And now • oncernig INFALLIBILITY.

We affirm,P. 7. ſaid G. K. That the Spirit of God in us▪ and all Believers, in every Diſcovery it gives, i • Infallible; yet we have never judged Our ſe •• es abſolutely Infallible; nor did 〈…〉 place o • fix an abſolute Infallibility upon ANY Man—but on the contrary, Truth's Defe •• e. p. 65. that the Dictates and Leadings of God's Spirit in • s, are • nfallible, and have a direct tendency to Lead, Guide, and Move us Infallibly.

And if G. K. now thinks it's a vile monſtrous Error for any to ſpeak and write from God and Chriſt, Immediately and Infallibly, and that thoſe that have only gotten the words, and have not the Spirit of God and Chriſt, are nor under the Curſe, and in another Spirit than the Apoſtles were in, let him.

And if he doth not, Why doth he quote G. F. & eſteem it a vile Error, See Serious Call. for his ſaying, viz. And Thou and You, all that Speak and Write, and not from God Immediately and Infallibly, as the Apoſtles did, and Prophe • s and Chriſt; but ONLY have gotten the words: You are all under the •• rſe, in another Spiri • , Ravened from the Spirit that was in the Apoſtles.

Note. G. K. did whilſt among the Quakers, vindicate theſe very Perſ • ns, in the ſame Doctrines which he n • w calls Vile Errors; and thereby re • ders himſelf Inſ • cere, in Pretending to be ign • rant of them,If this be a vile and monſtrous Error, will and doth he Aſſert the contrary, viz. That all that only have gotten the Words, but are in another Spirit, than Chriſt, the Prophets and Apoſtles were in, do all Write and Speak from God Immediatly and Infallibly, and are not under the Curſe, nor ravened from the Spirit that was in the Apoſtles: If ſo, and this be now his Doctrine, he is changed from what he was when a Quaker, when he Vindicated their Doctrines in the Name of the Lord; and when he held, as the Quakers •• ill do, all the Doctrines and Princ ••• es of the Chriſtian Faith.

Concerning the Scriptures.

'Geo, • ox ſays, as quoted, The Scriptures are not Infallible no • Divine, but H • mane. Note, But there are no ſuch words in the Place Cited, altho' it is elſewhere, notwithſtanding the Atteſtation of the three Doctors, and 〈◊〉 M ••• ers of Art, and Rectors, and G. K • s Affirmation to the T •• th as Cited: However hear G. K.

I Anſwer, That not only th •• Old Teſtament, but even the Writings or Letter of the New Teſtament, G. K's 〈◊〉 De ••• e, P. • 3. may be called a Killing Letter to thoſe that • emain alienated from the Spirit that quickens, even as Origen hath formerly Taught, in his Commentary of 〈◊〉 . Not only (ſaith he) in the Old Teſtament is found the Killing Letter; there is alſo in the New Teſtament the Letter which Killeth him who doth not Spiritually attend unto the things which are ſpoken. Now if any go from the Spirit, that only makes the true Goſpel Adminiſtration, and ſet up the Letter or Writing of the Apoſ • les, in the roem of the ſame theſe Writings of the Apo •• les do eventually become a killing Letter, no leſs than that of the Law, and can no more give Li • e, o • make Perfect, than the outward Law could. Ibid. 59.—

The Tranſlations o • the Scripture (the which Tranſlations are commonly called Scripture) have divers Addions,54. which Men have added without any pretence to Divine Inſpiration.49.—The Letter or External Form of the Writing is not properly the Word of God.47.—By the Word of God in the Scriptures, is not underſ • ood the Letter, but Chriſt. Thus far G. K.

'And will he now ſay, Only the bare Writing or Characters, co • ſi •• ing of Ink and Paper, is properly the Word of God, and are Infallible, Divine, and not Humane? I • G. K. will now ſo aſſert, let him.

Concerning Chriſt's Coming to Iudgment Is quoted G. W. as followeth.

Call. What is the Glory of the Father, in which Chriſt's Coming is? Is it viſible to the carnal Eye, and where is that Coming to be? Is it now to be looked for outwardly? G. K. ſaith,

G K's 〈◊〉 Co • P. 16.I do ſeriouſ • y and truly tell thee, as I faithfully believe that Chriſt did locally Aſcend upwards into the Heavens, whence alſo he ſhall Deſcend at the time of the Reſtitution of all things.

And if G. K. hath Retracted this, the Quakers ſee no cauſe to Retract, nor yet to affirm that Chriſt's Comming is Viſible to the carnal Eye.

Concerning Heaven and Hell.

There is none have a Glory and Heaven, but within them: And in Anſwer to this, and what W. Penn ſaith, Call. he • r G. K. ſaith,

Note, if every Regenerate Man is in Heaven, Rector Cor. P. 14. then he hath a Heaven wit • in him, or hath a Peace and Joy in him, from Chriſt. This is no great Ridd • e nor Paradox to the leaſt Child of the New Jeruſalem; P •• l indeed was before in Heaven, and ſo is every Regenera •• 〈…〉 Preſent.

Concerning doing Servile Work on the Lord's Day and the Moral Law.

We might 〈…〉 G. K. •• ought 〈◊〉 and expreſs Scripture, and proved by plain and expreſs Scripture, and in expreſs Scripture Terms, that the doing of any Servile Work on the 1ſt D • y of the Week, called here the Lord's Day, is forbid; and by expreſs Scripture, proves the 1ſt Day of the Week▪ and none of the other Days, is called the Lord's Day, & that Chriſt is not the Life of a Chriſtian, or the true Chriſtians Life and doth by expreſs Scripture Terms, prove that it • s an Article of Faith or Doctrine, in common to be believed▪ but he may expect ſome Quotations to that Head; and ſeeing in this Sheet uſe is made of a Quotation, out of Appeal, as it's ſaid, out of a Quakers Book concerning the Church of England's Miniſtry, we refer the Reader to a Sheet, Intituled, Mr. Geo. Keith's Account of a National Church, and the Miniſtry of the Church of England; and to the Animadverſions thereon; and alſo to the Book, intituled, The Portraiture of Mr. Geo. Keith, wherein it doth appear, what Account G. K gives ••• erning the Miniſtry of the Church of England, and the Diſſenting Miniſtry; and let him now, if he will, own or deny them to be Heretical and Antich • iſtian, ſo far as they reflect upon the Perſons of our Oppoſers, and moſt Heretical.

From the foregoing and following Quotations it will appear, what G. K's Belief was, a • d the Quakers is concerning the Ten Articles.

1ſt Concerning Infallibility G. K. ſaith,

G. K's T •• t • 's De •• ce P, 64.How 〈◊〉 this Conſeq • e • ce is, I leave unto ſober Men to Judge; as to Conclude▪ becauſe Men are fallible, that therefore the 〈…〉 Light of God's Spirit in Men is • allible 〈…〉 not Peter Fallible in ſome 〈…〉 ▪ Did not he fail ſorely when he denied his 〈…〉 it therefore follow that the Dictate o • Light of God's Spirit in him was Fallib • e?

To ſay that they have no Infallible Spirit, the plain Engliſh of which is▪ that the Spirit of God, and God himſelf, is Fallible; thus ſaith G. K. in his Pres • . and In • . Viſible Churches, P. • 7.

Concerning the Holy Scriptures, and their being the Only Rule of Faith and Practice, or to try Spirits, &c. G. K. ſaith.

Its no Repugnancy, that one and the ſame thing he Superiour and Inferiour in differe •• • eſpects, •• uth's Defence, P. 65. and as it reſpecteth different Subjects. But there is no neceſſity to underſtand the Dictate and Light of God's Spirit in divers Men to be Superiour and Inferiour, when it Examines and is Examined, for one equal may be a Meaſure or •• le to another; yea, one thing may be ſaid to • e a Rule unto it ſelf, according to that common Maxim or Principle, Linea rec • a eſt n • rma 〈…〉 Obliqui, i. e. A right Line is a Rule of it ſelf, and alſo of that which is Crooked — The Power of God is the Rule—For none know truly the S •• iptures, 〈1 paragraph〉 but they who know the Power of God; and therefore that Power which is Life, Light and ſpirit, is the more 〈◊〉 and Orginal Rule.

Concerning the Trinity, G. K. ſaith.

G. K's 〈…〉 App. P. 2.The only Exception we have, • is againſt that Unſcriptural Term or Phraſe of Three Perſons, or a Trin •• y of Perſons.

G. K's 〈…〉 , P. 5 • .And therefore let all Men know, to whoſe hand this may come. That the People called Quakers never denied, but on the contrary f • ithfully be • ieved, and do Still faithfully believe, 〈…〉 is Recorded, in the holy Scriptures, of that great Myſtery; to wit, That God is One, and that the F • ther▪ the Son, and the Holy Gho • t, is that One Only True and Living God, the Creator and Upholder of all.

Ibid. P. • 8. Concerning Chriſt and his Blood.

G. K. ſaith, The Lord Jeſus Chriſt, whom the Apoſtles pre • ched, that died for our Sins, and roſe again for our Juſtification, is aſcended and gone into Heaven, is 〈◊〉 alone Son of God, 〈◊〉 that his Body was Cr • cified▪ and Buried, did not ſee Corruption, that the People called Quakers own.

〈1 paragraph〉 G. K. ſuch further •• l • grant neither our Souls nor our 〈…〉 Heaven no • Redemption, as Meri • 〈…〉 ſeeing God hath 〈…〉 ſo • ear as to 〈…〉 as the • lood of his dear Son 〈…〉 may 〈…〉 to have ſome Dignity 〈…〉 which is to ſay 〈…〉 , otherwiſe God would never have given ſo great Ranſom for them, in the Souls of Men, in reſpect of their Nature and Being, had not been of great Value • which is all I underſtand by the word • Me • it, as uſed by any of us.

G. K's 〈…〉 , 180.Concerning Baptiſm and the Lord's Supper.

G. K. ſaith, o • their Two Sacraments, called Baptiſm and the Supper: 〈◊〉 for the 〈◊〉 or Word Sacrament, it is no where to be found in all the Engliſh Tranſ •• tions of the Bible, received among Proteſtants; neither is there any W •• d either in the Hebrew or Greek, that doth 〈◊〉 anſwer unto it, unleſs they will Tranſlate the Greek Word that ſignifieth Myſtery, to ſignifie a Sacrament; as the old Latin hath it in E • h. 5. • 2. Loc eſt ••• num Sacramentum, i. e. This is a great Sacrament: For which our Engliſh Tranſ •• t • on 〈◊〉 more property▪ This is a great Myſt •• y. But if Sacrament ſignifie Myſtery, then the • e muſt be • o many Sacraments as 〈…〉 .

As for Inf ••• s Baptiſm▪ p. 1 • 1. and 〈◊〉 a Child of Eight D • ys or more or leſs, on the • o • e he • d, and call it Baptiſm, it hath 〈…〉 in all the Scripture, neither of Pr • ce • t no • 〈◊〉 ; as will eaſily appear, by conſidering the places of Script • re, they cite 10.1 • — • s 〈◊〉 . 9.10. to 22 —Gen. 17.9.—we find neither 〈◊〉 nor Practice in all the Scripture, nor was the Practice of Baptizing Infants in uſe for an Hundred Years and more after the Apoſtles days, among Profeſſors of Chriſtianity.

And 〈◊〉 for W • t •• -Baptiſm in General, Ibid. P. 1 • 4. We ſay • It did only pro •• rly belong to John • s Mini ••• y a • d Diſpenſation, and is Expreſly 〈…〉 from the Baptiſm of Chriſt, both by 〈◊〉 and alſo by Chriſt himſelf—And i • any were 〈◊〉 up by the Lord, as John was▪ and could prove and inſtruct their being ſent to Baptize with Wa • er, as he was; theſe, to whom they ſhould be ſent, ought gladly to Receiv •• ; but to 〈◊〉 by BARE IMITATION 〈…〉 pretended Call, which they CANNOT PROVE to be either Mediate or Immediate, is great Preſumption, yea, Superſtition; and to call that a Command of God: which he hath given them no Command to Practice; is to ſet up the Precepts of Men in the Room of God • s Commandments, as the Phariſees did o • old,N. E. and is a taking of his Name in vain; for which he wil not hold them Ga • l • leſs. And they can never prove, by all their Art and S • ill, that Water Baptiſm is Command 〈◊〉 by Chriſt, N. E. Mat. 2 • .18, 19. For all God • s Commands and Precepts, Eſpecially of Publick Inſtitution, relating to the Church, are Expreſs in ſo many expreſs Words, and are not left to be gathered by uncertain and doubtful Conſequences.

P. 185.When God ſent John to Baptize with Water, Water was expreſſed; but in the Apoſtle's Commiſſion to Baptize, no mention is made of Water, nor no words of Inſtitution commanded to be uſed.

P. 187.We grant that Chriſt had an outward Supper with his Diſciples, when he did eat the Paſchal Lamb with them; and this was a real Supper, and not like that which ye now uſe, that is neither Subſtantial Supper nor Dinner, being only a little Crumb of Bread, ſcarce ſo big as a • ut; and a Spoonful of VVine, or two, which hath little outward Subſtance, and no Inward and Spiritual Signification unto you—your Supper is a meer Shadow, and none of Chriſt • s Supper, nor of hi • Inſtitution. With much more.

Concerning the Reſurrection.

G. K's 〈…〉 , P. 9.In the • aid Sacet it • s ſaid, They (that is the, Quakers) deny the Reſurrection of the Body after Death.

G. K. ſaith, By W. Penn's words, it is clear to pro •• the contrary, of a Carnal Reſurrection.

G. K. alſo ſaith to this charge, That they (i. e. the Quakers) Deny the Reſurrection of the Dead.

Presb. and I.d. viſib. C • rr • hes. P. • 29. •• 8.This is alſo a moſt falſe Charge, which they can never prove: But beauſe we deny their Carnal Conceptions of the Reſurrection, and hold •• to Scripture words, which is moſt ſafe, therefore they have ſo belyed us.

'And for the more Satisfaction of the Reader, I refer him to a little Book, called The Principles of Truth, publiſhed by ſome noted Men of the Quakers; in which Book it is expreſly • ffirmed, That •• (to wit, the Quakers) believe, That the ſame body which is laid down▪ ſhall be Riſed up at the Reſurrection of the Dead, as much as a Natural Body can be the ſame with a Spiritual Body, or an Earthly Body can be the ſame with a Heavenly Body, according to the Scriptures Teſtimony; It is 〈◊〉 Natural, but raiſed▪ Spiritual; and the Glory of the Heavenly is one, and the Glory of the Earthly is another; and this may ſatisfie any ſober Inquirer. And Paul, writing concerning the Reſurrection of the Dead, ſaith, That is not firſt which • s Spiritual, but that which is Natural (or. Animal, and afterward that which is Spiritual) 1 Cor. 15. • 6. And verſ. 49. As we have born the Image of the Earthly; we ſhall hear the I •• ge of the Heavenly.

Concerning that called the Sabbath.

The Poſtſ. alſo ſaith, 〈◊〉 , the Quakers, S • r. Call. do allow doing Servile Work on the Lord's Day:

G. K. ſaith, Pres •• and 〈…〉 • hurche • . p. 192.194. Concerning that ye call your Chriſtian Sabbath, which ye ſay is the firſt Day of the Week.—but ye bring no ſober proof for any ſuch Charge, and the Scriptures ye c • te ſay no ſuch thing, as Gen 2.2, 2. Rev. 1.10. E ••• . 20.8, 10. Mat. 5.17. For that outward Sabbath, that was enjoyned unto them was a Sign and Figure.—And when the pure G •• pel and Chriſtian Diſpenſation did take place 〈◊〉 theſe Figurative and Shadowy Sabbaths were cha • ged to the Subſtance, and that Subſtance or Body is Chriſt, according to Col. 2.17. With much more on this Head.

And now, hear G K. farther, in his Preface to his Serious Appeal.

Concerning the Quakers.

〈1 page〉 have opportunity, they may ſee the Chriſtianity of the Quakers, and G. Keith alſo, 〈…〉 Quaker. and • nquire if ever they 〈◊〉 , heard or read o • any M • n that 〈◊〉 done like him, that prete •• ed to be ſo many Years ſound, as to the Fundamentals of Chriſtianity, and all the Doctrines of the Chriſtian Religion, and that hath made ſo b • ld 〈…〉 Name of the Lord, and pretended to ſuch Zeal and Co • cern • or God, to c • n • rad • ct himſelf, and feignedly to ſay, He judgeth it his 〈◊〉 from true 〈◊〉 , and out of real Love to Truth, to ſay and unſay, and • o confidently Aſſert he doth 〈…〉 and hum • ly; Can you think this is a Teacher ſent or called of Go • , commiſionated by Chriſt, g • ided by his Spirit, and fit to Follow, or to Pre • ch up that Diſpenſation, of which it • ſaid, every Man ſhall ſpeak the Truth to his N • gh ••• r • • nd • are the ſo called 〈◊〉 , and 〈◊〉 , and thoſe that 〈◊〉 him, to be commended • or their W • ſdom? And do they thereby 〈…〉 they have • re in, or are guided • y, the Wiſdom • f God and his Holy Spirit (by which ſo many as are the Sons of God are • ed) 〈◊〉 the • r • oyning with his Man? h • s hoped, 〈…〉 t • at • ollow 〈…〉 will duly and well conſider theſe things, you will not 〈…〉 ounce him, but conſider that his evil Works, and thoſe that Joyn with him therein, ought to beforſaken, and that it wil be more for your Profit▪ and tend more to your Inward Peace and Chriſtian Reputation, to hearken to the Voice of Chriſt in your own Hearts, and to mind that Light by which all things that are reproved are made manifeſt, and • e • ieve in him who ſaid, I am the Light of the World, and exhorted to earn • f him, who will teach you • reely; and no longer to follow 〈◊〉 and ſu • h Preachers, if you would be Chriſtia •• 〈…〉 and then it's ho • ed you will acknowledge, viz as G. K. ſaith, p. 230. to the P • esb • and 〈…〉 Churches viz of New England. 〈◊〉 by what's herein, and what G. K. ſaith, P. 15. of his Exact. 〈◊〉 . and Preface •• ere •• , whether he hath not proved himſelf an Apoſtate, a great Hyp • crite, ſtra • Mad, and Crazed in his Underſtanding.

It had been more Manly and ſeemingly Chriſtian, (for G. K. and his Abettors) or any others of their Sect or Society, Fairly to have ſtated the Quakers Principles, and then to have refuted them by the beſt or ſtrongeſt Arguments they could find: But this none of the • have done [& he truly hath ſaid, They never can] nor, ſays he, did I ever ſee to this day, any one Writer, that did write againſt the Quakers, that did fairly ſtate their Principles, but, miſerably belyed and abuſed them, by either affirming things to be their Principles which were not, or by ſo unfairly Repreſenting and Wreſting the words of our Honeſt Friends, by their Addings and Diminiſhings, that they could not at all acknowledge them as ſuch; all which is a manifeſt Evidence of the Weakneſs and Badneſs of their Cauſe, as well as of that evil Conſcience that is in them; when they uſe ſuch unlawful ways and means to defend themſelves, or to oppugn others.

Publiſhed on Behalf of the People called Quakers, by ſome of them.