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me, or thee either; yet I fee not, but why I may, in Brotherly Love to T. S. write an Answer to a Letter or Letters for him, either to thee, or any other Man, and no Difparagement to his Measure of Light and Grace neither: For every Man is not Gifted alike for Quantity, though in Quality the Light or Grace is one in all. I hope it is no Hurt to ferve one another in Truth and Love, as we are able. Yet, let me tell thee, I question not but he hath that in him, which is fufficient to carry him through all the Exercifes he meets with, and to help him to Keep a ConScience void of Offence, both towards God and Men: And it is of the Lord's Mercy that he knows it, or else he had ftill been Servant to Man: The Lord's Strength is manifeft in fuch weak Veffels, as his and mine; and therefore, through the Riches of his Love to us in Chrift Jefus, we can say, as fome did of old, Though we cannot Difpute and Reason, like Scholafticks; yet we, by God's affiftance, can Suffer. And as my Friend knows God's Gift in himself, and abides therein, he knows mine, that is given me of God alfo, in Meafure So that thy Taunt of a Will with the Wifp, I value not.

Thy next Queftion is, Whether it be the part of a Confcientious Man, to give himself up to an Implicit Conduct, when those that lead bim may

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This I anfwer'd in part before, and do now fay pofitively, It is not: And therefore it is that

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TS. refufes thy blind Conduct; for knowing the Lord to be his Teacher, he is become a Follower of him; and thou ought'ft not to be offended for that. And as for fuch Men, as take upon them to be Conductors and Leaders of others, but have had Motives, I wifh thou may't look to it; for certainly those that seek the Fleece more than the Flock, have bad Motives; and as it appears, that in Ages past there have been too many fuch, fo there are ftill, of which Number it were well if thou could't acquit thy felf.

But thou makest a fair Flourish, and say'st, concerning thy felf and Brethren, We lead not our People implicitly. It feems thou reckoneft thy felf a Leader then; but furely a very dangerous One, as thy own words teftifie; for thou fayeft, We do not pretend to an Infallible Light within us, but are dark Creatures. And though thou pretendeft, We Exhort People to hear us, no farther than what we Teach is agreeable to the Holy Scriptures; yet suppose fome one of thy Hearers fhould believe, that thou doft Exhort farther than is agreeable to the Holy Scriptures, who must be Judge of thy Exhortation? He believes thou doft, and therefore leaves off hearing thee any more: Wilt thou quit him of his Tithes, and not force him to help to maintain thee to Lead others, as he truly believes, directly contrary to the Holy Scriptures? Why, let him chufe whether he will have any of thy Matter, or Manner of Conduct, or no, he must pay for

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it: And he, if he do pay for it willingly, looks upon himself to be guilty, and to fin against God, in helping to hold up a Falfe Teacher, a Deceitful Worker, who with good Words and fair Speeches, deceives his Simple I Followers; and therefore he choofes rather to fuffer, than maintain fuch a Leader, which was the Cafe of fome of the Holy Martyrs. Yet if the Priests must be their own Judges, and have Law to compel Maintenance from People, against the clear Evidence of their own Faith and Confcience, I think this is an Unreasonable and Unrighteous Law; and as Babylon rofe by that means to her Exorbitant Power and Grandeur, fo take that away, and The will quickly fall again.

But a little more to that dangerous Tenet of thine, viz. We do not pretend to an Infallible Light within us. What then, William? Ye do not, it seems, pretend to God, who is Light, 1 John 1. 5. and is Infallible; without Variablenefs, or shadow of Change, Jam. 1. 17. and is in us, according to his Promife, Levit. 26. 12. & 2 Cor. 6. 16. Ye do not pretend to Chrift, who is the Light of the World, John 9. 5. and who is God over all bleed for ever, Rom. 9. 5. and fo Infallible. Again, He is in All, Col. 3. 11. but more especially in his People; I in them, John 17. 23, 26. And therefore the Apostle Paul puts the Corinthians upon à pafticular Search, as to this matter, saying, Examine your felves, whether ye be in the Faith; prove your own felves, know ye not your own

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felves, how that Jefus Chrift is in you, except je jé be Reprobates, 2.Cor. 13.5. Ye do not pretend to the Spirit of God neither; for the Spirit of Truth is God, and Infallible, and dwelleth in the Hearts of the Faithful: Know ye not, that ye are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 1 Cor. 3. 16. For thefe are evident Deductions from thy Affertion: Whereby thou haft excluded thy felf and Brethren from having any thing of God, Chrift, or the Holy Spirit, in you; for God is Light, Chrift is Light, and the Holy Spirit is Light, yea, Infallible, and within too, being one with the Father and the Son; For thefe Three are One, 1 John 5.7. Now all things that are reproved, are made manifeft by the Light; for whatfoever doth make manifeft, is Light, Eph. 5.13. And it is God, that fearcheth the Heart, and tries the Reins, Jer: 17.10. and declares unto Man what is his Thought, the Lord, the God of Hofts is his Name, Amos 4. 13. He hath fhewed thee, O Man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do Justly, to love Mercy, and to walk Humbly with thy God? Mic. 6. 8. fee alfo 2 Cor. 6. 16, 17. and Rom. i. 19. The Lord God and the Lamb are the Light of his Church and People, as 'tis said Rev. 21. 23. The City had no need of the Sun, neither of the Moon, to shine in it: for the Glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the Light therof. And verf. 24. The Nations of them which are faved, shall walk in the Light of it.

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Now here it is clearly prov'd, that the Church and People of God, have an Infallible Light within them: But this thou makeft no Pretence unto, it is an Unknown Light to thee; and therefore it must needs be very dangerous to follow thee: For they that walk in Darkness, know not whither they go. How fhould they that follow thee, avoid falling into the Ditch, or thy felf either? Therefore 'is high time for thee and thy Followers to fee into your States, and turn from Darkness to that Light, wherein the Saved of all Nations do and fhall walk; for it is the True Light, which John faith, Lighteth every Man that cometh into the World, chap. 1. 9. And this was the Mellage which the Apoftles heard, and did declare unto others, viz. That God is Light, 1 John 1. 5. And Chrift preached himself the Light of the World, John 8. 12. And this I defire that T. S. may follow all his Days; for it is the Light of Life, and the Life is the Light of Men, John 1, 4. And not fuch Dark Creatures, as confefs they have no Infallible Light within them; but make a Mock at it, faying, We do not pretend to an Infallible Light within us; and tell the People, that what we deliver in the Name of the Lord, they must receive it as a Divine Truth, though we vilifie the Scriptures, and ftile them Duft and Serpents Meat.

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Truly William, if ye do ftile the Scriptures fo, you would appear bare fac'd Enemies to God indeed; and fo would any others, if

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