A serious & seasonable warning unto all people: occasioned by two most dangerous epistles to a late book of John Falldoe's, subscribed by Richard Baxter [and 24 others] brethren all ---- in iniquity ... whose slanders and lyes against the holy people called Quakers are hereby reproved / by C.P.

MONITERS. From whom they hide the poison of their Anti-Fundamental Doctrines.

COme Rabbies, though never at your Universities, nor can well tell what trash by Tradition you profess, for Fundamentals, forged in, and somented by General Councels, and Synods of carnal men, like your selves, that in several A∣ges,

have drawn Pictures of Religion, which you fall down to and worship, out of whose Treasuries you have stockt your selves: and strip you of which, alas how much wiser are you than those whom you mock at, as ignorant? this I affirm on behalf of the Quakers, that whatsoever, according to the holy Scriptures can be called Fundamental Principles of the Chri∣stian Religion, they fully affert, own, and contend for, even for the Faith once delivered to the Saints, which you carnal men are out of, Now, you Rabbies, and all men know, that we believe in one Almighty Omnipotent God, and that he is to be loved, worshipped, feared and obeyed: that he created and upholdeth all things by the word of his power: that he is holy, merciful, just and true: that man by sin became deprived of the knowledge, and enjoyment of God, his Creator: that the restoration of this lost man to happiness again, in the en∣joyment of the favour of his Creator, is only through the Lord Jesus Christ, who 1600 years agoe, was of the Line of David, born of the Virgin at Bethlem in Judea, who preached a Hea∣venly Doctrine, was Crucified by the Jews, and laid in a Se∣pulchre, and was raised by the power of God, and was seen of Mary, and other Brethren, who ascended far above all Hea∣vens, and shall come the second time without sin to Salvation, even to all that look for him: that he came to do the Fathers will, and in the prepared body did it, in which ho abolisht death, offering up himself through the eternal Spirit, without fault to God, to purge the Conscience from dead works to serve the living God, Heb. 9. 14. That Man must believe in this Lord Jesus Christ for remission of sins, and acceptance with the Fa∣ther: and that by Faith Christ is applyed to the Soul, for Wis∣dome, Righteousness, Sanctification and Redemption: and that by the imputed and imparted Righteousness of Christ, man comes to be justified, and accepted with God, acceptance being only in him the beloved: We believe the Resurrection of the dead, Christ the first fruits, and afterward they that are his at his coming: We believe the Life everlasting, Amen. And for

Christs sake are willing to be killed all the day long, in hope of a better Resurrection, seeking a Country whose Builder and Maker is God: VVe own the Holy Scriptures to be of inesti∣mable value, and excellent use to all men: but we say it self gives the preheminence to the Holy Spirit, as that alone which leads into all truth, John 16. 8.

Now in opposition to the four Moniters that incinuate that we do not own, and preach Christ, the Eternal Son of God, and after the flesh of the Virgin: And the 21 that incinuate, we hold antifundamental Doctrines, I give forth this Testimo∣ny: wherein I affirm that of the 4 to be a most detestable Lye: that we preach a meer Created Light of the natural Conscience and Reason, affirming that the same Jesus that the Apostles Preacht, to be Preacht amongst us; faith in him is preacht as the only name given by whom poor Souls can be saved: and in opposition to the 21, do say, if to believe in the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent be essential to Salvation; if to fear God, and love our Neighbours, and do to all men as we would be done by: even to believe in Christ as the Author of eternal Salvation, to all that obey him, and as is more larg∣ly afore-mentioned. be with you Fundamental, then your in∣cinuation of our holding Anti-fundamentals is slanderous.

It is very true, Baby-baptism, prated▪prayers, Sinners to sing Saints Psalms, Man made-Ministers, entitling every un∣clean harlot to Church-membership, that the Merciful God decreed some men from all eternity to damnation, that God of∣fers mercy and Salvation to those he never intends it: these Lies and Blasphemies, wherewith you have poisoned this age; all this we deny, but all wholsome found Doctrine we own, and are ready to make it appear to the Faces of the Stoutest of you, and prove you are Slanderers of us.

These Lies once believing, that the Quakers denyed Christ and the Scriptures; and knowing the danger people are in, through the subtil wiles of these men, to be seduced into a Spi∣rit of envy against the Innocent, even to their everlasting Dam∣nation,

I am the larger in this matter: the great objection in this matter is, that we preach the Light, and exhort people to turn to the Light of Christ in them, this is true, but that this is to preach, a created Light of Reason, and natural Conscience: oh that ever men that would be accounted the only Learned men, should be thus blind, and base, and thus to incinuate, when the Scripture so amply gives us an account of Christs preaching himself, in the same Dialect, that he was come a Light into the world; and exhorted people to believe in the Light, that they might be Children of the Light, John 8. 12. and here I shall refer these Rabbies, and all people, to the Testimony of Paul, Acts 26. giving account of his Doctrine, I continue witnessing, to small and great, the same things spoken by Moses and the Prophets; how that Christ should suffer; and be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light to the people, and the gentiles: Well ye Rabbies, is it to preach a cre∣ated Light of the Reason and natural Conscience, to testifie that Christ doth shew light to all men, and exhort them to turn to it; you might as well have said the same of Paul, had you lived in his days: Oh the midnight darkness that you are in, thus basely to perswade people to believe Lyes concerning us, of your own forging. VVhatever have been, and may be, your false accusations, I am assured, all these people called Quakers, can unanimously and chearfully, concerning Jesus Christ of Na∣zareth, subscribe to that savory saying of Doctor Crisp, as I re∣member.

If Christ thou knowest, it will suffice, Though else thou knowest not: If Christ be hid, thou art not wise, Though all else thou art taught.