A vindication of the book called, Some Gospel-truths opened; according to the Scriptures, and…

Now these things are nothing else but conscience, nature, or the law, for a natural man hath nothing else that dwelleth within him to convince him of sin: only these things have a new name put upon them. And poor Creatures heating the name Christ, being ignorant of the nature of Christ, do presently close in with these things, supposing, nay, verily believing that these are the Spirit of Christ. Which things being thus received, if at any time one come and oppose them, and tell them that it is an error that they have taken up, to think that that which is in an unregenerate man is the Spirit of Christ, and contrariwise telleth them plainly, that it is but their own conscience that doth convince them, or the law written in their hearts by nature. Nay, say they, it is the light of Christ in the conscience, when there is no Scripture hath any such manner of expressions, only a fancy of their own, taken up without ground from the Word. But the soul being possessed with this doctrine, presently its heart riseth against any thing that doth contradict it, and is filled with a secret enmity against it. Now the way that Satan takes to bring this about, is to persuade poor souls, that all these thoughts that do any wise contradict the Principles received, is but a temptation of the Devil. And if at any time there be the doctrine of Jesus, held forth in truth; his death, burial, resurrection, ascension, and intercession; now without in the presence of his Father for sinners, and that there is salvation no where else but in the merits of the first born of Mary, which is Jesus Christ, ⟨p. 56⟩without the works of the Law, Rom. 3.28. Presently with envy they are enraged, and cry; Doest thou not know that every man hath a measure of the Spirit given to him? Follow that, listen to that, turn thy mind to that, and walk in the light of that. When alas there is no such thing as the Spirit of Christ in every man: as I said, and proved before at large; only the Devil hath gotten this way to call conscience Christ, the law Christ; and hereby to entangle the soul with the name of a thing, without the thing it self.

Now these things are nothing else but conscience, nature, or the law, for a naturall man hath nothing else that dwelleth within him to convince him of sin: onely these things have a new name put upon them. And poor Creatures heating the name Christ, being ignorant of the nature of Christ, do presently close in with these things, supposing, nay, verily beleeving that these are the Spirit of Christ. Which things being thus received, if at any time one come and oppose them, and tell them that it is an errour that they have taken up, to think that that which is in an unregenerate man is the Spirit of Christ, and contrarywise telleth them plainly, that it is but their own conscience that doth convince them, or the law written in their hearts by nature. Nay, say they, it is the light of Christ in the conscience, when there is no Scripture hath any such manner of expessions, onely a fancy of their own, taken up without ground from the Word. But the soul being possessed with this doctrine, presently its heart riseth against any thing that doth contradict it, and is filled with a secret enmity against it. Now the way that Satan takes to bring this about, is to perswade poor souls, that all these thoughs that do any wise contradict the Principles received, is but a temptation of the Devill. And if at any time there be the doctrine of Jesus, held forth in truth; his death, buriall, resurrection, ascension, and intercession; now without in the presence of his Father for sinners, and that there is salvation no where else but in the merits of the first born of Mary, which is Jesus Christ,