the resurrection of the dead body.' And saith, The sufferings of Christ in the flesh were but an example and a figure.

A. Christ ended all figures in suffering, and examples, and patterns; yet he is the saints' pattern and example, as the scripture witnesses, and there is, no other example nor pattern to be heeded but Christ alone, which they are to learn of. But to say he is nothing but a figure, for that thou, and you all, will be judged: for he ended all figures and is the resurrection, and the life both. And thy dead body shall live with my dead body,' this is scripture. And they that said the resurrection was past in the days of the apostles, overthrew the faith of some. That which overthrew the faith, denying the resurrection, kept the seed in death, where it hath been in you all since the days of the apostles; for who are of faith, are of Abraham, of Christ according to the flesh; and so if the dead arise not, their preaching is vain, and their faith is vain. So I say, mortal must put on immortality, and corruption must put on incorruption. The first man was made a living soul, the second was made a quickening spirit; there are earthly bodies, and heavenly bodies,' and there is a resurrection of the just and unjust, the one to eternal life, the other to condemnation. And the judge is the man Christ Jesus,' to judge the quick and the dead, who both died and rose again, that he might be God of the dead and the living. And the light which every man hath that cometh into the world, doth not testify against Christ; and the light doth not > bring to deny the scriptures, but to own them. And none own them aright, nor Christ, but who are in the light which cometh from him. And all that deny the light that doth enlighten every man, &c. are the wolves, and the false prophets, and antichrists, that have gotten the sheep's clothing; and such cannot be received into the houses of the saints, that are from the light which every man is enlightened withal. And none confess Christ come in the flesh, but who are in the light which Christ hath enlightened them with. And so now all professors, and teachers upon the earth, and kings of the earth, are ravened inwardly from the light which Christ enlightened them all with; standing against the light, and the Lamb, and the saints, that are in it; and are not to be received into the houses of the saints, neither to bid them God speed; for they are out from God that are out of the light which. Christ the son hath enlightened them with.

P. And he saith, Christ hath a human reasonable soul.' Again, 'Christ, the eternal son of God, distinct from the Father eternally; before he was made flesh, his spirit was distinguished from the Father, and was the son from eternity; and not only when he was manifested by descending on Christ in the likeness of a dove, or by falling upon the apostles like cloven tongues,' &c. See page 17.

A. Christ saith he is in the Father, and the Father is in him, and he will send them the spirit of truth, the comforter, that proceeds from the Father and the son; and Christ saith, he was glorified with the Father before the world began; and yet ye say, the son is distinguished from the Father from eternity. And the son saith he is in the Father, and the Father is in him. And you say the spirit is distinguished from the Father and the son from eternity, and Christ saith it proceeds from him and the Father, and he is the God and father of the spirits of all flesh, and the substance of all things. And is not a human soul earthly! for you say that Christ had a human soul, and is not human earthly! and hath a human body, and is not a human body an earthly body? Is not his body of the seed of Abraham according to the flesh? and is not his body a glorified body? Was not the first man of the earth, earthly, and had a human body, the second man the Lord from heaven? And is not the soul immortal, which cometh out from God who is immortal, and goes into God again? and is not human, or earthly, mortal? And are there not three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the word, and the spirit, and are not they all one? How then are they distinct? And there are three that bear record in earth, the spirit, the water, and the blood, which agree in one. And Christ saith, I and my Father, are one;' and 'I in the Father, and the Father in me,' and he is in the saints, and so not distinct.

P. He saith, It is impudency in the Quakers to deny the word trinity, and three persons. And the church ever denied such as deny the doctrine of the trinity.' See pages 18, 19.

A. As for the word trinity, and three persons, we have not read it in the Bible, but in the common-prayer-book, or mass-book, which the pope was the author of. But as for unity we own it, and Christ being the brightness of the Father's glory, and the express image of his substance (of the Father) we own; that which agrees with the scriptures, and for that which the scripture speaks not, which men speak and teach for doctrine, their own words, that the scriptures speak not nor teach, such the scriptures shut out, and we deny.

P. He saith, That is the weak, ignorant, dark, and the wicked sect of the devil, that maintain an equality with God; the soul to be one being with God, or part of God.' And saith, The Quakers say, there is no scripture speaks of a human soul, and the soul is taken up into God, and God is all in all.'

A. The assembly, or synod of priests, put forth a catechism, and say that the holy ghost and the son are equal with the Father in power and glory and this they put forth that people should learn it: then, if any come to witness the holy ghost, they come to witness that which is equal in power and glory with the Father? if any come to witness

the son of God revealed in them, (which he that hath not, hath not life,) do they not come to witness him who is equal in power and glory with the Father? This is your own catechism. And is it blasphemy to confess your own words, that ye have given people to learn? God breathed into man the breath of life, and he became a living soul; God, who hath all souls in his hand. And is not this [breath of life] that cometh out from God, which is in God's hand, part of God, of God, and from God, and goes to God again? which soul Christ is the bishop of. And dost not thou speak of a human soul, an earthly soul, and is earthly, immortal? cannot it die nor be killed? And is not that which came out from God, which God hath in his hand, taken up into God again, which Christ the power of God is the bishop of, is not this of God's being? And doth not the scripture say, 'God is all and in all?' And how dost thou here divide the word of God aright, who showest so much ignorance of the letter of scripture?

P. He saith, It is a wretched doctrine to say men have not a human soul in them, and to say that the soul is a part of the divine essence.'

A. Is not that of God that came out from him? and is not the earthly and human of the ground? and is not that mortal? and is that which is immortal human? And dost thou say it is human, and is not that earthly? And where doth the scripture of the prophets, Christ or the apostles, tell people of a human soul; and of Christ having a human body in heaven? And doth not the apostle speak of his glorified body? P. He saith,That God should dwell in his saints, and Christ inhabit in believers; how can this be? the heaven of heavens cannot contain him, how much less shall the strait heart of man?'

A. The scripture saith God will dwell in men, and walk in men, and Christ that fills heaven and earth is in you, except ye be reprobates;' and so, in this thou hast showed thyself one not able to divide the word aright. And the bodies of the saints are the temples of God, and God will dwell in them, and walk in them, and he will be their God, and they shall be his people.

P. He saith, Nor is it an essential indwelling of the divine nature in God's people,' &c.

A. Doth not the apostle say, the saints were made partakers of the divine nature? and that God dwells in the saints, and Christ is in

"George Fox says: God breathed into man the breath of life, and he became a living soul; and is not this of God, of his being, &c. And is not this, that comes out from God, part of God? G. F. intends that divine life, power, and virtue, by which Adam in soul and body came to live to God: not that the soul of man, as a mere creature, created capacity, is of God's own being and substance.''

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them, except they be reprobates? And do not the saints come to eat the flesh of Christ? And if they eat his flesh, is it not within them?

P. He saith, God dwells not in the saints as a personal union,' &c.

See page 22.

A. How come the saints then to eat of his flesh, and to be of his flesh and bone? and to know God dwelling in them? and to have unity with the son and the Father? and to be of his body, which is the church, of which Christ is the head?

P. To say a man is justified and made righteous by God's putting righteousness into us, and by righteousness wrought in the creature, confounds justification and sanctification,' &c. See page 25.

A. The apostle brought people to the faith that was in their hearts, by which they were justified, for with the heart man believes unto righteousness, &c. And they were to believe in the light, that was, Christ. And the light that shined in their hearts gave the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ Jesus their saviour. Now justification by the works of the law, was, do this and live.' They were to circumcise the children; if they did not, they were to be cut off: and they were to keep the law. But the faith of Christ ended the works of the law: for it took away the nature that the law went upon. Now the Papists, and priests, are out of the works of the law, and the works of faith that works by love; for they are slaying one another about religion, though they pretend works, and this was ever out of the faith of Christ Jesus, to kill one another about religion. Now the apostles were in the works of faith, who neither prisoned nor persecuted any that were contrary minded, nor wrestled against flesh and blood, but against the power that captivated creatures. And so all this work about works doth show you and the Papists both to be out of the faith that works by love, where love should overcome all things, and bear all things. I do not measure priests and professors, nor Papists, by the works of the law which the apostle speaks of, which the false teachers were bringing people to in the days of the apostles. Neither do I compare or measure Papists, or priests, with the works of faith that works by love,' that becomes all to all, for the winning some of them. Papists, and priests, and professors will kill one another about their faith, which is not the faith that works by love; but contrary to the apostles' and Quakers' faith.

P. He saith, Our warfare cannot be expected to be over as long as in the body: and the best of saints do not live free from sin,'

we are

page 27.

A. The apostles said they were made free from sin, and that the blood of Jesus Christ the son of God cleanseth us from all sin; and such as witnessed the everlasting covenant of God, that blotted out their sins

and transgressions. And they witnessed the one offering that perfected for ever them that are sanctified. And the saints witnessed the kingdom of God, which stands in righteousness, peace, and joy in the holy ghost, and were new creatures, the old man being put off, and they were more than conquerors. So thou art ignorant of the scriptures, and it is the doctrine of devils to preach that men shall have sin, and be in a warfare so long as they are on earth; that is not the doctrine of Christ which brings people to the faith, which gives the victory, in which they have unity one with another, and please God.

P. He saith, 'To witness heaven within and hell within, and the resurrection, is the mystery of iniquity,' page 31.

A. Which shows thou never knew heaven in thyself, nor hell there, nor Christ the resurrection and the life, which they are blessed that are made partakers of the first resurrection, on them the second death shall have no power. And the scriptures do witness heaven within. And if Christ that was offered up, the resurrection and the life, be not within thee, thou art a reprobate.

P. He saith, We shall have incorruptible, powerful, glorious, and spiritual bodies;' and yet they say Christ is in heaven with a human body,' (which is earthly,) see page 34. Again the spirit can enter into heaven, while the body is upon the earth,' &c. And he saith, the fourth commandment commandeth the keeping of a seventh day: and he that breaketh the least commandment and teacheth men so to do, is least in the kingdom of heaven,' page 41.

A. Have not all the priests and teachers in England denied the Jews' sabbath, the seventh day? and do not you work on it? and do not you meet together on the first day of the week? and do not you all teach men to break the commandment there? And you keep markets and fairs on the seventh day, the Jews' sabbath; ye meet together on the first day of the week, which is the eighth day, and so not one in seven. And if the saints sat in heavenly places with Christ Jesus; and if the saints in heaven must have a glorious body, and Christ a human body, (which I say is earthly,) how doth this agree with scripture, that says Christ's is a glorious body? And is it an earthly body the saints eat, when they eat the flesh of Christ? And are not people in their first state, in the earthly, before they come to witness a spiritual body like unto his glorious body? How do you divide the word aright? And they that have the spirit of Christ, their spirits are in heaven, and they have unity with the Father.

P. 'We have no such immediate converse with God now, as to see him face to face,' page 42.

A. We do believe you have not, who are gone from the spirit that