The Querers and Quakers cause at the second hearing. Or, The Quakers antiquering advocate examined: his pleadings found light and weake, his language lewd and railing, his prinicples loose and large. The quaking and entransed faction discovered to be a new branch of an old root, revivied by Satan; some of their strange ungospel-like tenents, unchristian practises, and opinions fathered upon the spirit, to be abhorred, and avoided by all holy soules, are also discovered, and truly laid open.

QƲAERIE XIX.

Whether this be not strange Divinity, or strong Vanity rather, that they may leave Callings, be obscaene, revile, be disobedient, care neither for Or∣der, nor Office; yet they sinne not, but are perfect?

Antiquaery.

Why dost thou lye to say they leave their Callings? And if some of them be called from their outward callings, and be sent forth by the Lord to Minister the word unto others, is not this a cleaving to that Calling to which they are called?

Reply.

Who calls men and women now to leave their outward Callings? what voyce of God called your men from the plough, your women from the Distaffe to Minister the word to others? A little calling will serve them to leave their Callings. Doe not you know the Spirit of God saith, let every man abide in that Calling, that is, that outward Calling of Master, Servant, &c. wherein the Lord hath set him? He is not to thinke that his spiri∣tuall Calling doth abolish and nullifie his civill Calling. When Christ calls any by his grace to himselfe, he doth not call him from his office and condition of civill exercise wherein he was. But why trouble I my selfe about this, since the Apostle is so

plaine? Presently you rage, and your tongue is so hot, or your stomack that fills your pen, that you have need of a sober Julep to coole you, and bring you acquainted with Christian modera∣tion. For then you poure it out, that Ministers are afraid of discovering their nakednesse, and therefore would have them locked up in callings, prisons, any where to be rid of them. When Ministers doe not according to the Gospell let them heare of it, but truly, soberly, with a spirit of Christian reproofe, to amend, not to enrage them.— You excuse them, they doe not revile, no more then Christ in calling Pharises, blinde guides, Hypocrites, painted Sepulchers. For obscaenity and such like, you never heard an immodest word come out of their mouthes. But you have heard of immodest actions, lying together as above, nakednesse, &c. and you were faine to be their botcher, to make up some poore covers for their nakednesse. For Lording it over their Consciences that you speake of, it needs not. If they would have their faith to themselves, none would trouble them, but when their fire goes out of their owne harth to the burning up of other houses, to seduce, beguile and the like, to restraine the publique spreading of poysonous infections, is no Lording it over the Conscience.

To that of being perfect and without sinne, you say this: I think they are neerer to that condition then thou art who revilest them. I thanke you Sir, in behalfe of the Quaeter, he expected no lesse, when he heard who was the Judge. You seeme to allow their bragging of perfection, and being without sin, what neede a man to goe to Heaven for perfection, since he may have it here at their sh••ps? So the Familists of old said, they were as perfect as Adam and Eve, and we may beleeve them, as perfect and without sinne, as Adam in the day of his fall, stript of the image of God, perfectly corrupt, and defiled in all powers both of soule and body.

Notes

• 1 Cor. 7.
• Romans 14.