Babel's builders unmasking themselves as appears by the following paper from Barbadoes, (promoted by George for his party, and subscribed by eighty two of them.) With a letter of G.F.'s, G.W.'s, &c, in answer thereunto; and observations thereupon. Also, a false prophecy of that lying prophet, Solomon Eccles. Published for undeceiving the simple, and in abhorrence and detestation of the principle and practice contained in the said paper; they being of an evil tendency, and contrary to the doctrine of Christ and his apostles, or of any sincere-hearted Protestants, or true Christians this day. By T.C.
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             Babel's builders unmasking themselves as appears by the following paper from Barbadoes, (promoted by George for his party, and subscribed by eighty two of them.) With a letter of G.F.'s, G.W.'s, &c, in answer thereunto; and observations thereupon. Also, a false prophecy of that lying prophet, Solomon Eccles. Published for undeceiving the simple, and in abhorrence and detestation of the principle and practice contained in the said paper; they being of an evil tendency, and contrary to the doctrine of Christ and his apostles, or of any sincere-hearted Protestants, or true Christians this day. By T.C.
             Crisp, Thomas, 17th cent.
             Fox, George, 1624-1691.
             Eccles, Solomon, 1618-1683.
             Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.
          
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           Babel's
           Builders
           Unmasking
           Themselves
           ,
        
         
           As
           appears
           by
           the
           following
           PAPER
           from
           Barbadoes
           ,
           (
           promoted
           by
           
             George
             For
          
           his
           Party
           ,
           and
           subscribed
           by
           Eighty
           two
           of
           them
           .
           )
        
         
           With
           a
           LETTER
           of
           G.
           F's
           ,
           
             G.
             W's
          
           ,
           &c.
           in
           Answer
           thereunto
           ;
           and
           OBSERVATIONS
           thereupon
           .
        
         
           Also
           ,
           a
           FALSE
           PROPHECY
           of
           that
           Lying
           Prophet
           ,
           
             SOLOMON
             ECCLES
          
           .
        
         
           Published
           for
           undeceiving
           the
           Simple
           ,
           and
           in
           Abhorrence
           and
           Detestation
           of
           the
           Principle
           and
           Practice
           contained
           in
           the
           said
           Paper
           ;
           they
           being
           of
           an
           evil
           tendency
           ,
           and
           contrary
           to
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           or
           of
           any
           sincere-hearted
           Protestants
           ,
           or
           true
           Christians
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           By
           
             T.
             C.
          
           
        
         
           
             Thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             ,
             Hearken
             not
             unto
             the
             words
             of
             the
             Prophets
             that
             prophesy
             unto
             you
             ;
             —
             they
             speak
             a
             Vision
             of
             their
             own
             hearts
             ,
             and
             not
             out
             of
             the
             Mouth
             of
             the
             Lord.
             
             
               Jer.
               23.
               16.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Thy
             Prophets
             have
             seen
             vain
             and
             foolish
             things
             for
             thee
             ,
             and
             they
             have
             not
             discovered
             thine
             Iniquity
             —
             but
             seen
             for
             thee
             false
             Prophecies
             .
             
               Lam.
               2.
               14.
               
            
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           1681.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           THE
           Intent
           of
           the
           Publication
           of
           this
           ensuing
           Paper
           and
           Letter
           ,
           &c.
           is
           not
           to
           reflect
           or
           reproach
           in
           general
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           or
           in
           contempt
           of
           their
           Principle
           :
           for
           God
           hath
           a
           People
           among
           them
           ,
           many
           of
           whom
           have
           long
           been
           reviled
           and
           falsly
           accused
           and
           slandered
           ,
           because
           they
           have
           conscientiously
           refused
           to
           conform
           to
           Prescriptions
           without
           Conviction
           ,
           and
           are
           therefore
           termed
           
             Separates
             ,
             Stubborn
             ,
             Cains
             ,
             Judases
             ,
             Apostats
             ,
          
           and
           what
           not
           ,
           that
           may
           make
           them
           odious
           to
           honest
           People
           ?
           But
           this
           is
           to
           manifest
           the
           Apostacy
           and
           Innovasions
           of
           a
           few
           of
           them
           that
           are
           of
           the
           Foxonian
           Sect
           ,
           which
           love
           Preheminence
           ,
           and
           term
           themselves
           the
           Body
           and
           Elders
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           presume
           to
           give
           Laws
           and
           Orders
           to
           others
           to
           conform
           to
           ,
           or
           else
           be
           accounted
           Infidels
           ,
           Rebels
           ,
           &c.
           when
           it
           is
           evident
           the
           cause
           of
           their
           Rage
           against
           them
           (
           they
           call
           
             Separates
             ,
             &c.
          
           )
           is
           ,
           because
           they
           will
           not
           rebel
           against
           the
           Light
           in
           their
           own
           Hearts
           :
           So
           it
           's
           those
           that
           pretend
           themselves
           the
           Church
           ,
           Elders
           ,
           &c.
           that
           would
           cause
           the
           People
           to
           rebel
           ,
           therefore
           may
           be
           said
           ,
           they
           are
           like
           Jeroboam
           the
           Son
           of
           Nebat
           ,
           who
           made
           Israel
           to
           sin
           .
           Also
           
             G.
             F.
             &c.
          
           have
           manifested
           themselves
           to
           be
           
             Lo
             here
             's
          
           (
           which
           Christ
           commanded
           should
           not
           be
           gone
           after
           )
           as
           appears
           by
           their
           Letter
           herein
           ,
           produced
           and
           pretended
           as
           a
           disowning
           that
           Paper
           or
           Judgment
           ,
           but
           doth
           chiefly
           endeavour
           to
           stifle
           it
           from
           going
           abroad
           ,
           because
           it
           manifests
           their
           Confusion
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           
             G.
             F.'s
             &c.
          
           Universal
           Spirit
           they
           so
           often
           mention
           ,
           is
           not
           that
           which
           Peter
           had
           ,
           
             Acts
             10.
             24.
          
           which
           accepts
           all
           that
           fear
           God
           ,
           and
           work
           Righteousness
           ,
           but
           they
           hedg
           up
           the
           way
           to
           Acceptance
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           leave
           no
           Entrance
           ,
           but
           by
           their
           Forms
           of
           Men
           and
           Womens
           Meetings
           ;
           contrary
           to
           Christ
           ,
           who
           said
           ,
           
             I
             am
             the
             Way
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Also
           they
           ascribe
           that
           to
           their
           Orders
           and
           Meetings
           ,
           which
           the
           Scripture
           ascribes
           to
           Christ.
           And
           
             G.
             F.
             &c.
          
           are
           so
           fond
           of
           Proselytes
           to
           their
           Orders
           and
           Meetings
           ,
           that
           notwithstanding
           this
           Paper
           and
           Judgment
           is
           so
           repugnant
           to
           their
           pretended
           
           Foundation-Principle
           ,
           yet
           they
           give
           not
           a
           word
           of
           sharp
           Reproof
           to
           it
           in
           all
           their
           Letter
           ;
           as
           the
           Apostle
           to
           the
           
             Galatians
             ,
             Who
             hath
             bewitched
             you
             ?
          
           but
           they
           ,
           instead
           thereof
           ,
           give
           high
           Commendations
           :
           Therefore
           with
           sorrow
           it
           may
           be
           said
           ,
           as
           formerly
           of
           literal
           Jerusalem
           ,
           so
           now
           of
           Jerusalem
           from
           above
           ,
           
             Her
             Adversaries
             are
             the
             Chief
             ,
             her
             Enemies
             prevail
          
           ;
           and
           
             Blindness
             is
             in
             part
             hapned
             to
             Israel
             .
          
           This
           hath
           the
           Lord
           suffered
           to
           come
           to
           pass
           ,
           that
           no
           Flesh
           should
           glory
           in
           his
           sight
           .
           Therefore
           be
           humbled
           and
           fear
           before
           Him
           ,
           for
           their
           presuming
           that
           they
           are
           God's
           People
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           have
           his
           Wisdom
           and
           Power
           with
           them
           ,
           therefore
           they
           conclude
           what
           they
           do
           act
           as
           the
           Body
           or
           Church
           ,
           is
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           must
           stand
           as
           his
           Will
           and
           Counsel
           ,
           and
           for
           want
           of
           his
           Power
           (
           which
           alone
           makes
           his
           People
           willing
           )
           they
           fly
           to
           their
           pretended
           Church-Power
           and
           Authority
           ,
           and
           ,
           
           Saul-like
           ,
           desire
           to
           have
           Honour
           before
           the
           People
           ;
           but
           what
           Power
           theirs
           is
           ,
           on
           which
           they
           ground
           their
           Authority
           to
           proceed
           against
           the
           Dissenters
           from
           their
           prescribed
           Forms
           of
           Meetings
           ,
           &c.
           hear
           
             Isaac
             Pennington's
          
           Judgment
           ,
           
             That
             Power
             therefore
             in
             the
             Church
             which
             spares
             the
             Hypocrites
             (
             who
             can
             easily
             comply
             with
             an
             outward
             Conformity
             in
             Worship
             without
             feeling
             an
             inward
             Life
             and
             Virtue
             )
             but
             lights
             heavy
             on
             that
             which
             is
             tender
             and
             shy
             in
             matters
             of
             Worship
             ,
             that
             is
             not
             the
             true
             Church-Power
             ,
             at
             best
             but
             a
             Counterfeit
             of
             the
             True.
             
          
        
         
           The
           Lord
           God
           preserve
           and
           deliver
           us
           from
           those
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Gehazi
           ,
           who
           falsly
           use
           the
           Master's
           Name
           ,
           when
           he
           never
           sent
           them
           .
           Even
           so
           ,
           Amen
           ,
           saith
           
             T.
             Crisp.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
           
             At
             a
             Quarterly
             Meeting
             at
             
               Ralph
               Fretwell's
            
             House
             in
             Barbadoes
             the
             23d
             day
             of
             the
             tenth
             Month
             ,
             1680.
             
          
           
             THE
             sum
             of
             the
             Testimony
             this
             day
             born
             amounts
             to
             this
             :
             That
             there
             is
             this
             day
             a
             Choice
             to
             be
             made
             ,
             viz.
             Whether
             Friends
             will
             cleave
             and
             abide
             unto
             the
             Universal
             Spirit
             of
             the
             living
             God
             ,
             and
             each
             give
             up
             their
             whole
             Concerns
             ;
             with
             which
             Spirit
             the
             Faithful
             have
             Unity
             ?
             Or
             ,
             Whether
             they
             will
             give
             up
             unto
             the
             Judgment
             unto
             their
             own
             Particular
             ,
             or
             Particulars
             only
             ,
             with
             which
             the
             Judgment
             General
             of
             the
             Meeting
             have
             not
             Urity
             ?
          
           
             After
             very
             many
             Testimonies
             given
             ,
             to
             the
             further
             opening
             of
             the
             Question
             ,
             the
             Judgment
             underneath
             was
             written
             ,
             being
             voluntarily
             subscribed
             unto
             by
             each
             Particular
             of
             this
             Meeting
             ,
             or
             by
             their
             Order
             their
             Names
             were
             hereunto
             put
             .
          
           
             
               I
               desire
               to
               give
               up
               my
               whole
               Concern
               ,
               if
               required
               ,
               both
               Spiritual
               and
               Temporal
               ,
               unto
               the
               Judgment
               of
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               in
               the
               Men
               and
               Womens
               Meetings
               :
               as
               believing
               it
               to
               be
               more
               according
               to
               the
               Universal
               Wisdom
               of
               God
               ,
               than
               any
               particular
               measure
               in
               my self
               ,
               or
               any
               particulars
               with
               which
               the
               Men
               and
               Women̄s
               Meetings
               have
               not
               Unity
               .
            
             
               
                 Subscribed
                 by
                 Men
                 39.
                 
                 Women
                 43.
                 
                 Total
                 82.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Party
             that
             sent
             the
             above-said
             ,
             writes
             thus
             ,
             viz.
             This
             Paper
             hath
             been
             promoted
             in
             sundry
             other
             Meetings
             since
             ,
             and
             subscribed
             :
             some
             few
             have
             refused
             :
             in
             abhorrence
             whereof
             other
             Perswasions
             have
             Posted
             it
             .
          
           
             Here
             follows
             the
             Letter
             of
             
               G.
               F.
               &c.
            
             to
             the
             Quarterly
             Meeting
             at
             Barbadoes
             touching
             the
             said
             Paper
             ;
             whereby
             it
             may
             be
             seen
             how
             ,
             and
             wherein
             they
             own
             or
             disown
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             NOw
             dear
             Friends
             ,
             if
             this
             Order
             or
             Judgment
             should
             come
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             any
             Apostates
             or
             Opposers
             ,
             they
             would
             make
             ill
             work
             with
             it
             ,
             and
             say
             that
             we
             set
             up
             an
             Arbitrary
             Power
             over
             Mens
             Consciences
             and
             Properties
             ,
             and
             an
             implicit
             Faith
             and
             Submission
             ,
             without
             inward
             Conviction
             *
             ;
             And
             that
             we
             divided
             the
             measure
             of
             God
             in
             a
             Particular
             ,
             from
             the
             Universal
             Spirit
             of
             God
             in
             other
             Particulars
             in
             Men
             and
             Womens
             Meetings
             .
             And
             as
             for
             subscribing
             unto
             such
             an
             Order
             or
             Judgment
             ,
             they
             would
             say
             ,
             it
             was
             like
             the
             Scots
             Covenant
             ‖
             ;
             and
             as
             tho
             the
             measure
             of
             the
             Faith
             and
             Spirit
             of
             God
             in
             themselves
             ,
             was
             not
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Universal
             Spirit
             and
             Faith
             in
             the
             Men
             and
             Womens
             Meetings
             ;
             and
             that
             if
             they
             should
             go
             from
             the
             measure
             of
             Faith
             and
             Spirit
             of
             God
             in
             
             their
             own
             particulaers
             ,
             and
             to
             give
             up
             both
             their
             Spiritual
             and
             Temporal
             Concerns
             to
             the
             Universal
             Spirit
             in
             Men
             and
             Womens
             Meetings
             .
             This
             would
             be
             the
             way
             to
             bring
             them
             all
             from
             the
             measure
             of
             the
             Spirit
             in
             their
             own
             particulars
             .
             For
             how
             can
             the
             Men
             and
             Women
             in
             the
             Universal
             Spirit
             receive
             that
             which
             is
             not
             given
             up
             from
             the
             Universal
             Spirit
             :
             therefore
             all
             must
             be
             left
             to
             the
             Universal
             Spirit
             in
             their
             own
             measures
             thereof
             ;
             and
             as
             for
             the
             Stubborn
             and
             Wilfull
             ,
             that
             are
             against
             Men
             and
             Womens
             Meetings
             ,
             the
             Universal
             Spirit
             cannot
             receive
             that
             .
             And
             all
             are
             to
             give
             up
             to
             the
             Universal
             Spirit
             of
             God
             in
             their
             own
             Particulars
             ,
             in
             which
             Spirit
             they
             have
             Unity
             and
             Fellowship
             without
             outward
             Subscription
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             led
             by
             the
             same
             Spirit
             to
             see
             their
             Names
             written
             in
             Heaven
             in
             this
             Gospel-day
             of
             Light
             and
             Life
             ,
             and
             this
             is
             and
             was
             the
             Saints
             Testimony
             in
             the
             New-Covenant
             of
             Light
             and
             Life
             ,
             and
             their
             Heavenly
             Subcription
             ,
             which
             is
             above
             all
             outward
             Subcriptions
             both
             among
             the
             Jews
             and
             Professors
             ,
             for
             one
             ties
             them
             below
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             ties
             them
             above
             .
             
               
                 And
                 for
                 any
                 to
                 say
              
               they
               desire
               to
               give
               up
               their
               whole
               concerns
               both
               Spiritual
               and
               Temporal
               unto
               the
               Judgment
               of
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               in
               Men
               and
               Womens
               Meetings
               ,
               as
               believing
               it
               to
               be
               more
               according
               to
               the
               universal
               Wisdom
               of
               God
               ,
               than
               any
               particular
               measure
               in
               my self
               ,
               or
               any
               particulars
               .
            
          
           
             Now
             this
             would
             make
             the
             belief
             which
             is
             in
             the
             Light
             ,
             and
             the
             measure
             of
             the
             Spirit
             in
             their
             own
             particulars
             ,
             not
             one
             with
             the
             Universal
             Spirit
             in
             the
             said
             Meetings
             .
             And
             as
             for
             those
             that
             the
             Men
             and
             Womens
             meetings
             in
             the
             universal
             Spirit
             of
             God
             have
             not
             Unity
             with
             ,
             they
             are
             erred
             from
             their
             own
             measures
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ;
             but
             the
             Universal
             Spirit
             of
             God
             has
             Unity
             with
             the
             least
             measure
             now
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             in
             the
             Apostles
             days
             ,
             who
             kept
             every
             one
             to
             their
             own
             measure
             ;
             which
             was
             both
             the
             great
             Rule
             and
             Line
             of
             the
             New
             Creature
             in
             the
             Believers
             and
             Saints
             then
             ,
             and
             so
             with
             that
             the
             Universal
             Spirit
             in
             the
             Apostles
             and
             Elders
             then
             had
             ,
             and
             now
             have
             Unity
             .
             And
             therefore
             ,
             dear
             Friends
             ,
             we
             know
             your
             care
             and
             tenderness
             of
             Truth
             ,
             and
             that
             you
             aim
             at
             the
             
               best
               things
               *
            
             ,
             and
             have
             had
             much
             to
             do
             with
             some
             loose
             Spirits
             there
             :
             and
             therefore
             our
             desires
             are
             ,
             that
             you
             would
             stop
             this
             Paper
             from
             going
             any
             further
             ,
             lest
             some
             should
             get
             Copies
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             spread
             amongst
             bad
             Spirits
             ;
             and
             keep
             in
             the
             general
             tender
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             in
             love
             you
             may
             answer
             the
             measure
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             in
             them
             that
             are
             convinced
             by
             it
             ,
             and
             in
             them
             that
             err
             from
             it
             .
             
               And
               the
               Man
               of
               God
               must
               not
               strive
               ,
               but
               be
               gentle
               towards
               all
               .
            
             And
             so
             concluding
             with
             the
             Apostle's
             tender
             Advice
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             1.
             10.
             
             
               Now
               I
               beseech
               you
               ,
               Brethren
               ,
               by
               the
               Name
               of
               our
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               that
               you
               all
               speak
               the
               same
               thing
               ,
               and
               that
               there
               be
               no
               Divisions
               amongst
               you
               ,
               but
               that
               you
               be
               perfectly
               joined
               together
               in
               the
               same
               mind
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               same
               judgment
               .
            
             And
             Phil.
             2.
             2
             ,
             3.
             
             
               Fulfill
               you
               my
               joy
               ;
               that
               you
               be
               like-minded
               ,
               having
               the
               same
               Love
               ,
               being
               of
               one
               accord
               ,
               of
               one
               mind
               .
               Let
               nothing
               be
               done
               through
               strife
               ,
               or
               vain-glory
               ,
               but
               in
               lowliness
               of
               mind
               let
               each
               esteem
               other
               better
               than
               themselves
               .
            
             And
             
               1
               Pet.
               3.
               8.
               
               Finally
               ,
               be
               all
               of
               one
               mind
               ,
               having
               compassion
               one
               of
               another
               ,
               love
               as
               Brethren
               :
               Be
               pitiful
               ,
               be
               ▪
               courteous
               .
            
          
           
           
             Now
             as
             for
             your
             Subscription
             to
             an
             outward
             tie
             ,
             be
             above
             such
             things
             ;
             forasmuch
             as
             You
             are
             manifestly
             declared
             to
             be
             the
             Epistle
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
             written
             not
             with
             Ink
             ,
             but
             ,
             with
             the
             Spirit
             of
             the
             living
             God
             ;
             which
             Spirit
             hath
             given
             you
             Life
             ,
             and
             will
             bring
             you
             to
             the
             City
             of
             the
             living
             God
             ,
             the
             Heavenly
             Jerusalem
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             General
             Assembly
             and
             Church
             of
             the
             first-born
             ,
             which
             are
             written
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               London
               
                 the
                 20th
                 of
                 the
                 4th
                 Month
                 ,
                 1681.
                 
              
            
             
               Your
               dear
               Friends
               and
               Brethren
               in
               our
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               in
               whom
               you
               have
               Peace
               ,
               Life
               ,
               and
               Salvation
               .
               
                 
                   GEORGE
                   FOX
                   .
                
                 
                   ALEX.
                   PARKER
                   .
                
                 
                   GEO.
                   WHITEHEAD
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Now
             by
             this
             Letter
             of
             
               G.
               F.
               &c.
            
             they
             either
             condemn
             the
             aforesaid
             Paper
             ,
             or
             not
             :
             if
             they
             condemn
             it
             ,
             then
             these
             three
             particular
             Persons
             condemn
             the
             Judgment
             of
             the
             Universal
             Spirit
             of
             God
             (
             as
             they
             call
             it
             )
             in
             the
             Men
             and
             Womens
             Meetings
             :
             if
             they
             do
             not
             condemn
             it
             ,
             then
             they
             fall
             in
             with
             them
             in
             contradiction
             to
             their
             first
             Principles
             .
             But
             it
             is
             observed
             ,
             that
             they
             rather
             dislike
             the
             wording
             it
             ,
             than
             the
             matter
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             would
             have
             it
             believed
             that
             those
             Measures
             in
             Particular
             Persons
             which
             Men
             and
             Womens
             Meetings
             have
             not
             Unity
             with
             ,
             
               They
               are
               erred
               from
               their
               own
               Measures
               of
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               are
               stubborn
               ,
               wilful
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               .
            
             Thus
             do
             they
             condemn
             the
             conscientious
             Refusers
             ,
             and
             greatly
             magnify
             the
             Authors
             of
             the
             said
             Paper
             ,
             and
             do
             fully
             assert
             their
             Authority
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             their
             advising
             against
             such
             Subscriptions
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             observ'd
             that
             their
             Reasons
             are
             ,
             Lest
             Apostats
             or
             Opposers
             (
             as
             they
             call
             them
             )
             should
             make
             ill
             work
             with
             it
             ,
             and
             say
             such
             and
             such
             things
             as
             do
             clearly
             follow
             from
             it
             .
             Not
             that
             these
             three
             Men
             are
             against
             the
             Substance
             or
             Doctrine
             couched
             in
             the
             subscribed
             Paper
             ;
             but
             they
             are
             afraid
             to
             give
             the
             World
             (
             that
             which
             some
             have
             long
             seen
             )
             such
             a
             clear
             instance
             of
             their
             Apostacy
             from
             their
             former
             Principles
             ;
             and
             their
             Ambition
             in
             having
             all
             the
             Quakers
             subject
             to
             them
             :
             for
             these
             Men
             and
             Womens
             Meetings
             must
             do
             nothing
             which
             does
             not
             agree
             with
             the
             Judgment
             of
             
               G.
               F.
            
             and
             his
             Elders
             .
             Let
             all
             sober
             Men
             judg
             of
             the
             turnings
             and
             twinings
             that
             are
             to
             be
             discovered
             in
             these
             two
             Papers
             ,
             that
             from
             Barbadoes
             ,
             and
             that
             from
             London
             ;
             and
             how
             inconsistent
             they
             are
             with
             themselves
             ,
             and
             their
             first
             Principles
             .
          
           
             A●
             for
             the
             aforesaid
             Paper
             from
             Barbadoes
             ,
             wherein
             is
             exprest
             the
             Judgment
             of
             the
             
               Quarterly
               Meeting
            
             ,
             I
             take
             it
             to
             be
             neither
             according
             to
             Scripture
             ,
             nor
             the
             Principles
             of
             Truth
             !
          
           
           
             And
             first
             ,
             for
             Scripture
             ;
             By
             it
             you
             make
             void
             the
             New
             Covenant
             ,
             or
             Law
             written
             in
             the
             Heart
             .
             Of
             which
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             Heb.
             8.
             11.
             
             
               They
               shall
               not
               need
               to
               teach
               every
               Man
               his
               Brother
               ,
               saying
               ,
               Know
               the
               Lord
               ;
               but
               all
               shall
               know
               me
               from
               the
               least
               to
               the
               greatest
               .
            
             And
             John
             2.
             
             
               The
               Anointing
               which
               you
               have
               received
               of
               Him
               ,
               abideth
               in
               you
               ,
               you
               need
               not
               any
               Man
               to
               teach
               you
               ,
               but
               as
               That
               teacheth
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             But
             your
             Judgment
             contradicts
             these
             ,
             (
             viz.
             
               Give
               up
               your
               whole
               Concern
               ,
               Spiritual
               and
               Temporal
               ,
               if
               required
               ,
               unto
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
            
             (
             as
             you
             say
             )
             
               in
               Men
               and
               Womens
               Meetings
               ,
               believing
               it
               to
               be
               more
               according
               to
               the
               Universal
               Wisdom
               of
               God
               ,
               than
               any
               particular
               measure
               in
               your selves
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             But
             the
             Scripture
             saith
             ,
             
               None
               know
               the
               things
               of
               God
               but
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God.
            
             And
             how
             shall
             any
             one
             know
             what
             the
             Meeting
             requires
             is
             according
             to
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             if
             not
             by
             a
             measure
             of
             it
             in
             themselves
             ?
             It
             is
             also
             said
             ,
             
               If
               our
               Heart
               condemn
               us
               ,
               God
               is
               greater
               :
               but
               if
               that
               condemn
               us
               not
               ,
               then
               have
               we
               confidence
               towards
               God.
            
             For
             if
             it
             please
             God
             to
             reveal
             any
             thing
             to
             any
             Particular
             ,
             and
             the
             General
             deny
             or
             disown
             it
             ,
             then
             that
             Particular
             must
             deny
             that
             Revelation
             ,
             and
             give
             up
             to
             the
             General
             .
             According
             to
             this
             Doctrine
             I
             cannot
             see
             how
             the
             Church
             should
             ever
             be
             restored
             out
             of
             the
             Apostacy
             ,
             unless
             God
             first
             reveal
             Himself
             to
             the
             General
             ;
             which
             seems
             to
             be
             contrary
             to
             His
             way
             of
             Manifestation
             to
             this
             very
             day
             :
             For
             what
             must
             John
             have
             done
             with
             his
             Revelations
             and
             Message
             to
             the
             Asian
             Churches
             ,
             Sardis
             and
             
               Laodicea
               ,
               who
               had
               a
               name
               to
               live
               ,
               and
               were
               dead
               ?
               and
               said
               ,
               they
               were
               rich
               ,
               and
               encreased
               in
               Goods
               ,
               and
               wanted
               nothing
               .
            
             They
             thought
             well
             of
             themselves
             ,
             and
             had
             but
             few
             Names
             left
             ,
             (
             not
             the
             Generality
             )
             yet
             were
             mistaken
             ,
             and
             Apostatized
             ,
             and
             reproved
             by
             a
             Particular
             .
             Now
             ,
             according
             to
             your
             Judgment
             ,
             John
             ,
             and
             the
             
               few
               Names
            
             ,
             ought
             to
             have
             given
             up
             to
             the
             General
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             his
             Particular
             Revelation
             .
             Also
             all
             the
             Reformations
             since
             the
             Apostacy
             ,
             have
             been
             begun
             by
             Particulars
             ,
             and
             opposed
             and
             persecuted
             by
             the
             General
             ;
             therefore
             it
             is
             not
             ,
             as
             you
             say
             ,
             
               most
               agreeing
               to
               the
               Wisdom
               of
               God
               ,
               to
               cleave
               to
               the
               Judgment
               of
               the
               General
               ,
            
             but
             to
             the
             Particular
             Manifestation
             ;
             although
             the
             Judgment
             General
             have
             not
             unity
             therewith
             .
             For
             if
             a
             Particular
             may
             reprove
             the
             General
             ,
             surely
             he
             ought
             to
             cleave
             to
             his
             Particular
             measure
             for
             his
             own
             Belief
             and
             Practice
             ,
             although
             the
             General
             have
             not
             unity
             therewith
             :
             
               for
               what
               is
               not
               of
               Faith
               ,
               is
               Sin
               ,
            
             much
             more
             what
             is
             contrary
             thereto
             .
             For
             if
             any
             Meeting
             require
             any
             one
             to
             do
             or
             believe
             contrary
             to
             their
             own
             measure
             :
             whoever
             obeys
             them
             ,
             becomes
             therein
             a
             Servant
             to
             these
             Persons
             or
             Meetings
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             
               His
               Servants
               ye
               are
               ,
               whom
               ye
               obey
               .
            
             Hereby
             you
             call
             such
             Men
             ,
             or
             Meetings
             ,
             your
             Master
             ,
             or
             Father
             ,
             which
             is
             contrary
             to
             Christs
             Command
             .
             O
             Friends
             ,
             strain
             not
             at
             Gnats
             ,
             and
             swallow
             such
             Camels
             !
             which
             the
             82
             seem
             to
             me
             to
             have
             done
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ;
             That
             it
             is
             against
             the
             Principles
             of
             Truth
             ,
             is
             plain
             enough
             ,
             and
             needs
             no
             proof
             :
             For
             by
             that
             we
             are
             taught
             to
             be
             guided
             by
             the
             manifestation
             of
             God's
             Spirit
             in
             our
             hearts
             ,
             to
             speak
             and
             act
             ,
             as
             thereby
             instructed
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Judgment
             of
             Truth
             through
             a
             part
             of
             Christ's
             Members
             ,
             cannot
             become
             
             a
             Bond
             on
             others
             further
             than
             their
             Understandings
             are
             illuminated
             thereby
             .
             These
             two
             Positions
             the
             Judgment
             aforesaid
             seems
             to
             contradict
             .
             Also
             read
             
               E.
               B.
            
             &
             I.
             P's
             Works
             ,
             or
             any
             ancient
             Friends
             ,
             they
             all
             direct
             to
             the
             Light
             in
             our
             own
             Hearts
             or
             Consciences
             ,
             as
             the
             only
             and
             sufficient
             Guide
             and
             Leader
             ▪
             But
             you
             not
             only
             contradict
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             Friends
             Testimonies
             ,
             but
             have
             given
             such
             an
             unlimited
             power
             to
             Meetings
             ,
             and
             not
             contented
             to
             give
             that
             to
             Men
             which
             never
             before
             was
             given
             ,
             since
             Protestantism
             ,
             but
             to
             Women
             also
             ,
             in
             which
             the
             Scripture
             is
             silent
             ;
             or
             what
             it
             says
             is
             rather
             against
             their
             having
             any
             power
             or
             rule
             ,
             but
             to
             be
             subject
             .
             Nay
             ,
             this
             unlimited
             Power
             was
             one
             of
             the
             heavy
             weights
             in
             the
             Pope's
             Yoke
             ,
             that
             made
             it
             so
             uneasy
             to
             England
             in
             times
             of
             Popery
             ;
             neither
             can
             I
             find
             that
             ever
             in
             England
             the
             Pope
             ,
             or
             any
             Church
             ,
             gained
             this
             Point
             by
             all
             their
             Stratagems
             ,
             Wars
             ,
             &c.
             as
             you
             have
             granted
             ,
             (
             viz.
             Spirituals
             and
             Temporals
             .
             )
             The
             Christian
             State
             is
             said
             to
             be
             
               a
               Glorious
               Liberty
            
             ,
             but
             your
             Judgment
             makes
             them
             Slaves
             and
             Vassals
             ,
             and
             will
             cause
             any
             Understanding
             Men
             to
             avoid
             submitting
             to
             such
             a
             Church
             that
             hath
             so
             unlimited
             a
             Power
             ;
             't
             is
             much
             safer
             submitting
             to
             a
             Church
             which
             makes
             the
             Scripture
             their
             Rule
             ;
             for
             there
             one
             may
             know
             what
             they
             may
             or
             can
             require
             of
             one
             ,
             but
             yours
             (
             after
             one
             hath
             given
             up
             Spirituals
             ,
             &c.
             )
             may
             still
             require
             more
             without
             measure
             ,
             if
             you
             pretend
             or
             stamp
             such
             Requirings
             with
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Universal
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             Experience
             teacheth
             hath
             been
             too
             frequent
             .
             What
             is
             become
             of
             all
             our
             Protesting
             Fore-Fathers
             ,
             according
             to
             your
             judgment
             ?
             for
             you
             seem
             to
             have
             acquitted
             Rome
             of
             all
             their
             Blood
             ,
             and
             yet
             they
             had
             not
             only
             the
             Judgment
             of
             the
             generality
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             Magistracy
             and
             Law
             of
             the
             Nation
             against
             them
             ,
             which
             was
             of
             greater
             Authority
             than
             your
             Womens
             Meetings
             ,
             for
             which
             there
             is
             no
             Precept
             ,
             Precedent
             ,
             nor
             Law
             ,
             but
             against
             .
             I
             am
             ashamed
             that
             after
             all
             this
             Light
             and
             Knowledg
             pretended
             ,
             any
             should
             make
             such
             a
             long
             stride
             towards
             Rome
             ,
             which
             now
             is
             very
             unseasonable
             ;
             for
             if
             but
             one
             more
             such
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             but
             you
             may
             both
             too
             soon
             meet
             and
             imbrace
             each
             other
             .
             But
             if
             any
             say
             we
             mistake
             you
             ,
             you
             do
             not
             give
             up
             to
             the
             Meeting
             ,
             but
             to
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             &c.
             But
             W.
             Pen's
             
               Address
               ,
               &c.
            
             and
             other
             Testimonies
             ,
             I
             think
             answer
             that
             ,
             viz.
             
               A
               Man
               may
               falsly
               believe
               ,
               as
               the
               true
               Church
               believes
               :
               and
               if
               I
               believe
               only
               ,
               because
               she
               believes
               ,
               and
               not
               because
               I
               am
               convinced
               in
               my
               own
               Understanding
               and
               Conscience
               ,
               my
               Faith
               is
               false
               ,
               tho
               hers
               be
               true
               .
            
             p.
             146.
             
             Also
             
               E.
               Burrough
            
             saith
             ,
             
               Every
               one
               is
               to
               mind
               the
               Teachings
               of
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Christ
               in
               himself
               ,
               for
               to
               that
               he
               is
               to
               stand
               or
               fall
               .
            
             p.
             852.
             
             Now
             that
             which
             further
             aggravates
             and
             makes
             this
             Judgment
             the
             worse
             ,
             is
             ,
             that
             it
             should
             come
             from
             such
             persons
             as
             
               G.
               F.
               &c.
            
             writes
             ,
             the
             82
             Subscribers
             to
             be
             ,
             viz
             ▪
             
               manifestly
               declared
               the
               Epistle
               of
               Christ
               ,
               written
               with
               the
               Spirit
               of
               the
               living
               God
               ,
               which
               Spirit
               hath
               given
               you
               Life
               ,
               and
               will
               bring
               you
               to
               the
               City
               of
               the
               living
               God
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             High-grown
             Christians
             ,
             or
             
               G.
               F.
               &c.
            
             highly
             mistaken
             !
          
           
             Thus
             what
             you
             have
             done
             seems
             to
             be
             to
             the
             dishonour
             of
             Truth
             ,
             and
             contrary
             to
             what
             you
             once
             professed
             :
             for
             the
             sufficiency
             of
             light
             in
             your
             own
             hearts
             was
             that
             Gospel
             you
             received
             ,
             and
             they
             preached
             at
             first
             ,
             for
             all
             to
             cleave
             to
             ,
             
             and
             abide
             by
             ,
             &
             give
             up
             to
             .
             But
             now
             to
             give
             up
             to
             the
             Requirings
             of
             others
             ,
             altho
             contrary
             to
             That
             ;
             what
             more
             like
             another
             Gospel
             ?
             Therefore
             I
             beseech
             you
             mind
             the
             Exhortation
             ,
             
               If
               We
               ,
               or
               an
               Angel
               from
               Heaven
               bring
               any
               other
               Gospel
               ,
               than
               that
               you
               have
               received
               ,
               let
               him
               be
               accursed
               .
            
             And
             avoid
             all
             such
             Questions
             as
             these
             are
             ,
             and
             the
             Propounders
             thereof
             ,
             for
             they
             are
             but
             foolish
             Questions
             ,
             yea
             ,
             worse
             ,
             and
             will
             gender
             to
             strife
             ;
             therefore
             let
             no
             Men
             (
             nor
             Women
             especially
             )
             rule
             over
             you
             ,
             neither
             receive
             their
             Traditions
             for
             Doctrines
             ,
             further
             than
             manifested
             by
             the
             Truth
             in
             your
             own
             Hearts
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Scriptures
             .
             Are
             ye
             so
             foolish
             as
             to
             believe
             that
             the
             Requirings
             of
             Men
             and
             Womens
             Meetings
             ,
             without
             Scripture-evidence
             ,
             or
             manifestation
             by
             the
             Light
             in
             your
             own
             Hearts
             ,
             can
             give
             you
             acceptance
             with
             God
             ?
             when
             as
             Christ
             said
             to
             them
             that
             said
             they
             had
             prophesied
             ,
             and
             cast
             out
             Devils
             ,
             and
             done
             many
             mighty
             works
             in
             his
             Name
             ,
             
               Depart
               ,
               I
               know
               you
               not
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             And
             think
             you
             such
             unwarrantable
             requirings
             ,
             and
             implicit
             giving
             up
             ,
             can
             stand
             you
             in
             stead
             ?
             Nay
             ,
             this
             perswasion
             cometh
             not
             of
             God
             ,
             but
             ,
             as
             was
             prophesied
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             
               Some
               shall
               arise
               from
               among
               your selves
               ,
               speaking
               perverse
               things
               .
            
             Remember
             from
             whence
             ye
             are
             fallen
             ,
             and
             return
             to
             the
             measure
             of
             Truth
             in
             your
             own
             selves
             ,
             and
             arise
             and
             depart
             from
             such
             Judgments
             ,
             for
             fear
             it
             be
             fulfilled
             on
             you
             ,
             as
             was
             said
             against
             some
             of
             old
             ,
             
               when
               they
               knew
               God
               ,
               they
               glorified
               him
               not
               as
               God
               ;
               they
               became
               vain
               in
               their
               imaginations
               ,
               and
               their
               foolish
               hearts
               were
               darkned
               :
            
             Therefore
             I
             pray
             be
             not
             so
             soon
             moved
             and
             tossed
             up
             and
             down
             by
             these
             windy
             ,
             Arbitrary
             and
             implicit
             Judgments
             of
             Men
             ,
             who
             have
             Mens
             Persons
             and
             Orders
             in
             admiration
             ,
             because
             of
             advantage
             ;
             for
             such
             serve
             not
             Christ
             but
             themselves
             :
             but
             mind
             the
             Truth
             in
             your
             own
             Hearts
             ,
             and
             according
             ,
             as
             the
             Apostle
             said
             ,
             
               let
               every
               one
               be
               fully
               perswaded
               in
               his
               own
               mind
               .
            
             You
             must
             answer
             for
             your selves
             to
             God
             ,
             when
             it
             shall
             be
             said
             ,
             
               Who
               required
               these
               things
               at
               your
               hands
               ?
            
             Will
             any
             Men
             or
             Women
             ,
             or
             
               outward
               written
               Orders
            
             ,
             have
             greater
             force
             than
             Moses
             and
             the
             Prophets
             ?
             Nay
             ;
             but
             as
             many
             as
             are
             led
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             are
             the
             Sons
             of
             God
             ;
             this
             Spirit
             ,
             Christ
             said
             he
             would
             send
             ,
             should
             be
             in
             them
             .
          
           
             Think
             me
             not
             your
             Enemy
             ,
             because
             I
             deal
             plainly
             with
             you
             :
             For
             it
             is
             in
             Love
             to
             Truth
             (
             and
             abhorrence
             of
             Arbitrary
             and
             Unlimited
             Power
             ,
             and
             implicit
             ,
             blind
             and
             unacceptable
             Obedience
             )
             that
             I
             write
             to
             you
             ,
             desiring
             the
             Lord
             may
             open
             your
             Understandings
             to
             know
             his
             Will
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             acceptable
             ;
             and
             I
             recommend
             you
             to
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Grace
             in
             your
             own
             Hearts
             ,
             which
             is
             able
             through
             Faith
             in
             Christ
             ,
             to
             preserve
             you
             blameless
             and
             harmless
             in
             this
             crooked
             Generation
             ;
             to
             God
             alone
             be
             Glory
             and
             Dominion
             for
             ever
             .
             Friends
             ,
             mind
             the
             good
             Sermon
             of
             Christ
             on
             the
             Mount
             ;
             also
             the
             sound
             Exhortations
             in
             the
             Epistles
             of
             Paul
             and
             
               Peter
               ,
               &c.
            
             which
             ,
             as
             in
             Faith
             read
             and
             considered
             ,
             may
             be
             helpful
             and
             useful
             to
             the
             Man
             of
             God
             in
             words
             and
             works
             .
          
           
             Forasmuch
             as
             the
             foregoing
             Letter
             of
             
               G.
               F.
               &c.
            
             to
             Barbadoes
             was
             produced
             ,
             as
             a
             proof
             of
             their
             denial
             of
             the
             said
             Paper
             ,
             I
             have
             read
             it
             ,
             and
             observe
             this
             
             therefrom
             ,
             That
             they
             are
             more
             afraid
             of
             its
             Publication
             ,
             than
             ashamed
             of
             the
             Matter
             ;
             and
             do
             more
             object
             the
             subscribing
             the
             Paper
             ,
             than
             owning
             the
             Principle
             :
             as
             appears
             by
             their
             words
             ,
             
               If
               it
               should
               come
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               Opposers
               ,
               &c.
               they
               would
               say
               we
               set
               up
               Arbitrary
               Power
               ,
               and
               Implicit
               Faith
               ,
               &c.
            
             which
             are
             the
             plain
             tendency
             thereof
             .
          
           
             But
             it
             is
             needful
             to
             know
             what
             they
             mean
             by
             the
             Universal
             Spirit
             ,
             being
             that
             is
             so
             often
             mentioned
             .
             I
             take
             it
             to
             be
             the
             Opinion
             or
             Judgment
             of
             the
             Ruling
             Party
             (
             or
             Foxonians
             )
             among
             the
             Quakers
             ;
             because
             they
             exclude
             those
             who
             oppose
             their
             Orders
             ,
             as
             being
             Apostats
             ,
             and
             gone
             out
             from
             the
             Universal
             Spirit
             .
             Also
             I
             take
             this
             Spirit
             of
             theirs
             not
             to
             be
             the
             Universal
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             but
             a
             private
             selfish
             Spirit
             of
             their
             own
             :
             Because
             they
             say
             ,
             
               As
               for
               the
               Stubborn
               and
               Wilfull
               that
               are
               against
               Men
               and
               Womens
               Meetings
               ,
               the
               Universal
               Spirit
               cannot
               receive
               that
               .
            
             Now
             those
             they
             term
             
               Stubborn
               ,
               &c.
            
             are
             not
             against
             Men
             and
             Womens
             Meetings
             ,
             but
             differ
             about
             the
             Form
             and
             Power
             thereof
             ;
             they
             are
             only
             against
             Women
             having
             Meetings
             apart
             from
             the
             Men
             ,
             when
             they
             have
             no
             business
             requires
             it
             :
             not
             against
             them
             in
             Cities
             ,
             great
             Towns
             and
             Places
             where
             they
             live
             near
             together
             ,
             and
             occasions
             require
             ;
             but
             only
             in
             Counties
             where
             they
             live
             remote
             from
             each
             other
             ,
             and
             have
             no
             business
             .
             Also
             about
             the
             Form
             of
             Marriages
             ,
             &c.
             
             For
             these
             Persons
             ,
             who
             they
             say
             are
             against
             Meetings
             ,
             do
             ,
             and
             are
             willing
             to
             use
             them
             on
             necessary
             occasions
             .
             This
             is
             the
             state
             of
             the
             Difference
             ,
             and
             the
             Case
             of
             those
             Persons
             
               G.
               F.
               &c.
            
             terms
             
               Apostats
               ,
               bad
               Spirits
            
             ,
             &c.
             
               G.
               F.
               &c.
            
             say
             ,
             
               the
               Universal
               Spirit
               cannot
               receive
               that
               .
            
             I
             shall
             shew
             by
             Testimonies
             of
             other
             Friends
             ,
             that
             notwithstanding
             Differences
             ,
             yet
             Christians
             ought
             to
             receive
             each
             other
             ,
             and
             walk
             in
             Love
             as
             Brethren
             .
          
           
             
               E.
               Burrough
            
             says
             ,
             
               Every
               one
               was
               to
               walk
               in
               that
               measure
               of
               Truth
               they
               had
               attained
               to
               ;
               and
               notwithstanding
               their
               difference
               in
               Judgment
               ,
               whether
               in
               Cases
               substantial
               or
               ceremonial
               ,
               yet
               they
               were
               still
               to
               be
               in
               love
               and
               unity
               .
            
             p.
             809.
             
               and
               every
               one
               to
               mind
               the
               teachings
               of
               the
               Spirit
               in
               himself
               .
            
             Hereby
             you
             may
             see
             that
             
               E.
               B.
            
             could
             receive
             in
             love
             ,
             and
             walk
             in
             unity
             with
             such
             as
             differed
             in
             Cases
             substantial
             :
             which
             is
             as
             high
             a
             Difference
             as
             any
             about
             Womens
             Meetings
             .
          
           
             Also
             
               W.
               Pen
            
             says
             (
             
               Address
               to
               Protestants
            
             ,
             p.
             70.
             )
             
               I
               cannot
               see
               how
               such
               Men
               can
               excuse
               themselves
               from
               great
               presumption
               ,
               &c.
               who
               deny
               those
               Persons
               to
               be
               Members
               of
               Christ's
               Church
               ,
               that
               in
               Conscience
               refuse
               to
               subscribe
               any
               other
               draught
               than
               their
               Lord
               hath
               given
               them
               .
            
             Then
             how
             can
             
               G.
               F.
               &c.
            
             excuse
             themselves
             ,
             who
             say
             ,
             
               Those
               that
               be
               against
               Womens
               Meetings
               the
               Universal
               Spirit
               cannot
               receive
               ?
            
             unless
             
               G.
               F.
               &c.
            
             prove
             that
             such
             Dissenters
             have
             had
             their
             Form
             of
             Womens
             Meetings
             from
             their
             Lord.
             
               G.
               F.
               &c.
            
             must
             admit
             them
             Members
             of
             Christ's
             Church
             ,
             or
             prove
             they
             refuse
             that
             which
             the
             Lord
             hath
             given
             them
             ;
             or
             else
             
               G.
               F.
               &c.
            
             are
             inexcusable
             ,
             and
             condemnable
             by
             their
             own
             owned
             Testimonies
             .
             Also
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             5.
             
             
               Give
               all
               diligence
               thereunto
               :
               add
               to
               Faith
               ,
               Vertue
               ,
               Knowledg
               ,
               Temperance
               ,
               Patience
               ,
               Godliness
               ,
               Brotherly-kindness
               ,
               Love
               :
               for
               if
               these
               things
               be
               in
               you
               ,
               and
               abound
               ,
               ye
               shall
               not
               be
               unfruitful
               ,
               nor
               barren
               ,
               &c.
               —
               Wherefore
               give
               all
               diligence
            
             
             
               to
               make
               your
               Calling
               and
               Election
               sure
               :
               for
               if
               you
               do
               these
               things
               ,
               ye
               shall
               never
               fail
               ;
               for
               an
               entrance
               shall
               be
               ministred
               unto
               you
               into
               the
               everlasting
               Kingdom
               .
            
             Now
             I
             appeal
             to
             any
             sober
             Christian
             ,
             Whether
             all
             these
             qualifications
             may
             not
             be
             in
             one
             ,
             and
             yet
             conscienciously
             dissent
             from
             a
             Form
             of
             Womens
             Meetings
             ,
             as
             used
             and
             ordered
             by
             
               G.
               F.
            
             If
             it
             can
             be
             ,
             as
             I
             am
             sure
             it
             may
             be
             ,
             that
             one
             may
             be
             so
             qualified
             and
             assisted
             by
             God's
             Spirit
             ,
             as
             to
             attain
             these
             Vertues
             expressed
             by
             the
             Apostle
             Peter
             ,
             and
             not
             comply
             with
             G.
             F's
             Womens
             Meetings
             ;
             then
             a
             sure
             entrance
             is
             made
             into
             the
             everlasting
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             received
             by
             the
             Universal
             Spirit
             of
             God
             :
             therefore
             G.
             F's
             ,
             &c.
             
             Spirit
             ,
             is
             not
             that
             of
             God
             ,
             nor
             of
             
               E.
               B.
            
             or
             
               I.
               P.
            
             nor
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             and
             his
             Apostles
             ,
             for
             they
             said
             ,
             
               Judg
               not
            
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Tree
             was
             known
             by
             its
             Fruit.
             But
             
               G.
               F.
               &c.
            
             will
             judge
             and
             condemn
             for
             evil
             ,
             and
             gone
             from
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             although
             no
             evil
             Fruit
             appears
             .
             Also
             ,
             where
             evil
             Fruit
             does
             appear
             ,
             as
             in
             this
             their
             Judgment
             ,
             yet
             he
             can
             say
             to
             them
             ,
             because
             they
             own
             his
             Form
             ,
             and
             Womens
             Meetings
             ,
             
               We
               know
               your
               care
               ,
               and
               that
               you
               aim
               at
               the
               best
               things
               .
            
             So
             that
             to
             give
             up
             to
             his
             Orders
             ,
             tho
             contrary
             to
             their
             own
             measures
             ,
             is
             by
             him
             termed
             the
             
               best
               things
            
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             
               manifestly
               declared
               the
               Epistle
               of
               Christ
               ,
               writ
               with
               the
               Spirit
               of
               the
               living
               God
               ,
               &c.
            
             whereby
             he
             seems
             to
             place
             more
             Virtue
             and
             Power
             in
             conforming
             to
             his
             Orders
             of
             Womens
             Meetings
             ,
             than
             in
             all
             Faith
             and
             fruits
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             expressed
             in
             the
             Scripture
             .
             And
             where-ever
             
               G.
               F.
            
             mentions
             the
             Universal
             Spirit
             ,
             I
             take
             him
             he
             means
             the
             Spirit
             that
             set
             up
             these
             Meetings
             ,
             and
             persecutes
             all
             such
             who
             cannot
             for
             Conscience
             sake
             conform
             to
             his
             Womens
             Meetings
             .
             Now
             Christ
             said
             ,
             
               Whatever
               ye
               would
               another
               should
               do
               to
               you
               ,
               that
               do
               unto
               them
               :
               Love
               thy
               Neighbour
               as
               thy self
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             This
             is
             the
             Universal
             Spirit
             ,
             to
             desire
             no
             more
             Liberty
             nor
             Charity
             from
             another
             ,
             than
             one
             would
             be
             content
             to
             allow
             them
             ;
             and
             impose
             no
             more
             on
             another
             ,
             than
             one
             would
             have
             them
             impose
             on
             ones
             self
             .
             
               G.
               F.
               &c.
            
             once
             cried
             for
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             ;
             none
             must
             perform
             any
             Worship
             ,
             but
             taught
             and
             led
             thereinto
             by
             the
             Light
             in
             their
             own
             Hearts
             :
             but
             having
             gathered
             a
             People
             to
             themselves
             ,
             now
             (
             say
             they
             )
             
               Submit
               to
               your
               Elders
            
             :
             and
             if
             not
             conform
             to
             his
             Orders
             for
             Conscience
             sake
             ,
             then
             ,
             
               Wilful
               ,
               stubborn
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               Universal
               Spirit
               and
               Truth
               ,
               and
               all
               that
               is
               Good
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             Also
             it
             appears
             that
             the
             Subscribers
             of
             the
             Paper
             ,
             and
             
               G.
               F.
               &c.
            
             do
             differ
             ▪
             for
             
               G.
               F.
               &c.
            
             say
             ,
             
               This
               would
               make
               the
               belief
               which
               is
               in
               the
               Light
               ,
               and
               the
               measure
               of
               the
               Spirit
               in
               their
               own
               Particulars
               ,
               not
               one
               with
               the
               Universal
               Spirit
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             Indeed
             so
             it
             does
             :
             for
             there
             be
             many
             that
             believe
             in
             the
             Light
             ,
             and
             measure
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             its
             sufficiency
             ,
             not
             one
             with
             G.
             F's
             &c.
             imposing
             Spirit
             ,
             which
             he
             calls
             Universal
             ,
             but
             against
             it
             ;
             altho
             the
             true
             Universal
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             His
             ,
             hath
             now
             ,
             as
             formerly
             ,
             unity
             with
             the
             least
             measure
             in
             any
             Member
             ,
             tho
             for
             Conscience
             sake
             they
             may
             be
             of
             a
             differing
             apprehension
             in
             some
             things
             ;
             and
             therefore
             saith
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             
               he
               became
               all
               to
               all
            
             ,
             weak
             ,
             or
             strong
             ;
             and
             said
             ,
             
               bear
               one
               anothers
               Burdens
            
             ,
             and
             
               bear
               one
               with
               another
            
             ;
             and
             therefore
             he
             condescended
             to
             baptize
             ,
             and
             circumcise
             ,
             to
             win
             over
             ,
             and
             endeavoured
             the
             encrease
             
             of
             their
             Faith
             and
             Understandings
             ;
             not
             blind
             Conformity
             before
             Convincement
             ,
             but
             said
             ,
             
               If
               any
               be
               otherwise
               minded
               ,
               God
               shall
               reveal
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             As
             their
             Faith
             increased
             ,
             so
             should
             their
             Obedience
             .
             The
             Spirit
             ,
             the
             Apostle
             was
             in
             ,
             could
             receive
             those
             that
             differed
             in
             Judgment
             and
             Practice
             in
             some
             things
             ,
             and
             did
             not
             say
             they
             were
             erred
             from
             their
             measures
             ;
             and
             if
             against
             Womens
             Meetings
             ,
             that
             the
             Universal
             Spirit
             could
             not
             receive
             them
             ,
             but
             were
             careful
             not
             to
             offend
             the
             weak
             ;
             would
             deny
             themselves
             that
             which
             was
             lawful
             ,
             for
             the
             benefit
             of
             the
             weak
             :
             therefore
             not
             of
             G.
             F's
             ,
             &c.
             pretended
             Universal
             Spirit
             .
          
           
             Now
             
               G.
               F.
               &c.
            
             Letter
             is
             so
             jumbled
             together
             ,
             seemingly
             disowning
             ,
             and
             yet
             owning
             the
             Paper
             too
             :
             but
             take
             them
             either
             ways
             ;
             if
             they
             disown
             ,
             then
             that
             manifests
             a
             difference
             ;
             if
             they
             own
             it
             ,
             then
             they
             plainly
             manifest
             themselves
             to
             be
             what
             the
             Dissenting
             Party
             have
             objected
             against
             them
             many
             years
             ,
             (
             only
             
               G.
               F.
               &c.
            
             have
             imperiously
             and
             wrongfully
             born
             them
             down
             )
             viz.
             that
             they
             do
             in
             their
             Actings
             contradict
             their
             Principles
             and
             Doctrine
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             they
             (
             as
             the
             Pharisees
             )
             say
             ,
             and
             do
             not
             :
             for
             it
             is
             evident
             by
             the
             whole
             scope
             of
             their
             Letter
             ,
             that
             they
             only
             are
             dissatisfied
             with
             the
             wording
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             afraid
             of
             its
             publication
             ,
             knowing
             they
             cannot
             justify
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             is
             that
             they
             have
             been
             charged
             for
             practising
             these
             many
             years
             ,
             and
             for
             this
             cause
             many
             have
             and
             do
             dissent
             from
             them
             ,
             whom
             they
             term
             ,
             —
             
               gone
               from
               the
               Power
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               Opposers
               of
               the
               Order
               of
               the
               Gospel
               :
               Setters
               up
               of
               Standards
               against
               Truth
               :
            
             and
             many
             other
             names
             &
             marks
             of
             Sons
             of
             Perdition
             ;
             when
             they
             have
             nothing
             else
             against
             them
             ,
             only
             not
             submitting
             to
             G.
             F.'s
             Orders
             without
             conviction
             :
             for
             
               G.
               F
               ,
               &c.
            
             do
             not
             at
             all
             contradict
             the
             Principle
             ,
             only
             the
             Subscribing
             to
             it
             ;
             nor
             deny
             but
             their
             Meetings
             have
             such
             Power
             ,
             or
             ought
             to
             be
             given
             up
             to
             ,
             only
             would
             insinuate
             that
             it
             is
             done
             from
             the
             Universal
             Spirit
             of
             God
             :
             and
             all
             who
             do
             not
             so
             believe
             and
             act
             ,
             
               the
               Universal
               Spirit
               cannot
               receive
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             But
             all
             that
             fear
             God
             ,
             beware
             of
             such
             Men
             ,
             who
             be
             thus
             given
             to
             change
             ,
             and
             believe
             and
             act
             so
             contrary
             to
             what
             they
             say
             and
             pretend
             ;
             and
             notwithstanding
             the
             good
             words
             of
             the
             Apostles
             in
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             G.
             F's
             Letter
             ,
             which
             be
             found
             ;
             and
             had
             they
             kept
             themselves
             to
             their
             primitive
             Testimony
             and
             sound
             Doctrine
             ,
             as
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             there
             had
             not
             been
             this
             Separation
             :
             but
             having
             followed
             the
             devices
             of
             their
             own
             Heads
             ,
             with
             fair
             words
             and
             speeches
             beguile
             the
             many
             simple
             ones
             ;
             but
             now
             their
             folly
             is
             made
             manifest
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             have
             only
             a
             Form
             of
             Godliness
             ,
             but
             deny
             the
             Power
             thereof
             ;
             from
             such
             turn
             away
             .
             And
             it
             is
             better
             to
             be
             by
             such
             accounted
             Separates
             ,
             than
             for
             their
             favour
             to
             deprive
             your selves
             of
             the
             benefit
             of
             your
             own
             measures
             of
             Light
             and
             Life
             ,
             according
             to
             which
             all
             shall
             be
             at
             last
             judged
             .
          
        
         
           
             WHat
             is
             here
             afore-wrote
             ,
             is
             not
             as
             a
             full
             Answer
             or
             Detection
             of
             the
             Depths
             of
             Satan
             ,
             and
             Mystery
             of
             Iniquity
             that
             is
             couched
             under
             ,
             or
             lies
             hidden
             in
             this
             Judgment
             asserted
             in
             the
             Paper
             from
             Barbadoes
             ,
             and
             the
             seeming
             Answer
             of
             dislike
             thereto
             ,
             given
             by
             
               G.
               F.
               &c.
            
             but
             only
             as
             a
             Mite
             
             from
             one
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             present
             ability
             ,
             to
             manifest
             his
             detestation
             of
             all
             such
             Principles
             and
             Practices
             .
             The
             aforesaid
             Judgment
             being
             publickly
             read
             in
             
             Gracechurch-street-Meeting
             ,
             with
             a
             Protestation
             against
             it
             ,
             that
             it
             would
             be
             printed
             unless
             disowned
             by
             them
             ,
             and
             as
             a
             stop
             to
             the
             printing
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             in
             vindication
             of
             
               G.
               F
               ,
               &c.
            
             this
             Letter
             or
             Answer
             was
             produced
             ,
             which
             indeed
             is
             more
             subtilly
             worded
             ,
             but
             denies
             not
             ,
             nor
             disowns
             the
             Principles
             therein
             ,
             neither
             refuses
             nor
             denies
             to
             receive
             what
             is
             in
             that
             Judgment
             given
             up
             to
             them
             ;
             but
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             that
             there
             will
             be
             some
             of
             greater
             ability
             ,
             who
             shall
             contribute
             much
             more
             to
             the
             uncovering
             Her
             who
             hath
             long
             sat
             as
             a
             Queen
             ,
             and
             deceived
             many
             ,
             yet
             says
             ,
             
               I
               shall
               not
               see
               Widowhood
               nor
               Sorrow
            
             ;
             because
             her
             Children
             are
             many
             and
             mighty
             ,
             through
             the
             Power
             they
             have
             received
             from
             that
             Beast
             on
             which
             she
             rides
             ,
             and
             will
             suffer
             none
             to
             buy
             nor
             sell
             in
             their
             Market
             ,
             but
             who
             receive
             her
             Mark
             in
             their
             Forehead
             or
             Hand
             .
             For
             notwithstanding
             their
             Judgment
             is
             such
             bare-faced
             Popery
             ,
             and
             so
             contrary
             to
             their
             pretended
             Principles
             ,
             yet
             observe
             how
             
               G.
               F.
               &c.
            
             treat
             the
             Authors
             ,
             viz.
             
               We
               know
               your
               care
               and
               tenderness
               for
               Truth
               ,
               and
               that
               you
               aim
               at
               the
               best
               things
               ,
            
             and
             
               are
               manifestly
               declared
               the
               Epistle
               of
               Christ
               ,
               written
               with
               the
               Spirit
               of
               the
               living
               God
               ,
               which
               will
               bring
               you
               to
               the
               City
               of
               the
               living
               God
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             And
             not
             one
             Reproof
             in
             all
             ,
             only
             Caution
             for
             fear
             of
             its
             Publication
             ,
             &c.
             
             But
             when
             we
             consider
             the
             Names
             and
             Terms
             which
             are
             given
             to
             others
             that
             profess
             the
             same
             Faith
             ,
             and
             agree
             in
             all
             things
             ,
             except
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             viz.
             Something
             about
             Womens
             Meetings
             ,
             and
             some
             Forms
             of
             Marriages
             ,
             &c.
             they
             for
             this
             consciencious
             forbearing
             to
             practise
             such
             things
             as
             they
             have
             no
             faith
             in
             ,
             are
             termed
             
               Apostats
               ,
               departed
               from
               the
               Truth
               ,
               such
               as
               the
               Universal
               Spirit
               cannot
               receive
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             By
             all
             which
             we
             may
             see
             how
             they
             would
             hedg
             up
             the
             way
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             leave
             no
             door
             to
             come
             in
             by
             ,
             but
             
               G.
               F's
            
             .
             Forms
             ;
             nay
             ,
             not
             only
             so
             ,
             but
             tie
             up
             or
             limit
             God
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             reveales
             any
             thing
             to
             any
             particular
             ,
             he
             must
             give
             up
             all
             to
             the
             general
             ,
             and
             if
             they
             have
             not
             unity
             with
             it
             ,
             must
             cleave
             to
             the
             general
             against
             that
             particular
             measure
             of
             knowledg
             or
             manifestation
             in
             himself
             ;
             but
             I
             think
             hereby
             is
             plainly
             manifested
             ,
             that
             there
             be
             such
             Innovators
             as
             
               W.
               Rogers
            
             hath
             mentioned
             in
             his
             Book
             ,
             viz.
             
               The
               Christian
               Quaker
               distinguished
               from
               the
               Apostate
               and
               Innovator
               ,
            
             which
             Title
             
               C.
               Taylor
            
             says
             is
             
               notorious
               Blasphemy
            
             .
             But
             hereby
             it
             not
             only
             appears
             that
             the
             Title
             is
             proper
             ,
             and
             no
             Blasphemy
             :
             but
             also
             that
             there
             was
             just
             cause
             for
             W.
             R's
             ▪
             writing
             that
             Book
             ;
             for
             the
             cause
             that
             those
             ,
             they
             call
             Apostates
             ,
             separate
             from
             them
             ,
             is
             not
             out
             of
             any
             dislike
             or
             denial
             of
             the
             Principles
             of
             Truth
             (
             altho
             they
             say
             all
             that
             oppose
             them
             be
             gone
             from
             Truth
             )
             but
             in
             opposition
             to
             their
             usurping
             Authority
             over
             Peoples
             Consciences
             in
             Religious
             Matters
             ,
             and
             requiring
             Conformity
             to
             their
             Orders
             ,
             before
             ,
             or
             without
             conviction
             .
             This
             is
             the
             chief
             cause
             of
             all
             their
             hard
             Speeches
             ,
             and
             false
             Accusations
             against
             
               J.
               S.
               J.
               W.
            
             and
             those
             they
             term
             Apostats
             and
             Separates
             ,
             and
             say
             ,
             
               In
               the
               Name
               of
               the
               Lord
               they
               resolve
               to
               give
               Battel
               where-ever
               they
               meet
               that
               Spirit
               .
            
             But
             others
             are
             resolved
             in
             the
             Spirit
             of
             the
             Lamb
             not
             to
             bow
             to
             their
             Image
             ,
             having
             seen
             that
             they
             should
             ,
             as
             they
             
             have
             done
             ,
             manifested
             themselves
             to
             be
             what
             they
             are
             ,
             even
             empty
             Clouds
             .
             The
             Lord
             open
             the
             Understandings
             of
             all
             the
             Simple-hearted
             among
             them
             ,
             (
             as
             I
             believe
             there
             be
             many
             )
             and
             preserve
             all
             blameless
             and
             in
             love
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             have
             no
             just
             cause
             to
             speak
             evil
             of
             you
             :
             but
             separate
             from
             such
             who
             have
             a
             Form
             of
             Godliness
             ,
             and
             high
             swelling
             Words
             of
             Church-Power
             and
             Gospel-Order
             (
             which
             they
             have
             made
             to
             themselves
             ,
             and
             are
             bowing
             to
             ,
             even
             the
             work
             of
             their
             own
             hands
             ,
             as
             appears
             by
             the
             fore-going
             and
             following
             lying
             Prophecy
             of
             
               Sol.
               Eccles
            
             )
             and
             have
             your
             minds
             girt
             up
             towards
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             your
             Conversation
             as
             becomes
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             in
             Meekness
             and
             Fear
             ,
             not
             terrified
             by
             their
             high
             swelling
             Words
             ;
             and
             seeing
             the
             evil
             effects
             of
             forsaking
             the
             Teaching
             of
             the
             Lord
             by
             his
             Spirit
             ,
             to
             give
             up
             to
             Men
             and
             Womens
             Meetings
             ,
             and
             Orders
             ,
             beware
             lest
             you
             be
             carried
             away
             with
             the
             error
             of
             the
             wicked
             ,
             and
             fall
             from
             your
             own
             stedfastness
             ;
             but
             endeavour
             to
             grow
             in
             Grace
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             knowledge
             of
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             to
             whom
             alone
             be
             Obedience
             and
             Glory
             for
             ever
             :
             which
             is
             the
             desire
             of
             my
             Heart
             ,
             as
             for
             my self
             ,
             so
             for
             all
             that
             desire
             to
             follow
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             that
             we
             may
             be
             kept
             from
             Idols
             .
          
           
             
               AMICUS
               VERITATI
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Here
             follows
             the
             false
             Prophecy
             of
             
               S.
               E.
            
             taken
             out
             of
             his
             Letter
             which
             he
             (
             accompanied
             with
             two
             eminent
             Friends
             and
             Espousers
             of
             
               G.
               F.
            
             and
             his
             Party
             )
             delivered
             to
             
               J.
               S.
            
             who
             is
             still
             alive
             ,
             notwithstanding
             his
             predicting
             the
             contrary
             several
             years
             ago
             .
          
           
             
               
                 O
                 JOHN
                 STORY
              
               ,
               what
               hast
               thou
               done
               against
               the
               Lord
               ,
               &
               thy
               own
               Soul
               !
               Thou
               hast
               divided
               the
               Heritage
               of
               God
               ;
               and
               the
               Good
               Ordinances
               which
               Christ
               Jesus
               hath
               set
               up
               in
               his
               Church
               hast
               thou
               contemned
               ,
               especially
               
                 Womens
                 Preachings
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Womens
                 Meetings
              
               ;
               therefore
               will
               the
               Lord
               throw
               Contempt
               upon
               thee
               ;
               and
               if
               thou
               dost
               not
               repent
               speedily
               ,
               miserable
               will
               be
               thy
               end
               .
               O
               how
               hast
               thou
               lost
               thy
               Place
               and
               Dignity
               which
               thou
               had
               amongst
               the
               Saints
               in
               Light
               !
               and
               now
               to
               be
               numbred
               amongst
               the
               Rebellious
               !
               If
               ever
               thou
               find
               mercy
               with
               the
               Lord
               ,
               go
               home
               to
               the
               North
               with
               speed
               ,
               and
               break
               up
               the
               Divided
               Meetings
               ,
               which
               thou
               and
               
                 John
                 Wilkinson
              
               have
               been
               instrumental
               to
               divide
               from
               the
               Body
               of
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ.
               The
               Anger
               of
               the
               Lord
               is
               chiefly
               against
               thee
               ;
               and
               thou
               art
               bound
               with
               two
               Bonds
               :
               for
               the
               Church
               and
               Brethren
               have
               bound
               thee
               on
               Earth
               ,
               and
               thou
               art
               surely
               bound
               in
               Heaven
               ;
               and
               this
               is
               the
               Testimony
               of
               Jesus
               to
               thee
               ,
               neither
               shalt
               thou
               be
               able
               to
               get
               from
               under
               these
               Bonds
               ,
               till
               thou
               art
               reconcil'd
               to
               the
               Brethren
               .
               Hast
               ,
               O
               haste
               to
               the
               Work
               above
               said
               ,
               lest
               the
               Wrath
               of
               the
               Lord
               over-take
               thee
               before
               it
               be
               done
               ,
               and
               be
               reconciled
               to
               
                 GEORGE
                 FOX
              
               ,
               who
               is
               God's
               Friend
               ,
               and
               the
               Servant
               of
               the
               living
               God
               ,
               and
               
                 Great
                 Apostle
              
               of
               Jesus
               Christ.
               —
               haste
               away
               to
               the
               North
               ,
               for
               thy
               time
               is
               short
               ,
               and
               go
               quickly
               thou
               and
               thy
               Brother
               ,
               if
               possible
               you
               may
               bring
               again
               to
               the
               Body
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               those
               
               ye
               have
               scattered
               ,
               lest
               their
               Blood
               be
               required
               at
               your
               hands
               —
               Arise
               quickly
               ,
               and
               be
               going
               ,
               for
               this
               is
               the
               Word
               of
               the
               Lord
               to
               thee
               ,
               viz.
               
                 That
                 this
                 Year
                 shalt
                 thou
              
               (
               John
               Story
               )
               
                 die
                 ,
                 because
                 thou
                 hast
                 Taught
                 Rebellion
                 against
                 the
                 living
                 God.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 1st
                 day
                 of
                 the
                 1st
                 month
                 ,
                 1677.
                 
              
            
             
               SOLOMON
               ECCLES
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               READER
               ,
            
          
           
             OBserve
             what
             this
             
               S.
               E.
            
             delivers
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             LORD
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             
               1.
               
               Their
               
                 Womens
                 Preachings
              
               and
               
                 Womens
                 Meetings
              
               are
               the
               good
               Ordinances
               which
               Christ
               hath
               set
               up
               in
               his
               Church
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               That
               being
               reconcil'd
               ,
               (
               i.
               e.
               submitting
               )
               to
               
                 G.
                 F.
                 &c.
              
               is
               the
               only
               way
               to
               find
               Mercy
               with
               the
               Lord.
               
            
             
               3.
               
               
                 G.
                 F.
                 &c.
              
               (
               who
               call
               themselves
               the
               Body
               of
               Friends
               )
               these
               he
               terms
               the
               Body
               of
               Jesus
               Christ.
               
            
             
               4.
               
               That
               great
               Lye
               he
               delivered
               as
               the
               Word
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               
                 This
                 Year
                 shalt
                 thou
              
               (
               John
               Story
               )
               Die
               ,
               1677
               ,
               who
               was
               then
               very
               ill
               ,
               and
               not
               like
               to
               live
               ,
               but
               is
               now
               alive
               and
               well
               ,
               altho
               above
               three
               years
               since
               .
            
          
           
             This
             is
             here
             inserted
             ,
             that
             all
             who
             read
             or
             hear
             it
             ,
             may
             fear
             ,
             and
             beware
             of
             taking
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Lord
             in
             vain
             ,
             as
             these
             so
             frequently
             do
             ,
             and
             of
             having
             Mens
             Persons
             in
             Admiration
             ;
             as
             this
             
               S.
               E.
            
             and
             others
             have
             done
             by
             
               G.
               F.
            
             as
             appears
             by
             the
             Titles
             they
             have
             given
             him
             ,
             viz.
             
               One
               greater
               than
               Moses
               :
               A
               Prophet
               indeed
               ,
               &c.
               
               It
               was
               said
               of
               Christ
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               the
               World
               was
               made
               by
               him
               ,
               and
               the
               World
               knew
               him
               not
               :
               So
               it
               may
               be
               said
               of
               this
               true
               Prophet
               ,
               whom
            
             John
             
               said
               he
               was
               not
               ;
               but
               thou
               shalt
               feel
               this
               Prophet
               one
               day
               as
               heavy
               as
               a
               Milstone
               upon
               thee
               ,
               and
               altho
               the
               World
               knows
               him
               not
               ,
               yet
               he
               is
               known
               .
            
          
           
             Again
             ,
             they
             stile
             
               G.
               F.
               The
               Father
               of
               many
               Nations
               ,
               whose
               Life
               hath
               reached
               through
               us
               thy
               Children
               ,
               even
               to
               the
               Isles
               afar
               off
               ;
               whose
               being
               and
               habitation
               is
               in
               the
               Power
               of
               the
               Highest
               ,
               in
               which
               thou
               rules
               and
               governs
               in
               Righteousness
               ,
               and
               thy
               Kingdom
               is
               established
               in
               Peace
               ,
               and
               the
               encrease
               thereof
               is
               without
               end
               .
            
             These
             ,
             and
             many
             more
             have
             been
             given
             him
             ,
             which
             he
             hath
             received
             .
          
           
             Now
             these
             things
             are
             covered
             ,
             excused
             ,
             or
             justified
             :
             but
             if
             any
             conscientiously
             dissent
             from
             their
             Ceremonies
             ,
             they
             shall
             be
             persecuted
             with
             rigour
             and
             false
             Accusations
             .
             O
             was
             ever
             greater
             Partiality
             ,
             and
             respect
             of
             Persons
             manifested
             from
             any
             pretending
             to
             Christianity
             !
             And
             if
             Trees
             may
             be
             known
             by
             their
             Fruits
             ,
             these
             are
             evil
             ones
             :
             Therefore
             ,
             dear
             Friends
             ,
             come
             out
             from
             amongst
             them
             ,
             be
             ye
             separate
             ,
             and
             touch
             none
             of
             these
             unclean
             things
             :
             for
             such
             Principles
             and
             Practices
             are
             the
             Brats
             of
             Babylon
             ;
             and
             happy
             shall
             those
             be
             who
             dash
             them
             against
             the
             Stones
             ;
             but
             ,
             Wo
             to
             them
             that
             give
             suck
             ,
             nourish
             ,
             or
             countenance
             them
             .
          
        
         
           THE
           END
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A35006-e540
           
             *
             What
             more
             true
             ?
          
           
             ‖
             But
             
               G.
               F.
               G.
               W.
            
             &c.
             do
             not
             say
             so
             .
          
           
             *
             Contrary
             to
             S.
             Crisp
             ,
             who
             said
             ,
             The
             Paper
             was
             not
             only
             ill
             worded
             ,
             but
             he
             believed
             't
             was
             ill
             meant
             
          
           
             What
             higher
             Testimony
             can
             be
             given
             to
             the
             Saints
             and
             Servants
             of
             the
             most
             high
             God
             ,
             than
             
               G.
               F.
               G.
               W.
            
             &
             
               A.
               P.
            
             give
             the
             Authors
             and
             Subscribers
             of
             this
             wicked
             and
             ungodly
             Paper
             ?