Quakerism the Path-Way to Paganism, Index of Quaker heresies
A Catalogue Of the arrogant, erroneous and blasphemous Assertions of the Quakers, mentioned in this book; which may serve for an Index to the same.
1. Of themselves.
1. THey arrogantly stile themselves the servants of God, &c.
3, 10
2. They glory of the Title Quakers
4
3. They account themselves the only Teachers of truth, equalizing themselves with the Apostles
9
4. They say, they are perfect, without sin
11
5. They assert their experiences, in matters, that cannot be experienced
213
6. They say, they only taste, see and smell the Inward light
240
7. All their preaching is to call people to turn-in to the light within, and to the Christ within them
281, 292
8. They assert themselves to be equal with God
326, 546
9. They say, their quaking ariseth from a strugling within, betwixt the power of life and the power of darkness, whereby they have the very paines of a woman in travail
418
10. All is done without the Spirit, that is not done in their way
440, 442, 447
11. They remaine covered, when we pray or praise, to keep their consciences unhurt, as they say; but really to mock
460
12. It can appear to them, when the Spirit of the Lord concurreth with one of our Ministers, and when not
460
13. They falsly say, that all who are against them, maintaine the lawfulness of Comoedies & vanity of Apparel
533, 534
14. They account their doctrine very harmonious; & think that to them alone, the ancient pathes of Truth and Righteousness are revealed
543
15. They say. They only exhibite the true, spiritual, pure and substantial Christian Religion
544
16. They say, the forme of their person at death returneth from whence it was taken
546
17. They are as Christ was, who thought it no robbery, to be equal with God
547
18. Their writings are the voice of the Son of God, by which the dead are raised; and the Shield of truth, &c.
548
19. Their trembling and quaking is such, as Moses and other Prophets had
553
20. They ascribe as much to their owne writings, as to the Scriptures
83
2. Of Humane Learning.
1. They inveigh against humane learning.
5
2. They speak basely of learned men
8, 10
3. They condemne the study of original languages
382
3. Of the Scriptures.
1. They speak most basely of the Scriptures
8, 11, 33, 45, 46, 50, 54, 57
2. They deny the Scriptures to be the Rule of life
11, 54
3. They deny them to be the word of God
51, 547
4. They speak jejunly of their necessity, excellency and perfection
55
5 They make them, at most, but a subordinat Rule
58, 65, 82
6. They have no authority with them, without a new Revelation
63
7. They are no Rule to them
67, 82, 84
8. They call them imperfect
74, 80, 87
9. They say, it is blasphemy to call the letter the word of God
547
10. It is the Devil, that contendeth for the Scriptures being the word of God
547
11. Who say the letter is the Rule and Guid, are without, feeding on the husk
547
12. Who look on the Scripture for a Rule, give that to it, which belongeth to Christ
547
13. The Scriptures are but inck and paper, a writing, the old & dead letter, part of it are words of the Devil, they have no light in them
548
14. They are an earthly root, a shadow, & dangerous, to feed on
548
1…. They disswade us from reading and studying them
548
16. They say, we have Moses and the Prophets within us
548
17. They say, Scriptures cannot binde us
549
18. They say, we have the Scriptures within us; & that they were read within, before they were read without
548
19. To say, that the light in the Scriptures must be guide to the light within, is idolatry and evil
549
20. They call them useless to repel temptations
549
21. They wish we were stripped of all Scripture-knowledge
549
22. They call them Traditions of Men, darkness and Confusion, Nebuchadnezzars Image, Putrifaction and Corruption, Rotten and deceitful, Apostacy, the Whores cup, the mark of the Beast, Bastards brought forth of flesh and blood, Babylons brats, & Graven images
549
23. They say, To observe the practices of the Saints, recorded in Scripture, is to make to ourselves a graven image
549
4. Of God.
1. They deny the distinction betwixt God's will of Command; and his will of Good pleasure
159
2. They deny his active Providence about sin
150
3. With them, God only worketh a possibility of Salvation
250
4. They say, it is injustice in God, to require more, then he enableth to do
339, 344
5. They say, God ordained nothing from eternity
11
5. Of the Trinity.
1. They deny three distinct persons, in the Trinity
10, 11, 15
6. Of the Holy Ghost.
1. They are not clear and distinct concerning the personality of the Holy Ghost
41
7. Of Christ.
1. They deny, that Christ is God and Man in one person
11
2. They deny, that he is a distinct person from any of his Members
11
3. They say, his coming againe is in the Spirit
11
4. They deny his second coming againe
17
5. They are not clear, concerning Jesus of Nazareth's being the Son of God
24
6. They acknowledge no Christ, but a Christ within them
91
7. They say, Christ is as really in every Man, as in that flesh, that suffered at Jerusalem
92, 239
8. Christ is the Election, and the elect Seed with them
228
9. They give him only a gradual preference to themselves
238, 239
10. They say, Christ dwelleth in us by his Seed
238
11. They make him nothing but a meer holy Man
239
12. They say, He is in all persons, as in the Seed and Light
245
13. They say, He is crucified in unbeleevers
246
14. They call the body, that Christ had of Mary, an outward Body and Temple; beside which, they say, he had a spiritual body
488
15. By this Spiritual body, they say, he revealed himself to men, in all ages; and by it men had communion with God and Christ
488
16. When we look to Christ, they say, we look to a Redeemer afar off
551
17. That which Christ took upon him, they say, was our garment
551
18. They say, the bodily garment was not Christ; but that, which appeared and dwelt in that body
551
19. A Christ without is but a carnal Christ, with them
551
20. By this carnal Christ, they say there is no salvation
551
21. They say, we feed on a thing dead long ago
550
8. Of Adam.
1. They say, the Covenant wherein Adam stood, was the Covenant of Grace
11, 16
2. They say, the Law written in Adam's heart was not the Moral Law
16
9. Of the Fall.
1. They are unclear touching the sin of Adam, and the fall
88
2. They say, the knowledg of the fall …s not necessary
89
3. They say, Man fell only in a certain respect
89
4. The fall did not take away, say they, the light within
94
5. They deny bodily death to be a punishment of sin
98, 125, 126, 127
10. Of Original sin.
1. They make original sin to be a substance
96
2. They talk enigmatically of the depravation of man by nature
97, 100
3. They deny original sin in Infants, whether as to imputation of guilt, or as to corruption of nature
111, 112, 113, &c.
4. They deny all imputation of sin to Infants, till they actually sinne themselves
122, 123
5. They say, sin is not propagated, but cometh by occasion, or imitation
124, 125
11. Of the State of Nature.
1. They deny natural corruption to be sin
120, 121
2. They say, Natural men can do good by vertue of a Seed in them
100, 102
3. They will have our power to good, to be measured by the command
221
4. They say, that God by grace mollifieth the heart of all men, at one time or other, so that if they resist not they shall be saved
249
12. Of the Soul.
1. They say, the soul is a part of God, eternal and infinite
90, 546, 547
2. They say, at death, it is centred in its own being in God
546
3. They call it a living principle of the Divine Nature
547
4. And the immortal and incorruptible seed of God
547
5. They call it something of the living word, which was said to be made flesh
547
6. And that, which the Lord from heaven b…getteth of his own Substance
547
13. Of Heathens.
1. T…ey deny that Heathens have any thing of the Law written in their hearts
103
2. They deny all in bred notions of a God, and of honesty, &c.
106
3. They say, a Pagan can performe all inward Worshipe easily
461
4. For God is nigh to help him▪
461
14. Of Enthusiasmes.
1. They plead for immediat Revelations, as necessary, in place of the Scriptures
19. &c.
2. They confound these Revelations with the gracious operations of the Spirit
20, 21, 80
3. They succeed to the old Enthusiasts
22
4. They preferre their Enthusiasmes to Scripture
57
15. Of the Gospel.
1. They turne the history of Christs death & resurrection into allegories
11
2. They wildly describe it
11
3. The preaching of the Gospel is not necessary, with them
244
4. They say, there is no more advantage to be had by the history of Christ, then by the history of other Saints
244
5. They call the Gospel an inward power and vertue, that is in every creature
259
6. They call every thing the Gospel, that revealeth any thing of God
260
7. They plead for an Universal Gospel
267
16. Of the Light within.
1. They make the light within their only guide
11
2. They preferre it to the Scriptures
59
3. They make the authority of the Scriptures to depend upon it
59
4. They make it the Supream Judge of all Controversies
60, 85
5. They call it Christ, God, the Divine Essence, the Saviour of the world, &c.
92
6. They call it the Essence of God
228, 230
7. And the Omnipresence of God
228
8. They call it damnable heresie to deny the worshiping of it
228
9. They call it a measure of Christ, and of God, and God Father Son and H. Ghost
228
10. They say, it is sufficient to salvation
ibid
11. They deny it to be a Creature
228
12. It is a Teacher beyond the Scriptures
229
13. It is the Word of God, & grace, and gifts, and what not?
229
14. It is a spiritual, heavenly, invisible Principle; the Vehicle of God, in which God dwelleth, as Father, Son and H. Ghost
230, 231, 233
15. It is an instrument of God
230
16. It is a divine & glorious life
231
17. It inviteth all Men to good
232
18. It is the flesh and blood of Christ, that came down from heaven
233
19. It beareth witness against all evil
234
20. It can be crucified and exstinguished
234
21. Where it is, God and Christ are involved
235
22. Where it is resisted, God is resisted
235
23. From it is Christ formed in the soul
236, 237
24. All men are commanded to beleeve in, and obey this Light
238, 257
25. It delivereth from all sins
238
26. They call it a Substance
240
27. They call it the Sure Mercies of David, a Leader & a Commander
264
28. And that word, by which faith cometh
264, 265
29. And the fire and hammer spoken of Ier. 23:29.
264, 266
30. They say, by it God seeth the thoughts of men
264
31. They say, the illumination hereof, when received, becometh an holy birth, &c. producing righteousness, &c,
296
32. All may confidently appeare before God, who hearken to the light, and are thereby renewed
324
33. They say, the light manifesting sin and nakedness, is the body of Christ
489
34. This alone searcheth the heart, and by it alone God manifests himself, and saveth from the wrath to come; & men see their own faces
548
35. It can forgive sins, and make new crea…ures
551
36. It is the Man Christ Jesus, the Mediator, which humbled himself to the crosse
551
37. They expect no justification or Salvation, but by this light
551
38. Hereby they come to know Christ revealed in them
552
39. Who seek Christ any where else, but in this light, seek dreamings and night visions, and spend their time in slumbering and dreaming
552
40. By owning and obeying it, they are reconciled to God
552
41. This Christ within suffereth, & his sufferings are satisfactory wherever
552
42. They speak of killing the just one within us, & of his riseing againe
552
17. Of the Seed.
1. They talk of a seed, which they call a measure of God, Christ, the Spirit, &c.
95, 100
2. They talk of its being wounded
247
3. They call it, the manifestation of the Spirit
278
4. They say, it is hid in the earthy part of every Mans heart; and that herein is the kingdom of heaven, as man in the embrio
279
5. As this small seed of righteousness, say they, ariseth, and is suffered to come to the birth, that new substantial birth is naturally fed with the spiritual body of Christ
489
18. Of Reprobation.
1. They deny all absolute Reprobation
133. &c.
2. They miserably mistake the orthodox judgment hereanent
143, 144
3. In exaggerating the matter of Reprobation, they belch out against God
254. &c.
19. Of Grace.
1. They deny Faith and Repentance to be the gifts of God
153
2. They deny that the grace of God, in Conversion, taketh away the resistance of the heart
273
3. They imagine the grace of Conversion to be as physick, which a man may hinder to operat
273
4. They imagine, that God putteth all some way out of the pit of misery, and thereafter letteth such fall againe, as spurn and resist
275
5. They will not grant, that the grace of God maketh any real change of the corrupt nature of man; or giveth a new heart
276
20. Of Vniversal Grace.
1. They say God hath granted to all men, Schythians and Barbarians, a day of Visitation, wherein they may be saved, if they will
212, 214. &c.
2. And that God offereth Remission and Salvation to all, upon condition of non-refusal
249
3. They plead for sufficient grace to all
269
4. They say, Heathens, that never heard of the Gospel, may be saved
282
5. And that Paul Rom. 3. proveth that the Heathens were saved, by doing the works of the Law
289
6. They say, the Heathens had the knowledge of Christ, though not under that denomination
290
7. And that because they spoke of Wisdom which is one of Christ's names
291
8. They grant remission of sins to some adult persons, that never heard of Christ
302
9. Every man hath sufficiency of influence for praier, till his day of Visitation passe, say they.
454
10. Every man hath that, which is as good, as the Spirit of Christ
546
21. Of Vniversal Redemption.
1. They plead for Universal Redemption
157. &c.
22. Of Salvation.
They say, there is no possibility of Salvation, after the day of Visitation is ended
215
2. And that God giveth to every man a certain measure of grace, in order to salvation
226, &c.
23. Of Christ's Satisfaction.
1. They speak not distinctly of Christ's Satisfaction
242
2. They vilifie its vertue and efficacy
243
3. They say, the outward blood of Christ, or the blood of his vail, cannot cleanse
295
4. They call it an abomination, to say, that God punished Christ that he might thereby satisfie for sins
296
5. Christ with them procureth remission, in procuring grace, whereby Christ is formed within
308
24. Of Iustification.
1. They confound Justification with Sanctification
295
2. And say that we are justified, as we are sanctified
295
3. It is ridiculous and worse, with them, to think to be justified by the imputation of anothers righteousness
295
4. Yea they say, such a justification is irrational, irreligious, ridiculous and dangerous
296
5. It is an abomination to say, we are justified by imputation
296
6. Yea they call it a doctrine of Devils, an arme of corruption
296
7. By the light within we are justified, as well as sanctified, say they.
297
8. All the reconciliation we have by Christ is, that we are made capable of reconciliation
302, 303, 304, 308
9. Sanctification with them is the formal cause of Justification
305, 311
10. They say, we are justified by the revelation of Christ in the soul
316
11. We are justified by works of grace, say they
321
12. What righteousness, say they, Christ performed without us, is not our justification, nor are we saved thereby
550
13. They deny all imputation of righteousness
11
25. Of Perfection.
1. They say, works done by grace are perfect
322, 323
2. They plead for the perfection of Saints here
325. &c.
3. They hold a perfect freedom from all sin
325
4. Sanctification must be perfect, because, say they, it is Christ himself
326
5. Yet they say, this perfection may be lost
332
6. And that some may come to that hight of perfection, that they cannot sinne any more
332
26. Of Perseverance.
1. They assert the Apostasie of the Saints
350. &c.
27. Of Infallibility.
1. They plead for infallibility to Ministers and to all Christians
378
28. Of the Patriachs.
1. They say, the Patriarchs had no faith of the Messias to come
289
29. Of the Church.
1. They take-in under the Church all, who obey the light within, howbeit not professours of Christ, or of Christianity
361
2. Pagans, Turks & Jewes, though both Ignorant and Superstitious, are members of the Church of the saved, with them, if they be good single hearted men
361
3. All members of their Churches teach
362
4. Such as are ignorant of the very history of Christ may be members of the Catholick Church, that is, of the Church of the saved
362
5. Yet members of particular Christian Churches must give assent and credite to truths delivered in the Scriptures
362
6. Outward profession is necessary to make one a member of a particular congregated Church, though not of the Catholick Church
364
7. They deny men to be Christians by birth
364
8. They say, none can be a member of the Church without grace
379
9. They make the Church, or Fold the same with the Shepherd
545
10. With them all Members are Officers
10
30. Of Ministers.
1. They say, the light received prepareth, constituteth and fournisheth a Minister
365, 370
2. Ministers must be called by the Spirit, and know, that they are led and moved by the Spirit, and be sensible of the work of the Spirit, and of his inward call
372
3. The power and life of the Spirit is the most necessary qualification of a Minister
378
4. Ministers must have no learning, but what is taught by the Spirit
283, 384, 386
5. They would have Ministers learning trades, whereby to live
396
6. They will not have Ministers make use of what they have learned or read, in their sermons
438
7. They will not have Ministers studying their sermons
431, 441
8. They account all such Ministers of the world, and of the letter, who are for the ordinances of Christ
545
31. Of the Ministrie.
1. They say, all things concerning the Ministrie, are in confusion, in the Christian Church
366
2. They are against the Ministerial Office
387, 389
3. They deny the distinct offices and officers, in the Apostles dayes
388, 389, 391
4. They account all the Offices & Officers, Fo…mes & Shadowes
388
5. And to be the work of Anti-Christ, & the mystery of iniquity
389
6. They make the work of the Ministrie common to all
390
7. They make it free to all to preach in publick, when moved by the Spirit
393
8. They deny, there was any such Officers, as Euangelists
393, 394
9. They say, Apostles, Prophets, &c. were but distinct names
394
10. They allow women to preach publickly in the Churches
397
32. Of Ordination.
33. They deny Ordination and Imposition of hands
377
33. Of Ordinances.
1. They deny all external institutions in Worshipe
381
2. They do not acknowledge a precept for an ordinance, where there is an Institution
491
3. They are against all ordinances, calling them formes
545
4. They deny that ever God did, or will reveal himself by them
545
5. They say, Christ blotted them out, and they must not be touched
545
6. To seek Christ in ordinances, is to seek the living among the dead
545, 546
34. Of the Sabbath.
1. They deny the Lord's day to be the Christian Sabbath
412
2. They hold all dayes alike
412
35. Of Worship.
1. They say all Worshipe must be done by inward Inspirations, as to time, place, duration
411
2. They condemne our having a Preacher to preach, in our solemne Worshipe
412
3. External actions in Worshipe need particular influences or enthusiasmes
461
4. When we move, say they, without the Spirit, it is the uncleane part, which offereth to God, which he will not accept
545
36. Of the Quakers Worshipe.
1. They have no preparation to their Worshipe
412, 413
2. Nor do they beginne with prayer
413
3. Nor do they make any use of the Scriptures in their Worshipe
413
5. In their Worshipe, they unchristian and un-man themselves
414
6. They talk of God's power transmitted from Vessel to Vessel, whereby when one is affected, all are affected
415
7. They lay aside all words, even Scripture words, in their Worshipe
415
8. Then they must Introvert unto the inward principle within them, as unto the most excellent Doctor
415
9. This doctor teacheth them to cease from their own words and actions, & to feel the inward seed of life; & thereby be moved to pray, preach, or sing
416
10. And hence cometh a floud of refreshment, that runneth over the whole company
416
11. And then they need neither Baptisme nor the Lords Supper
417
12. If one present be not introverted, if the power be a little raised, in the assembly, he is presently laid hold on, and this power warmeth him, as fire warmeth a man
417
13. If any present wander in their imaginations, one, in whom the life is raised, will feel a travelling womans paines, for them, and they will be pricked secretly, though nothing be spoken
417
14. Yea, if a stranger come to gaze & mock, he is so terrified at the sight, that if his day of visitation be not past, he becometh a convert
418
15. In the first place, they must of necessity be silent, in their Worshipe
420
16. God is speaking in every man, & therefore they should be silent & hear, that the good seed may arise
422
17. In this silence, they must lay aside all sense & fear of sin; thoughts of death, of hell, of judgment, and of glory; prayers & all religious exercises
422
18. Thus they must be abstracted from all operations, imaginations, & ejaculations of soul
422
19. And then the little seed, planted in every man, getteth room to arise, & becometh an holy birth; & that Divine aire is it, with which mans spirit is fermented, & then they become fit to hear his voice
423
20. While they are thus Introverted, they cannot be deceived
424
21. For the Devil cannot simulate this Introversion, nor work there; for he is excluded, & worketh only in Natural men
424
22. When they once introvert, they are in a castle, & they feel themselves to be without the Devils reach
425
23. Hereby they keep communion with other, when scattered asunder
425
24. Before they speak or preach, they must Introvert, & consult the dim thing within
441
25. They must be acted & moved by Immediat impulses, & extraordinary motions of a Spirit
443, 444, 450, 452
37. Of Preaching.
1. They are against our way of preaching from a text of Scripture
437
38. Of Prayer.
1. They are against praying morning & evening, before & after sermon, before and after meat
450, 451
2. Their inward prayer is an Introversion of the soul
453, 454
3. They speak of praying outwardly under a degustation, which is neither publick nor private prayer
455
4. They speak of ejaculatory prayers, made to mans self
455
5. No publick prayer without Introversion
455
6. Beside Introversion, there must be an immediat inspiration, calling & prompting to prayer, or else we must not pray,
455
7. They say, that praying to God, without the feeling of the Influences of the Spirit, is a tempting of God
456
8. Men, say they, must introvert to that place, where they may feel that, whereby they may be led to prayer
457, 462
9. Watching is only the souls attending on the Spirit, that it may feel him leading to pray
457
10. To command men to pray, without the Spirit, is to command them to see without eyes
459
11. They say, we pray without the Spirit, because we have our limited times
460
12. They say, the wicked sometime have the influences of the Spirit to pray, and then they may pray acceptably
462, 463
39. Of Singing Psalmes.
1. They are against our way of singing of Psalmes
463
2. Alledging that thereby ofttimes abominable lies are uttered to God
464
3. And that we Immediatly thereafter in prayer, confesse ourselves guilty of the same sins, for redemption from which we have given praise
464
40. Of the Sacraments.
1. They think, if the word Sacrament were laid aside, all controversie about the Sacraments would cease
468
2. They think the definition of a Sacrament can agree to many other things
468
41. Of Baptisme.
1. They are against baptisme
465
2. They say, there is but one sort of baptisme
469
3. They make the outward Element and the inward Grace two baptismes
469
4. Washing of water is not Christ's baptisme, with them
471
5. They owne no baptisme, but the baptisme of the Spirit
471
6. They deny all baptisme, but what is with the H. Ghost & with fire
545
7. They would have the ordinance of baptisme wholly laid aside
473, 475
8. They say, the ark was a type of Baptisme
473
9. And that Johns baptisme was a figure of Christ's baptisme
474
10. Baptisme with water is with them a figure of baptisme with the Spirit
474
11. Washing with water in baptisme is contrary to Christian Religion
475
12. Christ did not warrand his Disciples to baptize
475
13. Washing under the Law, and our baptisme are the same
476
14. They reckon baptisme among Jewish ceremonies & rites
477
15. They condemne our baptizing in the Name of the Father, Son & H. Ghost.
479
16. They say, the Apostles baptised by permission, & not by Commission
480
17. They say the Apostles mistook Christ's spiritual baptisme, & took it for Johns water baptisme
480
18. Baptisme with water, say they, was in use among the Jewes before Johns dayes
481
19. Water baptisme, say they, is but formal imitation, the invention of man, and a meer delusion
545
20. In contempt hereof, they say; outward water cannot wash the soul
550
42. Of the Lords Supper.
1. They deny the Lord's Supper to be an Institution of Christ
482, &c.
2. Instead of this Ordinance, they profanely substitute their ordinary repasts
486
3. To their ordinary repasts they profanely apply the ends of this Ordinance
486
4. The body, which they eat, & blood which they drink, is the celestial seed, the Divine substance, the Vehicle or spiritual body of Christ
486
5. To this spiritual imaginary body of Christ they apply all that is said of Christ's body Iohn. 6.
487
6. They say, this spiritual seed, as it getteth room to rise up in the heart, is bread to the hungry; and thereby the soul is revived
487
7. They enjoy this breed, by beleeving in the manifestation of this light
487
8. They say, the Supper of the Lord is truely possessed, when the soul introverts, &c.
489
9. They say, beleevers enjoy this at all times, especially when they meet together, to waite on God
489
10. They say, Christ only took occasion from the bread & wine to tell his disciples, that as these nourished their bodies, so His body and blood should nourish their souls; And so did institute no Sacrament: and this is the only meaning of these words. This is my body, &c.
492
11. They call it a bare ceremonie
492
12. They will have Paul, 1 Cor. 11:27. only to say, that if they would needs performe this ceremonie, they should do it worthily
493
13. With them, do this in remembrance of me, saith no more, but that, seing this was to be the last occasion of his eating with them, they should look to him, that by commemoration of that occasion, by his passions & death, they should be stirred up to follow him
495
14. They call the practising of it a Jewish ceremonie
496
15. They think, the wine was meerly accidental
496
16. They reckon the bread & wine in the Lords Supper, among the things of the earth, Col. 3.
499
17. They say, we have this Ordinance from the Pope
545
18. They say, He whose death we are to remember, till he come, is the word & prayer
545
43. Of Ministers Maintenance.
1. They are against the fixed maintenance of Ministers; and will only have their necessities supplied if need be
401
2. They will have no limited maintenance
401
3. They will not have people compelled to give any maintenance
407
4. Ministers, say they, must seek nothing by Law
407, 408
4. They say, it is a carnal Ministrie, that must have maintenance
410
44. Of Magistrats.
1. They deny Magistrats to be lawful, who are not of their way
11
45. Of Liberty of Conscience.
1. They plead for libery to all errours
501
2. Magistrates, say they, may not hinder people to meet together, to Worshipe God as they judge best
505
3. Otherwayes they sinne against the nature of the Gospel
508
4. And against sound Reason & the Law of Nature
511
5. The old Lawes for punishing of Idolaters, they say, no more binde us, then the Jewes killing of the Canaanites, or their taking gold, &c. from the Egyptians
509, 510
46. Of W…rs.
1. They are against all wars
514. &c.
47. Of Lawful Oaths.
1. They are against swearing before Magistrates
523. &c.
2. Swearing by the Name of God of old was, as they say, a ceremony
525, 526, 527
3. Oaths, say they, did prefigu…e God's truth and fidelity
528
4. And had their rise from the Devil
528
5. Christ might swear, say they, as being under the Law; not we, who are under the Gospel
529
6. They say, we ought not to regard what Paul did, as to this, even in his Epistles
530
7. Yet they will swear, but not upon a book, nor by lifting up the h…nd
529, 530
48. Of Civil Honour.
1. They are against the giving of all honour or respect to Superiours or Equals
533. &c.
2. Christians, say they, may not give nor receive titles of honour
537
3. They use no other compellation for all persons, but Thou & Thee
539
4. They will salute no person, nor signify any respect by uncovering the head
540
5. They account this adoration; & yet their first Father Iames Naylor received Divine Worship at Bristol
541, 542
49. Of the Resurrection.
1. They deny the Resurrection of the same body
17, 552, 553
50. Of Heaven and Hell.
1. They assert no Heaven or Hell, but what is within us
553, 554