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Show t668. IJ"'V'"'o.) f.a.m.l. t7. fnnocmcy with her opea Face: Vot. f: And Iaftly, as concerning Chrift ;n a~~heoufeh;~e c!}a~g;: ~er~f;ed"P~~:~~: nevenhelefs/al~: ~r I ~eclGr~c~ of which we reftific, hath never tauglu vulga,dy c:tl ed O(!ltr rsb t God th~n he that's the F~uber of all Thints, ub, .0fit11~!~~~~:~1~://,~.1 Nreirher to confefs anotherdLord ~~~fu~ C1~~ift7 tt'han H d ed Years ago ma e of a rrgw, '"~ Nn o us ~e 1ff¥b~ppeas:d [~,~~~~. ~~ a~y other Dodrine than was. by ~im declar~d Ill 11 1'!i.1' m f; e 1;t ever Mouth be ftopt for ever opemng more, tn and frrathfed: ~h{{~~·s Innoclnt Heritage, who in Principle, Life a_nd Bla phemy agam . s TeO:imony for the only True God, True Chnft, DedatHh, bear! aDn "anr'·,nntem~~bich in their Vindication is openly attefied by an eaven y o , W l L L tAM p ~ N N, 'Jun. Innocency with Her open Face. PRESENTED By Way of A po Lo a y for the ~ok entituled, The Sandy Foundation fhaken. T o all Serious and Enquiring Perfons, particularly the Inhabitants of the ~ity of L 0 N'D 0 N. By W I 1 L I A M P E N N, Jun. He that urrereth a Slander is a Fool, Prov. x. 18. . Jifalfe Ballance is an Abomination to rhe Lord, Prov. xi. I . RE 1 I G I 0 N·, although there can ~e nothing of greater Conce~nment,_ nor which doth more c!fentially tmport the tmmor~at H;appmefs_ of Men. er fuch is the Calamity of the Age, that ther_c IS not a_ny T_hmg the)' 'ale lefs felicitous about, or ferious _in _rhe Profecunon of, vamly Jm:l.f · · ·r to confift in the implicit Subfcnpuon to, and verbal Confeffion o t1~~~~~veitted Traditions and Precepts, whilft they negl~~ that mo~r?;, thodox Definitiol1 of the Apoftle James, (viz.) P~re Rehgton and lin ep!t brfore God is, to vifit tbt Fatber(tfs, and to keep hrmfel/ unfpottfted ~: t~ JVor/J i and iliftead thereof, bel1cve they are performt_ng the ~ .o V' f ces in facrifidng the Reputation, Liberty, Eltare, tf not Ltfe 1t fel o others to their own teoocious Conceptions; becaufe perhaps, though ?er· fons of more Virtue, they cannot in all Punftillioes correfpond ~herewnb; 11 w much 1 have been made :m Inftance muft needs be too notonous to anr t~lt hold the leaft Intelligence with common Fame, that· fcarce eYer t~k more Pains to make the Proverb good, by proving her fe{f a L¥ar, than m m Concern· who have been molt egregioufly flander•d, rev1ld and de: fa~'d by pgJfir, Prefs and Ttdk., terming ~e a Blajphe1ner, Std11ar, Soc!· nian, denying the Divinity of Chrifi the Savtour, and what no~? And all thl~ about my late Anjwer to a Difp.utation with fome Prefoyttrltln.s 1 but how unjuftly it is the Bufinefs of this {hon Apology to fuew, Whtch had not been th~s long retarded, if an. Expeftation firft to ~ave been bro~ght u~o{r my Examination had not requued a Sufpencc; and 1f I fhaH acquK m1fr~m VoL. I. Innocency with her open Face. ~61 from the injurious Imputations ~f my Adverfaties, I hope the' C-ry will r668. have an End; to which Purpofe, let but my Innocency have vour hearing ~ in her own Defence, who, as fhe never C:ln detraft from her intentions in what the really hath done; fa will fhe as eafily difprove her Enemies. in m:mifefting their Accuf:ttions to be fiftitious : J ttdge not before you read, neither believe any further than you fee. 1. That which I am credibly inform'd to be the greatcft Reafon for my Imprifonment, and that ~oife of ~l~fphe.my, ~hich hat~ pierced _fa manr Ears of late, ii, my denymg the D1vmity of Cbrijl, and d1vejlmg h1m of bu Eurna/Godhrad, which moft bufily hath been fuggefted as well to th<i{c in .A.utboriry, as m:llicioully infinuated amongft ~he PeOple; wherefore_ le.t rn_e befeecb you to be impartial, and confider:ue tn the Perufal of my Vtndt£att() fl, which ~eing in rhe Fear of the Almighty God, and the. Simplicity of Scripture Dtalea prefented ro you, I hope my Innocency wt\1 appear be· yond a Scruple. The Proverbs which, as mol\: agree, intend Cbrijlt!Je .sa~ Prov. s. ~~~ viour, fpeak in this Manner; By ml Kings reign, mrd Princes decree ]11j11Ce; 20, 2l• I (Wifdom) lead in the Midi! of the Patht of Judgment: I uuu.fet 11pfrom Ever/a fling ; to which Paul's Words allude, unto them which ar~ called (we 1 Cor.,, 24>preach) Chrifl the Power of God, and the Wifdom of God; from whence I conclude Chri/ltbeSaviourto he God~ for otherwife God would nor be him· felf; fince i( Chrift be difiinCl from God, and yet God's Power and Wif· dom, God would be without his own Power and Wifdom; but inafmuch as it is impoffible God's Power and Wi~dom fhould be diftinft or divided from himfelf, it reafonably follows, that Chri!t, who is that Power •nd Wifdom is not diftina from God, hut intirely that very fame God. Next, the Prophets, David and IJaiab fpcak thus, The Lord is my L;gbt i~.\~6~: and my Salvation. I will give tbttJor a Light untc the Gentiles; and ""t e. 6c.r 2o. fpeaking to the Church, for the Lor jha/l be thine Everlajling Light; to which the Evangelift adds, concerning Chrift, That was tbe true Light wbicb ~]~h~·~~·llightttb every .Man t8at comuh into the World. God is Light, and in him is noDarknefsat a/J; from whence I affert che Unity of God and Chri/1, be-caufe though nominally diftinguifhed, yet effenrially the fame Divine tighl; for if Chrijl be that Light, and that Liglu be God, then is Chtifl God 1 or if God be that Light, and that Light be Chri.f/, then is God Chri/1. Again, hd the City bad no need of the Sun, for the Glory of God did lighten it, and Rev. 21' 23l tbe Lamb (Chrijl) is the Light thereof, by which the Onenefs of the Nature of the.fe· Lights plainly ap,Pears; for fince God is not God without his own Glory, and that his Glory ltgbuns, (which it could never do if it were not tight) and that the Lamb, or ChriA: is that very fame LigiJt, what can fol-low, but that Chrifl tbe Light, and God the Li.ghr ttre 0 N E Pure an<! EtenMI Light ? Next, from the Word Savio11r, its manifeft, 1 even I am the Lord, ·and Ira. 4l· u:" befi4es 111e there isno Saviour : .And thou jhalt know no God but me, for there llof. 1l· 4• Uno SlViour befides me. And Ma'Jjttitl, my Spirit bath rejoyced in God my Luke 1 ' 47• Saviour: And the Samaritans fai unto the Woman, }low·we know that t his Joh~ 4· 42. is indeed the Chrljlthe Saviour of the World. .According to Hu Grace made 2 Tam.t. 9l manifejl by the appearing of our Saviour ]tfTR Chrijl. Simon' Peter to them ~Pet. 1 • x. that have obtained like preciofls Faith with TIS, tfJrougb the Rigbtt:_ollfnefs of . God, and our Saviour Jefus Cbrift. For t herefore we fJJjfer Reproacb be- jui~m.:·;~ CtJII/t we tr11jl in the Living God, who is the Saviour of all Men: To the on4 , ~c ' ~ ly wife God o11r Saviour be Glory, &c. - From which I conclude Chrift to be God; for if none can f:~ve, or he fiiled properly a Sttviour but God, and yet thac Chrift is faid to fave, , ::tnd pro· perly called a Savio11r, ic mutt needs fo11ow, thac Cbrift 1he Saviour is God. Laltly, In tbe Beginning wtU the (ft.OfO:t) Word, (which rhe Greeks fo~e- John 1• '· ~· times underfiood for Wifdom :md Divine Reafon) artd the Word. rotU toJ~b God, and the Word mas God: All Things were made by him, and ~11bo11t bun Col.t. 16, 17 f!Jas not any Thing made that was made. For by him were all Tb~ngs crealtd that are in Heaven, and that art in E-rrtb. He is before all Things, and by Heb. 1· 3• JQ him aU Things conjijl. Upholding all Thingr by the fVord of bis Power, &t. John •· '4· . * M m 2 'Vherc· |