them (which is the first Adam) than I can think any men have now,' See page 15.

&c.

A. Which shows that he knows nothing of Christ the second Adam, the quickening spirit. And he knows nothing of a new creature; for they 'who are in Christ are new creatures. Nor of Christ the covenant of God, of light, of life, of peace, who was glorified with the Father before the world began, which is beyond the first Adam, and he hath set forth himself not to be as high as his heathen philosophers. But many witness Christ in them in this age, as in the days of the apostles, which is above the heathen philosophers.

P. The light which every man that cometh into the world is enlightened withal, Christ, he saith, 'This is the light of nature and of reason.' And saith, 'It is a damnable doctrine to deny all external means of salvation,' &c. See page 16.

A. The apostle saith, We look not at things which are seen, but at things which are not seen. For the things that are seen are temporal, but the things that are not seen are eternal;' and that which is to salvation is eternal, and is not external.

P. He saith, What word did Paul and Barnabas preach in the synagogues, but the prophets?' &c. See page 19.

A. Nay, they preached Christ the end of the prophets.

P. He calls that a monstrous opinion, to compare them to the heathen, who had not known there had been a God but by the scriptures, and have no more knowledge but by it,' &c. page 20.

A. The Pharisees had scriptures (and heathen men may get scriptures) but knew not the true God; for none know the true God but by the spirit of God, (and the son of God reveals the Father,) though they may have all the scriptures: and the light that shines in the heart gives the knowledge of him. And this the apostle spoke to them that had the scriptures. And who are of faith, are of Abraham, and in the knowledge of him that knew God before the scripture was written.

P. And he saith, That the law and the testimony, are Moses and the prophets,' &c. See page 21.

A. Contrary to the rest of the priests, who say, they are the Old and New Testament; and he and the rest of the priests are contrary to the apostle, who saith, the law and testimony are the light, and spirit of prophecy. Many may have the Old and New Testament, yet deny the light and spirit of prophecy, as priests and professors do now, who say prophecy is ceased. Here they deny the practice of the church, where edification, learning, and comforting are, 'prophesying all one by one.' Such they prison and persecute; and they are not like to own prophecy, when they deny the light, which doth enlighten every man

that comes into the world, which is the end of prophecy. And none own Christ, who own not prophecy. A prophet is a seer, and they that deny prophets are all blind, and in the dark, and are such as have ravened from the spirit of God, and have killed the prophets.

P.. He saith, The prophets are more certain than any other revelalation.' See page 21.

A. Was not the son of God revealed, the end of the prophets? Did not God reveal him which came in the volume of the book, to do the will of God?' And so they that had the prophets, and the law, and types, and shadows, knew not the son of God that was revealed, that was their end, spoken of in the prophets and epistles, and who is now revealed.

P. He saith, The patriarchs and prophets were justified by conceiving Christ without,' &c. See page 24.

A. Now the patriarchs and prophets had the spirit that gave them an evidence of him, and by faith they saw him, which is beyond a conceiving, by which they were justified.

P. He saith, Justification by works, and inherent grace we call Christ,' &c. See page 25.

A. We say Christ is the end, the substance, and who believes in him hath ceased from his own works; he is the end of gifts and graces, and man's own inheriting; and no one knows justification, but who receives the grace that brings salvation.

P. He saith,This justification by a righteousness within us, is man's grand idol, and Christ's arch-enemy,' &c. See page 25.

A. We are justified by faith in Christ Jesus,' and that is in us, in the heart. This he calls an idol, and Christ's enemy, which he is the author of. So the doctrine this man teacheth is contrary to the apostle, in the error from the apostles; and faith it is that purifies the heart, by which we are justified, and not by works, which throws down all idols, and the enemies of Christ, which thou art one; and none own justification but who witness justification within, faith in the heart; and Christ being within, there is justification.

P. He saith, We miserably wrest the scripture,' because we say, 'he that respecteth persons commits sin,' &c.

A. Now let all read that in James the apostle, how that he that respects persons commits sin, and is convinced by the law as a transgressor; so he teaches men to transgress the commands of God, contrary to the apostles, who taught men to keep them.

P. He saith, Popery and vain philosophy are the foundation of the Quakers' religion,' &c. See page 30.

A. Their foundation is the light of Christ, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world,' which was before Popery or philoso

phy was, which you are in, as your books, naming of days, and colleges, and steeple-houses, make it appear.

P. He saith, And to believe, or think our justification is by something wrought in us, is that antichrist whose name is mystery, Babylon the great, the mother of harlots,' &c. See page 32.

A. The apostle saith, We are justified by the faith of Christ Jesus.' Gal. 2. And faith purifies the heart, and is a mystery held in a pure conscience.' This justification is by the faith of Christ within, and this thou calls antichrist, and mystery Babylon, who art there thyself, that art out of this faith that purifies the heart: for all the holy men of God were justified by their faith, and the faith is in the heart. And thy belief that is without thee, and faith in Christ, is like unto the Jews', who stood against him when he was come. True faith gives victory over mystical Babylon and the world, in which faith men please God, in which is unity.

Ralph Hall's book, called The Quakers' Principles Quaking.'

His principles in it follow, and are turned upon himself, whose works are for the fire, and to be burned.

P. HE saith, It is delusion to give up to the light within to be the judge, &c. and calls it an obscure kind of chymistry,' &c.

A. The apostle commands to judge themselves; which they cannot do but with the light, by which they may see themselves.

P. He saith, Doth the light of nature (as he calls it) give liberty to women to teach?' and calls it 'gross and palpable darkness,' &c.

A. Contrary to the apostles' doctrine, and the mind of God, and the prophets, who said, God would pour out his spirit upon all flesh: and his sons and daughters should prophesy.' So he is in the darkness, a limiter of the Holy One, and a quencher of the spirit, and this is above the light of nature.

P. He saith The Quakers blame every thing; and convince of nothing,' &c.

A. Are ye not all, you hirelings, convinced of your covetousness? of your respecting men's persons for advantage? of your teaching for filthy lucre, and for your gain from your quarters? and of your love of money? Are not ye all convinced? Have not the Quakers convinced you all of those things, and of your pride, and ambition? And have you not been corrected by, and reproved for this by Quakers and scripture?

P. He saith,The spirit of light will be judged by the scripture, keeping to the scriptures,' &c.

A. Which is contrary to the scriptures, and the apostles' doctrine. But he is like the Jews, who had the scriptures, yet judged the spirit of light. But the spirit of light owns scriptures, and the scripture doth not judge spiritual light, and they are not one against the other, but are in unity.

P. And whereas he saith, Noah's ark was a true figure of the church of God, so Noah's dove is a clear emblem of such as through affection of new and unknown paths, stray from the church of God,' &c. See page 1.

A. Now you having strayed from the church of God, are the false prophets which Christ said should come, Matt. 24. and John saw were come; and the whole world are gone after you. And ye have brought the nation to be water, and your tongues are waters, and your multitudes waters, and your peoples waters; on this account are the doves flying abroad; and the Quakers found no rest for the soles of their feet amongst you. For there is nothing but waters among you, the doves find you all waters, not to set the soles of their feet upon. But according to the eternal counsel and promise of God, that the waters should be abated and dried up, they have found the ark of the testimony, and the opening of the seals, and the tabernacle in heaven, and the people of God begin to inhabit; and the kings of the earth shall not pass: and that which you call your church hath been waters.

P. And whereas he brings the sayings of scripture, that speak of prophets, and pastors, &c. and names places of scripture to oppose Christ's command, which saith, Be ye not of men called master,' &c. See page 7.

A. Which is to no purpose but to manifest himself a transgressor that abides not in the doctrine of Christ, that hath not the Father and

the son.

P. And he saith the prophecy of Malachi is upon us, who saith, 'Cursed be the deceiver, who doth not bring in his tithes and offerings,' &c. See page 9.

A. We say the priesthood is changed, and the offerings are denied, and he that holdeth them up is under the curse.

P. He saith, To take the scriptures as ye speak, brings in all absurdity, as when the apostle saith the priesthood is changed, the commandment is disannulled that took tithes.' Then he saith, he would prove that none had faith, to take the scripture as it is spoken: for if they had it' (saith he) as a grain of mustard seed, then they should remove mountains, and heal the sick,' &c. See page 10.

A. Now by this he hath showed his ignorance; for Christ's words

and the prophets,' are true as they speak, and the things they speak of; the fruits of the faith that they speak of are known, and the fulfilling of the promise. And that which the apostle speaks of, Heb. 7. is that the priesthood is changed, and the law disannulled also, and that another priesthood is come in, not after the order of Aaron, but after the order of Melchisedeck; without father, without mother, without beginning of days, or end of life. You run into all absurdities, that give your meaning to scriptures, and by private interpretations have brought the world on heaps about the scriptures. And who are in the faith, are in the healing of the sick, and removing mountains, and you who are out of the faith have brought whole nations into sickness, mountains, and rough places.

P. He saith, The priest's work is changed in point of administration only; but in respect of the order, the priesthood is not changed,' &c. See page 11.

A. Contrary to the apostle, who said Christ came after another or der, and not after the order of Aaron; but came after the order of Melchisedeck. So the order, and all things pertaining to it, fall, which Ralph Hall saith do not.

P. He saith, The matter is not changed in any one of the ceremonies, only the manner of administration,' &c. See page 11.

A. The first covenant could make nothing perfect, saith the apostle. The matter and the manner of all that pertained to the first priesthood changed the matter and the manner fell down when the life came in, the second covenant, through which the new and living way was felt, whereby we enter in unto God, by the blood and life of Jesus Christ, and the offering; and not by the first priesthood, first covenant, tithes, offerings, and sacrifices. So matter and manner all fell; and Christ came out of another tribe, that is, of Judah. And not after the order of Aaron, but after the order of Melchisedeck, and so after another matter.

P. And thou brings that concerning Jacob's paying a tenth to the service of the house of God: and why may not ye have tenths for the maintenance of the house of God,' to wit the steeple-house, which was the Papist's mass-house. Now see what a suitable measure thou hast, &c. See page 16.

A. There was a time when the ark was maintained, and the tabernacle, and the temple, and the storehouse, and tithes; and there is a time when all these things are utterly denied. So thou art a man that dost not divide thy work aright, but a workman that may be ashamed of thy work. Look on thy book, who art crying up tithes and priests. And thou sayst the order of Aaron is not changed in the substance, contrary to the apostle, and yet pleads the order of Melchisedeck, and so