The fanatick history: or an exact relation and account of the old Anabaptists, and new Quakers. Being the summe of all that hath been yet discovered about their most blasphemous opinions, dangerous pactises [sic], and malitious endevours to subvert all civil government both in church and state. Together with their mad mimick pranks, and their ridiculous actions and gestures, enough to amaze any sober christian. Which may prove the death & burial of the fanatick doctrine. Published with the approbation of divers orthodox divines.

1. The personal body of Christ.

George Fox being asked whether Christ have a body in heaven, and be a particular man or person, incompassed with a body to live for e∣ver, yea, or no, affirms, That Christ hath but one body, and that is the Church] That 1, Christs mystical body, corpus mysticum, is the Church, and that 2, This is but one, is according to truth, answerable to that we beleive, Sanctam Catho∣licam Ecclesiam, the Holy Catholick Church, but 3, That Christ hath but one body, is contradicto∣ry to the whole History of the four Evangelists, which so often speakes of that body which he took of the Virgin Mary of whom Christ 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 after the flesh came, as Paul phrases it; and how he ascended and shall come again, Luke acquaints us Acts 1, 9, 10, 11. Shall so come in like manner, as ye have seen him goe into heaven. But this is not the first time that this Heresie hath been broached nor confuted, many a hun∣dred yeers ago, were these things upon the stage of the World, dic mihi aliquid novi aut tace, trou∣ble us not with old rotten stinking errours.

Secondly, In their book called, The persecu∣tion of the Quakers; First, the corporeal Body of Christ: And secondly, his coming in the Clouds to to judgment, are denyed. 1 pag. 8. Priest Herrick did affirm before the Magistrate and many o∣thers, that the body of Christ is not spiritual; and when he was by William Adamson challen∣ged for his blasphemy, he said he would prove it by Scripture, and produced those words Christ said, I am not a spirit; and then he was by him charged with a lie, for there was no such words in that Scripture. 2. p. 9. Let their own words try them who look for a Christ yet to come; as some of them said, what will yee Quakers do, who saith Christ is within you, when Christ comes in the clouds, here now all people do but honestly examine and see whether these spirits confess Christ, who looks for him yet to come, and whether you dare believe the Apostle, every spirit who doth not confess Christ Jesus come in the flesh, is not of God, or these deceivers, who look for him yet to come; these things are so palpa∣bly gross and weak, yea even irrational, that their needs no words to the misproving of them.

Notes

• Truths defence p. 78. 79.
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