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I SHALL give the reader some further proof, that Christ is God as well as man. So Col. ii. 9. the Apostle speaking of Christ, saith, For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. What fuller expression can be uttered to prove Christ to be God; for if all the fulness of the Godhead dwelleth bodily in that person of Christ, how then can there be any other God, either in person or spirit, but what is in Christ's body, for all the fulness of the Godhead is confined within that body of Christ; so that God is not such a great bulk to fill heaven and earth, as Penn the Quaker's imaginary God is, that the heaven of heavens cannot contain him; yet we see, that the apostle Paul did believe, that Christ, a middle statured man, did contain all the fulness of the Godhead bodily in him; and this is Reeve and Muggleton's faith also. But Penn doth abhor such a God, as is no bigger than a middle statured man, should create the heavens and the earth, and make man in his own image, he doth abhor and defy man, as I can as I can prove such a God that is no bigger than a man, from his own hand writing: but let that pass. These Scriptures afore-mentioned I have interpreted, to shew that Christ was God when he was upon earth, when he was in the condition of a Son or a servant, more like than a God; for eternity was then become time, and so was exposed to sufferings, even to death itself; but now he is risen again from the dead and ascended up on high, and hath given gifts unto men, and is entered into the same glory which he had before the world was, and is sate down on the right-hand of the Majesty on high; so that time is become eternity again, so that Christ is now become the eternal God Ased his 90ses to Ha 90073

in glory again, as may be seen Rev. i. 18. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. This Alpha and Omega is Christ the almighty God, that is now in the throne of his glory, as may be seen Ver. 11. I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last. Ver. 13. And in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks, one like unto the Son of man, cloathed with a garment down to his foot. Ver. 14. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were as a flame of fire. Ver. 15. And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace, and his voice as the sound of many waters. Ver. 16. And out of his mouth went à sharp two-edged sword, and his countenance was as the sun shineth in its strength. Ver. 17. Saying unto me, fear not, I am the first and the last. Ver. 18. I am he that liveth and was dead, and behold I am alive for evermore. Amen. And have the keys of hell and of death.

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These sayings of John doth clearly prove, that Christ is God Almighty, now upon the throne of glory, where he was before, and that Christ is that Alpha and Omega, the begin ning and the ending, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. The meaning is, that Christ is now upon the throne of glory, therefore said, which is, and which was, that is Christ was Almighty God, the Alpha and Omega, in the beginning of this world, and from eternity; and which is to come; that is, Christ, the eternal God, the Alpha and Omega, shall come again in the clouds of heaven, with his army of mighty angels, to put an end to this wicked world, and to raise the dead, and to give judgment upon the wicked and unbelieving, that despised a personal God, that would not have him to rule over them, because he had a body and shape like man, as wicked Penn the Quaker hath, and he is to come to reward the righteous who did believe him to be their God, their King, their Redeemer, and that he is able to raise the dead, and give them everlasting life, according to his promise, when he was upon earth, which no antichristian spirited Quaker doth believe.

And this Christ is he which John saw like unto the Son of Man in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks, with a

garment down to the foot: the seven golden candlesticks were the seven churches of Asia, and the Son of Man in the midst was Christ, and being cloathed with a garment down to the foot, was his flesh he suffered death in, was now glorified with the same glory which he had before the world was. This was that garment down to the foot; and Christ's head and his hairs, which had not a place to lay it on when he was upon earth, is now in glory, white like wool, as white as snow; and those eyes of his that wept over Jerusalem, are now as a flame of fire; and his feet, that were wiped with the hair of the woman's head when he was upon earth, are now in glory, like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice, that was not heard in the streets when he was upon earth, but was as dumb before the shearers, but now in glory, his voice is as the sound of many waters; and when he was upon the earth, there proceeded out of his mouth soft, meek, and mild words, even to his enemies, even as butter and oil, as was prophesied of him: but now he is in glory, there cometh out of his mouth a sharp two-edged sword: it will prove a sharp two-edged sword indeed to you anti-christianspirited Quakers, that denieth his person that suffered death, to have any being, and the countenance of Christ when he was upon earth, which was sad, because of the sufferings he went through, with the temptations and persecutions from devils continually; but now he is in glory, his countenance is as the sun shineth in his strength; and this Christ that was upon earth is the first and the last, and it is he that liveth and was dead, and behold he is alive for evermore. Amen.

And he, by the suffering of death upon the cross here on earth, in that he quickened again out of death unto life by his own power, therefore called a Quickening Spirit; he hath got power over death and the grave, in that death could not keep him in the grave, as it doth us, because he was that quickening Spirit, that quickened in his own body of flesh and bone, and raised it again, he hath gotten the keys of hell and of death: he hath gained to himself by his death and rising again a greater power than he had before the world was, in that he hath power now to keep the seed of the serpent, such as Penn the Quaker is, in hell, and under eternal

death, as I am sure he will, for his defying the living God in the form of man's bodily shape and likeness.

Thus I have proved by Scripture, that God was in the form of man from eternity, in opposition to Penn the Quaker, that saith in his pamphlet, that God is not in the shape of man, neither is man's bodily shape the image of God; and saith, God is an infinite Spirit, without any body at all. Also I have proved, that Christ Jesus was both God and man when he was upon the earth; and that he is God Almighty, the everlasting God, now in glory. I have been larger upon this point than I thought, but this being the most needful point of all for man to know, it being life eternal to know the true God, and not to know the true God is death eternal; and as I have proved by Scripture, that God was in the image and likeness of man before the world was, therefore God said, Let us make man in our own image and likeness. The Scriptures are more full to prove this point than any one thing, therefore I shall only name some places of Scripture, that doth say, man is the image of God, and so conclude this point.

Gen. i. 26. And God said, let us make man in our image and likeness. And verse 27. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him, male and female created he them. So Gen. ix. 6. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed, for in the image of God made he man. So 1 Cor. xi. 7. For a man ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God. So 1 Cor. xv. 49. And as we have borne the image of the earthly, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly: And verse 47. The first man is of the earth, earthly, the second man is the Lord from heaven. So 2 Cor. iv. 4. Lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. So Col. iii. 10. And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge, after the image of him that created him. So Heb. i. 3. Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person. These places all prove that man is the image of God, in respect of his bodily shape, without any allegorical or mystical meaning. And so much in answer to this point which

Penn calls "old heresy;" but I say it is an old standing truth, ever since God made Adam in his own image and likeness in the beginning, as will appear in the foregoing discourse to those that have any true light in them..

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THE second point is," That God did not create the heavens and the earth out of nothing, but the substance of earth and matter was from eternity."

This Penn saith is inconsistent with Scripture, he will prove. I desire the reader to mind how weakly and poorly he doth prove what he saith, and what silly ignorant arguments he alledgeth against earth and matter being eternal; his proof he gives against it is not worth the trouble to answer; I am ashamed, that you, being a learned man, should set pen to paper and write no better.Reply. To satisfy the people I do abhor to answer it, but that the Quakers will boast and say, that Muggleton was not able to answer Penn's book, it was so deep and learned a piece, written by that learned Penn the Quaker; upon this account I must say something to it.

I shall set down all his proofs of Scripture, and the chief arguments he brings, that is of any concernment, to prove that this opinion of earth and matter, how it should be consistent with Scripture to be eternal.

Penn's first proof of Scripture is, Gen i. 12. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, and the earth was without form, and void. Penn's argument to this: page 12, saith he, "If they were created before they were formed, as saith the place, then creation and formation are not one and the same thing; (and saith he) either the authority of Scriptures must be denied, or else creation is first a bringing forth of the chaos rude substance."

Secondly, Penn, page 13, quotes Isa. xlviii. 22, 23. Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, I am he, I am the first

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