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<P>THE CHRISTIANITY OF THE PEOPLE Commmonly called QUAKERS, ASSERTED Again&s;t the Unju&s;t Charge of their being no <HI>CHRISTIANS,</HI> Upon &s;everal Que&s;tions relating to tho&s;e Matters, wherein their Chri|&s;tian Belief is Que&s;tioned.</P>
<P>Printed in the Year, 1693.</P>
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<HEAD>The Chri&s;tianity of the <HI>People</HI> com|monly called <HI>QUAKERS,</HI> A&s;&s;erted again&s;t the Unju&s;t Charge of their being no <HI>CHRISTIANS,</HI> &amp;c.</HEAD>
<P><LABEL>Que&s;tion,</LABEL> WHat's your Belief con|cerning the Ble&s;&s;ed Trinity, as our Term is?</P>
<P><LABEL>An&s;wer.</LABEL> Our Belief is, that in the Unity of the God-head there is Father, Son, and Holy Gho&s;t, being tho&s;e Three Divine Witne&s;&s;es that bear Record in Heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and that the&s;e Three are One, according to Holy Scripture Te|&s;timony.</P>
<P><LABEL>Que&s;t.</LABEL> Do you Believe the Divinity and Humanity of Je&s;us Chri&s;t the Eternal Son of God, or that Je&s;us Chri&s;t is truly God and Man?</P>
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<LABEL>An&s;w.</LABEL> Yes, we verily believe that Je&s;us Chri&s;t is truly God and Man, ac|cording as Holy Scripture Te&s;tifies of Him, God over all ble&s;&s;ed for ever, the true God and Eternal Life, the One Mediator between God and Men, even the Man Chri&s;t Je&s;us.</P>
<P><LABEL>Que&s;t.</LABEL> Do you believe and expect Sal|vation, and Ju&s;tification, by the Righte|ou&s;ne&s;s and Merits of Je&s;us Chri&s;t, or by your own Righteou&s;ne&s;s or Works?</P>
<P><LABEL>An&s;w.</LABEL> By Je&s;us Chri&s;t his Righteou&s;|ne&s;s, Merits and Works, and not by our own, God is not indebted to us for our de&s;ervings, but we to Him for his free Grace in Chri&s;t Je&s;us, whereby we are &s;aved through Faith in Him (not of our &s;elves) and by his Grace inabled truly and acceptably to &s;erve and follow Him as He requires! He is our <HI>All</HI> in <HI>All,</HI> who worketh all in us that is well plea&s;|ing to God.</P>
<P><LABEL>Que&s;t.</LABEL> Do you believe Remi&s;&s;ion of Sin, and Redemption through the Sufferings, Death and Blood of Chri&s;t?</P>
<P><LABEL>An&s;w.</LABEL> Yes, through Faith in Him as
<PB N="5" REF="3">he Suffered and Died for all Men, gave him&s;elf a Ran&s;om for all, and His Blood being &s;hed for the Remi&s;&s;ion of Sins; &s;o all they who &s;incerely believe and obey Him, receive the Benefits and ble&s;&s;ed Effects of his &s;uffering and dying for them, they by Faith in his Name, re|ceive and partake of that Eternal Re|demption which he hath obtained for us, who gave <HI>Him&s;elf</HI> for <HI>&V;s</HI> that he might Redeem us from <HI>all iniquity;</HI> he died for our <HI>Sins,</HI> and ro&s;e again for our <HI>Ju|&s;tification;</HI> and if we walk in the Light, as he is in the Light, we have fellow|&s;hip one with another; and the Blood of Je&s;us Chri&s;t His Son clean&s;eth us from all &s;in, 1 <HI>John</HI> 1.7.</P>
<P><LABEL>Que&s;t.</LABEL> Do you believe and own the Di|vine Offices of Je&s;us Chri&s;t in His Church?</P>
<P><LABEL>An&s;w.</LABEL> Yes, verily we &s;incerely be|lieve and own Chri&s;t, not only as He is the Light of the World, enlightning e|very Man coming into it; but al&s;o that he is given for a Leader, and for a Com|mander. And that he is both King, Prie&s;t, and Prophet to and over his Church and
<PB N="6" REF="4">People. He is the Mini&s;ter of the San|ctuary which the Lord pitched, and not Man, and we are to hear him in all things.</P>
<P><LABEL>Que&s;t.</LABEL> Do you believe or own Bapti&s;m as E&s;&s;ential to Chri&s;tianity, or nece&s;&s;ary to Salvation, and for the Ingrafting us into Chri&s;t and His Church?</P>
<P><LABEL>An&s;w.</LABEL> We believe and are fully per|&s;waded, <HI>That</HI> Bapti&s;m which is E&s;&s;ential to Chri&s;tianity, and the &s;aving Bapti&s;m, or the Cau&s;e without which none can be true Chri&s;tians, or &s;aved, is the inward or &s;piritual wa&s;hing of Regeneration by the Word of Life, This is the &s;aving Bapti&s;m into Chri&s;t and his Church, which produceth the An&s;wer of a Good Con&s;cience towards God, of which the outward was a Figure, 1 <HI>Pet.</HI> 3.21. This is that <HI>One Bapti&s;m</HI> of Chri&s;t by one Spi|rit into <HI>that one Body,</HI> whereof Chri&s;t is Head.</P>
<P>As to Dipping or Sprinkling Infants, or Young Children we find no Precept or Pre&s;ident in Holy Scripture for the practice thereof, and therefore we can|not
<PB N="7" REF="4">think out not believing it E&s;&s;ential (or nece&s;&s;ary) to Salvation, or making <HI>Chri&s;tians</HI> a &s;ufficient Argument to prove us <HI>no Chri&s;tians</HI> (unle&s;s it can be proved that none are &s;aved without it, and that all are &s;aved that have it.) Con&s;idering al&s;o what's Po&s;itively affirmed in the 39 Articles; as in the 6th Article, <HI>That what&s;oever is not Read in the Holy Scrip|tures, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any Man, That it &s;hould be believed as an Article of the Faith, or be thought requi&s;ite or nece&s;&s;ary to Salva|tion.</HI> And in the 20th Article, <HI>That the Church ought not to Decree or Enforce any thing again&s;t or be&s;ides Holy Writ, to be believed for nece&s;&s;ity of Salvation.</HI> And in Article 21. <HI>That things ordain'd by General Councils as nece&s;&s;ary to Salvation, have neither &s;trength nor authority, unle&s;s that they be taken out of Holy Scripture.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Que&s;t.</LABEL> Do you believe or own the Lords Supper, either as a &s;ign of the Love that Chri&s;tians ought to have among them&s;elves, or as a Seal of the Saints Communion and Commemoration of Chri&s;ts Death for us, or
<PB N="8" REF="5">as Figurative of Chri&s;ts Body and Blood &s;piritually received by Faith.</P>
<P><LABEL>An&s;w</LABEL> The Supper of the Lord we own, and renderly con&s;ider in a twofold &s;en&s;e, 1. In the Figure, 2. In the Sub|&s;tance. 1&s;t. That our Lord Je&s;us Chri&s;t, at His <HI>Supper</HI> with His Di&s;ciples, did eat the Pa&s;&s;eover (which was for the fulfil|ling and con&s;ummation of the Fea&s;ts un|der the Law;) &s;ee <HI>Luke</HI> 22. And at this <HI>Supper</HI> He did take and Mini&s;ter Bread and the Cup to his Di&s;ciples (for there was no Tran&s;ub&s;tantiation) &s;aying. <HI>This do in remembrance of me;</HI> and &s;aid the A|po&s;tle, <HI>As often as ye &s;hall eat this Bread and drink this Cup, ye &s;hew the Lords Death till he come.</HI> 1 Cor. 11. After this they did more clearly know His coming, and Chri&s;t after the Spirit; <HI>Je&s;us Chri&s;t in them,</HI> 2 Cor, 13.5. and 5.16. 2d And Chri&s;t &s;aid to his Di&s;ci|ples, <HI>I will not drink henceforth of this Fruit of the Vine until that day I drink it new with you in my Fathers Kingdom,</HI> Mat. 26.29. And likewi&s;e of the <HI>Bread, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be
<PB N="9" REF="5">fulfilled in the Kingdom of God,</HI> Luke 22.16. And he further &s;aid, <HI>I appoint un|to you a Kingdom as my Father hath ap|pointed to me, that ye may Eat and Drink at my Table in my Kingdom,</HI> &amp;c. Luke 22.29, 30. In the&s;e things we believe he &s;poke my&s;teriou&s;ly, and that every Member of his Spiritual Church, doth daily &s;piritually partake of his Body and Blood by Faith, as the Cup of Ble&s;&s;ing which we Ble&s;s, is it not the Communi|on of the Blood of Chri&s;t? And the Bread which we break, is it not the Com|munion of the Body of Chri&s;t? for we being many are <HI>One</HI> Bread, and <HI>One</HI> Bo|dy, for we are all partakers of that <HI>ONE</HI> Bread, 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 10.15, 16, 17. The Son of God &s;aith, <HI>Behold I &s;tand at the Door and knock, if any man hear my Voice, and open the Door, I will come into him, and will</HI> SUP <HI>with him, and he with me,</HI> Rev. 3.20. And Wi&s;dom calleth to the &s;im|ple, <HI>Come Eat of my Bread, and Drink of my Wine,</HI> Prov. 9.4, 5. And &s;aith Chri&s;t, <HI>The Bread of God is he that cometh down from Heaven, and giveth Life unto the
<PB N="10" REF="6">World. I am that Bread of Life; my Fle&s;h is Meat indeed, and my Blood is Drink indeed. He that Eateth my Fle&s;h, and Drinketh my Blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him,</HI> John 6. We believe that all who thus do truly partake of Chri&s;t by Faith, are in true Communion and Love among them&s;elves, which they do want who are only in the outward Ob|&s;ervation of <HI>Sign and Shadows.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Que&s;t.</LABEL> Do you own the Seals of the New Covenant?</P>
<P><LABEL>An&s;w.</LABEL> Yes, as the New Covenant i<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> Spiritual, &s;o are the Seals thereof (a<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> they may be termed) proper to it, and therefore we believe they &s;tand not in a|ny external Shadow, Sign or Figure, bu<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> in <HI>&s;pirit</HI> and <HI>&s;ub&s;tance,</HI> the <HI>Seals</HI> of the New Covenant (which is inward and &s;piritual) mu&s;t needs be the Evidence&punc; Te&s;timony, and work of the <HI>Holy Spirit</HI> giving us a&s;&s;urance through Faith of our &s;hare and intere&s;t in that Covenant. Se<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> what the Holy Scripture &s;aith in this ca&s;e; &s;ee 2 <HI>Cor.</HI> 1.22. <HI>Who hath al&s;o &s;eal+ed us, and hath given us the earne&s;t of th<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">
<PB N="11" REF="6">&s;pirit in our Hearts.</HI> Ephe&s;. 1.13. <HI>After <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">hat ye believed ye were &s;ealed with the <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">oly &s;pirit of Promi&s;e.</HI> And <HI>Ephe&s;.</HI> 4.30. <HI>And grieve not the holy &s;pirit of God where|<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">y ye are &s;ealed unto the day of Redemp|<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ion.</HI></P>
<P>Our Chri&s;tian &s;en&s;e and belief in the&s;e Matters may be briefly &s;umm'd up in <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">hat follows, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
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<ITEM>1. We believe, That the &s;piritual ap|<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">earance, and living enjoyment of Chri&s;t <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;pirit, is above all outward &s;igns, &s;ha|<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ows, or figures, or a Remembrance on|<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">y of him thereby. And that <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> more <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">learly di&s;covers him&s;elf by his Spirit in <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">he New Covenant, than by any outward Repre&s;entations in the Old, or thereunto <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ppertaining.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. That the <HI>One Bapti&s;m</HI> of the Spirit <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">s a Seal or Confirmation of the New Co|venant to true Believers, and of them <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">n it; and &s;o is their &s;piritual Eating and Drinking with Him in his Kingdom a
<PB N="12" REF="7">certain A&s;&s;urance, Seal or Evidence o<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> their Spiritual Communion with him, and in him.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. As all outward &s;hadows and figure were of a decrea&s;ing nature, &s;o there <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> the &s;ub&s;tance thereof, which they poin<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">+ed at, and wherein they ended, thoug<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> the names given to the &s;hadows wer<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> carried along to the &s;ub&s;tance al&s;o, tha<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> it might the more plainly appear in Scri|pture how the &s;hadows were fulfilled i<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> the &s;ub&s;tance Chri&s;t; as in the Old Co|venant there was outward Circumci&s;ion of the Fle&s;h; in the New, there is th<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> inward Circumci&s;ion of the Spirit. I<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> the Old, there was divers <HI>Wa&s;hings o<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> Bapti&s;ms,</HI> Heb. 9.10. In the New. the <HI>One Bapti&s;m of Chri&s;t;</HI> in the Old, the Fea&s;t of the outward Pa&s;&s;eover kept with Unleavened Bread, and other Fea&s;ts ob&s;erved, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> in the New Covenant, Je|&s;us Chri&s;t is our Pa&s;&s;eover, and the Fea&s;t is to be kept with Unleavened Bread of <HI>Sincerity</HI> and <HI>Truth;</HI> and here the <HI>One</HI>
<PB N="13" REF="7">Bread of Life is known and received.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. We do not read nor find in Scrip|<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ure, that <HI>One</HI> outward Type or Sha|<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ow, was a Type of another Type out|ward, but always of the thing Typified <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">r Shadowed forth, which was the &s;ub|<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">tance and end of that Shadow or Type, <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">s may be &s;hown at large, if any under|<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ake to &s;hew us any &s;hadow or thing that <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">s figurative in its own nature (mention|<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">d in Scripture) which they &s;uppo&s;e we <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">annot &s;hew the &s;ub&s;tance of, under the <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ame Name or Title.</ITEM>
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<P><LABEL>Que&s;t.</LABEL> Do you believe and own the Ho|<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> Scriptures, contained in the Books of the Old and New Te&s;tament, to be given by Divine In&s;piration, and to contain all Mat|<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ers of Doctrine and Te&s;timony, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> nece&s;|&s;ary to be believed and practiced in order <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">o Salvation, and Peace with God?</P>
<P><LABEL>An&s;w.</LABEL> Yes, we do, and by the a&s;&s;i&s;|<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ance of the Grace and good Spirit of
<PB N="14" REF="8">God, which gives the true under&s;tan<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">+ing of the mind of God, and meaning Holy Scripture, we alwaies de&s;ire to li<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> in the Faith, Knowledge and Practice them in all things appertaining to Li<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> and Godline&s;s, Holy Scripture being gi<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">+en by Divine In&s;piration, is profitable <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> Doctrin, Correction, and In&s;truction, th<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> the Man of God may be perfect, th<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1+ letters">+rowly furni&s;hed unto every good Wo<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> able to make the Man of God wi&s;e u<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">+<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> &s;alvation, through Faith in Chri&s;t Je&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"></P>
<P>Writ in behalf of the People of God c<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">+led QUAKERS, by &s;ome of them.</P>
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