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.

THE CONTENTS.

• A brief Introduction, with the Assemblies Opinion; and Stephen Scandret's uncertain Proposition for it.
• His Abuse of divers Scriptures in his State of the Case for a personal Election, answered, and the Way of God's •…•…hoosing resolved.
• The Weakness of his two first Arguments touching God's Decree and Promises.
• His gross Ignorance of those Names written in the Lamb's Book, Arg. 3. His Impertinency and ignorant Allegation and mis-un∣derstanding of divers Scriptures, concerning God's Choice and Ordination; and the Cause of Mens Destruction opened, against Argum. 4. Persons being chosen proves not their Eternal Electi∣on (as Persons)
• Concerning Jacob and Esau; Christ's Sheep, those that come, are drawn, and given unto him of the Father, Arg. 5 & 6.
• Election explained. God's loving Jacob and hating Esau; their Posterities concerned therein: And how far the two Births were figured in Jacob and Esau.
• Our Opposers blasphemously placing a partial Resolution upon God (as creating Persons with Intention to leave them to Destruction) contrary to his universal Call and Tenders of Salvation.
• The Unchangeableness of God's Election in what State; and our Op∣posers Ignorance and Error concerning God's Purpose.
• My unanswered Objection of setting Life and Death before Men, and warning them of Destruction.
• The Cause of God's hardning Pharoah, Judas and others, not grounded upon meer Will and Pleasure, but for their Rebellion.
• Touching the Fall of particular Angels and Men; the Tendence of God's long-Suffering towards the Wicke•…•…, and my Opposer's Con∣fession to Truth, to the •…•…tter Overthrow of his Opinion.
• Presbyterians M•…•…ckery in their Warnings & setting Life & Death, conditional Promises and Threats, before People, contrary to their partial Opinion of an eternal personal Election and Reprobation.
• The sad Consequence of their accusing God with decreeing to deny saving Grace to particular Persons, yea, to the greater Part of Mankind; shewing that divine Justice it self hath not so decreed.
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• Grace differing from Debt. The Reason why God finds Fault with Men. The Question, Who hath resisted his Will? resolved.
• Their urging all to for sake Sin, contradictory to their Opinion, and not in true Eaith. Their Flattering many with fair Pretences, con∣trary to their own Intentions; the poor Encouragement and cold Comfort, that their Doctrine of a personal Reprobation yields to the greatest Part of Mankind.
• The wise God, the just Judge, is the Ordeiner of the Punishment, not of the Fact; nor the Author of Sin, or their Wickedness who per∣secuted Christ.
• Hypocritical Priests, making and strengthning Hypocrites, by deceit∣fully daubing them up in their Sins, and flattering them with a [You are not fallen from Grace] while they are guilty of gross Wickedness.
• Concerning God's Convenant with David, and his Seed and the My∣stery typified in him.
• To all which is added a short Postscript.