that are from the light within them, are in the darkness, and stumble, which have been in this night of the apostacy from the apostles' doctrine. And all, Gog and Magog, and the beast, and false prophets, and the kings of the earth, are making war against the light that doth enlighten every man,' &c. but the Light shall get the victory. And all that are from the word of God within, in their hearts and in their mouths, though they speak of the scriptures without, yet they use their tongues, and follow their own dreams, and visions of their own hearts and brains, and are from the word of God, that lives, and abides, and endures for ever. And all that ever witness the grace of God that brings salvation,' feel it in their hearts, stablishing them, and seasoning their words, and know the throne of grace from which it cometh. And this doth not deny what Christ hath done, but owns him all along from the foundation of the world; and what he wrought, and what he did, and what he said for us. And all upon the earth that have the scriptures, and are out of the spirit that gave them forth, are all in a confusion here, and on heaps about words. And the word of God within, and spirit within, leads people from following their own dreams, and following fancies of their own brains, which all have done many hundreds of years past, in the apostacy since the days of the apostles.

And as for all thy lies and confusion in thy books, they will be thy own burthen, and the witness in thy conscience will answer in the day of thy judgment; thou shalt feel a smart work thou hast to go through, who art now in the pack and body of confusion, buried under the body of iniquity. But thy folly is discovered sufficiently to the nation, and thy spirit is now tried, who art one of the heads risen up against the Lamb in his day, and against his light; but it is thy condemnation.

Matthew Caffin, in his book called, The Deceiving Quaker discovered.' His principles follow.

P. HE saith, Nothing will cure the soul but the knowledge of salvation, which is made known by outward means, because the will of the Lord in order to the soul's peace and rest was discovered by outward means,' page 4.

A. The Pharisees had outward means, reading, praying, and expounding, and yet knew not the soul's comfort and peace: for Christ bid them come unto him, that their souls might have rest, all that were weary and heavy laden. So if people have all the scriptures upon the earth, hearing and praying, and all the outward means, and are not

in the power, which is the gospel, which is immediate, not outward; and if they be not in the life that gave forth the scriptures, they have not their soul's comfort and rest; for the soul is in the hand of God, and Christ is the bishop of it; and the minister of the spirit watcheth. for it. And they that hearkened to what the spirit said, their souls lived, and this was not outward. But when men stop their ears, and close their eyes to that of God in them, as the Jews did, and all the inwardly raveners, false prophets, and antichrists in the apostacy, since the days of the apostles, such hearken not diligently, and their souls. live not. And all such as deny the light which doth enlighten every man that cometh into the world, see not Christ the bishop of their souls, nor their salvation.

5.

P. And he saith, 'The Quakers cry, wait upon the light within you,' and this is another report than that of the scriptures.' And he saith, 'I do not find where it is spoken that God spoke in this people,' page And the apostle who was to go to preach to all nations, did not turn the people to a teacher within them, to teach them all things. And the apostle affirms that they were to give them the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, &c. and not their teacher within them,' page 8.

A. It was the Lord that spoke in his prophets, by their mouths, and in his son, and they were the mouth of the Lord: and where God dwells in his people, he speaks. And the apostles were to go into all nations to preach the gospel, and preached the covenant of God; they who came into the thing they preached, the law written in their hearts, needed not any man to teach them, nor needed to teach one another, saying, 'Know the Lord,' as it had been in the first covenant, people had been taught to know the Lord, and the priests' lips were to preserve the people's knowledge. But they who are come into the covenant of God, Christ Jesus, the second covenant, are come into the treasury of wisdom and knowledge. And the apostles told the saints, that the light which shined in their hearts, would give them the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ Jesus;' and this is not another report than the scriptures, but this is the scripture report. And John told the saints, that the anointing which abide in in them would teach them all things,' and the word was in their hearts and in their mouths, to obey it, and do it,' and this was the ministers' work; and to direct the hearing of faith, which Christ is the author of, whereby they receive the spirit. And the apostle brought the people to their teacher within them, which is the light, and turned people from the darkness to the light, and from the power of satan unto God;' which light shining in their hearts, gives them the light of the knowledge of the glory of God,' &c. See 2 Cor. iv. chap.

Now light shines in the darkness, and they being turned from the darkness to the light, it gives knowledge. So such come from under the power of satan unto God; for while they are in the darkness, they are under the power of satan. And nothing gives nor makes manifest the knowledge of the saviour, but the light which doth enlighten every man that cometh into the world, which shines in the darkness; and they being turned from the darkness, and from the power of satan, such the God of the world cannot blind. But they in whom this light shines, who are in the darkness, the god of the world blinds, and the light of the glorious gospel they do not know.

P. Saith antichrist, if you will believe in the light within you, it will lead you to Christ. To wait upon the teacher within, there will be such an internal light that will make known all things,' page 9. 'And the Quakers exhort all ignorant people in the world to depend upon a light within them. Wherefore be counselled not to be carried away with strange doctrines,' page 11.

A. The light which doth enlighten every man that cometh into the world,' is not a strange doctrine; the light to the Gentiles, the teacher of the Gentiles, the salvation to the ends of the earth,' the new covenant to the house of Israel and Judah. And this doctrine was strange to the Jews and to the Gentiles, though to them it had been promised. So this light shines in the darkness, and the darkness not comprehending it, such are ungodly wicked men, and they must be turned from the darkness to the light, before they come to retain God in their knowledge, or come to that which must give them the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ Jesus.' And all that come to witness their teacher within, Christ, are possessors of the prophet raised up, Christ Jesus, the teacher of his people according to the promise. And they are antichrist and the false apostles, who keep people from the light, for that was the true Christ, and the true apostles bid people believe in the light, and walk in the light, and brought them to the light within; and the true prophet and prophets said, that God would give him a covenant to the Gentiles; and this is 'the true light that doth enlighten every man that cometh into the world,' and all that deny this are antichrists and deceivers.

P. He saith, How beautiful are they that preach the gospel, &c. not by the light within. And the word of faith cannot be said to be in men's hearts and mouths.' See page 14. And the sure word of prophecy spoken of in Peter, are the scriptures, which people must take heed unto, as unto a light shining in a dark place. And the saints received the words of the apostles not as the words of men, &c. whereas the Quakers suppose that God himself is their teacher, and so err, not knowing the scriptures.' See page 17.

A. They that preach the gospel, which is the power of God, which gives relief to that which was captivated in every creature, they are in the light in their own particulars, with which they know the glorious gospel, and answer the light in every man that shines in the darkness, and life and immortality there comes to light, through the power, which is the gospel; and this is that which is beautiful. And the word of faith the apostle preached, was in the heart, and in the mouth, and is so understood by all the regenerate. But all they that have only the form, and are inwardly gone from the spirit, know it not, but are of this ignorant; they cry, How should this be so?' as the Jews said, How is it that thou makest us to doubt?' Yea, the word was it that made them doubt. And the sure word of prophecy, which people do well to take heed unto, as unto a light shining in a dark place, (mark, in the dark place,) until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in their hearts;' this was it that let them see that no prophecy of scripture came by the will of man:' and this let them see that such as went in Cain's, Core's, and Balaam's way, which were preachers of the form but wanted the power, had lost the holy ghost; and such admired men's persons because of advantage,' and came to be dead, twice plucked up by the roots; which dead have long lain upon the earth, whose carcasses stink, since the days of the apostles in the apostacy. So many may have the scriptures, and quench the spirit of prophecy.

P. He saith, Christ is not yet so the word, but he himself testifies the scriptures are the word of God.' See page 21.

A. Christ's name is called the word of God;' and the scriptures are the words of God, which Christ the word of God fulfils, in whom the words all end; and such in whom the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness comprehends it not, are not like to see the spirit until they be turned to the light.

P. He saith, They err, not knowing the scripture, when they affirm that the only means of faith is the immediate teaching of Christ, dwelling in them.' See page 23.

A. Could the apostle preach Christ until he was revealed in him, who is the author of every man's faith? And the doers of the law are justified, and not the hearers only.

P. The Quakers will not own the scriptures to be the touchstone to try the spirits withal.' See page 28. And say the scriptures are not the rule: Oh shameful deceit! And George Fox said, that he knew Christ come in him.' See page 29. And this is the deceiving of many; and this cannot be till first the true faith of his coming be made void, which these men endeavour to do.' See page 29.

A. The holy men of God before the scriptures were had a rule, and a touchstone; and the Pharisees had scriptures, but were out of the life that the holy men were in that gave them forth, and wanted the rule,

and the touchstone; but the apostles that were in the life, and the substance of what they spoke, had the rule, and touchstone. And all in the apostacy since the days of the apostles, that are ravened from the spirit of God, have had only the sheep's clothing; but have lost the touchstone, and so have destroyed one another about scriptures, the saints' words, which was not the work of the spirit that gave them forth. And Christ is in you, except you be reprobates.' So reprobates witness it not; therefore they stand against it, and therefore are against them that witness it. And all the false Christs, and the destroyers of the faith of people, are such as draw people from the light that doth enlighten every man that cometh into the world,' and keep them from witnessing and receiving Christ in them, the substance and the author of their faith; and such never know him come in the flesh, nor the spirit. And such as witness Christ within them, receive the author of their faith, and destroy the faith of none. And the spirit was the rule of the saints that led them to give forth scriptures; and it let them see, in all ages, who got the form of godliness, who used their tongues, who lived in the spirit, who erred from the spirit, who run when the Lord had never sent them, to whom the Lord had never spoken: and this was the rule, and this was the spirit of discerning, and this was the touchstone to try with.

P. And they say, they own Christ that suffered, meaning the spirit within. See page 36.

A. None know Christ nor his suffering, but with the spirit of God within; for with the spirit of God in the prophets, and holy men, they knew Christ that was to come to suffer; with the spirit of God in the apostles, they knew that was the Christ that did suffer; with the same spirit of God within people, they now come to see him, and enjoy him, and receive him, the same that did suffer, which none do that are out of the spirit. And the Pharisees that had scriptures knew him not, who were gone astray from the spirit, nor the Gentiles, though they had scriptures. Neither do the apostates, who are inwardly ravened from the spirit of God, though they have all the sheep's clothing, know the light that doth enlighten every man that cometh into the world," though they be for multitude, as the sands on the sea shore;' nor do any know it, and receive it, but who come to that which they ravened from.

P. He saith, that Christ is a distinct being from the Father.' See page 40. They that hold that they are now in the possession of the kingdom of Christ, and that they have eternal life now in possession, pervert the right way of the Lord.' See page 42.

A. Christ is not distinct from the Father, for he and the Father are one; the Father is in him, and he is in the Father,' and the Father and