up in a false peace such as make the people to take up their habitation in sin as long as they live such leaders as cause them to err the utter enemies of their souls such as perswade their hearts in sins now give me leave without offence to say oh quaking-perfection from all sin in this life oh brain-sick whimsie to what extravagant assertions to what devilish expressions to what foul aspersions hast thou transported this poor deluded Quaker let all wise unquakerized persons judg if this quaking-error can be that unbottoming doctrine which declares our faith to be feigned our Priests to be lyars deceivers antichrists such in whom the false Prophet rules surely because this Quaker was not rightly instructed to distinguish well betwixt the being and ruling power of sin therefore the holy Scriptures have been sorely tortured to speak what he would have them in favour of his false doctrine hence I hope was the true rise of this Quakers gross mistakes base assertions and foul charges but I have done with this Pamphlet not for want of more pitiful matter but because I hasten to the next Pamphlet of this James Parnel called The Watcher it 's a conceited Title in it the baseness of Quakerism is drawn to the life but I shall not dwell upon it I shall only transcribe so much as may serve to lay open the Quakers pitiful teachings you will soon perceive that this Watcher is none of the watch-men of the true Israel Q. p. 138 Q. Numb 79 to p. 145. Antichrist hath reigned ever since the Apostles days over the world under a Gospel-profession here hath been a long time of cruel darkness and ignorance the Lord hath been a long time as a stranger in the earth they that were accounted to believe on God or Christ looked at him as a God afar off in the Heavens without far off they know not where they that said they believed that that was the Christ that died at Jerusalem and that he died for their sins and rose again and was sitting at the right hand of God c. were baptized with water and called Christians when as before they were called Heathen and those had the writings of the Prophets and Apostles which are called Scripture and so were the keepers of the Letter that they look for their rule to walk by they gave their own meanings and imaginations upon it they sprinkled their children and by that were they entertained into their Church and Faith thus came up Infant-baptism for which there is no Scripture nor example they call this an ordinance of Christ they had their two Sacraments for which word they have no Scripture they had the carnal bread and wine as the Priests and people have now thus they planted their Church in England and other places then Bishops were set up and Archbishops and Deans and Priests and Deacons and Popes and the Bishops bore rule by their means and the Priests preached for hire thus Antichrist set up his Kingdom under a profession of the Gospel then Tythes came up to maintain the Priests contrary to any rule of the Gospel then Universities were set up to make Ministers or Priests thus they were set by the will and tradition of man as the false Prophets always were then they had long robes like the Pharisees then they set up Idols-Temples which the blind now call Churches or houses of God then they got up into their Pulpits the chiefest places in the Synagogues called of men Master Doctor had the uppermost rooms at Feasts and greetings in the Markets as it is now and then they stole the Apostles words as the false Prophets stole the word from their neighbour so did and do those took a verse and studied from it a divination of their own brain and so do the Priests vow they run like the false Prophets then with feigned words through covetousness they made merchandize of the people made a prey of the sheep as they do now began to seek about for great Livings and fat Benefices left a lesser ran to a bigger there was their beloved which they sought for as the false Prophets who sought for the fleece not for the flock cried peace to those that put into their mouths but they that did not put into their mouths they prepared war against them haled them before Courts and Benches as they do now thus they sought their gain from their quarters and ruled them with rigor so that the Priests reigned like Lords over the people thus your Priests old fathers planted their Church and so set every thing in form and tradition according to their own imaginations here is the ground and foundation of the Faith and Church of England here are the old Fathers and old Authors that your Priests have so much talked of even the Popes and the Bishops thus Antichrist hath long deceived the Nations under the profession of the faith of Christ one generation hath gone and another come and have not known the Lord that bought them many may see by this what lyars the Priests are how they came up and were ordained they will be found the Ministers of Antichrist such as shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men all people may now see how ignorantly you have been led as strangers from the father of light after the vain traditions customs forms ordinances and imaginations of man with a vain profession and feigned faith still strangers from the God of life and from Christ the Saviour and Redeemer thus you lye under the power of
darkness and delusion of Antichrist both Priests and people your leaders cause you to err by their lyes you are lost for want of true knowledg only differing from the heathen in name and profession Pr. Pr. These quaking-lines serve to tell us that this quaking-watcher hath seen a base vision concerning the true Christian Religion and the Church of England in particular according to this brain-sick Quaker there hath been in the whole world no true profession of the Gospel since the Apostles days behold a black mark is set by this Quaker upon all Christians since that time to speak this Quakers mind more fully in all ages of the Christian Church since the Apostles days instead of Christ Antichrist hath reigned over the world under a Gospel-profession instead of true Gospel-light he saith there hath been only a long time of cruel darkness and ignorance as for the Lord this Quaker saith he hath been a long time ever since the Apostles days as a stranger in the earth behold according to this Quaker there hath been no true Christianity nothing but Antichristianism cruel darkness and ignorance and estrangedness from the Lord in all ages of the Christian Church ever since the Apostles days now let us proceed this Quaker is still bold to tell us that ever since the Apostles days all the believing on God or Christ hath been nothing else but an unprofitable looking at him as a God afar off in the Heavens without they knew not where according to this Quaker you may perceive that there have been no truly faithful Christians in the world since the Apostles days to speak this Quakers mind ever since the Apostles days they were only vain believers who said they believed that that was the Christ that died at Jerusalem rose again sits at the right hand of God c. who thus believing were baptized with water and called Christians behold how by this Quaker believing in Christ that died c. is slighted and likewise the baptizing of those Christians who did so believe in Jesus Christ in effect all this is lookt upon by this Quaker to be a pitiful piece of Christianity as for the Scripture this Quaker saith that was the Letter whereof these called Christians were the keepers which they took for their rule according to this Quakers mind the Scripture hath been the mistaken rule of all Christians to walk by ever since the Apostles days as for any Commentaries written upon the Scriptures since the Apostles days this Quaker saith they were but their own meanings and imaginations behold how all Expositors of the holy Scriptures both ancient and modern are basely asperst by this Quaker their Expositions have been no more but their own meanings and imaginations obtruded on the Scripture As for Infant-baptism used in all ages of the Christian Church this Quaker like an Anabaptist saith there is no Scripture nor example for it that it is in vain called an Ordinance of Christ then saith this Quaker that is in the reign of Antichrist they had their two Sacraments but without any Scripture-warrant for the word Sacraments as for the Sacrament of the Lords Supper this Quaker calls it only carnal bread and wine thus in the reign of Antichrist this Quaker saith the Church was planted in England and other places behold according to this Quaker both the Church of England and other particular Churches planted since the Apostles days in any part of the world are all under the dominion of Antichrist their baptism with water is no Ordinance of Christ the Lords Supper is only carnal bread and wine both Sacraments without Scripture-warrant but mark what follows Then that is in the reign of Antichrist in the long time of cruel darkness in the time of the Lords absence from the earth were as this Quaker saith Bishops set up and Archbishops Deans Priests Deacons Popes the Bishops bearing rule by their Means Priests preaching for hire Behold how this Quaker gives us a distinct sound of the Antichristian Hierarchy which hath continued since the Apostles dayes Thus according to this Quaker in all Centuries of the Christian Church since the Apostles days not Christ but Antichrist hath set up his Kingdom under the profession of the Gospel thus the Christian Church hath since those days had no Ecclesiastical Governours but such as were Antichristian thus all Bishops Archbishops Deans Priests Deacons as well as Popes have been in this Quakers account Antichristian for above sixteen hundred years by-past being masked under a vain profession of the Gospel Then that is when Antichrist reigned Tythes saith this Quaker came up contrary to any rule of the Gospel behold how Tythes are made by this Quaker to be Antichristian too a maintenance contrary to the Gospel Then that is in the Reign of Antichrist Universities saith this Quaker were set up to make Ministers or Priests behold Universities by this Quaker are all made to be so many Antichristian Schools thus according to this Quaker after an Antichristian manner were Priests set up by the will and tradition of men as the false Prophets always were of old then in the foresaid reign of Antichrist University-Priests had their long robes like the Pharisees according to this Quaker Ministers habits are both Antichristian and Pharisaical then that is when Antichrist reigned Idols Temples called Churches or houses of God were set up according to this Quaker all publick places consecrated and set apart for Gods publick Worship are neither the material Churches or Houses of God but Idols Temples and Antichristian too then that is in the reign of Antichrist the Priests got into their Pulpits the chiefest places in the Synagogues being proudly called of men Master Doctor according to this Quakers mind Pulpits for Priests are become Antichristian too and the Antichristian Priests are got into them like so many Scribes being proud Masters and Doctors having the uppermost rooms at feasts and greetings in the market like the old Pharisees Scribes and hypocrites then that is in the reign of Antichrist began to speak this Quakers mind the Ecclesiasticall thieves who stole the Apostles words as the false Prophets did who took a verse and studied from it a divination of their own brain just as the Priests do now they run like the false Prophets according to this Quaker ever since the Apostles days all Gods Priests have been thieves like the false Prophets preaching a divination of their own brain like false Prophets running without God sending them then that is in the reign of Antichrist thorough covetousness they made merchandize of the people with feigned words like wolves upon sheep they preyed upon the people they sought about for great livings for fat benefices they ran from a lesser to a bigger living the beloved which they sought for like the false Prophets they sought for the fleece not regarding the flock they cried peace to them that put into their mouths they prepared war sued lawed those that did not feed them
by themselves to be given forth from the immediate Eternal Spirit of God I may truly say That quaking-Pamphlets are in high honour to the Scriptures great disgrace But thus I have done with this idle Scribble THE next quaking-Pamphlet to be briefly toucht upon is termed The Power and Glory of the Lord shining out of the North or the Day of the Lord dawning By one whom Ishmaels brood calls a Quaker whose name in the flesh is James Naylor London printed 1653. Pr. Pr. This blasphemous stigmatized Quaker looks upon all unquakerized persons as being Ishmaels brood the Title is vain-glorious enough Bristol and Bridewell have known the abomination of this mans quaking-folly but amongst deluded Quakers he is still in too much request Let us look into his Pamphlet Q. p. 5. Q. Num. 106 Because the Lord sends his Messengers into your Idol-Temples to cry against your Idol-worships and Heathenish Customs Pr. Pr. In these quaking-lines all quaking-ramblers are in the first place called the Lords Messengers but as for Material Churches they 're only Idol-Temples and the Worship performed in them is only an Idol-worship but as for Heathenish Customs I do not well understand them save that the Christianity of England is Heathenism in this Quakers account to take a full view of this Quakers mind Idolatry and Heathenism did at this time bear the chief sway in England That our Material Churches are still Idol-Temples That our Worship of God in them is idolatrous That our Customs still are Heathenish Q. p. 8. Q. Num. 107 The Spirit is the Original which first reveals the mystery to the spirit within man Pr. Pr. In this Quakers opinion both Hebrew and Greek Tongues are only carnal Learning and natural Tongues gotten at Cambridg and Oxford in this mans account the former is not the Original of the Old Testament nor the latter of the New Testament for he saith the Spirit is the Original To add no more it 's very clear that this Quaker was grosly ignorant THE next quaking-Pamphlet to be considered is called A Warning from the Lord by one named of the world Edward Burrough Pr. Pr. This Pamphlet was printed 1654 it 's a virulent piece which hath made the Author to be well known to the world for his virulency when you have heard him speak his mind then it will appear to be so But let us come to the Book it self Q. p. 2. Q. Num. 108 All your carnal traditional Ordinances and Observances is abomination to the Lord all your praying and praising is odious in his sight all your worship is an imagination of the dark mind of man Pr. Pr. In this Quakers account preaching hearing reading the Scripture praying praising the Lord receiving the Lords Supper baptizing with water the acknowledged Ordinances of the Gospel among all unquakerized persons are basely esteemed as being carnal traditional Ordinances such as are an abomination to the Lord such as are odious in his sight such a worship as is but an imagination of mans dark mind Q. p. 5 6 9 10. Q. Num. 109 All your carnal Worship and Ordinances and Observances is but mocking of God and dissembling with him baptizing with water I deny it is not of God but an imitation and is an abomination in the sight of God your Communion I deny for it is heathenish having proceeded out of the imagination of the proud your breaking of bread and drinking of the cup is abomination God never commanded it your singing is carnal traditional and heathenish and is not with the Spirit of Jesus but with the spirit of the world with the spirit of Cain with the spirit of the Scribes and Pharisees and chief priests you worship an unknown God be ashamed of all your profession and of all carnal Ordinances Pr. Pr. You may still see that this Quaker hath very mean thoughts of Gods Worship and Ordinances which all serious Christians do own as for Worship that 's carnal and so are Ordinances too in this Quakers account both the Worship of God and his Ordinances are nothing else but a mocking of God and dissembling with him as for baptizing with water this Quaker denies it as that which is not of God which is but an apish imitation and is an abomination in the sight of God as for the holy Communion this Quaker denies it also as that which is heathenish as that which hath procceded out of the imagination of the proud he saith moreover That breaking of bread and drinking of the cup is abomination that God did never command it as for singing of Psalms he saith that is carnal traditional heathenish that it is done only with the spirit of the world and with the spirit of Cain and with the spirit of the Scribes Pharisees and chief Priests he also saith that the Worship is of an unknown God like those idolaters at Athens In the last place this Quaker calls upon unquakerized Christians to be ashamed of their profession of the Christian Religion and of all Ordinances which he calls carnal Q. p. 21 22 23 24 25. 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Num. 110 In which light I see all thy Teachers O England to be drunk with the wine of her who hath deceived the Nations who sits upon the scarlet-coloured beast and hath the golden cup in her hand full of abominations whose name is written in her forehead Mystery Babylon the Great the Mother of Harlots and abomination of the earth and in this light do I declare against all them which are in the generation of the false prophets of Israel which seeks for their gain from their quarter which steals the word from their neighbour and selleth the divination of their own brain upon the Scriptures to the poor blind people and teacheth for the fleece against all these I do declare to be no Ministers of Christ but are seducers and blind guides and are Antichrists and leads the poor blind people into the ways of death and destruction these have run but hath not been sent of God and therefore their souls are in the dark heathenish nature leaning in the imaginations and not in the counsel of the Lord and in lying swearing drunkenness covetousness and oppression and according to the course of this world these iniquities are ruling among people priests and rulers in the Nation from the least of them even to the greatest every one is given to covetousness from the prophet even to the priest every one deals falsly all your hirelings and greedy dumb dogs I do deny all thy Teachers O England is denied of them who are taught of God and by thy Teachers who are in the way of the Pharisees art thou blindly led in the ways of darkness and ignorance and all thy carnal worship which is to read sing and preach I deny and declare to be no worship of God the living God is but mocked by you in your imagined worship your reading and singing and preaching is carnal and heathenish no worship of the true God