A Paper being brought into our hands which was given forth by one of the Prieſts whoſe name is Jonathan Clapham, who to uphold his deceit and Imaginations, and carnall obſervatirns, In imitation from that which the true worſhippers which worſhipped in ſpirit and truth without for me or letter witneſſed, and ſpoke forth when redemption they did ſee, and ſo were they hid, from ſuch as would make a Cuſtome and a trade upon what they ſpoke forth, who lived the life of what they ſung and ſpoke, (in the ſpirit,) who lived not in Cuſtome nor in Imitation of others, neither did they boaſt themſelves in another mans Line made ready to their hands, but as they received the ſpirit ſo walked they in the ſpirit, and with it they ſang, and by it they ſpoke, and2 Cor. 10. 13, 14, 15, 16. 2 Tim. 3. • . Jude 19. by the ſpirit they knew what time it did ſignifie, and ſuch as was ſenſuall who had not the ſpirit but the forme, they denied and witneſſed againſt them, and ſuch now with the ſame ſpirit do we witneſs againſt, and to clear the truth and lay open the deceit of this generation of Prieſts, who make a Cuſtome and a trade of Scriptures, who take peoples money for that which is no bread, but for diſhoneſt gain deſtroyes ſouls, and keeps poor people in blindneſs and darkneſs, by their Inventions and vain Imaginations, that under their Dark Ministry poor people are ever learning, never able to come to the knowledge of the truth, and for their ſakes who by theſe blind guides are led in blindneſs, Are we moved to anſwer ſomething to this Priest Clapham's Arguments, as he calles them, that they that never ſaw, might ſee his nakedneſs uncovered, by which Arguments he is going about to maintain, ſinging of David's conditions a Cuſtome, which are Anſwered as followeth, &c.

SInging of Pſalmes was once an Ordinance of GodPriest. Argument 1. in the Church and a part of divine worſhip, and (1) was never repealed under the Goſpell, (2) nor was of a Tipicall nature and uſe as was the ceremonies, and to ceaſe with them, (3) but ever reckoned among morrall and perpetuall duties, as prayer, and learning the word, ſee Pſal. 59. 1, 2, 6, 7. (4) ſuch a duty as the very light in all men taught them to practice, witneſs the cuſtome of all nations, See Godwin, Rom. Antiqu. and read Homer's himnes, Horaces odes, &c. which ſheweth it to be of an univerſall and perpetuall obligation, therefore it continues an ordinance of God ſtill, as well as prayer and learning the word, and ſhould not be aboliſhed under the Goſpel.

They who witneſſe the Goſpell are come, to the miniſtrationAnſwer. of the ſpirit which is the end of all ſhadowes, which ſhadowed forth the life, who came to witneſs the Church in God, 1 Theſ. 1▪ and of this church the ſaints were ordained members, and this church was not a temple made with hands, where once ſinging was, which was to ceaſe with its worſhip, and the ſongs of that temple was to be turned into Howling, Amos 8. 3. but they who are members of the church which is in God they ſing with one ſpirit, being thereunto called by the Lord, which was not morall but ſpirituall, and they did not bring old Authors to prove their Actions by, as thou doeſt, but in that they worſhipped which was before Authours was, and before Oxford and Cambridge was, which thou and thy generation have your Miniſtry f • om, and their word and Goſpell was not the letter, which thou and thy generation makes a trade upon, and by the ſame ſpirit they ſang by which the Goſpell was preached, and there was no diviſion, and they made not a Cuſtome of other mens conditions, as to get them into rime and meeter and give them forth unto a company of blind people as thou and thy generation do, and their ſinging was with the ſpirit, and with underſtanding, which we owne, but thee we do deny and all thy generation, wo give people Davids conditions to ſing in a meeter, where David did mourn and where he was afflicted ye ſing, and where he quaked▪ and trembled, and prayed, and propheſied, theſe ye ſing, & tell God you do ſo, and here you make a cuſtome like a ſtage play upon Davids conditions, and ſcoffs and ſcornes at them now who witneſſe Quaking and trembling, and this we deny for this is both without the ſpirit and without underſtanding.

The propheſies in Scripture that foretell the ſtate of thePrieſt. Arg. 2. Church in the new Teſtament, do ſpeak of Pſalmes to be uſed, there as a part of Gods worſhip Pſal. 98. 1, 2. Pſal. 100. 1, 2. Pſal. 100. 1, 2, 3. where mention is made of the Gentiles, when converted, ſingng Pſalmes to God, Rom. 15. 9. ſee Iſa. 26. 1. and 35. 10. Rev. 14. 5. and 15. 3.

The propheſies in ſcripture that foretell the ſtate of theAnſwer. church, do not propheſie as pſalmes to be uſed as a part of Gods worſhip, nor ſuch a word there is ſpoken in them▪ for the propheſies were fulfilled when the end came, and the church was the life, of that which the prophets propheſied of, which was without ſpot or wrinckle, and the ſongs of this church are everlaſting, and they who are come thither can ſing a new ſong, for the ſalvation, which they are witneſſes of, Pſal. 98. 1, 2. and they can ſing the ſong of redemption, and the ſong of Moſes, and of the Lamb, which no man can learn, but they that are redeemed from the earth, and they that have the new name, Rev. 14. 3, 4. and this ſong can neither thou ſing, who art in the earth, and in thy earthly nature, and miniſters for the earth and to the earth, in Balaams way, for gifts and rewards, nor them to whom thou gives Davids conditions, who are not brought to ſee the day of bitterneſs and lamentation which the ſaints did witneſs before they came to ſee ſalvation and redemption, for which they prayſed God, which ſalvation and teſtament, to the end that generation is hid, who live in the wild, prophane, and heady nature, without the fear of God, who are in the time of wantonneſs and laughter, which wo is unto, Luke 6. 25. and not brought to the time of mourning, and therefore farre from the day of ſalvation and the ſaints joy, and there your ſinging is carnal and for condemnation and out of the true worſhip.

It hath been a duty practiſed not onely in the times of thePrieſt. Arg. 3. law but by the people of God under the Goſpell, under the law we have the ſongs of Moſes, Deborah, and Barack, of David the ſweet ſinger of Iſrael, of Solomon, who compoſed to the number of 1005 ſongs, of Aſaph, and Heman, and Habakuk, &c. Under the Goſpell we read of the ſongs of many, Simon, Zachary: of Chriſt and his Apoſtles ſinging an Himne, after the Lords ſupper, Mat. 26. 30. according as was the cuſtome among the Jews, who uſed to ſing ſome of Davids Pſalms the night wherein the paſsover was eaten, as thoſe who are skilld in their Cuſtomes write: we read of Paul and Silas Acts 16. ſinging in priſon, alſo of the practice of the church of Corinth, 1 Cor. 14. ſinging Pſalms, and in primitive, before Antichriſtian Appoſtacy, which was commonly practiſed, as Phil. Tert. Juſt. Martin. Chryſoſt. teſtifie: yea the very Heathens took notice of this practice and did write of it, Pliny in his letter to Trojan the Emperour writes of the Chriſtian Himnes, Antelucanos, morning pſalms, & ſongs early in the morning, will I praiſe thee, &c.

Neither Moſes nor Habbakuk who was ſervants of God, nor any of the people of God, did ever call ſinging a cuſtomeAnſwer. or practice, neither did they ever give a company of ſilly blind people other mens conditions, in time and meeter to ſing, but though Moſes ſang, yet he knew the work of the Lord in his deliverance out of Egypt, for which he prayſed God, but the work of the Lord is not known to thee, and thy generation, who draw people from the Light of Chriſt within, and calls it naturall, which doth enlighten every one that comes into the world, and this is that which brings to witneſs their conditions who ſpoke forth Scripture; and this is it which brings to witneſsJohn 1. 9. Acts 4. 12. 1 Cor. 2. 14. and chap. 1. •• . Iſa. 42. 6. Epheſ. 2. 1. ſalvation and redemption wherein the ſaints rejoyce, and thou that calls this naturall, doeſt not know the work of the Lord, nor his redemption, and there thy ſinging is without underſtanding, and thou knowes for not what thou ſings, nor they that ſpook the ſcriptures did never compell a company of poor people who are dead in treſpaſſes and ſins to obſerve duties or outward obſervations, as thou doeſt, but ſaith Chriſt, my kingdome comes not by obſervations, but my kingdome is within, Luke 17. 21. neither did ever any of the holy men of God go and hire with a people at ſuch a place and toke ſuch a ſum of money of them, for preaching, neither did they go to a1 Cor. 4. 20. Heb. 11. 36. to the end. company of blind people, and give them Davids conditions to ſing in meeter as thou and thy generation do, who ſay, Let us ſing to the praiſe and glory of God, O Lord I am not pufft in mind, I have no ſcornfull eye, when thy are pufft in mind and ſcorns them that are brought to witneſs Davids and Habbakuks condition, as quaking and trembling, Hab. 3. 16. Pſal. 2. 11. Jer. 5. 22. and in ſcorn calls them Quakers; and they that ſang after the Lords ſuppers, did not call a little bread and wine the Lords ſupper or a Sacrament as thou doeſt, which thou haſt no ſcripture for, and the Lords ſupper thou art not come to, who act ſuch things, nor the bread of life didſt thou ever taſt of, butCol. 2 14, 16, 20, 21, 22. Pſ • l. 119. 175. thy ſinging and prayers and prayſes is in the death; and them thou bids ſing to the prayſe and glory of God, who are dead in treſpaſſes and ſins, when the dead cannot prayſe God, but the living, neither can they that go down into the pit prayſe him, for praiſes are not comely in the mouth of the wicked, and there thou art. and Egypt is thy figure, a Land of darkneſſe whereIſa. 38. 19. Pharaoh rules, and Moſes thou art not come to, and how can thou ſing Moſes ſong who art yet in Egypt? but death rules in thee, which hath paſſed over all men, from Adam untill Moſes: and to maintain thy ſinging thou brings dead men as Pliny, and other heathens like thy ſelf, who knowes not God nor his worſhip, but would reſt and pervert the ſcriptures to maintain thee in thy Cuſtoms and outward obſervations, which thou haſt no ſcripture for, and makes a cuſtome and trade of other mens conditions which thou haſt nothing to do with, as to cauſe people to ſing lyes, as when David roared they ſing, and where he trembled they ſing, and where he ſaith, he watered his couch with tears they ſing, and ſay they do ſo, and there thou art a leader that cauſes people to erre.

If this ſuffice not, know there is expreſſe ſcripture commandPrieſt. Arg. 4. as well as examples and propheſies, for this duty of ſinging of Pſalms, and that not only in the old, but alſo in the new Teſtament, Epheſ. 5. 18, 19. where the Apoſtle alluding to the Cuſtome that drunkards have when they are filled with wine, they have their ſongs, ſo when Chriſtians are filled with the wine of the ſpirit they ſhould have their Pſalmes Himnes and ſpirituall ſongs: the Hebrews had 3 words whereby they divided Davids Pſalms, ſhurim, tehillim, miſmorem, to which three words here uſed by the Apoſtle, Pſalmes, himnes, and ſpirituall ſongs, as we ſee Col. 3. 16. admoniſhing one another in Pſalms, and ſo James 5. 13. If any be afflicted, let him pray, if any be merry let him ſing Pſalmes; its ſpoken generally, if any, or whoſoever is merry let him ſing, not that it is unlawfull to ſing at other times, for then it might be inferred its not lawfull to pray, but when one is ſad, mirth is the moſt prayer ſeaſon, in other places we read of ſinging when ſad, as David often, and Chriſt a little before his ſuffering, when his heart was ſorrowfull, and and Silas in priſon Paul: Thus you have expreſs command for this duty.

The Apoſtle, nor any of the holy men of God did ever command the world, as thou doeſt, to ſing Pſalmes, neither did heAnſwer. ever give the world an example to make rimes of other mens conditions, and ſing them in meeter, and though the Apoſtle ſaith to the Epheſians, ſpeaking to your ſelves in Pſalmes and Himnes and ſpirituall ſongs, ſinging and making mellody in your hearts to the Lord, and ſuch like to the Coloſſians, yet this was not to the world, but to the ſaints and faithfull Brethren, Coll. 1. 2. neither did the Apoſtle bid the ſaints ſing other mens prayers, and cryes, and complaints, and lamentations, as thou and thy generation do, who bid people ſing to the prayſe and glory of God, where David ſaid, thine arrows ſtick faſt in me, neither is there any reſt in my bones, my wounds ſtink and are corrupt, I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly, I go mourning all the day long, Pſal. 38. and this you have gotten into a rime and meeter, and bids people ſing: and there you make a ſport of Davids conditions, and makes people ſay they are ſo, in which conditions David never ſang, but as he found deliverance from under the wrath of God, and when ever did thou or any of thy generation witneſs theſe conditions which David paſſed through, before the ſeed was brought forth: here thou Prieſt Clapham haſt ſhut thy ſelf both out of the Scriptures, and them that ſpoke them forth. And whereas thou ſaiſt, that the Apoſtle alluding to the cuſtome of drunkards; here again we charge thee Prieſt (Clapham) to be a lyar, ond a wreſter of Scriptures, for the Apoſtle never ſpoke ſuch a wo • d, as alluding to the Cuſtome of drunkards; here this thy Compariſon is unequall, to compare the ſaints ſinging to the Cuſtome of Drunkards, neither did ever the Saints cal • ſinging a Cuſtome, or make a cuſtome of it, as thou art going about to maintain, and whereas thou art going about to devide the Pſalmes, as thou calls them, by theſe three Hebrew words, into Pſalmes, Himnes, and ſpirituall ſongs, Here, thou art ignorant both of Pſalmes, Himnes, and ſpirituall Songs, who art going about to divide Pſalmes by thy confuſion oftongues, and here thou art in Babell which God confounded into many languages, and there is thy miniſtry in thy confuſion and Languages, which a natural man may learn, and there thy ſinging is in the Cuſtome without the ſpirit. But they that knew▪ how to ſing with underſtanding, did ſing with that which was before Babell was, and before thy confuſion was, and before Sternhold, and Hopkins rimes, which they made of David, which thou practiſes; and they that would ſing a new ſong, was redeemed out of kindreds tongues and people, Rev. 5. 9. and this redemnption thou that liveſt in thy tongues and naturall languages, art not come to; and the new Song and Himnes thou art ignorant of; and whereas thou ſayeſt that which James ſpoke was generally, there thou art a lyar and a wreſter of ſcripture, for the Scriptu • e ſaith, is any among you affl • cted, let him pray, is any among you merry, let him ſing; but this was to the 12 Tribes, James 1. which he calls his Brethren, and that was among them, and not among thy generation, who live in Formes and Cuſtomes, who are ſtrangers to the life of God: and again, thou art going to make the Apoſtle James a Lyar like thy ſelf, who ſayeſt, that mirth is the moſt prayer ſeaſon, when as that Scripture ſaith, is any among you merry, let him ſing; is any afflicted, let him pray; which is quite contrary to thy words. As for Paul and Silas ſinging in priſon, their ſufferings and impriſonments thou never yet was made partaker of, nor their joy thou never knew wherein it was, who art going about to maintain thy cuſtomes in the world, which thou haſt no ſcripture for, but with it art diſapproved, and with the the light thou art ſeen, to be a ſtranger both to the Saints joy and that wherein they rejoyced.

There are ſeverall rules given in the New Teſtament, directingPrieſt. Arg. 5. how to ſing aright, as 1 Cor. 14. with the ſpirit and with underſtanding, with grace in our hearts Col. 3. which directions were needleſs if it were no Goſpell duty.

They that are brought to ſing with the Spirit and underſtanding,Anſwer. they witneſs that life which ſpoke forth Scripture, and need not go and get other mens conditions made like ballades or ſongs, and ſing them, or cauſe any in a cuſtome to ſing them, as thou doſt in a ſteeple-houſe, and theſe do not call the letter the rule, and the 4 books Mathew, Mark, Luke, and John the New Teſtament, and Goſpell as thou and thy generation do, for Paul ſaid he was a miniſter of the Goſpel, and of the New Teſtament, and not of the letter, which thou calls the Goſpell and New Teſtament, 2 Cor. 3. 6. and there both out of the Goſpell and new Teſtament thou art ſhut, and thy Miniſtery is in the Letter which killeth, and thy Inventions and reaſons and conſequencies adds to it, and that thou makes a trade upon, and for it thou takes peoples money, and there with the light we read thee in the Scriptures, to be among them the true prophets Chriſt and his Apoſtles cryed wo againſt, ſuch as ſeek for their gain from their quarter, Iſa. 56. and ſuch as are hirelings, Micah 3. and ſuch as are called of men Maſters, ſtands praying in the ſynagogues, having the chiefeſt places in the aſſemblies, and the uppermoſt rooms at feaſts, and the greetings in Markets, which Chriſt cryed wo againſt, Mat. 23. and ſuch as go in the way of Cain to envy, and after the errour of Balaam, for gifts and rewards which Peter and Jude cryed wo againſt, 2 Pet. 2. Jude 11. and there thou art, and thee, thy Miniſtry, and thy ſinging we utterly deny, who art both ſhut out of the Scripture among the greedy doggs, and that life which ſpoke them forth, and thou ſeen to be among them, the Scripture witneſſes againſt.Priest. Argument 6.

And whereas in thy 6th. Argument thou ſayeſt, that Chriſtians may reap much profit or benefit by the right uſing of this ordinance, theres an efficacy in it, to lift up the heart more and elevate it in Gods praiſes, and holy delight it brings to the ſoul therein, and art telling of mutuall edification and provocation to rejoyce in God, as drunkards by their ſongs ſtirre up carnall and ſinfull mirth, ſo theſe help ſpirituall joy.

They that are Chriſtians do ſee thy blindneſs and ignorance Anſwer to the 6th. and laſt Argument. both of ſcriptures and that which ſpoke it forth, and Chriſtians have not their joy to fetch out of other mens conditions, neither do they go to without, and yet Davids prayers, prayſes, propheſies, cryings, tears, waſtings, afflictions; in meeter to ſing, to bring delight unto their ſoul, as thou art going about to maintain, there thou blind guide thou doſt not know what it is that rejoyces in God, nor what it is that prayſes him, for to thee it is hid, who makes a trade and Cuſtome of a dead Forme, and cauſes the dead to ſing which cannot prayſe God, and there in the mutuall and changeable ſtate thou art in thy carnall inventions with Tubal-Cain the Inventor, and outward obſervations, and edification thou art not come to, who to uphold thy carnall ſinging and rejoycing doeſt bring a Compariſon of the ſongs of drunkards, which the ſaints never did, here thee, thy ſinging; thy Joy and thy Miniſtry are ſhut out among the drunkards, and ſeed of evill doers and there is the fruits of thy Miniſtry, and of that ſort are they that uphold thee, and ſpeaks well of thee, as they didLuke 6. 26. 1 John 4, 5. thy fathers the falſe prophets, and among the falſe prophets and deceivers thou art with the Light ſeen and Judged, and the ſame wo which was to them is to thee now, who art found in their ſtepps. Here (Prieſt Clapham) thy Arguments are anſwered, and the reſt of thy rotten ſtuff which is not worth mentioning, with them comprehended, and ſeen with the light to be all acted, in thy filthy reaſon and Inventions, which are ſtuffed up with ſo many lies and wreſting Scriptures as thou art here diſproved in. So let ſhame cover thy face, and deceive people no longer with thy dreames and lying divinations, and cuſtomes, and outward obſervations which thou haſt no ſcripture for, which here is plainly laid open to them who are not altogether blind, therefore make no more Merchandiſe of peole through thy covetouſneſſe, nor take peoples mony any more to maintain thee in thy deceits and filthineſs, but make reſtitution to them whom thou haſt deceived, and led in blindneſs, and give them their money again, which diſhoneſtly thou haſt taken upon them, of whom thou haſt made Merchandize: for the ſword of the Lord is drawn againſt thee, and that generation thou art in, and wo and miſery is the end of your ſongs, and your joy, and your profeſſion of God and Chriſt, who are found acting thoſe things, he and all the holy men of God witneſſed againſt: The day of your trouble and torment and miſery is coming upon you, Wo, wo to you paſtors that deſtroy and ſcatter the ſheep of my paſture, ſaith the Lord: wo to you hippocrites and diſſemblers who are acting in theirSee Iſa. 56. 10, 11. Jer. 5. 31. Micah. 3. 11. Matth. 23. ſtepps, the prophets, Chriſt and his appoſtles witneſſed againſt, and are filling up the meaſure of your fathers Iniquities; ye falſe prophets, and ſcribes, and phariſees, therefore ſtop your mouthes in the duſt, and never ſay you are Miniſters of Chriſt, and his Embaſſadours, for your bottome and foundation is ſeenJude 11. and tryed, and your Cuſtomes, traditions, and practiſes are with the light condemned, and humane is all your worſhip there, who draw near unto God with your mouthes and lipps, and your hearts farre from him, every ones heart after his ownIſa. 29. 13. gain and filthy lucre, who teach for doctrines the traditions of men, and there you keep poor people in blindneſſe, and makes a prey upon them, and tell them of outward ordinances, and duties,Col. 2. 14, 16, 20, 21, 22. and cuſtomes, as this Prieſt Clapham, wherein he is diſapproved in his Arguments, and his folly made manifeſt, and ſo ſhall all yours who are of his generation, who live in pride and covetouſneſs, and act thoſe things ye have no ſcripture for, who2 Tim. 3. 2 • 7, 9. lead captive ſilly women laden with ſins and iniquities, led away with divers luſts, everlearning, never able to come to the knowledge of the truth; but you ſhall proceed no further, for your folly ſhall be made manifeſt to all men.

From us who are ſufferers for the teſtimony of Jeſus, whoſe names according to the fleſh is Chriſtopher Atkinſon. George Whitehead.

Something in anſwer to the High Prieſt's Paper, wherein he layes down 3 Principles, and ſeverall Reſolves, as he calls them, wherein he goes about to reſolve people that the light of Chriſt in the conſcience, and that which doth enlighten every one that comes into the world, which light is Chriſt, is natural; and ſo to reſolve them, that Johns teſtimony of Chriſt is not true, as it is written in John 1. 9. and doth deny Chriſts words to be true, who ſaith, he is the Light of the world, John 8. 12. John 3. 19, 20, 21. and in John 12. 46. But in the light of Chriſt he is ſeen and comprehended, yea the depth of his ſubtlety, and confuſion, is here unfolded, and his Paper anſwered from the light of Chriſt, which he calls naturall; but by it he is proved to be naturall, and not to diſcern the things of God, though he pronfeſſe himſelf to be a Miniſter: but here his works are brought to the light, and he by it is proved to be no Miniſter of Ghriſt, but a hater of the light, as John 3. 19, 20, 21.

The Prieſts 1 Principle.

THere are two Adams from whom all men are, out of whoſe Loynes all men do come: the 1 Adam is a Fountain of all Naturall good; the 2 of that which is Spirituall; and thou brings Scripture to prove it, 1 Cor. 15. 2, 22. Epheſ. 5. 30. Gen. 2. 33. 1 Cor. 15. 45, 46.

Anſwer.

Art thou a teacher in England, and is this the principles of thy doctrine, to teach people that all men come out of the Loynes of the 2 Adams, without diſtinction, and that the firſt Adam is the fountain of all naturall good? here in the preſence of the Living God I declare thee and thy principle to be falſe, for the firſt man is of the earth earthly; the ſecond is the Lord from heaven, from whom is the fountain of all good: out of the loyns of the firſt thou proceeds, but not from the ſecond; and thy principle proceeds from thy ear • hly wiſdome, which is in the fall, and curſed; and here again thou may read thy principle with ſhame and confuſion of face, and repent before the Lord cut thee off, as a deceiver, who teaches for doctrine thy one conditions.

The Prieſts 2 Principall.

In thy ſecond Principall thou ſpeaks of two ſeeds, and that the firſt Adam was not the looſer of mankind but his ſeed; and the 2 Adam was not the reſtorer of mankind, as ſo, but as his ſeed.

Anſwer.

I anſwer, here thou art twining like the ſerpent, to blind the eyes of people with thy lyes, and doth croſs the Scripture, which thou thy ſelfe brings in the former principle, 1 Cor. 15. 22. which ſaith, as in Adam all dy, ſo in Chriſt ſhall all be made alive; and here thou denies Chriſt to be the reſtorer of mankind, and here thou art dark and blind, and preaches and writes againſt the end for which Chriſt came into the world; but reſtauration by Chriſt we do witneſſe and life from the dead, and the ſeed of the promiſe we witneſs, brought out of captivity by Chriſt, and all who come to witneſs the ſame ſhall deny thee who denies Chriſt to be the reſtorer of mankinde.

The Prieſts 3 Principall.

In thy third Principall thou ſayeſt, the grace of life none is partaker of but the ſeed.

Anſwer.

Here thou croſſeſt the Scriptures, which ſaith, the grace of God which brings ſalvation hath appeared unto all men, and ſome turn his grace into wantonneſs, and walke deſpitefully againſt the ſpirit of grace, Titus 2 12. and that is not the ſeed which turns it into wantonneſs, and walkes deceitfully againſt it, for that is the ſeed which by grace is taught to deny all ungodlineſs and worldly luſts, but it hath appeared to thoſe who abuſe it, as thou doſt who put forth theſe principles, and here thy principles is found lies, as thy Reſolves are, which follow thy Principles:

The Prieſts Reſolves.

Now to reſolve people that the light of Chriſt in the conſcience is a naturall light, thou ſayeſt, that the writing upon the heart of Gentiles is not new Covenant written, but old; ſo not of grace and Life but nature.

Anſwer.

I anſwer, here thou reſolves them falſely, for the workes of the Law being written in their hearts, this is not naturall, which doth bear witneſs in the conſcience, and either accuſe or excuſe, but is one in the covenant, ſpoken of in Jer. 31. 33. Heb. 8. 2. and here thou puts in Light for darkneſſe, and darkneſs for light.

Prieſt.

Again thou ſpeaks of two Images, the Image of God, and Image of Chriſt, and ſaith ſomething of the Image of God remains after the fall, and brings Cer. 6. 9. to witneſs it, when as there is no ſuch thing ſpoken of there, and thou ſayeſt nothing of the Image of Chriſt, is found before calling.

Anſwer.

Here thou would make God and Chriſt two images, and ſo utters forth one lye after another, and denies the Scripture, which ſaith he, is the expreſs Image of the Father, and thou ſayeſt the firſt Image is naturall, the ſecond is ſpirituall, and here let all behold thy blaſphemy who would make the Image of God naturall, and the Image of Chriſt ſpirituall, and calls them two Images: ſtop thy mouth, and be aſhamed for ever, for being a Teacher, who ſeeks to reſolve people of ſuch things as to deny God and Chriſt, and make them two Images, the one naturall, and the other ſpirituall, and ſaith, ſomething of the image of God is found in man after the fall▪ but nothing of the Image of Chriſt▪ O blinde guide, that ever England ſhould be deceived by ſuch, but the Lord is now making you manifeſt, and in the light thou art comprehended, and thy ſubtlety is ſeen▪ and thou art now met withall, who hath long blinded the eyes of poor people with thy fained words and ſubtle pretences, but here thou art diſcovered to be an enemy to that which in word thou profeſſes, and ſo thy words will cover thee no longer, for the life hath found thee out▪ and by it thy ſpirit is tryed to be the ſpirit of errour, and voice to be the voice a ſtranger.

Prieſt.

Again thou ſpeaks of a naturall light, and ſayes, naturall Light puffs up, and quotes 1 Cor. 8. 1 • 2.

Anſwer.

Here out of thy own mouth thou art proved to be a perverter of the ſcriptures, for that ſcripture ſaith, knowledge puffs up: but the Scripture ſpeaks of no naturall light.

Prieſt.

Again thou ſayſt, naturall light diſcovers the bleſſing of the firſt Covenant.

Anſwer.

This is falſe, for all the bleſſings is to the ſeed which is in the Covenant, and is the Covenant, but nature is out of the Covenant, and out of the bleſſing of all thy reſolves, and light is contrary to nature, for light is ſpirituall, but thou art naturall, who ſaith, the light is naturall.

Prieſt.

Again thou ſayeſt, naturall light may convince of evill.

Anſwer.

This is falſe, and here thou art a Blaſphemer to call Chriſt naturall, for it is Chriſt that convinceth the world of ſin, and the light which Chriſt Jeſus hath enlighted every one, with all which convinceth them of evill, and thou that ſayeſt this is naturall, did never yet owne that which doth convince of ſin, the Light, which will condemn thee who hates it, and calls it naturall▪

A Reply to the Prieſts Anſwers, to the Queries propounded to him.