Dust and ashes. An essay upon repentance to the last. Advising a watchful Christian,…

If you do, I know you cannot but abhor the Proud Spirit of Quakerism, We have heard of the Pride of the Quaker,(he is very Proud)even, of his haughtiness, and his Pride, and his Wrath; But his Lies shall not persuade us, that he is attained unto the Perfection, in which he pretends to be got beyond Occasions for the Daily Exercise of Repentance. There needs no more to render Quakerism abominable to every sensible Christian ; It Extinguishes the Spirit of Repentance. There is nothing Plainer, My Friends, than the Diametrical Opposition, between the Spirit of Quakerism, and the Spirit of Repentance. A Poor, and Proud Creature, being. Ignorant of the Righteousness of God, and of His Commandment, which is Exceeding Broad, lays his conscience Asleep. His Conscience wickedly forbears to Convict him of Numberless Offences, into which he falls, where-ever he comes every day that comes over his Head. Now. he fancies himself to have arrived unto Perfection, he has done with Repentance; he derides those that Confess themselves, Miserable Sinners; he looks upon them with a Supercilious Disdain, and says, Come not near to me, for I am Holier than thou! Of such Pretenders does the Holy Lord say, These are a Smoke in my Nose. a Fire that burns all the Day, that is, My Anger shall Smoke and burn against them everlastingly. To these Deluded Neighbours, I cannot but apply those Words; Prov 30.12 There is a Generation that are ⟨p. 34⟩Pure in their own Eyes, and yet is not washed from their Filthiness. and unto the rest of the Neighbours, I say, For These Meetings which pretend the Worship of God, but never Pray for the Pardon of Sin, be cautious, how you come into them. Soul, Dishonour not thy self, by being United unto such Assemblies!

If you do, I know you cannot but abhor the Proud Spirit of Quakerism, We have heard of the Pride of the Quaker,(he is very Proud)even, of his haughtiness, and his Pride, and his Wrath; But his Lies shall not perswade us, that he is attain'd unto the Perfection, in which he pretends to be got beyond Occasions for the Daily Exercise of Repentance. There needs no more to render Quakerism abominable to every sensible Christian ; It Extinguishes the Spirit of Repentance. There is nothing Plainer, My Friends, than the Diametrical Opposition, between the Spirit of Quakerism, and the Spirit of Repentance. A Poor, and Proud Creature, being. Ignorant of the Righteousness of God, and of His Commandment, which is Exceeding Broad, layes his conscience Asleep. His Conscience wickedly forbears to Convict him of Numberless Offences, into which he falls, where-ever he comes every day that comes over his Head. Now. he fancies himself to have arriv'd unto Perfection, he has done with Repentance; he derides those that Confess themselves, Miserable Sinners; he looks upon them with a Supercilious Disdain, and sayes, Come not near to me, for I am Holier than thou! Of such Pretenders does the Holy Lord say, These are a Smoke in my Nose. a Fire that burns all the Day, that is, My Anger shall Smoke and burn against them everlastingly. To these Deluded Neighbours, I cannot but apply those Words; Prov 30.12 There is a Generation that are