The Christian-Quaker and his divine testimony vindicated by Scripture, reason, and authorities against the injurious attempts that have been lately made by several adversaries, with manifest design to rendor him odiously inconsistent with Christianity and civil society : in II parts. / The first more general by William Penn ; the second more particular by George Whitehead.

III. The Effect of Christ's Sufferings only known in his Light within.

H. G. IN this appears your great Darkness, and herein you are beguiled and cheated by the Devil, to the invalida∣ting of the Meritorious Death and Sufferings of our Lord, as if there were no need of his Blood to be poured forth, nor of his Inter∣cession, p. 5.

Answ. Can either Christ's Light within, or our following of it, invalidate or make void his Sufferings without? Or deprive us of the End thereof, or of the Vertue of his Blood? When they that crucified, murthered Christ were turned from his Light within? Or can any receive the Be∣nefit of Christ's Sufferings and Blood without (or out of) his Light within? Or are the Sufferings and Death of Christ absolutely meritorious for Man's Justification with∣out any Dependance upon his Light within? If so, how can any be deprived of Justification for whom Christ dyed? Which was for all Men; but what Proof hath he from Scripture, That the shedding Christ's Blood was the Meritorious Cause of Justification? Seeing it was shed by wicked Hands; and surely, had the Jews and Gentiles obeyed and walked in that holy and just Light that was in them, they had not crucified nor murthered the just One, the Son of God, whose giving up to the Death of the Cross (though of Necessity) yet it was occasioned because of Sin and Death that was come over all, which man must only be convinced and truely sensible of by the Light of Christ within; and its such only as walk in his Light, who come to know the Blood of Christ to cleanse them from all Sin. And there is a certain Congruity and Oneness in being san∣ctified, redeemed and saved by his Life, Light, Blood, Power, Arm, Ingrafted Word, Spirit, Fire, Water or by Grace; these do not oppose Christ as Saviour, he be∣ing in all the great Workman of God, through whom God

hath saved us by the washing of Regeneration and renew∣ing of the holy Ghost, Titus 3. 4, 5. These being one in Substance with him, and of himself, as the Spirit, the Wa∣ter and the Blood agree in one: And as his offering up himself, being a Propitiation for the Sins of the whole World, pouring out his Soul to Death, and making In∣tercession for the Transgressors was by the Eternal Spirit, so the blessed Effects thereof are spiritually and inwardly received by them that obey and walk in the Light of his Spirit; wherein his Life and Vertue of the Blood of the Covenant is received unto Cleansing, Sanctification and Reconciliation with God: The great Sufferings, Burthens and Afflictions of Christ were occasioned by man's Sin, Disobedience, and turning from his Life and Light within; and this brought Darkness and Death over Man-kind; and therefore Christ deeply travelled in the Spirit of Prayer and Intercession, through all his Sufferings, to bring forth his own Life and Light for man's Delive∣rance out of Death and Darkness, that he might see his Seed, and the Travel of his Soul, and be satisfied. And this is the Seed that shall serve him throughout all Ages, which shall be counted unto the Lord for a Genera∣tion; and this serves him in his Light, and worships him in Spirit; therefore they that oppose this Light of Christ to the End of Christ's Coming, Death, Sufferings, Blood or Intercession, as if his Light in Man did invalidate these; they are darkned and cheated by the Devil, and not these who obey Christ's Light within for Life and Savati∣on in him.