A Bermudas preacher proved a persecutor being a just tryal of Sampson Bond's book, entituled, A publick tryal of the Quakers, &c. : Fraught with fallacies, false doctrine, slanders, railings, aspersions, perversions, and other abuses herein detected, disproved and wiped off. : And that the True Christ is owned by the people called Quakers, plainly made manifest.

A Bermudas Preacher Proved A PERSECUTOR Being a JUST TRYAL OF Sampson Bond 's Book , ENTITULED , A Publick Tryal of the QUAKERS , &c.

Fraught with Fallacies , False Doctrine , Slanders , Railings , Aspersions , Perversions , and other Abuses , herein Detected , Disproved and Wiped off .

And that the True Christ is Owned by the People called QUAKERS , plainly Made Manifest .

By those that have been more particularly concerned , and Eye and Ear-Witnesses in the Dispute at Bermudas ; and those that have had the perusal of his Book , which manifests it self .

The Wicked has digged a Pit for others , and is fallen into it himself . Psal. 7.15 .

A Lying Tongue is but for a Moment . Prov. 12.19 .

LONDON , Printed by John Bringhurst at the Sign of the Book in Grace-Church-street , 1683.

To the Inhabitants of these Islands BERMUDUS : A Testimony for the Truth and People of God called Quakers , against the Reproaches , Scandals , and Slanders of Sampson Bond : Who calls himself a Minister , or Preacher , of the Everlasting Gospel , in the said Islands . Friends and People all ;

COnsider seriously your condition , for it is exceeding Dangerous at present ; for the Everlasting state of your Souls is herein nearly concerned ; for he only that believeth shall be saved but he that believeth not shall be damned , according to the Scripture .

Therefore Friends and People , all be advised by him who is your Friend ; and take the Counsel of the Apostle , in the 2 Cor. 13.5 . Examin your selves whether you be in the Faith , &c. For through Faith alone you come to have an Interest in the Salvation purchased by Christ Jesus the Eternal Son of the Father ; who was in the Beginning with the Father , as it is in Prov. 8. from 22 , to 31. read them Verses , and consider , and weigh them well ; for this is he in whom your Faith must stand , and not in another ; this is he whose delight is with the Children of Men , and through whom the Wonderful love of God came to be made manifest unto the Sons and Daughters of Men in the Restoration , after Man had run into Rebellion against God , and lost that glorious Likeness or Image that he had at the first , when God Breathed into him the Breath of Life , through which he became a living Soul ; and so long as he kept in faithfulness to the Lord , he kept his Dominion over the Creatures , and his Habitation as in the Garden of God , the Garden of his delight ; where the Trees of God did flourish , and the Tree of Life in the midst thereof : The Lamb was not slain then . But when Man turned aside from following the Lord , and hearkened to the voice of the Serpent ; then Death was known , then was the Lamb slain ; when this World of Wickedness ( the Foundation thereof ) was laid by the Enemy , then was Man cast out of the Paradise of God , into the Earth which was cursed for his sake , where the Thornes and Thistles is brought forth , and the way to the Tree of Life stopped up ; for the Cherubim and the flaming-Sword was there , which turneth every way , that Man in the old Adams state , cannot come neer to Eat or Tast of the Tree of Life . Oh People ! Behold , here is your state ; every one in Old Adam , all separate from God , from the Covenant of Life , without God in the World , even in the World of Wickedness , in Death , in the Curse : this is your state and condition whilest you remain here , untill you come to know a coming forth , till you come to witness the Seed of the Woman to Bruise the Head of the Serpent , to overthrow his Power , who is the Prince of Darkness , and is the chief Ruler in Man in the state of Disobedience .

So Friends , it is high time for you to return to the Lord , and consider , even in this your Day , the things that belong to your Peace before they be hidden from your Eyes ; for such a time will assuredly come to pass , as ever it did upon the Old World ; they had a day when the Lord strove with them , but they would not hearken , but turned aside into the Evil Imaginations ; then their day passed over , and the Spirit of the Lord ceast striving , and the Flood came and destroyed them all , except eight Persons ; so mind your time , lest it pass over your Head ere you are aware ; and the Flood of Gods Wrath come , and sweep you all away , as it did them .

So all People come unto Christ Jesus the Gift of God , and believe in him , that through him you may come to witness Salvation : For as the Servant of the Lord did testifie in Ages by past , so do we witness the same , there is no other Name given under Heaven , whereby we may be saved , but by Jesus Christ alone , which is not the bare Outward Visible Appearance or Body only , but as he was testified of by Gods faithful Witnesses , even in that Age ; who although they did bear witness to the Outward Man or Body , yet they did not exclude the Godhead , when they said , Act 2. Jesus of Nazareth , a Man approved of God by Miracles and Wonders , &c. The same Jesus which ye Crucified , hath he made both Lord and Christ .

Friends , consider well this matter , for this Scripture was brought by your own Minister against us and the Truth which we profess , thereby to prove if he had been able , that the Body without the Godhead , or Jesus of Nazareth 〈◊〉 Humane N●ture ( as he called it ) without the Spirit , was the only Ma●●● 〈…〉 .

To which I answer , It was the chief work of that day or time , to bear witness to him who had been set at nought by the Chief Priests and Rulers , and by the generality of the People ; whom they also put to Death , even to the shameful Death of the Cross ; as it was written by the Prophet long before , He was numbred with Transgressors , &c. For notwithstanding all the Miracles which he had wrought among them , they would not believe that this was he that should come ( no more then People now adays can believe in his Spiritual Appearance ) but they were looking out in the Carnality of their Minds , for another to appear , according to their Imaginations , as People are in this Age and Generation , and will not receive the true Christ within them ; therefore the Witnesses of God in that day were the more engaged to bear so strict a testimony to his Bodily Appearance , that this was he that was to come , and they were not to look for another : And so gives them plainly to understand , that the Lord had exalted him into his Kingdom , for he had made him both Lord and Christ ; whose Kingdom was not Carnal but Spiritual ; as he himself said , my Kingdom is not of this World . But did this Testimony deny the Godhead ? for consider , by what Power were these Miracles done ? was it as he was meerly Man , or by a higher Power ? See John 14.10 . The Father that dwelleth in me , he doth the works , saith Jesus himself , he there bearing witness to the Eternal power that dwelt in him : And verily People , if Mans Salvation had been wholy perfected by the ●ody , without the Spirit of Christ ; then our Faith and Hope should have stood there ; but the same Apostle saith , Our Faith and Hope is to stand in God , 1 Pet. 1.21 . And the Apostle to the Hebrews saith , The Hope that anchors the Soul , enters within the Vail , Heb. 6.19 .

And John did bear witness to the Word which was in the beginning , John 1.1 . which Word the World was made by , and saith of it , that it was God , & in this Word was Life , Vers. 4. and the Life was the Light of Men , and this was the Light which that Faithful Witness of God , John , bore witness to ; That is the true Light that Enlighteneth every Man that cometh into the World , Vers. 9. So People , that which enlighteneth both you and us , and every Man that cometh into the World ; is not a Natural Light , as some say , & the Priest sometimes ; nor yet the Light of the Devil , as the Priest saith othertimes ; but it is the Light of him that made the World , as V. 10. and this is he that was made Flesh . V. 14. & the Word was made Flesh & dwelt amongst us , & we beheld his glory the glory as of the onely begotten Son of God , full of Grace & Truth . So here John bears a full Testimony to the Saviour of the World , and so do we , who is the Lamb of God that taketh away the Sins of the World ; it is not said , he takes away the Guilt o● Condemnation of Sin only , but the Sin it self ; thus do we believe in him . So let People judge whether this be not the true Christ . So here John did not bear Record to a Body only , but to the ●nal Power and Godhead , so the Apostle , Heb. 10.5 . bears witness to him , for whom the Body was prepared , saying , a Body hast thou prepared me , to do thy will , O God . So it is clear that this Body was prepared for him that was before that Body was , this was he who David in Spirit called Lord ; saying , The Lord said unto my Lord , sit thou on my Right Hand till I have made thine Enemies thy Foot-stool . And in the 2 Cor. 5.19 . the Apostle gives this Testimony , God was in Christ reconciling the World to himself . And Jesus himself said , before Abraham was , I am : and in another place , He that hath seen me hath seen the Father also . So let any one judge that hath a good Understanding , whether any of the Witnesses of Christ did ever bear witness against the Spirit in the Salvation of Man ; but doth truly and really bear a living Testimony to the Spirit , Rom. 8.2 . The Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the Law of Sin and Death : now at that time when Paul cryed out of the Body of Death , he was a Believer , and was come so far as to a willing mind to serve the Lord , but yet the Captivating Spirit was felt , the Law in the Members , in which state Paul did not sit down in a belief of Christ at a distance only , as People now a days do : but crys out for Deliverance , even from the Body of Death , and afterward testifies to the Law of the Spirit , saying , The Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus , hath set me free from the Law of Sin and Death . So here is Salvation witnessed indeed , he did not say Sin must live in him while he had a Body : but saith , Christ liveth in me . Gal 2.20 . And it is through the Spirit that Sin is mortified . Rom. 8.13 . and in Rom. 10.8 . The Apostle testifies to Christ nigh , and not to Christ at a distance ; saying , The Word is nigh thee , in the Mouth , and in the Heart . and in the 2 Cor. 13.5 . Examin your selves whether ye be in the Faith try your selves , know ye not your own selves that Jesus Christ is in you except ye be Reprobates . and in Col. 1.27 . Which is Christ in you the hope of Glory . For it is no other then that Christ , the Saints did believe in , in dayes by past . It is his Spiritual indwelling in us , through which we come to be sanctified and clea●sed from Sin ; and the Comforter , the Spirit of Truth , which Christ promised to send to his Disciples ; which they were to wait for at Jerusalem ; and accordingly they did receive it , and this dwelt in them to direct them into all Truth ; and so it was not a Spirit without them , or a Christ without them only but within ; according as Christ said , John 17.14 . He dwelleth with you , ond shall be in you . And the Apostle testified in his day , Christ was in the Saints , who was their Hope of Glory , and this hope purified their Hearts in whom it dwelt , and Anchored their Souls in that which is sure and st●dfast , and in him is our hope and confidence , who we believe is able to save to the utmost all that come unto God by him . And so People it is in the Name of Jesus we Witness Salvation which is his Power , to which comeing , we Witness Salvation thereby ; and so we know not another Name through which Salvation is Witnessed , but through this Name and this is he whom we declare of , who is not far from us ; and the efficacy of his Blood we feel ( as we abide in him ) to cleanse us from Sin . So I do not matter what your Teacher S. B. saith , viz. The Blood of Christ cleansith no Man from Sin : It being so contrary unto the Apostles Doctrine ( 1 John 1.7 . ) which is , But if you walk in the Light as he is in the Light , we have Fellowship one with another , and the BLOOD of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all Sin . And we witness it in its Opperation , Cleansing and Washing the Soul from the Spiritual Defilements , of which some amongst us are come to the experience of in our measure . So that we are not as those that beat the Air , but we are come to experience in some measure ( as I said , although S. B. did mock at it ) the Vertue and Power of that Grace of God which hath appeared to all Men , through which the Saints were taught in dayes by past , and in Ages and Generations long since ; to deny Ungodliness and Worldly Lusts , and to live Godly , Righteously and Soberly in this present World ; now this Grace is the same t at ever it was , and its teachings are the same , to all that are Obedient in this day as it was then , to bring Salvation ; indeed I do not know any Doctrine so plentiful in the Scripture , as the Indwelling , or Inward , or Spiritual Appearance of his Spiritual Kingdom ; which whoso doth come to pertake of , must be redeemed from the Kingdom of the Devil . So having taken off that Reproach and Slander from Christ whom we believe in and is our Saviour , the first and the last , the Alpha and Omega , the Beginning and the End of the Work of God : Who S. B. call'd the Devil , and said , he would prove it by the Scripture , but hath indeed fallen short of his intended matter : So I leave that , and come a little to examin the proof of the second false Assertion , viz.

That the main End of the Quakers Meetings in these Islands : is to make the Lords Christ , his Holy Spirit , his Angells and Apostles , all Lyars and false Witnesses of God .

Now let any Reasonable Man judge , what ground or foundation he hath to lay down such a positive Assertion ; for he never was at any of our Meetings in these Islands , to know our practices in our Meetings , whereby he might discover our ends ; but either he must have it by Information , or Supposition , or Consequence ; Which either of these may prove true or false ; and therefore whether the one or the other , it is too slender a ground to build such an Accusation upon , against an Innocent People : but whither will not Envy lead a Man ? Even to shame himself .

But let us see how he will prove his Work . Why Mark. First , he supposes , That the main end of our Meeting is to declare to People , or to build up one another in this Doctrine ; that the Light within , or Spirit of Christ in us is the Saviour . This he supposeth to be the main end of our Meeting , and this saith he , is against the Testimony of Christ to the Man whose Eyes he had opened , John 9.35 , 36 , 37. As I remember this was the Scriptu e he brought when the Blind Man enquired , who the Son of God was , that he might believe ? Jesus Answered , I that speak unto thee am he . This saith he , was the Man or Body only : from whence he doth infer , that the Man Jesus considered meerly as Man , is the o●ly Saviour , and therefore saith he , The Quakers main end of their Meeting is to make the Lords Christ a Lyar.

No● see what Weight this Argument hath in it ; the Weight must lie in these Words , [ I that speak unto thee am he ] Now here lies the Question , whether in these Words he meant the Body only , or that which dwelt in the Body also ? Which was the Godhead joyned with the Manhood , which thing was not at all proved at that time from the Scripture according to his promise , and so did falsifie his Word : and is it not strange that the Priest should make Christs Body to speak without his Spirit . But now that People may not be left in the dark , with their Understandings Clouded ; consider and Weigh seriously , whether it was not the same Jesus which spake to the Jews in the foregoing Chapter 8 56. Abraham rejoyced to see my Day , and he saw it and was glad . And Verse 58. Before Abraham was I am . Now the Body was brought forth in time , according to Gal. 4.5 . And so was not before Abraham in the Body : But S. B. said , That he is not the Son of God , but as he was Man : Now consider how grievous dark this Man is ; read the Scripture diligently , and you shall see what a Testimony it gives concerning the Son of God . Psal. 2.7 . The Lord hath said unto me , thou art my Son , this Day have I begotten thee . This was long before the Body was , and he speaks here of the time present , This Day have I begotten thee . Heb. 1.2 . Where he saith , that God Hath in these last Dayes spoken to us by his Son , whom he hath appoined Heir of all things , ( now mark ) by whom also he made the Worlds . So he that made the World , or that Word by which the World was made , was the Son of God . John 1.10.3 . Who being the brightness of his glory , ( the Son of God he is the Brightness of his Fathers Glory , and the express Image of his substance , and upholding all things by the Word of his Power , mark , this was the Son of God that upholds all things by the word of his Power , when he had by himself purged our Sins , sat down on the Right Hand of the Majesty on High : So see and consider well and weigh this matter , and let the wise in Heart Judge .

For God had promised afore by his Prophets in the Holy Scriptures , concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord , who was made of the seed of David , according to the Flesh ; and declared to be the Son of God with Power , according to the Spirit of Holiness , by the Resurrection from the Dead , by whom we have received grace , &c. Rom. 1 , 2.3.4.5 . And this is the true Christ we own in his Grace and Truth , both as he was made of the seed of David according to the Flesh ; and as he is declared to be the Son of God with Power according to the Spirit of Holiness , &c. according to God and his Son , and his Angels , and Prophets , and Apostles ; against all Opposers and Blasphemers ; but espacially against SAMPSON BOND , who was Priest at Bermudas . And we are sorry that the Sherriffe and Justices of Peace in Bermudas , should believe or regard his Lyes and Slanders . But it is clear , Sampson Bond hath put the Sheep of Christ in scorn called Quakers , in his Bear-Skin , that such as he is might worry them .

Secondly . He saith , We in our Meetings , or the main end of our Meetings ; is to make the Holy Spirit a Lyar ; and to prove this he names Luke 2.30 . Lord now lettest thou thy Servant depart in Peace , for mine Eyes hath seen thy Salvation . ( I hope ( said he ) you will not deny that Old Simeon spak● by the Spirit , ) Now ( said he ) it was his Bodily Eyes which he spake of , by which he only beheld the Body of Jesus , and hence doth infer that we witnessing to the Spirit , do mak●th ▪ Spirit of God a Lyar.

Let us see what weight this Argument hath in it ; and for the better opening of your Understandings , take S. B's own Words , ( I hope you will not deny Old Simeon to speak by the Spirit . ) Indeed he was a Spiritual Man , and so was ab●e to discern the things of God , and he was a Prophet , and spake in the Spirit of Prophesie , in which he spake and declared of him as a Light , prepared before the face of all People , not the Jews only but all People , A Light to lighten the Gentiles , &c. And mark withal what it was that was revealed to him by the Holy Ghost , that he should see : Was it not the Lords Christ ? If the Body barely considered without the Spirit had been the Lords Christ ; then the Jews had seen the Lords Christ ; for they only saw the Body , and Crucified it : But the Lords Christ , the Lord of Glory was vailed from their Eyes ; For had they seen him , they had seen the Father also , John 14.9 . And had they known him they would not have Crucified him : But now the unbelieving Iews had neither heard the Fathers Voice at any time , nor seen his shape , Iohn 5.37 . And so it is clear , though they saw the Body , yet saw not the Father ; they saw not the Eternal Power and Godhead , as they did whose Eyes where opened in and by the Spirit , as Old Simeons was : who saw through the Vail , and beheld the endless Power of that which made the World , and upholds it by the same Word of Power ; who after he had purged our sins , ( said the Apostle ) sat down on the Right Hand of the Majesty on High . Ephes. 4.6 . And this is he who fills all things , and is above all , and in us all . So all those that desire to know their Sin purged , must know Christ , not at a distance only , but nigh , even dwelling in them , else they are Reprobates : which all the obedient in Heart do Witness , according to his promise , If a Man love me he will keep my Words , and my Father will love him , and we will come unto him , and make our abode with him . So he that believeth in Christ at a distance only , never knows a fulfilling of Christs Words in them , who said , He and his Father would make their abode with them .

For it was revealed by the Holy Ghost to Old Simeon , before he had seen the Lords Christ , and Simeon came by the Spirit into the Temple , &c. And the Angel of the Lord told Ioseph that which was conceived in Ma●y , is of the Holy Ghost : Now Simeon by the Spirit and Holy Ghost did see the Lords Christ which was conceived by the Holy Ghost , who was revealed to him by the Holy Ghost . So this was a Spiritual Sight , not Natural ; For the Natural Man receives not the things of God , they are foolishness unto him neither can he know them b●cause they are Spiritually discerned , Mat. 1.20 . Luke 2.26 , 27. 1 Cor. 2.14 . And the Angel said to Mary , that Holy Thing which shall be born of thee , shall be called the Son of God . And doth not Christ say , That none knowes the Father nor the Son but by Revelation ?

3. S. B. saith farther , we make the Angels Lyars , who ( said he ) bore witness only to the Body or Man , Luke . 2.11 .

To which I Answer , I deny that the Angels there do bear Witness meerly to the Body , for in their Testimony , they testifie to this Saviour as a King ; For unto you is Born ( said they ) in the City of David a Saviour , which is Christ the Lord . Which Word Christ relates to his Kingly Power , which was Spiritual , ( as he saith ) My Kingdom is not of this World . And the Testimony or Message the Angel brought to Mary as concerning the Son of God , who was now coming to be made manifest in the Flesh , said , He should Reign forever , and his Kingdom should have no End , Luke 1.33 . For the Angel said , Behold a Virgin shall be with Child , and shall bring forth a Son , and they shall call his Name Emanuel , which being Interpreted , is God with us . So here you may see , that the Angels bore Witness , more then only to the Body or Man ; Mat. 1.23 . as Sampson Bond doth assert , which he has not proved .

So Mary believed God ; and did not ascribe the Work of Salvation to him meerly as Man , but to God ; saying , My Spirit hath rejoyced in God my Saviour . Vers. 47. I would not have any one to think because I plead so much for the Spirit , that I deny the Body of Christ ; but do own it in all points , as the Scripture doth declare of it , and so give the Honour due unto it : Though I cannot believe the things declared by S. B. in his Nonscriptural expressions .

The last thing , which is the Apostles Testimony of Christ ; I have sufficiently spoke to already , and so shall wave it here : So People may see how far short of his promise he came in proving his Three Accusations , with the greatest clearness from the Holy Scripture , so hath little cause to boast or glory of his Victory : for the Truth stands over his Head , and will do for ever .

The Third and last Accusation is , That the prime Principles of a Quaker , is the same that was held and professed by the Beasts which Paul fought with at Ephesus .

And to prove this , he first doth endeavour to prove , that those Beasts did deny the Resurrection , and said , so do we .

I answer , The first was never truly proved , and the second is absolutely false ; his Scripture to prove the first , 1 Cor. 15.32 . where the Apostle saith , If after the manner of Men , I have fought with Beasts at Ephesus , what doth it avail if the Dead rise not ? Doth this at all argue that this was the Ephesians profest Principles ? or doth it not rather argue , that the Saints loses their reward for all their labour if the Dead rise not , as he saith in the 19th Vers . If in this Life only we have hope in Christ , we are of all Men most Miserable . So that he hath fallen short of his proof , and so his Accusation is truly overthrown : But inasmuch as he did go on to charge the thing upon us , ( viz ) That we do deny the Resurrection , I do here testifie , that it is none of our Principles to deny the Resurrertion , for we own it as the Apostles own'd it , Not the same Body , not a Corruptible Body , not a Natural Body , ( a Natural Body hath Flesh , Blood , and Bones ) but a Spiritual Body : as the Apostle saith , And a Spirit hath not Flesh and Bones , said Christ ; which before he can prove he must be fain to get new Scripture , for the Old will maintain no such Doctrines : So though he did stop and hinder me that time by his Mocks and Scoffs , and deriding Speeches , and clamorous Noise ; altogether unlike a Preacher of the Everlasting Gospel , ( as he saith in his Paper be is ) yet now through mercy I trust as the Truth will stand over your Heads , so I shall be clear of your Blood , whether you will hear or forbear ; I am a Friend to the Seed , and a Lover of your Souls ,

The 11th of the 3d Month , 1678. Francis Estlacke .

Some few Lines briefly Answering some Part of SAMPSON BOND's Book , Entituled , The Quakers in BERMUDAS Tryed , &c.

THat part in his Book which I find my self chiefly concerned to make Answer to , is , where he makes mention of my Name , viz. William Wilkinson .

As for my part , I do not know that I should have set Pen to Paper , to have made him any Answer , had he laid down the Matter concerning me every way Fairly and truly , without Abusing me or the Truth ; but I finding in several places of his Book , Words printed that I cannot own to be Truth , besides his reviling Speeches which he hath cast at me ; As Prater , a Baffling Quaker , and one that never had the Spirit of God in me . All which things in the sense he brings them , if true were a great Reproach . But I knowing it is too hard a thing for him to prove , or plainly to make appear ; do find my self justly concerned to make some reply or answers , both to these and several other things , for the vindicating of the Truth and my self also , from him whom I find in his Book hath very much strove to make his own case appear strong and ours weak , &c.

But according to that saying in Prov. 18.17 . He that is first in his own cause seemeth just , but his Neighbour cometh and searcheth him .

The first thing I find in his Book , where he takes occasion to mention me , is , my calling of him Friend .

To which he answers himse●f , saying , I am none of thy Friend .

Answer , In so saying I have now cause to believe he spoke truth ( though I had Charity and Friendship towards him ) as his following words in the same page partly makes appear , by his reckoning up a Report of me , which was by me many years before , in Word , Writing and Practice , condemned and declared against , as also that very time , in the Presence of all the People there , which were many , when the Dispute was , he himself being also present , who could not but hear , I being so near where he was , all which a man would think might have been sufficient to have satisfied any Christian-hearted Man : But it seems it would not satisfie him : But according to that in Prov. 28.13 . Whoso confesseth his Sins and forsakes them shall have mercy , which was fulfilled , as we may read both by and David and Peter , after they knew the Truth , and they both came again do find acceptance both with God and Man ; and that it was the practice of the Christians in days past , to upbraid any with their Transgression or Sin after truly repented of , I do not read : so that for his so doing it appears Unnatural , and not like a Christian .

But to proceed to the next thing , where he says , the next Prater was William Wilkinson in Page 61. where he says I repeated some of the Apostles words , in Col. 1.27 . Christ in you the hope of Glory . Now it is worth the noting here , how barely he hath brought this Scripture , without laying here down the reason why it was brought ; which had but been fair and reasonable so to have done , but as I before have said , so here it doth appear , how he strives to make his own cause strong and ours weak , but it is not like to pass so : For this I know and heard him say , If you ( said he ) can prove that Christ was ever in any Man as a Saviour , I will lay down the Cudgels , or words to this very purpose ; which greatly occasioned me to bring them words of the Apostle , which were before mentioned , saying , Christ in you the hope of Glory , which was pretty partenent to that purpose , to prove that Christ was in Man as a Saviour : seeing the Apostle said , Christ in you the hope of Glory , Col. 1.27 . But here methinks he struggles greatly to have another meaning for the Apostles words , then what the Apostle himself said , who spoke plainly .

But he saith , This is an inforced sense , and destroys the true nature of the word HOPE .

Now here I would have it well considered by the Reader , who is most fitting to be believed , the Apostle or Sampson Bond : And the Apostle in Rom. 8.24 . saith , We are saved by Hope . And in Gal. 2.20 . he saith , I live , yet not I , but Christ liveth in me , and the Life which I now live in the Flesh , I live by the Faith of the Son of God .

So that it is plain , that Christ is in his People , both their Hope and Faith too , let this Man say what he will .

Again he saith in Page 63. That I interrupted him , saying , We owned Gods Presence in Heaven and in Hell .

Answ. This I disown to be either fairly or truly laid down , for I did not bring them Words by way of interruption ; but what I said tending to that matter , was by way of Answer to one of his Questions , which was to me thus .

Quest. Is God in Heaven or in Hell ?

Answ. To which I Answered him with some of the Words of the Psalms , Psal. 139.7 , 8. Whither shall we flee from thy Presence , if I ascend up into Heaven thou art there , or go down to Hell thou art there .

To this my Answer , he said , I said well , for so said he , he is every where .

Quest. But speedily after he asked me again , whether God was in Hell saved or damned ?

To this Question he saith , I Answered , I will not tell thee ; these Words I utterly disown as being then spoken by me : But it seemes it is little to him to cause such Words to be Printed as were not then spoken , and send about the World for People to read as Truth .

But I hearing him ask this last Question , it appeared to me so rediculous as amongst Men , and so improper to be asked concerning the Lord , who is God over all Blessed for Ever , that I Answered ( I leave it to thee ) This Answer , he saith , was no other then a silly shift .

Now it is worth the Noting how he hath shifted concerning his own Words .

Where he saith , he asked him , meaning me , Whether his God whose presence he owned to be in Hell , was there saved or damned ? This Word his I disown to be therein mentioned , and his own foregoing Words in answer to me , helpeth greatly to make appear , as may be seen where I answered him to that Question , Whether God was in Heaven or in Hell ? with some of the words of the Psalms , he said , I said well , for said he , he is every where .

Now here his Words did not relate to that sense he hath shifted them : where he says , ( his God ) but his words related to the same God the Psalmist spoke of , else why did he say , I said well ? But it is like he hath considered , since he asked that Unreverent Question , that it was too gross and Improper to go forth so as it was at first stated ; therefore he would see to help it a little .

But seeing that I did not Answer this Question according to his expectation ; I have looked that he should have answered it himself , for the satisfaction of the People that heard him : But as to that I find him silent , and the People left in as much Darkness about it as they were before , for what I see or know : So that I may say , if it were by him accounted Inconsiderable to be answered ; it was much more Inconsiderable to have been asked .

But in that 63 Page , I find , because I did not answer to that foul impertinent Question before mentioned , as he would have had me .

He saith , I was one of their Baffling Prating Quakers .

Answ. Methinks it would more a becomed him before he had charged me so high , to have had a more sufficient ground for his charge then that was : But it seems it is little to him to give bad names , and cause to be Printed though upon too sleight a ground : for the reason why I did no other wayes answer him , I have before given , as may be seen in my answer to that unsavoury Question of his . The next thing I find he notes concerning me is .

That I repeated that place of Scripture in the 2 Cor. 5.16 . where it is said , Though we have known Christ after the Flesh , yet now henceforth know we him no more .

Answ. This doing is like some of his former , as I have already mentioned , to insert the place of Scripture , without laying down with it the reason or occasion why it was brought ; which might be enough to make a Sober Man admire , what I or we did mean so to do .

But to be short , the reason why that Scripture was brought , was in answer to him , who stood there to affirm , Th●t Christ as Man was the only material Saviour , without joyning the Godhead with the Manhood ; which place of Scripture I judge was very pertinent to that master ; shewing that though the Apostles had known Christ after the Flesh , yet now henceforth ( said he ) k●ow we him no more , 2 Cor. 5.16 . So that of necessity the true sensib●e knowledge that any Man could have of Christ for the future time , must be in Spi●it according to what Christ himself had promised ; wherein he said , He that is with you shall be in you : and again he saith in John 16.7 . It is expedient for you that I go away , for if I go not away , the Comforter will not come unto you , but if I depart ▪ I will send him unto you . And in the 13th Vers . When he the Spirit of Truth is come , he will guide you into all Truth .

The next place of Scripture which he saith I repeated , was the 1 Cor. 6.11 . where the Apostle saith , But ye are washed , but ye are justified by the Spirit of God ; and farther he asserts that I Queri●d , Why they , meaning us , might not be washed and justified by the Spirit now as well as others heretofore ?

To which , part of his reply was , That I never had the Spirit of God in me ; and to prove it he layes down three Arguments , the which I here sleight as not worth the mentioning ; only this I look upon as worth the noting , and I would have them that reads his Book take notice of it , in Pag. 65 , 66 , 67. where his Charge or Accusation concerning me , as abovesaid is mentioned .

His Charge runs thus , That I never had the Spirit of God in me , and his proof is only a recharging me in different terms , That I have not the Spirit of God in me , his Charge in both most uncharitably excludes me from the Spirit of God , saying , thou never had it , it is not in thee : And in the other two ●f his censorious judgings , his words are , hast not , and have ●ot .

Now I say a Man would think , that he looking upon himself so wise and so learned , as it appears by his Book he does , that he should not have repeated such proofless and false Accusations , as that I never had the Spirit of God in me , which I know through the mercy of God he cannot prove while he lives ; yet what satisfaction could this be to the People that heard ? To the Question Propounded , the Apostle speaks of some that were bad Sinners , as we may read in the 1 Cor. 10.11 . But they were Washed and Sanctified and Justified in the Name of the Lord J●sus , and by the Spirit of God . And the Question to this purpose was , why we might not be Washed and Justified now as well as others heretofore ? This Qu●stion ought to have been answered directly to , because it is commonly spoken of by many in the World , that there is no Revelation now adays , and no freedom from in on this side the Grave ; and if so , then indeed there were no Spiritual Washing nor Cleansing from Sin in these days , as in days past : But this I have to say , and through the mercy of God am a Witness of , that Revelation is not ceased now adays ; for God hath shewed by his Spirit or Light in the Heart of Man in these days the things that belong unto his Peace ; he shews unto Man now as in days past , that he should do Justly , love Mercy , and wal● humb●y with the Lord ; and this Revelation or Manifestation of God , by his Spirit or Light in the Heart and Consciences of People , is very precious ; and by taking heed unto this Light within , or measure of the Spirit or Grace of God , which is all one and the same thing , though called by several Names ; and by loving and obeying it , I believe many are come to depart from Sin and Iniquity , and come by it to find and feel the true peace fo God : And so herein the true Spiritual Washing and Cleansing from Sin is known and witnessed , ye even by the powerful working of the Spirit of God in Man .

But for all his bad Words and hard Speeches , which he hath cast not only at me , but at the Light within also , which may be plainly seen in his Book : I can leave him to the Lord to answer for it , to whom every Man must give an account for the Deeds done in the Body , be they Good or Evil.

Now I having answered to his three false Accusations mentioned in the beginning , which he in his Book hath cast at me ; I would have it considered by the Reader , whether that which he hath cast at me be not come upon himself ; Namely , where he hath striven to baffle the Apostles meanings to his own Words , and give another meaning to them then the Apostle himself there doth , where he saith , Christ in you the Hope of Glory , this Man , ( to wit ) Sampson Bond , calls this , an inforced sense , and saith , It doth destroy the true nature of the Word HOPE .

Now I would have it well considered by the Reader , who hath baffled he or I : I that own the Apostles Words , or he that has so far disowned them , as his Words above mentioned hath made appear .

And where it is in all his Book , that I have either baffled or prated unsound Words , that I have not given a sound reason for what I have said to him , ought to have been made appear .

But this I have to say to all People that are not yet convinced of the Truth ; as my Testimony for it : That he or they that hath not Christ in them , ( to wit ) his Spirit in them , their hope of Glory , cannot come to know the true living hope of true Glory in them ; let them Profess what they will .

And for this many places of Scriptures may be brought to prove .

As First , The Apostles own Words before mentioned , Coll. 1.27 . where he faith , Christ in you the hope of Glory .

Secondly , Christs own Words , John 15.5 . For without me you can do nothing .

Thirdly , In Phil. 2.13 . For it is God that worketh in us , both to will and to do of his own good Pleasure .

Fourthly , Where the Apostle saith , Gal. 2.20 . I live , yet not I , but Christ liveth in me , and the life which I now live in the Flesh , I live by the Faith of the Son of God . Gal. 4.6 . And God hath sent the Spirit of his Son into your Hearts , crying Abba Father .

Fifthly , In Rom. 8.24 . We are saved by Hope .

Sixthly , Rom. 8.9 . He that hath not the Spirit of Christ , is none of his .

Seventhly , It is clear that they that are the Sons of God , are led by the Spirit of God , as in Rom. 8.14 . where the Apostle saith , As many as are led by the Spirit of God , are the Sons of God .

Eighthly , The hope of the Wicked is to perish , but he that hath the true living hope in him , which the Apostle speaks of in John 2.3 . purifieth himself even as he is pure . And again , Rom. 8.11 . If the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the Dead , dwell in you , he shall also quicken your Mortal Bodies .

Many other places of Scripture might be brought tending to the proof of what I have before asserted ; but these I judge might be sufficient .

The last thing I find my self concerned with him in his Book , is in Page 69. Where he saith , I called on him to make good the third part of the Charge , ( viz ) That the prime Principles of a Quaker , are the same which were held and professed by the Beasts that Paul fought with at Ephesus .

This I own indeed , that I did call upon him to make good or prove , as in his paper sent to us he said , he would do with the greatest plainness and clearness out of the Holy Scriptures , a copy of which paper I have still by me ; these words ( to wit ) with the greatest plainness and clearness ) I find he has left out , and saith in his Book , from the Holy Scriptures .

I note it , because there is a great deal of difference between proving a matter with the greatest plainness and clearnness out of Holy Scriptures , and proving of it by his pretended Logical Arguments and Cousequences .

Because the one makes a thing perfectly appear as it is ; but the other as ill managed and misapplyed , darkens Peoples minds , as his Ergo's , it is so , or consequently , it must be or may be so , in which manner of proving a matter , may be gross erring , as I have already shewed , where he said of me , That I never had the Spirit of God in me .

His first Argument to prove that , was thus formed .

Using the Apostles Words , in the 1 John 5.8 . where he saith , There are three that bear witness in Earth , the Spirit , and the Water , and the Blood ; and these three agree in me , meaning himself : But the Spirit that is in thee , doth not agree with the Water of Baptism , nor Blood of the Supper , for thou hast renounced both the Sacraments , ther●fore the Spirit of God is not in thee .

Why should the Spirit that is in me agree with such a Popish Phrase , as Blood of the Supper , any mo●e than with Sacrament of the Altar ? will this prove that I never had the Spirit of God in me , or that the Spirit of God is not in me ? The like I never read in all the Scriptures of Truth , that ever any of the true Ministers of Christ used thus to censure others on such occasion and terms .

But this was the way that this Man used to prove several of his charges against us .

But I minding this third Part of his Charge , which was as beforemention'd .

That the prime Principles of a Q●ak r , are the same which were held and professed by the Beasts Paul fought with at Ephesus .

And knowing it was too hard a thing for him to prove against all such as are call'd Quakers , or any one as I know of , I urged him to prove it if he could by plain Scripture ; but no such place of Scripture did he bring that could prove that charge ; for that the Principles of the People of God called Quak●rs , and them Men called Beasts at Ephesus , are far enough differing ( if they were Men the Apostle means ) as in point of Worship is well known to the Nation . As in this particular , that the People called Quakers do not Worship an Image , an Idol God , the Workmanship of Mans Hands , which the Men at Ephesus called Beasts did ; as we may read in Acts 19.26 . This Paul hath perswaded and turned away much People , saying , that they be not Gods which are made by Mens Hands : and in Vers. 27. So that not only our Craft is in danger to be set at nought , but also that the Temple of the great Goddess Diana should be despised , and her magnificence should be destroyed , whom all Asia and the World Worshippeth : and in the 28 Verse . And when they heard these sayings , they where full of Wrath , and cryed out saying , great is Diana of the Ephesians : and in the 35 Vers . Ye Men of Eph●sus , what Man is there that knoweth not how that the City of the Ephesians is a Worshipper of the great Goddess Diana , and of tht Image which fell from Jupiter .

But the Principles of the People called Quakers in point of Worship , is to Worship the true God in Spirit and in Truth , and such Worshippers Christ himself saith the Father seeketh . And their prime Principle is Christ Jesus the Power of God , the Light that inlightneth every Man that cometh into the World .

And what other erronious Principles them Beasts at Eph●sus held , I know the People called Quakers disown sufficiently : but what need have I to make that my business to search for them now , this Man . ( viz ) Sampson Bond , having charged us so grosly and falsly as he hath , and saying , He would prove with the great●st in pl●in●●ss and clearness out of the Holy Scriptures ; it was his place if he could have done it , to have brought forth the Scripture to have proved both the Principles of the one and the other ; and so have made them appear to be as one and the same ; as he in his Paper to us said he would .

But here I have answered that false Charge of his , and made it appear by plain Scripture , that their Principles , or at least some of their P●incip●es , was to Worship a visible Image : And no such thing can be proved against he People called Quakers .

Now where does it appear , that the Principles of the Beasts at Ephesus , these being some of theirs , and the P●inciples of the People called Quakers agree ?

Surely the Principles of those called Beasts at Ephesus , and the Principles of the People called Qua●ers , are far enough from agreeing as one and the same .

But I find in his Book that he alleadges their Principles were ,

First , That the Body of Christ was not rais●d from the Dead .

Second●y , That no Mans Body shall be rais●d from the Dead .

No● that these ●here the Princip●es of these Feasts that Paul fought with at Ephesus ; I do not find the Scripture plain for it : But that their P●inciples were as I have bef●r●mentioned , the Scripture is very plain & clear for that , if the Apostle speak figuratively .

But that it was part of the Apostles Testimony to preach unto People , Jesus and the Resurrection . I own and truly believe , as may be plain●y seen both to the A●henians and Corinthians , and it is like to many mo●e , both Jews and Greeks : and that it was strange Doctrine , as we may read in Acts 17. It was to the Ath●nians to whom Paul preached at Mars-hill . ●ut what is this to prove that it was the Principles of the Beasts that Paul fought with at Eph●sus , or of the Q●●k●rs either ?

This Man having given f●om under his Ha●d , that he would prove his charge with the gre●test plai●n ss & clearness from the Holy Scriptures : I looked for it ▪ but not finding it , I must needs judge his charges to be false .

And for his saying , That it was one of th● Principles of the Beasts that Paul fought with at Ephesus , to hold that the Body of Christ was not raised from the Dead .

To this I answer , if it were one of their Principles to hold such a thing , what is this to the People called Quakers ? they do not hold it ; for they as confidently be ieve the Resurrection of Christ ! ●ody , as Sampson Bond or any other Man need do ; according to the Testimony of severa faithful Witnesses given o● him in the Holy S●riptures of Truth . The second Principle that he saith them Beasts at Eph sus held , is

2dly , That no Mans Body shall be raised from the Dead .

First , This I want a plain Scripture to prove .

First , That it was one of those Men that Paul fought with .

Secondly , I want a place of Scripture to prove , that it is the Natural , Carnal or Earthly Body of all Mankind , that shall rise again after Death .

To this I need say but little , because I do not find the thing proved that is asserted .

But least any should think or say , I make that my excuse to save my answer .

I answer to it thus , that for many to say , hold and believe that the Natural Bodies of all Mankind shall rise again after Death : this I esteem great ignoracne , a●d doth in no wise agree with the Apostles Words , as may be seen in the 1 Cor. 15.35 . Where the Apostle speaking concerning the Resurrection , put forth a Question , and afterwards answered it himself , saying , But some Man will say , how are the Dead raised up , and with what Body do they come ? his answer was in the 36 Vers . Thou fool , that which thou sowest is not quickned except it dye . Vers. the 37. And that which thou sow●st , thou sowest not that Body that shall be . and in the 38 Vers . But God giveth it a Body as it hath pleased him . Verse the 42. So also is the Resurrection of the Dead , it is sown in corruption , it is raised in incorruption . and Verse the 44 of the same Chap. saith , It is sown a Natural Body , it is raised a Spiritual Body .

And this Testimony of the Apostles I own , and farther do believe a Resurrection both of the just and the unjust ; the one namely , the just , or they that have done good unto the Resurrection of Life ; and the other , namely , they that have done Evil unto the Resurrection of Damnation , according to Christs own Words in John . 5.29 .

Thus I having come through the thing which I at first intended , though I could have here more inlarged concerning the Light within ; which Sampson Bond hath spoken so much Evil agaist , it being that which our Lord Jesus Christ hath given a measure of to all Men , to lead them out of Darkness , and so into the Marvelous Light and Kingdom of Peace .

Yet here I forbear , expecting that he will not miss the Hand Writing of some other ; to answer him both to that and several other things asserted in his Book .

Bermudas the 1st Month , 1683. William Wilkinson .

A BRIEF TOUCH OF THE DECEIT AND False Doctrine OF SAMPSON BOND

THe mighty strength ( as he thinks ) of this operative , blind , embondaged Sampson Bond , lies in his 17th and 66th page ( wherein he grindes and grins against the Truth of the Gospel , and he sayes , wounds to D●ath ) a meer Lye , that which makes a Devil , the spirit that now works in the Children of Disobedience , and in him , a Falshood , a Nullity , nothing in his Text , an Expletive of the Translaters ( having nothing or it in the Greek ) making an Ambiguity , 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 bipen●●● . which he makes use of as his Two edged Sword , his Ax , to wrest the Apostles Words , 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 which are , [ Know ] ye not that Christ dwells in you , &c. not How Christ dwelleth , &c. which word [ How ] ( which Justin Martyr , a most eminent Writer , soon after the Apostles dayes , Ju●i M●r yr 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 sayes , is an Argument of Vnbelief , to say How God is in men ) he makes his Text the Handle of his Mill , the Hinge of his Work , that brings him his Grist ; his Christ only without , Word only without , nothing within , but his [ How ] a meer Manner , Mode , without Substance , by his Popish Philosophy and Divinity , like that of their Bread God . And 't is no Wonder he lays such stress on the Translaters [ How ] not the Apostle's [ Know ] for the New Doctrine they have got up against us , contrary not only to the Primitive Fathers , but also to the Protestant Reformers , is , That the Spirit of Christ is not Objective and Perceptive , See G Keith's Quakeris●n no Popery , citing Aug. Luther , Zw●ngl us , Melancton &c and his B●ok of ●●mmedi●te Revelation , a●d his Answer to the Dr. of Jena in Defence of Robert Barclay on that part . but only Subjective and Effective , as their Terms are [ his is Operative here ] that is , according to his Comparison , as the Sun's Effect is on Plants , &c. they not perceiving it . So the Son's Effect is on Men , yet they not knowing , but only believing the Doctrine , and that they have they have it . This he shews is his by his Restraint in his Interpretation of John 1.1 . and there is grounded his Argument against W.W. and our Friends in pag. 66. which is Popish ( not Protestant ) Doctrine , too large a Field to be entred on here , against such an inconsiderable Adversary , who deserves but such answer as the Man made the Popish Priest , that had taught him to believe Transubstantiated Christ to be his , saying , Believe thou hast him , and thou hast him . But lest he should conceit Silence to be as empty an Answer as his Text [ How ] wherein he would place the emphasis , I shall offer him t'other glass to p●ove it , that he is not beside his Text , and that ( seeing he sayes , the Hour-glass knows as w●ll his Terms as his Adversary ) it proves not the Divisions and Terms of time , better than he does those of that Scripture , that is , [ Prove ] and [ Know ] wherein the Apostle's emphatical stress is laid , not S. B's How . For on the word Prove the Apostle discants after his manner ( as others have also observed ) using the word six times here ; twice in this Verse , once before , and three times after it , as in Vers. 3. A PROOF of Christ speaking in me ; Vers. 5. PROVE your selves ; KNOW ye not that Jesus Christ is in you except ye be UNAPPROVED ; Vers. 7. Not that we should appear UNAPPROVED . We might be as UNAPPROVED . Now here this Great Greek THRASONICAL SAMPSON , boasting over unlearned Men with his Metonymyes and Syllogisms proves himself REPROBATE , UNAPPROVED in the Greek , in the words of his Text , going beside it , and placing the weight of the sentence on that which is not in it in the Greek , in which the Apostle wrote : and omitting that on which the Apostle insists so much , viz ; KNOW , by PROOF , which word signifies to Try , Spy , Pry , &c. As I remember some derives the word from the manner of Hunters spying for their hidden Game . Christians that had the Measure of Christ working in them , knew it in themselves and others upon diligent Tryal . Though it follows not , that all that are not so approved , and have not such measure , and know it not , have no measure at all , because they know it not . * * S. B saying That Dogs and Cats have God essentially in them , he will not say , that they know it , or because they know not , they have not . The Apostles arguing there is of the proof & knowledge of Christ working and speaking in himself , from the proof and knowledge of Christ working in themselves ; though in respect of speaking different from that in himself , and in other Gifts , Operations , Workings too , at least in measure and degree . Now S. B. granting that Christ personal is the Author of this operation and the efficient cause , he begs that will not be granted that he is at a distance from his Operation , and not there . For if Christ be in the Saints , he is there as he is God-man , else he is not as Christ , according to S. B. himself ; seeing he will not have it ( nor we neither ) that he is Christ in respect of his Godhead only , but as God-man ; so that where he is as Christ , he must be there as God-man , and so in his Saints . Though S. B. sayes , It is impossible he should be there as Immanuel . So that he brings it to this Point , viz. Christ in the Saints is so afar off ; in others at hand , only as God : And they that believe not that his Notion , have not the Spirit of God , but the Devil : cannot be saved . So laying as great stress on his Notions & Terms , as on Atanassius s in his Creed by some thought in the Liturgy . See J. H view How many will these with the Papists exclude from Salvation , because they know not , are not capable of , or believe not , the Notions and Terms of the heads of their Churches , but only by an implicit Faith ? which if we should pursue , would lead into the deepest Questions of Philosophy and Divinity , where all are not able to wade , and indeed into that where none is able ; [ How ] Justin Martyrs argument of unbelief . 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 But avoiding curious Questions , against the asserting whereof the choicest Men , both of the Antient and Modern have testified ; This sufficeth , that however the Word be in Men , Helvet Confes . Cyril , Whit acre , Chytrsus , and others . Christ is , by the communication of Properties , as is acknowledged by all I have met with . So S. B. granting the Word is in all Men , and the Word is made Flesh , then the Word is Christ , by the Phrase of Scripture , the communication of Properties , H lary , Theodores , Damascen , Keckerman , Danaeus , Zanchy , and other . 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 . Theodoret. dial 3. very usual ; where what is spoke of one nature is often spoke of both , as one person , though not according to both natures ; * * Jo. 1.1 , 14 Gal. 4.4 . Act. 20.28 . Rom. 5 , 10. 1 Cor. 2.8 . Luke 1.35 . Heb. 5.5 . John 1.1.4 . Col. 3.3 , 4. Irenaeus , Frederus , Hisst . Ch. Brit. p. 174. and he has no were disproved it , nor proved the contrary , but begg'd it . And so shewn himself ignorant of Divinity and Scripture-Language . And that his is new Divinity or Religion , not ours , as he calls it . For 't is Scripture-Language , The Word is Light , The Light our Life , Our Life Christ .

And he would untruly and unjustly fasten on us , using this Scripture-Language and Doctrin , that we make that Christ brought a Body from Heaven , as having learned it from the Manichees many Hundred Years ago , ( he might have gon higher , and said from Valentinus , or lower , from the Anabaptists ) And so would make us horrible Hereticks , not having the Spirit of Christ , as not owning the true Christ , ( because we say he is in us ) and no Christians , but Worshippers of the Devil . Yet was not Chytraeus so accounted , nor those I have cited , and others ; but in much esteem with pious learned Men , as in the Preface of Frederus to the Bishop appears , as following the Doctrine , and inheriting the fame of his Master Melancton , whose Works and Erasmus's our Reformers here in England made use of for direction . Though he says , he truly believes the Man Christ to be Omnipresent for the personal Union , and the Humane nature of Christ in it self , and according to it self is perfect above all Angels , Isa. 11.

But S. B. will have the Devil , that Spirit that ruleth in the Children of Disobedience to extend beyond it . Judge then whether he Worship not the Devil ( when all the Angels Worship Christ ) in prefering his Master , 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 that rules in him , his Father , the Liar , the false Accuser , the Enemy , Satan .

Such he also proves himself , in saying , The teaching Quakers make the Soul a part of God . For in 30 Years time , having heard I think 100 of them , I think 1000 times , I remember not any ever declare it as their Principle . And if any at any time have uttered any Expressions of like sort , anima animae . I believe it was in Augustins sense , who I remember calls the Spirit of God , The Soul of the Soul , or as D. Moor writes of Neshemah , &c. And Hug. Grotius and John Selden , de Rel. Chris . de Jure Nat. two most eminently learned Protestants , produce numerous Testimonys of that sort ; the later , That the Agent Vnderstanding is Divine , held generally till about the 13th Century , by all the Ancients ; as he shews from the chief then in the Universitys of Paris and Oxford . So that , ( if so ) in that sense it were no new Doctrine or Religion , as he calls ours . But the contrary so , being not 400 Years Old . And for his Instances of Nailer , Lilburn and Tain , and if by the last he mean John Tauny , he never was nor accounted of us , though the other sometimes were , though not always , nor in all things owned .

He might as well say of James Nailer , that J. N. said , The Devil is part of God , as what he does . For J. N. in all that p. 58. that he quotes of his , mentions not the Soul . But says , Who have the Word in them , in which all fulness is , need not study what to say , &c. Now the Word in them , in the Priests sense , in his title Page and elsewhere , is the Devil ; but he modestly interprets it the Soul , as if he grew kind towards his end . But I doubt it was his dotage and forgetfulness what he had said , rather then his charity , being so pursuant with his Lies against us to the end .

And having found him a Liar in one J. N. ( as in other things ) I have no reason to believe his citations of the other J. L. ( having not his Book ) without trial . Nor his other slanders of our Friends , as to matter of fact , for that they can answer for themselves . Onely I have spent a little paper and time to stop his boasting over them in some things wherein they are not versed .

Wherein he shews both his Arrogance and Deceit , pretending an Aristotelian Schooll-form , before and against Men that are not skilled at that Weapon , ( forsaking the plain Spiritual Weapons inclosed in plain words and methods , which the true Preachers used , )

Some of the Schooll-Men themselves say , Baconthorp prol. 4 sen q 8 Beware of Subtil Sophisters in the Doctrine of the Church — The nature of Sophisms is to bring in all errors and Heresyes — Wherein he shews himself unskilful as well as deceitful ; J. Bale . as in saying , The Conclusion ought not to be denyed . And in proving but one part of the reason in all his four Arguments . Begging the former part in all unproved , The Consequence is Ungranted , Ungrounded , and Unproved . which is in question , the second part unquestioned by all , is all he proves . For he proves Jesus of Nazareth to be Christ , by the Scriptures he brings , but no where p●oves by the Scriptures , that we own him not as Christ . Onely as the Professers then saying , He had an unclean Spirit , a Devil : So S. B. &c. now saying , His Spirit is an Vnclean Spirit , the Devil . Because they have said it , it must be taken as an axiom , a Maxim , needing no proof , because they have said it , their authority is sufficient , because they are Infallible , their Positions are Principles , Authentic , Self-proof . And so great is his Authority , he thinks , that he makes himself determinating Judge in the Schoolls , Magisterially : For as I remember I have read in the Master of the Sentences , upon occasion of a dispute between a Presbyterian and a Baptist , almost forty Years ago , on that Question , that several of the Fathers held , That the Spirit was in Men , not only efficiently or Vertually . So no new Doctrine . And they being in all Mens esteem greater then we , how comes it that we in his esteem , and not they , are then the greatest Antichrists ?

But it happens to us , as Erasmus said it did to Luther , when the Priests accounted that Heresy in him , which they accounted Orthodox in the Fathers : And as it happened to Erasmus himself , Apolog. when he said to the Popish Doctors of Paris , Why blame ye me , for denying swearing to be lawful , blame the Fathers for denying it , whose Authority I bring .

But S. B. seperates , as well as distinguishes , Personal , Mystical , Operative , but no where proves it , but only by his mighty Greek Word Metonymy , which he brags that F. E. understands not , which he could if he had not hid himself in Greek , as their manner is , but call'd it in plain English , as the word signifies , Misnaming , which he no ways proves , only says it . As if God were not in us of a Truth , in whom we live , move and have our being , and not afar off , as the Heathen acknowledged , but only operatively working , by a Metonymy a misnaming improper speaking , ( as the Sun is at a distance ) and so fills not all things ; nor Christ where his Spirit is , nor the Father where the Son Works , and both where the Spirit . ( contrary to the Schools also , which say , that the works of those three are indivisible ad extra . ) Nor that Christ is not really , where he is mystically , so not in his Body , Christ not in Christ , nor the Father in the Son , nor he in him , Cyril on John , l. 10 c. 13. nor they in the Saints , nor that they dwell in them , but only by a Metonymy , not really and properly , only by works at a distance . I do not read that ever the Lutherans , called Vbiquitarians , were by their adversarys called for that the vilest Antichrist , ( or other his vilest terms he bestows on us ) but allowed honourable Names , as Zanchy called the judicious , Zanchy of Ch. Relig. of true disp. p. 6. 7. &c. who said , The Humane nature of Christ might extend from Heaven to Earth , &c. But to omit him and others , to avoid that Name Vbiquitarian , Chytraeus , approved as aforesaid , handling those Controversies professedly , of the Son in the Articles of the Creed , and opposing the prodigious Vbiquity as he calls it , yet saith in the close all . The Divinity of the Word , which only of it self is Quickening , Omnipotent and Omniscient , yet shines in the whole Humane nature assumed , and in it and by it is freely effectual , as hot Iron possesses heat , and the force of shining and burning , truly and in very deed communicated in it self , but not of it self . For we know that all Orthodox Antiquity unanimously used this similitude . And as for Ubiquity , our Lord and Redeemer Jesus Christ Immanuel , not only by his Divinity , but also according to his Humane Nature to be truly present wheresoever he hath promised by his Word , that he will be present , we doubt not , nor take away the glory of his Truth and Omnipotency due to Christ .

So he who would in these Controversies also have the plain words in Scriptures kept to , as they sound simply & properly . p. 201. But S. B. also Magesterially invents a lowing new term , viz. Humane ( p. 50. ) as easily found in Authours , as Humane in Scriptures . Also he declares without proof , that in Rom. 1.19 . is not meant Christ by whom the World was made , p. 25. 38. though by Christ he understands God-man . And that [ to them ] is not [ in them ] but without them . I would have him shew how the God-head can be shewn to the outward Eye the inward being blind , by the monstrous Syllogism , or reasonless reason ( to speak plain English ) of this blind Sampson , ( the Phiilstines having put out his Eyes . )

The Psalm the Apostle grounds it on , shews the inward Preacher as well as the outward , declaring God , as the fear of the Lord , and the Words and Expressions of like signification , after the Hebrews manner of speech . And what Light can the Scriptures ( which he calls the Light ) give to them that have no Light in them ? Even as much as the Sun can give to a blind Man .

They would have the course of the Word to begin from externals ( says Oecolampadius , Eze. 3.10 . a chief Protestant Reformer ) but without ears it is in vain that the sound is inculcated , so it s begun in the Spirit — Abraham believed God , not the Word Preached ; for where then were the Preachers , or the Law ? Then it would follow that justification we e by the Works of our Hands , Man should lay the first Stone — so he , and much more .

And now on mention of Justification , I shall bring another Protestant chief Reformer to obviate his calling the ●uaker's Light within , but the Pope without , viz. ( to omit the rest I have largely cited elsewhere ) Melancton .

They say not well ( says he ) that by justify understand to be made just and obedient , apud Pez●l . de sign . justif A●g. 5. and do not also therewith comprise the acceptation of the person . So he , contrary to S. B. his justification onely without , with others his like ...

And the Fathers of the first ; 300 Years after Christ were generally for it , as may be read in their works , and account of them and their lives . J. H. his view of Antiquity . He seems also in all his Arguments to beg the Question of , onely , solely , or wholely of Christ without , as then manifest , Ascending , &c. And I find it an usual fallacy with him , to have more in the Conclusion then in the Premises . In his Third Argument , he seems to shut out Christs Mediator and Intercessorship in the Spirit , as in Rom. 8. By his Word [ only ] making the Sacrifice all ; C●ytraeus p. 151. from psa. 45 , and 72. Jer. 23. Isa. 11. Mag. sent . l. 3. d. 19. excluding his Kingly and Prophetical Office , which is continually .

And seeing the said handler of that Controversie shews by plain Testimony of Scriptures , that the Son of God from the beginning of the Church made intercession for her , and that she was thereby saved and quickned , and both he and the School-Men deny , that Christ did it according to his Divine Nature , because none is an interceeder for himself , who was it then that interceeded in them of Old , and spoke in the Prophets ? Or whether he believes them held in Limbo , Oecolamp . ibid. till after Christs ransom , by his reason ? page 31. I would ask him again , seeing Paul saw and heard Christ after his Ascension , whether he saw and heard him in Heaven or on Earth ? 1 Cor. 15.8 . and 9.1 . Act. 9.4 . and 12.14 . Suiting his Question to F. E. and W. H. p. 22 , 23. That so he may answer and please himself , which he cannot do about his great stumbling-stone the Light , which he is so greatly offended at , and mightily confounded about , that knows not what to make it .

Though he would have it the Devil , and if any would freely grant it , sometimes Antichrist the greatest Deceiver , and Idol , &c. Yet sometimes Reason , sometimes by natutal Generation , sometimes as Men come into the World . p. 16. Would any ( to return him as due the Language he unduly gives ) but an unreasonable Ephesian Beast reason after this manner ? Is the Devil by natural Generation ? Or is the Devil reason And if that be by natural Generation , creando infunditur , & infundendo creatur . it must be extraduce as they term it , by traduction . Holds he then , that the reasonable part in Men is transferred by Generation , contrary to the receiv'd opinion of the Schooll , whose terms he so much glorys in , which says it is created and infused . And if the Light be reason , and by natural Generation or Traduction , and that be the Devil , ( and Christ be in Men but essentially , as in Dogs and Cats , as he says , ) what reason has he to glory so of , p. 64. and not rather to be ashamed of the production of it , his Metonymical , Sarcastical , Synecdochical , Metaphorical , Syllogistical , Samsonical Monsters he produces to fight with , and and Heaven Inventions , to turn off the plain words of Christ and his Apostles . And indeed there 's reason enough ( as to himself ) to make his reasoning one with the Devil , being a Lye , a Fallacy , Deceit . the wisdom that s from below , Devillish . That which called Christ a Devil , was of the Devil . And he that was his professed Disciple , and yet betrayed him to the Priests , and so to the Magistrates , was a Devil .

And what means his bragging so much of the Magistrates , Sheriff , Justices , &c. And prejudicing them against us , as proud Levellers , for not giving them proud flattering titles , as [ you ] &c. Is it not to press them to execution in their way , as he in his , by the press , the utmost he can . And how pittifully he pleads for it , with silly shifts ( his own phraise ) shewing himself neither ingenuous nor ingenious in it ; it appears so plainly , so designedly knavish , and so absurdly foollish : do but read it . As for the Scriptures he brings , they appear plain Hebraisms ( which he urges elsewhere ) as they , and ye . p. 41. or else collectives , as the Language given to the Senate , was after given to the Emperor , and by him usurped with their Power . And so came it first in use , and after by slow paced degrees till now , comed to the most contemptible , even to a Dog . For I have often heard Men say , you Vile Rascal you , you sawcy Cur you , &c. So he might have called this a brutish practice , p. 42. Wher 's then his distinction he pleads for in the use of it ? De scrib●●d Epist. Vossatore● . See Erasmus reasons with Indignation against the Youers of his time , writing a whole Chapter against them , comparing them to triple Bodied Monsters , &c. And compare them with this Mans ridiculous reasons , for his ridiculous words and gestures , as if they were for distinction , when they are for confusion , not knowing whether one or more are spoken to , to one only or to all , in company .

They that know Languages , know that in them all there is a distinction in speaking to one or more . But the Hebrew manner in speaking sometimes to all severally , sometimes to all as one in a collective Body , some times to one in name of all , and so altering speaks no such confusion . As in the place , for instance , Isa. 10.1 , 3 , 4. The Prophet speaks of them , and says , Woe to them that decree Vnrighteous Decrees and writers that write grieveousness prescribed , &c. In Verse 3. he turns his speech to them , What will ye do in the day of Visitation ? where will ye leave your glory , &c. Verse 4 he again says of them , Without me they shall bow down under the Prisoners , &c.

R. R.

Something further in ANSWER to Priest Bond 's Lyes , Ignorance and Blasphemy , In his Book , Entituled , The Quakers in BERMUDAS Tryed , Sentenced , Executed , &c.

SAMPSON BOND saith , The Quakers are Tryed , Sentenced and Executed .

This is much like his forefathers the Scribes & Pharisees , who were always forward in Judging and Condemning the Innocent , who cryed out against Christ Jesus our Saviour , and said , He was a Blasphemer and had a Devil ; as thou dost against his Appearance in Spirit at this day , who begin'st thy Book with a Lye , and Blaspheming in thy Mouth ; but the Life in which the Quakers live is out of thy Wrath , and he in whom we believe shall bruise thy Head ( which is the Serpent ) though thou Blaspheme against his Name .

For S. Bond saith in the beginning of his Book , That the Quakers Saviour within him , is not the true Christ , but the false Christ , the Devil .

Reply , He in whom we have believed for Salvation is the true Christ , whom the Angel said , His Name should be called Jesus , and by the Prophet , Emanuel , which being Interpreted is God with us , Mat. 1.21 , 22 , 23. Whose out-goings were from of Old , who said , before Abraham was I am , who was with the Church in the Wilderness , and they drank of the Spiritual Rock which followed them , which Rock was Christ : 1 Cor. 10.4 . And this is he in whom we have believed , who comforted and preserved his People in all Ages , by his Spiritual Appearance in the Inward Man ; and there is none knowes him truly to be their Saviour , but who knows him Spiritually in their Hearts , who workes all their workes in them and for them .

But S. B. such as thou ( Blasphemous Wretch ) who call'st his Spiritual Appearance the Devil , may get the words of the Scripture , and prate in thy Imaginations , and deceive poor People with a Notion ; who through envy and malice ( which the Devil workes in thee ) art Smiteing and Reproaching them who live in the Life or Spirit , which gave forth the Scripture , which thou hast raked together in thy dark mind , to prove Jesus of Nazareth , a man approved of God among the People , to be the Saviour ; which is not denyed by us , but assuredly believed in and witnessed to be the true and only Saviour , through the work of his Eternal Power in the Inward Man , which is wrought through Faith in his Name , who in the days of his Flesh went about doing good , and wrought Miracles , and did many mighty Works ; yet the Priests , Scribes and Pharisees Envyed and Blasphemed against him ; a thou dost against his Spiritual Appearance at this day .

And we also believe Christ Jesus suffered by that envyous Generation of Professors , Scribes and Pharisees , and was Crucified under Pontus Pilate the Roman Governour , and that he rose again the third day , according to the Scriptures , and appeared to his Disciples , and ascended into Heaven , where he sits at the right hand of the Father in Majesty on High , who is the Mediator between God and Man , who is ascended above all Heavens , and by whom all things do consist ; who said , I and my Father are one , and he that hath seen me hath seen the Father , Iohn 14.7 , 9 , 10. Who said , I am in the Father and the Father in me , the words that I speak unto you , I speak not of my self , but the Father that dwelleth in me , he doth the work : and so Christ Iesus hath taught us by his blessed Spiritual Appearance in our Hearts , not to separate his Man-hood from the God-head .

As thou S. B. hast done in thy ignorant dark Spirit ; who hast heapt up many Scriptures together in thy Book , to prove the Man-hood only the Saviour ; which is no more proved by thee , then if thou had said nothing , for these Scriptures do severally prove and hold forth the power of the God-head which dwelt in that Holy Body , whereby it was carryed forth and enabled in suffering and doing good , healing the Sick , raising the Dead , as it is written , and through the Eternal Spirit , offered up himself a Sacrifice for the Sin of the World .

So not the Man-hood without the God-head was the Saviour ; as thou Ignorantly , Blasphemously seeks to prove against the work and power of the God-head in the Man Christ Iesus , and also against his Spiritual Appearance in his People Pharaoh like , hast given these wicked Epithetes ( to wit ) The Quakers Idol Glow-worm and the Devil ; with much more Blasphemous stuff , for which God will judge thee thou Hypocrite .

And S. B. in the 7th and 8th Page of his Book saith , He doth acknowledge with Francis Estlacke that the Word took Flesh , and suffered without the Gates of Jerusalem , howbeit saith S. B. as it come from a teaching Quaker , it is undoubtedly no other then a deceitfull shift ; but ( saith he ) Alas , how many Turks and Jews believe this ? But the Quakers attribute no more Soul-saving merit in the Body of Christ , then in the Body of a Turk or a Jew .

Reply , In this thou hast falsly accused us , and seekes to make Lies thy refuge , and to render us odious to the People ; but the Lord is opening the Understandings of Men , and many know us better then to believe thy Lies and Slanders , which we turn back upon thy own Head , with thy story of Turks and Jews believing Christ died by History , which is thy own state ; who art scoffing at the work of Salvation by Christ in the Hearts of his People , who knowest little but by History , and therefore thou knowest not the vertue of the Body of Christ Iesus ; but art falsly accusing others , whose tongue is at liberty , and thy Heart filled with malice , and thou throwest out Lies at random . Who that is moderate and fears God will believe thee ? but it may serve with the rest of thy Lies and Blasphemous stuff , to make thee manifest to the People .

For since we have been turned from Darkness to Light , and believed therein , we have known Salvation and Redemption by the pretious Blood of Christ Iesus , which cleanseth our Hearts from Sin .

And so the Quakers do not make these effects within them , to be Christ their only Saviour ( as thou falsly chargest them ) but we know the Operation of his Heavenly Arm and Power within us , to work these good effects for us ; who hath opened a Spiritual Eye in us , which sees where thou art , and the true Light shines ( although thou in the dark Blasphemes ) which will yet make thy Folly and Darkness manifest to them that see it not .

Who art pleading in thy Notion and Historical belief of Christ without thee , which Drunkards and Profane Persons have as well as thee , who art dividing and scoffing at his Spiritual Appearance in Man , without which there is no Salvation , ( but all are in the curse ) where thou art in thy Notion of Christ only without thee , with the Drunkards , profane Turks , and Jews , to receive thy person , except thou find a place of Repentance ; for thy Faith can be no better then a Notion , profess what thou wilt , who scoffs and derides at the blessed Appearance of Christ Jesus in the Hearts of his People : for it is that which gives life unto the Soul , as Christ Jesus said , Except ye eat the Flesh of the Son of Man and drink his Blood , ye have no life in you , Iohn 6.53 . And he that eateth my Flesh and drinketh my Blood , dwelleth in me and I in him , Iohn 6.56 . But this is a Riddle to thee and such as thou art , who knowest little but what thou knowest naturally like a Beast ; wherein thou corrupts thy self , and such as thou art in all Ages opposed the breaking forth of the blessed Invisible Life and Power of Christ Iesus who redeems Man to God , out of Death and Darkness , where thou art gnashing thy Teeth ; but the redeemed of the Lord whom thou scoffest at , they rejoyce in Christ Iesus their Lord and only Saviour , over thee and thy Head which is the Devil , for he is a Lyar from the beginning , and is the Father of all Lyars and Blasphemers , in whose work thou art found , and do not say this is railing , for it is thy due , as Christ Iesus said to thy forefathers of old , Ye Generation of Vipers , how can you escape the Damnation of Hell ?

And Samuel Bond saith in the Six and Twentyeth Page of his Book , Though the Spirit be the Dead Souls Quickner , yet it is not the Quickned Souls Saviour .

Reply , Where hast thou learnt this Doctrine thou Blind guide , who leads all into the Ditch that follow thee ? It is written , The Dead shall hear the Voice of the Son of God , and they that hear shall live , Iohn 5.25 . So it is by Christ Iesus the dead Soul is quickened and raised to Life , who is the Saviour by the powerful working and operation of his Spirit in the Inward Man ; and so thy blind assertion is seen to be words without knowledge ; and in this and much more thou art found a false witness , who wouldest wholely exclude the Spirit in the work of Salvation , for saist thou , Though it be the dead Souls Quickner , it is not the quickned Souls Saviour , who is it ( but the blind ) but sees thy confusion herein , for Christ Iesus and the Spirit are one in the work of Mans Salvation .

And S. B. saith in his 54 Page , That G. F. in his Book Great Mystery , Page 49 , 50. hath these words , ye scorn me the Light in you , and ye have said , that I the Light am not able to save those that believe in me . and further , Page the 54. That if you will believe in me the Light , I will purge out all your Iniquitys , &c.

Reply , Herein thou hast spoken falsly of G. F. in thy scoffing Spirit , for there is no such words in his Book ; therefore who should mind what thou saist , who art publishing thy Lies and Blasphemy in print to the World , for we do not say that every measure or operation in Man is the whole Light of Christ ; But in him is Life and the Life is the Light of Men , who lighteth every Man that is come into the World , Iohn 1.4 , 9. And they that believe in the Light and obey it , they come to be the Children of the Light and of the Day : and if the Magistrates and all the People in Bermudas , did believe in the Light of Christ Iesus ; the would soon see what a blind Guide Priest Bond is , who blasphemes and derides the Light of Christ , and makes Lies his refuge , and would through his malice and envy stir up the Magistrates of Bermudas to Whip and Persecute a People that lives peaceably amongst them , and are believers in Christ Jesus their Saviour , although falsly accused by thee , Sampson Bond , as in the 59 , 60 , & 61. Page of thy Book , where thou saist , Christ whipt out the abusers of the Temple , and why might not the Magistrates whip W. H ? But Christ Jesus did not whip such as thou art , who said , He was a Blasphemer and had a Devil , ( which was worse then the Abusers of the Temple , ) who were like thee , who callest his Spiritual Appearance the Devil : and what Christ Iesus did in that matter , it was not only in respect of that outward Temple , but also Figurative of his Spiritual cleansing of the Hearts of his People , in the Gospel Day .

But S. B. where dost thou find the Ministers of Christ preach such Doctrine as thou hast done to the Magistrates in Bermudas , in these 3 Pages ? more like a proud Pharisee , then a Minister of the Gospel , as thou would be esteemed ; who hast got the Sheeps cloathing , but art seen to be Inwardly a Ravening Wolf : thy work discovers thee .

And Sampson Bond saith in his 58 Page , When Paul was Travelling in Birth for the Galatians , Christ was not formed in them , therefore ( saith he ) the Light which is in every Man , is not the true Christ , but a Quakers rotten Principle .

Reply , Herein Sampson Bond hath manifest himself to be one that speaks out of thick Darkness , who knows nothing of the new Birth , nor travail for Christ to be formed in him , but calls it , The Quakers rotten Principle & the Devil .

But in Gods Day it will grind him to Powder , except he can find a place of Repentance before it be too late .

For thou dark Man , who knowest not what thou stumblest at ; for although Christ Iesus hath inlightned every Man that comes into the World , yet many hates the Light , as thou dost ; and so such know not the way thereof no more then thou do'st , but are in Darkness as thou art ; but it is they who love the Light , believe in it and obey it , who come to know the new Birth , and Christ to be formed in them , which thou knows nothing of ; thy Speech which is in Darkness and Blasphemy bewrays thee , and hast lasht thy self , and feel'st it not , who art Dead in Darkness .

And this is written that People may see where thou art , like a proud Pharisee , whose Tongue is at liberty , and pratest like a Perrot in thy Book , which is stuft with Lies , Ignorance and Blasphemy , against God and Christ , his Holy Angels , Prophets and Apostles ; which thou most falsly chargest upon others , in the 54 Page ; but art really found guilty thy self .

And also against Gods People whom he hath raised up , by the Light of his Son Christ Jesus , our Lord in this Day .

Who art Scoffing and Deriding at them ; and also , the Light and gracious Appearance of Christ in their Hearts ; whereby its manifest thou knowest nothing hereof , but by Notion and History .

For it is by the Spiritual Appearance of Christ , that the Eye of Mans Understanding is opened , to see , and through the work of Regeneration Man comes to know the worth of that one Offering ; which for ever makes perfect them that are sanctified , through the belief of the truth , and in walking in obedience thereunto , they come truly to know Christ to govern , rule and be head in them .

And they are Spiritual minded Men and Women , who are made sensible of that great work of Mans Salvation , in Christs offering up himself in the Body of his Flesh upon the Cross ; whereby he put an end to the first Covenant , which stood in outward Sacrifices , Types and Shadows ; and opened a Door , both for Jew & Gentil to receive him , who is the Second and Everlasting Covenant ; and they that know this Spiritual work , and Christ to be formed in them as aforesaid ; they are made pertakers of that great benefit , of what Christ wrought by his suffering without them , and are sate down in Heavenly places , in Christ Jesus , our Lord and only Saviour .

Whilst thou Sampson Bond , and such as thou art , are foaming out your own shame ; who saist in the 69 Page of thy Book , The Quakers deny that Christs Body is risen : which is another of his Lies .

For we do know he is risen , and to our Justification , who believe in his Name ; and to the condemnation of such false Accusers , as thou art .

But S. B. in the 18 Page of his Book , saith , Christs gracious Operation in the Heart in Scripture , is called Christ in you .

And we who thou in scorn callest Quakers , do believe it is he , the Scriptures bear Testimony to be within his People , who is their Saviour : who in the beginning of thy Book , calls him the Devil : and so Pharisee like , thou art calling the Master of the House Belzebub . And here thou hast contradicted thy self , who deridest at Christs being in his People ; and like a Blasphemer , scoffingly , Queriest , Whether Christ be in our Arms , Leggs and Guts , &c. But this wicked heathenish work may make thee manifest to poor People , who have been deceived by thee .

But it is no strange thing to us , whose Eyes God hath opened ; for we know the wisdom of this World cannot perceive the things of God , for they are Spiritually discerned , and by his Spiritual Appearance in this latter Age of the World , God hath raised contemptible Instruments to perfect his praise , and to confound the Haughty Scoffer , who is glorying in his own shame .

As Priest Bound doth , with his little Schollarship , who is tanting and huffing in the Air , against an Innocent People ; yet let him know , they are learned in the School of Christ Jesus , and are his Disciples , though derided by him : & the Lord hath made them so wise , as to see over such blind guides as S. B. is : though many of them never learnt Hebrew , Greek , nor Latin , which you Night-Watch-Men glory in , which Pilate set over the head of Christ Jesus our Saviour ; and in this night of Darkness and Idolatry , you blind Watch-men have been calling it your Original , and none have been counted fit by you to Preach Christ , but such as have your Original ( to wit ) the Tongues . But God hath opened an Eye that sees you , and is redeeming his People from under your Bondage ; at which you are angry , and your sorrow and torment will yet increase .

And S. B. saith in the 94 Page of his Book , That useful Instructions may be drawn from Iudases words and the Devils .

Reply , With whom thou mighst have joyned thy self , with thy wicked Book ; for I never read of such Lies and Blasphemys uttered by Judas , as thou hast in thy ungodly Book ; from whence we may draw these useful conclusions , that it was Gods great love and mercy to us , in gathering us to himself , from the Mouths of such blind Hirelings as thou art .

Who in the same Page , saith , The Scripture doth not bear witness to the Light within , for if the Scriptures of God should bear witness to that gross piece of foollery called Light within , it would witness it self to be no word of God .

Reply , Here thou Blasphemest against God , and beliest the Scriptures ; which saith , God is Light , and in him is no Darkness at all , 1 John 1.5 . And also he hath shined in our Hearts , to give us the Light of the Knowledge of the Glory of God , in the Face of Christ Jesus , 2 Cor. 4.6 .

And S. B. in the same Page of his Book , hath published these lines against us , ( to wit ) 1. That the Quakers say , the Light in every Man by natural Generation is the true Christ and only Saviour . 2. And that the Lord Jesus Christ is not the Son of God , the Saviour of the World . 3. That we say Christ is not in Heaven . 4. And that it is Blasphemy to affirm he is there . 5. And that we say the Light in Man is the Scriptures .

Reply . All these Lies we turn back upon thy own Head , ( whose dwelling is in Darkness , ) and all thy Blasphemy and derision against the Light of Christ Iesus , the Son of the living God , our only Saviour , in these several places in this one Page of thy filthy Book : which will be thy Burthen in the Day of Account .

And in Page 31. S. B. saith , Francis Estlacke speaks of his being washed and justified in measure , but ( sayes S. B. ) I demanded of him , whether it were from Theft , Drunkenness , Oaths or Adultery ? which it seems thou queri'st in derision , For ( saith S. B. ) I more seriously requested the Assembly to take notice of his want of knowledge in the Scripture ; inasmuch as that he makes justification from Sin , not only a work within him , but to be daily wrought in him by measure , which assertion , ( saith S. B. ) is directly contrary to the manifold Scriptures of Truth , ) but brings not one to prove it , but in a few lines after grosly contradicts himself , and saith , Washing and Justification from Sin , is to be received and wrought , not at once , but by degrees and in measure by the working and operation of the Spirit of God in us , which the Quakers do witness and bear testimony to , which thou Blasphemously calls the Devil .

And again in the same Page . S. B. scoffingly saith , This Doctors new Divinity , ( to wit ) that he is washed and justified from his Sins in measure , is most false and dangerous Doctrine .

Reply , So S. B. For all thy great Notion of Christ without thee , and this pretence of the Scriptures being thy rule ; yet thou wantest Light & Grace to teach thee to speak truth , and not to belie the Scriptures , and to contradict thy self as thou hast done over and again , in this one Page of thy Book .

For notwithstanding , this great work of Christ offering up himself upon the Cross a Sacrifice for the Sins of the World ; yet Sanctification and Iustification is imputed to no Man , but through Faith in his Blood , which is the gift of God , through the operation of his Spirit in the Heart of Man , whereby this work of Sanctification and Iustification comes gradually to be wrought in Man , and no further is Man truly justified in the sight of God , then he is truly Sanctified , which work is assuredly known in the Hearts of all that are redeemed to God , through the precious Blood of Christ Iesus , the Lamb of God , which takes away the Sins of the World . And so there is a dying to Sin , and his Baptism is known , which is with Fire and the Holy Ghost ; and such are created anew in Christ Iesus .

And he is formed in them , and he is mighty and powerful in them , and they can truly say , greater is he that is in us , then he that is in the World , and so Christ Iesus is precious to them , and they can speak of his workes of Salvation , which he hath wrought in them , to the praise and glory of his great and worthy Name . And not like S. B's Blasphemous , Confused , Unsavoury talk ; who is not fit to take the Holy Name of Christ Iesus into his Mouth , until it be washt , and his wicked Heart cleansed , and then he may know better how to speak of the things of Gods Kingdom , which at present he is ignorant of , and and an Enemy to .

And in the 90 Page Sampson Bond saith , That the Holy Spirit in respect special help and asistance is subsequent to the Scriptural Gospel Preached .

Reply , Where hast thou learnt this Doctrine ? The Scriptures speaks but of one Gospel , and saith , It is the Power of God : Rom. 1.16 . & thou that brings another , art under the curse , who art preferring the Scripture before the Spirit , for aid and assistance , like a blind guide ; for the Scripture will Witness against thee , and thy abuse thereof , for the Scripture saith , There is none knows the things of God , but by the Spirit of God , 1 Cor. 2.11 , 12. Nor do we know how to pray as we ought , but by the Assistance of the Spirit of Christ , Rom. 8.26 . And it is the Spirit must lead us into all Truth , and it is the Spirit that gave forth the Scriptures , through Holy Men , 2 Pet. 1.21 , And it is the Spirit that must open the mysterys in the Scriptures , 1 Cor. 2.12 . Or else all are blind like thee Sampson .

And S. B. doth strongly plead for his Masters Kingdom of Sin and Darkness , from the 77 to the 87 Page of his Book ; and in these 10 Pages , he hath made such a Babel , building in confusion , and wresting the Scriptures , and giving his meanings upon them , to prove what he saith , and then concludes never to come our of Sin , nor no Man else till they be Dead ; and hath charged all the Holy Prophets , Fathers and Apostles , to live in Sin , he hath thrown dirt in the faces of them all , and with his cloud of Darkness ( where under he dwells ) would he cover them all .

But God will judge thee , for thy Lies and reproach thou hast cast upon his Ministers , Servants and Prophets ; who were redeemed from the Earth , and knew the Kingdome to be come in Power , and sate together in Heavenly places in Christ Iesus , who were Washed and Cleansed by his precious Blood , and their Bodys were Temples for God to dwell in and walk in , and not receptacles for Sin and Darkness , as S. B. is and cannot come out of it ( as he saith ) till he be dead , and so he will live , and have all Men to live ●in , and serve the Devil till they be dead , and then they shall pertake of the fulness of God in Heaven : 8 , Page of his Book .

Oh! S. B. Thou hast sound out easy way to please Hypocrites , to go to Heaven .

But if thou repent not of this thy wicked and confused work and believe in the Light of Christ Iesus , that thy Heart may be cleansed : thou wilt perrish in Darkness for ever .

But Job , and Paul , and John , with the rest of Gods Servants , whom thou hast falsly accused ; who were humble Men fearing God , and did not justifie themselves , but saw they were weak without him , but as they stood in the Faith they beheld his glory , and confest to his power , which redeemed their Souls from Death , and their Feet from falling . And David was washed from his Sin through Repentance ; and Job was accepted of God but not in Sin : S. B. do thou look to that .

Neither did Paul sit down in that state , crying out , O Wretched Man ! Who shall deliver me from this Body of Death ? But as a good Soldier in the Spiritual Warfare , he followed Christ Jesus , the Captain of his Salvation , and sought a good fight , and kept the Faith , and did not sit down in unbeleif ; but bore Te●timony to the Power of Christ Jesus , that had made him more then a Conquerer , and then he came to know a better state , and a growth in Christ Jesus , and then he could say , There is no Condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus , who walks not after the Flesh , but after the Spirit : for the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus , hath made me free from the Law of Sin and Death , Rom. 8.1 , 2.

And Christ Jesus said , The Strong Man keeps the House , till a stronger comes and binds him , and spoils his Goods , and disposses him , And so they that are in the Faith which purifies the Hea●t , ( not a Notion only ) they have experience of this blessed work , and cannot plead for Sin term of Life ; but are in him that destroys the Devil and his works , and brings in Everlasting Righteousness .

And they that are born of God sins not , 1 Iohn 3.9 . We believe the Apostle John spake true , although thou S. B. would make him a Liar , as in thy 83 Page , where thou chargest the Apostle with saying , We that are in the new Birth , if we say we have no Sin we deceive our selves , and the truth is not in us . But John doth not say so , but it is thou that art adding to his Words , for he doth not say , He that is born of God commits Sin , but , He that is born of God doth not commit Sin . and so thou art a false accuser of the beloved Disciple of Christ Jesus .

Who saith , 1 John 1.5 . This is the Message we have heard and declare unto you , that God is Light , and in him is no Darkness at all , if we say we have fellowship with him , and walk in Darkness , we Lie and do not the Truth , but if we walk in the Light as he is in the Light , we have from fellowship one with another , and the Blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all Sin . But if we say we have no Sin , we deceive our selves , and the truth is not in us , but if we confess our Sins , he is faithful and just to forgive us our Sins , and to cleanse us from all Vnrighteousness .

And here the Apostle speaks of states and conditions he had passed through , that others who where Travelling after might be Encouraged to walk in the Light , that they might know the Blood of Christ to cleanse them from their Sins , And so he that hath this Hope , purifies himself as he is pure , 1 Iohn 3.3 . And so we have Testimony unto the Power of Christ Jesus , who destroys the Devil and his works , and brings in Everlasting Righteousness , and makes an end of Sin ; and so we cannot plead for the Devils Kingdom of Sin and Darkness , like S. B. till he is Dead . But let Sampson Bond plead for Sin till his Tongue cleave to the Roof of his Mouth , yet God will establish Righteousness in the Earth .

And in thy 82 Page , thou falsly accuseth Paul , That perfection from Sin was not attainable in this Life , but at the Resurrection of the Dead , and bringest Phil. 3.12 . But Paul says no such thing , but he says , He follows after that he may Apprehend that for which he is Apprehended of Christ . And 14 Vers . I press towards the mark , for the price of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus , and preached wisdom amon●st them that were perfect .

And if S. B. had experience of the work of Christ Jesus in his Heart ; he would have seen a possibility of being washed and cleansed from his Sin , and a further growth & increase into the manifold Gifts and Graces of Gods Spirit ; for to be cleansed from Sin is not the highest perfection attainable in this Life .

But S. B. saith in his 80 Page , The meanest Saint upon the Earth is like his Father in Heaven , that he is like to God who begitteth all his Children in his own Lik●ness .

How now S. B. what must we be like our Father which is in Heaven ? who begets his Children in his own likeness ; what is not this perfection to be like God ? But if this be true , ( as no doubt it is ) then what will become of thy Kingdom of Sin and Death , thou art pleading for term of Life in these 10 Pages of thy Book , thou hast overthrown it all at once .

But ( saith S. B. ) No Man is like the Father or the Son in the degrees of these perfect or pure Qualities .

No , who ever said they were ? But what need was there of this assertion ? But he must fill up his Book with something , and I do suppose he readily spel'd what comes upermost ; but how he will reconcile this later part of this Page , with the rest of his confused stuff , I know not , it is so plain a contradiction , there needs not a Scholler to interpret it .

But S. B. speaks like himself , and many of the Priests his Brethren , who can call Light , Darkness , and Darkness , Light ; and Evil , Good , and Good , Evil , with their fore fathers of Old .

But , S. B. may twist and twine and wrest the Scriptures to cover himself in this , as he hath done in other things .

But I may say unto him , what hast thou to do with perfection , whose dwelling is in Darkness , and to prattel and prate of things thou knows nothing of ? But in the blindness and enmity of thy mind , thou art busying thy self to lay Stumbling-Blockes in the way of the Blind , and to strengthen the wicked in their way .

But all who have an Eye open , and loves the way that leads to Life , will see thy snares of Hell and Death , who a●t cha●ging the new Birth with Sin , which is Blasphemy against God , For he that is born of God cannot Sin , 1 John 3.9 .

And S. B. saith , 95 , The Scriptures tells us divers things before they were written , ( to wit ) that the word of God was manifest to Adam and his Wife , and that the Word of God came to Noah and Abraham and others .

And then ( saith he ) Now , O ye teaching seducing Quakers , I would ask you this one Question , Could your Light within , tell you ought of all this , if the written Scriptures had not told it first ?

Reply , Yes we do believe the Light could have told us this and much more , for these things which were from the beginning , were by the Light revealed , unto Moses ; and all the Prophesie , Exhortations , Admonitions and what soever was written for our learning , was from the blessed inshining of the Light made known , for Holy Men spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost , which is the Holy Spirit of Christ Jesus , by which he hath enlightned every Man that is come into the World , which thou in thy dark mind canst not discern ; For although Light shines in Darkness , yet Darkness comprehends it not , 1 John 1.5 . Who in thy Ignorance and Darkness , art raising Mists and Foggs in thy Book , to blind the Eye which God is opening , but thy work is as chaff , which will be burnt in the Fire of Gods Jealousie , which waxeth hot against such Babilonish-Builders as thou art .

And Sampson Bond in his 96 Page , hath raised another great Lie , ( to wit ) That the Quakers say , the Soul of Man is God in part : And then in his dark envious Spirit , is fighting against it , to the 99 Page of his Book .

Reply , But our Belief and Doctrine is , That God breathed into Man the Breath of Life , and he became a living Soul , Gen. 2.7 . And not that the Soul was God in part , as S. B. falsly insinuates , and he has forged a Lie , and in these 4 Pages , makes a great bussel in Lies and Confusion to fight against it to no purpose , but serves to manifest his Envy and Folly .

Who is bringing in J. Taynes belief as a proof against us , as a cover to shelter his evil design , for J. Tayne was never amongst us , nor o●ned by us .

But any thing will serve thy turn , for it is manifest by thy Book thou matterest not what thou sayest , like thy forefathers , who were forgers of Lies , and said , Report , and we will Report . And so it is seen where thou art , and who is thy leader not Christ Jesus of Nazareth , who is the Captain of our Salvation , who by the Light of his blessed Spirit within us ( which thou like a Wicked Wretch calls the Devils , ) hath opened our Eyes , and we see where thou art , and who is thy Leader .

And S. B. in his 4 next Pages , which he or his Printer hath paged in confusion , like his work in his Book , he saith : The Quakers Infallible Spirit within him , is grounded upon the Soul being God in part , and further ( saith he ) I have long thought their Infallible Light within , to be no other then the Pope without , and ( saith S. B. ) as the Pope saith , so saith the Quakers , and the Pope robs Christ of all his Offices , and so doth the Quakers , and ( saith he ) the Quakers deny the Trinity , which is 3 distinct Persons .

Reply , The Quakers do believe that the Spirit of Christ Jesus is Infallible : But thou S. B. art so blind and envious , that thou canst speak little of the Quakers but a Lie is in thy Mouth , for our belief is not grounded upon the Soul being God in part : It was never so spoken by us , but it is thy forged lie , in charging it upon us .

But Faith herein hath been raised and increased in us , through its powerful working in our Hearts , ( to wit ) the Eternal Infallible Spirit , which the true Believers in Christ Jesus were always led by , which thou in thy Wicked fallible and dark Spirit , cals the Devil .

But by the Light and Power of Christ Jesus , our Mouths are opened to bear a Testimony against the Idolatry and Blasphemy of the Pope , and all such as thou art , who are his off-spring ; who are not yet come out of Babilon , for confusion is your dwelling place : and although the Quakers do believe that the Light and ●pirit of Christ Jesus is Infallible , and will lead all out of Sin , up to God , who believe in Christ Jesus .

Yet this doth not follow , that therefore the Quakers and the Pope are one , because he ( to wit ) the Pope doth say , That his Idolatrous Principles and Traditions are Infallible . But this is thy shallow Head and dark Mind , which makes thee publish thy Ignorance to the World .

And we know the Pope is an Intruder into things which he is ignorant of and hath nothing to do with ; and is a Blasphemer , and so art thou , who ar , comparing the Light and Spirit of Christ Jesus , with the Pope and his Idolatrious Traditions , in this Comparison .

But we turn it back upon thy own Head , with thy Brethren the Priests of New-England ; where thy lying Book as thou saist was Printed , which is as followeth .

The People sprinkle Infants , and call it the Baptism of Christ , and so do the Popish Priests preach for hire , and so do you Presbyterians , and have taken Mens Goods from them for your gain , yea , and took their Childrens Cloaths from their Backs , and Imprisoned Men till Death , for your God , which is your Belly ; and from them you haue done no Work , for what greedy Hirelings are you ? Who is Worst , you or the Pope ? The Pope calls the Old Mass-House , the Church ; and so do you .

But the Lord is redeeming his People out of your Ignorance , and Idolatrous Inventions , and from the Mouthes of such Hirelings as thou art . And this may satisfie all honest minded People of the Lord in Bermudas , that thou art not a Man fit to take the Name of the Lord into thy Mouth , who has published in Print so many Lies to the World ▪ and Blasphemys against the Light and Spirit of Christ Jesus , whereby thou hast strengthned the Hands of the Wicked .

For thy work in thy Book , is to stirr up poor Ignorant People , to Deride and Blaspheme God , in the Appearance of his Spirit , Light and Grace , ( which thou thy self hast done ) which People should wait in Gods fear , and in Humility , for the Appearance of to cleanse their Hearts , and preserve them out of Evil ; For it is by Grace ye are saved , through Faith in Christ Jesus , Ephe. 2.8 . And so all that comes to this Faith , which purifies the Heart , will deny such as thou art , and their Eye will be opened to see that the Lo●d is come to teach his People , as it is written , They shall all be taught of God , and such know that they are of God , and the whole World lyes in Wickedness , and we k●ow that the Son of God is come and hath given us an Vnderstanding , that we know him that is true , and we are in him that is true , even in his Son Christ Jesus , this is the true God and Eternal Life : Little Children keep your selves from Idols , Amen . 1 John 19 , 20 , 21.

And Sampson Bond saith , in the last Page of his Book , O let us rather burn then bow to the Idol Light within , which the Roman Nabuchadnezzer hath set up , in peaching Quakers . O let us dye rather for the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth , then leave the mark of the Beast in us , or on us , &c.

Reply , Sampson , Thou begin'st thy Book with a Lie and Blasphemy , and endest with it in thy Mouth , and canst not dye for the Lord Jesus Christ ; but the mark of the Beast is on thy Fore-head , and in thy Mouth , and the Persecuting Idolatrous Spirit of the Church of Rome is in thy Heart , who would'st stirr up the Magistrates in Bermudas to Persecution , like thy Brethren in New-England , who have out-done the Pope that we read of in our day , in Persecution , in Rifling Houses , in Spoiling of Goods , Whip●ing , cuting off ears , Banishing upon Pain of Death , and Murdering and Drinking the Blood of the Servants and Martyrs of Christ Jesus ; whereby they are become a by-word to the Nations ; and if you can clear your selves from the Blood of the Innocent , so may the Pope , whose off-spring you are in these things , and in much more , which is further spoken to , by G. F in his ●ook , New-Englands Fire-brand quenched : for Cruelty and Persecution , I know none that exceeds you in this Age of the World .

But the Light never Persecuted any , but teacheth the true believers in Christ ●esus to love their Enemies .

And S. B. saith in his title Page , his Book was Printed at Boston in New-England .

Reply , It is very like such a Book might be acceptable in Boston in New-England , amongst his Brethren , the Priests and Professors in Boston , who encouraged the Printing of Roger Williams Blasphemous Book , who said ( to wit ) Roger Williams , That Christ was a Curruptible Man , and his Blood was Corruptible . Fit Companions for Priest Bond , and Priest Intret Madder , who said , He had nothing that was Good in him : But miserable Sheep are they who have no better Shepheards then S. Bond and I. Madder : But we do not charge the tender Hearted and moderate People in Boston , but such as have been Persecutors and Enemies to the Appearance of God and his People , and have besmeared themselves with the Blood of the Innocent , which will not be wip'd of in Generations to come , no more then Caines who slew his Brother , because his works where Righteous , and his Evil.

But as it is Recorded concerning the Blood of Zacharias , which was shed between the Temple and the Altar , that all the Blood that was shed from Righteous Abel to that Day , should be required at their Hands : And you who are become one with that Blood thi●sty Persecuting Generation , are Recorded with them in the sight of the Lord , to be Persecuters and Shedders of Innocent ●lood , which God hath and will require at your Hands , except a place of Repentance can by you be found .

And Sampson Bond , in the pride of his Heart , hath cited , Hes. 5.2 . Pro. 21.24 . In the title Page of his Book , in reflection upon others without a cause , which I justly here turn it back upon his own Head , ( to wit ) The revolter is profound to make Slaughter . Proud and Haughty Scorner is his Name . And further he calls himself , late Preacher of the Gospel in Bermudas , but his work in his Book makes him manifest to be no Preacher of the Gospel , but an Enemy to it ; For the Sacrifice of the Wicked is Abomination , how much more when he brings it with a Wicked Mind , Prov. 21.27 . But thou through a notion might P●each up thy self , with fained Words and fair Speeches , whereby thou might deceive the Hearts of the simple , for thy Dishonest Gain , and for thy ●elly , like the rest of thy Brethren .

But the Lord is opening the Understandings of People , and will redeem them from under that great Bondage and Captivity , wherein you as Instruments under the Power of the ●east , hath held them for your gain , to satisfy the Lust and Pride of your Hearts , that you might still lord it over them .

But the Lord is breaking your Bonds , and scattering your clouds of Darkness and Ignorance ; wherein you have wrapt up your selves as with a Cloak , and by your Sorceries and Divinations , you have kept the People under the same Ignorance and Darkness with you , and as the Lord by his Spirit hath begotten a tenderness in People , and opened an Eye in them , in some measure to see where you are , and can no longer put into your Mouths , then like your fore-fathers , you prepare War against them , and your anger and malice doth then appear , but your Torment and Sorrow will it Encrease .

For God hath opened a Spiritual Eye in Thousands , which see you thoroughly , and can buy your Merchandize no more , for the Light shines , and will shine more and more unto the perfect day , and Thousands shall come to the brightness of its rising , and we know why you are Angry , and Rage , and Blaspheme at the Light ; it is because it discovers your Kingdom of Darkness , and your holes where you have hid your selves , but your Rage and Fury signifies no more then the Doggs barking at the Moon ; for the Light will shine , and the Day will dawn , and your Darkness must fly away ; although you may rove and make a noise like the Sea , yet your Egyptian Tongue must be dryed up , and away hath God prepared for his ransomed and redeemed to walk in ; and the Wayfaring-Man , though a fool to your earthly-wisdom , yet he shall not err therein , Glory to the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb for ever , who sits upon the Throne , who is and is to come from Everlasting to Everlasting , who is the antient of Days , who shall stand last upon the Earth , when all your Foggs and Mists of Darkness shall be driven away into the Pitt from whence it came ; Blessed be the Name of Christ Jesus who lives for Ever .

John Tysoe .

THE TRUTH OF Christ Jesus , With the PROFESSORS thereof in the Island of BERMUDAS ( Commonly called QUAKERS ) Cleared from the Three Ungodly False Charges charged upon them by Samp. Bond ( Teacher in the said ISLAND ) in a BOOK , Entituled , The Quakers in BERMUDAS Tryed , &c.

In which Book are found many Blasphemies , Slanders , false Accusations , false Glosses and Interpretations , herein searched and noted in their particular Pages , and examined and confuted with as much brevitie as the matter could well bear .

By a Friend and lover of the Truth in the same Island , called , Francis Estlacke .

Psal. 57.4 . My Soul is among Lyons , and I lye even among them that are set on fire , even the Sons of Men whose teeth are Spears and Arrows , and their Tongue a sharp Sword .

2 Tim. 3.13 . But Evil Men and Seducers shall wax worse and worse , deceiving and being deceived .

TO THE Unprejudiced Reader .

FRIEND , The occasion of this following Discourse is this , I meeting with a Book given forth by Sampson Bond , a Teacher in Pembrook-Tribe in Bermudas , in which Book I see my self greatly concerned for the Truths sake , which was by him exceedingly Reviled , Reproached and Blasphemed , the Scripture greatly wronged , through false glosses or Interpretatious upon them , forceing the Saints Testimony to speak another thing then was truly testified by them in plainnes of Speech ; besides the many Lies , Abuses and Slanders , cast upon Friends by this malicious Priest , who ( as it appears by his Book ) cares not greatly what he speakes or writes , not having respect so much as to his own credit : For these causes a necessity came upon me for the Truths sake , to write this following discourse . Therefore who ever thou art that reads this Book , I advise thee to stand single to the Truth , removeing all prejudice out of thy Heart against any , neither look at the weakness and meanness of the hand that writ it , nor to the ruggedness of the expressions : all which tend directly to darken the Truth , and thereby to bring thy Soul to join in affinity with the Enemy of Gods Truth , and thy Souls Peace , and then being so far entangled in the Snare , the next thing will be , thou wilt be ingaged in the Dragons Quarrel , to take up his Weapon , to defend the Dragons cause against the Lamb. And if so what canst thou expect but to receive thy Portion with the Dragon & his Angels , under the Eternal dispeasure of the Almighty in the day of the Lambs Victory , who shall certainly overcome , for he is mighty that hath promised , to whom be glory Everlasting .

Therefore Friend or Friends in Bermudas , chiefly the place where I drew my first Breath , and amongst whom I now dwell ; feeling the love of God springing in my Soul toward you , you were and are chiefly in my Eye , that your precious Soules may not be deceived , but that ye may be recovered out of the subtil Fowlers Snare , who lays wait to catch your precious Soules .

To you therefore is mine advise , read with Soberness , and sink down in the waightiness of your Spirits , that you may be Enlightned with the Light of Christ Jesus in which you may be able to see and reach the thing by me intended , even the Truth to stand clear , and Deceit to come under the Just Judgment of God . And if this I obtain , then have I my desire , who am a Friend to your Immortal Souls , and desire your Eternal Happiness .

Written in Bermudas , the 25th Day of the first Month , 1683. F. E.

The Truth of Christ Jesus cleared , &c.

BEfore I enter upon the discourse it self , I find it necessary to note a few things in the Preface to the Reader : where first Sampson Bond seems to lay down the moving cause , which first moved him to give forth his three Questions with their Answers stated , which was he saith , He was informed of a Paper , that the Quakers had lef● with a Gentleman in this Island , intimating a Challenge to the Ministers , &c. which Paper although slighted by him , he durst not answer , which Paper was ( by way of Challenge ) given forth by Stephen Bullock , to try their God by fasting , which was the very thing upon which that word was spoken , ( viz ) That S. B. durst as soon take a Bear by the Tooth as answer it , and not upon the account of any dispute , and as for any other letter that was sent afterward ( as he saith ) ( viz ) between the time that this Paper was given forth as a Challenge to their Ministers , and the time he sent his Questions to us , I never heard of any Paper that was sent to him .

And whereas he saith in the said Preface , That they i. e. the Quakers came the first of May following , to the place assigned ( Mark ) without giving him any special notice of it : As if we had come upon him unawares .

To which I answer , that this is absolutely false , for after I had received his Paper , and shewed the same to Friends , who considering of the same , and finding his promise , that he desired a regular Dispute , Friends generally determined to meet him at the place appointed ; whereupon I writ a few lines to the said Priest , to signifie our Acceptance & our intents to meet him ; and sent the Paper by his next Neighbour , who brought me back an answer . Beside the matter was made every way so publick , that when the day came the House was greatly filled , from all parts ( almost ) of the whole Island , which is not usual on their Lecture-days .

But when we came , expecting to have a regular Disputation , ( viz ) that we should have had liberty to have answered to the Charge along as he went , we found it quite another thing , as doth appear in his Preface .

For his intent was to bind us down in silence , until he had quite finished his whole work intended , which I perceived by the time he spent in the answer to his first Question , he would have wearied out the Peoples patience , so that they would hardly wait to hear any return .

And Secondly , The Peoples Minds would have been so stuffed with his multitude of Arguments , Slanders , Lies , and false Accusations ; that there would not have been room for Truth to get any entrance .

And lastly , it tended to prevent and stop us , so that we should not find where to have an entrance to make any orderly reply to any thing that he spake ; for which cause it was that I stopt him when he had ended his first answer , for which he charges us with Unfaithfulness , who never made him no such promise , as to give him such liberty as he required .

So having noted these things from his Preface , I proceed to consider his first Proposition , as laid down in the first Page of his Book , which is as followeth .

That a Quakers pretended Saviour ( within him ) is not the true Christ , but the false Christ , the Devil . Which ( he saith ) was proved by 4 Apostolical Arguments ,

First , Because Jesus Christ of Nazareth , a Man approved of God among the People , was and is the true Christ and our only Saviour , for to prove which he notes many Scriptures , Acts 2.21 , 22 , 23 , 24. Acts 4.10 , 11 , 12. Acts 10.38 , 39 , 40 , 42 , 43. From these Scriptures mentioned , S. B. draws this Argument .

If Jesus Christ of Nazareth , a man approved of God among the People of Israel , be the true Christ and only Saviour , then a Quakers pretended Saviour ( within him ) is not the true Christ .

But Jesus Christ of Nazareth , a Man approved of God among the People , was and is the true Christ and our only Saviour , ther●fore a Quakers pretended Saviour within him , is not the true , but the false Christ .

Reply , The Apostles Testimony we believe , that this Jesus of Nazareth , was he that was to come , of whom Moses and the Prophets wrote , and of whom the Apostles bore so strict a testimony , especially before the Jews , under the Name of Jesus of Nazareth : Because they having read of the glory of this Saviour , did expect it to be outward and visible ; and that he should have come with the Pomp and Glory of this World , and that the Redemption which should have been wrought by him , should have been outward , and that he should have sat upon the Throne of David , as an outward and visible King , ( and when contrary to this their expectation ) he was raised up of so mean a place as Galilee and Nazareth , and of so mean Parentage ; they slighted him , saying , Is not this the Carpenter , the Son of Joseph ? His Father we k●ow , and his Brethren are with us ; we know whence [ he ] is : But when Christ cometh w● know not whence he is : search and see ( say they ) for out of Gallilee ariseth no Prophet . So they slighted and scorned him , and put him to Death ; therefore the Apostle did bear so strict a Testimony to this Man ; and we do believe that this was he that was to come , and we look not for another .

But that the Apostle by this Testimony did deny the Godhead , or Invisible Power that dwelt in Jesus of Nazareth , by which he became a Saviour , we do not believe : Neither do we believe , that the Man Jesus of Nazareth ( only as Man ) was the Saviour of the World , For in him dwells the fullness of the God-head Bodily , Coll. ● . 9 . And Christ himself testifies , that he was in the Father , and the Father in him , John , 14.10 , 11. And in the same place he testifies , That the Words he spake , and the Works he did , were done by the Father that dwelt in Him .

Now if the whole work of Mans Salvation , had been wrought by the Body or visible Man only ; then must our Faith and Hope have stood there , but the same Apostle saith , 1 Pet. 1.21 . Our Faith and Hope must stand in God . By which Scripture , with many more that might be named , it appears , that the Salvation of Mankind was wrought by the whole entire Christ of God , who was truly God and Man : And the Apostle saith , That God was in Christ , reconciling the World unto himself , 2 Cor. 5.19 . So that it was the Word , the invisible Power that dwelt and wrought in the Body , that gave the value of the wor● done in and by the Man , by which the work of Mans Salvation was effectually wrought : So after the work was performed in & by the Body in order to Mans Redemption , yet there remains a large work to be performed in such as believe : For there is a power of Darkness in Man to be overcome , the Antichristian Spirit ●s to be cast out , the Body of Sin and Death is to be destroyed , the captivating Spirit that captivates the Members , and keeps the Members in subjection to the Law of Sin and Dea●h to be redeemed from , yea the Regeneration is to be witnessed that begets again unto God , and the new-born ●abe must be known , which is born of God , that cannot Sin , which only is Heir to the Kingdom , which is brought forth in the Image and Likeness of the Invisible God ; which Image stands in Holiness and Righteousness : And all this is formed in the Saints , through the powerful working of Jesus Christ the Lamb of God , that taketh away the Sins of the World , and destroys the work of the Devil in us and for us , and so becomes a perfect Saviour , saving to the uttermost those that come unto God by him , and all this is purchased through the one offering , even perfect Salvation for his People , even for all those that do truly and effectually believe in him , who through faith lay hold on the invisible Power , so that they thereby feel the inward operation or the working of the Spirit within , to wash and cleanse the Heart , not only from the Guilt or Condemnation , ( as ye say ) but also from the defilement of Sin : So is Christ Jesus become the Author of Eternal Salvation to all that through Faith are brought into obedience unto him . But these things ( I judge ) are a mystery to S. B. who is ignorant of the work of Salvation , of the Grace , Hope and Faith within by Christ ; for if he had been acquainted with the inward forming of Christ , he could never have formed such an Argument as this , That because Jesus Christ of Nazareth , a Man approved of God among the People , ( in whom dwelt the fulness of the God-head , which was the Creator of all things ) was the true Christ and only Saviour , that therefore the Saviour cannot be within , although the Saints did witness , that Christ in them was their Hope of glory . But to leave this , and to take a view of his 2d Argument , as laid down in the second Page of his Book , which is grounded upon this .

Because the Saints of God ( by the direction of his Spirit ) have alwayes acknowledged the Man Jesus Christ , to be the true and only Saviour .

Upon which ground he brings forth the same conclusion , ( viz ) That Christ within Man , which he calls the Quakers pretended Saviour within , is not the true , but the false Christ .

Reply , This Argument is also false , being one with the other , grounded upon a foundation ( as to me it appears ) hid in his own Breast , & not truly laid down in express Words , yet truly intended by him ; which is this , that Christ Jesus ( only ) as Man , without the Godhead , was by the direction of the Spirit , always acknowledged to be their true and only Saviour ; if this be not the ground of his A●gument , then could he not have formed such an Argument as this ; because Christ as God is a Spirit , and so within as well as without .

Now for the proof of his Argument , he brings the words of Simeon , Luke 2. from Verse 25 , to Verse 31. by which words it doth not at all appear , that the Man or visible Body only of it self is the only Saviour , for he declares of him as a Light to go before the face of all People , a Light to lighten the Gentiles ; and John bore witness to him , and saith , John 1.9 . He is the true Light that enlightneth every Man that cometh into the World , and Christ himself said , He was the Light of the World . Which things are true , and his Light is truly felt and known in the Hearts of his Saints . So our Testimony we are not ashamed to bring forth to the inward manifestation of the Spirit of Jesus , by which we are inlightned , and by which the Gentiles are inlightned , and is become the glory of Spiritual Israel , the inward Jew , whose praise is not of Men , but of God . And so Simeon's Words or Prophecy of him is fulfilled , he is become a Light to the Gentiles and Israels glory .

He likewise names John 20 , 27. Then said Jesus , reach hither thy finger , &c. And Thomas answered and said unto him , My Lord and my God : So this Scripture brought by him to prove his Argument hath quite overthrown it .

For by Thomas his confession , the same Jesus , who was the true and only Saviour of the World , was God as well as Man , and Christ did not at all reprove him for his Confession : And if God , then a Spirit , and so is within as well as without .

As to the fourth of John , 42. where he seemeth to say , The Men of Samaria confest to the Man Christ , [ only ] to this I answer , it was the same Christ to whom Thomas confest , and the same that was before Abraham was , even he that whosoever saw truly to be the Christ , saw the Father also : So here having no ground to prove his Argument , which the said S. B. calls Apostolical , it doth at once fall to the ground .

The third Argument that this Priest uses to prove his Charge , ( viz ) The Quakers Saviour within him to be the false Christ , is in page 3.

If the true Christ and our only Saviour , did at once ( without us ) in and by his own crucfied Body on the cross , finish and perfect the work & office of a Saviour ? ithen a Quakers pretended Saviour within him , is not the true Christ .

But the true Christ and our only Saviour , did at once ( without us ) in and by his own crucified Body on the Cross , finish and perfect the whole work and office of a Saviour , therefore a Quakers pretended Saviour within him , is not the true but the false Christ .

All which he grounds upon these Scriptures following , Heb. 10.12 , 14. Heb. 2.14 . 1 Pet. 2.24 . Eph. 2.15 , 16. Heb. 9.26 . Eph. 5.2 . Col. 1.22 .

Neither doth any one of these Scriptures prove the ( whole ) office of a Saviour perfected in his crucified Body ( at once ) upon the Cross : Although I confess that the whole work of a Saviour , so far as was of him required , to be performed in and by that Body , was perfectly performed , and nothing wanting as pertaining to our Salvation .

But is this the whole office of a Saviour ? Is there nothing farther to be done ? Is the believing of this sufficient , without sanctification ? Is it not the office of Christ ( as a Saviour ) to give rest and peace to such as he saves ? must he not redeem from under the power of Sin , and destroy Sin in our mortal Bodys ? Is this no part of the office of Christ as a Saviour ? The Apostle Paul , Rom. 8.2 . testified to the work of the Spirit within , saying , The Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus , hath made me free frrom the Law of Sin and Death . Now this faithful Servant of the Lo●d , after he came to believe and was truly satisfied , as concerning the work done by Jesus of Nazareth , ( without him ) yet if you read Rom. 7. you shall see what a grievous complaint he makes concerning the Body of Death , which still remained in him , and of the Law in his Members , that still made war against the Law in his Mind , and captivated his Members to the Law of Sin and Death : So that although the purchase was made , the debt paid , and remission of Sins obtained , through the Death and Sufferings of Christ Jesus , and also triumphantly manifested to the World by his Resurrection , of which there were many Witnesses , as the Apostle doth declare , 1 Cor. 15. yet for all this the Enemy sought to keep his hold , and Paul was so far sensible of the same , that it made him cry out , Oh Wretched Man that I am ! who shall deliver me from the Body of this Death ! which as he waited , he came to know a farther work of Salvation , then that which was done at once ( without him ) in the Crucified Body of Jesus on the Cross : for through the power of the same Jesus ( not another ) he became crucified also to the World , and the World unto him ; and so being Crucified with Christ , by which he felt himself Dead to Sin : he also did pertake of his Resurrection , and so received a new Life , through the quickenings of Christ Jesus , who lived in him , and so was truly made alive unto God , Gal. 2.20 . So this is the very thing , that the faithful , whom S. B. doth scornfully call Quakers , do testifie of , ( viz ) of the work of the Son of God within , and of his inward quicknings in our Souls , by which we also are made alive unto God , though we do not deny the work of Salvation , wrought by the Man Jesus Christ ( without us ) in his own Crucified Body on the Cross : but believe it every whit , even as the Scripture doth decl●re o● it .

And do resolve to wait in the inward manifestation of the Son of G●d , w●o is [ Light ] whom S. B. so often reproaches in his scandalous Book ●ith wicked and reproachful Names , yet we are not ashamed to own him in ●is inward manifestation , through whose Power we do certainly believe , and truly expect to feel , the Power of Darkness , Sin and Death truly vanquished in us , as well as for us ; as it is written . He doth all our works in us and for us .

And so he becomes the Author of Eternal Salvation to all that do obey him ; so Christ saves not to halves , ( as People imagin ) as to pay the price of the Redemption , for such as are taken Captive by the Enemy of their Souls , and yet leave them under his Power and Jurisdiction , but to as many as believe , Love and Obey him , he redeems also from under the Power of Sin and Death , and gives them dominion over it , and so he becomes a perfect Saviour ; saving both within and without , saving to the uttermost all that come unto God by him . So these are they who are for ever perfected , through the one offering , even those that ( according to the will of God ) are sanctified through the Blood and Spirit of Jesus , which the Saints do inwardly feel , to cleanse them from the defilements of Sin . So this ( I Judge ) to any rational and unbiassed Spirit● , is sufficient to the Answer of S. B's 3d Argument , by which he seeks to prove his Charge , ( viz ) That a Quakers pretended Saviour ( within him ) as he is pleased to call it ) is not the true Christ , but the false .

Sam. Bonds 4th Argument , in page 4.

If the true Christ and our only Saviour , be in Heaven above us , then a Quakers Pretended Saviour within him is not the true Christ .

But the true Christ and our only Saviour is in Heaven above us , therefore a Quakers ( pretended ) Saviour within him , is not the true but the false Christ .

Reply , This Argument is founded upon the same Foundation as the other , ( viz ) That Christ as Man without the God-head , is the only material Saviour : which if he could prove , that Mans only Saviour , were a meer Man , ( as S. B. foollishly and carnally seems to imagin ; then it were easy to limit the Saviour of the World to one place , and then it were easy for him to make good his Charge against us ; but that is too hard for him to prove , for the Scripture saith of him that he is God , blessed for ever , Rom. 9.5 . and in Hos. 13.4 . the Lord himself declares , there is no Saviour beside him ; and Mary of whom Christ was Born , according to the Flesh , ascribes Salvation to God , Luke 1.47 . My Spirit hath rejoyced in God my Saviour ; and another Scripture saith , That Christ was the same Yesterday , to Day , and forever . What shall I say ? the Scripture is plain , as it is written , God was in Christ , reconciling the World unto himself . And God was manifest in the Flesh . But this is a mystery above the comprehending Wisdom , in and about which , the Wise-men of the World are Confounded .

And those and only those that live in the Wisdom which is from above , can behold and understand : the Jews that saw his Body , understood not , nor be ieved in the Invisible Power , for they saw it not , and their Eyes w●re shot , that they could not behold it , neither did Flesh and Blood reveal him 〈◊〉 Dis●●ples but the Father : So that as none can know the Father but the Son , and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him ; so none can know the Son by reading of Letter , or by Fleshly-wisdom ; but as the Father reveals him in them , and is only seen and known in the Light , though he be in Heaven , and such as believe not in the Light , wherewith they are Enlightned , and which doth Enlighten every Man that cometh into the World , have not known him nor seen him , although the Jews saw the Body , yet they saw not him that dwelt in the Body , that was before Abraham , who was the Saviour of the World , and was one with the Father ; So that whosoever saw him , saw the Father also , John 14.9 .

And whereas S. B. brings the Scripture to prove his Argument , or rather Imagination , That the Saviour of the World , the Christ of God , is only limitted to one place called Heaven above , at a distance from the Saints ; it s more then any Scripture doth say : for the Scripture saith , He is God , as I noted before as well as Man ; and so cannot be limitted to any one perticular place , and the Apostle , Rom. 10.6 , 7 , 8. Verses , speaks thus : The Righteousness which is of Faith speaketh on this wise : Say not in thy Heart who shall ascend into Heaven , that is to bring Christ down from above ; or who shall descend into the Deep ? that is to bring Christ again from the Dead . But what saith it ? The Word is nigh , even in the Mouth and in the Heart , that is the Word of Faith which we Preach . So this Holy Apostle did not Preach Christ at a distance only , but Nigh in the Mouth and in the Heart , and such as did not so know 〈…〉 him , the same Apostle deemed them as Reprobates , 2 Cor. 13.5 . This is no other Doctrine then what Christ himself declared to his Disciples while he was with them in the Body , John 14.20 . and it was part of Christs Prayer to his Father , ( viz ) that he might be in them , John 17.23 . So that you may see by plain Scripture , it is no new thing to acknowledge Christ in Man , or the Saviour within ; for Christ is the Saviour , who is God , and cannot be limitted to one place , so that he cannot be elsewhere ; for that were to limit the Holy One of Israel .

Thus having gone through his four Arguments , ( which he calls Apostolical , ) and having tryed them by the Scripture of Truth , and finding them falsly grounded , they are by plain Scripture truly overthrown .

His next Argument in Page fourth , which S. B. brings to prove The false Christ to be the Devil , is no whit material to his Work , sith he cannot make good his Charge against us .

Now this being the manner of his work on that Day Friends met him , expecting a regular Dispute , he having gone through the four Arguments as laid down in his Book , to prove the first part of his Charge , he sought to proceed to his next Question , or second part of his Charge against us : But I stopt him , being willing to answer each Question in its order , though the said Bond did appear very unwilling , whereupon I did then Declare my Faith as concerning Christ Jesus , the Saviour of the World . Contrary to his many lyes against us ; and how he is to be acknowledged and believed in , before he took the Body ; Even as the Scripture doth declare of him , John 1.1.2 , 3. and likewise as the Scripture doth declare of him , when he took the Body how he took flesh of the Virgin , and was born , and had his Conversation among men , and how at length he was Crucified , without the Gates of Jerusalem , performing the work of mans Redemption , paying the prece . So obtaining Remission of Sins through his Blood , and being dead and buried , how on the third day he rose again from the Dead , aad also asended into Heaven : as also I did declare my Faith as concerning his Spiritual appearanc afterward , according to his promise to his Disciples : I will not leave you Cemfortless , I will come again John 14.17 . Which promise he did perform unto them ; and also now to as many as do believe and truly wait upon him , as Inward in the heart , according to his word ; he dwelleth with you and shall be in you . ver. 17.

This S. B. calls a Bare repetition of words , Impertinent to the matter and saith Page , 5 I made no mention of Christs Resurrestion , ( which I noat as a Lye : ) but before I had done he Interrupted me , ( calling me Mr. ) which title I denyed saying , that I was none of his Master , He said I was Master of an Assembly , ( not naming what Assembly : ) here he takes upon him to judg me , and saith that I grew Impertinent ( which I note again as false ) all though I did lay upon him something of Unfaithfulness , who had promised , that I should have liberty to say what I had to say without Interruption .

Now in his Book he goes on so confusedly , that it is a hard matter to trace him to and fro in his several windings , Therefore my intents are chiefly to note the Lies , Slanders and Blasphemies , and things of the like nature , cast upon the Truth and People of the Lord , and where I see occasion a little to inlarge , that the Truth may be cleared , and stumbling Blocks may be taken out of the way of such as desire to know the Truth .

In Page 6. I take notice how Deceitfully S. B. casts a slander upon us , pretending , how he hath fil'd off the Rust and Ruggedness of our Expressions ; yet charging us with disorder , & dismembring the Scripture , ( which happily we might not speak every Word ) yet certain I am , ( although many things were then cast in ) yet I did not violate or pervert the sense of any one Scripture : Again he chargeth us with Dishonesty , in not Noting Chapter and Verse , in which he did greatly boast . To which I then answered , the Words we speak were Scripture Words , and he had no great cause to boast ; For the Scripture was not given forth in Chapter and Verse , neither did the Apostles ever so declare , but when they speak Scripture Words , they said , as it is written , naming only the Prophet or writer of the same ; and here People may take notice of a manifest Slander , ( viz ) That it is Friends usual manner to speak Scripture darkly and confusedly , thereby the more easily to deceive those , with whom the Scripture hath any Credit , Page 6.

Page 7. He goes on with his Lies and Slanders , saying , My design was to make the Hearers believe , that the Eternal Word as distinct from the Manhood of Christ , is the true Christ and only Saviour . As if I had gone about directly to deny the Body , which is like many more of his Charges in his Book , which are absolute Lies and Slanders , which I shall note hereafter as they fall in my way .

Neither did I ever use any such Expression , for if I had said , He were the true and only Saviour , ( that is to say , according to S. B's sense ) every way sufficient to perform the whole Office of a Saviour , as disti●guished from the Manhood , then was that work in vain , ( viz ) Christ taking upon him a Body of Flesh , and all his Sufferings , Death and Resurrection in vain , If Christ as God ( only ) did perform and perfect the work of Mans Salvation without it . Presently he contradicts himself , saying , Hereunto agrees his Words , ( meaning mine ) so often repeated by him , God was manifest in the Flesh , which ( he saith ) we mean all Mankind Flesh , which he calls an Error .

Which although it is my belief , that God is manifest in his glorious Light , in every Man according to his measure , according to John 1.9 . He Enlightneth every Man that cometh into the World , yet my Words chiefly had Reference to that prepared Body , in which the Invisible Power did so gloriously appear , to those whose Eyes was open to behold it : but this his Lie and Slander I shall leave upon his own Head .

Another Lie or Slander is in Page 8. where he saith , A Teaching Quaker , ( whom he calls ) a Seducing Quaker such a Quaker ( saith he ) attributes no more Soul-saving merit to the Body of Christ , then to the Body of a Turk or a Jew .

All that have heard or read the Declarations of Friends , concerning the Manhood of Christ ; can do no less then Judge him to be a Slanderer and a Liar .

Farther S. B. saith , That I insisting upon John 1.9 . concluded , the Light in every Man to be Christ , and that Christ to be the only Saviour . I confess I have said , That that Light in every Man i● given by Christ to believe in , that he may be saved from Sin : But rhe word ( only ) was never used by me , so as to deny the Body of Christ , in which he performed the will of God , upon the account of Mans Salvation : yet he confesseth its true , that Light in that Scripture signifieth Christ , and that Christ in a sense , ( but it must be his own sense ) doth Enlighten every Man that cometh into the World , that is ( said he ) with reason . So here he adds to the Scripture , whereby he doth confound or pervert the true sense of the same by his Addition : concluding that Christ the true Light that Enlightneth every Man that cometh into the World , doth Enlighten Man with no other Light then the Light of Reason , ( according to the sense of that Scripture , ) but we believe that the Light with which Christ doth Enlighten Mankind , is that Light that shineth in Darkness , and the Darkness cannot comprehend , and also doth detect , discover and make manifest the works of Darkness , and doth lead those that believe in it out of the same , and this Light is manifested ( in some measure ) in every Mans Conscience , as they are exercised in the affairs of this World , as they heed it .

But a little to go back to the 2d Confession in Page 82.

S. B. calls the work of the Spirit within , no other but the effects of the thing done by the Man Christ without us , as if to be Sanctified . Washed and Purged from Sin , could not possibly be wrought , except first the Man Christ must have suffered without us , as the Anticedent cause of those effects .

Whereas it is certain , that many of the Prophets and Righteous Men that lived before the Appearance of Christ in the Body , did Witness these things wrought within them , through the effectual working of the Spirit of God in their Hearts .

So that it is plain , that Christ was manifest to them before he took the Body , as well as when he took the Body , according to the Scripture , Christ the same Yesterday , to Day , and forever . So having finished this digression , I go forward again .

In the last line of the 8th Page , he saith , I belie the Holy Man John , that the Enlightning in every Man is Christ , ( which I again testifie , that it is a measure of the Light of the true Christ , who is God blessed for ever ) and to prove this a● Error , he saith , That this Evangelist doth evidently affirm , that the Light he ●pake of in the 9th Vers. was the Man Jesus , which ( he saith ) never was nor ●an be in any Man , for this he brings the 29 and 30 verses of the same Chapter .

I Answer , The Evangelist in them words cannot be so understood as a Man only ; for he testifies of him as a whole or perfect Saviour ; and if so , then God , for if he were Man only , he could not sanctifie and cleanse the Soul from Sin ; and how then is he the Lamb of God that taketh away the Sins of the World ? or how is the Sin taken away if it still remains ●n the Heart ?

But peradventure he will say : He takes away the guilt of Sin through his Sufferings , and to be Cleansed from the Defilement doth follow as the effects .

I Answer , If it be so , then it appears that the whole work of Mans Salvation , ( and so not the whole office of a Saviour ) was not performed at once without us , as Sampson Bond affirmeth in his 3d Argument ; for there is something to be effected within still ; and if so , who as it that works those effects within , if it be not the Spirit ?

In Page Nine , He goes on to prove the Light within , not to be the true Christ , by my Words , for he saith , My Words Imply , That thy Light in every Man is Christ , therefore the Light within a Quaker must be Born at Bethlehem .

Reply , I could say more ( and yet speak truly ) of the work of the Light , or Spirit of God , or measure of Christ within , then S. B. c●n receive or understand , but this I say , I never said the Light in every perticular was the entire Christ , for that were to make many Christs : but I say , that it is only a measure of that Christ , who appeared in the Body that was ●orn in Bethlehem .

Again this Priest Page 9. In his answer to that Text , 1 Tim. 3.16 . said , Nothing can be more Evident , then this Disputant would have had the Hearers to believe , that the God-head as distinct from Christ being a Man , is the true Christ and only Saviour .

In answer to this and all other of his Wicked and false Accusations , I say and testifie , that I do truly and really give ( according to what I Understand , and feel by the Inward Operation of the Spirit of Christ within , & according to the Testimony of Saints without , as it is Recorded in the Scripture of Truth ) unto God his due , and also what the Scripture doth declare of the Man or Body of Christ , I also truly own . So let his Lies and false Accusations return upon his own Head , who shall assuredly feel the weight of them in the Day of the Lord .

In Page 10. He clearly manifests his Ignorance , and the Car●allity of his Mind , for speaking there of the Apostle John's words , 1 John 1. Vers. 1 , 2 , 3. where he saith , That which was from the Beginning . ( mark diligently ) ( Christ in that Body was not from the Beginning ) which we have heard , which we have seen , which we have looked upon , and our hands have handled of the Word of Life .

This he seems to affirm , That the blessed Apostle did testifie , that they had seen him , and looked upon him , and handled him , ( viz ) the Word of Life ) by being in his company ) as dark a piece and as ignorant ( almost ) as I have heard drop from ●ny one , that hath taken upon them to write in the defence of their Religion : What! the outward Eye to behold the word of Life ? Doth not the Scripture say , No Man hath seen God at any time ? Did not the Jews see the Body ? Yet they saw not God that dwelt in the Body , For he that saw Christ , saw the Father also , according to Christs own Words to Phillip ; likewise Christ saith , The hour cometh and now is , when the Dead should hear the Voice of the Son of Man , and they that heard should live . But the Jews heard the outward Voice , yet did abide in Death and Darkness , where this Priests place is , otherwise he never durst adventure to open his Mouth , in Blasphemies against the clear manifestation of the Spirit , in the Heart and Consciences of Men , calling it , an Idol , even ( the Light ) of Christ , who himself bore witness and declared , That he was the Light of the World .

But now having begun to revile the Appearance of Gods Spirit , What can put a stop to him , but the Hand of Divine Justice ? Which will assuredly overtake him , and he shall have a Reward from the Hand of the Lord .

In Page Twelve , This Sampson Bond accuseth us of Envy , comparing us to the Jews , who Contradicted the things spoken by Paul , and Blasphemed .

To which I Answer , Therefore art thou inexcusable O Man ; for wherein thou Judgest us , thou thy self art Condemned , even by thine own Judgment ; for the very thing thou hast laid to this Peoples Charge , thou thy self art sound guilty of ; for thou at found contradicting the things spoken by Paul , and left upon Record , ( viz ) Christ his being or Appearance within as witnessed 2 Cor. 13.5 . Gal. 2.20 . and Chap. 4.19 . Col. 1.27 . And hast also Blasphemed his Inward Appearance , calling it an Idol . So with the Wicked and Sloathful Servant thou art justly Condemned out of thine own Mouth ; and so the Judgment wherewith thou hast judged me , will redound upon thy self , defend thy self as well as thou canst .

And Rom. 10.6 , 7 , 8. Which he keeps such a busle about , turning and winding , ( Serpent like ) yet except he could race the Words out of the Book , it will stand a Witness for Christ , the Eternal Word , which Faith takes hold of , and brings the Soul into Union with him , who is nigh unto his , in the Mouth and in the Heart : So that his People feeling his presence in their Hearts , are not ashamed to Confess him with their Mouths .

In the Sixteenth Page , speaking of the 2 Cor. 13 5. Know ye not your own selves , how that Christ is in you , except ye be Reprobates .

This Scripture ( he saith ) Wounds their new Coined Religion to Death ; and to make it appear , he forms an Argument thus .

If the Light which is ( by Natural Generation ) in Reprobates coming into the World , be not the true Christ ; then the Light that is in every Man that comes into the World , ( by Natural Generation ) is not the true Christ .

But the Light which ( by Natural Generation ) in Reprobates is not the true Christ , as above . Ergo , the Light which is in every Man which comes int● the World , is not ( according to your selves ) the true Christ .

Reply : I shall never fear wounding by a Weapon that never comes near me , so this Argument of thine is farr enough off from wounding our Religion , that it touches not , neither comes near , for I believe this , Bond would be hard put to it , to find that Quaker out , that either writ or said , that the light which is in every man , ( by Natural Generation ) is the true Christ ; but he who is the true Ligh● that Lighteth every Man that cometh into the World , is the true Christ ; but thy Natural Light we deny to be the Christ , as well as thou dost , knowing that whatsoever is Born of the Flesh , is Flesh , but that which is Born of the Spirit , is Spirit , at which ( I doubt ) thy enmity is chiefly , although thy Ignorance is not able to put a difference between the one and the other , but here by the way take Notice , that the Apostle doth not say , Christ is not in Reprobates , but that Reprobates do not [ know ] Christ in them by his Light to condemn them : in Page 18. ( he saith ) that I said , I abhor Hour-Glasses .

Answer . This is also false , I said not I Abhor them , for they are serviceable for their proper use , but I said , I deny them as they use them . His Words , viz. His familiar , the Glow warm ( Light within ) what Scripture has he for this ? is not a Blasphemous Character put upon the Light within ?

Farther in the same Page , I take Notice of another grand Lie , and false accusation ; Namely , that I doubted in my Discourse , whether the Word took Flesh of the Virgin , and in that Flesh dyed for all Men. But I account it but a light thing to be Belied , or Evil spoken of by him ; who is not afraid to speak Evil of the Divine and Elect Seed , Christ in the Saints , calling it the Idol Light within , as it follows in the same Page , and now having had so many stroakes at this Heavenly and Glorious appearance of Christ in Man , and not yet sensible of the stroak of Gods Divine Justice against him , he sets forward in his ungodly course , and proceeds to call it ( an accursed Gospel within ) which ( saith he , ) The Lord hath Cursed with a Reiterated Curse .

But I say unto thee , who art thou that Cursest that which the Lord hath Blessed . Yea , and it is , and shall be Blessed for evermore , in which thou hast no part nor portion , who art found Cursing , Shimei like , who Cursed David the Lords Anointed ; so art thou found Cursing Christ Jesus the Light and power of God within , and his Gospel , which as Paul witnesseth , is the power of God to Salvation .

But tell me Sampson , how many hast thou by thy Preaching turned from Satan to God , although thou hast sold it at a very dear Rate , taking for it after the Rates of 250 l. a year , as thy self said , thou wert put by a Benifice of 250 l. a year upon the Kings coming in , and yet are not the People to whom thou Preachest , and of whom thou takest Wages , still in their sins , and is this according to the Doctrine which Christ taught his Disciples , ( freely you have received , freely give , ) but thou art Erred from that , having not received freely , thou canst not give freely , and so people pay dear for that , by which they have no profit ; and indeed they have little encouragement to give thee any more Wages , who said in the Audience of many People in my hearing , that sin must live in them as long as they live , and so have no encouragement to follow thee , who hast no other Gospel to Preach to them , then that which cannot save them out of sin , and so dost plainly appear to be none of Christs Minister , neither hast thou received thy Gift from Christ ; for the Gifts that he , ( when he Ascended up on High , ) gave unto Men , it was for the perfection of the Saints , for the Edifying of the Body of Christ , till they were grown up to a perfect Man , to the Measure of the Stature of the fulness of Christ , in whom there was no sin found . But to proceed ,

In the same Page 20. this false accuser undertakes to charge upon us the sin against the Holy Ghost , from the 6th of the Hebrews , where he charges us with falling away , or wilfully going back again from Faith and Repentance , and further ( he saith , ) that we ( whom he calls Quakers ) have Trodden under Foot the Son of God , and have counted the Blood of the Covenant wherewith we were Sanctified , that is , ( saith he ) Externally , or as to the opinion once of Men , ) an unholy thing .

Answer . Then it appears by thy words , that we were never truly or inwardly Sanctified , but Men had only such an opinion of us .

If this be all , then it appears ( by thy Judgment ) that we cannot be accounted among the Number of those spoken of in Heb. 6th for they were made pertakers of the Holy Ghost , and had a Tast of the Power of the World to come : Now the Apostle saith , If such fall away , it is impossible to renew them again , &c. besides it was such as were Sanctified , not such as were only so in Mens opinions , and were not so indeed .

But I demand what the ground is of this exceeding great charge thou hast laid against us , for as I have said before , ( in Effect ) if not in plain Words , that we ( whom thou in scorn calls Quakers ) do believe in no other Jesus then that very Jesus , who was Born of the Virgin , who suffered without the Gates of Jerusalem , whom God raised from the Dead by his Power , and shewed him openly to many who became witnesses of his Resurrection , of which Jesus we have received a Measure , even of that fulness which in him dwelt , ( i. e. ) of his Spirit , by which we are Sanctified and cleansed , even from the defilement of sin ( in measure ) and do feel ( as we are giving up to Obey the Spirit ) ( I say ) we feel a daily growth and Increase of the same .

And now S. B. what is become of the charge thou hast laid against us , for which thou hast doomed us with no less then Eternal Judgment , is it for any thing else then that thou hast thus Judged us , but because we own the appearance of Christ Jesus within us , by which he doth perform many great and mighty works in us , and for us , even to the overthrowing of the Man of sin , and power of Darkness , and casting him out of our hearts , and also doth set up his Throne in our Consciences , and so is become our King , who hath purchased us through his Blood , to be a peculiar people unto himself . Therefore if thou hast any thing farther to accuse us of , whereby thou canst prove against us such a dreadful charge , as the Treading under our Feet the Blood of the Covenant , &c. Bring it forth against us , or otherwise thou ( by this ) wilt be farther manifested to be a false Accuser , and so shame will take hold of thee , who has gone about this Island in divers places , accusing us with Mallicious accusations , viz. That we had committed the unpardonable sin , even the sin against the Holy Ghost , and now hast not been ashamed to bring it to the Publick view in Print , and yet had nothing Justly to lay to our charge of any Evil , but a heap of lies and false Accusations .

And thou thy self in the 21st Page of thy Book , said , I did confess to the same Jesus whom the Jews Slew , and God raised again from the Dead , where he saith , by this confession , I did openly declare my self a Christian , and no Quaker . And yet this pleases him not , but immediately saith , that by this confusion , I had contradicted what I contended for before ; who never denyed the Man Christ Jesus , no more then the Saints of old , who confess to his inward manifestation , or Spiritual appearance within .

But still this false Accuser S. B. goes on with his false charges against me , takeing up a report from one Bethel , who said ( in publick ) that I told his Wife , that if she believed in any other Christ then that which was within Her , she was Damn'd . This Accusation I denyed , ( as thus declared ) which now in his Book , he makes a large report of the same , and saith , that I know they were worthy to be believed before me .

Answer . What their Reputation is , I leave at present , only this I declare was false as then declared , farther it was said , that I charged Her with Blasphemy . The truth is , I do not remember I spoke one Word to Her at that time , as to charge Her with Blasphemy : But I being discoursing with Her , and speaking something about the inward appearance of Christ in Man , she was ready ( I perceived ) to Judge ( as this Her teacher doth , ) that I had denyed the Body or Man Jesus , and declared of another Christ , whereupon she immediately started up clapping Her hands together expressing these words , ( I pray God I may never be saved by that Christ within ) whereupon I said , then truly thou must be Damn'd , for if Christ be not within the Apostles , saith , they are Reprobates . These were the very words I spoke , not at all denying the appearance of Christ in Body .

So His and their Lies , and false Reports , I leave at their own door , knowing that a day of Account will come , when the Lord will bring the Hidden things of Darkness to Light , and will pass Judgment in Truth and Righteousness .

As for the rest of the matter in that Page contained , about questioning with me about Heaven , I do not remember any thing of it as he has laid it down , only this I remember , that upon some question demanded . I answered , that I did believe Christ was in Heaven , to which , George Bas●ome or Laurance Dill , answered , that I would deny it again to Morrow : So that answer arose from that confession , rather then the foregoing , as mentioned by S. B.

Now in answer to the thing he said , I charge on him , viz. that he had not mentioned Christ as God , in the work of Mans Salvation , Sampson's Bond in his answer seems to affirm , that the Apostles , ( although they knew that Christ was God as well as Man , yet they Preached up the Man only to be believed in for the Remission of sins , both to the Jews and Gentiles , and saith farther , that the Apostles do Joyntly Testifie of the ( Man ) Jesus Christ of Nazareth to be the ( only ) Lamb of God that taketh away the Sins of the World .

Reply . I answer to the former part , although the Apostles in their first going out to preach Christ to the Jewish People , did mention the Manhood , yet this did not at all Argue , that he must not believe in , as God , for the Remission of Sin , for as I have said before ( to the same purpose , ) there was sufficient cause for them so strongly to contend with that people , who had the Scripture , and by the Scripture did understand that there was a mighty Prince to arise of the stock of David , that should fit upon his Throne , and Reign over the House of Israel .

The Apostles might therefore Judge in themselves , that it would be in vain for them to Preach to the Jewes of the Invisible Glory of Christ , till this Scruple were removed , viz. whether Jesus of Nazareth were the promised Messiah , yea or nay .

So I say this was their work , thus to Testifie of him , and then it rightly falls in , after they were brought to believe that this was really he that should come , and that they were not to look for another , and that this King was cut off by such an Ignominous Death , ( I say , ) it did then rightly fall in , to Testifie and declare , and to give them an understanding what manner of King he should be , over what People he was to Rule , as also what manner of Kingdom it should be , viz. a Spiritual King , a Spiritual Kingdom , and a Spiritual People , even Spiritual Israel .

But when the Apostle wrote of Christ to the believing Romans , he declared him as God Blessed for ever as well as Man , Rom. 9.5 . Also he declares him the Lord from Heaven , the quickning Spirit , 1 Cor. 15. He calls him the Second Adam , the Lord from Heaven , and whom Paul was first sent forth to Preach , Act 26. He was sent to turn Men from Darkness to Light , and from the Power of Sathan to God , by all which it appears plainly that it was never the work of the Apostles , nor of any of Christs true Ministers , to Preach Christ to be believed in for the Remission of Sins , as Man only without the God-head , Therefore what God hath Joyned together , let no Man put a sunder .

2. Whereas S. B. saith , that the Apostles bore a Testimony joyntly to the Man , that he was the ( only ) Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the World . No Quaker denys that .

And John speaking of Christ , saith , He was prefered before him , for ( saith he ) He was before me . Now if he had spoke of Christ barely as Man , then John would have been found a false witness of Christ , for as Man , John was six Months before him as to his Age , as may appear in Luk. 2. So he that but a little before charged me , with belying the Holy Evangelist , John himself is fallen under the condemnation , and I am clear of his charge .

Having thus Traced S. B. through his four Arguments , frained to prove his first Charge , and given to each of them a particular answer , grounded upon plain Scripture , Truth and right Reason agreeing thereto , and his many false and Slanderous accusations brought fourth against me and the Light by me believed in , with his Mallicious reproachful Lies and Blasphemies , against the appearance of God in the Creature , and given answer thereto .

I intend now ( God willing ) to pass forward , to note his following Irregularities , he having to do with other Friends as well as my self , viz. The Lyes , Slanders , Mockings , Blasphemies , and False Interpretations of the Scripture ; and to give Answer to the same , as I see occasion : not intending a large discourse upon each particular : But as it were to note here and there ; as I see a necessity , to lay open his Deceit , thereby to clear the Truth , and Friends falsly charged .

And now to begin with his first work following , in pag. 24. he saith , William Bullock ( whose name by him is mistaken ) his name is Stephen Bullock ) was the next Disputant , who mentioned the first of the Rom. 19. which he saith , doth not at all answer the present matter by way of proof , to prove the Saviour within to be the True Christ .

Now here mark how this Interpreter , in his Interpretation of this Scripture , doth make use of one word , viz. Shewed it to them in the Text , which seemed most fit for his turn , not only to confound , but quite to race out the other , ( Manifest in them ) as if it had never been Inserted , that thereby it might not prove that , for which ( I judge ) this Scripture was brought to prove the inward Manifestation of Christ , as God who is Truth it self , even as Christ saith , I am the Way , the Truth , and the Life . Now in the foregoing verse , the Apostle saith , The wrath of God is Revealed from Heaven , against all Vngodliness and Vnrighteousness of Men , who hold the Truth in Vnrighteousness : Mark ! here is a Generation that holds the Truth in Unrighteousness , ( and thus he clears it up ) because ( said he ) that which may be known of God is manifest in them , viz. in these unrighteous Men , but is it not hid in them , nay , it is manifest in them , for he hath shewed it unto them . Now this word [ unto ] this Priest hath mad use of , to overthrow the true sence of the word [ in ] so that by this his interpretation , having raised out the internal manifestation , or inward Teaching of Gods Spirit in the Heart , he hath only set up an External Teacher without , i. e. the Visible Creation without , by which only , neither he , nor the wisest Man in the World , by all their Craft , School-Learning and Fleshly Wisdom , are able to attain to the knowledge of the Invisible God , as it is written , 1 Cor. 1.21 . The World by Wisdom knew not God , but this Apostle witnesseth that they , viz. that wicked Generation had known God , but did not like to Retain him in their knowledge , vers. 28.

So then if the true knowledge of God cannot be Attained too by the Wisdome of this World ( which is not able to search into the Misteries of the Visible things , ) as is plain by the Apostles words in the forenamed , 1 Cor. 1.17 . The World by Wisdom knew not God , then its clear , that they had another Teacher , that Informed them in the knowledge of God besides the Visible Creation .

The next Scripture this said Priest undertakes to open , is in Page 25. John 6.63 . The Flesh profiteth nothing , it is the Spirit that quickeneth : About the Interpretation of which he seems to be greatly confounded , not knowing what Flesh that is that profiteth nothing , and what Flesh that is , that is the Souls Food , that came down from Heaven , of which if any Man cat he shall live for ever : So having opposed the pure Heavenly Light , who is the Saints Teacher , he himself is left in the Dark , with which his own deceived Heart is Darkned : So though he said these Scriptures did not appear to Answer the matter in Hand , yet they are of good service to make manifest the Darkness of the Man .

And whereas Christ saith , It is the Spirit that quickeneth , after S. B. in his ordinary manner of turning and winding of that word , at length brings forth this conclusion , viz. though the Spirit be the Dead Souls quickner , yet it is not the quickned Souls Saviour .

Rep. To me this seems as strange , and as Dark , and as confused a Sentence , as ever I heard expressed , by one that pretended himself a Wise-Man : But herein is the Scripture fulfilled : Job 5.13 . He taketh the Wise in their own Craftiness : For it seems very strange to me , that any Man should be so Dark as to conclude , that that Spirit that giveth Life , doth not save from Death .

Now Man naturally is Dead , according to the Word of God : In the Day thou Eatest thereof thou shalt surely Dye , and Death having got an Entrance into the World , through Sin ; it passed over all Men , because all have Sinned , now Death got Entrance , through the First Man Adams offence ; and Man now being under the Power of Death ; by what means doth Man come to Witness Salvation , or Deliverance from Death , but by Christ , who is a Quickening Spirit , which giveth Life to the Soul thus Captivated under the Power of Death , which is Christ Jesus the Quickening Spirit , which makes the Dead to Live , and sets free from the power thereof , as is Witnessed , Rom. 8 , 2.

So this is my Testimony for Christ Jesus , who is the Lord from Heaven , the Quickning Spirit , who is the Resurrection and the Life , and raises such to Life who are Dead and Buried in the pit of Death and Darkness , and makes them to sit together in Heavenly places , in Christ Jesus , so I say it is he , and he alone who is the Saviour of Mankind ; to S. B. might see if the God of this World had not Blinded his Eye , that the True , Christ the Quickening Spirit , saves as well within as without , so that this Scripture was not mentioned in vain , but plainly proves the Spirit of Christ Jesus in the Saints , to be their Saviour ; both by delivering them from the Captivity of Sin , and being delivered to preserve them from the Power thereof .

The next Speaker ( he saith ) was Patience Bullock , who he said , propounded a question to him . Whether Christ could have saved us without his being God .

His answer , he grants it , and saith the Godhead gave the Efficacy and excellency to the Manhood , and in the 28th Page , he tells us , that the humane Nature of Christ was the only matter of our Salvation , contradicting the latter by granting the first .

Now S. B. what will the result of all this be unto thee , will not all thy wicked Blasphemies against the Lord , and thy revilings of the pure Light , and the Dirt and Mire cast upon the Throne of God in Man , now return upon thine own Head , thy wickedness may be seen ( in this particular , ) in many Pages of thy Book , sometimes calling the Light a Glow-worm , sometimes a cursed Gospel within , Page 20. and frequently , the Idol Light within , but especially in Page 15. there thou art found to joyn both , the Light ( which we know and is sure , is a Measure of Gods Spirit in Man , ) and the Conscience made tender by it , which is his Throne , in which he doeth chiefly manifest himself , ( I say ) thou hast Joyned both together under a reproachful Term , ( that Idol Light tender part within ) so casting Infamy and reproach at it .

So that which thou said of me in Page 5. viz. is truly come upon thy self , for thy Throat is an open Sepulchre , casting out abominable Stinck , and Noisome unsavory scents in the Nostrils of God and all Godly Men. So with most reviling Speeches thou goest on , charging the Light with Antichristianisme , and Villany beyond all the Antichrists that yet hath appeared , which ungodly charge is Recorded against thee in Eternal Record , which thou shalt as surely feel the waight of it upon thine own Head as ever thou spoke it , and so I leave thee to the farther Judgment of the mighty God , whose Spirit thou hast Villified .

But to proceed to thy Inferrences upon Patience Bullocks question , Page 29. Let me ask you this question . Art not thou one of those Carnal Gospelers thou speaks of , that rests in a bare Historical Assent , that the Man Christ Jesus of Nazareth is the true and only Saviour , while ( sayest thou ) they are in no degree partaker of the Divine Nature , for certainly , if thou wert in that Nature , it would manifest it self otherwise then it hath done , of Instance , thy mocking Friends in thy House of worship in Devonshire Tribe , calling one of the Friends Checker-work , and when I reproved thee for it , as a thing unbeseeming thy profession , thou answeredst wantonly , saying , why , is not his Name White and his Hatt Black , is not that Checkerwork . This is no Fruit of the Divine Nature , which is that which is Heir to the Kingdome , but on the contrary , it is a manifest Fruit of Ishmaels Nature , scoffing thee at Isaac's Son , and the Bond Woman , which is to have no part of the Heavenly Inheritance : several other things I might Alledge , as truly gathered out of thy Book , which I forbear here to mention , and only content my self with some of those particulars , Noted by thine own self , as Signs , or Fruits of the Divine Nature , which are a Lively Faith , and a Lively hope , which both these do Manifest themselves ( where-ever they are , by Holiness and Purity , as we may Read in Acts 15.9 . How that the Gentiles who Lived in the Heathenish Nature , when they come to Receive the true and Living Faith , it manifested it self by Purifying the Heart ; and this is a certain Truth , where the Heart is Purified , the Hands will not be Defiled .

And in 1 Joh. 3.3 . The Apostle gives a certain and undeniable Character of a Lively hope , saying , Every Man that hath this hope in him , Purifieth himself , even as he is pure : And in the 9 ver. Speaking of this Nature , saith , He that is Born of God Sinneth not .

So now compare thy self with these Testimonies of the Saints in Ages past , and see if Thou can bring forth such a Testimony of the true Divine Nature in thy self : If Thou should say , Thou could , Thy Book would stand as a Testimony against Thee , especially toward the latter end , where Thou art found to contend with all thy Might , for Sin , ( the Devils Kingdom ) that Men cannot be free as long as they are in the Body .

Now then tell me , where is thy living Faith , and lively Hope thou spoke of ? and art thou not then one of the Carnal Gospellers thou spoke of ?

And whereas S. B. seeks to cast this upon the Quakers , he hath fallen exceedingly short of his purpose , for we are not the Men that ever said , the Graces or the Effects , or opperations of the Spirit within , is the true Christ and our only Saviour , ( as thou chargest us ) but our true Saviour is he , from whom those Graces and Effects come , and by whom those Opperations are wrought in us .

And seeing Thou wert so exceedingly mistaken , that Thou didst understand indeed ( as by Thine own Confession ) that we did make the opperations of the Spirit of God within us , ( which thou callest the effects or Graces of the Spirit ) to be our True and Only Saviour . How darest Thou then , so Wickedly to Villifie the Graces , Effects and Opperations of the Spirit of God and Man ( if we had been so mistaken ) with such Ungodly , Blasphemous , Infamous Terms or Expressions , as in many places in thy Book are found as Antichrist ; Cursed Gospel within Idol-Light , Glow worm , Familier , &c. How canst Thou escape the Judgment of the Righteous God ; for the Lord hath found Thee out , and Thine Enmity against his Spirit is now discovered ; thy covering is found to be too short and too narrow , for thou art not covered with Gods Spirit ; Thine own Pen hath discovered thine own Shame , and the Lord will make the People to see it , even as many whose Eyes he shall open , and thy words shall be thy Burthen in the day of the Lord , for the time draws near that the Lord will Reckon with thee , he doth but wait till thy Cup is full , and then he will Smite and not spare , except in the mean time thou do Repent .

But to Proceed .

The next Scripture ( he saith ) mentioned by me , was 1 Cor. 6.11 . We be to prove Christs Inward Manifestation in the Heart , to Sanctifie and save Man from the Power of Sin , but ye are washed , &c. where ( he saith ) I Craftily omitted ( in the Name of the Lord Jesus ) to abuse their Judgments , to make them believe Justification in the Sight of God , is a work of the Spirit within us : which I can see no other , but that he would have the work of Justification altogether without , and nothing of it known within ; But miserable is that Mans condition who hath no better Evidence of his Salvation then so , but must needs leave his Assurance for another World .

In Page 31. Take notice of the confusion of this Priest , who after he hath so strongly argued for the work of Mans Salvation , viz. that the whole work was perfectly Finished at once ( without us ) in Christs own Crucified Body on the Cross . Yet now he grants that it is to be wrought within us ( not at once ) but by degrees , even by the Spirit of God : so the work which was so perfectly and compleatly Finished before without us , yet now it must be wrought within us , by the Spirit of God , before it can be effectual to us . This is confusion with a Witness , is not thy whole work overthrown , let the Reader consider and judge ? is it not the same thing we have contended for , and is it not the same thing against which thou hast hardned thy Heart , and Stiffned thy Neck ? Is not this the Spirit of God that works thus Inwardly ? that which thou callest The Quakers Pretended Saviour , which thou so often call The False Christ , The Devil , with many other Reviling , Ungodly , Blasphemous Speeches , or did the Quakers ever pretend to any other Saviour within , then the Spirit of Christ Jesus , who is the Light , who is the worker of the things whereof thou Speaks : Well , all this doth Redound to thy own Shame , and will also make thy Judgment more then thou wilt be able to bear , except thou speedily Repent .

Again in pag. 31. S. B. saith , that I said , that I was in some measure washed from my sins , which he calls new Divinity , and a most false and dangerous Doctrine , for ( saith he ) he doth clearly deny that the Messiah Jesus Christ of Nazareth hath at once , by his own Crucified Body ( without us ) on the Cross , finished Transgression and Sin .

Answer . When will thy confusions come to an end ? didest thou not say but now , that though the Work of Salvation were done at once ( without us ) yet it must be wrought by degrees , by the opperation of the Spirit within , and now I come to bear Reoord to the same thing , you cries out , false and dangerous Doctrine ; who is so Blind that cannot see thy confused Doctrines , who can but Judge thee even Drunk with Enmity , as a Man overcome with Strong-Drink , Reeling this way and that way , and but seldome in the Right way , one while confessing to the Spirits working within , and by and by denying it again , besides he doth not only say , that it is false and dangerous Doctrine , but in Pag 32. he tells wherein , saying , it plainly denies the one Propitiatory Sacrifice of the one Crucified Body of the Man Jesus Christ : Immediately ( after his usual manner ) breaking forth in reviling expressions against the Light , calling it unbloody Redeemer , Idol-Light , and the Pope , in all which his Enmity is greatly manifested against the Graces , Effects , and opperations of the Spirit within , which ( he saith ) in page 29. the Quakers make their true and only Saviour .

The next Scripture words mentioned by Friends was , as he said by Stephen Bullock , Rom. 8.2 . The Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus , hath made me free from the Law of Sin and Death ; which was brought to prove that the Spirit of Christ in Man did save from Sin , and although the Scripture was clear in it self , yet it appears , he would have some Argument framed by the Friend , who not answering immediately ( Ismael like , the Mocker , who Mocked at Isaac , the Figure of the true seed ) he broke forth in a Mock , saying , Long fasting parhaps hath made him so Empty . Note , this was the Friend that gave forth the Challenge to try their God by Fasting .

By this Scripture , i. e. The Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus , hath made me free from the Law of Sin and Death ; he saith , that the Apostle doth not mean , that the Spirit did so free him from Sin and Death , as that he was simply delivered from either , but so that it should not Dominere over us , nor Damn us .

Suppose it were so that we could grant him this , yet still the Scripture stands on the Spirits side , ( and so consequently on our side against this Priest , for if he doth save but from the Dominion of sin , that is no small degree of Salvation , so by Right and good Reason , the Spirit was in Paul as a Saviour , and made him free , which if this could be proved , that the Spirit of Christ was ever in any Man as a Saviour , thou saidst thou wouldst give up the Cudgels . But it is plain that Paul became Dead with Christ , Crucified to the World , Dead to Sin , and Alive to Righteousness , and all this through the inward working of the Spirit of Christ Jesus .

Farther he Ignorantly affirms , that the Death Paul was Delivered from , was nothing else , but the Power of a Natural Death ; here People may behold the Ignorance of the Man , was it a Natural Death that Paul so much complained of ? Rom. 7.24 . Was it not the Body of Death , the Old corrupt Nature , which was not yet quite overcome , yet the Law or Power of this Body of Death was strong in his Members , and this was it , that he cryed for deliverance from , and that was it from which that Law of the Spirit of life set him free .

In Page 34. S. B. saith , F. E. stept again , and said , I in thee , and thou in me .

I Answer . The end for which I made use of the Scripture , was to Testifie to the indwelling of Christ in the Saints against his wicked charge , that the Quakers Saviour within , was the false Christ , which perhaps the word might be mistaken in uttering , yet it stands firm in the Record of the Scripture for Truths advantage , in plain Scripture Words ( I in them , and thou in me ) and is part of Christ Prayer to the Father who heard him always , although S. B. by his Interpretation seeks to hide the true sence thereof , and to give a meaning that may answer his own End .

In pag 36. S. B. saith , Mrs. Bullock asked him , whether he did make our Christ within us to be the Devil , to whom he saith , he made answer , viz. That he did Solemnly , with much Reverence ( in the presence of God , to whom I must shortly be accountable for my Words ) declare , that I do most assuredly know , that a Quakers pretended Christ within him , ( Mark ) who Sam. Bond said that was , page 29. The Graces , effects and opperations of the Spirit within them ; whom here he calleth the false Christ , the Devil , with whom ( he saith ) We shall be Damned in Hell , if we Repent not ( Damnable Doctrine indeed ) no wonder he put such a Blasphemous question to Will . Wilkinson , viz. Whether our God were in Hell , Sav'd or Damn'd , such abominacle vapours assends out of his Bottomless Pit many times . But of this foregoing answer , his own Pen hath accused him , for had not he accused himself , I know not any that could ; but as Christ said , Nothing is Hid that sha●l not be uncovered . And for his Warrant to confirm this Sentence , he urgeth , Joh. 8.24 . I said therefore ye sha●l die in your Sins ; which Scripture , with the 21st verse , to which it relates , I turn back again upon himself , as his own Portion , for it is the Doctrine that he Preaches to the People , that they cannot be free from sin while they live , who can otherwise Judge , if so , but that both he and all that Dies in the Faith of his Lies can escape Damnation , except ( with the Papist ) thou canst find a Purgatory , for into the Holy City nothing must Enter that defileth or worketh abomination , Rev. 21.27 .

Farther this Bond , after his usual manner of wresting the Scripture , goes on to comment upon another Scripture , alledged by one of the Friends , Eph. 5.13 . But all things that are Reproved , are made manifest by the Light , &c.

Which by Light ( he saith ) we are to understand , a sin Reproving Light , which he farther saith , is the Light of the Scripture .

But where dost thou find the Scripture called a sin reproving Light , we read indeed in Timothy , that it is profitable for Reproof and Instruction , to make the Man of God perfect , and to Furnish him throughly to every good work , but though it be serviceable to reprove the Actual Sinner , what is this to the manifestation of sin in the Heart , before it breaks forth into Action , which only is made manifest by the Light or Spirit of Christ , as in Joh. 16.8 . and whereas he saith , the Scripture is frequently described by Light , alledging for proof , Psal. 119.105 . Thy Word is a Light unto my Steps .

To this I answer , that ( Scripture ) is not there mentioned . If he say it is the Word , to this I farther give answer , that the Scripture in no place calls it self the Word , though S. B. without any Scripture ground , calls it the Written Word , but it saith , God is the Word , and Christ is the Word , and Ezekiel saith often , The Word of the Lord came unto me , saying , so that it notes the Word , and the sayings , which sayings are ( many of them ) Recorded in the Scriptures of Truth , and are properly the true sayings of God , who is the Word , Joh. 1.1 . He farther to confirm the Scripture to be the Light , doth Note , Joh. 3.16 . Every one that doeth Evil hateth the Light : But experience tells us , that every Evil Man doth not hate the Scripture , but delight ( many of them ) to Read it , and Teach it their Children , but their Enmity is against the Light , that makes manifest sin and Iniquity in the Heart , which is the Righteous Principle of God in the Heart , the sure Word of Prophesie , to which the Saints of Old did take heed , which is prefer'd before the sound of Words without , for the Words without may be falsly Translated , and the true sense of them may be changed , and falsly Interpreted , or written in another Tongue , or the Scripture ( being made up of several Creaters ) it is possible it may be destroyed , but the Invisible Word , the Light ( Christ Jesus ) could no Man destroy , whom the Apostle Paul saith , speaketh from Heaven , Gods beloved Son whom we are to hear , not rejecting the Scripture as it is truly Read , for it bears witness to the Light Christ Jesus .

Several more Lies , and false accusations I meet with in his Book , as page 38. ( he saith ) the Teaching Quakers saith , Christ is manifest in their real Flesh , but the Flesh of ( Christ ) was only in shew and appearance . And in page 38. he charges William Harriot for saying he denyed their out-side Christ , which words I do not remember in the least , neither do any Friend or other People that I have spoke withal , witness any such word spoken by him .

And in page 40. he Proceeds farther with his false charges , saying , The Quakers deny that Christ was true Man , consisting of Body and Soul , ( which is another Lie ) and in the same page , he saith , A teaching Quaker doth deny Jesus to be the Christ , and therefore a Teaching Quaker is a Lier and an Antichrist .

O thou shameless Man ! when wilt thou cease to cast Dirt at Gods Herritage ? when wilt thou cease to accuse the Innocent ? whom dost thou think to Harm , by thy Slanders and Evil aspersions , for they return upon thine own Head , and that most justly , for thy Nakedness is hereby uncovered to thy shame , yet canst thou not cease , but still goest on to defame those Innocent People whom the Lord loves and delights in , even those whom thou disdains , whom the Lord hath Begotten his own Image in , even those doest thou accuse to be of the Dragon and Beast , and to be contradicters and Blaspheamers . Well , The Lip of Truth shall be Established for ever , but a Lying Tongue is but for a moment , Prov. 12.19 .

Another Grand accusation S. B. lays down in page 41. viz. The professed perfection of a Quakers seeming Sanctity , consists in ( thee and thou ) thereby denying all Reverential respects to any sort of Men , of what Ranck or Quallity soever .

Reply . Though it be certainly true , that the Faithful People called Quakers do use the Words ( thee and thou ) to a Singular , yet it is most false to say , that we do it for that End , to deny all Reverential Respects to all sorts of Men , &c.

In denyal of this his false Accusation , I do here Testifie ( in the presence of God ) that when I first took it up , it was in the true tenderness of Conscience , and in obedience to the Inward requirings of Gods Spirit in my Heart , who required obedience of me : And when I first used the word to my Superiours , it being in the Infancy of Truth in this Island , and People had not been used to such a manner of Speech , and my self having been accustomed to say you to a particular Person , it became an exceeding great Tryal , so that if I could have had Peace where I stood , I believe I should not have Submitted , but it was Manifest that it was the practice of the Saints in all Ages of the World , to the end of the Primitive times , so that this manner of Speaking [ you ] to a Singular Person , came up under the Reign of Antichrist , in the Dark Night of Apostacy , in which State I stood as well as many more , but when the Lord was pleased to begin to Rend the Vail that was over the Hearts of People , and the Morning Star arose , and the day of Christ began to break forth most clearly , then the Lord was pleased to begin to open mine Eyes , and I saw ( among the many things that then appeared to be parted with ) that this was one that I must part with , and I must come to the plain Language , which the Saints were in , in Ages by past , every one Speaking Truth to his Neighbour ; otherwise I must part with Truth it self , so I was even constrained to take up the Cross in the self denial , otherwise I saw I could not be Christs Disciple .

So that this is another Slander against the Innocent , tending to the Filling up of S. Bonds Cup , to make way for Gods wrath to be Executed upon him .

For this I know , the Saints Leader is one , and Leads in the Path of Humility , all that do truly obey him ; and in Humility I took up this Practice and not in any Pride , ( the Lord knows ) but can as truly give Magistrates their due a● ever , always having an Eye to Conscience , to keep that undefiled , that the Lord may have first his due : So the Honour belonging to Men , ( to Fathers and Mothers ) is in the Lord , and this is right , and according to the Gospel order . Eph. 5.1 .

Now S. B. in his mannageing of this assertion against us , he lays down his Foundation thus , that ( thee and you ) ( you and thou ) are not always in Scripture , of distinct signification , but are sometimes of the same signification , and to prove this , he names , Lev. 19.12 . Ye shall not Swear by my Name Falsly ; Neither shalt thou prophane the Name of thy God ; and to this adds , Jer. 3.12 . Return thou Back-Sliding Israel , and I will not cause mine anger to burn forth against you . Reply , Take notice of the Subtilty of this Crafty Priest ( he not being willing to come to the true Language , neither being able himself to bear it ) he seeks to Blind the Eyes of People , that so he may keep them in their Sins , by perswading them that God himself puts no difference ( sometimes ) between the words , but makes them both of one signification .

And thus he seeks to Blind People ( perverting or hideing the true sence of the Scripture , and putting upon them a sence best pleasing to himself , for the carrying on of his intended design .

But for all that thou hast said , or all that thou hast yet farther to say , shew me but one Scripture in all the Bible , where the Lord or any one particular Saint ever made use of this word [ you ] to any one particular Person , where there was no more ( at least ) included ; otherwise thy Argument will fall to the Ground , like an old Building whose Foundation is Rotten , and as in reason to use the word ( thee or thou ) to many , is Ridiculous among Men , they being evermore proper to the Singular number , and altogether improper to the Plural ; So on the other hand [ you ] being formed of [ yea ] the Second Person in the Plural Number , is likewise Ridiculous to be put to the Singular . And as to the Scriptures by thee mentioned , ( according to the true Sence of them ) the plain Language is not at all confounded , neither is the words ( thou or you ) at all used out of their proper place , but each bears its own proper distinction and signification , for when the Lord speaks to the Multitude of the Sons of Jacob , as to many ( as it is written ) I will Multiply thy Seed as the Stars of Heaven ) then he uses the word [ you ] but when he Speaks to his People in a particular or singular Sence , as to one House , the House of Israel , or to one particular Nation , he makes use of the word [ thou , or thee ] so the Scripture stands clear from S. Bonds false Interpretation , and the plain Language among Men unconfounded .

So this practice , it is agreeable both to Scripture , Precept , Example , and Right Reason .

But whereas S. B. would make his Hearers believe that the Ancient Saints did use it only as moved by the Spirit ( it is true the Spirit always moves Men to Speak Truth ) but let him shew me in any one particular , were they did use any other manner of Communication then [ thee and thou ] to a particular in their common Discourse : and yet it did no ways hinder them Saints from giving to every one their due , Honour to whom Honour , Tribute to whom Tribute , &c. Neither were those Saints exalted with Pride , as thou falsly chargest us , but Pride doth Manifestly appear in thee , who would have all to bow under thee , and put off their Hats ( a practice never used by the Christians in former Ages , that ever we Read off ) and to bow and scrape , and such like , ( this its like would please thee well ) and for want of this ( I judge ) thou art so filled with Envy against the Innocent , who cannot bow to thy proud Spirit , nor cannot respect persons , knowing that it is contrary to the Faith of the Lord Jesus , and contrary to the Doctrine of the Apostle James , who saith , He that respects persons commits sin , and is Judged of the Law as a Transgressor , Jam. 2.1.9 .

And because we cannot thus stoop to the proud Spirit , and bow to the Exalted will , who lovest to have the preminence ; therefore it is that thou are so filled with madness against us , calling us a proud People , a People of a surely Dumb , Scurvy , Sneaking , Deportment , and Carriage , making us to appear to thy hearers , ( or at least to as to many of them as will believe thee ) that we were the worst of Men , but this is no new thing to be reviled , for the Christians in the Primitive times were accounted by the World as the off-scowring of all things , so we are contented to bear thy Reproaches , Railing and Reviling Speeches , knowing we are not above our Lord , whom thou hast Reproached with as Reproachful Terms , as thou canst find to cast upon us his Servants . So I leave thee it this particular to the Lord to Judge thee , who will reward every one according to their Works .

And Proceed to the Scripture mentioned by S. B. in page 46. where he saith , I brought in the behalf of my Clyant ( the false Christ ) thus Doubling and redoubling his Blasphemies , to the filling up the measure of his iniquity , the Scripture is , Joh 1.7 . The Blood of Jesus Christ his Son , cleanseth us from all unrighte●●sness , and because these Words seem to him too like a Quaker , therefore after his usual manner , because he cannot alter the words , he will make his interpretation thereof to serve his turn , and so turns all ( only ) outward , Christ outward , and Blood outward , and Cleansing outward , viz. from the Pain or punishment of Sin , as is clear , page 47. so perswading poor Innocent People , that the Word of Life which made the World , and preserves all things by the Word of his Power , is such a thing or Person that might be seen with a visible Eye , and whose voice might be heard with the outward Ear , contrary to the Words of Christ , to the Jews who did see the Body and heard the outward voice , yet the same Jesus doth Testifie , they neither had heard the voice of God nor seen his shape , and farther he saith , that God was manifest to three of the outward sences , and so Lodowick Mugleton's God is S. Bs. God , who said , his God had Arms and Shoulders as he had , and this appears to be S. B's Faith , that the God head was manifest Flesh , real Mankind Flesh , as in page 41. so that he would have the Efficacy of the Blood , extend no farther ( at the utmost ) then to take off the Punishment of Sin , which is contrary to the Apostle , in Heb. 9.14 . Where he saith , The Blood of Christ purgeth the Conscience from Dead works to serve the living God . And whereas S. B. would make his interpretation seem good by the following Words , if we say we have no sin , we are Lyers , by this he would make People believe , that notwithstanding all the cleansing there spoken of , yet sin remains , and they are Lyers that deny it , to which I give answer , I do not so understand the Words , but rather if any shall deny that they have any sin , and so consequently that they have no need of cleansing , they are Lyers , and I have just reason so to Judge , after the Apostle had farther Enlarged his Testimony concerning Cleansing , in the last verse he speaketh thus , ( if we say ) we have not sinned , speaking of the time past , and not of any present being of sin . For indeed if there were no sin , there were no need of a Saviour , no need of a Sacrifice , but this we do believe , by Nature all are Sinners , defiled with sin , and children of wrath , having the Heart and Soul defiled with Works of unrighteousness , but now being washed and Cleansed from ( all ) unrighteousness , what doeth , or can remain , when ( all ) is taken away , then the Soul must needs confess to the Truth that he hath sinned , and this must needs be the meaning , otherwise the Apostle would be found contradicting his own Doctrine , Chap. 3.9 . He that is Born of God doth not commit sin , and saith farther , He cannot sin , because born of God

In page 48. S. B. saith , he asked me a question , viz. whether the Saints was cleansed from all sin by the water of regeneration , or by the Blood of Justification .

To the which ( he saith ) I answered , by the Water , which he saith , caused many People to Laugh .

Answer . Of this Question , I remember not one Word , nor of the answer , thereto annexed , only this I very well remember , that when I spoke of the opperation of the Blood of Cleansing , he looking to the People said , it was never known , that ever the Blood of Christ ever cleansed any Man from Sin , but he said , it was the Water , ( and said ) we deny the Water .

But having here an opportunity , I do bear forth my Testimony according to the Scripture , 1 Joh , 5.8 . There are three that bear Record on Earth , the Spirit , the Water , and the Blood , and these three agree in one , so that this I believe , that the Spirit , Water , and Blood , do agree in one in their operation , in Washing and cleansing the Soul from sin , and there is three that bear Record in Heaven , the Father the Word and the Holy Ghost .

The next Scripture Alledged ( he saith ) was Heb. 10.15 . But a Body hast thou prepared me , to which Scripture several of us strictly urged an answer , viz. who that ( me ) was for whom the Body was prepared , although ( in his Book ) he said he answered , that it was the God head of the Son , yet I remember very well how he was at that time greviously confounded about it , and no other answer could we receive from him ( at that time ) so far as I remember , but this , viz. by ( me ) was meant the Body , though urged over and over , though now , after better consideration , he hath brought forth a smoother answer in his Book .

And whereas in page 49. he saith , that the Leading Quakers , hath brought forth ( in Print ) that this prepared Body was prepared in Heaven , and brought with him into the Virgins Womb , which Body ( he saith ) that they the Leading Quakers calls a mistical , Invisible , Spiritual , Heavenly Body of Flesh and Blood , and that the mistical Invisible Body , is the true and only Saviour , whose Birth , Death , Resurrection and Glorification is ( only ) Mistical and Invisible .

Reply . I am perswaded , if this Priest had known any Quaker that had so written as concerning that prepared Body of the Son of God , he had not so little Enmity in him , but he would have brought forth his Name or Book , whereby it might have been made manifest , but in as much as he hath done neither , I return it back upon him again as an Imagination forced upon his own Heart .

And as for that of George Fox , concerning the Nature of Christ , that it was not humane , but Divine , I have bore my Testimony agreeable thereto before , and so leave S. B. to prove it by the Scripture , which lies upon him as a necessity , in as much as he hath laid it down as a necessary point of Faith .

One thing more , of which he chargeth the Faithful Servant of the Lord G. F. is , that he hath abused the Scripture , 2 Cor. 5.11 . For we which live are always delivered unto Death for Jesus sake , that the Life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our Mortal Bodies .

Now the abuse charged on G. F. is , that he reads it thus , the Life of Jesus is manifest in our Mortal Bodies , thereby making that present , which the Apostle makes future at the Resurrection .

Answ. The words [ might be ] doth not so much note the time as the end , wherefore the Saints were always delivered up to Death ( even ) for that very end , that the Life of Christ might be Manifest in their Mortal Bodies ; all that might Dye to the Flesh and to the World , and Sin might no longer Live in them , but that the Life of Jesus might be Manifest in their Mortal Bodies ; Now if G. Fox witnessing the fulfilling of this , and did Testifie to the same , how did he abuse the Scripture , or belye the Apostles words , as thou hast falsly charged him , but it is plain thou hast wrested the Scripture , in that thou say'st it is only at the Resurrection , when Paul himself witnessed the same thing , before he went out of the Body . Gal. 2.20 .

And yet in contradiction Priest Bond saith in pag. 72. that the Body shall be raised Spiritual , as Christs Body of Flesh and Bones , after the Resurrection was Spiritual , our Bodies shall not be raised Natural corruptible Bodies , but Spiritual Incorruptible Bodies , though the Body of Man be not Natural corruptible or Mortal Flesh and Blood , and as saith unfit for the Kingdom of God , but in the Resurrection the Body will not be so , for it will then be Spiritual incorruptable , immortal Flesh and Blood ; Priest Bond in this hath contradicted himself , and is made to confess the Quakers Principles .

And for what thou hast to charge Isaac Pennington withal , ( I believe ) he was a Spiritual Man , and was better acquainted with Heavenly things then Sampson Bond , and so could speak as he had known , felt , and received them in Spirit , which is a Mystery to every Natural Man , for the Wisdom of this World ( with all the acquired parts that it can Furnish the Natural Man withal ) cannot know or Receive the things of God , because they are only known and received in the Spirit .

But it had been a great point of Wisdom in this Priest to have been still and quiet , and not to speak Evil of the things he knew not , neither understood , but he that thus will rail against the Light of Christ which ( the Saints believe in ) will not spare his Disciples .

Thus have I searched over the first part of his Book , which concerns his first charge , wherein I have noted some of the abuses , Slanders , Blasphemies , Confusions , and soft contradictions of S. B. and ( according to the Measure of Light I have Received ) briefly answered the same .

I shall now pass on to the Second charge , viz. that the main end of the Quakers Meeting in these Islands , is to make the Lords Christ his Holy Spirit ; his Angels and Apostles , all Lyers and false Witnesses of God .

And to make good this his Ungodly false charge against us , he lays down this for his Foundation , viz. That we are G. Fs. Disciples , and therefore that this is our Principal , that the Light is in us , ( which he calls pretended Light , is our true Christ , Teacher Rule and Guide , to be heard , believed in , walked unto and obeyed as the only Saviour , to give Remission of Sins and Salvation with God , to which he said we consented , from whence he draws down this conclusion , viz. That we did thereby Grant , that the end of our Meetings , is to Teach a denial of Jesus Christ of Nazareth , the Man approved of God to be our true and only Saviour which Teaching ( said he ) is to make the Lords Christ , his Holy Spirit , his Angels and Apostles , all Lyers and False Witnesses of God .

Reply , The Ground of this his charge , is of the same Nature , with the former , because we confess to the Spirit within ( which is Light ) and therefore he concludes that it must needs follow , that we do deny the true Christ , which he concludes to be the Man Jesus without , without having any respect to any thing that dwelt within , or ( at least ) without any Respect to the Spirit of Christ , whose Office it is to cleanse the Soul from Sin , and so consequently doth save and Redeem from under the power of Death .

Reply . This his charge is absolutely false , for our Hearts , viz. The Hearts of the Faithful amongst us , is truly set to serve the Lord , and our main end is truly to Worship him in Spirit and in Truth , and if in the Indeavours of our Hearts to bring this our end to pass , and for want of a true understanding in the Scripture , we had mist of the thing , must it needs be charged on us , that it was our main end so to do , ( I believe ) few that have any tenderness in them , will believe thee .

But on the other Hand , it is Manifest that the Man Jesus did declare himself the Light of the World . Joh. 8.12 . and so to be believed in , Chap. 12 , 46. now as Man barely understood how could he be the Light of the World , which Light is a Heart searching Light , Rev. 2.23 . therefore it must be understood in the Spirit , and he declares himself one with the Father , Joh 10.30 . in whom dwelt the fulness of the Godhead bodyly , who was before Abraham ; John 8. and it was the Godhead , the Invisible power , for which the Body was prepared , and this power dwelling and acting in the Body , was that which unheld it in this great work of Mans Salvation , and it was through the excellency , worth and power of the Indwelling Spirit which was one with the Father , which the Invisible Eye only could behold , by which the satisfaction was made , and the purchase of the Heavenly Inheritance obtained , by whom Remission of Sins , Justification , Sanctification and Everlasting Redemption is obtained , this is he in whom we confess to be our true and only Saviour , in whom we believe . And in as much as he did direct his Disciples , that after his departure , they should wait for his Spirit , which the World could not receive then , no more then they can do now : which ( saith he ) dwelleth with you and shall be in you ; and this Spirit was to be waited for , even by his Disciples that had been taught by him , and he was to be their Guide , and their Instructor , and their Leader , and in the Spirit they were to Worship the Father , and this is the word of Faith , even Christ , the begetter of Faith in the Heart , and must be believed in and obeyed , and walked up to , according to his Inward Moons and requirings , which always moveth and leadeth into the things that is good , and maketh manifest the Evil , and reproveth for it : and this is not received by Natural Generation , but by the Inspiration of the Almighty , which is Light , which shines in our Hearts , and gives the knowledge of the Glory of God , in the Face of Jesus Christ , and this Spirit , Life and Power dwelt in the Son of God without measure : but in the Saints in measure ; and this is he by which the Saints are Sanctified , and do receive full assurance of the everlasting unchangeable Inheritance , and this is wrought by degrees , by the same Spirit by which the Saints are continually given up to Death , to dye to Sin , to dye to the Flesh , to dye to the World , that the Life of Jesus may be made Manifest in their Mortal Bodies .

And the Manifestation of this Spirit being given to every Man to profit withal , and we believing that every Man hath Received a Measure of this pure Light , according to Joh. 1.9 . therefore do we direct People to turn in their Minds to this Heavenly Principle , this Heart searching Light , that makes Manifest Sin and Transgression , and leads the Soul out of Captivity , from under the Power thereof , and these things we declare and Exhort People to submit unto the same , for herein only is the true Spiritual Worship witnessed .

And now S. B. what wilt thou say ? Wilt thou judge this is to deny Christ ? or to make him a Lyer , who was truly God ? or to make the Holy Spirit a Lyer , to whom we thus Testifie ? or to make the Angels Lyers , who Testified to him as a King whose Kingdom was not of this World ? or to make the Apostles Lyers , who bare so large a Testimony to his Spiritual appearance , I know and am sure had thou received thy Message from the Lord , or ever walked in the Path of the Righteouss , thou wouldst have had another Message to declare ; then any yet I can see come from thee .

Now all the Scriptures that S. B. brings to prove his charge , they are such as proves the same Jesus to be the Saviour , who was one with the Father ; And however these Testimonies of Christ , the Spirit , the Angels and Apostles , seems to speak of the outward Man ; yet thereby we cannot understand it any otherwise then as he was the Christ and Saviour of the World , who dwelt in the Father , and the Father in him , and the words he Spoke they were not his , but the Fathers that sent him .

But he goes on to Revile the Light , with his common term of Idol , which Idols and Idolatrous practises was ever hateful unto God ; But the more he Reproaches it , the more he doth heap up Vengeance upon his own Head ; to be Executed upon him in the day of the Lord .

The next thing to he considered , was a Sentence of Scripture , Spoken by Will Harriot , in denyal of the Priests false charge , concerning our M●etings ; saying , The Apostle Travelled in Bira●h for the Gallations , till Christ was formed in them , which words he Spoke without naming Chap. and ver. for which he derides him , and calls him Impertinent Simpleton , and with all he Glories that he could readily point at the Chap. and ver. to which I answer , is this any point of Religion ? Is it any matter of Salvation ? Is it nor rather a chief part of thy Trade , which thou hast been Exercised in more then twenty years : and peradventure Received for thy Hire , several hundred pounds worth , ( and this is contrary to the Doctrine of Christ , and agreeable with the Practise of Balaam , who Loved the wages of Unrighteousness ) now it were a sha●e for thee Trading with the Scripture so long , and not to have thy Trade perfect .

The Scripture was Gal. 4.19 . The which Scripture this Reviling Priest makes use off , to Reproach the ( Light ) thus . If when Paul writ to the Gallations , Christ was to be formed in them , then the Light in every Man ( the Quakers Rotten Principle , which is in every Man by Natural Generation ( he saith ) is not the True Christ .

Rep. In defiance of this Heavenly Principle , I say thou art an Ignorant Man : for this Light is of a more Noble Birth and Generation , for it is of Gods own begetting , and so not of a Fl●shly Generation ; for that which is Born of the Flesh is Flesh ? but that which is Born of the Spirit is Spirit .

And it is one thing to have this principle in them , and another thing to be in Union with it , it is one thing to have it in a Man , and another thing to be formed into its likeness , now none can Witness the formings of Christ in them , but such as do receive Christ ( the Light ) they , and only they , receive Power to become Children of the most High God , even they that believe in his Name , which is the Power , by which Christ Jesus was raised up from the Dead , and such who by Faith lay hold on the Power , the Word of Life , the quickning Spirit , by which the Saints are begotten again into Christs Nature , and Christs own Nature raised up in them , and so is Christs Word fulfilled ; you in me and I in you : And thus to know Christ is , not to deny the Body which suffered and Rose again , for the Saints which Testified of the Man , did also bear Witness to the Spirit which was their Guide , and Leader , and Instructer , and Saviour , and Saved them from the Body of Death , and Power of Darkness , and Law of Sin , and Mortified Sin in them , and their Vile affections which were upon the Earth , was Subdued by the Spirit of Christ , and they came to know him to be the quickning Spirit , quickning and Enlivening them , and raising them up , to sit in Heavenly places in Christ Jesus , so Old things were Witnessed to pass away , and all things to become new , new Nature , Will new , Assertions new , Desires new , all New .

The next thing to be considered , is his Ridged sencering of Will . Harriot , with his Fellow Seducers , ( as he calls them ) Pag. 59 , 60 , 61. In which he shews his Persecuting Spirit , in passing such a Sentance as Whipping , for no other Transgression then to deny such a Doctrine as is not truly grounded upon the Scripture , and not only so , but in divers particulars contrary to the Scripture .

And for this , he takes the Scripture for his Rule , Joh. 2.13 . And Jesus went up to Jerusalem , and found in the Temple those that Sold Oxen , and when he had made a Whip of small Cords , he drove them out of the Temple , and said unto them , make not my Fathers House a House of Marchandice

Now Mark ? what ground hath he , or can he rightly gather from hence , to punish a Man with Corporal punishment , for matter of Judgment and opinion , because he cannot receive his Doctrine , was this , for which they were Whipped , ( Judgment or Opinion ) was it not rather matter of Fact , and so justly deserving Corporal punishment , for they were Buying and Se ling contrary to the Law of God .

And how c nst thou be justified S. B. who art found doing the same things , who pretending to be a Minister of Christs , and to have received a gift for the Service of the Church , which is Christs Spiritual Temple , and yet contrary to the Doctrine of Christ , ( who Taught his Disc●ples to dispence their gift freely ) thou makes Sale of this thy pretended gif● , making Merchandice of the Scriptures , and of thy Prayers , and of that which ye commonly call Sacraments , and thus thou art making Traffick of thy pretended gifts . So now do thou seriously consider , and tell me which way thou canst clear thy self from this Transgression , and so from just punishment , according to thy Transgression .

Secondly , thy Transgression is beyond the Transgression of William Harriot , if thou cou●dest make him out to be a Transgressor ; or if thou couldest make good thy charge against him , he did not Curse , or Reproach , or Villifie Christ , as thou hast done against the inward manifestation of the Spirit in the Saints whom we believe , and are su●e is that very Spirit in Measure , in each that dwelt in Jesus Christ without Measure , whom thou hast Reviled , Blasphemed , and Repro●ched , whom the Lord wi●l reward according to thy Works .

And thus thy persecuting Spirit doth manifestly appear , so that we see plainly , ( had thou Power in thy Hands ) what would become of all such as Decented from thy Doctrine , Corporal punishments would soon attend them , Whipping Posts , and Gibbets , and Halters , and such-like , would soon be our Portion from thee , whom I once heard to say , that we Lackt a Halter to Choak our Errors , a manifest Token of a Persecutor , who art also found here pressing the Magistrate , ( as much as in thee lyes ) to Execute their Power against such as D●scent ( not from the Scripture ) but from thy Judgment or opinion of the Scripture , nor from the true Christ .

The next Prater , ( he saith ) was William Wilkinson , who bec●use himself hath answered the several particulars , wherein he was chiefly corcerned , I do not find such a necessity so much to concern my self with the same .

In the 62 Page , this Priest reasoning strongly with William Wilkinson against the inward appearance of Jesus Christ the Saviour of the World , he saith , that Fran. Estlack shot his Boult , and said , the Deity was in him .

Answer . The word ( Deity ) was not mine but his own : Nevertheless I did bear my Testimony to the Indwelling of the Spirit of Christ . And here ( Mark ) he undertakes to know and declare my meaning , meaning ( said he ) that the Deity ( only ) was my true and only Saviour ) which by adding this Word ( only ) seeks to perswade People that I deny the Body of Christ , but to this I have said sufficient before , but immediately in a kind of deriding manner , in answer to my Words said , So he is in Catts and Doggs . Judge , is not that an Irreverent Expression .

But here by the way , I cannot but take notice of his exposition of the words of the Apostle , 2 Cor. 5.16 . Though we have known Christ after the flesh , yet henceforth know we him so no more .

Here he saith ( Flesh ) is not here taken for the mankind nature of Christ ; but Flesh is to be understood in this sense , ( viz. ) we must know him no more after worldly greatness and honour , creature Pomp and Dignity : So this Priest saith the word ( Flesh ) is to be understood .

To which , I answer , although the Jews did expect the Messiah so to come , this was but their blind imagination : But when was he ever known so to come ? When did either Jew or Gentile so know him ? Therefore , I say plainly , ( to me it doth appear that S. B. hath greatly wronged this Scripture ; for he ( viz. ) the Apostle , doth seem to confess that they had known Christ after the Flesh ; but sure I am , they never so knew him , as decked with the Glory of this world ; for he said , The Son of man hath not where to lay his head : So by the Flesh could not be meant of a fleshly glory . From whence I thus argue , If Christ must be known no more after the Flesh , then he must now be known only after the Spirit ; or else the knowledg of Christ must cease , for that will truly follow : And if so ; then the Flesh of Christ as Man , and the Spirit which is God , is truly distinguished ; so God is not the Flesh of the outward Man , neither is the Flesh of the outward man God , as this Priest doth presumtuously seem to affirm , without any true ground of Scripture to maintain his Doctrine .

But this by the way .

But to return again to the words or expression of this Priest , for which I did before charge him with Blasphemy , he sought to gloss it over before the people , as if he spake of God in a more general way , ( although by his own confession in his Book , he spake of him as a Saviour ) as the Being of all Beings , and gives Life and Breath unto all living , and is the upholder of the Creation ; without whom nothing could consist .

Which he pretending this to the people , it was not at all out of the good order , to press the inward presence or manifestation of Christ in his Saints : Yet a little farther , I still making use of the former Scripture , which is , Christ in you the hope of Glory : At which he said he was moved , and it was manifest by his prophane and ungodly expression ; If Christ be in you , whether is he in your Brains , Leggs or Guts : But this expression as S. B. then spake it , he hath not truly set it down in his Book : But it appears he hath been exercising his File , he spake of in the b●ginning of his Book , having seen some Ruggedness in his expression , which hath ( perhaps ) caused him to mince it , and also to change the word ( Guts ) into Bowels , to which he saith ; my answer was ready ( this is an Ishmael . )

Yea , and I say again , thou art an Ishmaelite , and I believe according to the name ( in one sence ) thou art ( heard of God ) for the Lord hath heard thy revilings , and thy Scornings , and they are recorded and written as with the point of a Diamond , which shall never be razed out except thou repent .

And by these thy mocking and s●offing expressions , that Nature doth manifest it self in thee more and more to be Ishmael's Nature , the Son of the Bond-woman , who hath no part in the Inheritance with the Son of the Free woman ; but must be cast out , because he was seen to mock at Isaac , the figure of the blessed Seed : But thou art here sound mocking at the true Seed , as it is raised up to raign in the hearts of Gods Elect.

The next thing I take notice of was the passage about old Henry Smith , who was , as at that day , above Eighty years of Age , to whom he said positively , he spake them words ( there inserted in his Book ) which I believe the one half of them were not expressed by him , though what he spake was to that purpose : But whether the Old Man heard his words , so as to understand them or not , I know not ; for that sence was greatly decayed i● him , and he was likewise at a pretty distance from him ; but it is likely he perceived he spake to him , which made him come down from his standing : And had the old Man perfectly heard what he said , it is probable he would hardly have answered , being a Man slow of speech , and not free of utterance ; and being aged he was constantly possessed with a trembling in his Body ; so that none can say truly that he trembled for any thing the Priest had said : But for what end he went to this Priests House , neither what he did there I know not ; but this I say , from that day forward , I never knew him any ways inclineable after any of that Generation , to the day of his death ; who is now deceased , and I believe is at peace with the Lord .

But to go forward , in Page 68. S. B. saith of Jesus Christ , That he is in the third Heaven ( above ) and that he hath in the Heavens ( above ) true Flesh and Blood , the nature and properties of a true man-kind Body : And this he proves chiefly by bringing in of Four Questions ; so where Scripture fails , they seek another way to prove their assertions .

Reply , That Christ had a Body we own , which was of the Seed of David according to the Flesh , as it is said , he took upon him the form of a Servant ; and as the Children were partakers of Flesh and Blood , he himself also took part of the same , and in that Body performed the Will of the Father in all things that was given him to do , and dyed , and the Lord raised it up again , and he had shewed himself many days , and he ascended , and a Cloud received him out of sight ; of whom the Angels witnessed , that the same Jesus should in like manner come again afterward . And John in his Revelation , when he saw him in the Heavenly Visions , he describes him far exceeding the outward Son in glory : And as he is declared in the Scriptures , we so believe , avoiding his unscriptural imaginations .

But to go back a little to speak a few words to the matter , or Argument of Sampson Bonds , to prove that the Spirit of God was not in William Wilkinson , in page 66. which Argument was this :

Because the Spirit that was in W. W. ( and so consequently in every Quaker ) doth not agree with the Water of Baptism , nor the Blood of the Supper ; And thou ( said he ) denies both the Sacraments .

To which ( he said ) William Wilkinson answered , he had both Baptisme and the Lords-Supper within him .

Reply , I say also with William Wilkinson , Baptisme and the Supper is within ; but for the word Sacrament I deny , it being a non-Scriptural expression . But as to your Water-Baptisme ( as ye now use it ) it is of your Father ( the Pope ) ( whose Children ye are , while ye observe his works and do them ) for it neither is , nor never was an Ordinance of God ; neither is there any express Rule in Scripture for it , neither Precept nor example .

And farther , I say , as to John's Baptismes , which was with Water , That was to decrease , as John did affirm , saying , I must decrease , He must increase , I indeed Baptise you with Water , but he that cometh after me , he shall Baptise you with the Holy-Ghost and with Fire .

And as John testified , so it came to pass ; for as the Baptisme of the Spirit increased , so that of Water decreased ; and the Disciples and Christians ( in that day ) did not lay such stress upon the Water then , as ye do now , saying . That it is a matter absolute necessary to Salvation ; and Children cannot be saved without it , if it might be had : For Paul himself , who was not behind the chief of the Apostles in Preaching of the Gospel , what he did in that particular , it is probable he did in his own freedom , having no positive command for it ; for he said , he was not sent to Baptize , but to Preach the Gospel , 1 Cor. 1.17 . And the rest of the Disciples , when they were sent forth to Teach and Baptize , in Matt. 28. there is not a word of Water mentioned .

And the Apostle Paul , in Ephes. 4. saith , there is one Lord , one Faith , one Baptisme ; which B●ptisme is spiritual , and Baptizeth or plungeth into the death of Christ ( all true Believers ) by which they feel a dayly dying to sin : And their Consciences washed with pure Water , which Water agrees with the Spirit in purging the Soul from Sin , and this Baptisme is within , known and witnessed there by the Spirit : But for your Baptisme without , it agrees not with the sanctifying Spirit , for it reacheth no farther than to wash the Flesh . And speak ingenuously now S. B. and tell me , ( among the many Hundreds thou hast Baptized with the outward Water ) canst thou say , in the presence of God , that there is one Soul that has thereby received any true spiritual profit ? I conclude , not one .

Now , as the Baptisme is within , so the Supper is within also ; for we do witness Christ Jesus to be come nigh unto our Souls , who is the heavenly Substance , the living Substance , of which the visibles were but shadows ; and now the thing signified , the true and heavenly substance , is possessed and enjoyed inwardly , by which the Souls of the Faithful are nourished up unto eternal Life ; for the Church is in God a spiritual House , a spiritual Temple , a spiritual people ; being born a new of the Spirit , and witnessing a birth brought forth in them , that cannot be sed nor nourished with shadows ; but its meat must be Meat indeed , and its drink must be Drink indeed , suitable to its own Nature , which is Spiritual and Divine .

Neither do we ( who witness the Day of the Lord appeared ) feel the Spirit of the Lord , to lead our minds back again into the signs and shadows , otherwise we should be ready to follow , for he is the Saints gu●de , and leads them into all Truth , and gathers the mind inward , to wait for the teachings of the Spirit , who is their Prophet , Christ within , their Bishop , their Shepherd , their King , their Lord and Law-giver , on whom they wait , to receive the Law from his mouth . Well , said Christ ( when he was to depart in the outward ) It is expedient for you that I go away ; for if I go not away the Comforter will not come ; but if I go away I will send him : For great is the profit indeed , that the Saints have , and do possess in and by the Spirit .

Nevertheless , this heavenly treasure that we do possess and en●oy , it is in the earthen Vessels , in which it doth manifestly shine forth ; so that we are thereby led into a good and comely order , having our meetings also in the good and wholsom order , where the presence of the Lord is felt in the middest of us ; as the true assembling and gathering in the name of Jesus , which is the power , is truly witnessed , and his workings in the particular Vessels is sundry sometimes , so that the creature being sensible of the working of the Power , sometimes breaths unto the Lord , ( while sitting silent together ) sometimes uttering it self in a sigh or groan , sometimes ( feeling the raptures of the heavenly joy ) breaks forth into singing , which this mocking Priest which dwells in Ishmaels Nature ( deridingly ) calls Humming and Canting ; and wher●as some , who with Eve , have hearkned to the Tempter , whereby their minds have been led out into disorderly and unlawful actions , this he hath cast upon the true Baptisme of the Spirit ; but the reward of the Mocker is the Judgement of the Eternal God , which shall be this Priests food for ever , except he repents .

And so much in Answer to his second Charge ; by which it is manifest , that the main end of our meeting in this Island , is not to make the Lords Christ , the Holy Spirit , Angels and Apostles , all Lyers and false-witnesses of God , as this Priest hath falsly charged us : But the main end of our meetings is to wait , to feel his living motions , requirings and leadings , that by it we may be led to glorify the Father , Word and Spirit , in the true guidance of the Spirit , into the true and Spiritual worship , which is well-pleasing unto God .

I should now proceed to his third and last Charge ; but because W. Wilkinson hath given some answer thereto already , I suppose I may sum up the Answer in the fewer words .

The Charge is this .

That the prime Principles of a Quaker , are the same that were held and professed by the Beasts that Paul fought with at Ephesus .

To thee , oh ! thou false Man , I make this Reply , in Answer to this false Charge .

Art not thou ashamed thus to utter Lyes , oh ! thou false Tongue ? Dost not thou know thou must give an account for these things to the Lord ? For now , had their Principles been our Principles , Paul would have had no need to have made War against them ; neither would the Apostle have had any such caus● to leave them under such an odium upon the record of Truth to all succeeding Generations , calling them Beasts , for no other cause that we can here on ( from thee ) but for denying the Resurrection , and yet I can s●e little but thy bare word for it neither , though thou saist it is manifest in 1 Cor. 15. Beside , there were many that were found in this error , as the Sect of the Saduces , yet were not left under that odium ; which makes me judge that the Apostle had seen some other bruitish principle or practice , which caused him thus to contend with them : But if thou could prove that , yet it would be too much for thee to undertake to make good thy Charge ; because we do not at all deny the Resurrection : And to lay open the wickedness and falsity of this thy Charge , I shall here declare to the World , what our prime , chief and leading Principle is :

Our prime , chief , o● leading Principle is Christ , ( the Light ) whom God hath given for a Leader , who hath enlightened every man that c●meth into the world , which Light hath shined in our dark Hearts , and manifested it self in our Conscien●●s , by which we first came to see our m serable state and condition , being by nature Children o● Wrath , and under the power of Darkness , in which state we were separated from God , from hit Spirit ; and this Light which discovered our woful state under sin , and in transgression ; we felt it also to Judge us ; and as we gave heed unto it , and regarded its reproofs , and hearkned to its voice , which voice we often hea●d in the cool of the day : But ( I say ) as we began to have regard unto it , and believed in it , and obeyed its voice , we found it was the way of Life , and its leadings ( we discerned ) was always out of every thing that was evil ; and if at any time we turned aside to hearken to the Enemy , we found it to rebuke us and Judge us , and then our peace would be broken , and pain and anguish we should feel in our Souls , and some of us sometimes would be afraid that it was the dictates of a natural Conscience ; and then we were afraid of being deceived ; but coming into seriousness and weightiness , we found that all men by nature were dead ; but this we discerned was living , and as we obeyed we felt its life to spring up in us , and we were quickned by it , and it lead us more and more out of death and darkness , and living openings in the mysteries of Salvation we come to receive , then we began to grow bold and confident ; that this Light was truly the Light and Spirit of Jesus : So he became our Leader ; and as many as were faithful to it received power , and waxed strong , and are brought ( in some measure ) to the Word of Life ; and through Christ alone hath the Lord raised us up to be a people , whom the World ( deridingly ) call Quakers ; and for the sake of this Righteous Principle , have many of this people deeply suffered ; yet of it we are not ashamed , but are resolved to follow it ; although through the Tribulation , through the Cross and Self-denyal , believing that he will Crown us with an Everlasting Crown of Glory : So this is our Faith , That the Lord will raise us up at the last day ; for if the Dead rise not , we were of all creatures most miserable , being given up to suffer what Man shall be suffered to do unto us : But this is our Faith , That the Lord will raise us up according to his promise , and will change our vile Bodies , and will fashion them like unto his glorious Body : So being satisfied as concerning the Love of God , That there shall not be any thing wanting to make our Inheritance perfect , to our eternal content and satisfaction , we can leave that to the Lord , to prepare us a Body as it pleaseth him : So this Light of Jesus Christ is our Principle , which was not the prime principle of the Beasts which Paul fought with at Ephesus ; for this was the very thing that this Apostle was to turn people to , Acts 26.18 .

So I have done with this Charge ( only noting one thing in Page 72. where he said , I called to him for his Bible ) I call'd not to him for his Bible ; therefore let that be added also to fill up his measure , who I perceive is so hardned , he neither cares much , what he either saith or writes , for it was not in my heart to call to him for his Bible ; but I said , if I had a Bible I could prove it ( viz. ) That the dead shall not rise the same Body : Immediately he profer d his , and I found the place , where the Apostle comparing the Resurrection to a Grain of Wheat , saith plainly , It cometh not up the same Body , but God giveth it a Body as it pleaseth him .

Thus have I gone through S. B's Book Entituled , The Quakers in Burmondas Tryed , &c. In which Book , I have noted some of the many Lies , Slanders , Blasphemies , &c. and have openly detected them , that Truth may be cleared from the many Slanders cast upon it , and the Professors thereof ; that such as are not wilfully blind may see : but the rest shall be hardened .

Fran. Eastlack .

A Postscript .

HAving gone through that part of Sampson Bonds Book , which concerned the Dispute upon the first day of the third Month , 1678. and answered the matter ( chiefly ) as I found his words laid down by himself , I shall now shew how that many things were spoken by him in his house of Worship ( in the Audience of all the People ) in Devon-shire Tribe ( so called ) on the dry above mentioned , which words I writ while they were fresh in memory , and divers Friends signified Truth of the same .

The first thing that I noted ( which he spoke in plain Words ) was this , That Jesus of Nazareth , as man ( barely considered ) is the only material Saviour , grounded upon the Words of Simeon , Luk. 2. and the Testimony of the Apostle , Acts 2. &c.

Secondly , That the Spirit of Christ was never in any man as a Saviour .

Thirdly , That Sin doth live in all Men , while they are in the Body .

Fourthly , The Priest , after an ugodly manner demanded in what part of our Guts Christ was ? For ( saiad he ) If he be in you , he must be in your Legs , Brains or Guts : and if he were in your Brains , he would teach you more wit .

Fifthly , That Christ was not the Son of God : but as he is Man , grounded upon Christ his Words to the Blind Man ; when he demanded of Christ who the Son of God was ? Jesus answered , I that speak unto thee am he ; which this Priest said was only the Man .

Sixthly , That in the Resurrection , we shall rise again the same Body for substance , Flesh , Blood and Bones . But the Quallities shall be Changed , so that he that dyes a Fool shall rise a Wise Man , and he that dyes Crooked shall be raised Straight : This was an Imagination of his own Brain : For there is no Scripture for it .

And Lastly , He Demanded , ( after an ungodly manner ) of Will . Wilkinson if God were in Hell ; whether he was their Saved or Damned .

These Wicked Erroneous , and Ungodly Expressions were uttered by him that day : by which the Wise in Heart may Judge what Spirit this Priest is of , who is also a Teacher of others in Burmudus .

Fran. Eastlack .

Appendix .

SAmpson Bond , thou saist in Page 14. That if any Man seek to be Justified by the righteousness of the Law , as most of the Quakers do , &c. This horrid Lye and Forgery S. B. hath not proved as in Page 14. for we being Justified freely by his Grace through Redemption that is in Christ Jesus , who dyed for our Sins , and is risen for our Justification , Rom. 3. and we are Justified by Faith in his Blood : And as by the offence of one , judgement came upon all men to condemnation ; even so by the righteousness of one ( to wit Christ ) the free gift came upon all men to the justification of life , Rom. 5.18 . and a great rabble of this he hath pack'd together in three or four Pages , as though We should deny Jesus Christ of Nazareth , his Death and Resurrection , because we are Witnesses to the Apostles Doctrine , who saith , That Christ is in you except ye be reprobates , 2 Cor. 13. And again , the Apostle saith , That Christ may dwell in your hearts by Faith ; and as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord , so walk in him , Col. 2.6 . And again the Apostle saith , Christ in you the hope of glory whom we preach , &c. Col. 1.27 . Now this is the true Christ Jesus which we own , which the Apostle Preach't IN people as well as WITHOUT , and Christ Jesus who came according to the Promise and Prophets of God , and how he died for our sins according to the Scripture , and that he was buried and rose again the third day according to the Scripture , and is ascended at the right hand of God , and manifest , and dwells in the hearts of his people , and he that hath the Son of God hath Life , and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life , 1 John 5.12 . And thus we and the Apostles do own Christ within , and we do abhor that lying poysonous Tongue of S. B. who saith , We deny Jesus of Nazareth who was crucified , dead and buried , and rose again , and sitteth at the right hand of God , and yet dwells in his people by Faith ; and if Priest Bond do not know Christ in him , then he is a reprobate , and then let him consider who dwells in him , if it be not the Devil and Satan whom he hath so often in his mouth : And was not Saul persecuting Jesus of Nazareth in his Members , when he said , Saul , Saul , why persecutest thou me ? as in Acts 9.4 . and Saul said , who art thou , Lord ? and he said , I am Jesus of Nazareth whom thou persecutest , Acts 9.5 . and Acts 22.8 . Priest Bond , could Saul get into Heaven to persecute Jesus of Nazareth but in his Members ? as thou dost now in us , and callest him a false Christ and a Devil as he is in us . And Priest Bond , all those Scriptures that thou hast brought or perverted , and misapplied in thy 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 Pages , which we say he hath brought to prove his false Charge against us , That Jesus Christ of Nazareth , a Man approved of God , &c. who is the true Christ and Saviour , who died for our Sins , and is risen again for our Justification , who is at the right hand of God , and is the one Mediator betwixt God and Man , even the Man Christ Jesus ; we say , this true Lord Jesus Christ , who is revealed in us , as he was in the Apostles and Saints , he hath not proved to be a false Christ , a Deceiver , the Devil , and an Antichrist , as he wickedly and blaphemously saith , who hath sold himself to work wickedness , and made lies his refuge to corrupt and defile peoples minds withal , and all these Scriptures , Acts 2. and 4 , and 10. Chap. Luke 2. John 4. Heb. 10.1.2 . Chap. Col. 1. Ephes. 2. 1 Pet. 2. Heb. 9. Luke 24. Mark 6. Acts 1.3.7 . chap. and many other Scriptures may be brought to witness against his false , slanderous Charge ; and his second Charge , and all the rest is as false , and stuft full with a rabble of Lies , as the first : So Priest Bond hath brought all these Scriptures to prove Jesus Christ the true Saviour , which no Quaker doth deny . But how doth S.B. own the true Lord Jesus Christ without , if he doth not own the true Lord Jesus Christ revealed within , who is the Saviour ? As the Apostles , and the true Christians , in scorn called Quakers , do : For doth not Antichrist and Deceivers confess Christ without as S. Bond doth , and call the true Christ within , Antichrist , a Deceiver , and a Devil within his people , and so persecutes Christ in his Members like Saul ? So Priest Bond hath proved himself to be in the Spirit of the Scribes and Pharisees who profest Christ to come , and when he was come , they said , he had a Devil , and by the Prince of Devils cast out Devils . And now the true Christ is come that dyed , and rose again , and ascended at the right hand of God , and is revealed in his people as he was in the Apostles , and now this true Lord Jesus Christ who dwells in his people who are no Reprobates , Priest Bond in his false , wicked , blasphemous Charge , to prove this true Lord Jesus Christ in his people , a false Christ , an Antichrist , a Deceiver , a Devil , in this he hath proved himself a Deceiver , and a Reprobate , and no true Christian , but hath manifested his folly and madness to all that read his Book .

Sampson Bond who stiles himself late Preacher of the Gospel in Burmoudas , who saith he had a Dispute with the Quakers in Burmoudas , and they did say , in Joh. 1.9 . That that was the true light which enlightens ever man that comes into the world , and this Scripture F. E. he more especially insisted on , S. B. saith , to prove Christ to be the true Light , and that Light to be the only Saviour which is in every Man that comes into the World , whence saith S. B. F. E. Argued , That the Quakers pretended Saviour within is the true , and not the false Christ .

And S. B. answers and saith , It is true , that by the Light in that place of Scripture , the true Christ and only Saviour is meant . Here S. B. makes a publick confession in Print , and saith , It is true , that by Light in that place of Scripture , Joh. 1. the true Christ and only Saviour is meant . So then here S. Bond doth confess that it was the true Christ whose Name is called the Word of God , by whom all things was made , and in him was Life , and this Life is the Light of men , and this was the true Light which is the Life in Christ , the Word that was made Flesh , who enlightens every man that comes into the World , John 1.9 . as in Page 8. And in Page 10. thou saist , As for your Idol ( Light-Christ , &c. ) and scoffingly saist , Did ever the Jews Crucifie your feigned God-head-Light within ? Here thou hast overthrown thy confession as before in Page 8. who saist , It 's true , that by Light in that place of Scripture , John 1.29 . the true Christ and our only Saviour is meant , &c. and now thou callest him our Idol Light-Christ , in Page 10. But we tell Priest Bond , That Christ did not dye as he was God , or his Godhead , but he was Crucified in the Flesh , and as he was Man , whom we believe and confess according to the Scripture , Jesus of Nazareth was born of the Virgin , who dyed for our Sins , and is risen for our Justification , who is ascended at the right hand of God , and is revealed in us his people .

Priest Bond , thou saist in Page 12. 13. These Scriptures , Rom. 10. &c. the Word is nigh thee , even in thy mouth and heart , that is , the Word of Faith which we Preach : And further saist , I do not apprehend how these Scriptures answer the Arguments — which proveth a Quakers pretended Saviour within him to be the false Christ , the Devil : nor how they prove their pretended Saviour within to be the true Christ . In this , Priest Bond , thou hast shewed thy malice and blasphemy against our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ , who dyed for our sins , and is risen for our Justification , &c. and is revealed in us by his Spirit , and rules in our hearts by Faith , yea , he whose Name is called the Word of God ; and we are not of them who say , Who shall ascend into Heaven to bring Christ down from thence ? or who shall descend into the deep to bring Christ again from the dead ; but the Word is nigh us , even in our hearts and mouths ; according to the Apostles Doctrine : And so we do believe in our hearts , and confess with our mouths , the Lord Jesus Christ whom God hath raised from the dead , by whom we are justified and saved .

Here the Reader may see some of Priest Bond's filthy , lying , blasphemous Language , that he hath Printed against the people of God called Quakers , Your Idol Light-Christ , Page 10. Quakers are filled with envy ; and speak against those things which were spoken by Paul , O seducing Quakers , twice over . In Page 12. hath S. B. uttered these horrid Lies , Did ever Paul Preach Christ Jesus till God had revealed his Son in him ?

Again , S. B. saith , A Quakers pretended Saviour within to be the false Christ , the Devil , Page 13.

S. B. We believe thou art nearer the Devil , than thou art the true Christ the Saviour , who rules in the hearts of his people by Faith , who through death , destroys Death , the Devil , the Power of Death ; and the false Christ also .

S. B. saith , A Quakers , &c. Saviour within is not the true , but false Christ . Page 14.

These are Lies without proof , and this Lying Spirit that rules in S. B. may as well falsly accuse the Apostles , as the Quakers ; who said to the Church of Corinth , Know ye not your own selves , how that Jesus Christ is in you , except you be reprobates ? And again the Apostle saith , Christ in you the hope of glory , whom we Preach , &c. 2 Cor. 13. 1. Col. 27.28 . and yet S.B. saith , If thou confessest with thy mouth the Lord Jesus Christ , and shall believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead , thou shalt be saved : But , S. B. did Paul confess Christ till he was revealed in him ? And can Reprobates confess Christ to their Salvation , in whom Christ is not ? S. B. Thou saist ( in Page 15. ) Where do you Quakers search for your Gospel , Word of Faith , surely not in the Scriptures without , but at your Oracle , that Idol-Light , &c. O! thou Idol-Light within , &c. But Priest Bond , Is not the W●rd of Faith in the heart Gospel ? Dost not thou say it is true , in that place of Scripture , John 1 : By that Light which enlightens every man that comes into the World , the true Christ and our only Saviour is meant ? and in Page 15. thou calls the Light of Christ within , an Idol-Light , and saist , O thou Idol-Light within . What mad confusion art thou in ? And then thou saist , That Idol-Light , tender-part within , which you falsly call the everlasting Gospel and Eternal Word , ( as in Page 15. ) and yet thou confessest in Page 8. that every man that comes into the world is enlightned by Christ the Son of God , as he is the Eternal Word : And is not the Gospel the Power of God ? And is not that Eternal or Everlasting ? Rom. 1. Rev. 14. Is not the Light called the Light of the glorious Gospel of Christ , who is the Image of God , & c ? And God who commanded Light to shine out of Darkness , hath shined in our hearts , to give the Light of the knowledge of the Glory of God in the Face of Jesus Christ , 2 Cor. 4. and it is false to say , that we affirm , that the Word was never made Flesh ; and here thou maist see thy contradictions , who confessest the Word Eternal in Page 8. and contradicts it , and scoffest at it in Page 15. who saist , Search for your Gospel Word of Faith , surely not in the Scriptures , — without , but at your Oracle that Idol Light within , which you falsly call the Everlasting Gospel , and Eternal Word : Yet thou contradicts thy self , and saith , p. 8. Christ the Eternal Word enlightens every man that comes into the World : And now thou callest the Light within , O thou Idol Light-within . Here thou maist see , how thou dost Blaspheme against the true Light , and the Life in Christ , the Word , which enlightens every man that comes into the world , Which will be thy Condemnation , who hatest it , and blaspheamest against it .

More of S. B.'s bad Words , Page 16. [ The Light within doth justify the vilest Antichrists . No , it condemns thee and them .

Page 16. S. B. saith , — Metonymia , &c. F. E. understands no more than the Hour-Glass that is before me . But S. B. hath not proved , that the Gospel-Ministers Preacht in a Pulpit , like Ezra ; neither hath he proved , that Ezra had a Cushion , which he makes such a work about ; nor his Word Metonymy , by Scripture , which he says is his Rule . S. B. saith , A Cushion is familiar ( the Gloe-worm Light within ) the Idol Light within , Page 18. 19. Antichristian Divinity ( to wit ) the Light in Man , &c. These are Priest Bonds soul words .

S. B. saith , You blind Leaders of the blind , blush and tremble at your accursed Gospel within , &c. page 20. Answer , We are not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ , for it is the Power of God unto Salvation , to every one that believes , Rom. 1.

S. B. — The Eternal Word , which ( as ye affirm ) was never made Flesh , page 15. and page 18. thou gives thy self the Lye , when thou saist , F. E. the Quaker said , That the Word took Flesh of the Virgin , and in that Flesh dyed for all men : Thou sayst , that this motion pleased F. E. so well , to make a deliberate repetition of it ; and this thou scoffingly calledst F. E's New Divinity , the Idol , Light within : But where did ever the Apostles call the Light of Christ , which shines in the heart , an Idol , Light within , as thou blasphemously saist ? But here it is clear , thou hast manifested a Lying Spirit , who saist , page 15. that we affirm , the Eternal Word was never made Flesh . And then again , in page 18. thou art made to confess thus , viz. I shall here take up an expression which I had almost forgotten , which this Disputant F. E. doubled in his Discourse , namely , ( That the Word took Flesh of the Virgin , and in that Flesh died for all men ) — That God sent Christ to save all men from sin and death ( as he F. Eastlack said ) whose Sufferings , Sacrifice , Mediation , Intercession and Offices we do own and witness , as inwardly wrought and performed in us , and for us : And this thou dost confess , page 18. That the Quakers did confess Christ was in their hearts , and scoffingly saist still , the Idol Light within , and callest this a New Doctrine . Now here it is clear according to the Scripture , we did confess the Word became Flesh , and Christ was put to death in the Flesh , and so died for , our Sins , and is risen for our Justification , and is revealed in our hearts by his Spirit , by which we know him to be our Mediator and Intercessor , and without him we can do nothing ; who exercises his Prophetical , and his Priestly , and Kingly Office in his Church .

S B. And again thou saist , We affirm , the Eternal Word , was never made Flesh : and then in Page 21 : thou confessest , that F. E. the Quaker said , that the Word took Flesh , and in that Flesh Dyed for all Men : Here again thou givest thy self a Lye in thy own Book . In Page 20. S. B. saith , You most certainly would do your uttermost , to Crucifie Him again ( to wit Christ ) These are some of thy malicious Lyes : for Christ is our Life and Saviour , Heb. 6.7 . S. B. may apply to himself , and Heb. 10.29 . And then S. B. is at it again , That a Quakers pretended Saviour within him was not the true Christ , but the false , Page 22. O most Horrible Quakerisme , digged out of the Bottomless Pit — thy Light Christ — Conscience — seducing and Lying Quaker — the false Christ within , Page 22. See the venom of this Man : for F. E. the Quaker confesseth , that Jesus Christ of Nazareth was received up into Heaven , Page 23. And because the Quakers say , this true Christ is revealed in them by his Spirit , and rules in their Hearts by Faith , this S. B. with his evil Spirit calls him the Devil and the False Christ . And the Quakers make a distinction betwixt the Conscience and Christ , for the Conscience may be seared : and the Quakers do not say that every Man that comes into the World hath received Christ , because he enlightens every Man that comes into the World : for them that believe in his Light are saved , and them that do not , are Condemned .

S. B's . Wicked words , Page 24 , and 25. As Blind as Bayard , the false Christ , the Idol light within ; a Syllogysme , a great Monster to him ( to wit to the Quaker ) That is not the Quakers Monster , but S. B's . Thou saist the Eternal Power and God-head was manifest in the unconverted Gentiles ; yet in another place thou saist , Christ the Saviour within is the false Christ . What confused Babylon Stuff is this ! and yet S. B. saith , That this was the Gospel Word that was Preached , which profited not neither Jews nor Gentiles , that did not by the mouth of Faith eat the Flesh and drink the Blood of our only Saviour . So then , if they eat his Flesh , and drink his Blood by the mouth of Faith , it is within them : But did they eat this outward Flesh or humane Flesh as thou callest it ? and yet S. B. saith , in Page 26. The Quakers Saviour within is not the true Christ , but of the Devil . And Page 15. thou saist , Where do you teaching Quakers seek for your Gospel Word of Faith ? Surely not in the Scriptures ? and in Page 26. This was the Gospel Word , that was Preacht , &c. Saith S. B. in contradiction to himself , who saith , Surely not in the Scriptures without , but at your Oracle , that Idol light within , that the Quakers have searcht for : then hath not S. B. watcht for the same at his Idol light within , though we do abhor his blasphemous words against the Light of Christ .

S. B. saith , that I do affirm Jesus Christ as man is our only material Saviour , and that the Manhood of the Son of God is the only material Cause of our Salvation , and by necessary consequence , the Manhood or humane Nature of Christ was and is our only material Saviour : Page 28. But where doth S. B. prove the word Material and Humane Nature in Scripture , which he calls his Rule ? Is Christ's Humane Nature the only Saviour ? Was Christ sent without the Father ? Did he Rise from the dead without the Fathers Power for our Justification ? Doth Christ only reconcile the World without God ? But we do confess , that Jesus Christ was an Offering for the Sins of the whole World ; and so he suffered in the Flesh , and was quickned by the Spirit , and is alive , and lives for evermore : and so dyed for our Sins , and rose for our Justification . [ S. B. Blasphemous words ] Idol-Light within , Page 29. Old Popish-trick , Carnal-Prophetess , as Carnal-Gospellers , Anti-Gospellers : I charge S. B. to prove these foul Words of his by Scripture .

S. B. Quakers Light within , is but the Pope without ; If the Quakers Light of Christ within had been the Pope without ( as in Page 27. ) then the Pope and the Papists would never have imprisoned and persecuted the Quakers to Death , like the New-England Priests and Professors have done , and S. B. would not have blasphemed so against the Light . And now all people consider , doth not S. B. keep all people in darkness , and in a reprobate State ? for he saith Christ within is a Devil , and the Light of Christ is an Idol ; seducing Quakers , confounding Dogs and Swine , and a wretched desire to blot out of our Hearts the Blessed Name ( to wit Jesus , ) all these are S. B's Lyes . Again S. B. saith , the Idol-Light within , Obedience to the Light , that unbloody Redeemer , the Pope without , is become the Quakers Light within , Page 32. But Reader , didst thou ever read such Lyes and wicked Language against the Light within , and against the Quakers , the Children of the Light , who are redeemed by the Blood of Christ ? And again : Frank's Seducers , Titular disputant , and Christs Humane Nature . What Scripture hath S. B. to prove these words , which he saith , is his Rule ? but shews none , ( as Page 34 , 35. ) And again he saith , That a Quakers Saviour within is not the true Christ : Surely thou canst not be so Bruitish ●s to think so , but rather the contrary , that is , the false Christ , the Devil . S. B. if thou hadst been in the days of the Apostles , who told the Saints , Christ was in them , except they were Reprobates , thou would'st have said as much to them . When W. B. said to S. B. That the Light makes manistest ; which so troubled S. B. that he said , He th ught that W. B. his loud lowing and bellowing was to prevent him of asking where these Words might be sound in Scripture , which he says he did forbear to ask . Was this a good answer for Priest Bond ? Instead of answering W. B. he gives him foul Words . ( Page 37. ) The Light within thee is the true not the false Christ I hope . Saith S. B. Thou art not such a BULLOCK as to think it to be the true Christ . ( Page 38. and 39. [ Deceivers , Antichrists , Smoak-Coale . ] If Christ be not in his People by his Light , Grace and Faith , &c. Then Priest Bond would not have spoken so many ill words against Christ and his Light within , [ Page 40. Bonds bad words , seducing Quakers , seducing Quakers , Deceivers and Antichrists . ] Then he saith , They are of the Dragon and Beast , making War against the Lamb — do deny Jesus Christ of Nazareth to be the Christ , &c. These are all horrid Lyes from Priest Bonds foul mouth . For Christ we own as is said before ; and his Lyes are sent home again .

Pr. Bond. says THOU and YOU is Diabolical to Idolize ( as the Quakers do ) [ THOU and THEE ] making it the dayly fuel ; for your levelling , inflamed Pride . — This Bruitish kind of practice , — see if Priest Bond be not full of Pride , who cannot endure the word Thee and Thou , which is so frequently practiced in Scripture , which he calls his Rule .

A Quaker , who denies the Trinity , &c. but he hath not proved the Three persons , nor the word Trinity in Scripture , which he calls his Rule , Page 43. Pr. Bond , Page 44. A Shame to be of your Sneaking , Surly , Dum , and Scurvy Carriage , Unwritten Scripture , ( that Idol-Light ) within , — Page 44. — Deceit , Blasphemy , Pride , Foolishness , of these four Links hath Satan made your Chain of darkness — your Idolized Thou and Thee , ( Spring of your Scurvy and Surly deportment , ) Thus poor . Ignorant ones are deluded by your equivocations — the Quakers is a Conscience of obeying his proud Lusts , and of disobeying Gods inspired Laws , for a Quaker boldly to Blaspheme , Page 45. These are Priest Bond 's Slanderous Words and Lyes . The Light within is written Scripture , ( which he saith is unwritten Scripture ) as you may see in 2 Cor. 4. which he blasphemously calls your Idol Light ; and did the Apostles Idolize Thee and Thou , when they frequently used it ?

Priest Bonds foul words , You are possessed with the infernal Spirit of superlative Pride against Jesus . F. E. makes another motion on the behalf of his Client , the false Christ , Saviour within , &c. To wit , The Blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all Sin , Page 46. Here you may see the false Language of Priest Bond , For doth not the Blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God Cleanse from all sin ? And if Christ be not in him , is he not a Reprobate ? But Priest Bond saith , that F. E. left out some part of the Scripture , to wit , His Son , but Priest Bond himself hath left out more , but what will serve his own Turn . And as for his Lyes and filthy Language he may take it to himself .

S. B. saith , Sundry persons laught at Francis ( to wit , when they were disputing of the things of God . ) Page 48 , Page 49. he says , the Idol-Light , Christ within : the Word Humane comprehends both Soul and Body , Page 49. But Priest Bond hath not proved with his Idol light within , Christs Soul and Body to be humane by the Scripture : is not the Soul Immortal ? And is the Soul of Christ humane ? and is humane Immortal ? And in Page 50. Priest Bond is at humane nature again , and humane , and humane ; but Priest Bond hath not proved by Scriptures any of these words , which he saith is his Rule .

Priest Bond , The Manichees Doctrine , namely , That Christ brought from Heaven an Invisible Body of Flesh and Blood , into the Womb of the Virgin . Undoubtedly the Quakers have drunk in this Poison originally from them — to advance the Idol light within . This Poison comes out of Priest Bonds Bottle , and he may take it home again , not the Quakers : For we own the true Jesus Christ , as both the Angel and the Apostles have declared , his Conception , Birth , &c. as he was of the Seed of David , &c.

Pr. Bond , This seducing Teacher doth not confess Jesus Christ of Nazareth — the Idol Light within Juggling , Cheat , &c. Page 52. These are Priest Bonds horrid Lies and Blasphemy , Christs flesh glorified in Heaven above ; which precious Truths are worth nothing in the account of a Quaker . These are Priest Bonds Lies : And yet Priest Bond saith , That the Quakers do believe in Christs Body of Flesh and Blood , and that he did dye for sin , and rose again , and that he is mans only Saviour . See Priest Bonds mad confusion and contradiction in Page 53.

Priest Bonds bad words : Wickedly equivocate — Idol Light within — Leger-demain — a Bratt hatcht in their Addle-Brain , Page 53. Idol Light within , p. 55. Teach a denyal of Jesus of Nazareth — Lyers and False-Witnesses , Page 54. Enemies , Liers , — such Liers , — Seducing Quakers , Cursed Liers , Horrid Blasphemers , aim to make the Angels of Christ Liars . Again , They do in their meetings and aims make the Apostles of Christ Liers and False Witnesses of God , &c. the Idol-light within , Page 57. Here the Reader may see Priest Bonds foul Language , and his ravenous blasphemous spirit and lies against the Light within : And the Quakers own Christ Jesus within and without , as the Prophets and the Angels , and the Apostles have declared him : We do witness Christ , both his Birth , Death , and his Resurrection and Ascension .

Again , Priest Bond saith , The Light that is in every man ( the Quakers rotten Principle ) by natural generation , is not the true Christ , Page 58. And Page 8. in contradiction to himself saith , It s true , that by Light in that place of Scripture ( viz. John 1. That was the true Light , which enlightens every Man that comes into the World , the true Christ and our only Saviour is meant . And yet see how often over he calls the Light of Christ an Idol Light within , and now a Rotten Principle , and the False Christ the Devil . But how doth Priest Bond prove Christ the Light ( which he confesses to be the only Saviour , who enlightens every one that comes into the World ) to be a Rotten Principle , and by natural generation ? and that he is not the true Christ , who enlightens every wan that comes into the world . And yet in Page 8. Priest Bond confesses , That the true Light that enlightens every man that comes into the world , the true Christ and our only Saviour is meant , John 1. For the Quakers never said , that this Light came by natural generation , which Light enlightens every man that comes into the World , which is the Life in Christ our Saviour .

More of Priest Bonds foul words ; Lunatick , Crafty , Knave , Wedding-Cloaths faced with a dissembling madness ; Quakers have learned their ignorant Disciples to glory in their own flesh : Blasphemous contempt upon the glorified manhood , Page 59. These are Priest Bonds horrid Lies and madness . And yet S. B. saith in Page 21. That F. E. the Quaker , did believe , that Jesus of Nazareth , a man approved of God among the people , whom the Jews slew , and God raised from the dead , and raised up into Heaven , is the true Christ and only Saviour : Yet in Page 59. thou saist , the bold and open wickedness of W. H. who did reflect blasphemous contempt upon the glorious manhood , &c. in Heaven above . Here dost not thou abuse the Quaker , who said he did believe and confess that Christ suffered in the Flesh , and was received up to Heaven as thou confessest ? Page 21. And Page 23. S. B. saith , W. H. called S. B's Christ an outside Christ ; which W. H. denies : But Priest Bond calls the true Christ which is revealed from Heaven in his People , a Devil ; and the Light of Christ in his People , an Idol ; therefore what Christ is it that S. B. owns , but Antichrist ? Priest Bond goes on in his foul words , Thou art blasphemous rude ; ye make it your profest Religion to derogate from the true humane substance of the Lord 's Christ — ignorant , seduced Quakers , Page 60. These are Priest Bond's Lies , and his own Blasphemies . As for the word Humane he hath not proved it by Scripture . Again , Priest Bond's foul words ; With a Brazen Forehead , and seared Conscience , villifying the holy thing born of Mary , called the Son of God . And yet Bond confesses a little before , That the Quakers own Christ Jesus born of that Mary , both his death and resurrection , &c. And in Page 61. Open Deriders and Blasphemers , contemners of him ( Christ ) false Glossers : These are Priest Bonds foul words ; which Lies he may apply to his self . Priest Bond saith , Page 62. F.E. shutes this Bolt , to wit , That the Deity was within him : and saith , that the Deity is in Cats and Dogs , as well as in F.E. which he hath not proved by Scripture .

P. Bond , The Legerdemain of seducing Quakers ; baffling , prating Quakers , page 63. which foul words he had better applied to himself . S. B. F. Eastlacke said , 'T is Christ in you , &c. Priest Bond scoffingly ask'd him , Whether Christ was in his Lye — Legs , Brains or Bowels ? An Idol light within , Blasphemer , the Quakers who glory in their own flesh ; bitter , mocking , sarcastical , blasphemous , scorning , scoffing , quaffing Quakers ; All this ungracious , filthy Language , proceeds from Priest Bonds Lying , Poisonous Tongue , Page 64. 65.

S. B. Thou saist , F. E. thou hast renounced both the Sacraments : Still the Idol Light within , Fanciful Principles , invisible Sacraments , Blasphemy , thy dreadful cursed Apostacy , Page 66 , 67. These are Priest Bonds Lies and foul expressions . Page 68. They deny Jesus of Nazareth the only Saviour . O thou poor sinner , that art deluded — Visible and Invisible hand-shaking of God .

Page 80. Stephen saw Christs humane body in Heaven above : Priest Bond with all his Lies , who saith , that Scripture is his Rule , hath not proved such a word as Humane in Scripture . Neither doth the Apostle say that Stephen mentioned a Humane Body , in Acts 7. But Stephen saw the Heavens open , and Jesus standing at the right hand of God , being full of the Holy-Ghost : And the Quakers own Christ more than Priest Bond. Here are more of Priest Bonds railing words ; Bruitish Disputants , Bruitish Principles , Lude Fellows of the more bruitish sort , Seducing Quakers ; These are more of Priest Bonds lies and filthy Language . W.W. desired Priest Bond to shew him an express Scripture , which saith , that the Beasts which Paul fought with at Ephesus , denyed the resurrection of the dead : And Priest Bond makes a great rambling in three or four Pages , and when he hath been beating the Air , he brings no express Scripture . Priest Bond saith . That the Body shall be raised spiritual , as Christs Body of flesh and bones , after the resurrection were spiritual , Page 72. And S. Bond saith , in Page 69. Stephen saw Christs humane Body in Heaven above : And doth not Priest Bond nick-name the Lord's Body , and call it humane over and over in his Book ? And is humane spiritual ? As in Page 50. [ Humane Nature . ] How doth he prove Christs Body Humane Nature ? And now confesses that Christs Body of flesh and bones after the resurrection was spiritual , and yet humane ; and also confesses , with W.B. the Quaker , who speaks concerning the Resurrection , It is sown a natural body , it is raised a spiritua● body . And S. B. doth confess , in 1 Cor. 15. that the body shall be raised s●iritual . So Priest Bond hath granted the Apostles and the Quakers Principles , and yet Priest Bond makes a great noise to no purpose in three or four Pages , and at last grants the thing , as in Page 72 , 73. Priest Bond brings John 5. Christs saying , who saith , I say unto you , the hour is coming , and now is ( Mark , now is ) when the dead shall hear the voyce of the Son of God , and they that hear shall live , &c. Marvel not at this , for the hour is comming , 〈◊〉 which all that are in the Grave shall hear his voyce , and shall come forth ; th●● which have done good , unto the resurrection of Life ; and they that have 〈◊〉 evil , unto the resurrection of damnation . Here as Christ in John 5. and the Apostle in 1 Cor. 15. this Resurrection the Quakers do believe and own as Christ and his Apostles have declared it ; and yet S.B. wickedly saith , The Principles of a Quaker are the same , which are held and profest by the Beasts that Paul fought with at Ephesus , that denyed the Resurrection , that the Body of Christ was not raised from the dead : These are all Priest Bonds horrid Lies , and he hath contradicted and confounded himself , and saith , That Christs Body of flesh and bones after the Resurrection was spiritual , and the Body ( to wit , of the Saints , 1 Cor. ) shall be raised spiritual : and saith , that F. E. the Quaker did confess , that the Word took Flesh , and in that Flesh died for all men ; and that Jesus of Nazareth was received up into Heaven , Page 22 , 23. And Priest Bond brings Caril's saying , When the Body shall be raised again , it shall have many beautiful and glorious additions : so the Body laid down in the Grave , is raised not the same in all things ( Page 73. ) And Priest Bond saith , If the same Body that dies be not raised up , but another kind of Body , it cannot be Resurrection . Then he cries out Blasphemy , and saith , Flesh and Blood doth signifie not natural flesh and blood , of which the Body is now composed and made up ; as such it is corruptible , and cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven . But what must we understand from S. B ? That natural flesh and blood enters into the Kingdom of Heaven ? Page 74. And doth not Priest Bond contradict himself , and Priest Caril also , Page 72. and 73. who saith , The Body is raised a spiritual Body ? And Caril saith , It is not the same in all things , Page 52. the visible , material Body of Jesus Christ , and yet a spiritual Body , Page 72. And Page 75. In the Resurrection , the Body , &c. it will be spiritual , incorruptible , immortal , flesh and blood , fit to enter the Kingdom of God . Our Bodies from their natural state were spiritual . Again , Our Bodies shall not be raised natural , corruptible bodies , but spiritual , incorruptible bodies ; and as such , they will be fit for Glory in the Kingdom of Heaven , Page 17. Here Priest Bond is made to confess at last fully the Quakers Principle concerning the Resurrection ; and yet he contradicts himself , and saith , Stephen saw Christs humane Body in Heaven above , after he was risen , page 69. And Priest Bond saith , If it be another Body that was raised from the dead , then it is not the same Body that died , page 71. Yea , Priest Bond confesses , in Page 72. It is raised a spiritual Body : But S. B. is like one of those Fools spoken of , which Paul had to deal withal , for that which thou sowest thou sowest not , that Body that shall be , but God gives it a Body , &c. as it pleaseth him .

Priest Bond in Page 77. saith , That he hath been requested by some , &c. In these Islands , to make some Replyes to three or four Erroneous Principles held and professed by most Quakers .

First , That there is a State of perfect freedom from Sin in this Life . Priest Bond saith , for any man to infer , that either Noah or Job were perfect from all Sin in this Life , would be a miserable perverting of Scriptures , Page 78. But God said , Job was a perfect and upright man , one that feared God and es●●ewed Evil : And again , the Lord said , There is none like unto Job in the ●●●le Earth , a Perfect and upright Man , one that feared God and eschewed Evil. And Job did not sin with his Lips : Job the 2d . And did he not eschew Sin , if he eschewed Evil ? And in what Life was his perfect State ? And the Lord said , Noah was a just Man , and perfect in his Generation . Gen. 9. And Priest Bond tells of a Legal Perfection , as Adam 's before the Fall , and a Comparative Perfection of Job 's being only Perfect Comparatively in Comparison of all other Men , &c. But he has not proved his Legal Perfection and his Comparitively Perfect , in Scripture Words : So he adds to the Scriptures , and doth not believe , what God , and Christ , and the Apostles have said concerning Perfection . Or where did ever the Prophets , or God or his Son Christ Jesus declare , that Men and Women should not be perfect from Sin in this Life ? Priest Bond should have brought the Scripture , and Chapter , and Verse for it . God said , Job was a perfect and upright Man : But Priest Bond saith ; Not from Sin in this Life . David saith , Mark the perfect and upright Man , Psalm 37. But Priest Bond saith : There 's no perfect and upright Man from Sin in this Life . But Priest Bond brings Job the Five and Twentieth , Bildad the Shuhite , who said to Job , How can a Man be justifyed with God ? Or how can a Man be Clean , that is Born of a Woman ? And Priest Bond says , This Question carries a strong Denial ; It cannot Possible be , or it is Impossible ( viz. ) To be perfect from sin . &c. And Priest Bond saith , As if Job had said , do but acknowledge that any one is born ordinarily of a Woman , and we may conclude him to be sinful and unclean , with ( or in the Sight of God ; ) so far Priest Bond , Page 78. But , Reader , did not God say Job was a perfect and upright Man ? And again , Reader , read the 25th . of Job , and thou wilt see , that it was Bildad the Shuhite , that contended with Job , who said , How can a Man be justifyed with God ? Or how can a Man be Clean that is born of a Woman ? So these were not Job's words , as Priest Bond basely would Father upon Job ; for they were Bildad's Words , who contended with Job : and it is like all the rest of his Pleading against Perfection , and Pleading for Sin , and the Devil his Father , the Author of it . And God bid Araham walk before him and be Perfect . And Priest Bond saith , though Job , Noah , Jacob , Abraham , are said to be Perfect , yet it is not to be found in the Scripture , that God ever said of all or any one of them , they were Perfect , without sin in the World . Now is not this Doctrine of S. B's contrary to Scripture ? For what Sin did God Charge Job and Abraham withal ? Or old Jacob , Abel or Enoch withal ? And Christ said , Be you Perfect as your Heavenly Father is Perfect . But Priest Bond saith , 'T is an erroneous Principle , that there is an Estate of Perfection and freedom from sin in this Life . And yet Priest Bond contradicts himself , and saith , The me●●●st Saint upon the Earth is like his Heavenly Father in Heaven . And the A●●●●le saith , in Rom. 6. Being made free from sin , are become Servants to God ; Ye have your fruits unto Holiness , and the end Everlasting Life . Priest Bond tells the Apostle , that 't is an erroneous Principle to be Perfect and made free from Sin in this Life ; And when will Priest Bond be made free from his Sins , if not in this Life ? What , will he be made free in the Papist's Purgatory ? Where did ever the Apostles Preach such a Doctrine , that the Saints should not be made free from Sin in this Life ? And the Apostle tells him , He that is Dead is free from Sin , Rom. 6. And now if we be dead with Christ , we believe that we shall Live with him ; yet as Priest Bond sa●th , Deduction of freedom from sin , ( in the Saints in this Life ) cannot from hence be drawn . Priest Bond saith , Now the State which accompanies the Resurrection of the Dead , excludes all Sin ; The Saints shall then be Legally Perfect . But S. Bond has not proved his Doctrine by Scriptures : and what must we understand by S. Bonds Words ? That the Saints which are Sanctified and made Holy while they be upon the Earth , must have Sin : which is of the Devil , and be Imperfect in this Life ? Yet the Apostle says to the Philippians 3. 1 Cor. Let as many as be Perfect , &c. Read 1 Cor. 2.6 . Then S. B. falls upon his foul Language ; seducing Quakers , Heretical Catharishes ; and saith , Solomon makes a Challenge to all the World , Pro. 20.9 . Who can say I have made my Heart Clean , I am pure from my Sin ? But Solomon tells Bond in the same Chapter , The just man that walks in his integrity , his Children are blessed after him , and it is the Blood of Christ , that Cleanseth us from all Sin , without him we can do nothing . Again , John 1.1.8 . This Proclamature is beyond Solomon's , If we say that we have not sinned we make Christ a Lyar. And Priest Bond saith , We that are of the new birth say : If we say we have not Sin , we deceive our selves , and the Truth is not in us . But this Priest Bond abuses John's Words , and John says 1.3 . Whosoever is Born of God , doth not commit Sin , for his Seed remaineth in him , and he cannot Sin because he is born of God : In this the Children of God are manifest , and the Children of the Devil . Now I Querie of Priest Bond , Whether there are any born of God whilst they are upon the Earth ? and if so , whether they must believe John's Doctrine ? And Priest Bond falls a Railing ; — If the Quakers should be so stark mad , as to affirm all the Saints to be free from Sin , which Priest Bond saith , Cannot be meant a freedom from Sin , but only of the Trade and Custom of Sinning . I charge Priest Bond to bring forth the Chapter and Verse that says , For his Trade and Custom of Sinning . But the Apostle saith , If we say we have no sin , we deceive our selves , &c. And if we Confess our Sin , he is faithful and just , to forgive us our Sins , and to cleanse us from all ( mark all ) Unrighteousness . If we say we have not Sinned , we make him a Lyar , &c. So here is a time for people to see they have Sinned , and to confess their Sins ; and the Blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses from all Sin ( mark from all Sin . ) Joh. 1. Priest Bond makes a great Pudder about Paul , who saith , O wretched man that I am , who shall deliver me from this body of Death ? Paul tells thee in Rom. the 7th . and the 8th . He thanks God through Jesus Christ , and saith , there 's no Condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus , who walk not after the Flesh but after the Spirit , for the Law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the Law of Sin and Death : And he hath not seen iniquity in Jacob. Now Priest Bond Confounds himself , and grants , That believers may walk in the Commandments and Ordinances of the Lord blameless , that is to say , Rebukeless , [ in regard of Men. ] We speak Wisdom among them which are perfect , meaning however imperfect Weaklings . Doth not S. Bond abuse the Apostles words here , and add to the Scripture , Page 85. And again , That you may be blameless and harmless , the Sons of God , without Rebuke in the midst of a crooked and perverse Nation amongst whom they shine as Lights in the World , ( mark that . ) And Priest Bond saith ( and Confounds himself ) The Phrase Blameless , Simply in its own nature , will be so far from proving perfection of Grace , that it will not prove any truth of Grace ; it will not therefore follow , that Elizabeth was Perfect without Sin : though Priest Bond Confesses she was blameless , and hath not charged her with what Sin she committed . Dost not thou confess she was Blameless and Righteous , &c. And did not Elizabeth Believe ? Did not she say to Mary , Blessed is he that Believes ? So Elizabeth was a Believer , as well as her walking blameless in all the Commandments and Ordinances of the Lord . But Saul who was a Blasphemer and Persecutor , was no Believer ; therefore there 's no Comparison with Saul and Elizabeth .

But Priest Bond saith , In the Day of Christs coming in Glory , the Saints shall be found of God in Peace , without Spot and Blameless : But not thus in this Life , p. 85. The Apostle saith , 1 Cor. 1.8 . Who shall also confirm you unto the end , that you may be blameless in the Day of our Lord Jesus Christ ; howbeit we speak Wisdom among them that are Perfect ; for I Brethren could not speak unto you as unto Spiritual , but as unto Carnal , even as unto Babes in Christ , 1 Cor. 3. Where has Priest Bond learned this Lesson , that the Saints shall not be freed from Sin in this Life ? Then how can they be kept blameless unto the Day of Christ , and not to be kept free from Sin , which is of the Devil ? But as Bond saith , page 86. There is not a just Man upon the Earth ; Solomon saith in the same Chapter , Be not righteous overmuch , be not overmuch wicked . So in a Man 's own Righteousness and Justice he may Sin : But Christ Cleanses from all Sin , and doth that which the Law could not do ; but Priest Bond saith page 87. There is in all true . Believers a cursed Root of bitterness , which God doth mortifie , but not nullifie in this World ; 't is subdued , but not removed ; 't is cast down , but not cast out : though Grace makes the Combate , yet Death only makes the Conquest over Sin .

We charge Priest Bond to prove this Doctrine by Scripture , his cursed Root of Bitterness in all true Believers , and that they shall never Conquer it till they Dye : and to prove that this was in Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob , Abel and Enoch , and in them that the Apostle said , We speak Wisdom among them that are Perfect . And has not Priest Bond given John the Lye , who says , whosoever is born of God , doth not commit Sin ; for his Seed remains in him , and he cannot Sin ; because he is born of God , 1 John 3.9 . Now let Priest Bond prove , where ever the Apostle Preached such a Doctrine , as in all true Believers there is a cursed Root of Bitterness , mortified and not nullified in this World ; Death only makes the Conquest over Sin . So we must understand , we must have this cursed Root of Bitterness , as long as the Believers live , according to Priest Bond 's Doctrine , though he has not proved it by Scripture ; and then how can they be kept blameless to the Day of the Lord , as in page 85 ? Priest Bond saith , 't is an erroneous Principle for the Quakers to say that the Scriptures are not the word of God , in page 77. and page 87. he brings many Scriptures , and makes a great pudder , and abuses them , to prove it , but to no purpose , his declarative word of God , but he hath not proved such a word in Scripture : all Scripture is given forth by Inspiration of God , &c. 1 Tim. 3. Therefore saith Priest Bond , the Scriptures is the word of God , but that Scripture doth not say so , 2 Tim. 3. And in page 88. Priest Bond falls a Railing against Quakers , and saith , Is there any word asserted to be the word of Christ , but the written word of Truth ? Doth not the Apostle say , that the Word of Faith , is nigh in the heart , let the word of Christ dwell in you , &c. Being born again not of corruptible Seed , but of Incorruptible , by the word of God , the word of God endures for ever ; and are these Writings of the Letter ? And Priest Bond saith , page 88. The Lord hath no other will ( as a Rule of Obedience , than his will revealed in the written Scriptures ) had the Lord no other will , or Rule of Obedience before the Scripture was written ? Prove that by Scripture . Priest Bond runs into Lies , and foul words ; the Quakers worship cannot be accepted of God , Quakers are under the power of Satan , gross , blind , and ignorant , the Cavil is idle and vain . ) These Lyes Priest Bond may apply to himself : but where doth the Scripture say of themselves in so many words as S. B. doth , that the Scripiures are the infallible standing Rule of his Faith and Life , and yet acts contrary to them ; for the Scripture saith , The Holy-Ghost shall lead you into all Truth , and no Man knows the things of God , But the Spirit of God : and Holy Men spake forth Scripture as they were moved by the holy Ghost . And Priest Bond falls a railing against Quakers Spirit , and calls it their Idol light within , seducing Quakers — is blind : These filthy ungodly words he had better apply to himself . Priest Bond saith , Because the Spirit is antecedent to the Scriptures , therefore none can walk in the Scriptures till they walk in the Spirit . This consequence is lame , saith Bond , Page 90. Howbeit the Scriptures are before the Spirit in respect of aid and assistance . The Apostle doth not say so , in 1 Pet. 1. The Apostle tells you , The natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God , for they are foolishness to him ; neither can he know them , because they are spiritually discerned . So it is the Spirit of God that brings people both to discern the Scriptures , and to walk according to them ; which Spirit of God or Holy-Ghost was before they were written , which moved the holy men to give them forth . And Bond saith , To the Law and the Testimony ( the Written Word ) he adds Written Word ; and yet he saith , Scripture is his Rule . And Bond saith , When the Spirit of Truth is come , it shall guide you into all truth of the Scriptures : And yet he saith , The Written Scriptures are the Infallible standing Rule of Faith and Life , page 89. 91. And how can the Scriptures be the Rule , and the Spirit of Truth must be the guide into all the truth of the Scriptures ? And again Priest Bond contradicts himself , and saith , He affirms , that the matter contained in the Scriptures is the only infallible standing rule of Faith and Life , Page 91. So then the Scriptures are not the only rule , but that which is contained in them : And what is that which is contained in them which is thy Rule , seeing the Holy-Ghost was in them , which moved them to speak them forth , and in them , that leads them into all the truth of them ? But Priest Bond , is all the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelations thy Rule , and all that is contained in them ? For the Scripture speaks of the Devils words , and bad men's words , as well as the good . Priest Bond saith , The People of God had no Word Written from Adam to Moses , and yet they had a Word given from God to be the rule , else their worship would have been ( like the Quakers ) Will-worship . If Priest Bond have not the same Word and Holy-Ghost , as they had , he cannot Worship God in Spirit and Truth , neither can he be born again of the incorruptible seed , but by that Word which lives , and abides , and endures for ever : And Will-worship is not the Quakers , who worship God in Spirit and Truth , but his own . In Page 92. Priest Bond is full of railing against Quakers , their Idol light within , — craftily thrown down the Scriptures , this Plot cannot be from the Spirit of Christ , — blind , rotten and wicked spirit , — your Light ( that false Christ within ) . See how wickedly Bond torments himself , and blasphemes against the true Christ , and the Light in his people . Priest Bond saith , Where is that place of Scripture to be found , which saith , the Scriptures are to be tryed by the Spirit , — the Spirits are to be tryed by the Scripture , and not the Scripture by the Spirit . Then Priest Bond , what Scripture had they to try withal from Adam to Moses , before the Scripture was written ? And Priest Bond saith , It is the Holy-Ghost that leads into all truth of the Scriptures . Then it must try the truth of them , whether they be rightly translated or no : And the Spirit of God will not deny its own Words . And again Priest Bond saith , The Spirit witnesses in the Scripture . But where doth the Scripture say such words , That the Spirit witnesses in the Scripture ? Priest Bond saith , The Spirit witnesses in the Scripture , that he is a righteous man who walks in all the Commandments or Ordinances of the Lord , page 99. And page 87. Thou saith ( in contradiction ) There is in all true Believe●● a cursed root of bitterness , and death makes only the conquest over sin . But we tell thee , That Christ through death destroys Death , and the Devil , the Power of Death , and makes an end of Sin . Then Priest Bond falls a railing , Quakers damnable delusion , hellish Impostor , that Idol light ; for if they might herein prevail , and withal get into the Saddle , they would undoubtedly soon arreign , try , and condemn the inspired Bible of God to the Fire and Fagot . These are horrid malicious Lies , Blasphemed from Priest Bonds evil Tongue : For we have esteemed , and do own the Scriptures more than he or any of the persecuting Priests in New-England , who make a Trade of them , and keep people always under Teaching , that they may be always paying of them .

And Priest Bond saith , The spirits are to be tryed by the Scriptures , and not the Scriptures by the Spirit , page 92. And in page 93. He contradicts himself , and confounds all again , The Holy and Blessed Spirit of God is above all Tryal . Priest Bond saith , We deny the written Scripture to be a witness-bearer to your Light within . See how Ignorant he is of the Scripture , 2 Cor. 4. God who commanded the Light to shine out of darkness , hath shined in our hearts to give us the Light of the knowledge of the Glory of God in the face of Christ Jesus : Mark the Light that shines in the heart , that is , the Light within that the Scriptures bear witness too . But I perceive the God of this World hath blinded Priest Bond's eye . And how can any man come to the knowledge of God and Christ , without the Light of Christ within shining in their hearts ?

And Priest Bond falls on rayling , Idol light within , page 94. Seducing Quakers , Idol light of your own addle brains , Soul-deceivers , ye would lay a foundation of your own humane inventions : And yet Priest Bond calls Christs Body humane , which is his own Invention , and not Scripture : And unbloody Light within , Idolized light , hath no more real blood in it , than there is in the Transubstantiated blood of your Popish Brethren . Here the Reader may see what a rage and madness Priest Bond is in against the Light of Christ : And as for Popish Brethren , Priest Bond's language bewrays him , he is nearer to them than the Quakers . And S. B. confesses in page 95. That the Word of God was manifest through Adam , and to Cain , and to Noah . Our Light within is the Light of Christ , the Word by which all things were made and created ; and in him was Life , and that Life was the Light of men : And this the Scriptures witness . But Priest Bond saith , The whimsey , called Light within , is the new devised ground of Faith . Christ who doth inlighten every man that cometh into the World saith , Believe in the Light , that you may become Children of the Light . And Christ is the author and finisher of our Faith ; and the Light of Christ that he bids us believe in , is no Whimsey which Priest Bond blasphemes against . And in Page 96. Priest Bond makes a great pudder about the Soul of Man , and he saith , That the Quakers say , the Soul of Man is God in part : which are not the Quakers words . And then he saith , the Soul cannot be God : No Quakers ever said so . S. B. saith , The Soul of Man was made after Gods Image , It is a true Image , it is a very near and likely Image , which appears not only in the spiritual and immortal nature , of it , &c. All pure and righteous , conformed to Gods will ; the Soul is a Spirit , &c. page 98. And when Priest Bond hath rambled over a great deal of Pages about the Soul , this he is made to confess , and the Quakers say ; God breathed into Man the Breath of Life , and he became a living soul : And so is not the Soul part of his Breath ? And Priest Bond confesses , the Soul is a Spirit ; and then is it not part of Gods Spirit from him . And the Light in Man , which is the Life of Christ the Word , by whom all things are made , Priest Bond saith , must be the Principle of true Religion in the Devils and damned : Oh hellish Divinity and Doctrine ! for even the Devils and damned live , and move , &c. page 96. These are Priest Bond's false conclusions : The Light which is the Life in Christ the Word , they that hate the Light their deeds are evil , and the Light is their condemnation ; for it condemns the Devil who abode not in the Truth , in whom there is no Truth . S. Bond saith , That the Quaker doth conclude , that the invisible and Infinite Godhead is divided into parts : Then he cries thus , senseless are they of the gross absurdities . But we charge S. B. to quote the Book or the Man that ever said , the Godhead is devided into parts . Then S. B. falls a railing in page 99. The Idol light within . And in page 90. he makes many Comparisons , with his railing words , betwixt the Quakers and the Papists ; Quakers light within , Quakers light within , infallible Light within , infallible Spirit within , erroneous high blasphemy : Thus Priest Bond is in a rage and a fury against the Light of Christ , and his Infallible Spirit within . But I ask Priest Bond and all his fellow Priests , whether the Light of Christ , and his Spirit within , and his Holy Ghost be infallible yea or nay ? And whether he can call Jesus Lord without the Holy-Ghost ? and whether he that hath not the Spirit of Christ , is Christs , yea or nay ? And what Brightman said of the Pope , Priest Bond may take it home to himself . And in page 98. The Quakers Light within , his Pope without . These are scornful expressions , and his Lies . In page 99 , and an 100. Priest Bond saith , the Quakers denying of the Trinity or Three persons in one Deity , Three persons in one Godhead , Gen. 1. Let us make man , &c. But hath not Priest Bond made Four here , Three persons in one Deity , and one Godhead ? S. Bond saith , No Man hath seen ●od at any time . Then how can he tell he is a Person then ? and Christ saith , He is a Spirit . He saith The Father , the Son , and the Holy Ghost are declared three Witnesses , &c. And why cannot Priest Bond own them so , but give other names to them ? Bu● 〈◊〉 all these Pages Priest Bond hath not proved his word Trinity , nor Three Pers●ns . The Scripture mentions Christs Person ; but it doth not say , a Trinity in Three Persons . Is not Priest Bond ashamed to say , That Scripture is his Rules , and cannot prove his word Trinity , or Three Persons by Scripture , or in the Scripture ? But the Quakers , according to the Scripture , do believe , that there is Three that bear Record in Heaven , the Father , the Word , and the Holy-Ghost , and these three are one ( mark ) are one , which we own : And there are three that bear witness in the earth , the Spirit , the Water , and the Blood , and these three agree in one , which we own , in 1 John 5.8 . And Priest Bond goes on in his course of railing , Atheistical and Idol light within , which the Romish Nebuchadnezzar set up in teaching Quakers the Devil hath inspired .

S. B. Thus to blaspheme against the Light of Christ in his people , and yet he makes people believe that he would dye for the Name of Jesus , and dye like the glorious Martirs of Jesus , whereas he is persecuting the true Lord Jesus of Nazareth in his people like Saul , and blaspheming against the Light of Christ within his people , which they believe in ; which shines in their hearts , to give them the light of the knowledge of the Glory of God in the Face of Jesus Christ , 2 Cor. 4. And truly Priest Bonds Book is such a pack of Nonsence , and Contradictions , and Tautologies , that it is loathsome , and noisome to the Reader ; and in it there is more malice than matter , as any rational man may see by the foulness of his Spirit and Tongue ; and his filthy Language , and ungracious and filthy words that his ungodly Book is stuft withal .

Priest Bond , I would have thee to prove , that the Holy-Ghost is a Person which proceeded from the Father and the Son , and leads into all Truth : And when the Holy-Ghost fell upon the Disciples in the time of Pentecost , did it fall upon them as a Person ? And when it fell upon Cornelius's Family , did it fall upon them as a Person ? And Christ tells the Disciples , that the Holy-Ghost the Comforter dwells with you , and shall be in you , John 14. And was this a Person ? Acts 11. Acts 19. The Holy-Ghost fell upon , &c. So , where ever did Christ or the Apostles call the Holy-Ghost a Person ? S. B. is to prove this Word by Scripture , which he saith is his Rule .

Now concerning the Scriptures which Priest Bond calls the Word of God , first , doth not the Scripture signify Writings ? And do not you teach your Children so , that Scripture signifies Writings in your Catichisme ? and Matthew the Book of the Generation of Jesus Christ , and Christ read in the Book of the Prophet Isaiah , and in the Book of the Words of Isaiah the Prophet , Luke 3 , and 4. and Luk. 4.17 . Written in the Book of the Law , Gal. 3.10 . and Written in the Book of the Psalms , Acts 1.20 . And doth not Luke set forth a Declaration ? Luke 1. And so doth he not call that a Declaration which he set forth ? and so Daniel calls them the Scriptures of Truth , Daniel 10.21 . And Mark calls them the Scriptures , Mark 12.10 . and Luke 4.21 . Christ calls them Scriptures , and John 2.22 . and in Acts 1.16 . The Apostle calls them Scriptures , Rom. 10.11 . and 11.2 . The Apostle calls them Scriptures , 2 Tim. 3.16 . James 2.8 . 2 Peter 1.20 . Acts 17.2.11 . Rom. 15.4 . 1 Cor. 15.3 . Here in all these places , and many more , Christ and the Apostles calls them Scriptures , which signifies Writings Now Scriptures of truth , which signifies Writings , they are called the Words of God ; God spake all these Words , Exod. 20. And Christ saith , John 3.34 . The Words of God . And John 5.47 . John 6.62 . And John 8.20.47 . John 10.121 . John 12.47 , 48. John 14.10.23.17.8 . All these are concerning the Words . And Acts 2.14.5.20 . 1 Tim. 4.6.6.3 . The words in all these places , and many more , Revelations 1.3 . that hear the words of this prophecy ; and until the Words of God shall be fulfilled , Revel 17.17 . These Words are true , Revel. 21.5 . Testifie saith John to every Man the words of the Prophecy of this Book , if any Man shall take away from the words of the Prophecy of this Book , &c. So here you may see the Scriptures are called Words , Books , Declarations , and the Writings , and Scripture ; and are called the Words of God , and the Words of Christ ; but Christs Name is called the Word of God , John 1.8 . And again Christs Name is called the Word of God , Revelations 19.13 . So here the Quakers own the Scriptures as they have been called by Christ and his Apostles , and the Prophets . S. Bond saith , The written Word of God , the Scriptures are an infallible Rule of Faith and Life , Page 88. The matter contained in Scriptures is the only Infallible Rule of Faith and Life , Page 91. See here how Priest Bond contradicts himself , Let the Word of Christ dwell in your hearts in all Wisdom , Coloss. 3. And what , Priest Bond , is this the Letter ? Priest Bond saith , The Quakers worship cannot be acceptable to God , Page 89. These are Priest Bonds Lyes , for Quakers worship God in the Spirit and the Truth , as Christ commanded , and hath taught us , John 4. And Priest Bond saith , The Quakers reproach the Lord , when they deny the Scriptures to be the Word of God , Page 88. And yet Priest Bond contradicts himself in Page 87. and saith , We do not affirm the Scriptures to be the Word of God , but as the written Scriptures do declare the Mind of God to us . So here Priest Bond is made to confess the Quakers principles ; but presently after he confounds it again , and saith , The Scripture is the Word of God . And then contradicts himself again , and saith , The matter therein contained is the declaritive Word of God , Page 87. Priest Bond saith , the Quakers are apt to say there is no sin Charged upon Zachariahs Wife , who was Righteous and blameless ; but saith Priest Bond , Death took hold , as well of her as of him , which is the wages of sin , Rom. 6. So what must we understand from Priest Bonds words ? Here they that put off the Earthen Tabernacle , and dye in the Lord , that natural death is the Wages of Sin , Rom. 6.23 . But let the Reader see how he abuses the Scripture , for the Wages of sin is death : But saith the Apostle , Now being made free from sin , and become the Servants of God . This is while they were upon the Earth alive , and is it not a denying of Christ that dyed for Sin to say that Death took hold of Elizabeth as well as Zachariah , and so upon all other People ( to wit ) a natural death , and that natural death which is the wages of sin , as in Page 86. where he perverts Rom. 6. But the Saints and we tell Priest Bond , Christ dyed for our Sins , and is risen for our Justification ; and so whether we live or dye we are the Lords ; and if we dye we dye in the Lord ; and Blessed are they that dye in the Lord . Priest Bond , They have a Light of direction from the Law of the Creation , and this Light is clear and full enough to make them Guilty , in Page 82. But Priest Bond , dost not thou call this Light within an Idol Light , Page 90 ? And where doth the Scripture call the Light of Christ , a Law of the Creation , or a natural Light ? And Priest Bond , thou saist in Page 81. The Gentiles which have not the Law , do by nature the things contained in the Law . There is naturally in all Men as such a Light of direction or natural Light . And Priest Bond , dost not thou call this a Natural Light , or by Generation , this Law written in the Gentiles hearts , as thou saist in Page 81. But who writ the Law in the Gentiles hearts ? and how doth this Light come by nature or generation ? prove this by express words in Scripture which thou callest thy rule , Noah was a just and a perfect man , &c. Job was a good and perfect man . And Priest Bond saith , to infer , and say , that Noah or Job were perfect from all Sin in this Life , would be a miserable perverting of other places of Scripture , &c. Page 78. And in Page 87. There is in all true believers a Cursed Root of bitterness not cast out , Death only makes the Conquest over sin . God said only Noah was a just and p●rfect man ; Job was perfect and upright ; and dost not thou here pervert the Scripture , who saist contrary to the Lord ? And yet thou saist so , then the perfect man is the upright and sincere hearted man , and how can he be upright and sincere hearted , and have a Cursed Root of Bitterness in him ? And we never did affirm that Job , or any did own their own perfection , but the perfection which is of God and Christ . Priest Bond saith to prove Resurrection . F. E. said , that the Scripture saith , that which thou sowest is not that Body which shall be . Priest Bond saith , Wool died in Scarlet is the sa●e Wool for substance as it was before , &c. Page 72 , 73. And then in Page 75. Priest Bond confounds all again , who saith , in the Resurrection the B●dy will be Spiritual , Incorruptable , Immortal Flesh and Blood . And in Page 69. Priest Bond saith , Stephen saw Christs humane Body of Flesh and Blood , Priest Bond saith , The Quakers say that the Body of Christ was not raised from the Dead , and that no mans Body should be raised from the Dead . These are horrid Lies , Page 69. And Page 71. Priest Bond saith , that Francis Eastlack saith , We do deny the Resurrection of the Dead . But his Lies are sufficiently said , though he basely abuses the Quakers , in saying we deny the Resurrection of the Dead , or the Resurrection of Christ ; but we do not look up●n Priest Bonds words to be any slander , and therefore we do not matter what he saith : And we say , the same that did descend , did ascend , and is glorified in his glorious and Spiritual Body , at the Right hand of God , who will change our vile Bodies , and make it like unto his glorious Body . Priest Bond saith , Had not Christ a real humane mankind Body after he Rose ? Page 68. And in Page 75. In the Resurrection the Body will not be so , it will be spiritual , incorruptable , immortal flesh and blood . But Priest Bond , how dost thou make this hang together , Humane Mankind Body , yet Spiritual body , Immortal flesh and blood , Page 56 , and 67. Thou usest many lying Arguments , that the Quakers should not believe the record that God gives of his Son , namely , that Jesus of Nazareth , a man approved of God , &c. The Lamb of God which takes away the Sins of the World , these are all horrid Lyes which Priest Bond makes his Refuge . But how doth Priest Bond believe in Jesus Christ , the Lamb of God , who takes away the Sins of the World ? Who saith , The Saints shall not b● made free from all Sin in this Life , and there is in all true Believers a Cursed Root of bitterness not cast out , Death only makes the Conquest over Sin . Then how doth Christ take away the Sins of the World , and make an end of Sin . And Priest Bond hath not proved in Page 66. his Baptizing of Children with Water ; and that outward Water is one of the three Witnesses spoken of by John ; and W. W. the Quaker said , both Baptisme and the Lords-Supper was within . Priest Bond saith , It is supposed so hot with two Wives ; this is like Priest Bonds base Spirit ; for is not Baptisme with Fire and the Holy-Ghost within ? and doth not Christ say , I stand at the Door and knock , and if any Man will hear my Voice and open the Door , I will come into him , and sup with him , and he with me . Is not this Supper within ? Revel. 3. Therefore how dare he say , that the Quakers deny both the Sacraments ? and hath not proved that outward Water and outward Wine to be a Sacrament ; nor the Word Sacrament a Scripture Word ? Priest Bond saith , That the Spirit , as such , never Justified any Saint from Sin in the Sight of God , much less such as F. E. was , who never had the Spirit of God . In this Priest Bond hath shewed his Rash Ignorance of the Scripture ; for God poureth out of his Spirit upon all Flesh , Acts 2. and Joel 2. And doth not God Justify his People from Sin by the Spirit of Faith , which Faith ? is the Victory ; in which Faith they please God and have access to him .

And Priest Bond , thou saist Paul infers , though we have known Christ after the Flesh ; yet henceforth know we him no more , 2 Cor. 5.16 . Priest Bond saith , in Page 64. The Flesh ( i. e. ) after worldly greatness , and honour , Creature , Pomp and Dignity ; in which sence Flesh is understood in . Reader dost thou think this meaning of Priest Bond is right concerning Jesus of Nazareth , the Lamb of God , who takes away the Sins of the World ? for did Christ ever receive the Worldly greatness and Honour , Creature , Pomp and Dignity ? Doth not Christ say , He was not of this World ? He testified against this World , that their Works were Evil. Priest Bond saith , All such as stand in a Covenant of Works , as the Quakers do . And yet in Page 61. W.W. confesses to Christ , in them the hope of Glory , the Quakers are in the Covenant of Grace , the Light and Life , which Light thou Blasphemously calls an Idol , as in Page 64. Priest Bond brings Jeremiah , Chap. 25. God is at Hand , &c. And Psalm 139.7 , 8. David saith , Whither shall I go from thy Spirit , &c. If I make my Bed in Hell , behold , thou art there , &c. So Priest Bond saith , The Deity filleth all places , Creatures and things in Heaven , Hell , the Sea , and the Earth . But Priest Bond , doth the Deity fill the Devils in Hell in whom there is no Truth , If he fills all things in Heaven and Hell ? Is not the Deity Truth , Page 63 ? Priest Bond saith , Christ made a Scourge of small Cords , and Whipt sundry persons that sold Doves in the Temple , in Page 59.61 . Why should the Lawful Magistrate Scruple to follow Christs example , to whip W. H. the Quaker ? We believe that Priest Bond would have the Magistrates to be Whipping , like the New-England Priests ; but we hope the Magistrates of Burmudas will be wiser . But S. Bond would be at whipping ; Doth not he deserve to be Whipt , who calls Christ a Devil ? and his Light within an Idol ? Priest Bond , thou saist in Page 57. They do in their Meetings and Aims , make the Angels , and the Apostles of Christ Lyers . These are all horrid Lies ; for we own Christ Jesus , according as the Angels and Apostles have declared him , more than Priest Bond. And Priest Bond saith again , As if the Lord Christ had said , all Men are Flesh and Blood , so dull sighted and blind , that they could never have received his Truth by any Study or Observation , it comes only by Gift and Revelation , John 6.62 . Peter saying to Christ , Thou art the Son of the living God . And yet in page 55. Priest Bond contradicts himself , and saith , that Christ was both seen and heard with the bodily eyes and ears of a Woman with whom he conversed . What , Priest Bond , without the Gift and Revelation did she know him to be the true Christ ? and if she had not had something more than her outward eyes and ears , she would not have left her Water Pots . And Priest Bond goes often over in his Book , telling the Quakers of the spiritual heavenly man , and of eternal flesh and blood , and their everlasting Gospel , and this thou calls the Quakers Idol light within , page 57. And in page 56. Invisible flesh and blood : And again , spiritual inside Christ . Here the Reader may see how Priest Bond utters forth his own folly ; for he confesses Christ to be the heavenly spiritual man himself , and immortal flesh and bone , page 75. And the Apostle saith , Christ is in you except you be Reprobates . But it seems Priest Bond's Gospel is not everlasting : The Apostle saith it was everlasting , and so do the Quakers : And Priest Bond , one while he saith the Flesh is Humane , and another while it is spiritual ; but whether or no doth Priest Bond eat and drink Christs Humane Flesh and Blood as he calls it ? And Priest Bond saith , to teach a denyal of Jesus Christ of Nazareth , a man approved of God , to be the true Christ and our only Saviour . This the Quakers never did , nor never was in their thoughts to deny , the Lord knows ; and therefore Priest Bond cannot charge it upon the Quakers , as in page 54. Priest Bond , thou saist page 53. that Christ is the true Jacobs Ladder , John 1.51 . But let the Reader read John 1.51 . there is no such saying in that Verse : And thou saist , the bottom of which ( to wit ) the Ladder , there is his humanity or vail of flesh and blood ; and the top reaches to Heaven , and there is his Divinity : But where must we find these words of Priest Bonds in Scripture , which he saith is his Rule ? And where doth the Scripture call the Blood of Christ , a Vail , which cleanseth from all sin , and sprinkles the Conscience from dead works , & c ? Priest Bond saith , The visible material body of Jesus Christ is not the Saviour , &c. page 52. This he charges upon some of the Quakers ; but he hath not quoted the Page where we shall find it : So we believe he hath wronged their words . But is the visible material Body of Christ the only Saviour without God ? And Priest Bond saith in page 72. Christs Flesh and Bones , after the Resurrection , was spiritual and immortal Flesh and Bones , page 75. And he saith visible and material in page 52. And Priest Bond saith in page 53. I have often heard some of them to affirm , that the Quakers do believe in Christs Body of Flesh and Blood ; and that he dyed for sin , and rose again , and that he is mans only Saviour : Yes say we , the Quakers never believed otherwise , and can praise God through Jesus Christ , who is our Saviour and way to God ; for the Quakers always affirm , that Christ as he was Man , dyed and tasted death for every Man once for all , and rose again , and sat down at the right hand of God : And yet Priest Bond confesses , That very offering of Jesus Christ could not save us , but by the will and ordination of the Father . Here he is made to confess the Quakers Principles according to the Scripture ( Priest Bond saith ) this Blood of Christ cleanseth all right believers from all sin ; and yet he saith , None can be made free from sin in this Life ; and there is in all true Believers a cursed root of bitterness not cast out , Death only makes conquest over Sin , page 87. And page 47. The Blood of Christ cleanseth all right Believers from all sin : What contradiction is this ! And again he saith , And Christ , &c. washed us from our sin in his own Blood . And Priest Bond saith again , The cleansing or washing cannot be within , but without us : But this Priest Bond hath not proved in so many Scripture words ; and though Christ was a Sacrifice , and his Flesh and Blood suffered without upon the Cross , yet Christ tells Priest Bond , If he do not eat his Flesh , and drink his Blood , he hath no life in him ; and if Christ be not in him he is a reprobate . And doth Christ justify Reprobates ? And is not the Sin within a Man ? And must not the Blood sprinkle the Conscience from dead works , & c ? And Priest Bond saith , to be cleansed from all sin by the Blood of Jesus Christ : So here Priest Bond he hath left out his Son : And in page 47. and 46. he is finding falt with F. E. for leaving out his Son : But Priest Bond saith , is to be understood for a cleansing from all the guilt , &c. But hath Priest Bond no guilt when he commits sin ? But where doth the Scripture say , that Christ cleanseth from the guilt of sin only ? and that we must have sin while we be in the world ? and in all true Believers there is a cursed root of bitterness not cast out , Death only makes a conquest over Sin ? And Priest Bond , what , doth this cursed root of bitterness bring no guilt of Sin ? But we say , Christ who hath taken away the Curse , and redeemed us from under the Curse of the Law , cleanseth from all sin .

Priest Bond saith , page 46. The Pharisees took Divine honour to themselves , and thereby received honour one of another . Christ said , ye receive honour one of another , and seek not the honour that comes from God only , John 5. But thou wrongs the Scriptures ; for Christ doth not say , the Pharisees received Divine honour to themselves , thou adds that to the Scriptures . But what is the honour thou would have from the Quakers , thou would have them to say you to thee , and put off their Hats to thee , &c. would thou ? And if so , prove such a practice by Scripture which thou calls thy Rule . And S. Bond saith , He that made Heaven and Earth , Angels , Principalities and Powers , that hath a name above every name , that is named King of Kings , and Lord of Lords , the Prince and only Saviour that gives repentance and remission of sins , is in each of your vile bodies ( to wit ) you Quakers . Then Priest Bond falls a railing , and saith , Is it not to be wondred at , that they are so possest with the infernal sulfer of pride against Jesus of Nazareth . These base words Priest Bond may apply to himself : But we are not ashamed to confess Christ Jesus , who is our only Saviour , who is King of Kings , and Lord of Lords , who rules in our hearts by Faith , who is ascended above all Principalities and Powers , by whom all things were made , whom the Angels worships ; I say , this Christ Jesus of Nazareth rules in our hearts , and is revealed in us , and the Son of God is come , and we are in him , as John witnessed ; and therefore all Priest Bonds scoffing , lying words are returned back again upon himself , and so we know that our Bodies are Members of Christ , and Temples of the Holy-Ghost , 1 Cor. 6. And the Apostle said . Ye are the Temples of the living God , who saith , I will dwell in them , and walk in them , and I will be their God , and they shall be my people : And we have the comfort of the Scripture , 2 Cor. 6. And if this Christ which we own be not in Priest Bond , then he is a Reprobate . Priest Bond saith , In all Places and Countries , the generality of Quakers do purposely use these words , THEE and THOU , and deny all reverential respect to all sorts of men ; these things the unmannerly Quakers will do : but the Scriptures do command all men to pray for Rulers , and to submit unto them , and to give the honour that s due unto them : And therefore saith Priest Bond over and over , The Light of the Scriptures doth reprove them . Page 41. 42 , 43 , 44 , 45. He makes a great pudder about THOU and THEE , but to no purpose ; Doth THOU and THEE dishonour Magistrates ? and to say YOU to them , is that the true honour and reverence that belongs to them ? If so , let Priest Bond prove it by Scripture , which thou saist is thy Rule . And thou saist , The Quakers seeming Sanctity consists in thee and thou , That is false ; for Christ is our Sanctification : and thee and thou is according to the Scripture , &c. And three times over in the fortieth Page , Priest Bond saith , That we deny Jesus Christ of Nazereth , born of the Virgin Mary , which are all horrid lies ( in Page 40. and 41. ) For we own Christ Jesus more than he . Priest Bond saith , that John Crook said , it was the Light within that was Crucified without the Gates of Jerusalem : These are more Lies ; for Christ suffered in the Flesh without the Gates of Jerusalem , who enlightens every Man that comes into the World , and was quickned by the Spirit . Bond runs into his wicked words , and tells of an Inside Christ : but he hath not proved such a word in Scripture , Page 39. And Priest Bond saith , The inspired Scriptures of God are against the feigned Light of Christ within them , But Priest Bond hath brought no Scripture against the Light of Chirst shining in our Hearts , which gives us the knowledge of the Glory of God in the Face of Christ our Saviour : And so it was the Apostles Doctrine , and reaching to bring People to the Light of Chirst , which shined in their Hearts , which Light of Christ , thou callest an Idol and a feigned Light Christ within , Page 38. which thou hast not proved by Scripture , which thou callest thy Rule ; and by it thou art reproved . And Christ is manifest in us by his Spirit . Priest Bond , But all things reproved are made manifest by the Light of the Scripture , Scripture Light . Then how chanced it , the Jews were not reporved by Scripture Light ? And what reproved before Scripture was written ? or them that have not nor had not the Scripture ? Had people no Light to reprove before the Scripture was written ? And Priest Bond saith , Every one that doth evil , hates the Light , &c. By the Light Christ , Understand the Doctrinal Light contained in the written Scripture of the New-Testament . But Priest Bond , prove that the New-Testament was written when Christ Preacht that Doctrine , in John 3. And every one that doth evil , hates the Light , and will not come to it . Hath every one the Scriptures , that doth evil in the World ? Prove that Priest Bond , who saist , that Scripture is the Light ; for do not the Scriptures declare , that Christ enlightens every one that comes into the World ? Priest Bond saith , That the True Christ hath stopped F. E's Mouth , and yet F. E. and he disputes over and over in his Book afterwards . And then Priest Bond goes to his Lies and Blasphemous Language , False Christ , the Devil , Christ within is the false Christ the Devil , Page 36. And yet Priest Bond is made to confess in Page 21. 23. that F. E. the Quaker did confess the word took Flesh , and in that Flesh dyed for all Men , and further , F. E. did believe , that Jesus Christ of Nazareth , a Man approved of God amongst the People , whom the Jews hanged and slew , and God raised from the dead , and also received up into Heaven , was the true Christ and only Saviour . And yet Priest Bond saith in the same 21. Page , That the Scriptures of Truth doth plainly charge the generality of Quakers with the guilt of the Sin against the Holy-Ghost , because they have sinned willfully , after a Profession openly made of Faith in the Lord Christ , born of the Virgin Mary , &c. See the Priests contradictions here in F. E's confession , as Priest Bond prints them : But these are all horrid Lies ; for we are in the same Faith , which Christ Jesus is the Author and Finisher of ; and the Scripture charges us with no such thing which he falsly perverts and misapplies ; they are better applied to himself in sinning against the Holy-Ghost , who calls Christ within , a Devil , and an Idol-Light , which will be his own Condemnation , Then he is making a pudder about Christs humane nature , and yet cannot give a Scripture to prove it , as in Page 55. And yet he saith , Christs Body of flesh and bones , after the Resurrection , was spiritual , Page 72. And in Page 69. He saith , Stephen saw Christs Humane Body above . Are not these contradictions ? And the Apostle saith , All things were made by Jesus Christ , and all things were made by the Word , and Christs Name is called the Word of God . Priest Bond saith to F. E. It is strange that thou wilt produce a Christ for Evidence in whom thou dost not believe , Page 34. And in Page 40. They deny that Jesus Christ was come into the Flesh And in Page 21. 23. They confess Christs coming into the Flesh . Thou saist , and here thou contradicts thy self , and saith and unsaith , and belies the Quakers .

Priest Bond , thou brings Christs Words , I in them , and thou in me , that they may be perfect in me ( to wit ) Christ , ( i. e. ) that is in oneness of Affections ; but affections he hath added , and what Affections them are he hath not declared , Page 34. Yet thou saist , The Saints must have sin in them as long as they live , and shall not be made free from Sin in this Life , and there is a Cursed Root of Bitterness in all true Believers , and not Cast out , Death only makes Conquest over Sin , Page 87. So it is not Christ that makes an end of Sin , and his Blood that cleanseth from Sin , and make their Garments white , and gives Victory and Conquest ; but it is death , according to Priest Bonds Doctrine , that Conquers Sin . And thou saist , If the Man Christ Jesus had not first given himself a Ransome for our Sins , &c. Page 32. And then thou saist , You must not be free from Sin in this Life . What contradictions are here And how art thou reconciled to God , and pleads thou shalt not be made free from Sin in this Life , which is of the Devil : And Christ enlightens every Man that comes into the World , who is the Redeemer , which Light thou callest an Idol Light within . The Quakers say , thou that hates the Light of Christ , and calls it an Idol , thou hates thy Redeemer , and Christ ( from whence it comes ) who Redeems , Sanctifies , Washes and Justifies . Priest Bond saith . Page 31. That F. E. saith , He was Washed and Justified from Sin in some measure ; Is any man Justified , but according to the measure of Faith ? And thou finds fault with measure or degrees , and yet thou usest the same word degrees , Page 31. And thou saist , That our Justification from Sin was once finished and perfected without us , on the Cross , with the Offering of the Body of Christ Jesus once for all ; and Christ gave himself a Ransome for all , &c. This the Quakers believe ; But did Christ give himself a Ransome for all ? And was he an Offering for all Men ? And how can Priest Bond say , Christ hath Justified him from his Sin , or Washt him from his Sin , when he saith , He shall not be free from Sin , ( which is of the Devil ) in this Life ? And yet he finds fault with F. E. who said , He was Washed and Justified from his Sin in some Measure ; and calls it a dangerous Doctrine ; and saith , Jesus Christ of Nazareth hath once by his own Crucified Body without us on the Cross , finished Transgression , and made an end of Sin . ( Mark ) made an end of Sin . And Priest Bond saith again , They shall not be made free from Sin in this Life ; and there is in all true Believers a Cursed Root of bitterness not cast out , death only ( mark only ) makes the Conquest over Sin : and yet Christ hath made an end of Sin . Then how can Priest Bond say , Christs Death makes an end of Sin , as in Page 31. When they cannot be made free from it in this Life , it must be Death that must end it ? So you may see what conrtadiction he makes , and what confusion he is in . Priest Bond grants , that we could not he saved without the operation of his Spirit in us ; and yet Christ within is a Devil , and his Light is an Idol Light he saith : And the Quakers own no other Christ within , but what the Apostles Preacht both without and within . Priest Bond saith , It is the Spirit that quickens , John 6.63 . But Priest Bond hath not proved this . Is not Christ who is the Saviour of the Soul a quickning Spirit ? as it is written , the first Adam was made a Living Soul ; The second Adam was made a quickning Spirit . 1 Cor. 15.47 . But Priest Bond saith , Though the Spirit be a dead Souls quickner , yet it is not the quickned Souls Saviour , Page 26. So then Christ the second Adam , who is a quickning Spirit , is not the Souls Saviour , according to Priest Bonds Doctrine . And Priest Bond makes a great deal of pudder in several Pages , concerning eating Christs Flesh , and drinking his Blood , who saith , Except ye eat the Flesh of the Son of Man , and drink his Blood , yee have no Life in you . Now we that eat the Flesh of Christ , and drink his Blood by Faith , and have Life and Christ in us , this Christ Priest Bond saith is a Devil , and his Light is an Idol .

And Priest Bond falls a Railing against the Quakers , in Page 20. and saith , Crucifying of the Son of God : Crucifying of him again , &c. And have trod under foot the Blood of the Son of God . But Priest Bond , is not this thy own condition , and not the Quakers , who calls Christ and his Light within his people an Idol , the Devil , And saist , The Saints shall not he made free from Sin in this Life ? and the Apostle said , That the Blood of Christ Jesus the Son of God cleanseth from all Sin . And Priest Bond makes a great deal of Pudder in three or four Pages concerning the Seed , in Page 19. Christ we say , is the Seed of the Woman which bruises the Serpents Head ; and Christ is the Seed of Abraham , in which seed all Nations are blest : and if ye be Christs , then are yee Abrahams Seed , and heirs according to the promise , and are the Children of God by Faith in Christ Jesus . And we tell Priest Bond , Christ is the Seeds-man : And he may read in the Scriptures , what Christ calls the Seed that he sows : and the good Seed are the Children of the Kingdom .

Priest Bond , thou saist , Christ in you , the cause being put for the effect by a Metonyma ; but he hath not proved the word Metonyma by Scripture , that he hath added ; in Page 18. And Priest Bond makes a great stur , Page 17. Of Christ being in his People ; but why cannot he own the Apostles words , as they speak plainly , which are better than his meanings , as in 2 Cor. 13. Coloss. 1.27 . and Amos 2.13 . Genesis 6.6 . And there he is giving his meanings upon those Scriptures , which are plain enough without his meanings and dark imaginations , who pretends Scripture to be his Rule , and the people must take his meanings to be the Rule . And Priest Bond saith , The Light within doth Justify the vilest Antichrists that are this day in the World ; The Light within , which is by natural Generation in Reprobates , is not the true Christ , Page 16. saith Priest Bond. ( Answer ) These are Priest Bonds horrid Lies and Blasphemies . Christ who enlightens every man that comes into the World , Condemns the Antichrists , and the wicked , and the Reprobates , that hate it and do not believe in it : And this Light doth not come by natural Generation , as Priest Bond scoffingly saith ; but the Light is called the Life in Christ the Word , by which all things were made , John 1. Page 16. And yet Priest Bond confesses in contradiction to himself and saith ; It is true , by Light ( To wit ) Christ which enlightens every man that comes into the World is meant the true Christ and only Saviour , Page 8. And Priest Bond goes over and over , and scoffingly and Blasphemously saith , Christ within is a Devil ; which he might as well have reflected on the Apostles , as on the Quakers : for the Quakers own the true Saviour manifest in them , as he was in the Apostles and Saints in their days : And it is false to say , That we make no distinction betwixt Christs Godhead and Christs Manhood , as in Page 12. Priest Bond , thou saist Page 10. But as for your Idol Light Christ , it was never visible , but ever invisible . So here Priest Bond hath set up an Invisible Idol of his own making , in Page 10. And yet in Page 8. S. Bond saith , It is true that by Light in that place of Scripture , the true Christ and our only Saviour is meant , John 1. And in Page 10. An Invisible Idol . Priest Bond saith Page 8. A Quaker attributes no more Soul-saving Merit to the Body of Jesus , than to the Body of a Turk or a Jew . These horrid Lyes Priest Bond hath Forged , which Lyes of his was never the Quakers thoughts ; For God prepared Christ a Body to do his Will , and to fulfill his Will , &c. who was a sacrifice for the Sins of the whole World , and dyed , and rose again , and sits at the Right Hand of God : and yet Priest Bond made to confess that the Quakers say , That the Word took Flesh of the Virgin , and that he suffered without the Gates of Jerusalen , &c. And therefore Priest Bond is to prove , who ever said , That the Body of Christ attributes no more Soul saving Merit than to the Body of a Turk or a Jew . And again Priest Bond saith , I do acknowledge ( with him ( to wit ) the Quaker that the effects of Christs death and sufferings are to be inwardly Witnessed within us , Page 8. And yet Chirst within is a Devil , & his Light an Idol within , How agrees the Blasphemy with the Confession ? And who is it that works ? Doth not Christ work inwardly in his People , by his Faith , Light and Spirit ? And Priest Bond hath made a great stir in three or four Pages about the False Christ ; and he may apply all these Pages to himself , for they do not at all concern the Quakers . And all his Lies , and Slanders , and filthy calumnies , and his ungracious filthy Language in his Book ; doth manifest him to be no Minister of the Gospel , but a Minister of soul Language and Lies , neither hath he proved the Quakers principles to be erroneous , but hath manifested his own erroneous Principles 75 times over .

Priest Bond saith , The Quakers in Burmoudos Tryed , found guilty , Sentenced and Executed ; But Priest Bond here is both False-witness , False Accusor , and Flase Judge and Party : and yet accuses Francis Eastlack , and saith , He that was the Party , made himself the determinating Judge , Page 6. But the Quakers are clear of all his Slanders , and he is found Guilty of all the false Charges , that he would falsly Charge upon the Quakers in Burmoudas , and others that he hath mentioned and wronged in his wicked Lying Book ; and therefore he may take them home , for they are fittest for him , and his Condemnation with the Light of Christ .

Priest Bond saith , As I was about to read some of G. F 's Doctrine , they grew impatient , and by no means would have it read ; thereupon I did forbear : But I have here inserted it , to wit , G. Fox in his Boook entituled the Mystery , Page 49. 50. Hath these words , Ye scorn me the Light in you , they have disobeyed it , and called it a natural Light , and ye have said , that I the Light am not able to save these that believe in me . Furthermore Page 54. that if ye would believe , and wait on me the Light , I will purge out all your iniquity , and forgive all your Trespasses , and I shall change your natures if you hearken to me , and obey the Light within . These are the words I would have read ; but being hindred , &c. ( Answer ) These are Priest Bonds horrid Lies ; for there is not one of these words in all the Pages of G. F's Book which Priest Bond brings . S. Bond , thou brings G. F's query which any that reads G. F's Book may see , which he queries of the Priest , F. Higinson , Where doth the Scripture speak of Humane , the word Humane where is it written ? tell us , that we may search for it ? S. B. forger of these Lies . Now we do not deny that Christ , according to the Flesh , was of Abraham , but not the word Humane ; and Christs Nature is not Humane , which is Earthly , for that is the first Adam : And this is G. F's answer to Higinson , who said , That Christs Nature was Humane , &c. And S. Bond in Page 50. makes a great pudder about it ; but instead of proving of it , ( which he hath not by Scripture , but hath made the matter worse ( and saith , ) G. F. puts no difference betwixt Humane and Humane , which S. Bond hath proved neither of these words by Scripture , which he calls his Rule . And when he hath been beating the Air , he confesses , We have not such a Word : And yet S. B. saith , Having the thing , who contradicts himself ; but he hath not proved it . And again , S. Bond saith , Christ is also said to be from Heaven , ( Page 50. ) and yet Humane ? And again ( Page 69. ) S. Bond saith , Stephen saw Christs humane Body in Heaven , Acts 7. Here thou wrongest the Scripture and Stephen , for there is not the word Humame in Acts 7. But Stephen being full of the Holy-Ghost , looked up stedfastly into Heaven , and saw the Glory of God and Jesus standing on the Right Hand of God , and said , behold , I saw the Heavens opened , and the Son of Man standing at the Right Hand of G d ; So he saw Christ being full of the Holy-Ghost : And yet Priest Bond saith , Chirsts Flesh and Bones was Spiritual after he was Risen , Page 72. And the Quakers say , The Word of God is nigh thee , even in thy Mouth and in thy Heart , which is the Word of Faith that we and the Apostle preacht . And S. Bond saith , &c. I do not apprehend in Rom. 10.6 . &c. How these verses do answer the argument of any one of them , which proves a Quakers pretended Saviour within to be a false Christ , the Devil , Page 13. Or how they preve the pretended Saviour within to be the true Christ ; and yet Priest Bond saith , As the righteousness of Faith is the Redeemer against all doubts of Salvation , &c. But Priest Bond , is not this Righteousness of Faith within the Hearts of Gods people ? And hi Page 15. S. Bond contradicts himself , and saith , That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus Christ , and shall believe in thy heart that God hath raised him from the dead , thou shalt be saved , that is to say , the word of Faith Preacht is nigh in our Mouths . We have received Christ whom God hath revealed in our hearts , and hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts , crying Aba Father , Gal. 4. this we witness , 2. Cor. 13. Now S. Bond finds fault with G. F. for using the word their for our , as in Page 51. and saith , It is contrary to the Apostle . But in page 15. Priest Bond uses the word is nigh in our Mouths , instead of saying , The word is nigh thee even in thy Mouth ; And so doth not he himself abuse the Apostles words , as in Rom. 10. And I bring but this for him to see his own folly , who is Straining at Gnats , and swallowing Camels , though G. F's word our to us and their to the Apostles , is proper enough : and the word of Faith is nigh us in our hearts and mouths as well as in thy , as the Apostle said : but Priest Bond who cavils at Words , may see how he mistakes himself , and utters forth his own Folly .

S. Bond brings Thomas Moors saying , in Page 51. That Christ was absent from us . while we were in this Mortal Body . And G. F. answers contrary to the Apostle , who said , The Life of Christ is manifest in their Mortal Flesh : yes , and we say again , that the Life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our Mortal Flesh : and Christ is in us the hope of Glory . But Bond makes a great pudder , that the Life of Christ Jesus might ( not is , but ) be made manifest in ( not their , but ) our mortal Flesh .

But SB . How foolishly thou strains at Gnats and swallows Camels ; for G. F. when he saith their , he means the Apostles and the Church : and thou saist not is ; but dost not thou contadict the Apostle who said , The Son of God was reyealed in him &c. So we say , theirs ( to wit ) the Apostles and the Church in their days ; and we say ours in our days ( to wit ) for we which Live , are always delivered unto Death for Jesus sake , that the Life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal Bodies . And so here it is plain , in their mortal Flesh , and in our mortal Flesh . And doth S. B. say , that the Life of Jesus was not manifest in the Apostles mortal Flesh , and the Churches , and them that hear it too ? and will not S. B. have the Life of Christ to be made manifest in our mortal Flesh , because he makes such a pudder about our , &c. And because G. F. saith , the Life of Christ is manifest in their mortal Bodies : And doth not S. B. when he writes of others , say theirs ? But the Apostles writes of themselves and the Church , when they said ours . But S. B. Thou hast wrong quoted the Scripture , 2 Cor. 5.11 . And there is no such saying in that Text of Scripture , That the Life of Jesus might be made manifest in their mortal Flesh . I query of S. Bond , whether this was not while they were upon the Earth , that thou mak●s such a pudder about ? And whether the Apostles were not made partakers of the Glory , while they were upon the Earth ? And is not the Light called the Life , John 1. in Christs Word ? And doth not the Light shine in our Hearts , 2 Cor. 4.6 ? And thou saist , Page 51. That Fox endeavours as much as in him lies to choak the Lamb of God . But Priest Bond , Can Christ the Lamb of God which hath all power in Heaven and Earth given to him , be Choaked ? Dost not thou herein shew thy Foolishness and Silliness ? And as for his railing against J. Pennington , he hath not Quoted the Page where to find what he saith against him , neither hath he named John Chanlers Book , which he rails at against him . And therefore it is like he hath belied them as he hath done G. F. and others . And therefore Priest Bond had better Repent , if he can find a place of Repentance for all his Lying Blasphemies , and studdy to be quiet ; for he hath given forth his Book to his Shame .

And S. Bond ( to bring in , with the rest of your cruelty and inhumane Practises ) I query of thee , Wast not thou the man who instigated and stur'd up the Magistrates in Burmudus to take up John Tysoe with a Warrant , and carried him from Constable to Constable through great part of the Island to your Town-Prison , where he was kept till Banished off your Island ? a Man , whom you had nothing to lay to his charge , worthy of Bonds , but for coming upon your Island to visit his Friends and people of the Lord , who were gathred from your persecuting Spirit , and thy Idolatrous Worships , to wait upon the Lord in the Spirit of Truth and Righteousness ; at which ( Cain like ) you were angry , and thou in thy malice wast stirr'd up to cry out against this Inocent man ; ( like thy Brethren of old , Help men of Israel , the turners of the World upside down are come hither also ) who ; as aforesaid , came with the Love of God in his heart to visit his Friends , and did desire the well-being of you all , which is Sixteen years ago ; and how thou hast behaved thy self since it is known to some ; but now thou hast made thy self manifest in a large measure , in thy ungodly , Blasphemous Book , which I hope will be a means to open the Eyes of some that yet see thee not .

And now , we understanding , that Sam. Bond 's Book was Printed at Boston in New-England , by Sam. Green , upon the Assignment of S. Sewall ; and we being sensible , how forward the New-England Priests and Professors are to tolerate and Print such lying and slanderous Books against us the people of God , in scorn called Quakers , to cover their Wickedness in their persecuting of us , ( who Hanged four of the said people called Quakers , Cut of the Ears of others , Branded with an Hot-Iron , Banished many upon pain of Death , and Imprisoned , Beat and Cruelly Whipt many ; yea , one William Brend , till his body was like a Gelly ; and besides the spoiling of Friends Goods ) who promoted the Printing , and tolerated Roger Williams's silthy , slanderous Book of Lies against us ; We have brought forth , and added some of R. Williams's ( one of their old Priests in N. E. ) false and Blasphemous Doctrines concerning Christs Body and Blood , which he asserted and maintained openly , at the dispute at Rhode-Island in N. England , to the shame of true Christianity , as follows :

These are four Pages , taken out of G. F's . and S. B's answer to Roger Williams , Entituled , A New-England Fire-Brand quenched , part 2. Page 508. and seq. Printed in the year 1679.

And Roger Williams , thou and the people know'st , that thou brought'st G. F's Fol. 56. at the dispute at Nuport , to prove , that G. F. said . The Blood of Christ was corruptable , and that it was like the Blood of another Man , and from thence thou didst endeavour to prove , That our Christ was not the true Christ ; and G. F. a Blasphemer : But when the place was read in G. F's Book , it was found to be the Priests sayings , and not G F's . to wit , That the Blood of Christ was corruptible , and so like the Blood of another Man . ( For G. F's answer to the Priest is , That the Blood of Christ which cleanseth from all Sin , is Incorruptible ; as the Reader may read , Fol. 56. ) And so R. W. Seing it were the Priests words , and not G. F's , which he brought to Condemn G. F. and us withal in the Face of the Country , and to prove that our Christ was not the true Christ , he seeing it was proved to be the Priests words out of G. F's . Book and not G. F's , he turned about to maintain the Priests words , to wit , That Christs Blood was Corruptible , and asserted as followeth ( which was taken then in Characters ; and we do not question but that the sober-minded , unprejudic'd people then there may remember the Words ) Viz.

1st , R. W. said , I affirm that the Blood of Christ that he shed , was material , as another Mans and was corruptible .

2d . R. W. said , I say , that the Blood , from hence he might as well argue , that the Flesh of Christ being material was therefore Corruptible , which is contrary to the Apostles Doctrine ( Acts 2.31 . ) Neither did his Flesh see corruptiion . Yet in another place in his Book . R. W. doth affirm , That he is Redeemed by the Blood of God : which blood ; he saith is Corruptible , of Christ , was Corruptible and Corrupted ; With many other unsavory words .

John Stubs answered , Take heed Roger , what t●ou saist , we do not deny , but Blood came out of his Side ; but we say , That the Blood of Christ is Incorruptible . And we say , that we were never able to pay or satisfy God ; yet Christ leadeth his people by his Spirit , and reconcileth them to his Father , &c. And we dare not for all the World to assert that , which R. W. hath affirmed here ; to wit , That the Flood of Christ is Corruptible , and did Corrupt : For we know , that we are Redeemed not with corruptible things , &c. but with the precious Blood of Christ , as of a Lamb without blemish and spot , ( 1 Pet. 1.18 , 19. )

3. R. W. affirmed , That Salvation was by a way that was corruptible , I do not say corrupted : So far R. W.

J. B. answered and said to this purpose , I desire not to grate upon the Antient man ; but am sorry , that he should so overshoot himself as he hath done , so far to deny Christ , and undervalue his appearance both inward and outward , as to say , That Christ within was but a fancy , and a false Christ , ( as he then affirmed ) and That Christ without was Corruptible , ( contrary to the Apostle , who said , His Flesh saw no Corruption ) and also of his appearance without , who then also said , That his Blood was Corruptible and corrupted , as I believe , many of the people that was there may yet remember I shewed then , how that he had brought upon himself that charge , and proved himself guilty of that , for which he indeavoured to condemn us : And I spoke at that time , of our owning of the true Lord Jesus Christ , in his appearing in that Body , and of his suffering and resurrection , according to the Scriptures , and also of his spiritual appearance in his Saints after his ascension , according to the promise of Christ , and the testimony of his Apostles ; as I then brought many testimonies ●ut of Scriptures to maintain and prove the same , and so signified fully to the people , of our true owning of Christ ; and there bore testimony against his dangerous words , that he had then uttered before them , in speaking ( contrary to what is written ) of Christs being corruptible , and his Blood : And was ( as I then signified ) truly sorry that he should so sin against God and Christ , and wrong his own Soul .

( 1. ) And now , how could W. E. do any otherwise , but charge R. W. with Blasphemy against Christ , his Body and Blood ? for he affirms , That the Light of Christ is an Id●l , a Fancy , a Frantick-light ; and Christ within , an Imaginary Christ , as you may see in many places of his Book .

( 2. ) He affirms , That Salvation was by a man that was corruptible ; and that his Blood was Corruptible and Corrupted .

Now we do charge R. W. and all the New-England Priests ( together with these Baptists that took his part against us at Rhode-Island , and Providence at the Dispute ) to make those his assertions good by Scripture if they can ( which we do affirm are Blasphemies ) and shew us Chapter and Ve●se , which he saith , is the Rule and Touch-stone ; and so , let his H●rrible Bl●●●hemies be touched and tryed with Scriptures . For David saith . ( Psal. ●6 . ) My Heart is glad , and my Glory rejoyceth ; my Flesh also rests in Hope : for thou wilt not leave my Soul in Hell , neither wilt thou suffer thy Holy one to see corruption . And again the Apostle saith , ( who spoke of the Resu●●●ction of Christ , that his Soul was not left in Hell , neither [ mark ] His Flesh did s●e Corruption . ( Acts 2.27.31 . ) And ( Acts. 13.34 . ) Thou shalt not ●uff●●● 〈◊〉 Holy one to see Corruption . David saw corruption , but he whom God raised ●gai● , ●● wit● Christ , saw [ Mark ] no corruption . Now if R. W. and the New-England . Priests be Redeemed by Corruptible Man , and a corruptible Blood , that did Corrupt , this is contrary to what the Apostle saith , His Flesh saw no corru●●●on ; ●nd they were not Redeemed with Corruptible things , but with the Precu●us wood●t Christ . So it is clearly proved , that Christ his Flesh and Blood is no●●●●●●●ptible , but Incoruptible ; and therefore R. W's . Corruptible Man ( and Co●●uptible Blood , ) ●●at did Corrupt , ( by which he pretends he is Saved ) is a saite Christ , and not the Christ the Apostles Preached , the true Lord Jesus , whose Flesh and Blood did not Corrupt ; and if the Flesh and Blood of Christ ( as R. W. affirmeth ) be Corruptible ; then how is he in Heaven with Corruptible Flesh and Blood , when the Apostle saith , Corruption doth not inherrit Inc●rruption . ( 1 Cor. 15.50 . ) Christ Sanctifieth the people with his own Blood . ( Heb. 13. ) And ( 1 Pet. 1.2 . ) The Saints were Sprinkled with the Blood of Jesus : And ( 1 John 1 , ) The Blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all Sin . ( And Revel. ●1 . ) He hath washed us from our Sins ; and Christ hath Redeemed us to God by his Blood . ( Rev. 5.9 . ) And the Saints Garmets were made white in the blood of the Lamb. ( ●ev . 7. ) And the Saints overcame by the Blood of the Lamb. ( Rev. 12.11 . ) And Christ saith , Wh●●●teth my Flesh , and drinketh my Blood , &c. And my Blood is Drink indeed . Now was it Corruptile Blood , or Corruptible Flesh , that the ●●ints did eat ? and Corruptible Blood which cleanseth from all Sins , and mad● the Saints Garments white , by which they overcome ? O Horrid darkness ! for will not Corruptible stain ? and not fetch out the Stain ? and the Saints were to have Faith in Christs Blood . ( Rom. 25. ) The Saints are made high to God by the Blo●d of Christ , the Flock of God , which Christ hath purchased with his own Blood . ( Acts 20.28 . )

Now if this be the New-England Priests prnciple , Profession and Judgement , that they be Redeemed by a corruptible man , and the Blood of Christ Jesus was corruptible and corrupted ; then they , that have tolerated . R. W. his Blasphemous Book to be Printed ( that held forth those abominable things in his Dispute , before a great assembly of people at Newport in Rhode Island , how can we say otherwise , but they are Blasphemers , and own not the true Lord Christ Jesus , Whose Flesh saw no corruption ; neither was his Blood corruptible . And therefore we do conclude with the Apostle , that R. W. and they that held forth this Doctrine with him , are such as have trodden under Foot the Son of God , and counted the Blood of the New-Covenant , wherewith they were Sanctified , an unholy thing : and have done despite unto the Spirit of Grace , and have Crucified to themselves the Son of God afresh , and put him to open Shame .

Now see if this man R. W. that hath spoken those blaphemous Words against Christ Jesus , his Body , and Blood , and Spirit , and Light , is fit to take the Name of Christ in his mouth ; and yet this man , he brought this saying of the Priest , to be G. F's to prove , That our Christ was not the true Christ . Which words proving to be the Priests , and not G. F's , he ( R. W. ) stood by them , and maintained them against us , and so by his own Argument and Judgement by the same rule and words , that he would have disproved ours , he hath proved his own Christ not to be the true Christ . But should we ( the People of God , in scorn called Quakers ) have come and Preached in New-England , and told you , That you were saved by a Man , that was Corruptible , and that Christ's Blood was Corruptible and Corrupted , and that you were wash't and cleansed by such a Blood , then ye might have said , what a Hellish Doctrine is this indeed ? which we abhor , and such Doctrines ; as R. W. hath Preached to us in the dispute . And our desires are , that the Lord God of Heaven may deliver all people from such Doctrines ; of all the Doctrines that ever we read , we never heard the like .

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