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sanctuary is called 'a worldly sanctuary' when the substance was come. And so we see, and say, all your sorts of bells, though they may be tunes of psalms, yet they are carnal, and not spiritual; though indeed poor people, being ignorant, may well think so, when such as thou say, 'They are not carnal;' when they are, and stir up the fleshly nature in people.

P. He saith, 'To say a man is freed from the body of sin while on earth, is part of the Papists' dung, which they have taught you to feed upon,' &c. page 24.

A. Contrary to the scriptures and the apostle's words, who saith, 'they were made free from sin,' which was before you or the Papists were. And contrary to John, who bids them try the spirits,'-who saith, false spirits are gone out into the world,' which are you and the Papists. He saith, 'He that is born of God doth not commit sin, neither can he, because the seed of God remaineth in him.' 1 John. And you are in the Papists' dung spoken of, who plead for sin; and thou art contrary to the apostles and Christ, who preached perfection and freedom from sin.

P. Again he saith, Christ's kingdom is a hospital, and hath no subjects in it but diseased ones,' &c. See page 24.

A. We read of no such thing in scripture, that 'Christ's kingdom is a hospital, and his subjects are diseased ones.' But they that follow the Lamb, in their mouth is no guile, nor spot, nor fault before the throne of God, and are the elect which God lays no sin to; and they are the faithful, and called, and chosen, that overcome the world. And his kingdom stands in power, and in righteousness, and joy in the holy ghost, and is not a hospital, nor his subjects diseased ones, for he heals them, and converts them, and washes them; and therefore thou art a liar, and a man that dost not divide the word aright. The diseased, or such as come unto Christ to be healed, he heals them of what infirmity soever it be, and cures them, and clothes them in the right mind. Therefore thou art corrected, and worthy of correction; and all the diseased ones are in your kingdom, ye physicians of no value.

P. What can keep the soul from the enjoyment of God but sin,' &c. See page 25.

A. It is the unbelief in Christ the light, and the offering, and in his blood, that keeps from the enjoyment of God, who is the way to God, which the light gives to see.

The author of the book called, The Quaking Mountebank,' &c. His principles follow.

His words are seen in the light, and are condemned for the fire. The day is coming that thou (whosoever thou art) wilt suffer, and the witness in thy conscience shall

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P. HE saith, the Quakers are no conjurers,' and yet he calls them 'mountebanks,' in his libel called The Quaking Mountebank,' &c. See page 5.

A. They have discovered his works and fruits, and the fire is over his head, and he proves that he hath the language of a mountebank, by his revilings and railings, which, among sober people, are not worth mentioning. And the Quakers' mountain is the house of the Lord, established upon the top of all the mountains in the earth: and their rock is Christ, which will split all mountebanks, that make war against him, in pieces. And now is seen what is risen against the Lamb and the saints; and the mouths of the false prophets are opened, and the inhabitants of the earth are drunk, and the beast makes war against the Lamb and the saints, but the Lamb and the saints shall have the victory. And Quakers are not mountebanks, but the Lord's children.

P. And this mountebank calls the Quakers beasts, that have the spirit of God in them, feeling it,' &c. See page 7.

A. So that it hath discovered his spirit whither he is gone; and his words shall be his burthen, and the Lord will find him out, though he has not put forth his name. And those that know the mind of Christ, such he calls beasts, and so hath discovered himself that he knows it not; but the saints know the mind of Christ, and spirit of Christ, and are the sons and daughters of God.

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P. He maketh the steeple-house the ark,' and calls it the house of God,' &c. See page 9.

A. A place which Papists set up for mass; so he shows his ignorance and profaneness against the saints whose bodies are the temples of God.

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P. And the mountebank saith, that the Quakers are not akin to the Egyptians,' but yet he saith, 'they love darkness rather than light,' &c. See page 12.

A. And thus his spirit is rebuked, they that be in Egypt love not the light.

P. Again he saith, that learning is the prime ornament of the soul." See page 13.

A. And so hath thrown away the power, and Christ the bishop of

the soul, who is its ornament, in which it hath its joy. And men with their learning prison the soul which is immortal.

P. And he saith, The Quakers are no Pharisees,' &c. See page 16. A. And the priests of Newcastle call them Pharisees. Here is Gog and Magog in battle together against the Lamb, and the royal seed called Quakers, who witness that which cannot be shaken, and the royal seed is atop of their head.

P. He saith, The Quakers scorn to creep into houses,' &c. See page 19.

A. Which doth not agree with the rest of his company, who say they do creep into houses. The Quakers are in the power of God, and in the authority of the Lamb, above all houses, and into houses creep not, but are upon the throne: but you that are in the form and deny the power, creep into houses.

Ellis Bradshaw's book, called The Quakers' Whitest Devil.' His principles as follow.

He hath unveiled himself in what spirit he is, and that he hath gone from the prophets, and Christ, and the apostles, fighting against the rock. But the stone is fallen upon his head, which will grind him to powder, whose words shall be his burthen.

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P. HE saith, We do utterly deny all their ways and doctrines who exclude all teachings of men.' See page 5.

A. Contrary to the prophets, who bid people to cease from men whose breath was in their nostrils; therefore there is a teaching beyond it. And who comes to that, shall come to hear the son. And the apostles went to bring people to the end of the prophets, and off from the priests, and off the ordinances which the prophets had established in their place; and the Lord is come to teach his people himself, where they need not say, 'know the Lord,' in the new covenant. P. He saith, The Quakers' spirit doth teach them to honour no man,' &c. See page 6.

A. That is a lie, for it teacheth them to have all men in esteem, and to honour all men in the Lord. Yet they are convinced by the law to be transgressors, if they respect men's persons; and they are not to hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ with respect of persons as you

do.

P. And whereas thou sayst, 'The spirit of God doth not teach to judge before the time,' &c. See page 6. And others say, 'The saints shall not judge while they are upon the earth.'

A. But the spirit did teach the apostle to judge, and his time wast

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come. And he tells some, that they were of old ordained for condemnation, and their damnation slumbered not,' and they went on to 'eternal judgment,' and it is high time now to judge.

P. And this he calls a mistake, to deny all those that say they have faith in Christ, and yet their righteousness is not perfect as the righteousness of Christ is perfect.'

A. Who hath faith in Christ is in the perfect righteousness, and so you are in the mistake, that have a faith and a righteousness that is not perfect; for righteousness and faith which are the gift of God are perfect.

P. To say, that he that saith he hath hope in himself, and yet is not purified even as he is pure, is the hope of the hypocrite,' &c. this he calls a mistake.' See page 8.

A. And here he is corrected, and his spirit is corrected, as being in the world, for the hope purifies as God is pure, but the hope of the hypocrite doth not.

P. He calls it a subtle delusion that owns not the law without, in tables and books, to try the spirits within,' &c. See page 8.

A. The spirit of Christ within is the end of the tables, law, and works, and books. Therefore in this is discovered his own white devil,' and he corrected by the spirit he speaks of. The law is now in the heart, the new covenant is witnessed. The Pharisees had the law in tables, as thou hast scriptures, and stood against the life, and in the subtle delusion as thou dost, who brings the external to try the eternal, whereas it is the eternal that trieth the external, as Christ did the Pharisees, who told them when they wronged it. And so are you the wrongers of it, who have not the eternal to try with, so are as the devil, fallen out of the power. And it was the eternal that led the saints to speak forth scripture, and with that they are tried and seen who wrong them, and wrest them to their own destruction. And Peter was one of those triers, who was in the spirit of God, and could not read letters; and the Pharisees had the letter without the life, and could not try.

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Francis Blake's book called, Choice collections of scriptures, against the practice of the Quakers,' &c. His principles follow.

P. HE saith, Repent and become sinners,' because the Quakers say they are made free from sin by Christ.' See page 6.

A. Contrary to the apostle's doctrine, who said, repent, and forsake

sin, that they might receive the remission of sins,' &c. And contrary to the apostle's doctrine to Simon Magus.

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P. Francis Blake hath printed a letter, which shows, that those that are in scorn called Quakers own the blood of Christ.'

Bunyan saith, they deny it.'

And John

A. And thus they are in confusion. But the blood of Jesus Christ the son of God we own, but their lies we disown; and we witness the repentance which cannot be repented of; but we say to you, 'repent and turn from your sins.' And they that bid people repent and become sinners, are satan's messengers.

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Luke Fawnes, Samuel Gellibrand, Joshua Kirton, John Rothwell, Thomas Underhill, and Nathaniel Webbs, in a book called, The Second Beacon Fired,'

Sent to the protector. Their thirst is after blood and persecution: over all such spirits we see; there is that in them shall answer it.

P. THEY say, 'The Quakers principles are blasphemous, Paganish, antichristian, antiscriptural.'

A. Because we hold forth the foundation of God, Christ Jesus, who doth enlighten every man that cometh into the world.

P. He calls this loathsome, poisonous, and blasphemous error,' &c. See page 3.

A. You are poisoning the people, and are of the whore's stock, who would have blood to drink, which drank of the blood of prophets, and martyrs, and saints, and so by lies provoke the zeal of the magistrate against them, as the Pharisees and priests did in past ages. But that was the blind zeal that persecuted, in all ages; and they are antiscriptural, antichristian, and antiministerial that deny the light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world,' which is the end and substance of the scriptures; and who are in that, own the scriptures, and are not against them, and are the true ministers and christians; and so you are the Pagans and heathens that deny the light that all men are enlightened with.

P. They say that 'the Quakers are in an error, to say, that none are the ministers of God, and called of him, who are sent forth by the authority of man,' &c. page 7.

A. So show their ignorance of the apostle's doctrine and words; 'Not of man nor by man' he saith he had received it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ;' and so you who are made by men deny this.

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