The Quakers catechism, or, The Quakers questioned, their questions answered, and both published for…

Ans. Seeing I am fallen under your Catechizing, I will readily obey. 1. The soul is that spiritual substance which causeth by its lower power, your life, growth, and nourishment, by its next power your feeling, and by its highest power (proper to man of all inferior Creatures) your Reasoning, Intellective knowledge and rational willing and affections; which together with the Body constituteth the whole man, Supposing that you look not for a Definition, because you so abhor Logic, I think this in brief may serve your turns. 2. The whole man is oft called the soul in Scripture, because the soul is the most noble part of him. 3. I pray mark the Text that you allege, Heb. 13. 17. Obey them that rule over you, for they watch for your souls as those that must give account that ⟨p. 14⟩they may do it with joy and not with grief, for that is unprofitable for you:] Because you have put this Text into my hand, I will mix my Answer with these few Queries to you; (For I suppose you expect no great exactness of order from me.) Qu. 1. Whether many words in Scripture translated [Masters [Greek or Hebrew] &c.) be not of as low and humble an importance as [Rulers?] And therefore seeing God calleth Ministers the Rulers of the Church, are they not so far Masters as the word Master signifieth a Guide or Teacher? And why else are they oft called Teachers? Qu. 2. If God bid the people obey them as Rulers, and the Quakers persuade them to abhor and reject them as dogs, Serpents, and Sons of perdition, which is to be obeyed, God or the Quakers? and whether is it the Spirit of God or of the devil and Antichrist that the Quakers speak by? Qu. 3. Is it the Ministers or the Quakers that watch for the good of souls, and have the rule over them? Q. 4. If the present Pastors of the Churches be not true Ministers, speak out and tell us who are, and where we shall find them, and where they have been from Christs time till now? Or whether Christ hath been so careless of his Church, and so unfaithful of his promise, as to leave his Church without Pastors from the Apostles days till now; And to leave all the world without true Pastors even till now, except the Congregations of the Quakers in England? Q 5.

Ans. Seeing I am fallen under your Catechizing, I will readily obey. 1. The soul is that spiritual substance which causeth by its lower power, your life, growth, and nourishment, by its next power your feeling, and by its highest power (proper to man of all inferiour Creatures) your Reasoning, Intellective knowledge and rationall willing and affections; which together with the Body constituteth the whole man, Supposing that you look not for a Definition, because you so abhorre Logick, I think this in brief may serve your turns. 2. The whole man is oft called the soul in Scripture, because the soul is the most noble part of him. 3. I pray mark the Text that you alledge,