A

CONFUTATION

O F

QUAKERISM;

OR A

Plain Proof of the Falfhood of what the
Principal Quaker Writers (especially
Mr. R. Barclay in his Apology and
other Works) do Teach

CONCERNING

The Neceffity of Immediate Revelation in order
to a faving Chriftian Faith; the Being, Nature and Opera-
tion of the Pretended Univerfal Light within; its Striving
with Men, moving them to Prayer, and calling them to
the Ministry; Regeneration, Sanctification, Juftification,
Salvation and Union with God; the Nature of a Church;
the Rule of Faith; Water-Baptifm; and the Lord's-Supper.
Diverfe Questions alfo concerning Perfection,
Chrift's Satisfaction, the Judge of Controverfies, &c. are
briefly stated and refolved.

By THO. BENNET, M. A. Rector of
St. James's in Colchester, and late Fellow of St. John's
College in Cambridge.

CAMBRIDGE:

Printed at the UNIVERSITY-PRESS, for Edmund Jeffery
Bookfeller in Cambridge, and James Knapton at the Crown
in St. Paul's Church-Yard, LONDON. 1705.

FREY-GRYNAISCHE

BASEL

BIBLIOTHEK

Frey - Gryn. Hv 75

THE

PREFACE

Cannot but think Quakerifm one of the

I vilest and most pernicious Herefies, that

our unhappy Nation has ever been infected with. And therefore I am heartily grieved, that altho' my Brethren, the Clergy of the Established Church, have written with Great Learning and Accuracy upon most other Points, yet the Quaker Controverfies have been (almost wholly) neglected by them.

'Tis poffible, fome of thofe Great Men, who have fo frequently triumphed over other Adverfaries, are of Opinion, that the Quakers are below their Notice, and that the Conquest of 'em would prove Inglori

ous.

Now 'tis true, this Sect, when it first appeared in the World, diftinguished them felves by fuch an incredible Variety of Enthufiaftic Freaks, as made their Perfons tterly Ridiculous. Their Books alfo were then stuffed with fuch prodigious Quantities of Ribaldry and Jargon, of Bitterness,